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Cyclone stories from fall 2018 Eighty-one editions. 676 pages. 1,607 articles. 5,512 photos. 35 podcasts.

For the Iowa State Daily, this is our fall 2018 semester at Iowa State. Through this special edition, we hope to offer you a more curated experience — the best of our best. Inside you’ll find the news coverage that has mattered most, providing you the pulse of university life

measured by the stories we’re lucky enough to be able to share with you on a daily basis.

To be a Cyclone means to follow no perfect or certain path, but rather an adventure tethered together by an intrepid responsibility to leave your mark on campus and create a better Iowa State.

Here’s what life on campus in the fall of 2018 was like, as crafted through the words and photos of more than 150 student journalists, dedicated to our readers.

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KATLYN CAMPBELL/ IOWA STATE DAILY Newly installed President Wintersteen addresses the crowd at Stephens Auditorium on Sept. 21 during her presidential installation ceremony. “I want the spirit of entrepreneurship to be part of the Iowa State brand, and something that moves us forward,” Wintersteen said. “Iowa State must be different, must stand out from the pack and must be better than the rest.”

Wendy Wintersteen installed as the 16th president of Iowa State University

BY TALON.DELANEY @iowastatedaily.com President Wendy Wintersteen traded her signature red jacket for a cardinal red and gold robe during her installation ceremony Sept. 21, 2018.

Nearly 2,000 students, faculty and alumni filled Stephens Auditorium to witness Wintersteen’s installation as Iowa State’s 16th president.

During her installation speech, Wintersteen made clear her goals to continue Iowa State’s commitment to diversity and inclusion, as well as expand the school’s entrepreneurial roots.

“I want the spirit of entrepreneurship to be part of the Iowa State brand, and something that moves us forward,” Wintersteen said. “Iowa State must be different, must stand out from the pack and must be better than the rest.”

She referenced Iowa State’s many achievements, such as the agricultural innovations ushered in by George Washington Carver and the invention of the computer in the 1930s and ‘40s.

“We never patented the computer,” Wintersteen said, and then added with a chuckle, “Imagine the possibilities.”

Wintersteen also alluded to the mission of Iowa State as a land grant university and the inherent responsibilities it has to its community.

“Being welcoming and inclusive is built into the DNA of this university from its very beginning moments,” Wintersteen said. “Together, we’re creating a welcoming and inclusive environment where anyone who is willing to work hard will achieve.”

Gov. Kim Reynolds, Ames Mayor John Haila and Student Government President Julian Neely all attended the ceremony. Reynolds and Neely both participated in the greeting ceremonies.

“I’m glad you have a focus on creating an inclusive and more engaged campus, and I look forward to playing a role,” Neely said.

He then led the auditorium in applause on behalf of the student body.

Reynolds took the stage to voice her support of Wintersteen’s presidential vision.

“Together we’re working to improve Iowa’s innovation ecosystem to transform Iowa’s economy for the better,” Reynolds said. “As president, you clearly understand Iowa State’s role in innovation and creativity. Moving forward, I have no doubt your influence will continue to serve as a catalyst for human achievement.”

The audience erupted in a minute-long standing ovation as Wintersteen donned the ceremonial Chain of Office.

Gregory Geoffroy introduced Wintersteen, who he appointed Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in 2006, when he presided as Iowa State’s 14th president.

“I first met Wendy 17 years ago on campus,” Geoffroy said. “The more I interacted with her, the more I learned she had a number of great leadership qualities. I was delighted to appoint her to her first senior position, and I was even more delighted when I heard she was appointed president.”

Geoffroy also said Wintersteen “is exactly the right person to be at Iowa State’s helm at this point in history,” and Iowa State will remain “an excellent steward to the community under her leadership.”

Also in attendance were the many student and faculty delegates, together representing every college the university hosts, as well as Iowa State’s many sororities and fraternities, the Alumni Association and student and faculty senates.

Norin Chaudhry, graduate student in biochemistry and president of the Graduate and Professional Student Senate, spoke on behalf of graduate students.

“Center to the graduate university is its diversity and cultures that make its academics rich,” Chaudhry said. “We are from Iowa, America and all other parts of the world. We vow to be a forefront of progress for our community and the world.”

Board of Regents discusses tuition increases for 2019-2020 year

BY TYRUS.PAVICICH @iowastatedaily.com The Board of Regents meeting on Nov. 15 featured a discussion on increasing tuition, alongside broader conversations about Iowa’s higher education.

Emphasizing the importance of stability in tuition fees, Board of Regents President Michael Richards discussed the board’s five-year plan to account for regent universities’ funding requirements. The plan set a baseline increase of 3 percent, although Richards said the actual increase could be higher if the Iowa Legislature does not provide additional funding.

“We believe this model provides tuition

predictability for students and their families moving forward,” Richards said. “It is our intention to follow this approach for the next five years. Obviously, unforeseen circumstances could cause us to re-evaluate.”

He also said that tuition for the next school year would be determined later, after the board had received enough information about funding from the state. The first reading of the tuition will occur in April before being finalized in June, as previous attempts to set tuition in the fall or winter forced the board to raise its stated tuition when the state did not meet its requests.

Richards said another focus of the tuition analysis was the cost of each school. Previously,

Iowa State, the University of Iowa and the University of Northern Iowa all had equal undergraduate tuition rates, something he said the board planned to change.

“Clearly, one size does not fit all anymore,” Richards said. “When comparing resident undergraduate rates, the University of Iowa and Iowa State University are considerably lower than comparable universities. Conversely, we learned that the University of Northern Iowa needs to be more competitive in pricing than other Midwest comprehensive universities, which will help them attract students.”

Iowa State President Wendy Wintersteen sent an email to students after the announcement from the Board of Regents.

“In addition to tuition, Iowa State University is requesting increased state appropriations and will make internal reallocations to ensure our budget fully aligns with strategic priorities in our teaching, research, and extension programs and student services,” Wintersteen said in the email.

Iowa State is requesting $7 million in increases for the FY20 general appropriations budget from the state for help providing financial aid to students.

“Iowa State University is committed to remaining affordable and accessible,” according to the email from Wintersteen. “We will continue to advocate strongly on behalf of our students, faculty and staff.”

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BY THE NUMBERS Enrollment 4th largest in Iowa State history

BY ISD STAFF Iowa State University’s fall 2018 enrollment is the fourth largest in university history with a total of 34,992 students.

This is the first year a new method of counting total enrollment was used. The method was adopted by the State of Iowa Board of Regents and also impacts how the University of Iowa and University of Northern Iowa report their enrollment numbers.

According to a press release, the new method “no longer includes 351 postdocs, 32 students enrolled in the Intensive English and Orientation Program and approximately 60 students enrolled in the summer trial program, who were counted in previous years.”

Martino Harmon, senior vice president for Student Affairs, believes that Iowa State has had “healthy” enrollment and is proud of the students who attend the university. While fall 2017 enrollment was slightly more with 35,993 students, Harmon said the university has still put a lot of effort into recruiting new students.

“We’re not doing any less recruiting at all; in fact we always are continuously exploring new opportunities and creative programming in terms of recruitment,” Harmon said. “We also know that there are factors outside of the university which impact enrollment.”

From last year’s class of freshmen, Johnson Suski said that they achieved their first-year retention goal of 87.5 percent.

In-state residents make up more than half of Iowa State’s enrollment. 3,362 Iowans are in the freshman class and 19,022 Iowans attend the university overall. For undergraduates, 59.2 percent are in-state students.

Within total enrollment, all 99 Iowa counties and all 50 U.S states, in addition to Washington D.C, Puerto Rico, The Virgin Islands and Mariana Islands, are represented. Additionally, there are students from 126 countries, according to the press release.

U.S. multicultural student (African American, Latinx, Native American and Pacific Islander) enrollment broke records this year with an increase in undergraduate and freshman students. Harmon credited this increase with new multicultural recruitment programs and scholarships.

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JORDYN DUBOIS/ IOWA STATE DAILY The new gender-inclusive and family restroom sign hangs outside the newly renovated restrooms in Parks Library.

Gender-inclusive restrooms open in Parks Library

BY JORDYN.DUBOIS @iowastatedaily.com A couple of weeks after the bathroom renovations in Parks Library were completed, faculty members and students came together Oct. 31 for the official ribbon cutting of the restroom renovation.

Starting in the summer of 2018, bathrooms in Parks Library have been undergoing renovations to add gender-inclusive restrooms, a remodeled women’s restroom and a new lactation room for new mothers. The renovation made bathrooms more accessible as well as Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) approved.

All five floors of the Parks Library now meet these standards with the completion of renovations. Restrooms in the North of Parks Library will be renovated after this school year.

“I think campus leadership support for this project shows how much we value accessible restrooms, how much we value safe places for [the] individuals in our community who might want safe and separate restroom experiences and also for modern, updated and working restrooms,” said Beth McNeil, dean of library services.

The restroom renovations are currently in year one of a two-year project with the men’s restroom renovations set to start in the summer. Those restrooms will be updated to be larger, nicer and ADA compliant. The custodians will also be getting a larger custodial closet included in the remodel.

“Libraries are about education, about access to information, about entertainment and about making safe spaces,” McNeil said. “At ISU and in Parks Library, we strive to meet these goals.”

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College of Engineering dean to retire at end of year

BY KAYLIE.CROWE @iowastatedaily.com Sarah Rajala, dean of the College of Engineering, announced in August that she will be retiring at the end of the academic year.

Rajala is the 12th dean of the College of Engineering and has served in the position since April 2013. It was announced in December 2017 that she would be reappointed to a five-year term.

Rajala is one of three female deans at Iowa State. The College of Engineering is the largest college at Iowa State, with Rajala overseeing more than 9,600 students and 12 academic majors in her position.

Rajala’s academic career started as a faculty member at North Carolina State University, where she spent 27 years before moving on to a leadership position at Mississippi State.

Rajala spent six and a half years as dean of engineering at Mississippi State. She then came to Iowa State and has spent six years in her current position.

“As a faculty member, one of the things I always enjoyed was being able to mentor and advise young people,” Rajala said.

“I eventually had the opportunity to be the associate dean for Academic Affairs, and when I got into that, I really enjoyed what I was doing because it was all of the activities in the college that supported the success of the students.”

With the engineering student population rising from around 7,500 to around 9,500 students, Rajala and staff have to make sure they keep up with the increasing number of students.

“Certainly one of the things I’m proud of is the ability to continue to deliver a very high quality education for students during a time where we had significant growth in the population of students,” Rajala said. “Being able to have that wonderful team and be able to do that speaks volumes about the passion of our faculty and staff of the college.”

During Rajala’s tenure, the college has renovated and built new facilities, expanded its research portfolio and raised more than $185 million in philanthropic support.

Balaji Narasimhan, a faculty member in biological and chemical engineering, was the associate dean for research in the College of Engineering before Rajala came to Iowa State.

Narasimhan helped Rajala transition into Iowa State and worked with her as she was finding a successor for his role.

SARAH HENRY/ IOWA STATE DAILY Portrait of Sarah Rajala, dean of the College of Engineering, in the Portraits of Leaders Art Gallery at the Christian Petersen Art Museum in Morrill Hall.

Rajala and Narasimhan worked together on a number of different fundraising initiatives. Narasimhan is the director of the nano vaccine institute on campus. Narasimhan wants to move into new space during the next year or so, and Rajala played a key role in helping raise external funds.

“It was wonderful seeing Sarah lay out the vision for the college and how this would help both our students and our faculty in a way that would be transformative,” Narasimhan said.

Narasimhan said all of their combined experiences gave him the opportunity to see how clearly she thinks and how good of

a listener she is.

“I learned a lot from seeing her create a shared vision. I think shared vision is most effective,” Narasimhan said. “It was very gratifying for me to see and something I took. Sarah has done an absolutely fantastic job. She is a big champion for our students, faculty and college.”

A main focus during Rajala’s time as dean was the growth and development of research and new facilities.

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Iowa State Extension and Outreach reaches Iowans across all 99 counties

BY LAUREL.GLYNN @iowastatedaily.com Though more than 1 million people are directly affected by the extension and outreach programs offered by Iowa State each year, some may not recognize the impact, as not everyone is aware of the source.

Iowa State University’s Extension and Outreach Strategic Plan, activated in 2017 to carry out through 2022, relies heavily on the values of the Morrill Land Grant Acts of 1862.

“I think many students don’t realize that Iowa State University is a land grant university and what that means,” said Deb Sellers, the associate dean of Human Sciences Extension and Outreach. “The point is to make education accessible to everyone.”

Iowa was the first state to accept the provisions of the Morrill Act, which donated public land to the states and to establish colleges that specialized in “agriculture and the mechanical arts,” according to the act.

Today, Iowa State is the only land grant university in Iowa. There is at least one in every state around the country and 72 in total.

According to the extension professionals, the mission of extension and outreach is to build a “strong Iowa by engaging all Iowans in research, education, and extension experiences to address current and emerging real-life challenges.”

This requires granting access to research-based information and interacting with the public, not only to educate Iowa State students, but all Iowans so they can make educated decisions in areas.

“I was visiting with our stakeholders and staff and council members in 20 locations to ask, ‘what do you see as challenge?’, ‘what impacts your comm u n i t y ’s ability to

thrive?’, ‘what role might extension play in helping to address that?’” said John Lawrence, vice president of Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.

Consistent with its land grant roots, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach operates to serve Iowans in four main areas: agriculture and natural resources, human sciences, community and economic development, and 4-H youth development.

Extension and outreach impact farmers across the state by helping to further agricultural education. They host crop advantage meetings to help farmers be more efficient, increase profit margins in the dairy industry

Student-led farm celebrates 75 years

BY KATIE.BRINKMAN @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State’s student-run Ag 450 farm is celebrating its 75th year in operation.

The farm started 75 years ago when William Murray, professor of economics, was convinced that students at Iowa State needed experience managing a farm to prepare them for farming and other agriculture-related careers.

What started out as a 187-acre operation with pigs, cows, chickens and mules to pull machinery, is now a 900-acre farm that manages about 4,000 hogs per year, said Robert Frutchey, who is the instructor in charge of the course.

“I wouldn’t have a bachelor’s degree, let alone a master’s, if it weren’t for this program,” Frutchey said.

Physically, the farm has changed in many ways. The buildings have been updated for efficiency and machinery has been added to the farm.

Likewise, the number of students has also changed. Years ago, Murray’s class only had 10 students enrolled. Today, the class has 67 students enrolled in the fall and spring semesters.

The Ag 450 farm is the only entirely student-managed farm at a land-grant

DAVID BOSCHWITZ/ IOWA STATE DAILY Seniors in agricultural studies pack up after class on the Ag450 farm, which celebrated its 75th year in operation in fall 2018.

university in the nation.

“It’s very exciting and makes me proud to be able to hold that title and to be a part of it,” said Erin De Tar, senior in agricultural studies.

Ag 450 is a capstone course for students and allows them to communicate with peers and develop professional relationships, Frutchey said.

Running the farm gives students a sense of what it’s like in the real world. The class is designed to have students learn by doing and help with their future careers.

“The university’s slogan is: ‘Science with practice,’ and that’s exactly what we’re doing. We’re taking the science part and putting it into a practical setting,” Frutchey said.

and train pork producers to implement biosecurity protocols to ensure a safe pork supply.

Additionally, programs for health and finances help to improve the quality of life for individuals and communities by granting them access to information about healthy eating, relationships and financial well-being through workshops and online training.

“We deal with people, needs, opportunities and challenges and there’s always more we can do,” Sellers said. “We have to know where we can have the most impact.”

Iowa State makes direct contact with a staff of 900 locally elected council members and more than 16,000 volunteers who make contacts with Iowans so they can be educated in their communities through phone calls, emails and face-to-face consultations.

This is done through a network of county offices.

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach has an office in every county in Iowa, and two in Pottawattamie County, which allows direct contact across the state. Each office has resources to cater to the particular needs of that specific county.

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“Another thing I am very proud of is the work we have done to enhance the facilities that we have,” Rajala said. “Resources are always limited, but through the generosity of our friends and donors, we got the resources to do a major renovation on Marston Hall.”

Rajala has worked in an industry that is a male-dominated field, and by extension, her time spent as a faculty member and as a dean has had many firsts as a woman.

Rajala was the first female faculty member in her department at North Carolina State and the only female student in her undergraduate classes.

“I was the only female student in Electrical Engineering as an undergraduate at Michigan Tech in my class,” Rajala said.

“You start to break ground in these areas. You work hard to find ways to be successful and create a path to make things better for those who are following you.”

Rajala took what she learned through these experiences and used it as a passion to create more diversity in all aspects of the field.

“I have worked hard to expand diversity over the years,” Rajala said. “It’s important to have those different voices at the table. We’re always looking for ways to make sure the environment is nurturing and welcoming, and that everybody has a place at the table. Everybody’s voice is important.”

Though Rajala loves what she does, she decided not to continue with her five-year reappointment.

Rajala’s husband is a senior lecturer in Geology and Atmospheric Sciences at Iowa State and will be retiring as well, and together they will move to North Carolina.

“I love my job, I love what I’m doing,” Rajala said. “Deans jobs are big jobs, engineering is a large operation. If and when I decided to leave, I wanted to leave the college in a better place than when I started. And I think it is.”

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The issue of trademarking has become a contentious issue at Iowa State over the fall 2018 semester.

BY ADOLFO.ESPITIA @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State markets more than 800 student clubs and organizations to prospective students, with a few clubs having historic imprints on the community.

Some of these clubs are nationally recognized, competing in competitions across the United States, with Iowa State claiming these achievements, and the clubs proudly touting Iowa State’s logo.

However, a $1 million lawsuit, a petition and two revised trademark guidelines later, some leaders of Iowa State’s student body have unified to reach a compromise regarding controversial trademark policies that now limit their ability to use Iowa State’s name and its images.

After consulting with the president, vice president of student government and focus groups in 2017, Michael Norton, university counsel for university policy, devised new taglines for the policy. In an official statement released on Nov. 26, Norton explained the revisions to the trademark policy.

According to the statement, the updated guidelines allowed students “more independence and freedom to express their own views and interests,” removing Iowa State from making content-based decisions.

Since 2013, a balanced policy has yet to be created that satisfies both students and administration. With the revisions of the trademark policy, student leaders continue to rally and petition for further compromise.

How did the Iowa State community get here?

The Gerlich lawsuit When Paul Gerlich, a 2016 Iowa State alumnus, enrolled in the fall of 2012, he did not expect to be involved in a lawsuit for most of his college career.

Gerlich became involved with the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), dedicating his time to push marijuana reform in Iowa.

After a controversial t-shirt design containing Cy holding a marijuana leaf was published on the front of the Des Moines Register, it gained the attention of administration. The policy was then updated in the beginning of 2013 to the three-tier system: sponsored, affiliated and registered.

In 2013, the guidelines automatically disapproved designs that promoted, “Drugs and drug paraphernalia.”

Eric Cooper, associate professor at Iowa State and adviser for NORML, suspected that the change specifically targeted NORML. After a t-shirt design was denied for violating the new guidelines, Gerlich decided to move forward with the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education to sue Iowa State, claiming it violated his First Amendment rights.

In January 2016, NORML won based on the violation of their First and 14th Amendment rights. Iowa State filed two consecutive “motions to stay.”

In 2017, the university filed an appeal with the Federal Appeals Court in St. Louis, later losing again.

The lawsuit that lasted for the majority of Gerlich’s college career finally ended in 2017, costing Iowa State $1 million in damages and court fees.

After the lawsuit In 2017, the Trademark Office sought to revise the policy again, inviting a student representative from Student Government to the trademark advisory committee.

Leesha Zimmerman, director of trademark licensing, said a student representative position was added in 2004, but no one showed up to the meetings until Ian Steenhoek, a senior in journalism, was appointed.

By adding a student representative and forming focus groups composed of students and student leaders, Zimmerman hoped to gain feedback for appropriate revisions.

Steenhoek said he felt like he was in the minority opinion, being the only consistent student in the committee.

“Being a student, you’re the one being impacted by it,” Steenhoek said. “Administrators don’t have to worry about whether or not they can use trademarks. Their departments have access to those.”

After the committee meetings and focus groups, the trademark office unveiled its revised guidelines. Organizations could use “at Iowa State University,”“at Iowa State” or “at ISU,” as well as discontinuing the use of Cy in any logo.

At the beginning of the fall 2018 semester, organizations across campus received notices to change their club names.

Lance Leski, a junior in computer science and member of NORML, stood alongside other organizations concerning the new policy.

“This trademark policy has created a disconnect between the clubs and the university,” Leski said.

What’s in a name?

Student organizations struggle to find their identity in midst of trademark dispute

BY DEVYN.LEESON @iowastatedaily.com It can take years and even decades for a student club or organization to build its identity, brand recognition and overall place within the greater Ames community of which tens of thousands of students actively participate.

With many of these groups’ identities being built upon how they represent Iowa State, the implementation of new trademark guidelines, which forbid certain symbols and words within logos and names, have student groups scrambling to find a new identity.

While the university has said the trademark regulations were implemented to protect itself and are similar to initiatives from other universities around the country, students have argued the protections have come at a price, especially when the changes were brought on before the start of the fall semester with little time to react.

“We are seeing that students feel that they can’t be proud of what they are doing here, that they aren’t a part of Iowa State University, that the university is trying to disassociate itself with these student groups,” Student Government Speaker Cody Woodruff said.

Woodruff used the example of the Iowa State Chess Club, which is now called the Ames Collegiate Chess Club.

“There is no Ames college, it is Iowa State University,” Woodruff said.

Although student organizations have the ability to change the “Iowa State” or “ISU” at the beginning of their club name to “at ISU” toward the end of their name, student organizations have said this further widens the gap between being with the university.

“There is a definite sense of betrayal,” said Adam Jenke, president of the Ames Collegiate Chess Club. “I think many of us see these policies as the university abandoning us, which is particularly hard for the many clubs that have contributed so much to the University. At the end of the day, we are not simply clubs that are at ISU, we are ISU.” Jenke said it is strange the university wouldn’t want to identify with many of the groups representing the university in a positive way.

Some groups have historically significant logos based in long-standing tradition. For these groups, they face an extremely difficult decision: change their historic logos, or stop being recognized as a club at Iowa State.

“We are considering nothing new at this time,” said Dan Burden, academic adviser for ISU Trap and Skeet in an email to the Daily. “It is an incredible hassle and time-wasting experience to have to go through this process (again) for no good reason. We are coming up on the end of our functional club year at the end of the next month. Next year’s officers can decide to: go with no identity, come up with a

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The NORML case in review: Why it still matters today

BY MADELYN.OSTENDORF @iowastatedaily.com In 2012, the Iowa State chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (ISU NORML) entered a four-year legal battle with Iowa State over the topic of trademark infringing on the club’s free speech rights.

Fall 2012 ISU NORML is re-founded after a 20year absence from Iowa State’s campus. On Nov. 19, the club’s president is photographed in the Des Moines Register wearing the

club’s new shirt, depicting Cy on the front and saying “Freedom is NORML at ISU” on the back with a marijuana leaf over the slogan.

The photo received immediate backlash, and Brad Trow, a staffer for the Iowa House Republicans, and Steve Lukan, the head of the Iowa Drug Task Force, called Iowa State’s President Steven Leath to ask if the club had permission to use Cy in that context.

On Nov. 30, Warren Madden, senior vice president of finance, and Thomas Hill, senior vice president of Student Affairs, met with members of ISU NORML to inform

the club that they could not produce any more of their t-shirts despite the club having sold out of their previous order of 100.

Spring 2013 Madden went to speak with the Trademark Offices and a change to the trademark policies was made: “No designs that use University marks that suggest promotion of the below listed items will be approved: dangerous, illegal or unhealthy products, actions, or behaviors; firearms and weapons in a manner which is illegal, dangerous, harmful or destructive to humans; drugs and drug paraphernalia that

are illegal or unhealthful…”

Spring 2014 ISU NORML sends letters out to the national chapter of NORML, the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa (ACLU) and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) to ask for help. The national chapter of NORML and the ACLU did not think that ISU NORML had a case, but FIRE agreed that Iowa State was suppressing NORML’s right to free speech.

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BY DEVYN.LEESON @iowastatedaily.com Messages saying “it’s okay to be white” have been posted around campus, prompting individuals and the university to react.

The messages were often coupled with words encouraging people to vote for congressional candidate Steve King, who was in the news for endorsing white nationalists leading up to the election.

Other universities around the United States have had “it’s okay to be white” fliers including Tufts University, Harvard University,

the University of Vermont and more. The signs and slogans are reportedly linked to white nationalist groups, originating from the online message board 4chan. “‘It’s okay to be white’ comes from, No. 1, the insecurity of white nationalists’ racial identity and the situation of fake self victimization that comes from social ignorance,” said Ashton Ayers, policy director for the College Democrats at Iowa State. “This comes from the same rhetoric Steve King espouses where he says black people are inferior and Western civilization is superior and that the ‘white people are becoming a minority’ in their own

country and that is somehow something we need to stop.”

John McCarroll, executive director of University Relations, said the fliers posted around campus had been taken down after being reported to campus police, but the chalk drawings were still up and could be investigated.

This is because policies against chalking include rules that messages can’t be displayed vertically or in areas not allowed by the campus, but the contents of the message in question was noted due to its contents and context.

“We have principles of community; we do not tolerate messages that are threatening

racially or to any group,” McCarroll said.

Jacob Minock, president of the College Republicans at Iowa State, said he was unaware of the messages being spread and disagrees with people defacing others’ messages.

“The only thing I see with this is that someone is personally crossing out chalk messages, [and] that is something I don’t personally agree with,” Minock said.

Minock did not see an issue with the contents of the message, however, saying it is equivalent to a message that “it is okay to be insert any other color, or insert literally anything else.”

Was 2018 the year of the woman?

Nationally, 276 women were candidates for seats of power: 16 for governors, 23 for senators and 237 for representatives

BY MADELYN.OSTENDORF @iowastatedaily.com With the House and Senate divided between parties, this midterm election was not a win for Democrats or Republicans, but for the women who were chosen to represent their constituents.

2018 was a groundbreaking year for women in politics.

Nationally, 276 women were candidates for seats of power: 16 for governors, 23 for senators and 237 for representatives.

118 are slated to hold seats for the next term. Women also won two-thirds of the seats that the Democrats flipped from previous Republican control.

Zoey Shipley, the president of Iowa State’s Vote Everywhere club, cites this record-breaking year to be an inspiration to women of all ages, even if they aren’t interested in politics.

“It just shows to any woman, any little girl, that anything you put your mind to you can do,” Shipley said.

The Iowa House of Representatives gained five new female representatives, all of whom were Democrats. Previously, the record for women in the Iowa Legislature was 35 seats, but in this past mid-term election, that record was surpassed as 45 women were elected, meaning that 30 percent of the 150-seat legislature is made up of women.

During the “Year of the Woman” in 1992, 24 women were newly elected to the U.S. Congress, and that had remained the record for 26 years. In 2018, however, that record was surpassed by 31 new women elected to represent their states.

Dianne Bystrom, director emerita of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, said the sudden spike in female winners across the nation may be attributed to who they challenged. A large number of the women, especially in the House, were Democrats running against incumbent male Republicans.

“We know from research conducted in the early 1990s that when women run, especially for open-state races, they have just as good a chance, sometimes even better, to win,” Bystrom said.

“So the biggest hurdle so far is convincing women to run. ”

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modified logo, or take the club private and completely non-ISU under the Ames Collegiate Shooting Sports LLC.” Other groups that have come into compliance with the trademark policy, such as Greenlee School TV — formerly known as ISU TV — have gone through issues finding their meaning after the changes.

“Being known as ISU TV, people knew exactly what we were about — reporting for Iowa State University,” said Hollie Schlesselman, general manager for Greenlee School TV. “Now with this whole Greenlee School TV, it’s a name, just not our name.”

Since the name change, Schlesselman explained the group has had to change its logo, its green screen designs and all of its clothing that identified them during events.The year before implementation of the trademark policy, ISU TV had new polos made, meaning the club wasted time developing and paying for the clothes.

Even though the university set aside funds for groups to develop new logos and get new clothing, Schlesselman said there was a huge amount of time wasted. This time sink and barrier to redevelopment was one reason Burden said the trap and skeet team

CHRIS JORGENSEN AND KENNEDY DERAEDT/ IOWA STATE DAILY “We’re already in a moment where we’re seeing record numbers of women running for office, and not only running but winning their primaries,” assistant professor Tessa Ditonto said.

Brett Kavanaugh confirmation to court may fuel record number of women elected into office

BY ELI.HARRIS @iowastatedaily.com When Associate Justice Clarence Thomas was confirmed to the Supreme Court in 1991, the result was an explosive reaction by voters to elect more women to office than ever before.

Today, the United States potentially finds itself in a similar situation.

With an accuser coming forward against Judge Brett Kavanaugh at the end of his hearings, the entire confirmation process has been upset. Ironically, like a previous Supreme Court case, the current scenario has a precedent.

On Oct. 11, 1991, Anita Hill testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about her allegations of sexual misconduct against the Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas.

In her testimony, she claimed while she was working under him, he repeatedly made sexual comments toward and around her. Like many politicized sexual assault situations, some chose to believe her and others decided the contrary.

The importance of Anita Hill’s testimony, however, is not the result of Thomas’ nomination. The real impact of her testimony was seen in the following elections in what is known as “The Year of the Woman.” More women were elected to office than ever before in American history.

“It incentivized people to vote for female candidates,” said Dianne Bystrom, director emerita of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics.

Bystrom said even though it was too late for women to start running for office in 1991, it didn’t stop people from voting for female candidates. This is true today, as more female candidates are running for federal office than at any time in history.

The effects of that election are still evident today as one of the women who was elected that year was Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. In September, Feinstein brought forward a charge of sexual assault against Brett Kavanaugh by one of his former high school classmates, Christine Blasey Ford.

would not be developing a new logo.

For Schlesselman, the rebranding of ISU TV has hurt how members feel about the program.

“It’s like a parent disowning me,” Schlesselman said. “We want to be able to represent the university, especially as we are reporting on our school.”

As a result, Schlesselman said she has seen membership with Greenlee School TV decline after the name change and they are “struggling to survive.” One cause she sees is that the name change has led people to misunderstand the mission of Greenlee School TV with people unaware of what they are reporting on.

In a letter sent out to students on Nov. 26, the university outlined one option they could use to increase student organizations’ ability to rebrand. The letter mentioned Kansas State and how it has a specific logo that is used within student organizations.

This idea was not well received by student organizations, however.

“This letter has made a lot of people more pissed off,” Woodruff said. “Things are getting worse, not better … some of the other responses I have gotten are: ‘there is consideration for a new [student organization] logo, that isn’t what we want and who knows if it will even happen;’ ‘I don’t like it, I just want people to

One question still looms large: What are the consequences of Kavanaugh’s confirmation for the upcoming midterms? Assistant Professor of Political Science Tessa Ditonto said a second “year of the woman” may be coming.

“We’re already in a moment where we’re seeing record numbers of women running for office, and not only running but winning their primaries,” Ditonto said.

The issue still remains about whether people are going to vote for these candidates. Bystrom said that they undoubtedly will. Not only does she think that women are going to do well on the national stage, she said that female candidates are going to be elected locally, going as far as to say, “There will be a record number of women in the Iowa House.”

Kavanaugh’s confirmation, or lack thereof, may be a driving force in this motivation. Just like Anita Hill, voters could see a mishandling of Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations as the Republican party not taking the proper concerns for sexual assault, Ditonto said.

know that we are upset and will work together to make a better policy;’ ‘I am personally in favor of everyone ignoring the current trademark policy, if they won’t hear us, we won’t hear them.’”

The last response Woodruff received — the potential situation of a protest — was a sentiment reflected by both Schlesselman and Jenke. In the meantime Jenke has started a petition denouncing the trademark policy and calling for an immediate freeze of its implementation to slow down and have a further discussion on the trademark policies.

If those aren’t listened to, Jenke, Schlesselman and Woodruff said the next step would be protest by students — who would refuse to follow the trademark policy — go back to using the old names and possibly even use their old logos.

Schlesselman said she is still calling her organization ISU TV and is thinking about using the old logos in defiance of the policy itself, and Jenke agreed even though he said the chess club is “not an activist group and is really just a bunch of people who like chess.”

Jenke said if that doesn’t work, they could pursue a lawsuit against the university, something Woodruff mentioned in a meeting between student organizations about the trademark policy.

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Housing for homeless populations viewed as city priority

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BY TALON.DELANEY @iowastatedaily.com Ames is set to receive another round of federal funding for community housing developments, and residents came to the Ames City Council chambers Dec. 4 to discuss how they believe that funding should be spent.

Nearly 30 residents participated in the meeting, which was made up of different group workshops overseen by a council member.

Afterwards, the council convened to compare what their groups discussed. Providing housing to homeless, mentally ill and low-income populations was a top concern.

The grant money for these developments comes from two different programs: The Community Development Block Program and the Home Investment Partnerships Program (HOME). Ames began receiving CDBG funds in 2004, but this is the first year that the city is eligible for HOME spending.

The public forum was only the first in a continuing process to develop a five-year consolidation plan. Money from these funds can be used to create renter affordability programs, provide transportation assistance, buy land and convert it to home owning infrastructure and help low-to-middle-income people and families make down payments on homes.

Representatives from a variety of organizations made an appearance, including the Story County Community Housing Corporation, Youth Social Services, Story County Housing Trust Fund and A Mid-Iowa Organizing Strategy.

“It was really good to get here and see there was an opportunity to dialogue,” said Brenda Dryer, a Scott County Housing Trust Fund member.

Dryer is also the director of workforce solutions for the Ames Chamber of Commerce.

The workshops discussed the goals of different five-year consolidation plans since 2004 and voted on the ones that were most important to them. The groups overwhelmingly supported plans to improve the quantity and quality of affordable rental housing, as well as housing developments for homeless and special needs peoples.

“Our group talked a lot about increased housing for homeless people with mental health needs,” said Ward Four Rep. Chris Nelson.

Council nate i m i l e o t n pla e k i b d d a , g n parki eet lanes to str

BY TALON.DELANEY @iowastatedaily.com The Ames City Council approved design plans in October for Welch Avenue that eliminates parking on the 100 block that will be replaced by wider sidewalks and bike lanes on each side.

This design affects the hilled block of Welch Avenue between Chamberlain Avenue and Lincoln Way. While the changes offer friendlier options to pedestrians and cyclists, the plan encountered opposition from business owners who rely on the quick, in-and-out traffic of their customers.

Of the six options available, council members debated between approving Option Four, which features two bike paths and no street parking and Option Six, a design that featured a strip of parking spaces on the east side and one bike lane on the west side.

“I’d like to see the parking restored on both sides,” said Mark Schroeder, who has owned University Barbers for the last 52 years. “I see this [Option Four] as a good compromise for that, but I would like to see more parking for the in-and-out type businesses.”

The Council approved Option Four in a 5-1 vote.

The Public Works Department worked with Iowa State Community and Regional Planning Group (CRP), an undergraduate student group, on street design and public outreach. Together they surveyed more than 1,000 people and determined Option Four to be the most popular design.

“When I think of this area, I immediately think of it as a pedestrian and bike-friend ly area,” said Alexandria Hoskins, ex-officio council member and sophomore in political science.

“From my understanding this is the direction Iowa State wants to go.”

Plans for the new design will be implemented in the summer of 2019.

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‘There was nothing I could do to fix this:’ Ames community discusses the opioid crisis

BY TALON.DELANEY @iowastatedaily.com The opioid crisis is reaching epic proportions across the nation, and Iowa is no exception.

Data from the Iowa Department of Human Services shows opioid-related deaths doubled between 2005 and 2016, and the problem isn’t going to fix itself.

More than 75 Ames residents, university students and other concerned citizens gathered in the Bessie Myers Auditorium at the Mary Greeley Medical Center Nov. 15, 2018 to hear from activists and medical professionals, as well as the parents of opioid overdose victims. The event was part of Story County Community Conversations, which seek to bring attention to pivotal issues.

“As a mother, I’m normally able to come up with a solution to fix things,” said Natasha Terrones, who lost her 25-year-old daughter to synthetic opioids in 2016. “But

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there was nothing I could do to fix this.”

Terrones’ daughter, Tashara Burnside, overdosed on U-47700, a synthetic opioid known as “U4” or “pink.” She was found unresponsive in her Ames apartment on Dec. 10, 2016, after ingesting the substance, and was rushed to the Mary Greeley Medical Center.

“The next six days were the longest days of my life,” Terrones said. “I remember thinking, ‘How did we get here? How did this happen?’”

That’s when neurologists delivered Terrones some world-shattering news: Both sides of her daughter’s brain were completely inactive. Knowing her first-born child would never recover from the brain damage, Terrones let doctors take her daughter off life support.

“At 10:01 p.m. I made the most difficult decision of my life,” Terrones remembered.

“The last two years have been a wave of emotion for me. I’m still angry, but I’m learning

Iowa State.

State’s administration informing them that Iowa State’s suppression was an unconstitutional, viewpoint-based discrimination. Later in the summer, FIRE worked with Paul Gerlich and Katy Furleigh, the then-president and vice president of ISU NORML, as plaintiffs in a lawsuit against

Fall 2014 Iowa State’s lawyers file a motion to dismiss the case, but their request is denied by Judge Gritzner, causing the lawsuit to proceed.

Fall 2015 The plaintiffs and Iowa State agree to waive the tri-

how to use that anger in a positive way.”

Soon after losing her daughter, Terrones joined the Story County Opioid Task Force.

She has worked to raise awareness of the rising threat of opioids ever since.

The proximity of the stories really hit home for Brea Baumhover and Emily Carr, both juniors in family consumer science (FCS) at Iowa State.

“The fact that it’s so close to home really freaked me out,” Carr said. “You think this wouldn’t be in Ames, but it is.”

As a soon-to-be educator, Baumhover worries that elementary school children won’t be properly informed about just how dangerous these drugs are.

“A lot of schools are getting rid of their health teachers already,” she said. “So FCS has to take this over along with eight other categories in our curriculum, but that doesn’t leave enough time for drug education. This needs special attention.”

al and asked for a summary judgment, in which a case is judged based solely on the facts gathered by both sides.

Spring 2016 On Jan. 21, Judge Gritzner rules that Iowa State violated ISU NORML’s First and 14th Amendment rights: Iowa State filed a “motion to stay,” which would tempo-

rarily stop the case from finishing, but the Federal Appeals Court denied the motion.

“A l u m n i a n d c u r r e n t members of NORML ISU stand in solidarity with the student leaders that continue to advocate for the university and its trademarks being returned to the hands of the student organizations that represent it best,” Montgomery said.

BY DEVYN.LEESON @iowastatedaily.com In the wake of the death of Iowa State student and golfer Celia Barquin Arozamena, the Ames City Council discussed public safety and mental health resources during its meeting on Sept. 25.

Before the discussion began, Mayor John Haila said the city would be actively looking into safety improvements in the city as well as taking public feedback.

“This one tragedy will not define us as an unsafe community,” Haila said.

However, not everyone shared that belief. The one member of the public to speak during the discussion, Holly Varnum, said she didn’t feel safe.

“I’m here to speak about safet y,” Varnum said. “I heard the news she had been murdered. [She] was murdered in broad daylight this week. The news was so shocking to me. Right now, I don't feel safe at all.”

Varnum, who identified herself as having a disability, said more resources needed to be provided by the city to address the issue.

“We need more help to people who need it,” Varnum said. “ We need more mental health resources for people who have disabilities like me and the homeless.”

In a briefing provided before Varnum’s comments, Ames Police Chief Chuck Cychosz said it was important to report any safety issues or public concerns to the police so those issues can be addressed.

When it comes to homelessness, Cychosz said that it is important to not generalize all homeless people as dangerous following the incident. Instead, Cychosz said that police would prioritize getting additional perspectives to ensure safety.

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ZI, ZIR, ZIRS SHE, HER, HERS Should Iowa State put pronouns on business cards?

BY LOGAN.METZGER @iowastatedaily.com Pronouns are important to many people. They are used as a replacement for a name during conversation, and pronouns have been a topic of conversation surrounding identity.

Recently, Iowa State has offered more opportunities for individuals to identify their pronouns by handing out pronoun pins at events such as Destination Iowa State and the LGBTQIA+ Community Welcome at the beginning of the year, and allowing staff to add pronouns to their nametags.

Some people at Iowa State question why Iowa State business cards do not allow pronouns on the front.

Misgendering someone, or referering to someone —especially a transgender person — using a pronoun that does not correctly reflect the gender with which they identify, has been a part of the conversation surrounding pronouns and the importance to some of putting them in email bylines and even on business cards.

To some, a business card should allow an individual to contact someone with the appropriate pronouns.

“Pronouns are important just because it is im-

portant to know how to refer to each other,” said Clare Lemke, assistant director for the Center for LGBTQIA+ Student Success. “Something we stress on a lot when we’re talking about pronouns in our office is that pronouns replace a person’s name, and a name is typically thought of as important.”

Lemke compared it to calling someone by the wrong name or mispronouncing someone’s name.

“Being called by the wrong pronouns can bring up some of those same feelings,” Lemke said.

Pronouns are important because they are the second most used way to refer to someone, said nicci port, project director for Diversity & Inclusion and LGBTQ+ Initiatives.

“If you’re not using their name you are using a pronoun,” port said. “Pronouns are important because they are a parallel use of your name.”

There is no designated space for pronouns on the front of the Iowa State University business cards, port said, but they are allowed.

“The business cards have a template for the front and people are allowed to print things on the back,” port said. “That is where you would put things like a website, Facebook page or pronouns. There is no field

within the front template for pronouns.”

While this option is available, the Iowa State University Print and Copy Services website says a $23 fee is charged for printing on the backside.

Pronouns are allowed to be engraved on Iowa State nametags, and port said she and others have found the process of working with Cyclone Engraving, the ones who create the nametags, to be very easy.

“Practical purposes for me [of having pronouns of the front of business cards] would be that when I give my card to somebody I want them to know what they should call me when they don’t call me nicci,” port said.

A variety of people contribute to Iowa State, port said, and allowing individuals to put their pronouns prominently on the business cards shows Iowa State values diversity.

“Not only is it the right thing to do, but it could also affect the decision of someone coming to Iowa State versus going somewhere else,” port said. “Because they would say, ‘Hey, that person recognizes pronouns; that means I’m going to be included and welcome there. So I am going to make the decision to go to Iowa State.’”

EMILY BLOBAUM/ IOWA STATE DAILY The Center for LGBTQIA+ Student Success will be moving into the Memorial Union.

LGBTQIA+ HISTORY Lindsay Matthews, Chelsea Ruede, Brady Himle and Aly Peeler participate in reverse campaniling in 2009.

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Looking back on the past tradition of Kiss-Ins

BY LOGAN.METZGER @iowastatedaily.com Campaniling, a time-honored tradition at Iowa State, had another iteration starting in 1991. This version of campaniling started out as a ‘Kiss-in’ before eventually changing into what is now known as ‘reverse campaniling.’

The Kiss-in of 1991 was organized and run by Phi Alpha Gamma co-founders Jay Larson and James Schaefer.

“We have made a conscious choice to refuse to live by the implied standards of our society,” according to an LGBTAA press release in 1991. “Where our cultural ‘norms’ refuse to recognize same-sex affection, we refuse to accept those restrictions.”

The 1991 kiss-in drew same-

sex couples and heterosexual couples, such as Susan Budlong and Kory Sylvester, who allied with Phi Alpha Gamma.

Not everyone on the Iowa State University campus liked or approved of the kiss-in, and there was a group of protesters present back on that Thursday.

Seniors at the time, Tim Siemens and Dwight DeJong confronted the kiss-in participants and yelled about them spreading AIDS and their dislike of the same-sex affection.

“We don’t f****** want to see it. Don’t do it on campus,” Siemens told Jennifer Wilson, a reporter with the Iowa State Daily.

A couple of years after the 1991 kiss-in on Central Campus, the LGBT community changed the name from Kiss-in to Reverse

Campaniling and kissed their significant others underneath the Campanile instead of on the lawn.

In 1998, the LGBTAA and LGBT Student Services came together and created an event called Reverse Campaniling, which was part of LGBT Awareness Week.

Instead of the traditional campaniling, Reverse Campaniling was held at noon instead of midnight and was specifically for members of the LGBT community and their allies.

Over time, multiple other Reverse Campaniling events occurred, the most recent of which was in 2009 in celebration of Freedom to Marry Week.

Alissa Stoehr, now a lecturer in sociology and women’s and gender studies at Iowa State, and nicci port, project director for diversity

and inclusion and LGBTQIA+ initiatives, both talked about their involvement with Reverse Campaniling.

“I remember that it was about visibility and that ‘we’re here,’ that was the noon event,” port said. “I believe there were conversations after that where they decided well we’ve done the visibility thing now let’s incorporate it into the main tradition.”

Stoehr and port also discussed their feelings about what the events did for the Iowa State campus.

“I think it gave [the LGBTQIA+ community] a presence and platform to show who they are, to show love and affection to their partner,” Stoehr said.

“It gave them the opportunity to participate in a tradition that was inclusive of them.”

The Center prepares for move to the Memorial Union in 2019

BY LOGAN.METZGER @iowastatedaily.com The Center for LGBTQIA+ Student Success announced on Nov. 14 via its social media that it will be moving into the Memorial Union in spring 2019.

Roslyn Gray, president of Pride Alliance and a senior in biology, said the benefits of the move are being closer to food, having a larger and more cooperative space and providing an opportunity for the LGBTQIA+ community to be seen.

More details will be coming about a specific location and a grand opening.

Student comments on both the Facebook and Instagram posts show broad support for the move.

“I will miss the space because I have grown accustomed to the rainbow room being in the same space since I have moved in,” Gray said. “I still go there to this day when I need a place to chill.”

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Hispanix/Latinx project director leaves Iowa State

BY MIKE.BROWN @iowastatedaily.com After two years in her inaugural position as project director in Hispanic/Latinx affairs in the Office of the Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion, Liz Mendez-Shannon will be saying goodbye to Iowa State to take a position at a consulting firm in Denver.

Taking a newly created position in an office that had not previously existed, said Reginald Stewart, the vice president in the Office for Diversity and Inclusion, Mendez-Shannon was instrumental in laying groundwork and LIZ MENDEZbuilding community through her position.

SHANNON “It’s extremely important to be able to have people who are motivated, driven, passionate and engaged in the work to come in and really chart uncharted territory,” Stewart said. “We’re a

better place because of the time she invested in Iowa State.”

Stewart said he believes the job of any new position is to lay a strong groundwork, and he said Mendez-Shannon has laid a solid foundation for the advancement of Latinx affairs at Iowa State.

Mendez-Shannon said being able to apply her own identity as a Latina to her work was something she greatly appreciated about her role at Iowa State.

“Being a Latina myself, I felt I was able to utilize who I was with my job. When can you say that? That’s so amazing, and I think it’s a big plus,” Mendez-Shannon said.

Vanessa Espinoza, a graduate student in the school of education and graduate intern in Latinx affairs, said Mendez-Shannon helped her grow and develop as more than just a professional during their time working together.

“Dr. Liz has helped me develop holistically, not only professionally, but even as a Latina woman,” Espinoza said.

“Representation matters, and I have been very fortunate to have a mentor that has the same identities as me.”

Authentic leadership was always a priority approach to her position at Iowa State, Mendez-Shannon said. She said she always approached her projects at Iowa State with the mindset of taking on different circumstances collectively as a team, describing her leadership style as collaborative.

“I think as a leader who is a Latina on campus, with a background in social work, I feel that my work here was, yes, to lay the groundwork for Latinx affairs on campus to be more visible, but also to build community,” Mendez-Shannon said.

“Not just within the community of Latinx individuals, but across cultures, ethnicities, gender expressions, just keep going. That’s been my passion here.”

The teams that focused on aspects of Mendez-Shannon’s leadership style, Espinoza said, are a reflection of the community-based aspects of Latinx cultures that her work reflected.

‘FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE, I’M ALONE IN A COUNTRY’ International freshmen face challenges at Iowa State

BY MIA.WANG @iowastatedaily.com Life in an unknown country can be lonely and intimidating.

Chris Yang, a freshman from China, experienced this firsthand when he traveled alone to the United States for the first time in August.

“I came to the country by myself, checked into the dorm by myself, registered classes and went to classes by myself,” Yang said. “I don’t have an outgoing personality.

I find it challenging to make friends in a foreign country.”

Yang is one of the 3,691 international students enrolled at Iowa State for the fall of 2018. Most international students face unique challenges when they come to the United States for the first time, especially those who are from countries where English is not the official language.

“I need to push [myself ] out of [my] comfort zone; otherwise the loneliness will eventually get to me,” Yang said. “My English is not proficiency enough for me to talk to domestic students and be friends with them. I often stutter or simply don’t know what to say. I think CSSA [Chinese Students and Scholars Association] is a good choice for me since people there speak my language, and we share the similar cultural background.”

Different social norms and lifestyle also cause challenges for international freshmen. One of the hardest challenges they deal with is homesickness.

Khum Yan Chew, junior in culinary food science, is a transfer student from Malaysia.

She arrived in Ames in August.

“For the first time in my life, I’m alone in a country,” Chew said. “At home, when something happens, I always have my parents as my emotional support. Even though sometimes I don’t talk to them,

their presence is enough to comfort me.”

Although she is not in the same country as her parents, Chew came to Iowa State with some of her friends from Malaysia who help her feel less alone.

“I consider myself lucky because, without my friends, I had to do all the explore by myself, like taking the bus, getting to know the school buildings and going out to eat,” Chew said. “I can see that would be truly scary, to say the least.”

Chew said she did almost all the preparation before coming to Iowa State by herself, such as what essentials she needed to bring, the expectations of a foreign freshman and the basic information about Ames.

“The school did a good job at preparing students when they arrived, like the orientation,” Chew said. “But I think they need to put more effort on helping international students before they plan their trip to America.”

Krista McCallum Beatty, director of the International Students and Scholars Office [ISSO,] said ISSO has put out new programs and renovated old ones to help international students acclimate to their new environment.

“We remodeled our undergraduate orientation program which we assigned students and orientation leaders by their major, so they can meet other international students with the same career goals and get advice from somebody who understands their major,” McCallum Beatty said.

Before Anything Else: Campaign to educate on consent

BY MARIBEL.BARRERA @iowastatedaily.com No means no. Silence is not consent.

Hesitation is not consent. Clothing choices are not consent. Incapacitation is not consent.

“Consent is B.A.E.” is the slogan for a campuswide sexual assault prevention campaign out of the Office of Equal Opportunities.

It aims to educate members of the Iowa State community on the definition of consent and the complexities that can come with avoiding and preventing instances of sexual assault.

Consent is defined under Title IX as “an affirmative agreement — through clear actions or words — to engage in sexual activity.”

It can be defined by both what it is and what it is not, but one thing is for certain — consent comes Before Anything Else.

“Ultimately, what we’re doing is hoping students pause and think and become more communicative in how they articulate what relationship boundaries and parameters are,” said Margo Foreman, Title IX coordinator and assistant vice president for diversity and inclusion and equal opportunity.

“When I’m in close encounters with someone, and this is where our relationship is

KATLYN CAMPBELL/ IOWA STATE DAILY Posters about consent hang on bulletin boards throughout Hamilton Hall on Oct. 17. The posters encourage people to seek consent before entering into a sexual interaction with another person.

going, how do I get to that moment of consent?” Foreman said. “And how do I make sure that it is continued and agreed upon? What do I do when I get there and the answer is no?”

The initiative aims to create a conscious-

ness around the idea of consent, as well as the idea of personal boundaries within different relationships.

It aims to educate members of the Iowa State community, particularly students, on

new ways to understand consent and sexual violence and to reconsider how they may have understood it in the past.

“I would say that in most cases, what we find in Title IX complaints is not that there has been a calculated plan to violate someone’s space and be involved with them in an unwelcoming manner,” Foreman said. “But those [violations] happen in the moment; they can happen over the course of a relationship.

They’re not necessarily accidental, but they’re not calculated.”

The Office of Equal Opportunity has partnered with many other on-campus organizations and programs, such as Green Dot, Know The Code, the Department of Residence and the Margaret Sloss Women’s Center, to create a collaborative message within a larger platform.

“We rely on a collaborative environment,” Foreman said. “I think there is a risk [with being] the only messenger. There is only so much staff here. We need those ambassadors of the message.”

In addition to this campaign, the Office of Equal Opportunity is hoping to expand its educational initiatives surrounding Title IX and sexual violence prevention.

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Iowa State Daily

GREEK LIFE

YELL LIKE HELL Embracing the traditions of Iowa State homecoming

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BY KENDALL.SHARP @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State students huddled around and stripped down to white sports bras, spandex and boxer briefs.

It was a brisk 39 degrees, and getting colder, while the students jumped around to Travis Scott’s new album in an attempt to stay warm as the red and yellow house paint first touched their bodies.

“Don’t you just love Yell Like Hell,” said a painted, yellow student as he slammed down a Pixie Stick.

Yell Like Hell is an Iowa State tradition that dates back to 1963. Students living in residence halls were invited to create “an original yell” and submit it to the competition. The judges would then select five finalists to perform at the homecoming pep rally.

This tradition has evolved into a greek community competition that embraces Iowa State’s traditions. Sororities and fraternities are paired together to compete for the homecoming trophy, with Yell Like Hell being a main component of the competition.

“Yell Like Hell is a really cool tradition that has been going

on for as long as I’ve heard about it, from my sister doing it for all four years and being a co-chair for it,” said Jack Wilson, junior in Beta Theta Pi fraternity. “I love the ability to give a story about Iowa State traditions in a different way because I can’t think of any other school that does it like this.”

This competition is an opportunity for sororities and fraternities to meet new people throughout the greek community.

“I’ve been painted the last three years so hopefully we can go for the four-peat next year,” Wilson said.

Yell Like Hell participants said the initial feeling of a paint brush going against their body is really cold, especially when it is 40 degrees outside and windy. Once the paint dries, participants said the paint gets really crusty.

“Every move you make it kind of tears your body,” Wilson said.

The Yell Like Hell participants rub conditioner all over their bodies attempting to prevent this from happening.

“We have to bring conditioner for our hair otherwise it turns your hair red and yellow,” said Tristan Caffrey, sophomore in Beta Theta Pi. The thought of competing in Yell Like Hell may never cross some students’ minds. Yet, a lot of students who have performed

in Yell Like Hell can’t wait to be covered in red and yellow paint.

“To get the paint off you have to sit in the shower for a very long time and scrub,” Caffrey said.

Sorority and fraternity members aren’t allowed to shower in their houses because the house paint clogs the drains and makes a mess. They also aren’t allowed to shower in residence halls for the same reason. This forces the Yell Like Hell participants to be creative.

“This year, we have a foam machine that sprays bubbles and we are going to put body wash in it and wash off on the patio,” Caffrey said.

In previous years, Yell Like Hell pairings have filled an inflatable pool with soapy water for their members to clean off the paint outside. Sorority and fraternity pairings are committed, from the application all the way to the removal of the paint.

If the sorority and fraternity members aren’t being painted, they are still involved with their Yell Like Hell pairing by painting their friends or helping the co-chairs.

“I got painted last year and fell in love with Yell Like Hell,” said Emilee Drost, junior in Sigma Kappa. “I wanted to show the younger members why I love Yell Like Hell so much, so I became a co-chair this year.”

Greek council presidents unite to create culture change

BY SIERRA.HOEGER @iowastatedaily.com “We are committed.”

These words echoed through C.Y. Stephens Auditorium during the Greek Week Awards Ceremony in April. In unison, these words were spoken by the four greek council presidents about their commitment to the unity of their councils.

For many years, the Collegiate Panhellenic Council (CPC), Interfraternity Council (IFC), Multicultural Greek Council (MGC) and National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) have been divided. Since these four presidents started their term, they have worked to unite the councils. This process began with themselves.

As they took on these important roles, the four bonded over their nervousness and became “actual friends,”

said Micaela Choate, MGC president.

“We all were new to it, we were all nervous [and] we were all learning,” said Jasmine Scott, NPHC president. “Some of us had held previous positions in our chapters, but some of us had not.”

Before taking on these roles, the four had no connection to each other.

Even though they all are active in the sorority and fraternity community, their paths had never crossed until they were elected into office.

“I think we would’ve became friends even if we weren’t presidents, but this is how we connected originally,” said Jackie Lawler, CPC president.

“We’ve all been there for each other during hard times because not everything’s been sunny [during our term].

So being able to have more than a professional relationship and actually

caring about each other has been important for us to grow as a team.”

Lawler did not exaggerate when she said “not everything’s been sunny.”

These presidents were elected into an extremely divided community.

During the Greek Week Awards Ceremony – formerly known as Vespers – in 2017, representatives from chapters across the entire sorority and fraternity community attended.

When the historically diverse MGC and NPHC chapters were being recognized, many audience members, specifically those within IFC and CPC, mocked their traditions and shouted racial slurs.

While this happened months before they entered office, Lawler and IFC President Adam Schroeder decided they wanted to apologize to Choate, Scott and the chapters within their councils on behalf of IFC

and CPC. After meeting numerous times and devising a plan, Lawler and Schroeder brought their idea to Choate and Scott.

From there, the four prepared a speech that was read at the Greek Week Awards Ceremony in April.

“The events of last year cannot and will not happen again,” Schroeder read. “On behalf of the CPC and IFC councils and the CPC and IFC chapter presidents, we are deeply sorry to all of those affected by last year’s events. We are sorry for any pain, sadness, isolation, frustration or fear of safety that we caused. This year has to be different. Every day has to be different. Every action must be different.

We are committed to ending racism and intolerance of all those who are marginalized in our sorority and fraternity community and our campus.”

The four presidents agreed they

hope their friendship and the growth the community has made during their term will set an example for future executive teams.

“I’m really proud of our four council presidents because I think they’ve taken [relationship-building] to heart with each other, and they show up and support each other and check up on each other,” said Billy Boulden, assistant dean of students and director of sorority and fraternity engagement.

The presidents know there is still a lot of work to do, but believe the councils have made immense progress.

“I would say in general we have definitely taken a step in the right direction,” Choate said. “But this isn’t just a choice you make once and that’s it. It’s a choice that has to continue.”

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Iowa State Daily

Record fundraising

Money will flow to science, research, scholarships

BY MADELYN.OSTENDORF @iowastatedaily.com

$1.1 BILLION

The Forever True for Iowa State fundraising campaign reached its $1.1 billion goal nearly two years ahead of schedule.

The campaign is focused on long-term fundraising to continue improving Iowa State and the future students who attend.

Named after the university’s fight song, the campaign strives to uphold the values of a land-grant university and is in place to rally support for scholarships for Iowa State students, backing the faculty and improving facilities and programs on campus.

Forever True for Iowa State was publicly

launched in September 2016 and was pitched to be an eight-year campaign to raise $1.1 billion by June 2020.

The university announced the campaign had already reached its $1.1 billion goal Oct. 15 and would be increasing its goal by $400 million and extending the campaign’s end time to June 2021, according a news release by the Iowa State Foundation.

“We thank the donors for their support of Iowa State University,” said Elaine Watkins-Miller, director of communications for the Foundation. “Truly their generosity is appreciated at the university and making its education accessible for more students. It’s really powerful, what they are doing.”

MIKINNA KERNS/ IOWA STATE DAILY Incoming freshman run through a tunnel of DIS leaders during the Destination Iowa State Kickoff event on Aug. 16, 2018.

BY ANNELISE.WELLS @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State University’s Research Park will receive a $1.7 million grant to support a manufacturing test lab, the U.S Department of Commerce announced on Sept. 20.

The grant will be given by the United States Economic Development Administration to make improvements to the park’s infrastructure so it can support a manufacturing test lab facility, according to the press release.

“This grant furthers the important work being done there,” Gov. Kim Reynolds said in a press release. “It also highlights two sources of pride for our state: manufacturing, our largest and fastest growing industry, and our public universities, which leverage more than $1 billion in research and development funding each year.”

According to grantee estimates, the press release said “the project is expected to create over 450 jobs and generate $10 million in private investment.”

“Iowa State’s Research Park is truly a center of excellence,” Reynolds said in the press release. “It’s a place where industry members learn best practices from one another and pilot and scale up new technology.”

The grant will allow a U.S manufacturer to host its test lab within Iowa State’s Research Park as well as provide jobs that are close to the university.

$1.7 MILLION

MAX GOLDBERG/ IOWA STATE DAILY In September, Iowa State University’s Research Park announced it will receive a $1.7 million grant to support a manufacturing test lab.

BY JARED.COADY @iowastatedaily.com

$6 MILLION

CHRIS JORGENSEN/ IOWA STATE DAILY Dennis Muilenburg, chairman, president and CEO of the Boeing Company and Iowa State alumnus, smiles as he is presented with an honorary Doctor of Science in May 2017.

BY JESSICA.KINDSCHI @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State received a $2.5 million grant from the U.S.Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office.

This three-year grant will be used to research what scientists call “bioprivileged molecules.”

Bioprivileged molecules create a library of compounds used to make green chemicals, said Brett Shanks, engineering professor and director of the Center of Biorenewable Chemicals at Iowa State.

“We call [them] bioprivileged because the biological sourcing of it creates unique opportunities to make molecules that we can’t make any other way,” Shanks said.

Renewable carbon would make existing chemicals that are used every day safer to use and better for the Earth. The problem, though, is finding the right kind of molecule that would create the chemical they want.

“There’s hundreds of chemicals, so how do we possibly trip upon the right ones?” Shanks said. To start, scientists work backwards.

Shanks said this is where the grant comes into play.

This grant is part of the three-step system that narrows down this vast amount of biological molecules to find what they need.

The end goal is to “develop a computer code that can go in and essentially crawl through the literature and find performance of certain molecules and application,” Shanks said.

The first of three steps takes place at the University of Washington, where researchers are data mining to find the bioprivileged molecules that can be diversified to create a compound with useful properties for a specific chemical.

The second step takes place at Northwestern University, where researchers are finding the molecular structures that will be useful in the production of the chemicals.

The third step is where Iowa State leads the research.

“One of the things I am excited about is we grow a lot of biomass in Iowa,” Shanks said.

“I think we have the opportunity for Iowa to be one of the leaders in producing these kind of compounds.”

The Boeing Company has made a $6 million commitment to Iowa State University.

The world’s largest aerospace company, Boeing is also the leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems. Its commitment to Iowa State will enhance education across all fields as well as support engineering students interested in research opportunities.

“Boeing is committed to inspiring the next generation of innovators and equipping them with the skills they need to excel in the modern workforce,” Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing chairman, president and chief executive officer, said in a press release.

A bulk of the funds will go toward the construction of the Student Innovation Center, due to open in January 2020. At about 140,000 square feet, the Student Innovation Center will offer re-

sources to students such as space for individual and group work.The building will also offer labs and workshops featuring state-of-theart tools and technology, according to Iowa State’s press release.

“The Student Innovation Center at Iowa State University will help encourage innovation on campus and in graduates’ future careers, positioning them for success in STEM-related fields,” Muilenburg said.

Some of the commitment will also go toward financial support for engineering students who want to improve their education by participating in undergraduate research.

Samuel Schreck, a senior in civil engineering, knows how beneficial undergraduate research can be for students.

“It helps you figure out what specialty you want to go into and helps develop you in a professional way so you know what work is like in a certain field,” Schreck said.

$2.5 MILLION

ALEC GILJOHANN/ IOWA STATE DAILY In November, Iowa State announced that it received a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office.

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voices

Iowa State Daily

From students...

FIRST GENERATION

‘I want to make my parents proud and feel like their hard work [has] paid off’

Courtesy of Miguel Vazquez-Espinoza Miguel Vazquez-Espinoza is a freshmen in engineering and a first-generation college student.

BY MIGUEL VAZQUEZ- ESPINOZA miguelve@iastate.edu

SARAH HENRY/ IOWA STATE DAILY From left to right: Chelsea Nelson, Kevin Wilson and Fifi Odhiambo pose next to a statue of George Washington Carver during the PWI Blackout outside of Carver Hall on Oct. 4.

The faces behind the #PWIBlackout

BY WHITNEY.MASON @iowastatedaily.com Discussions flowed in room 2015 in Pearson Hall on the evening of Sept. 27.

Black Student Alliance’s second meeting of the year focused on a topic that engaged people from many different backgrounds: former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick and his protest within the NFL. During a preseason game in 2016, video footage showed the San Francisco 49ers quarterback sitting down on a bench during the playing of the national anthem.

While Kaepernick’s sitting surprised many, his reasoning behind it meant something for many.

According to a New York Times article in 2016, Kaepernick said that he loved the United States and people, and that was why he was taking a knee along with his teammate,Eric Reid.

“I want to help make America better,” Kaepernick said. “I think having these conversations helps everybody have a better understanding of where everybody is coming from.”

Kaepernick has said he was not going to stand up and show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.

“To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way,” Kaepernick said.

Kevin Wilson, sophomore in event management and Big 12 delegate for Black Student Alliance, instantly saw something lacking when talking among other students in his discussion groups.

Wilson said he believed that the others in attendance had not provided action plans for what students could do at Iowa State.

Chelsea Nelson, junior in food science, agreed with Wilson. She said that students had a voice, but the voice was not put to use.

Nelson said that her daily conversations with friends addressed the feelings on how they are treated by others and wanting to combat change, but no action was taken out of it.

Nelson said Wilson asked the discussion group what action they should do to create change.

Nelson remembered the discussion group being silent.

“Everyone’s faces were blank,” Nelson said. “Yes, they were nodding, but no one had an answer.”

Following the discussion, Wilson was the one to pose the “what now” question.

Wilson suggested that students should come together in some type of way, which led to the Oct. 4 event.

Nelson said she was pleased because someone else had felt similar to her and wanted to do something.

“Yes we’re going to get backlash, we’re going to feel uncomfortable, it’s going to get hard, but if we’re talking about ancestors, they want us to face these challenges,” Nelson said. “That would be a big hoorah for our ancestors if we came together.”

The thought was a solidarity event and for participants to either wear all black or black Nike clothing in support of Kaepernick’s protest of oppression against people of color.

Following the conclusion of the meeting, Nelson and Wilson knew that they needed to bring up their idea to the rest of the BSA executive board.

“I wanted them to back me up in everything,” Wilson said of the fellow executive members. “They were mostly pretty much on board with it.”

With Black Student Alliance being a part of the Big 12 Black Student Government, the executive board saw its position as an opportunity to put its idea to a larger platform.

“We were saying that we want to not only focus on our people but we want to open it up to people who have had to deal with police brutality and social injustices,” Nelson said. “We didn’t want to exclude them.”

Nelson said that the event itself is a good step and is a beginning step to move forward at Iowa State.

“We’ll see if the administration listens,” Nelson said. “I know that there will be slow changes on campus.”

For Nelson and Wilson this served as an opportunity to motivate their community.

“We want to be active in the black community, active in community service and active in academic excellence,” Wilson said.

“Yes,we’re going to get backlash. We’re going to feel uncomfortable.

It’s going to get hard, but if we’re talking about ancestors, they want us to face these challenges.”

— Chelsea Nelson

...to activists

My name is Miguel Vazquez-Espinoza and I am a first-generation college student.

My parents were not able to attend college because of their financial situation when they were younger, but they still worked hard so my sister and I could attend college. This is their dream as well as mine.

Being in this situation I feel more pressure to do well in college, so I can make my parents feel like their hard work [has] paid off and make them proud. I also use this as motivation whenever I am struggling and just want to quit. This is one of my top reasons as to why I am so determined to get a college degree.

To me, being the first in my family to attend college means a better future for my family, the ability to provide support to my siblings and the beginning of a college education for future generations in my family.

‘It’s difficult to be a firstgeneration college student, but it isn’t impossible’

Courtesy of Genesis Galdamez Genesis Galdamez is a senior in apparel, merchandising and design and a firstgeneration college student.

BY GENESIS GALDAMEZ galdamez@iastate.edu Being a first-generation student in college is so important to me. It is important to help provide for my family in the future because they have helped me through everything. I am very blessed to have made it to this point where I am so close to graduating.

Some of the struggles I have experienced were that I didn’t have an older sibling or family members to ask them questions about college. I had to figure it out on my own by asking advisers and seeking other people to answer my questions.

Making friends was another challenge I faced because of my personality as I am shy and more of an introvert. I am also a home-bound person, so I became homesick and missed my family. Although it has been difficult, it has been worth it.

My mom would tell me the time here at school would go by fast, and it is something I had to do for my family.

I’m glad I can inspire my little sister, and I’m grateful for my family’s support to help me reach higher education. It is difficult to be a first-generation college student, but it isn’t impossible.

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Voices editor reflects on fall 2018 semester

BY WHITNEY.MASON @iowastatedaily.com If there is one thing that should always be remembered, it is simple. Everything keeps going. There is not one thing that just stops, everything carries on and so do we.

That is the one thing about Voices that I have realized. The mission and how Voices serves our community does not take a break or ends.

Every day has been a new opportunity to gain a new perspective or listen to a new WHITNEY MASON voice.

This semester, Voices was given a weekly page in our print publication, highlighting different voices within our community.

From students dedicating a part of their

adventure at Iowa State to advocate for important issues, to some members of our community welcoming a young couple who has dedicated their lives to telling stories of veterans from each of the 50 states, the goal of highlighting new voices has been met.

However, this first semester was just the beginning.

Our entire community has not given their voices. While I can admit the first semester of this school year was not designed to gather everyone’s voice, this semester was the introduction to the capabilities that the Daily and Voices have to offer.

With the launch of #AskMeAmes, we have encouraged our community members to ask us questions to certain issues that matter to them. From there, we hope to answer your questions and learn something new ourselves.

With Voices, we have created social media

with the hope of creating an online presence that creates thought-provoking and much needed conversations that you will not only carry online but also in person in your daily face-to-face interactions.

Beginning next semester, we hope to see you a part of the online discussions.

Another thing I wanted to implement as editor was establishing live events. To do this, we successfully launched the Daily Dialogue.

Using the theme of a political awakening, speakers discussed the moments that triggered an interest in politics and their respective journeys. For next semester, we hope to have three more events. In doing so, we hope that you not only consider attending at least one, but also give us suggestions for themes you would like to see.

For the final print page of the semester, I decided to take a unique approach. There is

no certain way to submit your suggestions or opinions. Everyone is entitled to a freedom of expression. It’s not just a quick paragraph or a certain limit of words. Just as everyone has different experiences, there are different ways to express oneself. Some people choose to write poetry, some create art, and some express themselves through public speaking.

We hope to continue having poetry pages at least once a month next semester and publish them also online, but we also encourage other unique ways to broadcast your voice.

Have a camera? Film it. Love to write? Pick up a pen and start writing. Maybe painting is your thing. If so, don’t let anything stop you from expressing yourself.

We are grateful for the all the voices we have encountered this semester and we look forward to the many more we will encounter next semester.

Yasmin Rodriguez, a graduate student in graphic design, created an exhibition at Iowa State called “Borderline” that highlights immigration concerns.

COURTESY OF YASMIN RODRIGUEZ

‘I am the product of a strong woman’

BY YASMIN.RODRIGUEZ yasminr@iastate.edu On Nov. 1, 2007, Immigration and Customs Enforcements detained my mom. She was deported to Mexico two weeks later. She came [to the United States] for a better life with my dad and two siblings, and I was born here a few years later.

At the time, she lived and worked in the United States for just less than 20 years.

That day started like any other until early that afternoon. My cousin, who went to the same school as me, told me I needed to call my brother as soon as possible. I was confused but did so, and he proceeded to break the news to me.

“Mom’s getting deported.”

Just like that my life turned upside down. He tried to comfort me over the phone but it was useless; I was in shock and could not rationalize it. I was 15 [years old] at the time and did not know what I could do. I’d never felt so small, alone and broken.

I walked home as I always did, but this time I was very aware I was walking alone to an empty house.

My dad was trying to figure out as much as he could of the situation, specifically where she was being detained and what we could do. Twenty minutes or so later, I heard a knock on the door. I broke down

even further because I was terrified they were coming for me or another member of my family. I was living a nightmare. Realistically, I had nothing to worry about, but I started to panic. Every possible, horrible situation quickly crossed my mind. Thankfully it turned out to be my aunt. I saw the pity in her eyes; my cousin had told her what I just found out. She gave me the warmest, tightest hug as I continued to cry. We drove to my sister’s home, where we tried to piece together what had happened and where we could go from there.

The following days were all a blur. I was lost. I do not think I ever stopped crying. I was able to talk to my mom over the phone a few times, and she, too, tried to comfort me, but I did not know how to continue. I did not know what the future held for me without my mom.

After being transported to various prisons, she was deported to Tijuana, Mexico, two weeks later.

She had not been to Mexico in many years, but just like that she was expected to “go home.”

It’s been 10 years [since her deportation] and in that time she has become a documented citizen.

On Sept. 29, 2015, she pledged her allegiance to the country that had ripped her away from her family.

We no longer live in fear, which is perhaps the biggest blessing. She’s taking classes at the University

of California at Los Angeles through an extension program, and I’ve never been more proud. She is truly the epitome of the American Dream.

At the time, I was a child and was not able to fully understand what had happened. I did not know what immigration, undocumented immigrants or deportation was, as I had been shielded from this my entire life. Today I am working on my masters of fine arts in graphic design and focusing on [immigration concerns].

This is what I took away from this experience, and now more than ever I find the need to fight for the broken families caught in the political cross hairs.

I fight for people like my siblings, who were brought here as children and know no other life or country.

I fight for the productive members of our society who are told and treated as though they are not equal because they lack a piece of paper. And most importantly to me, I fight for the young children who will inevitably go through what I did if we do not find a solution that protects families and stops separating them.

I am the product of a strong woman, and with her help and support, I am proud of the person I am today. I strive to get my doctorate and become a professor to fulfill all of the dreams my parents have had for me so their sacrifices don’t go in vain.

What you need to know about #AskMeAmes resource

BY ALEX.CONNOR @iowastatedaily.com Hello, Ames!

Here at the Iowa State Daily we’re excited to announce a new initiative called #AskMeAmes.

Why? Because we believe that journalism can best serve its community when our readers are involved in the reporting process.

Instead of just assuming that we know what type of stories you’d like to read, you can tell us.

And it’s an easy process, trust us.

To produce #AskMeAmes, we’re partnering

with Hearken, a consulting service and platform that aims to generate “deep audience engagement that builds trust and leads to original, high-performing journalism.”

We want your questions to shape the stories we do. You can ask us anything about the Iowa State campus or the greater Ames area that you want to know but might not be able to find through a Google search. Your questions can be about anything, silly or serious.

You might wonder: How many Iowa State students live in Ames and what impact does that have on its population? How will my identity be

perceived on campus? What’s the most common type of restaurant?

From there, we’ll put some questions up for a vote so that you can weigh in on which question you’re burning to have answered. If your question gets selected, our tireless newsroom staff will begin reporting and writing the story.

On top of bringing our readership into our journalism, we’re also very excited that #AskMeAmes is in direct partnership with Voices, a website launched last year in an effort to increase conversations of diversity and inclusion on campus.

For example, you can ask us anything about what it’s like to be who you are on our campus.

As a news organization, the Iowa State Daily sees it as pertinent to its role of serving the community by providing a platform to facilitate discussion, build curiosity in our community and empower our readers, so we want you to ask us anything about identity, being who you are, and the state of diversity and inclusion on campus as part of #AskMeAmes.

So, Ames, what questions do you have about life on the Iowa State campus or in the Ames region? Ask away!

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ALL IN THE DETAILS 7 false starts.

3 turnovers.

Iowa State falls at Alamo Bowl 26-28.

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Coach Matt Campbell argues with a referee after a play at the Alamo Bowl game on Dec. 28.

BY TREVOR.HOLBROOK @iowastatedaily.com SAN ANTONIO — Three turnovers, seven false-start penalties and missed opportunities set the tone in Iowa State’s 28-26 loss to Washington State in the Valero Alamo Bowl on Dec. 28.

The Cyclones trailed 21-10 after two quarters, and Iowa State failed to dig itself out of the first-half deficit.

“Now, to take the next step in this program — it ’s detail,” said coach Matt Campbell. “Really, it’s what got us tonight — really in all three phases of the game.

Freshman quarterback Brock Purdy turned in a solid performance in his bowl debut, tossing 18 completions for 315 yards. On the ground Purdy ran 10 times for 46 yards and two touchdowns.

Despite the strong numbers, the freshman made mistakes early in the game, preventing Iowa State from jumping out to a lead.

After senior cornerback Brian Peavy forced and recovered a fumble on Washington State’s opening drive, Purdy threw an interception when Jalen Thompson plucked the ball out of the air in Washington State territory.

Despite the slow start, Iowa State remained in the game in the fourth quarter. Down 28-20, Purdy scored on a quarterback sneak with 4:02 left, trimming Washington State’s lead to 28-26. After the touchdown, the Cyclones lined up for a two-point conversion attempt to tie the game.

Upon the snap, the referees blew their whistles. Play stopped

because of a false-start penalty on Bryce Meeker.

Backed up five yards, Iowa State completed a pass but failed to cross the goal line. The penalties appeared as a common theme for the offensive line throughout the game.

A pair of false starts occurred on short-yardage situations, spoiling a second and 3 and third and 2. Near the goal line, redshirt freshman center Collin Newell tacked on two more false starts — once on the 1-yard line and once on the 6-yard line.

The miscues didn’t exclude one of Iowa State’s biggest stars, either. Junior running back David Montgomery gained a first down on a rush attempt, but as he fought for more yardage, Washington State stripped the ball.

The fumble marked Montgomery’s second career fumble (the first fumble occurred at the Liberty Bowl last season).

The Cougars capitalized with a 10-yard rushing touchdown.

During the two-point loss, Iowa State received the opportunity to secure three more points. Kicker Connor Assalley drilled a 50-yard field goal at the end of the second quarter, and he had his number called again in the second half.

After being stopped on third down, Matt Campbell turned to the redshirt sophomore for a 49-yard field goal attempt in the third quarter. Assalley had good distance on the kick, but the ball landed in the crimson and gray-painted end zone of Washington State.

Iowa State looked like a better team at times during the Valero Alamo Bowl, outrushing and outpassing the Cougars, but the Cyclones failed to overcome their own mistakes.

MIKINNA KERNS/ IOWA STATE DAILY Junior running back David Montgomery runs down the field during the second half of the Valero Alamo Bowl Dec. 29. The Cyclones were defeated 28-26 by Washington State.

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What’s next? A few positions that could dictate Iowa State’s future bowl status

BY TREVOR.HOLBROOK @iowastatedaily.com

It was a tight game for the Cyclones (8-5) in a 28-26 Valero Alamo Bowl loss to Washington State (11-2) on Dec. 28, 2018.

If Iowa State limits its turnovers, avoids poorly timed penalties or sneaks its 49-yard field goal attempt inside the upright instead of bouncing off, the Cyclones likely secure a ninth win.

In such a close game, a few positions affected the outcome for the Cyclones, and Iowa State will likely look different at those positions in 2019.

Wide receiver If redshirt junior wideout Hakeem Butler foregoes his senior season for the NFL Draft, he certainly helped his draft stock with a nine-catch, 192-yard performance against the Cougars.

Outside of Butler, the top targets for freshman quarterback Brock Purdy was running back David Montgomery and tight ends Sam Seonbuchner and Chase Allen.

Out of the wide receiver group, senior Matthew Eaton, junior Deshaunte Jones and redshirt sophomore Landen Akers each caught one pass, combining for 22 yards.

Even if Butler comes back for another season, Iowa State needs more production out of its receivers.

Jones and Tarique Milton combined for 77 catches this season, but the two play in the slot and don’t bring much size (both listed at 5-foot-10).

Cyclone fans saw in increase in production from the tight end position this season

from Allen and redshirt freshman Charlie Kolar.

With or without a lack of big targets, look for Iowa State to continue to increase the load for tight ends as Kolar and Allen put more playing time under their belts.

Regardless of Butler’s NFL decision, expect Iowa State to include other options moving forward.

Cornerback The bowl game kicked off with a big play from redshirt senior Brian Peavy, forcing and recovering a fumble on Washington State’s opening drive.

Overall, the cornerback play was solid from Iowa State against the top passing offense in the country.

The Cyclones limited Gardner Minshew II to 299 yards on 35-of-49 passing. A lot of the Cougars’ passing game went to the running backs.

Next season, defensive coordinator Jon Heacock is tasked with replacing Peavy and senior D’Andre Payne at cornerback. Luckily for Iowa State, redshirt freshman Datrone Young and freshman Anthony Johnson played significant snaps throughout the season.

Offensive line Iowa State showed its weakness in the offensive line against Washington State. The Cyclones triggered seven false start penalties ,with six coming from the offensive line.

The Cyclones return their entire unit and will also have players coming off redshirt seasons. With Montgomery potentially entering the NFL Draft, the importance of the offensive line increases.

MIKINNA KERNS/ IOWA STATE DAILY Iowa State quarterback Brock Purdy runs for a touchdown during the first half of the Valero Alamo Bowl Game on Dec 28. The Cyclones were defeated 28-26.

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BY AARON.MARNER @iowastatedaily.com It turns out Dec. 9’s game against Southern was exactly what Iowa State needed to get its groove back.

After a loss to Iowa filled with tension, scuffles and some bad basketball on the part of the Cyclones, Iowa State returned to its home confines of Hilton Coliseum and — apart from brief runs in the first and second halves from Southern — kept the Jaguars from being a part of the game, winning by a final score of 101-65 and setting records in the process.

One record-setting performance was from freshman guard Tyrese Haliburton. Haliburton, who had a quiet game in Iowa City, went wild against Southern, assisting on 17 baskets and only turning the ball over once. He added 15 points on 5-for-7 shooting and got two steals on the defensive end of the floor.

The 17 assists break a record set by Iowa State announcer and former Cyclone Eric Heft, who had 16 assists in a game on Feb. 5, 1974. Forty-four years later, the record fell.

Heft was surprised it had taken so long, given the run of point guards to come through Hilton since his graduation.

“Monte [Morris] is still bitter he didn’t get it,” Heft said.

“The record’s been there for way too long. It was a one-off.”

Haliburton said he told Heft he would break his assist record (eventually) when talking to him after the Iowa game.

But on Sunday, he found himself telling other people he was going to break the record against the Jaguars.

“I was just trying to share the ball,” Haliburton said.

“The last couple, [Shayok] was standing up on the bench, standing up, yelling at me, ‘Five more! Four more!’”

Haliburton — who is quickly becoming a crowd favorite to Iowa State fans — wasn’t expected to play this much heading into the season, much less break a school record in his 10th game as a college player. But with Lindell Wigginton out, Haliburton was thrust into the starting lineup, and he has been a player Prohm continues to praise.

“He’s just got something about him,” Prohm said of Haliburton. “That’s what he’s about though, man. He’s an awesome kid to coach.”

KENNEDY DERAEDT/IOWA STATE DAILY Freshman guard Tyrese Haliburton goes up for the basket during the game against the Southern University Jaguars on Dec. 9 at Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones ended the game with a win of 101-65.

Haliburton topped the 44-year-old school record with 17 assists.

Iowa State brings in 3 new recruits on signing day

BY AARON.MARNER @iowastatedaily.com The first signing day for class of 2019 high school basketball players has wrapped up, and Iowa State received three commitments.

The class consists of three three-star recruits. 247 Sports has the class ranked 61st in the nation after last year’s class was ranked No. 28.

Luke Anderson is the gem of the class so far. He’s the highest-rated recruit of the three and reportedly held offers from schools like Dayton, Xavier, Kansas State, Florida State and Georgia.

At 6-foot-8, Anderson has Big 12 height already and could be a key piece as Iowa State’s frontcourt will have to replace Solomon Young, Mike Jacobson and Zoran Talley Jr. within the next two years.

“If you talk to Luke, he doesn’t really want to be given a position,” said coach Steve Prohm. “He’s a four with great skill, great size. He can really stretch the defense, he can make threes, play in pick and roll, can drive guys and score around the basket.

“Luke is really versatile, really skilled, but the biggest thing is he can really space the floor.”

Anderson is joined by an intriguing prospect in Marcedus Leech.

Leech is listed at 6-foot-5, and at various points in his recruitment, had reportedly received offers from Kansas, Missouri, LSU, Miami and a host of others.

Leech, who hails from Poplar Bluff, Missouri, has dealt with an odd recruitment since breaking a leg while playing pickup basketball. He missed his entire junior season with the injury and didn’t return until July 2018.

“We kind of stayed the course with him and he showed some loyalty back to us,” Prohm said. “He’s healthy now. He’s got [a] huge upside because of his athleticism, his ability to score off the dribble and his ability to make shots.

“His ceiling is really high and I think a couple of years down the road everybody could say, ‘Man, where did this guy come from?’”

The final member of the current 2019 class is combo guard Tre Jackson from Blythewood, South Carolina.

Jackson stands at 6-foot-1, and he can play either guard spot, Prohm said. He reportedly held offers from South Carolina and Buffalo, among others.

“He brings a toughness, he brings an energy to his team,” Prohm said. “His ability to play both guard positions is huge and he can really shoot the basketball.

“He’s a tough kid and I’m really looking forward to getting him into our program because he checks all the boxes from an intangibles standpoint.”

Prohm also mentioned that recruiting won’t stop just because the Cyclones have filled the three open scholarships left by the seniors leaving this season.

Sophomore guard Lindell Wigginton’s name has swirled through NBA Draft talks, and the Cyclones have seen a player transfer out of the program every season during the Prohm era.

DAVID BOSCHWITZ/ IOWA STATE DAILY Iowa State landed three three-star recruits from the 2019 high school basketball class once signing day was over.

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The unexpected rematch 33 years in the making

BY TREVOR.HOLBROOK @iowastatedaily.com The Cyclones cycled through three different opponents for a 12th game, but the Bulldogs are locked in for the matchup. “ We’re most grateful to Drake Athletics Director Brian Hardin, coach Rick Fox and the Bulldog leadership team for working with us through a very fluid situation,” said Iowa State Athletic Director Jamie Pollard in a press release.

“Coach (Matt) Campbell wants to play a 12th game and I believe our fans would welcome another chance to see this bowl-bound team play.”

The void of a 12th opponent emerged on Iowa State’s opening night, when it was set to face the South Dakota State Jackrabbits in a night game at Jack Trice Stadium.

When Sept. 1 rolled around, Ames saw some showers early in the morning, but by 7 a.m. the rain subsided. After the 7 p.m. kickoff, the rain returned.

About five minutes of game time passed before the game moved into a delay. After a long delay, the game was officially canceled, joining a handful of other games around the United States canceled because of poor weather.

17 Cyclones, coach receive Big 12 honors

BY TREVOR.HOLBROOK @iowastatedaily.com For the second-straight year, Matt Campbell received honors from the Big 12. Campbell and Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley shared the 2017 Big 12 Coach of the Year award, and the duo repeated the feat in 2018.

Along with Campbell, safety Greg Eisworth earned Defensive Newcomer of the Year after transferring to Ames from Trinity Valley Community College.

On the All-Big 12 team, Eisworth was named to the first team. Brian Peavy, Charlie Kolar, David Montgomery, Hakeem Butler, Kene Nwangwu, Ray Lima and JaQuan Bailey were added to the second team.

Rounding out the Iowa State selections were Spencer Benton, Brock Purdy, Josh Knipfel, Bryce Meeker, Mike Rose, Sam Seonbuchner, Marcel Spears Jr., Willie Harvey and Julien Good-Jones on the honorable mention list.

Campbell stacked up his second Coach of the Year Award in the Big 12 by building off Iowa State’s progress in 2017.

Campbell helped make Iowa State relevant in the Associated Press Top 25 poll and the College Football Playoff rankings this season and last season.

The Cyclones tallied six conference wins this year, and Iowa State earned its eighth win of the season against Drake.

Iowa State will head to its second bowl game in two years after winning the Liberty Bowl over Memphis last season.

The Cyclones are headed to the Alamo Bowl, and a big reason for the bowl berth is a solid defense led by Eisworth.

The redshirt sophomore has 84 total tackles with 54 of those being solo. Eisworth’s also chipped in a sack, an interception and two forced fumbles.

The list of awards are voted on by the coaches of the Big 12.

Many minds jumped to the idea of a Sunday game on Sept. 2, but Pollard explained the logistics of a game on such short notice in a letter to fans.

“We did not seriously consider playing the game on Sunday for several reasons, including hotel accommodations for SDSU late last night,” Pollard said in the letter to fans. “Furthermore, had we attempted to play today we would have been impacting normal preparation for the team’s games this week.

“Lastly, the forecast for today included more of the same type of weather we experienced last night.”

The following day remained relatively dry, but the decision had been made. With the Jackrabbits out of the picture, Pollard and Iowa State Athletics scrambled to find a 12th opponent.

Iowa State targeted Oct. 20 during Iowa State’s bye week or Dec. 1 during the championship games.

Iowa State announced its match on Sept. 12 with FCS school Incarnate Word. The game was set for Dec. 1 at 1 p.m., and the Cyclones would pay Incarnate Word $300,000 and provide flight to central Iowa.

The only way the game would fall through

again would be more bad luck with weather, the Cyclones advancing to the Big 12 Championship or Incarnate Word making the FCS playoffs.

“We explored multiple options to give our student-athletes every opportunity to compete and, ultimately, be eligible to participate in a bowl game,” Pollard said in a release. “Our student-athletes only have so many chances in their career to play collegiate football. ” With the 12th game solved, Iowa State rattled off a string of wins behind freshman quarterback Brock Purdy’s explosion into the Cyclone offense. In mid-November, people viewed Iowa State as a legitimate threat to head to the conference championship.

Meanwhile, Incarnate Word looked poised to qualify for the FCS playoffs. Ultimately, Iowa State failed to compete in the Big 12 Championship.

While the Cyclones lost to Texas, Incarnate Word earned an at-large bid for the playoffs. Incarnate Word reportedly still agreed to play Iowa State if it was bounced in the first round of the playoffs, but Iowa State announced the addition of Drake to ensure a game.

The game between the Bulldogs and the Cyclones was their first matchup since 1985.

Megan Kerns finds passion in coaching

BY ZANE.DOUGLAS @iowastatedaily.com In 2005, Megan Kerns stepped onto the soccer field at the University of Florida and quickly became a successful Southeastern Conference (SEC) player.

The Ames product is now serving as one of the assistant coaches for the Iowa State soccer team and has been a big part of the team on and off for years.

“I take a lot of what I did as a player and try and modify it, so it fits them,” Kerns said.

At Florida, Kerns got off to a hot start. She was one of the team’s top scorers and made an immediate impact as a freshman.

She ended her collegiate career with 22 goals — 13 alone from her senior season — and 19 assists, including nine in her senior season. At the end of her collegiate career her 62 career points, ranking eighth in program history.

After college, Kerns returned to Ames and spent 2009 as a volunteer assistant coach for the soccer team, but then left the team to work as a physical therapist for the McFarland Clinic.

Kerns loved her job as a physical therapist, but she described soccer as a whole different level of passion for her.

The timing was perfect, and the coaching staff fit well together, two factors which aided her decision to switch careers.

“There’s not a day that I’ve regretted my decision,” Kerns said.

That is why she came back to the Cyclones as a volunteer assistant coach in 2013. Then, when head coach Tony Minatta was brought in, she joined his coaching staff as a permanent assistant coach.

She approached Minatta about joining the staff, and he at first had to make sure she was qualified, but he said he realized she would work perfectly.

“Given her background as an All-American at Florida, she seemed like a natural fit,” Minatta said.

Kerns works mostly with forwards and attacking midfielders now while Minatta’s main focus is on defense. The other assistant coach, Jason Wichman, has an expertise in goalkeeping.

Kerns, Minatta and Wichman have completely different personalities, but they mesh well together nonetheless.

Wichman had only good things to say about Kerns’ coaching ability.

COURTESY OF IOWA STATE ATHLETICS “I take a lot of what I did as a player and try and modify it, so it fits them,” Megan Kerns said.

“For the young women, she inspires confidence,” Wichman said. “Her playing background obviously gives her a lot of credibility, and the forwards look to her for answers.”

Kerns garnered a lot of respect in her playing days and has been able to translate that to the athletes that she has worked with for Iowa State.

Minatta, Kerns and Wichman quickly brought success to Iowa State’s soccer team, which began one of its best stretch of seasons in program history.

“Kerns has helped me a lot,” said sophomore forward Kassi Ginther. “Going from midfield to forward this year I was struggling a little bit. She coached me all the way through it.”

Ginther has increased her role this season and said she has Kerns to thank for her success.

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BY ALEX.CONNOR @iowastatedaily.com Welcome, Cyclones! Let me introduce myself. My name is Alex Connor and I am the editor in chief of the Iowa State Daily.

I have worked at the Iowa State Daily for three years and have worn many different hats while doing so. I have covered breaking news and crime; managed the daily print edition; did a stint as summer editor in chief two years ago, and I have spent many long nights in the ALEX Memorial Union covering CONNOR Student Government.

More importantly, I’ve gotten to know you — the Iowa State community — a whole lot better. I know your traditions and your history. I know what has led to heartache in the community, as well as the moments when there was no prouder time than to bleed car-

dinal and gold.

And I know that even if I spent a lifetime in Ames, I’d never get to know the full story of what makes you, Iowa State, tick. But we at the Iowa State Daily know it’s our role to tell your story as best we can.

Whether you’re reading this while on your way to your first class as a college freshman or if you’re preparing for your 20th year as a professor, I’m glad you found your way to the Iowa State Daily. As a news organization, we promise to work tirelessly to ensure you’re provided the best coverage across all our platforms both in print, on social media or in your email.

Here are some key initiatives to watch out for as we aim to continuously build community and provide you, our reader, with the tools necessary to be an engaged and informed citizen.

Hearken During the summer, the Iowa State Daily secured a grant from the Community Listening and Engagement Fund administered by the Lenfest Institute of Journalism.

This grant will allow us to use the industry-leading engagement consultation platform, Hearken. Using this tool, our staff will be able to further develop our crowd-sourced diversity platform, Voices.

We are hopeful, too, that we will be able to implement Hearken into our daily print product as well as online content. Hearken will allow us to better implement high-performing journalism with strong reader engagement to build our trust within the community.

Podcasts In an effort to increase accessibility to the Iowa State Daily, we have created an editor position specifically for managing and creating content for the audio realm. With the addition of the podcast desk, you can expect weekly podcasts and shows on many topics including weekly news and sports recaps, the continuation of the Les & Kobe Show as well as the Acoustic Lounge.

Media literacy outreach At the Daily, we want to ensure that you

become a more engaged citizen during your time at Iowa State. To achieve this goal, we want to provide you with the resources necessary to identify credible information in this ever-changing media climate.

During the next year, our team will be working to develop a media literacy outreach presentation that will provide an overview of the industry, as well as address any misconceptions about our field and how to become a better news consumer.

We hope that during your time at Iowa State — however long it may be — you see us as a source of information, a platform to share your story or to discover a perspective or experience different from your own.

You can find the Iowa State Daily on campus, at iowastatedaily.com, on social media and at various events during the year. For story ideas, feedback or just to say hello, you are welcome to email me personally at alex. connor@iowastatedaily.com or stop by 2420 Lincoln Way, Suite 205.

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Cultural shift needed to prevent violence against women nationally Recent deaths in Iowa highlight the work left to be done

BY EILEEN.TYRELL @iowastatedaily.com

SARAH HENRY/ IOWA STATE DAILY The impetus is on us as a society to change the way our culture treats women, and it’s also on us as a generation to raise our children with a better perspective.

With the horrific death of yet another young woman in Iowa, the country is left scrambling for answers.

We know why Mollie Tibbetts, Celia Barquin Arozamena and so many other young women were killed: They were in the way of a man who viewed them as inferior or who simply had the “urge to rape and kill a woman.” So the question we are left trying to answer is this: How do we prevent more deaths?

The answer is not in telling women to do something more, something differently or something better. Although it’s important that women take actions to be smart and protect themselves, we cannot put the impetus for this change on the victims.

But defiant posts on the internet declaring men simply need to “stop killing women” aren’t going to do it either.

It seems to me the type of man who would read something like that and think “yeah, this applies to me” isn’t going to hold back on his violent, misogynistic impulses because a stranger on the internet told him to.

No, the cultural shift we need is going to happen with our generation and mostly in the way we raise our kids.

The fact is most men, like most women, are good people. But they’re people who have been raised in a culture that tells them, in little misogynistic ways, that women are worth less than them, that women can be categorized by their body parts, that women are worth less salary, that women owe them sex, that a woman who isn’t afraid to be in charge is automatically a b***h.

This phenomenon is called implicit bias, and it’s something that we all have. Implicit biases are based on societal cues that cause us to unconsciously stereotype a group of people.

When you watch action movies and the

only purpose of the women is to serve as love interests, or look at the leaders of our country and see only men, or grow up idolizing musicians who only seem to care about women if they provide sex, it’s not hard to take these cues and ingrain them into your subconscious.

But, as I said, most men are good people, people who can recognize these biases and do their best to eliminate them. The real problem develops when someone who already has violent tendencies grows up in this kind of culture.

If you’re prone to violence or sadistic tendencies and society tells you to hate women, it’s an easy jump to take those violent tendencies out on women.

So we’re back at square one: how do we prevent men like Collin Richards, who had been arrested multiple times and likely will never be persuaded to change his misogynistic view of the world, from attacking and killing women?

The long story short of it is that we can’t. But we can do our best to prevent this generation and the next from growing up with the same view of women.

Doing so is going to take a cultural shift (one that, thankfully, has already started). It’s going to take seeing more women in places of power, women represented in pop culture not as sex objects but as fully developed people, believing women when they come forward with stories of sexual assault, and valuing their safety and comfort and contributions to society just as much as we value mens’ contributions.

The impetus is on us as a society to change the way our culture treats women, and it’s also on us as a generation to raise our children with a better perspective.

We as a culture are making progress on the path to gender equality. But the past month in Iowa has been a terrible reminder to us all that we still have a long way to go, and our work will not be finished until women no longer have to fear a horrible death while doing something as innocuous as playing golf.

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Students just beginning the fight in trademark dispute

BY CODY.WOODRUFF @iowastatedaily.com Apology. Sorry. Regret. Those are three words that aren’t anywhere in the university administration’s response to the resolution passed

by Student Government on Oct. 10 regarding the new trademark policy.

While we took a month and a half to listen to students’ concerns, work with the administration, factfind, and carefully draft a thoughtful piece of legislation that emphasized coming together, the university spent a month and a half drafting a letter that has made matters worse and included little of what we asked for.

The administration seems to either not understand or not care how upset students are about the changes in the trademark policy, and they certainly aren’t willing to take

responsibility for their actions. As Speaker of the Senate, I want to see this issue resolved by addressing it together and highlight that, regardless of whether we are students, faculty members, or administration officials, we are all Cyclones and on the same team. I fear this may no longer be possible. Perhaps the members of the administration should be reminded of the first line in Iowa State’s mission statement: “Iowa State’s focus has always been its students.” To countless students I’ve spoken with, it seems as if the administration has forgotten this.

When we celebrate our football team’s amazing success, we’re cheering on the Iowa State Cyclones, not the Ames Collegiate Redbirds.

When we recognize our president, she is Iowa State President Wendy Wintersteen, not President Wendy

Wintersteen at Iowa State. And even in the email signatures of the university counsel and trademark director, it says Iowa State University first and then the title of their office, not the title of their office at Iowa State University. We are as much a part of the university as they are – in fact, we are the university.

So, what’s next? Vice Speaker Culbertson put it best: “If they aren’t going to hear us, then we won’t listen to them.” It’s time to cause some good trouble. The student body is energized in a way I’ve never seen before in my three years on our campus, and its student representatives stand by them. We cannot do this alone – our voice is only as powerful as you choose to make it, and we need students alongside us in this fight.

At a time when it seems our national and state government have

failed the people they serve, I promise you that your Student Government will not. We can and will show what good government is supposed to look like. We’re not divided by party or partisan politics; we’re united by our desire to serve students. We’re not controlled by special interests; we’re governed by student interests.

Many people think that members of Student Government have got nothing better to do. They’re absolutely right, because there’s nothing better we can do. As another member once said, “This platform provides us with the ultimate opportunity to leave our marks on this wonderful school.” We intend to use it and leave a legacy all of us will be proud of.

It’s time to do what the university says we should in the third sentence of the ISU mission statement: “…test [our] leadership skills in

800-plus campus organizations.” Our student organizations are an immense point of pride for this university, and many are known nationally and even internationally. It’s time to show the university what we’re truly capable of. Every great leader started out as a student, and it’s often ordinary people who do the most extraordinary things. Our school is filled with change makers and barrier breakers, so imagine what we can accomplish together! It’s young people like us that offer a shining beacon of hope for our future. Let’s show the university what impact we can have.

Reach out to us with your thoughts, give us ideas on how we can move forward, and tell us what you want to see – we are listening to you. The administration would do well to listen to us: this fight is just beginning.

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KENNEDY DERAEDT/ IOWA STATE DAILY Newly elected Gov. Kim Reynolds celebrates becoming the first elected female governor of Iowa on Nov. 6 in Des Moines.

An open letter to Gov. Kim Reynolds Invest in public higher education, the state needs it

Congratulations on becoming the first elected female governor of Iowa. It’s a major milestone for Iowa politics. However, now that you’re in office, we have some things we’d like to ask of you, specifically in regards to higher education: Please invest in Iowa State and the state’s other regent universities.

Earlier this year, Iowa State was faced with yet another budget cut. Now, obviously money doesn’t grow on trees, and no budget gets balanced overnight.

However, we hope you recognize the importance of the prestigious public universities in Iowa and the financial burdens the university and its students are under due to recent budget cuts.

These budget cuts come back to the students in the form of increased tuition, something no one is a fan of. However, tuition has been raised before, but this past time, it was different. In September, Iowa State fell in a national ranking of universities.

The culprit? Funding.

“Adequate financial support is vital as we work to fulfill our responsibility to provide an outstanding educational experience for our students and to help meet the needs of Iowans,” Iowa State President Wendy Wintersteen said in a statement provided to the Iowa State Daily in September. “Rankings reflect the decreased investment in public higher education in Iowa.”

This investment needs to return to Ames for the benefit of Iowa, for the benefit of Iowa State and for the benefit of the Cyclones.

Now, there are some things that will help that came up this recent school year. First, student enrollment has finally plateaued with 1,668 fewer students than 2016’s enrollment.

Iowa State is also no longer literally running out of physical building space, and the Forever True fundraising campaign reached its $1.1 billion goal early.

However, Iowa State shouldn’t have to rely on decreasing enrollment and a university-sized bake sale to fund the university. If there was ever a time to reinvest in higher education, it’s now.

The not-so-distant future of the higher education students in Iowa rests in you and your administration’s hands. Please, help take some of the financial burden off the students coming to Iowa’s regent universities.

The fall semester has been fraught with the First Amendment, both in students advocating their right to use it, but also in fighting for it.

Currently, a petition is circulating between student organizations that highlights the frustration of campus clubs regarding the university’s recent implementation of a new trademark policy.

The petition alleges that the manner “in which this policy was devised and implemented was unfair and disrespectful” and that the new policy “severely limits [the] ability to represent both the university and ourselves.”

Already this semester, student organizations have rallied against the trademark policy through organizing a town hall, meeting with administrators and through a resolution passed by Student Government.

This is the First Amendment in action.

The First Amendment guarantees the right to peacefully assemble, as demonstrated by the decision for student organizations to come together for a town hall to discuss their next steps regarding this issue.

The First Amendment guarantees the right to petition, as is currently happening among the student organizations to be given to administration.

The First Amendment also guarantees a free press, as demonstrated by the countless articles and the four editorials previously written on this specific trademark policy.

And what this issue boils down to, for both the student organizations contesting the university’s decision and the administrators who imposed it, is the First Amendment itself.

This isn’t the first time the university has found itself spiraling down a First Amendment rabbit hole in relation to a trademark dispute. Just four years previous, there was a long battle in the courts between Iowa State’s National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws chapter and Iowa State administrators.

While this case is starkly different from the one before student organizations today, it’s difficult to not draw parallels between the two issues: a university seeking to protect its name and image, and a student body feeling excluded, disassociated and financially burdened by its administrators and campus community.

And the First Amendment at the helm.

University must prioritize student input on trademark Cy, Clone, Cyclone, Cyclones, Iowa State, Iowa State University — all words that are institutional to the public university cushioned in Ames, Iowa, between fields of corn just off the intersection of state highway 30 and I-35.

For many students, there is a large sense of pride that comes with being a student at Iowa State. From the start, students are welcomed into a larger Cyclone family — a network woven together by faculty, staff and alumni.

Yet, Iowa State has made it clear this fall that the embrace extended to its student organizations — and the students who make up those clubs — cannot equally affiliate themselves with the university as in years’ past.

No longer can a student organization claim with pride that it is ISU through and through, but rather, it is through and through at ISU. In the meantime, students have also been encouraged to wear trademarked clothing as an act of protest. Sending emails to university officials regarding the disdain for the new policy has also been advised.

Student organizations having to gather together to express their disdain for the policy — nearly three months after its implementation — only continues to highlight the lagging transparency by the university in relation to this issue.

This issue should not be handled behind the veil of closed doors and closed meetings.This issue is complex.The university has a right to protect its name, but it should not come at the expense of Iowa State’s greatest investment — its students.

With tuition on the rise, state needs to take action Iowa State President Wendy Wintersteen told the university in an email on Nov. 15 about the Board of Regents’ five-year plan for tuition beginning in the fall.

Three proposals were introduced by Regents President Mike Richards, each dependent on the state Legislature’s decision to allocate funding toward Iowa’s public higher education institutions.

No matter what, however, resident undergraduate students can expect a percentage increase to their tuition.

If the state meets the appropriation requests by the universities, the Regents will implement a 3 percent increase to resident undergraduate tuition.

If the requet is not met, the Board projects up to a 2 percent increase on top of the 3 percent increase.

If the Regents are partially funded, resident

undergraduate students in the fall can expect their tuition rates to be within the outlined range.

While no decision has yet been solidified as a first reading regarding tuition is not scheduled until April, it is disheartening to know that despite budgetary actions by the Iowa Legislature, undergraduate resident students can again expect a tuition increase.

Last year, the Regents proposed — and approved — a 3.8 percent tuition increase for resident undergraduates.

This year, Iowa State said it will be requesting “increased state appropriations and will make internal reallocations to ensure our budget fully aligns with strategic priorities in our teaching, research, and extension programs and student services.”

What does this look like? A $7 million increase to general state appropriations in an

effort to support student financial aid. According to her email, Wintersteen will be meeting with Gov. Kim Reynolds on Nov. 26 to “make a case for additional state resources.”

That being the case, we have some talking points from each college as to why it’s time the Iowa Legislature and the governor discontinue their trend of divestment in Iowa’s regent institutions.

College of Engineering: More than 70 percent of engineering students graduate with engineering work experience.

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences: International students for the spring 2018 semester come from 57 countries­­— 104 undergraduate students and 159 graduate students.

Debbie and Jerry Ivy College of Business: The first to have an entrepreneurship undergraduate major at a public university in Iowa.

College of Design: 97 percent of its undergraduate and 99 percent of its graduate students gain employment or continue their education within six months after graduation.

College of Human Sciences: No. 1 in scholarly contributions to fashion marketing, according to Clothing and Textiles Research Journal.

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: 21 academic departments and one school.

College of Veterinary Medicine: More than $840,000 in scholarships are offered each year to veterinary medicine students.

Students should no longer bear the majority of the burden of receiving a higher education.

Not only is tuition high, but so is the cost of living. If Iowa doesn’t start taking immediate action to invest in its institutions and students, then the Regents will only continue to be forced to raise the cost of attending its public schools.

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Remembering JULY 6, 1996 — SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

“Celia had an infectious smile, a bubbly personality, and anyone fortunate enough to know her was blessed.”

— Jamie Pollard

Celia Celia Barquin Arozamena was prolific from a young age.

The native from Puente San Miguel, Spain, was a high school star before coming to Ames, Iowa, as an 18-year-old who was one of the top junior golfers in Europe.

She placed second in the 2014 European Girls Team Championship.

Barquin Arozamena — who was killed Sept.

17 at Coldwater Golf Links at the age of 22 — was a freshman when she began to make waves as a part of the Cyclone women’s golf team.

She finished her freshman season second on the team in scoring at 73.33 strokes per round — which put her in the top 10 in school history for scoring average — and made the All-Big 12 First Team.

From there, she continued to improve.

“We will never forget her competitive drive to be the best and her passion for life,” said Christie Martens, women’s golf coach, in a statement from Iowa State Athletics.

In 2016, she ranked second on the team in scoring once again with a 73.82 average and made her second straight First Team All-Big 12 appearance. She was also First Team Academic All-Big 12. Barquin Arozamena was a civil engineering major, and she was finishing up her degree during the fall 2018 semester.

Athletic Director Jamie Pollard said Barquin Arozamena will be remembered for more than her athletic achievements.

“Celia [Barquin Arozamena] had an infec-

tious smile, a bubbly personality, and anyone fortunate enough to know her was blessed,” Pollard said in a statement.

In her third year on the golf team, Barquin Arozamena once again made First Team Academic All-Big 12 and led the Cyclones with a 73.34 scoring average, the fifth-best average in school history. She tied for 14th in the 2017 European Ladies Amateur, an event she went on to win in July 2018.

As a senior, Barquin Arozamena cemented her place in Iowa State history, posting a 73.21 average and winning the Big 12 Championship, the first Iowa State women’s golfer to do so since the Big 12 was established in 1996. She ended her Cyclone career with 16 top-10 finishes and was named the 2017-18 Iowa State Female Athlete of the Year.

“Celia was a beautiful person who was loved by her family and friends,” Martens said.

“She loved Iowa State and was an outstanding representative for our school.”

Her outstanding form continued through the summer as she qualified for the U.S. Women’s Open, becoming only the third Cyclone in history

to make the event.

After her aforementioned triumph in the European Ladies Amateur following a blistering third-round 63, she set her eyes on a new target: the LPGA Tour.

In August, the 22-year-old, having exhausted her collegiate eligibility, entered Stage l of the Tour’s qualifying school. On Aug. 26, she officially made it through to the second stage of qualifying.

She was one step closer to the highest stage in women’s golf.

Then she was gone, killed on the golf course, where she lived a good chunk of her life and where her future was bright. Celia Barquin Arozamena was 22.

“We mourn with her family and friends in Spain, her teammates here and all who knew her,” Iowa State President Wendy Wintersteen said in a statement on Twitter. “On behalf of the entire Cyclone family, I extend our deep condolences to Celia’s family and her many friends and teammates at Iowa State.

“We are deeply saddened.”

— Words by Noah Rohfling

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A new beginning KURE Fest 2018 brought big names with help of new partnership

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GILLIAN HOLTE/ IOWA STATE DAILY (Top) The Fuss performs in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union on Oct. 21, 2018. They are an Indie band from Des Moines. (Center) Smallpools performs in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union on Oct. 21, 2018. The band consists of Sean Scanlon as vocals and keyboard, Michael Kamerman on guitar and Beau Kuther on drums. They previously performed at Iowa State with X Ambassadors on Aug. 27, 2015. (Bottom) Annalibera performs in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union on Oct. 2, 2018 as part of KURE Fest 2018. They are a Des Moines-based band fronted by Anna Gebhardt.

A new partnership with the Student Union Board (SUB) has allowed KURE 88.5’s KURE Fest to land some big names for the fall 2018 music festival.

Indie pop darling Smallpools and Brooklyn-based alternative group Wet headlined the ninth annual KURE Fest on Oct. 21 at the Memorial Union. Smallpools previously played at Iowa State’s Maintenance Shop in 2015 with X Ambassadors. Returning local acts The Fuss and Annalibera also joined the action.

This year’s festival marks the first time that SUB has been part of the planning process for the festival, allowing for an enhanced concert experience. The relationship has also led to some changes in the festival, such as a switch from being free in past years to costing $20 for the public and $12 for students.

Smallpools burst into the indie pop scene in 2013 with its single “Dreaming,” which peaked at No. 23 on Billboard’s Alternative Songs chart. The single was also certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.

“We like to bring a fun energy and put on a good show but also have a human aspect to where it’s not too theatrical and crazy,” said Sean Scanlon, lead singer.

However, the band doesn’t neglect adding some flavor to its shows. Inflatable killer whales are often sent flying into the crowd.

“That is a classic thing,” Scanlon said. “We throw out some big ones depending on the room. That is a token ... to our show.”

Co-headliner Wet combines dreamy soundscapes of synth and guitar with lead singer Kelly Zutrau’s crooning vocals to create a sound that could be compared to Vallis Alps and Sylvan Esso. The singer bases her melancholy lyrics off past relationships.

“We’re really excited to play these new songs,” Zutrau said. “They’re the documentation of really intense times for the band and the world, and we’re excited to play them live and see how the audience connects with them.”

The collaboration with SUB yielded a few changes to this year’s festival. The board’s experience with landing big names like Fetty Wap and lovelytheband led to a big change for the festival.

“It gave us an opportunity to get more nationally recognized talent, and with that a ticket price comes along with it,” said Cory Bock, KURE Fest co-planner.

The concerts have also been split between the Maintenance Shop and the Great Hall in the past. This year, all four bands were on the Great Hall stage.

‘Orpheus in the Underworld’ sets new standards for opera

BY AVERI.BAUDLER @iowastatedaily.com Operas have been captivating audiences and leaving them on their feet for centuries. These classic works have been performed by some of the most famous artists throughout history and have inspired countless developments in music and theater alike.

Yet, while operas have long been considered some of the most impressive forms of theater in the industry, it is most likely not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of fun entertainment for college-aged students The cast and crew of ISU Theatre’s production of “Orpheus in the Underworld,” however, is hoping to change people’s perceptions of operas with a show that they believe to be two hours of “non-stop fun.”

“Orpheus in the Underworld” is a satire of Christoph Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice,” a popular and influential opera at the time it was written. Though “Orpheus in the Underworld” is similar to the traditional myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, where the couple is torn apart when Eurydice is taken down to the underworld, the audience may find that the version coming to the Fisher Theater shares more similarities with a comedy movie than the original it is based on.

Rayna Morano, a senior in vocal music education, plays Eurydice in the show and said that when she first heard the songs and dialogue she was surprised at how similar some of the comedy was to the mainstream entertainment of today.

“The show was written in the 1850s, but it seems like it could have been written yesterday with how modern it is,” Morano said. “There are a lot of kind of raunchy jokes that are funny and seem like they could have come out of any stupid comedy movie you see. What we’re doing basically takes the original story, makes it a parody and makes everything funny.”

Morano stresses that “Orpheus in the Underworld” is very different than what people usually believe a classic opera to be.

“It’s not like your typical idea of someone standing up in a corset and a big poofy dress singing this sappy song and crying,” Morano said. “I think it’s hard for our generation to wrap our heads around the fact that there are funny operas

out there and that operas can be cool.”

Zachary Smith, a junior studying vocal music performance, plays the villain of the show in his role as Pluto. He said that not only is the show fun for the audience, but it’s a role that is sinfully fun to perform.

“Honestly, playing the character is almost too much fun,” Smith said. “Every night, I get to walk onstage and be the most shallow and self-indulgent version of myself, and then I get to perform some of the most fun numbers in the show with all the focus on me.”

Though musical performances are no stranger to the Fisher Theater stage, operas are only performed at Iowa State every three years.

This is due to the amount of work that goes into every aspect of the show and the large time commitment that every member of the cast and crew has to dedicate to the production. Unlike other productions, “Orpheus” is backed by a full orchestra. The cast is dressed in elaborate costumes, each character has two “very complicated” costume changes.

All of the principal roles in Orpheus are performed by vocal majors. Both Smith and Morano said that one of their favorite parts of the show is performing alongside their friends.

“Usually the show schedule here doesn’t offer a lot of opportunities for people who are classically trained in music,” Smith said. “But with an opera, a lot of [my peers] tried out for the show, and a lot of them are leading cast members with me.”

Morano said getting to do something that she loves with people that she cares about makes it all the more special.

“I’m not in most of the first act, so I was watching the show and I literally started tearing up because I was so impressed with everyone,” Morano said. “Every person you look at on stage embodies their character, whether they have a principal role or not. ” Morano hopes that students will give this show a chance because it showcases certain talents largely unknown to non-music majors.

“I wish that more people outside of the music world would come, which I know is hard for any production,” Morano said.

SARAH HENRY/ IOWA STATE DAILY Ringo Starr throws up peace signs to the crowd at Stephens Auditorium. Starr & His All-Starr band performed on Sept. 5, 2018.

Ringo and his All-Starrs spread peace and love

BY TANA.GAM-AD @iowastatedaily.com Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band drew a full house, around 2,500 guests, to Stephens Auditorium on Sept. 5, 2018.

Although the latest variation of the All-Starr Band has been together for only a couple of months, the onstage chemistry makes it seem like they have all been together for many years. The band is very tight, and the members seem to have a ton of fun performing together.

The band’s fourth stop on its North American tour started off with a bang when Gregg Bissonette (drums), Graham Gouldman from 10cc (bass guitar), Warren Ham from AD and Kansas (saxophone, harmonica, flute, percussion), Colin Hay from Men at Work (guitar), Steve Lukather from Toto (guitar) and Gregg Rolie from Santana and Journey (keyboard) took their places on stage before being joined by Ringo Starr, who ran out on stage with his signature

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pose. Clad in black skinny jeans, a printed t-shirt and a blazer, he came out waving both hands in the air, both holding up peace signs and smiling widely at the audience.

Making his entrance, Starr jumped into the first performance of the night, “Matchbox.” The song garnered the first of many standing ovations and an applause so loud it prompted Starr to make a few jokes about his hearing before singing “It Don’t Come Easy” to an adoring public.

The most popular song that night had to

be “Yellow Submarine,” which he introduced by poking fun at the audience saying, “Are you ready to participate? If you don’t know the next song, you’re in the wrong venue and you’re waiting for The Rolling Stones!”

The crowd went wild for the Beatles classic and made for one of the liveliest performances of the night. Starr commented that the song “should always be sung with a crowd.”

Lukather returned to main vocals to one of sing his band’s biggest hits, “Africa,” thanking Weezer for giving the song its biggest comeback since its recording in 1981. Both these songs

featured Ham’s work on the saxophone and both ended in standing ovations from an eager audience.

Starr humorously said to his band mates, “Why don’t you guys start it and then see if I remember it.” The band started to play “With a Little Help from My Friends.” This was one of the more energetic pieces of the whole show.

All the band members proved one is only as old as one feels by playing their hardest on their instruments while 78-year-old Starr danced around stage, waved his arms, jumped up and down and even did jumping jacks, showing off that he was

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Before leaving, Starr ended his time on stage by shouting out “Peace and love!” into the crowd, multiple times before his bandmates all played and sang “Give Peace A Chance” to end the show.

The Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band concert, checked all the boxes of people’s expectations that night. They left the audience entertained and pleased, they did an excellent job of showcasing each other’s talents and they succeeded in putting on a show not just as a group of well-known musicians but as an actual cohesive band.

‘Wakanda Forever!’

Ruth E. Carter shares the story of ‘Black Panther’

BY TREVOR.BABCOCK @iowastatedaily.com

Ruth E. Carter speaks to the crowd at Stephens Auditorium on Oct. 8, 2018. Carter spoke about her work designing costumes for Marvel’s “Black Panther.”

Costume design became world design when Ruth E. Carter worked on Marvel’s blockbuster superhero film “Black Panther.”

The Oscar-nominated costume designer showed off a wealthy amount of detail for more than a thousand costumes she created for the world of Wakanda during her lecture at Stephens Auditorium on Oct. 8.

The world Carter built for “Black Panther” with her costumes required intense research. The eight tribes that exist in “Black Panther’s” fictional country of Wakanda all take inspiration from real African people.

Carter said that her designers had the idea, the entire continent of Africa could have stemmed from Wakanda, so she tried to include as much detail as she could in her costumes from real African tribes.

“It was important to be geographically correct, historically correct, and give it a place in time that was the future so people could relate to it,” Carter said.

Each of the eight Wakandan tribes all received their own palette of colors, clothing and jewelry, making each tribe truly stand out. This has a major impact on the visual appeal of the film.

“We see all of this interesting color and interesting vibe and we coordinate all of these looks that you see when

you see people passing by,” Carter said.

Carter worked with her own team of designers and also with Marvel Studios’ visual development team on the film. Certain things the studio had to be more hands on with than others, mainly any costumes a character would be fighting in.

Carter explained in her lecture some of her ideas were rejected by Marvel. However, Carter said Marvel Studios doesn’t have a strict environment, and the freedom to create is very open there.

“Films like ‘Black Panther’ do not get the level of artistry that they have based on one person’s idea,” Carter said.

“They’re based on many ideas that come together to perfect something. They take an idea from one level and bring it to the next level. Then it’s scrutinized by a group of creatives, and it’s not necessarily scrutinized for what’s wrong with it. It’s sometimes scrutinized for where it could be better.”

Carter said Marvel Studios didn’t want the designers to feel limited in their creativity. Many elements of “Black Panther” started out as bigger ideas from the studio to kickstart development before being handed off to designers to fine-tune them.

Carter is known for her work in historical and biographical films such as “Selma” and “Malcolm X.” Carter

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got her first foray into the blockbuster superhero movie genre when she worked on “Black Panther.”

“The budgets get bigger, but in comparison to what you need to get done, they’re all the same,” Carter said. “We are dealing with no more time frame than we would on a smaller film, and we have a whole lot more to get done.”

Outside of her department, Carter heavily collaborated with director Ryan Coogler, production designer Hannah Beachler and director of photography Rachel Morrison.

“We used a lot of blue screen and green screen so it was imperative that I know what the design looked like on paper because when the costumes got to set, I was not going to see anything but the costumes,” Carter said. “The rest of [the set] was a stair-step that would lead to what eventually in post production would be a talon fighter, and everything after that a huge area of blue [screen]. In working with them, we were very clear about our set.”

Carter described “Black Panther” as highly collaborative, highly creative and an inspiring effort.

“It was really creating a world, creating a world that is made up,” Carter said. “We were kind of like the elder council of this creative environment that was producing something bigger than life itself.”

Amenda Tate and her dance-painting robot

BY ALEXANDER.GRAY @iowastatedaily.com

SARAH HENRY/ IOWA STATE DAILY Amenda Tate shows off her Manibus robot, which uses a cell phone to track a person’s movements to paint, in the Memorial Union on Aug. 30, 2018.

Humans have created art since the dawn of our existence. Archaeologists have found artifacts dating back thousands of years before the modern homo sapien ever walked the earth.

Has artist Amenda Tate handed art over to the robots with the Manibus? Not really.

Tate, Des Moines, Iowa, native, attended Iowa State, where she started studying mechanical engineering.

After completing half of the program, she decided to pursue her career in art. Tate graduated from Metropolitan State University of Denver with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts with emphasis on metal-smithing and jewelry design.

Tate bridges the gap between art in motion and static art with the Manibus robot.

The artist’s invention uses a cell phone in an exercise armband to capture a dancer’s movement, which is sent over Bluetooth connection to the Manibus.

From there, the dancer’s routine is converted into brush strokes on paper.

The Manibus was inspired by a “transformative” experience Tate had

while attending a ballet.

“It was just one of those moments where all of a sudden I got it,” she said.

“It is about not just the people and the bodies and the positions, but it’s about the energy of what they’re doing and how they’re emoting that and how can you capture that essence.”

The Manibus is the culmination of all of Tate’s schooling and then some.

“I don’t know if I can quantify how much of this or that or the other, because I feel like it’s all in the same pot for me,” she said. “It’s all in the soup.”

For the robot, she had to learn about programming and electronics, something that is still an ongoing process for her.

As problems would present themselves, Tate had to create mechanical parts to make everything work together.

“It was just a matter of ‘what solution do I need?’” Tate said.

While there have been setbacks in the creative process and various repairs and modifications made to the robot, Tate said this is still the first iteration of the Manibus.

“I’m not going to call this version two yet, because my version two is going to be one that has some different functionality than this one has,” Tate said.

Increasing the robot ’s speed is one of the planned features Tate has in mind for the eventual Manibus 2.0.

“It could cover more ground and still create the same response to the movement but just in a different scale,” Tate said.

She also mentioned she’d like to incorporate a recording function into the Manibus so she would be able to play back dancers’ movements, allowing her to add a new dimension to the paintings.

Tate doesn’t feel like the finished paintings can be attributed to any one artist. The final piece is part of a collaborative effort.

This, she said, makes it appeal to a broader audience, even to those who might not otherwise be interested in the painted art form.

“When people say, ‘what is your medium?’ It’s not just the robot, it’s not just the painting, it’s not just the process,” Tate said. “I feel like all of that is my medium. I don’t feel like any one part of it independently tells the whole story.”

In the future she hopes to work with other dance forms, such as the tango. She is currently looking for a hiplet company to work with on the mixture of hip hop and ballet.

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MIKINNA KERNS/ IOWA STATE DAILY Amelia Grohn grips fellow members of the Iowa State women’s golf team as they mourn their teammate, Celia Barquín Arozamena, during the candlelight vigil held in her honor Sept 19.

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An Iowa State cheerleader pumps up the student section during Iowa State’s game against the University of Akron on Sept. 22 at Jack Trice Stadium.

SARAH HENRY/ IOWA STATE DAILY Members of the skit “Picture Perfect “perform their Yell Like Hell routine during the first cuts on Central Campus on Oct. 20.

DAVID BOSCHWITZ/ IOWA STATE DAILY Students hug under the fireworks on campus at midnight Oct. 27 for Mass Campaniling during Homecoming 2018. The theme this year was “This is State.”

TAYLOR SHAW/ IOWA STATE DAILY Jillian Kurovski, a junior in animal ecology, gets a kiss from Alaska the Siberian Husky at the Environmental Education Club fundraiser in front of Parks Library on Oct. 30.

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GILLIAN HOLTE/ IOWA STATE DAILY ”It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” is a play within a play. The production ran from Nov. 30 to Dec. 8 in Fisher Theater.

KENNEDY DERAEDT/ IOWA STATE DAILY Redshirt senior guard Alexa Middleton passes the ball from the ground during the game against Auburn at Hilton Coliseum on Nov. 13. The Cyclones won the game 67-64.

KATLYN CAMPBELL/ IOWA STATE DAILY Emily Pretzer walks through a tunnel of Cyclone football players during the opening of Victory Day at Jack Trice Stadium on Aug. 24.

DANIELLE PETERSON/ IOWA STATE DAILY Kunga Gyaltsen uses a funnel and scrapper to get the sand through the funnel as part of the Tibetan Monk Mandala Sand Painting exhibition held in the Memorial Union on Sept. 24.

KATLYN CAMPBELL/ IOWA STATE DAILY Members of Student Government listen to speakers during a vigil held in honor of Celia Barquín Arozamena on the north side of the Campanile on Sept. 19.

Iowa State football fans rush the field after Iowa State beat West Virginia 30-14 on Oct. 13.

DAVID BOSCHWITZ/ IOWA STATE DAILY Brock Purdy (15), Kyle Kempt (17) and Mike Rose (23) celebrate after winning the 2018 homecoming game against Texas Tech on Oct. 27. The Cyclones won 40-31.

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