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THE
FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
By Alex.Connor @iowastatedaily.com The final presidential debate Wednesday night differed from the first two — focusing mostly on policy instead of personal attacks, all while Donald Trump would not affirm he
would accept election results and Hillary Clinton predicting Trump would be a “puppet” for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Fox News anchor Chris Wallace moderated the debate alone, challenging both candidates: Trump on sexual assault allegations and Clinton on the WikiLeaks release of paid
speeches and emails. Wallance, moderating from the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, often told the audience to remain quiet while he offered six different topics: debt and entitlements, immigration, the economy, the Supreme Court, foreign hot spots and “fitness to be president.”
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With WikiLeaks releasing emails every day leading up to Election Day, Clinton faced several questions on information that has come to light in regard to the hack on the personal email of her presidential campaign chairman John Podesta during the debate. It was revealed through the WikiLeaks that the former secretary of state said that her dream “is a hemispheric common market with open trade and open borders,” while giving a speech to a Brazillian Bank, of which Wallace brought up in the debate. “Is that your dream, open borders?” Wallace asked. Clinton brushed off the question, saying that she was talking about energy, and instead directed the conversation toward her scope on an electric grid that would cross borders. “You know, we trade more energy with our neighbors than we trade with the rest of the world combined,” she said.
While Clinton was the first to answer a question during the debate, Trump made clear his differences on policy with his opponent, particularly on what he says are her negative views and plan to abolish the Second Amendment. The first question, which asked what direction both candidates would like to see the Supreme Court take the country, Trump focused in on how he sees the court interpreting the constitution the way the founders “wanted it interpreted” and the “way it was meant to be.” Accusing Clinton of not supporting the Second Amendment, which protects the right to bear arms, Trump said that under his presidency, justices will be pro-life, conservative and will protect America’s gun rights. Trump compared policies inhibiting gun use or restrictions on the use of the weapon to what has led to even more gun
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StuGov, council meet on housing By Emily.Hammer @iowastatedaily.com In its weekly meeting on Wednesday, Student Government held a special joint meeting with Ames City Council to discuss student housing in Ames and Campustown development. Sen. Cody Smith started off the student housing discussion by asking the City Council if it had heard any concerns about gaps between leases, which primarily affects international students. Peter Orazem, at-large representative on City Council, said the issue has never been brought before the council and that it would likely be hard to regulate leases. Sen. Roberto Ortiz continued the discussion by asking about rising rent costs and if the city is doing anything to curtail such costs.
Chris Nelson, Ward 4 representative, replied by pointing out that with the consistent growth in student enrollment, rental properties are almost always at near 100 percent occupancy. “The best thing that we can do is affect the supply of apartments, and we’re about a year behind,” Nelson said. Orazem pointed out that there has been an unanticipated growth of about 11,000 students over the past few years. “Because no one anticipated that type of growth, no one built for it,” Nelson said. After the conclusion of the joint meeting, Student Government discussed the GENRE and Latino Heritage Committee debt contracts and a resolution for the Student Union Board to release a detailed statement regarding the Waka Flocka Flame concert. Student Government unani-
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Student Government and the Ames City Council held a joint session to discuss topics such as student housing and Campustown Wednesday evening.
mously chose to loan both GENRE’s and the Latino Heritage Committee’s requests for loans to pay off their debts of $1,104.26 and $2,959.15, respectively.
They also voted to postpone indefinitely the resolution of an inquiry into the Student Union Board’s reasons for ending the show early due to safety concerns.
Regents discuss enrollment By Jake.Dalbey @iowastatedaily.com The Iowa Board of Regents began its two-day meeting at the University of Northern Iowa on Wednesday by discussing new enrollment statistics, lease renewals and approval of the proposed named for Iowa State’s new residence hall. Iowa State President Steven Leath led the approval stage of Iowa State’s newest residence hall, recently titled “Gregory L. Geoffrey Hall.” The new residence hall is located next to Buchanan Hall on campus and is expected to open in spring 2017. Leath outlined Geoffrey’s accomplishments and contributions to the university, highlighting his time as the ISU president from 2001 to 2012. “Dr.Geoffrey had a distinguished career at Iowa State,” Leath said. “From 2001 to 2012, he received records as an organometallic chemist. Serving as president until 2012 where he retained his role as emeritus professor in chemistry until 2013.” Geoffrey’s tenure provided what Leath described as “great direction and leadership, while implementing goals into the university.” Despite apparent budget challenges from 2008 onward, Geoffrey was applauded for his management skills as well as his numerous influential projects. “During his tenure, the university set new enrollment, funding and fundraising records,” Leath said. ”He is also credited with saving Morrill Hall by launching one of the largest grassroots fundraising efforts totaling $10.3 million in renovations.” The proposed residence hall title was recommended for approval for the regents’ Thursday meeting. Senior Vice President for University Services Kate Gregory discussed approving four leases, including the addition of new bed leases, which hope to accommodate the growing student population. The first of these leases, between both Iowa State and the Iowa State Communications Network, aims to plant a fiberoptic hut on the AEA Research Farm in Boone, Iowa. The 1,824-square-foot facility would house new fiber-optic cabling that would benefit Iowa State with the fastest commercially available network speeds over a 10-year lease period. The Iowa State Research Park also will collaborate with the university to lease a more than 31,000-square-foot warehouse for Merck and Company Inc., a tenant of the research park to perform vaccine research. “The facility is unique in that it has been certified by the department of agriculture for the type of work that will take place there,” Gregory said. ”This is high-end research into some of the most cutting edge animal vaccine work that Iowa State performs.” 1,462 student beds are leased currently from Jensen Properties and American Campus Communities to accommodate student housing through the university. A total of 828 will be added to this upcoming lease renewal, 516 of which will be
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Politics brew at Coffee with the Candidate By Emily.Hammer @iowastatedaily.com In the first of a series called Coffee with the Candidate, Linda Murken talked with Ames community members at the Ames Chamber of Commerce over coffee and donuts about her campaign to become Story County Supervisor. Murken, a Democrat, is running to succeed Paul Toot after his death on May 6 left a vacancy on the Story County Board of Supervisors. Since then, Martin Chitty has been serving on the board of supervisors after a committee chose him to temporarily fill the vacancy until the upcoming
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November election. In his brief introduction of Murken, Drew Kamp summarized Murken’s goals as safety and justice for all Story County residents before allowing Murken to describe her plan for Story County. Murken, a life-long Story County resident, grew up on a farm in Gilbert, Iowa, and believes this background gave her an idea on what to do with agricultural land. Part of her plan is to improve the water quality not only in Story County but also throughout the state of Iowa. Murken described Ames as “lucky” because the deep wells that provide water are well maintained.
But as Murken brought up, that is not necessarily the case in other places throughout the state of Iowa. “There are a lot of chemicals in rural areas that decrease the water quality, and it is becoming increasingly expensive to remove nitrate from water,” Murken said, adding that it could cost as much as $7,000 a day to do so. Murken also intends to focus her energy on improving the state of the mental health care system. She attributes her passion for this to her more than 30 years in the correctional services industry. She said those years have brought mental health services
close to her heart, and she plans to work on finding a solution to the declining state of mental health services. “Gov. [Terry] Branstad closed two [mental health institutes] in southern Iowa last summer, and many hospitals are closing their psychiatric wards,” Murken said. “From a human standpoint and a dollar standpoint, we need to start doing better.” Murken said that because of the decreasing resources for the mentally ill, more and more people with a mental illness are ending up in jail or prison because they’re not receiving the help they need. Murken pointed out that many who suffer from mental health issues have more than one dis-
order. She said a substance abuse disorder is typically represented in those cases. Even though this election is in the midst of the presidential election, Murken still wants people to pay attention to all local politics, not just the office she’s running for. “The president doesn’t have unlimited powers,” Murken said. “Local politics affects people more than they think.” She said that even for Iowa State students who may not be living in Story Country for the rest of their life, it’s important to pay attention to the local politics because students will be affected by local politics no matter where they live.
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