09.26.18

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09.26.2018 Vol. 219 No. 027

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Start by listening Homelessness different for all, no singular framework

City discusses safety in wake of last week’s tragedy

BY WHITNEY.MASON @iowastatedaily.com

BY DEVYN.LEESON @iowastatedaily.com

The day after Iowa State golfer Celia Barquín Arozamena was found at Coldwater Golf Links, dinner was still served in the basement of First Christian Church.

Patty Yoder, executive director of Food at First, had been in the kitchen, preparing dinner for those in attendance.

“I came out [of the kitchen] and said ‘We’re all kind of shocked by what has happened recently,’” Yoder said to those in attendance. “We should pray for [Celia’s] family and all of those touched by this.”

Then Yoder asked for a moment of silence. The silence throughout the room was unfamiliar for her.

“It was silent. It was impressive.

Of course we did not know Celia, just having empathy for her family, her and the whole situation, lots and lots of people were touched by this crime,” Yoder said.

Collin Daniel Richards, who has been charged with first-degree murder in Barquín Arozamena’s death, had visited Food at First prior to the crime.

Yoder said Richards was not a regular and did not come to the program often.

“I do not even remember the last time I saw him,” Yoder said. “He attended [Food at First] more about a year ago.”

The Ames City Council discussed public safety, mental health resources at their meeting Tuesday.

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 safety,” 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 her comments, Ames Police Chief Chuck Cychosz said it was important to report any safety issues or public concerns to the police so

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Around the Big 12: A tribute to Barquín Arozamena

BY TREVOR.HOLBROOK @iowastatedaily.com After Celia Barquín Arozamena’s death last week, social media flooded with tributes, photos and condolences of the former Iowa State student-athlete.

At Iowa State, a handful of different teams honored Barquín Arozamena. Against Akron, Iowa State’s football team gathered in a moment of silence after carrying out Spain’s flag, Barquín Arozamena’s home country. Following the moment of silence and the band’s performance, which included a “CBA” formation, a video tribute played on the Jack Trice Stadium screens.

“Our fanbase today, even before the game, the tribute to Celia, the emotion in that stadium,” said coach Matt Campbell, sporting an Iowa State polo with a “CBA” patch on it.

“Our fans are the best in the country.

A really tough week, an emotional week in Ames, Iowa. To be honest with you, you hope a little bit of today

starts the healing process.”

A fraction of Iowa State’s enrollment of nearly 35,000 students is made up of student-athletes. Multiple Iowa State teams attended Barquín Arozamena’s vigil on campus two days after her death.

Many former and current athletes tweeted about Barquín Arozamena’s tragic death, and that emotion was on display at the Akron game — not only from the fans, but from the players, too.

“The moment of silence was definitely surreal,” said running back David Montgomery. “Reality hits people in different areas and different times. It hit me today, just understanding how many people supported that young lady. Being a Cyclone, it sucks to see it happen, but our main thing was getting a win for her.

“That win is in honor of her, and she deserves it all. It sucks to see, but we know God has a beautiful angel up there.”

Aside from football, the Cyclone soccer team elected to wear its gold

KATLYN CAMPBELL/ IOWA STATE DAILY The Iowa State football team put a sticker with the initials “CBA” on their helmets to honor the Celia Barquín Arozamena

jerseys against Texas Tech in honor of Barquín Arozamena — yellow was her favorite color.

Iowa State soccer also named Barquín Arozamena its honorary

captain before facing Texas Christian University.

The Cyclone volleyball team warmed up in yellow shirts with the statement “Stronger Together” on the

front and a “CBA” patch on the sleeve before its match against Baylor.

The effects felt from Barquín

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POLICE BLOTTER 09.22.18 Joseph P Lombardo, age 20, of 2026 Hawthorn Court Drive Unit 7235 - Ames, Iowa, was cited for possession of alcohol under the legal age Lot G3 (reported at 10:39 a.m.).

James Emmett Nolan, age 19, of 109 S Waverly Pl - Mt Prospect, Ill., was arrested and charged with public intoxication Lot G3 (reported at 10:24 a.m.).

Jack Michael Graham, age 20, of 300 Stanton Ave Unit 601 - Ames, Iowa, was cited for possession of alcohol under the legal age 1732-2 S 4th St. (reported at 10:46 a.m.).

Samantha Rose Selmer, age 20, of 328 Lafayette Ave - Story City, IA, was cited for possession of alcohol under the legal age at Lot G2 (reported at 11:04 a.m.).

Elijah D Nikkel, age 20, of 10902 S 68th Ave W - Colfax, IA, was cited for possession of alcohol under the legal age at Lot G3 (reported at 11:11 a.m.).

Daniel L Frantzen, age 19, of 2035 Sunset Dr - Ames, IA, was

cited for possession of alcohol under the legal age at Lot G3 (reported at 11:20 a.m.).

Jack Nicholas Henry, age 19, of 4533 Steinbeck St Unit 1 - Ames, IA, was cited for possession of alcohol under the legal age at Lot G3 (reported at 11:59 a.m.).

Lauren Ann Brueckner, age 20, of 6656 Compton Ct Johnston, IA, was arrested and charged with public intoxication and possession of alcohol under the legal age at Lot G2 (reported at 12:31 p.m.).

Daniel Jose Diaz, age 20, of 2160 Hawthorn Court Dr Unit 2116 - Ames, IA, was cited for possession of alcohol under the legal age at Lot G3 (reported at 12:58 p.m.).

Saylor Wattonville, age 19, of 70113 310th St - Collins, IA, was cited for possession of alcohol under the legal age (reported at 1:21 p.m.).

Jameson Lee Muxfeldt, age 20, of 427 Lynn Ave - Ames, IA, was cited for possession of alcohol under the legal age at Lot G3 (reported at 1:49 p.m.).

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NEWS

Wednesday, September 26, 2018 Iowa State Daily

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Third, final candidate for CALS dean announced

BY ANNELISE.WELLS @iowastatedaily.com

GEOFFREY DAHL

Geoffrey Dahl has been announced as the third and final candidate for the next endowed dean of Iowa State’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and director of the Iowa Agricultural and Home Economics Experiment Station.

Dahl currently serves as the Harriet

Weeks Professor of Animal Science at the University of Florida, according to a press release.

Dahl will be visiting Iowa State from Sept. 26 to Sept. 28. During his visit, he will tour campus facilities, meet with student organizations and talk with campus administrators.

He will also hold an open forum on Thursday, Sept. 27 from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Pioneer Room in the Memorial

Union. Students, faculty and staff are welcome to attend.

Dahl earned his bachelor’s degree in animal science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

He then earned his master’s degree in dairy science from Virginia Tech and his doctorate in animal science from Michigan State University.

Previously, Dahl has held multiple positions at the University of Illinois

at Urbana-Champaign and at the University of Maryland. In 2006, he joined the University of Florida faculty. He served as chair of their animal science department from 2006 to 2018.

The full itinerary for Dahl’s visit, along with his CV and a feedback form, can be found on the Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost’s website.

COURTESY OF “I AM A VOTER” “I am a Voter” aims to encourage students to vote.

Senate to seat new member to election commission

BY MADELYN.OSTENDORF @iowastatedaily.com

COURTESY OF JOEY FREICHELS Joey Freichels, senior in finance, studied at the University of Hawaii at Manoa from the fall of 2016-and spring of 2017 with the help of National Student Exchange. NSE allows students to experience a new university within the U.S., U.S. territories or Canada for the same tuition as Iowa State.

National Student Exchange Broadening horizons within the United States

BY ALEXIS.MYSZKA @iowastatedaily.com The National Student Exchange program (NSE) offers students the experience of study abroad but without having to leave the country.

NSE provides the opportunity for students to transfer to another university within the U.S., U.S. territories or Canada, while still paying the same tuition they do at Iowa State.

“Helping students to have an affordable study away experience, that is a high impact practice,” said Allison Severson, NSE coordinator.

Severson said since NSE is a more specialized program, it is not as well known, but they are working to make it as popular as study abroad programs are among students.

Robert Girard, NSE graduate assistant, said they are rapidly trying to expand their outreach in order to spread awareness about their program.

To do so, they are taking to social media, visiting classrooms and will soon have a booth in the Memorial Union, in addition to the informational sessions they host at 12:10 p.m. everyday in the Hixon-Lied Student Success Center.

“The personal development that happens is really cool to witness and I hope that we can continue to help more students participate in the program,” Severson said.

Severson said approximately 75 students a year participate in NSE and participation within the program has increased over the years.

Some of the most popular universities for students to go to are schools in Hawaii.

Joey Freichels, senior in finance, is one of those students who chose Hawaii as their NSE destination.

Freichels embarked on his journey as a sophomore in the fall of 2016 when he spent an entire year studying at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa.

While there, Freichels said he found himself experiencing “basically a year of vacation.”

But Freichels said he also experienced a lot of independence during his time away from Iowa State.

“You learn a lot about yourself,” Freichels said. “It’s only you, so you have to learn everything.”

Freichels said after opening himself up to new possibilities through the program, he has become more friendly and open than he was prior to leaving.

For any students considering NSE, Freichels urges them to participate and take the risk.

“You’re young so you can handle it now,” Freichels said. “Be yourselves, go to a place where no one knows you and start all over again.”

Freichels enjoyed his experience in Hawaii so much that he is now an ambassador for NSE at Iowa State and said he would love to go back to Hawaii over the summer.

For Taylor Gage, sophomore in elementary

education, her adventure is just beginning.

Gage will be leaving in the spring for the State University of New York College at Plattsburgh (SUNY ) in New York to study there during the spring semester.

Gage described the initial application process as being fairly simple.

“Everyone is really helpful [which] makes it better,” Gage said.

Gage first applied to the NSE program through Iowa State, then was interviewed by Severson. She continued to apply to SUNY, followed by paperwork done through the university.

One of Gage’s major concerns when she goes away next semester is being away from her friends and family, she said.

However, on top of those nerves is a layer of excitement. Gage said she is eager to do something completely by herself and be independent.

For students who may see the first steps as daunting, Gage said, “Just give it a try and talk to people about it, even if it’s not for you, at least you know you gave it a go.”

NSE has served as a gateway for Iowa State students over the past 20 years.

“It’s really fun to watch students get that extra growth and self enrichment and their ability to interact with a world other than the one they’ve known,” Girard said.

At Wednesday’s meeting, Student Government will be confirming a new member to the Election Commission, seating two new senators and fielding additional funding requests.

The Senate will vote to approve funding legislation for $720 to the Golf Club for NCCGA registration fees and $73.75 to the “I am a Voter” campaign.The Golf Club typically attends two regionals per year, but this summer the club was invited to an additional regional in the Twin Cities. This funding would cover registration fees for the third regional competition.

The “I am a Voter” campaign encourages students to get registered to vote. They are promoting early voting locations on campus, and are seeking funding to aid the production and distribution of posters to the flier boards found on campus and in on-campus residences.

Also on the agenda is the seating of Vishesh Bhatia as a Senate member on the University Affairs Committee, Yean Xen Lim as a member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee. The Senate is also set to confirm Reya Mathew as the 2019 Election Commissioner.

For more information or to contact a senator, visit stugov. iastate.edu. The Senate meetings are open to the public on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in the Campanile Room of the Memorial Union.

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Iowa State Daily Wednesday, September 26, 2018

IOWA STATE DAILY Green Dot works to prevent power-based violence on campuses across the country.

Second annual Green Dot launch on Wednesday

BY WILLA.COLVILLE @iowastatedaily.com

COURTESY OF STEFAN PETERSON Iowa State University’s sailing club won the Big 12 tournament for the second consecutive year. The tournament was held at the Perry Yacht Club near Lawrence, Kansas from Sept. 14 to 16.

Come sail away

Club succeeds despite rough waters

BY ADOLFO.ESPITIA @iowastatedaily.com Having little resources for weekly practice, Iowa State’s team beat the odd in the Big 12 sailing tournament.

Iowa State’s sailing club competed in the Big 12 tournament, winning for the second consecutive year. The tournament was held at the Perry Yacht Club near Meriden, Kansas, from Sept. 14 to 16.

Communication, strategy, consistency and a passion for sailing gave the team a major advantage.

With a low-point scoring system, Iowa State won with 49 points. Falling close behind was the University of Nebraska at Lincoln with a 55 and Kansas State University finished in third with 61.

Iowa State beat out seven Big 12 teams for the championship title.

Stefan Peterson, senior in mechanical engineering, joined the sailing club in 2014. At the time, only a handful of students participated in the club.

After attending the University of Iowa’s races — otherwise known as regattas — as a guest team, Peterson joined the Midwest Collegiate Sailing Association (MCSA) in 2016, launching the club’s success in competitive regattas.

“It started off going to Iowa City just for fun,” Peterson said. “Then in 2016 we joined the conference and started doing more regattas.”

According to Peterson, membership has grown in the past two years, even with low funding and no formal coach.

Among the growing members is August Nagro, junior in computer science, whose father introduced him to sailing as a child. Nagro chose to continue his love for sailing in college.

During the tournament, all hands were on deck as team members communicated and strategized between races.

As the skipper — the driver of the boat — for division A, Peterson described what he saw on each course after races to the division B skipper.

Only having a few minutes, communication was

COURTESY OF STEFAN PETERSON Membership has grown within the sailing club since they have started sailing competitively. The club has succeeded despite limited resources and no formal coach.

critical for the division B skipper, Nagro, to know the best starting position along with unusual air patterns.

“On the second day, Stefan noticed on his first rotation that the heat was causing a wind suck on shore,” Nagro said. “Heat rises up and sucks in the wind off the water.”

Along with other impromptu strategies, Nagro consistently finished first in his division, ultimately leading to Iowa State’s second championship win, the first being in 2017.

Using their talents, the ISU sailing club will participate in the qualifiers at the Milwaukee Yacht Club in Wisconsin from Sept. 28 to 30.

The top three teams will go to the MCSA fall

championships in November.

The sailing club will also attend regattas in Champaign, Illinois, at the University of Illinois, and Iowa City, at the University of Iowa.

Peterson said students do not need experience if they’re interested in sailing. Peterson’s goal is to get newer members to regattas and day sail trips for experience.

“New people shouldn’t be discouraged. The more you get out there the easier it’ll be,” Peterson said.

“Our experienced members help out our lesser experienced members. We coach each other.”

Students interested in sailing can check out the student organization webpage for further information.

The second annual Green Dot Launch will take place on the South Campanile Lawn on Wednesday Sept.

26, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.

In the chance of rain, the location will be moved to State Gym but the time will remain the same.

Green Dot is an initiative at Iowa State and universities across the country that “aims to decrease power-based personal violence on campus,” according to the student wellness website.

Power-based personal violence is defined as an act of violence towards an individual in order to assert power or intimidation. Examples of this type of violence include sexual harassment, rape, domestic abuse and stalking.

The Green Dot initiative aspires to eliminate power-based violence on campus through education, outreach and increased awareness.

Students and faculty at Iowa State have the opportunity to learn about preventing this violence in multiple ways.

One way is through their bystander training program.

This program lasts a few hours and teaches student leaders how to identify power-based violence in a reallife setting as well as how to handle the scenario.

The bystander training program is also offered and specially tailored for faculty. Professors and staff on campus may participate in the program in order to make students feel safer and more comfortable in the classroom or anywhere on campus.

Wednesday’s event intends to bring awareness to the initiative.

At the launch event, people can participate in raffles, enjoy free food and music, snap photos with Cy in a photo booth and more.

OPINION

Wednesday, September 26, 2018 Iowa State Daily

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BOOK REVIEW

‘This Thing Between Us’ Ben Stellino’s novel is a poetic masterpiece COURTESY OF SAM MCLEOD The Roseman Covered Bridge in Winterset, Iowa is prominently featured in the novel “The Bridges of Madison County,” which inspired Ben Sellino’s novel, “This Thing Between Us.”

BY MELANIE.DEANDA @iowastatedaily.com When we engross ourselves in a great book, we don’t tend to give much thought to the long process that goes into creating and putting it all together. The time and effort of these creations seems to escape us as readers. Authors work tirelessly on their books, only to have us readers devour their words quicker than they wrote them.

Thinking back to all the reading I’ve done throughout my life, it has never occurred to me all the long hours they must have spent sitting in front of a screen and how they might have typed for hours at a time, eventually extending into months of hard work.

Like I said, I’ve never given much thought to the entire process an author goes through when it

comes to creating their piece, but that all changed when I had the opportunity to speak with Ben Stellino, author of “This Thing Between Us.” Stellino took the time to walk me through how her book finally came to be, after so many years of wrestling with the swarming thoughts of her inspiration that was the 1992 phenomenon “The Bridges of Madison County” by Robert James Waller. “The Bridges of Madison County” is a story that revolves around Robert Kincaid, who comes across a farm wife by the name of Francesca Johnson while her family is away. Their love story lasts a total of four days and after that they never see each other again.

Although Waller’s book received its fair share of backlash due to the affair between the characters Kincaid and Johnson, Stellino defends it. “It does not matter whether you’re married

or not married, you can’t turn away from your mirror,” she said.

She is a strong believer that love is not something you can easily turn away from, especially if that person happens to be your soul mate.

When Stellino first read “The Bridges of Madison County” in 1994 she was awestruck by how much of a connection she had with the story, for she herself was experiencing a heartbreak at the time of reading it. To her, it was the perfect mirror that reflected her emotions. She felt as if the book really cemented what she was feeling at that point in time.

Before she sat down and decided to finally start her piece which became “This Thing Between Us,” she knew before she started anything she first needed to heal her broken heart from a lost love. It wasn’t until she recovered

from her heartbreak that she found out how to be objective and move forward.

In addition, even though Stellino had always seen herself publishing her work one day, it wasn’t until July 2017 that she decided to begin putting it all together.

As she sat in the waiting room of a medical office writing down all her goals in a journal, she decided that in October she would go to Madison County and begin what she refers to as her passion project. Coincidentally, she spent exactly four days in Madison County, the same amount of time Kincaid and Johnson spent together.

In “This Thing Between Us,” Stellino takes her own personal stories, along with her inspiration from “The Bridges of Madison County,” turning her work into a poetic masterpiece.

EDITORIAL

Be respectful when dealing with natural disasters It has been just over a year since Hurricane Maria first hit Puerto Rico, bringing a record amount of damage with it. The storm lasted from Sept. 16 to Oct. 2. After all the disaster and trauma that Hurricane Maria brought Puerto Rico, one year just isn’t enough time to recover.

This year, Hurricane Florence began to form Aug. 31 and hit the East Coast on Sept. 14. It brought great disaster to the Carolinas.

The hurricane has flooded streets, tore down homes and forced the evacuation of citizens of the Carolinas. Those who had no way to evacuate were rescued from their once-safe areas. Still, with all the help that was sent, Hurricane Maria took almost 3,000 lives and Hurricane Florence took over 40 lives.

The real question is not how to turn back time and prepare those in Puerto Rico and the Carolinas, it is how to handle this natural disaster now that it has happened.

Donald Trump misled the public to believe that the news lies to everyone and made Hurricane Maria less of a disaster than it was.

He states, “[we] did an unappreciated great job in Puerto Rico, even though [it is] an inaccessible island with very poor electricity and a totally incompetent mayor of San Juan.”

A year after Hurricane Maria, Trump’s Twitter ranted about the false death toll he was provided when he visited Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria calmed down. He states the death toll was 50

times more than it was when he was originally told and there is no way it could have skyrocketed that much post-hurricane. No matter whether he thinks he is being lied to or not, he handled peoples’ deaths insensitively.

And Trump has yet to overcome his anger toward the “false numbers” he was given. On Sept. 13, he wrote, “3,000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico. When I left the island, after the storm had hit, they had anywhere from six to 18 deaths ... If a person died for any reason, like old age, just add them onto the list. Bad politics. I love Puerto Rico!”

However, Trump handled Hurricane Florence much differently.

In the first few days of the storm, he tweeted, “Five deaths have been recorded thus far with regard to hurricane Florence! Deepest sympathies and warmth go out to the families and friends of the victims. May God be with them!”

In the wake of crisis, Trump needs to behave more rationally and take in all the facts of whatever disaster approaches him next before Twitter ranting about how journalists and Democrats are simply out to attack him.

Being president, he is looked to in times of disaster for guidance or support. Since his outrage during Hurricane Maria, he has taken a better approach to handling Hurricane Florence on social media, but there is still room for him to improve.

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SPORTS

Iowa State Daily Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Assalley ascending

Walk-on kicker proving his worth

BY NOAH.ROHLFING @iowastatedaily.com Matt Campbell’s weekly press conference focused on Texas Christian University, what the Horned Frogs do well, what Iowa State needs to improve on and more.

TCU’s team speed and forcing turnovers

KATLYN CAMPBELL/ IOWA STATE DAILY Placekicker Connor Assalley kicks the football for an extra point during the game against the University of Akron at Jack Trice Stadium on Sept. 22. The Cyclones won 26-13.

TCU has a hell of a lot of speed on its roster. Campbell was clear on Tuesday the Horned Frogs have speed on both sides of the ball, and they use it as a core part of their identity. “ They know where they need to be,” Campbell said. “He allows his players to play fast.

“It’s almost like you’re watching them in fast forward.”

The Horned Frogs, on defense, run a 4-2-5 base scheme that head coach and defensive mastermind Gary Patterson has long been tweaking and using to the dismay of Big 12 offenses. Last season, the Horned Frogs were first in the conference in total defense, giving up 331 yards per game and leading the league in nearly every defensive category along the way.

TCU was also the only defense in the conference to allow fewer than 20 points per game. Patterson utilizes the speed he recruits to keep TCU ready for the array of offensive weapons that preside in the Big 12.

The Horned Frogs play fast and play mean.

Redshirt junior wide receiver Hakeem Butler said the Cyclones aren’t going to react but push their brand of football on TCU. “We’re a more physical team,” Butler said.

“We can’t game plan to what they do best.

We have to do what we do best.”

On the other side of the ball, the Cyclones will be seeking to replicate last year’s performance against the Horned Frogs, in which TCU committed two red-zone turnovers that changed the complexion of the game.

The Cyclones forced 20 turnovers last season en route to a plus-10 team turnover margin. This year, the margin is minus-one, with three turnovers — one in each of their three games so far — and only two turnovers forced.

The TCU offense has made a recent habit of back-to-back turnovers, giving the ball back on consecutive possessions of both the Ohio State and Texas games and turning leads into double-digit deficits.

Iowa State will try to exploit that, and redshirt senior cornerback D’Andre Payne knows the Cyclones have to get more takeaways.

“We’re close. We’re starting to do that,” Payne said. “Down the road it ’ll be very important for us to make those plays, just playing the teams that we gotta face in the future.”

Assalley helping out on offense

The funniest moment of Tuesday’s presser came when a reporter asked about Iowa State’s starting kicker, redshirt sophomore Connor Assalley.

The reporter asked if Assalley had a sense of humor, given his last name, and what his personality is in the locker room.

Following a few moments of laughter, Campbell responded by saying Assalley has a confidence about him, so much so that Campbell can’t get a rise out of him in practice.

“He’s really kinda dry, to be honest with you,” Campbell said. “He’s a really neat kid.”

The Cyclones’ leading point-scorer confirmed as much.

“I’m pretty quiet when I’m here,” Assalley said.

Assalley was a surprise starter at placekicker in the would-be first game of the season against South Dakota State in a somewhat surprising turn of events, given most of the talk during the spring and summer surrounded redshirt senior Chris Francis and true freshman Brayden Narveson.

The walk-on has taken the job in stride, making all seven of his field goal attempts so far this season, including four in the Cyclones’ win over Akron.

While the Cyclones have said they need to improve their red zone execution, Assalley being a safe fallback option has proven helpful.

Butler likes Assalley’s start, but doesn’t want him on the field as much.

“It’s definitely good to know that you have those three points,” Butler said.

Cyclones stay focused after rocky weekend

BY SAM.STUVE @iowastatedaily.com The Cyclones had a ver y up and down weekend as they went 0-1-1, but they have now put that behind them and are focused on their next challenge.

This week at practice, the Cyclones continued to work on some things they feel they need to improve on in order to win games.

Drawing against TCU key for Big 12 tournament hopes

L a s t s e a s on , t h e C yc l on e s j u s t missed out on qualifying for the Big 12 tournament, but so far this season they have made strides.

In the tough Big 12, every game matters.

The Cyclones proved that against

TCU and the Cyc lones have now increased their chances of qualifying for the Big 12 tournament.

W hile getting a draw against a high-quality team is noteworthy, the Cyc lones will need to do more in order to move up in the standings in the Big 12. “[We’ve] got to work on our defensive organization and make teams go through us,” said sophomore McKenna Schultz.

Cyclones’ offense working to create more scoring opportunities

After tying with the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs on Friday and losing to the Texas Tech Lady Raiders on Sunday, the Cyclones have some things to work on before their next game on Saturday at Kansas.

The Cyc lones were shut out on Sunday against Texas Tech, the fourth time a defense has been able to keep the Cyclones out.

“It was a fun, good and hard practice,” sophomore Kassi Ginther said.

“We had a lot of energy today, and if we can distribute that to the game, as well as finishing our shots, it will really benefit us.”

The Cyclones offense was in a funk against TCU and Texas Tech, as their offense was only able to get off seven shots combined.

The Iowa State offense is averaging one goal a game but will need to put more shots in the back of the net if it wants to make an impact in the Big 12.

Iowa State returns to action Saturday when they play at Kansas.

The game kicks off at 7 p.m.

DAVID BOSCHWITZ/ IOWA STATE DAILY Iowa State midfielder Megan Etrheim and UNI midfielder Claire Netten race toward a loose ball at the ISU vs. UNI game Sunday. Iowa State lost 0-1.

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Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons “It was just an isolating moment of everything I know and come from is just gone, and it’s there but I cannot connect with it,” Adriana Le Compte Santiago, a native Puerto Rican, said.

Tragedy in Puerto Rico: One year later

BY WHITNEY.MASON @iowastatedaily.com Being at Iowa State and focused on her studies, senior in environmental science Adriana Le Compte-Santiago was not aware of a major storm approaching her home island of Puerto Rico last September.

Le Compte Santiago, native of Ponce, Puerto Rico, received a phone call from her mother the night before Hurricane Maria was to make landfall in Puerto Rico.

“I heard [they had prepared for the storm] that, and I was in the mode of classes and work, so I really was not that worried,” Le Compte Santiago said. “You know [I thought] it was just another hurricane.”

Le Compte Santiago said that she downplayed the impact of the storm to her sister, telling her that she would miss a day of school and that things would go back to normal.

After going on Twitter and scrolling through her newsfeed, however, Le Compte Santiago became aware of the devastation to the island from the storm.

“My heart dropped,” Le Compte Santiago said. “My mom

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When Richards was in attendance, Yoder said he did not cause any problems.

Following the recent event, Yoder talked with people who said they’ve noticed a shift in the perception of the homeless community within Ames.

“I’ve heard people talking and people have come to me and said they think we should be more careful about people being alone or just the fear in general,” Yoder said. “I think it is a normal reaction. Anytime anything happens there is fear.”

Yoder said she finds no reason to pick out a group of people and fear them anymore than anyone else.

Yoder said when it comes to individuals within the homeless community, there are many reasons why people are homeless. Individuals may be suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), mental illnesses or even because of their own choosing.

“That’s their life and they do not mean to harm anyone,” Yoder said.

Prior to arriving in Ames to attend graduate school at Iowa State in 2001, Jim Coppoc had spent a short duration of his life homeless.

Coppoc said a theological disagreement with his parents lead to him leaving his parents’ home, seven years prior to his arrival to Ames.

Coppoc said he remembered receiving pity

called me the night before and said [the island] is completely destroyed and I was not expecting that.”

For Le Compte Santiago, the days following the storm were hard — especially attending classes and having to take tests.

Le Compte Santiago said as the days passed and not hearing from her loved ones, it became worse for her.

“It was just this [is] an isolating moment of everything I know and come from is just gone, and it’s there, but I cannot connect with it,” Le Compte Santiago said.

Laura Valderrama Figueroa, senior in biology, said she went about three to five days without hearing from her family. She said that anxiety started to build other people she knew heard from their families, but she hadn’t heard from hers.

The Aguadilla, Puerto Rico native could recall the day she heard she received a random call while on a CyRide bus.

“I was like ‘oh weird,’ but I saw it was from Puerto Rico, so I knew I had to answer it,” Valderrama Figueroa said. “It was my mom and she was like, ‘Hi, how are you?’ I had to catch my breath.”

While that week was stressful for Valderrama Figueroa, she credited the awareness and support she had from people at

from people while he was off on his own.

Fortunately, the mothers of Coppoc’s friends provided toiletries to him and after a few months, one of the mothers provided space for Coppoc to stay.

“My experience was mostly that I wasn’t in the place culturally that a lot of homeless people are in now,” Coppoc said. “I was in the place logistically. I was eating out of dumpsters and I was having to go churches to get clothes.”

Coppoc said when he was homeless, he did not fit the image of what people now view as homeless people contemporarily.

“I was not that person. I was one of the million other ways to be homeless,” Coppoc said.

Coppoc was not ostracized and viewed the same way others are.

Both Yoder and Coppoc said there are different ways for people to be homeless. “[Our culture] has this schema in America that homeless people are on street corners and they are begging for money and have hygiene issues, they’re mentally ill or addicts,” Coppoc said. “We have all of these things we put into our schema for homelessness and it is totally not true in a lot of places.”

Social media was where Coppoc saw changes of perception from the Ames community.

“There were people on Ames People asking ‘Why do [Ames] tolerate homeless people in our community,’” Coppoc said. “That’s a question you shouldn’t be asking because homelessness is

Iowa State to help her cope with the situation.

Valderrama Figueroa returned back to Puerto Rico in December of 2017 — the first time after the storm hit.

“I was like, ‘Wow, this is so much different from the place I grew up with,” Valderrama Figueroa said.

Valderrama Figueroa said she remembered how the trees and mountains always looked green and lush. Following the storm, the green pastures were brown, and the trees did not have leaves.

Valderrama Figueroa returned to stay in Puerto Rico this past summer and could notice a shift in mentality amongst Puerto Ricans.

“People are very on their toes now,” Valderrama Figueroa said. “Everyone is just fast-paced motion and even though it’s a minor [observation] it really changed.”

Le Compte Santiago said that she does believe that when it comes to relief efforts for Hurricane Maria that the the efforts have been slow.

“The relief can be seen in some places but not all,” Le Compte Santiago said. “Some places got more aid than others, and that’s due to accessibility.”

apart of every society. If you start banning those people, it doesn’t solve the problems.”

Coppoc said within the Facebook page there were people coming to the defense of the homeless community and who had a better understanding of the community. The reactions to Barquín Arozamena’s death that Coppoc noticed did not surprise him.

“It’s the same voices that were always there got to be a little louder for a time,” Coppoc said.

One positive reaction Coppoc saw regarding Barquin Arozamena’s death was more victim support and people limiting their conversations discussing her alleged killer. “[Richards] was an escalating problem, the state didn’t do what they needed to do and something very predictable happened,” Coppoc said.

Coppoc said his attention to the homeless community comes from his past experiences with homelessness and his church’s involvement with the homeless community.

The problem Coppoc said was very real was the inability for people to access resources such as shelters and mental health services. Even if people were able to access the resources, many can be sent through a loophole and directed to resources that might not give them the proper care needed.

“There are no overarching agencies that can coordinate all of these services and funnel people into the places they need to go and make sure people with needs are getting their needs met in

a way that’s useful for them,” Coppoc said.

According to the United States’ Census, 30 percent of the Ames population is living in poverty and Coppoc said this deep poverty is not discussed in Ames.

Yoder said she wished there were more low-income housing available within Ames.

Yoder also said she would like mental health services in Ames to provide in-stay housing in conjunction with the treatment.

“I see a lot of mentally challenged people on the street with no services happening and that’s not good anybody, not good for them, not good for the public,” Yoder said.

Yoder said she was not going to attend the Ames City Council meeting on Tuesday but was concerned about potential city legislation policies that could be passed.

Coppoc said City Council should not focus exclusively on Barquin Arozamena’s death but look at safety in a broader approach.

Working on resources working through the mental health system, through the court system and making public spaces safer were critical to Coppoc.

“I think [City Council is] going to do what needs to be done,” Coppoc said. “I think they are doing the right thing, starting by listening.”

To Coppoc, there are more experiences than people realize when it comes to homelessness.

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those issues can be addressed, but Varnum said she had trouble speaking to authorities and has issues feeling safe as a result.

“I am trying my best to talk with people and the authorities,” Varnum said. “Sometimes I need to write it down or to mime if I have to. How should we help the homeless if we make contact or see someone being taken away in broad daylight or at night? How should we approach them?

Should we call the authorities first or interact with whoever is trying to kidnap or murder someone?”

T h e s e q u e s t i on s we re addressed by Haila who said the police are the best source to go through to talk about safety concerns or to report a crime, but Varnum again mentioned her difficulty speaking to authorities.

“I am not good at expressing myself to the authorities, but I have been in contact with the mental health advocates here [who are] helping me talk with authorities,” Varnum said.

Varnum expressed these concerns following the safety briefing given by Cychosz.

This briefing was centered around city plans to make Ames safer and what ways

Iowa State Daily Wednesday, September 26, 2018 they could potentially help people affected by homelessness or mental illness.

Cychosz started by saying what initiatives they already have to keep areas around Ames safe. These initiatives were mainly focused on parks and recreation and included mowing pathways to make sure visibility is high, extending light paths in the parks to make areas better lit, safety walks and reactive removal of people who are reportedly camping on public or private lands.

Cychosz said the safety walks are something the police currently do in Campustown to identify areas that could have their safety improved, and they would be extending this practice to areas like parks and natural areas around Ames. “ It may be pr udent to develop a system of safety walks along trails and natural areas in the city,” Cychosz said.

Other areas where the city has recently made improvements include creating a task force that has gone through public lands prone to encampments and searching for potential campers. In their initial searches, the task force

SARAH HENRY/ IOWA STATE DAILY Ames Police Chief Charles Cychosz addressed the city council and Ames residents about the city’s homeless population on Tuesday night.

has been unable to find any campers.

The cit y is also c learing additional brushes and closing down certain trails u n t i l t h o s e c h a n g e s a re made. One bike trail that is currently closed stretches from South Fourth Street to the Veterinary Medicine

building on campus.

Outside of safety issues, Cychosz said the resources the cit y provides should also be addressed. A review of these resources should consider human ser vices, transportation and housing.

One program Cychosz pointed out was the

Emergency Residence Project, which is “a gateway to a range of support and public services that can help those affected by homelessness.” One thing the program does is help people get safer living situations.

When it comes to homelessness, Cychosz agreed

with Haila that it is important to not generaliz e all homeless people as dangerous following the incident. Instead, Cychosz said they would prioritize getting additional perspectives to ensure safety solutions to suppor t the homeless population.

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Arozamena’s death trickled into other schools around the Big 12.

The Big 12 Conference tweeted condolences to Barquín Arozamena’s friends and family, along with all of Iowa State.

Baylor athletics’ Twitter account offered cardinal and gold logos to followers, while changing its own profile picture to cardinal and gold in honor of Barquín Arozamena.

In Lubbock, Texas, the screen inside Jones AT&T Stadium featured the Iowa State logo on Sept. 18.

Prior to kickoff in the University of Texas’ matchup against TCU, the fans inside Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium joined in a moment of silence for Barquín Arozamena.

Outside of the Big 12, the University of Northern Iowa’s football stadium featured yellow scattered around its stadium.

On a national scale, the news affected the

golf community, too. Kendall Dye won the Symetra Tour and dedicated the win the Barquín Arozamena. Dye also competed in an Iowa State hat.

The European Ryder Cup team plans to wear a yellow ribbon in honor of Barquín Arozamena. A photo of Barquín Arozamena and Ryder Cup competitor Sergio Garcia surfaced on social media throughout the week.

From Ames, Iowa to Europe, people felt the loss of Barquín Arozamena.

“It was a very interesting week in a lot of ways, in terms of watching this community rally around each other,” Campbell said on Saturday.

“I said this quite honestly when we went up to Marshalltown this summer, one of the things that makes it really special to be an Iowan, is how these communities rally around each other and stand together. I thought [it was] a really impactful day, and obviously the game being a little bit of the second part of the day in a lot of ways.”

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