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An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890 FRIDAY 4.27.18 No.162 Vol 129 69° 36°

VOICES What happens when three disabilities intersect?

BY MEGAN.SALO Imagine living your life on Iowa State’s campus She recalled a time when she was sitting at an ciated with mental disabilities is the hardest part @iowastatedaily.com with a physical disability: Does the building airport in her wheelchair, which she uses when about having one (or two). However, for her, the you’re in have accessible bathrooms? Is there a POTS makes it too hard for her to walk, drinking diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder to the handicap parking spot available? Is there an el- a smoothie when an employee walked up to her level of disability was almost like a relief. evator? How will this a ect your mental health? and asked her if she knew her name and where “I didn’t know I had anxiety, I thought that I she was going. She said four di erent people asked just really sucked at being alive,” she said. “I didn’t Imagine living your life on Iowa State’s campus her if she was lost during that trip. know if everyone had the feelings that I had, but with a mental disability: Will you be able to func- Although frustrating interactions with unin- they were just dealing with it better.” tion in the morning after a panic attack kept you formed strangers may be annoying, Wiederholt In reality, what she was experiencing wasn’t up for hours the night before? Will your professor explained one of the main stressors is dealing with happening to everyone, but it was a ecting more understand you’re too depressed to get out of bed the medical side of her physical disability. people than she realized. When she was  rst di- for class? Will people believe you have a disability? “If you break your arm, there’s one clear answer: agnosed, she said she didn’t realize how common How will this a ect your mental health? the pieces of your broken arm need to get put anxiety was. Anxiety a ects 40 million adults in Laura Wiederholt, former president of the back together,” she said. “But when you’ve got the age 18 and older every year and Alliance for Disability Awareness and senior in something that’s more unusual, it’s not that simple is the most common mental illness in the U.S. biology, doesn’t have to imagine this life or how and they may not know what to do.” According to statistics provided by Student it would a ect her mental health. Another issue Laura has faced with doctors is Accessibility Services, SAS, 33 percent of stu- She lives every day with what she describes  nding one who takes her mental health condi- dents who are receiving services from SAS are as “word soup of stu that people see as wrong tions into consideration as well as her physical found eligible based on a psychiatric or mental with you.” conditions. And vice versa with therapists. health disability, such as depression or anxiety. As Wiederholt added postural orthostatic tachy- “A lot of people think of the anxiety and depres- Wiederholt tells those who open up to her about cardia syndrome, or POTS, to her word soup sion more as a tacked on medical condition,” she their anxiety: “you’re in the least exclusive club.” when she was 18 years old. Generalized anxiety said. “Disability can be a separate thing from any But this club is one Wiederholt would gladly disorder and major depressive disorder were al- mental health issue that someone might have or quit if given the chance. ready in the bowl. their mental health issues may be their disability.” “If I had any of the stu go away, I’d take the anxiety,” she said. “But I’m not going to sit every PHYSICAL DISABILITIES MENTAL DISABILITIES day saying ‘I want this to go away’.  is is who “Sometimes, it’s not someone’s disability that’s She explained people with mental health I am, this is a part of me, just like I have brown holding them back, sometimes it’s other people’s disabilities experience disability di erently.  ey hair and I’m kind of tall and I talk way too much.” reactions to it,” she said, explaining some with may face their professors, bosses, parents, peers One subject Wiederholt enjoys talking about physical disabilities may also experience mental and society as a whole not believing they have is her disabilities. She said being open about all health issues such as anxiety and depression due a disability. of her disabilities is important because it can be to these reactions. For some of these people, an excuse of “my a comfort for people who may be going through Whether this reaction is rooted in curiosity, depression is so bad that I can’t get out of bed,” the same things to see they’re not alone. She also such as the question of how Wiederholt and her or “I’m exhausted because I was crying and shak- said a goal of her openness is to expose people to boyfriend, who doesn’t have a disability “work,” ing on the  oor for hours because I had a panic disabilities who may have never experienced it. to which she replies: “I have a disability and he attack,” isn’t legitimate. “Especially with the mental health stu ,” she doesn’t and we date.  at’s how it works.” Or the “People will say ‘I get nervous before exams’ or said. “I’ve come to realize that it’s really important misconception that those with physical disabilities ‘I was nervous before I got married,’” she said of to talk about it because, hopefully, the more you also have intellectual disabilities. those who try to relate to anxiety. “ at’s as far as talk about it, the more that people will calm down “You can certainly have both, but you don’t have they can go — a time in their life when they’ve about it and realize that people can be successful to have both and it’s really weird when people treat been nervous.” and do things regardless of the mental health you like you do,” she said. Wiederholt said she’s found the stigma asso- issues you have.” NEWS

02 NEWS Iowa State Daily Friday, April 27, 2018 ALUMNI Iowa State Alumni: Food Waste Fighters

COURTESY OF KINOSOL Co-founder of KinoSol, Ella Gehrke, with subsistence farmers in Uganda.

BY LINDSEY.SETTLE Properly storing food is just as important worldwide right now with a heavy focus in drated fruits, vegetables, and other produce sell @iowastatedaily.com as producing it. Africa. He said around five dozen dehydrators at a much higher prices at local the markets. “There was just like a large amount of food have been placed in Uganda. Having access to an Orenda would allow In 2014, four Iowa State students set out to available, but only in some parts of the year,” KinoSol is able to produce dehydrators in women to preserve more produce and receive solve the problem of worldwide food insecu- said Kendall. these numbers, because of the support they a higher price in town. Storage was almost rity with a food dehydrator that is now locat- The Orenda dehydrator, KinoSol’s current have received from partnerships. One of the non-existent for a majority of the women ed in over 40 countries. model, takes moisture out of fruit, vegetables biggest has been Iowa State. which caused a huge proportion of their yields and insects to keep them from going bad. With to spoil.” Troubled by the fact that a third of food its convection system of using the sun to dry Support from Iowa State produced goes to waste globally, Clayton out produce, essential nutrients are kept intact With an established relationship in Uganda Partnerships and Farmer Feedback Mooney, Mikayla Sullivan, Ella Gehrke and while still preserving the produce for months. with the Center for Sustainable Rural Live- KinoSol currently has nine partners world- Elise Kendall began the process of developing Being naturally powered is a plus for Kino- lihoods, Iowa State connected KinoSol with wide, and they are particular about who they a food dehydrator. Sol’s dehydrator. A statistic from their website CSRL. With that connection at their dis- partner with. They started the company KinoSol while states that only 24 percent of people living in posable, KinoSol was able to get dehydrators They carefully choose partnerships with only still attending Iowa State. All global resource Sub-Saharan Africa have access to electricity. into the hands of Ugandan rural subsistence a small percentage of those who ask to partner systems majors, they had common back- farmers. with KinoSol. grounds in international experiences and a Product Evolution Feedback from the farmers who used their “We had to learn the hard way that not all desire to #savethethird. Located mainly in countries along the dehydrator was very important to the KinoSol partnerships are equal,” Mooney said. They settled on the name KinoSol for its equator, such as Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya and team. Turning people down is a choice the team symbolic meaning. “Kino” stands for connect, Rwanda, where the climate is hot and dry, elec- “It was very important to get prototypes to makes by looking to see if the values of who while “Sol” translates to sun in many languages. tricity is not necessary for the solar-powered the end user,” Mooney said. they would be partnering with align with their Their common backgrounds in international Orenda dehydrator. Iowa State gave KinoSol a variety of re- own mission, and if the dehydrator would be travels opened their eyes to the issue of food The Orenda dehydrator is made entirely sources, including allowing the KinoSol located in a dry, hot climate that it could be waste and cemented their motivation as a team of plastic, a far cry from its earliest prototype team to utilize and work with the Iowa State effective in. to collaborate on solving the issue. made out of wood. nutrition lab, Feedback from users is a big factor to Kino- “We had all seen it to some degree with our Kendall said early prototypes were built in “We just had no many amazing opportu- Sol’s success. The KinoSol team continually own eyes,” said Mooney. the garages of family members. nities we were motivated to keep going,” said reaches out to their partnerships to hear how As a team of four, which has expanded to They tested out many shapes and sizes Kendall. the dehydrator is working and if there are any as large as 11 members, they have been able to before settling on plastic, which Kendall also In addition, KinoSol attended many busi- product concerns. work as a team to create their vision. said has a similar warming effect as that of a ness pitch competition, including the thought “We had to make sure there was a value all “This isn’t just a project, it’s really helping greenhouse. They even tested the prototypes for food challenge. Their experience at the along the supply chain,” Mooney said. people solve food insecurity,” said Rebecca Ly- out in the Iowa State greenhouses. competition sparked the idea for KinoSol. One comment they often hear from subsis- ons, junior in agricultural studies and KinoSol The plastic Orenda dehydrator can lay flat tence farmers is that the size of the dehydrator marketing coordinator. and snap into place for an assembly process of Field Testing is too small to preserve all the produce they Those experiences witnessing food waste 15 minutes or less. During the winter of 2017, Sullivan and would like at one time. influenced the idea of a food dehydrator. It became commercially ready in January Mooney traveled to Tanzania, Kenya and “People would like a larger one so they could According to their website, “dehydration is 2017. Rwanda to test the dehydrator. do more at once,” Kendall said. an easy and inexpensive way to avoid post-har- The current unit sells for $130 and is intend- When traveling abroad is not a possibility, The Orenda model is small scale and meant vest loss and storage increases the availability ed for use in developing countries. However, KinoSol tests in U.S. locations that compare to be used by families and communities. The of food during low and no harvest periods.” the KinoSol team realizes that food waste is to those of countries along the equator, where dehydrating process takes around six to eight The idea for KinoSol was to focus on aiding just as much of a problem in the U.S. as it is the climate is hot and dry. hours in proper sunlight to effectively dry out small scale subsistence farmers. globally, so they are currently developing a One experience from field testing in Ugan- the products. “KinoSol is really teaching from an educa- domestic KinoSol unit that can work in urban da showed an improvement to subsistence “Not only is it helping at the family level, tional standpoint that there is enough food for environments. farmers. it also allows for entrepreneurial endeavors of everyone,” Lyons said. Mooney said there are about 260 units According to the KinoSol website, “dehy- the users’ own,” Lyons said. Friday, April 27, 2018 Iowa State Daily NEWS 03

STUDENT LIFE A Q&A with the Alliance for Disability Awareness BY EMILY.BLOBAUM @iowastatedaily.com

Laura Wiederholt and Lauren Berglund are about disability awareness, it seems like they just two of 2,000 students with documented lose interest. disabilities on campus. Berglund: They want the Best Buddies, help the poor disabled kids kind of thing and And they’re not ashamed of talking about that’s not us. them, either. Wiederholt: Not to say you can’t be in the Wiederholt, senior in biology, re-launched club if you don’t have a disability, in fact I’d the Alliance for Disability Awareness — a encourage it, but we very rarely get members club dedicated to supporting students with without disabilities. I wish that there was more disabilities and raising awareness about them community engagement. I think when we do — during her sophomore year and has been show people, they get upset. We did the Step president since. Into My World event [an event where students Berglund, junior in child, adult and family can experience what it’s like to have certain services, will take over as president next se- disabilities and have to maneuver with a cane mester. or wheelchair] in the library and I took people Wiederholt has dysautonomia, which is an around in a wheelchair and I was like, ‘OK, umbrella term for a group of disorders that try to get in the bathroom,’ there was a guy cause dysfunction of the autonomic nervous that said ‘I can’t get into the bathroom’ and I system, along with anxiety and depression. said ‘That’s right, you have to go to a different Berglund has oculocutaneous albinism, building to go to the bathroom,’ and he’s like which is a rare disorder that causes a reduction ‘Well that’s ridiculous.’ of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes. Berglund Berglund: You don’t think about things until is blind and uses her guide dog, Sheba, to get you’re forced to and I just think that’s part of EMILY BLOBAUM/ IOWA STATE DAILY around. the benefit [of having events like Step Into Lauren Berglund, junior in child, adult and familiy services, has oculocutaneous albinism, a The Daily sat down with the two of them to My World] we can force people to think of condition that causes a lack in pigment in the skin, hair and eyes. She will take over as presi- reflect on their year of advocacy together. the different things and then they keep those dent of the Alliance for Disability Awareness in the fall. things in mind. How have you seen the Alliance for Dis- Berglund: Putting a fellow student’s face and prove things. I find it very fulfilling to do that ability Awareness grow? name and story to the things that they’re told and I think it’s the right thing to do because Wiederholt: Initially I mostly just kind of … You know people are disabled, you know there’s plenty of people that just can’t. If I can thought of it as a bunch of students can come people have disabilities, but you don’t really help, I really want to help. and hang out, and it’s kind of turned more into realize that they affect your peers until someone Berglund: I think for me growing up, I was advocacy. I’ve ended up doing a lot of work is like “hey, me too.” taught how to advocate and so many people with the administration, way more than I ever Berglund: Sometimes as the club and when with disabilities, especially blind students, are thought I would. As I saw the complaints that we all come together, we help students reach not really taught that. You have to advocate for were coming in, I was thinking, ‘a lot of these the point of accepting their disability and your needs or you’re not going to do well. I was complaints are identical’ and maybe we can accepting the identity and what comes with it. the first student to graduate my district who fix them. Wiederholt: The Americans with Disabilities had a visual impairment and no other disability Act defines a person with a disability as a per- and hopefully paved the way for people behind How many people are in the club? son who has a personal or physical impairment me. My hope is with my advocacy efforts, I can Berglund: I’d say an average of six people that substantially limits one or more major life make it easier for the people that come behind at a meeting. activities. People will think, ‘I have anxiety and me, but hopefully also teach others how to ad- Wiederholt: It’s somewhat disappointing, there are days where I can’t even eat because I vocate for themselves because I think it’s one the lack of engagement. I think it’s a hard topic just feel so sick to my stomach.’ That’s a ma- of the most important skills anyone can have, to talk about. … jor life activity. There’s a lot of stigma around especially someone with a disability. Berglund: … And a lot of the disabilities having a psychiatric disability. There’s a reason Wiederholt: One of our goals is to teach themselves prevent people from attending. that I talk more about my physical disabilities [people] that you don’t need to be ashamed of Wiederholt: If I wasn’t president, I guarantee than my mental disabilities and it’s just because who you are and how you are. You’re not less you I would have missed some of the meetings. it still makes me uncomfortable. of a person because you have a disability. It I’ve had to force myself to get up and be like Berglund: I’ve even noticed Laura, in the certainly causes challenges in your life and it it doesn’t matter if I hurt, it doesn’t matter if beginning you only said “I have dysautonomia.” makes things more difficult, but it’s the type of I just got done crying and look like a mess, I The last three or four times we’ve spoken, I’ve thing that you will find work arounds and you’re have to go. People’s disabilities prevent them heard you say, ‘I have dysautonomia and I have going to find a way to do everything. from doing the things that are best for advo- anxiety and depression.’ Berglund: Not necessarily everything. I can’t cacy. And a big part of the reason why it hasn’t Wiederholt: Originally I kind of started it for drive a car. grown so much is that it’s not very appealing selfish reasons, like I felt alone and I wanted a Wiederholt: I mean within reason. There are to the community as a whole. The Iowa State place where I could not feel alone, and now I plenty of things that people are like, ‘oh I can community as a whole, when they find out it’s just kind of realized if you have the ability to never do that.’ an organization run by people with disabilities speak up for others and you can try to help im- DISABILITY pg8 CAMPUS

04 CAMPUS BRIEF Iowa State Daily Friday, April 27, 2018

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COLUMN Cocky athletes make sports fun, love them or hate them

BY JOSHUA.HOLST Embiid was not such a delightfully James openly talking about how he is @iowastatedaily.com cocky guy (to be fair, Ben Simmons the greatest player in the world. And I is every bit as confident, but he’s less just don’t get it. Cockiness is annoying If you follow sports, you likely have delightful about it). when it is unearned, but haven’t these your favorite athletes. However, it is Nothing gives me more of a thrill guys earned the right to be so wildly incredibly likely that you have more than hearing stories about Larry Bird overconfident? BRIAN ACHENBACH/ IOWA STATE DAILY athletes you hate. Senior guard DeAndre Kane is blocked by Kansas’ Joel Embiid or Paul Pierce literally telling people Even the middle of the road guys, like during Iowa State’s 92-81 loss to Kansas on Jan. 29 at Allen what they were going to do to them the Lance Stephensons and Dion Wait- Fieldhouse. Kane scored 22 points on the night. Hate is the most powerful emotion in before they do it. ers of the world, have to play with the sports. I would venture to say that Duke What’s more, this level of overcon- confidence to think they are better than gets put on ESPN a lot, not because fidence is absolutely necessary for an LeBron James and Kevin Durant. That they are really good or everybody loves athlete to be great. cannot be an act. They have to believe them, but because most people can’t Do you really think Aaron Rodgers that. And they’ve worked unbelievably stand them. would’ve made this throw if he did not hard to get to the level they’re at. If that And what factor motivates the hatred possess the genuinely absurd confidence, bothers people, so be it. of an athlete, perhaps more than any dare I say, cockiness, required to look at Consider this: even if you don’t like other? the level of difficulty on the throw and this attitude, even if athletes saying Their attitude. still think “oh yeah, I can do this.” cocky things and acting overconfident I have heard people complain about Every time Michael Jordan went up is something that makes you hate them, athletes talking trash or showing off to dunk on somebody or Stephen Curry that means you will still probably tune more frequently than I can count, and I takes a 30-foot jump shot with 10 sec- in the hopes you get to watch them fail. am not sure why this is the case. onds on the shot clock, they exhibit an Just don’t bet on that happening, These cocky athletes, like them or not, absurd level of arrogance. because they’re the best in the world drive interest in sports to another level. Yet even with all of this, you will at what they do. And they will tell you I would be far less interested in still hear people complain about Cam about it, no matter how much you hate watching the Philadelphia 76ers if Joel Newton’s touchdown dances or LeBron them for it.

EDITORIAL Hidden racial biases need to end now

The nation is divided over race where than 8,000 Starbucks stores on the after- Some argue the police did what they people of color, especially the black noon of May 29 so a significant portion are supposed to do and what they were Editorial Board community, face racial prejudice and Emily Barske, editor-in-chief of employees can receive training on called to do. However, arresting people Isaac Sinclair, opinion editor discrimination much more than others. demystifying the racial bias, promoting without adequate reason makes author- Adam Willman, community member conscious inclusion and preventing future ities look incredibly tone deaf. However, Sue Ravenscroft, community member Muhammad Mohsin Raza, community member Recently, the arrest of two black men discrimination. the Philadelphia Police Commissioner, at a Philadelphia Starbucks painted the However, the training could cost who loyally defended his officers at first, grim picture of the country’s racial dis- Starbucks around $16.7 million but can later apologized for the incident. Opinions expressed in columns and letters are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the parities in public places. The black men it resolve this everlasting evil of racial In this era of technology where social Daily or organizations with which the author(s) were arrested for doing nothing but just profiling and bias? media is becoming a powerful tool for are associated. waiting for a friend in a public space. Roots of such covert bias and racism exposing theses hidden biases, technol- The incident was about race; even white are eternal and run deep in our country ogy can fight prejudice by bringing such people can see this would not happen to and continue to cause devastating effects. incidents to the attention of millions and Feedback policy: The Daily encourages discussion but does not guarantee its them if they did the same thing. Discrimination and racial prejudice are break the assumptions of those who do publication. We reserve the right to edit or reject any letter or This racial profiling incident drew pub- not being taught, people learn from their not believe in it. online feedback. lic outrage across the country, indicating society, culture and the environment People of all color are responsible for Send your letters to [email protected]. the extent of the problem that needs to they live. removing this evil from our communi- Letters must include the name(s), phone number(s), majors and/or group affiliation(s) be resolved now. People lack cultural competency when ties. People need to raise their voices to and year in school of the author(s). Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson met they can’t differentiate between a home- condemn such episodes and strive for Phone numbers and addresses will not be published. with the men in person, apologized and less person and a black professional in lasting changes to ensure what happened Online feedback may be used if first name and last name, condemned this disheartening incident. informal attire. to these black men never happens again. major and year in school are included in the post. Feedback posted online is eligible for print in the Iowa State Daily. To rectify this reprehensible incident, he We are well aware restaurants and We know certain people are comfort- spearheaded the campaign for lasting cafes do not have any policy to prevent able with the status quo or believe in change at the business chain and vowed anyone from using their facilities. The real procrastination as a more comfortable to include new rules on discrimination issue is the country’s collective implied option. However, they should try walking and refusing patrons. biases toward people of color, especially a mile in the other’s shoes before dismiss- Johnson has also ordered to close more African-Americans. ing their concerns. SPORTS

06 SPORTS Iowa State Daily Friday, April 27, 2018

TRACK&FIELD The Drake Relays have arrived

EMILY BLOBAUM/ IOWA STATE DAILY Iowa State junior Evelyne Guay, fourth from left, starts off the women’s distance medley relay at the Drake Relays in Des Moines April 29, 2017.

BY ZANE.DOUGLAS Cancel your plans for the weekend. clones’ history as his 46.90 in the 400-meter dash Friday, April 27, 2018 @iowastatedaily.com is now ninth all-time for Iowa State. His relay team 8:50 a.m. 4x800m CD, Women, Final The Cyclone men’s track and field team is heading finished in 3:07.57, which was good for eighth in 9:04 a.m. 4x800m CD, Men, Final to Des Moines, Iowa, this weekend to take part in Cyclone history. 10:42 a.m. 4x1600m UD/CD, Women, Final one of the biggest track and field events of the year “I think anytime you have a senior like Jaymes 11:40 a.m. 4x1600m UD/CD, Men, Final for the team and the whole country. Dennison … start to come into form at the end of Field Events The Drake Relays. the season I think is really exciting,” Sudbury said. 10:00 a.m. Long Jump UD/CD, Women, Final “The Drake Relays is always a really unique and Dennison is quickly turning into a leader and role 10:00 a.m. Javelin UD/CD, Men, Final cool opportunity,” said middle distance coach Jeremy model for the Cyclones’ young corps of 400-meter 11:00 a.m. Shot Put UD/CD, Men, Final Sudbury. and 800-meter runners. It’s proving successful as 12:30 p.m. Pole Vault UD/CD, Women, Final Middle distance will be the focus with the Cy- they seem to be thriving in their roles. 1:00 p.m. High Jump UD/CD, Men, Final clones competing in four relays and a few other races While Dennison is shining in his leadership role 1:00 p.m. Discus UD/CD, Women, Final this weekend that fall under that category. on the track, junior hammer thrower Vlad Pavlenko 1:30 p.m. Javelin UD/CD, Women, Final Sudbury has coached well for those athletes to this is doing the same, despite being the youngest on 1:30 p.m. Triple Jump UD/CD, Men, Final point and this meet he will be working with sprint the team in his event. Pavlenko said he is excited 5:30 p.m. Shot Put UD/CD, Women, Final coach Frank Rizzo and head coach Martin Smith for this weekend. Track Events more to prepare for all the relays this weekend. “It’s all about putting it all together and [making] 5:13 p.m. 200m UD/CD, Women, Final Sudbury is excited, especially about this year for it happen,” Pavlenko said. 5:21 p.m. 200m UC/CD, Men, Final the Drake Relays with the weather projected to be Pavlenko has been historically good this year with 6:59 p.m. 1500m UD/CD, Women, Final nice and sunny since it’s usually rainy around this the fourth best hammer throw in Iowa State history 7:07 p.m. 1500m UD/CD, Men, Final time. coming a few weeks ago in the Sun Angel Classic. 7:18 p.m. Sprint Medley CD, Women, Final “The weather looks really nice. I think everyone’s He will look to continue his success as the season Saturday, April 28, 2018 excited about that,” Sudbury said. winds down and maybe rise higher on the historic 10:33 a.m. 4x200m UD/CD, Women, Final At the end of the season, the Cyclones will need list. 10:48 a.m. 4x200m UD/CD, Men, Final some athletes to start heating up now and it looks With Pavlenko and Dennison encroaching on 12:58 p.m. 400mH UD/CD, Women, Final like senior middle-distance runner Jaymes Dennison history for the program, the younger players will be 1:11 p.m. 400mH UD/CD, Men, Final has stepped up to be that guy with a great perfor- looking to them for their leadership skills at the end 2:07 p.m. 100m UD/CD, Women, Final mance last weekend. of the long track and field season. 2:11 p.m. 100m UD/CD, Men, Final Dennison set his personal record in the 400-meter The Drake Relays are the only things between 2:30 p.m. 100mH UD/CD, Women, Final dash last weekend while also helping his relay team Iowa State and the Big 12 Championships now, so 2:42 p.m. 110mH UD/CD, Men, Final win the 4x400-meter relay. the athletes will be looking to step up on the big 3:03 p.m. 800m UD/CD, Women, Final Both events brought him near the top of Cy- stage and make a difference for their team. 3:08 p.m. 800m UD/CD, Men, Final

TRACK&FIELD Cyclone women head to Des Moines for Drake Relays

BY SPENCER.SUCKOW Perhaps the best example of this is senior jumper Jhoanmy Stenman-Fahey. @iowastatedaily.com Luque, who took first place among university athletes last year In addition to the returning athletes, there are also some in both the long and triple jump with leaps of 20-feet-1 and women making their Drake Relays debut this weekend. In After making stops at outdoor meets across the country over 43-feet-0 ½, respectively. fact, there are currently seven entries for Iowa State scheduled the past month, the Iowa State women’s track and field team While those jumps are well off of Luque’s personal records to compete in the relays for the first time. will finish up the outdoor regular season in their own back- in the events, part of the reason for the lower scores last year Among the first timers expected to show well is Essence yard this weekend. came due to the sloppy conditions outside. Henderson, who’s notched several first place finishes in what’s Rain and cold temperatures plagued the 2017 relays, but been a stellar freshman season. Henderson will be competing Starting on Thursday night, the Cyclone women will compete with clear weather and temperatures in the 60s expected this in the shot put and discus events in which she placed in the in the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, which serves as the weekend, Luque should be able to best her marks from last year top-three just last weekend at the Michael Johnson Invitational final meet for the team until the Big 12 Championships in and continue her excellent senior season. (which included a seven-foot personal record in the discus). Waco, Texas, on May 11, 2018. Also looking to build off her success at the relays last year Keiara Williams and Tessa Krempel will also look to build As usual, the meet serves as a homecoming of sorts for many will be junior Whigham, who took third place in the heptathlon off of strong performances last week. Williams took first place Cyclones on the roster. Thirteen members of the women’s track at the relays in 2017. in the open division of the shot put with a 46-foot-11 ¾ throw, and field team are natives of Iowa, and at least five, Larkin Although she won’t be competing in that particular event this a season best, while Krempel set a new personal record in the Chapman, Emma Whigham, Jasmine Staebler, Adriana Kam- year, Whigham will be competing in the 400-meter hurdles, an hammer throw with a throw of 175-feet-7. merer and Abby Caldwell, are expected to compete throughout event she’s improved on throughout the outdoor season culmi- The Drake Relays will begin for the Cyclone women starting the weekend. nating in a 1:01.50 personal record last week at the Michael Thursday night, when Karly Ackley and Anne Frisbie compete While the Iowans on the roster are certainly familiar with Johnson Invitational. in the 5,0000-meter run. Events will then continue throughout the Drake Relays from growing up in the state and competing Additionally, Whigham was also part of the relay team that the weekend on Friday and Saturday, with coverage of the event in the meet themselves. Other members of the team have seen took second place in the 4x800-meter run and third place in broadcast on NBC Sports Network from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday success at the Blue Oval in the past as well. distance medley, along with Staebler, Evelyne Guay and Erinn and all weekend on USATF.TV. LIFESTYLE

Friday, April 27, 2018 Iowa State Daily LIFESTYLE 07 ENTERTAINMENT KURE launches an unfiltered station

KEVIN LARSON/ IOWA STATE DAILY Tanner Vieth (DeeJay Tanner) DJs during the DM Tea radio show on KURE 88.5 FM in 2014.

BY TREVOR.BABCOCK Every Wednesday evening since the be- the wheel before he could put himself and Free and Nolan Kim. Great guys. They treat @iowastatedaily.com ginning of the spring 2018 semester, four others at risk. it like it’s their baby. They built it. They’re the friends go live from 88.5 KURE Ames Alter- The hosts begin a roundtable giving sin- masterminds behind The Basement.” native’s studio B. They occupy the airwaves cere advice to the listener such as discussing Abbott also hosts a show on The Basement with advice on sensitive subjects, discussion strategies to talk it out with his friend and from Wednesdays from 8 p.m to 9 p.m. Her of memes, and entertaining personal stories. plans to make sure he doesn’t attempt to drive show “TuneTalk” discusses newly released drunk again. music with members of KURE’s music review One anonymous listener sends in a question The show is called “Fake Flowers” and is committee. Abbott explained that she feels asking for advice on a friend who gets too produced by Jonathan Free, junior in com- there is more freedom on The Basement due to drunk whenever they go out to the bars. This puter science, and one of the masterminds the lack of restrictions and relaxed vibe, mak- friend was so intoxicated on one occasion that behind KURE’s new listening platform, The ing conversations with guests feel more natural. he tried to start his vehicle but passed out at Basement. She also doesn’t have to worry if guests KURE’s website states “The Basement is a haven’t been on a radio show before and some- platform of freedom where DJ’s can play the times guests on the show come on last minute. music they want to play, speak about the niche As many as six guests can pile into KURE’s topics they want to speak about and have more studio B all equipped with headphones and independence in the type of content they put microphones. The guests participate as much on-air.” as they wish, some more than others. This DJs on The Basement are granted this free- free-spirited approach to radio is another dom because The Basement is not regulated example of why The Basement was created. by the Federal Communications Commission Kyle Guerttman, junior in pre-business and (FCC), an agency that regulates communica- frequent guest on “TuneTalk,” explained why tions on radio, television, and more. he enjoys coming on the show. This is because The Basement is streamed “Getting to listen to new music, talking to on KURE’s website where it is out of the people about music and turning people on to FCC’s reach. new stuff. Mostly being able to talk to other “We want to make it clear that The Base- people about similar music because that doesn’t ment is not just about being able to say curse happen too frequently,” Guerttman said. words,” said Free. First word of The Basement appeared on Find Birthright of The discussion of fragile topics and unre- KURE’s Facebook page in February with an Ames on Facebook stricted format which are trademarks to “Flake image of KURE’s unofficial mascot Otto Bot Flowers” is why the show is right at home on sitting on a couch under The Basement’s logo. The Basement. Otto Bot constantly judges human’s taste in However, according to a study by New music but was sent to Earth to keep the KURE York University’s Steinhart Music Business stream going 24/7. The couch, which is in the Program conducted in August of 2017 titled KURE office in the depths of Friley Hall, is the “Paradigm Shift: Why Radio Must Adapt to basis for The Basement’s logo. The old green the Rise of Digital,” radio risks becoming a couch has been there as long as anyone from thing of the past if the medium doesn’t adapt KURE can remember. to the wants of today’s generation. “I’d love to get more people involved with it. Birthright is a non-judgmental and New digital services such as Spotify and Ap- I’d love to fill it up with niche talk shows and ple Music are changing the way people listen niche DJ shows,” said Abbott. “We would like supportive atmosphere for women to music and Generation Z, music fans born to provide an outlet for students to come in and expectant mothers. in 1995 or after, are embracing this change. and get their voice heard, play the music they Listening to AM/FM radio among teens 13 want to play, talk about what they want to talk Birthright Provides: and up declined by almost 50 percent between about, a pathway to becoming involved with - Free pregnancy testing 2005 and 2016. radio and broadcasting if they want to do that This doesn’t seem to discourage those in- as a career. It’s a great place to start for that.” - 24 hour toll-free hotline volved at student-run radio station KURE Abbott and Free both say creating some- - Maternity and Infant Clothing Items who are dedicated to their station. thing new that you can call your own and be - Community referrals for: medical, legal, “Everyone who is here just really cares about proud of is what motivates them to become financial, and housing assistance it. They just want to help the station improve deeply rooted with their involvement in - Materials and referrals on adoption services and get more people involved,” said Karina KURE. Abbott, junior in marketing and general man- “[College radio is] providing an outlet for Get the information you need to make an informed decision. ager at KURE. smaller artists, local artist, more indie art- “It was an idea for years before we even ists, self-releasing artists, people who don’t 108 Hayward Ave started talking about logistics,” Abbott said. get played on other stations,” Abbott said. 515-292-8414 www.birthright.org “It was on me to figure out how we were going “[KURE] definitely expanded my musical IRTHRIGHT [email protected] to do it, to find out what we need and how knowledge exponentially of what was out of Ames, Inc. we were going to build it. We luckily had just there. It was like I didn’t even know what I brought on two new IT directors, Jonathan was missing.” JUMPS (C)

08 NEWS Iowa State Daily Friday, April 27, 2018

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Berglund: There’s supports. There’s accommoda- tions. I heard someone say I’m never going to live alone. But maybe you live alone but someone comes into your house three hours a day and helps you with things that you can’t do.

Lauren, I know a big part of your advocacy is through educating people on social media and showing what your daily life is like. Berglund: I feel like it’s is a way to go about it where people can have their reaction without being worried that they’re going to offend anyone. If I can get one person to think differently about something, that’s a huge deal. I feel like I have to convince peo- ple to the level that I struggle. To them, I do fine. I get around, I get to class, I do my stuff. I think that sometimes it’s just trying to show people what we put in to get to where we are. Wiederholt: They don’t realize the reality of how long it might take [someone] to the destination that somebody else got to in 30 seconds.

Do you feel like you’ve made any changes at Iowa State? Berglund: I like to think that while I haven’t made [many] changes up higher, I would like to think if anything I’ve changed professor’s perceptions. Wiederholt: I feel like there have been some EMILY BLOBAUM/ IOWA STATE DAILY things that I can’t really take direct credit for. Nora Laura Wiederholt and Lauren Berglund met through the Alliance for Disability Awareness and consider themselves to be good friends. [Ryan]’s been hired, the University Committee on Disabilities has been reinstated, it seems like administrators have been more conscious of it, but alone. I like to get the point across, like yeah, we can Wiederholt: Sometimes I just feel like I’m in a I don’t feel like I can personally take any credit for go on dates, we can do things. slingshot and somebody just pulled back and let go that. At this point I’ve spoken in front of thousands and I’m just kinda going. I feel like I’m just kind of of people, I like to think that 1 percent of those say What is it like being a student with a disability in limbo a lot. Especially with the mental illness, it’s ‘oh yeah, this is important.’ Or if that changes their on Iowa State’s campus? always uncertain. You just kind of don’t know what’s attitudes on people with disabilities, that’s enough Berglund: At times, frustrating. Compared to going to happen. for me. other universities that I’ve been at and had expe- Berglund: I mean yeah it’s frustrating and shitty rience with, Iowa State is above the ball in certain but there’s also times where you’re sitting with your Are there any specific things that you’ve been aspects, but also behind it in others. We’re behind friends and you’re all laughing about something that proud of? when it comes to physical accessibility. But when it the outside people wouldn’t understand. There’s ups Wiederholt: When you feel like you’ve really comes to you having an issue with a professor we and there’s downs and there’s just going steady. reached somebody after you’ve spoken with a group, have a whole team of people here who can help you. sometimes they’ll email you afterwards or come up Wiederholt: Some things, we’re doing pretty Describe your friendship. to you afterwards saying, ‘hey, I just wanted to say well on especially considering that we have a huge Berglund: Our friendship isn’t that much differ- thank you, I never thought of it that way before.’ campus. I think in general education [is a big issue]. ent than anyone else’s. That’s when I really feel like I’m making a difference. I think society as a whole falls behind on education. Wiederholt: I’d say our personalities go together Or they’ll say, I realized anyone can have a disability. The more further removed you are from a person well. Like she’s easily amused and I really like And that’s a point I really try to get across. Disability with a disability, the less you’re going to know. amusing people. doesn’t discriminate and it can happen to you. Berglund: There’s still a ways to go with student Berglund: She likes my dumb jokes. Berglund: And you can’t necessarily see the knowledge and acceptance. Wiederholt: We’re both really talkative. Lauren disability. Wiederholt: I’m always happy to answer ques- never shuts up. She’s really easy going about stuff. Wiederholt: Or a lot of people see a wheelchair tions. If you want to get to know somebody and I feel like if anything, we’re more open. I kind of and that just puts a huge stop sign up for any further they have a disability and you’re interested in being like that about having a disability, it forces you to interaction. I’d rather just have it be that a wheel- friends with them, don’t let it stop you. be open. If you have people that understand you, chair is just part of what you’re observing, not the What is it like to be you? your support system is a lot better because they can whole of what you’re observing. People are taught, Wiederholt: Difficult. understand. don’t look at them, don’t engage, don’t talk to them, Berglund: Complicated. Editor’s note: This interview has been edited and just ignore. And I like to teach people, don’t just Wiederholt: Yeah it’s complicated. condensed for clarity. ignore. And people with disabilities don’t just date Berglund: I feel like it’s almost like you’re on a people with disabilities. Or they don’t live their lives roller coaster.