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Records detail Hunninghake case The Department of Public Safety closed its childpornography investigation into Professor Gary Hunninghake without filing any charges.

By HAYLEY BRUCE hayley-bruce@uiowa.edu

At the same time University of Iowa Professor Gary Hunninghake faked a stabbing and robbery in Chicago in April 2010, UI police were pursuing a child-pornography investigation against him, according to Chicago police documents obtained Thursday

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attorney, Leon Spies.

Nearly one year after the initial incident, an investigative report from the Chicago police released exclusively to the DI offers insight into a story that has been clouded with confusion and unanswered questions.

The 16-page document — obtained by the DI through a public-records request — details the falsified attack and detectives’ investigation that

UI police closed their criminal investigation without filing any charges against Hunninghake, and lawyers representing him maintain authorities found the child-porn accusations groundless.

“What’s important to recall is that law-enforcement authorities, based on the investigation of Dr. Hunninghake in Iowa, found no basis for any criminal charges in Iowa,” said his Iowa

ended in the doctor being arrested on a felony charge for falsifying a police report.

And for the first time, it provides the reason the UI police were investigating the 64-yearold medical professor — information the department has refused to turn over to media in compliance with a lawsuit filed

by Hunninghake on Dec. 22, 2010, to keep it sealed.

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Hunninghake UI professor’s child-porn investigation generated no charges

UI uses arts to connect with teens The class is the first collaboration between the University of Iowa and United Action for Youth.

By ALISON SULLIVAN alison-sullivan@uiowa.edu

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A naval crew poses for a photo on board the USS Iowa in July 1953.

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Restoration to the USS Iowa could cost around $20 million.

By KENDALL MCCABE kendall-mccabe@uiowa.edu

The battleship USS Iowa braved combat in World War II in the Pacific and faced North Korean forces in the Korean War, and the vessel’s voyage is far from over.

For the last two decades, the 71-year-old craft has remained unused. Currently docked near San Francisco, its fate is uncertain.

Now, many in Iowa are raising funds to preserve the craft and turn it into a museum — a lasting monument for the fading history of WWII. Mike Meldrum, who served on the USS Iowa from 1985 to 1990, said returning to the ship would be akin to a high-school reunion. He said he wants to show his son where he “worked and slept for five years.”

“I want to set foot on the deck again, and the only way that’s going to happen is if it’s a museum,” said Meldrum, the executive vice president of the USS Iowa Veteran’s Association.

The USS Iowa is shown here on the water.

In April 2010, then-Gov. Chet Culver signed a resolution supporting efforts to make the USS Iowa a permanent museum and establishing a dedicated fund in the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs to support these endeavors. The goal is to raise roughly $20 million, but officials said they haven’t yet raised a substantial amount.

So dedicated veterans continue to raise money on their own. Retired Navy reservist and sonar technician Master Chief Donald Boyle was on board the ship in 1984 when it was re-commissioned and returned for active duty and Reserve training once a year.

Last year, he held a pizza fundraiser through his Ames veterans’ group.

Though he would “love to see the USS Iowa as a museum,” he admits there are difficulties with securing funds.

“There’s a lot of politics,” he said. “A lot of people want it; a lot of people don’t.”

A museum wouldn’t only benefit veterans. Debra Shattuck, a University of Iowa American Studies teaching assisSEE USS IOWA, 3

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‘I want to set foot on the deck again, and the only way that’s going to happen is if it’s a museum.’

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‘Ships such as the USS Iowa are a way of passing down our heritage and a reminder of what sacrifices were made to have our democracy and our way of life endure.’

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A group of United Action for Youth and UI students work on artist trading cards during the Iowa City School for the Visual Arts program on Thursday in North Hall. The program, which was started by U Associate Professor Rachel Williams and youth center volunteer Mickey Hampton, provides opportunities to middle- and high-school kids to work with UI students to produce art.

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A half-dozen paper flowers blossomed out of a ragged book, and a purple threeeyed monster grinned from a slice of a brick wall.

These unique art displays served as examples for local high schoolers Thursday evening when they gathered with University of Iowa art-education students to discuss creativity in art.

Roughly 30 high-schoolers met in the basement of North Hall for the inaugural session of the Iowa City School for the Visual Arts — the first ever collaboration between the UI and Iowa City’s United Action for Youth.

“I love the idea of calling it a school partly because it gives it room to grow,” said Mickey Hampton, a volunteer and art coordinator for the youth center.

Rachel Williams, a UI education associate professor, moved from group to group, fielding questions from the UI mentors and flashing a warm smile at students as they trickled in.

“Hi there. How are you?” she asked with her lyrical North Carolina accent.

Williams said she fantasized about the possibility of the class toward the end of the summer last year and began planning with Hampton at the beginning of the fall semester.

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A chorus of clicking keyboards echoed throughout the Levitt Auditorium at the University of Iowa College of Law Thursday.

There, around 100 law students crafted e-mails to Iowa legislators, requesting more state funding in an effort to stave off tuition increases.

Under the current state Board of Regents proposal, in-state tuition for law students could increase by 9.4 percent. Out of state tuition is slated to increase by 7.4 percent.

“Students have to bear the burden of the decreased state appropriations, and we would like the Legislature to make education a priority again,” said Michael Appel, a first-year UI law student who led the effort.

This year, legislators have denied the regents’ request for a roughly $18 million increase in funds, and Gov. Terry Branstad proposed a 6 percent decrease in state appropriation for education last month.

Each student sent letters to up to 10 legislators, some local, some from writers’ instate hometowns.

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State officials also proposed a 5 percent tuition increase for most in-state students.

Appel said he believed the increase would place greater debt on graduating law students, forcing them to seek employment at more profitable metropolitan areas away from Iowa. He said this would lead to a “brain drain” that deprives Iowa of educated professionals.

“Having these loans hanging over your head for years is daunting,” he said.

“I want to go into publicinterest law in rural areas, but I considered not doing that at first because of the loans I’d have to pay back.”

In-state tuition per semester at the law school was $11,000 in 1988; it is now $25,000.

“I think the budget that Branstad is proposing is too drastic,” he said. “I completely understand that we need to cut back on spending, but not to the degree that he is doing.”

Appel did not cite specific areas that could be cut instead of education,

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UI law students write letters to state legislators, asking them to fully fund the Board of Regents’ budget in the Boyd Law Building’s Levitt Auditorium on Thursday. There were around 20 students who showed up for the event during the first hour, said group organizer Amy Beier. though he said Iowa’s business taxes are low compared with other states’ and may be worth considering.

House education appropriations subcommittee head Rep. Cecil Dolecheck, R-Mount Ayr, said he welcomed students’ opinions but believes students will find similar or greater costs at other universities.

“Wherever [students] go, they’re going to find the same cost of tuition,” he said. “I think the education market received in Iowa is as good as they can get anywhere else.”

Rep. Curtis Hanson, DFairfield, said he agreed with the students’ viewpoints.

“Right now, we’re seeing a lot of students get an education in Iowa and move out of state because of greater economic opportunities,” he said. “Right now, we have an exodus of people out of state, even though Iowa is considered one of the best places to raise a family and start a new business.”

Hanson said he believed a change in education budgeting would be a difficult road.

“It’s not something that we’re going to stop at the stroke of a pen,” he said.

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Gov. Terry Branstad presents the Iowa City woman with award.

By KATIE HEINE katie-heine@uiowa.edu

Kristen Sharma can’t stop smiling.

That’s because the local just businesswoman experienced the “highlight” of her life.

Sharma, 44, was selected as the 2010 Iowa Woman Entrepreneur of the Year, and the Iowa City native traveled to the State Capitol Wednesday to receive her award.

Each year, The Iowa Small Business Development Center chooses a woman who significantly changed her life and improved the lives of others.

“I think I’ve done both,” Sharma said, her bouncy blond hair framing her face.

The self-motivated mother of two said she has her life in order, and she’s helping others do the same.

While Sharma has started seven successful businesses, she was nominated for her newest ventures: the East-West School of Integrative Healing Arts and A Massage Oasis.

Established four years ago, East-West provides massage-therapy training.

But the school also provides business-type classes so students have the skills to run their own business. Sharma created A Massage Oasis in 2009 as a means for students to “get their foot in the

Sharma’s businesses

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Locations: • UI Hospitals and Clinics • UI Campus Recreation & Wellness Center • Core Fitness, Iowa City • East-West School, North Liberty Source: A Massage Oasis

door” after graduating from East-West, she said.

Taking over the massage school was the biggest financial investment for Sharma, but she pooled her resources to make it happen.

“When you’re compelled to do something, you find a way to do it,” she said.

Before finding success, she dropped out of college and took an unfulfilling desk job at a bank. She began dabbling in art, which led her to interior design. Then, she became a consultant for a life coach. Helping others moved her toward massage healing.

She now operates several A Massage Oasis locations, including at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center.

“You don’t have to be stuck in a dead end,” she said.

Throughout her journey, she sought help from the UI Small Business Development Center, a service pro-

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Kristen Sharma holds an award she received for being selected as the 2010 Iowa Woman Entrepreneur of the Year in the UIHC Pomerantz Family Pavilion on Thursday. The Iowa City-native traveled to the State Capitol on Wednesday to receive the award. viding the basic knowledge to start a small business.

Paul Heath, the director of the Small Business Development Center, nominated Sharma for her success.

He said she fit the criteria as someone who has been a role model, because more than 100 students have graduated from her massage school.

“She’s persistent and a serial entrepreneur,” he said.

Husband Sunil Sharma said creativity and innovation drive her work. “Following the textbook” isn’t his wife’s thing, he said.

Instead of getting into business for financial gain, she has focused on others.

“She is in business to help people,” Sunil Sharma said.

And she does make a point of prioritizing what’s important in her own life.

Sacrificing spending time with her two sons was not something she was willing to do. She said she wanted to avoid becoming one of those people who get so tied to the business, they forget about their home lives. By starting her own ventures, she has the freedom and flexibility to spend time with her friends and family, while still maintains thriving businesses.

“I’ve got the best of both worlds,” Sharma said.

And that balance is what keeps her happy.

“Happy business owners are usually successful owners,” she said.

Council, City Attorney Eleanor Dilkes concluded sanctuary policies typically fall into three categories: Don’t tell, Don’t ask, and Don’t enforce. “Don’t tell” involves not releasing immigration status information to federal authorities.

“Don’t ask” limits questions authorities can ask about immigration status. “Don’t enforce” includes limiting arrests and detentions for violating immigration laws.

The adoption of a sanctuarycity policy was recommended to the City Council by the Human Rights Commission.

— by Katie Heine

The Iowa Council of Teachers of Mathematics presented a lifetime achievement award to a University

of Iowa professor on Feb. 18.

Walter Seaman, an associate professor of mathematics, was honored for his efforts in the field of mathematics, according to a university press release.

At the UI, Seaman has contributed his time to the UI Annual High School Mathematics and Science Partnership since 1997.

He has also designed and implemented two mathematics classes for pre-service teachers.

In 1983, Seaman joined the Mathematics Department after earning a doctorate in mathematics of the University from Massachusetts-Amherst in 1982. The focus of Seaman’s mathematics research is differential geometry.

— by Katie Heine

Jeffrey Moreland , 23, 48 Broadmoor Lane, was charged Thursday with disorderly conduct, public intoxication, and fifth-degree theft.

Catherine Nienhouse, 20, 314 N. Clinton St. Apt. 1B, was charged Thursday with PAULA. Jesus Pacheco, 28, 2167 Keokuk St. Apt. 1, was charged Wednesday with driving with a

suspended/canceled license.

Collin Post, 20, 490 Iowa Ave., was charged Thursday with PAULA. Kerri Sustich, 20, 327 E. College St. Apt. 1725, was charged Thursday with PAULA. Joseph White, 18, N267 Hillcrest, was charged Thursday with PAULA. Megan Williams, 18, Marion, was charged Thursday with PAULA.

METRO Woman charged with child endangerment A 17-month-old child tested positive for methamphetamine after officers reportedly found numerous items used in meth manufacture and use at his mother’s home.

Salana Scarborough, 22, 230 Blackfoot Trail, was charged Thursday with child endangerment causing bodily injury.

According to police reports, Scarborough admitted she was aware the other occupants of the home used and sold methamphetamine. She reportedly told officers she had purchased one box of pseudoephedrine — a key ingredient in the production of meth — and given it to her boyfriend. He was charged with manufacturing meth.

Police discovered Scarborough has purchased pseudoephedrine five times in two months. She also admitted she knew her boyfriend is a convicted felon and knew about numerous guns in the residence.

Child endangerment causing bodily injury is a Class D felony, generally punishable by up to five years in prison and a maximum fine of $7,500.

— by Regina Zilbermints

Council to consider sanctuary-city policy The Iowa City City Council plans to discuss the implementation of a sanctuary-city policy — one that would protect undocumented immigrants — at its work session Feb. 28.

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BLOTTER Kenny Ardon-Herbandez, 18, 2100 Scott Blvd. Lot 131, was charged May 8, 2010 with first-degree theft and third-degree burglary.

Ethan Brown, 18, 917 Sandusky Drive, was charged Thursday with OWI. Drew Corey, 21, Lake Villa, Ill., was charged Feb. 18 with OWI. Bryan Flatt, 36, address unknown, was charged Aug. 5, 2010, with firstdegree harassment.

Victoria Garifo, 20, 614 Iowa Ave., was charged Thursday with presence in a bar after hours.

Ashton Hastings, 19, 1122 Quadrangle, was charged Thursday with presence in a bar after hours.

Marcus Kizer, 24, Coralville, was charged Tuesday with OWI. Aristotle Loumis , 20, 302 Ridgeland Ave., was charged Thursday with OWI.

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HUNNINGHAKE CONTINUED FROM 1 Now that the information has gone public, Hunninghake’s attorneys in both Iowa City and Chicago said it is important to note investigators found no reason to file charges.

“Whatever investigation that was conducted in Iowa was thorough, it was complete, it was concluded, and no laws were broken,” said Robert Fisher, Hunninghake’s attorney in the Chicago case.

When contacted on Thursday, Hunninghake told the DI he wished to speak with his lawyer before making a statement. Hunninghake, who chose to defer comment to Spies, is a married father of three who has been at the UI since 1981. He is the former director of the UI Institute for Clinical and Translational Science. His research interests include the areas of sarcoidosis, asthma, occupational lung disease, and interstitial lung disease.

Even though the criminal investigation was closed late last year, Hunninghake remains on paid leave from the university with an annual salary of $360,000.

UI spokesman Tom Moore said, for personnel reasons, he could not explain exactly why Hunninghake is still on leave.

He said the university is “taking action” against Hunninghake but could not clarify what this means.

“The university is in the process of taking

YOUTH CONTINUED FROM 1 for students to select an idea such as borders, storytelling, democracy, or identity, and explore the t opic th r o u g h v ar i o u s artistic media.

“I want kids to understand what artists do,” Williams said.

And the students will receive that understanding through experimenting with screen printing, graffiti, stop-motion animation, and embroidery in addressing their topics.

“It’s an opportunity to explore issues in a very honest way,” Hampton said.

Scattered around the room on display are various examples of products the students can explore.

“I’m excited to see what they make from our lessons,” said Katie Tees-

USS IOWA CONTINUED FROM 1 tant, said it would serve as an educational resource.

“Ships such as the USS Iowa are a way of passing down our heritage and a reminder of what sacrifices were made to have our democracy and our way of life endure,” she said.

Shattuck, a retired Air Force officer said that despite the large expense, it’s worth the investment.

Shattuck’s father, John Fakan, works at the USS Cod Submarine Memorial in Cleveland. Fakan said funds for states to maintain battleships as museums have decreased by as much as 50 percent in recent years because of the economy.

Fakan, who works closely with the Historical Naval Ships Association, said the USS Alabama, stationed in Mobile, Ala., requires $1 million in upkeep each year and needed around $10 million to initially set up the ship as a museum.

action against Dr. Hunninghake under university policy,” Moore said in a statement. “However, due to a pending request for an injunction filed by Dr. Hunninghake, we are not legally at liberty to discuss the details of this matter.”

Moore declined to comment beyond the issued statement.

In regards to the UI’s pending internal investigation, Spies said officials are “dealing with that in a professionally appropriate matter that we believe will reflect the full measure of Dr. Hunninghake’s contributions to the university and the professional and scientific mission” of the UI Hospitals and Clinics and the Carver College of Medicine.

“We’re dealing with a gentleman who has devoted his life and his professional skills to the institution that he loves, and this is horribly painful for him,” Spies said.

UI police officials did not return repeated emails and phone calls on Thursday seeking confirmation of the childpornography investigation and further information.

Iowa City Police Chief Sam Hargadine said his department assisted with the forensic analysis of one of the computers seized from Hunninghake. Hargadine said they did not aid UI police in search warrants on his home and office.

Coralville Police Chief Barry Bedford said the only involvement his department had was standing by as UI police executed the search warrant at Hunninghake’s

Art Education Other education projects in the School of Art and Art History: • Project C.H.A.N.G.E. • Saturday Art Workshops • American Discovery Trial • Partnership with Tate Alternative High School Source: School of Art and Art History website

d a l e, a U I s t u d e nt involved in the program.

“It’s such a big learning experiment for me.”

Teesdale is the creator behind the blossoming book on display, an idea s h e fo u n d o n l i n e and immediately liked.

“If I wanted to make one, wouldn’t someone else?” she said.

As greetings and introductions ended, students broke off into smaller sessions and began to work on different art projects.

USS Iowa The ship has had a long history of serving the United States.

Interesting facts: • Aug. 27, 1942: Launched as lead ship of Iowa-class battleships • Only battleship with a bathtub — installed for President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1943 • Size of three football fields • Can shoot a 2,500 pound shell as far as 25 miles Source: USS Iowa Veteran’s Association

“People from WWII know very well that she is an important national treasure from that era, but the generations nowadays don’t have that same feeling,” he said, noting that tourists’ ticket revenue could never keep up with the cost of maintaining the vessel.

Though the USS Iowa’s final resting place is still unknown, Boyle said he would love to have the ship preserved closer to the state of Iowa.

“I wish they could’ve gotten it to the Great Lakes,” he said. “But it didn’t make it.”

home in Coralville on April 23.

T h e f a l si f i e d a tt a c k The UI placed Hunninghake on paid leave on April 23, 2010. The next day, he traveled to Chicago for a medical conference.

The Chicago police documents show Hunninghake reported the following to police on April 24: Hunninghake said he was jogging down the river walk on East Lower Wacker Drive in downtown Chicago around 5:30 a.m. on the cool morning when three unknown white men approached him in an aggressive manner. Feeling “uncomfortable” Hunninghake then took out his wallet and said “Here, you can have my wallet.”

After one of the “offenders” accepted the wallet, Hunninghake said he began to walk away, at which point he was grabbed by the remaining two men while the first stabbed him in the chest, stated “his skin is too thick,” and stabbed him again in the abdomen and shoulder. The “offenders” then fled, and Hunninghake walked to the loading dock of the Hyatt Hotel, West Tower, 151 E. Lower Wacker Drive, where security found him.

“I was robbed and my wallet’s over there,” Hunninghake said, according to the report.

Security searched for the wallet and called an ambulance; he was taken to Northwestern Hospital.

Hunninghake provided police with detailed descriptions of two of the “offenders”: one was 6-2, 220 pounds, had a long

“ I l i k e t hat t her e aren’t any limits to it,” said 14-year-old Haley Voss as she delicately held her drying project, an artist “trading card.”

The UI art-education department has a variety of opportunities for its students to go into local schools and work with students from kindergarten through high school. The UI also holds Saturday morning workshops for elementary students, Williams said.

And opportunities for youth to engage in art out s i de of s chool i s i m por t ant , Ham pt on said.

“Sometimes, the school setting isn’t the ideal setting,” she said. “It’s alternative settings where kids really flourish.”

face, and wore dark clothes and a stocking cap. The other was 5-11, had a red face, red hair, and stubble.

A c a l l f ro m U I p ol i c e Chicago police investigated Hunninghake’s claims that three unknown men had robbed him and stabbed him four times. They visited him in the emergency room, interviewed witnesses, and searched for the suspects.

Then they got a call from UI police. Associate Director William Searls told Chicago police about the child-porn investigation and said he questioned the validity of the alleged incident that occurred in Chicago.

Searls told Chicago officers that as UI Detectives Brian Meyer and Terry Bringman searched Hunninghake’s home April 23, his wife called to tell him about the search warrant — less than 24 hours before he reported the stabbing to police.

When Meyer and Bringman later found out he was “robbed and stabbed” in Chicago, they were suspicious and immediately questioned him upon his return to Iowa.

There were reportedly “blatant” inconsistencies in the stories he told the two departments.

Eight days after the incident, Chicago detectives contacted Hunninghake by phone. Police told Hunninghake they found several contradictions

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during their investigation and asked Hunninghake to tell them what really happened that evening.

A f a l se r e p o r t Once Chicago police brought up the issue of the ongoing investigation in Iowa City, Hunninghake immediately admitted he had, in fact, not been attacked or robbed.

He told the detective he paid cash for a set of steak knives and only kept one 6- to 7-inch blade to stab himself before throwing it in the river.

When asked if he was trying to kill himself or simply garner sympathy, Hunninghake said he was not sure what he was trying to do and said he was “in a strange state of mind” when he stabbed himself.

Chicago police decided to file charges on falsifying a report, and Hunninghake turned himself in on May 6, 2010.

Following the charge, Chicago police Superintendent Jody Weis told Chicago newspapers that Hunninghake embarrassed Chicago with his story.

“Why anyone would create such a story and waste the valuable resources of first responders is beyond me,” Weis told media at the time.

“At a time when resources are already stretched thin, Mr. Hunninghake’s actions were not only criminal but irresponsible and unfair to the resi-

dents and visitors of our great city.”

Hunninghake told the Chicago Tribune the UI investigation had nothing to do with the incident.

“That’s [unimportant].

That’s going to blow over.

That’s not the issue,” he said after a hearing in Chicago.

Where things stand On Jan. 25, Hunninghake pleaded guilty to a lesser misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct in Cook County Circuit Court.

He was sentenced to 14 months of conditional discharge and 40 hours of community service and ordered to pay $15,565 in restitution to the Chicago police.

As for his employment at the UI, Moore was unable to provide a timeline for when officials will make a decision on what action to take. He was also unable to clarify what “taking action” meant.

Moore said the UI is prohibited from discussing the details of Hunninghake’s employment status because of the injunction he filed against the university requesting all documents pertaining to the UI police investigation be sealed indefinitely.

No other law-enforcement agencies are currently investigating Hunninghake, Spies said.

A hearing on the records petition is set for April 1.

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Optimism over proposed civics-test requirement How civic minded are you?

The following test is largely derived from questions asked of those seeking U.S. citizenship; however, multiple-choice answers are provided. Should you find your score less than satisfactory, you are by no means alone.

1. How many amendments does the U.S. Constitution have?

A. 10 B. 19 C. 27 D. 32 2. Which part of government makes federal laws?

A. President B. Congress C. Senate D. Supreme Court 3. U.S. senator terms last for ___ years.

A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8 4. Of the following, who is one of Iowa's two senators?

A. Terry Branstad B. Steve King C. Dave Loebsack D. Tom Harkin 5. How many voting members are in the House of Representatives?

A. 50 B. 100 C. 260 D. 435

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Don’t know much about U.S. history and politics?

You’re not alone.

These usually stale and erudite topics have been increasingly relegated to the academic realm, the sole bastion of scholars in endless debate over what the Founding Fathers really did intend.

Regardless, inhabitants of this country should have — at very least — a basic knowledge of the workings of government and the events that led to our modern version of America. That is why a recently proposed bill in the state House of Representatives is so important: It would require that high-school seniors pass the 100-question U.S. citizenship test before graduating, inculcating a basic knowledge of government in the state’s youth.

While this may only amount to an exercise in rote memorization to some (and raises a couple of concerns), students will have the opportunity to expand upon this knowledge following high school.

“It’s the core of what a citizen ought to know,” Rep. Jeremy Taylor, R-Sioux City, the lawmaker who introduced the bill, told The Daily Iowan on Monday.

The bill, HF 24, proposes that Iowa high-school seniors correctly answer only 75 of the 100 questions, and they would be allowed numerous tries to do so. (The measure awaits review by the House Education Committee.) The questions range from the absurdly simplistic — “What are the colors of the American flag?” — to some that require actual knowledge of politics, such as naming the state’s two current senators.

While the rest of the nation may view Iowa as a mainstay in U.S. politics, our students’ historical knowledge of government paints a different picture entirely. The state Department of Education requires that students in grades nine through 12 receive tutelage in U.S. government, history, and Iowa politics “as a condition of graduation.” Yet a 2011 study by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute found that Iowa’s curriculum resoundingly failed to include adequate, standardized historical knowledge, noting: “Iowa’s purported standards are an affront to the state’s teachers, parents, and students.”

“I definitely would feel that [civics and government] has been slighted,” West High government teacher Mitch Gross told the DI Editorial Board Thursday. “There’s been such a focus on math and reading, and obviously, those are important subjects … but having said that, it’s an area that in most curricula keeps getting cut. You probably do see the ramifications of that later on.”

At its core, a knowledge of politics is essential to the future functioning of a democracy. To Americans, “systematic differences in political knowledge have serious implications for the ability of some groups to perceive and act on their self-interest,” concluded Michael Carpini of the Pew Charitable Trusts in his study on the political knowledge and perceived efficacy of average Americans.

The introduction of a pre-graduation evaluation may just provide hard evidence that Iowa educational standards in the social sciences need reworking, giving the state Department of Education the wake-up call it needs to improve civics programs in all counties.

Still, there are some concerns — most notably, the prospect of another unfunded mandate adding to the public-school burden. Gross expressed this worry, citing the Iowa House’s proposed 0 percent allowable growth for public-school budgets for the next fiscal year. “Who’s going to pay for it?” he asked. A good question.

And a standardized test, while it might stress the fundamentals, couldn’t substitute for actual involvement in the political process. “ I’d like there to be a focus of becoming more engaged in grass-roots level politics, people vol-

unteering in campaigns, doing issue advocacy,” Gross said. “I think that’s the best way to get involved or illustrate your citizenship, rather than passing the test.”

But a working knowledge of the basics could give students the basic tools to get involved. “Civic self-education increases active civic engagement,” noted a major finding of the American Civic Literacy Program’s 2011 “Enlightened Citizenship” report. The test, particularly if it leads to an improved curriculum and re-evaluation of state achievement, would be a step in the right direction; it would not directly lead to a more engaged citizenry.

Still, we hope the Legislature votes to give high-school seniors that extra kick out into the political world.

Particularly if it comes with measures to actually improve education, not just add another test.

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SHAWN GUDE shawn-gude@uiowa.edu

I was hopeful, maybe naïvely so.

While Terry Branstad wasn’t my first choice for governor, his record on higher education wasn’t abhorrent. And Chet Culver, the equivocating embodiment of milquetoast progressivism, would finally be gone. So, I figured, a Branstad administration couldn’t be too bad, right?

As I said — maybe I was a little naïve.

What I hadn’t fully comprehended (and what I now recognize) was the higher-education paradigm shift that had occurred, the new funding status quo that had emerged.

That new consensus among state politicians is roughly this: We can reduce public support for our state universities, as increased efficiency — along with tuition hikes and money from other private sources — will prevent them from being egregiously hampered.

(Not all state elected officials believe this, but as far as I can tell, nonadherents are anomalies.)

These assumed upshots have proven false.

University of Iowa President Sally Mason said earlier this month that budget cuts have caused top faculty members to leave. The UI is increasingly serving outof-state students, rather than Iowa students, because they bring in more tuition dollars. And legislators have started floating myopic solutions — such as selling Jackson Pollock’s Mural— instead of addressing the underlying problem.

We’re currently in what Tom Mortenson, an Iowabased higher-education policy expert, called a “death spiral” — state-government retrenchment and state universities that have, in reaction, turned their backs on Iowa residents.

“Unless somebody steps back or there’s a negotiated truce, we’re going to have three private universities that used to be owned by the state,” Mortenson told me in a recent interview.

It may seem a bit fatalistic, but he is right.

A cursory glance at higher-education funding levels underscores just

how far away the state has moved from the old consensus.

There was a limited ebb and flow of support for public universities under both Democrat Harold Hughes (in office from 1963-1969) and Republican Robert Ray (1969-1983). Despite their differing party affiliations, the funding continuity is striking. In the 1963-64 school year, state appropriations accounted for 77 percent of the UI’s general fund. Twenty years later, that had only dipped to 71 percent.

Terry Branstad’s first 16 years in Terrace Hill saw a decline in state appropriations, but overall support still remained strong. In the 1998-99 school year, the state was still funding 63 percent of the UI’s operating budget.

The bipartisan consensus was burst asunder under Democrats Tom Vilsack and Chet Culver; the state now funds less than 40 percent of the UI’s budget.

“When [Branstad] was governor before, he was a rather strong supporter of the universities,” Mortenson said. “It took Vilsack and Culver to gut the state’s investment in higher education.”

So when Branstad was elected last November, I was hopeful he’d reverse the privatization trend, unaware of the new consensus.

Instead of filling in a decade’s worth of holes, however, Branstad has sought to further defund state universities. The “common sense” of supporting public higher education has now degenerated into the “common sense” of “doing more with less.”

This blithe disregard for our public universities needs to end. If the new bipartisan consensus isn’t challenged on economic and democratic grounds, it will only become more entrenched.

Democratic theorist Amy Gutmann phrased it well: “Just as we need a more democratic politics to further democratic education, so we need a more democratic education to further democratic politics. If we value either, we must pursue both.”

Some leaders, including state Board of Regents’ President David Miles, have been admirably outspoken about the need for increased appropriations.

But more indignation and action is needed.

Bottom line: Public higher education is worth fighting for.

Guest opinion

Wisconsin: Elections have consequences Over the past week, Wisconsin public employees have flocked to Madison to protest Gov. Scott Walker’s budget-repair bill. Teachers have walked out of their classrooms, senators have fled the state, and President Obama has once again involved himself in state affairs. The left is painting the bill into an attack on the middle class, education, and unions. Some are even comparing the protests to the citizen-lead protests in Egypt.

Before such inaccuracies have a chance to continue, let’s set a few things straight.

Walker, who was swept into office during the 2010 midterm elections, is confronting the tough decisions right away. With a projected $3.6 billion

deficit, his budget repair bill makes a reasonable request to avoid thousands of state and local layoffs. To balance the budget, he is asking public employees to contribute 12.6 percent of their health-care premiums and 5.8 percent of their annual salary to their pension plans, which is about the same as the private sector pays for public employee’s pensions and well below the national average.

The primary unionleader talking point is that the bill “gets rid of unions.”

There are no provisions in the bill to get rid of collective bargaining completely, but the bill does cap total wage increases at the inflation rate. When the private

sector has not received a raise in years, this is a completely sensible request.

Public employees should never be entitled to a higher wage, when their employers, the taxpayers, cannot afford it.

Observe, for a moment, a picture of the protesters in Madison. Beside the signs that compare Walker to Hitler, you’ll see signs that say, “Unions Created the 40 Hour Week” or “Thank Unions for the Weekend.”

Wrong again.

Private-sector unions began because of dangerous working conditions and a combative relationship between management and labor. Public unions began for political gain in the Democratic Party. Think

about it: When people work in the government business, their interests align with the party of larger government. Private-sector unions fight with management because of an inequitable distribution of earnings; government unions are negotiating on increasingly scarce taxpayer money.

One common Facebook status states, “Wisconsin has higher ACT/SAT scores than the five states that outlawed collective bargaining (South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, and Virginia).” Maybe more Wisconsin students would know the difference between correlation and causation if they weren’t being used as political pawns by their state teachers’ union. Union

involvement in teaching is not about what is best for the student; after all, if educating young people was the goal, union teachers wouldn’t cancel classes to protest.

The UI College Republicans will show the awardwinning documentary Waiting for “Superman” at 8 p.m. March 1 in 71 Schaeffer Hall. The documentary discusses the current state of public education and how it is failing our country’s young people. All are welcome to attend.

Obama famously said after the 2008 election, “Elections have consequences.” The 2010 midterm elections are no different.

What is going on in Wisconsin is not about worker’s

rights. It’s about one thing, and one thing only: cash.

Walker wants to save the state from California-type insolvency, and the teachers’ unions want to continue their fiddling while Rome burns.

Comparing the protesters in Madison to those in Cairo is both stupid and offensive. The freedom fighters in Cairo were battling against a tyrant who had a 30-year stranglehold on power. The protesters in Madison are complaining about their over 52-year drain on the public coffers coming to an end.

Natalie Ginty is a UI junior and candidate for chairwoman of the Iowa Federation of College Republicans.

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Recalling forgetten heroes The book lecture marked the last UI-sponsored event for Black History Month.

By MADISON BENNETT madison-bennett@uiowa.edu

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Megan Logan plays the ukulele in her Currier Hall room on Feb. 18.

Logan plays 12 instruments but said the ukulele is her favorite.

Instrumental being UI sophomore Megan Logan uses her 12 instruments for creative expression.

Megan Logan • Age: Sioux City • Hometown: Santa Monica, Calif.

• Favorite City: Spiders and fluorescent lights • Fears: Answer • Current obsession: British television

By SAMANTHA GENTRY samantha-gentry@uiowa.edu

Breaking out into a song about broccoli while waiting in the salad-bar line in the Burge Marketplace is a normal occurrence for musician Megan Logan.

“Sometimes, it’s kind of annoying, but I like to call it my love story to broccoli,” she said. “When my friends are around me, they just shake their heads and walk away.”

Singing isn’t the only musical talent Logan has. She also plays 12 instruments.

At the age of 5, she started playing the piano, and in fourth grade, she added French horn to the list. But once middle school came around, she was bored with her musical outlets and decided to pick up the guitar.

“My parents got me my first guitar, a Fender, for 1 cent on eBay,” she said.

“And every Christmas after that I’ve gotten a new instrument.”

With a dozen instruments on her résumé, Logan finds it difficult to choose which is her favorite. But her friends tend to enjoy the sound of her ukulele most.

Friend Marisa Way loves hearing her play the ukulele because Way believes it’s an underappreciated instrument.

“It’s really small and cute and has a perpetually cheerful sound to it,” Way said.

The ukulele is signed by some of Logan’s favorite artists, including Ingrid Michaelson, who was Logan’s inspiration to play the instrument.

The University of Iowa sophomore not only plays her instruments to make music, she also uses a program on her Mac called Garage Band to produce demos. If she wanted to record piano on the program, she can use the mini keyboard she has in her room instead of playing a grand piano. “[Garage Band] gives you a nice outline; it’s easier than going to a chamber-

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music society,” she said.

The down-to-earth redhead has never released her demos to the public, but last year she performed at a benefit for Haiti and played a couple of opening shows at the Mill.

The Haiti benefit was one of her favorite performances because everything was amplified — from the sound to the crowd to the location. She played original songs with her colleagues from SCOPE but felt as though people wanted to hear something a little more mainstream.

“We played Jenny Owen Youngs’ songs, and it finally sounded like a good song,” Logan said. “People quieted down, got really excited, and even started dancing; it was a great experience for me.”

When the 20-year-old musician isn’t performing for a benefit or opening for established artists, her favorite place to jam is at friend Jimi’s house. When they play, he clears out the whole front room of his house and has a giant amp for them to use.

“We basically order pizza, play some music, watch a music documentary, and play some more music,” Logan said.

The Sioux City native isn’t quite sure where she wants to go with her music career, but lately, she’s been working with people on finding her way into a recording studio.

“She’s definitely going to make a name for herself in some part of the music business,” said Logan’s friend Liz Schorsch. “She has the passion and the drive, but she also holds a huge array of musical knowledge from all of her experiences.”

Robert Morris’ goal is to tell the stories that aren’t often told — the stories of forgotten African American war heroes.

As Black History Month comes to a close, approximately 20 people congregated in the IMU Thursday to hear Morris speak about his new book, Black Faces of War: A Legacy of Honor from the American Revolution to Today.

“A lot of people’s story has never been told and will never be told,” the University of Iowa alumnus said.

“That’s why I do it — to honor them personally.”

The book uses more than 250 illustrations to tell the stories of African American soldiers who served in the U.S. military during times of war.

“The thing that makes this book so special is the first-person accounts that are in there,” Morris said at the podium, a Kappa Alpha Psi lifetime membership pin decorating his lapel.

Morris’ presentation, which marked the last UI Black History Month event, was “fantastic for this month and for his tour,” said Rachel Gatewood, a multicultural coordinator for the Center for Diversity and Enrichment.

Katherine Betts, assistant director of Diversity Programs and Cultural Centers, said exploring African American experience in the military as part of Black History month would foster “good dialogue” at the UI. Morris’ military background was an impetus for writing the book. His grandfather and father

both served in the military, and his son enlisted in the Air Force and is stationed in Great Britain. But he also has a rich background in African American history.

His mother was the first certified black psychologist in Iowa, and his father helped integrate the dorms at the UI in 1946.

Among the crowd at the IMU was African student Patrick Mburu. The sophomore said reading about Morris’ background enticed him to come.

“Part of it is it being Black History Month, and when I read about him, he is very accomplished,” he said.

When Morris attended the UI, he helped found the Iowa City chapter of the NAACP in 1979 and protested many issues of the time.

“Those were some very turbulent times,” he said.

“We raised all kinds of hell.”

The 52-year-old has continued his work in the African-American community, focusing especially on the youth.

As the managing member of the Historic Education Recognition Opportunity, Morris encourages at-risk minority youth to participate in the military and public service.

“We’ve got to take some drastic actions in our own community because we’re literally wiping each other out,” he said.

UI freshman Joe Matson attended the lecture for an Interpretive Literature requirement. He is part of the Army ROTC program at Iowa.

And after hearing Morris speak, Matson anxiously stood in line to talk to the author.

“I’m kind of still in shock after hearing of these stories,” he said.

“That’s why I have to go up and thank him.”

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ARIES March 21-April 19 Keep your secrets locked up tight. Being too open about personal matters will lead to rumors that can hurt your reputation. Instead, put the emphasis on others, showing interest in whatever pursuits they are tackling. An opportunity will arise.

TAURUS April 20-May 20 A sudden and unexpected turn of events will ignite your personal and romantic lives. Be ready to follow through so you don’t miss out on what’s being offered. Your knowledge and offer of time and services will put you in the limelight.

GEMINI May 21-June 20 This is no time to take chances with your reputation.

Expect emotional matters to lead to a confrontation if you have taken matters into your own hands without sufficient knowledge or understanding.

CANCER June 21-July 22 You can go two ways today: the know-it-all way or the interest-in-learning-more scenario. It’s your future; the choice you make will influence your personal and professional status. Keep things simple.

LEO July 23-Aug. 22 ou’ll be in a partying mood, but even so, you must avoid overindulgence. Your best bet is to do something that improves or updates your lifestyle, looks, or knowledge. Different cultural traditions and ways of doing things will help you make the right choice.

VIRGO Aug. 23-Sept. 22 You’ll be drawn to unusual people who can offer you an insightful view into people, activities, and skills that are foreign to you. What you learn from others will lead to an interesting union or partnership that can turn into a profitable enterprise.

LIBRA Sept. 23-Oct. 22 Watch your back. Not everyone is on your side.

Don’t overreact, or you will be open for criticism. Keep your thoughts to yourself, and keep close tabs on what so-called friends and acquaintances are doing and saying.

SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21 You can work from home and accomplish personal and professional goals. Your ability to see what needs to be done and to follow through will bring about a new set of rules to live by. A celebration will enhance your love life and your attitude.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Trouble on the home front will escalate if you don’t do some damage control. Be upfront and honest, and although not everyone you deal with will agree with you, at least you will know where you stand and what you need to do next.

CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Remembering dreams, hopes, and wishes from your youth will help you make some decisions about your future. You can make personal changes both physically and with the company you keep, leading to more entertaining and profitable endeavors.

AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18 If you haven’t been working at a job you enjoy, it’s time to look at what’s available that allows you to utilize your skills and is meaningful to you. Talk to someone you trust to guide you in the most suitable direction.

PISCES Feb. 19-March 20 Don’t let your emotions interfere with what needs to be done or said. If you take what’s going on personally, you will not stand a chance of getting what you want. Be open-minded and adaptable.

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GYMNASTICS CONTINUED FROM 10 “I would consider Talya one of my good friends now,” Hurlburt said. “And she’s told me a lot about what she’s gone through. I think everyone should be aware of how present breast cancer really is, that it could happen to anyone, so I think this meet is important for that.”

Not only will the think pink theme draw a large crowd — fans are encouraged to wear pink as well — but also the Iowa-Iowa State rivalry will likely pack the Field House.

“The rivalry is so heated and so important — not just to us, but to everyone else,” Libby said. “It matters so much to everyone in the

MEN'S BASKETBALL CONTINUED FROM 10 their tournament chances.”

The Hawkeyes played well against the Illini in the teams’ first matchup this season, a 87-77 Illinois victory in both team’s Big Ten opener on Dec. 29. But historically, Iowa hasn’t played nearly so well in the unfriendly confines of Assembly Hall in Champaign, Ill. In the last 21 contests at Illinois, Iowa has won just one, with the sole victory coming in the 1998-1999 season.

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state, everyone in athletics.

I think whether you’ve done gymnastics or haven’t, or know nothing about gymnastics, you know about the rivalry, and that’s all you need to know to be a part of something.”

The Hawkeyes competed against Iowa State on Feb. 18 and lost, 196.35 to 195.85. But the Hawkeyes will have another chance against the Cyclones, and another chance to earn points for Iowa in the HyVee Cy-Hawk series in their home arena.

The GymHawks are excited about what is expected to be a large crowd for their pink meet, because their main goal is to raise breast-cancer awareness.

“I coach 18 to 21 young ladies every year who are in that range where they could

be considered ‘too young’ for breast cancer, just like [Vexler],” Libby said. “We want to make sure that they know to just go get checked.

We also have the opportunity with so many young kids who follow our team to be role models. If we can save one life with them just being at that meet and just teach them to be aware.”

At one point during the meet, breast-cancer patients and survivors in the crowd will be asked to stand up, Hansen said. And after that, everyone who knows someone affected by breast cancer will be asked to stand up.

“When you see the majority of the crowd stand up, it really makes you realize that cancer affects so many people, so this is just a really important thing that

we’re doing,” Hansen said.

While the GymHawks want to increase their team score from their last performance against Iowa State, they’re also focusing on something more than gymnastics today. Their events and routines, their pink leotards, and their thoughts will be dedicated to everyone who has fought breast cancer and anyone who is still fighting.

“During the think pink meet, it puts everything into perspective, that gymnastics is not the only thing that’s important in life,” Hurlburt said. “We get out of the idea that we’re competing against each other, and we come together to support something that’s really important.”

“It’s not good to hear that. I didn’t realize that,” junior guard Matt Gatens said when informed the team’s historical ineptitude at Illinois. “I didn’t realize it was that rare.”

But history is history for a reason. Come tip-off on Saturday, 20 out of 21 won’t have any effect on any free throw or inbounds pass.

Players themselves didn’t hesitate to dismiss that record as a stat of the past.

Even the youth of the squad appeared unfazed by such a dire stretch.

“We can compete with anybody; that’s our mindset,” freshman forward Zach

McCabe said.

Yet no matter how well Iowa plays, it can’t move very far up the standings before season’s end.

The highest Iowa can finish in the Big Ten regular season is 10th. With three games left to play, the Hawkeyes are tied with Indiana at the bottom of the league standings — although Iowa does hold the tiebreaker over the Hoosiers after sweeping them this season.

Players said they aren’t drawing motivation from a battle to finish 10th, though.

Instead, the Hawkeyes are motivated by the belief that they can beat any of the last

three teams they play, and finishing 10th could be a consequence.

This isn’t an easy task, because after Illinois comes another bubble team in Michigan State, followed by Iowa’s Senior Day contest against No. 8 Purdue.

But don’t tell that to anyone on this Iowa basketball team.

“I firmly believe we can win these last three games with teams we’ve fought hard against,” Gatens said. “We beat Michigan State.You don’t want to finish last,you want to finish as high as you can.”

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that, and get the inside

Bluder’s squad lost to the Wolverines earlier this season, and that was in Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

So while Michigan may not be a fluke, it has most notably lost to Minnesota twice this season and fell against Purdue and Michigan State twice. If a rematch ensued between Iowa and Michigan, that isn’t too bad.

position.”

Iowa vs. Ohio State

were finding a body and really putting a body on them,” Bluder said. “We were just kind of turning around and trying to jump.

And we’re not going to outjump Illinois. So it’s better if we just work on the fundamentals, and execute

Thursday’s game served as Iowa’s home finale. The team will travel to play at Indiana on Feb. 27 before heading to Indianapolis for next week’s Big Ten Tournament.

“Good win,” Bluder said.

“Nice way for Kach and Kelsey to go out.”

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The Hawkeyes split their series with the Buckeyes this season, and they would be a dangerous opponent for a second-round game. Ohio State still boasts All-American Jantel Lavender and feisty point guard Samantha Prahalis.

Iowa probably wants to root for the Buckeyes to lose on Feb. 27, when it plays Wisconsin.

Iowa vs. Wisconsin In this matchup scenario, the Hawkeyes have the advantage. Iowa crushed the Badgers this month, albeit on its home floor, but the Hawks clearly were the better team that day. Although a rematch would be at a neutral site — Indianapolis — the Hawkeyes have the advantage.

In this scenario, though, Iowa would likely play Penn State in the semifinal. The Nittany Lions defeated the Hawkeyes this season not once, but twice.

NCAA Tournament outlook Iowa is in good position right now to avoid the 8-9 seed range, which has been its seed each of the last three seasons.

Charlie Creme, ESPN.com’s women’s basketball bracketologist, currently projects Iowa as a No. 6 seed. If Iowa were to win in that scenario, it would play either a 3-seed

or 14-seed depending on who wins.

“I think Iowa is the thirdbest team in the league,” Creme said in a phone interview. “Record-wise, that’s not necessarily indicated, but I think they’re a better team than Michigan.

I would give Iowa the nod over Ohio State as well.

“I still think Iowa has a bit of an inflated RPI, but I think its overall body of work would leave it as a 5 or 6 seed.”

Bluder said she thinks her squad is fairly safe to be out of that 8-9 range this year, which would prove to be quite significant in the tournament. Iowa would avoid a second-round matchup with a No. 1 seed if so.

“I think we’ll get a good seed regardless of what happens in the Big Ten Tournament, although I think we can ensure it with a really good tournament,” Bluder said. “I think we’re off that 8-9 situation right now. [That’s] death row being in that situation.”

Men’s track off to Big Tens Iowa coaches project a sixth-place finish for their own squad.

By BEN SCHUFF benjamin-schuff@uiowa.edu

During Monday’s track and field practice in the Recreation Building, Iowa assistant coach Joey Woody could be heard asking Steven Willey, “What week is it?”

“Big Tens,” the senior answered simply, yet emphatically.

The 15thr a n k e d Hawkeyes will head to the Univers i t y of Illinois for the Big Ten i n d o o r Wieczorek c h a m p i - head coach onships this w e e k e n d . The meet will start S a t u r d a y m o r n i n g and end late on the afternoon of Feb. 27.

Iowa finished fifth at last year’s indoor championships, scoring 56 points in Minneapolis.

Leading up to this year’s competition, it appears the Hawkeyes have made gains.

Six individuals have broken seven school records.

Coaches around the league have taken note.

Minnesota head coach Steve Plasencia described the Hawkeyes as “a track pro-

gram on the rise.” Indiana head coach Ron Helmer has also been impressed by the Hawks.

“When they’re good, they’re really good,” the fourth-year Hoosier head coach said.

Still, Iowa’s coaching staff projected the squad to finish sixth based on paper points.

Head coach Larry Wieczorek and Company looked at the top eight performers in every event across the conference. Then, the coaches tallied up team point totals as if each event finished how the current top eight performers are slotted now. In doing so, the Hawkeyes scored 72 points.

The always optimistic head coach said his staff did the same thing last year, and were within a single point of the team’s actual total.

“A general concept I talk about is control the controllables,” Wieczorek said. “If you put your best self on the field, the results will take care of themselves.”

Sprints This is a group that Plasencia said he was “particularly impressed with.”

Junior transfer Justin Austin has been Iowa’s best sprinter. He has set school

records in the 60 and 200 meters, events in which he ranks second and first, respectively, in the Big Ten. Wieczorek feels Austin is a contender to win both the 60 and 200 meters.

Willey will headline the group of Iowa runners in the 400. The senior won the 400 at the outdoor Big Ten Championships last year after finishing second indoors.

few bright spots — the sophomore broke the school record in the 3,000 meters.

While Thode will run the mile at Big Tens, Wieczorek decided to hold Thode out of the 3,000, saying, “I don’t want to beat him up.”

The distance medley relay will consist of Thode, Sowinski, and Nathan Prom. The 400 leg had yet to be determined by Thursday afternoon.

Middle Distance

Throws/Jumps

Two members of last year’s All-American 1,600meter relay highlight this group. Chris Barton will run in the 600, and Erik Sowinski will run in the 800.

Last year, Sowinski finished fourth in the 600. Now, the junior captain knows what to expect from the Big Ten atmosphere.

“It was definitely a learning experience,” he said.

“There were a couple of places in my race where I could’ve made smarter moves. Now I’m a year stronger and a year smarter.”

Iowa will be without the services of high jumper Graham Valdes. The senior was the only high jumper to score points for the Hawkeyes at last year’s indoor meet. He was arrested Monday and charged with assault causing bodily injury for allegedly hitting a man over the head with a champagne bottle.

Troy Doris has qualified for NCAAs with a jump of 54 feet earlier in the year. That mark is better than anyone else in the conference by more than 2 feet.

Doris said, “All this preparation I’ve done and all the time put into triple jumping, it would be somewhat of a catastrophe if I didn’t win Big Tens.”

Distance In a conference full of NCAA qualifiers, the Hawkeyes’ options are limited in the distance events.

Jeff Thode has been one of

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Tracksters still growing The Hawkeyes feel much more confident going into the Big Tens this weekend than they have in the past two years. amy-tiffany@uiowa.edu

Only two years ago, the Iowa women’s track and field team was in a completely different place. It was near the bottom of the Big Ten, and the squad had one of its worst performances in recent history, finishing in last place (10th) at the indoor conference meet.

Heading into this weekend’s Big Ten championships — hosted

by Purdue Anderson in West head coach Lafayette, Ind. — two years later, it’s a different story.

Head coach Layne Anderson said the Hawkeyes have had plenty of success this season.

They’ve had a successful year of training. They’ve

competed more successfully than previous years.

They’ve seen more individual success. Certain events that, in the past, haven’t had the attention they need to be successful, are performing well.

Across the board, it’s a different team.

“The last few years we haven’t finished that great,” senior Bethany Praska said. “And so we’re definitely looking forward to getting Iowa a name on the track and performing well.”

After a two-year slump, he said that the Hawkeyes are “light-years ahead” of where they were.

Even though the Hawkeyes had some top individual performances during the two-year time period, Anderson said, as a team, Iowa didn’t have the “firepower or depth” it is now building.

One of the reasons for this drastic change is team

and event depth, as well as talent spread across different events. The size of the team has grown, and more Hawkeyes are capable of competing at a high level.

Another reason that has made a positive difference, junior Betsy Flood said, is that Iowa is more focused on the team this weekend instead of on a couple of individual athletes who have the potential to score points. She described it as team unification.

Many of the top athletes in Iowa’s strongest events are one and two years older. They’ve had more track experience and more training.

Some events, such as t h e t h r o w e r s, c o u l d now score points this w e e k e n d . L a s t y e a r, Anderson said, the throwers only gained experience from their trip to Big Tens.

“For this group to be

where it is now, two years later, is a great step in the right direction, but a long way from where we want to be, so that’s the message,” he said. “While we’re still doing good things, we’ve still got a long way to go to really put this program in position where it hopefully competes for Big Ten titles.”

As a team, Iowa has seen tremendous leaps of improvements in the past two years. But it isn’t the end of the road for the Hawkeyes.

They still aren’t where they want to be.

“Are we where we want to be? Not yet, but we’re moving in the right direction,” Anderson said. “We’re all getting on the bus this Friday much more optimistic about our chances to be competitive than we were last year and than we certainly were two years ago.”

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IOWA 83, ILLINOIS 64

Hawks run over Illini on Senior Night Confusion reigns in Big Ten With its win on Thursday, the Iowa women’s basketball team is in position for a good seed in both the Big Ten and NCAA Tournament.

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Senior guard Kachine Alexander tears up while watching a commemorative video after the Hawks’ game against Illinois on Thursday in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Alexander scored 16 points helping the Hawks defeat the Illini, 83-64.

Kachine Alexander and Kelsey Cermak bid farewell to Carver-Hawkeye Arena with a victory over the Fighting Illini.

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Iowa’s up-tempo offense decimated Illinois’ prayers for an upset in the late stage of the second half.

Thursday’s 83-64 win over the Fighting Illini (7-21, 213) extended the Hawkeyes’ Big Ten winning streak to four games.

The game clock read 3:38 as the raucous home crowd stood on its feet at CarverHawkeye Arena, singing along to “The Iowa Fight Song.” Fans, players, and even coaches knew that it would take nothing short of a miracle for Illinois to mount a comeback.

Five minutes before that, the game was up for grabs.

Doubt lurked in the minds of players and fans alike as a surprising performance from

Illinois — which entered the contest in the Big Ten cellar — threatened to strip seniors Kachine Alexander and Kelsey Cermak of one last W at Carver, their home court for the last four years.

The first half was an asexpected lopsided showing of dominance from Bluder’s Bunch. Fifteen of the Fighting Illini’s 22 turnovers came in the first half, which resulted in 18 points off turnovers for Iowa. Sophomore guard Jaime Printy scored 14 of the team’s 40 first-half points.

All seemed well.

But a resilient Illinois squad returned to the court inspired. Led by Amber Moore’s 9-point second half performance, coach Jolette Law’s team climbed into the driver’s seat and even claimed a 54-53 lead with

slightly more than eight minutes remaining.

“Illinois came out really strong in the second half,” said Printy, who finished the night with a career-high 32 points. “We talked at half how we didn’t want to come out and lose energy, because we’ve struggled with that in the past.”

The Illini streak didn’t last.

As the Hawkeyes have routinely done throughout the season, they put together a brilliant offensive attack in the late stages of the game en route to victory.

Illinois’ 54-53 advantage vanished after an 18-4 Iowa run.

“We got our transition going,” Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder said. “We had some really nice passes in transition to find the open player.”

Hoopsters try on spoiler role Opponents’ motivation will double as Iowa’s motivation in its last three games.

The frantic offensive style — a benchmark for the Hawkeyes this season — quickly erased any prospects of a conference-shaking upset that could have potentially uprooted Big Ten Tournament seeding.

“I kept saying in the huddle, ‘If I don’t have to hear Coach Bluder yell at our offense, I’m fine with that,’ ” said Alexander, who added 18 points to her team’s total.

“That’s what we want to do.

If we can get easy buckets, that’s the best way to play basketball.”

But the fast break wasn’t always there. At times Iowa failed to box out — a shortcoming that Bluder said accounted for the Fighting Illini’s second-half surge.

“I did not think that we

Chaos.

That’s pretty much how the Big Ten can be summed up after Thursday night’s games around the league.

At this point, no one can definitively project the conference tournament seedings, which will begin March 2 in Conseco Field House in Indianapolis. The standings will come down to the season’s final day, Feb. 27.

For Iowa, with a win Feb. 27 at Indiana, it can be seeded as high as No. 4 or as low as No. 5 following three upsets by Minnesota, Ohio State, and Purdue on Thursday night. The Golden Gophers, Buckeyes, and Boilermakers defeated Michigan, Michigan State, and Penn State, respectively.

Iowa certainly helped itself with a win against Illinois, which sophomore Jaime Printy described as a “win for the seniors.”

“What [Kachine Alexander and Kelsey Cermak] do on and off the court,” Printy said. “I can’t even compare it to anything else.”

Michigan State and Penn State began the day as the first- and second-place teams in the conference. Minnesota remains at the bottom of the pack following the win.

The Hawkeyes could potentially play three teams in its second-round matchup next week — seeds 1-5 receive first-round byes — and head coach Lisa Bluder described the situation as “confusing” following Thursday’s win against Illinois.

“We don’t know all the tiebreaker scenarios right now,” Bluder said. “All we know is, if we beat Indiana, we’ll be guaranteed as least fifth.”

Given that Iowa might play either Michigan, Ohio State, or Wisconsin, here’s how the Hawkeyes match up with those schools.

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THINK PINK

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GymHawks thinking pink

Podolak ‘thankful and overwhelmed’

The GymHawks will compete against rival Iowa State.

By MOLLY IRENE OLMSTEAD

No. 15 Iowa vs. No. 22 Iowa State

By IAN MARTIN

molly-olmstead@uiowa.edu

ian-martin@uiowa.edu

At the Iowa women’s gymnastics meet against Iowa State this evening, the entire arena will be pink — pink banners, balloons, and even floor lines.

In the pink meet at 7 p.m. today in the Field House, the 15th-r a n k e d H a w k e y e s and No. 22 C y c l o n e s will wear pink leotards, too.

“Everyone, in one or way another, has been affected by breast c a n c e r, ” Iowa head Hansen coach Larissa Libby junior said.

The GymHawks have close connections with two breast-cancer survivors.

Junior Jessa Hansen’s mother battled the disease, and she has been cancer-free for 11 years;

When: 7 p.m. today Where: Field House

The Hawkeyes aren’t going to make the NCAA Tournament.

Barring a miracle run in the Big Ten Tournament, Iowa’s chances at the Big Dance are done this year, and they have been for some time.

The Hawkeyes’ (10-17, 3-12) next opponent, Illinois, however, still has hope. And now it becomes Iowa’s task to dent the Illini’s shaky tournament résumé.

At the start of conference play, Illinois held a 10-3 record and seemed like a lock for NCAAs, but the Illini (17-11, 7-8) have since gone downhill. However, if they can handle their last couple of games, particularly the Iowa and Indiana contests, and combine that with a decent Big Ten Tournament run, the Illini could be dancing in March.

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Iowa freshman Melsahn Basabe is congratulated by the student section following a 72-52 win over Michigan State on Feb. 2.

The Hawkeyes know this, and they are using Iowa (10-17, 3-12) at their opponent’s motiva- Illinois (17-10, 7-8) tion as motivation for When: 6:05 p.m. Saturday itself. If Illinois won’t back down, neither will the Where: Assembly Hall, Champaign, Ill. Hawkeyes.

Where to watch or listen: Big Players know what’s on Ten Network the line for the home team in Champaign. And while the Hawks haven’t explicitly spoken with one some may take this to another about the idea of mean the Hawkeyes could embracing its spoiler role, surprise an Illinois team numerous players did say focused on the tournait was in some minds. ment, he thinks this “We haven’t talked means Saturday’s game about it as a team, but I’m will be more intense. sure a lot of us know that “That means they’re [playing in the NCAA Tour- going to bring it even hardnament is] on the table for er,” Marble said. “Knowing them,” freshman guard Roy that losing could jeopardize Devyn Marble said.

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former assistant coach Talya Vexler (2006-09) beat cancer during her gymnastics career.

Vexler was diagnosed with breast cancer during her fifth year of college at Georgia at the age of 23, an age generally considered to be “too young for breast cancer,” Libby said.

Her gymnastics team at Georgia organized a pink meet to raise money for breast-cancer awareness, and the tradition has continued and spread across the country.

Since Vexler left Iowa, senior Andrea Hurlburt has kept in touch with her, and following graduation this year, Hurlburt plans to move to Massachusetts to coach at Vexler’s club gym.

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Ed Podolak remains in stable condition and is receiving medication because of the number of surgeries he’s had, his daughter said.

Podolak, a former Iowa and Kansas City Chief running back, was struck by a car last weekend in Scottsdale, Ariz., while on a social trip. He also works as a radio analyst for Hawkeye football.

“He wants to again express how thankful and overwhelmed he is by all of the wonderful well wishes sent to him from Hawkeye fans all across the nation,” Laura Podolak said in a release Thursday.

Well-wishers are encouraged to send their messages to Ed Podolak through his recently created Facebook page.

“He’s aware that it’s going to be a challenging and lengthy rehabilitation for him to return to his full physical abilities,” Laura Podolak said. “But he’s confident that overall he will return as a better man. He wants to thank God, his higher power, for protecting him in this unfortunate accident. The injuries could have been much worse.”

— by Jordan Garretson