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10.08.2018 Vol. 219 No. 035
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IOWA STATE DAILY
IOWA STATE DAILY Jack Land tackles offensive lineman Colin Newell during Victory Day on Aug. 25. Newell, Ames native and redshirt freshman, made his first appearance against Oklahoma on Sept. 15.
HOMEGROWN TALENT Ames’ Colin Newell steps into the spotlight BY AARON.MARNER @iowastatedaily.com When Iowa State fell to Oklahoma in the second game of the season to fall to 0-2, coach Matt Campbell still found time to praise a redshirt freshman making his first career start. This redshirt freshman, Campbell said, probably should have started in Iowa State’s season opening loss to Iowa. That redshirt freshman — center Colin Newell — has made waves this season, earning a spot on an offensive line looking for young talent. “I thought Colin Newell kinda steadied the ship for us,” Campbell said. “He played really, really good.
“His play from the beginning of the game to the end of the game was outstanding growth.” Newell’s rise wasn’t necessarily expected, at least not this soon in his college career. Two years ago, he was still playing high school football for Ames High School. He made his first appearance at Jack Trice Stadium in Iowa State’s loss to Oklahoma, in front of his proud parents, grandparents and friends. It was a huge moment for the Newell family — Newell was born and raised an Iowa State fan and said he knew he wanted to be a Cyclone the moment he got an offer. “It was really special,” Newell said.
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IOWA STATE DAILY A participant in Victory Day tackles offensive lineman Colin Newell.
Iowa Senators react to Kavanaugh confirmation vote BY DEVYN.LEESON @iowastatedaily.com In a 50-48 vote Saturday afternoon, the Republican-held Senate confirmed Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Following his confirmation, Iowa Senators applauded the process and newly appointed judge. Kavanaugh’s confirmation marks the end of months of partisan feuding as he becomes the second Supreme Court justice nominated by Donald Trump to sit the bench. “I feel it’s a great day for us, going through a fair and thorough process, that I said I was going to hold throughout the committee process,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee. “A lot of times I didn’t know whether we would get to this point, but I am very glad we do. I think the most important thing is to think about what it says about the background of judge Kavanaugh: a person who has been very well
educated, very devoted to public service.” The public service Grassley refers to is in relation to Kavanaugh’s 12 years as a district court judge out of Washington D.C. and having more than 300 opinions in that time. “He is going to look at the law, he is going to look at the facts of the case,” Grassley said. “He will leave his own personal views out of it, and he won’t do what some legislators do, which is be a super legislator trying to fill in holes or modernize the constitution.” The comments from Grassley explain much of what the opposition within the Ames community consisted of. Senior lecturer of political science Dirk Deam used Kavanaugh’s record to say he had ideological bias rather than proving his non-partisanship like Grassley suggested. “I’d like to see older judges,” Deam said. “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.” Others within the Iowa State community said Kavanuagh has shown bias in the past and will do it again as a judge on the Supreme Court. “I think that he has shown that 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 in a previous interview with the Daily. Other Iowa politicians stated their support for the process in which Kavanaugh was nominated as well as his credentials. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, voted to approve Kavanaugh to the court and released a statement shortly after the nomination Saturday afternoon.
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