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A culture all its own By Tisa.Tollenaar theater, buy or rent it on DVD @iowastatedaily.com — or VHS, from our earliest, blurriest memories — or catch it airing on a TV network by a Millennials in college have stroke of luck. Now we have it pretty easy — at least when shows and movies on demand, it comes to movies and TV ready to play at the click of a shows. mouse or tap of the screen. It might be hard for some One, however, has made an to imagine having to wait for arguably permanent impact a new episode each week. In on not only how we access the past, to see a particular movie, you’d have to go to the NETFLIX p8 Photo illustration by Chris Jorgensen/Iowa State Daily In 2016, 81 percent of adults between 18 and 35 had a Netflix account, accord- ing to BGR, a mobile and technology news source. ISU settles suit, changes 3 bills advancing discrimination policies in Iowa Legislature By Jessica.Enwesi came right before House com- By Danielle.Gehr @iowastatedaily.com mittee members were preparing @iowastatedaily.com to vote on newly added amend- ments to Senate File 471, which Iowa legislators have been busy would allow women to seek abor- Iowa State will change its poli- introducing and voting on new tions until they were 20 weeks cies on discrimination and ha- bills. Here are some notable ones past conception. rassment after settling a lawsuit making their rounds through the Rep. Shannon Lundgren, R- filed by Robert Dunn, senior in General Assembly. Peosta, said that under the com- accounting, according to The Abortion mittee’s bill, physicians who per- Gazette. House Human Resources Com- form abortions on women past 20 The complaint, filed in the mittee legislators introduced a weeks can only do so if the “the Southern District of Iowa Courts new bill, commonly known as pregnant woman has a condi- on Oct. 17, 2016, asked for declara- the “Heart Beat” bill, that would tion which the physician deems tory and injunctive relief stating restrict women from the seek- a medical emergency” or if “the that the university violated the ing an abortion six weeks after First and 14th amendments. Iowa conception. State’s policies will now state that The bill’s quick introduction BILLS p4 it “won’t penalize students who fail to pledge compliance,” The Gazette reported. The university agreed to cover Dunn’s legal fees, which amount Sarah Muller/Iowa State Daily Former U.S. diplomat to $12,000, after signing a settle- Robert Dunn, senior in accounting, filed a complaint on Oct. 17, 2016, asking for declaratory ment last month. and injuctive relief, stating that Iowa State violated the First and 14th amendments. After Dunn fi led the lawsuit fi ve months ago, Iowa State reviewed speech or policies in question. tory training problem that any dis- explains global relations the policies in question ultimately He also wrote that “Iowa State is cussion of gender identity could revising them in December 2016. committed to freedom of expres- be sexual harassment under ISU Dunn expressed that clearer sion and our policies comply with policies if any listener — even if By Tristan.Wade policies for something like harass- the U.S. Constitution and state not the intended listener — took @iowastatedaily.com ment were his goal from the start, and federal laws. We take seri- offense, without any consider- stating that he found the original ously our responsibility to prevent ation of the First Amendment policies to be “vague.” He feels and address illegal discrimination rights of other students,” the com- The relationship between the that this outcome will be ben- and sexual harassment and sexual plaint reads. United States and the Middle efi cial to both the administration misconduct.” Casey Mattox, Alliance De- East is a constantly changing and and Iowa State students. The complaint argues that pub- fending Freedom senior counsel, often complex issue, but Deborah “Once we graduate, you can’t lic universities serve as a market- said in a press release that no Jones has fi rsthand experience. get arrested for saying that the place of ideas “where the young university policy can trump the The former diplomat spoke to definition of marriage should adults who are tomorrow’s leaders First Amendment and that “Iowa an audience in the Great Hall of be between one man and one are exposed to differing opinions.” State thinks it knows better than the Memorial Union on Monday woman,” Dunn said. Dunn served the complaint the First Amendment, making about the ever-changing relations As a member of “ISU Young against Iowa State President Ste- other student’s opinions about between the two countries. She Americans for Freedom,” Dunn ven Leath, Senior Vice President the value of a student’s speech, in- touched on topics ranging from was involved in organizing events for Student Affairs Martino Har- stead of the Constitution, the test the history of many current is- Ryan Bretoi/Iowa State Daily that Reginald Stewart, senior vice mon, Director of the Office of for whether speech is protected. sues, what she thought pushed Deborah Jones, former U.S. ambassador to president for diversity and inclu- Equal Opportunity Margo Fore- The settlement does not pre- American policy in the past and Libya, gives a lecture Monday at Iowa State. sion, told Dunn were offensive to man, Assistant Dean and Director vent Iowa State from requiring the Arab Spring. time was spent in the Middle other students and could be pun- of the Offi ce of Student Conduct students to take online courses “I like to think that everything East. ished under university policies. Sara Kellogg, members of the like the Title IX course. Rather, the [the United States] tries to do Pulling from her vast store of Dunn faced a hold on his gradu- Student Conduct Hearing Board, university will change its policy around the world, and with our- knowledge and experience, Jones ation and was placed on a list of Robinder and Stewart. to avoid penalizing students who selves, should boil down to mak- was able to share her views on students to be reviewed by In- Two instances led Dunn to fi le fail to pledge compliance to its ing sure people can work and love many historical events, and cur- terim Dean of Students Keith Rob- the suit: the requirement by law discrimination and harassment with dignity,” Jones said. rent conflicts, relating to the inder, according to the complaint. to take part in Title IX training and policies. Jones is the former U.S. ambas- United States and its involvement John McCarroll, executive Iowa State faculty and staff telling Under the revised policies sador to Libya, stepping down with the Middle East. director of university relations, him his conservative view points students will still be required to after more than two years at the One of Jones’ focus was that stated in an email that Dunn was violate university policies. certify their understanding of position in November 2015. She America has always used its neither disciplined nor threatened “A student could reasonably the policies during the training has 34 years of foreign diplomacy with disciplinary action for his conclude from this online manda- process. experience. The majority of that DIPLOMAT p4 Kinky Fireball Drinks Shots $2 9PM-1AM $2 9PM-1AM Spiced Boneless 4518 Mortensen Rd Rum $6 8 Wings Ames | 515.292.4555 TUESDAY $2 9PM-1AM 4 - NEWS/GAMES 4 Tuesday, April 4, 2017 NEWS Sudoku by the Mepham Group LEVEL: Vet Med interim dean selected 1 2 3 4 By Nic.Wackerly A graduate of ISU vet- eases. @iowastatedaily.com erinary medicine, Halbur On April 6, Halbur will Complete the has been a faculty mem- be inducted into the Na- grid so each row, ber a the university since tional Academy of Inven- column and 3-by- Pat Halbur has been 1990. He has recently tors at the John F. Kennedy 3 box (in bold named the interim dean served as a professor, chair Presidential Library & Mu- borders) contains of the Iowa State Univer- of veterinary diagnostic seum in Boston, according every digit, 1 to sity College of Veterinary and animal medicine and to the academy’s website. 9. For strategies Medicine. executive director of the Halbur will be the acting on how to solve Halbur will be replac- veterinary diagnostic lab, dean on June 1 and the ing Lisa Nolan, who has according to the college of interim dean on July 1. The Sudoku, visit been the dean for the past veterinary medicine. search for the next perma- www.sudoku. 6 years. Nolan is moving During his time at ISU, nent dean will be launched org.uk on this summer to be the Halbur has received nu- in the upcoming months, dean of veterinary medi- merous honors and re- according to a press re- cine at her alma mater, the wards for his patents and lease from the college of PAT Crossword University of Georgia.