Friday, Sept. 18, 2015 | Volume 211 | Number 18 | 40 cents | iowastatedaily.com | An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890.
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On-campus employees may not last long, but employers aren’t worried By Zach.Clemens @iowastatedaily.com
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very college campus, especially one with 36,001 students, is in a perpetual state of change. The wide-eyed freshman will grow into the experienced senior. New faces, classes and events pop up throughout the year. New experiences and challenges will exist, and many students will get their first taste of the working world with an on-campus job. A student can seemingly get an on-campus job any time of the year, despite the fact that most campus
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Thielen candidate visits By Sarah.Muller @iowastatedaily.com Five people sat sporadically around the Gold Room on Thursday evening as Erin Baldwin, the second candidate for the Thielen Health Center director position, addressed concerns. Baldwin has been working as chief operating officer for Mahaska Health Partnership since 2012 and has previously been involved with Primary Health Care as the operation director. “First and foremost, making sure [the health care is] accessible to students or any marketplace,” Baldwin said in regard to her goals. She hopes to collaborate with the university’s leadership in order to create a plan for student health services and make sure students are included in that process. “Always being transparent [is a goal],” Baldwin said. She said “word-of-mouth marketing” will revive the health center’s reputation, as well as social media tools that display positive actions. “We need to create a great student experience every time [someone] comes to the health center,” Baldwin said. Her personal goals were brought up when a student asked why she believes it is so important to improve conditions at the university. “There’s just something special about Iowa State,” Baldwin said. “There’s a family environment. [There are] good people, good students and a good mission.” She also discussed her passion for making sure patients have access to health care and said she wants to bring that passion to Iowa State. When asked about accessibility to care, Baldwin said new ways to expand access, in the morning, afternoon or evening, need to be discussed. “Obviously hiring more physicians … would be key,” Baldwin said. “Then really how you
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Rick Perry becomes GOP’s first dropout By Thomas.Nelson @iowastatedaily.com As Republican presidential candidates gathered in California on Thursday, CNN’s undercard debate was missing one familiar face scheduled to be on stage with the rest of the lower-tier candidates – Rick Perry. Perry, the former Texas governor, suspended his presidential campaign last Friday amid disappointing poll numbers and news of his campaign being tight on cash, despite having the backing of a Super PAC with millionaire supporters. Perry stopped paying his campaign staff in Iowa in July, which led to the decision to suspend his campaign. Steffen Schmidt, university professor of political science, said Perry’s low poll numbers during this campaign cycle may be a symptom of something bigger, as many people seem to be fed up with politics. Schmidt said that many of the governors running for presi-
dent in 2016 have been having difficulties during this election cycle. “The governors are not doing very well this year, which is really a big surprise,” Schmidt said. “Usually, governors do pretty well.” Donald Trump appears to have taken a lot of potential supporters away from Perry, along with the long list of other candidates. “He wasn’t getting any support,” Schmidt said. “He wasn’t moving up in the polls. What was his message? I could never figure out where he fit in.” Perry had a strong following of supporters in his home state and received his start as a successful politician in Texas, serving in the House of Representatives as agriculture commissioner, lieutenant governor under then-Gov. George W. Bush and finally as governor from 2000 until January of this year. “He tried to be someone else; it never works,” Schmidt said in regard to his campaign and attempts to appeal to a larger
audience. “The longer you have terrible poll numbers the more the media is going to ignore you.” Despite disappointing numbers, Perry’s supporters liked the fact that he had experience as governor, served time in the military and grew up from modest means. “The way he treated his staff was gracious,” said Dane Nealson, an Ames resident who worked for Perry’s campaign. “He was genuinely nice.” Nealson, who worked for Perry’s campaign four years ago, continued to work for Perry’s campaign this year despite it running out of money. “After things started really going south, it was amazing how much of his staff stuck around,” Nealson said. “They were true believers, even though they weren’t getting paid.” Nealson said that most of Perry’s staff has moved on to other opportunities since the suspension of his campaign for president. “Almost everybody on our staff made a point to look for jobs
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Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry suspended his presidential campaign last Friday after low poll numbers and funding. Perry is the first candidate to suspend their campaign.
that would not be for another candidate that would compete with [Perry],” Nealson said. Perry’s remaining role in the
2016 campaign, whether it’s staying on the sidelines or endorsing another Republican candidate, is unknown.
Ames, ISU PD to take over rooftop for charity By Emily.Eppens @iowastatedaily.com It takes special people to help a special cause. At least that’s what the Ames and ISU Police Departments are aiming to do during the first Cops on the Rooftop fundraiser in Ames. The two police departments will stake out the Dunkin’ Do-
nuts rooftop and entrances to raise money for their annual Law Enforcement Torch Run, a fundraising event in May that donates the money it raises to Special Olympics Iowa. Special Olympics Iowa serves more than 12,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities in the state. The event will take place at 15 Dunkin’ Donuts locations throughout Iowa on Friday.
Ames and ISU Police will take their post at the Ames Dunkin’ Donuts location from 6 to 11 a.m. “We’ve done similar events like this before at Walmart and Target,” said Jason Tuttle, investigations commander for the Ames Police Department. “I enjoy events like this. “It shows the softer side of what we do every day.” Dunkin’ Donuts has hosted Cops on a Rooftop for the past 13
years in Illinois and four years in Wisconsin. “This is a wonderful, feelgood event in which police officers give their free time to increase awareness of and raise money for Special Olympics athletes, volunteers and families, as well as entertain their communities from the rooftops,” said Vicky DeSalvo, field marketing manager for Dunkin’ Donuts. Lindsay Eastin, the Law En-
forcement Torch Run marketing and event coordinator, said that the run started in Kansas in 1981 and has evolved into the largest grassroots fundraiser for Special Olympics. “We are looking forward to our new partnership with Dunkin’ Donuts and of course having fun,” Eastin said. “This event is a great way for law enforcement to interact and have fun with the community.”