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DeAndre Kane, left, Monte Morris and Daniel Edozie celebrate a victory over the North Carolina Tar Heels, advancing them further in the NCAA Championships.

Cyclones reach Sweet 16 after win against Tar Heels

By Dean.Berhow-Goll @iowastatedaily.com SAN ANTONIO — As he had done so many other times, Fred Hoiberg called a timeout to prepare his team for the next possession.

Except this time, he was drawing up a play with 15 seconds left and with a chance to get his team to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Championships.

DeAndre Kane took the ball to the right wing past a screen from Melvin Ejim, drove right into the teeth of the UNC defense and wildly finished over the top of two Tar Heel players, making it 85-83 and after that, a clock error ended the game.

On Sunday, mighty North Carolina was big, but Iowa State was better, winning its way into the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2000.

“We’ve been playing like that all year and that’s how we’ve been successful,” Kane

said. “Playing for each other, buying into coach’s system and loving the game of basketball. Sticking together through tough times and bad times.

“We knew we had to stick together at the end and that’s what we did and came away with the victory.”

Without to get the Cyclones a bucket in a drought, Kane acted as the facilitator of the offense, finishing with 24 points on 9-of-18 shooting, 10 rebounds and seven assists.

Without Niang’s production, others stepped up in his place.

Daniel Edozie started, Ejim took Niang’s place in the twoman pick and roll offense and Monte Morris played more on the ball than usual.

“We were faced with some huge adversity and we came out and had a great performance,” Ejim said. “Guys stepped up and made plays.

I’m really proud of these guys and really proud of this team, it was an incredible feeling at the end.”

Ejim finished with 19 points, Dustin Hogue had 14, Monte Morris added 13 and

Blood drive strives to retain student participation levels

By Lissandra.Villa @iowastatedaily.com Students returning from Spring Break have a quick way to get involved in campus activities again.

The ISU blood drive will be from today through Thursday.

The semiannual blood drive is organized by students in association with the American Red Cross, Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center and LifeServe Blood Center.

“This year, we’re really trying to keep our numbers from last year up,” said Annie Block, public relations co-chairwoman for the blood drive. “We had record numbers and record donations last year.”

The blood drive will be visually tracking and comparing the number of donations to other Big 12 schools and the University of Iowa. This is in an effort to inspire a sense of competition and to allow students to see the progress made throughout the week.

“Consistently, we’ve been the biggest blood drive in the Big 12 schools and that’s kind of our goal, is to really keep that up and keep our numbers strong,” Block said.

The blood drive may run into some challenges

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in this respect. For example, the fall blood drive is historically busier than the spring blood drive.

Additionally, there have been changes in Greek Week, which is the same week as the drive and could result in a decline of participation by greek community members. In the past, any greek student could contribute for Greek Week points, but now only 50 percent of a greek pairing can participate to earn points.

“We want to support [the] blood drive as much as possible,” said Maggie Gehrls, Greek Week general co-chairwoman. “We have ... a lot of other activities going on, [so] we don’t want to stress out all of our members or have members playing football after they’ve given blood.”

Gehrls said Greek Week wants to continue to work with the ISU blood drive and figure out the

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We knew we had to stick together at the end and that’s what we did and came away with the victory.”

Senior guard DeAndre Kane

Naz Long added 12 with four timely 3-pointers, including a late triple that came on a stepback in transition.

“They believed,” Hoiberg said. “One thing this team doesn’t lack is confidence. If we’re within a couple possessions at the end, we’re going to find a way to win it. We’ve done it all year.

“That’s been the biggest thing about this team that I’ve enjoyed, just how much they stick together during tough times.”

The tough times came throughout the entire game, but the Tar Heels nearly landed a knockout punch when they took a four-point deficit and

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Georges Niang embraces teammate Dustin Hogue after Iowa State’s 8583 win over North Carolina on Sunday at the AT&T Center. Niang is out for the season with a broken foot sustained in the Cyclones’ previous game.

turned it into a 10-0 run, spurring a Hoiberg timeout.

In that timeout, just as they did all season, Iowa State came together and withstood the UNC run, just before coming back with its own.

“We just huddled together

and we told each other we’re going to fight,” Hogue said of that timeout. “We have so many guys who can make plays and so many guys with heart.

“With enough heart any-

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Greek Week makes changes to meet needs of participants, boost appeal

By Jaden.Urbi @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State’s annual Greek Week event is undergoing various changes this year due to feedback from greek students and new restrictions on having high schoolers at events.

Greek Week is a 62 year-old tradition in the Iowa State greek community. Maggie Gehrls, Greek Week general co-chair said the main goal of Greek Week is to unite the greek community.

In previous years, an event called Greek Getaway was put on during Greek Week. Greek Getaway is a weekend long event for high school students interested in greek life at Iowa State.

This year, Greek Getaway will be the weekend after Greek Week and will not be an overnight event.

This is because sorority houses can’t have high school students stay overnight in their houses anymore, said Gehrls.

“I understand why Greek Getaway is no longer during Greek Week, if we are going to have a couple hundred high-school students at ISU there is going to be a large amount of liability that Iowa State just isn’t going to be able to cover,” said Benjamin Rohloff, Greek Week community service co-chair.

Because Greek Week and Greek Getaway are no longer during the same week, there will not be an alcohol ban for the whole week according to the Office of Greek Affairs website. However, all events happening during Greek Week are dry and anyone caught under the influence at an event will face punishment from Iowa State Police and the Office of Judicial Affairs.

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Members of the “You’re a Monster” team compete during the bed races at the Greek Olympics on April 6, 2013. Greek Week is an annual event that celebrates what it means to be a part of the greek community at Iowa State.

According to Gehrls, one of the biggest changes to the event will be that all activities for Greek Week will take place during one week from March 23-30 with the Polar Bear Plunge on March 28.

In the past Greek Week activities have taken place on weekends as well.

“We hope this will allow the greek community to have more fun and relax, rather than everything being so competitive,” said Brent Sexton, Greek Week general co-chair.

Consolidating all Greek Week activities to one week hasn’t been the only change this year. In the past, chapters have been able to choose the other chapters that they will pair with for activities, but this

year pairings were randomly selected, said Gehrls.

“I think at first this scared people, but we’re all really close in the greek community so it’s worked out well,” said Gehrls.

Rohloff said that the major changes to Greek Week this year are because of what his fellow greeks asked for. Certain events have been removed due to poor attendance, in hopes to increase enthusiasm from the participants.

Rohloff said he still thinks greek recruitment will continue to grow and thrive even without the weekend-long Greek Getaway event.

“Anytime you change something, you are going to face some

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Title IX training deadline nears, sanctions discussed

By Varad.Diwate @iowastatedaily.com University administrators are considering sanctions against those who do not complete Title IX online training by the revised deadline of Friday. The training intends to educate students on sexual harassment, discrimination and violence prevention.

Tom Hill, senior vice president for student affairs, said that specific sanctions haven’t been decided.

“We haven’t really determined [the sanctions].

We are optimistic about it,” Hill said. “If we can get the vast majority to complete it, we are not having to deal with any kind of sanctions.”

The training opened January 28 and had an initial deadline of February 28.

It was then reopened March 10 with a revised deadline

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The deadline for completing the Title IX training online has been extended to Friday.

of Friday.

“We realized that more time would be needed, so we decided to extend [the deadline],” Hill said. “Some of the notices may have gone in the spam; some of them may have gotten deleted.”

He added that there has been significant progress in the completion rate since the first deadline. Hill said he is hoping for a near 100 percent completion rate by Friday.

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of 1972 prohibits discrimination based on sex in federally funded programs. It covers sexual harassment, equal opportunity in athletics and discrimination based on pregnancy.

The training consists of two courses. All students need to complete Title IX and Violence Prevention, while university employees also need to complete Unlawful Harassment Prevention. Each course is approximately 40 minutes long and includes various questions and examples.

“Most of it I had heard before. I just had to do it to make sure I can register,” said Anna Torgerson, freshman in chemical engineering. “Whenever I think of Title IX, I always think of sports. I didn’t realize how much it covered.”

Torgerson added that most of the content seemed to be common sense.

“Some of the statistics were interesting,”

Torgerson said. “Like one in four women who go to college get assaulted. I didn’t realize that.”

Hill said the email sent out to all the students has been the biggest effort so far to reach out to students.

He said there could be more promotion for the training.

“I felt like maybe if they had been more interactive, like on-campus, then it would have worked better,” said Matthew Sanders, junior in biology. “People could go on the Internet and learn the exact things.”

Face-to-face interaction could be more efficient, even though it would be difficult to do it on a large campus, Sanders said.

Hill said the training is required for every ISU student and would be beneficial in the long run.

Students can access the training through the link in the email from the Office of Equal Opportunity until Friday.

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Police prep for Veishea, introduce ‘Sarge’

By Makayla.Tendall @iowastatedaily.com While many ISU students have Veishea celebrations on their minds, ISU and Ames Police departments gear up to keep students and visitors safe during the weeklong celebrations.

Every year, ISU and Ames police departments partner to keep students and visitors safe during the celebrations. Jason Tuttle, patrol commander with Ames Police, said both departments have already had an all-agency meeting with the Story County Sheriff’s Office, CyRide, Ames Fire Department, Story County attorney’s office and the city attorney to collaborate during the week of Veishea.

“I think a good way to show that collaboration is that Story County provides us three transport vehicles with their staff, so they will go to the Armory for ISU, go to the fire department and pick up people there and kind of make a rotation,” Tuttle said. “They’ll go back and forth [to the Story County Jail] for us so we’re not taking our employees away from the action. We have to pull in those resources.”

Anthony Greiter, who is in charge of community outreach for ISU Police, said they will run what he calls a “split two-man” car with one ISU officer and one Story County deputy in each patrol car.

Greiter said this plan is beneficial because they can send one car to an incident instead of two, and ISU Police is more knowledgeable of the layout of campus and the best routes to take.

Both departments began preparing for Veishea at the start of

>>BASKETBALL p1 thing could happen in this ball game, no matter how much we were down.”

From there, Iowa State went on a run to tie the game, capped off by a Long 3-pointer to tie it at 81-all.

After a Kane bucket in the lane and two McAdoo free throws, Kane went and won the game.

Then in the locker room, surrounded by the hordes of media, Kane took a second to think about the team meeting that was held before the game, where they told Niang they were going to leave everything on the court for him.

the second semester.

“We always plan for a big crowd. More students means more friends, more people at Veishea, so I expect there to probably be record numbers of people,” Greiter said. “All week long is busier than normal, and I think a big part of that is alumni who come in. The really busy times that we staff most people is evening and into overnights Thursday, Friday [and] Saturday.”

Ames and ISU police will increase staffing throughout the week and even more so during the Veishea weekend.

“At any given point, we probably have 50 to 100 officers on the streets of Ames [on] Thursday, Friday, Saturday nights,” Greiter said about ISU, Ames and Story County officers.

Ames Police will increase the number of patrol officers from the usual six or seven to about 20 officers in the Campustown area.

Tuttle said they will have eight patrol vehicles, mostly doubled up, five utility response officers who back up on some calls and the Safe Neighborhoods Team officers who deal with parties and educating residents on how to have a safe Veishea .

There will also be six foot officers, four bike officers and other officers for prison transports, crossing guard duties and parking duties.

Ames Police will have a command post and paramedic stationed at the fire house in Campustown on Friday and Saturday nights for booking arrestees and to better coordinate with ISU Police.

There will also be a paramedic stationed outside of the

“It was definitely emotional, touching knowing that we couldn’t go out there with our brother, our leader,” Kane said.

“He knew that we were going to play hard for 40 minutes, whether we came away with the win or not, we were going to leave it all out there for him.

“We did that and now we’re going to the Sweet 16.”

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Armory to assess arrestees for the ISU Police.

Greiter has also been working since early February on preparing students for Veishea through the annual spring campaign which promotes safety for the week of celebrations and events. In 2006, the Department of Public Safety introduced Frank the Flamingo for the first time, which grew “widely popular” with students for various reasons, Greiter said.

This year, Greiter said ISU police are using the campaign “Sarge Says” — an adaptation of Simon Says — to connect with students.

“In the past, it’s been a fairly specific message. We’ve done ‘See Something, Say Something,’ which was if you see something suspicious, let us know so we can look into it,” Greiter said. “We’ve done ‘The Wingman’ campaign: be a good wingman and keep your friends at a safe level when you’re out partying. We’ve done ‘Don’t be that Guy,’ which kind of depicted different scenes that showed negative ways to draw our attention to you.”

Greiter said “Sarge Says” will offer positive messages and tips to prevent any incidents. “‘Sarge Says’ leaves it open so we can still use that ‘be a wingman’ or ‘Sarge says see something, say something,” Greiter said about the campaign.

Both Ames and ISU police will hand out T-shirts with the “Sarge Says” image on Central Campus and at the fire station.

Greiter said police also encourage students to follow them on Facebook and Twitter, as they “are well-established now.”

“You show up to the police car that’s parked there, you put

>>BLOOD DRIVE p1 best level of participation for the greek community.

ISU blood drive will attempt to compensate for this change with its own competitions. The greek sorority and fraternity with the most participation will be awarded a prize, said Christine Jones, a blood drive co-chairwoman. There will also be a competition for residence halls.

“We’re also trying to just target the entire Iowa State community and not solely rely on the greek system, although we’d still love for them to be as involved as possible,” said Shannon Ure, a blood drive co-chairwoman.

Students can donate from

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This year, ISU Police is using the campaign “Sarge Says” to connect with students during Veishea. ISU and Ames police are working with Story County Sheriff‘s Office and Ames Fire Department for the week of Veishea.

the non-emergency numbers in your phone, you show us it’s saved as a contact and you get a T-shirt. It’s a very simple tradeoff,” Greiter said. “It allows people to contact us more easily and we give away free stuff, which is never a bad thing in college.”

Greiter said the goal of the campaign is to connect with students whether through the campaign or through social media.

Having students put contacts in

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Memorial Union’s Great Hall, but even those not eligible to donate can contribute. The blood drive’s Facebook page, Iowa State University Blood Drive, posted links for volunteers to sign up.

Another change students will see in the blood drive is that students who have recently traveled to Mexico will be eligible to donate.

“It’s an awesome cause,” Block said about the blood drive.

“It takes no time, no money and really no effort from anyone. Even if you or your family directly hasn’t been affected by blood donations, every pint that they receive can save up to three lives.”

their phones allows them to reach the police easier, and Greiter said the work has paid off.

“What we’ve seen in the past two years is after the first few years when we were pushing it, people would come to us and say, ‘I already have the numbers in my phone,’” Greiter said. “Last year, it was overwhelming how many people didn’t have to put the numbers in their cell phones because it was already there.”

>>GREEK WEEK p1 opposition, but overall the changes have been accepted pretty well by the greek community,” said Sexton.

Most of the changes were out of the Greek Week committee’s control, so they are doing their best to look at the positives, adapt and move on, said Rohloff.

“There is an excellent group on Greek Week so it makes it easy to work together,” said Rohloff.

All greek chapters will have the opportunity to compete in sporting events, community service and other miscellaneous events.

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Choosing classes is students’ obligation It comes twice a school year.

That giddy feeling students get when they start to select their classes for the next semester. Some will chooses all afternoon classes so they don’t have to wake up as early.

Some will hunt for classes with a particular professor or an area of interest that catches their eye. But most, hopefully, will carefully select classes that work to turn items from red to blue on their advancing degree audits.

While there are specific majors at Iowa State where students are not given their RAN before personally sitting with an adviser, there are other areas that give students a high degree of freedom to schedule their classes independently. When making the tough decisions on which class you’ll take on next in your time at Iowa State, understanding how it will continue your goal to graduating is an important, if not the only, thing to consider.

Unfortunately, some students still find themselves in an uncomfortable place when they’ve reached what they believe to be their final year of school, but discover that they will not be able to meet all requirements to graduate on time.

This can be a hard thing to accept, but their are many ways to make sure you don’t find yourself in this position.

The first thing to bear in mind is that you should be careful when taking advice on classes from your peers. Different majors have different requirements to make graduation and what worked for one student might not be the right direction for you. When looking for advice, the best option is to always go see your adviser first.

This individual should be someone you can sit and create a plan that will help you get across the graduation stage in the time frame you are hoping for. If you are struggling to work with our adviser, or even get an appointment scheduled, don’t be afraid to ask to switch to someone new or take up the issue with someone else in the department. Graduating on time, which will certainly save you money and time, is not an issue to take lightly or be shy about.

And no, it is not OK to look toward your adviser during what you believed to be your final semester of school and pass the blame of not graduating to them. College is the time to take charge of your own life, which includes making responsible choices in what classes will see you wearing a cap and gown in the foreseeable future. Don’t understand the requirements to graduate within your major? Set up a meeting with a knowledgable source, research and take responsibility of your own future.

It also most likely won’t fly to complain or throw a fit if you discover too late that you are not on graduation track. It won’t magically change anything, and no, the school will most likely not look the other way on a class that you failed to pass or take in time.

Creating a four year plan is really not that difficult. Advisers are there to help you when needed, all you have to do is ask. Don’t just look for the easy, conveniently timed, or fun classes. Look for right mix of courses that will see you reaching your educational goals in a timely fashion. Go over your degree audit, which can be found on your Accessplus account, frequently to make sure that there won’t be any surprises later on.

Meeting graduation requirements is your own responsibility.

Take the time to make sure that you are headed in the right direction when it comes to courses so you can get that diploma you’ve been looking for.

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Scientific advancement through work at NASA is just one of the successful examples of the mission to “promote the progress of science” that is laid out in the Constitution. Columnist Johnson argues that Congress needs to take action in promoting and funding more science in America.

Science needs more of federal budget

By Matt.Johnson @iowastatedaily.com

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n Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States, it states very clearly that the United States Congress shall “promote the progress of science.” As a part of Congress’ constitutional mandate set forth by the founders, it must endeavor to develop the knowledge and application of science for the benefit of all Americans.

This constitutional pursuit is becoming insignificant and, as time progresses forward, the muddled discourse of the congressional house and its understanding of science in general is becoming carelessly aligned. This does not bode well for scientific discovery or subsequent technological advancements.

In 1958, the United States government passed one of the most important acts in American history, the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958. This piece of legislation led to the formation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Since then, NASA has been responsible for some of the most important and useful day-to-day applications such as long distance communication, solar energy, smoke detectors, cordless tools, water filters and LED’s [light emitting diodes], just to name a few.

NASA has also been responsible for employing millions of workers. Two million jobs were created in support of the Mercury Program alone in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

From this one act of Congress in the late 1950s, NASA was given the financial capability, vision and courage to put Americans into space, which led to putting

Americans on the moon by the end of the 1960s and an international space station to work in unity with other nations. Because of this, the American economy, public and health, in general, has benefited greatly from congressional action and leadership.

Consequently, America was the beacon of human ingenuity and fortitude for decades.

Yes, America has accomplished some of the most remarkable achievements in human history. But as we progress into the middle part of the 21st century, the triumphs of the late 20th century and of American scientific discovery are becoming distant memories.

According to the Guardian, a well-respected British media outlet, NASA is projected to spend just 0.49 percent, or roughly 17 billion dollars of the 2014 annual federal budget of roughly 4 trillion dollars. To put this into perspective, the Republicancontrolled House of Representatives, and its 2014 budget plan, projected 600 billion dollars for defense and 860 billion dollars for social security, respectively.

To be fair, the Senate Democrats in their 2014 budget proposal are recommending about the same thing, plus or minus a few billion dollars.

Beside a lack of desire to fund space exploration and American audaciousness, Congress has shown a distinct lack of leadership on this matter. Earlier this month, National Geographic reported on a possible American mission to fly by Mars in 2021, but since the mothballing of the American shuttle fleet, the lack of transportation to and from low earth orbit for American astronauts — aside from paying the Russian government for a lift — and the questionable time table for President

Obama’s Orion program, there does not seem to be any definitive plan of action by Congress.

To add to the clutter of confusion, during the 2012 Republican primaries for the presidential nomination, and in a moment of grandiose speech, Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House, suggested that he would be interested in putting a colony on the moon by the end of his second term.

In response, or lack thereof, not one person in the Republican House majority or the Democratic House minority supported Mr. Gingrich’s vision of American audacity. Instead, he was ridiculed by his opponent, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and subsequent media outlets.

NASA is just one example of the Constitution’s imperative mission to “promote the progress of science,” although there are other not-so-flashy examples of successful scientific policy in the United States. Furthermore, it is a fact that many of the Founding Fathers were individuals of the Enlightenment, so the endeavor of science is only a natural progression of that era and thought to today’s modern America and her scientific accomplishments.

But as the earth continues to orbit around the sun in the middle of our solar system, so do scientific discovery and potential advancements. It is imperative that Congress understands constitutional prudence, especially with respect to scientific endeavor.

If they continue on this path of indecisiveness, the promotion of progress clause in Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution will become merely a sad reminder of America’s once grand past.

King’s views disagree with constituents

By Curran.McLaughlin @iowastatedaily.com

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he Arizona Legislature recently attempted to pass a law to “protect religious freedom” which was vetoed

by Governor Jan Brewer on February 26. If passed, SB 1062 — also known as the “Gay Jim Crow Law” — would have allowed business owners to refuse service to anyone, including LGBT individuals, and protect themselves from discrimination lawsuits by claiming religious liberty.

Steve King, the Republican representative from Iowa’s fourth congressional district — Ames’ district — defended the already dead bill on March 2 in an interview on WHO TV’s “The Insiders.” King also expressed disappointment in Gov. Brewer for vetoing the bill.

“It’s clear in the Civil Rights section of the code that you can’t discriminate against people based upon, and I’m not sure I’ve got the list right, but race, creed, religion, color of skin — those kind of things. And there’s nothing mentioned in there on self-professed behavior.” King said, “And that’s what they’re trying to perfect [sic] is special rights for self-professed behavior. And I think it’s difficult for us to define a law that would protect behavior.”

King expands on his rhetoric by saying “The one thing that I reference when I say “selfprofessed” is: How do you know who to discriminate against?

They about have to tell you. And, you know, are they then setting up a case?”

This isn’t the first time Steve King has made controversial remarks especially against gay rights. He is no stranger to making extremely provocative statements. He has even received criticism from his own party for speech seen as derogatory toward immigrants living in the United States illegally.

King states that the bill was to protect religious business owners from being sued for their beliefs. King indicates that homosexuality is a behavior which is not “immutable” or a “characteristic that can be independently verified and cannot be willfully changed.” Religion doesn’t exactly fit this definition either, but it is protected in the Civil Rights Act. That is not to say that government should completely remove the right to refuse service.

There is a good reason we give businesses that right. Customers who are rude and loud don’t deserve to get their way when they disrespect the employees.

Restaurant owners don’t want people walking into their establishments not wearing shoes or shirts — that is unsanitary.

The problem is that the right to refuse service could be abused and be used to fuel hatred and discrimination.

Opposition can say that the invisible hand of the free market would weed out these anti-gay businesses because they will lose business over their discrimination. The invisible hand doesn’t always seem to regulate hatred when there’s a sizable number of people backing it up.

Remember when Chick-fil-A made record sales after its CEO made an anti-gay statement?

As it turns out, bigoted speech may not be so bad for someone’s business, as long as others agree.

Regardless of the intention of the bill to preserve religious rights, SB 1062 was written vaguely. Gov. Brewer vetoed the bill, saying, “Senate Bill 1062 has the potential to create more problems than it purports to solve.” It is important to preserve religious rights, but the bill could also be opening an avenue to refuse service solely on discrimination. If a shop owner can refuse service to a gay person because his religion says so, what is stopping him from refusing services to people of other faiths because they don’t agree with his religious views or anyone else for that matter?

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Ames’ representative Steve King will be up for reelection in November. After defending the anti-gay bill in Arizona, columnist McLaughlin questions King’s ability to represent his constituents.

are a part of a generation that supports drastic social progress want to have a narrow-minded viewpoint such as Steve King’s represent them? King will be up for reelection this upcoming November, which will be his first time running as an incumbent for fourth district, despite being a veteran politician. It’s uncertain whether the student population in Ames will make its voice heard. Until then, he will be our representative and we can only wait and see what he says next.

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Naz Long steps up again for Iowa State, sinking key 3s

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Junior guard Naz Long shoots a 3-pointer during Iowa State’s 85-83 win over North Carolina on Sunday at the AT&T Center in San Antonio. Long shot 50 percent from behind the arc, making 4-of-8 and scoring 12 total points.

SAN ANTONIO — Naz Long sat on his stool, Iowa State trailing by five points nearing three minutes remaining in the game with a trip to the Sweet 16 on the line when Fred Hoiberg caught his attention.

“Look at me and smile,” Hoiberg said.

“We’re going to win this game.”

Long smiled and trotted back onto the court.

With 1:32 remaining in a tie game, the sophomore guard lost North Carolina’s Leslie McDonald, who slipped past to hit a goahead 3-pointer.

“I’ve got to answer with something,” Long said he told himself.

With nearly 50 seconds to play, Long stood in front of the ISU bench, caught a pass from DeAndre Kane on the left wing, rose and fired away.

The ball sailed through the net for an 81-all tie, just as it has for Long time and time again during his sophomore season.

Kane eventually lifted Iowa State to its fourthever Sweet 16 with a layup in the waning seconds for an 85-83 win against the Tar Heels.

“It’s just the moment,” Long said afterward. “It’s

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everything I dreamed up, it’s everything I’ve been playing basketball for since I was a little kid. It’s the lights.”

Long wasn’t all smiles all night. Sitting in the locker room at halftime after going 1-of-4 beyond the arc in the first half, he sat on his stool down on himself. Georges Niang, out for the season with a broken right foot sustained in Iowa State’s NCAA tournament opener, stopped over.

“Keep shooting, Naz, you’re our best shooter on the team,” Niang told him.

“You can do this. I believe in you.”

That was the same message Niang had for the team the night before in his hotel room in downtown San Antonio, where he called his teammates for a meeting. He told the team it could still win without him.

When the Cyclones fell behind by eight points with 5:26 to play, and when it looked as if the Tar Heels might pull away, Long hit a 3-pointer to cut the deficit to five. North Carolina again pulled ahead by eight with 4:23 remaining, and moments later, Long again hit a 3-pointer to keep the game manageable.

“I feel a big shot coming from you,” Niang told

Long from the bench.

Then, Long stood on the left wing with the game on the line and knocked down the shot. Another big shot from the sophomore that surprised nobody on the team.

“Well, lets see. One, against Oklahoma State on the road. Two, Oklahoma State at home. Three, today. I’m sure I’m missing a couple,” Hoiberg said, counting Long’s big shots this season. “He’s been our guy. No fear with that kid.”

Long went 3-of-4 from 3 in the second half, finishing with 12 points while hitting the shots in the second half that Niang told him he would.

“He has the ultimate confidence,” Niang said of his roommate. “When you have the ultimate confidence and coach instills confidence in you, it makes it easy to do what he does.

“He’s just a confident guy. He’s Mr. Clutch.”

After he danced with Niang and his teammates on the court, Long sat at his locker. His smile was back.

“You just have to believe in yourself,” Long said. “You’ve got to be confident. I instilled that in myself at the beginning of the year. I’ll never lose that.”

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Christofferson bids emotional farewell to Fennelly, ISU

By Dylan.Montz @iowastatedaily.com Hallie Christofferson saw it happen in each of her last three seasons.

Year after year, she watched members of the ISU women’s basketball senior class run off the court for the final time to the ovation of ISU fans in the crowd. On March 22 at Hilton Coliseum, it was finally Christofferson’s turn.

With tears in her eyes, she couldn’t believe it was her time.

“You feel like there’s always going to be another game or another season,” Christofferson said with tears still in her eyes after the game. “When there’s not, it just hits you and all of your emotions all kind of come at once.”

Iowa State’s run in the NCAA tournament came to an abrupt end with a 55-44 loss to Florida State in the first round at Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones (20-11) shot an ice cold 25.4 percent from the floor, which was a season low.

The response from the ISU fans that packed Hilton for yet another NCAA tournament appearance by coach Bill Fennelly’s squad could not have been warmer, however, when Christofferson left the floor for the final time.

With the game out of reach in the final moments, Fennelly subbed Christofferson out, who ran from the far end of the court to the ISU bench.

She met her coach near the scorer’s table and the two embraced, sharing one fi-

nal moment as player and coach after four years of dedication to the program.

“I told her that I loved her, and I told her that every single person that is standing up is standing up for what she’s done for our school and it had nothing to do with the points and rebounds,” Fennelly said, holding back his tears. “It was the kind of kid [she is] and I thanked her for being the kind of person that wore the Iowa State jersey the right way and I just thanked her for allowing me to be in her life for four years.”

In her final game with the Cyclones, Christofferson led the team in points with 13 and also grabbed four rebounds.

She finished ranked seventh in career field goals — 562 — and scored in double figures in 40 of her last 43 games with Iowa State.

The numbers and figures didn’t matter to her right after the game, though. Christofferson just tried to savor the moment on the court when she joined her teammates and waved to the fans one last time in her ISU uniform.

There was time to think about her appreciation to everyone who has helped her out through the years and how far she has come as a player out of Hamlin, Iowa, and a Class 1A high school basketball program.

“Small-town people don’t get that opportunity very often, and for me to have that opportunity has just been unreal,” Christofferson said. “I real-

ly can’t even put into words just how amazing it’s been to play here and the fans and all of the people that have helped me get to this point.”

Not always the loudest or most demonstrative player on the court, most fans could see the confidence and calmness with which Christofferson played in virtually any situation. Even though most people could see that, they might not really realize what kind of effect her example could have on the people around her most.

“When things are getting riled up or fired up and we’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, we’re down’ and we have that little freakout moment where we have to get going, she just is like, ‘Hey, we’ve got this,’” said freshman Jadda Buckley. “When she’s out on the court, there’s that sense of calmness that we can look to her.”

In the moment Fennelly shared with Christofferson where they shared an embrace in front of the Cardinal and Gold faithful that saw Christofferson find herself as a player during the last four years, he thought of how much she meant to him and how people like her aren’t always easy to find.

“If you’re an Iowa State fan, we were blessed to have her in our life,” Fennelly said with a slight pause. “You do this job because you hope you get to be around people like that every so often. I was very lucky that she honored us by coming to school here.”

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ISU coach Bill Fennelly embraces an emotional senior forward Hallie Christofferson after Iowa State fell to Florida State 55-44 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Ames. This was Christofferson’s final game for the Cyclones.

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Cyclones fall short in NCAA tournament Florida State knocks out Iowa State in first round

By Alex.Gookin @iowastatedaily.com With only three minutes remaining in its first round NCAA tournament game, the Iowa State women’s basketball team cut Florida State’s lead to seven after trailing by as much as 15 earlier in the half.

After a Hallie Christofferson steal, all that was separating the Cyclones from a late momentum shift was a big shot.

The Cyclones got two wide open opportunities at a 3-pointer over the next minute, but both clanked off the rim.

After holding the Seminoles to 55 points and forcing 25 turnovers, Iowa State simply couldn’t get the ball in the basket, falling 55-44 on Saturday at Hilton Coliseum.

“We came out a little flat and we didn’t hit our shots,” Christofferson said.

“They stepped up and made theirs and they really brought their intensity today.

It comes down to making shots and we couldn’t hit some.”

With the home crowd at hand, the Cyclones could have used some hot shooting to ignite a run, but it never came.

The Seminoles took the air out of the building early, starting the game 4-for5 while the Cyclones missed their first eight shots.

ISU coach Bill Fennelly was pleased with his team’s effort defensively and the way it held Florida State’s leading scorer to only 10 points.

He credited the Seminoles’ pesky zone defense and said they were a difficult matchup.

“They just kept bringing bodies after us but we just couldn’t make enough consecutive plays at either end of the floor to change the outcome,” Fennelly said.

“They were a better team than us today.”

Florida State coach Sue Semrau was complimentary of the Cyclones and expressed her concern guarding Iowa State’s perimeter attack with the zone defense.

When the Cyclones were able to

move the ball enough to find open shooters, cold shooting prevented anything from falling.

“I don’t know how we held them to 18 percent from the 3-point line except for the grit and guts,” Semrau said. “For [us] to come in and knock off a great team, I’m really, really proud.”

The loss wraps up a roller coaster season that started with Iowa State going 14-0 before encountering cold shooting streaks against Big 12 competition and losing half of its conference games.

The Cyclones finished 20-11 (9-9 Big 12) and made an NCAA tournament appearance for the eighth straight season.

Fennelly and players were visibly emotional following the loss, but he was proud of his team’s effort.

“Our team has been built on making shots, taking care of the ball, trying to be smart defensively — that’s who we are, that’s our identity, you can’t change that,” Fennelly said. “Today when the ball doesn’t go in, you’re going to struggle. It’s the nature of the game. Unfortunately, when it happens in this environment, you’re done.”

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Senior forward Hallie Christofferson shoots during Iowa State’s loss to Florida State on Saturday. In her final game in an ISU uniform, Christofferson had 13 points.

ISU wrestling crowns 3 All-Americans, wins no NCAA titles

By Ryan.Young @iowastatedaily.com After competing all weekend at the 2014 NCAA Championships in Oklahoma City, three ISU wrestlers are walking away with honors.

Redshirt juniors Kyven Gadson and Mike Moreno and sophomore Earl Hall each earned All-American status Saturday.

Gadson and Moreno finished the tournament in fourth and fifth place,

respectively, while Hall finished eighth.

The Cyclones finished 12th overall with 42 team points. Pennsylvania State won the team title with 109.5 points.

Gadson and Moreno, who were both on the podium last year, became the 38 and 39th two-time All-Americans in ISU history. Hall was one of just six unseeded wrestlers to earn All-American status this past weekend.

Kyven Gadson Gadson flew through the early rounds of the tournament, and it looked like he wouldn’t be stopped. The Waterloo, Iowa, native made it to the round of 12 with a perfect 3-0 record.

He then took on an old foe, Scott Schiller of Minnesota. The duo faced off three times during the season, with Gadson the victor in their most recent match.

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The two-time AllAmerican didn’t let the loss slow him down, though.

Gadson went on to win his next three matches, winning two of them with pins.

Gadson then found himself in the third-place match, pitted against Schiller once again. He found himself in a hole early and slowly tried to fight his way back.

The comeback wasn’t enough, however, as Gadson lost the match 9-6.

He finished the year with a 30-4 record and picked up his 60th career win during the tournament.

Gadson took to Twitter to share his excitement Saturday.

“First, I want to thank God for the opportunities he has blessed me with and the great people he has put in my life!! Love Y’all!”

Gadson and his late father, Willie, became the first father-son duo in ISU history to earn AllAmerican honors twice.

Mike Moreno Moreno went into the NCAA Championships looking for nothing less than an NCAA title.

While he didn’t quite get there, the Urbandale, Iowa native still made it to the podium.

Similar to Gadson, Moreno made it through the first rounds of the tournament without much difficulty. He was sent to the consolation bracket, though, after falling to top-seeded David Taylor of Penn State in the quarterfinal round.

Moreno was able to fight back and ended up finishing in fifth place. He now has a 10-5 all-time record at the NCAA tournament, and finished up the season with a 31-9 mark.

While he didn’t get his title, Moreno was still pleased with what he accomplished and knows that he will have one more chance.

“Wooo! Moving up in the world!” Moreno said via Twitter. “Not what I came for but we got one more year. Next season starts tomorrow. Thanks so much 2 all my supporters.”

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Like his teammates, Hall made it to the round of 12 without a loss but was pitted against University of Northern Iowa’s Dylan Peters in the quarterfinals.

Hall and Peters kept it a tight match throughout, but a late escape by Peters forced overtime for the pair. Peters kept the momentum and scored a takedown in the overtime period, taking the match that sent Hall to the consolation bracket.

Hall then went 1-2 from that point on in the tournament, securing AllAmerican status but finishing in eighth place at 125 pounds.

He became the second 125-pound All-American from Iowa State in school history last weekend, but he knows that his job is far from over.

“If there’s one thing I learned is to NEVER BE CONTENT,” Hall shared via Twitter on Sunday. “AA is nice, but to be at the top of the podium at the end of next season? Gotta make it happen.”

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