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Recanvass to recount Recount possible following partial recanvassing of Iowa Democratic caucus results

BY JAKE.WEBSTER @iowastatedaily.com Pete Buttigieg maintains a small lead over Bernie Sanders following the Iowa Democratic Party’s (IDP) partial recanvassing of caucus results.

“The IDP reported corrections for 26 precincts where a misapplication of the rules affected delegate allocation, and 3 precincts where the reported final alignment did not match what was on the math worksheet,” according to a press release from the IDP. “The remaining records of results that were requested for review were either accurately reported initially; corrected in the previous review; represent precincts electing a single delegate from the caucus as a whole; or reflect math inconsistencies that are not covered under the SCC resolution.”

The Buttigieg and Sanders campaigns are able to request recounts.

“Any campaign that was granted a recanvass and wishes to request a recount must respond within 24 hours of the publication of results,” according to a press release from the IDP. Minutes after the IDP released the updated results, the Sanders campaign announced they would seek a partial recount from several precincts.

The campaign will request a recount of “some 12 precincts,” according to a press release.

“Bernie Sanders won the popular vote in Iowa by 6,000 votes, the recanvass reduced the [SDE] deficit by 97 percent,” said Jeff Weaver, a Sanders senior adviser, in a press release. “We now believe a recount will give Sen. Sanders enough [SDEs] to put him over the top by that metric as well. We want to thank the people of Iowa, our supporters, our volunteers and everyone who made this possible.”

Iowa State nursing program features students with diverse experiences

BY JULIA.BENDA @iowastatedaily.com There are currently 22 students in the Iowa State nursing program working to advance their education and career by completing a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.

The first students in the Iowa State Bachelor of Science in Nursing program graduated in December after the program began in the fall of 2018. The program is for registered nurses looking to further their career path.

The nursing program was started because the president of Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) brought the idea to Iowa State for starting a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) completion program.

The nursing students come from diverse nursing settings and experiences. Some of the students have recently become registered nurses and others have been nurses for over 40 years.

Virginia “Ginny” Wangerin is a clinical assistant professor of food science and human nutrition in the nursing program. She has been teaching nursing for over 30 years. She said she loves what she does and enjoys getting to mentor new and future educators while continuing to practice her own skills.

“I just have a passion for nursing education,” Wangerin said. “I was at DMACC for a long time and really grew that program. So when I was approached about the possibility of creating a program that would allow those DMACC graduates to progress and it was at Iowa State [...] it kind of seemed like a no brainer.”

Wangerin said it can be difficult for students to know which educational route to choose because there is a lot of competition and available options.

“It was an opportunity to really do something that I felt was a significant accomplishment,” Wangerin said. “I feel that this is something I can be proud of when I retire and that I can leave behind something that will make a difference.”

The program allows students to not only follow good policy, but to create it as well, Wangerin said.

The program goes beyond the basic entry level practice and gives students the skills to be more entrepreneurial, innovative and more of a leader.

“Already, just even in the less than two years that we have been offering classes, we are already seeing a significant difference in the contributions that our students are making, so that is very exciting for us,” Wangerin said.

The nursing program is a hybrid program and meets one day a week. Class time is spent building a community and participating in active learning settings. The rest of the program is online, which allows students to continue working and advance their education simultaneously.

One of the students in the nursing program is Alexia Salyars, senior in nursing.

“There is a big push on the percentage of BSN prepared nurses within an organization because

CAITLIN YAMADA/ ISD Iowa State students in the nursing program meet one day a week and work online so they can further their education while continuing to work.

“ [...] We are already seeing a significant difference in the contributions that our students are making, so that is very exciting for us,” — Virginia Wangerin there is so much evidence to back up patient outcomes that can improve with that,” Salyars said.

“This program, we all have different specialties but it’s allowed us to pick things that we can all use in our own specialty to improve our patient outcomes.”

Another senior in nursing is Lora Duncan. She said she had the intent of completing her BSN, but never found the right fit in a program.

“I like that we meet in class, it’s only one day a week so it works very well,” Duncan said. “I still work full time. I still work a 40-hour workweek and it fits in.”

One set of classes the nursing program offers is a one year sequence. First semester, students take a health and wellness class to look at theories, meanings and health from a deeper perspective.

The second semester class is population health, and is one of the key differences between baccalaureate and associate degree nurses.

Kendra Odland, senior in nursing, said she learns better in a classroom setting rather than online.

She graduated from DMACC in Ankeny and now attends Iowa State’s nursing program classes.

“I particularly liked that, as someone who graduated from DMACC, there are not many registered nurses to BSN programs that also have classroom classes,” Odland said. “I think this is the only one.

I just learn better when I participate in a classroom setting and I comprehend more [...] so I was really excited when they said that they were starting the program.”

Odland said the program has high expectations, but the students are supported by the peer group and professors.

“They have high expectations, but they also gave us a number of contact information and told us even if it’s late at night, send a message and we will respond,” Odland said.

Katie Merriam, senior in nursing, said she woke up one morning and decided to pursue her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.

“I seriously woke up and was like, ‘I’m gonna get my bachelor’s,’” Merriam said. “I got a flyer at work for the [Registered Nurses] to BSN program in my email. I emailed Wangerin back and I was like ‘I’m really interested in this,’ and I came and met with her and was like, ‘I’m doing this.’”

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2.19.20 Faculty workshop: Documenting Your Research Impact and Increasing Visibility, Gold Room, Memorial Union at 9 a.m. Led by

professor Lorrie Pellack, University Library, this workshop will provide an overview of resources to document your scholarly impact and provide ideas for increasing visibility of your scholarly outcomes.

Walk-in Craft: Ankara Wrapped Bangle Bracelets, The Workspace at the Memorial Union at 2 p.m. Ankara fabric (or African Wax

Printing) is created through a wax-resist dyeing technique and is known for its vivid colors and bold patterns. Find a combination of Ankara fabrics that you like, and we will show you how to wrap them around cord to make a set of three bracelets sized just for you.

Start Something series, Cardinal Room, Memorial Union 4:30 p.m. “Start Something While at

ISU: Entrepreneurship Resources for Students.”The Start Something short-course series is designed for

entrepreneurs. Whether you are just exploring the idea of entrepreneurship (intro series) or want to learn more about marketing your small business, this series will help kick start your next venture.

Registration requested.

Film Screening: Harriet, Carver 101 at 6 p.m.

In celebration of Black History Month this year, Student Union Board is showing a specialty screening of the biographical film, Harriet, which follows the heroic story of former slave and abolitionist, Harriet Tubman.

Woven Wall Hanging Class, The Workspace at the Memorial Union 6:30 p.m. The popularity

of weaving is back, and this is a great way to get started on your fibers journey. Learn basic skills including how to set up a small loom, creating shapes by decreasing and increasing warps, knotting, and incorporating wool roving and other textures. Experiment with adding non-traditional elements to your weaving such as paper or natural elements.

POLICE BLOTTER

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Willie Deonna Hampton, age 26, of 2619 Hunt St. - Ames, Iowa, was arrested and charged with forgery of records at 2610 Northridge Drive (reported at 1:41 p.m.).

Willie Deonna Hampton, age 26, of 2619 Hunt St. - Ames, Iowa, was arrested and charged with theft in the third degree, theft from a building, at 2610 Northridge Drive (reported at 1:41 p.m.).

Willie Deonna Hampton, age 26, of 2619 Hunt St. - Ames, Iowa, was arrested and charged with forgery of records at 2610 Northridge Drive (reported at 12:34 p.m.).

Willie Deonna Hampton, age 26, of 2619 Hunt St. - Ames, Iowa, was arrested and charged with theft in the third degree, theft from a building, at 2610 Northridge Drive (reported at 12:34 p.m.).

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Students list demands

BY KATHERINE.KEALEY @iowastatedaily.com Students Against Racism held a forum to update on the university’s response to their list of demands Tuesday night.

The meeting began with the Students Against Racism acknowledging that the university is on stolen land, following the group went over its list of demands.

The list of demands include: -Expel the students who chalked neo-Nazi slogans, who vandalized the Bean house and students in the future who threaten or use neo-Nazi language violating the zero-tolerance policy -Shut down the Students for Trump club that attached neo-Nazi slogans to their political writing as continued harassment and interference in the academic life of hundreds of students -Fire the Student Government adviser who wore blackface and future staff engaging in intolerant behavior -Add a zero tolerance to attack against marginalized communities, hate speech including chalking, getting rid of hate speech i.e. power washing and mandatory diversity training to all faculty and staff Following the list, Iowa State administration reviewed a list of updates of the 10 actions in response to the students, including cultural competency training for campus leaders and requiring anyone who lives in a residence hall to take an annual online diversity and inclusion training.

After the update, it opened for negotiation discussion between the student party and the administration party. The members of Students Against Racism questioned the consequences for students and faculty that commit acts of hate speech on campus for acts, one of them being a swastika etched into a door.

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BY LOGAN.METZGER @iowastatedaily.com GARRETT HEYD/ IOWA STATE DAILY President Wendy Wintersteen was at the Students Against Racism forum to hear their list of demands and also to give a response about actions being taken.

“We keep talking about racism as if it is incidences, but that is not true,” said a member of Students Against Racism.

“Racism is a system these incidences are perpetrated by a system that allows them to happen.”

Students Against Racism said that creating a zero tolerance policy would be a step towards dismantling that system.

Iowa State administration said they are enforcing the code of conduct but the policy

has to follow the law, referring to the right to free speech.

“We have been having the conversation for this past year about actions we are taking to be sure that we have the kind of climate that we want to have at Iowa State University[...] we want to focus on the actions that we can do that are legal within the law that will truly focus on changing the culture,” said Wendy Wintersteen, president of Iowa State University.

COURTESY OF CNN AND THE DES MOINES REGISTER The seven qualifying candidates lined up on stage before the Democratic presidential debate hosted by CNN on Jan. 14 at Drake University in Des Moines.

Democratic candidates set for debate

BY KATHERINE.KEALEY @iowastatedaily.com The ninth Democratic presidential debate will take place at 7 p.m.

Wednesday and will be broadcast on MSNBC. For this debate, candidates qualify by receiving at least one Democratic National Committee delegate or by meeting the polling threshold by receiving 10 percent in at least four polls approved by the Democratic National Committee or by receiving at least 12 percent in two single state polls in South Carolina or Nevada.

Zack Bonner, lecturer of political science, said he expects this debate will deal with issues concerning a more diverse electorate such as

immigration, Hispanic and Latino issues and African American issues.

Bonner said he expects this debate to be interesting because of the different topics that could be discussed and for the possibility Bloomberg may face backlash from other candidates.

“Bloomberg hasn’t faced any scrutiny from pretty much anyone,” Bonner said. “I think this will be the first attempt for the other five candidates to really go after him since the debate rules have changed pretty much in his favor to put him into the debates.”

Debate qualification rules changed in early February to eliminate a grassroots fundraising threshold, which allowed Bloomberg, who is not accepting donations, to qualify.

“It is kind of an odd thing to see,” Bonner said. “It seems like it really did pave the way for [Bloomberg] because he has now spent $350 million and really all he has at this point is name recognition.”

Bonner said the six candidates all have different messages that they need to reach voters to keep their campaigns going.

“They all really have something to prove: Bloomberg has to prove that he belongs there, Biden really needs to catch up since he has kind of fallen off, Buttigieg needs to show that he can expand his base,”Bonner said.“Amy Klobuchar needs to show that she can get a little more name recognition and introduce herself to more people since she has been a lesser-known candidate. Elizabeth

There are six candidates who qualified:

Joe Biden Pete Buttigieg Amy Klobuchar Bernie Sanders Elizabeth Warren Mike Bloomberg

Warren, I think you will see her go back to her old debate tactics where she is more on the offense than she has been recently, and Bernie Sanders I think for him it is expanding. He has a really sticky base that doesn’t leave him but it doesn’t seem like he has expanded it. So this will be a chance for him to have more broad spectrum appeal.”

Feb. 19 is one day out of the year picked to focus on women in the military as “National Vet Girls Rise Day.” “National Vet Girls Rise Day recognizes the immense dedication of the nearly 2 million U.S. veteran women,” according to the National Day Calendar website.

On National Vet Girls Rise Day, not only is it a day to recognize women veterans, but it’s a day for women veterans to support one another and to share resources, build relationships and spread awareness concerning the needs of women veterans.

“Since the Revolutionary War, women have served in the armed forces, and many have not been recognized for their service,” according to the National Day Calendar website. “Today, the contributions of nearly 2 million women veterans deserve acknowledgment. The day celebrates the bonds they formed and their experiences through military service.”

The National Day Calendar website said that people should connect with other women veterans for camaraderie and support on National Vet Girls Rise Day. “Tell us about your favorite woman veteran and use #VetGirlsRISEDay to share on social media,” according to the National Day Calendar website. “Follow Active Veterans With Answers and Vet Girls Rise on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for upcoming Follow Active Veterans With Answers and Vet Girls Rise events.”

Vet Girls Rise, an initiative under Active Veterans With Answers, was founded in 2017 as Vet Girls Rock. Vet Girls Rise serves as a resource for women veterans according to the Active Veterans With Answers website.

The Active Veterans With Answers website stated that the organization strives to serve as a resource and knowledge stream for veteran women, both locally and nationally; support one another in every life stage of transition from all corners of the globe; be a motivational tool for women veterans; develop and maintain a positive presence on behalf of women veterans; promote periods of “recess” from the cares and duties of everyday life in which women veterans gather for no other purpose than to rebuild through camaraderie, knowledge and alliances.

National Vet Girls Rise Day is not the same as Women Veterans Appreciation Day, whic h is hosted on June 12 or Veteran’s Day, which is hosted on Nov. 11.

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The Fritz-Schrader campaign The duo breaks down platform points before election day

thing,” Schrader said. “The committee has no formal rules currently [...] when we sit down we need to make sure that happens.”

“Know Your Rights” sessions are another idea of Fritz and Schrader’s.

“The Dean of Students office has a packet about students’ rights, and that information is already in there, and it’s online it’s kind of hard to see, so any messaging we give out to students would also provide that link,” Schrader said. “It currently already exists, I just think many people don’t know about it.”

Hosting sessions during orientation is the goal but, with competing interests, just getting the information out there is good, Schrader said.

BY JACOB.SMITH @iowastatedaily.com Morgan Fritz, sophomore in political science, and Jacob Schrader, junior in economics and political science, are running for Student Government president and vice president on a three-point platform.

AFFORDABILITY When it comes to college affordability, Fritz and Schrader are proposing the implementation of Income Share Agreements, a one-day orientation option, an Open Education Resources (OER) expansion and an official ticket resale option.

Income Share Agreements would be an option for students to contract with the university to pay back a certain percentage of their future earnings for a fixed period after graduation.

Additionally, Fritz and Schrader want to create an option for students who are attending orientation to have a one day, simplified choice.

“I worked this summer as a Cyclone Aide,” Fritz said. “The one-day orientation is coming from the same point of, there are a lot of students and families who might not be able to afford the two-day experience. It’s $50 per person to spend the night in the dorms, you might have to take two days off of work, some people have to come without their parents if their parents can’t take that much time off. So, I just thought it would be [nice], to have an option like that, other schools do that as well.”

OER are sets of text, media and other digital assets that are freely accessible and openly licensed for use.

Fritz and Schrader want to expand the initiative and have more professors commit to using OER in the classroom and the grant program that incentivizes professors to make their materials available for free or low cost to students.

“My first year in Student Government was when this was first proposed by the library, I don’t know if I was co-sponsor on that but I certainly voted for the resolution asking the library to look into a grant program, and then last year I wrote the resolution with the expansion of it, and it’s just kind of been something

COURTESY OF MORGAN FRITZ AND JACOB SCHRADER Morgan Fritz is a candidate for president of Iowa State’s Student Government, running alongside Jacob Schrader, a candidate for vice president.

that Student Government supported for a while,” Schrader said. “[...] OER is something that I think ever since we’ve known each other, that’s something we’ve worked on.”

Within affordability is Fritz and Schrader’s idea for an official ticket resale platform for students to easily sell and buy student tickets.

Currently, there is no way to officially re-sell unwanted student tickets to Iowa State sporting events with a lot of tickets being sold from student to student on a Facebook page.

“People have gotten scammed before,” Fritz said. “[...] It’s just something of that, if it could be set up, that would be great.”

Fritz said this program would be set up through Iowa State Athletics somehow.

CAMPUS CLIMATE Campus climate is another key point of Fritz and Schrader’s campaign. They decided to break it down into four smaller ideas: Cultural Competency Training expansion, expanded menstrual product locations, implementing a “Rooney Rule” for naming buildings and hosting “Know Your Rights” sessions.

Fritz said they wanted to expand the Cultural Competency Training to students.

“Not exactly sure what that would look like, but potentially like how people take the AlcoholEDU class before coming to school,” Fritz said. “That could be something that is a multi-year thing. We’re trying to make it a long term thing instead of just a band-aid solution

that’s just going to fix it for now, and then we can forget about it. We want it to be something that’s long term, creates a lasting impression, legacy.”

As well, their campaign wants to expand the locations on campus that offers free menstrual products for students.

“The four main issues found in the Campus Climate Survey were that women do not feel safe on campus, [...] minorities do not feel welcome, LGBTQIA+ individuals feel attacked and conservative students feel silenced,” Fritz said. “[...]

That one was just kind of a good idea. As a girl, it’s super helpful to have that sort of product provided and some people might not be able to access that on their own if they can’t afford it.”

The products would be available in gender-neutral and family bathrooms to ensure everyone has access, Schrader said.

The Rooney Rule is a current National Football League policy that requires league teams to interview ethnic-minority candidates for head coaching or senior operation jobs.

Fritz and Schrader want to bring this idea to campus and implement it when it comes to naming buildings.

“There’s a committee for that,” Fritz said. “They work on naming buildings and the Student Body president sits on that. That’s just something about changing the process of how they do it.”

They said they would like at least one female and one candidate from a marginalized group to be considered when it comes to the naming.

“There’s literally not formal rules on this

SUSTAINABILITY Sustainability is the last point of Fritz and Schrader’s campaign. They broke it down into expanding composting, supporting the plan to reduce carbon emission by 50 percent in the next 10 years and expanding bio-fuel and electric bus use.

“So our first idea that we had was to expand composting,” Fritz said. “The university currently has very good infrastructure for that, they use it for the compost for agriculture projects. But something that I have researched at other universities is they compost the paper towels from their bathrooms and I think that’s something that could potentially be done here at Iowa State.”

The implementation would involve putting another bin in the bathrooms for just paper towels, Fritz said.

“Another thing that I’ve noticed is in the food courts,” Fritz said. “When you get your little dishes, they’re compostable, but they just go in the trash. So that gets taken to the Ames Trash Facility and burned. We have some of the things in place for it, but the follow-through isn’t there.”

Schrader has been on the CyRide Board of Trustees and has overseen the expansion of bio-diesel buses and the addition of two battery-electric buses coming soon to CyRide’s fleet.

“So those two electric buses we got take 122,561 pounds of carbon out of the air every year,” Schrader said. “The reason we got those grants is because Student Government and the city and the county and we got together and we wrote, we got our messaging straight. I wrote one and the other trustee wrote a resolution in Student Government and passed it and we sent that to the federal government.”

More information about the Fritz and Schrader campaign can be found on their campaign website.

Negotiating fair salaries for all

BY LOGAN.METZGER @iowastatedaily.com For those looking to make sure their salary is the best it can be, a salary negotiation workshop is coming up.

The Margaret Sloss Center for Women and Gender Equity and The Program for Women in Science and Engineering is hosting an American Association of University Women (AAUW) Start Smart Salary Negotiation Workshop.The AAUW Start Smart is a free three hour workshop specifically designed to teach people how to negotiate salaries for a new job.

The workshop is from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday in Carver Hall, room 204.

“During this workshop, you will gain confidence in your negotiation style through facilitated discussion and roleplay and learn how to identify and articulate your personal value; how to develop

an arsenal of persuasive responses and other strategies to use when negotiating; how to conduct objective market research to benchmark a target salary and benefits; and about the wage gap, including its long-term consequences,” according to the Margaret Sloss Center for Women and Gender Equity website.

AAUW Salary Negotiation Programs are designed to empower women with the skills and confidence to negotiate for fair pay. Participants learn how to research competitive salaries, articulate their skills, qualifications and experience and ask for the pay they deserve, according to the AAUW website.

The gender pay gap is the difference between what an average woman working full time is paid compared to the average man. AAUW’s Salary Negotiation Programs teach women at all stages of their careers how to negotiate their pay.

“While the pay gap results from many factors — including discrimination — gender differences in salary negotiation play a role,” according to the AAUW website. “Learning to confidently negotiate your salary will help ensure you earn the pay and benefits you deserve.”

In 2019, women earned 79 cents for every dollar earned by men, according to PayScale.com.

This figure is representative of the uncontrolled, or “raw” gender pay gap, which looks at the median salary for all men and women regardless of job type or worker seniority.

AAUW is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that works to champion equity for women and girls. Since 1881, the nonprofit has been a catalyst for change, from boosting young women’s access to education to shaping public policy and producing groundbreaking research on gender equity.

COURTESY OF KENNI TERRELL Students during the 2018 Start Smart Salary Negotiation.

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It’s time for more political parties in the United States Two parties don’t reflect this country’s personal values

BY EILEEN.TYRRELL @iowastatedaily.com When George Washington left office in 1796, he had two infamous pieces of advice for the budding country: Don’t get involved in foreign affairs and don’t let opposing parties dominate the political system. Specifically, that political parties are “potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious and unprincipled men will be able to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the rein of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.”

Spooky, isn’t it? Both pieces of Washington’s advice are eerily relevant for the time we live in, but it’s the second part that really sticks with me, because if the current and past presidential election cycle have taught us anything, it’s that we are ready to break away

from the two-party system.

The problem with the parties as they stand right now is obvious.

Donald Trump doesn’t reflect the beliefs of all Republicans and the Democratic nominee — whether that be Sanders, Buttigieg or someone else — certainly won’t have the support of all Democrats.

According to a 2018 report by Democracy Fund Voter Study Group, 68 percent of Americans want a third party. This number is the highest it’s been in the past 25 years, and with the widening split in the Democratic party, it seems likely to keep growing. (And if the Republican senators in office didn’t cower, there would likely be a growing split in the Republican party, too.) Americans want their party to reflect their personal beliefs and values, and in a country so diverse in identity and ideology, that means we simply need more than two political parties.

If it were up to me, our country would switch to a four-party system: moderate Democrats (i.e. Amy Klobuchar, Joe Biden), true liberals (Sanders, Alexandria OcascioCortez), traditional conservatives (Mitt Romney, Justin Amash), and whatever values tie together

COURTESY OF FLICKR Columnist Eileen Tyrrell argues that there should be more than two political parties in America. She believes that the two parties don’t reflect Americans’ personal beliefs and values.

the remaining Trump supporters.

(Ignorance? Fear? I digress.)

I believe this sor t of divide would more accurately reflect the ideological beliefs of the country.

But however ready we may be for more parties, our system is not.

The rules of the electoral college and the strong polarization of our political system mean that even if a third-party candidate could gain enough support and traction to

make a serious bid for president, we are still far away from a whole new political party.

One of the largest obstacles to that sort of change is the lack of conversation and awareness around this topic, and that’s something we can start changing right now. Most Americans don’t really have a good understanding of what electoral reform would mean for the country, or how, for example, proportional

voting could make their vote more impactful. But if we start becoming more educated and talking about the reform we want to see in our political system, then so will our representatives.

Other countries, like in Western Europe and New Zealand, are much more flexible and adaptable when they see problems in their electoral system. It’s high time that we figure out how to do that, too.

EDITORIAL

Let students chalk

BY ISD EDITORIAL BOARD Iowa State recently adopted yet another new chalking policy. The new policy prohibits chalking in a variety of locations including the “historical quad space” otherwise known as Central Campus.

“Historical?” you ask. Yes! The sidewalks on Central Campus are apparently historical.

The new chalking policy is a clear and blatant infringement of the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech.

Unfortunately, we (the students) did this to ourselves. Not a single senator we elected to represent us objected to Senate Resolution 48, which recommended that the “University enforce a permanent policy limiting chalking on campus.”

They had the opportunity to tell the university that the student body values free speech.They could have recommended that the university remove all limits on chalking except for those that align with federal and state laws. Instead they encouraged the university to further diminish our rights as American citizens.

Some of those same senators are now running for president and vice president.

The new policy illustrates that Iowa State does not view chalking and free speech as equivalent. You are permitted to speak freely all around campus, not just the “free speech zone” in front of Parks Library,

Editorial Board

Annelise Wells, editor-in-chief Melanie De Anda, opinion editor Peyton Hamel, assistant opinion editor Seth Pierce, student Darryl Castaneda, student

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COURTESY OF FLICKR The Iowa State Daily Editorial Board believes that the new chalking policy put in place at Iowa State is an infringement on the First Amendment right of free speech.

but you are not permitted to chalk freely around campus. Why? Another section of the policy prohibits “Overwriting, erasing, defacing, or altering existing chalking.”This is an equal infringement on the First Amendment. If a student comes across a phrase he or she disagrees with, he or she should be allowed to freely express him or herself by chalking over or washing off the existing chalked message.

The point of chalk is that it’s temporary, and that eventually rain or snow or water will wash it away, so what’s the point of prohibiting discussion on sidewalks?

Consider the ramifications of this policy.

Today, Iowa State says you can’t chalk in areas A, B and C. Tomorrow they’ll ban

chalking in D-Y, and just like that, chalking will be all but gone.

To be clear, the Iowa State Daily Editorial Board does not condone the extremely hurtful chalking that lead to this new policy and encourages all students to chalk with the idea of productive discourse.

Chalking is a way to use your freedom of speech, and they should exist on Iowa State’s campus in the same form.

The options are all or nothing. Either the university lets students speak and chalk anything, anywhere (within the confines of state and federal laws, which limit free speech but have been approved by the Supreme Court) or eventually, there will be no chalking nor free speech at Iowa State.

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SPORTS

Iowa State Daily Wednesday, February 19, 2020

COLUMN

Win or lose, Iowa State must continue to look forward

BY MATT.BELINSON @iowastatedaily.com No matter what side of the fence you are on for how to evaluate the 2019-20 season for Iowa State men’s basketball, one thing has been clear time after time this season: the Cyclones are outmatched at basically every single level.

I think this message comes at the perfect time in Iowa State’s season, amidst a two week period that saw Iowa State get destroyed by 29 against Oklahoma in its first game since losing Tyrese Haliburton to a season-ending wrist injury, then return home the very next game to blow out Texas by 29 and now most recently get beaten by 20 in Allen Fieldhouse at the hands of No. 3 Kansas.

Those three games speak volumes to me as to just how obvious it is that Iowa State is in need of reinforcements to try and return the Cyclones to a respectable level in the Big 12.

Take the most recent loss to No. 3 Kansas as to why it’s time to look forward.

Iowa State finally got what it has been searching for all season — three-point shooting — and still got beaten in decidable fashion. The threes rained from all over the court for the Cyclones in the first half against the Jayhawks, undoubtedly catching Bill Self off guard in the opening minutes after Prentiss Nixon and Tre Jackson morphed into Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson for most of the first half, leading Iowa State to shoot 9-12 from deep.

The curse had finally been lifted and shots were actually falling for the Cyclones. So with the shots finally going through, one would think Iowa State could finally grab

a signature win in conference play.

But that’s not what happened.

Iowa State still walked into the locker room at halftime down 50-40 even after tying a school record with nine made threes in the first half, because in the end Kansas, like most other schools the Cyclones have lost to, are just more talented and have all the pieces the Cyclones are missing.

The clear disadvantage comes with the reality that Iowa State is dealing with less capable players on the floor than its opponents.

The only reason Iowa State made Monday night’s game even close was because consistently unreliable three-point shooters like Nixon and Jackson, as well as Michael Jacobson were somehow finding the bottom of the basket on shots that rarely go.

Iowa State is operating with unreliable goods, while teams such as Kansas, Baylor and whatever other team you want to name walk onto the court with much better players who are not seen as ‘maybe they’ll go in tonight’ type players.

The same story goes for rebounding and having an established presence in the post. Whenever Kansas has been previewed this season in any matchup, usually one name is mentioned: Udoka Azubuike.

S tanding at 7 f eet and 270 pounds, Azubuike is the perfect example of what Iowa State is missing. Averaging nearly 13 points per game and almost 10 rebounds a game, the senior from Delta, Nigeria, displays a mold of an athlete that Iowa State hasn’t found yet.

Go down the roster of Iowa State and the missing threat is obvious. The three biggest contributors for the Cyclones in the paint are Jacobson, Solomon Young and George Conditt, but compare that

COLLIN MAGUIRE/ IOWA STATE DAILY Senior guard Prentiss Nixon fakes out Texas guard Donovan Williams on Saturday at Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones won 81-52.

to a team like Kansas where players like Azubuike, David McCormack and Silvio De Sousa are your front court and it just feels different.

They can rebound with ease, play bully-ball down low and draw easy contact, where the Cyclones seem to search every game for who will emerge as the force in the paint like an episode of America’s Got Talent.

Iowa State has no player like that.

Kansas completely put its foot on Iowa State’s neck in the first half, leading points in the paint 28-4.

W hile Nixon and Jackson had

found their shot, Iowa State still couldn’t even manage to capitalize on that career night from beyond the arc because it was too busy being outplayed down low.

That’s why Iowa State must look to the future.

While I am not disputing that it is certainly possible that Iowa State could win the tournament, because sometimes teams get hot and next thing you know a winning streak starts, I just don’t think this Iowa State team will be able to take down three very good teams in a row.

If Bay lor, K ansas and West Virginia all leave the Big 12 in the next two weeks, I think Iowa State could have a small chance of making a run. But since that won’t happen, what realistic shot do the Cyclones have if they face the Mountaineers, Jayhawks and Bears three games in a row?

Thankfully for Iowa State fans, the future seems bright when it comes to the amount of athletes and skillful prospects that should transform Iowa State from a roster of role players to a team with true athletes running the floor.

Xavier Foster, Darlinstone Dubar, Dudley Blackwell and Jaden Walker headline the top-15 recruiting class and I think Iowa State would be wise to start focusing on how they can fit into helping Iowa State get back on track.

Head Coach Steve Prohm clearly saw that Iowa State is still in need of more athletic and highly skilled players that can make a much greater impact than the current roster he has now. The class has plenty of options who can rebound, score with ease on the perimeter and at the rim and add versatility at every position.

When the class became official in November, what Prohm said in the press release speaks to what Iowa State is truly lacking.

“We wanted to identify a couple things. Versatility number one, skill level number two and then size,” Prohm said. “I thought we had to get bigger on the perimeter. I think that’s one thing that made us so good a year ago. I think we’ve made really great steps into doing that this year.”

So with this season all but over, there is no shame in looking ahead to what Iowa State could be in the near future.

Cyclone loss fails to provide clarity

BY ZANE.DOUGLAS @iowastatedaily.com An explosive shooting night turned into an ugly loss quickly as the second half of Monday’s game between Iowa State and Kansas got out of hand in a hurry for the Cyclones.

Iowa State turned in 40 points in the first half and was clicking on all cylinders on the offensive side of the ball, but with an inability to get stops, the Jayhawks still led 50-40.

When Iowa State’s shooting luck took a turn for the worse, the game got out of hand.

DEFENSIVE DESTRUCTION Kansas was an offensive force — especially in the first half — but part of the reason the Jayhawks were able to be so efficient on offense was due to poor defensive positioning by the Cyclones.

The charge was led by Jayhawks’ guard Devon Dotson, who has been nationally appreciated since the season began with his

name being floated around as one of the possibilities for Naismith College Player of the Year.

Dotson had one of his best games in his collegiate career with 29 points on 11-14 shooting, including 6-8 from three. He added three rebounds, three steals and an assist as well.

Dotson found open looks from the threepoint line as ball movement turned the Cyclone defenders around, but Kansas’ offensive rebounding prowess gave Iowa State one more thing to worry about.

Iowa State was beat on the glass by a 39-28 margin. Udoka Azubuike led the charge with four offensive rebounds and seven total rebounds in just 24 minutes.

Only senior forward Michael Jacobson was able to rebound at a high clip for the Cyclones, pulling down four offensive rebounds and eight total rebounds in 35 minutes.

JACOBSON STAYS HOT Jacobson put forth his best performance of

the season against Texas on Saturday and he followed that up with another solid performance, capped off by solid interior play and outside shooting.

Aside from the eight boards he grabbed, Jacobson carried the load down low as redshirt junior forward Solomon Young and sophomore forward George Conditt played a combined 32 minutes to Jacobson’s 35.

He made the most of those minutes with his second straight double-digit scoring game with 13 points. He was also active elsewhere as he tallied five assists and knocked down two of three shots from distance.

Conference play hasn’t been kind to Jacobson, but his 7.3 points and 5.7 rebounds are sixth and second on the team, respectively.

THREES HIT A WALL The first half saw an uncharacteristic storyline from the Cyclones: Head Coach Steve Prohm’s group was on fire from downtown.

Iowa State — who after the game was ranked 217th in the nation in three-point

percentage — has had a tough year from the perimeter.

That all changed Monday in the first half against Kansas as the Cyclones were scorching hot, hitting 9-12 threes in the first half.

The barrage was led by senior guard Prentiss Nixon who was 3-4, Jacobson who hit both of his two threes in the first half and freshman Tre Jackson who matched Jacobson’s 2-3 output.

Nixon in particular was a surprising change of pace as the grad transfer came into the game 8-45 (17.8 percent) from three in conference play.

The shooting would soon drop dead.

Iowa State regressed to a 2-11 pace in the second half, led again by Nixon who could only connect on 1-4 from the three-point line.

Sophomore guard Rasir Bolton, who was relatively quiet in this game, also hit on one of his four attempts from deep and the Cyclones were taken down 91-71 after a late push by the Cyclones made it look a little closer than what it was headed towards.

Wednesday, February 19, 2020 Iowa State Daily

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ISU Climate Reality Corps enacts change on campus

COURTESY OF ISU CLIMATE REALITY CORPS

ISU Climate Reality Corps event held on central campus.

BY VICTORIA.REYNA-RODRIGUEZ @iowastatedaily.com Climate change has become a rising concern in the past decade, especially for younger generations. ISU Climate Reality Corps is backing these concerns as they attempt to spread awareness around campus.

The Climate Reality Project is a global organization, and according to their website their mission is to, “catalyze a global solution to the climate crisis by making urgent access a necessity across every level of society.”

The Climate Reality Project is focused on creating action to cut greenhouse gas emissions and speed up a global shift to renewable energy. According to their website, they hope to do so by, “empowering everyday people to become activists, equipped with the tools, training, and network to fight for solutions and drive change planet-wide.”

ISU Climate Reality Corps is a campus corps that contributes to the Climate Reality Project’s goals. The main goal of these campus corps is to get colleges to commit to 100 percent renewable energy.

Ashley Brent, junior in environmental science and one of the presidents of Iowa State’s corps, said, “Climate change is a global issue, it’s an issue that’s going to impact everyone; it’s a crisis.”

Iowa State is a land-grant institution. Land-grants focus on practical agriculture, science and engineering to better our society.

“Colleges, especially land-grant institutions, which were built to progress scientific fields […] should be involved and, kind of, leading a change. They should be the progressives coming up with technologies and solutions to this problem,” Brent said.

ISU Climate Reality Corps is a group of students, with the occasional help from faculty, who do research in looking at energy consumption and discussing with faculty and staff about what they’re doing in attempts to better the climate, and teach them how to become more sustainable and work with environmentalism. The organization meets every Monday and any student can join.

Climate Reality Corps’s main goal is not only to get the university to commit to 100 percent renewable energy by 2035, but to prioritize sustainability and increase transparency with students about the issues. Brent says this will be most possible with the help of more students. If it’s a student priority, it will become an administrative priority, Brent said.

The Corps is on their way to reaching their goals, but reaching

the administration is always complicated.

“We passed the climate resolution through the student government, so that got President Wintersteen to make her own sustainability plan that is currently under review, and there’s no guarantee it will be passed,” Brent said. “So we are going around to administration and faculty, and also donors, to get a better idea of why it hasn’t been passed and what we can do to ensure that something is done.”

ISU Climate Reality Corps has had many events, such as documentary screenings and strikes. They are currently organizing their next strike, which will take place on campus on Earth Day, April 22.

“We plan for it to be a very large strike, just so administration understands that students are passionate and that they want the school to prioritize a climate action plan of some sort because it is an issue that’s going to impact all of us,” Brent said.

Brent says the strike is still in the works, but the general plan is to start at the library with chanting and rallying, then march to the power plant. After this they will pass the Memorial Union and end at Beardshear Hall with more chanting and protesting. The strike is meant to be campuswide, and everyone is welcome.

When members of the Climate Reality Corps aren’t planning strikes, they’re performing small day-to-day actions that can also make a change.

“Whether that’s, ‘oh I’m gonna turn off my light,’ ‘oh I’m gonna use a reusable water bottle,’ that’s going to make an impact because people are going to notice and you can share that knowledge and spread it to others,” Brent said.

Brent also said climate justice is such a large issue to handle that sometimes individual action feels like it doesn’t matter, but it always does. She says when trying to enact justice, the most important thing to do is stay informed.

“One of the ways to have action is to know that there’s a problem, so it’s definitely important to stay informed. Also, speak about it, don’t keep it to yourself. Share what you learned with your friends,” Brent says.

Brent reiterated the importance of students questioning the administration in order to prove importance.

“Continue to ask questions and continue to pressure the administration, speak out on the issue. It’s pretty tough but it really is about staying proactive and not letting things happen without you knowing […] Every little thing counts, it’s going to inspire someone,” Brent says.

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