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08.29.2018 Vol. 219 No. 008
WEDNESDAY
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Iowa State professors receive grant to research effects of opioids on small town communities BY EMILY.BERCH @iowastatedaily.com The opioid epidemic has not spared Iowa. Researchers led by Iowa State professors want to find out how communities can tell if their town is at risk and develop plans to combat the problem. With the help of a five-year research grant from the U.S. Depar tment of Agriculture, David Peters, an associate professor of rural sociology, will lead the team with sociology professor Andrew Hochstetler and Eric Davis, an assistant professor of computer science. The Iowa State researchers will be joined by researchers from the University of Iowa as well as Syracuse University in studying risk factors for “micropolitan”communities such as
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COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH The above map shows death rates from prescription opioid overdoses by county from 2002-2014, according to Iowa Death Certificate records.
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Council passes rental exemptions BY DEVYN.LEESON @iowastatedaily.com City Council met Tuesday to pass rental cap exemptions for the last time and finish their ongoing, four-month discussion of the ordinance. The exemptions hope to provide pathways for individuals who were put under financial hardship because of the rental cap to rent out their property. The rental cap was passed in May, setting the limit for the number of rental properties in neighborhoods near campus to 25 percent. The exemptions were brought back to council following the ordinances veto on Aug. 6.
“We have brought this ordinance back at the councils direction,” said Mark Lambert, attorney for the City of Ames. “We made three changes that we were directed to by council. The first one was to come up with a definition on bonafide rental. The second was to make the effective date from having a specific date to thirty days after the effective date of the ordinance. Lambert said the third change was to narrow the language that would allow someone to retain a Letter of Compliance (LoC), the document needed to make a property a rental, in homes not in compliance with the
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“There wasn’t much more to discuss, and we’ve already heard arguments from both sides multiple times. This is a way we can help those who have hardships from the cap.” — Ward One Rep. Gloria Betcher
CALS open forums pg 3 Three finalists for the next dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) and Director of the Iowa Agricultural and Home Economics Experiment Station will be here in September.
Two charged, one an Iowa State football player, in connection with Fredericksen Court BB gun incident BY ISD STAFF Two individuals have been charged in relation to the BB gun incident Thursday night in the Fredericksen Court area, according to Iowa State police. Dallas Taylor-Cortez, a freshman football player who was one of four players suspended by coach Matt Campbell last Friday for “multiple instances of poor choices and behavior,” has been charged with harassment, a simple misdemeanor. Iowa State Police Chief Michael Newton said that Taylor-Cortez had used a laser attached to a BB gun and “threatened, intimated, and or alarmed” at least one victim and caused others to run from the area. “His status on the team has not changed. He’s still suspended indefinitely and is not allowed to participate in any football-related activities,” according to a spokesperson for Iowa State athletics. The three other players suspended from the program are Joseph Scates, a wide receiver from Dayton, Ohio, and a four-star recruit coming out of high school; Tayvonn Kyle, a wide receiver from Valdosta, Georgia, and a three-star recruit out of high school; and Jaeveyon Morton, a cornerback from Detroit. All three players are true freshmen. Tyciera Whitaker-Wells, sophomore in early childhood education, has also been charged in relation to the BB gun incident with a false report to a public entity, a simple misdemeanor. Newton said Whitaker-Wells reported to police during the incident that the suspects were near Building 72 in Fredericksen Court with knowledge that the individuals involved were actually near Building 35. Newton said Whitaker-Wells willingly admitted to calling the police with the intent to draw attention away from the suspects and divert law enforcement. On Thursday night, Iowa State sent out a total of three alerts that described four college-age men reported near Building 32 in Fredericksen Court, with one carrying a handgun and another carrying a rifle. At about 11 p.m., the Iowa State Police Department released the third alert that the area was clear and that the weapons in question were BB guns — three handguns and one rifle. According to Iowa State’s firearm and weapon policy, “the possession or use of weapons is prohibited on campus and in the course of university-related activities unless authorized through the firearms and other weapons application process.” According to the Iowa State Police Department, the investigation into the incident is continuing and charges may be filed on other individuals associated with the incident.