Friday, Sept. 19, 2014 | Volume 210 | Number 19 | 40 cents | iowastatedaily.com | An independent student newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890.
‘Campaign to Zero’ Heart: Iowa-19 Nation-3,753
Lung: Iowa-6 Nation-1,604
Liver: Iowa-45 Nation-15,743
Iowa prioritizes shorter organ donation waitlist
Pancreas: Iowa-7 Nation-1,170
Kidney: Iowa-471 Nation-99,221
Intestine: Iowa-no program Nation-248
By Alex.Hanson @iowastatedaily.com
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he Iowa Donor Network is working to save lives in a new way. The Network is kicking off a campaign to bring Iowa’s organ donation waitlist to zero. The “Campaign to Zero” initiative aims to recruit enough organ donors statewide to bring the adult waiting list down to zero. The Iowa Donor Network will partner with Iowa State and the other two state schools and help spread the word about the program. “There are about 600 people on the waitlist for life-saving organ transplants in Iowa. That includes
Number of people waiting for organ donations in Iowa and the nation as of Feb. 6, 2014, according to the Iowa Donor Network
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ISU student claims Miss Rodeo Iowa title By Kenzi.Mongar @iowastatedaily.com Graduation isn’t the only ceremony that will be celebrated in the months ahead for ISU senior Hannah Hilsabeck. Hilsabeck will be graduating in December, but her title as a college graduate will swiftly transition to the title of Miss Rodeo Iowa 2015. The pageant queen will get the chance to travel more than 30,000 miles across the state and country to promote the sport of rodeo and Iowa’s western heritage. Along the journey, she will speak at many schools and hospitals in addition to attending several media interviews. Most importantly, Hilsabeck will participate in numerous rodeos, which will give her a chance to showcase her love and passion for horses. “Horses are kind of like people with their different personalities; you can get along with some really well,” Hilsabeck said. “I grew up being infatuated with horses and agriculture but I didn’t actually realize it was agriculture at the time.” That was changed for Hilsabeck once she entered Winterset High School and met her agricul-
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Hannah Hilsabeck, senior in animal science, was recently named Miss Rodeo 2015 for the state of Iowa. She will travel around Iowa promoting the sport of rodeo.
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NORML ISU President Paul Gerlich, junior in software engineering, talks to new members after the first NORML meeting. On Wednesday the first NORML meeting took place in 101 Carver Hall.
NORML responds to motion to dismiss By Matthew.Rezab @iowastatedaily.com NORML ISU members have responded to Iowa State’s motion to dismiss the freedom of speech lawsuit filed by two ISU students in July. The lawsuit stems from a January 2013 change in university trademark policy. The change resulted in NORML ISU not being allowed to use ISU trademark logos on their club T-shirts. Juniors Paul Gerlich and Erin Furleigh, president and vice president of NORML ISU, respectively, filed a suit against President Steven Leath, Leesha Zimmerman, trademark office program coordinator, Tom Hill, senior vice president for student affairs, and Warren Madden, senior vice president for business and finance, in July. Iowa State filed a motion in U.S. district court on Sept. 4 to have the case dismissed. “I was told [the motion] was expected and it wasn’t a big deal,” said Eric Cooper, NORML ISU faculty adviser. NORML, an organization that advocates for marijuana law reform, has had an ISU chapter since 2012. The group’s T-shirts featured ISU trademark logos until complaints arose after a student wearing a NORMAL ISU shirt was featured in a photo in the Des Moines Register. ISU administrators argued that the T-shirts gave the impression the university endorsed reform in marijuana law. “Obviously we still think those T-shirts were perfectly all right,” Gerlich said. “They were approved in the first place, so we don’t see any problem with them.” The lawsuit was one of four filed in July coordinated by the Foundation of Individual Rights in Education, a Philadelphia-based free speech advocate. According to Katie Barrows, communication coordinator for the foundation, the plaintiffs will be filing an opposition to Iowa State’s motion to dismiss on Monday. “That document will include contain the legal arguments explaining why the NORML students have a valid claim,” Barrows said. Keith Bystrom, associate council at Iowa State, said the motion to dismiss was a typical legal practice. He expects a decision by the judge in the next 30 to 60 days. “We don’t have any expectations,” Bystom said. “But we certainly hope that the judge will agree with us.” Bystom said the judge is allowed to dismiss portions of the lawsuit while upholding others. “It would be very difficult and unlikely to get the entire case dismissed at this point,” Bystom said. Gerlich said he was upset the situation has taken so long to be resolved. “We shouldn’t have to use any of our resources or efforts to try and do anything with these T-shirts,” Gerlich said. “We just want to move on. We’re getting unfair treatment.”