FACE to FACE Students Get Involved in the Campaign Process on Campus
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An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890 76 52 08.27.2019 Vol. 220 No. 002 TUESDAY FACE TO FACE Students get involved in the campaign process on campus BY JAKE.WEBSTER @iowastatedaily.com “Hi, are you registered to vote in Ames?” Students who have crossed Lincoln Way at the intersection with Lynn Avenue in the past week are probably familiar with this question now. Presidential campaigns began campaigning in Iowa in earnest in January and though caucus night is still months away , canvassers have been covering the Iowa State campus to register students to vote every day since at least Aug. 19. To reel in students, organizers have set up tables offering an array of campaign swag, including buttons, stickers and bumper stick- ers, among other things. e campaign of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand had a unique oering for passersby Monday — organizers oered free tie dye to students. e campaigns of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Cory Booker, Sen. Kamala Harris, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Gillibrand and former Rep. Beto O’Rourke — all seeking the Democratic presidential nomination — have been active on the Iowa State campus in August. All of those campaigns set up tables near the Memorial Union to register voters and try to convince potential caucusgoers to “commit to caucus” for their candidate. Tyler Mardis, senior in public relations, started volunteering for the Warren cam - paign in May, and served as a fellow in her MIA WANG/ IOWA STATE DAILY Presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand did a meet and greet April 19 at Stomping Grounds Cafe, where she delivered remarks and conversed CAMPAIGN PG8 with event attendees. Tips, apps to help students navigate CyRide BY AMBER.MOHMAND e buses circulate all over Ames and are cat- became less congested on that street. @iowastatedaily.com egorized by number, color and route. MyState is an app students can use to look “I mostly took Orange 23, which I feel is the at their schedule, map of campus and bus times. As students come from areas all around the easiest bus to gure out, but Gold 25 is also an Cyride has also come up with a new app called world to Iowa State’s campus, nding their way easy bus,” Schwerin said. MyBus, which is separate from MyState and around campus and navigating the bus system e Orange 23 bus, a bus without a need for managed by dierent people. can be challenging. an ISUCard and free for all Ames residents, “So you have the MyRide app which is an Buildings have a huge geographic range circulates around campus in one direction as improvement of what NextBus was – you know in location — Curtiss Hall is close to cen - opposed to the Gold 25 bus, which will take more accurate bus positioning [...] it kinda has tral campus, while the Iowa State University students from Willson and Wallace Residence IOWA STATE DAILY the same feel as MyState,” Bibiloni said. Research Park is closer to South Ames. For hall to Schilletter Village. Other buses, such as Along with the MyState app, students can use Students can also use Cyride’s night system, Alexandria Schwerin, a sophomore in criminal the #2 Green or the #1 Red bus, take students CyRide’s new app, MyBus, to nd routes and called the Moonlight Express, if they are out late. justice, she said she would come to her classes as from North to West Ames as well as to the bus schedules. is bus has a exible route and students can call early as she could since she lived thirty minutes downtown area. 515-292-1100 to schedule a ride. For Iowa State away from Ames. “I went a few days before classes started to senior in mechanical engineering and the board students, riding both the Moonlight Express and “I would get to my rst class of the day like see the location of my classes,” Schwerin said. president for CyRide’s Board of Trustees, said the the CyRide bus is free if an ISU card is shown. an hour early just to make sure it was the right “I asked people for help that looked like they dierent buses are intentional in order to relieve For those who still struggle with finding building and the right classroom,” Schwerin said. knew where they were going. It honestly took me the trac within campus. their way around campus, there are a variety of e buildings are spread throughout campus like the rst week and I felt like I knew where “ e other purpose [of CyRide] was safety resources ranging from apps to other students. and Ames. Many students use apps such as I was and where I was going. I also studied the [...] there was just way too much bus traffic “If there is a day where you have lots of MyState or Google Maps to navigate their way. MyState app at the building locations” on campus that was turning a little bit unsafe.” time between classes I would use that time to For students who live off-campus, or for the Going to dierent areas around Ames may Bibiloni said. nd where the main buildings you’ll be at are,” buildings that are too far to walk to, the CyRide require a transfer as dierent buses are assigned Osborne became a safety hazard, so when Schwerin said. “Also just ask someone – people buses have been a tool to transport people. to dierent routes within the city. Juan Bibiloni, CyRide upgraded to CyRide 2.0, the bus ow here are super nice and usually willing to help.” 02 Campus brief iowa state Daily Tuesday, August 27, 2019 CALENDAR FEATURE PHOTO 8.27.19 Poster Sale, Campanile Room, Memorial 8.28.19 Union at 10 a.m. Browse through thousands of Poster Sale, Campanile Room, Memorial images from art prints and movie posters to retro Union at 10 a.m. Browse through thousands of reproductions and your favorite bands. images from art prints and movie posters to retro LGBTQIA+ Community Welcome, Great Hall, reproductions and your favorite bands. Memorial Union at 6 p.m. Join us at the annual Chillin’ with the DSO, Student Services Build- LGBTQIA+ Community Welcome! Meet new and ing Plaza at 2 p.m. Kick-off the new semester with returning students, grab some snacks, play some free ice cream sundaes! Learn about the Dean of games (with those new friends), dance, add to our Students Office and how our 15 departments can community mural, and bring your selfie game for a help Cyclones succeed. unique backdrop for the LGBTQIA+ community! POLICE BLOTTER 8.25.19 Brent Patrick-carleto Collins, age 27, was arrested 8.23.19 CAITLIN YAMADA/ IOWA STATE DAILY and charged with driving under suspension at S. Cory Vance Robertson, age 31, of was arrested for Poster Sale Duff Avenue and Airport Road. criminal mischief of the fifth degree at 321 Baldwin The poster sale takes place Aug. 21 through Aug. 30 in the Campanile room of the Terrence Troy Wyckoff, age 26, was arrest for elud- Street, Maxwell. Memorial Union. The sale offers a variety of different posters including musicians, art and ing at 1315 South B Avenue, Nevada. Marion May Choneska, age 39, was arrested for pop culture items. 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