Why students should support Beth Wessel-Kroeschell?

In the media flurry of the presidential debates and advertisements and daily barrage of presidential endorsements, it can be hard to see people down the ticket. So I would like to take this space to lend my support to Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell, representing our very own District 45 in the Iowa House of Representatives.

To preface, I am a student at Iowa State, someone who cares deeply about my own education and who cares deeply about the state of our university and public education systems, and as a former English teacher, Wessel-Kroeschell is someone who understands and has fought for better education in our state and in our district. Also, Wessel-Kroeschell understands the Ames community and the ISU community, because she, herself, is a native Cyclone, born and raised in Ames, a graduate of Ames High.

Wessel-Kroeschell cares about women, having worked on a nonprofit women’s shelter and the chair of the Story County Equal Rights Amendment and feels women should have the same rights and access to education and opportunity. She believes all women should have the right to a safe, respecting campus on which to live and study. Beth knows and believes that with a good education, with good funding and well paid teachers, with affordable student loans and college tuition, the next generation of Iowans, of Ames students, can reach and accomplish their goals.

That is why I, and every other student on Iowa State’s campus, should support and vote Wessel-Kroeschell in the polls this week on campus and at our own polling locations on Nov. 6.

One more thing, local elections are incredibly important. With a Republican-led House education funding, the rights of women have been under attack in the state of Iowa, and we need to keep wonderful representatives in there like Wessel-Kroeschell to fight for our rights as students.