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By BRENDAN MAGEE brendan-magee@uiowa.edu

Jessica Madison moved across the country to play softball for the AIB Eagles, but now her future is murky because of decisions made in Des Moines and halfway across the state.

The AIB College of Business sophomore has especially been affected by the recent gift of AIB — a private institution in Des Moines — to the University of Iowa.

“I was heartbroken,” Madison said. “I felt like everything I and all the other athletes had worked for the last two years wasn’t being respected.”

Madison AIB is going to shut- AIB sophomore ter in June 2016, and all athletics programs will end in in May. Athletics scholarships will be honored through 2016.

The UI has proposed to convert AIB into a “regents regional center” that it would own and operate and rent out space to other institutions. The state Board of Regents still needs to approve

Rates of frequent feelings of depression have increased on college campuses, and suicide referrals have increased as well.

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AIB College of Business sophomore Jessica Madison moved across country from Hoquiam, Washington, to Des Moines to play softball for the AIB Eagles. All AIB athletics programs will end in May.

niversity of Iowa sophomore Brenna Oates, the vice president of the campus chapter of Active Minds — a national nonprofit organization that raises awareness of mental health — also has dysthymia, a mild form of chronic depression, and generalized anxiety disorder.

“I know everyone is busy and has days where they feel overwhelmed,” she said.

“But that’s constant for me. It feels like it’s going to overpower me, and I have no control over anything anymore.”

While depression can bring feelings of isolation, Oates is not alone.

A recent national study showed an increasing number of college students report feelings of depression, anxiety, and lower emotional well-being.

A survey of college freshmen conducted by the Cooperative Institutional Research Program at the University of California found 9.5 percent

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UI sophomore Brenna Oates stands on the Pentacrest on Sunday. Oates is the vice president of the University of Iowa chapter of Active Minds. (The Daily Iowan/Joshua Housing)

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People pour out of the IMU on Sunday after an alarm was triggered. According to a police officer at the scene, a 4-year-old child accidentally set off the alarm. (The Daily Iowan/Peter Kim)

METRO Gateway Project moves Two charged with ahead criminal mischief Iowa City’s Gateway Project designs should be nearing completion in the next few months.

“The engineering design for the Gateway Project is approximately 35 percent complete,” said Melissa Clow, civil engineer and special projects administrator for the Iowa City engineering department. “We anticipate receiving 50 percent of the design plans in late March.”

The designs should be approved by the Iowa Department Clow of Transportation civil engineer by next winter, Clow said.

She said the project is scheduled to start Jan. 16, 2016.

The project aims to reduce the number of closings of Dubuque Street and Park Road bridge because of flooding.

It also plans to minimize backwater flood impacts created by the existing bridge and to help ease transit for pedestrians and bicyclists, according to the Gateway’s project website.

Clow hopes to see construction begin by the beginning of next year.

Construction is scheduled to be completed in early 2018, she said.

The construction budget is $52 million, including trunk sanitary sewer improvements, Park Road third-lane addition, and other infrastructure upgrades.

— by Brendan MaGee

Authorities have accused a Silvis, Illinois, man and an East Moline, Illinois, man of causing damage to a vehicle.

Austin Miner, 20, and Jeremy Lieving, 24, were charged with second-degree criminal mischief on Feb. 7.

According to online court documents, Miner and Lieving knowingly threw items off the top of a balcony, which caused $3,800 worth of damage to a silver Pontiac Grand Prix.

Miner reportedly admitted to throwing beer cans off the balcony and also said he was highly intoxicated.

Lieving reportedly admitted to everything Miner admitted to and also said he was going through a death in the family when the event occurred.

Officers said Miner and Lieving have both been cooperative.

Second-degree criminal mischief is a Class-D felony.

— by Alyssa Guzman

Man charged with theft

Authorities have accused a Tiffin man of committing fraudulent returns.

Manuel Espinoza, 19, was charged with second-degree theft on Feb. 13.

According to online court documents, Espinoza was reprinting receipts and pocketing the money from the fake transactions.

He also allegedly processed a return and placed it on his debit card, did a return for merchandise credit in which he made a purchase, returned it, and kept the gift card.

The total amount came to $1,337.01, authorities said.

Second-degree theft is a Class-D felony.

— by Alyssa Guzman

Davenport man charged with theft

Authorities have accused a Davenport man of stealing a car.

Christopher Whelchel, 26, was charged with second-degree theft on Feb. 13.

According to online court documents, officers arrived at the scene when the victim said he was selling a 1987 Chevrolet Camaro for $4,000.

Whelchel took out the money to count it in front of the victim and then put it in his back pocket to sign the bill of sale and title.

Whelchel then took out the stack of bills again and handed it the victim, but the victim said this stack looked different from the previous.

Whelchel left with the car, and when the victim counted the money again, he found there was a $100 bill on top, a $50 bill on bottom, and $57 in ones.

Second-degree theft is a Class-D felony.

— by Alyssa Guzman

four separate withdrawals for a total of $1,109.

The victim told authorities he approved none of the transactions.

All four transactions are on video showing the defendants using the victim’s card on ATM machines at Walgreens, NXT Bank, and twice at the Delimart.

Unauthorized use of credit card over $1,000 and under $10,000 is a Class-D felony.

— by Alyssa Guzman

Iowa City police conduct alcohol stings

Authorities have accused a man of using a credit card without authorization.

Devontae King, 19, was charged with unauthorized use of credit card over $1,000 and under $10,000.

According to online court documents, King worked with an accomplice to use a victim’s US Bank VISA card making

On Feb. 13, the Iowa City police used underage people to attempt to purchase alcohol from 33 businesses.

The six businesses failed the check: • Bo James, 118 E .Washington St. • North Dodge Sinclair, 2153 ACT Circle • Shorts Burger and Shine, 18 S. Clinton St. • Airliner, 22 S. Clinton St. • Hawkeye Convenience, 2875 Commerce Drive • North Dodge Express, 2790 N. Dodge St. The employees who sold the alcohol were charged with selling alcohol to persons under 21 years of age, a simple misdemeanor.

According to a statement, the violations will be forwarded to the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division, which is in charge of civil penalties related to businesses that sell liquor.

The division website says the punishment for a first violation is a $500 civil penalty or a 14-day license suspension.

— by Nick Moffitt

Feb. 13 with presence in a bar after hours.

Cord Kleist, 20, Muscatine, was charged Feb. 13 with possession of a fake ID. Jacob Lee, 20, 725 E. Washington St., was charged Feb. 13 with presence in a bar after hours.

Breanna Leedom, 19, Cedar Rapids, was charged Feb. 14 with presence in a bar after hours.

Stefen Loes, 23, Dubuque, was charged Feb. 14 with public intoxication.

Brooke Majerus, 33, Cedar Rapids, was charged Feb. 13 with interference with official acts and fourth-degree theft.

Mare McCarty, 20, Chicago, was charged Feb. 14 with disorderly conduct and assault.

James McDonald, 50, 2430 Muscatine Ave. Apt. 24, was charged Feb. 13 with assault with a dangerous weapon and domestic assault.

Travis Meltcalf, 33, Dubuque, was charged Sunday with public intoxication.

Patrick Mooney, 20, 714 N. Van Buren St., was charged Feb. 14 with presence in a bar after hours.

Nathan Mott, 19, Council Bluffs, was charged Feb. 14 with public intoxication and PAULA. Joel Murdock, 19, 439 S. Johnson St. Apt. 36, was charged Feb. 13 with OWI. Rucha Naik, 20, Carol Stream, Illinois, was charged Feb. 13 with possession of a fake ID. Jacob Nolan, 23, 725 E. Washington St., was charged Sunday with keeping a disorderly house.

Nicholas O’Connell, 19, Cedar Rapids, was charged Feb.

14 with public intoxication.

Edward Poggenpohl, 43, 4610 Sand Road, was charged Feb. 14 with second-offense OWI. Paulo Popoola, 40, 2401 Highway 6 E. Apt. 3430, was charged Feb. 14 with driving with a suspended/canceled license.

John Rankins, 21, 2430 Muscatine Ave. No. 1, was charged Feb. 8 with fifth-degree theft.

Jordan Seymour, 23, Cedar Rapids, was charged Sunday with OWI. Jacob Schultz, 18, 117 Shrader Road, was charged Feb. 13 with selling alcoholic beverages to minors.

Brandi Smetko, 18, 726 Mayflower, was charged Feb. 13 with presence in a bar after hours.

Denaro Smith, 36, 2239 Taylor Drive, was charged Feb. 14 with fifth-degree theft.

Daniel Sorenson, 28, 2436 Shady Glen Court, was charged Sunday with violating a no-contact domestic-abuse protective order.

Tad Steffensen, 19, Marshalltown, Iowa was charged Feb. 13 with PAULA and presence in a bar after hours.

Quinn Wanatee, 23, Tama, Iowa, was charged Feb. 14 with keeping a disorderly house.

Rusty Ward, 20, 406 S. Gilbert St. 916, was charged Feb. 13 with keeping a disorderly house.

Luke Whitaker, 23, 931 S. Van Buren St., was charged Feb. 13 with selling alcoholic beverages to minors.

Mariah Witsman, 20, Rock Island, was charged Feb. 14 with second-offense OWI and driving with a revoked license.

Man charged in creditcard case

BLOTTER Victoria Alfano, 20, 820 E. Burlington St. Apt. 9, was charged Feb. 14 with presence in a bar after hours.

Joesph Beebe, 21, Fairfax, Iowa, was charged Sunday with public intoxication.

Elijah Briggs, 33, 4241 Anderson Ave. S.E., was charged Feb. 14 with driving while barred.

Robert Burhans, 51, 2401 Highway 6 E. No. 1201, was charged Jan. 31 with third-degree harassment and violating a no-contact domestic-abuse protective order.

Andrew Challenger, 21, 307 E. College St. Apt 15, was charged Feb. 14 with public intoxication.

Asia Clark, 19, 709B Mayflower, was charged Feb. 13 with presence in a bar after hours and obstruction of an officer.

Terence Collins, 18, 538 Slater, was charged Feb. 13 with PAULA. Adam Croy, 20, 922 E. Washington St., was charged Feb. 13 with presence in a bar after hours.

Jonathon Dargitz, 24, 1956 Broadway C1, was charged Feb. 13 with disorderly conduct and public intoxication.

Lauren Foss, 20, 130 N. Linn St. 2421, was charged Feb. 14 with presence in a bar after hours.

Lisa Evans, 52, Amana, was charged Feb. 13 with fifth-degree theft and criminal trespass.

Steven Gevock, 48, address unknown, was charged Feb. 13 with public intoxication.

Keri Gooch, 20, Oswego, Illinois, was charged Feb. 14 with public intoxication.

Cole Griess, 19, 308 Ridgeland Ave., was charged Feb.

13 with PAULA. Ashley Hawkins, 20, Ely, Iowa, was charged Feb. 14 with presence in a bar after hours.

Keashaun Hayes, 24, 2007 Plaen View Drive, was charged Feb. 12 with driving with a revoked license and operating while license disqualified.

Quaid Hill, 20, Johnston, Iowa, was charged Feb. 14 with PAULA. Virgil Holderness, 36, 2728 S. Riverside Drive, wad charged Feb. 12 with third-degree harassment.

Brandon Hollie, 23, 640 S. Van Buren St. Apt. 4, was charged Feb. 13 with assault and public intoxication.

Kevin Howard, 46, 2472 Cascade Lane, was charged Feb. 14 with public intoxication.

Geneva Hudson, 22, 2162 Davis St., was charged Feb. 14 with obstruction of an officer, driving with a suspended/canceled license, and possession of an open container of alcohol in a vehicle.

Patricia Hunley, 31, 1718 H St., was charged Feb. 14 with interference with official acts.

Alex Hunter, 21, Marion, was charged Feb. 14 with public intoxication.

Hannah Infelt, 20, Coralville, was charged Feb. 14 with presence in a bar after hours.

Dallas Jackson, 25, 920 N. Governor St., was charged Feb. 13 with selling alcoholic beverages to minors.

Garrett Jerkovich, 20, Council Bluffs, was charged Feb. 13 with presence in a bar after hours, PAULA, public intoxication, and interference with official acts.

Kylee Jilovec, 20, Mechanicsville, Iowa, was charged

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DEPRESSION CONTINUED FROM FRONT of respondents reported feeling “frequently” depressed, a significant increase from the 6.1 percent reported in 2009.

In addition, the number of students who reported feeling “overwhelmed by all they had to do” increased from 27.1 percent to 34.6 percent.

An increase in the average number of UI students referred to the hospital for suicidal behavior may also be a part of the national trend.

Sam Cochran, the director of University Counseling Service, said the service referred around a dozen students to the hospital last semester.

He said that while the behavior peaked around the middle of last semester, a dozen referrals is a large increase from the average three or four referrals it usually sees per semester.

“It was definitely something we in the counseling center noticed as an uptick last year,” he said.

Cochran, however, said he doubts whether the average number of students with depression would spike so quickly, and he sees the rise as having other causes.

“We have certainly seen an increase of students [nationally] coming to campus with more heath concerns and more serious health concerns,” he said.

“My question is whether we’re seeing a rise in baseline or whether young people are receiving treatment at a

younger age and so are able to function well enough to make it to colleges and universities.”

Allison Garmager, the president of the UI chapter of Active Minds, said pinpointing the exact causes of depression and anxiety are difficult because they vary so much.

“It’s different for different people,” she said.

“Some people stress a lot over upcoming exams … and other people stress out over social situations.”

While the causes of depression may vary widely, the freshman survey seems to indicate the increased rates of depression and anxiety are part of a decade’s long trend; only 50.7 percent of students rated their emotional health as above average — the lowest this statistic has been since the survey began measuring it in 1985.

While her experience with depression and anxiety have been difficult, Oates said, she has made a lot of progress so far, and while her health interfered with her education in high school and required administrative assistance for school work, she said hasn’t gotten to that point yet in college.

“I went to the University Counseling Service and set myself up with a counselor,” she said. “I went to Student Health and set myself up with a psychiatrist.”

Despite this help however, Oates said last spring was particularly bad.

“Last year, I would get so overwhelmed, and I would not let myself

stop, and I pushed myself so far and so far for so long,” she said. “There was a week that I just couldn’t go to class, and I felt totally useless and incapable of anything, and I just didn’t care.”

While Oates said she is grateful for the understanding and help she’s received from the faculty and university, she and Garmager both said they wish the university would do more to promote mental health during freshman year.

“Transition in freshman year is where a lot of people start noticing these things in themselves,” Garmager said. “When they do the college transitions, they need to add mental-health awareness to it. Obviously, alcohol and sexual harassment are important, but mental illness affects just as many, if not more, people.”

Although the 30-minute online mental-health awareness module Kognito is open to all students, it’s not required as part of freshman Orientation.

Although she said she is doing much better, Oates said, the ability to look someone in the eye and talk about her depression comes after much counseling and practice, and more effort is needed to promote mental-health awareness to reduce the stigma surrounding it.

“It takes a lot to tell someone, ‘I can’t get out of bed today because my brain chemicals are messed up,’ ” she said.

Depression on campus

A recent survey of college freshmen indicates that rates of frequent feelings of depression on college campuses has increased over the years.

Percentage: The number of college freshmen who reported that they felt “frequently” depressed.

6.1%

Source: Cooperative Institutional Research Program at the University of California

9.5%

2009

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SOFTBALL CONTINUED FROM FRONT the move.

“I knew I wanted to play softball in college,” Madison said. “It was a dream I’ve had since I was young. I knew I would get the most joy of continuing my education if I could play.”

Madison began playing the sport at 8. Since then, she has earned various accolades.

In high school, Madison was a four-year varsity letter-winner, a first-team All-League in 2011, second-team AllLeague in 2012, and an All-League honorable mention in 2013.

Kim Jones, the AIB head softball coach, learned of Madison’s accomplishments and recruited her to play for the school in the summer of 2013.

“Coach Jones contacted me and persuaded me to make a giant leap across the country to move here,” Madison said. “Jones flew out and met up with me and honestly sold the school and the program to me.”

She had no doubt moving across the country was the right decision.

“The teachers here truly care about us and they do a great job,” she said. “I get the most out of my money out here.”

After the announcement of the gift of AIB to the UI, she was devastated.

Madison attends school on a scholarship, but she said she couldn’t disclose the specific amount of scholarship.

Her mother, Shannon Madison, said she was “very distraught and upset that she didn’t know the news sooner.”

“Her dream has always been to get an education, but she’s been wanting to play softball for some time now,” Shannon Madison said.

Despite the distance, her mother was happy to send her daughter to Des Moines.

When Jessica Madison told her family and friends she would be given the opportunity to play the sport she loves in college, they were ecstatic.

“When she told me, I was super excited,” boyfriend Cameron Cogdill said. “I was really happy that she was going to be able to do what she loves to do.”

Cogdill said he hopes Madison will be able to get back on the field for another team soon.

“I hope she finds another good college that will accept her — a college that will let her play for another two years,” Cogdill said.

“That’s all she wants to do.”

After hearing about the gift, Madison changed from a bachelor’s program to an associate’s degree, and she hopes another school will pick her up.

“It’s tough because it’s so late in the year, and a lot of teams already have their teams planned out,” she said.

Jones said, despite the closing of the program, Madison’s future looks bright.

“She is an outstanding young woman; I feel like she has something to offer and has an amazing future ahead of her,” Jones said.

Originally, UI President Sally Mason proposed to merge AIB with the UI and turn it into a UI Des Moines campus.

All AIB students were to become members of the UI automatically, but now they will have to meet transfer requirements.

AIB pitcher Jessica Madison pitches during a game last season. (Contributed Photo)

UI, AIB discussions

A proposal to make the AIB College of Business in Des Moines a “regional regents center” owned and operated by the University of Iowa is still subject to approval by the state Board of Regents.

Date

Jan. 26 — UI President Sally Mason announces the private AIB College of Business would merge with the UI and become a Des Moines campus. Intentions are to convert AIB’s roughly 1,000 students into UI students by fall 2015, including an incoming freshman class.

Jan. 29 — WHO-TV in Des Moines leaks AIB Board of Trustees meeting minutes. The document reveals AIB has $1.4 million in debt and did not expect to retain its athletics programs after the merger.

Feb. 4 — Nearly a dozen AIB students attend a state Board of Regents meeting in Cedar Falls to try to get answers. AIB has more than 300 athletes.

Feb. 5 — Mason reveals the merger plans are out, and AIB would instead be “gifted” to the UI, which would own and operate a “regional regents center” and rent space to interested institutions. The proposal is still subject to regent approval.

Feb. 9 — Mason and AIB Trustees chairman answer questions from state legislators about the gift. They say it would have no financial impact on the state budget, and the original plans were scrapped due to concerns over accreditation.

Around 35 people from AIB, including athletes, attend the same legislative meeting to seek answers. Mason says duplicate athletics programs were not feasible, but AIB facilities could be used for club and intramural sports.

Feb. 11 — Plans for UI Admissions officials to meet with AIB students regarding transfer possibilities end after the Higher Learning Commission asked for a postponement.

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Triumphing with Down

Decisions on mental-health care

Christopher Cervantes cmikemayvantes@gmail.com

The fashion industry accomplished a tremendous social milestone earlier this week. Jaime Brewer, known for her activism and various roles on the tremendously popular television show “American Horror Story,” now has the honor of being the first-ever model with Down syndrome to walk the catwalk during the New York Fashion Week.

The sad thing is that this action wouldn’t even have been contemplated if we were 40 years in the past.

Our nation’s treatment of individuals with Down syndrome can be called many things. Humane and admirable are not among them.

Historically speaking, the United States has treated those with Down syndrome as if they had leprosy. In 20th century, 33 of the then 48 states legalized the forced sterilization of the “Mongoloids,” as they were insensitively called. Years later, newborns with Down would often been put in institutions and asylums. From that point on, they would be hidden from the world.

In my life, there are two individuals with Down syndrome who have affected my very person. The first is my paternal aunt, Jennifer “Jenny” Cervantes, and my childhood friend Myra.

Jenny was born in 1985.

According to my grandparents, the doctor looked her over shortly after she was born, and then dropped her on a hospital bed. He said she was a typical Mongoloid, one who would never talk, never walk, and never be toilet trained. “You have three other beautiful normal children,” the supposed professional said.

“Don’t let this one drag down your family. I can put

her in an institution before the day is over. She probably won’t live past three years, anyway.”

My grandparents were strong enough to ignore that idiotic doctor, and my aunt was strong enough to prove him wrong. This was an achievement for her, yet to any other individual, it would be regarded as living.

What I find most troubling about this familial story of mine is the year it takes place. 1985 was a mere 30 years ago. Coincidentally, Jamie Brewer was also born in 1985. I can only presume that her parents were given the same type of “offer.” Brewer has also persevered and has lived a successful life ever since.

In an interview with CNN, Brewer stated, “Young girls and even young women [see me] and say, ‘Hey, if she can do it, so can I.’ It’s a true inspiration being a role model for any young women to [encourage them] in being who they are and showing who they are.”

While I remain deeply troubled by the errors of society’s past, I do feel some sort of pride at how quick we were able to reform.

When my friend Myra was born, her mother wasn’t pushed to give her up. She was born a mere nine years after my aunt. It seems that roughly 21 years ago, true reformation in the social treatment of individuals with Down was improving. And we are now, in 2015, with Down syndrome actors and models, sharing the spotlight and being recognized as equals in their industry.

In today’s world of brutality from groups such as ISIS and other events that highlight the very worst in humanity, it is comforting to see that we still retain the ability to be progressive. Brewer, and all of the other Down-syndrome individuals who have achieved fame, have become role models and pioneers in their fields. It is because of instances such as this that I still have faith in our world.

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he prospect of at least one of Iowa’s four major mental institutions being closed in the near future has created apprehension among those with a stake in the operations of Iowa’s mental-health facilities. As of right now, there are four state mental institutions in the state, located in Cherokee, Clarinda, Independence, and Mount Pleasant.

However, last month, Gov. Terry Branstad made public his intention to close the facilities in Clarinda and Mount Pleasant and funnel patients to the two remaining institutions or smaller, private care centers. This move has the potential to free up funds to better serve the Iowa community through more localized treatment that can better fit individual needs.

The diverse and complex needs of Iowa’s mental ill could greatly benefit from deviating from the somewhat antiquated four in-patient institution system and renewed focus on short-term community services. The concerns being raised are not centered on the motivations or intentions of these closings but rather the execution.

The stakes for this kind of a large-scale transition are high and if executed poorly, could result in adverse consequences for those seriously ill in need of continuous, stable treatment.

Major shifts in bureaucracy and institutional structures rarely go smoothly, and those who stand to lose

the most in this situation are the ones in dire need of help. Part of the motivation for this transition is a lack of need for large-scale prolonged in-patient care, but that does not mean that there are not patients in the soon-to-be-closed facilities that still fit these criteria.

When these facilities are closed, there must be definitive plans for the placement of such patients.

This shift in structure carries with it the potential to allow mentally ill patients to fall through the cracks and lose out on the treatment they need. If this restructuring is not implemented well, the result will be more harm in the present than what can be predicted in terms of benefits for the future.

In order for the closing of these institutions to move as smoothly as possible, there needs to be communication among all parties involved in both the administration of the larger state institutions and the smaller private institutions. With planning and accommodation, the seamless transitioning of patient care is possible, but a hastily planned operation could result in a debacle.

If this is the right decision to make, there is no need to rush it. If anything, this decision will only be improved by corresponding plans to better aid the transition and patient placement. Continued, effective treatment should be the main priority, and it would be great if this process can be streamlined and incentivized. However, those in need of the services offered by the mental institutions should not foot the bill.

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Feminism does empower women, as it should Paul Osgerby paul-osgerby@uiowa.edu

I saw a revolting guest opinion on the Press-Citizen website the other day: an author based in Iowa City chalking up (or perhaps I should say down) feminism to sexualized freedom of expressions from certain women and their “deliberate, aggressive flaunting of tastelessness.”

Slut-shaming at its best.

“I’ll keep saying it and saying it: Feminism does not empower women.

It infantilizes them. It turns potentially strong, capable women into petulant, pearl-clutching, entitled, potty-mouthed little girls,” Joseph Dobrian wrote.

That’s some fancy language in an attempt to dismantle an ideology based on equality.

To quickly sum up the argument of Dobrian, he focused on the cases of sexualized events and attire, such as “Slut-

Walks” and “I Had An Abortion” shirts, as evidence of the vulgarity of feminism. He also took it upon himself to address rape culture, particularly focusing on potential false accusations from women and the institutions put in place to protect them.

I would first like to point out that this is just whittling an entire ideology, composed of women and men, down to a sect of those people.

At its very core, feminism is “the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes,” as defined by Merriam-Webster.

I fail to see where some sexualized instances of women expressing their opinions or identity justify demeaning feminism.

Do we instantly forget the notorious water-cooler conversations, in which two males discuss which woman has the best set of breasts in the office? Or what about the current hookup culture that exalts men for sleeping with as many women as possible but degrades women as “sluts” when a man sees

a women as sexually promiscuous?

So what if some women are expressing their sexuality publicly in ways that may be indecent? Men do it, too, in equally lewd and tasteless ways. The problem is that our society still deems it appropriate for men to devalue a woman down to an object.

This is evidenced by a stark statistic: 1 in 5 American women have been or will be the victims of an attempted or completed acts of rape in their lifetimes, according to the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey 2010. It’s another instance of men objectifying women and trying to exert sexual dominance.

Organizations that serve to protect a woman in cases of rape and the individuals willing to protest the trial, or lack thereof, mark the importance in aiding a potential victim, whether or not there is a chance of false accusation. Rape must always be taken seriously.

I’m glad there are institutions founded and built to be resources for

women to attain political, economic, and social equality with men.

In all reality, men don’t need it.

Women are still drastically underrepresented in the United States—the new 114th Congress set a new record with 104 female lawmakers to the 430 male counterparts.

That’s a mere 24 percent. Progress, I guess.

The difference in sexual reproductive organs maintains the still-prevalent pay gap. Feminist Magazine reported that single women only make an average of 90 percent of men’s salary. That figure drops to 73 percent for a woman with children and 60 percent for single mothers. It sounds like the demographic that direly needs equal access to pay should have access to institutions that aid in women’s resources.

This isn’t “infantilizing” women, Mr. Dobrian. Women do need resources and voices to continue to progress toward equality in a world in which men dominate lawmaking and societal norms.

Online comments on ‘Soyer: Ban indoor tanning for youth’

ly necessary for the health and safety of Iowa’s children. Please support it!

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR/ONLINE COMMENTS Don’t buy trust, earn it At the Feb. 10 Iowa City School Board meeting, Superintendent Steve Murley asked the board to approve $103,000 from the district’s Physical Plant and Equipment Levy fund to buy trust in district leadership. Yes, folks, I’m not kidding. This money is for an amazing new software package that “combines a software-driven online process with facilitation services in an unprecedented way to engage stakeholders in a meaningful dialogue, which in turn creates trust in the district.”

Wow. You mean Murley and the board can buy the community’s full faith and trust in our administration for $103,000? And people say money can’t buy everything.

Some board members are fully on board with this snake-oil treatment.

If we’d only known that district trust isn’t created here by district leaders but comes in a $103,000 box from Spokane, Washington, we might

have bought it sooner. There’s probably a cheaper version offered by “WHAM-O” or the “ACME” Co..

Remember, this is a limited-time offer, so act now and you will get School Board “trust-ina-box” that will instill trust and virtue in elected officials who pay for contractors’ mistakes, redundancies of services, and allow administration to cut curriculum for students without taking any meaningful cuts of their own.

A superintendent who asks for the public’s trust before the Revenue Purpose Statement vote and days later applies for a job in Nebraska has not earned our trust, no matter how much money is spent. Administration has to spend the personal capital of time and character. Then the community will judge their actions to see if they deserve our trust. No, Virginia (district administration and board), you can’t buy trust in a box at any price. Trust is free to those who have earned it.

Phil Hemingway

There should be no comparison between the profitability of a small business (particularly one that sells a carcinogenic product) and the priceless lives of our loved ones. Tanning beds killed my 29-year-old daughter Jaime and way too many other young adults. It really happens … with or without parental consent. Parental consent does not make tanning beds any less dangerous, and if the parents really knew the facts about their risks, they wouldn’t sign away their children’s lives. So obviously they are not as well informed as they should be.

And that is not entirely their fault. The tanning salons use lies and misinformation to keep the customers coming into their business. This bill is absolute-

Donna Helm Regen

Thank you for this article, Hannah. You hit the nail right on the head. My daughter also died from melanoma from tanning beds. Skin damage from tanning is cumulative. There is tremendous peer pressure on teens (and from teens on their parents) to tan. I am a registered nurse, and I did not realize how my daughter was taking her life in her hands by tanning. I can never go back and change that, but hopefully, these bans will eliminate the need for teens or parents to be placed in those situations. Indoor tanning is classified as a Class 1 carcinogen, the same as smoking.

Parents can’t grant permission for their child to buy cigarettes, and they shouldn’t be allowed to grant permission for their child to tan.

Peggy Ryder Alteri

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ENERGY

Much wind in future for the wind industry

By BRENT GRIFFITHS brent-griffiths@uiowa.edu

President Obama has included a permanent wind-energy incentive in his budget proposal for fiscal 2016, but despite the promise, the industry continues to search for its future.

To the exasperation of manufactures and utilities, the wind-energy production tax credit has proven to be a glutton for drama.

“When you have a federal policy that fluctuates so greatly with renewal and deadlines, those companies really struggle to understand what the industry looks like,” said Mike Prior, the executive director of the Iowa Wind Energy Association.

After a fairly stable existence since its inception in 1992, Congress has seesawed in in support of the incentive in the last handful of years. Officially called the federal Renewable Electricity Production Tax Credit, because it covers more than just wind power, the incentive goes to producers of renewable sources of power.

This Frankenstein-esque life cycle makes it difficult to craft plans when that process can take two to four years, said Felix Friedman, chief development officer for RPM Access, based in De Soto, Iowa. “[The current approach to the credit] creates a lot of uncertainly; the result is that we have to plan shortterm,” Freidman said. “It doesn’t allow us to create a pipeline to plan things out.”

Some Republicans in Congress — a small, yet vocal group — have sought to gut the credit in recent years, arguing the wind industry has reached a point where it no longer needs a crutch.

“It is long past time for Big Wind to stand on its own, and I hope this is the last year Congress

Wind turbines are seen in rural Iowa on Aug. 27, 2012. (The Daily Iowan/File Photo) extends Washington’s most wasteful tax subsidy, the Wind Production Tax Credit,” Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said in a statement.

Alexander wrote a letter with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., and eight Republicans in 2013 opposing the credit. Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, a member of the Senate Finance Committee — which has jurisdiction over the credit — was among those who joined Alexander.

On the other side are groups such as Iowa’s congressional delegation, in which Republicans and Democrats join in efforts to pass an extension.

According to the American Wind Energy Association, Iowa is No. 1 in the country for percentage of energy that comes from wind.

“I am pleased to see that the president continues to recognize what Iowans have known for a long time — that wind energy and the [tax credit] are important to growing Iowa’s economy and improving rural communities,” Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa, said in a statement.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, helps lead the renewal effort. In a statement, he said he prefers that the incentive to be included in the normal process for similar tax incentives. Under this direction, any credit is renewed

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for a couple of years and then brought up for debate before a decision on its future is made.

“Every energy-tax provision should be treated on its merits and fairly relative to other tax credits,” he said. “That ought to be the approach in Congress, despite efforts to undermine wind separate from other energy sources.”

Despite some bipartisan support in Congress, even some energy companies disagree about future of wind.

Exelon, the 11th-largest wind producer in the United States, has been ostracized from others in the industry for its stance on the credit. Spokesman Paul Elsberg said the industry has reached a point of maturity where the credit is no longer needed — adding Exelon would rather see a “free-market” approach instead of the federal government influencing competition through tax credits.

One expert said given the current cycle of debate, industry would take any sort of direction.

“You see gigantic dip in projects [when the credit is expired]; it’s been on and off for the past decade, which is a terrible, terrible policy,” said Carsten Westergaard, a mechanical-engineering professor at Texas Tech’s National Wind Institute.

“What the industry wants is a steady policy; it almost doesn’t care what it is.”

UI bucks trend for Teach for America

By ALYSSA GUZMAN

offered the same opportunities to succeed in their education as kids from the middle and upAfter 15 years of per classes,” Seats said. growth in the number Kuhar said she decidof applicants for Teach ed to join the program for America, the probecause of her passion gram has recently seen regarding hands-on work a decline in the numto get all children the ber of interested coleducation they deserve, lege students. no matter what their cirTeach for American cumstances may be. is a nonprofit organiza“It seemed so outration whose mission is to geous to me that kids “eliminate educational living in poverty could inequality” by recruitnot receive an excellent ing college graduates education, so I decided and professionals to to do something about teach for at least two it,” she said. years in low-income Those who do choose communities across the to apply after graduaUnited States, accordtion are faced with a preing to their website. corps trainAccording ing, which to Teach for America of- ‘As a country, we need to commit to getting each takes place ficials, the and every child in the nation a quality education,' the week before the sumprogram has —Kathleen Kuhar, Teach for America corps member mer training seen a 10 perinstitute. cent decrease According to the in the number of appli- are also being recruitcations from college cam- ed by top universities Teach for America weband companies for post- site, the institute is puses.

This however is not graduate opportunities, an unpaid intensive true on the University and more options are five-week training proavailable to the modern gram designed to preof Iowa campus. pare members for their Jonathan Chaparro, graduate,” Kuhar said.

The current unem- teaching experience. the Midwest regional Soon after the trainrecruitment director for ployment rate for college Teach for America, said graduates is 2.7 percent, ing, corps members bethe ones received from nearly half the rate of come familiar with their University of Iowa grad- the general population regions, school districts, and coworkers in order as of February 2015. uates have grown.

Despite the growing to prepare for teaching.

“At Iowa, the story Though Kuhar said is a little different,” number of post-gradopportunities, her participation in he said. “We’ve seen uate growth in some of our Megan Seats, the UI Teach for America “has campus campaign co- been the hardest work key markets there.”

Chaparro attributes ordinator for Teach for imaginable,” it’s an unthe increase in applica- American, believes it is believable feeling to be tions to the diverse pop- still important to con- a positive catalyst in tinue to work toward children’s lives. ulation at the UI. educational There was a 13 per- creating “As a country, we need cent increase in the equality, she said. to commit to getting “In general, kids each and every child in number of applicants with a STEM back- from low-income back- the nation a quality edground and a 17 percent grounds are not being ucation,” Kuhar said. alyssa-guzman@uiowa.edu

increase in the number of Latino applicants.

“For the UI in particular, it’s been a big focus for us in terms of recruitment,” Chaparro said.

“There’s a lot of potential at the university.”

Though the numbers aren’t a problem as far as the UI goes, national trends are still a concern.

Kathleen Kuhar, a second-year Teach for America corps member, said she thinks the reason why fewer students are applying nationally is because of the ongoing growth in the economy.

“Teach for America recruits people who

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Daily Break the ledge This column reflects the opinion of the author and not the DI Editorial Board, the Publisher, Student Publications Inc., or the University of Iowa.

Draw Me Like One of Your French Girls

• Slather me in mayonnaise like one of your French fries.

• Strike me like one of your French transit workers (it’s OK, really, I’m into it).

• Do me on a slab of clay like one of your French Opens.

• Be patient with me even when I pee on the rug in the foyer like one of your French bulldogs.

• Stipple me like one of your French Impressionist paintings.

• Enjoy me slowly while I get you a little drunk like one of your French wines.

• Use me, but only from time to time, because you know I’m actually bad for you like one of your French dressings.

• Accuse me of having done nothing memorable since “3rd Rock from the Sun” like one of your French Stewarts.

• Blow me hard while lightly fingering my buttons like one of your French horns.

• Be obstinate about totally knowing English and refusing to ever actually fracking speak it like one of your French Canadians.

• Open my eyes to the contrived complications of spelling and grammar designed to reduce literacy among the lower classes and reinforce the existing power structure like one of your conspiracy theories about the French written language, plus it’s also a double entendre.

• Give me just the tip, like one of your French manicures.

Andrew R. Juhl thanks AHW, AL, AT, DH, JW, KW, and LTD for help on today’s Ledge.

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horoscopes

Monday, February 16, 2015

by Eugenia Last

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t let your emotions take over. Productivity will be the name of the game, so stay focused and do a good job. Spend time helping people in need, not those who are in competition with you. Refrain from sharing your secrets.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Keep your eyes and ears open. You will discover valuable information that can save you from making a big mistake. Overdoing and overspending must be controlled. A positive change will be successful if developed and executed in secrecy.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Demands will be made, but that doesn’t mean you have to oblige. Consider what’s being asked of you and whether it is something you want to do. Now is a good time to act with intelligence, not emotion.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Try to focus on personal changes that encourage you to feel better as well as boost your confidence.

Implementing a unique or creative edge to whatever job you do will separate you from any competition you face.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Question your current vocational direction. If you want to make a change, consider what skills or knowledge you will need in order to reach your goal. Connect through networking events that deal with the industry that interests you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Put greater importance on partnerships and working alongside people who enhance and contribute to your plans. A change in your financial standing or dealing with a legal concern must be handled cautiously and with moderation.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Making alterations to the way you live based on your needs will be beneficial. Don’t hesitate to follow your dreams and reach out to people from your past who can help you get ahead now. Don’t take no for an answer.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don’t feel the need to make decisions before you are ready to do so. Work on projects or activities that allow you to use your creative imagination, and you will avoid being pushed into a situation that leads to unnecessary excess.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Listen, and you will detect if anyone is trying to lead you astray. Stay on top of matters involving other people to avoid being taken advantage of. Make changes based on facts you have uncovered, not hearsay.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Carefully consider what you want to do. Don’t make impulsive decisions. Use your insight and intuition to guide you financially. An emotional matter will escalate if you are too pushy. Good fortune will come from helping others.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You can make positive professional changes if you use discipline, knowledge, experience, and connections to help you advance. Approach change with optimism, and positive results will unfold. Don’t be a follower when you should be a leader.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t stop offering suggestions to others. It’s how you deal with others that will make a difference. Your intuition will lead you in the right direction, so follow your heart and do what comes naturally.

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.

— Thomas A. Edison

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WBB CONTINUED FROM 12 plete game, and we’re really happy with that.”

And while those kinds of numbers don’t typically lower the season-average shooting percentage, Iowa’s first half was far from typical.

Taking advantage of an under-whelming Hoosiers squad with a league-worst offensive-rebounding rate, Iowa was able to overcome an off night from the floor by nearly doubling the number of its usual attempts through the first half.

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we demonstrated that pretty well tonight.”

The second half, by contrast, was classic Iowa.

Emerging from the bowels of Carver to start the second, the Hawks found their footing and buried the Hoosiers on the back of a 61 percent effort from the field.

Every member of the Iowa bench played Sunday, with all but two players recording at least a point.

“We were driving and looking to hit people who had open shots, and looking to hit Chase and Beth when we could, so I really think we executed on all cylinders tonight,” Disterhoft said.

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er’s largest crowd this season to set up the Hawks for their clash Tuesday night in Minneapolis.

“We got a lot of places that don’t have that kind of home support,” Logic said.

“We’ve seen men’s teams that don’t have that kind of support, so it was nice to get a win as a sendoff.”

Follow @ryanarod on Twitter for news, updates, and analysis about the Iowa women’s basketball team.

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Comeback boosts tennis

The Iowa men’s tennis team came from behind to beat BYU, 4-3.

By BLAKE DOWSON

Sophomore Nils Hallestrand filled the lineup spot left by Hagan and played the No. 6 match.

The Hawkeye men’s He lost in straight sets tennis team captured its (6-4, 6-2) to even the biggest win of the season team score at 3-3. in exciting come-fromJacoby was last to finish behind fashion on Feb. 13 in the No. 5 spot. Forced against BYU. into a winner-take-all sit“We came in with a lot of uation, Jacoby dropped the confidence,” interim head first set in a tiebreaker. coach Ross Wilson said. “Our Facing match point in a tieguys competed in every sinbreaker in the second set, gle match. We hung around he battled back and forced and gained control toward a third and deciding set. the end of the matches.”

Jacoby went on the win Iowa dropped the douthe final set (6-4) and bles point to fall behind seal the victory for the early. The pairing of seHawkeyes at 4-3. nior Matt Hagan and “This was a huge win junior Dom Patrick ‘This was a huge win for us. for us,” Wilson said. dropped their match Especially on the road against a “Especially on the road (6-3). In the No. 2 douagainst a good team bles match, freshmen good team like BYU.’ like BYU.” Lefteris Theodorou and Iowa will travel to Stieg Martens also lost — Ross Wilson, head coach Salt Lake City to take (6-3), which clinched Theodorou stepped in- on Utah this evening. the point for the Cougars.

“This is our second Patrick said the team to the No. 1 spot for the had its back against the Hawkeyes in place of Ha- ranked team this year, wall after the doubles gan. In a thrilling three-set and the guys have been point, but he was proud of match, Theodorou came through some battles alhow hard the team, espe- out on top (6-3, 5-7, 6-3) to ready,” Wilson said. “We’re ready. We know we can cially the freshmen, com- tie the team score at 2-2.

Theodorou usually plays come out of this weekend peted the rest of the match.

Freshmen Jake Jacoby in the No. 3 spot for Iowa, with two wins, and we’re and Josh Silverstein had but Wilson said he liked half way there. Hopefully, their match abandoned the matchup and decided we can knock off a ranked to move the freshman to Utah team and find ourat 5-5. selves in the rankings on Wilson was forced to the No. 1 spot.

Patrick also won in a Wednesday.” make a lineup change for the Hawkeyes in the sin- three-set match (2-6, 6-4, Follow @B_Dows4 on gles matches because of a 6-4), coming from behind nagging injury to Hagan, to give the Hawkeyes an- Twitter for news, updates, the nation’s No. 98 player other team point and the and analysis about the Iowa men’s tennis team. lead at 3-2. and Iowa’s No. 1 guy. blake-dowson@uiowa.edu

“[Hagan] has been dealing will a pulled muscle in his right thigh,” Wilson said.

“He tried to play through it in his doubles match, but he didn’t have any pop in his serve. His serve is his best shot, and he’s less effective without it working.”

In the first singles match to finish, Martens was defeated in the No. 3 spot for the Hawkeyes in straight sets (6-1, 6-2) to give BYU a 2-0 team advantage.

Silverstein was next to finish, getting Iowa board with a 6-2, 6-4 victory in the No. 4 position.

Too much Gatorade

Iowa softball falls to Gators for the second time in two days.

By CHARLIE GREEN charles-j-green@uiowa.edu

The Iowa softball team fell to top-ranked Florida on Sunday, 8-0, dropping it to 3-5 on the season.

The loss capped an 0-3 weekend for the team at the University of Florida Tournament, after losing to Florida and North Carolina State on Feb. 14.

The 10-0 Gators got off to a hot start in Sunday’s matchup, scoring 3 runs in the bottom of the first inning. Hawkeye pitcher Shayla Starkenburg was able to corral the early surge with two consecutive strikeouts to end the inning, but the Gators were far from done offensively.

They added 3 runs in the third and 1 in the fourth and fifth innings in the shutout loss for the Hawkeyes.

Starkenburg moved to 2-3 on the season after the defeat. She surrendered 9 hits in 4.1 innings on the afternoon,

but she did manage to notch six strikeouts.

“Shayla showed great promise today with her approach to the game,” Looper said in a release.

“We didn’t have the zone we wanted, but that just proves that we don’t have to have the strike zone we want to get them to do some things with the pitches we put up there.”

Florida sophomore Delanie Gourley stifled the Hawkeye batters from the mound all day, giving up only 3 hits, striking out 8, and walking 1 in five innings of work.

Iowa’s best chance to get on the scoreboard came in the top of the second. Junior Erin Erickson reached base on an infield single, followed by freshman Allie Wood reaching on an error — but that was as close as they got.

Gourley struck out the next three batters, and Florida never looked back.

Aside from Erickson, senior Megan Blank and sophomore Sammie Gyerman were the only Hawkeyes to hit safely in the contest.

The rematch was nearly identical to the previous day’s matchup, which the Gators also won 8-0 in five innings.

In the end, the topranked Florida squad proved too much for the Hawks to handle, outhitting them 15-5 in the two weekend games and striking out 16.

“They are a quality club,” Iowa coach Maria Looper said in a release.

“Coming down here, we knew it wasn’t going to be easy. We should be able to step on the field with anybody in the country, and I think we had some proof this weekend that we can accomplish that.”

Follow @CharlsGreen on Twitter for news, updates, and analysis about the Iowa softball team.

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Hawkeyes become chairwomen of the board

By KYLE MANN kyle-mann@uiowa.edu

Every now and then, the Iowa women’s basketball team has a game in which it reminds observers how versatile it is.

On Dec. 21, 2014, the Hawkeyes out-sniped Drake on the road in a 10098 thriller, and Melissa Dixon set an Iowa record with 10 3-pointers. Less than a month later, the Hawks ground out a 52-50 victory at Michigan State, led by Dixon with 13 points and a lone triple.

At Northwestern on Jan. 29, center Bethany Doolittle’s 29 points and 12 rebounds helped Iowa to a 102-99 win. Hardly a week later, on Feb. 8, point guard Sam Logic poured in 30 points to spark a 87-75 defeat of Wisconsin.

So when opposing teams prepare for the Hawkeyes, they don’t know exactly what might beat them.

But when Iowa defeated the Hoosiers, 81-64, on Sunday, it’s quite possible

they got them with the absolute last thing they saw coming: rebounding.

“We have not performed as well as we can on the rebounding end, but boy, the way we crashed today,” Lisa Bluder said. “I thought we got a bunch in the first half, and it kind of gave us, ‘Hey, we can actually kind of do this’ kind of thing. So I think that was good momentum to continue crashing.”

The Hawkeyes shot only 38 percent from the floor in the first half, 29 percent from beyond the arc, but held a 20-13 advantage on the boards that allowed them to take a lead to the locker room. Largely because of 9 offensive rebounds, Iowa had 14 more shot attempts than the Hoosiers (34-20) and led 35-26.

The criticism of the team’s rebounding this season has been somewhat amplified because it’s the weak point of a very strong team. In reality, the Hawkeyes are far from inept on the boards.

Iowa sits at fifth in the conference with 38.3 rebounds per game and is only slightly below the middle of the pack in rebounding defense. Taking both sides into account, the team is technically positive in rebounding margin on the season.

Iowa continued its dominance on the boards into the second half and began to reap the benefits on the scoreboard.

“When you rebound, you can get out and push, and I think we did a good job of that, especially in the second half,” Logic said. “And when you get offensive boards, you just find shooters.”

Accordingly, Iowa’s shooting from the floor skyrocketed to 61 percent in the second half, including 57 percent from beyond the arc. Logic grabbed 6 rebounds and tallied 11 assists, and the team had four double-digit scorers.

The Hawkeyes began as an offensive juggernaut, and they have lived up to expectations. The season’s success, however, ultimately hinges

Iowa center Bethany Doolittle shoots a 3-pointer in Carver-Hawkeye on Sunday. The Iowa Hawkeyes defeated the Indiana Hoosiers, 81-64. (The Daily Iowan/Rachael Westergard) on its ability to defend and rebound, and Sunday served as another reminder that — to the infinite credit of Bluder — they are progressing exactly as they should be if they expect to be serious in the postseason.

Bluder will need to continue to be the maestro in the practice gym to keep her team on the rise, only this week, she’ll have to do it in only one day. The Hawks will play at Minnesota on Tuesday.

“We know Tuesday is going to be a challenging game on the road at Minnesota,” Dixon said.

“So we’re going to have to have a lot of focus and intensity in practice to get ready for that game.”

Gymnasts come back on Senior Night

By CHARLIE GREEN charles-j-green@uiowa.edu

No. 9 Iowa men’s gymnastics needed a season-high 435.400 to top No.10 Minnesota, and No. 11 Nebraska in Iowa City on Feb. 14.

Minnesota led for much of the night and despite turning in a season-high score of 433.600, the Hawkeyes were just a little better in the end.

“It’s super special, one I’ll always remember for sure,” Alberhasky said.

“Throughout the season, we’ve had trouble finishing, but we kept the energy up the whole meet, until the last person went.”

It was easily the best meet of the season for Iowa, as seniors Alberhasky, William Albert, and Brandon Field put in their last performance in Carver-Hawkeye.

“Great storybook ending,” head coach JD Reive said. “We really didn’t

know who was going to win this meet until we finished it, and that’s exactly how you want it.

This will be a wonderful memory that they will carry forever.”

Field scored a season-high on the floor exercise and led the Hawks with a 14.800, and Alberhasky added a career-high 14.650. As a team, the Hawks finished with 73.500, their highest output on the season.

On the vault, Albert scored a team-high 14.700, and Field added a 14.500. And on the rings, Albert posted a 14.600 while junior Jack Boyle led all gymnasts with a 15.2.

A strong performance on the pommel horse, led by junior Doug Sullivan’s 15.150, kept the Hawkeyes on pace to break 430.000 for the first time this season.

And yet, after four stellar rotations, the Hawkeyes still trailed Minnesota, 291.900-

290.650. To close the gap, they need top execution on the parallel bars and high bar — which is exactly what they got.

Career highs from junior Matt Loochtan (14.800), freshman Dylan Ellsworth (14.500), and sophomore Cory Paterson (14.400), along with a 14.800 from Boyle helped the team take the lead heading into the final rotation. The event total of 72.800 was also a season high.

They held the lead on the high bar, where they posted yet another season-high with a 72.800. Cory Paterson scored a meet-high 14.900 on the event.

“We knew it was going to come down to the very last set,” Field said.

“We’ve struggle on ‘P’ bars and high bar, I think the biggest goal was to keep within our group and do our jobs on those two events.”

The performance will be followed by a twoweek break for the

Hawks, during which they will focus on the mistakes that kept their season-high score from being even higher.

Although team saw promising improvement on the pommel horse, sophomore David Spanier and junior Emmanuel Monroy each scored a lowly 13.150.

Despite success on the high bar, junior Cyrus Dobre-Mofid struggled, scoring just a 13.000.

And even an impressive vault lineup saw mistakes from Dobre-Mofid and Loochtan.

Even with all the positives, there were plenty of negatives to take away in the comeback victory.

“They have to see why we did well tonight; obviously, it’s the way we trained and came back in after last weekend’s competition,” Reive said.

“And they also need to see that there’s a significant amount of improvement that needs to be made.”

Hawks hit season best in loss The Iowa women’s gymnastics team beat season-best score even after falling against No.14 Illinois.

By ALEXANDRIA GRIFFIN agrffin@uiowa.edu

The Iowa women’s gymnastics team suffered a loss on Feb. 14 against No. 14 Illinois, 196.970-196.370.

But even with the loss, the GymHawks were able to beat their season best for the team.

They last posted their previous high score during their meet against No. 20 Ohio with a 195.225.

“I have mixed emotions right now because they were so close,” head coach Larissa Libby said. “If we had done what we normally do, who knows what could have happened. But I thought they were incredibly impressive.”

Even with the loss, eight of the players were able to earn 10 career bests. Senior Sydney Hoerr earned two of her career bests on bars, 9.875, and vault, 9.800.

Sophomore Angel Metcalf earned two career best as well on vault and floor, 9.900 and 9.825, respectively.

Accumulating the rest of the season bests were sophomores Mollie Drenth, Caroline McCrady, Ashleigh Edlin and

freshmen Nikki Youd, Ashley Fischer, and Melissa Zurawski.

“I am very proud of the work my team and I showed today against such a good competitor team like Illinois,” Hoerr said. “We were able to step up our game, but it just shows how we need to just keep working harder.”

Iowa started off the meet on the vault event, on which the GymHawks hit their best score on the event this season with a 49.200. The Hawks scored five of their 10 individual career bests on the event.

Metcalf posted a career best score of 9.900 and took second place on vault. Edlin also was able to make waves with a career best of 9.875 and finished fourth.

“You have to give credit to this team because they step up their game week in and week out. I am so proud of them,” Libby said. “I know that people have counted us out and underestimated us. So I love that they keep putting up big numbers.”

Iowa stayed close behind Illinois the entire meet. The GymHawks ended the meet on floor,

on which Hoerr took second place overall in the event with a posted a score of 9.900. Metcalf followed with a season best score of 9.825 and took fourth place in that event.

“I think we kept our positive energy and focus throughout the entire meet even through some mistakes,” Metcalf said.

The Hawks now look forward to Saturday, when they will travel to Denver to compete in a tri-meet against Denver and BYU. “I think we have a lot more to give, and we definitely made some mistakes,” Libby said. “But we will go back, fix them, and keep moving forward.”

Iowa gymnast Lance Alberhasky preforms on the rings during the tri-meet with Minnesota and Nebraska in Carver-Hawkeye on Feb. 13. The Hawkeyes took first place beating the Cornhuskers and Gophers with a score of 435.400. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert)

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“One week from [Feb. 22], there’s going to a national dual championship crowned, and we’ve got work to do before we get to that match. But first things first, we have to do it right this week.”

The teams scheduled to invade Carver next weekend are No. 2 Minnesota, No. 3 Ohio State, No. 4 Missouri, No. 6 Cornell, No. 11 Illinois, No. 18 Lehigh, and Tennessee-Chattanooga after each won its respective regional round on Sunday afternoon.

Those rankings, of course, are by Flowrestling, which won’t have any bearing on how the National Duals are seeded. The eight teams that have advanced will be reseeded according to their ranking in the USA Today/NWCA Division I coaches’ poll.

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tling Coaches Association Poll, will likely wrestle Tennessee-Chattanooga — the only unranked team of the eight that made it to Iowa City — in the quarterfinals, set for Saturday.

“We’re excited to have it,” Brands said. “It’s good for our fans. We’re going to be ready to go and scrap just like seven other teams that are coming to Iowa City.”

Though Sunday’s win over the Cavaliers (10-6, 2-2 ACC) was the official start of Iowa’s postseason, the Hawkeyes said post-dual that they’re excited for next weekend and the challenges it will bring, adding that it’ll feel like the legit postseason when they set foot on the mat come Saturday.

“It’s the postseason now,” 141-pounder Josh Dziewa said. “The regular season’s over now.

Today was the first day of the postseason. We got the National Duals, Big Tens, and nationals.

I’m not sure who we’re going to line up against on Saturday, but we’re ready to go. Anybody.”

Dziewa’s mindset, similar to that of his teammates, centers on de-

fending Carver, in which Iowa is 9-0 this season.

Overall, the Hawkeyes are now 15-0, with some of their bigger wins coming on the road — against the likes of Minnesota (23-12) and Ohio State (18-14), among others.

Although the Black and Gold have bigger aspirations than the National Duals crown, many wrestlers have said they’re treating similar-

ly to how they treated the Big Ten regular-season crown: it’s another feather in their hats.

“It’s always nice wrestling at Carver,” 133-pounder Cory Clark said. “We’ll be at home. Can’t let somebody beat us in our arena.

There’s some pride there.”

This was a meet that Iowa had to win if it wanted to be in the later rounds of the National Dual Tournament. The Hawkeyes were completely superior on paper and without three normal starters, they still won handily.

“You just want to go put on a show; it doesn’t really matter who the opponent is,” Meyer said. “If he’s maybe not as good, you score a ton of points and put on a show. If he’s good, you still put on a show and score a ton of points.”

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Signs of an Iowa win looked bleak from the get-go. Yes, the Hawkeyes were within single-digits for most of the game and even led on numerous occasions. But they failed to find consistency on the offensive end of the floor.

The Hawkeyes shot just 34.6 percent from the field in the first half, and if not for a few late shot-clock buckets toward the end of the half, they may have trailed by more than 3 at halftime.

For the most part, those struggles continued in the second half, in which Iowa shot 39.1 percent from the field.

“We didn’t establish anything at the rim,” head coach Fran McCaffery said. “Offensively, it was all jump shots.

And the more you’re shooting jump shots, the more the zone can get out and guard those guys.”

Most of these troubles can be attributed to the Wildcats’ 2-3 zone defense.

Not only did Northwestern’s zone slow the game down to the Wildcats’ pace — Iowa had zero fast-break points, but the Hawkeyes also failed to get the ball inside for a good chunk of the game. When they did, they were typically met with contact.

“As an offensive player, you try to create the contact, but if you’re the one creating the contact and he’s straight up and doesn’t move, that’s tough,” Uthoff said.

“That’s not really a foul.

Iowa forward Jarrod Uthoff shoots against Northwestern in Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Illinois, on Sunday. The Hawkeyes lost to the Wildcats, 66-61. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert) “… I know I got fouled a couple of times, and it looked like Whitey and Woody got fouled, but I can’t really tell you for sure until I watch the film.”

Despite the offensive troubles, Iowa hung around, and with 11 seconds left in the game, it trailed by 3 points and had the ball.

Opting to go for the tie rather than a quick 2, guard Mike Gesell drove the ball down the floor and eventually picked up his dribble. Uthoff then circled behind him, took the handoff, and tried to jump into Northwestern’s Vic Law. “I was trying to make it seem like he fouled me, maybe get three free throws,” Uthoff said.

He didn’t get the call, but he did sink the shot, sending the game into overtime and giving Iowa a sliver of hope.

That sliver quickly vanished as Iowa’s offensive struggles continued in overtime; Iowa

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shot 2-for-13 from the field, 0-for-6 from 3-point range, and 3-for-6 from the free-throw line.

“I honestly don’t know,” Gesell said about the overtime struggles. “We were getting decent looks, we were trying to attack, maybe get to the free-throw line at times. We just weren’t able to pull it out.”

The confusion — and frustration — seemed to be shared throughout the team. There was no clear-cut answer for what went wrong and really, no clear-cut answer for where this team goes from here.

Just about the only clear-cut thing that faces the Hawkeyes are the facts, the most important one being that one week ago, Iowa was fresh off a double-digit win over a then-ranked opponent.

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win out to reach its goal of the NCAA Tournament.

“I’m just thinking about one game at a time,” Gesell said. “Now, we’re focused on the next one. You can’t look ahead.”

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Hawkeye wrestlers put on a show

Iowa head coach Tom Brands reacts during the last seconds of the 174-pound bout between Alex Meyer and Blaise Butler of Virginia in Carver-Hawkeye on Sunday. Meyer defeated Butler, 9-8 with riding time. (The Daily Iowan/Rachael Westergard)

IOWA 30, VIRGINIA 6

By JORDAN HANSEN jordan-hansen@uiowa.edu

Coming into Iowa’s National Dual Regional meet with Virginia, Hawkeye Alex Meyer was called to wrestle at 174 pounds in place of normal starter Mike Evans.

Iowa was up 17-6 in the eventual 30-6 win when he took the mat.

It wasn’t an unprecedented move; Meyer has twice filled in this season — once at 197-pounds against Michigan State and, of course, his stunning pin of Illinois’ 11th-ranked Zac Brunson on Jan. 16.

Against Virginia, however, Meyer faced sixth-ranked Blaise Butler and beat him 9-8, gaining over a minute of riding time in the third period to win the match.

“I did see, at one point, that a ride out would win. So, either I’d have to cut him and take him down or ride

‘DO IT RIGHT’ him out,” Meyer said. “I knew he was getting tired, and if we got on our feet, he was going to back away and keep me at a distance.

“I knew he didn’t have a stall call, and I was putting a good ride on him, and my corner wasn’t telling me anything different.”

It was a good win for Meyer and the Hawkeyes went on to win eight of 10 bouts Sunday.

Meyer’s victory may have been the most impressive of the day from an upset perspective, however, Iowa also grabbed 4 bonus-point victories over the Cavaliers.

“Bonus points are good, and in a dual meet like this, especially when you’re wrestling three backups, though it turns out we didn’t need them, but that’s not what you’re really talking about, anyways,” Iowa head coach Tom Brands said. “You always talk about bonus points and separation.”

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Three of those four bonus-point victories came consecutively — Cory Clark and Josh Dziewa both got majors, and Brandon Sorensen put on a takedown clinic against Virginia’s Gus Sako, eventually getting a pin 6:09 into the match. The other came at 184, in which Sammy Brooks picked up a 20-7 win over Tyler Askey.

For Clark, it was the first time since the Midlands Championships that he has put together back-toback victories with both coming in bonus-point fashion.

“A lot of it is me finding my hot spot, and just getting my mind right, and just a lot of thought going into my preparation,” Clark said. “Wrestling, getting into the right state of mind to wrestle my best.”

It was an important win for Clark.

His opponent, George DiCamillo, was

A happy Tom Brands sat down before members of the media on Sunday afternoon, after Iowa took care of No. 15 Virginia, 30-6, before a crowd of 6,564.

He smiled at the Hawkeyes’ accomplishment but added that they’d have to “do it right” this week in practice.

After all, there’s a proverbial target on the Hawks’ backs, being the No. 1 team in the country and all. And with some of the nation’s premier wrestling programs scheduled to come to Iowa City for the National Duals next weekend, Brands and Company know they’ll have to be at their best in order to claim the first of three possible postseason crowns.

“This is a big week,” Brands said.

“We have to do it right this week, training-wise. We have a big event coming

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Hawkeyes dominate hapless Hoosiers The women’s basketball team improved to 14-0 at home this season after defeating Indiana.

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Life in the bubble lane Despite Jarrod Uthoff ’s lategame heroics, Iowa drops to 6-6 in Big Ten play.

By RYAN RODRIGUEZ ryan-rodriguez@uiowa.edu

Sunday afternoon’s matchup against Indiana had all the makings of a classic trap game for the Iowa women’s basketball team.

Coming off a hard-fought and emotional road win against Nebraska on Feb. 12, the Hawks hosted a basement-dwelling Indiana squad before having to fly today to play a Tuesday evening game on the road at Minnesota.

Thankfully for the Hawkeyes, it couldn’t have played out any better.

Aggressive both in the paint and from the field, the Black and Gold downed the Hoosiers, 81-64, to earn their 21st win of the season, 12th in the Big Ten. “I really felt like we were in control the whole game,” head coach Lisa Bluder said.

“Just another good victory for us.

We got really good bench play today, and that’s good, knowing that we only have one day to prepare for Minnesota coming up.”

Interestingly enough, the Hawkeyes were touch-and-go for part of the first half, it seemed, never truly finding a rhythm or opportunity to get their shooting legs under them.

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“We got a little bit 3-point happy in the first, but I think in the second, we got Chase the ball and Christina [Buttenham] and Kali [Peschel] had some good drives and passes to contribute,” senior Sam Logic said. “Just a full, com-

EVANSTON, Illinois — In the end, Jarrod Uthoff ’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer — the one that sent Iowa’s eventual 66-61 loss to Northwestern to overtime — may have just delayed the inevitable.

Iowa hadn’t played well all day long and arguably had no business being in the game, let alone with a chance to win it. But thus is the case when one plays the team tied for the worst record in the Big Ten. Good record or bad record, one of the things McCaffery teams can control is ener- head coach gy, which is where Uthoff thought this game was lost.

“We didn’t start off the game with enough fight,” Uthoff said. “We didn’t have any fight in us, and they came out right on top of us. They had all the energy. They had all the momentum. They

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Iowa forward Claire Till blocks Indiana guard Karlee McBride at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday. The Iowa Hawkeyes defeated the Hoosiers, 81-64. (The Daily Iowan/Rachael Westergard) Unbelievably hair-trigger even by Lisa Bluder standards, the Black and Gold gunned up an astounding 34 shots in the first half.

What’s more, the Hawkeyes knocked down six 3s in those first 20 minutes on attempts from seven different players.