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Paul mingles with ISU voters By Thomas.Nelson @iowastatedaily.com

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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., takes questions from the audience during a meet and greet Thursday in Ames about his plans if elected president. Questions ranged from education policy to immigration reform.

Fresh off Tuesday’s Republican debate, 2016 Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul made stops in Iowa including two in Ames to meet with ISU students and local supporters. Paul was at Jeff’s Pizza on Wednesday night speaking to a packed house and talking one-onone with students. He answered questions while sipping beer, and he shook hands as the attendees chanted “President Paul.” “It is hard to get students motivated [and registered] to vote and then getting them out, but it can happen,” Paul said. “President Barack Obama was the last person to get students out and ready to

vote.” Paul said Obama did not follow through on his promises to protect privacy rights and has been hawkish on foreign policy despite his promises to end wars. “There’s a lot of ambivalence,” Paul said. Paul has set a goal of reaching 10,000 college students to support him. “I’m really a fan of his liberty [message],” said Kelvin Vanderveen, sophomore in animal science. “I don’t believe the government should have such a big impact on every citizen’s life.” Vanderveen also said he thinks it’s a good idea to deescalate involvement in foreign countries and focus on domestic policies. Thursday morning, Paul was at the Garden Inn Hilton Hotel in

Ames speaking to a smaller crowd for a meet and greet. “We think we did have a good night in the debate the other night. We’re still wanting to see poll movement,” Paul said, reflecting on the Tuesday debate. Paul said he thinks people say they will vote for someone based on how much time they get in the press. “Most people are just starting to wake up,” Paul said. “There is a chance that we see [Donald] Trump stumble and fall.” Paul said he doesn’t think the insults Trump has been saying will have a lasting effect on voters, and he won’t resonate with voters in the future. “We’re hoping to see a movement with this last debate,” Paul said. With such a large crowd of

candidates, Paul said it would only take about 30,000 votes to win the caucus this cycle. Austin Dzik, junior in mechanical engineering and president of Students for Rand, hosted a phone bank Thursday night to help identify Republican voters who may support Paul in February’s caucus. Dzik said the group’s status as student volunteers elicits more sign ups, with the group now at 500, half of the group’s goal. Paul’s tour in Iowa this week also included stops in Council Bluffs, Altoona and Winterset. At an event in Des Moines, Paul unveiled the endorsement of 40 veterans across the state. Paul will be in New Hampshire on Friday to file for the for New Hampshire primary.

Looking for new leader ISU Dining continues search for director By Jake.Dalbey @iowastatedaily.com

The dust still settles 45 years after bombing, Ames citizens reflect on attack that wounded nine By Thomas.Nelson @iowastatedaily.com

blast felt blocks away rocked the city of Ames in 1970, wounding nine police and city officials and causing many of them

lifelong physical and emotional scars. There are very few unsolved cases in the city of Ames and even fewer that involve nine wounded. But, in 1970, a bomb went off, and no one has been charged with the crime. An unknown individual threw a bomb at the old Ames City Hall at the

corner of what is now Kellogg Street and 5th Street on May 22, 1970. “It was a peaceful place, and a lot of people didn’t even lock their doors,” said Myrna Wilhelm Elliott, resident of Ames and widow of highway patrol-

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Charles Elliot walks away from the scene of the 1970 bombing of the Ames City Hall. Elliott, a highway patrolman who is now deceased, broke his jaw and lost an eye due to the attack.

The first candidate for the ISU Dining director position visited campus Thursday to speak to students about the future of the university’s dining centers. Amanda Steiner was the first candidate to speak on campus to a 20-member audience at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Memorial Union, marking the beginning of the ISU Dining director open forums that will take place throughout the next couple of weeks. Steiner began her presentation with an immediate focus on health trends, whole foods and genetically modified, organismfree items available in the dining centers. “There have been trends toward vegetarianism and veganism, but there’s also veggiecentric, which means the vegetable is the center of the plate but there can be meat in the dish,” Steiner said. Being veggie-centric as well as making the food students eat more personable is part of an effort for Steiner to reach the Generation Z students. Generation Z students are post-millennials, and students focused more on lifestyle-based food options, fast service and food that creates a more social atmosphere. “Meal plans need to move toward Generation Z,” Steiner said. “Food is about the experience and how it makes us feel. This can be done through a student’s signature item and more

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Sanders aims to please millennials Candidate appeals to youth with tuition-free college By Shannon.McCarty @iowastatedaily.com Having a plan is one thing, figuring out how to pay for it is another. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has touted numerous government-funded programs, including universal health care, paid maternity leave and tuition-free college. Critics have questioned the reality of Sanders’ proposals when it comes to the country being able to fund his proposed programs. “If Sanders’ plan is to just tax the top 1 percent, it won’t be enough,” said Joydeep Bhattacharya, professor of economics. “But if taxes on the richest 10 percent go up, then most of this can be funded.” Bhattacharya said the govern-

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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders appears at the Iowa Democratic Party’s annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in Des Moines on Oct. 24. Sanders has proposed plans that appeal to millenials such as tuition-free college and universal health care.

ment could also ask employers to help decrease the public’s cost of educating people it will hire in the future via taxes. “[The employer will] be returned the favor later in the life cycle in the form of higher pensions,” Bhattacharya said. Bhattacharya said getting tuition-free public universities would

be the most important program and should be the first proposal that Sanders should push through if elected president. “The biggest effects would come from the program to offer tuition-free public education,” Bhattacharya said. One effect from tuition-free college would be higher wage in-

comes bringing up the national income. If public college were to be tuition-free, private universities may be forced to cut tuition rates as well, Bhattacharya said. Mack Shelley, professor of political science, said because corporate interests get the first crack at government funding, Sanders’ first move should be to pass a law negating Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. The Supreme Court made the decision to protect political spending under the First Amendment in 2010. The decision made it so corporations and unions could give unlimited funds to political movements. “Citizens United just sort of has to go for a lot of what Bernie would be interested in implementing,” Shelley said. As for paid maternity leave, the program already has a decent amount of support, Bhattacharya said. He said the government could negotiate with corporations. “[Corporations] can get a cut in corporate tax rates in return for offering paid parental leave,” Bhat-

tacharya said. “Not all of this has to be tax-payer financed.” Bhattacharya said Sanders’ advocacy in wanting to tackle the gap of income inequality can be done by taxing the wealthy, but trying to reduce opportunity inequality is more effective. “There is always a luck factor behind high incomes,” Bhattacharya said. Bhattacharya said it makes sense to tax some of that luck away so more people can get the opportunity to earn high incomes by working hard. “It is also a good idea to tax wealth, especially the kind that easily moves between generations,” Bhattacharya said. Bhattacharya also said capital gains and other speculative gains should be taxed to help reduce the income inequality gap. Sanders’ policy states he would fund free college tuition through a tax on Wall Street speculation, according to his campaign website. When it comes to health care,

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