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Iowa State Student Innovation Center to open in January

BY JAKE.WEBSTER @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State University’s Student Innovation Center (SIC) is set to open in January, bringing with it workspace for students from all colleges at the university.

The director of the SIC, Jim Oliver, said the initial vision statement for the center called it a “destination,” but added that word has the implication of an end-goal, whereas the SIC is more of an ignition for students to start from.

“You run into people you wouldn’t normally run

into … and it leads to a new way to teach a course or a new startup idea,” Oliver said. “That culture diffuses through the whole university, and that’s the goal.”

SIC is located on Bissell Road, north of the Materials Science and Engineering building. It has an almost entirely glass exterior, and many of the rooms inside of it will be paneled with glass.

The laboratories are lined with glass so people can see what is going on inside of them.

“It’s intended to be open and visible,” Oliver said.

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ISD to celebrate 130 years with alumni reunion As the Iowa State Daily nears its 130th anniversary year in 2020, we want to recognize the efforts of the many students, faculty, staff, and administrators who labored to build an elite student media publication at Iowa State University.

Each of you helped lay the foundation for the successes of the Iowa State Daily.

We are delighted to share with all of you that we are in the beginning stages of planning the 130thanniversary celebration

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Research Park selects Rick Sanders as new president

BY ALEX.CONNOR @iowastatedaily.com Story County Supervisor Rick Sanders has been named president of the Iowa State Research Park.

After a nationwide search, Sanders will succeed 18-year president Steve Carter, who retired in December. Warren Madden, former senior vice president for business and finance at Iowa State, led the Research Park in the interim.

Sanders said he is humbled to serve as the Research Park’s next president, his vision being to ensure the retention of a strong foundation of the park while also building name recognition and reputability across the state.

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ers said he plans to “make the case” for the Research Park and its value to the Iowa community.

“I believe I got the job because I have a demonstrated ability to make connections — to make connections with individuals, to make connections with different entities,” Sanders said. “I think that if the Research Park is going to advance like we hope it advances, those connections are going to be vital.”

In his time as supervisor, Sanders served as the chief elected official and managed a $40 million operating budget in addition to 250 employees, according to his resume. Sanders also implemented Story County’s first-ever economic development program, which helped foster more than 6,000 private sector jobs

during an eight-year period.

As president, Sanders will inherit the 400+ acre Research Park that hosts more than 703,000 square feet of current building space and a legacy of innovation and growth from Carter.

Carter, who served as the Research Park president for 18 of its 31 years, grew employment at the park from 930 jobs to nearly 3,000 and hosted 179 companies throughout his tenure, about half of which were incubator tenants.

“My goal has always been to help our community and our state be the best place it could possibly be, and I think I get to continue that now in my new role,” Sanders said.

Sanders was selected from a pool of more than 50 applicants by a committee composed

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of members of the Research Park’s board of directors and an employee.

The committee was led by Michael Crum, Ruan Chair in Supply Chain Management in the Ivy College of Business and chair of the Research Park's board of directors.

He said that in looking for a new president, the committee was focused on finding someone who not just understands economic development and what research parks do but also has demonstrated experience working with all levels of government and can develop relationships within those entities.

Sanders will assume his position June 1.

He resigned from his supervisor role Tuesday morning — a position he held for nine years — effective May 31.

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Students follow exported products

BY JARED.COADY @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State supply chain students are preparing to spend spring break following a product from Target in Ames all the way back to China.

The course, SCM 491, began in 2013 and is led by Associate Dean Scott Grawe and professor Haozhe Chen.

Students who enroll in this course meet a few times throughout the semester to prepare for a spring break abroad following the supply chain of a product back to where it started in China.

This year, the students will be following furniture from the Target store in Ames to warehouses and distribution centers in Cedar Falls and California, and finally back to a factory in Shanghai.

Along the way, students ask questions and work on case questions to solve real problems for Target.

“We wanted to put together a study abroad trip that was more than just a tour

of the culture,” Grawe said. “While that is interesting, it doesn’t necessarily help students think through the problem solving they need to have when doing business across international borders.”

A few weeks after students return from China, they will take a trip to Target’s corporate headquarters in Minneapolis to present their findings in front of senior leadership.

Haley Ruegemer, a senior in supply chain management, is one of the students that took part in the program during spring break of 2017.

“The whole thing was really eye opening,” Ruegemer said. “Being able to see the ports both domestically and abroad was a really cool experience. Most people aren’t allowed to go on the port where they’re loading and unloading cargo ships, so being able to see that up close and personal was really amazing.”

Grawe said students who go on this trip are getting a chance to see something that few people ever get to see.

“We’re taking 20 students and visiting the entire supply chain for a particular product. Even most employees at Target never get a chance to see all that,” Grawe said.

Before getting his doctorate, Grawe worked at Target headquarters managing supply chain operations. After coming to Iowa State, Grawe wanted to give students a new unique opportunity.

“After I got here to Iowa State I spent some time with my old boss at Target talking about how can we get our students in Iowa exposure to supply chain operations on the coasts and overseas and get a chance to see some of the things that I saw working for Target, and so we put this program together,” Grawe said. “Target provided access to the facilities that we needed access to, but we essentially just created a new course that traced the supply chain backwards from the store here in Ames all the way to the factory in China.”

Tuition continues to rise Legislature unlikely to meet Reynolds’ funding request

BY DEVYN.LEESON @iowastatedaily.com Any of the three proposed budget recommendations for Iowa’s Regent universities will continue a trend that has tuition playing a larger role in higher education funding than state appropriations.

Three different appropriation proposals from the state Legislature could have very different results in terms of FY2020 tuition levels at Iowa State and other Regent universities.

While Gov. Kim Reynolds recommended the Legislature meet the request from the Board of Regents and pass an $18 million appropriations

increase over FY2019, the Iowa House has passed a $15.9 million increase and the Senate is still working out its plan for Regent appropriations.

Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell, D-Ames, said the Senate proposal is currently around a $12 million appropriations increase over the previous fiscal year and that the governor’s proposal is “very unlikely at this point” to pass.

Without the requested support from the Legislature, a tuition increase of more than 3 percent for resident undergraduate students is almost guaranteed.

This is due to a November decision by the Board of Regents to set a fiveyear tuition formula that has a 3 percent base increase and up to an additional 2 percent increase based on the Higher Education Price Index and state appropriation levels.

Strictly looking at resident undergraduates, a 3 percent increase would constitute more than a $4 million increase in tuition revenues based on

current university enrollment numbers.

Once graduate and out-of-state student tuition, which have historically had greater percentage increases than resident undergraduate tuition, is accounted for, the total increase in tuition revenue is likely to exceed the $7 million provided by the state.

Josh Lehman, senior communications director for the Board of Regents, said there are no figures or estimates for what out-of-state or graduate tuition rates will be, but the Board of Regents will set the remaining levels of funding to match the needs of the university.

“The Board has spent several years looking at tuition and funding of our universities,” Lehman said in an email correspondence with the Daily. “There are three main segments of funding — tuition, state appropriations, and savings/reallocations ... The total resources needed by the university in one year is the critical number, and finding the right mix of those resources is the challenge.”

Jim Fay walks meticulously around his classroom nestled in Howe Hall. He shifts his attention between the 14 students in the classroom, catching up after spring break.

A red and orange classroom, the students sit scattered across the room in their blue, mobile chairs — none too far from the front. None too far from Fay. On this particular day, Fay’s focus is on marketing.

For students in his Entrepreneurial Product Development Engineering course, they can expect to stay on this topic for no more than a few class periods before moving on to character building.

It’s an accelerated course, but not because Fay wants to cruise through the material. Fay is a problem solver and needs to fit more than 40 years of experience in business within a semester-long course.

An Iowa State alum, Fay graduated in 1974 with a bachelor of science in chemical engineering. However, his education extends far beyond his time spent in the classroom.

Equipped with the arsenal of a modern-day renaissance man, Fay’s wealth of knowledge extends from polymer chemistry and machine design to micro and macroeconomics, patent and contract law, strategy, statistics, market research and more.

Yet his intelligence isn’t matched with intimidation. Rather, he’s impassioned and humbled by his wit, the goal being to share in his experience instead of shielding it.

That’s what brought him back to the higher education space, specifically Ames, Iowa, after 44 years away. This time standing at the front of the classroom.

But for Fay, his return to Iowa State is “easy and obvious.”

From a logistical standpoint, Fay sees the United States as one of the best in the world at inventing items and getting them to market.

But there’s no class that teaches that quite like the education gained from the mistakes and successes built over a series of decades.

But that’s where Fay sees himself best fitting in — fostering the next generation of engineers that double as entrepreneurs, without having them experience the same level of hardships.

And why Iowa State?

“Why not Iowa State? We have an incredible engineering college here,” Fay said. “I have my roots here. My objective is to make Iowa State the best in the world.”

While many students picked up Fay’s class on a whim the first time around, the impact Fay has been able to have on his students continues to amaze.

Brian Fleming, senior in industrial engineering, learned quickly the influence Fay could have on his education. For Fleming, it was apparent on the first day of classes when Fay showed up in a full suit and tie — a lesson to always dress better than everyone else, especially when beginning a new job.

Fleming said Fay does things in a way that feels random. Assignments change, but that’s OK. Fay wrote the syllabus as well as the textbook for the course.

Coming from what Fleming describes as a very social and communicative industrial engineering depart

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The right place, the right time Founding dean’s legacy continues to live on through the Ivy College of Business

BY KIRSTIE.MARTIN @iowastatedaily.com

and alumni were coming to Independence from Ames but couldn’t make it because of the weather, so the Ivy College of Business Before 1978, having a College of Business held a memorial service for him at Iowa State on campus was a dream for students and faculty in April 2016. at Iowa State. But thanks to Charles “Chuck” “We really wanted to make a point of Handy and his colleagues, this dream became honoring Chuck Handy the way we should a reality. have,” Spalding said. “So we had a great event Before what is today known as the Ivy here that April.”

College of Business, the college was known as Handy’s legacy lives on to this day. There the Department of Industrial Administration. are scholarships awarded to students at Iowa A few staff attempted to turn it into a College State and graduates from Independence High of Business, but the effort was unsuccessful School in his honor. His legacy also lives on until Chuck Handy came along. through his children, grandchildren and wife, Handy was named the department chair Mary Catherine “Mary Kay” Handy. of Industrial Administration in 1978 and took After the passing of their own significant a different approach. The Board of Regents others in their earlier years, Chuck and Mary had concerns about more than one university Kay Handy reconnected. in Iowa having a college of “We had dated years business, as the University ago, then went different of Iowa was seen as the directions,” Mary Kay “business school” at this Handy said. “After 50 time. years, he called me when He managed to get he was back for a class rethe department named union and asked me to “School of Business” by join him at dinner with 1980 and then officially some friends. He had such named a College of Busia good time he stayed for ness on July 1, 1984. several days, and that is “Chuck had a way what began the ‘courting’ about him,” said Raisbeck as he called it.”

Endowed Dean David Mary Kay Handy is Spalding.“He had a lita graduate of the Univertle smoother way of hansity of Iowa, but she said dling things and a very nothing compares to the good people touch. That atmosphere she experiapproach made all the difenced at Iowa State. ference.” “ The warmth and Before coming to welcome I always felt at -Mary Kay Handy Iowa State in 1958 as Iowa State was amazing,” an accounting instructor, Mary Kay Handy said. “Of Handy graduated from course I was there with a Independence High School in Independence, VIP, though.”

Iowa, and served in the U.S. Navy in World Chuck Handy’s legacy can also be seen on War II. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in eco- campus in Room 1360 in the Gerdin Business nomics from Westminster College in Missouri Building. This office is home of the college’s and his master’s degree in accounting from the graduate programs and is called the “Dr. University of Iowa. Handy earned his doctorate Charles B. Handy Graduate Programs Office.” in economics while teaching accounting at One of the reasons Chuck is so connected to Iowa State. the MBA program is because of Iowa State Handy died on Jan. 4, 2016, and the day of alumnus Bill Kalm. the funeral brought bad weather. Many faculty Kalm is a member of Spalding’s advisory

“Chuck helped them out. He gave people chances to get into the masters program that normally would not get the chance, and they surprised everybody by becoming very successful.”

COURTESY OF IVY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS From left to right: Chuck Millar (former chair of management), Charles Handy (founding dean), Ken Elvik (former chair of accounting), Lee Hoover (former chair of finance) and Linda (Tausz) Ferguson (administrative assistant).

council.

“Bill funded some of the aspects of this internal case competition and named it after Chuck,” Spalding said. “Because of the critical role that he played in Bill’s time here as an undergraduate, he gives a lot of credit for what he was able to accomplish in his life to Chuck.”

Spalding said Kalm’s story is not an unusual one.

“There are a number of people that have talked to me about the impact [Chuck] had on their lives,” Spalding said. “Thinking about that impact that faculty can have on students has really helped me as I’ve thought about some of the things we have emphasized here as my time as dean.”

This impact has encouraged Spalding to keep an “open-door policy,” especially regarding students, Spalding said.

Mar y Kay Handy has an immense amount of stories about students that Chuck Handy impacted.

“I have met some young men who had some problems during their time in school,” Mary Kay Handy said. “Chuck helped them out. He gave people chances to get into the

masters program that normally would not get the chance.”

Chuck Handy and Spalding met in December 2013 after Spalding came to Iowa State for the internal case competition in the College of Business.

“It was a great connection for me to be able to make,” Spalding said. “Chuck was so critical to the success of this college. Having the chance to meet with him and be able to spend time with him was important and very fulfilling for me.”

Spalding said Chuck Handy reminded him again about the fundamental importance of students at the College of Business.

“Each individual student has individual needs,” Spalding said. “And we need to be helping them as broadly as we can. Through not just what we teach them in the classroom, but also support that we are providing them through career services, and the advising work that we are doing in the undergraduate advising area.”

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MAX GOLDBERG/IOWA STATE DAILY Students hold signs saying “iRep this RBG hard” and “Black lives matter” and chant. Students, staff and community members meet for a rally in Beardshear Hall Monday evening. The rally was to show solidarity with the students protesting racism at Mizzou, and called for action and reform from the ISU administration.

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History rewritten What fueled the legacy of black leadership at Iowa State?

BY WHITNEY.MASON @iowastatedaily.com Black History Month serves as a time to reflect and honor black leaders and contributors to our nation’s history.

However, during the actual time of many of these individuals’ advocacy and activism, the media did not always give them the proper spotlight. Even today these individuals are still not allotted much representation.

At Iowa State in 1968, similar to many colleges across the nation, many black students began their activism after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., demanding for changes to their treatment while on campus.

As public demonstrations began at Iowa State two days after King’s assassination, the Daily was right there to cover the demonstration within the Memorial Union.

Daily staffers reported in their coverage that black students took part in active demonstrations in the commons of the Memorial Union and a silent vigil on the steps of Beardshear Hall.

According to the Daily, 40 to 50 demonstrators dressed in black were in the Commons at noon, taking trays of glasses filled with orange juice or water with them to their seats.

Next, all the demonstrators stood up, and one of the students said they were “giving a toast to black unity.” Onlookers watched as the students later threw their glasses on the floor and overturned tables and chairs in the Commons.

After the demonstration, a statement was released by student Bruce Ellis on behalf of black students, who at the end of the statement referred to themselves as the “Afro-American Students of Iowa State University.”

The statement was one of the first public times that black students did not refer to themselves as negroes, which was how black students were commonly addressed at the time.

The surge of demands did not end at administrative levels.

Another department of the institution also dealt with demands of black students: athletics.

Black football players presented a list of eight demands, referred to as “Eight Grievances,” to the then-athletic council and demanded the actions be met before their

Aug. 1 deadline.

Some of the demands listed by the black athletes consisted of hiring black coaches, firing some coaches and trainers, having black administrators and being referred to as black or Afro-American.

The Daily, Ames Tribune (then Ames Daily Tribune) and Des Moines Register all wrote about the demands and greivances of the newly formed Black Student Organization (BSO).

The Daily, especially reporter Suzanne Rullestad, dedicated a lot of coverage to the ongoing demonstrations. Rullestad wrote an eight-part series about BSO that began with the publishing of the “Eight Grievances.”

Up until recent years, the Daily has had a few student journalists who dedicated their reporting on diversity matters. It wouldn’t be until 2016 that the Daily established a diversity section.

While the activism of black students led to some successes, such as head football coach Johnny Majors adding an assistant black coach, the following football season, other demands, such as hiring a black administrator, would not be fulfilled for years.

Frustrations with progress led to at least seven black students, including a few members of the football team, leaving Iowa State.

Unresolved demands and issues on campus continued well into the 1990s and led to another surge of black leadership and activism on Iowa State’s campus.

On Sept. 29, 1995, an essay entitled, “The Catt’s Out of The Bag,” was published in UHURU, the newsletter of the Iowa State’s Black Student Alliance. The article raised questions of racism in the women’s suffrage movement and prompting questions about Carrie Chapman Catt being a racist.

A week later on Oct. 6, Old Botany Hall was renamed Carrie Chapman Catt Hall.

According to the Daily’s coverage, the building was to house the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences administrative offices, the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics and the philosophy department.

In the coverage of the dedication ceremony, there is no mention of the essay published in UHURU or even mentions of potential opposition to the name change.

The coverage was made to

seem that the name is a societal advancement and that there was an overall universal acceptance of the name change to Catt Hall.

Oppositions and questions of the name change were not published by the Daily until Oct. 17, 1995, when Celia N. Naylor-Ojurongbe, director of the Women’s Center, wrote a column about her disappointment over the panel, “Race, Ethnicity, Gender in the Suffrage Movement” the day before the dedication ceremony.

In her column, Naylor-Ojurongbe said the student who wrote the essay about the Chapman Catt in UHURU was receiving threatening calls from the people within the community over the essay.

On Nov. 17, 1995, Meron Wondwosen, editor of UHU-

“This is not going to happen in a semester, a semester and a summer, or even a semester, a summer and another semester.”

-Alan Nosworthy RU, came forward explaining and standing behind the essay she published in the newsletter.

“The article was not written to minimize the efforts of Catt and her contemporaries; rather, it was to offer a different perspective,” Wondwosen said in the essay.

Wondwosen also said the article was not to stop the dedication but to only bring to light facts that were not mentioned along with Catt’s achievements.

On Feb. 26, the Daily reported that a letter-writing campaign was started by students who wanted a name change, launching the September 29th Movement.

“This is not going to happen in a semester, a semester and a summer, or even a semester, a summer and another semester,” Alan Nosworthy, graduate student at the time and one of the student leaders, was quoted saying by the Daily, “You’re either in this for the long haul or you are not.”

While the Daily covered the beginnings of the student movement, there was still coverage of those in support of Chapman Catt, even from within the news organization.

Tim Frerking, a Daily columnist, wrote a column Feb. 29, 1996, stating “historical facts” about Chapman Catt, in particular her accomplishments, and claimed that so-called racist remarks were made in attempts to advance the agenda of the women’s suffrage movement.

Frerking later would admit that he actually had no supporting documentation on his statements.

Instead, he was going off what Jane Cox said about Chapman Catt in conversations.

In an editorial published April 17, 1996, the Editorial Board urged people to respect the women who covered the bricks that had their names on them with black cloths at the Catt Hall plaza.

The women did this to denounce Chapman Catt’s racism.

In July of 1996, another editorial by the Daily demanded the university investigate the removing of the black cloths and said that the women are entitled to not wanting to be a part of the plaza.

In early September 1996, then-President Martin Jischke appointed Derrick Rollins diversity adviser to his cabinet and allocated funds toward renovating the Black Cultural Center. He also provided funding to hire four new faculty for the diversity and internationalizing requirements set by the Faculty Senate.

The editorial by the Daily after the announcement speculated that Jischke did this to appease the Catt Hall controversy.

“However, this isn’t a justifiable reason why the Catt Hall debate should end the priority of the issue within the administration,” the editorial said. “While the new diversity plans are important to initiate, the Catt controversy is still very much alive, and it will be for some time.”

As the movement was fast-tracking into its first year, a rise

of columns in support continued and were more frequently written

by Daily columnists.

In one column written a few days before the Sept. 29th movement anniversary, columnist Drew Chebuhar raised the thought of how there was a lack of public input in discussions made at Iowa State.

Chebuhar pointed out how in 1994, Naylor-Ojurongbe asked if the Iowa State community should be consulted first about the potential name change from Old Botany Hall to Catt Hall prior to the dedication. While most people answered ‘yes,’ the administration refused to have open public forums to discuss the name change.

“So what are we gonna do about all this? There’s a group of students, faculty, and staff who are currently organizing a coalition to work toward a more democratic university,” Chebuhar said ending his column.

As the Catt Hall debate continued, a new one soon loomed and made its first appearance in the Daily as a column written by Bill Kopatich, a Daily staff writer.

Kopatich argued that it was time to now get rid of the Cyclone Stadium and for the stadium to just be known as Jack Trice Field.

In 1973, students brought forth the idea that the new football stadium be named in honor of Jack Trice, the African American football player who died from injuries he sustained during a game against University of Minnesota in 1923.

In 1974, then-president Robert Parks allowed for the field to be named Cyclone Stadium.

In 1984, the stadium kept the name of Cyclone Stadium; however, the field’s name was changed to honor Trice.

In 1988, Student Government raised enough funds to provide a statue of Trice at the stadium to go along with the field name.

“The debate to rename the stadium in Trice’s name has raged for more than a decade. At the time, the administration figured they could not just come out and rename it Jack Trice Stadium because that might offend some white athletic contributors,” Kopatich said in 1996, 12 years after the field name change.

From the town hall hosted in late 1996 to the back and forth between the Sept. 29th movement

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Veterinary radiation facility opens at Iowa State

BY JORDYN.DUBOIS @iowastatedaily.com After sending patients to other clinics for radiation therapy, Iowa State’s school of veterinary medicine will now get to keep patients close.

Radiation therapy offers treatment to animals with cancerous tumors. The radiation facility, which opened Feb. 4, is able to zero in on the tumors and destroy cancer cells.

“When you look at cancer treatments surgery, radiation, chemo/immunotherapy those are kinda the pillars of treatment, and we have not really been able to offer radiation therapy,” said Dr. Chad Johannes a medical oncologist at the facility and assistant professor of veterinary clinical sciences.

Iowa State follows the University of Minnesota St. Paul, Wisconsin Madison and Missouri Columbia in radiation facilities. Iowa State is the

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There are “all kinds of little pullouts” for studying and meetings throughout the center and “many, many ” meeting rooms where groups can walk up to the door and sign up for a time slot in the rooms.

The director stressed the SIC is open to students from all colleges at the university.

“A very substantial donor gift was made with that intent — that it serve the entire university,” Oliver said. “All of the colleges have dedicated space [in the center].”

Oliver said there are four pillars he wants all students who use the center to be exposed to.

1. An interdisciplinary scope: meeting and working with students they normally wouldn’t meet and work with 2. Experiential learning: learning by doing 3. An entrepreneurial mindset: thinking like an entrepreneur 4. A global perspective There will be equipment in spaces throughout the center available for students to use.

first to get a radiation facility in Iowa and was able to get a newer model for radiation therapy that allows Iowa State to provide more advanced treatments to patients.

Within the first week, lots of patients have come in to discuss if their pets fit the criteria to be a candidate for radiation treatment.

“A lot of collaboration goes into this,” Johannes said.

Johannes said that a medical oncologist, surgery team members and radiation specialists decide as a team with the client what the best option for them and their pet is. If the pets best option is radiation therapy, then their pet becomes a candidate.

The facility was initially used on humans, and because of that can hold up to 400 pounds.

Higher energies have been deactivated as animals use different amounts of energy than humans, Johannes said.

“The equipment in these spaces — I want it to be that you don’t have to be an engineer or a techie to use those — there’s obviously access control and safety issues,” Oliver said.

Oliver added access to the equipment will be divided into three tiers: 1. Equipment you can use following completion of online-training.

2. Access-control based on ISUCards 3. Staff member must be present in order to use equipment Oliver said he wants the equipment accessible, easy to use and safe to use.

“There’s nothing like this in the United States, certainly,” Oliver said. “We are very fortunate to have some really loyal, and supportive alumni that got this off the ground. Great state support, great leadership of the university to essentially try this … the innovation center is an innovation in trying to better serve our students.”

The “grand opening” for the SIC is set to be held in April, due to the weather around the time of its cold open in January.

According to a press release, funding for the facility was covered by hospital funds, private gifts and a state appropriation from Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Funds. The total for the facility was $3.7 million.

The treatment is so precise that the staff anesthetizes the animal for the procedure. The procedure can last up to 30-45 minutes, but the beam is only on the animal a couple of minutes.

Each patient can be looking at anywhere from three to 20 sessions, Johannes said. “[We’ll treat] any animal that we can get through the doors and anesthetize,” Johannes said. “It’s not uncommon in veterinary medicine to treat rabbits, ferrets, potentially small ruminants like goats, sheep they can fit through the room we can treat.”

Iowa State has a remote radiation oncologist that does all the planning for the procedures and allows the clinic to get up and running without

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ment, he's adjusted to frequent student-to-professor interactions.

So it only made sense that when Fleming and a fellow student wanted to know more about personal finance, Fay invited them over to his house. That particular day turned into a five-hour session.

Now, students can expect to be invited to Fay’s house on any given weekend dependent on the needs of the classroom, such as bread baking and butter making.

“He has time and he’s willing to share it with students,” Fleming said.

Fay’s credentials and experience are extensive. Most notably,

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known as the “Founding Dean.”

He wrote regular columns in the Prospectus magazine, which is the magazine for the College of Business. On the last page of each issue, there was always an article titled “From the Desk of Founding Dean Charles Handy.”

In the last column published before his death, Chuck Handy

JORDYN DUBOIS/ IOWA STATE DAILY Iowa State College of Veterinary Sciences opens a new radiation facility at Hixson-Lied Small Animal Hospital. The facility will treat a variety of animals to help get rid of cancerous tumors.

having to hire a full-time radiation oncologist.

Drema Lopez, a previous human radiation therapist, will perform the procedures at the clinic. Lopez has 18 years of experience working with human radiation treatments.

he founded the company that invented the Diaper Genie, which became the No. 1 non-disposable baby product in the United States.

His work can also be attributed with Puffs facial tissue, Charmin toilet tissue and Bounty paper towels in addition to Huggies disposable diapers and similar companies.

He founded ByteSize Systems, which enabled reading and annotating of majorly read books; and DEUS, which makes rescue equipment for professionals. Most recently, Fay founded Spidescape, which makes shelter-in-place and self-rescue equipment.

“He’s very energetic in all that he does, he really genuinely cares that we get this information

… he’s very personable,” said Kaitlyn Roling, teaching assistant for Fay’s 430 class.

Fay’s course objectives remain the same over time, to teach the skills engineers need.

Cameron Lynch, junior in industrial engineering, happened upon Fay’s class by accident.

However, he soon learned about the duality of engineering and life experience Fay had to offer.

Lynch remembers when Fay challenged the class to come up with a way to obtain $10 million by the age of 65. While it doesn’t correlate directly to entrepreneurship, it better opened Lynch to the different ways that he could structure his life to meet the outcomes he’d prefer.

wrote, “One of the great joys of my life has been my association with Iowa State University academic business program. I joined it during its infancy and, along with other dedicated personnel, helped to establish a solid program base.

Its growth has been one to look to with pride. I see a great future for business education at Iowa State.”

Mar y Kay Handy said

Chuck Handy was very humble and didn’t like to take full credit for all the work he did.

“Anytime someone said, ‘Well you were the Founding Dean,’ he would just say he was at the right place at the right time,” Mary Kay Handy said. “He really did love Iowa State. I’m grateful that I got to spend the time with him that I did.”

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Undergraduate climate forum yields low participation

BY EMILY.BERCH @iowastatedaily.com Three thousand, nine hundred and thirty-nine undergraduate students participated in the campus climate survey, according to the campus climate survey final report. In an open forum regarding the university’s response to the survey, no students offered input.

The Campus Climate Undergraduate Student Experience Committee hosted an open forum Tuesday night, seeking input from students as it develops responses to the survey results. One undergraduate student was in attendance and left midway through the forum.

Harmon, who chairs the Undergraduate Student Experience Committee, said he believes people will come forward if they have comments for the workgroup but focus groups the workgroup conducted throughout the semester have provided sufficient feedback for it to move forward.

The workgroup conducted focus groups throughout the fall and spring semesters based on the survey results.

Dean of Students Vernon Hurte, a co-chair of the workgroup, said the climate response is an ongoing effort, and he plans to continue conducting focus groups, including one with the Veteran Center on Wednesday. Hurte also said he has met with leadership from the Center for LGBTQIA+ Student Success and Margaret Sloss Center for Women and Gender Equity, among other organizations.

“We want students to recognize that when you talk about campus climate, we’re taking snapshots - a series of snapshots, and we’re connecting those, so this is one snapshot that’s going to help energize and guide what our ongoing efforts are, and we’ll take another snapshot in a couple years, and that’s how you continue the work,” Hurte said.

During the presentation, Harmon said the top four bases upon which students indicated they experienced exclusionary conduct were “gender and identity, ethnicity, racial identity and political views.”

Harmon also noted most of this conduct happened on campus.

Harmon said another major theme from the survey was “concerns about sense of belonging.”

According to the survey results, 22 percent of undergraduate student respondents, 872 students, indicated they “had seriously considered leaving Iowa State University.” Fifty-one percent of those students selected “lack of a sense of belonging” as a reason for considering leaving.

These results, which Hurte said were apparent in the workgroup’s campus engagement as well as the climate data, influenced one theme for their recommendations: enhancing a sense of belonging.

Hurte said one major factor in achieving a greater sense of belonging on campus is accessibility.

To increase accessibility, one recommendation aims to make it easier for students to navigate campus. Hurte referenced the MyState app as one avenue for this. The app currently allows users to search for “accessible doors,” automatic doors, accessible parking and van accessible parking on campus.

Hurte said the workgroup wants to continue to enhance options on the app’s map and other campus maps by allowing people to find gender-neutral bathrooms.

The second preliminary recommendation based in the theme of enhancing belonging is to “enhance the quantity and quality of images on campus, which reflect the vast diversity of our campus.”

Hurte said being able to “see representation of one’s identity in the space” will help students to feel like they belong at Iowa State and can be achieved through initiatives such as increasing funding for cultural art, murals across campus, photos of historic figures and publications and websites that highlight different cultures and languages across campus.

The workgroup’s other theme for recommendations focused on increasing and improving training throughout the university.

“We know that training takes place sporadically, in different pockets, in different departments,” Harmon said. “We have orientation courses on campus that really don’t have a consistent curriculum or a consistent theme, so really there isn’t a consistency in the training that’s being offered.”

To address this, the workgroup is proposing a “new student onboarding project” Associate Provost for Academic Programs Ann Marie VanDerZanden, another co-chair of the Undergraduate Student Experience Committee, said a “robust and consistent” kind of training is important for students.

VanDerZanden also discussed a program by the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT), which focuses on helping faculty develop an inclusive classroom environment.

The program would include “resources focused on language in the syllabus, creating a learner-centered environment and things that faculty members can do to improve the inclusion and the environment in their classroom.”

VanDerZanden also said CELT is partnering with the provost’s office and Faculty Senate to redesign the courses that can fulfill students’ diversity requirements.

"You wouldn’t believe how bad these people are.

These aren’t people.

These are animals."

“Fine people on both sides.”

"Now th is judge is of Mex ican heritage.

I'm building a wall."

THE NEW NORMAL How modern political rhetoric has changed the way minorities live in America

BY DEVYN.LEESON @iowastatedaily.com A border wall, trade protectionism and so-called “fake news” were not common focuses among politicians when Donald Trump started running for president, but now people can hardly go a day without hearing something on one of these topics.

Many of these policy goals — like the border wall — have been pushed for by a majority of members within the Republican Party, including state or local representatives who are not as affected by the implementation of the proposed wall.

However, the impacts of this rhetoric go beyond setting a focus for the party as it has fundamentally changed how some underprivileged and minority communities carry out their lives on a daily basis.

“The effects of the racist rhetoric of Donald Trump and the Republican party of Iowa are profound,” said Ashton Ayers, political director for the Iowa State College Democrats.

Whether it is Gov. Kim Reynolds, Rep. Steve King or former representatives Rod Blum and David Young, Ayers said much of their language varies, but the general policy positions are consistent with one another.

Others, like Iowa State College Republicans Vice President Tim Gomendoza, said Trump is not the source of people’s sentiments towards immigrants or minorities, rather, it is caused by people being more open about their beliefs and feelings.

“Trump is popular because he is a little more down-to-Earth,” Gomendoza said. “He is blunt, which is why I voted for him.”

Gomendoza said he thinks Trump’s rhetoric is taken out of context, and as a minority himself, he feels there is no issue with the type of language used or if more candidates are using that type of rhetoric within their own campaigns.

While more people could take offense to the adoption of this rhetoric across the Republican party, Gomendoza said this is what people need to hear, and is the best approach if the president or other politicians want to do their jobs.

“In relation to the migrant caravan, we have a large influx of people who we don’t know, who we can’t really vet,” Gomendoza said. “The president’s job is to keep the American people safe so in regards to that incident alone I can definitely say Trump’s rhetoric is not racist or meant to be offensive, it is just dictation of what is happening.”

During the Trump campaign, many Republicans openly opposed Trump’s policy positions and the language he used to promote his policies.

As this opposition slowed over time, Dirk Deam, a senior lecturer in political science, said it wasn’t due to the party suddenly agreeing with the platform. Instead, it was an electoral calculation.

“It’s not that they are racist or that they accept racism, but more that they are willing to tolerate apparent racism to the extent that it has no negative electoral effect,” Deam said. “Or to put it another way, trying to curtail it would have an adverse electoral effect, and they are afraid of that.”

Some members of minority groups have said they are the caught in the crosshairs while these calculations are taking place.

“I would say it has affected people very directly in our community — for queer people,” said Roslyn Gray, president of the Iowa State Pride Alliance.”Many of our community are white or middle class so we benefit from those privileges, but there are people within the community who have larger issues based on class or being a person of color.”

Gray said Trump’s rhetoric emboldens others who have already had beliefs that were rooted in misconceptions or bigotry. However, Gray again

pointed to this as a problem on the rise for years, not a problem directly correlated with Trump.

How this structural question can be solved is one thing that Ben Whittington, vice president of Politics at ISU, has struggled with answering as more people he knows have adapted their rhetoric to that of Trump’s.

Recalling a group chat he is a part of, Whittington said people he knew started speaking in ways he thought they never would. Whether it was white nationalist rhetoric, or people having issues with “white women dating black men,” he said he has noticed more of this speech as time went on.

While Whittington said Trump is in some ways responsible for this issue, some of that blame also is held by society and the structure in which there is an acceptance of potentially racist rhetoric. Through this structure and Trump using “dog whistle” political tactics, Whittington said Trump has been able to move the Republican party further to the right on issues of immigration and race relations.

“While I think the issue started before Trump, he saw that part of the Republican party, emphasized it and then capitalized on it,” Whittington said. “So he does still carry weight for its popularization.”

As this rhetoric has been popularized, Whittington said he has changed the way he and many other minorities function in their day-today lives.

“When my dad or my grandfather were growing up, you knew people who were racist because they wouldn’t let you in their schools or date their daughter, but now people are racist in not so open ways, and it makes me second guess everyone’s intentions,” Whittington said. “Because that doubt is there, myself and other minorities start to question every privileged persons actions.”

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Next Student Government leadership sworn in

BY MADELYN.OSTENDRF @iowastatedaily.com Former president and vice president Julian Neely and Juan Bibiloni joined new president and vice president Austin Graber and Vishesh Bhatia to transfer the responsibilities and powers on to new leadership.

The inauguration was held over dinner Thursday at the Alumni Center.

As attendees finished eating, Bibiloni began talking about his experience in Student Government and thanked his peers for their support through his tenure.

Bibiloni reflected on his time as vice president and said he had learned that serving as the vice president meant being an ally to all students of all backgrounds, and hoped that he had done all that he could.

He asked that future student leaders look up to each other and their constituents and work with one another.

Bhatia was sworn in and told a story about his first trip to America and how a two-week trip inspired him to come back for college. “[After the trip] I flew back home, and told my parents that I wanted to pursue my undergraduate in the United States of America,” Bhatia said.

Bhatia said he was grateful and proud to be a Cyclone and thankful for the mentors and friends that he had made while at Iowa State and for his parents and grandmother.

He thanked the student body for trusting him and Graber to represent them, and promised to try his best to not let them down.

Neely reflected on the year, noting that while they also went through a lot, they achieved

a lot as a team.

Neely finished his speech by asking Bibiloni to stand up and thanked him for all that he has done for Student Government and his “crucial role” in the team.

“Thank you for taking this ride with me, and thank you for letting me take this ride with you,” Neely said to Bibiloni.

Graber finished the event off as he was sworn in as president.

Graber started his speech by thanking his family, campaign team and mentors for helping him prepare for presidency.

Graber said that one day, as he was walking to class, he noticed President Wendy Wintersteen’s license plate said “To Serve” on it and that those words resonated with him.

“Tonight is obviously the inauguration, but tonight is about so much more than that, it’s

Student Government

DIVIDED

BY EMILY.BERCH @iowastatedaily.com

Recent incidents in Student Government highlight growing frustrations with communication and a division between the executive and legislative branches, which some Student Government members have said are keeping them from being effective leaders.

While some senators have agreed with criticisms Director of Residency Dozmen Lee espoused in an 11-minute Snapchat video, others viewed the video as the final straw in a pattern of unprofessional behavior. Others still see it as the tipping point in a larger conflict between the two branches.

Director of Sustainability Toni Sleugh and Senior Director of Student Services Zahra Barkley said they have seen pushback from Senate all semester and were discouraged by feedback from senators at the end of the fall semester.

“This is a negative environment,” Sleugh said. “The feedback report only goes to show that things have been festering all year, and no one has addressed it.”

New voices In forming their Cabinet, President Julian Neely and Vice President Juan Bibiloni intentionally brought in students from across campus, with Bibiloni estimating 80 to 90 percent of their cabinet members having not worked previously for Student Government.

Rather, the two focused on finding students who had prior experience in the fields they would be working in.

However, some senators felt all the new voices left some of them out of the conversation.

Sen. Wyatt Scheu, a senior serving his second year in Student Government, said he was happy to see new people becoming involved in Student Government under Neely and Bibiloni’s administration, but he thinks not enough has been done to help cabinet members connect with senators.

New initiatives When Bibiloni began making placards and name tags for Student Government members at the start of the fall semester, he sent out a Google form asking for their name, position and pronouns.

Student Government had never included pronouns on name tags or placards before, but Bibiloni said he thought it was an important step in the direction of inclusivity, particularly in the aftermath of a student leader being misgendered in front of the Senate.

However, on the ini-

ALEX CONNOR/ IOWA STATE DAILY Left: Speaker Cody Woodruff asks questions of Director of Residency Dozmen Lee during the Senate meeting Wednesday, Feb. 20. Right: President Julian Neely listens to Dozmen Lee’s answers.

tial form, all questions were required.

Speaker Cody Woodruff reached out to Bibiloni on behalf of senators who told him they were uncomfortable with having their pronouns displayed.

After discussion between Bibiloni, Woodruff and some senators who thought no one should have their pronouns displayed, Bibiloni made the question optional on the Google form.

“I spoke at great length with a couple of senators who had concerns, and they walked away from that conversation knowing we were on opposite sides of the issue, knowing I fully supported pronouns on placards and name tags and they did not,” Woodruff said.

“But we agreed that should be an option and not forced, otherwise we were looking at a number of senators who were planning on resigning because of it. They were very uncomfortable with just being told what to do.”

Annual events Every year, Student Government partners with the Iowa State Police Department and Facilities Planning and Management for the Campus Safety Walk. The walk is typically organized by the University Affairs Committee, but when Iowa State Police Chief Michael Newton reached out to Student Government last spring to begin planning the walk, the committee did not have a chair.

Bibiloni said Newton had asked to begin planning the walk earlier than in years past, so the planning was delegated to Barkley during the summer.

When senators returned in the fall, Scheu was elected to chair the University Affairs Com-

mittee and tried to become involved in planning the Campus Safety Walk, but he said Barkley was unresponsive to his efforts.

Scheu said the lack of communication was frustrating, but he “wasn’t going to let [his] committee come to a screeching halt” because of one project.

For others in the legislative branch, the issue was representative of a larger issue of lacking collaboration and communication between the branches.

“This was just done by the executive branch,” Woodruff said.

“They didn’t tell us … We wanted them to rely on us for that past experience and let us help them with that.”

Conversely, members of the executive branch viewed it as senators becoming territorial over initiatives.

“We received backlash from senators for taking that away from University Affairs ... Obviously we went ahead with the initiative because at the end of the day, we’re here to serve students, not egos in Student Government,” Bibiloni said.

Communication Scheu and Sen. Sandeep Stanley said the issue could be helped if Cabinet members spent more time in the

Student Government offices and were able to develop connections with other members of Student Government.

Bibiloni said in the past, personal relationships had developed this way and helped to inform working relationships, but he believes Cabinet members accomplish more by spending time on campus.

Woodruff said senators want to collaborate with Cabinet members on their projects but aren’t sure how to do so.

“We have senators that aren’t really working on things right now but want to and just need some guidance,” Woodruff said. “There are obviously senators and Cabinet members that have shared interests and could work together and could work collaboratively ... but when Cabinet works alone and doesn’t include Senate, that’s an issue.”

In an effort to connect the two branches, Chief of Staff Liera Bender sent senators the PowerPoint slides from Cabinet meetings so senators could learn about their projects, but stopped after three weeks.

Scheu and Stanley said they were disappointed when they stopped receiving the PowerPoints, which they had seen as valuable ways to find opportunities for collaboration.

Woodruff said he was initially excited about more open communication between the branches, but updates have been “somewhat sporadic,” and he’s disappointed in the “lack of communication from Cabinet and specifically President Neely.”

Serving students Despite the issues with communication, collaboration has been possible between the two branches.

On Feb. 19, Scheu introduced a bill to fund 300 STD testing kits, on behalf of Director of Health & Wellness Laura Pesquera Colom.

Scheu, who represents the College of Human Sciences, said Colom reached out to him to write the funding bill and kept him informed of the research she did throughout the project.

Scheu also said he believes conflict has gotten in the way of Student Government’s ability to be fully representative and has acted as a distraction, and members in both branches have agreed.

“We should do better,” Sleugh said. “We’re supposed to be student leaders and examples of good leadership on campus, but we’re having this temper tantrum. We can do better.”

New Leaders Austin Graber and Vishesh Bhatia’s platform was “Elevate. Educate. Connect.” with several policy points.

Add mental health training to Destination Iowa State Post “fireside chats” on Facebook throughout the year Invite alumni to student activities during homecoming about Iowa State University and all the people here that truly want to make it a Cyclone family,” Graber said.

“To do this we have to recognize our differences; the different challenges each one of us face, the different conflicts, we have to resolve them,” Graber said.

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and President Jischke, the Daily was there every step of the way.

On Oct. 29, 1997, a secret meeting between the September 29th Movement and President Jischke took place. A Daily article published in December explained that the meeting was only held in secrecy due to Jischke’s demands.

Later it was shown that not much happened between the two parties due to the secrecy and eventually the movement leaders revealing they secretly recorded the talk and gave transcripts over the to Daily.

The Daily would later publish the transcripts Dec. 5.

An editorial from Dec. 8 ended up criticizing not just the administration for notifying the public, but for the movement, which the editorial believed lost sight over its goals, worrying about the secrecy and confidentiality of the meeting.

“The Movement is so focused on tape recorders and conciliators that they have lost much of their support,” The editorial said.

“Meanwhile, the administration’s fear of tape recorders makes it look as if they have something to hide from us. Both sides need to focus on what is important — communication.”

In Jan. 1998, President Jischke would agree to another meeting, only to have concerns. He declined to meet up with the movement until an investigation of the alleged allegations of some of the members were reviewed.

On Feb. 6, 1998, the Daily recommended that they regain the lost communication between the movement and administration by having their meeting at the Daily office.

“However, wouldn’t the ISU community be better served if the meetings were held right here in the Daily newsroom? Then, the next day, the front page of the paper would tell exactly what happened, without being affected by conflicting information from either side,” the article said. “No. Is this true or isn’t it?” the press released. No confidentiality. No hunger strikes or vague threats of action. No delays.The only information that goes out is what we print.”

Even the Daily’s attempts at trying to encourage dialogue wouldn’t provide much help.

The dragging of the supposed meeting between Jischke and the movement leaders continued into April, and on April 6, the Daily, along with student body, was front and center to witness the arrests of the movement leaders Wondwosen, Nosworthy and McGriff.

The three had been arrested after trying to see Jischke and have a meeting with him in his office. The three were charged with criminal trespassing.

Finally, Jischke agreed to the meeting with the movement and gave them the date of April 22.

Following the meeting, members of the movement still felt ignored. Twenty years later, Catt Hall’s name still persists and serves as an administration building.

While back and forth between Jischke and the September 29th Movement occurred in 1997, one thing that was brought up during the movement’s campaign found some success.

According to Undefeated’s article on Jack Trice’s football career and life, Jischke told the media it was appropriate to name the stadium after Trice because he brought enthusiasm and a promise to the university.

In 1997, the university did so, changing the name from Cyclone Stadium to Jack Trice stadium. Even today it currently stands as the only football stadium in NCAA Division I to be named after an African American.

For black students today attending the university, there is little representation besides two statues, a building and a stadium on university grounds named for prominent black men engraved in Iowa State tradition: George Washington Carver, the first black student of Iowa State, and Jack Trice.

However, the long and complex history of diversity and what it is to be a black student at Iowa State University is not far from these marked and coveted spots, and certainly not Catt Hall.

It, too, has become engraved.

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The College of Engineering holds 26% of all students who attend Iowa State University, but only 4.4% of those students are female.

The only woman in the room Science and engineering lack representation

BY MACY.OTT @iowastatedaily.com Women at Iowa State account for almost half of the student population and, on average, produce higher grade point averages according to the Iowa State Department of Institutional Research.

Despite success in the classroom, some female engineering students feel there is still work to be done for female representation.

There are 29,621 undergraduate students at Iowa State, according to the Iowa State Department of Institutional Research. Of these nearly 30,000 students, 17,075 are men and 12,546 are women. Women enrollment is almost equal to or greater than male enrollment; the one exception to this is the engineering college.

In the College of Engineering, there are 6,592 men and 1,296 women. For many female engineering students, it’s not abnormal to be the only woman in the room.

“I’ve been in classes where there were one or two girls,” said Madison Kriege, a senior in computer engineering. “It can be frustrating, because sometimes I feel more pressure,

but I’m also so fortunate to have such great resources on campus that help give me a community.”

One of the resources that female engineering students have on campus is Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE).

“Traditionally, women gravitate towards careers that they feel they can help people in," said WiSE Program Manager Lora Leigh Chrystal. "Unfortunately, engineering isn’t being shown to girls at a young age as a career that has humanitarian fulfillment.”

Unawareness about humanitarian fulfillment as a part of engineering isn’t the only reason women might deter from engineering majors.

Imposters syndrome is something that can affect Iowa State students, Chyrstal said. Imposter syndrome is “commonly understood as a false and sometimes crippling belief that one's successes are the product of luck or fraud rather than skill,” according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

“My first year, I would say I had a bit of imposters syndrome. I used to think I wasn’t good enough," Kriege said.

"However, it only made me want to work harder because I knew what I was capable of.”

Chrystal also said a lack of representation is a reason that some girls might be turned away from engineering. In her position at WiSE. Ashley Trevino, a senior in mechanical engineering, said she chose engineering because of the exposure she had to STEM programs in high school.

“Through WiSE, we reach out to young girls and show them what they can do in engineering," Trevino said.

Statistically speaking College of Engineering has 6,592 men and 1,296 women students

"It’s exciting, because I’m starting to see some of those girls who came to our engineering camps in the classrooms at Iowa State.”

Although there are resources on campus to help close the gap between men and women in the engineering field, there are still hurdles in the classroom.

“Sometimes it’s challenging being one of the only females in the class, especially when it comes to group projects," Trevino said. "I’m usually the one who takes the lead in group scenarios because I care about my grades, but I fear being labeled as bossy. If a male were to take the lead in the group, I don’t know if he would get that same label.”

Chrystal said a common misconception in the engineering field is the intelligence expectations for men and women.

“People think a man can be an engineer, but only a smart woman can," Chrystal said.

Ava Depping, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, said that she has noticed if you're a female in engineering, people expect you to be good at it and smart.

Trevino said she tries to correct these misconceptions in the classroom whenever she gets the chance.

“My classmates are going to deal with women in the future in the workplace," Trevino said. "If I can correct them or help them see female engineers in a positive light, I’m saving some work for the next girl.”

The growing use of pronouns

BY LOGAN.METZGER @iowastatedaily.com The use of correct and preferred pronouns in classrooms is important to a student’s academic growth and classroom participation, but statistics show at Iowa State students find respect for their gender identity lacking.

“Because [pronouns] are just as important as your name, having your pronouns not used correctly would be like having your name not pronounced correctly … no, it’s not even pronouncing, it’s having someone completely not use your correct name,” said nicci port, project director for diversity and inclusion and LGBTQ+ initiatives.

Two percent of the population of students, faculty and staff identify on the transgender spectrum and almost ten percent of the population identify within the LGBTQIA+ community, according to the campus climate survey published in April 2018.

Sixty-nine percent of the transgender spectrum identifying individuals had indicated in the survey that they experienced “exclusionary, intimidating, offensive and/or hostile conduct” based on their gender identity.

This shows that although there may be a small amount of LGBTQIA+ community members on campus, this population is feeling unwelcome due to their gender identity.

“The risk for trans students and those that are transitioning are really profound and quite frankly deadly,” said Marcia Purdy, lecturer in the school of education. “If you are someone who doesn’t understand … that’s not okay.”

Kathryn Kananen, president of the asexual aromantic alliance, said when a person gives another person their pronouns it is a sign of trust and that respecting that

ferred pronouns] creates a classroom where that person isn’t focused on learning,” said Amy Popillion, senior lecturer in human development and family studies.

Freihoefer said that not using a person’s preferred pronouns and their preferred name within a classroom can create an unwelcoming environment and a space where “respect is not a foundation.”

“If you want someone to be actively participating in a class and want them to ask questions, they need to be comfortable.”

— Kathryn Kananen trust is important.

Brad Freihoefer, director for the center for LGBTQIA+ student success, said that using a person’s preferred pronouns and preferred name is a basic sign of respect.

Negative effects When a professor or lecturer refers to a student by the wrong pronouns on multiple occasions, side effects may occur. “[Not using a person’s pre-

A different side effect that could occur is students feeling they cannot participate in class.

“If you want someone to be actively participating in a class and want them to ask questions, they need to be comfortable,” Kananen said. “If someone has something personal that they feel isn’t being respected they’re not going to be comfortable.”

Improving inclusivity There are many ways Iowa

State can improve on inclusivity within classrooms. Below are some of these ways according to sources.

Freihoefer said that not assuming a student’s name and gender, updating the syllabus and avoiding the use of gendered language is important to creating an inclusive classroom.

Popillion recommended that professors default to using gender neutral pronouns such as “they/them” instead of trying to learn all of their students’ pronouns.

A Williams Institute document titled “Transgender Students in Higher Education” provided recommendations on many ways institutions of higher education can improve transgender inclusion.

“Faculty and staff should be exposed to mandatory training which includes trans terminology, pronouns, tools to interrupt the gender binary, best practices, acting as an ally to trans gender non-conforming students and resources to create a more inclusive campus,” according to the Williams Institute document.

Another area of recommendation surrounds the curriculum used in higher education.

“Asking and making sure we get a student’s pronouns right is a great way to begin creating a really inclusive and welcoming classroom experience,” Freihoefer said.

‘Is there an asexual population on campus?’

BY LOGAN.METZGER @iowastatedaily.com We asked you: “What do you want to know about sexuality and identity?”

In response, you asked us: “Is there an asexual population on Campus? If so, what have their experiences been like?”

“Yes, there’s definitely an asexual population on campus,” said Trinity Dearborn, vice president of Pride Alliance and Asexual Aromantic Alliance.

“I see them in my daily life, they live on my floor.”

The term asexual is defined as “a person who is not sexually attracted to anyone,” according to a PDF on the Center for LGBTQIA+ Student Success website. “In its broadest sense, asexuality is the lack of sexual attraction and the lack of interest in and desire for sex. However, some asexual people might experience emotional attraction or other non-sexual attractions.”

The term aromantic, which many people may confuse with asexual, is defined “as not experiencing romantic attraction to anyone,” according to GLAAD. A study conducted by Anthony Bogaert, a psychologist and human sexuality expert at Brock University in St. Catherines, Ontario found that 1 in every 100 adults identifies on the asexual spectrum in some way.

From sources contacted, the overall asexual aromantic experience at Iowa State is good but parts as worrisome and not as widely viewed as other LGBTQIA+ identities.

“I love the [asexual aromantic] community, we all have this bonded connection,” Dearborn said.

Kathryn Kananen, president of the Asexual

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People of Nia: A cultural commencement

BY JULISSA.GARCIA @iowastatedaily.com

MAGGIE CURRY/ IOWA STATE DAILY The sign is unveiled by Dr. Tom Hill and Dr. Clemmye Jackson, Dr. George A. Jackson’s widow. She said the house “was his house,” and he would go even in the middle of the night to check on the students there.

The restoration story of the Black Cultural Center

BY MIKE.BROWN @iowastatedaily.com

The George A. Jackson Black Cultural Center, a place for “African American cultural identity, education and understanding between diverse communities,” would not exist today without the efforts of Iowa State students.

In 2003, a water main ruptured in the Black Cultural Center, causing water damage to the space.

At the same time Jonnell Marion, a 2007 Iowa State graduate, entered Iowa State as a walk on for Iowa State’s basketball team, but he suffered a career-ending knee surgery that year.

Marion, who describes himself as a ball of energy, had to find ways to occupy his time with sports now out of the picture.

He began to increase his involvement with student organizations his sophomore year, joining the International Student Council, the multicultural business network and the Iowa State Black Student Alliance (BSA).

With his extra time Marion also increased his involvement with the BSA. At a meeting in 2004 Marion said that for the first time, he had heard of the Black Cultural Center’s various activities, including barbecues, hosting speakers and giving students a place to relax and study, and how it was closed.

Because it was not owned by Iowa State, the Black Cultural Center was not being granted any university funding for repairs.

Once the meeting adjourned, Marion spoke with leaders within the BSA about there being no current efforts to raise the

money needed to restore the Black Cultural Center.

After reaching out to gather information, Marion found out the Black Cultural Center was in danger of being torn down.

“At that moment I had made a decision that I was going to be the chairman of the Black Cultural Center Task Force,” Marion said.

Starting in spring 2005, Marion and the rest of the organization began the process of reaching out and speaking to everyone they could about the history and importance of the Black Cultural Center.

Marion asked students if they wanted to support the Black Cultural Center and told them how to make a contribution by adding a chosen dollar amount onto their normal student bill by filling out pledge cards.

Marion also reached out to the Ames community and gained contributions from the Ames Police Department and the mayor of Ames at the time.

Marion said by the fall semester of 2005 they had managed to raise between $60,000 and $70,000.

By 2007, the Black Cultural Center had received the needed renovations. In 2017, the center was named after Dr. George A. Jackson, one of the administrators who worked on the initiative.

Now, the building is university-owned and students who wish to use the Black Cultural Center can do so through Multicultural Student Affairs.

Presently, the Black Cultural Center still serves as a space for black students to gather in and enjoy, with the BSA hosting different cookouts, as well as game nights and other community events.

COURTESY OF MULTICULTURAL STUDENT AFFAIRS George Jackson served as the first director of the MSA in 1978.

SARAH HENRY/ ISD Jonnell Marion is an ISU alumni who started Inclusive Cultural University.

The Center opens its doors at larger location

BY LOGAN.METZGER @iowastatedaily.com The Center for LGBTQIA+ Student Success opened the doors to its new space with a huge audience of attendees.

The Center has officially moved to 3224 Memorial Union from its previous location in the Student Services building.

It all started with the the pull of a rainbow scarf and the opening of the doors. The new Center space is much larger than its last location, able to support

over 30 people including students, faculty, staff and community members. “ Welcome to your new home,” said Brad Freihoefer, director for the Center for LGBTQIA+ Student Success as they opened the door to attendees.

The new space sports colorful walls of orange, green and lavender with an entire wall taken up by whiteboards which attendees wrote their feelings about the new Center on.

One of the big gains of the Center moving to the new space

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Aromantic Alliance, said because the asexual aromantic community is not very vocal they may be overlooked compared to identities such as gay and lesbian.

“Within the LGBTQIA+ community, there is this hierarchy ladder that happens. and in my opinion [the asexual aromantic community] tends to fall on the lower rung of that,” Kananen said.

Kananen said finding the asex-

is the ability to have a wellness room, which has no screens in it and has lavender walls to set a calming mood. The wellness room will be used for quiet studying, praying, meditation or just a place to reflect.

Many attendees thought that the wellness room was their favorite part of the new Center space and was well needed.

“I think that, as students, taking care of yourselves is hard and that [the wellness room] will give students another way to take care of themselves and be intentional about their wellbeing,”

ual community on campus was extremely hard and took digging to even find one other asexual identifying person on campus until they created the Asexual Aromantic Alliance three years ago.

There are serious problems asexual aromantic individuals face such as corrective rape or stigmatization, and these problems could be happening at Iowa State.

“My freshman year, a friend of mine took me to a dorm room filled with guys and announced what she

said Alissa Stoehr, a lecturer in sociology.

There is also an entire wall near one of the exits lined with safe-sex supplies such as lube, condoms and dental dams.

All furniture and assets of the new Center space were possible due to donors which Freihoefer thanked during a speech.

“I think that is long overdue and that the LGBTQIA+ community on campus clearly needed a space for community, for support, for resources,” said Martino Harmon, senior vice president of student affairs.

called “my little secret” and tried to convince them that I needed to be “fixed,” but luckily the guys weren’t bad individuals and nothing happened, it could have been much worse,” Kananen said.

Corrective or homophobic rape is when someone is raped because of their perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in an attempt to “cure” or “fix” the victim.

“People get raped for being ace [asexual] and it’s a big concern in the ace community,” Kananen said.

Every semester, excitement arises within the African American community during the graduation season.

Joining with one another in the Memorial Union, the community comes together to do one thing: celebrate.

“This is a time for the black community to come together and celebrate each other,” said Sydni Harmon, second-year graduate student in education and “People of Nia” committee member.

The name for the graduation ceremony, “People of Nia” ties into the cultural significance of the celebration.

The word “Nia” is the fifth principle of Kwanza, which means “purpose.”

The graduation ceremony began in 1997 as a response to low retention rates and high attrition rates of black students at Iowa State.

The ceremony also serves as a celebration of black heritage and an acknowledgment of the historical contributions black people have made.

According to Jerlando F.L. Jackson’s 2001 article on the “People of Nia,” data at the time showed graduation rates for black students to be lower than other ethnic groups represented at Iowa State, with the exception of Native American students.

Jackson, who will be the keynote speaker of this year’s ceremony, stated in his article how from 1993 to 1997, the four-year graduation rate for black students was 9.4 percent compared to white students during the time period with rates of 22.8 percent.

Now in its 22nd year of existence, the overall purpose of the ceremony is to honor the accomplishments of black students, but also commend their success on the challenges of studying at a predominantly white institution (PWI).

In his 2001 article, Jackson said the ceremony planning efforts began through members of student organizations serving black students, Black Graduate Student Association and Black Student Alliance.

The strategy adopted was to focus on black students who were thriving at the institution and on track to graduate.

The two organizations plan the graduation ceremony every fall and spring semester.

While other universities have different goals and objectives for their ceremonies, Iowa State has maintained four goals for theirs: the first being the recognition of black students’ academic achievement in a black-culture commencement, the second being serving as a support for black students but encourage them to take responsibility for their academic successes, the third goal being a source of pride and respect for the contributions of black students and the last goal being to improve relations between the university’s administration and black students.

During the ceremony, students are recognized for the academic and leadership achievements.

Markus Flynn, co-chair of the committee and second year graduate student in kinesiology, said each year the ceremony continues to grow and get bigger.

“It takes having the initiative to allow it to grow and it always depend on how far leadership is trying to go. I want committee members to say, ‘I am planning ‘People of Nia’ and it is the best one Iowa State is gonna see,’” Flynn said.

From the beginning, the ceremony has appealed to student leaders and university administration.

“My role has been 100 percent support,” said Reginald Stewart, vice president of Office of Diversity and Inclusion. “I want it to continue be student-driven, but I am always here for support. I want the committee members to focus on content, while the Office of Diversity and Inclusion provided funding this year.”

Stewart said he has a first-hand account of how meaningful the graduation ceremonies can be as he participated in one during his undergraduate studies.

“One of my proudest items that I keep in my office is my certificate from my very own black student ceremony I attended at my university. I still recall the stories and the great experiences I had when I attended,” Stewart said.

For a few of the committee members, planning this year’s ceremony has been meaningful as they plan to participate as graduating students, too.

“It is surreal that this is happening as three out of the five us committee members will also be celebrated as graduates at this event,” Harmon said. “It is hard to picture myself into it, with all this planning but it has allowed me to make sure people will enjoy the event.”

While the ceremony has seen growth throughout the years, the ceremony still is not widely known about across Iowa State’s campus. For Flynn, he hopes the efforts from the committee and this year’s event can help end the lack of awareness.

“I want every black student at Iowa State to know about this event. I want younger students to look forward to it when they graduate and I want the event to be too big for the Great Hall,” Flynn said.

Dearborn said because sex is so normalized within society, the asexual aromantic community is often stigmatized as “not normal” or as outsiders, even within the LGBTQIA+ community.

“I have been called a robot, a psychopath, a flower, a bacteria,” Kananen said.

Kananen also talked about how people outside the asexual community may assume that because they don’t feel sexual attraction to someone they can’t see that someone

is attractive.

“It ’s like a sunset. I can see when something is beautiful but it doesn’t mean I want to have sex with it,” Kananen said.

When looking at ways to make the asexual aromantic community feel more welcome at Iowa State, Dearborn suggested normalizing the fact that there are people who identify outside the binary such as on forms that require sexual orientation by using a fill in the blank box instead of multiple choice check boxes.

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What makes Ames tap water taste so good?

BY JULIA.MEEHAN @iowastatedaily.com The community spoke last week and asked: “Why is the tap water so good?”

Well, the Iowa State Daily has the answer.

Ames water is known to be the best and has been named the best water in Iowa by the American Water Works Association for two years in a row. The greatest mystery to it all is what makes Ames’ tap water superior to others.

“I grew up drinking well water, which is pretty good,” said Cole Schmitt, a senior in marketing. “After I came to Ames, I was introduced to their tap water and noticed the pureness and the filtration of the tap water compared to well water, so I started to use it more frequently for things like my Easy Mac dinner cups.”

Before students use the tap water for their late night snacks, there is a unique treatment process the water goes through before it leaves

the plant.

The Water Treatment Plant in Ames receives its water from 22 different wells. Then, the plant drills into an aquifer, which comes from groundwater. The plant never receives its supplies from surface water.

“We do feel like it tastes good, but we cannot take all of the credit,” said Lyle Hammes, the superintendent of the Ames Water Plant.

“It starts with a good water source. The aquifer we draw out of is very high-quality water.”

In a nutshell, the first step of the treatment process is aeration, which helps oxide iron and removes the gases from the water. The next step is lime softening, where the majority of the hardness from the water is eliminated, but not stripped of all the minerals because then the results would lead to a bland taste.

Then, there are adjustments made to the pH levels for the water.

Another step is running the water through sand filters while adding a couple of chemicals.

“We do feel like it tastes good, but we cannot take all of the credit. It starts with a good water source. The aquifer we draw out of is very high quality water” — Lyle Hammes Those chemicals are fluoride for dental protection and chlorine for disinfection. Finally, the water is distributed to all of the systems, such as the citizens within the city boundaries of Ames, Iowa State University’s own distribution plant and a small amount provided to Xenia.

“Another reason why our water seems to taste so good is the process of chlorination we use,” Hammes said. “This process doesn’t cause a strong smell hindering the taste of the water due to our disinfection — unlike others.”

Particularly for Ames native Sonja Paulson, a freshman in pre-business, Ames’ tap water has a neutral taste, which makes it more refreshing. Paulson mentioned she knows a few friends who attend the University of Iowa who have experienced irritation and breaking out due to their water.

“When I travel, I always try to see if their water can beat Ames tap,” Paulson said. “It

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JILLIAN ALT/ IOWA STATE DAILY This dog, fighting liver disease and the odds, had surgery to amputate his leg. His name is Charles Avacado VanGogh, and his owner is doctoral student Chelsea Harbach.

Iowa State dog crowned cutest in internet contest

BY JILL.ALT @iowastatedaily.com With 74,000 Instagram followers and first place in a YouTube series that garnered nearly 8 million views, Charles Avocado VanGogh has achieved internet fame.

His mother, Chelsea Harbach, a doctoral student studying plant pathology and microbiology at Iowa State, entered her dog Charles into a Twitter contest being held by Keith Habserberger. Habersberger is one of four former Buzzfeed content creators who comprised “the Try Guys,” a YouTube group with more than 5 million followers.

The contest — called “the Barkchshler” — is a play on “The Bachelor,” where Habersberger went through more than 100 dog pictures submitted to determine which is the cutest dog.

Harbach saw the contest tweet one day and happened to have gone to Brookside Park in Ames and took photos of her dog, Charles. She sent in a tweet for the contest and said she thought little of it and didn’t expect anything of it.

“I kept getting notifications of people liking that tweet and didn’t know he was gonna do more,” Harbach said.

The first of the four video “Barkchshler” series aired July 23, 2018, while Harbach was doing RAGBRAI— the Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa.

“I was doing RAGBRAI and getting notifications and people were telling me to watch this video,” Harbach said. “[After] I ran out of the tent like ‘you guys, Charles is famous.’”

The competition narrowed down, and being given “the first impression bone” gave Charles immunity for the next video, so Harbach did not need to submit content for the week. Harbach said she was thankful for this, as at this point Charles was having difficulty getting around.

Charles suffers from end stage liver failure and was very ill during the competition. He had developed ulcers on his paw which were unrelated to the liver disease, but were still dangerous and caused Charles pain.

Despite all of the treatments, Charles’ paw never got completely better. Harbach said multiple sores consistently lingered, and one of his digits that ended up breaking.

“In my mind I kind of knew amputating his whole leg would probably be easiest but was also the most expensive,” Harbach said. “He’s an expensive boy.”

Vets at Iowa State’s Veterinary Hospital tried a splint to help with the toe and medications, but four days after getting it, Charles acquired an infection, and the limb had to be removed.

Dr. Karin Allenspach from Iowa State’s Veterinary Hospital said that in cases of animals with liver disease, surgery can be especially dangerous.

Allenspach said the liver can’t handle the blood flow, and becomes more life threatening as the liver disease progresses.

Despite the odds, Charles pulled through, and remains unfazed by the loss of his paw.

Charles didn’t just beat the odds in his health, but also in the competition for internet fame. All the while this was happening, the Try Guys “Barkchshler” event was still going on, and Charles was a front-runner going into the final four.

When the final video came out, Harbach said she knew the video was coming out, but didn’t know that Charles had won until watching the video.

“I also saw that [Keith’s] wife Becky commented on one of my posts,” Harbach said. “She didn’t for anyone else as far as I know. I think she convinced him to pick Charles.”

TYING THE KNOT COURTESY OF GETTY IMAGES Nearly 6,200 weddngs happen every day in the United States, adding up to almost two million every year.

College couples plan their weddings

BY SIERRA.HOEGER @iowastatedaily.com Getting married in college can seem like a daunting task for those who wish to take it on. To some it may sound crazy, to spend more money while already paying for the many costs of college, and giving up free time to plan a wedding.

Well, call them crazy, but these college couples are willing to take on the task.

“We admitted we were in love with each other just six weeks into our relationship and by two months we were ready to marry each other,” said Kayla Giovanni, a junior in criminal justice studies.

Giovanni and her fiancé, Peter Watkins, who is an Army Infantry Officer, met last spring on campus after Giovanni decided to join the Army ROTC for a semester.

The two have been inseparable ever since.

From doing homework to going grocery shopping, and even working out together, the couple feels like they’ve been dating longer than they actually have, given the amount of time they spend together, and how comfortable they feel around each other.

“We started dating after spring break,” Watkins said.

“We were pretty inseperable. You wouldn’t get one without the other.”

The couple has a rather unique love story that resulted in a quick engagement. Watkins said that after a trip to Europe together, the couple had “engagement fever.”

While most college students may prefer to wait and get married after college, Giovanni and Watkins had talked about the possibility of getting married early on in their relationship.

“Due to the nature of my career, I wasn’t really looking for a relationship, but if there was to be someone I would date she would have to be pretty close to the one and meet all my criteria,” Watkins said.

Both Giovanni and Watkins recall having multiple conversations about reservations they had toward getting married such as Watkins’ current job and placement making them long-distance, being two years apart in age and how much time and effort both of them would be able to put into the relationship.

“I remember specifically one night we ended up having a conversation about marriage, life goals and kids for about five hours,” Giovanni said. “What initiated this conversation was the fact that he was going into the military, he wanted to make sure I knew that I was either in or I was out.”

While the frill and fun of planning a wedding can make it even more exciting, the approval of friends and family is also important.

“He asked my parents permission for my hand in marriage over Thanksgiving break 2018, and my parents cried happy tears,” Giovanni said. “They absolutely adore him.”

Time, dedication and a good eye are just a few things that go into planning a wedding.

“It’s all about time management and organization,” Giovanni said. “I have to make myself set aside time for wedding planning because if I didn’t I would just plan and

COURTESY OF KAYLA GIOVANNI Peter Watkins and Kayla Giovanni after Watkins proposed.

plan all day long and never get any school work done.”

Another Iowa State couple has known each other since kindergarten, and has been planning their wedding for nearly two years.

“In fourth grade, Alec told me he liked me by passing me a note, and we started dating officially the summer going into ninth grade,” said Bailey Wehlage, a senior in marketing. “It will be our ninth year officially dating this summer.”

Wehlage and her fiancé, senior Alec Olson, were neighbors in Minnesota and met through school. At Iowa State, despite having very different majors, marketing and aerospace engineering, the couple enjoys hiking, climbing and helping each other with their school work.

Originally, Olson had not wanted to get married, let alone engaged while still in college.

“Alec and I have a strong relationship that allows trust, which allows us to still experience life with friends,” Wehlage said. “I believe that as long as you are comfortable in the decision, those reservations from outside the relationship don’t matter.”

The couple had planned to take a trip to Seattle over Thanksgiving Break in 2017. While there, Olson had planned to propose, but the trip ended up falling through.

Olson had to think fast in order to ensure that his proposal would still be a surprise.

Olson proposed at a Christmas tree farm in Minnesota, where the couple intended to take Christmas card photos. After proposing, the two decided to continue on with the photo shoot and used it as an engagement shoot as well.

“Being together for so long initiated the conversation of getting engaged,” Wehlage said. “We both talked about it openly and sometimes seriously just because we felt like we were getting to the amount of years people usually spend together before getting married.”

The pair hasn’t let wedding planning consume their lives, by only allowing one day of the week for wedding planning. The couple plans on Sundays and whenever they’re home in Minnesota.

“Planning a wedding during college is stressful,”

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Speaker leads to student protest

BY EMILY.BERCH @iowastatedaily.com More than 50 students and activists sat in Carver 205 Wednesday night waiting for white nationalist Nicholas Fuentes to speak. Twenty minutes after he was scheduled to arrive, the group decided to switch gears.

Anthony Labruna of College Republicans and Alexis Holmes of the Black Student Alliance (BSA) began leading a discussion meant to bring the attendees together.

That is, until 10 minutes into the discussion when Labruna announced Fuentes was in East Hall, and attendees fled to find him.

An hour and a half later, after Fuentes delivered a speech blaming immigrants, “globalists,” and people of color for America’s problems, he stood toe-to-toe with local activist Javier Miranda.

Miranda said Fuentes pointed out his yarmulke and stopped just short of calling him an anti-semitic slur.

“You know what I was going to call you,” Fuentes called back to Miranda as the Iowa State Police Department escorted him into Parks Library and out through the back, ending Fuentes’ time at Iowa State.

Anticipation Labruna and another member of College Republicans arrived in Carver around 6:30 p.m., while two Iowa State police officers guarded the room. More people began trickling in, and by 7 p.m., about 40 people — a mix of supporters, protesters and people who were “just curious” — had arrived.

Shortly after 7:30 p.m., the crowd had grown to more than 50, and Labruna and Holmes stepped to the front of the room.

“We just wanted to go ahead, and, since

the harm that it has caused,” Neely said in a statement after the event. “Not only did they target my identity, he targeted many others.

Whoever feels the need to bring someone to our campus to disrespect, harm and disrupt our family, shame on you.”

KATLYN CAMPBELL/ IOWA STATE DAILY Nicholas Fuentes speaks with Sergeant Meenagh of the Iowa State Police Department in East Hall at Iowa State on Wednesday, March 6.

we’re all gathered and since everyone is full of a whole lot of emotions and feelings and thoughts, we thought it would be important for anyone who is in the right spirits and right emotional level to have dialogue with each other,” Holmes said.

Ten minutes later, Labruna paused the session to announce Fuentes’ arrival in East Hall. He and Holmes invited students to stay, but the majority left quickly.

Changing locations Fuentes was waiting for the crowd in Room 0211 of East Hall. As they entered, he noted how “diverse” they were.

One activist suggested closing the door, telling fellow protesters they should listen to Fuentes before talking with him.

“He already assumes that we’re going to be very disruptive, so we’re going to be very respectful,” she said. “Let him speak; hold all

the questions until the end.”

Three Iowa State police officers arrived at the scene and asked Fuentes to step into the hallway, where they asked him who brought him to campus.

“It was Turning Point who organized the event ... I believe an individual reserved the room,” Fuentes said.

College Republicans and Turning Point have denied affiliations with the event, leaving Fuentes without an official sponsor and unable to speak in a classroom.

Next, he set out for the “free speech zone” in front of Parks Library, and a still-growing crowd of protesters and supporters followed.

President Julian Neely and Vice President Juan Bibiloni, among other Student Government members, were in front of Parks Library by the time Fuentes arrived.

“I don’t appreciate the hateful rhetoric this speaker brought to our campus and I recognize

Returning home Iconic Jack Trice statue moves to Central Campus

BY ALEX.CONNOR @iowastatedaily.com The iconic statue memorializing Iowa State football player Jack Trice will no longer watch guard over the stadium named in his honor.

Instead, due to the two-year construction of the $90 million Student-Athlete Sports Performance Center, the statue will return to its origin: Central Campus.

Trice, recognized as Iowa State's first black athlete, died in 1923 from injuries sustained during a game against the University of Minnesota. Trice's legacy lives on through scholarships, the statue and the stadium.

Originally, the Jack Trice statue was located between Beardshear and Carver halls from 1988 to 1997.

The decision to permanently move the statue was made by a committee of student and administrative leaders. The hope is that both athletics and the university can build Trice's recognition on campus with the construction of the sports complex as well as increasing the statue's general visibility.

"Returning the statue to Central Campus provides an opportunity to significantly expand awareness of Jack Trice's story beyond athletics," Athletic Director Jamie Pollard said in a news release. "We look forward to working with a committee to help identify how we can further enhance Jack Trice's legacy in and around our facilities."

The statue is set to be moved to a short-term holding center in the coming weeks until it can be permanently placed on Central Campus this summer.

"Moving the statue back to Central Campus is a wonderful way to lift up the prominence and recognition of Jack Trice's legacy to the entire Iowa State community," President Wendy Wintersteen said in a news release.

KENNEDY DERAEDT/ IOWA STATE DAILY The statue of Jack Trice stands outside of Jack Trice Stadium on April 28. Due to construction, the statue will be moved to Central Campus.

The speech Fuentes introduced his speech by warning the audience that it was “meant for Republicans,” not a group of individuals with different political backgrounds.

Main themes of Fuentes’ speech included connecting what he believed to be the link of people of color and Democratic beliefs, and he continually returned to the idea of “mass migration,” which he argued went against the ideals of what America was built on.

Fuentes was regularly met with chants trying to disrupt his speech, while other protesters encouraged attendees to listen.

After 45 minutes of speaking, Fuentes ended his livestream of the event and began arguing with members of the crowd.

“This speech is going nowhere,” an attendee said. “We realize that he is definitely a racist because he is ignorant and he is close minded to other people’s perspectives and opinions, so we’re just going to move on and take this as an example of what you should not be.”

As he walked away from the scene, Miranda said Fuentes “pointed out [his] yarmulke and started asking [him] questions about [his] jewishness.”

An Iowa State police officer intervened and escorted Fuentes into Parks Library where he waited for his car.

Reporting contributed by Jake Webster, K. Rambo, Devyn Leeson, Katlyn Campbell, Whitney Mason and Alex Connor.

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never can. Seems to me different waters always seem to have a weird taste or even taste unclean.”

Water sources can be either groundwater or surface water, which has organic material that can lead to odors. The Ames Water Plant uses groundwater, eliminating the chance for organic odors.

The chemistry has been consistent for the past 50 or so years. Because of the great reviews of Ames tap water, the plant knew to stick with what it was doing. Even while transferring to a new water plant, the mission was to maintain the accuracy of the chemistry and the taste of the water.

“A huge project for the plant was to conserve the quality of the water,” Hammes said. “We were producing great tasting water at the old plant, but the old plant was coming to the end of its life.”

Hammes said it would have been harder to maintain the consistency and quality of the water if they would have continued to produce at the older plant. It was an obstacle for the plant to continue down the path they were taking with the quality of water when investing in a newer plant.

Everyday, the Ames Water Plant produces about 200 lab tests, which are monitored extensively. By the time the water enters and leaves the plant, it takes five hours on average. With the help of knowledgeable water plant operators who make it safe and maintenance workers who keep things in tip-top shape, workers at the plant preserve the accuracy of the water citizens receive every day.

“This is what we do and it is extremely important to us to achieve our objective to supply the citizens with safe water,” Hammes said. “Yes, we love to win awards, but we will never lose our focus of the priority for our citizens.”

According to Hammes, at its annual conference the American Water Works Association determines the best tap water in the state of Iowa. There is a local panel of dignitaries from the hosting city. Those dignitaries judge a dozen or so large facilities on their clarity, taste, odor and aftertaste by a blind tasting from the dignitaries.

“Fortunately, we have won it the last two years,” Hammes said. “This year, the conference is in Ames, and we sort of have a hometown advantage.

Our plant looks forward to extending the winning streak and truly looking forward to competing at the National Water Works Association in Denver, Colorado, over the summer.”

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Wehlage said. “Planning a wedding out of state, is even more crazy. We found it easier to talk and make decisions on one day of the week, instead of stressing about things every single day. This allows us to talk about things other than the wedding 24/7.”

For each of the couples, wedding planning has been taxing and has required lots of work. Both couples said they are lucky that their parents and families are willing to help out as well.

Besides the work of planning a wedding, being engaged hasn’t seemed to change the overall atmosphere of college for either of the couples. Bailey admits that she still sits at 18 credits a semester and has connected with other couples who have also gotten engaged at Iowa State.

“Even sitting here answering these questions, I have about three tabs open of wedding related content that is waiting for me to figure out,” Wehlage said. “It’ll all be worth it in the end.”

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I was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. All my schooling was done in Catholic schools; nonetheless, I switched schools three times in odd years, which in a huge city, like San Juan, meant immersing myself in a completely new environment with completely new people.

Every time I switched, I always felt I had something to prove. I needed to show that I was worth being accepted in that environment. This led to me being extremely involved and always looking for opportunities to prove myself. For tunatel y, this also developed my passion for service and leadership.

However, one of my regrets was how I became resentful of my accent.

I was always mocked for my accent when I read or spoke (which, in part, I blame myself for not standing up for myself ) and then I brought that selfshame with me when I came to Iowa State. I constantly questioned whether people would take me seriously or listen to me because of it.

Behind my accent are the countless family members and mentors throughout my life that have all contributed to shaping me into the man I am today.

Now that a couple of years have passed since moving to Ames and my accent has slowly faded into the background, I’ve begun to regret my hate towards it. Because behind my accent are my parents, Edmy and Juan, who have worked tirelessly most of their life to provide me with the best education and opportunities and, when growing up, would never hesitate to put food on my plate before theirs.

Behind my accent is the story of my grandparents, Victor and Iris, the former who served in Vietnam to provide better opportunities for his family and the latter who kept the family together and, without being asked or owing anybody, would always be first in line to help me and my brother succeed.

Behind my accent are the countless family members and mentors throughout my life that have all contributed to shaping me into the man I am today. Thanks to all of them, I had the courage to go thousands of miles away from home to pursue an education. Thanks to them, I overcame my fears, ran and succeeded at becoming the Student Body Vice President at Iowa State. Thanks to them, I owe many of the future successes that are to come.

I am more than my accent.

Because I am passionate about service. I believe in

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From the moment I was born to the day he drew his last breath, my father did not as much hold me in his protective embrace as he challenged me to dare to be great - dare to dream big.

In a society as patriarchal as Pakistan’s I believe this to be the greatest gift a father could give his daughter. The confidence to know that I could achieve anything and the faith that he would be there if I failed. And succeed and fail I did and he was there urging me on, asking me where I thought I went wrong and what I could do better next time.

This changed when my superhero father passed away.

I realized that the will to learn and achieve had never ceased to exist, but more than that, the ambition to go beyond had just been buried with my father, because only he had had the power to bring it out.

Spending time motivating my students about leaving a legacy and making an impact brought me back to my life mantra: aspire to inspire, a lesson my father had lived by.

Because I want to matter.

Because I want to give voice to the voiceless.

Because I want to share happiness with the less fortunate.

Because we all have a responsibility to care for those around us and only when we come together can we rise above our individual selves and truly make a difference.

I believe that the process of finding ourselves well taken care of in Ames should not be optional or a matter of luck. It should be a given.

Therefore, I am involved in GPSS because we can create a positive change in the lives of graduate students to ensure that they are provided with all opportunities that they rightfully deserve. Whether it be childcare, affordable housing or catering to the diversity they are bringing to our cyclone family.

In our passion for achieving positive results, we often forget that there is always a margin of error and that we are accountable for whatever misstep we may have unconsciously taken.

Taking responsibility is a sign of strength and I believe that by developing a strong relationship with my team, I have strived to create an atmosphere of mutual trust.

While constantly working on my interpersonal relationship with my team, I also keep asking myself some questions to keep an eye on the eventual goals: 1. Where am I looking to anticipate change within the organization and why exactly is it important? Who will it impact and what is the most efficient way of creating that change?

2. What is the diversity measure of my network?

3. Am I courageous enough to abandon the past and change the way we perceive our goals and achieve them?

Living in the midst of stereotypes has made me rocksolid in my resolve to fulfill my objectives. Any outcome is an outcome, positive or negative is irrelevant in the bigger context of improving the system.

I motivate myself by constantly reminding myself

Imagine you look into a box full of gumballs in which all the gumballs are of identical color, except one.

Your eyes are permeated with one strong, fiery color of red but immediately a blue gumball stands out in the pile.

You wonder how it came there and why it is blue in color while all of them are red.

You automatically feel that someone might have put it by mistake, and it does not belong in that box, so you take it out.

At that right point, you might think that it does not belong there since it is different from everyone.

These are some of prejudices or biases that we might grew up or do not think about it regularly when we make statements or decisions.

I n t o d a y ’s w o r l d , y o u are expected to follow the normalcy of the society and you would rather follow the people instead of standing out different. This is what I felt when I landed in United S tates for the first time.

When I came to Iowa State, it wasn’t a cakewalk in the beginning. The orientations are always there to guide us but sometimes we’re all a little confused as a freshman. I was overwhelmed with everything during Destination Iowa State and how much this university had to offer.

Through my small groups, I got the opportunity to talk to people some of who were natives to Iowa and the rest were out of state students. A lot of them seemed interested in where I came from and why did I even want to go to Iowa State. The first couple of questions/statements that I heard were: “You must be very good at Mathematics and Physics.”

“Oh, what kind of engineering are you studying?”

I knew that I had to hold my identities very firmly throughout my student experience here at Iowa State and how amazing of an adventure it was going to be.

They had their biases in their head that since the color of my skin was brown, they assumed that I was good in Math and I probably came here to study engineering.

I corrected so many people about the fact that I was genetics major and

Up to this point in my life discouragement has shown its face in areas that I thought it had no business being in.

Past friendships, relationships, academic advisors, and peer mentors have all given me their fair share of opposition and it’s unfortunate but it has left a mental scar that as of this point [in my life] I haven’t completely recovered from.

However, through all the disbelief, dissuading, detesting, and the “do you think that’s possible for someone like you” statements, I still rise.

For the many people who have taken a stance against me, there have been a few that have had faith in me and do what I do for them. I attempt to put myself in positions in which I can encourage and assist other people because I know the impact of having one more person on your side can have.

I am involved in the National Society of Black Engineers because it was introduced to me during a time in which I had no idea of what direction I wanted to take in life: sophomore year in high school. The professional who headed our chapter at that time did everything in her power to provide us with every beneficial resource and opportunity possible for us to develop.

She saw great potential in us and wanted to make sure we saw that in ourselves as well which was key for me.

I’m the President of the Iowa State chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers now in order to instill that same confidence in people as well as find ways to help them improve their skills so they can excel in their academics, professionalism, career, and life in general.

I lead by encouraging others to step out of their comfort zone. I engage in conversation, figure out what people ’s strengths and weaknesses are, ask for what they wish to accomplish in terms of career and personal goals through this organization, and help them work towards t h o s e go a l s . I t r y t o ge t people to interact with others because you never know what connections or similarities people may have that can be beneficial in the long run.

What makes my approach unique is that not only do I look for opportunities that’ll benefit an entire body of people but if I’m personally told about a difficulty an individual is having and I find someone or something that can help that individual in particular, I will immediately send you that resource.

I also attempt to check in on that individual personally to build upon our personal relationship and figure out how you’re progressing. I’d simply like to be remembered as someone who reached his own success while bringing everyone else up around with him so people know that the road to the top isn’t as lonely as people say it is.

The idea that drives me to overcome my obstacles is that I can’t allow myself to be stopped by anything because then I’m letting the doubters win. They already have left a negative mark on my mental state I can’t them have anything else of mine.

Also, as a black man, I’m

Is our identity defined by us, or the people around us? To me, I believe that we craft our own identity, and our peers serve as our guide to remind us, criticize us, and encourage us so that we can become who we truly aspire to be.

My name is Lim Yean Xen, and I am an international student from a country that is halfway across the world – Malaysia.

Whenever I stumble across an obstacle, I will continue to move forward as I believe what I am currently doing serves something bigger than myself, that’s what keeps me going.

My country is much like the United States where it is built by people with very different backgrounds. Malaysia is known for its diverse culture, religion, and people.

But unfortunately, it also struggles with many social injustices such discrimination based on race, sex, religion, poverty, and so forth.

Witnessing this as I was growing up, I wanted to make a difference as I can see the amazing things that could have been achieved had we overcome our differences by listening and understanding each other.

My desire to make a difference resonated with me even when I joined Iowa State. Although Iowa State is a diverse campus that has around 3700 international students, I could still see the same issues I faced back home.

T h e re i s a d i s c o n n e c t between the different communities, primarily between the domestic and international population. And for the first time, I was the minority and encountered many disadvantages that I didn’t know exist. It is why I became the Vice President for

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Some leaders are transformational while others are democratic. Some leaders are situational while others are autocratic.

Some are servant leaders while others are laissez-faire in their approach.

At Iowa State, many leaders share a singular common theme: They are also students.

Student leadership is tricky. In the midst of balancing one’s class schedule and social life, those that take the step into leadership must also balance their club or organization. They must lead their peers, often stumbling trying to ensure that every step forward is one in the right direction.

And while student leaders are granted mistakes along the way, it is only to the extent that it does not hinder the experience of anyone else.

recognizing one’s potential to help others and their community and working hard to live up to that potential.

I decided I wanted to be the Student Body Vice President because I felt I could be a good advocate for students and be a vehicle for change on campus. Through my previous involvements in Student Government, I considered that I had been a good representative of my constituents and delivered results. Thus, when I was offered to run as V ice President, I was confident that it would be the best way for me to serve students.

My approach to leading is by being a servant leader. By servant leadership, I mean that my main objective as a leader is to serve others, no matter if they are my team, my constituents and/or my organizations. With service as guiding principle, I feel confident as a leader that I am making the right decisions.

I’d want my legacy to be one of tireless service.

To me, inclusivity means that there is space where everyone feels and can feel welcome. Often times, we overuse this term or just assume it on the broader term of “diversity” but, as leaders, we need to understand the difference.

If we want to strive for diversity, then we seek out people with a variety of experiences that differ from ours that can enrich a team and ensure holistically successful results. But, with diversity we need inclusion.

How are we supposed to expect diverse teams to execute to the best of their abilities if there is not an inclusive environment for them to do so? This is a challenge that there is no easy fix and we need to continuously challenge ourselves to do better at.

I am more than my accent.

Juan Bibiloni

Leadership comes in many different forms

Student leadership is integral to a campus environment. Without students dedicated to bettering Iowa State, change would be slow.

Student leaders are the pulse of Iowa State. Whether taking on the lead role in a group project for a class assignment or running for Student Government president, there is no wrong way to step into student leadership.

Yet, once within the realm, it is often hard for peers and administrators to separate the student from their position.

Thus, the Iowa State Daily Voices section, in partnership with the Student Government diversity and inclusion committee, created ‘I am more than…’

The ‘I am more than…’ initiative aims to highlight student leadership on campus while also highlighting their individuality.

that my efforts are focused on improving the student experience at ISU and therefore I should constantly ask questions and find ways to turn ideas into actions.

Some tasks are going to be harder than others and take longer than others, however, constant communication with peers always helps in finding creative solutions and ways to move forward to become better.

Be courageous enough to abandon the past and dare to be different.

My team has been a tremendous support system not just for me but each other as well and we can always rely on each other for advice and constructive criticism and that’s what makes obstacles just another task we can deal with together.

Remember that being a leader doesn’t mean seniority in hierarchy, it is a process of creating social influence and maximizing the efforts of other people towards the achievement of a goal and never letting down anyone who looks up to you.

Rather than being reactive, be proactive. Look around the corners for shaping the future of your organization than waiting for issues to present themselves.

Be courageous enough to abandon the past and dare to be different. Act and set an example. Don’t just talk the talk, walk the walk. Lead by example.

Build your emotional stamina to bear criticism of your ideas and keep marching on. It will not matter in the long r un when you have achieved the goal you set out to. Rome was not built in one day.

I am more than a woman in hijab.

Norin Chaudhry

how proud I was to pursue such a beautiful major. At that moment, I realized I was different, and I had to stand for the people who do not follow the general norm.

I have always believed that every student has a story and every story needs to be told. I also believed that despite our similarities we come from diverse backgrounds and that diversity should make the cyclone family unique. I knew that I had to hold my identities very firmly throughout my student experience here at Iowa State and how amazing of an adventure it was going to be.

Throughout my time here, I got the opportun ity to get involved in various leadership opportunities and interact with such a huge variety of identities. I was so happy with the opportunities that I received throughout to share my side of the story that I was more than my skin color and I was different from the general norm of the society that brown skin colored people usually pursue engineering.

Through these experiences, I was able to motivate a lot of international students to come out and share their story which is what motivated me even more to do something big. It pushed me to aim high and reach a brighter, larger audience because I knew that there were still some students out there that did not feel like this place belonged to them.

It also made me understand the importance of my own identities and how important it was to keep them intact and be proud of who I was.

People still ask me some of the above questions to this day but I have realized that I am no longer that blue gumball in a box but a human being. I feel that I am more than the superstitions of the people.

I am more than just my skin color.

Vishesh Bhatia

Some students are more than their accent, others are more than their skin color or a gender statistic. Some students are more than an athlete or international student. They are more than a politician or a kid from Ames. They are more than the shy girl and more than your stereotype.

S tudent leaders are more than a narrative. They are more than what you may think.

Through this line of thinking, we hope to encourage students, faculty and staff to look beyond the title and rather to the person.

We hope to celebrate the diversity of our student leaders and what their uniqueness can bring to their leadership, rather than how they position may shape them.

So, what are you more than?

expected to fail in many ways.

I’m not even expected to be in the spaces that I’m in now, so I have to thrive to prove people wrong and be a good example for the people who look up to me. I can’t stand feeling like I failed someone, so my fire has to stay strong.

I like to think of myself as an extremely open-minded person, so I’m always listening to different experiences, viewpoints, and ideas no matter who they’re from.

That ’s what inclusivity looks like to me; giving driven people an opportunity to lead, listen, and learn no matter what their background or position is. You never know what the impact may be.

Leading is difficult.

Not ever yone is going to particularly like your leading style or you as a person but you can’t let that deter you.

New leaders, I encourage you to step out of your comfort zone, identify what your weaknesses are and work towards breaking them down.

I lead by encouraging others to step out of their comfort zone.

Also, identify the best way you lead. If you enjoy leading by action instead of vocally then focus on that.

If you believe that you have great ideas but don’t know how to properly express them then speak with someone who is comfortable with being vocal and present your ideas to general members or members of leadership with that individual. There is more than one way to lead.

I am more than what others think.

Andrew Whitehead

International Student Council (ISC).

Through ISC, I hope to bring people with different backgrounds together and help establish the platform, which is currently lacking, for international students to voice their concerns.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. I strive to be a leader that can balance work and fun. Other than that, I believe the key to leadership is to listen, making sure that each and ever yone of my members have their voices heard. Whenever I stumble across an obstac le, I will continue to move forward as I believe what I am currently doing serves something bigger than myself, that’s what keeps me going.

I believe that inclusivity and diversity are two very different things. A place can be diverse yet non inclusive.

Therefore, for my legacy, I aim to make International Student Council the platform for international students to voice their concerns and be the organization that works with Iowa State departments, faculty and students for the betterment of the Iowa State experience for international students.

If you are a new and an emerging leader, remember that no matter what, always listen, as people around us are the guides to help us become our better selves.

Although I encounter many difficulties, but instead of waiting to be helped, I choose to help myself. Hopefully my efforts will help future students enjoy their time here at Iowa State.

I am more than an international student.

Lim Yean Xen

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BY AARON.MARNER @iowastatedaily.com

KANSAS CITY, Mo.— Iowa State coach Steve Prohm looked around for his family as confetti rained down upon the floor at the Sprint Center.

Freshman guard Tyrese Haliburton ran back and forth in front of the band, highfiving each member as he passed.

Redshirt senior guard Nick WeilerBabb found his former teammate, Utah Jazz guard Naz Mitrou-Long, and hugged him.

After three weeks of turmoil, confusion, flaring tempers and more losses than wins, the Cyclones won their fourth Big 12 Tournament title in the last six years by beating Kansas 78-66.

“We’ve been talking about this since the summer, really,” Haliburton said. “A Big 12 championship. We didn’t win the regular season like we made our mission, but we won this one.

“We didn’t wanna peak early. This is the best we’re playing right now.”

The Cyclones lost six of their last eight games to end the regular season. But as Haliburton said, the team seems to have found its stride again.

Saturday’s game turned into a coronation of sorts as the clock ticked closer to zeroes.

The animosity within the team that reared its ugly head during a shoving match between redshirt junior forward Michael Jacobson and freshman guard Talen Horton-Tucker was gone.

Unlike the 2016-17 Cyclone squad that won the Big 12 Tournament, this year’s team didn’t peak as the postseason drew near.

Instead, coach Steve Prohm’s team waited until the last minute to fix its problems.

“This team took a different route,” Prohm said. “It’s a quick fix. You’re dealing with 18 to 22-year-old kids ... it can flip quick, it can go sideways quick and it can get back on track quick.”

After the game, Jacobson, sophomore guard Lindell Wigginton and redshirt senior guard Marial Shayok were named to the AllTournament team. Shayok earned Most Outstanding Player honors.

Just last week, Shayok was questionable for his senior day game with a foot injury.

He said the victory Saturday is why he came to Iowa State.

“It feels amazing,” Shayok said with a grin across his face. “It ’s exactly what I had envisioned when I came here. I knew we had a talented team. To do this with this group of guys is the best feeling in the world.

“It’s amazing, I don’t know what to describe it — it’s just a great feeling.”

The Cyclones now await their NCAA Tournament fate.

While Iowa State is guaranteed a bid, the team’s seeding and location might have changed drastically with its championship run.

The team will watch Selection Sunday together and get back to work almost immediately.

B u t f o r n o w, the Cyclones will celebrate. “ We w e r e d e a d , man,” Jacobson said. “We were dead in the water. A lot of people were counting us out. We just fought, we fought, we fought. We built some momentum against [Texas] Tech. We just tried to build on it and keep it rolling into here and that’s what we did.

“You gotta have [problems] sometimes. You’ve gotta break yourself down and build yourself back up. I think that’s what we did.”

KENNEDY DERAEDT/ IOWA STATE DAILY Redshirt senior guard Marial Shayok holds up his trophy for most outstanding player in the tournament. Iowa State won the Big 12 Championship 78-66 against the University of Kansas.

NEED TO KNOW Three Cyclones win honors Redshirt senior guard Marial Shayok made the most of his only Big 12 Tournament, winning tournament MVP honors and averaging 18 points per game to lead the Cyclones. Sophomore guard Lindell Wigginton and redshirt junior forward Michael Jacobson also made the All-Tournament team after consistent performances all weekend.

Hilton South Iowa State continued its strong legacy in Kansas City. After winning the Big 12 Tournament in 2014, 2015 and 2017, the Cyclones clinched their fourth title in the last six seasons.

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Making the Big Dance Iowa State qualified for the NCAA Tournament as the Big 12’s automatic bid. Coach Steve Prohm’s squad earned a 6 seed in Tulsa, Oklahoma, before losing in the first round to 11-seed Ohio State. The Cyclones ended the 2018-19 season with a 23-12 record.

Iowa State’s relationship with the Big 12 Tournament

BY AARON.MARNER AND NOAH.ROHLFING @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State has a long history at the Big 12 Tournament. The Cyclones have won four championships at the Big 12 Tournament, which dates back to 1997.

Only Kansas has won more than the Cyclones.Winning do-or-die games in March is no easy feat.

Just ask last year’s Virginia team, which became the first 1 seed to lose to a 16 seed in NCAA Tournament history — and by a 20-point margin. Or maybe the improbable runs of George Mason, Butler, VCU and Loyola (Chicago) would get the point across.

Anyone can win any game. One hot shooting night can change the entire story of a team’s season.

That’s what makes Iowa State’s runs in the Big 12 Tournament — including three championships in the last five years — so remarkable.

In fact, two teams — Iowa State and Kansas — have each won three of the last six Big 12 Tournaments. No other team has won it since Missouri (now in the SEC) won the 2012 title, and the last time a current Big 12 member won aside from Iowa State and Kansas was Oklahoma State in 2005.

For the Cyc lones, it started with a scrappy 2013-14 team that put the program back on the national radar.

After the 2012-13 team snapped a seven-year winless drought at the Big 12 Tournament by winning one game, the

13-14 team took it a step further.

Led by Big 12 Player of the Year Melvin Ejim and redshirt senior guard DeAndre Kane, the Cyclones entered as the 4 seed.

Iowa State ripped through Kansas State and top-seeded Kansas before squaring off with 7 seed Baylor in the Saturday finale. “ You knew that a ton of Iowa State fans were gonna make their way down to Kansas City,” said John Walters of the Cyclone Radio Network. “I think people were excited and they certainly felt like Iowa State could make a run down there … You’re getting ready to play Kansas and you’re hearing about all these people driving down 35 and you know it’s gonna be just a tremendous environment for that semifinal with Kansas, and it was.”

The championship game against Baylor was nothing different.

The Cyclones started slow offensively.

Baylor led by as much as 10 in the first half.

Iowa State was stuck at 14 points with four minutes before halftime.

In the second half, the shots started falling.

“We beat Baylor in the finals after starting like 1-for-17,” said then-Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg. “ To stick with it, hang in there and we finally got the lid off the basket against that Baylor zone, which is a very difficult defense to play against with no preparation — it was just a special moment to be able to share that, to cut the nets down in front of our fans.

“We had probably 90 percent of the fans in the Sprint Center that game.”

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KENNEDY DERAEDT/ IOWA STATE DAILY Head coach Steve Prohm talks to freshman forward George Conditt IV before he plays during the game against the Southern University Jaguars on Dec. 9, 2018, at Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones ended the game with a 101-65 win.

Cyclones shut down second-half run, earn fifth Big 12 Tournament crown

BY TREVOR.HOLBROOK @iowastatedaily.com KANSAS CITY, Mo.— Kansas has been the kings of the Big 12 for a majority of this decade, but the Cyclones have been the kings of Kansas City, Missouri, for a majority of that stretch.

Iowa State reaffirmed its place in the Kansas City pecking order with a 78-66 win over the Jayhawks on Saturday.

“We’ve been talking about this since the summer, really — Big 12 Championship,” said freshman guard Tyrese Haliburton. “We didn’t win the regular season like we mentioned all year, but we won this one.”

The Jayhawks failed to claim at least a portion of the Big 12 regular season crown for the first time since 2004, but Kansas sought redemption at the Big 12 Tournament.

A team that’s battled through the Big 12

field plenty of times grinded past 6 seed Texas, 65-57. The Jayhawks lucked out with 10 seed West Virginia knocking off 2 seed Texas Tech.

With a date against West Virginia, Kansas struggled early before pulling away in an 88-74 win.

On opposite side of the bracket, Iowa State picked Baylor apart, setting up a rubber match with 1 seed Kansas State.

Iowa State clawed out a 63-59 win after blowing a 10-point first half lead.

“We stayed together,” said senior guard Marial Shayok, the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. “We knew we could trust coach Prohm’s gameplan — [the] fans out here supporting us. I mean, all the odds are for us, so we just came out there and did what we do.”

After half with a 32-22 lead, the stage seemed set for another run from Iowa State’s opponent

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THE ROLAND ROCKET President Steven Leath and former Cyclone all-American Gary Thompson attended the Sweet 16 game tournament game against Virginia on March 25, 2016.

Gary Thompson’s legacy far exceeds time in the stands

BY NOAH.ROHLFING @iowastatedaily.com

Take a long look through the crowd at any Iowa State football or men’s basketball home game, and you’ll start to see familiar faces.

There’s the 40-year season ticket holders who have held the same seat and will pass their tickets down to generations after, there’s the newbies and there’s so much more.

There’s one family — and one person in particular — that is as popular, if not more popular, than the players they’re in the stands watching. You might think, ‘Wait a second, wasn’t he the one who gave Iowa State the trophy at the Big 12 Championship in Kansas City?’ or ‘His voice sounds just like that Big 8 announcer from the 1970s and 80s!’ And in both cases, you’d be right.

But talking to him, you wouldn’t know you’re in the presence of an Ames legend — or as he’s been known since high school, the Roland Rocket. You might’ve heard the stories about taking down Wilt Chamberlain at the old Armory, or his appearance with Chamberlain and other AP All-Americans on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” the pinnacle of television in the 1950s.

But that’s the thing about Gary Thompson: Even as he reaches 84 years on this planet, he doesn’t let on just how big of a deal he is

— unless you ask him to. “[As a kid], I heard stories, yanno, but it was hard to picture the magnitude of it,” his son Scott says. “He was very down to earth, and still is.

“He just kept such an even keel and was so humble about it.”

Roland beginnings Gary wasn’t perfect growing up in Roland, Iowa, but he knew what he loved to do, and that was play sports. It was all there was to do in Roland.

“There was only two things to do: basketball and baseball,” Gary says.

Once he went about 20 minutes south to Ames after making a star turn on the court and on the baseball diamond, earning the nickname “The Roland Rocket,” everything changed for Iowa State — and for Thompson as well.

Freshmen weren’t allowed to play college basketball back in 1954, so Thompson spent a big-eyed year learning under the tutelage of then-Cyclones coach Clayton Sutherland.

Sutherland was fired after Thompson’s first year and replaced by Bill Strannigan, who Thompson had an immediate connection with. It was with Strannigan that Thompson would etch his name into Cyclone history with one win in 1957.

Before the famous victory happened, though, former teammate Arnie Gaarde said that Thompson had plenty of big moments to go around.

One big win over Colorado sticks in Gaarde’s mind.

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“He just kept such an even keel and was so humble about it,” — Scott Thompson

COURTESY OF IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY/SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT Players on the 1957 team Dick Bertell, left, and Gary Thompson talk with Coach Cap Timm, right.

Colorado,” Gaarde said. “It was a close game, and then Gary hit a shot right at the end of the game to win it. He dribbled, he dribbled and then he drove the lane, shot, and made the basket. Then the gun went off [to signal the end of the game] and the crowd hit the floor.

“Then, a bunch of football players lifted Gary up and carried him around the floor.”

Taking down ‘The Stilt’ The Wilt Chamberlain Game will always be a part of Gary Thompson’s identity. So much so, in fact, that it was one of the first stories he shared during our first meeting.

In early 1957, the Jayhawks came into the Armory sporting an unbeaten record and one of the greatest players of all time.The Cyclones came out with the win, though, and Gary describes it as “one of the happiest moments in my playing days.” His eyes light up once the game is mentioned and a big smile creeps up his face.

It’s a lot of fun for him to talk about. His favorite part comes up when he describes the

first time he saw Wilt.

“We were in Kansas City, and we were out on the floor and all of the sudden I heard a rumble and whatnot and the crowd started to stir,” Gary says, laughing. “I started looking from the bottom and I thought I’d never get to the top of him. That’s the biggest guy I ever played against.”

The Cyclones’ victory over the No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks at the old Armory is still one of the biggest victories in Iowa State history. But that season ended with a story he didn’t share the first time: an appearance on the famous “Ed Sullivan Show” in the spring of 1957 as a member of the AP All-American team.

As it turns out, Gary went on the show with the rest of the AP All-Americans, which included the NBA Hall of Famer Chamberlain. In fact, Gary went on the show twice.

“It was live television,” Gary says. “They had a hoop put up, and then they had balls but a

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‘That’s just his game:’ Coaches tell Haliburton to shoot more

BY AARON.MARNER @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State freshman guard Tyrese Haliburton’s first season of college basketball has been unique.

Less than four months after thinking he might redshirt the 2018-19 season, Haliburton is a starter for a top 25 team.

His 17 assists against Southern on Dec. 9, 2018, set a new school record.

Perhaps it shouldn’t be a surprise that Haliburton and coach Steve Prohm have been forced to have unique conversations this season.

“Me and coach [Prohm] had a meeting the other day and he was telling me ‘this isn’t a conversation I usually have with people this far into the season,’” Haliburton said. “But I guess if that’s my only problem right now, I’ll take it.”

That problem? Haliburton often seems averse to shooting the ball.

Haliburton is 21-of-43 from beyond the 3-point line in Big 12 play, good for second in the league in 3-point percentage (48.8 percent). His true shooting percentage, which weighs 3-pointers heavier than 2-pointers, sits at 70.0 for the season, good for fifth in the country.

Still, Haliburton prefers to pass.

“Sometimes in practice he has wide open shots and he won’t take the shot,” said sophomore guard Lindell Wiggin-

ton. “So we get on him to take the shot.

He still doesn’t take the shots we want him to take, but that’s just him. He likes to pass the ball. I think he should be more aggressive to shoot the ball but that’s just his game.”

The willingness to pass hasn’t hurt the Cyclones too much, as the team has a 19-7 record and the 10th best offense in the nation, according to KenPom. “You can tell him to shoot, too,” Prohm said. “We’ve all told him. Teammates tell him, we tell him, you can tell him. Put up a big article that says ‘SHOOT’ across the headline.

“He’s got a floater, he just loves to pass. We’ve talked to him about he’s got to be more aggressive. I think that’ll help everybody.”

Haliburton took five shots against Baylor on Tuesday, going 3-of-4 from 3-point range, finishing with nine points in 35 minutes.

In his last three games, Haliburton has played 101 minutes, scoring 12 points on 4-of-10 shooting.

“Usually he says ‘I didn’t know I was that open, coach.’” Prohm said. “He’s just been really good for this team though.

Just in his personality and his character, being really selfless. He’s a great fit from that standpoint.

“You’ve got guys like Marial, Lindell, Talen, it’s in their blood to score. He’s

kind of a good complement with that.”

When former Cyclone guard and current Denver Nugget Monte Morris returned to Ames for Tuesday’s game, he said he saw himself in Haliburton.

“He’s really good,” Morris said. “He’s taller than me but we have the same body just cause we’re real thin. Great IQ, great feel for the game.

“I asked him why he doesn’t shoot the ball more because he’s got great percentages.”

Haliburton’s 17 assists topple his scoring career-high of 16 points against Nebraska-Omaha, which is a feat no Cyclone starter in recent history has accomplished. There are still games to be played, but as of now, Haliburton is in rare company.

It comes down to his ability to remain efficient while still taking more shots. His assist-to-turnover ratio and rebounding numbers are great for his position and class, Prohm said.

“The TCU game when we were making the comeback I got kicked up to on the fastbreak and I didn’t take that one, and we ended up turning it over,” Haliburton said. “That one stung a bit. I know I can make that shot and I do it all the time, so to not take the one when it mattered like that, it usually irritates me a little bit.”

CHRIS JORGENSEN/ IOWA STATE DAILY Iowa State freshman Tyrese Haliburton attempts a deep shot to beat the buzzer before halftime against Kansas State. The shot went in and out, but the Cyclones still closed the half on a 21-4 run on March 15.

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Poor shooting ends resurgent season for Iowa State

BY SPENCER.SUCKOW @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State went ice cold from the field at the most inopportune time, and the team’s best season in recent memory is over because of it.

Thanks in large part to a 2-of-17 performance from beyond the arc and a 36 percent shooting percentage from the field overall, the No. 3 Cyclones fell in an upset in the Round of 32 on Monday to No. 11 Missouri State, by a score of 69-60.

What perhaps makes the poor shooting even harder to swallow is not only that it came at the worst possible time, but that it happened just two

nights after everyone on the team scored a basket in the overwhelming defeat of New Mexico State.

“I thought (Missouri State) did a good job,” said Iowa State coach Bill Fennelly. “Our goal was to drive the ball to the basket, but when you’re 2-for-17, you’re 2-for-17. You just can’t win games when you’re missing shots.”

The loss ends what had been a resurgent season for Iowa State. Just last year, the team finished 14-17 in what was the team’s second losing season in three years. Things were so bad that Fennelly contemplated retirement, but the coach said a turnaround led by his senior class renewed

his passion for coaching.

That passion was very evident in the postgame press conference, where Fennelly and seniors Bridget Carleton and Alexa Middleton fought through tears to deliver their final postgame press conference.

With the 31 points, Carleton finishes her career with 2,142 career points, just eight points shy of the Iowa State all-time scoring record held by Angie Welle.

Carleton will almost certainly play at the next level and her name will someday be in the rafters at Hilton Coliseum, but she said her biggest takeaway from her time at Iowa State was the growth she had as a person.

Middleton, meanwhile, was probably the next closest thing that Iowa State had to a consistent scorer outside of Carleton on Monday. She finished the evening with nine points, five assists and five rebounds, and was the only Cyclone outside of Carleton to hit a three-point shot.

Middleton also took the opportunity postgame to reflect on her career at Iowa State. Middleton spent two seasons on the roster after transferring from the University of Tennessee, and was thankful for the sense of community the team gave her.

Carleton, Middleton and fellow senior Meredith Burkhall will now all see their careers as Cyclones come

to a close, but not before Fennelly mentioned how grateful he was to the three for their contributions to the program. In Fennelly’s opinion, the 2018-19 senior class got the Iowa State program back on track, and the future looks bright as a result.

However, Fennelly, who’s 61 years old and has been with Iowa State since 1995, wasn’t exactly committal about a return to Iowa State next season. Should he return to Iowa State next year, he’ll have the luxury of working with three returning starters and a host of key reserves.

“I’ve been here a long time, and there will be some decisions to be made going forward,” Fennelly said.

MIKINNA KERNS/ IOWA STATE DAILY Iowa State head coach Bill Fennelly stands on the sideline during Iowa State vs. Baylor women’s basketball game held Feb. 23, 2019, in Hilton Coliseum.

Bill Fennelly signs contract extension through 2025

BY JACK.SHOVER @iowastatedaily.com Iowa State's athletics director Jamie Pollard announced on Twitter a contract extension with longtime women's basketball coach Bill Fennelly.

Fennelly's contract extension with the university runs through the 2025 season.

"Bill built a program from scratch and, more impressively, maintained major success for more than two decades," Pollard said in a release. "There's a loyalty factor and a commitment (to Iowa State) factor with Bill that isn't very typical today. He has been fully invested in the 'Iowa State Way' for a long time and our fan base has reaped the benefits."

Fennelly has led several successful teams in the Big 12 and NCAA Tournament including this season.

During his time at Iowa State, Fennelly has accumulated 505 wins and 262 losses for an overall win percentage of .658 since 1995. Prior to working at Iowa State, Fennelly was the head coach at Toledo.

Steve Prohm inks extension with Iowa State through 2025

BY AARON.MARNER @iowastatedaily.com With rumors swirling about an open position at Alabama, Iowa State wasted no time ensuring its head coach would be around for several years to come.

Iowa State announced it had agreed to a contract extension with men's basketball coach Steve Prohm through the 2024-2025 season.

Prohm led Iowa State to its fourth Big 12 Tournament title in the last six years earlier this month. The Cyclones earned a 6 seed in the NCAA Tournament before falling in the opening game to 11-seed Ohio State.

"I couldn't be more grateful and appreciative for the chance to be the head men's basketball coach at Iowa State," Prohm said in a press release.

Iowa State did not release details of the contract. The athletics department said in a press release the specifics would be released once it is finalized.

The contract is a three-year extension on Prohm's previous contract, which was set to expire after the 2022 season. Prohm has a record of 8353 in four seasons at the helm in Ames.

MIKINNA KERNS/ IOWA STATE DAILY Iowa State senior guard Bridget Carleton waves to the crowd after the Iowa State vs Kansas Senior Night basketball game held in Hilton Coliseum on Monday, March 4. Carleton was awarded Iowa State’s top honor for female athletes on Wednesday.

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Bridget Carleton honored as Big 12 Player of the Year BYJACK.SHOVER @iowastatedaily.com

For the first time ever, an Iowa State women’s basketball player has been awarded the Big 12 Player of the Year.

Senior Bridget Carleton was honored with the award Wednesday and edged out last year’s winner, Kalani Brown, from Baylor.

Carleton led the conference in scoring and had a convincing head-to-head matchup against Brown and Baylor late in the season.

Brown figured to be in contention for the award despite having worse head-to-head stats compared to Carleton due to her being the best player on a Baylor team that swept the Big 12 in the regular season and earned the spot as the No. 1 team in the country.

The Player of the Year award is voted upon by the Big 12’s head coaches. Each coach is not able to vote for their own players.

Carleton has been the best player this season on an Iowa State team that is 23-7 overall and finished 13-5 in conference play and finished second in the conference after Baylor.

The last time the two teams met on Feb. 23, Carleton had a game-high in points with 28 along with eight rebounds. Twenty of her

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— similar to the Kansas State game.

Kansas struck first, with a Devon Dotson layup to cut the deficit to single digits. After the bucket, Haliburton drilled a 3-pointer to kill some of the Jayhawk momentum.

In the next couple minutes, Iowa State withstood Kansas’ offensive attack, limiting the Jayhawks to zero points. On offense, the Cyclones grabbed two points off free throws and a Shayok jumper.

The made jumper triggered

points came in the second half. Brown finished the game with 14 points and seven rebounds, but Baylor ended up winning the game 73-60 over the Cyclones.

After the game, Iowa State coach Bill Fennelly said who the pick for Big 12 Player of the Year should be.

“I think today, on a national stage, against the best team in our league — there should be no doubt — no doubt who the player of the year in this league is, and if anyone doesn’t vote for Bridget Carleton, then you need to come talk to me,” Fennelly said.

As the first winner of the Big 12 Player of the Year award for Fennelly and the Cyclones, Carleton has achieved an honor not even Iowa State great Angie Welle, a three-time AP All-American and Iowa State’s all-time scoring leader, was able to achieve.

Carleton said Fennelly has always stuck behind her and backed her up. Even after games where Carleton had failed to have her shot fall, she said Fennelly always drew up the same plays for her the next game.

“He has my back; he always has my back,” Carleton said. “He has had trust in me for four years now through the ups and downs — through everything.”

In her evolution as a player, Baylor coach Kim Mulkey said she has seen Carleton transition from a true forward to a player who has developed into a perimeter player who can play multiple positions.

Mulkey said she expected Carleton to

a Bill Self timeout. After the 30-second timeout, the five on the floor hopped back to the half court they played defense on.

The five exchanged smiles and slaps on the back, and Iowa State appeared in control. With some of the struggles to close the regular season, the Cyclones looked like an entirely different group from those three weeks.

When the whistle blew and play began, the Cyclones added a bucket, but the Jayhawks followed with a 9-2 run to trim the deficit back down to 10.

Instead of folding like it might have a couple weeks ago, Iowa

Bridget vs Brown Bridget Carleton scored a gamehigh 28 points against previous Player of the Year Kalani Brown and stayed on the court the entire game against Baylor in the 2019 season.

be a great shooter, but she said Carleton has also become a player who handles the ball well and is able to consistently penetrate defenses.

In her final season, Carleton averaged 21.9 points, 8.7 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.4 blocks, 2.3 steals and 2.6 turnovers per game.

Carleton also owns a 46.6 shooting percentage from the floor and a 36.6 3-point shooting percentage.

Brown averaged 15.8 points, 7.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1.6 blocks, 0.4 steals and 1.7 turnovers per game with 62 percent shooting from the floor.

Brown is the best player on a Baylor team, which has gone 28-1 overall and 18-0 in the conference — firmly finishing as the top team in the Big 12.

“If Kalani Brown was standing there and another player in this league, who would you take?” Baylor coach Kim Mulkey said. “She’s six-seven, so that’s my answer pretty loud and clear.”

According to the other Big 12 coaches, Carleton is that choice.

State stiffened up with a 9-2 run of its own off a Lindell W igginton layup, Michael Jacobson 3-pointer and Shayok jumper.

“We started buying into what coach has been preaching, and man, we’re tough,” said redshirt senior guard Nick Weiler-Babb.

From that point on, Kansas flirted with making a run, but Iowa State always answered back and never lost under a nine-point cushion.

The Cyclones closed out the game by hitting 14-of-14 from the free throw line in the final nine minutes.

“You knew that a ton of Iowa State fans were gonna make their way down to Kansas City,” — John Walters

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Freshman quarterback Brock Purdy warms up during a timeout in the second half of the Valero Alamo Bowl Dec. 29. The Cyclones were defeated 26 to 28.

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Campbell proud of his team of self-starters Purdy leads team filled with young talent

BY TREVOR.HOLBROOK @iowastatedaily.com There’s two things for certain Iowa State coach Matt Campbell loves: football and “the process.”

This week, those two collided with spring practices picking up and players’ season of improvement starting.

“We were fortunate we were able to have a spring practice before we left for spring break, but it’s great to have this team back,” Campbell said after Tuesday’s practice. “This football team, so far, the first two or three months — it’s been a team that’s come back with a purpose.

“I really appreciate that about this group, and I think the thing that I really like about this team is being able to coach them because they’re self-starters.”

Campbell oozed with passion discussing his team and the strides its made since Iowa State’s Alamo Bowl loss. Campbell shows even more passion when it comes to the offseason and kicking off another cycle of the program’s “process.” Campbell loves running drills on the Bergstrom Indoor Training Facility’s turf like a house cat loves stretching out in the sunlight, and rightfully so, too.

His passion displayed itself midway during the drills when the freshness of the practice wore off, but the smile plastered on Campbell’s face stayed put.

Campbell and seven other coaches each grabbed a

foam pad and lined up with four on each side facing each other and forming a tunnel. Quarterbacks and offensive skills players charged between the two lines of coaches with a ball tucked under their arms.

Campbell and his crew reared back and hacked at the players like a major leaguer taking batting practice to promote ball security. After the line of players trickled through, Campbell remained engaged and smiling.

While ball security and other fundamental drills aren’t the most glamourous drills for the dozens of players in shorts and shoulder pads, they’re still important.

As cliche as Campbell’s focus on the details and offseason is for coaches, it truly is a key piece to the growth and development of a program.

The team has holes to fill in the offseason, too. Running back David Montgomery and wide receiver Hakeem Butler were in the facilities on Tuesday, but they were there working on Pro Day drills in preparation for the NFL Draft in April.

With the departures of Montgomery and Butler to the league, the keys to the Cyclones offense solely fall into the hands of freshman quarterback Brock Purdy.

Purdy mesmerized fans in Jack Trice Stadium and Big 12 venues around the country with his pump fakes, his bombs to Butler and his poise beyond his years. Even with all his success, Purdy missed out on the opportunity to run with the first-teamers last spring — a luxury he

possesses for his sophomore campaign.

With the responsibility of orchestrating the team through the spring, Purdy also shoulders a bigger role with non-physical traits.

“I think that complete evolution of who the true leader is in this program,” Campbell said of what he wants Purdy to gain in the spring. “Brock is a naturally born leader in a lot of ways. He commands the best of himself every day. I think greatness comes when you have the ability to demand that of everybody else around you.”

Campbell’s words provide a lofty responsibility for a sophomore who turned 19 years old a few months ago.

Purdy, though, recognized his role expanding throughout the season last year as he gained more exposure inside the Cyclone offense, and he benefitted from having sixth-year senior Kyle Kempt assist him in his first college season.

“From [when] I first stepped onto campus, I was kind of a little quiet here and there, but after I started playing we all opened up,” Purdy said in January. “That’s where we grew and had success.”

While there’s still 155 days until Iowa State kicks off with Northern Iowa in Jack Trice Stadium — assuming there’s no South Dakota State game-like monsoon — the most important steps in Purdy’s progression may be taking place under the roof of the Bergstrom Indoor Training Facility.

Dresser takes key strides in year two: Will it continue?

BY TREVOR.HOLBROOK @iowastatedaily.com The transition into the Kevin Dresser era at Iowa State was ugly.

A once highly decorated program, Iowa State slumped to 8-10 in duals, including losses to teams such as Northern Colorado and Wyoming. This time one year ago, the Cyclones managed to send only one wrestler — Jarrett Degen — to the NCAA Championships.

The start of the Dresser era was ugly, but the program he took over was even uglier before he arrived.

Despite the extremely average 2017-18 campaign, the program still appeared in a much better place than the 2016-17 season.

The program Dresser inherited went 1-12 in duals during Kevin Jackson’s final season in Ames, Iowa. Jackson’s Cyclones did field three athletes in the NCAA Championships, but the trio combined for an abysmal one team point.

With the average but big improvement in Dresser’s first season, Iowa State entered this

year with much higher hopes.

After the first season the Cyclones lost heavyweight Marcus Harrington and Dane Pestano, along with a slew of athletes who transferred during or before the season.

But Iowa State plugged in redshirt sophomore Gannon Gremmel at heavyweight and added now-four-time All-American Willie Miklus into the mix at 197 pounds.

With Miklus in the room, redshirt sophomore Sam Colbray cut down to 184 pounds in place of Pestano.

Redshirt freshmen Austin Gomez (133-pounds) and Marcus Coleman (174-pounds) filled holes in the lineup, while redshirt sophomore Alex Mackall transferred in from Rutgers to anchor the 125-pound spot.

Familiar faces re-emerged at 149 pounds (Degen), 141 (Ian Parker) and 157 (Chase Straw). The 165-pound spot remained a revolving door with injuries, but a couple of freshmen proved they can handle Big 12-level matches throughout the year.

With the returning talent complimented by the injected talent from athletes coming

CHRIS JORGENSEN/ IOWA STATE DAILY Iowa State head coach Kevin Dresser looks on as Cyclone heavyweight Gannon Gremmel wrestles in overtime against Missouri.

off redshirts and transferring in, the Cyclones looked ready to make a jump.

Iowa State accomplished that with a

second-place finish at the Big 12 Tournament and nine athletes competing in the NCAA Championships (not to mention pushing topfive Iowa to the brink in a one-point dual loss).

Not only were the Cyclones winning duals and snagging bonus points, but the team looked like a better conditioned and stronger team for the most part.

Even with all the improvement, the Cyclones failed to even sniff anywhere close to a top five spot as a team in Pittsburgh.

Miklus and Degen secured podium spots, and Colbray and Gomez just missed the All-American cut. Outside of that quartet, Iowa State didn’t receive the results it needed from athletes like Coleman, Parker and others.

Now comes the tough part for Iowa State.

The Cyclones should now be on most quality teams’ radar, and with that comes higher expectations and a target on the teams’ back.

Fortunately for Iowa State, Miklus is the only lineup regular who won’t be competing in a cardinal and gold singlet next year (although he could potentially stick around in a coaching role of some form).

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Making his mark: How Andrew Tank has changed ISU golf

BY MATT.BELINSON @iowastatedaily.com

TAYLOR HAGIE/ IOWA STATE DAILY Andrew Tank broke a 61-year streak when the Cyclones qualified for the NCAA Championships for the first time since 1953.

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Out of the many storied athletic programs at Iowa State, men's golf would seem like one that would normally lie on the margins of relevance and prominence.

Those who assumed that would have been right about Iowa State men's golf program from the 1990s to the mid 2000s. The program was producing no postseason runs or top-level talent that garnered any national attention.

As the mid 2000s moved along, the postseason was becoming a faint memory for the men's golf program at Iowa State.

The program's last regional birth came in the late 90s, while an appearance in the NCAA Championships was almost feeling like a dream rather than an attainable goal, with the program not making the championship since the 1950s.

With the lack of progress the program was facing as the late 2000s were coming to a close, something had to change.

That worrying and panic came to a stop in 2010, when Iowa State hired a coach that not only brought a new culture to the men's golf program but also provided his players a mentor that would shape their perspective on golf forever.

His name is Andrew Tank.

him and what type of program he would build.

"Some of them came across the world to help me better the program and better themselves," Tank said.

The trust of the players and traveling across the world didn't stop with Tank's first class of recruits, with half of his current roster being from outside the United States.

One of the members of the 2018-19 roster, Lachlan Barker, has created an environment built for the players to thrive, Tank said.

Barker, a sophomore from Willunga, Australia, said the culture in Ames is one that is inviting but is very process-oriented.

Barker didn't know much about Tank before committing to Iowa State, but knew right away that Tank was going to be a different type of head coach, and he knew before Tank even spoke to him.

"The first thing that stood out to me was his name, 'coach Tank,'" Barker said. "From where I am from, that name is pretty unique and pretty striking."

Barker said Tank seemed to care about his players development and who they were as people as the biggest pieces of his approach. Barker said the culture is for the players first and always.

As one of two juniors on the roster, Tripp Kinney has been a part of Tank's culture longer than most of his teammates and could tell that Tank wanted to create a culture where golf was almost second fiddle to the human side of the players he was bringing to Ames.

"I would say the culture is like a family," Kinney said. "He brings in people that he knows are going to mesh well and make the atmosphere welcoming for everyone."

Kinney has six career top-10 finishes under Tank and sees Tank's attitude and approach to his golfers as a big reason for his success. Kinney said Tank is never one to yell or get angry, which makes everyone on the team relaxed from day to day.

The players in the men's golf program are not the only ones who understand what type of culture Tank has brought to Ames, including assistant coach Chad Keohane.

Keohane has been alongside Tank since 2014 and said Tank does his research when it comes to what type of players he brings into the program, as a small roster of players requires everyone to mesh.

"We are a small group, so one bad apple can spoil the bunch real quick so there is a lot of digging into the background who they are as people," Keohane said.

Keohane said Tank only wants players that want to get better

“I would say the culture is like a family.

He brings in people that he knows are going to mesh well and make the atmosphere welcoming for everyone” — Tripp Kinney

Culture shock Tank was hired in 2010, having spent eight seasons as an assistant to Brad James on Minnesota's golf team. Tank helped mentor 10 All-American selections and 16 All-Big Ten picks.

Tank attended the University of Minnesota and played collegiate golf for the Gophers. He played on Minnesota's golf team for four years and eventually led his team to a 2002 National Championship, where he was named team captain.

With all the experience of playing golf and coaching it, Tank grew more and more intrigued by the idea of becoming a head coach for his own program.

"I always loved learning about coaching and I as I got into it more, I realized it was something I wanted to pursue," Tank said.

Growing up in Des Moines, Tank was very familiar with Iowa State. Tank applied as soon as the position was open.

Once Tank got to Ames and began to craft the foundation of his program, he knew the process would be slow and would require a lot of time to bring in his first recruiting class.

"There were good players that were here before me," Tank said.

"Once I brought in my first four recruits, we got the ball rolling quickly."

The ball rolled quickly indeed.

His first recruiting class ranked ninth in the country in the Golfstat Freshman Class Impact Rankings. It included Scott Fernandez (Granada, Spain), Duncan Croudis (Dunedin, New Zealand), and Sam Daley (Wynnum, Australia).

Fernandez finished his career as a Cyclone by being named a second-team All-American.

Tank was thankful for the level of trust his first recruits had in

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You do not support women if...

BY KELSEY CULBERTSON kculbert@iastate.edu Somewhere along the way in their lives, men are taught to believe that their voices, opinions and lives are more important than those of women. They are wrong, and I am disgusted with this antiquated point of view. I am tired of the men in my life who talk about women’s equality, but do not put their verbal support into practice. You do not support women, and here is a list of reasons why.

If you interrupt a woman,

you do not support women.

If you talk over a woman,

you do not support women.

If you do not listen to a woman when she tells you that she feels unsafe and you do not change your actions to make her feel safe, you do not support women.

If you believe that it is more important for women to learn how to prevent sexual harassment/ assault than it is for men to learn not to commit acts of sexual harassment/assault, you do not support women.

If you sit idly by and allow friends or family to mistreat a woman, you do not support women.

If you speak of, or allow those close to you to speak of, women as a prize or trophy, you do not support women.

If you try to tell a woman what she should or should not wear, you do not support women.

If you base a woman’s credibility on her physical attributes and not her skills and experiences, you do not support women.

If you believe that leadership roles are unfit for women, you do not support women.

If you take a woman’s words, efforts or work and claim it as your own, you do not support women.

Do not think for a second that this list does not apply to you. You are not an exception. You may consider yourself a feminist, but your actions prove that you are not. You are guilty of not respecting women if you do not make purposeful efforts towards uplifting women, if you do not use your privilege as a man to help women move forward and if you do not put actions behind your words.

This list displays only a few of the many ways that men disrespect women on a regular basis. Day after day I hear men grumble when they are not simply given whatever they feel their manhood has entitled them, and I hear pitiful, pride-fueled arguments that are ridden with the word “I,” fighting for self-interest behind the façade of caring about others.

Enough is enough. Until you decide to listen to us, I am done hearing you.

I am done feeling like it is not my time or it is not the time for women. We will make it our time and you would do well to join us while you can.

I want to thank Lilian Juma for all of the fantastic contributions that she made to this piece. Her words added exactly what this piece needed.

I also want to thank Zoey Shipley, Savannah Lane, Gabby Duncan and Isaiah Baker for their edits and support throughout my writing this.

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A salute to using our Principles of Community to negate hate

BY MARTINO HARMON mharmon@iastate.edu On March 6, a white nationalist speaker came to Iowa State University.

This letter is not specifically about the speaker, but about the Iowa State Principles of Community that were demonstrated by our students.

That evening, I personally witnessed several Principles of Community in action. Students in attendance listened to messages that were hateful, divisive, hurtful and counter to the Iowa State principles of freedom from discrimination, respect for others and appreciation of diversity and inclusion.

Despite the hateful messages, the students listened, and when given the opportunity, they exercised their right to provide direct and honest expression of their ideas with vigor and passion.

Iowa State students provided a great example of how one can express their own ideas in a respectful manner even in the face of hate.

The First Amendment allows for expression of all ideas, and any public university must support the First Amendment. This is even in cases where it is counter to what we value and believe as a university. Students in this case exercised their right to freedom of expression, courageously challenged the speaker and appropriately dispersed when they determined it was time to shut the event down leaving the speaker without an audience.

I want to salute the students who appropriately challenged views they did not believe in, and for demonstrating the Iowa State Principles of Community.

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Thanks for the memories, Iowa State

BY ALEX.CONNOR @iowastatedaily.com I’m trading in Iowa State for something both new and unknown. And as I’m looking forward, I’ve been doing a lot of looking back.

We put out a newspaper, newsletter and online content every day in service of our community.

This past year, here’s how I believe we’ve best served you.

Within the first two weeks of classes, we were already covering the trademark rift between student leaders and administration heavily. Students felt they were being abandoned by the university. Administrators felt they needed to protect the Iowa State name and its brand.

At its center was a lack of communication, both sides bypassing empathy and choosing conflict over compromise.

In September, we extensively covered the death of Celia Barquín Arozamena — an Iowa State golfer, international student and beloved civil engineer.

We covered the criminal history of the main suspect in the case and wrote about homelessness in Ames. We talked about safety on campus and tried our best to not just help

the community process such a horrible incident, but also understand what life looks like moving forward.

In October, we wrote about Iowa State lacking the ability to put pronouns on business cards. It was later announced in April that the university would be adapting its materials to allow for this necessary and inclusive change.

In November, we stayed up until 3 a.m. to provide you with extensive coverage and analysis of the election results — including the win by then acting-Gov. Kim Reynolds, who that night became the first woman to ever be elected to serve in that role in Iowa.

In December, we didn’t take a break.

Rather, we traveled to the Valero Alamo Bowl with many of you to cover what would eventually become Iowa State’s harrowing loss against Washington State.

In January, during the coldest days of the year, we were in the newsroom putting out a print product. Despite classes being canceled, we were still delivering up-to-date coverage of not just the weather but Iowa State and the Ames community.

In February, we introduced you to the Student Government candidates for president

and vice president. With three slates running, we wanted to ensure that each candidate and their campaign was covered fairly and accurately. This included hosting the debates in partnership with the election commission.

In March, we broke the story that a white nationalist would be secretly coming to campus. Despite no one taking ownership over his invitation, we were able to offer reporting directly linking Nick Fuentes to organizations on campus.

In April, we released the “I am more than” initiative in partnership with the Student Government diversity and inclusion committee to highlight student leadership on campus.

Identifying 15 students, we provided them the opportunity to share with the community what they are “more than.”

In May, we say goodbye and transition into our next set of summer leadership. While we’re taking a temporary step away from the print product, we’ll still be in your inbox and online. In the fall, we’ll resume with our daily print product.

We couldn’t have done any of it without the support of our community. Thank you for letting us be of service to you.

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Do not deface campus chalking

BY CONNOR.BAHR ksteig@iastate.edu Amid voting seasons at Iowa State, chalk becomes a weapon for politically active students wishing to spread their message to all who walk along the sidewalks. This is great to see among students because it means they care about who represents them, and they want to make their voice heard.

However, it is obvious when one is writing politically, there are going to be others who disagree. This results in many of the chalk writings getting defaced and written over. This needs to stop for two reasons: defacing the chalk markings is infringing on other students’ free speech and it also makes ones argument look less legit and possibly more violent.

Last November, the sidewalks were lined top to bottom with political writings, many about abortion and Steve King.

Once again, chalk messages have popped up around campus.

These, however, seem to focus on abortion alone. Many saying, “Pro-life, Pro-Woman.”

Within a day of these messages appearing, I personally have seen one almost completely erased by water. This heavily echoes last years “chalk wars,” during which I counted nine chalk messages blurred out, written over or washed off during a walk from UDCC to the library. Last year this escalated so far to the point where The Daily reported on the incident.

From what I can gather, the rules for chalking the sidewalk are pretty simple. Don’t chalk under overhangs so that the weather can wash it away eventually, don’t chalk anywhere on Memorial Union grounds and make sure that the chalk is informative and/or political. Any chalk that follows the rules is fair game, and should not be removed or defaced. This goes for students and the administration.

I specifically mention the administration because of the “It’s OK to be white” posters and chalk that were put up around the same time last year. The posters were taken down almost immediately and the chalk was put under investigation.

Trying to silence the opposition by crossing out their chalk marks will make your side seem desperate and violent. If you really feel strongly against some chalk mark, get some chalk and do some writing of your own.

The sidewalks will continue to be littered with political rhetoric here at Iowa State, but this is a good thing. It shows that the community of students here is active in the community, but we can’t allow students to erase the writings of others, as that infringes on their free speech.

If you disagree with something written on the sidewalks, you should absolutely find a way to make your voice heard.

Especially in this day and age, that is something that is desperately needed. I think we can all work together to make Iowa State a place where all voices can be heard without fear.

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Echo chambers heightened by technology

BY CONNOR.BAHR @iowastatedaily.com Both the left and the right can agree that the divide between political and ideological groups is the greatest it might ever be since the Civil War. If you’re currently a student, chances are you’ve had the technology to browse the web for as long as you can remember. Computers are wonderful pieces of tech that allow one to communicate with others through vast distances, see opinions from around the world and make friends without ever meeting. But as technology becomes more widespread, real interactions begin to decline. One incredibly important drawback

of this decline is the filtering of opinions.

As I said earlier, technology allows one to be able to see opinions from around the world.

However, it is also just as easy to ignore or avoid any opinion that you don’t agree with.

It is clear by a simple skim of certain websites that specific political sides reside there. The left has taken Tumblr, while the right lurks on sites such as Reddit and 4chan.

When opposition does arise, it is mostly met with name-calling, violence and strong emotions.

The logical debate doesn’t seem to be an option because the views that these people hold onto have never been opposed, and therefore

these people feel that they can’t be wrong.

As a result, the amount of extremism on both sides has increased radically, creating a divide in politics that extends beyond a difference in views. Both sides see the other as extremist caricatures.

A study carried out in 2012 by Stanford University states that each side of the political spectrum has had disdain toward the other side that has been increasing since the ‘80s.

The study showed that the negative feelings hinged more on partisan alignment than actual ideological practice. One can only infer that these negative feelings have continued to rise since the study.

Because of the nature of the echo chamber, each side slowly shifts away from the middle ground, creating an atmosphere of high tension.

Even among the professionals, the lawmakers and politicians who are running the country, the divide has grown to the point where working with the side that you don’t belong to is seen as inconceivable and ridiculous.

In a polarized, violent America where each side of the political and ideological spectrum despises the other side, it will not be long until the lack of communication, compromise and tolerance break down into large-scale civil unrest that will wreak havoc for all of America and perhaps the world.

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Iowa State deserves to know about speakers ALL Americans,” according to a statement provided by the national chapter.

This time, however, Fuentes wants to keep the visit under wraps. Or at least as “hush hush” as it can get by announcing the event to his 22,560 YouTube subscribers, 10,000 of which viewed the livestream.

“My first ever campus speech ... will be taking place this Wednesday in Iowa, and there will be more details to come on that,” Fuentes said.

Fuentes said he would not be giving any details until the day of.

The Iowa State Daily was first made aware of Fuentes’ visit Feb. 27 after an anonymous source attended a College Republicans meeting and learned about the event from a Turning Point representative who had asked to speak.

Do better, Student Government Toxic. Harmful. Exclusionary. Cliquey.

Friendly. Inclusive. Holistic. Transparent.

For those in Student Government, the aforementioned adjectives can be used to describe the environment in which senators and cabinet members operate — depending on whom you ask.

While all are dedicated to students under the guise of their positions, serious territorial undertones have threatened the legislative and executive ability for our elected officials to serve.

There was a reason that Student Government changed its name from Government of the Student Body years ago.

It’s not about the Senate. It’s not about the Cabinet. It’s not about the president or the vice president.

It’s about the students.

Our current Student Government has forgotten that.

Wednesday’s Senate meeting reflected a Student Government not representative of our goals as a university.

This is not to say that Student Government doesn’t serve its students or do a lot of things right. But infighting has gotten in the way of its fullest potential. This is unacceptable.

The students of Iowa State deserve more.

On Tuesday, Director of Residency Dozmen Lee created an 11-minute Snapchat video discussing his distaste for Speaker Cody Woodruff, who is also running for Student Government president, as well as what he perceives as the many flaws in the governing body.

“Y ’all want to know what the biggest problem of Student Government is?” Lee asks in the video. “It’s not the cliquiness of the group or the self-righteous, pretentious attitude. It’s the fact that people are just so f*cking fake.

“Rather than tell the truth and be honest with each other, we all go behind each other’s backs and act like we’re homies or we’re friends, or that we’re cool with someone, but most of us can’t f*cking stand each other. It’s just the truth of it.”

This, understandably, riled up many of the senators and cabinet members. Some agreed with Lee’s claims but said that they didn’t appreciate the ways in which he made his voice heard. Others just couldn’t see his perspective.

No matter the fact, there is divisiveness within Student Government and it isn’t new. There are people who feel as if their voice isn’t heard, and if it is, it is marginalized or ignored.

There are also people who love Student Government and feel as if it has positively impacted their Iowa State experience.

All of these truths can exist in the same space. All of these experiences are valid and deserve to be considered and acted upon. But it cannot be made at the expense of the student body.

Change does not happen instantly, and it can be difficult to address systematic social structures that have and will continue to plague the environments in which we exist.

Student Government: Use this as an opportunity to address conflict and find solutions to long-standing issues.

Create the space for senators and cabinet members to be heard. Create the space for them to get along. Above all, do better.

The student body deserves it.

From there, Daily reporters and editors worked to confirm the time, date and location of the event. While we were provided this information initially, we decided to remove it from the breaking news story due to additional sources failing to confirm. Those same sources were unable to provide a new time, date and location.

While the Daily felt secure in its initial sourcing, we decided it best to leave the date and time out as all sources were able to confirm that Fuentes would be at Iowa State Wednesday, in general. Editors decided this in and of itself was sufficient to run.

The Iowa State Daily also felt it important to report on Nick Fuentes’ intent to visit Iowa State before he confirmed the information

directly through his YouTube show. The Daily felt that the Iowa State community deserved to know of Fuentes’ presence on campus.

With this event bypassing the proper authorizations, students were not properly allotted the opportunity to use their speech to respond.

One cannot espouse free speech and at the same time hide it from the audience in which they feel would react negatively to their ideologies. By not making it known Fuentes would be coming to campus, the individuals involved did just that.

To use a quote from Fuentes in a tweet after his first campus speech was canceled, “it’s important for them to maintain the façade that they support free speech. What they really want is controlled free speech.”

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Thousands Of Students Forced To Attend Iowa State After University Sets Acceptance Rate To 140%

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Self-described white nationalist Nicholas Fuentes announced in a YouTube video Monday that he will be coming to Iowa to speak on a college campus Wednesday.

Fuentes, 20, is the host of the controversial podcast and YouTube video series, “America First.” He was in attendance of the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017.

He also comes with controversy. When Fuentes attempted to speak at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in September 2018, the national chapter of the group hosting “Young Americans for Liberty” disbanded the chapter.

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Is admission too accessible?

On the heels of a college scandal that roiled many involved in the higher education space, the Onion decided to take its own approach to the university admissions process. In doing so, the popular satire website featured none other than Iowa State.

Published March 18, the headline read: “Thousands Of Students Forced To Attend Iowa State After University Sets Acceptance Rate To 140%.”

And while the Onion is commonly known for its ability to take an issue or public figure and turn around a fake news article that makes a joke of the situation, the Onion article about Iowa State is actually kind of true.

The acceptance rate for Iowa State students is on the high end of 89 percent. Iowa State, like the University of Northern Iowa and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Iowa, all use the Regent Admission Index.

Automatic acceptance is granted to anyone with a score of at least 245.

While some do not meet this general

admissions requirement, it’s relatively easy to get into Iowa State compared to the elite and Ivy-league institutions such as the University of Southern California, Yale and Georgetown involved in the college admissions scandal.

For many, the recent scandal perpetrated by many wealthy families, including Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, highlights the use of money and notoriety to obtain special admissions to elite colleges as 89 percent at Iowa State is much closer to 140 percent than Yale, which lets in about 6.7 percent of students.

The Onion article also speaks to Iowa State’s recent initiatives to build a more diverse and inclusive academic environment. The article even states it in the opening paragraph: “In part of an ongoing effort to foster a more inclusive academic community …”

In many ways, this is true. While Iowa State is a predominately white institution, nearly one in four Iowa State students is either a minority or an international student, according to fall 2018 enrollment.

“In fact, we were quite surprised by the number of international students we were able to prod onto planes,” President Wendy Wintersteen is fake quoted in the Onion.

And what really speaks to Iowa State’s acceptance rate was the Onion’s decision to report that Iowa State “would not be adding any additional scholarships or housing, but promised that each student would love their dozens of new roommates.”

This mirrors fall 2015, in which the university topped at 36,001 students — the largest in school history.

Iowa State struggled to find housing for its giant enrollment. In a lot of cases, students were assigned to dens rather than traditional dorm rooms to accommodate.

Iowa State’s enrollment has since decreased and ample housing is readily available, however, the Onion article touches on the very real history of the university’s decisions surrounding diversity and inclusion, enrollment and admissions.

On Student Press Freedom Day, support independent journalism The Iowa State Daily will join student newspapers across the nation Wednesday in advocating for the right to a free press and the ability to continue servicing the public with information vital to a successful democracy.

The Student Press Law Center, a strong advocate for the First Amendment that specializes in protecting the rights of student journalists, is calling for grassroots support Wednesday — Student Press Freedom Day. The goal is to recognize the tireless and important work of student journalists in their communities and to highlight the necessity of a free and independent press.

Here’s why this day is critical.

Today, there are just 16 daily student newspapers in the United States.

While many newsrooms are switching from a print-based to digital-only medium to better match the wants and needs of consumers, revenues cannot keep up.

This mirrors a loss in professional newsrooms, too. From 2008 to 2017, newsroom employment in the United States dropped by 23 percent, according to the Pew Research Center.

What this translates to is not just a loss in staffing and equipment, but the sheer inability to do anymore than match the 24/7 news cycle. Student

journalists are capable of writing indepth, long-form investigations. Student journalists are capable of creating documentaries. Student journalists are capable, as long as they are invested in.

Last week, the media industry lost 1,000 journalists to layoffs specifically in digital-based publications such as the Huffington Post and BuzzFeed news. Journalism students today, no matter their experience, will have to fight for jobs in a shrinking market, and the classroom is not enough to prepare them.

What the Iowa State Daily does is help fill this gap and connect student journalists to an experiential learning

environment. The Iowa State Daily not only provides the basis for how to report and write a story but exist in a professional workspace.

Last semester, the Iowa State Daily reported stories specific to our community that would have otherwise gone unnoticed if left to the city or regional media outlets.

Take for example the recently implemented trademark policy that has riled many student organizations for what they felt was a lack of communication and thought into the impact it would have.

Over the course of the fall semester, the Iowa State Daily published 22

articles related to the issue. Other news organizations published only one.

The students at the Iowa State Daily serve as watchdogs of the community. Just as it benefits our staff to gain the experience, it benefits Iowa State to see an issue from all sides and have an unbiased, objective news source to get information from.

On Student Press Freedom Day, the Iowa State Daily asks that you take the time to get to know your student newspaper.

The Iowa State Daily has served the Iowa State community for 128 years and we hope to serve you for 128 more.

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The pride of Iowa State

BY MEG.GRICE @iowastatedaily.com For students and staff involved with the Iowa State University Cyclone Football Varsity Marching Band, a typical season does not stop after Jack Trice closes its gates on football. There is much work to be done in Music Hall, and a new season to start as soon as the ensemble’s final chord ends.

Each year before the launch of the fall semester, 500 hopefuls move to Iowa State to have a chance at being a part of this group. With this same number going out each year, returners included, around 350 members make it into the varsity marching band.

The audition judging is composed of two portions — marching and music — done by the music faculty.

Though talent in learning compositions and marching techniques are vital, there is more to becoming a member of the varsity marching band than what can be shown in skills. Leadership, a positive attitude and a positive spirit are important, too.

“It’s not just about skill when you walk in the door,” said Christain Carichner, the director of athletic bands at Iowa State.

The ISU CF ‘V’ MB’s demographics are not what one typically expects. Less than 5 percent of the varsity marching band is made up of music majors. The largest major represented? Engineering, at over 50 percent. Additionally, 60 percent of members are freshmen.

As an indicator of excellence, music is always memo-

rized for football games, and the students have anywhere from one to two weeks to learn the show, plus drill during weekday rehearsals for around an hour and a half.

The varsity band performs at all home football games, with days often starting at 5 a.m. for an 11 a.m. home game.

There are numerous other performances and opportunities before kickoff. After practice, the band does a spirit walk when the football team arrives. To pump up fans prior to the start of the game, the band is broken into smaller sections to play for visitors and tailgaters at Jack Trice. The step show follows on the stairs of the Alumni Center 90 minutes before kickoff with a parade into the stadium following.

Inside the stadium, fans can typically hear pep band songs to liven up Cyclone spirit after a pregame show. Finally, a different halftime show each game tops off the day, with more pep playing at the north end zone until the game is over.

The band performs at least one high school exhibition and football game each year in addition to the performances during halftime for Cyclone football. They have recently added Hilton Madness to their season lineup. For alumni and friends wanting to hold onto the memories they made with the marching band, the band plays at weddings and birthdays. There have been at least two weddings a year for the past five years.

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Literary classic ‘Sense and Sensibility’ Recreation finds new life in ISU Theatre production Services opens its first esport intramural

BY AVERI.BAUDLER @iowastatedaily.com Matters of love and relationships are topics that college students deal with day in and day out.

Though it often seems to a lovesick millennial that no one truly understands what they are going through, “Sense and Sensibility,” a play based off of Jane Austen’s novel, is a classic tale with some modern twists that prove young men and women have been dealing with similar struggles for centuries.

ISU Theatre’s production of “Sense and Sensibility” opens Friday at Fisher Theater. The play is the story of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, after they are forced out of their homes and into financial and social disarray after the death of their father. The story follows the sisters as they try to figure out who they are and who they love.

Erica Walling, a senior in performing arts, plays Marianne Dashwood in the show, and though the play is based off of Jane Austen’s 1811 novel, she claims the version of “Sense and Sensibility” that will be shown in Ames remains fresh and relevant to the audiences of today.

“Although it is set in Regency England, it is so fresh,” Walling said. “Some of the directoral and design choices that have been made bring totally new life to the story. It’s not the stuffy, long-winded tale you think of when someone says ‘play adaptation of novel from the year 1811.’”

Not only does the adaptation give new life to the classic story, but it was written by Iowa State alumna Kerry Skram.

Skram, who graduated from Iowa State in 1995, originally debuted the adaptation in 2012

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TAYLOR BLUM/ IOWA STATE DAILY Olivia Griffith as Elinor Dashwood (left), Erica Walling as Marianne Dashwood (center), and Isabella Witte as Margaret Dashwood (right) rehearse for Sense and Sensibility on Feb. 20.

and decided to write an extra ball sequence, including a dance number, specifically for Iowa State once she heard about the interest in her script.

Casey Murphy, director of the show had spoken with Skram early on in the process of putting on the show and asked if there was anything that Skram felt she wasn’t able to include in her original script due to space or limited resources.

“Originally when the show was staged they didn’t have space for [the dance sequence] … so there wasn’t really a sense of a grand spectacle,” Murphy said. “The sequence allows us to tell a bit of the story without dialogue and instead mainly through dance.”

In addition to using an adaptation that gives “Sense and Sensibility” more of a modern twist, Murphy decided to take inspiration from modern music to accompany the actors to show despite its age, the central story of the play

is not far off from what college students still experience today.

“All of the music we use in the show is popular songs from the last 40 years but done in string quartet style,” Murphy said. “Even though all of the music sounds old, the undercurrent is very contemporary.”

Murphy claims this decision stems from how he wants to show audiences that “Sense and Sensibility” contains relevant storylines set in the distant past.

“I’m also kind of about bridging experiences so how do we take things that we feel like are sort of ‘then’ and bring them into the ‘now,’” Murphy said. “Jane Austen’s work is kind of like that because even though it was written in 1811 there’s still a lot that it has to say about love and finding your place and being true to yourself that I think resonates with college students and audiences today.”

Iowa State now has its first esports intramural event, and the teams are currently preparing to compete in a tournament for the famed T-shirt prize.

Competitors in the intramural esports event will show off their skills in “Rocket League,” a fast-paced soccer video game where the players are replaced by turbo-charged remote control cars. The event will have several teams of three that will compete against each other in order to win intramural T-shirts.

Nathan Pick, program coordinator with Recreation Services, is helping to organize this event.

“One of the big things up and coming for intramurals is esports,” Pick said. “I went to a conference in February, our national conference (National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association) and there was a bunch of intramural people at a round-table discussion and the main topic was esports and ‘are you doing it? And if you’re not, how are you going to implement it?’ because it’s an up-and-coming thing.”

Pick said the biggest obstacle he and his colleagues faced when organizing this event was how to make it so that the students could feasibly play the game together. They decided on “Rocket League” for its accessibility. The game is cross-platform — available on Playstation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC — has

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Iowa State lecturer juggles engineering and rap sorcery

BY TANNER.OWENS @iowastatedaily.com Cameron Rayburn, lecturer in aerospace engineering, has a normal office. A Spider-Man figurine hangs from the ceiling on a string. Chicago Cubs merchandise is scattered around the room’s walls and sits on his desk. A model DeLorean car sits behind his chair. Books, pictures, untidy stacks of paper, a Newton’s cradle, everything you’d typically expect of a faculty office. Rayburn isn’t your typical faculty member, however.

Working under the moniker Slice the Celestial Sorcerer, Rayburn produces and raps his own songs along with being a lecturer in Iowa State’s aerospace engineering program. On his door is a sign that details “what Cameron is up to.”

Options include dropping beats.

Rayburn grew up in Park Forest, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, and neighboring Matteson.

It was there, during his sophomore year of high school, he first tried his hand at rapping. Rayburn has since been a part of two rap groups, hosted a radio show and released a solo album. Starting as a bedroom musician unknown to most people, Rayburn decided take his craft to the live stage during his freshman year of college.

On top of rapping and studying aerospace engineering, Rayburn also ran his own radio show out of his house on Saturday nights.

Sometimes though, there are itches that need to be scratched. Rayburn fell back into producing and rapping at Iowa State.

JORDYN DUBOIS/ IOWA STATE DAILY Aerospace Engineering Lecturer Cameron Rayburn isn’t your typical teacher. On the side, he writes and produces music under the name Slice the Celestial Sorcerer.

While earning his master’s of aerospace engineering degree, Rayburn joined the aerospace engineering department in 2012. There he teaches an introductory course, an aerodynamics class and an aerospace systems integration course.

Rayburn doesn’t often rap during or for his class, but does DJ for an end-of-semester project for his introductory course that occurs in the atrium of Howe Hall. He can’t turn down an offer to freestyle, however.

Then comes the name. It’s an interesting one and a mouthful.

“My name is kind of weird you know, Slice the Celestial Sorcerer, however it kind of grew to be that because when I first started rapping I was

just Slice, that was the only name I had,” Rayburn said. “It’s an acronym, it’s stands for Sonic Lyrical Incisions Causing Elevation.”

The “Celestial Sorcerer” portion of the name came from comments from peers at his college.

People would often tell him he could “work magic” with less-than-studio-quality equipment.

From that, Rayburn adopted the word sorcerer.

“Celestial” is a nod to his major and current profession.

Today is a different era in music. Rayburn grew up in the time of Missy Elliott, Outkast and R.A. the Rugged Man. Today’s rap has shifted from a lyric-driven industry to a production-based industry. Listeners value lyrical content less so for

their meaning and more for their karaoke-potential, and popular rap songs seemingly require trap hi-hats and a vast catalog of ad-libs. Rayburn’s music harkens back to the golden age of hip-hop, bringing with it deep, groovy bass lines and a cadence that isn’t heard in much of today’s music.

“I always wanted to have, when I do stuff, I always wanted to do stuff that had meaning, like I’m saying something,” Rayburn said. “I didn’t want it to just be spouting nonsense. There’s a time for that but that’s just not what I felt like my purpose for what I was doing was. I make my music to get my feelings off my chest and put them somewhere.”

Since returning to music, Rayburn has performed in various Ames venues, including staples like London Underground, DG’s Tap House and the Maintenance Shop. He released one album in 2017, titled “In Psyche Low Media Brown,” that clocks in at a hair under an hour long.

Today, Rayburn has turned to reconnecting with old friends to produce music, as well as maintaining his own solo career. Recently, Rayburn got in touch with a friend who also lives in Iowa. Michael Foster, who goes by The Source, attended high school with Rayburn and threw out the proposition for a collaborative album.

Rayburn obliged.

“It was a natural thought when I decided to dust off my microphone and record an album.

It’s a dream come true for me, and working with him has been seamless,” Foster said. “We just have that history.”

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els for one away game each season and a post-season bowl game when possible. At the end of the spring semester in 2016, the varsity band was invited to perform by the U.S. government at the D-Day commemoration and celebration held in Normandy, France.

When it comes to picking shows and music for the upcoming season, planning begins months in advance, usually in March or late February. Forms are sent to students to get an idea of what is popular.

Afterward, the directors meet to discuss the entertainment value of the shows and the options available for attaining rights to perform the music.

Some popular themes and selections from the past season included a video game show, Broadway hits and the music of “Star Wars” and “Jurassic Park” composer John Williams.

“We’re really trying to, as much as we can, push the boundaries of entertainment within the context of performing a seven-minute show,” Carichner said.

Andrew Stubblefield, a senior trombone player in public relations, said a typical day for him usually involves around 20 to 30 minutes of practice for music memorization, but he said an hour of practice isn’t uncommon among other students. It’s whatever works around their schedules best.

Stubblefield said his GPA is actually better each fall because of his time management skills.

Kristi Heinberg, a junior cymbal player in music education, said drumline rehearsals are a great way to get together as a section and work with the drum majors on details as a group, whether it’s bass drums alone or the entire drumline.

“Obviously, there’s personal accountability,” Heinburg said. “You’ve got to know your part and practice on your own time also.”

In addition to improving his music skills, Stubblefield said marching band is a workout in itself and takes physical preparation to keep up with the high energy. Band camp runs anywhere from 10 to 12 hours in one day a few days before the fall semester, and a show in itself can be a workout.

“We say a lot that the band is a family,” Heinberg said. “Before school starts, you already have all these friends and as a freshman, you don’t feel alone. Because you have 350 of your closest friends.”

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stable servers and is already a popular esport.

Mitchell Garrett, senior in industrial design, and Thomas Owens, freshman in software engineering, are two students who are helping to organize and compete in this event.

Both say they have spent a large amount of time — close to 400 hours — playing “Rocket League” before this event and often use the trainers and mini-games in the game to prepare. Garrett and Owens said they both started playing video games at a very young age and that games have always been a good way of making and keeping friends.

“My ISU team, we’ve all met in person multiple times and we grab lunches and dinners together,” Owens

MIA WANG/ IOWA STATE DAILY ”Alive in the 515” opens as the first performance for Varieties. It’s a murder mystery mini-musical. Varieties was held on Feb. 22, 2019.

Fate of Varieties unclear

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For more than 80 years, Iowa State students adorned in flashy costumes have taken on alter egos while also flexing their talents on stage each winter. With declining participation, it’s uncertain if this tradition will have the legs to continue.

Many current students and alumni can’t imagine Iowa State without the theatrics that accompany the annual Varieties competition.

This spectacle brings in large audiences consisting of peers, family members and members of the community, all who flock to the Memorial Union year after year for a few nights of entertainment.

As students continue to get busier and participation declines, however, the fate of Varieties seems less certain than ever.

Kate Price, a senior in marketing and advertising, decided to fill the position of Varieties director after the previously appointed director chose to step down.

This year marks the first in recent Varieties history where there has not been enough participants to eliminate performances between the semi-finals and finals. Usually, at least two pairings have been cut after the first performance and the remaining four move on to compete in finals.

Though dwindling participation is seen as a problem, it does not come as a surprise to Price and her fellow members of the Varieties committee.

“Varieties is changing and there are a lot of

said. “Outside of that, I do have a team who are all over the country. We have a member in Arizona, we have a member in [California], there’s one other guy on the East Coast and then two based here in the Midwest. So, for us, we all met through the internet and became best friends; some of us have known each other for five years going on now.”

Garrett and Owens also play video games casually in their free time. Garrett is a big fan of racing games and Owens is a big fan of games like “Rainbow Six: Siege.”

Both Garrett and Owens explain how playing games in their free time helps them unwind; it’s a stress reliever for them.

The Garrett and Owens’ teams have been practicing leading up to the intramural’s competitive season.

things that are changing in the greek community, which is a huge driving force in Varieties participation,” Price said.

Julia Kusy, junior in elementary education, decided to take on the role of co-chair for her sorority’s pairing after performing in a skit as a freshman and thoroughly enjoying the experience.

After having experienced Varieties on both the performance and creative sides, Kusy said she believes the biggest deterrent for student participation is the amount of time and effort that goes into the mini-musical for what some see as little reward.

“I think the reason why Varieties seems to have less greek participation in comparison to Yell Like Hell and Lip Sync is because it doesn’t go toward anything,” Kusy said.

Kusy said in addition she believes the amount of work and talent required to do well can be intimidating to some greek chapters and their members.

“It’s a lot of work and there’s only so many fraternities and sororities who are willing to put in the work to participate,” Kusy said. “It’s your real voice singing and you’re dancing and acting.

“It’s gone worse than we would have liked, but the A-team that is above us, they are having a stellar season, they haven’t lost a single game,” Owens said. “We actually have the No. 1 and No. 6 player in the collegiate rankings right now.”

Garrett said team chemistry has improved over time.

“I can definitely see that the three teams that we have are really coming together and are starting to learn how to play with each other and, you know, work as a team,” Garrett said.

Garrett explained he may not be in the caliber to continue playing games competitively later in life, but that he would be happy to get more people involved in these events. Owens thinks that it would be “insane” if he could go pro with esports someday.

Yell Like Hell you can get away with just jumping around and yelling things whereas I think Varieties is a little more talent-based and it’s more of show than it is just a competition.”

The time commitment of Varieties is also what many students cite as the reason why they decide to opt out of the performance. The season stretches nearly four months, from late October to late February, and overlaps with both Yell Like Hell and Lip Sync practices.

Allison Buckert, sophomore in kinesiology and health, chose not to participate in Varieties this year after performing with a pairing as a freshman.

“My academic obligations got a little heavier this year and I also decided to get a job on top of that,” Buckert said.

Though she will not be seen on stage this year, Buckert said she still believes Varieties is a crucial part of Iowa State’s traditions that deserves to stay on campus.

“Yell Like Hell is kind of like cheerleading, Lip Sync is more for dancers and Varieties is for people who have singing and acting ability and enjoy theater,” Buckert said.

Owens is hopeful for the future of esports intramurals through Iowa State.

“It ’s honestly huge to me,” Owens said. “Like, even though I’m a freshman and I know I’m going down a road with the club and with rec services where there is even more to come, I hope. To be able to make an impact now and start now and get ahead of the curve before not just any other university but city rec leagues, any other organization, we’re ahead of the curve in a lot of places. For me, it’s huge to make my step and my impact on this.”

Garrett elaborated on his own experiences with regards to esports and how he feels being a part of the intramural “Rocket League” team.

“Being able to see, just over my time being at Iowa State, the

changes that have happened here, and if you would have told me coming into my freshman year that ‘by the time you graduate, there will be more or less collegiate esports being held at Iowa State,’ I’d be like, ‘You’re lying, there’s no way, that’s not a thing,’” Garrett said. “To be a part of that and growing up my parents always told me ‘video games are just a hobby, there’s nothing else there.’ To be able to actually have that come to fruition and be like ‘no, there actually is a place for these things.’ I don’t know, it’s huge.”

The “Rocket League” intramural esports tournament begins March 31 and they plan to complete the season before dead week.

The games are not viewable to audiences, results of each game are available on Smash.gg.

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lot of them were not good balls.

“You had to take a dribble out and lay it up.”

But son Scott says he didn’t find out about Gary’s television appearance until his late 20s.

“I don’t think I really recognized anything through high school,” Scott said. “He was just who he is.”

But, Scott said it’s just how his father is: Unless you ask him to share a story, he’ll keep it to himself. Even the ones that most people would brag about any chance they have.

And sometimes, his family says, it’s the stories he doesn’t share that tell you the most about who Gary Thompson has been his whole life.

A letter forms a bond Barbara Chamberlain Lewis, the sister of Wilt Chamberlain, was going through a collection of her deceased brother’s items in her Las Vegas home, when she found something that caught her eye amidst all of the memorabilia: a letter from the year 1957, addressed to Wilt.

The letter came from a competitor of Wilt’s that Barbara had never met but knew plenty about: A young man named Gary Thompson

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The following year, Iowa State’s starting lineup was much different.

Gone were Ejim and Kane, the team’s two leading scorers from 13-14. But another graduate transfer, redshirt senior Bryce DejeanJones from UNLV, had stepped in to help.

Dejean-Jones, junior for ward Georges Niang and sophomore point guard Monte Morris excelled that season.

A trend developed at the Sprint Center in Kansas City — by this point, affectionately labeled “Hilton South” by the Iowa State fans who make the trek down — in which the Cyclones would fall behind before making a dramatic comeback to win the game.

It started with Texas in the first round.

The Longhorns led by 16 late in the first half and maintained a 67-57 lead with 3:46 to play in the game.

But the Cyc lones scored big bucket after big bucket. It ended

from Iowa State. “[Wilt had saved just about everything,” Gary says. “Wilt wasn’t the kind of guy to respond to anybody, it just wasn’t his nature.”

After reaching out to Gary, a correspondence emerged, said daughter Kim Wierson.

“They’ve met up a few times, with [ Jan] as well,” Kim said. “They’ve gone out to Vegas, and [Chamberlain Lewis] invited them for a ceremony when Wilt was going to be put on a postage stamp.

“They’ve kept contact and kept communication with each other. He still [writes] notes to her.”

Jan and Gary also went to Kansas for a banquet dinner honoring Chamberlain, after it was revealed that the fallen Hall of Famer had left a large endowment to his alma mater.

Jan said that the relationship with Chamberlain Lewis has been “special.”

The letter was one of many that Gary sent to competitors and teammates in his career, a tradition that, according to his biography, started at Roland High School with a letter to his departing teammates.

“I was always one to play as hard as I can, and gonna be tough-nosed against anybody, but when with a fadeaway jumper at the buzzer from Morris, who finished the game with 24 points and five steals.

The next day came Buddy Hield and the Oklahoma Sooners. Iowa State again fell behind, trailing by 11 in the first half. Four Cyclones reached double figures that day as the Cyclones again won by two points.

In the championship, Kansas raced to a 40-23 lead. The Cyclones scratched and clawed their way back, pulling ahead late thanks to a big game from Niang.

Iowa State won its second title in two years.

A lot transpired between that game and the 2017 Big 12 Tournament two years later. Gone was Hoiberg at the helm; coach Steve Prohm had arrived and his team was firing on all cylinders when the calendar flipped to March.

The Cyclones won six of their final seven games before heading to Hilton South.

Iowa State opened the tournament with its third win of the season

“I was always one to play as hard as I can, and gonna be tough-nosed against anybody, but when the game’s over, hey, be friends,” — Gary Thompson the game’s over, hey, be friends,” Gary says.

Sticking around Gary says he doesn’t go as much as he used to, but he still likes to be around the Cyclones’ program from time to time, visiting practices and chatting with coach Steve Prohm. That continued relationship with the school is partly why Gary was selected to give the Cyclones the Big 12 Championship Trophy when the school won the conference tournament in Kansas City this March.

Gary says that Iowa State Athletic Director Jamie Pollard came up to him during the tournament, asking him if the Thompson family would want to present the trophy to the team if they won the title. When they did, it was yet another moment with the Cyclones for the Thompson

over Oklahoma State. Redshirt senior Deonte Burton’s 22 points led the way in round two as the Cyclones blitzed TCU, 84-63.

The championship game featured a rematch with West Virginia, the only team to sweep Iowa State in Big 12 play that year.

The Mountaineers raced to a 16-8 lead early, but Iowa State kept it close. The second half was all Iowa State.

A massive dunk by Burton, along with timely buckets from seniors Morris, Naz Mitrou-Long and Matt Thomas, capped off the third title in four years.

Last season, Iowa State fell in the first round. The Cyclones were the league’s worst seed and limped into the postseason with injuries all over the roster.

After an up-and-down regular season, the Cyclones will be heading back to the NCAA Tournament next week. Their seeding, however, depends largely on what they can do in Kansas City.

family to hold close.

Prohm said having former players return to the program has been a big part of his tenure and he makes sure to get stories from Gary as much as he can.

“Whenever Gary’s at practice, I’ll ask him about old stories from the Armory,” Prohm said. “Everyone [who played at Iowa State] — wherever they played and whoever they played for — they’re a big, big part of what Iowa State basketball is and what we represent.

“All great programs bring people back.”

So Gary Thompson, with his name in the rafters and known as an Ames institution, keeps coming back to the school he loves, and the people he loves.

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and who want to be the driving force behind their own development. Keohane said Tank brings players that are good people above everything else, which creates a calm environment for everyone involved.

Tank has changed far more than the attitudes and the personalities of the players the Cyclones have in the program. He has brought Iowa State back to the postseason, consistently.

Since Tank's arrival in 2010, he has led Iowa State to three NCAA championship appearances (2014, 2017, 2018), five NCAA Regional Appearances (2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018), two NCAA Regional Individual Qualifiers (2013- Scott Fernandez; 2016Nick Voke), 14 individual medalists and nine tournament titles.

"I think the biggest indication of how good coach Tank is as people say he is the likes of Denzel, Rem and myself want to come back here in Ames," said Nick Voke, who was recruited by Tank. "We want to be at the facility because we understand how powerful it is and what coach Tank has created here.”

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KENNEDY DERAEDT/IOWA STATE DAILY Head Coach Steve Prohm holds his son Cass Prohm as he cuts down the last part of the net to keep as a memento. Iowa State won the Big 12 Championship 78-66 against University of Kansas March 16 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

Photos of the semester Presidential candidates, protests, performances and more brought tons of excitement to Iowa State University. Here’s a collection of some of the best moments of the semester.

MIA WANG/ IOWA STATE DAILY Mason Ramsey performs several of his own songs for the audience after the singing competition. Cyclone Voice, a singing competition that focuses on the vocal talents of Iowa State students, took place on Thursday night at Memorial Union. The event was hosted by 12-year-old country music star, Mason Ramsey.

MIA WANG/ IOWA STATE DAILY Global Gala is an annual celebration of diversity. This event allows several student organizations to showcase their cultural heritage through dance, music and fashion shows. The event took place on Friday, March 29, at the Great Hall of Memorial Union.

MIKINNA KERNS/ IOWA STATE DAILY Jackie Goffman performs to “I Kissed a Girl” during the Spring Drag Show put on by the Iowa State Pride Alliance in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union March 10.

KENNEDY DERAEDT/ IOWA STATE DAILY Ella Mai performs at the Student Union Board’s Spring Outdoor Concert on April 25. Mai was nominated for two Grammy awards in 2019 for her single “Boo’d Up.”

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SARAH HENRY/ IOWA STATE DAILY A model shows off an outfit from the collection ‘Poules et Coqs’ by Jack Chasse, Kayla Ropp, and Karla Espino during The Fashion Show at Iowa State’s Stephens Auditorium on April 13. The Fashion Show has been held annually for 37 years.

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KENNEDY DERAEDT/ IOWA STATE DAILY Bridget Carleton and Alexa Middleton react to the Cyclone win against the Aggies. The Iowa State women’s basketball team won against New Mexico State 97-61 during the first round of the NCAA Tournament held in Hilton Coliseum on March 23.

MADELYN OSTENDORF/ IOWA STATE DAILY “Love Wins”, “Be-You-Tiful”, “Accept not Except”, “You are Loved”; Counterprotesters spread support for the LGBTQIA+ community in Ames as the Westboro Baptist Church protested at Ames High School.

MIA WANG/ IOWA STATE DAILY Beto O’Rourke speaks at the Maintenance Shop. Beto began his four-day tour in Iowa after arriving an hour late. He took questions from the crowd and spoke about his campaign for 2020 president.

MADELYN OSTENDORF/ IOWA STATE DAILY Austin Graber and Vishesh Bhatia were announced as the Student Government president and vice president with 54 percent of the vote on March 15.

DANIELLE PETERSON/ IOWA STATE DAILY Josh Peck relives moments from his days as Josh on the Nickelodeon show “Drake and Josh.”

Peck filled the Great Hall Friday, April 5, in the Memorial Union.

MIKINNA KERNS/ IOWA STATE DAILY An Iowa State student spins on the runway in the first-ever Wearables Design Show put on by the Design Studies 102 classes in the College of Design Atrium. The Wearables Design Show is an evolution of the mobile project that all students in the design core participate in and is hoping to become an annual event.