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TEAM Jessica Darland/Iowa State Daily Gabriel Walsh, Speaker of the Senate, HOIBERG proposed creating an option for students to voice their opinions on the bill in ques- ISU coach Fred Hoiberg, family members tion before each debate during the GSB challenge fans to vote for healthy hearts meeting Wednesday. GSB tables procedural bill during meeting By Michaela.Ramm @iowastatedaily.com At the latest Government of the Student Body meeting, the Senate debated on an amend- ment that would remove the requirement for students to have the consent of the Senate to speak at meetings. The bill was tabled indefi- nitely by the Senate and will re- turn at a later date for discussion. The majority of the senators did not favor the bill and believe the rule is necessary. Kelby Wingert/Iowa State Daily Sen. Richard Hartnett said Karen and Eric Hoiberg, parents of ISU coach Fred Hoiberg, pose for a photo in their home. The picture Karen is holding is one of Fred from when he played in the the rule existed for a reason. NBA for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Fred has dealt with heart issues since he was born and almost lost his life when he was 32 years old. “I think it would be wrong to remove that we can’t object to By Max.Dible State University, pops the film a student who wants to speak,” @iowastatedaily.com into the television perched in his A family history Hartnett said. “[The rule] allows and Karen’s living room. He then us the flexibly more towards our- takes a seat on the couch next to The Hoiberg family is no selves and keep it to the business ric Hoiberg emerges his wife, who sits in an armchair to stranger to heart disease. we are discussing. The point is from the hallway with his right. The family’s lively dog, Fred’s maternal grandfather, that it’s our meeting. If we choose a film that is a decade Eddie, bounces back and forth not to let someone speak, we can old. Every time his wife, across the carpet, occasionally Jerry Bush, who coached do that.” Karen Hoiberg, views it, yelping at the laundry machine, basketball at Nebraska from Sen. Samuel Schulte said Ea lump rises in her throat. which is running downstairs. 1954-1963, died from heart he thinks that any student who “I haven’t seen this in a long Soft music plays as the title wants to speak here should not time,” Karen says. “I can finally flashes across the screen. disease. have to ask permission. watch it without crying.” “I love the music,” Karen says Fred’s mother, Karen, has had Sen. Ryan Starn said the sen- The film is entitled “Born quietly. Her eyes remain glued to heart problems of her own, ate chamber did not belong to the Broken Hearted,” and it details the television. which requires her to use a senators, but to the students. ISU men’s basketball coach Fred A 32-year-old Fred Hoiberg “If [students] want to come Hoiberg’s open heart surgery, the appears, and he begins to explain pacemaker as well. Neither in and talk, they should have the entire Hoiberg family’s shock at the condition that threatened Fred’s grandfather nor his right to,” Starn said. “I won’t vote the immediacy of the surgery’s ne- his life. mother suffer from the same on anything that infringes on cessity, and the difficult recovery Fred was born with a bicus- those rights.” that followed. It was produced for pid aortic valve. Aortic valves condition that afflicts him, Sen. Erick Dietz said the Sen- a class project by an ISU gradu- move blood from the heart to the however. ate serves the students, but at ate student, Susie McGee (now aorta, the primary artery that then Fred’s ISU family has also the same time must serve as an Susie Moutray), who was studying distributes the blood throughout efficient government function. graphic design at the time. Susie the rest of the body. Three small experienced a good deal of Sen. Abbie Lang pointed out is the sister of Carol McGee, bet- flaps open and close to regulate heart issues. ISU women’s that as citizens, they elect con- ter known by her married name, blood flow. For those suffering basketball coach Bill Fennelly gressmen, representatives and Carol Hoiberg. from a bicuspid aortic valve, one so on. Eric, Fred’s father and a for- also needs a pacemaker, and “We can’t just walk in and mer sociology professor at Iowa HOIBERG p4 has needed one since infancy. speak freely in their meetings,” Lang said. “We need to trust them that they know what they’re do- American heart disease facts and advocacy ing.” Sen. Louis Reicks pointed The pervasiveness of heart according to the Centers for state and federal levels to out that a student can speak un- disease and its umbrella Disease Control. push for public policy that less the majority of the Senate of related symptoms and Heart disease and related promotes healthy hearts. voted them down. “A majority of the senators conditions are collectively issues account for 1 in every Some of the organization’s would not turn a student’s vote the number one killer of 4 deaths in the country an- endeavors include stop down unless they are not being both men and women in the nually. smoking campaigns, as well courteous to senators or other gallery members,” Reicks said. United States, claiming more The American Heart Associa- as a push for healthier school “This bill might hurt the effi- than 610,000 lives every year, tion advocates on both the lunches nationwide. ciency of the senate.” Speaker Gabriel Walsh said instead of failing the bill, the Senate should amend the bill to better suit the meetings. Before Senate meetings, the House bill may end Gun legislation GSB allows gallery members to speak to the Senate on whatever issues they want to discuss. Walsh proposed creating a housing restrictions passes Iowa House period of time before each debate for students to voice the opinions By Eric.Wirth duced by Rep. Chip Baltimore, By Montana.Crow Under the new legislation, they have on the bill that is in @iowastatedaily.com R-Boone. Representatives Lisa @iowastatedaily.com the names of those who hold question. Heddens, D-Ames, and Beth permits to carry guns and pur- “If I was a gallery member, it Wessel-Kroeschell, D-Ames, chase some weapons would would be a less frustrating time An Ames ordinance limiting voted against the bill, while Rep. A gun law passed through will be private. for me if I knew I had that time occupancy in rental housing may Dave Deyoe, R-Nevada, and Rep. the Iowa House without any As it stands now, the to get my two cents in,” Walsh be in its last days. Rob Bacon, R-Slater, supported discussion on the floor Tues- names of those who hold per- said. “It’s a much more fair and The Iowa House of Repre- the bill. day, changing many of Iowa’s mits are public records. effective system.” sentatives voted 73-23 Tuesday to The Senate’s State Govern- current gun laws. It also allows people to The motion to table the bill pass a bill that would take away a ment Committee passed its ver- If passed by the Senate buy gun suppressors, with indefinitely was passed unani- city’s ability to restrict the num- sion of the bill to the Senate floor and signed by Gov. Branstad, some government regulation, mously. ber of unrelated people allowed Thursday. House Bill 201 would eliminate to lower the sound of a gun GSB also passed a bill re- to live in one rental property. The Senate version of the bill an age limit for children to use firing. forming the Public Relations The current Ames rental code would call for Ames and other cit- a pistol or a revolver under Currently, an individual Committee. states that only three unrelated ies with comparable ordinances adult supervision. in possession of a suppressor Lang, the current public rela- people may live together in one to begin granting exemptions to The law would also allow may be charged with a Class D tions chair, was in full support of rental unit in a residential low current occupancy restrictions officials to carry firearms on felony punishable by up to five the bill. density zone. for properties that can house school grounds if they had a The bill passed after a vote The House bill was intro- more people. professional permit to carry. GUNS p4 on the floor. 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