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09.21.2018 Vol. 219 No. 024
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TO SERVE, TO LEAD, TO EXCEL Wendy Wintersteen to be installed as first female president of Iowa State
Controversy looms over Kavanaugh BY MATTHEW.TIBESAR @iowastatedaily.com
SARAH HENRY/ IOWA STATE DAILY A portrait hangs of President Wendy Wintersteen in the Portraits of Leaders Art Gallery at the Christian Petersen Art Museum in Morrill Hall.
BY EMILY.BERCH @iowastatedaily.com President Wendy Wintersteen has held her position at Iowa State University since Nov. 20, 2017, and after ten months of leadership, she will finally be installed as president. Wintersteen’s installation ceremony, which will mark the first time a female president has been installed at Iowa State, will be held at 10:15 a.m. on Friday at Stephens Auditorium.
In her speech “To Serve, To Lead, To Excel,” Wintersteen will address Iowa State’s accomplishments over the years, as well as her own visions for the university.The installation is an event to bring the Iowa State community together, Wintersteen said. It is an opportunity to celebrate achievements, to envision the future, and, in the wake of Celia Barquin Arozamena’s tragic death, Wintersteen hopes it can serve as a time to heal. “We will recognize Celia’s passing at the
installation,” Wintersteen said. “It’s important to be able to acknowledge our feelings, and as I’ve visited over the past days, you hear so many stories of how people knew Celia Barquin Arozamena, and it’s those stories that will keep her memory alive.” In her address, Wintersteen will specifically discuss her plans to build entrepreneurship through initiatives such as the Student
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Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh is nearing his confirmation vote in the U.S. Senate, but members of the Iowa State community have mixed reactions on what his potential position on the high court could mean. Kavanaugh, a circuit judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, was nominated on July 9. Since then, some have called into question whether he would be a partisan justice. “I think that he has shown that BRETT KAVANAUGH he is strictly ideological and that he would behave in a way that he would attempt to degrade rights people have that are enshrined in the constitution and that have been determined by the precedent of the court.” said Ashton Ayers, policy director for the Iowa State Democrats. Dirk Deam, senior lecturer for the political science department, held concerns the Senate was using this partisanship as a reason to pick Kavanaugh rather than looking at judges based on their experience. “I’d like to see older judges, I’d like to see people who’ve been judges … decided cases that go both ways or either way, sometimes he sides with plaintiffs, sometimes he sides with defendants. There is no discernible ideological taint, but that is not this nominee.” Deam said the Senate should not consider a judge based on how they would vote on a particular case but instead by looking at their long standing
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Celia Barquín Arozamena to receive degree BY WILLA.COLVILLE @iowastatedaily.com Over the past few days, it has been made clear that Celia Barquín Arozamena was an acclaimed student within Iowa State’s civil engineering department. She made an impactful impression on many of her professors and classmates. James Alleman, professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering, taught Barquín Arozamena in multiple classes within the department. Alleman described Barquín Arozamena as an extremely hardworking and dedicated student. “She had to make up a lot of quizzes with me. She was diligent. She was very willing to do the extra efforts to make sure she caught up with class,” Alleman said.
Students in the engineering department, including Andrew Watson, senior in civil engineering, shared their experiences with Barquín Arozamena at a vigil held Wednesday night. “On days I was overwhelmed with school, she was a calm and warm smile to turn to,” Watson said. Barquín Arozamena planned to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering this academic year. After her life was cut short, university officials decided to award her this degree posthumously. “If a deceased student was very close to earning a degree, in special cases the degree can be awarded posthumously,” according to the posthumous procedural documents. The process of awarding a student their degree posthumously
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COURTESY OF IOWA STATE ATHLETICS Former Iowa State golfer Celia Barquin Arozamena will receive a degree in civil engineering posthumously.
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