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Music Hall to be renamed after legend BY NICOLE.MATTSON @iowastatedaily.com Music Hall is being renamed after Simon Estes, a musical legend at Iowa State and internationally acclaimed opera singer. “ The music building, opened in 1980, is an exemplary music facility, recognized for its excellent acoustical design,” said Angela Hunt, interim director for Iowa State’s News Service. “There are rooms for large ensemble rehearsals, small ensemble rehearsals, a percussion practice room, an instrument repair facility, practice rooms containing pianos and a recital hall. Large instruments and lockers for instrument storage are available for rental to students performing in ensembles.” Many large ensemble concerts take place in either the Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall or the internationally acclaimed Stephens Auditorium. The Music Department houses and maintains an electronic music studio, which features a wide range of analog and digital sound synthesis and recording equipment that may be used by students who enroll in composition studies. Additionally, there is a computer lab with MIDI and digital audio workstations. Estes is an internationally acclaimed opera singer who has performed at the Olympic Games and with artists such as Luciano Pavarotti and Ray Charles. Estes has brought world-class students to Iowa State’s music department and received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Iowa State in 1997. “Estes is an equally passionate humanitarian and philanthropist who has impacted countless lives in Iowa and around the world,” President Wendy Wintersteen said in a press release. “We are so proud to have an Iowa State building bear his name, ensuring that future generations of Cyclones will know Simon Estes.” “I’m humbled to have Music Hall named after me and I hope it ’s an inspiration for people to work hard,” Estes said in a press release. “You ne ver know what might happen in life, especially being an African American. I grew up with a lot of discrimination and I hope having the building named for me will motivate all young people.” The naming celebration for Simon Estes Music Hall will take place from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday in Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall. The event is free for all who want to attend.

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Student Government to host joint meeting with Ames City Council BY CASSIE.LEHMANN @iowastatedaily.com Student Government will have a joint meeting with the Ames City Council, as well as look at funding requests and seating members to the Election Commission on Wednesday evening. Before the regular Student Government meeting, Student Government will be joined by the Ames City Council at 5:30 p.m. in the Campanile Room of the Memorial Union. The two groups will be discussing the 2020 census, Campustown and sustainability. The discussion will be followed by an open forum period. Senate will also be looking over a number of funding bills. KURE Fest is an annual concert at Iowa State that brings in many students and members of the community. The event is requesting

$30,900 from the Events account to finance artist bookings, production and audiovisual fees, advertising, security and backline. Ames Flyer is requesting help with paying for a new flight simulator system. The organization would be covering half of the expenses while the other half would be transferred from the Special Projects account of $3,377.50. The Filipino Student Association is asking for $186.55 from the Senate Discretionary account to cover conference expenses of registration and travel costs. The Women’s Fastpitch Softball Club is asking for their transportation to the University of Missouri to be funded by $170.05 from the Senate Discretionar y account. Sen. Morgan Fritz, sophomore in political science, will be introducing a bill to recognize 20 professors for demonstrating their commitment to college affordability by allowing

access to Open Education Resources. The bill requires $438 from the Special Projects account to fund glass awards for all the professors. All funding bills will be looked and voted upon separately at Wednesday’s meeting. Student Government will also be seating new members to the Election Commission. Election Commissioner Emily Rizvic, s e n i o r i n p o l i t i c a l s c i e n c e n om i n a t e d McKenna Natzke, sophomore in political science; Yonting Goh, sophomore in finance; and Erin Demonico, junior in criminal justice studies, to the committee. All nominees will face approval at the meeting. For more information or to contact your senator, visit stugov.iastate.edu. Th e senate meetings are open to the public at 7 p.m. Wednesdays in the Campanile Room of the Memorial Union.

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ISCORE Preconference, Memorial Union at 11 a.m. A professional development opportunity for faculty, professional and merit staff. These sessions provide a structured environment to enhance your understanding and sensitivity to cultural differences. Many of the sessions will focus on providing tools to improve employee interactions and create inclusive workspaces. Registration (free) is requested.

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Naming celebration: Simon Estes Music Hall, Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall, Music Hall at 5 p.m. On Feb. 5, the state Board of Regents

approved Iowa State’s request to name Music Hall for opera vocalist Simon Estes, the music and theatre department’s F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Artist-in-Residence since 2000. A live webcast will be available.

POLICE BLOTTER 3.3.20 Kon Michael Lueth, age 40, of 230 Raphael Ave. - Ames, Iowa, was arrested and charged with contempt of court record at 230 Raphael Avenue (reported at 2:27 a.m.). Kon Michael Lueth, age 40, of 230 Raphael Ave. - Ames, Iowa, was arrested and charged with contempt of court at 230 Raphael Avenue (reported at 2:54 a.m.). Kon Michael Lueth, age 40, of 230 Raphael Ave. -

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CyRide demos battery-electric bus after receiving grant BY LOGAN.METZGER @iowastatedaily.com Throughout the late morning and early afternoon Tuesday, some Iowa State students may have seen a blue bus driving around campus. This blue bus was one of the “Xcelsior CHARGE” buses from New Flyer of America, one of the largest transit bus manufacturers in North America, with fabrication, manufacturing and service centers in the United States and Canada. “New Flyer is one of the few companies that make fully electric buses and was excited to come out and give us a demo and that’s what today was,” said Kevin Gries, transit operations manager for CyRide. “I actually got to drive it on the Orange Route and if we were ever to get a fully electric [articulated] bus, that is where we would use it because that is where we have the most passengers.” On Tuesday, Gries drove the blue New Flyer bus along the Orange Route multiple times, picking up passengers at stops like a regular bus.

“We took it out for a couple of trips and it was nice,” Gries said. “ Very smooth, very quick, very quiet.” Although many people were confused when the bus pulled up because it was blue, the passengers did get over this confusion after the CyRide personnel on board explained what was happening. Keith Wilbur, transit technology coordinator/dispatcher for CyRide, told a passenger that if they did decide to get one of these buses they would have it painted with the normal CyRide colors to limit this type of confusion. Gries said this was the first fully electric articulated bus that CyRide has demoed, but he said CyRide has tested a couple of fully electric 40-foot buses before this. “We are actually on track to purchase a couple of [fully electric 40-foot buses] pretty soon,” Gries said. CyRide is planning to purchase these buses through the help of a grant they recently received. “We are looking to buy two buses to start with,” Gries said. “We got

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a grant, it helps us to try out new technologies like this because typically newer technologies are more expensive and grants help offset

the cost.” In May 2019 CyRide submitted a Low-No Emission National Grant Submission to the Federal Transit

#WomenKnowStuffToo series bringing community together BY LOGAN.METZGER @iowastatedaily.com As part of the #WomenKnowStuffToo series, a quilt mending and community building session will take place on Wednesday. Catherine Reinhart, creator and lead artist for the Collective Mending Sessions and a studio artist living and creating in Ames, will lead the Collective Mending Sessions, a series of socially engaged workshops centering on collectively mending a discarded quilt. The Collective Mending Sessions will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Reliable Street, which is a nonprofit arts organization located in Ames seeking to engage the community through the arts. Located inside a grain elevator, Reliable Street houses Lockwood Cafe and a gallery. This series cultivates care for cloth and community through the meditative practice of slow stitching. Participants will learn about sustainable textile practices, build community with each other through stitching and assist the artist in finishing the quilt. “I think that a lot of this exhibition talks about media that have been traditionally associated with women and how women artists can break away from and innovate within those things,” Lilah Anderson, program coordinator for University Museums, said. “I think the mending session is an interesting one because it takes this idea of sewing and women’s work and craft and turns it into something that is public artwork and a way for the community to engage and take apart that idea that women do sewing and textiles and that that is women’s work.” Reinhart will teach basic mending and embroidery. Sessions last two to three hours

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and all skill levels are invited. All workshops are free and open to the public. Registration is encouraged. “It all started with a tattered quilt from my teenage years that I told my mother to discard,” according to the Collective Mending Sessions website. “Being wise, she did not. In 2018, this quilt returned to me and thus began the slow work of hand mending. I quickly realized that I needed and wanted help repairing this object. The Collective Mending Sessions was born. This project is a series of socially engaged workshops centered on collaboratively mending my quilt.” The Collective Mending Session’s main goal is to cultivate care for cloth and community through the meditative process of mending. “We do this through partnering with community organizations to host workshops,”

according to the Collective Mending Sessions website. “Workshops include basic mending instruction and building community through the shared task of stitching. An interactive resource library of instructional books and materials accompanies the project, providing participant-led learning when the artist is not present.” Additional dates, same time and location, are March 11, 18 and 25. This program is part of a series anchored by the reACT art exhibition titled #WomenKnowStuffToo, which is open from March 2 through April 3 in the Reiman Gallery of the Christian Petersen Art Museum in Morrill Hall. The purpose is to engage community members in an ongoing conversation celebrating women artists and makers, as well as their impact on the arts and expertise in the field.

The reACT #WomenKnowStuffToo Opening Reception, an art exhibition that featured women’s artwork, took place Tuesday in Morrill Hall. The opening reception was the first part of a series of events that will take place throughout March; the exhibition will run from March 2 to April 3 in the Reiman Gallery of the Christian Petersen Art Museum in Morrill Hall as a way to commemorate women artists, their impact on the arts and expertise as makers in different media. The reception features guest co-curators Ruxandra Looft, director of the Margaret Sloss Center for Women and Gender Equity, Emily Morgan, assistant professor of art and visual culture and Jennifer Drinkwater, assistant professor of art and visual culture and community art specialist. All three spoke at the event. “ We want to celebrate women’s expertise, skill and command [in art],” Morgan said as she welcomed the public. “#WomenKnowStuffToo is a hashtag because we hope it becomes a conversation starter, a discussion beyond the boundaries of this exhibition.” This program is part of a series anchored by the reACT art exhibition titled #WomenKnowStuffToo, with the purpose to engage community members in an ongoing conversation celebrating women artists and makers, as well as their impact on the

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Trump’s campaign differs from previous presidents BY KYLEE.HAUETER @iowastatedaily.com In 2020, President Donald Trump is seeking to accomplish a feat that has never been done before — become the first impeached president to win reelection. Trump’s reelection campaign has been active on the Iowa State campus; the Trump campaign set up tables on the Iowa State campus ahead of the Iowa Republican caucuses to campaign and register voters. The president easily won the caucuses, receiving 97.1 percent of the popular vote and all but one of the delegates up for grabs, with challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld receiving one delegate. Scott Feinstein, assistant professor of political science, said Trump “dominates” news coverage in a departure from news coverage of previous presidents. “This not only helps him refocus events and issues, but there is also a perception that his ability to be unconventional makes him successful,” Feinstein said. As of early March, Trump’s reelection bid seems to be an uphill climb. His Democratic presidential rivals consistently lead him in hypothetical polls of general election matchups. Feinstein said unlike most presidential incumbents, Trump goes after specific opponents. “In the past, many have found that combating specific challengers unduly elevates their status giving the impression that the challenger is a force to be taken seriously,” Feinstein said. Feinstein said Trump has been able to avoid this perception and successfully puts his

CAITLIN YAMADA/ IOWA STATE DAILY President Donald Trump speaking Jan. 30 at Drake University’s Knapp Center in Des Moines. Trump discussed the new USMCA trade agreement and hit out at his potential Democratic rivals.

opponent on the defensive. Trump’s campaign also regularly sends out press releases hitting out at his potential rivals. In a release Saturday, Trump’s 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale said Trump was the clear winner of the South Carolina Democratic primary because none of the Democratic candidates could beat him in November. “The president will be running on his solid record of achievement for all Americans and will wipe the floor with whichever Democrat is unlucky enough to emerge,” Parscale said in the release. “The South Carolina results just prove what a hot mess the Democrat primaries are, as the field once again descends

into chaos heading into Super Tuesday. We don’t know who the eventual nominee will be, but they are all the same, and their radical big government socialist policies will be on the Democrat ballot in November no matter what.” Another strategy Trump could use to aid in his reelection is successfully navigating the nascent COVID-19 outbreak. Feinstein said Trump could respond to the outbreak by using his policies on immigration to appeal to traditional Republicans. “Conversely, a health care response to the virus that promotes access to all patients may help highlight the positive attributes of several

Democratic candidates’ platforms,” Feinstein said. “The virus may also trouble the economy to a great degree, hampering the president’s ability to herald an economic boom.” Noting the potential pitfalls that the disease may bring, Feinstein said a lot could happen economically and socially before the November general election that could change the electoral landscape. As of Tuesday afternoon, all three major American stock exchange indices had entered correction territory, more than 10 percent off of a recent high. Neither the Trump reelection campaign nor the College Republicans of Iowa State responded to requests for comment.

Super Tuesday results trickle in Biden and Sanders ended the day with multiple wins BY MALLORY.TOPE @iowastatedaily.com Editor’s note: This story contains results called by the Associated Press as of 10 p.m. Tuesday. Results will be updated as more states are called on the online version of this story. The fight for the Democratic nomination escalated as Super Tuesday came to an end. Fourteen states and the territory of American Samoa voted for their preferred candidates Tuesday. After South Carolina’s primary Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar and Tom Steyer all announced the end of their campaigns, leaving only five Democratic candidates left in the running for the presidential nomination: Sen. Bernie Sanders, former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, former Mayor Mike Bloomberg and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard. In order for candidates to accrue delegates candidates must win at

least 15 percent of the vote statewide or in a congressional district. “Candidates have to hit the 15 percent threshold to get any delegates, so there will be some candidates that might get zeroed out in states even if they have votes,” said Mack Shelley, Iowa State professor and chair of the political science department. There were 1,357 delegates up for grabs for candidates Tuesday. Calif or nia off ers the highest number of delegates at 415. California is the “biggest prize” for candidates, Shelley said. The winners of the various contests called by the Associated Press as of 10 p.m. Tuesday were: Alabama: Biden, 52 delegates available. American Samoa: Bloomberg, six delegates available. Arkansas: Biden, 31 delegates available. California: Sanders, 415 delegates available. Colorado: Sanders, 67 delegates available. Maine: uncalled, 24 delegates available. Massachusetts: Biden, 91 delegates available. Minnesota: Biden, 75 delegates available. North Carolina: Biden, 110

delegates available. Oklahoma: Biden, 37 delegates available. Tennessee: Biden, 64 delegates available. Texas: uncalled, 228 delegates available. Utah: Sanders, 29 delegates available. Vermont: Sanders, 16 delegates available. Virginia: Biden, 99 delegates available. Shelley said Biden is doing well overall compared to what most predicted. Shelley said a reason for Biden’s surge in suppor t could be his recent endorsements by Buttigieg, Klobuchar and former Rep. Beto O’Rouke and his strong African American support in states like North Carolina, Alabama and Virginia. Polls previously had Sanders ahead and he’ ll win states like Colorado and possibly a blowout in California, where most of the delegates are anyway, Shelley said. Sanders took the stage in Vermont and addressed his supporters and thanked them for his win in the state. “I tell [you] tonight with absolute confidence that [we] are going to

LEFT GABBY LUCAS, RIGHT: CAITLIN YAMADA/ IOWA STATE DAILY Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders won multiple states in the Super Tuesday contests, according to projections by the Associated Press.

win the Democratic nomination and defeat Trump,” Sanders said during his address to supporters in Vermont. Sanders spoke on his win in Colorado and his optimistic outlook for top states, Texas and California. “Vermont from the bottom of our hearts thank you very much, let’s go on to the White House,” Sanders said. Biden addressed crowds, listing his wins for the night.

“It’s a great night and it seems to be getting better,” Biden said in his address to supporters in Los Angeles. “They don’t call it Super Tuesday for nothing.” Biden spoke to supporters about his Saturday win in South Carolina and his campaign since. “ We started a revolution, we increased turn out and they turned out for [us],” Biden said.

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real danger of coronavirus BY EILEEN.TYRRELL @iowastatedaily.com It seems like every few years a new mysteriously frightening outbreak threatens the world: the swine flu, ebola and now coronavirus, more formally known as COVID-19. Initial reports of the virus have the world in a panic — How many people will be dying? Who will be next? But the truth is that COVID-19 has a mortality rate of just 1.4 percent. The real dangers of the virus are a little more insidious. The problem is that coronavirus is aggressively contagious and therefore aggressively disruptive. It might have a similar mortality rate to the seasonal flu, but if it can spread faster and quicker than what we’re used to, a lot more people will end up sick or dead — in other words, that 1.4 percent mortality rate will be distributed to a much larger group of people. As with any flu, the small percent of fatalities is comprised of people with previously compromised immune systems: the elderly, the very young and the chronically ill. It is important that those of us with robust immune systems take full precautions to stay healthy and reduce the chances of passing on the virus to someone more at risk. Such precautions include avoiding those who are sick and avoiding others if you are sick, wiping down commonly touched surfaces, such as your phone screen, laptop keyboard, and doorknobs, and most important of all, washing your hands thoroughly and frequently. Face masks are not advised unless you are already sick, according to the CDC. And not advised by the CDC, although just as important: Let’s avoid hysteria. There are no confirmed cases of COVID19 in Iowa yet, and most of us — young adults, healthy enough to attend college — would emerge unscathed even if we did contract the virus. Hysteria is what will cause real disruption across the board; think school cancellations, people being unable to work, panic, economic crisis. Hysteria allows fear and chaos to breed with the virus, rather than information and practical measures. It is incredibly important that all of us take measures to prevent the spread of the virus, for the sake of those at increased risk. But for most of us, the real danger of coronavirus is the disruption it will cause our lives if it continues to worsen. Some Iowa State students have already been impacted in a devastating way: All students who were supposed to spend this semester studying abroad in Italy have been required to come home, and students studying in other countries may be next. Carissa Ver Steeg and Christina Badalucco are among those being made to return home early from their semesters in Florence, Italy. “I feel like this is the type of stuff to only happen in movies and I never thought it would actually happen to me,” Ver Steeg said via email. “Not only was my experience cut short, but I’m

losing money because of it and won’t get the in-classroom learning experience I expected.” Compounding the distress of being sent home early is the fact that it happened so suddenly. “Iowa State sent us two emails, one that was very vague saying not to worry — then t wo day s later the y sent us an email saying nothing other than we need to leave by the sixth and they will reimburse our flights and [we will] continue courses online,” Badalucco said. “It breaks my heart that something I’ve been waiting and planning for since freshman year is ripped right out from under us… I just hope everyone abroad makes it home safe to their family.” With entire cities in Italy now being quarantined, Iowa State is clearly taking necessary precautions to protect students and get them home safely. But the devastation and loss of having to return home early from a semester abroad can’t be minimized, and we should all do our best to prevent the spread of the virus

COURTESY OF PIXABAY Columnist Eileen Tyrrell believes that the real danger of the coronavirus is the hysteria that comes with it. She urges people not to panic and take measures to protect themselves.

and the spread of misinformation and hysteria in order to reduce future disruptions COVID-19 may cause. So, people: Coronavirus is here. Don’t panic, but stay calm and take practical measures to protect yourself. The mortality rate of the virus is similar to the seasonal flu; its real danger lies in how fast it can spread and how disruptive it will be to our lives. And please, for the love of god, wash your hands.

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Two key points of the coronavirus BY ISD EDITORIAL BOARD The coronavirus has infected just over 100 people in the United States so far and claimed the lives of eight. There is no prediction of where it will stop. It’s a scary thing to think about; according to virus experts, the coronavirus is capable of spreading to over two-thirds of the world’s population. It won’t. While the threat of a global pandemic looms, it’s important to look at the statistics of the coronavirus.Two key points stand out. First, the coronavirus isn’t all that deadly. Second, its transmission is containable. Of the nearly 100,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus, only about 3,000 people have died from it.That’s a three percent death rate. But what if the coronavirus did become a worldwide pandemic? What if two-thirds of the nearly eight billion people on planet Earth contracted the disease? What does a three percent death rate look like then?

We need not worry about those things, because the second statistical point about the coronavirus is that its transmission is containable. China, the epicenter of the coronavirus, has seen its number of new cases shrink quite drastically. How has a country as poor and densely populated as China managed to prevent a global pandemic? For starters, the Chinese government exercised authoritarian control of the response to the new disease. An almost militant reaction has left hospitals once overflowing with the disease with empty rooms. Now, it’s hard to take China’s word for how many of their own people were infected and died from the coronavirus, but China did allow a team of doctors and scientists with the World Health Organization into the country to study how effective China’s response was. That team reported nearly 2,500 new cases the day they arrived but only 200

new cases the day they left. If that data is accurate, it shows that the coronavirus is nothing if not manageable, especially here in the United States. Another interesting bit of news about the coronavirus is that the U.S. Federal Reserve decided to cut interest rates by half of a percent. The move aims to bolster the U.S. economy amid fears of the coronavirus growing into a national pandemic. This news could be taken as a warning. Perhaps the Federal Reserve knows something about the coronavirus that we don’t. Perhaps we are in more danger than we realize. Probably not though. The lower interest rates are more likely a reaction to the turn the economy seemed to take last week. As for the coronavirus, wash your hands, cover your cough and if you are feeling sick, go see a doctor. If we all act in a precautionary manner, we can make the coronavirus all but a memory.

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Nixon sparks second half run Comeback proved to be futile in Cyclones’ loss to West Virginia BY ZANE.DOUGLAS @iowastatedaily.com Struggling all season, losing a starting job and suffering a losing record have been three of the reasons this season has been tough for senior transfer Prentiss Nixon. With all that in mind, Tuesday couldn’t have been a better end for the senior statistically in his last home game. The Cyclones stormed back from a 44-31 halftime deficit, but even with the help from Nixon, West Virginia defeated Iowa State 77-71 on senior night in Hilton Coliseum. It was Nixon who led the charge in the futile comeback effort. “I thought [Nixon] really had a groove offensively, making shots and it was great to see that tonight,” Head Coach Steve Prohm said. “You wish you could’ve carried that onto a win.” In the middle of the half with the Cyclones trailing, Nixon nailed three straight perimeter shots, much to the liking of the home crowd and ended up giving the Cyclones a 51-48 lead. His scoring went quiet, but Nixon had set his mark on the game and given the Cyclones a much-needed boost. He would drop one more three later in the half and ended his day with an efficient 7-12 performance and 5-7 from beyond the arc. Nixon was active in other areas as well as he grabbed five rebounds, had three assists and stole the ball four times. The stat line is one of Nixon’s best as a Cyclone and it came in his last game in Hilton Coliseum. “There’s been games I’ve had those same looks they just haven’t gone,” Nixon said. “[...] If it was anybody else in that situation then I know they would’ve knocked those shots down too.” Nixon and the Cyclones came out in the second half and started the storm back by playing relentless defense, not allowing the Mountaineers to score for over five minutes in the half. Nixon’s second half was where he excelled offensively. Nixon went 6-8 shooting in the half with 16 of his 19 points. He also had two steals, four rebounds and an assist in the final 20 minutes. Nixon wasn’t the only one playing well during the second

JEFF SPAUR/ IOWA STATE DAILY Prentiss Nixon dribbles the ball up the court against West Virginia in Iowa State’s last home game of the season at Hilton Coliseum.

half run as the senior was joined by sophomore guard Rasir Bolton, who ended his day with 21 points on 5-11 shooting, 10-11 from the charity stripe and a step back three that sent Hilton into a frenzy. This was one of the first times that the pair of Bolton and Nixon have played well together. The two scored over half of Iowa State’s points and they played an effective press break against West Virginia’s stingy defense. “Rasir was terrific, Prentiss was good when he was in those situations, but the way they attacked it and moved the ball, I mean it was a great scene, great possession,” Prohm said. “I don’t know if Tre made it or missed it, I think he missed the three in the corner, but it was like ‘dang that’s the way you gotta move that’s the way you gotta play.” The Cyclones played arguably one of their best games Tuesday, but couldn’t escape with a win as West Virginia’s bench scoring and rebounding outclassed Iowa State.

After the game, it was all Nixon and senior Michael Jacobson as the two were honored for their time at Iowa State. Nixon got emotional when he talked about his final season in college basketball. “That was a fun game to be a part of,” Prohm said. “I’m sick we lost, ‘cause it’s senior day and we speak afterwards and so it’s like the one game you’re like ‘man we need to win this one so everything’s great after the game.’” Aside from Nixon and Bolton, the Cyclones shot 11-30 from the field — good for a percentage of 36.7. The loss was a blow for the Cyclones, but Prohm said he was proud of how his team fought back in the second half. For Nixon, it was an emotional game. “I’m not gonna lie to you today sucked,” Nixon said. “I woke up this morning and it was just, the feeling in your stomach is that this is your last home game in college. You gotta sit with this all day long until game time comes.”

Qualifiers announced for track and field nationals BY ADARSH.TAMMA @iowastatedaily.com The qualifiers for the 2020 NCAA Indoor Track and F ield Championships were announced on Tuesday night and the Iowa State program will be sending a group of its best distance runners. The Cyclones recently hosted the Big 12 Indoor Championships at the Lied Athletic Center this past weekend, a meet in which the Cyclone men’s squad won their first Big 12 team title in school history. For the Cyclone women, junior runner Cailie Logue will be the sole representative for Iowa State. At the Big 12 meet, the Erie, Kansas, native completed a double in the 3,000-meter and 5,000-meter runs, which were her first indoor conference titles after winning the 5,000 and 10,000-meter double at last year’s outdoor championships. At nationals this year, Logue will only run in the 5,000, as she earned a seed time of 15:50.15 from December’s Boston University Season Opener. In that race, she ran against many of the athletes that will be in the field next week, including top seed Katie Izzo of Arkansas. On the men’s side, the Cyclones will be sending four athletes and one relay team to the national meet. Starting off in the 800-meter run, Iowa State will have the senior trio of Festus Lagat, Roshon Roomes and Daniel Nixon representing on their behalf.

At the Iowa State Classic, Lagat finished first in a time of 1:47.50, good enough for the second seed. Roomes sports the fifth seed with a time of 1:47.74, which he ran when finishing behind Lagat at the Cyclone Open in January. Finally, Nixon earned his way to the national championships by running a 12th seed best time of 1:48.29 at the Texas Tech Invite. In the long distance events, senior AllAmerican athlete Edwin Kurgat is slated to run in both the 3,000-meter and 5,000meter runs. At last weekend’s conference meet, Kurgat won both of these events, while also finishing third in the mile run to earn the Big 12’s high-point award winner for scoring the most amount of points. He qualified for each of these events in school record times, first taking the top spot in the 5,000 at the Boston University Invite back in December with a time of 13:24.04. Kurgat then continued his strong start to his final season by running in the 3K at the prestigious Millrose Games in New York City. In that race, he finished fifth behind former Iowa State All-American Hillary Bor in a time of 7:49.19. Finally, Iowa State will be competing in the men’s distance medley relay, with the quartet of Kurgat, Roomes, Nixon and sophomore 400-meter runner Cebastian Gentil qualifying for NCAAs by running a school record at the Indiana Relays last month. Competing against a strong Indiana team,

the Cyclones outlasted the Hoosier quartet to finish first in a time of 9:28.22, currently the fifth seed. The NCAA Indoor National

Championships will take place March 13 and 14 at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The meet will be hosted by the University of New Mexico.

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Wednesday, March 04, 2020 Iowa State Daily

VOICES

Black women’s style

Fashion exhibit embraces black lives and activism through women’s clothing BY VICTORIA.REYNA-RODRIGUEZ @iowastatedaily.com

AVA LOGSDON/ IOWA STATE DAILY Clothing is from the eighth section of the exhibit titled ““Fearless Expression,” which is a section that shows how black women fearlessly express their identity and activism through their dress despite being in predominantly white spaces.

Collegiate Fashion and Activism: Black Women’s Style on the College Campus, an exhibit in Iowa State’s Textiles and Clothing Museum, displays how black women portray their culture and activist identity at a predominantly white institution through their fashion choices. This exhibit was curated by Dyese Matthews, a graduate student at Iowa State studying apparel, events and hospitality management and her advisor, Kelly Reddy-Best, assistant professor of apparel, events and hospitality management. The exhibit is part of Matthews’ thesis project. Matthews said she found inspiration for this project in one of Reddy-Best’s classes, Black Lives Matter: Fashion, Liberation and the Fight for Freedom. In the class Matthews read many texts, but “Liberated Threads” by Tanisha C. Ford stood out to her. The text was about Ford’s in-depth research process of the history of black women and how they used their dress to express their activism identities. “After reading that book I realized I wanted to do something similar, I wanted to focus on black women and focus on how they use dress today to further the same research,” Matthews said. Matthews took her research proposal to ReddyBest, who supported her fully. After the research proposal, Matthews and Reddy-Best created a flyer that called for college students who identify as women, black, were 18 years or older, were students at a university in Iowa, studied on campus and were willing to loan their clothes for the exhibit. After Matthews found her 15 research contestants, the interview process began. “I interviewed fifteen black women who attend predominantly white universities in Iowa. We did what’s called a wardrobe interview,” Matthews said. “So I either went to their home and sat next to their closet and we talked about their clothes that way, or they met me at a public location if they were more comfortable with that and they brought their clothes and we talked about it that way.” After interviewing everyone, Matthews began to sort out the clothing. In the exhibit, the clothing is presented in categories.The first is “Messages of Strength,” which acknowledges the power within the black community and the need of black owned businesses and those who are black and in power. The second, “’90s Throwback,” explores the style of ‘90s popular television shows with all black casts, which are reappearing in black millennial communities. The third, “Matriarch,” focuses on powerful black women leaders of families. In this case, the grandmother. The fourth section is “Self-Created Expression.” This represents black women who create their own clothing and garments to represent their black or activist identities. “Pride in Skin Tone,” the fifth section, displays how black women take pride in their dark complexion by wearing brighter colors to compliment and embrace their skin. Sixth, “Cause Solidarity,” represents black women who advocate for various social justice issues. These include the Flint water crisis and the women’s rights movement. In the seventh section, “Connection to Roots,” clothes and accessories that represent black women’s desire to have a connection to their ancestors in Africa are displayed. Eighth is “Fearless Expression,” a section that shows how black women fearlessly express their

identity and activism through their dress despite being in predominantly white spaces. “Yes I Can!” is the ninth section that explores the experience of being a black woman in not only a predominantly white space, but a predominantly male space as an engineering student. The tenth section, “Powerful Words,” displays slogan t-shirts and graphic tees that share messages to reject social injustice. Finally, the eleventh section is called “Black Girl Accessories.”This section highlights specific accessories that overtly express black identity. “Through all of the themes, we center and prioritize Black women’s voices as important and give them their deserved space in 21st century fashion history. These Black women college students had unique styles that reflected their Blackness in varied ways,” Matthews said in her exhibition overview. “In fashioning their bodies, they expressed pride in their identity and significant interests in uplifting the Black community. While navigating a predominantly white campus that at times they felt was unsafe and unwelcoming for Black women, they found ways to authentically express their Black identity through their clothing.” Throughout the exhibition process, Matthews stumbled upon many obstacles that showed ways traditional museum practices have excluded many people’s cultures. One obstacle that seemed small but made an impact was the fact that all the mannequins at the museum had light skin. Matthews saw this as an issue for her exhibit that was supposed to highlight black lives. Unable to find any dark-skinned mannequins, Matthews and her team carefully covered all the mannequins in different shades of brown fabric to more authentically represent the black lives the exhibit was honoring. Another issue was coming to the realization that the museum collection had no clothes or garments that represented black culture, or hardly any minoritized communities. “That’s important because we’re at a public institution where we have a museum collection, I work with the museum, but there was little to no representation of black women in that collection. So that’s reflective of the museum collection practices that have happened historically in museum culture where we’re excluding a lot of people’s histories,” Matthews said. “So the fact that I had to ask college students to loan their clothes to me is reflective of the need for re-understanding how we collect different objects for the museum.” While these experiences were both discouraging and challenging, Matthews expressed that she was still honored and grateful to be able to tell the stories of these black women. She encouraged those who view the exhibit to take something powerful away from it. “For anyone who isn’t a black woman it’s basically impossible for you to understand what black women go through. That’s a really broad statement, right? But narrowing it down to black women attending predominantly whire institutions in Iowa, that’s a more specific identity,” Matthews said. “So for people who don’t identify that way, it’s hard to understand that experience. So I would hope that students, or anyone, just gain a deeper understanding of how black women experience their lives.” Collegiate Fashion and Activism: Black Women’s Style on the College Campus will be available for viewing to the public until April 7 at Iowa State University Textiles and Clothing Museum for no cost.

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tens of thousands of infections. “Such places generally have poor hygiene and lots of species in confined spaces, along with lots of human traffic, making them the perfect spot to originate such a disease,” said Jonathan Hassid, associate professor of political science. There are several other common coronaviruses people may be infected with at least once in their life, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). COVID-19 is a new disease found in humans for the first time within the past few months. With symptoms similar to that of influenza, the virus ranges from mild to severely ill. The virus is thought to spread mainly from person to person via respiratory droplets. These droplets are produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes and can be transferred within six feet of another person. Symptoms of the virus appear anywhere between two to 14 days of exposure, according to the CDC. Because of the disease’s impact on China, a level four travel warning has been issued by the American State Department. All travel to China should be avoided and those currently there should “attempt to depart by commercial means,” according to the State Department.

IOWA STATE IMPACT President Wendy Wintersteen has issued two statements on the disease within the last two months. With only five cases of the virus in the U.S. at the time, Wintersteen reassured students that Iowa State was taking action in her email on Jan. 28. “I want to share with you the steps the university is taking in response and assure you that we are working closely with public health officials to monitor the situation,” Wintersteen said in her first emailed statement. The statement told students that Thielen Student Health Center (TSHC) is following CDC guidelines for screening and other tests for patients. “As the situation is changing rapidly, TSHC continues to partner with the CDC and Iowa Department of Public Health to

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to move forward in implementing zero-emission buses into the fleet by spring 2022. Overall, the grant requested funding for two battery-electric buses; equipment including a 480-volt transformer, dispensing station and chargers; facility modifications including wiring, conduit and connections from the transformer to dispensers/ chargers; and project management and employee training on the new equipment. The total project cost is $2,137,800, with a federal request of $1,660,180, which is 78 percent, according to a CyRide newsletter from May 24. The grant was approved and fully funded at the request of $1,660,180. Currently, CyRide has not decided which company to buy from for the two buses they are interested in purchasing, which means there may be more demo buses coming to Iowa State. Gries said CyRide is looking into getting these battery-electric buses because they are fully electric and it will help reduce carbon emissions and therefore be better for the environment. “ This project is anticipated to

share the most up-to-date information with campus,” Wintersteen said in the email. Although there are no known cases in Iowa, the university wants to limit the risk of spreading the disease by prohibiting travel to China until it is safe and clear, according to the statement. In a second statement emailed Friday, students were given a new restriction. “Based on recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and the U.S. Department of State, we are restricting travel to South Korea,” Wintersteen said in that email. The university is still monitoring the situation and will update students on any further information involving travel, according to Wintersteen’s email. Then an update arrived Saturday. In a post on the university’s website, Iowa State announced it is “prohibiting all travel to Italy.” Students studying abroad received an email informing students they need to depart Italy by Friday. “ We have notified students currently studying abroad in Italy and are making arrangements for their return to the U.S.,” according to the website. The university is also asking that students check the CDC or State Department websites before any of their travels during spring break. Iowa State is asking students to reconsider travel to countries with level 3 CDC or level 4 State Department travel advisories that are based on the disease. Wintersteen reminded students in her email there are no cases of COVID-19 on the Iowa State campus or in Iowa. “A campus workgroup continues to monitor developments both in Iowa and abroad, and we will make decisions on travel to additional locations based on CDC and State Department recommendations,” Wintersteen said in the email. In order to keep the virus from arriving on campus, students were reminded to prevent transferring of any respiratory illness by covering mouths when coughing or sneezing, staying home if one is sick, washing hands often with soap and water and getting enough rest and sleep at night.

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eliminate 205 short tons of greenhouse gases, 46 lbs. of PM10, 24 lbs. of PM2 and 2.4 Terajoules of energy usage per year,” according to the CyRide newsletter. The bus that was driven by Gries on Tuesday was the Xcelsior CHARGE, one of New Flyer of America’s fleet of battery-electric buses. Xcelsior CHARGE buses use an electric motor powered by energy stored in rechargeable batteries. All onboard sub-systems and accessories are electrically driven. “The air compressor and air conditioning compressors are electrically powered,” according to the New Flyer of America website. “[Direct current] power is converted to [alternating current] power and is supplied to each of these major systems separately. This allows each system to operate more reliably and efficiently, with minimum power consumption.” The bus also has a converter to supply 24-volt direct current power for power steering, interior fans, lights, electric doors and other accessories. Xcelsior CHARGE buses have a range of up to 225 miles on a single charge, according to the New Flyer of America website. New F lyer offers both plug-in charging and on-route charging

(IDPH) has also been keeping watch on COVID-19. So far, there are no confirmed cases of the virus in the state of Iowa. On their website, there is a chart updated every Monday, Wednesday and Friday with the amount of Iowans being monitored and tested for COVID-19. As of Monday, there were five Iowans being monitored for the disease, with 39 who completed the monitoring process. Five people were tested for the virus, three of which came back negative and two that are still pending, according to the website. The website also lists several frequently asked questions as well as tips on preparing for the virus and travel concerns. An example of the questions on the website is: “What is public health in Iowa doing to protect Iowans from COVID-19?” “CDC notifies IDPH of incoming asymptomatic travelers from China (symptomatic travelers will be assessed by healthcare providers prior to being released from the airport),” according to the website. “Public health then evaluates asymptomatic individuals for risk level and issues public health monitoring orders that outline requirements to report symptoms to public health twice daily and restrictions on daily activities.” Not only is the health department keeping an eye on any and all updates about the virus, but legislators from Iowa have also put out statements to try to reassure Iowans they are working to keep people healthy. Sen. Chuck Grassley recently released a statement answering two questions concerning the disease and its place in Iowa. “I’ve focused my oversight and legislative efforts to make sure [the] government works effectively for the American people,” Grassley said in the statement. Iowa’s senior senator also reminded Iowans that although it is not yet a pandemic, COVID-19 is spreading. “I’m concerned China appears to have tried to cover up the initial outbreak and may still not be accurately sharing the size, scale and scope of the pathogen’s reach with other countries,” Grassley said in the statement. Grassley said in the statement that as two of the largest countries in the world, the United States and China should work together to decrease the outbreak’s intensity before it becomes a global pandemic.

solutions that meet industry standards and are interoperable with other electric vehicles. Other facts about the Xcelsior CHARGE according to the the New Flyer of America website include: -The Xcelsior CHARGE bus is available in 35-foot, 40-foot and 60-foot. -The bus is industry-leading range capability from 160 kilowatt-hour (kWh) to 466 kWh of electricity. -The bus is monitored by a battery management system for added protection, longevity and charging efficiency. -The bus includes direct drive, which means no transmission is required, reducing cost, weight, maintenance and propulsion complexity -The bus includes regenerative braking while decelerating to recharge the batteries, reducing energy consumption and extending range. -People who buy the bus can save up to $400,000 in fuel costs over the 12-year life of the battery-electric bus. -The bus has the lowest noise levels in the industry. -People who buy the bus can have $125,000 in maintenance savings over the 12-year life of the bus with the absence of engine, transmission, intake and exhaust.

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ECONOMIC IMPACT Economically, the coronavirus is starting to impact many industries and individuals globally. Countries such as China and South Korea are being hit with economic challenges. President Donald Trump recently issued a travel ban on both countries. Eun Kwan Choi, professor of economics at Iowa State, commented on the issue of travel. “President Trump wisely imposed the ban,” Choi said. “Because of an imminent visit of [Chinese President] Xi Jinping, the South Korean President [Moon Jae-in] failed to impose a ban on incoming Chinese. […]There are now more than 1,700 confirmed cases of coronavirus in South Korea. More than one million Koreans are petitioning to impeach President Moon for this failure.” Choi said due to the sudden impact that COVID-19 has caused, China’s economy may see a decline within the first two quarters but get back on their feet soon after. As China is one of the largest producers of manufactured goods, especially for people in the United States, the shipping industry will definitely see an impact, Choi said. “There will be a global decrease in the demand for Chinese products,” Choi said. “[The U.S.] may have to find other countries [...] to import those products that heretofore were supplied by the Chinese.” Chad Hart, associate professor of economics, said for right now people should not let this virus change their thinking of long-term problems. In terms of short-term problems however, Hart said the economy is already seeing them. “It depends on how big the outbreak finally becomes, but [in terms of the economic impacts] we’re sure seeing some of them now,” Hart said. “You’ve seen the stock market decline, prices [falling] for agricultural products, and various future markets.” As the virus is transferred through respiratory droplets, professor Choi said there is an increase in face mask purchases among Asian consumers and a soon-to-be increasing demand for surgical masks in the United States. Despite the use of masks or goggles, Choi said travel to affected countries should be avoided until the coronavirus is contained to limit the risk of spreading the disease.

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arts and expertise in the field. Through an art exhibition, gallery talks by artists, film screenings and two events focused on varied histories of women’s quilting, #WomenKnowStuffToo will engage community members in an ongoing conversation celebrating women-identified artists and makers, women’s impact on the arts and women’s expertise in a wide variety of fields and media. “In doing so, we hope to continue to challenge the notion of what women in the arts know, contribute and create,” according to the Margaret Sloss Center for Women and Gender Equity website. The reACT exhibition series is sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Women’s and Gender Studies Program and the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching. #WomenKnowStuffToo is a partnership with University Museums, the Margaret Sloss Center for Women and Gender Equity and the College of

Design with additional support from the University Library, the Ames Public Library, Reliable Street and the Des Moines Art Center. This program is supported by Humanities Iowa and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The views and opinions expressed by this program do not necessarily reflect those of Humanities Iowa or the National Endowment for the Humanities. The next event in the #WomenKnowStuffToo series is the “Collective Mending S essions” with Cather ine Reinhart, a local Ames artist. This series of workshops cultivates care for cloth and community through the meditative practice of slow stitching. Sessions will last two to three hours and attendees of all skill levels are invited. All workshops are free and open to the public. Registration is encouraged. These sessions are located at Reliable Street, a nonprofit arts organization located in Ames seeking to engage the community through the arts. The sessions will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on March 4, 11, 18 and 25.