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SEEKING SUPPORT Emily Blobaum/Iowa State Daily Iowa Board of Regents President Pro Tempore Katie Mulhol- land looks over notes during a presentation on Feb. 25, 2016. ISU to propose land sales at regents meeting By David.Perrin @iowastatedaily.com During the next Board of Regents meeting on Feb. 22 and 23, Iowa State will propose its intentions to make numerous property and program changes. Iowa State’s fi rst proposal will be to purchase the Tennis Performance Center that was fi nished in De- cember. The Bruce McKee Indoor Tennis Complex was an initiated build after a donation of $500,000 and a $2 million investment by the university. After leasing the property since being fi nished, the university will propose plans to purchase the acre of land for $2.7 million during the regents’ meeting next week. Another proposal Iowa State will make is to cancel its Community College Policy Center and Max Goldberg/Iowa State Daily Information Infrastructure Institute. StuGov senators vote on a resolution Wednesday that will request that all ISU administrators act to the fullest legal extent possible to protect undocumented students. The third proposal to the board is in regard to an improvement project to Iowa State’s Reiman By Alex.Connor undocumented students. The resolution roots from Gardens. The $3.4 million additions that are being Senate calls on @iowastatedaily.com The resolution requested the concern that many stu- funded by a private donation will include a series of that Iowa State President Ste- dents have regarding the cur- rock walls, water pools and plants for the southwest university to ven Leath and other university rent administration under corner of the garden. Student Government held a administrators “do everything President Donald Trump. Finally, Franklin Park, which has been leased by stand behind contested discussion Wednes- to the fullest extent of their The resolution originally the university since 1960, needs initial approval day evening where the Senate legal capabilities to ensure proposed that Iowa State de- to be sold to the city of Ames. Last month, the city undocumented passed a resolution in sup- continued support for undoc- indicated that the purchase of the park, located port for Deferred Action for umented and DACA students two miles southwest of Campustown, would be for students Children Arrival (DACA) and and their success.” STUGOV p8 about $166,000. Lecturer: Administration ‘inexperienced’ By Brandon.Ghazali Wilkerson’s lecture focused Referring to himself as a conser- servative in Washington.” the Senate, while California, the @iowastatedaily.com primarily on the lack of experience vative, he spent much of the night Wilkerson said that thanks to a eighth largest economy in the of the officials who make up the criticizing politicians — includ- “vestige of slavery called the Elec- world with millions of people, has Trump administration and what ing his fellow Republicans — and toral College,” Trump was elected the same representation,” Wilk- that could mean in both national voicing concerns regarding the with only 1 in 4 Americans’ votes. erson said. More than a hundred people and global scopes of policy and Trump administration. “Don’t tell me that the American An audience member asked gathered in the Great Hall of the security. “A conservative believes that the people voted for Donald Trump, what he would have in place of the Memorial Union Wednesday night Wilkerson served as chief of staff best that’s been taught, said and because they did not,” he said. Electoral College. to hear from retired Army Col. to Secretary of State Colin Powell done in the world should be con- “They voted through a system “One person, one vote — in ev- Lawrence Wilkerson during his from 2002-2005 and associate di- served, and change only with great that is a vestige of the past that erything — that’s what democracy lecture on redefining global and rector of the State Department’s deliberation and circumspection,” allows Wyoming, with 400,000 national security. policy planning staff. Wilkerson said. “There isn’t a con- people, to have two senators in INEXPERIENCED p8 Students, officials react to voter ID legislation By Alex.Connor voting via absentee ballot. not citizens.” @iowastatedaily.com The bill, which has been Pate campaigned on voter dubbed as election integrity identification when he was legislation, inevitably hopes up for election in 2014, say- College students move, to eliminate cheating as de- ing that he believes, “like a a lot. scribed by Pate, and also “in- majority of Iowans,” that This is why Iowa State po- still confi dence in our voting “we need a verifiable voter litical science professor Da- system and let every Iowan identifi cation tool to be used vid Andersen says the voter know that their vote counts.” when voters go to the polls to identification requirement Andersen said there isn’t cast a ballot.” being proposed by Iowa a reasonable explanation He argues that, unlike the Secretary of State Paul Pate for why legislators are con- lump that the majority of can create a big problem for cerned with voter fraud and voter identifi cation laws are university students. voter integrity. He pinpoints immediately classifi ed as, his Under Pate’s proposal, when voter identification, bill hopes to more than pre- registered voters who do not however, first entered the vent fraud but also “reduce already have an Iowa driver’s conversation as a controver- human error.” license or state-issued ID will sial topic. “The last 16 years have automatically be provided “It goes back to a report seen a lot of suppressive leg- with a free voter ID card in filed in 2002. The Bush ad- islation come out,” Pate said. the mail. ministration looked at elec- “The Republican party has “A lot of college students tion integrity and they had pushed some legislation that have a photo ID and a valid two very well-known people [invokes] fear of voter fraud Iowa driver’s license, but it – former President Jimmy that are totally unfounded may have their home ad- Carter and former Secretary and as a solution they pro- dress or the apartment they of State Jim Baker,” Andersen pose things that wouldn’t Max Goldberg/Iowa State Daily lived in last year,” Andersen said. “They said we should Paul Pate meets with voter registration volunteers during National Voter Registration day on Sept. 27, 2016. actually prevent fraud, but it said. “College students are have mandatory photo ID, does suppress the vote. really hard to track because but if we do this, the govern- that we made among college to jump through additional kind of unique about this “It’s hard to justify that.” [their] address changes every ment has to send everybody students this past election bureaucratic hoops to prac- proposal is it says you can- The bill – House Study Bill year.” in America a photo ID. cycle.” tice their fundamental right not use a student ID, which 93 – which was formally in- The legislation by Pate, “You can’t put burdens on A root of their concern to vote,” the three student is kind of unusual,” he said. troduced to the Iowa Legis- which was unveiled in early voters to go out and get one, involves the fact that under leaders – Cole Staudt, Ra- “There’s some reason for lature on Feb. 8, will also not January, hopes to implement you have to give them.” Pate’s proposed legislation, chel Zuckerman and Hunter saying this because if we’re affect the way that college tighter voter identification Pate hopes to do this university-administered IDs Flesch – wrote in a letter mid- doing this to protect the in- students can register and will laws that include instituting through his proposed leg- will no longer be applicable January. tegrity of the ballot, you don’t offer the “exact same oppor- electronic poll books at ev- islation. However, student when going to the polls. Andersen backed this want people who aren’t citi- tunities currently available,” ery Iowa precinct, requiring body presidents at the three “When each student is al- sentiment, but recognized zens to be able to vote. Pate said in an email. voter verifi cation at the poll- Iowa regent universities have ready equipped with a form several of the concerns with “Well, Iowa State has a lot “Iowa law requires Elec- ing place that could entail expressed concern with the of credible identification, the way voter identifi cation of international students that signature verification and bill, saying it could “signifi - it is unnecessary and bur- currently stands. come here and get a univer- requiring an ID number for cantly reverse the progress densome to require them “One of the things that is sity ID even though they’re VOTER p8 January Special: Beach View • Sunset View • Sunset Beach ing Free Park 2 Bedrooms with 2 Baths 50 MB ICS Internet • Direct TV • Walking Distance • Lofted units available 258 N Hyland www.fpmofames.com 515-292-5020 IOWA STATE DAILY 2 CAMPUS BRIEF Thursday, February 16, 2017 WEATHER DIGITAL THURSDAY Seminar to address CONTENT Sunny 54 26 improving Top Hat NEWS Weather provided by ISU American Meteorological Society By Kyle.Heim from 11:30 a.m.