That is brought up at many athletic games. But when the fans are being disrespectful. Whats supposed to happen . And whos in charge . What the Iowa High SchoolAthletic Association is saying tonight. Tolerance. Thats the message from a man who used to preach hate. What turned his life around. And how hes trying to make amends. Back to school. A new School Start Date rule means some students wont take their semester finals until after winter break. How the statehouse is impacting schools here in central iowa. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 controversy surrounding taunting chants at a Boys Basketball game on monday night continues to. Tonight we hear what should be done in situations like that. Good evening. Im lynn melling. Thank you for joining us tonight last night. We told you about how fans of Dallas Center grimes were trump. Playing off of the president ial candidates hard line stance against undocumented immigrants. It was seen as a way to demean, insult and offend the diversity of their opponent. The Perry High School team. Tonight were learning about the code of conduct that regulates such behavior. Mike dasilva has details. When the fans in the stands are being disrespectful to the players on the court or to anyone at the event. What is supposed to happen . And whos in charge . Well according to the executive director of the Iowa High SchoolAthletic Association, there are guidelines and policies in place that govern such a scenario. Alan beste says its up to the School Administrators of both teams to take action. Theyre the ones who are probably visiting amongst themselves to and the policy, which is called conduct counts that addresses chanting and cheering directed at several different ways that they can handle it. They can simply give an informal warning to the students or the spectators and say this is inappropriate, stop. Warning and say if it continues were going to eject you and then if it gets to that point where the fans are being belligerent, then there is a possibility of those fans being ejected from the contest. Dallas Center Grimes activities director steve watson was at the top of dcgs student section when he heard the chants. 03 4454 as i came down the stairs, i heard the chant, it was probably chanted three, four, five times at the most and as soon as our kids saw that i was there, they knew it was wrong and they stopped it. 04 40 im not even sure i had to say anything. I think it was just my presence, that they knew i was there. We also had two other administrators there too. watson considers anything thats not a positive cheer inappropriate. 07 03 its inappropriate i mean you know but kids are creative and you never know what theyre gonna do next. So when something is inappropriate you have to squelch it at the time and you deal with it later. 07 24 in this case the game was over its pretty hard to throw anybody out district should be defined by this incident. 08 28 it cast a bad light on our school. , but you know what were still a good school and we have good kids here and you know well educate our kids and move on. watson says it was not a large group of students who were chanting. He estimates that it was about 1015 percent of the kids that were there at the most. He also says that Dallas Center grimes student and adult spectators have above average sportsmanship ratings. By the way the young man, nate lutterman, who shot that video of the chanting wanted to point out that he didnt record it because of the chanting. He just happen to capture that moment while recording the game. School districts across iowa are finding that an action by state lawmakers last spring. That dictates when School Districts can start the school year. Is effecting more than just the first day of class. Justin surrency explains why its changing study habits for some students. For years the Ames CommunitySchool District had to hold finals after winter break. iowa state is a large presence and a lot of our families are associated with the university. So we must align our schedule as much as we can. finally it was straightened out. two years ago we were able to arrange a calendar to start the year early enough and end for the first time, the first semester before winter break. students and parents rejoiced as far as my children are concerned they would rather have their finals before break. Then they get a proper break. but with the stroke of a pen last legislative session Governor Terry branstad changed all of that we finally got it to work and then things changed. the governor enforced a new mandatory start date no earlier than august 23rd directly after the iowa state fair. sorry but we tried. it also took away a School Districts option to receive a voucher application for an early start date causing many in urban School Districts to question the decision. i wish that the governor had districts. The rural districts they do have participation in the state fair but those are concerns we just dont have. On monday the ames School District reluctantly approved calendars for the next two school years, forcing students back to taking finals after winter break. it does give students time to study so i guess we can look at the positive there. opponents arent saying its a bad deal for everyone, educators just wish the governor could have been listened a little closer. listen and think about the things local districts are contending with and the job they are trying to do in their community and their family and students the mandatory start date has impacted both the southeast polk School District and the Des Moines Public School a socalled, peeping tom law got an upgrade today at the statehouse. its adding it to the toolbox that Law Enforcement can use and prosecutors on someone who is leaving a camera to view someone. current invasion of privacy or peeping tom laws in iowa require the state to prove the victim was nude and or the peeper was aroused by spying on the victim. This criteria makes it difficult for prosecutors to make their case. Today, the Senate Debated amending the law. To eliminate that criteria and increase the penalty to a serious misdemeanor. Its a step in the right direction for ruth lapointe. Who was the victim of a peeping tom when she was living in iowa city back in 2012. i defiantly think this bill is going to help future victims by clarifying it and i think its maybe just a baby step in the direction of providing awareness that this is an issue and there are these lack of clarifications. the bill unanimously passed out to the house. Last session the bill unanimously passed the house but stalled out in the senate. Diversity week at dmacc brings noted speakers to campus. But today. Students heard the tale of a speaker with a scarred past. Though now those scars are healing. Ben oldach reports. Its a tale of hate and healing. Of racism and revival. Of supremacy and self reflection. And as hes beating on me hes telling me your mother dont love you the story of frank meeink starts in an abusive south philadelphia household. The product of an alcoholic mother and a stepfather who beat him. He used to love saying that bleep to me your mom dont love you cause. You know frank joined the skin heads after spending the summer with his cousin who was a neonazi every guy took turns shaving my head, im in. Im in. He rose through the ranks to lead his own gang. We got up to about 25 members out of this school and it was going crazy, they were writing newspaper articles about us but after a stint in jail for kidnapping a rival. Frank found friendship among people he was taught to hate and i was just like, you know what on this. Were all equal but there was one group he still despised. Frank hated jews. Until a Jewish Business owner gave him a job. And frank realized he needed to get rid of the swastika tattoo on his neck that used to define him. I cant overlook this anymore and i just was like, questioning, i was so like, embarrassed i was just embarrassed. So thats the day now, the tattoo is gone. And frank speaks across the country about the one way to combat hatred and racism. Its empathy. If i have empathy for you in any way, shape, or form. I cant bleep hate you. If you have empathy for me in any way shape or form you cant hate im telling you its impossible. But the way he speaks. With humor. Raw realism and some. Colorful language is what draws his audience in. I havent sat in a lecture like that before. But its like one of those things as a young millennial student youre always like ughhhh great, but then somebody thats kinda of on your level is talking to you and its cool so when people say oh people cant change theres people who used to be crack heads who used to rob people who dont anymore and they become great members of change. And everyone has the ability to change. He admits change is hard. But its also simple. You have to change everything. You cant expect to hang at a barber shop and not think youre going to get your hair cut all the time. If you hang out in places that are bad youre probably going to start doing bad stuff, you do what is around you. And it starts with that one word. Empathy. Last year frank won the civil rights hero of the year award. Meeink also coaches the des moines explosion youth hockey team and founded harmony through hockey. A group that teaches tolerance through one of franks favorite sports. Theres still much more to come tonight. Coming up at 930 race for president. The contest for the countrys top job continues. Details on what happened in nevada last night for ublicans. But first. Synesthesia. The uncommon trait that can work to an artists advantage. And what doctors say may cause the condition. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. Youre watching the life as spokesbox is great. 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The reason i became a musician is because it wasnt visual, it was something you heard. You didnt have to see it. It went into your ears and your head synesthesia is when the senses, come together instead of staying apart. For instance. Letters in color. The number two for me is red, so would think red. When it normally should be sight. There are times when i touch orange that day. I may get the flavor of oranges in my mouth, so i may not see the color itself. I may experience the orange through the taste. Its all very strange. But its also a documented neurological phenomenon. Richard cytowic, is a neurologist and a synesthete. He created this video about it. Synesthesia is a trait like having blue eyes, rather than a disorder, because theres nothing wrong. In fact all the extra hooks endow synesthetes with superior memories. Its estimated one in every 300 people have some variation of synesthesia. Its not a condition. Some in a different way. And doctors are still trying to figure it out. I think many of these have to do with the wiring in the peripheral nervous system, spinal chord in the brain. There are so many wires, neurons, that are packed so closely together, and theyre so delicately linked, its understandable that wires get crossed. Babies are thought to have synesthesia. Scientists believe when an infant hears her mother, she may also be smelling and seeing her. Most grow out of it. But for those who have it, one expert says go with it. The rest of us are missing out. So i would encourage anybody that has synesthesia to engage in the arts, whether it be vi music, as a way to express their subjective it certainly was a blessing for artists like billy joel and Stevie Wonder. And weve all now that doctors have accepted synesthesia, researchers believe it may yield valuable clues whats all this nonsense about balls . Pink balls, blue, yellow, red. Its hard to keep the whole thing straight. 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Coming up a look at the coming up a look at the damage left behind by storms in the south and east. But first wall street. Whos up and whos down on the New York Stock Exchange today. And a look at the Current Health we dont just serve any fish sandwich at culvers. We serve wildcaught, north atlantic cod. This cod grows in water that is cold, clean and pristine, full of flavorful nutrients, and that comes through in the fish. This is the way we ship it to your restaurants. Its not prebreaded. So not only do we use the highest quality cod, but we still handbatter it the oldfashioned way. Thats remarkable. And we think we get the best fish filet sandwich because of that. This is the best fish sandwich in america. Newhome sales hit their slowest pace since october. The Commerce Department says purchases of new singlefamily homes decreased by nine point two percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 494 thousand in january. 238,000 new homes were for sale at the end of the month. That was the largest inventory since october 2009. The median sales price of new homes was 278,800 thousand dollars last month, down from 292,000 a year earlier. Stocks on wall street reversed earlier losses to finish modestly higher on wednesday. Adam shapiro has more from the New York Stock Exchange. The trading session followed oil down and then oil prices rebounded but stocks remained in the red because of some disappointing and then in the last hour of trading, stocks moved higher. The dow closed up 53 points. The s p ended the day up 8 and a half points, and the nasdaq was up 39 points. The latest new home sales data may indicate weakness in the us economy. The Commerce Department reports sales of newly built homes fell nine point two percent in january and that took a toll on some of the home builders. Toll brothers closed down today but hovnanian, kb home, lennar, and dr horton, they ended the session higher. Financial stocks also took a tumble. Financials were the worst performing s and p sector with big names like jp morgan chase, citi, wells fargo and bank of america trading down almost two percent during the session. But most ended the day flat. Some of the stocks which closed higher today included apple, up two percent, intel, up one point three percent, and target, up four percent. Investors will Pay Attention thursday to new Economic Data on durable goods orders and weekly claims for unemployment insurance. On the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, adam shapiro, fox theres still much more to come in the next halfhour. Just ahead court debate. Republicans and democrats remain deadlocked over how and when to fill the vacant seat on the us Supreme Court. The possibilities of a reporter so when you hear, say, one side, saying that theyd like to wait til the next president is in office to appoint a justice, what do you think about that . Justice oconnor i dont agree. I think we need somebody there, now, race for president. The contest for the countrys top job continues. Details on what happened in nevada last night for republicans. And whats next for democrats. Deadly storms. Severe weather strikes the south and east. Which regions suffered the most damage. And a look at the Recovery Efforts underway. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 a third consecutive win in the nevada caucuses keeps donald trump the for the republican nomination. And unless theres a major shakeup in the republican race in the next 7 days. It looks donald trump could steam roll his way to victory on super tuesday and be sitting on more than a third of the 1,237 delegates needed to pick up the nomination. But the other candidates are not going to go quietly carl cameron has more. Buoyed by his third win in a row, donald trump with televangelist Pat Robertson by his side was magnanimous today albeit briefly when asked about his riva