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Iowa State Daily, March 2018 Iowa State Daily, 2018 3-21-2018 Iowa State Daily (March 21, 2018) Iowa State Daily Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/iowastatedaily_2018-03 Recommended Citation Iowa State Daily, "Iowa State Daily (March 21, 2018)" (2018). Iowa State Daily, March 2018. 8. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/iowastatedaily_2018-03/8 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State Daily, 2018 at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Iowa State Daily, March 2018 by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. NEWS (C) BUDGET CUTS VET MED DEAN SEARCH The Iowa Legislature announced The search for the next dean of the IOWA Tuesday that $11 million may be College of Veterinary Medicine will STATE cut from the Board of Regents. continue on. DAILY ONLINE PAGE 8 An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890. WEDNESDAY 3.21.18 No.120 Vol 217 47° 31° ANONYMOUS CONNECTION: Battling self-doubt as a college musician BY PARKER.REED @iowastatedaily.com Friday nights are sacred. a) Figure out how to get around this world of your own devices and b) Be liked,” Giles said. There’s something about making it “You want friends, you want affirmation, you through five days of classes and homework want comfort.” – no matter how much effort you allocated However, trap-rap and soundcloud-rap isn’t towards them – that earns you an evening of typically the preferred genres for those that leisure. Some people may reserve Saturdays consider themselves music enthusiasts. Of the and/or Sundays as work days, but for many, people I’ve spoken with involved in campus Fridays are always meant to be enjoyed. clubs such as GENRE, a club that groups Take a random sample of students at Iowa student musicians together to form bands, and State and you’re guaranteed to see a wide va- KURE, most of these individuals express their riety of Friday night activities. Underclass- greatest admiration for funk, jazz and indie-rock, men shuffling in-and-out of dorm parties, and the many sub-genres found within. those heading to Welch Avenue hoping While musical taste can be developed over to indulge in some debauchery with a the years, there is a definite preference that stranger, two soul-mates staying in to is established during our early years of music relax, a group of close friends getting consumption. together to play tabletop games; all “A lot of groups in [those genres] are putting these things will most likely have at out music … to elicit a feeling, or a memory, or least one common factor: the music something like that,” said Julia Studer, junior in scoring the evening. biology and lead vocalist of Truth Machine, a While a majority of students and GENRE club band. faculty consume music in similar fashions, Studer directly cited pop-punk groups such the ways music impacts certain people can as Mayday Parade and All Time Low as early vary wildly from person-to-person. influences of her’s, the former of which she has “I think in college, you have the seen sixteen times in concert. chance to experience music in a “The kind of music that these groups put out variety of ways,” said Michael Giles, definitely connects to people more,” Studer said. senior lecturer in saxophone and Musicians have long been known to battle jazz. mental health, but the issue was brought back Students are consuming music into the limelight after the self-inflicted deaths more rapidly, and more pigeon- of Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington in holed than ever. With the rise of 2017. streaming services such as Spotify According to a study conducted by Help and Apple Music, most every- Musicians UK (HMUK), the United Kingdom’s one seems to find their own niche leading independent music charity, 71 percent through the internet. of respondents believed they had suffered from However, alt-rock is far from the most promi- panic attacks and/or high levels of anxiety. nent genre in the world, let alone a college cam- “[Self-doubt], we all have it,” Giles said. pus. As the idea of streaming becomes more and “You’re trying to chase down a muse. You’re more commonplace, big personality, low-quality trying to keep up with your neighbor, pass your hip-hop artists seem to be benefiting the most. neighbor, get in front of the next guy. It’s like working your way through a marathon race.” ISAIAH JOHNSON/ IOWA STATE DAILY A musician’s career is often defined by success that is self-determined. One might determine “I think in college, you have a musician’s success by how many Top 40 hits they’ve had, but for those pursuing a career in the field, it’s ultimately up to them to decide the chance to experience what “making it” truly is to them. “Can someone make it? Well, yeah, everyone music in a variety of ways.” can make it. But you have to define what ‘making it’ is, and then determine what you’re willing to do,” Giles said. – Michael Giles, senior lecturer in For Giles, he has already made it. He has a job at a major university teaching multiple saxophone and jazz classes and instructing one of the university’s jazz ensembles, as well as the music department’s jazz combos. However, even someone with an established gig can find it difficult to manage the Acts like Lil Pump and 6ix9ine are capitalizing relationship between work and play. on shock value, increasingly short attention “[Leading class and rehearsal], that’s the job spans and a homogeneous scene. “You’re [18] and what you’re trying to do is, MUSICIAN PG8 NEWS 02 NEWS Iowa State Daily Wednesday, March 21, 2018 AMES ‘It’s been a blessing’ Seneca Wallace opens Wingstop restaurant in Ames BRIAN MOZEY/ IOWA STATE DAILY Former Iowa State quarterback, Seneca Wallace, is opening his new Wingstop location in Ames on March 21. BY BRIAN.MOZEY Galia Williams received a phone call from former Iowa State community around this state. @iowastatedaily.com quarterback Seneca Wallace about the idea of owning a few The Ames location is located at 703 S. Duff Ave. Ste 101, Wingstop restaurants. next to Texas Roadhouse and is connected to HuHot and Firehouse Subs. The unique part of this particular Wingstop in Williams, director of Wingstop LLC, loved the idea and said Ames is the entire theme is focused on Wallace and his career. it was a perfect fit for Wallace because the quarterback didn’t There are helmets from his Iowa State days along with just like wings — he loved them. The idea was great, but she framed jerseys from his college and NFL teams like the Seat- had one big question left. tle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers. He also has a diagram Where would he put these restaurants? mapping out “The Run,” which was Wallace’s signature play Wallace and Williams knew they wanted to go to Iowa as a Cyclone. since it’s home for Wallace, so Williams’ first thought was “It’s all memories,” Wallace said. “This one play stands out Des Moines. for everybody even if you’re not an Iowa State fan.” Wallace had other plans. Wingstop has 11 kinds of wings, both bone-in and boneless, “He came to me saying ‘I want to do it in Ames,’” said Wil- ranging from basic barbecue and teriyaki flavors all the way up liams, a Los Angeles native. “I said ‘Ames? I’ve never heard of to atomic levels. that.’ I told him I’d need to see the city before I was on board They focus on wings, fries and a handful of side dishes, so with the idea.” Wallace said the product is nothing like anything else because So, Williams flew to Iowa and traveled from Des Moines the focus is on the wings since it’s the sole product. with Wallace to check out the Iowa State campus and the “I know about this brand,” Wallace said. “I know wings and Ames community. football and sports go hand-in-hand. Obviously, the product She still wasn’t sure until she realized how popular Wallace is the best product out there. There’s no other product better was in the community with Iowa State fans. than a Wingstop product.” People were walking up to Wallace and Williams and saying The grand opening of the Ames location will be on March they loved Wallace and what he did for Iowa State during his 21 at 11 a.m., but this isn’t the end of Wingstop in Iowa. career and afterwards, too. Wallace and Williams are planning to open a handful more After all the exchanges on the street with fans, Williams was around the Des Moines area and farther east and west of the driving and saw an Iowa State license plate that said “Seneca” Ames area. on it and she knew this was the place for Wingstop. Williams said Wingstop wants four restaurants built in five Wallace said this is the place that started his entire career for years, but she thinks Wallace will have much more. She said she football, so he knew instantly that he wanted to give back to estimates about 10 places around the state of Iowa. the community that helped his NFL career start in a positive They are working on breaking ground on a new Wingstop direction.