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103 YEARS OF STATEMENTS
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This year marks the 103rd annual Homecoming celebration, and this year’s theme is “Making a STATEment.” Mass campaniling and Yell Like Hell are traditions. Established in 1963, Yell Like Hell started as a way for residence halls to get involved with Homecoming by coming up with a yell that would be judged on originality and charisma. Yell Like Hell is well-known around campus as a greek tradition, but it is not limited to the greek community. The Homecoming cochairwomen are contemplating a way to break down the barrier between greeks and non-greeks, but it might be a long process because some students have the idea that Homecoming festivities are restricted to greeks. Each sorority and fraternity is required to participate in Yell Like Hell and is assigned two cochair per chapter. Pairings consist of three or four different chapters, usually a large fraternity and sorority, and one or two smaller chapters.
Ames PD teaches Miranda rights Council By Audra.Kincart @iowastatedaily.com
How many of us can say we know what our Miranda rights are and when they apply? The second educational dialogue, put on in concordance with the Ames Police Department and the NAACP, took place Thursday evening AT the Ames City Hall. Cmdr. Geoff Huff led the conversation-style dialogue about knowing your rights. The discussion included Miranda rights and arrests. “I think Miranda rights be one of the most misunderstood court rulings,” Huff said. The educational dialogue began with a 10-question test about Miranda rights. The Miranda rights are named after a convicted rapist, Ernesto Miranda. Miranda was ar-
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rested in Arizona in 1963 on three charges including rape, kidnapping and armed robbery. The police who arrested Miranda did not handle the situation as they should have, explained Huff, and Miranda’s case eventually went to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court ruled in Miranda v. Arizona that the confession Miranda gave was useless because of how the arrest was handled; however, there was still enough evidence against Miranda that he was found guilty of the charges. There are several misconceptions about Miranda rights. One such misconception is that officers don’t have to read the rights word-for-word, as long as they hit the main points of: • You have the right to remain silent. • Anything you say can and
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By Shannon.McCarty @iowastatedaily.com
Audra Kincart/Iowa State Daily
Cmdr. Geoff Huff of the Ames Police Department speaks to audience about Miranda rights, which are a list of rights that those who are arrested possess.
Scary stories haunt ISU students By Ellen.Bombela @iowastatedaily.com Things got pretty spooky Thursday night in Morrill Hall as students and Ames community members listened to ghost stories from Iowa State, the Ames area and the state of Iowa. The stories were shared by Amanda Hall, former University Museums employee and ghost story enthusiast. The event was hosted by University Museums. Hall started the evening by sharing stories from around Iowa. Some famous Charlie Coffey/Iowa State Daily haunted places in Iowa inAmanda Hill, former University Museums employee, tells ghost stories Thursday night in Morrill Hall. clude the Villisca Axe Murder Hill told stories from around the state and around campus, such as Mr. Big, a ghost in Friley Hall. House, where an entire fam-
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ily was slaughtered by an axeman; the city of Van Meter; the Farrar Schoolhouse; and Merle Hay Mall. Legend has it that the mall was built over a monastery, and there have been sightings of a crying nun holding a dead baby at night. Hall then went on to talk about different locations at Iowa State that are haunted. Some of the different locations include the Memorial Union, Fisher Theater, Stephens Auditorium and the Farm House. Hall, who is a former Farm House employee, recalled a ghost story that one of her fellow co-workers
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Ames City Council candidates answered questions on a variety of issues for the final time Thursday night before the big election day. Thursday night’s forum was the last before the Nov. 3 elections and was cohosted by the Ames Progressive Alliance and Ames Public Library. The sixth City Council forum included all five candidates: Tim Gartin, incumbent running unopposed for the 2nd Ward; Bronwyn Beatty-Hansen, who is running against Matthew Converse for the at-large seat; and Dan DeGeest, who is running against incumbent Chris Nelson for the 4th Ward. Questions were asked by representatives from the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Central Iowa, the Ames Bicycle Coalition, A Mid-Iowa Organizing Strategy Affordable Housing Team, Ames Community Solar Initiative, The Green Umbrella, Ames Adult Education & Literacy Program and the Ames Progressive Alliance. Kearra Chester and Anneke Mundel from the Ames Adult Education & Literacy Program asked if the candidates would be in favor of implementing programs to combat poverty such as a higher local minimum wage or the offering of microloans to those wanting to start a business.
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