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IN THEIR OWN WAY “YOU ARE THE PILOT OF YOUR LIFE ”

– Devin Wilmott

Hannah Olson/Iowa State Daily Jocelyn Jackson, senior in mechanical engineering, said that being true to oneself is vital to one’s success.

Seniors use outside-the-box thinking to establish legacies of success at Iowa State

Alec Giljohann/Iowa State Daily Devin Wilmott, senior in kinesiology and health, used to try to force herself into a box shaped by the opinions of others, but now she is trying to convince others that the box doesn’t exist.

By Nik.Heftman @iowastatedaily.com Everyone has a characteristic that makes them unique. For these individuals, it was never enough to stand up, for they have accomplished many things by standing out. These four students are making their mark on the history of Iowa State University.

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Emily Blobaum/Iowa State Daily Sequan Gatlin, senior in journalism and mass communication, is the casting director and assistant to the editorial director of Sir Magazine.

Emmalee’s Law in first stages By Grayson Schmidt Staff Writer, Ames Tribune It has been six months since the family of former Iowa State student Emmalee Jacobs sat in a courtroom to hear the man responsible for her death would be sentenced to only 30 days in jail. A proposed law — known as Emmalee’s Law — drafted by the Story County Attorney’s Office, would clear up legal language in Iowa’s law that prosecutors said prevented them from pursuing more serious charges, and a lengthier sentence for defendants in cases such as Jacobs’. “The whole purpose behind this is to ensure that this never happens to another family,” Story County Attorney Jessica Reynolds said. Jacobs, a freshman at Iowa State, died in December 2015 after she was struck by a CyRide bus as she crossed Ash Avenue at Lincoln Way just after 7 a.m. The driver of the bus, Benjamin Clague, now 24, was arrested on Jan. 20, 2016, and charged with leaving the scene of a personal injury accident and failure to obey a traffic control device. In August, Clague pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of failure to report an accident, a simple misdemeanor, after the judge ruled in favor of the defense, saying the prosecution must prove Clague knew he struck a person at the time of the accident to pursue the more serious charges. According to Reynolds, the state’s argument was that Clague felt the impact and then later figured out what had happened, and did not report his involvement to police. Reynolds said the judge’s ruling “was

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fatal” to the state’s case, and that the state could not prove the felony charge, so a plea agreement was reached. According to Reynolds, Emmalee’s Law, would clear up some of the language in state code, and provide harsher penalties for defendants in hit-and-run cases for those who don’t turn themselves in. The law states that a person operating a motor vehicle who leaves the scene of an accident without knowing if the accident resulted in injury to or death of another person must give notice of the accident to local law enforcement agencies immediately after the person realizes that the accident resulted in injury to or death of another person. Those who violate the law will be guilty of one of three charges. If the accident resulted in an injury to a person, it is a serious misdemeanor; if it resulted in a serious injury to a person, it is bumped to an aggravated misdemeanor; and if the accident resulted in the death of a person, it is considered a class D felony. Because it’s only the first draft of the law, Reynolds said she is unsure whether this bill will go through judiciary or public safety committees of the Legislature when it’s introduced this session. Regardless, she said she encourages the public to contact local officials and push for the bill’s approval. Though Reynolds said the bill is an important first step toward doing justice for future families, she said not a day goes by that she does not think about Emmalee, and the added pain the verdict caused her family. “It hasn’t left my mind or the minds of those in the office,” Reynolds said. “It has been hard on all of us but I can’t imagine how painful it has been for the family.”

Regents president moving on in April By Jake.Dalbey @iowastatedaily.com Board of Regents President Bruce Rastetter said Friday he will not seek r e a ppo i n t m e n t t o t h e board after his current term. Serving as president pro tem from 2011 through 2013, Rastetter was re-elected president by unanimous vote in April 2014 and April 2016. Recently freezing student tuition for the first time in 40 years, a move he claimed would help students take a break from Iowa’s climbing rates, Rastetter said in his press release that “it was a tough decision” to leave the board. But he is happy with his contributions to lowering student debt. A promoter of agricultural education and programs, Rastetter has spoken to students on cam pu s s e v e r a l t i m es about the importance of entrepreneurship.

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Bruce Rastetter’s term as Board of Regents president will end April 30. He plans to focus his efforts on the Summit Agriculture Group.

As the CEO of Heartland Pork Enterprises for 10 years, he grew the company into the 13th largest pork producer in the United States. In an interview with the Iowa State University Foundation, Rastetter said that schools “ought to encourage agriculture students to get involved. There is significant profitability across the sectors of our economy.”

When Rastetter’s term expires at the end of April, he plans to continue his contributions to midwestern agriculture. He will focus his efforts on the Iowa-based crop, beef and pork producer Summit Agricultural Group, where he serves as CEO. The Board of Regents will nominate one of its own to become the new president later this year.

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