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ISU student present for Paris attacks By Makayla.Tendall, @iowastatedaily.com ISU student Emily Wright was in Stade de France for the Parisian soccer match against Germany on Friday when a bomb went off outside the stadium during the first half of the game, the start of a terrorist attack against France’s capital city. “We heard a really loud ‘boom’ noise,” Wright said. “I thought it was fireworks or cannons or something related to the game. It wasn’t until sometime in the second half that one of my friends messaged me and said there was a shooting in a restaurant. And that’s when we pieced together that those really loud noises were bombs.”

Wright, who is studying abroad this semester in the ESSEC Business School in Cergy, France — about a 40-minute train ride from the heart of Paris — was in the middle of a terrorist attack, later to be discovered as brought on by members of ISIS, President Francois Hollande said. Hollande was in the stadium at the time of the attacks, too, The New York Times reported. After the suicide bomb detonated outside of the stadium at about 9:20 p.m. in France on Friday, American rock band Eagles of Death Metal were playing in one of this city’s popular music venues, the Bataclan, for about an hour when four men with AK-47 assault rifles entered the concert. Some shouted “Allahu akbar” before they

opened fire for about 20 minutes, The New York Times reported. Those who were not killed in open-fire were held hostage for two hours before police advanced, killing one gunman after the three others blew themselves up, according to French television stations. In total, three suicide bombs were detonated outside of the stadium, shootings occurred at four different restaurants and 89 were killed in the concert shooting. The death toll for victims at the concert totaled 129 people as of Sunday afternoon, according to The New York Times, with more than 350 people wounded and 99 of them in critical condition. It wasn’t until after the game when Wright and her friends began to leave the stadium that she found

out the loud noises they heard were bombs. Wright said she was walking toward the stadium exits when people started rushing back into the stadium. “I didn’t know what they were running from, and that just kind of freaked everyone else out,” Wright, senior in accounting, said. “My friends and I just took off running away from the exit. I don’t even have words to describe. It was the scariest moment of my life because I didn’t know who they were running from or what they were running from, but we stayed in the stadium for a little bit longer.” She said they were able to leave the stadium through certain exits, but the streets were filled with Parisians consumed with panic and fear.

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Emily Wright, an ISU senior studying abroad in France, was in the Stade de France watching a soccer match Friday night when the ISIS terrorist attacks on Paris began.

“So many people didn’t know what was going on,” Wright said. “At the football [soccer] match,

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DEMOCRATS BATTLE THROUGH

ROUND TWO DEBATE Clinton, Sanders, O’Malley lay out differences on Wall Street, guns, education

By Michaela.Ramm and Alex.Hanson @iowastatedaily.com DES MOINES, Iowa — Democratic candidates for president came out swinging Saturday night, with Sen. Bernie Sanders and Gov. Martin O’Malley launching attacks on front-runner Hillary Clinton’s ties to Wall Street her and foreign policy against international terrorism. The second Democratic debate took place on the campus of Drake University, with CBS

News’ “Face The Nation” anchor John Dickerson moderating. CBS News reporter Nancy Cordes, KCCI-TV anchor Kevin Cooney and Des Moines Register political columnist Kathie Obradovich also questioned the candidates on a wide range of issues. The debate stage was smaller this time around, with Jim Webb and Lincoln Chafee missing after dropping out from the race. Clinton was center stage, with Sanders and O’Malley on each side. Foreign policy opened the debate in light of the terrorist attacks in Paris that killed more

than 120 and injured hundreds just 24 hours before the debate. Clinton opened the discussion on ISIS, saying the United States does not need to undertake the bulk of effort against the terrorist group. Instead, she said the United States should arm and train its allies, particularly in the Middle East, where the group is most prominent. This is not an American fight, she said, but American leadership is essential.

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Democratic candidates for president Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton and Martin O’Malley spoke at the Democratic debate in Des Moines on Saturday. The candidates talked about their stances on foreign policy and international terrorism and how to combat it. CBS News’ “Face The Nation” anchor John Dickerson moderated the debate.

Democratic candidates flock to Ames after debate By Alex.Hanson and Michaela. Ramm @iowastatedaily.com Less than 24 hours after Saturday’s Democratic debate in Des Moines, Hillary Clinton and Martin O’Malley were in Ames Sunday to fire up central Iowa Democrats at a fall barbeque event. Around 560 activists and supporters of the candidates gathered at the Hansen Agriculture Student Learning Center on the Iowa State University campus. The event was sponsored by the Boone, Hamilton, Hardin and Story County Democrats and the ISU College Dems. Presidential hopefuls Clinton and O’Malley made the stop in Ames the day after the Democratic Debate that took place at Drake University in Des Moines, which raked in 8.5 million viewers on the CBS television network. Former President Bill Clinton made a surprise appearance at the event, thanking Clinton supporters and saying it was “great” to be back in Ames. He also said “he would probably vote for Hillary” after being back on the campaign trail. Hillary Clinton, the first can-

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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks about other presidential candidates Sept. 19 at the Faith and Freedom Coalition Dinner. Jindal believes waiting until the last person gets to ask the last question is what sets apart his events.

Jindal talks Iowa Katy Klopfenstein/Iowa State Daily

Democratic presidential hopeful Martin O’Malley speaks at the Central Iowa Democrats Fall Barbecue on Sunday. O’Malley talked about the need to strengthen social security and pass immigration reform, along with how to improve the U.S. economy.

didate to speak, started out similar to Saturday night’s debate — on international terrorism and the threat of ISIS, in light of the recent attacks on Paris that killed over 130 and injured hundreds. “The attack in Paris, the city of light, reminds us that there is no middle ground in going after these terrorists,” she said. Clinton stood by her stance from the debate, saying it was key for the United States to lead the fight, but to pull American allies from the Middle East into the fray.

“As I said, I know America has to lead it but we cannot and should not do it alone,” Clinton said. At the debate, O’Malley and the third Democratic candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, went after what they said was an overly aggressive foreign policy, specifically citing her vote in favor of the Iraq war. Clinton pivoted to domestic policy, and she repeatedly praised President Obama’s administration

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In Daily interview, candidate discusses strategy, education By Alex.Hanson @iowastatedaily.com Don’t count out Bobby Jindal. The Louisiana governor said recent polls showing him neckand-neck with top-tier candidates such as Jeb Bush is a result of his ground game in Iowa — visiting all 99 counties before February’s Iowa Caucus. In a phone interview Friday

afternoon with the Iowa State Daily, Jindal said his campaign deliberately made Iowa a focus, thus many events with caucus-goers is resulting in growing support statewide. “One of the things that sets our events apart is that we wait until the last person gets to ask the last question, often times as long as three hours,” Jindal said. “We are seeing an increase in the polls; we’re now in the top five.” Jindal — the former two-term congressman turned two-term governor — was once seen as a rising star in the GOP, even delivering the response to President Obama’s

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