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The success of a Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign will hinge largely on whether he signs on with the Democratic or an independent ticket and can present clear contrasts to presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton. That notion was based on discussions held between Sen. Sanders, I-Vt., and political activists in Iowa on Thursday. He met to discuss his presidential ambitions at the Clarion Hotel highlander Conference Center prior to his visit to Prairie Lights and the University of Iowa later that day. Top Democrats told Sanders to fit in trips to Iowa as much as he can, citing Barack Obama’s win in 2008 and 2012 as prime examples of the state’s political prowess, a source close to such discussions told the DI.
University of Iowa President Sally Mason said four-year graduation rates are something to be happy about. “It means our students are doing quite well in terms of coming in and completing in a timely fashion,” she said. While she is pleased with the track UI students are on, she has decided to bring something new to the table: the Iowa Degree in Three. Though these threeyear degrees have been discussed in the past, Mason said on Thursday during a media availability Mason they will be available president this fall in six majors: English, history, international studies, theater, communication studies, and marketing. Karmen Berger, an academic adviser for the International Studies Program, said graduating in three years with an international-studies degree is a “very feasible plan.” Individual students will make their decisions about the new major, but those who choose to take the three-year route will have to sit down with their academic advisers to map out their paths. While it could be possible for sophomores to begin this track, it is primarily meant for the incoming
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Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks about his new book, The Speech: A Historic Filibuster on Corporate Greed and the Decline of Our Middle Class at Prairie Lights on Thursday. Sanders spoke as he contemplates a run for president in 2016. (The Daily Iowan/McCall Radavich)
After approximately 600 gallons of water spilled on the multi-activity court at the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center, the reopening remains a mystery. Despite weeks of renovations, retiling, and drying of the hardwood gym floor, there is still work to be done before the area is fit to open to the public, said Michelle Harder, a senior associate director of Recreational Services. “At this point in time, we’re just letting the floor dry out … and we don’t know how long it will have to sit. We’re just going to take it a week at a time and see where the warping has occurred,” Harder said. On Jan. 26, during a game of indoor soccer, a stray soccer ball struck one of SEE GYM, 3
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A bald eagle perches in a tree along the Iowa River at Riverside Drive and Burlington Street on Thursday. Studies have shown bald eagles have a preference for wetland areas during breeding season. (The Daily Iowan/John Baker)
Recession pushed poverty rate The recession caused child-poverty rates to increase from 9 to 12.6 percent in Johnson County.
By CARLY MATTHEW carly-matthew@uiowa.edu
Child poverty has increased dramatically in the state of Iowa since 2000, according to new Iowa Kids Count data for 2013. “In the last six or seven years, the economy has caused people to be unemployed or underemployed,” Kids Count Director Michael Crawford said. However, Johnson County had better results in several categories than others across the state. According to the data, the county’s child-poverty, food-assistance, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, and unemployment rates are better than the state averages. Still, the data say these numbers, for the most part, have worsened dramatically since 2000. The percentage of children in poverty, for example, has increased from 9 to 12.6 percent. Nationwide, the child-poverty rate was 23 percent in 2011, according a national study from Kids Count. Though the unemployment rate in Johnson County is 1.5 percentage point lower than the state average at 3.2 percent, residents are still nowhere near as well off as they might have been pre-recession. “We’ve seen a substantial increase in demand for our services,” said,
SANDERS CONTINUED FROM FRONT “It sounded like me that his intentions are to run,” Prairie Lights co-owner Jan Weissmiller said about her discussions with Sanders in the private meeting. During that appearance at the famed bookstore, Sanders blasted big money in America’s political arena, denounced the two-term Obama administration’s foreign policy in the Middle East, and drew stark contrasts between the middle-class of today and of the 1980s, when he governed his state’s largest community in what appeared to be a pair of early presidential stump speeches for 2016. “I feel very much that we are drifting toward an oligarchy society,” said Sanders, 73, through his well-recognized East
Sarah Benson Witry, the Food Bank and emergency-assistance director for the Crisis Center of Johnson County. Benson Witry said the number of households the Food Bank serves has remained consistent over time, but families who receive assistance have experienced increased need as many take in extended family members. Rod Sullivan, the vice chairman of the county Board of Supervisors, said he attributes the increase in poverty rates in the county to a poor economy but also to an influx in the number of people moving into the county to work relatively low-paying jobs. “Johnson County is an attractive place to live, and that’s the same whether you’re wealthy or poor,” he said. The population in Johnson County increased by around 28,000 from 2000 to 2013, according to the U.S. Census. “Johnson County is a cross-section of financial well-being of families,” Crawford said. Crawford said he believes the population of graduate students and the number of people from the Chicago area moving to southeastern Iowa City may be part of the equation, but the economy was the main factor at play. “In the last six or seven years, the economy has caused people to be
unemployed or underemployed,” he said. Lynette Jacoby, the director of Johnson County Social Services, said the influx of residents may not have caused these changes in numbers. “That might be one of the contributing factors, but I think the issue is much more complex,” Jacoby said. Jacoby said she thinks, for example, living in Johnson County is expensive. Benson Witry said she agreed housing is a major issue for Johnson County families. “The number of apartment vacancies are low, so landlords have been able to increase rent,” she said. “Minimum-wage workers, particularly those with children, have a hard
Coast banter, in front of an estimated 100 Iowa City area political activists, University of Iowa students, and retirees. His roughly 30-minute address at the bookstore underscored big money and corporate ties, chief among them included digs at the billionaire Koch brothers, who run the political group Americans for Prosperity. Those on the left have begun to promote Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., as underdog-like alternatives to Rodham Clinton. Over the last several months, Sanders has publicly and privately expressed interests in running for president in 2016. It is not yet clear when he will publicly announce whether he will run for president in the next election cycle. “I am giving good, serious thought to running for president,” he said when prompted by an au-
dience member. During both public appearances, Sanders received praise for his bullish bashings of Wall Street, jabs at Republican and Democrats, and his support for climate-change action. “I hope you run, and I hope you run as a Democrat,” Iowa City resident Kurt Friese told Sanders. Friese said he can’t see anything that would stop him from caucusing and voting for Sanders in 2016, should he announce a candidacy. “There’s plenty to like about Ms. Clinton, but she’s tied a little too closely to the big banks,” said Friese, who lived in Vermont when Sanders was the mayor of Burlington. “I think we should have a conversation before a coronation.” For 24-year-old Jared Krauss, Sanders presented key issues that need addressing, like solutions to upgrading the
time paying it.” Some funds Johnson County provides, Jacoby said, include social-service block grants to nonprofits promoting health and well-being, including around $1.2 million last year. It also provided approximately $500,000 in “decategorization” funds to keep children out of the welfare system. She said the county also has a state-mandated general assistance program offering families emergency assistance at about $400,000 last year. When considering the numbers, University of Iowa economica Assistant Professor David Frisvold said one major factor should be kept in mind. “We’re still coming off a very large recession,” he said.
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nation’s aging infrastructure backbone. But the recent UI graduate said that he wished Sanders would have mentioned how he believes the United States can better compete with a rapidly growing cheap labor in China. Should Sanders run in 2016 as a progressive independent, Krauss said he vote for him. “You can’t fix a broken system with broken tools,” he said, referring to the nation’s standing political-voting structure. Decidedly absent from his remarks — which also included the need for the U.S. government to funnel more money into road and bridge infrastructure and increasing the minimum wage to $10 per hour — was criticism for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Rodham Clinton. “I’m not here to knock Jeb Bush or Hillary Clinton,” Sanders said. “Hillary is a friend of mine.”
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APP CONTINUED FROM FRONT Johnson County in as soon as a month. If the contract is approved, Parker said, the app would have one year on a trial basis and cost $7,000. Depending on if officials are pleased with it after the year is completed, the contract would be extended with a maximum 10 percent cost increase. SeeClickFix is a website and a free mobile
DEGREE CONTINUED FROM FRONT freshman class. “We will be welcoming the largest, the most diverse, and the most talented freshman class we have ever seen,” Mason said. “This is for motivated students who have a very good idea of what they would like to accomplish in life and would like
GYM CONTINUED FROM FRONT the cage sprinkler heads above the MAC gym. The ball was then able to penetrate the cage and break the sprinkler head off, releasing an estimated 600 gallons of water onto the gym floor. The water seeped through the hardwood floor down into the men’s member and club locker rooms below, leaking into the drywall. Justin Holman, Recreational Services, assistant director of marketing and membership services, said the Iowa City Fire Department arrived at the Rec Center in six minutes, shutting off
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app that is linked to local government services and allows residents to perform a number of civic-engagement activities. According to its website, the app — available for Android, Windows, and Apple — is designed around a map that displays all uploaded picture and videos and has threads that allow users and government officials to interact, comment, and suggest solutions. To report an issue, the user opens the app and takes a picture or video
of the problem. The picture is then geo-tagged and time stamped and is automatically sent to a government agency such as Secondary Roads, from which workers can work on fixing the problem. “This will be a great tool for people to help us keep track of what’s going on our roads,” Supervisor Janelle Rettig said. “We simply can’t be on 940 miles of roads every day.” Although Parker said officials are mainly focused on SeeClickFix’s road-maintenance capabilities, the app’s func-
tionality goes well beyond potholes. SeeClickFix is active in cities such as Dallas, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Chicago and has also been active in Mason City, Iowa, for the past three years. Neighborhood-development specialist Pat Otto, whose office handles and distributes all SeeClickFix complaints to the various Mason City departments, said almost every city department uses the app, and the program has worked very well. “I think people like
using it because of the anonymity associated with it,” she said. “They like the fact they’ll get an immediate response. We’ve been very happy with it.” Otto said most of the complaints come from user’s home computers and not the app, and therefore they don’t get a lot of the app’s beneficial features, such as geo-tagging and photos, something she said is most likely because of the age of the population. Although it has done well in Mason City, Ot-
to said she’s intrigued about its future in Johnson County, and said she thinks it will do even better with a larger college population. Parker said the biggest part of the app is keeping citizens involved. “It helps us manage our staff, but it also keeps the public involved in their system,” he said. “You drive on it, you’re a user, I’m a user, we’re all end users of this system out there. It helps [citizens] to be involved to take care of the area, just like you do your own house.”
to complete their degree as quickly as possible.” English Professor Florence Boos said she doesn’t believe the contentions that a student can do in three years what they are supposed to do in four. “It’s shortsighted to claim that you can do in three years what you can do in four, because you can’t,” she said. “One can be certified, yes, but the purpose of attending
university is to learn. All these attempts to save money force students to study around the clock, removing the chance for other experiences.” Jordyn Glotzer, an incoming freshman at the UI from Skokie, Illinois, is planning on majoring in pharmacy, a major that is not available for the Iowa Degree in Three program. “I could understand the reason for them not
offering the three-year program to math and science majors, because those usually take longer,” Glotzer said. “I definitely don’t want to graduate in three years. I want to take my time and be able to enjoy all four years.” UI freshman Marisa Freedman, an English major, said she believes this program is a great idea financially and is interested in the program.
“It would save my parents a whole year’s worth of out-of-state tuition, which would be major, plus I would walk away with the exact same degree,” she said. Clifford Adelman, a senior associate with the Institute for Higher Education Policy, said threeyear degrees are a norm in the UK, and they long have been. In some European countries, it’s typical for students to earn
master’s degrees in five years. “The point that I would add is that most of the students who get a three-year bachelor’s degree [in the UK] also get a two-year master’s degree,” he said. “If [the UI] encourages [students] to get their master’s degree and help them do that, I think it’s even better.” Mason said the UI is “doing what we need to do to be able to grow.”
the building’s water and clearing the building. Soon after, the Rec Center then enlisted the assistance of SERVPRO to help dry the floor. As of this week, SERVPRO still has tarps laid across the floor to advance the drying process. The men’s locker room’s reopened in under 24 hours, Harder said. With drywall pulled out, the rooms were opened with certain areas quartered off from the public to allow the drywall to finish drying. As of Thursday, the locker rooms are opened again and fully operational. The gym area, however, is closed “until further notice.” The Rec Center staff is still waiting to see the full extent of the damage to determine whether further
repairs must be made, or to replace the floor entirely. Harder said currently the cost of damages couldn’t be estimated due to officials not knowing whether the floor will need to be fully replaced. She said they haven’t received an invoice from SERVPRO and the cost of the floor has the potential to vary. The MAC Gym will, however, be available to divers in the upcoming Big Ten swimming and diving championships as well as the NCAA swimming and diving championships taking place in March. The MAC Gym has been designated as the dryland area for the participating divers, allowing the athletes room to do calisthenics and stretch.
The Mac Gym is closed on Thursday because of the aftermath of a burst sprinkler in the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center. A soccer ball hit the sprinkler, and 600 gallons of water spilled into the gym. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert)
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21-only may be in danger
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The University of Iowa Student Government passed a proposal last week called the Diversity Inclusion Education at Large bill, with the intent of making the university a more successfully diverse environment. Because this bill is a resolution, it simply is a way of the UISG communicating to the university what it would like to see happen. University administrators would do well to listen to what the students are saying and adopt the steps outlined in this proposal. Written primarily by Sri Ponnada, a member of the UISG Academic Affairs and Diversity Committees and a former Daily Iowan writer, the bill calls for a review of the classes that fall under the Values, Society, and Diversity general-education requirement. The goal is to determine what classes are having a larger effect on students than others, something that would be very useful to all UI students. As Ponnada said, there have been classes such as Table Tennis that fill this requirement, and that does no one any good. “Our education at UI is not only supposed to prepare us for our careers in the future but also for our lives in a global world,” Ponnada said. Although this may be something many students shake their heads at, I couldn’t agree more. General-education classes are often viewed as something required to take and just get over with. This is how I viewed them upon entering college a little more than
a year ago, and I still sometimes look at certain requirements this way. But, as long as we’re expected to devote a sizable chunk of our college career in Gen-Ed classes, we may as well try to get something out of it, which can only be done if quality classes are offered. One of the bill’s goals is to provide students with ways to appreciate and interact with the diversity already here on campus. “We are lucky enough to have the diversity that we have on our campus, and it is absolutely necessary for us to learn how to interact with and appreciate that diversity,” Ponnada said. “We need to learn how to interact with each other and respect each other because without that, we won’t make the best of our time here.” It doesn’t take listening to more than a handful of students talk poorly about international students to know that this is something that needs to be addressed. The bill also pushes for the renaming of the Values, Society, and Diversity general-education requirement to be renamed Diversity and Inclusion, Values and Society. Although this may seem like a trivial thing to consider, the changing of the name is instrumental in shifting the focus to diversity and inclusion. It also would give students a clearer idea of what they can expect to get out of a class that falls under that category. Making the UI a more inclusive and diverse campus is something that falls on everyone, including the students. However, university administrators can go a long way in providing students with the tools to do so, and taking the Diversity Inclusion Education at Large seriously is a great place to begin.
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A proposed Iowa Senate bill would override Iowa City’s 21-ordinance, preventing cities from implementing ordinances that would block 19- and 20-year-olds from bars. Is it a good idea? Two DI staffers debate. Prohibition doesn’t work A long-awaited change to Iowa City’s 21-ordinance, which bars those under 21 from remaining in most establishments that sell alcohol after 10 p.m. might be looming. A bill introduced to the Senate by Sen. Wally Horn, D-Cedar Rapids, would prevent the implementation of ordinances barring those over 18 but under 21 from entering establishments with liquor licenses. Although there is support for the ordinance under the idea that it helps curb the binge-drinking culture seemingly intrinsic to college life, this ordinance is merely a half measure. The 21-ordinance addresses the tip of the iceberg in the publicly visible setting of the downtown bar scene but fails to address the underlying motivations that spawn pervasive binge drinking among adolescents in the first place. Prohibition and any other attempt to control behavior deemed unbecoming for society through legislation should serve as a reminder that simply outlawing behavior is not an all-purpose solution. The idea seems to be that if one cannot see drunken underage people in the bars, then the problem is solved. This is not the case. If anything, obscuring the problem presents an opportunity for it to fester in the unmonitored, unregulated environments with arguably higher stakes. Alex Heller, the manager of Quinton’s, 215 E. Washington St., makes a valid point when he said that downtown, there are “police around, and it’s just more regulated, at least in the bars themselves.” If an underage person gets alcohol poisoning and requires a stomach pump, it would be safe to say the likelihood of her or him receiving prompt medical care increases drastically in a public setting as opposed to in a house party among equally intoxicated individuals. The problem of over-intoxication would remain in the view of the general public, and the resources necessary to address it would as well. In an ideal world, binge-drinking in the college environment would not be a pervasive issue, but given reality, it is a problem that needs to be addressed through holistic, straightforward measures. Pushing the issue out of the jurisdiction of traditional law enforcement and responsible business practice will only exacerbate the situation and simultaneously reduce the ability to institute effective countermeasures through orthodox channels. Attempts to counter irresponsible behavior through rigid legislation will only foster a fear of tangible repercussion and not affect the larger intangible implications posed to the individual. The 21-ordinance inspires a fear of receiving a citation but not the potential consequences of one’s actions beyond that. Students afraid of being cited
do not equivocally translate to students consciously deciding to abstain from the binge-drinking culture.
Marcus Brown It isn’t broken; don’t fix it A proposed state bill that would change who would be allowed in bars has caused controversy. If passed, it would do away with Iowa City’s 21-ordinance. The potential dismantling of the ordinance, which restricts anyone under 21 from entering most establishments with liquor licenses after 10 p.m., has caused quite the stir not only among the locals but also among the students. According to a Feb. 13 Daily Iowan article (“New legislation could change under-21 rules”), the main reasoning behind the proposed legislation is to ensure the safety of young adults. Sen. Rick Bertrand, R-Sioux City, justified this reasoning by saying, “They really don’t have a place to go. So they end up at an off-campus house party binge drinking.” I politely disagree with the senator. According to statistics from Iowa City, there was a 64 percent decline in loud house-party calls to police since the ordinance was passed. Not only that, but this was accompanied by a 45 percent drop in assault calls, and PAULA citations declined 46.3 percent from 2009 to 2011. The 21-ordinance is not some archaic law that requires revising. It was created in 2010 and has been voted as the public’s majority view twice. At the time of its latest re-confirmation, Mayor Matt Hayek said, “This means that we don’t turn the clock back to the way it was before 2010. We don’t return to a time when downtown was less safe, less vibrant, less balanced.” The newly proposed legislation may be drafted in order to ensure the safety of young adults, but it is a potential financial calamity for the establishments that, because of their responsibility in keeping underage drinking to a minimum, have earned exceptions to the 21-ordinance that allows those 19 years and older to stay past the usual curfew. Several venues, such as Studio 13, Quinton’s, and many others, have a large market because of their eligibility. If this exemption is taken from them, then their financial gain face a drastic decline. And with the drastic decline comes something that all businesses fear: the threat of closing. If this policy is enacted, then several establishments could be in jeopardy. Despite arguments to the contrary, I find that it is more beneficial to keep the ordinance. To do away with it is simply going to complicate a situation that is perfectly fine as is.
Christopher Cervantes
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An inclusive, & tolerant society Last week, an opinion piece written by Joseph Dobrian was published in the Press-Citizen. The piece, titled “Feminism Does Not Empower Women. It infantilizes them,” started a series of conversations on campus and throughout our community about sexual assault and feminism. We wish to offer a different opinion, one based on more accurate and intelligent understandings of feminism, sexual assault, and rape culture than the ones advanced by Dobrian. Rather than responding point by point to Dobrian, thereby legitimizing his views, we believe that there are greater conversations to have. We seek to address the fundamental misunderstandings that motivate these comments. We wish to seize this opportunity to both educate the community and stand with our feminist brothers and sisters to create an inclusive and safe environment. The first misunderstanding we want to call attention to is the concept of feminism itself. The “feminism” Dobrian speaks to in his comments is not an accurate representation. Feminism is a movement with many branches and a deep history, but the unifying theme is that women
and men are unequivocally equal. Feminism is a positive response to outdated, harmful, and isolating concepts of gender and sexuality, and it improves the lot of men and women on this campus, in this community and far beyond. Feminism has empowered millions of men and women who would have otherwise suffered from dehumanizing social conventions. An idea that has had such an effect is undeniably a positive one and one that a thinking and caring community will rightly embrace. The second misunderstanding deals with nonconsensual sex. Nonconsensual sex is rape. Period. Furthermore, blaming a sexual-assault survivors because they have been drinking is dangerous, irresponsible, and morally wrong. It is a fundamental legal and moral principle that the only person responsible for sexual assault is the perpetrator. When people choose to ignore this and claim that survivors are somehow responsible for the sexual crimes inflicted upon them, this legal and moral principle is undermined, and the whole of society suffers for it. This brings us to the third misunderstand-
ing, regarding the existence of rape culture. Rape culture — defined as a culture that normalizes and tolerates rape — clearly exists. We can see rape culture in the very fact that some segments of society still believe that survivors of sexual assault are responsible for their suffering. We can see rape culture in that, according to the Department of Justice, fewer than 5 percent of all rapes are actually reported for fear of shaming and victim blaming. We can see rape culture in that, according to the same Justice Department study, one in five college-age women and one in 16 college-age men will experience sexual assault. The existence of rape culture is not up for debate, and claiming otherwise is deeply offensive to survivors of sexual assault and the thinking, caring communities that they are part of. With these points in mind, we want to help move the conversation forward. Whether we choose to see it or not, all people are negatively affected by sexual assault and a culture that tolerates it. We are confident that a community as vibrant and progressive as ours will be both willing and capable of working with us to create a safe, inclusive environment for all
its members. We do not seek to lecture or scorn; rather, we seek to work constructively and effectively with both university and community leaders in order to effectively address the very real issue of sexual assault. We stand in solidarity with the thousands of compassionate and rational people in our community who know that feminism is about equality of the sexes, who recognize that non-consensual sex is always rape, and who are aware that rape culture exists and needs to be corrected. We are confident in the ability of this community to swiftly identify and then effectively intervene in situations that may lead to sexual assault. We encourage all members of the community to take advantage of university educational programs such as Take Back the Night and It’s On Us, as well as the plethora of city resources such as the Crisis Center. Working together, we can end the problem of sexual assault and create a safe, inclusive, and tolerant society for the benefit of all. It’s On Us, Iowa City. By Oliver Hidalgo-Wohlleben and Kyra Seay on behalf of the UI Student Government. They thank Evan McCarthy, Rachel Zuckerman, Yeltsin Rodriguez, and all the members of UISG for their support and input for this opinion piece.
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AIB students mull $$$ Students who transfer from AIB to other Iowa universities could face a significant financial impact. By ALYSSA GUZMAN alyssa-guzman@uiowa.edu
AIB is $4,935. For the UI, it is $9,614, followed by $8,046 for UNI and $7,830 for ISU. Sallinen said that in his experiences, scholarships have been very significant. “I know most of the people that I’ve spoken to, especially out of state, the athletics and academic scholarships are extremely generous here,” he said. Both he and his roommate are on athletics scholarships. Meisner said approximately 70 percent of students have AIB-funded financial aid, and 90 percent of students receive some sort of financial aid other than student loans. Some AIB students are eligible for scholarships UI students may not be eligible for. “The students who attend AIB may qualify for a state program called the Iowa Tuition Grant Program that UI students do not have,” Warner said.
AIB College of Business will continue to operate until June 2016, giving students approximately 15 months to graduate. Jane Schorer Meisner, the AIB public-relations director, said a good number of students will be able to graduate from the school, but it will not accept a new freshman class. “I think our students are looking at options, and AIB is encouraging them to slow down and take time to review all their options,” Meisner said. AIB student Max Sallinen is finishing up a degree as a sophomore. “I am looking to go to a different school after the merger takes place,” he said. Brent Gage, the University of Iowa associate vice president for Enrollment Management, said the office of admissions has received a few inquiries from students who are interested in transferring. “It’s really an individual decision,” AIB Tuition he said. “So I think at this point it’s too early to tell [how many AIB students AIB students may face financial changes by transferring will transfer to the UI].” to the University of Iowa after the school closes in June UI Assistant Provost Mark Warner, 2016. the director of Student Financial Aid, • AIB tuition and fees: $15,600 said the students who are enrolled in • UI tuition and fees: in-state: $8,079, out-of-state: AIB would need to make an important $27,890 decision about their next steps in con• University of Northern Iowa tuition and fees: intinuing their education. state: $7,749, out-of-state: $17,647 According to a report conducted by the • Iowa State University tuition and fees: In-state Iowa College Student Aid Commission $7,731, out-of-state: $20,617 for the 2014-15 academic year, tuition and fees for Iowa residents were $15,600 Source: Iowa College Student Aid Commission for AIB students, $8,079 for UI students, $7,749 for University of Northern Iowa students, and $7,731 for Iowa State University students. Because AIB is a private institution, out-of-state tuition is the same, but the UI tuition for nonresidents is $27,890. For students who transfer to the UI after AIB closes that means an increase of $12,290. Room and board on campus for stuAIB College of Business is seen on Feb. 9 in Des Moines. AIB was gifted to the University of Iowa, dents who attend and the UI hopes to make it into a regional regents center. (The Daily Iowan/Rebecca Morin)
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Walmart to raise pay By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO Associated Press
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart Stores Inc. hopes its decision to boost workers’ paychecks will help it boost its bottom line. The nation’s largest private employer announced on Thursday that it’s giving a raise to about half-million U.S. workers as part of a $1 billion investment that includes changes that Walmart says are aimed at giving workers more opportunities for advancement and more consistent schedules. The changes come as the company has faced increased pressure to pay its hourly employees more. But Walmart, which has been criticized for its messy stores and poor customer service, says it’s also focusing on recruiting and retaining better workers so that it can improve its business. The company has struggled with disappointing sales for most of the past two years, even though it posted better-than-expected results during the most recent holiday season. Walmart hopes that taking better care of its workers will lead to better-run stores, more satisfied customers and an increase in sales and profits. “What’s driving us is we want to create a great store experience for customers and do that by investing in our own people,” Doug McMillon, Walmart’s CEO, told the Associated Press during an interview two days ahead of the wage announcement at the company’s headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas. “A better store experience results in happier customers, resulting in stronger sales.” Walmart’s changes indicate that it is moving beyond relying on its hallmark everyday low prices to make it stand out in an increasingly crowded and competitive retail landscape and moving toward investing in its workers. The company had previously cut
back on staffing in stores two years ago in an effort to be more efficient. But the moves have backfired. Morale among workers was hurt at stores, employees weren’t able to quickly restock items on shelves, and shoppers came to expect unkempt stores. Walmart’s U.S. business, which accounts for 60 percent of its annual net sales of $482 billion, had declines or little growth for eight-straight quarters before the latest holiday period. And an annual survey by the American Customer Satisfaction Index, which polled 70,000 customers, found that Walmart’s customer satisfaction fell to the lowest level since 2007. “The stores are understaffed,” said Anthony Rodriguez, who has been pulled to do different jobs from being a bike assembler to sales floor associate at the Walmart Rosemead, California, because of low staffing. “Often, there is nobody in a department. A lot of customers get upset.”
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How to approach your move • First, make a lot of friends throughout the entire year leading up to your move. Don’t discriminate. You never know whose dad has a truck that they’ll lend you — or who will randomly bring beer. • Before you unpack at your new digs, make sure to write down everything that is wrong with the apartment so you don’t get charged for it later. Then as a precaution, write down those holes that you’re going to drill to mount your flat screen TV. (Also: write down those unavoidable footshaped indents you’ll probably make in the living walls from games of Naked Twister.) • If you live on the third floor, don’t even bother keeping your Great Aunt Gertrude’s couch. Just throw it off the balcony, and go buy another one for $10 at the Salvation Army. Your friends and local hoboes will thank you. • Act like moving out is a really sad, important event so that you can con your family into helping you move. Bonus: You’ll probably get go to Olive Garden afterward. • Lift with your knees AND your back. It’s a lot easier than lifting without them. • Even if you hated your landlord, clean your old place. You can always leave flaming bags of poo at her or his office or vandalize the halls after you get your full deposit back. Andrew R. Juhl t hanks Nathan Wulf for contributing the material for today’s Ledge.
today’s events • Brown Bag, “Woodpecker Cave 2014, a Transitional Year, Bioturbation and Slope Formation Processes,” Jim Enloe, noon, State Archaeologist Office • Piano Master Class, Asaf Zohar, 12:30 p.m., University Capitol Center Recital Hall • Biology Seminar, “Genome stability and instability in the repair of a broken chromosome,” Jim Haber, 4 p.m., 101 Biology Building East • Chinese New Year Celebration, 6 p.m., 1117 University Capitol Center • “Ending the Silence: A Conversation on Race & Privilege,” Darwin Turner Action Theater, 6 p.m., University Capitol Center Recital Hall
• Orchestra Invitational, 7 p.m., Riverside Recital Hall • Cinephil Film Festival, Le Bonheur d’Elza, 8 p.m., & Le Sommeil d’Or, 11 p.m., 348 IMU • Family Dinner, Workshop Series, 8 p.m., 172 Theater Building • Horrible Bosses 2, 8 & 11 p.m., IMU Iowa Theater • Speed Dating, 10 p.m., IMU Second-Floor Ballroom SUBMIT AN EVENT Want to see your special event appear here? Simply submit the details at: dailyiowan.com/pages/calendarsubmit.html
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Start something new. An opportunity to stabilize your financial situation will ease stress. Invest in your skills, ideas, and a solid moneymaking plan for the future. Long hours and hard work will pay off and bring you satisfaction. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Offer help to a local organization; an opportunity will develop. You will meet someone who shares your concerns and interests. Together you can make a contribution that will bring you peace of mind and boost your confidence and reputation. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Be careful how you react to emotional situations. Don’t stretch the truth to avoid dealing with something. You will be blamed for meddling or withholding information. Honesty is the best policy. Say what’s on your mind, and move on. CANCER (June 21-July 22): You will be attracted to people, places, and things that are unusual or unfamiliar to you. Gathering more financial information will help you make choices that will help you achieve your monetary goals. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You are adaptable and ready to take on whatever comes your way. Indulge in challenges that make you think, and act quickly. Don’t let generosity be your downfall. Spend your money on something that offers you good value. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Handle partnerships, negotiations, and money matters with care. Be mindful of what others are entitled to for a deal to be worthwhile. Withholding information will work against you. Make a commitment, and honor your promises. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Put your time and effort into your professional goals. Share your ideas and suggestions, and look for a way to incorporate a small-business plan into your schedule. Working two jobs will allow you to build a solid financial future. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Take advantage of any opportunity to travel and network. The people you meet now will be instrumental in your being hired for prospective jobs. An unusual change at home will be challenging initially, but an innovative approach will lead to victory. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Put emotions aside regardless of what transpires. Focus on your physical health and wellness. Working to improve your surroundings or secure your future prospects will be what leads to satisfaction and success. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Avoid anyone showing signs of confusion, erratic behavior, or impulsive actions. Stick to what you know, and take whatever route is necessary to reach your destination without conflict. Use experience to avoid personal or professional loss or status. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’ll have plenty of imaginative ideas to mull over. Pick and choose what will bring the highest returns and the most satisfaction. Someone special will offer you recognition for your accomplishments, skills, and talents. Financial gains can be made. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You will have trouble controlling your emotions. Your eagerness to please will be taken advantage of by someone with ulterior motives. Romance will cause confusion and a false sense of security. Ask questions, and offer honest suggestions and answers.
Thank God men cannot fly and lay waste to the sky as well as the earth. — Henry David Thoreau
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13 points on 4-of-7 from the floor. “I thought we were active defensively, especially the first 12 minutes … Those were two of our main points on the board coming into the game.” And as it frequently happens with a team that has the ability to run-and-gun such as Iowa, that activity led to easy buckets on the other end of the floor. As White noted, the Hawkeyes planned to get those quick baskets after making stops. Iowa finished with 26 combined points off of turnovers and the
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third, and fifth. Nebraska is the next-closest at 10th, and Illinois, Northwestern, Wisconsin, and Michigan make up 12 through 15. Four of those teams — the Hawkeyes, Gophers, Buckeyes, and Fighting Illini — will be in action this weekend at the National Duals, set to start Saturday with the quarterfinals at noon in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Even more intriguing, though, is that, should all teams win their respective duals at noon, the event could just go ahead and change its name to “Big Ten Duals,” as all four programs would advance to the semifinals and claim all the hardware. “It could happen,” Ohio State coach Tom Ryan said. “That’s just the reality.” Of the four teams competing, Illinois might have the toughest quarterfinal dual, if only because it must get through unbeaten Missouri, the 2 seed that, on paper, is favored in seven of the 10 individual bouts. Iowa, Ohio State, and Minnesota are all the favorites in their first-round matchups. But even then, Illinois coach Jim Heffernan said the Big Ten doesn’t need all four teams into the semifinals to prove its superiority. “I don’t think the Big Ten has to prove itself on the national level,” he said. “It’s kind of known in the wrestling world that the Big Ten is the deepest and has the most highend teams. Without question, we have the most All-Americans every year.” Heffernan said the Big Ten began to distance itself from the rest of the country the moment Dan Gable took over as Iowa’s
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fast break. Not a bad tally considering the Hawkeyes scored just 20 points of that variety in their last two games combined. “Believe us; we’re trying to run, but a lot of teams are doing what they can to stop that,” White said “…But kind of what [assistant coach Sherman Dillard] and Coach Fran [McCaffery] told us was that they don’t put it together in transition … so that’s where our opportunities were available.” Yes, Rutgers suffered its 17th loss overall and its 12th in the Big Ten Thursday, but a 34-point margin of victory in a Big Ten game still carries a considerable amount of weight, and
the Hawkeyes did take advantage of those opportunities White described. Perhaps a blowout victory was what Iowa needed, though time will tell whether that’s the case or not. But after a week of frustrating play, it has to be gratifying for the Hawkeyes to execute and impose their will on an opponent as it did in Carver-Hawkeye on Thursday night. “For us to beat them like that says something,” Uthoff said. “We kind of got them sideways, you know? And it just kind of snowballed from there.” Follow @dannyapayne on Twitter for news, updates, and analysis about the Iowa men’s basketball team.
Iowa guard Peter Jok and Rutgers guard Mack Myles collide in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Thursday. Iowa defeated Rutgers, 81-47. (The Daily Iowan/Tessa Hursh)
points, scoring 20 points on Rutgers’ 19 turnovers. “They have some guys that can make plays themselves,” Iowa head coach Fran McCaffery said. “But again, it comes down to we got consecutive stops and we got some run-outs, and I thought we executed.” What made Iowa’s offense so successful before its recent two-game skid was movement and the Hawkeyes’ ability to get the ball in the paint and convert. Against Rutgers, that re-emerged. The Hawkeye frontcourt of Aaron White, Jarrod Uthoff, Gabe Olaseni, and Woodbury combined for 46 points on 16-of-28 shooting, 19 rebounds, 5 assists, and just 1 turnover.
Their play helped the Hawkeyes out-rebound Rutgers, 39-33. And although McCaffery noted he would like to see Iowa give up fewer offensive rebounds — Rutgers had 11 — rebounding was the only statistical category in which the Scarlet Knights competed with Iowa. “I think that’s who we are,” McCaffery said about Iowa’s inside game. “You know, you want to kind of do that every game and establish it, like you said, and then also mix it up.” Likewise, Iowa’s defense returned to form, forcing Rutgers to shoot just 32.7 percent from the field, 22.7 percent from 3-point range, all while not fouling. Then Hawks sent the Scarlet Knights to the free-throw line just 13 times — six of
which they converted. Iowa also added 13 steals, the second-most this season and most in conference play. “I thought we did pretty well,” White said. “I thought our press could have been a little better … but other than that, I thought we were pretty active.” After halftime, the game itself was far from competitive. Iowa nearly outscored Rutgers’ game point total in just one half — 47 to 42. This lead gave way to some sloppy play in the second half — turnovers and Rutgers offensive rebounds, among other things, none of the mistakes catastrophic enough to have any real effect on the end result.
Iowa walked away as clearly the superior team. In fact it was the biggest margin of victory against a Big Ten team since McCaffery took over at Iowa. Was there any extra satisfaction from knowing that? “That’s kind of irrelevant
to me as long as we win,” McCaffery said. “I just want my guys to compete, and play hard, and execute, and win. They did that.”
IOWA HAWKEYES (81) MIN FG 3P Uthoff 25 5-9 2-4 White 28 4-7 0-0 Woodbury 13 3-4 0-0 Jok 19 4-9 3-5 Gesell 18 2-4 0-0 Olaseni 22 4-8 0-0 Rose 3 0-0 0-0 Oglesby 17 1-3 1-3 Clemmons 19 1-4 0-1 Dickerson 8 2-3 1-1 Denning 7 0-1 0-1 Ukah 5 0-0 0-0 Uhl 16 4-7 1-2 TEAM TOTALS 200 30-59 8-17
RUTGERS SCARLET KNIGHTS (47) MIN FG 3P FT RB Etou 14 1-4 0-2 0-0 2 Jack 15 1-7 0-2 0-0 3 Lewis 22 1-4 0-0 4-6 7 Daniels 13 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 Mack 21 4-6 3-5 0-0 0 Kone 12 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 Okoro 11 2-7 1-4 0-0 2 Williams 15 1-5 1-3 0-0 1 Dadika 11 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 Zurich 12 0-0 0-0 0-2 1 Foreman 26 4-9 0-0 2-3 8 Hyde 5 0-1 0-1 0-2 0 Batie 8 0-3 0-3 0-0 3 Doorson 15 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 2 TEAM TOTALS 200 24-59 5-22 6-13 33
force in the running game and at a minimum becomes a dominant guard.” Most mock drafts have Scherff going ninth overall to the New York Giants, who ranked 23rd in the nation last season in team rushing yards.
The hope is that Scherff will immediately change that. And if his accolades at Iowa say anything, he can. He was a two-time All-Big Ten tackle, a consensus All-American this season as well as the win-
ner of the Outland Trophy, which goes to the nation’s best offensive lineman. Whenever he’s drafted, which should occur sooner rather than later, he wants to add to that list of accomplishments. “I think the Giants [who
currently hold the No. 9 overall pick] can count on immediate dividends from Scherff as either a right tackle or a guard right out of the gate,” Kiper wrote. “He’s one of the more dominant run-blocking linemen we’ve seen in the draft in the last
coach, in 1976. Over the next 21 season, Gable’s teams won 15 NCAA titles — including streaks of nine (from 1978-86) and three (twice, from 1991-93 and 1995-97). “Everybody chased them,” Heffernan said. “If you have the standard of the sport in your conference, everybody is going to chase you and work that much harder and smarter to catch you. “And it keeps getting deeper and deeper.” The Big Ten won just five NCAA team titles dating back to 1928 before Gable took over in Iowa City. Since that 197677 season, the conference has been a force, winning 28 of the next 38 NCAA titles. Only three teams combined to win those other 10 —Iowa State, Arizona State, and Oklahoma State — and the Cowboys won seven of them. More recently, Big Ten teams have won the last eight NCAA titles. Penn State has won the last four under Cael Sanderson. Iowa won three straight before that, from 2008-2010, and Minnesota won in 2007. The league looks primed to win its ninthstraight national crown this year, with Iowa, Minnesota, and Ohio State all ready to scrap for the NCAA title come March — though Missouri might have some input before it’s all said and done. At the front of the pack, though, are the Hawkeyes, who have taken on and defeated all comers during this 2014-15 season. Iowa coach Tom Brands would prefer it be his team that ends up on top of the heap at the end of the NCAA championships on March 21. Before then, he’d prefer to just win everything that’s left — and it starts with this weekend’s National Duals.
“It’s the next event,” Brands said. “It doesn’t matter if you’re doing well or not. Win the next event — and, really, be ready to conquer the next event. “That’s the best philosophy you can go forward with.” Follow @codygoodwin on Twitter for updates, news, and analysis about the Iowa wrestling team.
2015 National Duals When: Saturday-Feb. 2 Where: Carver-Hawkeye Watch: Semifinals, Finals on Big Ten Network Listen: 800 AM KXIC Follow: @codygoodwin, @jordyhansen
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few years, and he brings experience and the ability to take on the job like a professional right away.” Follow @JacobSheyko on Twitter for updates, news, and analysis about the Iowa football team.
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Baseball heads south, seeking offense The Iowa baseball team is set to play Arkansas Little Rock and Missouri State this weekend. By IAN MURPHY ian-murphy@uiowa.edu
Weather might have moved the games farther south, but the Hawkeye baseball team’s objective remains the same — win. The Hawkeyes will play in Grand Prairie, Texas, rather than Little Rock, Arkansas, this weekend after weather concerns forced the game south. However, location does not concern the Hawkeyes, and they will try to use last weekend’s slate of games for ways to improve, specifically at the plate. Head coach Rick Heller and senior Nick Day said the team needs to be more aggressive at the plate, especially on fastballs. “We came out a little flat, offensively,” Day said. “We swung through a lot of fastballs, we took a lot of fastballs last weekend.” Heller had a similar belief. “I thought offensively we took a lot of fastballs in fastball counts,” he said. Heller and Day were not alone — even the pitchers had similar thoughts. “We were obviously expecting some offense; obviously, that’s what everyone was expect-
ing,” junior Luke Vandermaten said. “Our offense didn’t contribute as much as we want it to; we know that [the hitters] still have it.” Heller said his team left too many players on base and did not execute with runners in scoring position. Day noted the pitching picked up the slack last weekend, in which the Hawks took two of three. But what the offense lacked in Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda, Florida — Iowa had 12 runs and 21 hits in the three games, but just 3 hits against Kansas State — the Hawkeyes made up for with pitching in the final two games. “The pitching was really good for the first time out, pitching on dirt mounds and things they’re not used to,” Heller said. “I felt like we got better each day.” The pitchers performed well, and the defense backed them up: Iowa allowed merely 8 runs in the three games. Heller praised the defense, noting that the team has had limited opportunity to practice, scrimmage, or play outside, save for last weekend and the warm days in January. “It seemed like guys
Some of the Iowa baseball team huddles during the baseball media day in the Indoor Practice Facility on Feb. 3. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert) were reading the ball way better than they normally do this time of year,” Heller said. The Hawkeyes will get another chance at playing outside this weekend in Texas, where 1-2 Little Rock and 3-0 Missouri State await them.
Little Rock gave up 16 runs in a loss to Evansville in its last outing, and Missouri State beat Washington State, 12-0. With last weekend’s success in the rearview mirror, the Hawkeyes are ready for another strong outing this weekend.
“The Sun comes up the next day, you wipe it away and get back to work,” Heller said. “The constant has to be your effort.” Follow @IanfromIowa on Twitter for news, updates, and analysis about the Iowa baseball team.
Iowa baseball Where: Grand Prairie & Plano, Texas When: 11 a.m. today & Saturday, noon Feb. 22
Some tracksters head to Notre Dame to compete The Iowa track and field team is scheduled to travel to Notre Dame to compete this weekend. By COURTNEY BAUMANN courtney-baumann@uiowa.edu
As a final preparation for the Big Ten indoor meet, members of the Iowa track and field will travel to South Bend, Indiana, for the Alex Wilson Invitational. With the Big Tens quickly approaching, not every Hawkeye will make the trip to Notre Dame. In order to make sure everyone is fresh and ready to go for the Big Tens on Feb. 27-28, long-distance runners and throwers will stay in Iowa City. “Some of the distance runners will rest and just kind of get ready for the Big Ten meet, and some of our field event athletes are going to rest up, too,” Director of Track and Field Joey Woody said. “We’ll take more of our sprinters and 400 [meter] runners
who just need another race to tune up.” For the sprint groups, running on Notre Dame’s track will be helpful in preparing for the Big Ten meet. At one-fifth of a mile, Notre Dame has one of the largest indoor tracks in the country. The track is about 20 meters longer than the one the Hawkeyes will run on at the Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio, for the Big Tens. Sophomore Mahnee Watts said the larger track would allow her and her teammates to open up more during their races. “It’s weird running an 800 race on a 200 track. It’s shorter, and there’s not really enough room to move,” the Bettendorf native said. “But now
being on a 300 track, it’s a lot bigger. Heading to Notre Dame is just an awesome opportunity to go and run on a 300 track and feel it out before Big Tens.” Watts also said the extended track will ben-
Big Ten indoor meet in the 400, would like to see a decrease in her time at Notre Dame in hopes that it will transfer to the conference tournament. “My fastest 400 is [53.92], so I’m trying to see if I can run a low 53,” the sophomore said. “Then when Big Tens come, hopefully, I can run a 52. So that extra meet just helps us to get out there and hopefully qualify for nationals.” For the third weekend in a row, Iowa will be up against tough competition. Seven other Big Ten teams will be at the Wilson Invitational — Indiana, Purdue, Michigan, and Michigan State, as well as top-ranked teams Illinois, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. Track powerhouses Arkansas, Texas, and Florida State will also be in attendance.
‘When we get to the Big Ten meet it won’t be anything they’re not used to.’ — Jason Wakenight, coach efit other races as well, such as the 1,600-meter relay and longer races, because the runners will have the ability to open up more. Along with the advantage of running on a longer track, others see the upcoming meet as one last opportunity to put up a better time and possibly personal bests. Elexis Guster, who placed third at last year’s
Swimmers sit in 8th at Big Tens Hawk swimmers fall short, settling for fifth place as their best showing. By ROD ENGBLOM roderick-engblom@uiowa.edu
Day Two finished at the Big Ten championships on Thursday, with the 200-free relay, 500 freestyle, 200 medley, 50 freestyle, and 1-meter diving. The Hawkeyes finished ninth in the 200-free relay, fifth in the 500 free, eighth in the 200 medley, and 23rd in the 50 free.
Senior Becky Stoughton took fifth in the 500 free with a time of 4:40.24 acquiring 14 points for the team score. Stoughton just fell short of the preliminary time of 4:40.23 she had set in the morning. Sophomore Emma Sougstad placed eighth in in the 200 medley with a time of 1:59.70, scoring 11 points for the team but falling short of her preliminary time of 1:58.74.
The team is scheduled to compete in the 400-medley relay, 400 medley, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 backstroke, and 3-meter diving today. Iowa sits in eighth place with 102 points after Thursday’s events. Minnesota leads with 232.5 points. The Hawkeyes will be back at it today at 11 a.m. for preliminaries and 5:30 p.m. for finals.
Follow @RodEngblom on Twitter for news, updates, and analysis about the Iowa women’s swimming and diving team.
of five home-and-home series as well as eight single-game matchups, four home and four away. 2016 will see the Hawkeyes host Maryland and Rutgers for the first time since joining the Big Ten. The Hawks will also play host to Illinois, Ohio State, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, and Purdue. Iowa will host Wisconsin (Feb. 26) and Minnesota (March 1) next week to
conclude the regular season. — by Ryan Rodriguez
basketball conference season. Iowa men’s basketball will play Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Penn State, and Purdue home and away in 2016. The remaining teams will only meet with the Hawkeyes once. Iowa will play Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, and Wisconsin at home, and travel to play Illinois, Maryland, Ohio State, and Rutgers. — by Jacob Sheyko
Big Ten women’s swimming and diving championships When: All day today and Saturday Where: Columbus, Ohio
SPORTS Women’s basketball Big Ten schedule announced The Big Ten announced the single play and home-and-home matchups for the 2016 Big Ten women’s basketball season on Thursday. All 14 teams in the Big Ten will play 18 conference games consisting
Men’s conference slate announced On Thursday, the Big Ten announced each team’s home and away, and single-play home or away designations for the 2016 men’s
“The competition level is very high quality, and even though it’s not the exact same teams, it’s going to be similar intensities to the race paces that the team saw in Arkansas,” mid-distance and relays coach Jason Wakenight said. “I also think that going there will get people into the mentality that they need to compete at a championship level in a championship atmosphere.
“When we get to the Big Ten meet, it won’t be anything they’re not used to.” Follow @cbomb12 on Twitter for news, analysis, and updates on the Iowa track and field team.
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MEN’S BASKETBALL
IOWA 81, RUTGERS 47
Good night, Knights
Iowa forward Aaron White dunks the ball against Rutgers in Carver-Hawkeye on Thursday. White scored 13 points, and Iowa defeated Rutgers, 81-47. (The Daily Iowan/Tessa Hursh)
Iowa snapped its two-game losing streak, and it did so in dominating fashion against Rutgers.
FEATURE By DANNY PAYNE daniel-payne-1@uiowa.edu
Much of the talk coming into Iowa’s date with Rutgers Thursday night was about the team’s offensive play. In their last two games, both losses, the Hawkeyes didn’t work the ball inside — and when they did, they couldn’t finish at the rim. There were even times when they passed up open shots.
But what about the defense? Sure, the Hawkeyes needed work on that end of the floor, but offen-
RECAP sive concerns prevailed. But just as it had planned, Iowa’s defense in Thursday’s 81-47 thumping of Rutgers was crucial in the team’s 16th win of the season. “It was activity. Was it picture perfect? Probably not. But there was activity,” Iowa coach Fran McCaferry said about his team’s effort defending its basket. “There were rotations. There was ball pressure … It comes down to we got consecutive stops, and we got some runouts, and I thought we executed.” Iowa was able to force 7 turnovers in the game’s first eight minutes and 45 seconds while holding Rutgers to only 9 points on 3-of-10 from the field.
That performance was the opposite of the Hawkeyes’ last game, when they allowed Northwestern to knock some shots down early and gain confidence in what was ultimately a 66-61 overtime loss. But against an inferior opponent, Iowa was able to jump passing lanes and use active hands to pester a Scarlett Knight anytime he touched the ball. In that first stretch of the game, Iowa racked up 5 steals — three of which came from forward Jarrod Uthoff. “Defense and our running game,” said Aaron White, who finished with
Just about everything that Iowa did wrong against Northwestern in the 66-61 loss on Feb 15, it corrected Thursday night against Rutgers, defeating the Big Ten basement-dwelling Scarlet Knights, 81-47. Whereas the Northwestern game was stagnant and included a slow start on Iowa’s end, its latest win saw the Hawkeyes storm out of the gate and keep their foot on the pedal on both ends of the floor. For center Adam Woodbury, the difference was simple.
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2015 NFL SCOUTING COMBINE
Scherff set for high pick in draft
Brandon Scherff will get drafted; what position he will play is still up in the air, however. By JACOB SHEYKO jacob-sheyko@uiowa.edu
For former Iowa offensive lineman Brandon Scherff, it really never was a question of if he would be taken it the NFL draft, it was a matter of when. That was the whole purpose of him forgoing the draft following his junior year and returning for his senior season at Iowa. He felt he could improve, as he noted several times. Hence, by making those improvements, he would likely be picked earlier. Regarded by many as the top offensive lineman in this draft class, Scherff will be drafted, likely within the top 10. The only question now is whether his future will be at tackle — where he played for the better part of his last three seasons at Iowa — or at guard. “As far as offensive line is concerned, I have Brandon Scherff as my top offensive lineman,” NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock said on a Feb. 16 conference call. “… I think his best position, because of his power, his toughness, his football sense, is inside. I think he’s an All-Pro guard. But that doesn’t mean he can’t play tackle in the NFL.” Mayock’s opinion on Scherff is far from uncommon. In fact, Scherff moving to guard seems to be the general consensus, for several reasons. Scherff excelled this past season in the running game, often making highlight-reel blocks from the tackle position. However, on several occasions,
By JACOB SHEYKO jacob-sheyko@uiowa.edu
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NWCA NATIONAL DUALS
Wrestling = Big Ten Four Big Ten teams will wrestle on Saturday, and if they win their respective quarterfinal duals, they’ll claim all the hardware at this weekend’s National Duals. By CODY GOODWIN cody-goodwin@uiowa.edu
Aside from his big frame, Scherff measured in at the NFL Scouting Combine with 33.375-inch arms, and 11-inch hands. One of the players Scherff is often compared with, former Iowa lineman Riley Reiff, has 33.25-inch arms. He was selected 23rd overall in the 2012 NFL draft by the Detroit Lions. “Scherff is what I’d call a high-floor addition on the offensive line,” ESPN’s
The Big Ten does not need an introduction when it comes to wrestling. It does not need to prove anything. It does not need to boast. The league’s dominance in college wrestling spans decades — yes, decades — and is viewed through the same lens that a casual fan might see football in the SEC. But, really, SEC football doesn’t even sniff what Big Ten wrestling teams have been able to accomplish. Brands Just this season head coach alone, the league crowds the top of Flowrestling’s team rankings. Iowa leads the way, followed by Minnesota, Ohio State, and Penn State in second,
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Iowa offensive linemen Brandon Scherff and Conor Boffeli block Minnesota defensive lineman Yoshoub Timms at TCF Bank Stadium on Sept. 28, 2013, in Minneapolis. (The Daily Iowan/File Photo) the 6-5, 320-pound Denison native struggled in pass protection against laterally quick defensive ends. “[Scherff] will default to sumo-style power push rather than leg churning at times,” says Scherff ’s NFL.com draft profile. “Not a grab-and-control pass protector. Opens the gate earlier than you would like against edge-rushers offering two-way goes.” Either way, Scherff ’s body sizes up to having an immediate effect on whatever team he’s drafted by.