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<title>The Vine Campus Ministry holds inclusive Ash Wednesday</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emina Habibovic, Diversity Reporter]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 02:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A pastor at Vine Campus Ministries has developed her own service that caters toward the LGBTQ community. On Wednesday, she held a small group service for students at The Vine at Collegiate Presbyterian Church. Ash Wednesday is a yearly Christian tradition that marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving....]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[A pastor at Vine Campus Ministries has developed her own service that caters toward the LGBTQ community. On Wednesday, she held a small group service for students at The Vine at Collegiate Presbyterian Church. 
Ash Wednesday is a yearly Christian tradition that marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving. Jen Hibben, a pastor at Vine Campus Ministries, holds a service that consists of several interactive stations each year. 
In the first station, members wrote something they wanted to let go of during Lent. Then, they’d release the paper into water and watch it dissolve. In the second station, members were presented cards to write something they wanted to start doing during Lent. 
On a table filled with candles, the members took turns lighting each one. Last was the element of the ash, where Pastor Hibben placed a cross of ash either on the member’s hand or forehead.
Hibben has been a pastor for thirteen years and began implementing the use of the stations and glitter a few years ago. 
“I developed this particular service because I started working with students who have had a variety of experiences or no experience with Ash Wednesday, and I wanted them again to be able to see with new eyes or participate in a new way so that the meaningful parts could come through,” Hibben said. “I’ve done glitter ashes probably since 2014 or 2015 and at that point I was really working on a greater inclusion of the LGBTQ community in the Christian church, specifically the United Methodist Church.”
Pastor Hibben told a story of a time she put on an Ash Wednesday event outside of The Blazing Saddle bar in Des Moines. 
“A woman came up to me and she was a queer person, said it was her first time she had been able to receive ashes in like ten years and she was sobbing because it meant so much to her,” Hibben said. “She had been told she couldn’t participate in that ritual because of who she was.”
Pastor Hibben hosts many different services throughout the year and has many students who regularly participate. 
Jeff McAllister, a junior in art and design, is one of the regular students. 
“I think for me, mindfulness, working on my relationships with people in my life, working on strengthening the ones that matter,” McAllister said about goals for lent.
Carly Dolan, a junior in marketing and another student who participates regularly, said she is “deserving of good things.” 
“I think with my past experiences in the church, I think there is a lack of intentionality in the Catholic Church, and I found myself zoning out a lot,” Dolan said. “What I like about my approach in college is that I am a lot more intentional about things. I’m deserving of good things.”
For more information about The Vine and Collegiate Presbyterian Church, visit their <a href="https://www.cpcames.org">website</a>.
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<title>Potential trade war looms over Iowa’s agriculture industry</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mallory Prescott, Academics Reporter]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 02:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[As current trade tensions between the United States and key global partners, especially China, continue to rise, Iowa’s farmers could be caught in the crossfire. The country accounted for nearly $145 billion of U.S. exports in 2023, according to the U.S.-China Business Council. There has been a significant decline in the trade of agricultural products...]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[As current trade tensions between the United States and key global partners, especially China, continue to rise, Iowa’s farmers could be caught in the crossfire.
The country accounted for nearly $145 billion of U.S. exports in 2023, according to the <a href="https://www.uschina.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-US-Exports-to-China-Report.pdf">U.S.-China Business Council</a>.
There has been a significant decline in the trade of agricultural products over the past three years, according to economics professor Chad Hart. China was once a major trade partner, accounting for a significant portion of U.S. agricultural exports. However, the markets have since shrunk. 
“In fact, in the years 2020 and 2021, arguably China was our biggest agricultural trade partner,” Hart said. “So they went from very small to very large, and now they are shrinking back down again.”
Hart predicts that this downward trend will likely continue into 2025, specifically due to the reaffirmation of tariffs by President Donald Trump. The tariffs are expected to further erode agricultural exports to China. 
“Tariffs are just one piece of a larger puzzle,” Hart said. “The real challenge is how both the U.S. and China will respond to each other’s moves.” 
The prospect of losing access to China’s consumer base has led to declining prices, even before any official trade has begun. According to David Peters, professor of sociology and criminal justice, it especially impacts farmers with soybeans and hog production. 
“The biggest issue right now is uncertainty,” Peters said. “Markets are reacting to the possibility of tariffs, which is already driving up input costs and putting pressure on farmers’ bottom lines.”
The current trade between the U.S. and China has become strained, with tariffs being used as a tool for economic leverage, according to Peters. The Biden-Harris administration maintained many of the previous Trump administration tariffs on non-agricultural products, and agricultural tariffs have largely stabilized in recent years. 
“Right now, trade relations with China are tense,” Peters said. “The fear is that if the trade war escalated, China could retaliate by restricting key imports like soybean and pork, which could be devastating for American farmers.” 
As for Canada and Mexico, Peters said the situation is “more about negotiating trade terms rather than an all-out trade war.”
Peters suggested that the trade tensions with Canada and Mexico will not last long nor have lasting effects. However, the U.S.-China trade conflict could have more lasting repercussions. 
“The administration is focused on limiting China’s economic and military expansion, and tariffs are a part of that strategy,” Peters said. 
Hart expressed that the consequences of the ongoing trade tensions will create “winners and losers” in the global agricultural market. 
“Tariffs protect U.S. producers by making foreign products more expensive, but they simultaneously hurt U.S. consumers by raising the prices of imports,” Hart said. “On the flip side, countries facing U.S. tariffs will suffer lower prices for their exports but benefit from cheaper prices for consumers in those nations.”
On Thursday, Trump extended a <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/tariff-reprieve-likely-be-extended-all-usmca-compliant-goods-lutnick-says-2025-03-06/">one-month 25% tariff delay</a> on products from Mexico and Canada covered under the USMCA, as well as an exemption for automotive goods from both countries.
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<title>Weingarten: Iowa can’t criminalize homelessness</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Caleb Weingarten, Opinion Editor]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 02:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Ames City Council recently tabled a discussion that would implement a ban on sleeping and camping on public property, opting to allow further debate and analysis of potential solutions instead of implementing a sweeping ban. This is for the better. Criminalizing homelessness not only fails to fix the core problems that create the conditions...]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Ames City Council <a href="https://www.amestrib.com/story/news/local/2025/02/26/why-did-the-ames-city-council-decide-not-to-implement-a-camping-ban/80310796007/">recently tabled a discussion</a> that would implement a ban on sleeping and camping on public property, opting to allow further debate and analysis of potential solutions instead of implementing a sweeping ban.
This is for the better. Criminalizing homelessness not only fails to fix the core problems that create the conditions for homelessness in the first place, but it also contravenes basic morality. 
Ward 2 Rep. Tim Gartin brought the homeless camping ban before the council after “he noticed an increase in activity in front of the Ames Public Library, noting that he’s seen 12 to 15 individuals sleeping there at night.” Gartin said that he’s been “downtown for almost 20 years” and that “he’s never seen anything like this… Frankly, we were all caught by surprise. We didn’t know if it was a fluke or if it would go away, but it didn’t.”
To hope “it” would go away is the fundamental problem with the current framing of the issue of homelessness. Gartin claims “We always want to operate out of a posture of kindness and compassion” but that “we have other interests to balance as well.”
What other interests are more important than moral considerations? Gartin’s complaint is fundamentally about aesthetics. Too many people simply want the homeless populations to disappear without any consideration of where they could possibly go, solely because the reality of living on the streets is not attractive. This moral framework is obviously not a sufficient basis on which to create effective policy. 
Some Ames residents, like Jessie Knapp, have stressed this point, emphasizing that a homelessness ban is “not leadership, and it is inhumane.” Knapp asks: “Why do we live in a society where people have to live outside, and people who sleep in warm beds every night get to decide to make their lives worse?” 
Knapp illuminates how competing interests like the kind Gartin outlines are fundamentally incompatible with basic morality and how such interests misinform policy and can actually make the problem worse. He argues that homelessness in Ames only experienced an uptick after <a href="https://www.amestrib.com/story/news/local/des-moines/2024/07/19/des-moines-looks-to-implement-harder-line-approach-on-homelessness/74461953007/">Des Moines passed similar legislation in September</a> and that the subsequent uptick in homelessness in Ames “wasn’t a coincidence.”
In fact, lawmakers in Des Moines are also concerned about the <a href="https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/06/people-would-be-fined-for-sleeping-outside-under-iowa-house-bill-hsb286-ssb1195-homeless/81613621007/?itm_campaign=confirmation&itm_content=news&itm_medium=onsite&itm_source=onsite">anti-homeless measures proposed</a> by a Texas-based conservative think tank named the Cicero Institute. Though it is “unlikely to pass this session,” according to Rep. Steve Holt, advocates of the policy are clearly sending a message in regards to how they plan to “fix” homelessness. Holt continues to say about the bill:
“I suppose you could argue it’s criminalizing homelessness, but the whole point is not to criminalize homelessness, but again, to move people into sheltered services or into the encampment if there’s no shelters available, where there’s actually hygiene and there’s actually running water and there’s actually services of those kind, which seemed way better to me than living on the side of the street.”
Unfortunately for Holt and company, details of how these shelters would come to fruition matter – and the opaque assertions of what the bill’s goals are not enough to ease the concerns of its critics. Even Dennis Tibben – who represents the Cicero Institute – could only muster a vague outline of what the bill would look like in action. According to the Des Moines Register:
“Tibben said the bill is intended to help communities support Iowans struggling with homelessness by ensuring consistent statewide policies, including basic minimum services, and offer more transparency in how public homelessness dollars are used.” He further emphasized that the bill “is not intended to criminalize homelessness” but to “move folks off the street and connect them with shelters” but doesn’t outline how that will actually be done.
However, if we analyze why homelessness is a problem in the first place, these unclear goals seem to provide no guidance toward reasonable solutions. In theory, moving people into shelters is a sound idea, but this may conflict with local ordinances already in place and result in shelters being quickly overwhelmed. The bill, according to Des Moines City Manager Scott Sanders, “is penalty-driven to enforce compliance, and there’s really a lack of the preventative side and the measures and service levels that could be helpful.”
Ames, <a href="https://iowastatedaily.com/312870/news/ames-city-council-opens-discussion-on-public-camping-and-homelessness-ban/">for example</a>, already “has ordinances prohibiting camping on public property, primarily aimed at addressing construction and obstruction” but also ordinances that “apply more broadly.”
Additionally, a <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5edfad6122c16f467559a7c6/t/67c2299ab3aa3953cdb30c7f/1740777883958/Iowa+Statewide+Homelessness+Needs+Assessment+Report+2.19.25+FINAL.pdf">report</a> by the Iowa Finance Authority finds that “another $77.3 million to $91.1 million is needed to fill gaps in homeless services statewide.” A different study done by the <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/01/25/1225957874/housing-unaffordable-for-record-half-all-u-s-renters-study-finds">Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University</a> determines that, nationally, housing “is unaffordable for a record half of all U.S. renters.” Even Republican Senator Dave Sires said he was “shocked” by what was in the bill, which included fines up to $855 for “people who really don’t have any money.” The problem isn’t the existence of homeless people but the reality that homelessness is the only option some people have – and banning homelessness in certain places doesn’t correct it in others.
If other cities in Iowa are rejecting this legislation, so should Ames. Even though the proposals would not be the exact same as they are in Des Moines, more data and research are needed to generate substantive solutions. Compassion and empathy should be the foremost factors driving our decision-making – not simple factors like aesthetics. No one wishes to be homeless and the argument that banning homeless fixes the issue is a complete non-sequitur. It’s time we do the right thing and treat our homeless population as human beings, not simple pests that we have to get rid of.
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<title>SHOP pantry at Iowa State continues battle to reduce food insecurity</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sam Bonner, Politics Reporter]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 02:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Serving the Iowa State community since February 2011, the Students Helping Our Peers (SHOP) food pantry has worked to provide an option for students who suffer from food insecurity. With up to 450 students each week, the SHOP assists nearly one-third of students who struggle with food insecurity. In the fall of 2010, transfer students...]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Serving the Iowa State community since February 2011, the Students Helping Our Peers (SHOP) food pantry has worked to provide an option for students who suffer from food insecurity. 
With up to 450 students each week, the SHOP assists nearly one-third of students who struggle with food insecurity.
In the fall of 2010, transfer students from food science and human nutrition pitched the idea for the student organization after researching ways to combat food insecurity on campus. Originally located in room 2616 in the Food Sciences building, the shop operated out of a room the size of a closet. SHOP advisor Breanna Wetzler remarked about the opening days.
“The idea was everyone would bring canned items and fill the shelves, at that point we really felt like as long as we had something on the shelf and the door was open, we were fulfilling our mission as a student organization and we existed that way for a really long time,” said Wetzler.
Currently located in room 1306 of Beyer Hall, the SHOP’s move was during COVID-19-related changes. In the summer of 2020, ISU Dining ran a food pickup spot for students, and as the fall came around, there was a need to continue a similar operation. 
“We opened here [Beyer Hall], as when classes are in session,” Wetzler said. “Dining doesn’t have the capacity to do that, it’s not what they’re there for.”
The move to Beyer Hall allowed the SHOP to expand their inventory and double in size over the past year. Future plans include more cooling units and shelves to increase the variety of items.
With the goal of providing for at-risk students, the SHOP has worked to institute changes to ensure the pantry is always stocked. Instead of restocking once a week, the SHOP refills every hour they’re open. While students are not charged for the items they take, the SHOP has added limits for in-demand items. Staff advisor Austin Cook discussed the old system. 
“We would fill up our shelves after getting our food… and as soon as we open people would come in and take what they can and our shelves would be empty all week,” said Cook.
By increasing the number of times they restock, and instituting limits for high-demand items, the SHOP aims to have stocked shelves at all times. Limits on items may be frustrating to some, but as Operations Manager Mohammad Alam said, “We are bound to make it as fair and equal as possible.”
Relying on volunteers, the SHOP is always looking for help from students. Volunteers assist with checkout and documenting how many students enter, and how many items are being checked out. Volunteer Emily Pedersen spoke about helping at the shop.
“It’s an incredible way to give back to the Iowa State community and learn a little bit about food insecurity, which affects every single campus,” Pedersen said. “If you’re able to not worry about food insecurity on a daily basis, it’s a great way to step up out of your comfort zone and learn about something that affects one third of the students.”
Students can also help by donating to the SHOP with either food, money, or even plastic bags. The SHOP has a list of acceptable food and toiletry items available on their site, with information on how to donate financially as well. Boxes for plastic bag donations can be found in the vestibules at Thielen Student Health Center as well as at the SHOP itself.
Ultimately, the SHOP is not a solution to food insecurity. 
 “The shop is meant to be a supplemental food source, and not a primary source,” Wetzler said.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kayde Sheaffer, Sports Reporter]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 05:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[AMES – Heading into its postseason, Iowa State will face Arizona State in Kansas City, Missouri, to mark the Cyclones’ first game in the 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship. Entering at the No. 7 seed with a 12-6 conference record and a 21-10 overall record, the Cyclones will face the Sun Devils...]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[AMES – Heading into its postseason, Iowa State will face Arizona State in Kansas City, Missouri, to mark the Cyclones’ first game in the 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship.
Entering at the No. 7 seed with a 12-6 conference record and a 21-10 overall record, the Cyclones will face the Sun Devils in the second round of the Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship. 
In the first round, Arizona State took down Cincinnati 82-75, as the Sun Devils offense shined bright with four players ending the night in double digits. Leading the offense was junior guard Jalyn Brown, who had a team high of 27 points, followed by graduate senior guard Tyi Skinner, who ended with 26 points.
Arizona State averages 69 points per game, coming from its 40% success rate in the field, the team’s 34% from behind the arc and its 76% completion rate from behind the charity stripe.
Similar to the Sun Devils celebrating their recent success, Iowa State ended its regular season with a dominating win against then-No. 14 Kansas State. Leaving Hilton Coliseum on the right note with an 85-62 win against their first-ranked opponent and one senior night, the Cyclones are flying high on their way to Kansas City as this game was a turning point for the team.
“I think this is the latest one that has us on the rise right now,” junior guard/forward Sydney Harris said. “With some good wins under our belt going into the Big 12 [Tournament].”
“Coming off a couple pretty big wins for us and ending our regular season well, that definitely helps us get a little boost of confidence,” sophomore center Audi Crooks said. “I feel like the last few games, we put a really good product out there on the court.”
Leading the Cyclones to their victory was Crooks, who had a double-double consisting of a new season-high of 36 points and 10 rebounds. Following Crooks was the lone senior guard, Emily Ryan, who put up 17 points and 10 assists.
Despite the strong leadership from the five starters, the Cyclones believe that the Kansas State game was a turning point because it showed the depth of the team, as Iowa State had 11 bench points. A majority of the points came from Harris, who had eight points and three rebounds.
“I think the Kansas [State] game was a great show of multiple scorers,” Harris said. “People are going to start guarding Audi differently, guarding Addy [Brown] differently, guarding [Ryan], so we have to have people on our bench ready to produce and help keep that going when they have their best defenders on them.”
“There is no question who the starting five is, that’s not going to change,” Iowa State head coach Bill Fennelly said. “[Harris] is number one off the bench, so there’s your six.”
Using its newfound confidence and building off its winning momentum, Iowa State is excited going into Big 12 Tournament play and hopes not to be overlooked as they have too much to offer.
“I don’t think they should overlook us because of what we just did to Kansas State,” Crooks said. “I’m just going to leave it at that.”
Iowa State will take on Arizona State in the second round of the Big 12 Championship at 5:30 p.m. Thursday from the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Emma Goode, Student Life Reporter]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 05:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[CYstarters, a summer accelerator program designed to improve students’ entrepreneurial skills, had an information session via Zoom on Wednesday. The program starts after classes end in May and continues through the end of July. Students are expected to commit 30 hours per week to the program and receive a stipend in return. Megan Graettinger, assistant...]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[CYstarters, a summer accelerator program designed to improve students’ entrepreneurial skills, had an information session via Zoom on Wednesday.
The program starts after classes end in May and continues through the end of July. Students are expected to commit 30 hours per week to the program and receive a stipend in return.
Megan Graettinger, assistant director of the Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship, said the goal is for students to experience what it is like to be the founder of a business.
“My goal for CYstarters is that everyone can see what it feels like to be a CEO,” Graettinger said.
One way CYstarters implements this is through daily education sessions, which cover a variety of topics.
According to the presentation, the program will feature alumni panels, sessions on mentorship prep, information on venture capital and more. 
Graettinger had the opportunity to participate in CYstarters during her time as a student at Iowa State and mentioned her challenges in transitioning to working on her business full time.
“I worked in my business for three years, and one of the things that stood out to me when I first went full time is how challenging it is to be your own boss,” Graettinger said. “I hope the program helps mimic that, but with a little bit of hand-holding to give you tools and extra accountability before you do it all on your own.”
Carlos Ocasio, a first-year graduate student, said he describes his industrial design major as an opportunity to create.
“I’m an industrial design major, but I like to think of it as being an inventor,” Ocasio said. “I’m gonna make products, and I want to sell them. I want to go into the world and make it a better place.”
Ocasio found out about the program through his work with the Pappajohn Center and the Entrepreneurship Club.
“I found out about CYstarters, which seemed very appealing and perfect for me to incubate my business and boost up,” Ocasio said.
Ocasio, who works for the company Iowa Chill, said he has always had a passion for entrepreneurship.
“I’ve always had this entrepreneurial spirit, but I’ve always had ideas that might be too complicated or I’m afraid to start with,” Ocasio said. “I want to get out there and do it, and with this program and the work that I’ve already done through having this drive, I think they can make it happen.”
This summer will mark CYstarter’s 10th year, and in this time, it has acquired a vast alumni network. According to Graettinger, 75% of alumni are still running their businesses today.
“75-plus percent of people who have been through the program are still active in business today, and there’s another portion, like me, who are not in business, but who are helping other people start businesses,” Graettinger said.
Applications for the programs close at midnight March 16. To learn more about the program and apply, <a href="https://www.isupjcenter.org/programs/cystarters/">visit the CYstarters website</a>. 
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<title>Two editors selected to lead Iowa State Daily in 2025-26</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Cleo Westin, Editor-in-Chief]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 05:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Iowa State Daily Publication Board selected two Daily editors to be editor-in-chief (EIC) for the 2025-26 academic year during their meeting Wednesday. Brayton Kohl will serve as editor-in-chief during the fall semester, and Claire Cosier, who was selected as editor-in-chief-elect, will succeed him during the spring semester. Kohl began with the Daily as a...]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Iowa State Daily Publication Board selected two Daily editors to be editor-in-chief (EIC) for the 2025-26 academic year during their meeting Wednesday.
Brayton Kohl will serve as editor-in-chief during the fall semester, and Claire Cosier, who was selected as editor-in-chief-elect, will succeed him during the spring semester.
Kohl began with the Daily as a reporter in the fall of 2023 and became academics editor in August. Cosier started writing on the politics desk as a reporter in the spring of 2024 and began as politics editor in October.
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The pair’s joint strategic plan calls for togetherness, building on existing trust and establishing a monthly print publication. 
“Being EIC is a unique opportunity to better serve the Iowa State and Ames community more broadly,” Kohl said. ”It’s also an opportunity to influence young aspiring journalists and enable them to hone their skills and strengths.”
Kohl’s winter graduation gave the board a unique opportunity to select Cosier as the first editor-in-chief-elect.
“I am really passionate about journalism and the Iowa State Daily,” Cosier said. “Having the opportunity to lead such an incredible newsroom is really cool.”
Both plan to create a “Know Your Editors” series to “put a face behind” the Daily’s stories. 
“People like to see who is writing their stories and so we would like to begin that series starting up right at the beginning of the fall semester,” Kohl said.
Additionally, Cosier and Kohl are planning to maintain the types of stories that are currently being published.
“I would hope that we would continue to do the same type of bigger stories as well as the smaller coverage stories next year,” Cosier said.
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<title>Markovic: Can a lower seed play to the Cyclones’ advantage?</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Pavle Markovic, Assistant Sports Editor]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 05:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Like most fans, I’m still trying to wrap my head around what had happened Tuesday night. For it to go into not one, but two overtimes–while coming back from a 21-point deficit and to still end up losing at home to a team that was right behind Iowa State in the Big 12 standings–is just...]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Like most fans, I’m still trying to wrap my head around what had happened Tuesday night.
For it to go into not one, but two overtimes–while coming back from a 21-point deficit and to still end up losing at home to a team that was right behind Iowa State in the Big 12 standings–is just wild.
I mean, I know we witnessed the first loss at home earlier this season to Kansas State, where the Cyclones had been on a 29-game home winning streak that went back to last season, but to see yet another home loss, especially on senior night, is crazy.
Now, with the loss to BYU and a Colorado loss to Texas Tech on Wednesday night, the Cyclones clinched the five seed in the Big 12 Tournament, which means they will only have a single bye and play next Wednesday, compared to being the four seed, which BYU now has, where they’d play next Thursday.
Along with the Big 12 movement, Iowa State’s loss will most likely take it down from a two seed to potentially a three or four seed in the NCAA Tournament, but it could still change since the Cyclones have one regular season game remaining, as well as how they perform in Kansas City.
But that raises the question: can a lower seeding play to the Cyclones’ advantage?
To start, we have the Big 12 Tournament.
The Cyclones would be playing the winner of the 12 and 13 game as the five seed, which is Cincinnati or UCF as of Wednesday.
While Iowa State has defeated the Knights twice already this season, its win over the Bearcats still ended up being close for the majority of the time, so Cincinnati might not be a pushover as it seems.
Regardless, if Iowa State were to get either and win that matchup Wednesday, it would play the four seed in the quarterfinals matchup next Thursday, which is currently BYU.
As if Tuesday night’s matchup wasn’t enough, we could see these two teams duke it out again, this time on neutral ground, which would make for some amazing basketball.
Except this time, let’s not have a 21-point deficit to climb out of, and let’s have some more scoring early on instead of it being gridlocked at zero for nearly five full minutes.
From there, after having experienced two games played, if they make it to this point, the Cyclones would most likely have to take on the top dogs in the conference with Houston in the semifinals.
If Iowa State goes into this potential matchup fully healthy, I can see the Cyclones taking down the Cougars in Kansas City, but maybe by not as much as last year, to have a chance to advance to their second consecutive Big 12 Championship appearance.
Now, will this be the case? I’d lean more towards no, but maybe with the extra game to play, it could play to Iowa State’s advantage and prepare it for the mountain it would have to climb to get to the top of the conference yet again.
For the NCAA Tournament, the Cyclones could also use the lower seed to their advantage, depending on where they officially end up on selection Sunday.
If Iowa State beats Kansas State to end the regular season and goes on a run in the Big 12 Tournament, it may not have as low of a seed as it currently seems, but if I were to figure, I’d expect to see the Cyclones around a three or four seed.
Whichever side of the bracket it lands on, Iowa State could sneakily make its way through its bracket and potentially make it past the Sweet 16 for the first time in the T.J. Otzelberger era.
But then again, there’s a lot of ‘what ifs’ in play, so all that’s left to do is wait and watch how the Cyclones not only finish the regular season but how they utilize their placements in the respective tournaments to their advantage.
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<title>StuGov confirms director of information technology</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elise Davison, Politics Reporter]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 04:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Alexander Pallan, a junior in cybersecurity engineering, was confirmed as Director of Information Technology during a virtual meeting Wednesday following a nomination from President Martin Hursh. Other Senate members praise his dedication, calling him an excellent candidate for the position after working “countless hours” with Pallan on the PR Committee. Supporters include Senior Director of...]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Alexander Pallan, a junior in cybersecurity engineering, was confirmed as Director of Information Technology during a virtual meeting Wednesday following a nomination from President Martin Hursh.
Other Senate members praise his dedication, calling him an excellent candidate for the position after working “countless hours” with Pallan on the PR Committee. Supporters include Senior Director of Communications Erik Braun, Director of Outreach Eric Gerdes and Director of Marketing Chase Anderson.
Pallan will also be taking the role of one of three vice chairs of the PR Committee.
The Senate did not support a proposal to seat Will Vlasek as a United Residents Off-Campus (UROC) Senator. 
Despite the Rules Committee’s recommendation, the bill failed to gain majority support in the roll call vote, preventing Vlasek from assuming the position and its associated responsibilities. Vlasek is a candidate for vice president, and his seating was tabled at an earlier meeting.
Additional Points
$363.33 was approved for the Disc Golf Club. This will fund the registration of a third team for the Collegiate Disc Golf National Championship.
Additionally, the Senate agreed to fund $552 to assist the Muslim Student Association in hosting a Ramadan Social Event, which is scheduled to take place March 14.
Lastly, the Asian Student Union received $2,216 to support an organization event on March 29.
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<title>Daily Dish Podcast Episode 41: Iowa State senior nights</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brett Twelmeyer, Ford Griffith, and Kayde Sheaffer]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 04:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The home slates are through for Iowa State. While the women had one of their biggest wins of the season, the men took a gut wrenching loss in double overtime. We look back at those, preview the men’s regular season finale at Kansas State and look at how the women’s Big 12 Tournament lines up.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[The home slates are through for Iowa State. While the women had one of their biggest wins of the season, the men took a gut wrenching loss in double overtime. We look back at those, preview the men’s regular season finale at Kansas State and look at how the women’s Big 12 Tournament lines up.
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<title>Editor’s picks: Best of January and Feburary</title>
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