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The search for an armed man who triggered a HawkAlert on Wednesday morning ended when he was found dead later in the day in Washington County.

The unnamed 64 year-old was apparently reported missing at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, and police officials were told he left his residence at 8 a.m. that day, according to a release.

The incident is being investigated as a suicide by the Washington police and the Washington County

Sheriff’s Office.

Prior to officials’ location of the suspect, Iowa City police Sgt. Denise Brotherton said, the Johnson County Joint Emergency Communications Center received the first call around 8 a.m.

Wednesday, telling police officials to look out for a missing man.

Fewer than two hours later, Washington County officials said the man was possibly armed and near Iowa City’s City Park.

Chuck Green, the assistant vice president for the UI police, said university police were informed of the gunman at approximately 10

a.m. and sent out the HawkAlert within five minutes of receiving the information.

The HawkAlert advised people to “remain indoors and away from the area.”

A second HawkAlert was released around 11 a.m., informing the university that both Iowa City and UI police had searched for the suspect but were unsuccessful.

Finally, around noon Wednesday, Brotherton said in an email she “just heard on radio that the subject from Washington [County they] were looking for in City Park has been located.”

Four Iowa City School District schools — Longfellow Elementary, Mann Elementary, Shimek Elementary, and Lincoln Elementary — were under a soft lockdown for a short amount of time Wednesday after hearing information about the alert.

Superintendent Steve Murley said officials responded accordingly.

“Our lockdown was very short, but we like to air on the side of caution,” Murley said.

Green said his department only received a handful of calls concerning the incident on Wednesday.

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UI stresses women’s heart health Speaker More than 1 out of 4 deaths in Iowa are due to heart disease.

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Women are suffering from a “silent epidemic” — heart disease.

University of Iowa health officials plan to end the silence by creating a women’s health program, set to launch in around six months.

“I’m hoping — of course I’m hoping — I’m hoping that we can identify women [with heart disease],” said Jennifer Long, clinical director for the UI Heart and Vascular Center. “As we kick this off full-time, we’ll have a program focused on women to come to and provide more education at that time.”

The UI Heart and Vascular Center is collaborating with the Gynecology Department to identify women who may be at risk through surveys.

Long said the survey asks about four or five different questions, and if officials identify a heart disease risk, they will recommend the patient see

Foreign-policy experts and peace activists here and around the country say the technological advancement of warfare is very disturbing.

“This war on terror is really an imperialist war, and it’s really destroying us from the inside,” said Brian Terrell, an international peace activist.

Terrell spoke to a group of more than 40 locals Wednesday night at a forum on drone policy in Iowa City. Terrell was recently deported from Bahrain, where he participated as an international observer for the anniversary of the Arab Spring.

The U.S. military and the CIA have launched more than 380 drone strikes since 2009, according to the libertarian think tank Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. Drones are unmanned, remote controlled planes used to assassinate

Pamela White talks with cardiologist James Martins after an EKG at the UI Heart and Vascular Center on Wednesday. Women and minorities are at a higher risk of cardiovascular disease than others. (The Daily Iowan/Ian Servin) someone in the heart center.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women in the United States, killing 420,000 women, Long said. That accounts for about 32 percent of all female deaths in Iowa, according to the American Heart Association.

According to a recent article in USA Today, women are less likely to get immediate heart attack treatment and are more likely to die in the hospital.

Tate said one reason is women often delay calling 911, 50 percent more than men,

mainly because they do not realize they are having a heart attack.

Many women mistake the symptoms of heart disease as the flu — 71 percent do not experience chest pains like men do.

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Renewable energy gets Elliott Beenk excited. Especially when music is involved.

Beenk, a UI senior engineering student and guitarist for the band Chasing Shade, plans to marry his two passions in a hybrid career. And he hopes his work so far might get him chosen as America’s Next Eco-Star.

The sponsors of this prestigious national award are the U.S. Department of Energy and SmartPower, a nonprofit marketing firm focusing on environmental issues. Winning the award would allow Beenk to travel to the 2012 Sustainable Futures Academy in Salzburg, Austria this summer; it would also bring recognition to the UI for its sustainability efforts. President Sally Mason would also be invited to the Academy if he wins.

“I have gained great experience and resources here at the University of Iowa,” said Beenk, who is an intern with the UI’s Office of Sustainability, and works directly with their Vision 2020 project. “If I won this award, I would be able to gain international knowledge and learn how sustainability affects other parts of the country.”

Beenk, who possesses a shock of long, red curly hair, is one of several other candidates up for the award, which is now in the “public phase,” meaning fans can vote for their favorite contestant via the UI’s Sustainability at Iowa page.

His vision is to promote environmentalism among

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Elliott Beenk observes the situation during a research trip to the Louisiana salt marshes following the BP oil spill. Beenk is an engineering student at the UI and also plays in the band Chasing Shade. (Contributed Photo) India,” she said. “Just last musicians and at music festivals. Last summer the 21year, he helped develop a Elliott Beenk year-old started a sustainwater-sustainability score• Age: 21 able consulting company card for John Deere with • Hometown: DeWitt, Iowa that works with concerts plans for international • Major: Mechanical engiand music festivals to implementation. This is neering, starting master’s in increase environment effiwhy I think he stands out environmental engineering ciency. And he’s had some from other candidates he is • Favorite Scientist: success — as shown by the running against.”

Jerry Schnoor Professor implementation of a recyBeenk has also spent • Favorite Genre of Music: cling and compost program time in UI civil/environFunk-rock at Camp Euforia, an annual mental engineering Profes• Favorite Movie: Forrest independent music festival sor Jerry Schnoor’s lab.

Gump near Lone Tree. There, he “Elliott is a great and says, the program concandidate for qualified served 32 percent of the down and investigate and America’s next eco-star waste — a number he hopes contribute in person.”

Beenck already has a few because of his unique mix of to increase in the future. talents that he brings to His environmental fans. sustainability,” Schnoor Liz Christiansen, the adventures have also taken him outside Iowa’s borders director of the UI Office of said. “He is able to combine — perhaps most notably in Sustainability, says what his knowledge of engineerresearching the effects of makes Beenk stand out is ing with his interest in susthe BP oil spill on his enthusiasm to find a tainability.”

Asked whether he enjoys way to fit sustainability Louisiana salt marshes.

“This was a chance for into every aspect of his life. being outside, working on me to personally get She points to a number of the sustainability projects, Beenk laughed. “Yes, I do. involved and gain experi- his accomplishments.

“He helped develop a But I don’t know if it enjoys ence,” Beenk said. “This spill was shown all over the solar cooker with energy me,” he said, referencing his news, and I was able to go storage for use in rural red hair and fair skin.

Ed bill meant to spark discussion Four Iowa Republicans co-sponsor the education bill.

By KRISTEN EAST kristen-east@uiowa.edu

Republican legislators say a bill that would eliminate the Iowa Department of Education and the state Board of Education will lead to more discussion about the quality of students’ education.

Sen. Mark Chelgren, ROttumwa, said the bill — filed Tuesday by Sen. Brad Zaun, R-Urbandale — recognizes the failures of the state’s Education Department.

“It seems that the consolidation at the state level, as opposed to making education more efficient for the students of Iowa, has been detrimental both in quality of education and local control of officials at school,” said Chelgren, a cosponsor of the bill.

According to the proposal, most of the Education Department’s current responsibilities would be transferred to the Department of Human Services.

The bill would also place a significant amount of authority in the hands of

the state Board of Regents and the Board of Directors for Community Colleges.

According to the proposal, the regents would handle responsibilities such as teacher-qualification requirements and waiver provisions.

Regent Robert Downer said though he hasn’t looked at Zaun’s bill, the regents aren’t looking for any additional responsibilities at this time.

“I think the Board of Regents has a lot on its plate right now with the various things that are going on in the universities,” Downer said. “…

We’re not looking to take over responsibilities that are currently invested in the state education.”

GOP presidential-nomination candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, has called

for the elimination of the federal Department of Education. Paul has said he’d like to see education handled at the local level.

“In a free society, the responsibility is on the parents … It should be on the parents,” Paul told Boise Weekly on Feb. 18. “The founders didn’t immediately set up public schools. The idea that there would be less education or worse education is just a fallacy.”

Similar to Paul’s plans, Zaun’s bill focuses on giving parents more options to be actively involved in their children’s education, Chelgren said.

One Paul supporter thinks the state Department of Education, in some ways, mirrors the federal agency.

Blake Whitten, a University of Iowa statistics lecturer and faculty adviser for UI Youth for Ron Paul, said he hasn’t studied the state Education Department, but he believes education is best done locally.

“Even at the local level, my guess would be that a state department of education is more of a bureaucracy that hinders education,” he said.

But Jason Glass, the director of the state Department of Education, said there are no examples

that prove Zaun’s proposal would be effective.

“I think Sen. Zaun’s proposal is an ideologically driven overreaction,” Glass said.

Glass also said state funds delegated through the department to Iowa schools would have to be determined by another department.

Iowa senators also don’t believe the bill will survive much longer, and Sam Roecker — the Iowa Democratic Party’s communications director — declared the bill won’t get Democratic support.

Though Republicans may favor the bill because of Zaun’s stance on education issues, Roecker said.

“This isn’t just some random senator,” he said.

“When he introduces a bill, it’s not just one person introducing a bill. If [Republicans] don’t support this, they at least support the goal of this bill.”

But not all Republicans support the bill.

Sen. Shawn Hamerlinck, R-Dixon, said he has no intention of supporting the legislation.

“At this time, abolishing the very thing that we’re using to fulfill a larger education-reform package … we shouldn’t be trying to abolish it,” he said.

Buren St., was charged on Feb. 18 with PAULA, public intoxication, and interference with official acts.

Marisela Castaneda , 19, West Liberty, was charged on Sunday with public intoxication.

Arnita Clark, 56, 2401 Highway 6 E., was charged on Feb. 1 with criminal trespass.

Robert Everette , 21, 717 E. Jefferson St., was charged on Tuesday with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance.

Taylor Gorney , 21, 2942 N. Dubuque St., was charged on Feb. 22 with OWI. Esau Guevara-Vasquez, 33, 563

Hawkeye Court, was charged on Sunday with criminal trespass.

Christopher Guo, 20, 308 Ridgeland Ave., was charged on Feb. 18 with public intoxication and falsifying drivers licenses.

Aaron Hoefle , 21, 620 E. Bloomington St., was charge on Tuesday with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Brian Jorgenson, 25, 1100 W. Benton St., was charged on Feb. 20 with OWI. Hayley Lipes, 20, 4255 Oakleaf Lane, was charged on Feb. 22 with PAULA. Christopher Lundin, 18, W112

Hillcrest, was charged on Feb. 18 with public intoxication.

Alex Main, 21, 717 E. Jefferson St., was charged on Tuesday with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance.

Paul McIntire, 28, North Liberty, was charged on Feb. 18 with OWI. Colin McCaffery , 22, 717 E. Jefferson St., was charged on Tuesday with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance.

Shannon McDonald, 22, North Liberty, was charged on Feb. 22 with public intoxication.

Zackery Miller, 19, 1843 Hollywood Court, was charged on Feb. 18 with public intoxication.

Education bill The education bill would eliminate the Iowa Department of Education and State Board of Education. Powers would be moved to: • Community colleges • State Board of Regents • Department of Human Services Source: Iowa Legislature

BLOTTER Karen Anderson, 30, 810 Benton Drive, was charged on Feb. 18 with public urination.

Timothy Anderson, 22, 717 E. Jefferson St., was charged on Tuesday with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver.

Braden Andros, 19, 238 Rienow, was charged on Sunday with possession of a controlled substance.

Bryan Bejarano-Mareno, 18, West Liberty, was charged on Sunday with OWI and possession of a controlled substance.

Miguel Blanco, 22, West Liberty, was charged on Tuesday with fifth-degree theft.

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alleged terrorist.

Foreign-policy experts say the President Obama’s use of the drones violates his Constitutional power.

Nat Hentoff, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, said there is nothing in the Constitution giving the president the power to approve the killings — which, he believes amounts to President Obama

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for the American Heart Association. “Symptoms that [women] might experience are so vague, it may be hard to identify.”

Women experience jaw pain, pain across the shoulders, nausea, and fatigue.

The Iowa Department of Public Health’s goal is to increase public awareness

becoming an American dictator.

“Most of these assassinations take place far away from battlefield,” Hentoff said. “Because so much of

this goes outside of the battlefield, how does this administration justify this?

This is really one of the worst breaking of American laws in history.”

But Terry Dahms, the head of the Johnson County Democrats, said he thinks the drones are much more economical than fighter jets.

“Anytime unarmed civilians are harmed or killed is very unfortunate, and no one would condone military actions that do harm unarmed civilians, but this is all very complicated,” he said.

“We don’t often know the full

story and probably the answer is, if we don’t want civilians to be killed, then we shouldn’t have the war.There are no simple solutions.”

Dahms defended Obama’s drone policy.

“To lay this on President Obama’s doorstep is a bit of a stretch,” he said. “Yes, he is commander in chief, but he’s not the one calling all the shots. He’s not the one ordering these drones to attack.”

On Wednesday, Terrell said the use of the drones is separating the soldier from the battlefield. “[But] when there is no

of signs and symptoms of heart attack.

Lisa Tate, the chief executive officer for WomenHeart, a national coalition for women with heart disease, said another way to prevent fatalities from heart disease is through CPR training.

“One of the key things among young people, especially on a college campus, is teaching people CPR,” she said. “That is something that can benefit a whole community; young people aren’t only around young people, they’re

around teachers, administrators — so you’re around a lot of people where a heart attack can occur.”

Health Iowa health educator Heidi Bohall said the organization hasn’t had any Student Health specific events about heart disease, but she hopes students will utilize the Iowa Redwatch Band program to increase CPR training.

The UI Heart and Vascular Center plans to reach out to more UI campus organizations to educate the younger population about heart health issues.

Tate said while heart disease death rates has been going down over the last decade, the only heart disease deaths that are increasing are younger women ages 35 to 50. “[People] should educate themselves for themselves, as well as the women they love — their mothers, their aunts, their sisters,” Tate said. “While heart disease in very young women isn’t common, the risk factors are things that you should pay attention to — take preventative steps now.”

for her outstanding service.

Each scholarship applicant was required to serve a minimum of 10 service hours and to submit a 500- to 1,000-word essay explaining her of his service.

Competing against four other UI finalists, Nicklaus showed outstanding service by volunteering at Miracles in Motion, a therapeutic stable that helps people with

disabilities heal through horses.

Nicklaus started working at Miracles in Motion in August 2006.

“It’s great, it’s wonderful, I love volunteering,” she said. “It makes students [with disabilities] happy; you never have a bad day at Miracles. They have so much fun it’s really just infectious.”

Nicklaus said she was

impressed by the support from the community, her family, and friends.

“The response ended up being a lot bigger than I thought it would be,” she said. “I thought there might be a chance I would win. I wasn’t expecting to, but I’m happy I did.”

— by Jenny Earl

Warfare The U.S. has accelerated its drone weapon use: • 239 drone strikes in Pakistan since 2009 • 145 drone strikes during the NATO operation in Libya • Drone infrastructures spread over six countries on two continents.

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METRO Woman charged with theft, interference A Cedar Rapids woman has charged with stealing from a store and interfering with law enforcement.

According to a Johnson County Sheriff’s Office complaint, Jennifer Steadman, 42, was charged on Feb. 13 with thirddegree theft and interference with official acts.

Steadman allegedly was observed by store loss-prevention staff stealing two jackets and leaving the store.

She then allegedly fled, leading officers on a chase, and was eventually stopped.

Third-degree theft is an aggravated misdemeanor, punishable by up to two years in jail and a maximum fine of $6,250.

Interference with official acts is a simple misdemeanor, punishable by up to 30 days in jail and a maximum fine of $625.

— by Conrad Swanson

UI grad student wins ‘Live Big’ scholarship The winner of the 2011 University of Iowa Big Ten Network’s “Live Big” Scholarship was announced live last night at the Nebraska-Purdue men’s basketball game. Jennifer Nicklaus, a UI graduate teaching assistant in the Geography Department, received the $1,000 scholarship

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human interaction, we are moving very quickly toward where there will be no human heart, and it makes my blood run cold to see that a lot of Americans see that as an advantage,” he said.

According to the New York Times, the Pentagon has roughly 7,000 aerial drones, compared with fewer than 50 a decade ago.

David Cortright, a director of Policy Studies at the Kroc Institute for International peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, said the growth in use of

the new tool is inevitable.

“It has a seductive quality,” he said. “This new tool is now available. If you have someone you don’t like, you can blow them up.

It all seems too easy, and that’s something that we ought to be contemplating.”

Terrell said the drones require human control, but technological advances are headed toward independent warfare.

“Even though this is all very high-tech, I think because of the human cheapness of it, it makes it OK to kill non-Americans.”

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Shut off your phones, close your laptops, and live a little Facebook, Twitter, StumbleUpon— they’re all highly counterproductive.

As students, we’re quite experienced in the ways of procrastination, and social SAMUEL CLEARY networking has, undoubtsamuel-cleary@uiowa.edu edly, made the situation worse. What began as a way to unite people, a revolution in communication and social interaction, seems to have put us all under some maddening spell.

I think most would agree that for the average young adult, social networking is a problem. It’s almost instinctual — the moment we flip open our laptops or take our smartphones out of our pockets, our immediate reaction is to load our Facebook pages, check our email, or survey any recent tweets. In May 2011 alone, Americans spent 53.5 billion minutes on Facebook. That’s more than 10,000 years of distraction in the matter of mere weeks.

Take, for instance, the story of Jake Reilly, a 24-yearold student from Chicago who decided that he spent far too much time on his computer and his cell phone. Reilly approached the problem in a way that most would deem crazy— he got rid of all of it. For 90 days, Reilly lived without a phone, without email, and without Facebook. What he found was that he had more time to spend on work and academics, more personal relationships with the people closest to him, and little distraction.

Yet, the problem is beginning to reach beyond mere distraction. In reality, a tool that was originally intended to break down the barriers that separate us seems to be pushing us further and further away from gaining an understanding of what it means to be human and what it means to communicate. Instead of stating the obvious — that the addiction to social networking is an impediment to productivity — it’s time to begin to consider the long-term and overtly negative effects that a dependence on technological communication has on the human experience.

The way in which we foster our relationships has changed. Phone calls are becoming increasingly obsolete. Letters are dead. Contact and communication, for most, means the tapping of keys and the click of a mouse. As our ability to communicate over long distances for extended periods of time, the distance between us is actually increasing. The depersonalization of communication in the past five years alone has shown serious regression in the actual humanity of our society and our culture.

As we begin to depend on a machine for interaction, our technological literacy increases and our ability to foster and maintain real relationships dwindles. In a sense, sites such as Facebook and Twitter are controlling entities, not only in the sense of time but in the sense of social values. The ability to post statuses has created a severe cult of inflated egotism in the psyche of

the American youth.

In seconds, we can tell the world what we’re doing at any given moment. The capability of sites to allow users to upload and share photo and video has been detrimental to the intentions that govern how we socialize.

When’s the last time you were at a party where people weren’t constantly pausing to take photos and shoot videos? The joy of being “social” seems to have shifted from the real world to the cyber world. College students should be “going out” on Fridays with the intention of enjoying themselves, not with the goal of creating a portfolio to show off to the world 12 hours later. It’s as if we’ve lost track of the meaning of relaxation, the meaning of friendship, the meaning of socializing.

Facebook, Twitter, even MySpace — for those of us who still use it — have all contributed to a widespread American egotism that basically screams, “I need to be heard.” Like all commodities of a capitalist system, such modes of communication are objects of widespread materialism and corporate profiteering. One on hand, users actively “build” a profile as they would a car or a home or career.

The motive behind the labor is to glow, to boast, to scream out to the world who you are — or who you want the world to think that you’ve become.

On the other, what we have are sites that essentially exploit individual users as free labor. While we spastically toil to update, upload, and “Like,” massive corporations around the world rake in millions of dollars in advertising and e-commerce.

Thus, the issue with social networking seems to be a multifaceted one. It contributes to low productivity, to the objectification and depersonalization of human interaction, to widespread materialistic egotism, and to corporate greed. Yet, it would be difficult and perhaps ludicrous to assume that we should all take up a task such as Reilly’s. But what Americans need to do is, at the very least, realize what so much time and attention to social networking means for our culture.

It’s not just about keeping in touch. It never has been.

It’s about creating the person we want to be without actually being that person.

So next time you’re on Facebook or Twitter, consider closely the reasons for deleting that one “ugly” picture, or for posting those Big Sean lyrics. If you know yourself, you’ll most likely come to the realization that that you are and what you say on the Internet isn’t “you” at all.

In order to try to free myself from this social-media monotony, I plan on following in the footsteps of Reilly, putting down my phone and my laptop — if only for a week to start. Check back in the March 2 paper to see how I did.

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Peace Corps benefits U.S. as much as Americorps I disagree with the editorial in The Daily Iowan pitting AmeriCorps against the Peace Corps by Rebecca Abellera on Feb. 15. The choice is individual one, and it should rest there.

Both are good programs, and both benefit both America and the world. Each has a role.

It is a mistake to believe that we can first put the United States in order and only then think about the rest of the world. It is a mistake to believe that Peace Corps does not benefit us here at home. An understanding of other countries and other cultures makes us stronger. It also helps us to understand and make better our own country and communities.

Our resources are not dwindling, and anyone who has been overseas working in developing

countries knows this. And the experience overseas makes one realize that it is not material resources that will make us better or stronger.

Think about both options.

Returning Peace Corps volunteers have an enormous impact when they return home. They have a global perspective that makes future leaders, a continuing ethic for service that builds communities, as well as a perspective that includes the world.

In the article there are also errors in the specific information of benefits. I suggest that anyone looking at volunteer service look at both Peace Corps and AmeriCorps. They are different and will satisfy different yearnings. Both are very valid, and both will give back to our country and our world while also enriching ourselves for our life ahead.

Kathryn W. Hansen Iowa City resident

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WHY DO SOME WANT TO CUT CORPORATE TAXES?

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Tax-cutting zombies DANIEL TAIBLESON daniel-taibleson@uiowa.edu

Sometimes a theory is so ingrained in conventional thought that it becomes impossible to exterminate. Much like zombies, these theories manage to persist despite having been bludgeoned to death by decades of research and data. For a prime example of one of these zombie theories, one need look no further than the theory that cutting corporate income taxes is an effective tool for promoting economic growth.

Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has argued that we should cut corporate taxes in half and eliminate them all together for manufacturers. Gov. Terry Brandsted has made a similar call — demanding a 50 percent cut in Iowa’s corporatetax rate. Even the Iowa Legislature has joined in; it is considering legislation that would provide tax-breaks for businesses that sell to “anchor suppliers” — businesses stationed in Iowa that primarily sell out of state.

The arguments for slashing corporate taxes can be distilled to three points. 1) corporate taxes eat away at corporate profits. 2) Because corporate taxes so heavily affect profits, they influence where businesses choose to invest. 3) The business-friendly environment created by lowering corporate taxes spurs large-scale economic expansion.

To assure you that this theory is in fact dead, despite all appearances of being undead, I will address all three points.

First, do corporate taxes have a meaningful impact on corporate profits? The short answer is no.

In a 2011 paper, Peter Fisher, a University of Iowa professor emeritus and research director of the nonpartisan Iowa Policy Project, proved as much. In his paper, Fisher points out that total tax-liabilities account for 1.8 percent of total business expenses. Of which, only about 9.5 percent is made up of corporate taxes. That means halving corporate taxes would reduce total businesses expenses by 0.9 percent. To be sure, that number is greater than 0.0, but not by much.

This brings me to point two, and my second question. Do lower

corporate taxes attract investors? Large-scale analyses find that the answer is no.

As evidence, I point to the national-level analysis of Washington University in St. Louis Professor Nathan Jensen, exploring the relationship between actively lowering corporate taxes and changes in foreign direct investment. Jensen concluded: “There is little evidence that an individual country’s level or change in capital taxation has any impact on [investment] inflows …

Utilizing dynamic tests for up to 19 [Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development] countries from 1980-2000 and isolating the impact of time varying factors on [investment] inflows, I find no empirical relationship between corporate taxation and [investment] inflows.”

This leaves one more dimension of this argument to address, and one more question: Do lower corporate taxes spur economic expansion? In this case the answer is in fact yes.

However, that expansion is too small to justify the lost tax-revenue.

In a 2003 brief penned by Fisher and Iowa Policy Project associate researcher Elaine Ditsler, the scholarly duo found that a 20 percent reduction in total business tax liabilities — corporate, income, and sales taxes — increased business expansion by 4 percent.

That means the average state could expect to benefit from an additional 0.4 businesses per 100 existing businesses during an economic boom. To put that in context, the average state added 10 new establishments per 100 existing establishments during the 1990s.

The body of work exploring the value of cutting corporate taxes is extensive, compelling, and largely disproves the assertions of anti-tax advocates. If Iowa were in fact to go ahead and cut its corporate taxes by half, Iowa state revenues could expect to drop by as much as $150 million.

And if the data on the subject are any guide, that loss in revenue is the only meaningful change we could expect.

Sometimes fatally flawed theories refuse to do us the favor of quietly dying and removing themselves from the public discourse, and there is no better example of this than the theory that lowering corporate taxes is a cost effective tool for spurring economic growth.

Candidates should go to war before clamoring for it After an eternal string of Republican “debates,” we are left with a serial adulterer (former House Speaker Newt Gingrich), an individual who has a racist past (Rep. Ron Paul), a severely religious Elmer Gantrymiscreant (former Sen. Rick Santorum), and a pathetic excuse for a patriot (former Gov. Mitt Romney).

While Ron Paul is the only bloke left in this fiasco with any sort of military experience, he is also the only one of these four stooges with a rational policy with regard to Iran. The interesting thing about the

bomb, bomb, bomb Iran trio of Newtie, Rickie, and Willard (a.k.a. Mittens), is that collectively they have zero military experience.

Now, I know that the adulterer will chime in that he was married with two children during the Vietnam War — to which I can attest that married men with children volunteered for combat during World War II. Santorum brags about his time on the Senate Armed Services Committee. Well then, he should have more prescience about letting two earlier draft dodgers bomb Iraq to hell

and back. Who was that benefited from our insane Iraq-policy but Iran and Halliburton? Five-Deferment Deadeye Dickie’s benefactor. Go figure.

And then there is the case of the mysterious candidate who can’t keep from telling how much he loves America and insists on croaking out “America the Beautiful” to us — while he consistently omits the lines “Till selfish gain no longer stain the banner of the free.” If there is one remarkable thing about Willard Romney’s character, it is selfish gain. While

this obscenely wealthy individual claims that he has been a success in amassing his obscene fortune, he neglects to honor those who are truly successful human beings, such as Mother Teresa or Norman Borlaug.

This self-centered me, me, me did not come to Willard late in his life.

When he was of draft age and his contemporaries where getting killed and maimed in Vietnam, Willard was preaching the gospel of America’s leading theologian, Joseph Smith.

While the young men of his generation were slogging

through jungles of Southeast Asia, Willard was in the French countryside proselytizing the word according to Joe Smith.

I, for one, am fed up with duplicitous miscreants who have done cartwheels to avoid combat are hell-bent to get us into another godforsaken war. If you think that war is such a good policy, why don’t you try it for a change rather than let our children and grandchildren do the dirty work for your grandiose war-policy. We have yet to pay for the horrific fiasco that former

President George Bush lied us into. So Mittens, how are you going to pay for sending our nations youth into another military boondoggle? With a generous taxcut for your obscene wealth such as the one Newtie assisted in giving you?

Romney often refers to labor leaders as thugs; the real thugs are candidates for the Republican nomination. We can all give thanks that these pathetic miscreants were to young too serve in WWII. Don Friedman is a resident of Iowa City.

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Iowa lags in teen- Information Board may finally arrive driving safety

By LYNN CAMPBELL IowaPolitics.com

By DORA GROTE dora-grote@uiowa.edu

A single passenger or distraction may be one too many for Iowa teen drivers.

Iowa vehicle-safety officials said Iowa is significantly behind in teen driver safety. Officials said there should be more reforms addressing such issues as passenger restrictions, driving time frames, and when teenagers can begin driving.

“Under Gov. [Terry] Brandstad’s first administration, we were way ahead of the rest of the country with the Graduated Drivers Licensing systems,” said Daniel McGehee, the University of Iowa director of human factors and vehicle safety research. “Now, it has expanded in many other states, but not so much in Iowa.”

In 2011, Iowa saw 12 fatalities among 16 and 17 year-old-drivers and 7 in 2010 — a 71 percent increase, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation. Johnson County had no fatalities in 2010 and one in 2011.

Kim Snook, the director of the office of driver services for the Iowa Department of Transportation, is concerned about the increase. The state is continually looking for ways to improve teens’ safety and Iowa is not considered a proactive drivers license state, she said.

U.S. News & World Report ranked Iowa as 49th for overall teen driving safety conditions in 2010.

Kara Macek, the communications manager for the Governor’s Highway Safety Association, said the increase in fatalities from 2010 to 2011 could be from the economy or the Graduated Driver’s License benefits leveling off, but this is only speculation.

“When the economy improves, teens have more disposable income, more time to be out driving around; more teens on roads means an increase in exposure to risk,” Macek said.

McGehee said as the number of passengers a teen driver has increases, the risk for accidents grow almost exponentially. Distractions and experience also play a role in the risks of teen drivers.

“When you insert text messages coming in continuously, especially after school, there is a tendency for young drivers — no matter what is happening — to respond,” McGehee said. “It’s also a development of skill. When you take a look at how much young drivers get behind the wheel, it is really not that much. They also have overconfidence in their skills.”

Iowa currently has a Graduated License System that allows teen drivers to receive an instruction permit at age 14, an intermediate license at 16, and a full license at 17.

Teens are required to hold an instruction permit for six months and drive with a guardian before obtaining their intermediate license. The intermediate license allows them to drive alone between the hours of 5 a.m. and 12:30 a.m. and must be accident free before earning their full license, which has no restrictions.

“We are working on things like advertisement to bring more awareness and education to the state, changes in the hours teens can drive, driving longer with an instruction permit —12 months — and having no passengers at all except for family members,” Snook said.

State officials have been forced to pull drivers’ education programs from schools because of lack of funding, McGehee said.

Many communities now

offer the program through private organizations.

This can affect the quality of programs — another contributing factor to teen fatalities, he said.

And though legislation has been presented to combat the problems on the road, some say there needs to more.

Iowa banned all cellphone use for drivers under the age of 18 and texting for all drivers in 2010.

In 2011, the state Legislature’s transportation subcommittee reviewed a bill that would mandate teen drivers hold their permit for 12 months instead of six months before obtaining their intermediate license. The last action made on the bill was almost a year ago.

“We’re at the point now that if we do anything differently, it will require legislation,” Snook said.

DES MOINES — A sixyear battle in the Legislature to create an Iowa Public Information Board has renewed life, thanks to a new floor manager for the bill with a “strong desire” to move it forward.

“I think the time’s come for this bill to move forward. Six years is long enough,” state Rep. Walt Rogers, R-Cedar Falls, said Wednesday. “Iowans that I’ve talked to talk about transparency in their government; I think the common, everyday Iowan needs one place to go to find out some of their answers.”

The board would add teeth to the state’s openrecords law.

Under Senate File 430, the state would create a seven-member board that would address people’s questions and problems about access to government records and meetings, and seek enforcement of the

state’s open-records and public-meetings laws.

A member of a governmental body who violates the law could face civil penalties of between $1,000 and $2,500.

James Strohman, a former member of the threemember Story County Board of Supervisors, urged lawmakers to approve the bill.

Strohman talked about the frustration and difficulty he had as an elected official, serving on a board he believed “deliberately violated open-meetings laws continuously.”

After being elected in 2006, Strohman said, he ran into “a little dictatorship,” in which the two other supervisors essentially made all the decisions for Story County’s $44 million budget, 20 departments, and 350 employees.

“We had a public meeting every Tuesday at 9:30 a.m., but my view was all the decisions were rubber stamps of things that were

decided literally in a backroom by the other two people who would continually, every day, meet and decide everything — tax-levy rates, budgets, appropriations, purchases, employee salaries, and compensation,” Strohman said.

Strohman said he tried to teach the two supervisors about open records and public meetings, and even brought in the executive director of the Iowa Freedom of Information Council, which advocates for open government, for a presentation.

“At the end of the presentation, one of the board members said, ‘If we did all these things you said we should do, we couldn’t conduct business,’ ” Strohman said. “There needs to be a mechanism for people to take things to a body and have them investigate something in an impartial way.”

But Larry Pope, a lobbyist for Iowa League of Cities, which represents the

state’s 947 cities, and the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities, which represents more than 550 municipal electric, gas, water, and telecommunication utilities statewide, argued that the legislation would grow the size of government.

While an amendment to the bill calls for hiring only one staff member for the new Iowa Public Information Board, Pope said the entity soon would need more resources. He said he couldn’t imagine one person driving around the state, investigating openrecords issues alone.

“First thing that [a fulltime employee] is going to want is staff, a desk. The bill provides that they want access to their own lawyers,” Pope said. “I see down the road a substantial state agency being created.

I find it interesting in these tough times that you have a Legislature that is seriously considering creating a new bureaucracy and a new state agency.”

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How I Celebrated Play Tennis Day: • Wrestled with my dog for three hours to get my tennis ball back.

• Put my tennis ball and my shirt in the dryer to get rid of the dog slobber.

• Decided to just steal the tennis balls off of my neighbor’s walker.

• Retrieved my tennis racquet from under my pillow (where I store it in case of an intruder).

• Made note to re-plaster the wall that got in the way of me attacking my shadow.

• Found my high-school yearbook and reminisced on the good ol’ days of afterschool tennis practice.

• Was thankful that I was yearbook editor and chose the pictures where my butt looked best.

• Watched YouTube videos of the Williams sisters and worked to perfect my grunting.

• Dug through my closet to find my old high-school tennis team T-shirt and sweatpants.

• Wondered whether my mom’s dryer was stronger than mine or if my butt grew.

• Decided to wear some cute pink yoga pants instead.

• Caught my reflection in the mirror.

• Decided I shouldn’t have broken my New Year’s resolution so early.

• Put the sweatpants back on; decided to return the yoga pants.

• Decided to stay home and just play tennis on my Wii … from my couch.

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ARIES March 21-April 19 Concentrate on you for a change. Do something that will make you feel good, look good and bring good results. Re-evaluate your relationships with people you deal with daily to find ways to improve or discontinue each connection.

TAURUS April 20-May 20 You can only do so much. Find ways to restore something that has meaning to you.

Whether it’s a relationship, a group affiliation, or even a plan that has taken a wrong turn, you can make a difference with positive reforms.

GEMINI May 21-June 20 You’ll face confusion, dishonesty, and poor advice if you listen to someone who is jealous of you. Do your best to remain positive and to strive for success. Your ability to stay on course and reach your destination will impress the right people.

CANCER June 21-July 22 Discussing your plans with someone you respect will result in suggestions that fit your budget and your emotional, mental, and physical comfort zones. A unique offer from someone special will fill in whatever is missing from your plans.

LEO July 23-Aug. 22 Socializing and getting to know new acquaintances should be your intent, but that doesn’t mean you should pick up the tab, overspend, overindulge or overdo in an attempt to win popularity. Strive for equality, not ownership.

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AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Do what you can to help others, but don’t go into debt doing so. A change that someone from your past makes will make an impression on you that helps you move in a new direction as well. A partnership can be beneficial.

PISCES Feb. 19-March 20 Sensitive emotional issues must be handled carefully. Much can be accomplished if you are reasonable. An unusual suggestion will help with regard to how you earn your living. Understanding and patience will be necessary.

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Do you feel like you got a good driver’s education? What state did you get it in?

Illinois: ‘I had driver’s ed in Illinois. I think it was fine, but I learned most of what I know from my parents.’

Brittany Sorensen UI senior

Iowa: ‘No, I had a horrible driver’s ed teacher. I left completely unprepared for the real world of driving.’

Dionna Langford UI junior

Iowa: ‘Yes, I do feel like I got a good education.’

Siya Mali UI senior

Minnesota: ‘Yeah, it was good. It’s different from Iowa in that you have to be 15 before you get your learner’s permit.’

Laura Stoddard UI senior

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CONTINUED FROM 8A “[Iowa] can still win without Printy, which is

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eighth place out of 10 teams — Nebraska and Illinois don’t have men’s swimmers — with 48 points at the end of the first day of racing. Michigan has a large lead in the meet with a total score of 80 points; Ohio State follows with 66.

The Hawkeyes aren’t where they anticipated

MEN’S BASKETBALL CONTINUED FROM 8A McCaffery especially lauded the senior’s affinity for hitting timely shots, something the Hawkeyes are all too familiar with after their last meeting in Iowa City on Feb. 9, 2011.

Taylor’s basket with 28 seconds left forced overtime before Wisconsin eventually claimed a 62-59 victory.

Conversely, Iowa’s Bryce Cartwright missed shots both at the end of regulation and overtime that would have won or extended the game. Cartwright extracted a measure of redemption in the first meeting this season,

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pairing is a large part of how the team sets the tone.

The depth continued to show this past weekend, when Iowa traveled to face No. 32 Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. The team dropped its first two meets of the year, but Dougherty said she was still happy

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huge. Before she got hurt, I had Iowa on the outside, but now they’ve just gotten hot — and it’s a fairly remarkable story that they did,” Creme said. “It’s put them in a little more solidly. They’ve jumped a lot of teams because of their streak … not many teams have won six-

straight.”

Freshman guard Sam Logic said she was aware of the circumstances surrounding the team two weeks ago. She said that, at the time, she and her teammates wouldn’t have dreamed of obtaining a first-round bye in the Big Ten Tournament.

But the current win streak has made them firm believers now.

Northwestern (14-13, 410) and Michigan (19-8, 86) are both beatable opponents, and Iowa has already defeated each team earlier this season.

“It’s awesome,” Logic

said about the six-straight wins. “Everything is finally clicking, and we’ve been so close all season. There have been games where easily our Big Ten record could be better than it is, but you have to bounce back from that. We’re putting everything together.”

they would be in terms of points after the first day, but assistant coach Nathan Mundt said it was still a good start for h i s s q u a d . H e p o i n ted o u t t h e r e ’s s t i l l t h r e e days of swimming ahead of them.

“It’s a fast meet, and i t ’s g o i n g t o b e e v e n f a s t e r t o m o r r o w,” h e said. “We still have some work to do these next three days … We can be b e t t e r, o b v i o u s l y, b u t we’re going to be pretty strong here. We have a

great day coming up tomorrow.”

Today will mark the first full day of swimming; the starting gun will sound at 11 a.m. for the preliminary rounds of the 500 freestyle, followed by the 200 individual relay and the 50 free.

The 1-meter diving trials will start at 1:30 p.m.

Finals for the events will begin at 6:30 p.m.

Though Pa r t r i d g e expressed disappointment in his performance

We d n e s d a y ’s during heats, he said he thinks starting strong in today’s morning session will be enough for the team to rebound.

“We have to come out strong,” he said. “We’re a little disappointed in our placing — I’m not too happy with it — but it’s still a long weekend. I know a really good morning session will get us into the finals tomorrow night.”

Iowa freshman Korey Schneider swims the breaststroke in the 200medley relay on the first night of the Big Ten meet in the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center on Wednesday. Iowa placed seventh in the relay. (The Daily Iowan/Adam Wesley)

senior point guard said on Tuesday he “has a chance” to play, but McCaffery didn’t sound so optimistic.

“I think he would make a big impact in the game,” McCaffery said. “But I’m not sure he’s going to be able to play.”

A healthy Cartwright would improve Iowa’s chances of asserting its pace, which was essential in the first meeting.

“That’s probably the biggest contrast in styles in the Big Ten,” White said.

Iowa seized a 14-2 edge in fast-break points.

Cartwright accounted for 12 of those points, either scoring or passing for an assist. The Hawkeyes’ 72 points remain the most surrendered this season by Wisconsin, which allows the lowest scoring average

in the country (51.1 points).

White said Iowa’s key to establishing its tempo was winning the rebounding battle (41-39), which created open-court opportunities. Doing that again tonight could propel the Hawkeyes to the elusive sweep.

“If you get a stop and score in five seconds, it kills their momentum. It kills what they’re doing,” White said. “Next time they come down, they might want to quickshoot the ball or something like that.

“The biggest part is rebounding. If we out rebound them, we’ll get our chances in transition.”

peted really well on Sunday and had a breakthrough with some of our players,” Dougherty said.

“Ellen Silver had a good day, [Molnar] had a good day, and [Talcott] was right there along with [Zordani].”

Zordani stepped up into the No. 5 position against the No. 32-ranked Sooners and defeated Nicole Long in straight sets. Harazin hung on for a third set but faltered at the end. Silver stepped up on Sunday

against a tough Oklahoma State team and won in straight sets in the No. 6 slot.

Harazin said the team’s overall success — the Hawkeyes are 3-2 on the year so far — is because of the consistent, and sometimes dominant play of the underclassmen.

“It’s a good atmosphere,” the sophomore said. “The freshmen are stepping up and understanding the idea of college tennis.”

Iowa (14-13, 6-8) vs. No. 16 Wisconsin (20-7, 9-5) • When: 8 p.m. today • Where: Carver-Hawkeye Arena • Where to watch: ESPN2

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recording 17 points and 5 assists while outplaying Taylor.

But Cartwright may not be fit for the rematch. He hasn’t played since suffering a sprained ankle in practice on Feb. 11. The

Next Up: Iowa vs. Northern Iowa • When: Noon Saturday • Where: Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Complex with the solid play she received throughout her lineup.

“We grew as a team a lot last weekend. The score doesn’t say much about those matches, but we com-

Hurdler finds real hurdles Ethan Holmes has spent the past three months rehabbing. Now he’s ready to run.

By TORK MASON tork-mason@uiowa.edu

Ethan Holmes thought he was back.

The junior hurdler pulled his hamstring in a workout just after Thanksgiving, and he was just starting to work his way back into the fold for the indoor season when he Holmes b e g a n hurdler experiencing back pain.

“I had inflammation in my lower back and ended up getting an injection there,” Holmes said. “I thought it was going to work, so I started rehabbing that and working out a little bit — but it started to get worse again, so I went in for a second injection.”

Holmes said the second injection seemed to work and produced “instant results.” He spent the next several months rehabbing and working his way back to the track.

His rehab was a long, grueling process. Holmes said he spent an average of

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Next Up: Big Ten Indoor Championships • When: Friday-Saturday • Where: Devaney Center Indoor Track, Lincoln, Neb. four to six hours a day doing rehab and strength exercises after the first injection. He was able to start incorporating running workouts into his schedule after the second; he ran stairs at CarverHawkeye Arena, work out with the rest of the track team and ran in an Alter-G treadmill.

“There’s not a minute during the day when I’m not doing something to prevent further injury or to get better,” he said.

Holmes said the success he had last year — he was an All-American running the second leg of the 4x400 relay that placed fourth at last May’s NCAA meet, and he was the only athlete in the country to qualify for both the 110- and 400meter hurdles — was key as he pushed through the setbacks.

“That little taste of success — it just keeps you going, because you want more and more every time you taste a little bit of success,” he said. “I’m not OK letting my injury beat me down, and there have been times when I wake up and been like ‘Why am I even doing this?’ But at the same time, you’ve just got to wake up and get yourself

over here.”

Head coach Larry Wieczorek saw Holmes’ drive even before he set foot on the track at Drake Stadium for the NCAAs last year.

“He’s overcome adversity,” Wieczorek said. “Athletes are faced with injuries, disappointments, and poor performances; he’s demonstrated the ability to overcome that adversity — he came back from a pelvic stress fracture last year to have a great year for us.”

Wieczorek said Holmes brings a certain attitude to the team with his dedication, both on and off the track — whether it’s putting in extra time on his rehab or taking care of his body from a nutritional standpoint.

“He’s the total package,” he said.

Senior All-American Erik Sowinski said Holmes has been one of the team’s best leaders, even while he was sidelined. But Sowinski admitted that there was something missing.

“When he’s there, it’s definitely a different [team] atmosphere,” he said.

Wieczorek agreed.

“People talk about team chemistry — I’m not much of a chemist, but I do know you throw in different ingredients to make a chemical formula,” he said.

“When you take one or two of those things out, the chemistry is different. And when you take one of your key athletes out, it adversely affects that chemical for-

mula.”

But now Holmes is back; he placed fifth in the 400 meters at the Iowa Invitational on Feb. 17. Sowinski said he expects Holmes to give the team a boost at the Big Ten indoor meet this weekend in Lincoln, Neb. — and Holmes said he’s prepared to deliver.

“I’m ready to get back into the competition,” he said.

Iowa (17-10, 9-5) at Northwestern (14-13, 4-10) • When: 7 p.m. today • Where: Welsh-Ryan Arena, Evanston, Ill.

DAILYIOWAN.COM The Hawkeye men’s gymnastics team has turned the parallel bars into a strength this season.

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Down to wire for Iowa

Hoopsters face tough Badgers Iowa can sweep Wisconsin for the first time since the 1994-95 season.

By JORDAN GARRETSON jordan-garretson@uiowa.edu

Iowa freshman Sam Logic looks for a teammate during Iowa’s 69-57 win over Wisconsin in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Jan. 19. Iowa has two games left in the regular season, and the Hawks could finish anywhere from third to seventh in the Big Ten. (The Daily Iowan/Adam Wesley)

The Hawkeyes can still finish as high as third or as low as seventh in the Big Ten.

By MATT COZZI matthew-cozzi@uiowa.edu

The Iowa women’s basketball team was in a rut two weeks ago.

The Hawkeyes had a 5-5 record in conference. Their NCAA Tournament prospects didn’t look positive. Leading scorer Jaime Printy had just torn her ACL in an overtime win at Wisconsin, which made the bus trip home feel more like a season-ending loss than a momentum-building victory.

But now, the season has turned upside down.

Iowa has won six in a row and is in solid position to go dancing. Several players have stepped up to fill the void left by Printy, and the team is arguably playing its best basketball of the year.

But there’s still a lot at stake this week for the Hawkeyes (17-10, 9-5 Big

Ten), who play at Northwestern tonight and host Michigan on Feb. 26.

Because of a current four-way tie for third place in the conference, head coach Lisa Bluder’s squad can finish as high as third and as low as seventh in the standings. A third- or fourth-place finish would result in a first-round bye in next week’s Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis.

“There’s a lot of pressure over these last two games,” junior center Morgan Johnson said. “Everything we worked for, all the comebacks we’ve made — it all comes down to these last two [games].”

Iowa has an RPI of 41 going into tonight’s game against the Wildcats and is slotted as an 8-seed for the NCAA Tournament, according to ESPN’s most recent prediction.

Analyst Charlie Creme, who has been ESPN.com’s women’s college basketball bracketologist for 10 years, said Iowa is “in pretty good shape” for its fifthstraight tournament appearance with at least three games remaining.

“Iowa is fairly safe, unless it really bottoms out and goes 0-3,” Creme told The Daily Iowan. “And even then — while the record wouldn’t be very impressive — it would still be on the bubble.”

The Hawkeyes have opened many eyes since Printy has been out; the team’s shooting percentage has been a stable 43.3 percent, so Iowa has proven it can win without its star shooting guard. That poses a threat to fellow Big Ten teams but also stands out to the NCAA selection committee.

Wisconsin stands as the modern model of consistency in the realm of Big Ten basketball.

Tonight presents Iowa — a program marked by inconsistency this year under secondyear coach Fran McCaffery — with a chance to slightly disrupt the Badgers’ sta- White forward ble season.

The Hawkeyes (1413, 6-8 Big Ten) host the 16th-ranked Badgers (20-7, 9-5) at 8:05 p.m. at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. A win would mark Iowa’s first season sweep of Wisconsin since 1994-95 — when Iowa freshman forward Aaron White was 2.

“It would mean a lot,” said White, who scored 16 of his 18 bench points in the second half of a 72-65 win in Madison on Dec. 31. “A program like Wisconsin’s been there for years making the [NCAA] Tournament. [Coach] Bo Ryan has had a lot of success there.

“They’re going to come out and be ready for us, since we beat them the first time.”

Ryan, now in his 11th season, has anchored Wisconsin’s success. The Badgers have claimed three Big Ten titles with Ryan at the helm. They’ve finished as runners-up on two other occasions and never worse than fourth. They average 12 Big Ten wins a season. After dropping two more games immediately following its loss to Iowa, Wisconsin has won eight of 10 and is close to putting a bow on another impressive Ryan-led campaign.

“They’re playing as well as anybody in the country,” McCaffery said.

The steadying force behind the Badgers’ surge is point guard Jordan Taylor, who has lived up to his preseason All-American billing from the AP. Taylor is averaging 14.3 points and 4.2 assists per game.

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BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Youth sparks Swimmers start slowly in Big Tens women’s tennis Iowa scored 48

By PATRICK MASON patrick-mason@uiowa.edu

The Iowa women’s tennis team’s starting roster is a little unusual.

Senior Sonja Molnar is the team’s No. 1 player and obvious leader; Dougherty she’s fol- head coach lowed by four freshmen and a sophomore.

Molnar said at the beginning of the year that her personal goal was to “finish out strong,” and she’s on pace to do just that. Her singles record is 5-0, the best start of her collegte career. She has won four of her five matches in straight sets, and she is ranked No. 109 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.

“Sonja is clearly our best player right now, but Morven [McCulloch], Shelby [Talcott], and Tina [Harazin] have certainly done a great job,” head coach Katie Dougherty said. “[The lineup] is competitive, and people are in the right spots. They give us the best chance to win every week.”

Molnar is the only one

of the three seniors on the team to see significant playing time; Ally Majercik has made a handful of spot starts in doubles, but Cassandra Escobar has yet to appear.

Dougherty said having two seniors battling to move into starting roles keeps every player on her toes. But every point is the same, she said, whether it comes from seniors at No. 1 or a freshman at No. 6.

And this season, Iowa is no stranger to getting points from its underclassmen.

The Hawkeyes needed a win from either Harazin or McCulloch to seal a victory over Iowa State on Feb. 12. Molnar had already won her match in straight sets and in under 35 minutes, but the outcome of the meet fell on the shoulders of the young players. McCulloch pulled out the victory, and Iowa won.

Iowa has been getting similar production from its young doubles players.

The No. 3 pairing of two freshmen, Katie Zordani and Ellen Silver, is 3-0 this season. Iowa has won 20 meets in a row when it sweeps the doubles point, and having a strong third SEE TENNIS, 7A

points after the 200 medley and 800 free relay events.

By BEN ROSS benjamin-d-ross@uiowa.edu

The Iowa men’s swimming team got behind early on the first day of the Big Ten swimming and diving championships.

The Hawkeyes placed seventh out of nine teams in the 200-medley relay with a time of 1:27.16 minutes. Michigan broke the first pool record of the meet by finishing in 1:25.58.

I o wa sophomore Dustin Rhoads came out of the gates quickly on the backstroke, but Iowa fell out of contention in the heat once freshman Korey Schneider hit the wa t e r f o r t h e b r e a s t stroke. Seniors Paul Gordon and Ryan Phelan did enough to pull Iowa out of the bottom in the butterfly and freestyle and keep the squad’s head above water.

Despite the team not finishing where he may

Iowa’s Jordan Huff dives in to start the 800-freestyle relay on the first night of the Big Ten meet in the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center on Wednesday. Iowa finished seventh in the event. (The Daily Iowan/Adam Wesley) a 6:16.26 mark.

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The heart of pace Up-and-coming local band Chasing Shade will open for Kids These Days at the Mill.

By JORDAN MONTGOMERY jordan-w-montgomery@uiowa.edu

South of the bars, businesses, and banks that line Clinton Street is a massive old house. Upstairs, a window facing the street is propped open with a 2x4, allowing music to pour outside. But unlike most apartments in this college town, the music is not coming from a boom box or a stereo system. The three musicians who make up Chasing Shade are creating the sounds.

The indie folk-rock trio will open for the Chicago-based Kids These Days at the

Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., at 9 p.m. Friday. Admission is $8 in advance, $10 on the day of the show.

The openers Chasing Shade comprises three Iowans hailing from different cities across the eastern part of the state. Guitarist Elliott Beenk and bassist Tim Cigrand met as freshmen in Slater and connected through music.

After seeing drummer and vocalist Griffen Harris perform, Beenk and Cigrand asked him to jam with them. Chasing

Shade was born shortly after that.

The three UI seniors now live together in Iowa City and practice about four times a week. Their jam space is tight: Massive black amplifiers, speakers, and a drum kit build a perimeter around the room’s centerpiece, an aging foosball table.

“Luckily, we’ve never gotten a noise complaint,” Harris said. “We know the entire house and some of the neighbors.

Last year, we didn’t, so we would always stop before 9, except for when we didn’t.”

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Scenes from the weekend events Bosnian war NEW MOVIES

Today 2.23

OPENING THIS WEEKEND

The Working Group Theatre will perform The Toymaker’s War, which depicts the effects of a civil war

MUSIC

Wanderlust Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston star in Wanderlust, a raunchy comedy about an uptight Manhattan couple who decide to leave the stress of a big city and join a community where the only rule is to be yourself.

Director David Wain (Role Models), focuses on the couple’s journey through this new community as they try to get a fresh start. Along the way, they meet some interesting characters who have a different way of viewing everyday necessities, such as clothing and cars.

These changes shake up Rudd’s and Aniston’s expectations about what is important.

By HANNAH KRAMER hannah-kramer@uiowa.edu

For Jennifer Fawcett, the horror of war is magnified and complicated when it arises between people of the same country who turn against each other.

So, during a writing exercise in a playwriting class at the University of Iowa, she used this interest to fuel her creativity.

From there, The Toymaker’s War was born in 2008. The playwright used the Bosnian civil conflict as a platform to produce her M.F.A. thesis piece, which Iowa City’s Working Group Theatre will perform this weekend.

The group will give performances at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday through Saturday and at 2 p.m. Feb. 26 at the Riverside Theatre, 213 N. Gilbert St. Admission ranges from $12 to $15.

The plot centers on the experience of the young journalist Sylvie Bernier, who struggles to cope with the shocking events she saw during her time in Bosnia in the mid-1990s.

“It deals with maintaining neutrality and objectivity,” said Martin Andrews, a producing director at Working Group.

“It also investigates the complexities of experiencing a conflict you don’t understand anything about.”

Fawcett said the play has been through much development since its inception. She researched the topic of this conflict and others similar to it, but, she said, the story remains a piece of fiction.

“The play has been created from the world of my imagination,” she said.

“It’s a fictional piece, but hopefully it hits on, or lives beside, very truthful expe-

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Kim Dotcom, the founder of the file-sharing website Megaupload, was released on bail Wednesday after a New Zealand judge determined that authorities have seized any funds he could have used to flee the country.

U.S. authorities allege Dotcom facilitated millions of illegal downloads through his company.

He had been in custody since his arrest Jan. 20.

A smiling Dotcom spoke to reporters briefly outside the court as he was ushered to a wait-

TRACKS FROM THE PAST Blood Sugar Sex Magik — Red Hot Chili Peppers The early ’90s were a tumultuous time for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Members of the prolific rock band were dealing with heroin and cocaine addictions, guitarists coming and going, and battles with record labels.

In 1991, the band released its fifth studio album and this week’s tracks from the past,

WORDS • Stage on the Page: Pirates of Penzance, 10 a.m., Coralville Public Library, 1401 Fifth St. • “Live from Prairie Lights,” Robert Leleux, nonfiction, 7

Toymaker’s War tells the story of a young journalist who gets emotionally involved in her coverage of the conflict in Bosnia in the 1990s. (Contributed Photo/Jennifer Fawcett)

Toymaker’s War When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 2 p.m. Feb. 26 Where: Riverside Theatre, 213 N. Gilbert Admission: $12-$15

riences.”

The structure of the play exists in two times — 1995, when Sylvie is in Bosnia, and the present, when she attempts to face what she saw during that time.

“The antagonistic character [played by Andrews] in the present day is the one who has changed the most in revision,” Fawcett said. “What he does and how he helps Sylvie face up to what happened has been the hardest to write and changed the most.”

Following the Friday performance, there will be a talkback discussion with community members about the play.

Stephen Berry, a University of Iowa associate professor of journalism, and Amir Hadzic, a native of Bosnia and the men’s

head soccer coach at Mount Mercy University, will participate in the discussion.

Berry focuses his journalistic efforts on investigative reporting, and Hadzic is from Sarajevo; he escaped from his wartorn home and immigrated to the United States.

“I’ve done nothing but deal with hard facts all my life,” Berry said. “But I’m also an advocate and reader of novels, of really good novels, and novelists have a lot of journalistic instincts. They create authentic situations by being keen observers of life.”

Berry said works of fiction, such as Fawcett’s play, can make a difference and spark discourse in the community, because the intention of her work to serve a didactic purpose is clear.

“It’s really important to us to create a connection with people in our community, and the two speakers are both in this community now, and both have very personal experiences with the themes of the play,” Fawcett said.

ARTS Dotcom released on bail

• D.R.U.G.S., 6 p.m., Blue Moose, 211 Iowa • Open Mike (Singer/Songwriter), 7 p.m., Uptown Bill’s, 730 S. Dubuque • Set Sail with SpaceCamp, Cruise to the Moon, 7 p.m., Public Space One, 129 E. Washington • University of Iowa Jazz Performances, DiRuzza Quintet, 7 p.m., Mill, 120 E. Burlinton • Slewgrass, 8:30 p.m., George’s, 312 E. Market • Adabanga, with Thankful Dirt, 9 p.m., Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn • Wet Hair, 9 p.m., Mill • Free Soul Dance Party, 10 p.m., Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington • Mixology, 10 p.m., Gabe’s

ing truck.

“I am relieved to go home to see my family, my three little kids and my pregnant wife,” he said.

“And I hope you understand that that is all I want to say right now.”

He confirmed he would be fighting U.S. extradition efforts.

Asked how he had been treated by the police after his high-profile arrest, Dotcom said, “Well, it felt a little bit like an audition to ‘American Idol.’ ” Dotcom was released without any monetary bail bond, which is standard for cases that come before New Zealand’s district courts. He does have other conditions of release, but Ministry of

Justice officials declined a request by the Associated Press to release those details, saying the AP would need to apply to the judge.

U.S. authorities claim Megaupload cost moviemakers and songwriters some half a billion dollars in lost copyright revenue. They are trying to extradite Dotcom, 38, and three of his colleagues on racketeering charges.

New Zealand authorities have seized millions of dollars in investments and assets owned by Dotcom, including luxury cars and artworks.

— Associated Press

Blood Sugar Sex Magik.

Lyrically, the album deals with the Chili Pepper’s favorite topic, sex. Listeners will hear the lines “Glorious euphoria/ Is my must/ Erotic shock/ Is a function of lust” in the album’s title track.

But the album also deals with such themes as anguish and self-mutilation, no doubt because of the addictions singer Anthony Kiedis was dealing with at the time.

The album was a turning point for the band. The guitars were less distorted, the bass lines more melodic, and the group’s typical funk/punk sound was not

abandoned entirely but quelled substantially.

Critics liked the new sound. The album received 4 of 5 stars from Rolling Stone and a favorable review from the New York Times.

The 17 track album featured five singles, “Give It Away,” “Under the Bridge,” “Suck My Kiss,” “Breaking the Girl,” and “If You Have to Ask.” Twenty-one years after its release, “Blood Sugar Sex Magik” is still considered to be some of the Red Hot Chili Pepper’s best work.

— by Jordan Montgomery

AT THE BIJOU

MUSIC • Three for All, 2 p.m., Senior Center, 28 S. Linn • Friday Night Jazz, 5 p.m., Uptown Bill’s • Bandwith.org Fest, 8 p.m., Gabe’s • Banwith.org Fest, 8 p.m., Yacht Club • SCOPE Concert, Kids These Days, 9 p.m., Mill • The Envy Corps and Bright Giant, 9 p.m., Blue Moose

Showtimes: 7 p.m. Friday, 4:15 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Saturday

Roman Polanski directed a comedy based on parental differences featuring an all-star cast of Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, and John C. Reilly. Carnage tells the tale of parents getting together to discuss the fight their two boys had on the playground. What is supposed to be a calm discussion turns into the parents revealing who they truly are and what they believe is the best way to raise children.

BEER OF THE WEEK New Belgium Brewery— Cocoa Mole The brewmasters at the New Belgium Brewery in Fort Collins, Colo., have created a beer that’s as unique as it is rare.

The Cocoa Mole is a strong ale brewed with cocoa and ancho, guajillo, and chipotle chili peppers.

The beer was recently released nationwide. It was the only release of the year from the brewery, and select stores received just a few cases of the strange brew.

Cocoa Mole has a darker amber color with a creamy white head. It carries a an aroma of Cocoa Mole rich chocolate with a peppery spice.

Like the aroma, the drinker is met with the tastes of chocolate and caramel, hints of cinnamon and sugar, and a mild kick of smoky chili peppers on the back end.

The beer will go great with any traditional Mexican meal, said Joe Hotek of John’s Grocery, 401 E. Market St. Put on your drinking sombrero, drive through Taco Bell, and head home for a Cocoa Mole. It won’t last long.

Cheers.

— by Jordan Montgomery

• Oscar-Nominated Live Action Shorts, 6:45 & 9:15 p.m., Bijou • Campus Activities Board Movie, Immortals, 10 p.m., 348 IMU

THEATRE • LA Theatre Works, The Rivalry, 7:30 p.m., Englert, 221 E. Washington • The Toymaker’s War, Working Group Theatre, 7:30 p.m., Riverside Theatre, 213 N. Gilbert • Dr. Faustus, 8 p.m., Theatre Building Theatre B

LECTURES • “Chai Why? The Making of the Indian ‘National Drink,’ ” 4 p.m., 1117 University Capitol Centre

DANCE • Taizé Iowa City, 5 p.m., Old Brick, 26 E. Market • Art & Music Night, 6 p.m., Uptown Bill’s

• Campus Activities Board Movie: Immortals, 10 p.m., 348 IMU

THEATRE • National Theatre Live, Traveling Light, 7 p.m., Englert • The Toymaker’s War, Working Group Theatre, 7:30 p.m., Riverside Theatre • Dr. Faustus, 8 p.m., Theatre B

WORDS

LECTURES

• “Live from Prairie Lights,” Jennifer Wilson, nonfiction, 7 p.m., Prairie Lights • Anthology to Get Rid of that Rash, 8 p.m., Public Space One

• Memoir in the World: Robert Leleux and Honor Moore in Conversation, 10 a.m., 304 English-Philosophy Building

FILM Carnage

FILM

Friday 2.24

Gone In the suspense-thriller Gone, Amanda Seyfried plays Jill Parrish, who, after coming home from a long night at work, finds that sister Molly has been abducted. Jill has recently escaped her own kidnapping, and she has reason to believe that the same serial killer has come back to take her sister because Jill wasn’t home. The police don’t believe her and don’t have any hard evidence to help, so Jill takes matters into her own hands. She goes on a journey to find the killer so she can expose his secrets and save her sister.

p.m., Prairie Lights, 15 S. Dubuque

• Carnage, 7 p.m., Bijou • Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, 9 p.m., Bijou

MISCELLANEOUS • Campus Activities Board, NightHawks: Speed Dating, 10 p.m., Currier multipurpose room

Saturday 2.25 MUSIC • Wolfgang David, Timothy Gill, and David Gompper, trio recital, 2 p.m., Old Capitol • Saturday Night Music, Dave Moore, 7 p.m., Uptown Bill’s • Dueling Pianos, 7:30 p.m., Gilbert Street Piano Lounge, 347 S. Gilbert • Old Capitol Chorus 2012, 7:30 p.m., Englert • Kid Ink, 9 p.m., Blue Moose • Sublime Tribute/Bradley Nowell’s Birthday, with Secondhand Smoke and Stone City Rhythm Coalition, 9 p.m., Yacht Club • Behind the Mask, 10 p.m., Gabe’s • Zath, Bongrider, and Blizzard at Sea, 10 p.m., Gabe’s • Mutts, 10 p.m., Mill

• Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, 6:15 p.m., Bijou • Campus Activities Board Movie, Immortals, 10 p.m., 348 IMU • Midnight Movie Series, Ghostbusters, 11:59 p.m., Englert

THEATRE • The Toymaker’s War, Working Group Theatre, 7:30 p.m., Riverside Theatre • Dr. Faustus, 8 p.m., Theatre B

LECTURES • “Discover Languages …

Discover the World,” 4:30 p.m., 1117 University Capitol Centre

DANCE • Barn Dance, 7:30 p.m., Senior Center

MISCELLANEOUS WORDS • 99% Poetry Day, 2 p.m., Uptown Bill’s • “Live from Prairie Lights,” Colleen Bradford Krantz, nonfiction, 5 p.m., Prairie Lights

FILM • Carnage, 4:15 & 9:30 p.m., Bijou

• My Iowa: Multicultural and International Student Summit, 9 a.m., W401 Pappajohn Business Building • East China Normal University Performing Arts Troupe, 3 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 214 E. Jefferson • Paperback Rhino, 7 p.m., Mill

Sunday 2.26 • Electronic Music Studios, 7:30 p.m., 101 Becker • John Statz, 8 p.m., Mill

Theatre B, Theater Building • The Toymaker’s War, Working Group Theatre, 2 p.m., Riverside Theatre

FILM

MISCELLANEOUS

• Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, 3 p.m., Bijou

• Taizé Iowa City, 5 p.m., Old Brick • Bijou Special Event, 84th Academy Awards, 6 p.m., Bijou

MUSIC

THEATRE • Dr. Faustus, 2 p.m.,

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KIDS THESE DAYS

ARTS Political play takes the Englert stage

CONTINUED FROM 1B laid-back. The members continually move around the room, because all three are multi-instrumentalists.

Beenk doubles as a banjo player, Cigrand occasionally plays the piano, and Harris’ original instrument is the acoustic guitar.

“When we are creating a song, one of us will bring in an idea, and we’ll jam on it for a while and see what develops naturally,” Beenk said. “We talk about influences, what direction we want it to go, whether it’s acoustic or a little more rocking. And it usually develops on its own.”

Though the rehearsals are laid-back, the musicians share a serious aspiration: getting Chasing Shade’s name out there.

The group is doing a good job.

It won first place in a battle of the bands at the Yacht Club and was awarded a week of recording time at Iowa City’s Flat Black studio. There, the members produced their album pen to paper.

Chasing Shade performed at the Summer Camp Music Festival in Chilicothe, Ill., and recently spent a few weekends performing at the Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival. The group also toured in Colorado last summer.

“After a show at a coffee shop in Colorado, one of the workers offered us to go back to his place to record some songs,” Harris said.

“We went, thinking it was going be a creepy basement kind of thing, like we were never going to see our families again. It ended up being this multimillion-dollar studio.”

That night, Chasing Shade recorded “Sunburned Bones.” The song was available to download on its band-camp website

Kids These Days will perform 9 p.m. Friday at the Mill. (Publicity Photo)

Kids These Days and Chasing Shade When: 9 p.m. Friday Where: Mill, 120 E. Burlington Admission: $8 advance, $10 day of show for a monetary donation, and all of the money earned from the track was donated to this year’s University of Iowa Dance Marathon.

The headliners Kids These Days has a sound that transcends the restraints and borders of genres. The seven-piece group is features a combination of classic rock band, horn section, and words of a rapper.

Members of the band note diverse influences, including Rage Against the Machine, Adele, Parliament Funkadelic, Fiona Apple, and Wilco. The sound they create is as diverse as those influences.

“I think that our music touches on every single genre,” said vocalist and keyboardist Macie Stewart.

“Everyone can take something from it. Our music speaks for itself.”

Kids These Days lives up to its name: The members of the group are young, and they are as talented as they are young. Most of them met while attending Whitney Young High in Chicago during the week and the Merit School of Music on

the weekends.

They work to ensure that they provide the best experience for their fans.

“We rehearse almost every day,” Stewart said. “We make sure that our shows are tight and together. But it’s mostly just playing our stuff over and over again and having fun with it. We really love what we do.”

The members’ work has earned them a spot at South by Southwest in March, one of the largest music festivals in the United States. They are also will play a show in Cleveland with Kid Cudi and Parliament Funkadelic.

The group’s rapper, Vic Mensa, believes this experience will help them grow as musicians.

“We always try to learn from the people that we play with,” he said. “We played with a band called Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, and they are amazing musicians. It’s not our style by any means, but it’s an amazing live show, and it’s something that we have definitely learned from.”

For Kids These Days, producing the best live show is everything.

“We try to keep the audience [members] on their toes and keep them moving,” Mensa said. “We feed off the crowd. That’s not to say that if it’s a small crowd, we’re not going to do our thing. We’ve got to put on the best show that we can every night.”

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The LA Theatre Works performs much of its works over the radio, giving weekly broadcasts heard by 7 million listeners in the United States. This weekend, it will take the stage live at the Englert Theatre, 221 E. Washington St., to perform The Rivalry.

The Illinois Senate race of 1858 dealt with many of the same issues that take center stage in today’s political world: individual freedoms, equality, and the future of the country.

Those issues, as well as actors portraying Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, will take to the stage at 7:30 p.m. today.

The play, by Norman Corwin, focuses on debates between Lincoln and Douglas as they vie for the Senate seat and deal with the boiling issues surrounding slavery and freedom.

The original dialogue by the two politicians is woven into the story as their history is brought to life.

The Rivalry also sheds light on the current problem of partisan politics by showing how the two politicians with differing viewpoints tried to work together and do the right thing for the country.

— by Julia Jessen

Improv group performs at the Mill Paperback Rhino is the oldest and one of the most wellknown improvisational comedy troupes in Iowa City.

It recently competed at Improv the College Tournament in Minneapolis, where it focused on short games, jams, and longer forms of improvisational acting.

Paperback Rhino will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Mill, 120 E. Burlington St. Admission is $4.

The group was founded in 2003 by Arthur Stewart;

originally, the actors started off with short improv skits that included a lot of audience participation.

But since then, Paperback Rhino decided to experiment with long-form improvisation.

The group members say they pride themselves on the ability to master the long-form improv performances without the help of a professional coach or administrator.

What started out as a UI student organization quickly grew, and the group has performed for Oprah Winfrey and President Obama.

For those in the community who are interested in groups such as Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind and Second City, this is a show that will be a crowd-pleaser.

— by Samantha Gentry

Envy Corps to play Blue Moose The Envy Corps, an indie rock band from Des Moines, will perform on Friday at the Blue Moose Tap House, 211 Iowa Ave. The band formed a decade ago, but the past 10 years it hasn’t been all sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll.

The band has overcome many setbacks, from record label screwups to guitarist Brandon Darner suffering a stroke onstage while performing in London.

The group has been compared to Radiohead and Modest Mouse, but the Envy Corps

should not be discounted as a wannabe band. The group’s latest album, It Culls You, proves that it has a sound of its own.

The band has a large fan base in Europe. It performed more than 200 shows while abroad in 2007 with such bands as the Killers, Mute Math, and Editors.

— by Jordan Montgomery

Scream to be auctioned NEW YORK — One of four versions of Edvard Munch’s masterpiece The Scream will be sold this spring in New York, Sotheby’s auction house announced Tuesday.

Sotheby’s estimates that the work, which has become a modern icon of human anxiety, will sell for $80 million or more.

The 1895 drawing of a man holding his head and screaming under a streaked, blood-red sky is being sold by Norwegian businessman Petter Olsen, whose father was a friend and patron of Munch’s. It is the only version of The Scream still in private hands.

“I have lived with this work all my life, and its power and energy have only increased with time,” Olsen said. “Now, however, I feel the moment has come to offer the rest of the world a chance to own and appreciate this remarkable work, which is the only version of The Scream not in the collection of a Norwegian museum.”

— Associated Press

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Harmonies from the past Male vocalists come together to remind Iowa City audiences of some classic barbershop tunes of the past.

By JULIA JESSEN julia-jessen@uiowa.edu

UI alumna Erica Lockerbie shops at Textiles Inc. on Dubuque Street on Wednesday. Lockerbie, who stuided at the Tippie College of Business, now works for the American Transport Group. (The Daily Iowan/Toan Nguyen)

An Ink-clination for music

By SAMANTHA GENTRY samantha-gentry@uiowa.edu

A tattoo of a growling tiger’s face lies on rapper Kid Ink’s Adam’s apple.

And while he said it hurt to get inked there, his most painful tattoo experience was getting the bones in his hands tattooed on the skin under which they lie.

He got the inspiration for his rap persona, not from the ink that covers his body, but from the Bic Man character found on Bic highlighters and pens.

“I have a lot of tattoos, so I’m full of ink, too, just like the Bic Man,” Kid Ink said.

“I feel like I’m a kid version of him.”

His tattoos may help to make a name for himself, but his music has really attracted international audiences.

Kid Ink will perform for the first time in Iowa at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Blue Moose Tap House, 211 Iowa Ave. Admission is $15.

Todd Luna, a local fan, first heard about Kid Ink on Twitter and decided to check his music out. He said he liked the vibe right away.

“You don’t need a specific setting — you can chill to it

or be in a bar with it,” he said. “It’s relative to any atmosphere.”

Luna plans on being in the Blue Moose on Saturday, and he’s interested to see what kind of live show the rapper will bring to the stage.

Kid Ink said he is excited about playing in a college town because the atmosphere is always “pretty crazy.”

The 25-year-old artist plans to play songs from his upcoming album Up and Away including his first single “Time of Your Life.”

“A lot of my music I want to be fun and uplifting,” Kid Ink said. “I want to make sure to have records that people can listen to and relate to.”

His single “Time of Your Life” has been playing on radio stations across the country, and it made the iTunes top-20 hip-hop single chart the day of its release. It also sold 18.5 thousand singles that week as well.

Tom George, Kid Ink’s publicity representative, said he loves the album’s first single.

“It’s one of the most-listened-to songs on my iPod for sure,” George said.

“There is no doubt in my mind that Kid Ink will be a household name in a very short period of time.”

Right now, the Los Angeles native is focusing on pushing his new single on tour and finishing his album. He has played in many cities overseas, most recently in Paris last week.

He considers it a blessing to be able to share his music with international fans, and he has received a great response from these new audiences.

“One of the biggest differences [from the U.S.] is the distance,” he said. “The people there are a little more excited to see me because it might be their only chance.

Plus overseas just has a crazy and wild audience.”

Throughout this year, Kid Ink hopes to collaborate in the studio with other artists on his future albums.

“I definitely look forward to a big year in 2012 with just a lot more work,” he said. “I don’t want to limit myself to any collaborations, and I want to work with more female artists and bigger voices, such as Alicia Keys and Adele.”

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Circumcision blues

By DEBBY HERBENICK Kinsey Confidential

Q: I was circumcised as a baby, and now, as an adult, when I masturbate I am not able to get sufficient pleasure. Also, my semen volume has become less and less, which I think is because I don’t have lubrication from my foreskin.

What can I do for lubrication and for pleasure?

A: There is still a great deal that we don’t know about how male circumcision can affect men’s sexual experiences as teenagers or adults. Some studies that involve men who were circumcised as adults have found no significant differences in their sexual function or satisfaction for the vast majority of circumcised men. Studies that compare men who were circumcised as babies or children with men who have never been circumcised have, in some cases, found differences related to these men’s sexual experiences.

However, these studies are more difficult to make sense of because there are likely a number of religious and cultural issues that both affect a family’s decision to circumcise their baby or child and that may also impact how they raise their child to feel about sexuality.

It may be that circumcision has had some impact on your penile sensation and experiences of pleasure during masturbation. However, as you were circumcised as a baby, you have nothing to compare yourself to. It’s not as if there was a time in your adult life when you had your foreskin. As such, there is no way to know whether masturbation or sex would be different for you if you were circumcised. And the fact is that many, many men who were circumcised as babies

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or children have pleasurable, high sensation sex as teenagers and adults.

If you feel that you’re struggling with how you feel about your penis or your genitals overall, you may find it helpful to speak with a sex therapist. Many men and women have questions about, or feel some sense of dissatisfaction with, aspects of their genitals and speaking with a professional may be helpful in learning to appreciate your body, understand more about the pleasure you’re capable of, and learn techniques that may enhance your pleasure during masturbation or sex with a partner.

You may also find it helpful to know that a small percentage of men – probably 5% or less – experience difficulties with ejaculation. They may try to ejaculate during masturbation or sex with a partner and find that it takes them a very long time to experience orgasm and ejaculate, or that they are unable to do so even after trying for 30 minutes or an hour.

Some men find that using a vibrator to stimulate their penis or scrotum helps them to ejaculate. Other times, men find that varying their masturbation technique helps. You can learn more about delayed ejaculation and inhibited ejaculation in The New Male Sexuality.

Finally, although it’s true that the foreskin can contribute to feelings of being lubricated, having a foreskin or not doesn’t have any bearing, as far as I’ve ever seen, on semen volume. It is common for some men to notice less semen volume as they grow older. However, it’s typically not a dramatic change; it’s more of a grad-

ual change that happens over time. If you’ve seen a noticeable change in your semen volume, mention it to your healthcare provider.

And if you would like your masturbation or partnered sex to feel more lubricated, try using a water-based lubricant during your sex play.

Many men and women find that using lubricant adds to their sense of pleasure and satisfaction during masturbation and partnered sex.

Dr. Debby Herbenick is a sexual health educator at the Kinsey Institute and author of Because It Feels Good: A Woman’s Guide to Sexual Pleasure and Satisfaction and Read My Lips: A Complete Guide to the Vagina and Vulva.

Four tones blend together, moving seamlessly to create a perfect chord. The sound seems to come out of thin air and creates a distinctive ringing as it hits the audience.

This four-part harmony will fill the Englert Theatre, 221 E. Washington St., at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, when the Old Capitol Chorus performs its annual show.

This year’s show has the theme “Good Evening, Mr. Sullivan.” The group will sing hits from the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s.

“It seemed like there were a lot of good musical selections that were entertaining from that time,” said Chad Knipfer, the director of the group. “We wanted to please our audience and show them a fun evening at the theater.”

The concert will bring the vibe of the classic “Ed Sullivan Show” back to the

Old Capitol Chorus When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday Where: Englert, 221 E. Washington Admission: Adults, $12 in advance, $15 at the door; under 18, $5 stage. The men in the chorus will act as employees of the show on break, having a drink and a bite to eat, while also singing a few songs.

“I just hope [the audience gets] a very nostalgic feeling,” said assistant director Larry Knipfer, who has been with the group since 1971.

The second act will reenact the actual “Ed Sullivan Show” portion of the evening with special guests including awardwinning quartet Voices Unlimited and the Regina High School choir.

“We brainstormed ideas, and this is one of the few that stepped out as being a bit newer with a little bit different format,” said David Keely, the chapter president of the Old Capitol Chorus. “We kind of wanted to diversify the way we entertain.”

The a cappella/barbershop group will perform classic songs by the Beatles, the

Beach Boys, Simon and Garfunkel, and many others.

Members of the group said what makes Old Capital Chorus work well is the feeling of camaraderie.

“There’s a fraternity that we have with each other,” Knipfer said. “My favorite part is the feeling of family, and being able to leave your troubles at the door, and just coming in and having a good time.”

Keely said the group is very welcoming to all people, even those who don’t know how to read music but still want to sing.

“I still don’t read music,” he said. “But the way we learn songs is we’ll hand out sheets for the lyrics, and online, they have listening tracks so you can hear the arrangement.”

There is a diverse background in the group, with people of many different ages and experience levels.

“The basic tie for everyone is you simply like to sing,” Keely said. “You’re not trying to be a star singer. The whole point is to blend in with your section and make the arrangement sound special.”

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Faust things Faust The UI Theatre Department will present a version of the classic play Dr. Faustus that toys with the traditional gender roles.

BY SAMANTHA GENTRY samantha-gentry@uiowa.edu

BY JULIA JESSEN julia-jessen@uiowa.edu

Workers rolled open the locked door of a railroad car in 2002 in Denison, Iowa, and discovered 11 undocumented immigrants who had died horrific deaths while trying to make their way to new lives.

That is the premise of Bradford Colleen Krantz’s book Train to Nowhere: Inside an Immigrant Death Investigation. She will read excerpts from the work at 5 p.m. Saturday at Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque St. “To me, it was important to tell the story in a way that people could appreciate and listen to, regardless of their viewpoint on immigration,” she said.

When Krantz heard about the story, she was working as a reporter for the Des Moines Register’s Iowa City bureau.

She paid close attention to the events but didn’t begin to write about them until she decided to stay at home with her children and realized she missed writing.

Krantz remained fascinated with the events of the tragedy and chose to make them the subject of her nonfiction book.

“I think at first it was probably the science — wondering what science could tell us about what the people in the railcar endured and more importantly, I wanted to know more about the stories of the peop l e w h o d i e d ,” s h e said.

Later, the book became more about those who survived, such as relatives, immigration agents, and others involved.

“They’re the ones who kept me interested in the story because of the way the story affected their own lives [and] all of the emotional issues that came with it for many of the people,” she said.

When Krantz started working on the book, many people told her she needed to pick a side in the immigration debate

Colleen Bradford Krantz When: 5 p.m., Saturday Where: Prairie Lights, 15 S. Dubuque Admission: free and have a political agenda in how she told the story.

“As a journalist, that really rubbed me the wrong way,” she said. “I kept thinking, ‘Isn’t it OK to just tell the story and let people decide how they feel about it?’ ” She wanted to write objectively and have the humanity of everyone involved present in her writing.

Steve Semken, the publisher of Train to Nowhere at Ice Cube Press, said Krantz’s objectivity was beneficial.

“The advantage of that is, I’ve seen her at events where people on both sides of the issue will come and ask questions, and she’s able to answer either opinion because she knows both sides,” he said.

Despite how much media attention the events in Denison received, Krantz had a hard time publishing her book because publishers weren’t sure if “immigrant tragedy books” would sell. So Krantz decided to make her research into a documentary that aired on Iowa Public Television in the fall of 2010. As a result of the publicity from the document a r y, t h e b o o k w a s published.

Paul Kakert, the director and coproducer of the film, said he describes Krantz’s style as technically accurate but with a “personal feel” to it.

“When you’re dealing with reporting the facts of a case that have a lot to do with court documents, those types of things can tend to be fairly dry and straightforward,” he said. “But what’s always important to me is the emotional and human side of that, and her style mixed those two very well.”

The show is supposedly cursed.

This weekend, according to legend, this fate may come to the Univeristy of Iowa Theatre Building’s Theatre B. Actors from different productions of Dr. Faustus have told stories of demons appearing on stage or unlikely problems with costumes and lighting.

UI senior Brittney Swensen said the show will be tough to perform, but both the actors and audience members will have an unusual experience.

“We’ve all focused on this process for so long that I’m interested to see what the audience is going to take out of it,” she said. “I’m curious to see what is going to translate into the audience’s experience and how it’s going to be received.”

The community can see this so-called haunted play at 8 p.m. today in the Theatre Building’s Theater B. Performances will continue at 8 p.m. through Saturday, with a matinee performance at 2 p.m. on Feb. 26.

Admission is free for UI students with valid IDs, $5 for the general public.

In this version of Christopher Marlowe’s classic tale (with cameo appearances by selections from Goethe’s Faust), Dr. Faustus battles to decide whether to follow the path of God or bargain his soul with the Devil. While the production usually features a male in this role, this production will feature an allfemale cast. Director Kristin Clippard chose a cast of seven women who share the responsibility of playing the 39 characters

Katie Consamus (Dr. Faustus) rehearses the scene of summoning the Devil in the play *Dr. Faustus* in the Theatre Building’s Theatre B on Wednesday. (The Daily Iowan/Ya-Chen Chen) angels, devils, and spirits.

For her, it’s a challenge to Swensen plays the role of play several different charTHEATER Mephistopheles, the devil’s acters, because each has a Dr. Faustus accomplice and Dr. Faus- different objective.

When: 8 p.m. today through tus’ attendant for 24 years.

“What your character Saturday, 2 p.m. Feb. 25 Swensen said she believes wants or needs from the Where: Theatre Building the story is strong enough scene does change, and it’s Theatre B Admission: Free for UI stuon its own that gender a challenge to distinguish dents with valid IDs; $5, genwon’t make a difference. the body, voice, and geseral public “It doesn’t matter who tures of each one,” she said. desires whom — the feelings “But I’m so excited to see are mutual,” Swensen said. “I what happens when I in the play.

Clippard, a second-year think it makes our show speak directly to the audiM.F.A. directing candidate, unique, which is important ence, and if they are going said Dr. Faustus is not a when you’re doing a famous to have fun and accept it or play about sex roles. Before piece like this.” shy away from it.” the rehearsals began, she Clippard believes that UI junior Heidi Bibler sat down with her cast and plays six roles in Dr. Faus- it’s a great challenge for determined which charac- tus; her main character is young actors to play ters could be female and Wagner. In the original numerous characters in which would remain male. play, Wagner is the servant one night because it allows “I believe that the story of Dr. Faustus, but in this them to focus on what’s is very human, because it’s production, the character important about each pargoing on a search for the acts as a narrator who tells ticular person or creature. truth and having a strong “The actors are working the audience what will desire for wanting to know very hard, and I’m so excithappen next. more from the world,” she “It’s interesting to have ed for opening night,” she said. “My main goal was no that fourth wall come down said. “The audience will matter what gender you and to actually talk to the walk away feeling chalare, you can relate to that.” audience,” Bibler said. “It’s l e n g e d , d e c i d i n g w h a t In the play, Faustus so neat to incorporate the they believe will haptakes a journey with audience and be able to p e n w i t h t h e i r s o u l Mephistopheles on a path actually talk to them a f t e r t h e i r l i f e e n d s . that could lead to misfor- directly and incorporate H o p e f u l l y, i t w i l l b e tune as she battles to pro- them into what the charac- f r i g h t e n i n g and entertect her soul from masked ter is going through.” taining all in one.”