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‘I am still an individual’ Christian, conservative and trans: Heather Dunn

BY ALEX.CONNOR @iowastatedaily.com Heather Marie Dunn sits with her back straight, eyes drawn forward and legs spread equidistant from her chest. She fidgets with her recently painted lilac nails — pushing one fingernail under the other, again and again.

On this particular Tuesday evening, sitting in the third seat in the third row of Design 101, Heather is dressed casually — a gray

Iowa State sweatshirt, dark jeans and plain black tennis shoes.

Her orange and gray winter coat is draped over the seat behind her as she waits for Chi Alpha, an interdenominational campus ministry Heather attends weekly, to begin.

She adjusts her blonde, highlighted wig that falls just below her shoulders. She chats with those in front of her. The seats next to her

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EMILY BLOBAUM/IOWA STATE DAILY Heather Marie Dunn, a senior in accounting, is a conservative, evangelical transgender woman. Heather began living openly as a trans woman in mid-September. She plans on graduating from Iowa State in December. A non-traditional student, Heather has been an active voice on campus during her time here through different organizations including Student Government, College Republicans and Young Americans for Freedom. Additionally, Heather is involved in Chi Alpha, an interdominational organization at Iowa State. “Even as a conservative, as a transgender conservative, I am in the trenches fighting within my own party for inclusion. I’m doing more than just being on the opposite side,” Heather said.

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When Heather talks, she exerts a level of assurance that can often be hard to match while conversing. She is confident, sometimes dominating, in her politics. She can — and will — spew the latest news in the conservative sphere or perhaps the effects of the polarizing shift in the GOP during the last 10 years.

Heather, 35, is also an evangelical Christian. She’s been such since she was a child. A self-described “conservatarian,” Heather abides by the philosophy people can have whatever lifestyle they want as long as no one else is being forced to do it for them or pay for them. An example: while one would say [they are] pro-choice, [they are] against public funding of abortion and Planned Parenthood.

Heather doesn’t buy into groupthink or “the collective.” Her ideology is one all her own.

It’s 7 p.m. and unusually cold outside for early November.

With the biting wind, the trek around campus begins to grow more and more unbearable — the promise of fall break looms in the near future.

Tonight’s sermon is based off a continuing series: “Love

But just the day prior, transphobia stared Heather down in the Memorial Union bathroom mirror, taking the form of a watchful woman standing just a few feet behind her.

“I had my first bathroom experience,” she said, still digesting the interaction.

Walking into the women’s bathroom Monday on the second floor near the West Student Office Space, Heather said she felt an unease come across her. As she entered, a woman went into the stall next to her — listening. When Heather exited her stall, so did the woman — following. As Heather washed her hands, the woman stood silently behind her. She caught the woman’s reflection in the mirror — watching.

Heather is 6 feet 3 inches tall and towers over those around her. Just beginning her transition, Heather is still learning how to do her makeup, where to shop, what shoe size she wears and what style she likes. She’s waiting for her natural hair — which she recently dyed blonde — to grow in length. The wig can be frustrating at times and doesn’t always remain in place on her head. She’s in contact with doctors and hopes to start on estrogen soon.

Up until this point, she hadn’t been afraid of how she was perceived.

“Transgender issues for me is like being in South Dakota and worrying about if I’m going to be arrested for using the women’s restroom,” Heather said. “It’s about the fear that someone is going to cause physical harm to me.”

But then it happened here. Not South Dakota, but Iowa State. The Memorial Union. Was it ignorance? Most likely, but nothing she couldn’t handle or eventually brush off. In her Facebook announcement coming out as a transgender woman, she even argued for the rights of those who oppose her to share their beliefs.

“You are free to lovingly and respectfully disagree. As a First Amendment fundamentalist, I will die for your right to do so,” Heather said. “The line is crossed when you get nasty, mean and hateful.”

To many, Heather doesn’t make sense. In her varying communities, some cannot understand how she can identify and live openly as all three — as a conservative, Christian, trans woman. But Heather doesn’t feel it has to be one or the other.

The stereotypes associated with her identities don’t have to be pitted against each other.

The following day, however, that would all change when her conservative friends turned a blind eye and accused Heather of allegations she said are untrue and hurtful, allegations she feels were a guise to mask their transphobia.

She couldn’t have it all three ways. She had begun to lose her seat at the table.

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EMILY BLOBAUM/IOWA STATE DAILY Heather Marie Dunn stands during worship at Chi Alpha on Nov. 7, 2017. Chi Alpha is an interdenominational campus ministry of Assemblies of God USA and meets weekly in Design 101.

Looks Like Something.” It’s about acceptance and inclusivity, highlighting that “We can disagree with the way someone lives and still love them,” the pastor said.

Working from the book of Matthew, the message is based off an interaction between Jesus and a tax collector — someone frowned upon — in which Jesus invited him for dinner despite others vehemently opposing his presence.

Heather listens to the pastor, her feet flat on the floor with her palms resting face down on her thighs — eyes drawn forward. The themes of the lecture mirrored, to an extent, the acceptance Heather said she experienced after first coming out as a transgender woman in September.

She, too, had been offered a seat at the table: in the conservative community, in the Christian community and in the LGBT community.

She hadn’t experienced discrimination or intolerance, Heather said. To her, transgender issues were something that happened elsewhere — not here. Not Iowa.

Room 184 in Carver Hall begins to fill with young, Iowa State conservatives — many being white males. A blue Donald Trump flag is draped over the table in the front of the room.

The executive board chats quietly behind a bunch of “Make America Great Again” material and anti-socialism stickers.

A remix of Donald Trump dancing on Saturday Night Live during the 2016 election cycle plays on the projector. Members pile in, including Heather, who has been involved with the organization since 2014.

Heather has been with the ISU College Republicans both in good times and bad. She’s been to meetings with just three people, but also 30. Tonight, 35 people attended. It would also begin the process of impeaching a member, something then-President Anthony Chavez said had not happened before.

That member was Heather.

It’s a Wednesday, and like Chi Alpha, Heather attends College Republicans weekly. Both organizations meet at about 7 p.m., and like Tuesday — it feels unbearably cold, the wind biting.

Heather finds a seat at one of the desks in the back of the room in advance of the meeting. Before it starts, however, she’s pulled aside by Chavez. He asks they step outside of the room.

He tells her the College Republicans will be moving to impeach her on allegations of sexual assault and harassment. He tells her the organization will vote to remove her next week.

She’s welcome, according to the organization’s constitution, to speak at this impeachment and issue a statement in her defense.

She doesn’t understand where this is coming from, nor when it occurred. Chavez tells her that apart from the impeachment, there are no current intentions to press charges. Heather tells him she’s done and walks away. No one fills her in on the allegations moving forward — she’s not even made aware as to how many counts of sexual assault and harassment she’s being accused of. Six, she would later find out.

College Republicans’ executive leadership said there are four counts of sexual harassment against Heather regarding two College Republicans members and two of their guests, as well as two counts of sexual assault against Dunn regarding a College Republicans member and another member’s significant other.

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The organization would not provide any more detail into the incidents, except for that all six counts occurred at a College Republicans attended party in Adel, Iowa on Oct. 27. Heather, however, does not recall any of the incidents that are said to have occurred. Throughout the process, she maintains that she is innocent.

A week later — wearing a blue dress, black leggings and a pair of black flats Heather says she ordered too small but wears anyway — Heather stands in front of the College Republicans, a prepared statement clutched in her hands in the form of an 11.6-inch Acer laptop.

“We are not focusing on the gender status of Ms. Dunn,” Chavez said during the impeachment. “It is solely based off the fact that two counts of sexual assault and four counts of sexual harassment were committed. Gender is not an issue here. This is simply about the accusations.”

As Heather reads, her voice transitions between anger, sadness and confusion. Heather switches between looking directly at her laptop to the crowd of members with an underlying but resilient plea: “Vote no to bigotry based on sexual orientation and gender identity.”

“I was under the impression that when I came out that the College Republicans were actually accepting of me,” Heather said. “It looks like I was wrong.”

She was impeached 20 short minutes later.

Heather posts on Facebook the next morning: “Going Independent! The GOP has lost my support!” But she sticks with it, and two weeks later is still a registered Republican.

Instead, she’s moved on in other forms such as changing her name legally through the university so when she graduates in December she will walk across the stage as Heather Marie Dunn. She bought a new, purple winter coat and is getting a facial. She got her eyebrows waxed and bought a gold purse.

She’s found community again through the Log Cabin Republicans, an organization dedicated to representing LGBT conservatives as allies.

As a conservative, she has to fight for inclusion within her party. As a Christian, she has to negate bigoted and targeted Bible interpretations regarding her decision. As a member of the LGBT community, she has to argue for her right to be on the right.

And she’s not leaving the table without a fight.

‘THE LETTER T IN LGBT’ For years, Heather suppressed her gender dysphoria.

She didn’t quite have a name for the discomfort she was feeling inside.

“I really didn’t know what transgender was,” Heather said.

“Transgender was just kind of like the letter T in LGBT. I never knew any transgender people.”

Gender dysphoria is an internal conflict between a person’s assigned gender — typically based off one’s sex — and the gender they identify with.

This is how decades later, with a failed marriage to a woman behind her, it came out during therapy that Heather wasn’t being honest to herself regarding who she truly was.

“I was trying to force myself into the closet by being in a cis, heteronormative relationship and marriage,” Heather said. “I was told I’m not a good liar.”

When Heather was in high school, she came out to her family as bisexual. This, in some ways, allowed Heather to be more open and aware of who she was. How she felt inside, to some degree, had a name. Every now and then, however, incidents would occur and she wouldn’t feel comfortable with the gender norms she was being forced to fit into.

“As a child, I naturally gravitated toward playing with the girls … but at that time, my dad said it was not OK for boys to play with Barbies,” Heather said.

As she got older, her discomfort grew, especially with her own body.

“When I got into middle school and high school and hit puberty, that’s kind of when gender dysphoria really became awkward for me,” she said. “Here I was used to having girls as my best friends, and all of a sudden they’re having boyfriends, and I’m like, where are you going? We can’t hang out anymore?”

Heather didn’t understand where she fit into it all.

“Now I realize where I was; I identified myself as ‘one of the girls,’” Heather said. “But I didn’t see myself as a female back then.”

Heather grew up in Urbana, Illinois: population 41,000

and home to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

She reflects on her upbringing as liberal and progressive.

Going to high school, Heather said, the popular kids were the “goths” and Marilyn Manson fans. They were the ones on student council.

Heather had her rebellious side, too. Raised in a liberal household, like any teenager, Heather would purposefully act out against her parents. For her, this meant leaning more “left” than they did.

A faded tattoo with the initials F.T.W. is sprawled across her right arm. At 16, Heather and her then-boyfriend tattooed each other’s initials on their bodies. Heather remembers her mom being displeased, but more or less concerned about the lack of sterilization regarding the needle.

But her progressive, rebellious inclinations wouldn’t last long. Heather, when confronted by a friend on a book she was reading that was deemed “not liberal enough” and “too conservative,” couldn’t agree with that chain of thought.

“Why are some people afraid that I am reading ‘the enemy’s’ stuff ?” Heather said. “If you want to strengthen your positions, don’t you want to know what the arguments on the other side are?

“I was basically told ‘no.’ They were afraid I was going to ‘sell out.’”

That’s when the gears began to shift for Heather.

She bought “Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them” by Sen. Al Franken which was published in 2003 as a satirical piece on American politics.

Heather then went and bought all the books Franken referenced. Heather’s world view began to change. She was introduced to conservative staples such as Ann Coulter and Sean Hannity. In reading these different ideas, it started to click for Heather: She actually agreed with what they were saying. In this thinking, she began to find comfort in more conservative circles.

Additionally, she felt welcomed to express her opinion without feeling ashamed for looking at different perspectives or viewpoints.

“The First Amendment is to protect those who have dissident viewpoints, whatever your ideology is,” Heather said. “It’s not to protect your popular or safe opinions.”

This is why on Sept. 20, 2017, she came out to her friends and family as a transgender woman. The next day, she updated her Facebook bio to read “Be who God made you to be, not what society wants you to be!” She also changed her cover photo to the Transgender Pride Flag.

“Back in the ‘90s, I think me coming out as transgender would be subversive,” Heather said. “Now it isn’t. Me coming out as a conservative transgender person? That’s subversive. That’s rebellious.

“When I came out as a trans woman, I did not lose my ability to critically think — the idea that I go against group think or what the collective says — I am still an individual.

Even as a conservative, as a transgender conservative, I am in the trenches fighting within my own party for inclusion.

I’m doing more than just being on the opposite side.”

LESS IDEOLOGICAL, MORE CONSISTENCY, BETTER CONTEXT Not everyone will agree with Heather’s views, and she understands that. She just hopes those, especially in the LGBT community, recognize she wants to achieve the same goal as them — equality — but she’s just coming at the issue from a different angle.

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EMILY BLOBAUM/ IOWA STATE DAILY Heather Marie Dunn fidgets with her nails during a College Republicans meeting on Nov. 1, 2017.

For those in the conservative community, Heather doesn’t want to be perceived as a threat. Republicans aren’t opposed to change, she said, they’re just more skeptical.

“Some aspects of society need to change that are based off science and facts, not ideology,” Heather said. “I believe fully that you can be conservative and that you can be LGBT and that you don’t need to moderate both and you don’t need to fully attack one or the other to be fully authentic.”

In 10 years, Heather would like to see less ideology out of the transgender community, more consistency within the conservative community and more context-driven Biblical interpretations from the evangelicals.

“I plan to be active within the party whether I’m screaming at the top of my lungs and alone or I have multiple people behind me,” Heather said.

And she wants the transgender community to understand she can and does empathize with the anger many of them feel toward her party, but she wishes they would question their own allegiances, too.

“Even realizing that if we disagree with each other it doesn’t have to be based off of hate,” Heather said.

She knows it can, and will, be a long, winding road ahead to gain her seat at the table. All of them.

But today, tomorrow and for the rest of her life, she knows she will be Heather Marie Dunn — the name her parents would have given her if she had been born assigned female at birth.

She wears her identities openly. She is a conservative, evangelical woman.

EDITOR’S NOTE Heather Dunn is a senior in accounting at Iowa State, graduating in December. This article is part of Voices, a project by the Iowa State Daily that seeks to facilitate civil discourse and build awareness about diversity on Iowa State’s campus. Heather’s views do not reflect the transgender community, evangelical community or conservative community as a whole.

Those wishing to submit their story idea or write their own piece can reach out to the Daily’s editor-in-chief at emily. barske@iowastatedaily.com To read more stories related to diversity and inclusion, visit iowastatevoices.com.

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OPINION

Wednesday, December 6, 2017 Iowa State Daily

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COLUMN

Build napping into your schedule

BY EILEEN.TYRRELL @iowastatedaily.com DALTON GACKLE/ IOWA STATE DAILY Columnist Eileen Tyrrell argues that napping can be helpful providing a midday boost of energy and alertness for students.

I never thought I would be this person.

In high school I was always busy, going from AP classes to cross country practice to hours of homework every day.

I didn’t even get home until 6 or 7 p.m., let alone have time for a nap. So I assumed, in college, things would be much the same.

Well, I was wrong.

Some time between the moment I tossed my cap and tassel into the sky and the first time I laid down on the (insanely comfortable) futon in my dorm room, all of my willpower to resist the temptation of sleep drained away.

Today marks the 13th day in a row I have taken an hour-long nap in the

middle of the day.

A few weeks ago, I set a timer for four minutes just so I could sleep for a little bit. Sometimes I sleep on my carpet so I don’t get too comfortable and snooze straight through my alarm.

Napping has become a part of my daily routine. And you know what? I am totally okay with it, because what some would call a “napping problem” is actually supported by science as a healthy habit.

According to the National Sleep Foundation, naps between 10 and 20 minutes can improve alertness and mood, while naps around 90 minutes can restore energy and improve creativity and memory.

That’s not even to mention the psychological benefits of knowing I just have to make it past lunch before I can get some shut-eye again.

It’s true; napping is not for everyone.

Dr. Sara Mednick of the University of California told Time magazine the most important thing to consider is why you’re taking one.

Is it because you’re not getting enough sleep in the first place? If so, you should make that your priority.

Otherwise, according to Mednick, napping is usually a good thing, and for some people, it can have as many benefits as a full night of sleep. I know, for me, it makes waking up at 7 a.m. for class much easier to deal with.

I get back from lunch, sleep for an hour and wake up with much more energy for the rest of the day.

So I will continue to nap daily, and you should too. Forget the negative stigma associated with napping and sleep on.

After all, it’s good for you.

EDITORIAL

Spring concert doesn’t justify $190,000 price tag Last week, Student Government voted 273-0 to allot $190,000 to the Student Union Board for an outdoor concert to be held during the spring semester.

This money is being pulled from Student Government’s special projects account and is being combined with $60,000 from the Student Union Board’s personal funds.

The last time money was taken from the Senate’s special projects fund was in 2015 for the recyclable trash cans which cost $144,000 and still remain on campus impacting the entire university.

During the meeting, Vice Speaker Cody Woodruff argued against approving the funds, “I don’t see this as a benefit to the students. I don’t see it as a benefit to the university.”

As an editorial board, we agree with Woodruff in part.

If this concert is to become a tradition at Iowa State and positively impact the university as a whole, then it needs to appeal to the majority of students on campus.

Meaning the performer selected for the spring show needs to be someone who many students want to see and/or have multiple performers who will appeal to different music genres.

Woodruff also referred to the concert during the debate as a potential “faux Veishea.” We don’t believe this concert would come close to

a replacement of Veishea as it is only one aspect of the old celebration’s traditions.

Since the cancelling of the tradition, efforts have been made to start new traditions or even keep parts of Veishea alive. These efforts must be combined with this concert to make this a celebration that will have a real impact on our community.

Veishea was a celebration which brought all of the colleges on campus together through not only live music, but many other traditions as well such as the parade and the selling of cherry pies on campus. The traditions weren’t only enjoyed by students and faculty, but also

by Ames community members and alumni.

The concert should be tied into this philosophy.

Although this concert may become a tradition on campus if all goes well, in itself, it wouldn’t be the same level of tradition as Veishea had been from 1922 to 2014.

Tickets will be another issue important to this concert. At the time of the meeting last week, the Student Union Board estimated student ticket pricing around $25. This cost should remain as low as possible for affordability purposes and non-students should pay a higher rate, as is typical with other SUB events.

The ISD Editorial Board would like to stress to those planning the event the importance of making this concert worthwhile and having enough impact on students to justify the price tag.

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SPORTS

Iowa State Daily Wednesday, December 6, 2017

BASKETBALL

Cy-Hawk series returns to Ames

GARRETT KROEGER/IOWA STATE DAILY Freshman Madison Wise holds her follow-through on a shot during Iowa State’s 83-80 loss to Drake. Wise scored eight points against Drake and 14 against Vanderbilt.

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NEXT GAME

IOWA STATE (3-4, 0-0 Big 12)

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In 23 years at the helm of the Iowa State women’s basketball program, coach Bill Fennelly has only had a losing record twice against the Cyclones’ in-state rivals, and just once did his team go 0-3.

It hasn’t happened in 14 years, unless Iowa (8-1, 0-0 Big Ten) finds a way to knock off the Cyclones on Wednesday night in the annual Cy-Hawk Series. Iowa can accomplish this feat after the Cyclones squandered close games against Drake and Northern Iowa.

However, Megan Gustafson and the Hawkeyes present a greater challenge than either the Panthers or Bulldogs presented earlier this season. Iowa possesses much greater talent than both and they certainly have a better record than Northern Iowa, Drake and even Iowa State. The Hawkeyes’ lone loss came from the hands of No. 13 Florida State by one point, a game in which Iowa led for a large portion. “[Gustafson] is a great player,” Fennelly said. “Her numbers are borderline video gamelike… you’re not gonna stop her from scoring, no one can do that.”

Gustafson, a junior forward, is averaging 22.3 points per game and 12.7 rebounds per game – good for a double-double average. Her 22.3 points per game lands her in the top 15 in the country and the 12.7 rebounds put her at the fifth highest average.

But to Iowa State’s advantage, the Cyclones hold a 5-0 record in the last five Cy-Hawk games played at Hilton Coliseum, the site for this year’s battle. And so far this year, Iowa State is perfect at home.

“If you look at the history of our programs, we’ve kind of been both pretty good and then when you play at home there is a built in advantage,” Fennelly said. “I do think when the games are evenly matched. There’s a little extra juice in the home locker-room of we can’t be the team that loses a home game… this is the first time in a long time where the visiting team is a lot better than the home team.”

With its most recent road loss, Iowa State should certainly be happy to be coming home.

On Saturday afternoon, the Cyclones dropped their fourth game of the season against Vanderbilt 77-74, their fourth by four or fewer points.

They also shot a mere 25-for-60, highlighted by a 10-for-21 performance from recently named Co-Big 12 Player of the Week, Bridget Carleton. The Chatham, Ontario, Canada native dropped 30 points to go along with eight rebounds.

Despite going 0-2 in the week prior to the Iowa game, the Cyclones might have finally found Carleton’s sidekick – senior guard Emily Durr. Durr exploded for a team-high 21 points against Drake and contributed a less than eye-popping four points in Nashville, Tennessee.

If the Cyclones want to keep up with the 87.2 points per game the Hawkeyes average, then it will have to be more than just Durr who steps up.

A potential answer is freshman Madison Wise. The Indiana native was named Big 12 Freshman of the Week after posting eight points against Drake, and 14 against Vanderbilt. That’s promising considering Wise has been rather inconsistent this season for the Cyclones.

“We have a dynamic player in Bridget [Carleton] and we’re looking for someone to help,” Fennelly said. “When we’ve been decent it’s been two or three people contributing, when we haven’t, they stand around and watch Bridget [Carleton] play.”

On paper, the Cyclones seem doomed against the Hawkeyes, but Hilton Magic has provided those five wins and in a rivalry game of this magnitude, records and statistics mean absolutely nothing.

“We are very, very, very excited to come back [Wednesday] and play in Hilton,” said junior Meredith Burkhall. “We know that Hilton Magic is real.”

LIFESTYLE

Wednesday, December 6, 2017 Iowa State Daily

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FOOD

No-bake granola bars With Dead Week stress falling over campus, students

BY MANICHANH.NAONADY may find themselves in need of quick snacks. These no-bake @iowastatedaily.com granola bar recipes are easy to make when you’re in need of a quick food fix. With little prep time and less than seven ingredients, these are sure to help conquer the coming week.

With just ten minutes of prep time, these three granola bar recipes are easy snacks to make for the remainder of Dead Week, as well as Finals Week.

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Prep Time: 10 minutes 2 cups quick cooking oats 1/2 cup sliced almonds 1 cup creamy peanut butter 1/4 cup honey 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips Line an 8x8 inch baking dish with parchment paper and set aside. In a large bowl, combine oats and almonds. In a microwave-safe bowl, combine peanut butter and honey. Microwave for 30 seconds, until smooth. Using a spatula, combine peanut butter mixture with dry ingredients, until well combined. Mix in mini chocolate chips. Press mixture into 8x8 inch baking dish. Refrigerate for one hour. Remove from baking dish and cut into bars.

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Almond Cranberry Peanut Butter Prep Time: 10 minutes 2 cups quick cooking oats 1 cup ground flaxseed 3/4 cup dried cranberries 1/4 cup sliced almonds 1/4 cup sunflower seeds 1 1/4 cup crunchy peanut butter 3/4 cup honey Line an 8x8 inch baking dish with parchment paper and set aside. In a large bowl, combine oats, flaxseed, cranberries, almonds and sunflower seeds. In a microwave-safe bowl, combine peanut butter and honey. Microwave for 30 seconds, until smooth. Using a spatula, combine peanut butter mixture with dry ingredients, until well combined.

Press mixture into dish. Refrigerate for one hour. Remove from baking dish and cut into bars.

Recipe courtesy of allrecipes.com

Prep Time: 10 minutes 2 cups quick cooking oats 1 cup Rice Krispies Cereal 1/2 cup ground flaxseed 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter 1/2 cup honey 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract Line an 8x8 inch baking dish with parchment paper and set aside. In a large bowl, combine oats, cereal and flax seed.

In a microwave-safe bowl, combine peanut butter, honey, brown sugar and vanilla. Microwave for 30 seconds, until smooth. Using a spatula, combine peanut butter mixture with dry ingredients until well combined. Press mixture into dish. Refrigerate for one hour. Remove from baking dish and cut into bars.

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NEWS

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Iowa State Daily Wednesday, December 6, 2017

CLUB

Club promotes ethical eating Members advocate for values

BY ZACH.STREUBER@ iowastatedaily.com

The Ethical Eating Club at Iowa State is all about making healthy and ethical choices when it comes to food. Students who follow vegan or vegetarian diets make up the majority of the club, a place where like-minded people can discuss vegan and vegetarian lifestyles and ethical practices when it comes to food.

For Mallory Schatz, the president of the club, the club serves as a way to connect with other people who share the same ideas.

“A lot of people are vegetarian by religion and some people just share the same values, so it’s good to have a place…where you can be friendly with people who just have the same perspective as you,” Schatz said.

That place turns out to be a classroom in Sweeney Hall, where the club meets every other week to discuss vegan and vegetarian lifestyles, watch documentaries or try out new food recipes.

Club treasurer Sara Smith explained the beliefs of vegans and vegetarians vary based on how committed they are to the lifestyle, but all follow some of the same basic principles.

“Vegetarianism stays away from animal flesh and veganism stays away from all products that are animal flesh or derived from animals,” said Smith.

For vegans, items such as honey, leather goods and even flu shots could be considered unethical.

The club started over four years ago and has grown into a small community of people who encourage each other to keep up their lifestyles.

For many in the club, the choice to go vegan or vegetarian is not without its challenges. When Sela Hanson decided to go vegan last year, she found it hard to maintain her new lifestyle while living on campus.

“At first, it was difficult because I was living in the dorms and I only had Storms as a dining hall, so they didn’t have a lot of options,” Hanson said.

Even grabbing a quick snack or cup of coffee can provide a challenge for those following vegan and vegetarian lifestyles.

“When I go out to restaurants or get a coffee at Caribou and I ask to get a different milk substitution or something with no cheese, people don’t always register that or they won’t write it down so it will come back with that stuff in it and it’s really hard,” Smith said.

However, talking to people about being vegan or vegetarian can often be a touchy subject.

“There’s a stereotype about vegans always telling people that they are vegan in the first five seconds of meeting them,” Smith said. “I really don’t want to perpetuate that stereotype, but at the same time I don’t want to keep causing harm by not letting people know that I don’t want those things in my food.”

For other members, the conversation comes from a place of understanding the experiences of others and using their personal experiences to educate.

“I try to go into it with a mindset that I used to have before I went vegan — I was an extreme meat eater,” Hanson said. “So I try to talk to people with that mindset and just try to talk to them as if I was talking to my old self.”

Since Hanson joined the club earlier in the semester, she has been looking forward to doing more activism in order increase

ZACH STREUBER/ IOWA STATE DAILY Members of the Ethical Eating Club enjoy a documentary after eating their fill of vegan snacks.

This is a typical routine for their meetings every other week.

awareness about ethical eating.

“I think that it’s an important message to spread,” Hanson said.

While the Ethical Eating Club hasn’t done a lot of activism the past few semesters, this is something that Schatz wants to change.

“When I joined, that’s what was attractive to me but we haven’t done anything and that’s why I wanted to step up and be president,” Schatz said.

The club is currently planning on doing city-wide activism, rather than just focusing on Iowa State, something that is appealing to many members of the club. For now, the club is focusing on making personal impacts among friends and smaller social groups.

“It would be awesome to watch the club grow because I know that there probably aren’t a lot of vegans and vegetarians at Iowa State,” Hanson said. “So just to see those numbers grow just shows that the message is getting out there and people are really paying attention now…and that’s exciting to me.”

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