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celebrates the arrival of spring based on the Chinese calendar. It is also a time for families to get together. This year is the Year of the Monkey. “It’s very big in Vietnam,” Luong said. The event had Vietnamese songs, a southeast Asian dance, and a fashion show. “It’s all highlighting Vietnamese culture,” she said. “We can’t have community members bring in traditional Vietnamese food dishes, so that’s the only thing stunting our attempt at tradition.”
In a quiet library cluttered with a variety of children’s books, six University of Iowa freshmen meticulously rearrange tiny tables and chairs to better suit the lesson plan they will carry out for the day. A door is thrown open, and the library erupts into cheerful noise with the arrival of seven kids who are eager to learn. This is the scene that unravels every Friday at Twain Elementary. Weekly, a group Hult of Spanish speaking freshman children meet with students studying Spanish at the University of Iowa in an after-school program called Spanish Buddies, which is part of Before and After School Programs. UI freshman Laura Hult said the opportunity to work with elementary students came to her last semester when a presenter from the university came to one of her classes and talked about the Spanish in the Community class offered at the UI. “The class sounded like a great experience,” Hult said. “I wanted the chance to reach out to the community and be with kids. Plus, working with kids sounded like a lot of fun.” The university students assemble lesson plans, taking turns on
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The Vietnamese Student Association held an event for the New Year in the IMU Main Lounge on Feb. 27. New Year is based on the lunar calendar, and many Eastern Asian cultures celebrate it. (The Daily Iowan/Peter Kim)
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Part of the Vietnamese community in Iowa City joined to celebrate their culture and share it with others. The University of Iowa Vietnamese Student Association took time to celebrate the culture with an annual Lunar New Year celebration in the IMU on Feb. 27. “The Lunar New Year is celebrating spring coming, and it’s a time for family to get together,” group member Amy Luong said. Tet Nguyên Đán, or the Vietnamese Lunar New Year,
Teen stuns all with comeback By KAYLYN KLUCK kaylyn-kluck@uiowa.edu
Nobody expected to see the victim of a traumatic brain injury up and walking mere weeks after the car accident that caused it. Therefore, Bella McBride surprised a lot of people when she walked into Old Brick on the afternoon of Feb. 27. When the benefit in her honor was first planned about a month ago, it was assumed the City High senior would not be able to attend. “A miracle girl is here,” a family friend remarked after she arrived. Bella has been recovering from a car crash
after she lost control of the wheel and hit a tree on the morning of Jan. 18. She was treated for a traumatic brain injury known as diffuse axonal injury at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Diffuse axonal injury occurs when damage in the form of extensive lesions in white matter tracts occurs over a widespread area. Bella also had a torn medial collateral ligament, which keeps the shinbone in place. She suffered a torn posterior cruciate ligament on her right knee and an 8-inch long laceration on the right side of her head that required 25 stiches. While doctors project-
ed she would not be able to leave the hospital until March, Bella got to see amazed reactions at the benefit. “Their faces when they were walking up all looked so shocked,” she said. “I’m doing awesome. My recovery has been so great.” Despite the severity of her injuries, Bella has made remarkable progress in strengthening her left side, which was made weaker by the accident, through physical and occupational therapy, said Shannon McBride, Bella’s mother. “Her recovery has been happening much quicker than doctors SEE MCBRIDE, 2
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People gather for a fundraiser for Bella and Shannon McBride at Old Brick on Feb. 27. Bella McBride is recovering from brain trauma caused by a car accident. (The Daily Iowan/Peter Kim)
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People gather for a fundraiser for Bella and Shannon McBride at Old Brick on Feb. 27. Bella McBride is still recovering from brain trauma caused by a car accident. (The Daily Iowan/Peter Kim) The benefit included a silent auction with items donated by local artists and businesses to help aid with hospital bills. McBride said the tremendous amount of support shown by the community has helped
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er. “The Lion Dance pays respect to our elders.” Allionce performs with 12 people. There is the lion, the Earth Spirit, and those who play the drums, gongs, cymbals, and a flute. “The Earth Spirit, or ongdia, leads the lion
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However, UI freshman Meredith Koplin said this is not the only goal they are trying to achieve. “I think the main point we’re trying to get across is that it’s OK to use their native language outside of
motivate her and Bella on the road to recovery. “Words cannot express how truly touched we are,” she said. Bella’s uncle, Keegan O’Malley, said he believes it wasn’t a miracle or luck that aided Bel-
la’s recovery; it was his niece’s determination. “She’s tough as nails,” O’Malley said. “Throughout everything, she has kept strength and positivity. I feel like this will only add to her strength and potential.”
important part of the Lunar New Year is gathering families together. “It’s about people being together and eating,” she said. “Often, there Group alumnus Anthony is an altar for people to Dang said the association worship their ancestors.” has tried to include many Dang said the Lunar New different acts over the years. Year has al“We reach out to a ways been an variety of acts from all different back- ‘Growing up, it was a time for our families to come together, eat food, and important part his family’s grounds,” he said. wish each other luck. We don't have a central Vietnamese community in of traditions. One of the most “Growing important parts Iowa. This is a time for us to come together.’ up, it was of the Lunar New — Anthony Dang, Vietnamese Student Association former member a time for Year celebration our famiis the Lion Dance. lies to come Allionce, a group “It’s a tradition for together, eat food, and from Des Moines, per- and takes care of him,” people to choose when to wish each other luck,” formed at the celebration. Huynh said. People from all differ- have their child accord- he said. “We don’t have “The Vietnamese Lion Dance brings joy and good ent backgrounds typical- ing to the animal of that a central Vietnamese luck and wards off bad ly attend the Lunar New year,” he said. “Not every- community in Iowa. one does it, but some do.” This is a time for us spirits,” said Amy Huynh, Year celebration. Luong said the most come together.” “We want our son to exthe Allionce team managperience other cultures,” said Xinli Han, a visiting mathematics scholar from China. “China’s Lunar New Year is around the same time as Vietnam’s.” Han said each New Year is represented by one of 12 animals.
that the program benefits all parties involved. “The mentors get to come into a different setting and gain experience while helping kids feel who gets to lead the procomfortable with their gram each week. Hult language,” Nordlund said the kids get a mixsaid. “These ture of Spanish native speakat home and Enshould glish at school, ‘I think the main point we're trying to get across is that it's okay to use their ers be proud to which leads native language outside their homes. It shouldn't be something they can't speak two them to be more different prone to speaking use at school or something they feel embarased about.’ languages, Spanglish. — Meredith Koplin, Freshman though some Spanglish is a hyof them arbrid that combines words and idioms from both their homes,” Koplin said. afraid to correct us and en’t. For a lot of these “It shouldn’t be something help us with our pronun- kids, this after-school Spanish and English. The goal of the students they can’t use at school or ciation and stuff like that. program is a confiparticipating in the pro- something they feel em- We learn new things ev- dence boost to them, ery time we’re with them.” and they’re starting to gram is to try to correct barrassed about.” Steve Nordlund, the realize that it’s someThe Twain students are their mistakes and aid them in speaking in a more not the only ones who are director of Before and Af- thing they shouldn’t be learning, said UI fresh- ter School Programs, said ashamed of.” correct form of Spanish. man Caroline Fantz, who is also involved in Spanish Buddies. “We’re helping them, and they’re helping us,” said Fantz. “We get to practice our Spanish, and most of the kids aren’t
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Men’s swimmers end up 7th By BLAKE DOWSON blake-dowson@uiowa.edu
The Big Ten men’s swimming and diving championships concluded this past weekend with Michigan taking home its fifth-straight team title with 1,475.5 points. Iowa finished seventh with 551 points. The Hawkeyes remained in seventh for the last three days of the meet. Roman Trussov was the outstanding performer for Iowa. The senior breaststroker broke his own school record in the 100 breaststroke en route to a second-place finish in the event, touching in 52.17. Trussov was named the
Hawkeye’s Sportsmanship Award recipient, and his runner-up finish in the 100 breaststroke earned him second-team All-Big Ten accolades. Trussov also swam to a 10th-place finish in the 200 breaststroke in 1:57.05. Senior Addison Boschult qualified for a pair of “A” finals in the diving well, scoring 359.25 points in the 3-meter springboard competition, good for seventh. Boschult followed up his performance on the springboard with sixth place on the platform with a score of 350.45. Freshman Kenneth Mende earned a couple of top-15 finishes and planted himself in the top five
in program history in two events as well. Mende finished 14th in the 100 backstroke with a time of 47.45 in finals. Mende touched in the preliminaries at 47.24, third in school history. On the final day of competition, Mende posted the fourth-fastest time in school history in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:43.87 during the preliminaries. He swam to a 1:44.65 finish in finals and placed 12th. Sophomore Jerzy Twarowski notched a pair of top-10 finishes for the Hawkeyes, a strong performance for the native of Krakow, Poland. Twarowski touched the wall in eighth place in the 100 butterfly,
finishing in 47.47. He followed his 100 fly performance with a ninthplace finish in the 200 fly at 1:46.31. The Hawkeyes again found a place on the podium in the 400-freestyle relay. The quartet of freshmen Matt Kamin and Jack Smith and seniors Charles Holliday and Trussov finished eighth at 2:56.46. Smith and Kamin both swam in the finals of the 100 freestyle, with Smith as the top finisher for Iowa, finishing in 11th with a time of 43.86. Kamin placed 14th at 44.33. The Hawkeyes continued their strong performances in the relays in the 200 freestyle. The
The Iowa men’s and women’s swimming teams jump into the diving pool to celebrate their win over Western Illinois University of Feb. 12. The Hawkeyes traveled to West Lafayette, Indiana, for the 2016 Big Ten Championships from Feb. 24-27. (Daily Iowan/Karley Finkel) team of senior Jackson Allen, Smith, Holliday, and senior Brandon Farnum swam to a 1:18.72 finish, good enough for seventh
place, the third-fastest time in school history. Follow @B_Dows4 for Iowa swimming news, updates, and analysis.
Women’s track takes 2 Big Ten titles The sprinters carry the load at the indoor Big Tens.
By CONNOR SINDBERG connor-sindberg@uiowa.edu
The women’s track and field team took home two Big Ten titles en route to fifth place on Feb. 27 at the 2016 Big Ten Indoor Championships. The women recorded their highest finish at a Big Ten indoor meet since 2008, finishing with 50 points. Michigan took first, Purdue second, Penn State third, and Minnesota fourth. For the most part, Hawkeye Director of Track & Field Joey Woody was pleased with the team’s performance. “For the women to go
from last to fifth in one year is a huge step,” he said in a release. “I think the women really believe in what they’re able to achieve as a team. This conference isn’t getting any easier, so continuing to build is exactly what we want to be doing.” Junior Elexis Guster, won the women’s 400 meters, edging out Purdue’s Brionna Thomas. Guster turned a college-best time of 52.36. With that mark, Guster ranks fifth nationally and second in school history. “I’m still in disbelief because I’ve been having hamstring issues and didn’t practice for five
days,” she said in a release. “I didn’t want to be too aggressive cutting in, but when I got to the last 100 meters, it was time to take off. Guster’s victory was the first for the Hawkeyes since former NCAA champion Kineke Alexander in 2007. “I proved to myself that I can compete with the best, and I am one of the best,” Guster said in a release. “It’s scary, because I’ve never experienced this before, but it’s eye-opening and builds a lot of confidence, because I’m not just a Big Ten champion but an NCAA-level competitor. I’m going to use today
to my advantage and do my best to represent the Hawkeyes at NCAAs.” The Hawkeyes also had success in the sprint events. Senior Lake Kwaza finished with a time of 7.33 to win the 60 meters and claim the second Big Ten title for the team. Kwaza also finished third in the 200 meters with a personal-best time of 23.54. She completed her day with a Big Ten medal and a time that ranks second in program history. Also earning a medal was senior MonTayla Holder in the 600. Holder’s personal-best time of 1:29.35 was good for second place
to Minnesota’s Titania Markland and is third on Iowa’s all-time list. In the final event of the day, the 1,600-meter relay team of Holder, freshman Briana Guillory, junior Alexis Hernandez, and Guster broke their school record to take third. They finished at 3:32.93, 12th in the country. “I was proud of how
our athletes competed this weekend,” Woody said in a release. “To have a lot of personal bests, two Big Ten champions on the men’s and women’s teams, and to qualify some for the national meet makes for a great indoor season.” Follow @CSindberg32 for Iowa women’s track news, updates, and analysis.
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U.S. needs strong stance on rights Christopher Cervantes crvantes@uiowa.edu
Last week in Cairo, a controversial judicial sentence was carried out. On the surface, it appears to be a standard case. A defendant accused of being behind the death of three people, eight counts of attempted murder, threatening soldiers and police forces, and the destruction of public and private property, was sentenced to life in prison. But when we consider the age of the supposed perpetrator, the sentence defies all logic. The newly convicted person is a 3-year-old boy. This child was one of 115 defendants for a crime committed in 2014. That would’ve made him a little more than 1 when the incident occurred. Officials say the situation was, in fact, a case of mistaken identity; the defendant was supposed to be a 16-year-old boy with a similar name. They have since rescinded the sentence on the 3-year-old. The incompetence and lack of logic behind this case is simply astounding. The first question that we must ask is, How could anyone allow this to happen? In actuality, somebody did try to stop the trial from happening. Defense lawyer Faisal al-Sayd said, “The child Ahmed Mansour Qorany Sharara’s birth certificate was presented after state security forces added his name to the list of accused, but then the case was transferred to the military court, and the child was sentenced in absentia in an ensuing court hearing.” He concluded that this meant the judge presiding
over the court did not read the case. I wish I could say I was surprised, that no nation would ever allow such an injustice to happen. But I can’t. It is far too common. Countries can say they support human rights as much as they want, but the minute they step on them, there always seems to be some justification. If other countries try to step in, then that can lead to a harsher, more damaging outcome. What we have before us is a lesson on what can become of any nation if the right combination of incompetence and laziness controls the situation. And while I have seen many conversations and debates regarding Egypt and the status of its government and politics, it remains to be a prominent country not yet in destitution. As it stands, the United States wants to waive its long-standing conditions on aid when it comes to Egypt. That means we will supply it with aid without the usually required human-rights minimum. Is it any wonder why events such as this occur in the first place? This type of injustice goes unpunished. Our own nation basically admits it’s bothersome but continues business as normal. I am not saying that we should try to force Egypt to do anything, only that we should be firmer when it comes to situations such as this. Currently, it seems as if we, the United States, are the host of a tense atmosphere. With social media spreading word of apparent discriminatory acts and other forms of social discord, it is times such as this that we must act as a role model for other nations, that we must lead by example. I urge the current administration to consider taking a stronger stance on human rights before its tenure is up.
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ith all the rights and luxuries we’re accustomed to in this modern age, it’s easy to forget that our nation was originally a unique experiment in personal liberties and the drafting of a Constitution that protects certain activities in a broad stroke. There are certain rights that our government doesn’t “grant” to citizens. Instead, these rights are “god-given.” Under the Bill of Rights, it’s clear that our government was intended to protect these rights, not delineate what areas they do or don’t apply to. In particular, the First Amendment is emblematic of our Founding Fathers’ approach to governance, and it’s the clause relating to freedom of speech and the press that is today coming under fire from politicians who actually have a legitimate chance to become the next president of the United States. Donald Trump, the fiery and inflammatory Republican front-runner who has now won primaries and caucuses in three of four early nomination contests, said in a Feb. 27 interview on Fox News that, if elected, he would “open up our libel laws” to sue publications that publish “purposely negative and horrible and false articles” to “win lots of money.” Typical bombast aside, Trump’s beliefs about what the press should be run contrary to the ideals set out under the First Amendment. True, those who write “purposely false” articles should be subject to libel lawsuits and frequently are. But the notion that the press “has to be fair,” as Trump said in the interview, indicates an attitude that isn’t considered with what is fact or fiction but what is agreeable to a particular individual: Truth be damned. That’s a dangerous position for anyone to advance. But when it’s being pushed by the man who looks increasingly likely to win the Republican nomination for presidency, it’s time to be seriously concerned.
The judicial standard that is applied to libel lawsuits is called the New York Times “Actual Malice” standard, named after a 1964 Supreme Court case that saw the newspaper sued by an Alabama police chief who felt he had been personally defamed by a pro-Martin Luther King ad that contended the chief had jailed the civil-rights activist in order to put a stop to the movement he led. Though the ad contained some minor factual errors, the Warren Supreme Court held in a unanimous decision that even false statements about public officials are considered protected speech, as long as they aren’t made with “actual malice,” meaning a “reckless disregard for their truth or knowledge of their falsity.” This was a landmark decision in our country’s protection of the press. It enshrines the uniquely American value that all speech is protected, that the rights of the speaker are more important than the feelings of the listener. It protects watchdog reporting by ensuring that there won’t be a chilling effect on smaller newspapers, which might be afraid of even the potential of a libel lawsuit. This could cause them to avoid any articles that, in Trump’s words, could be considered “hit pieces,” or, in other words, stories that reveal uncomfortable truths without couching them in favorable rhetoric. When considering massive changes to something like the First Amendment, we have to look beyond the surface level to see the deeper ramifications of policy. Should news organizations hide behind libel protection in order to publish articles of dubious fact? Probably not. But should media outlets be subject to costly lawsuits simply because they had the audacity to report on something that someone else doesn’t want to become public? The Daily Iowan Editorial Board believes the latter to be a far more dangerous precedent to set.
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Trump nomination a lock? Jace Brady jace-brady@uiowa.edu
The Republicans held their upteenth presidential debate on Feb. 25, and it was the first time I sat Donald Trump flustered. Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio brutalized the man in a blend of verbal blows from Rubio, who seemed to relish in the blood sport, and methodical traps set by Cruz. Trump has dominated the last three primary elections, and if neither Rubio nor Cruz can stop him on Super Tuesday, it seems unlikely they ever will. The evening was the first night I had hope that either Rubio or Cruz may be able to prevent a Trump
presidency. Trump, however, managed to parry the blows on the morning of Feb. 26 with a surprise endorsement from New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Up to this point, Trump has received very few endorsements from sitting politicians, and Christie likely restored any momentum Trump lost in the debate. With the exception of Christie, the Republican establishment has worked tirelessly to try to stop the Trump train from arriving at the convention with the 1,237 delegates needed to capture the nomination. This week, former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney went on the attack, demanding that Trump release his tax records. He claims that Trump is not as rich as we all believe or there is some corruption to found in his records. To pile on, Cruz and Rubio both released additional years of tax re-
cords this year, but Trump has maintained that since he is under audit by the IRS, he is unable to do so. Any attempt to coalesce the field has also fallen on deaf ears. Ben Carson seems content to bore America with his dreadful responses at debates, and John Kasich isn’t going anywhere until the Ohio primary. While a Rubio-Cruz pact may have been able to stop Trump, Rubio declared this week that such a thing would never happen as long as he was running. Though all these individuals failing to drop out is most likely detrimental to stopping Trump, we can console ourselves with the possibility that together, they can prevent Trump from reaching the magic number of delegates. Trump has been able to dodge every blow, survive every crisis, and it seems more and more likely that
he will be the one left standing to face Hillary Clinton in November. Republicans miscalculated Trump’s staying power and waited too long to try to attack him. Now on the eve of Super Tuesday, it is most likely too late. Trump is poised to win all the states but Texas on Tuesday, and if he does so by the commanding margins of the last three states, this race is essentially over. Rubio will hope to win Florida, where he trails badly in the polls and Kasich Ohio later in March, but Trump has real opportunity to wrap up the nomination. Cruz and Rubio, the new faces meant to revitalize the Republican Party, will be sidelined, and Republican voters will walk into the booths in November forced to choose between a Trump-Christie ticket or to cross over and vote another Clinton into office.
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Proposal for Ped Mall art
As Iowa City’s leaders and many citizens are working hard to make our community a leader in sustainability, members of 100Grannies for a Livable Future are baffled that in the selection of an art piece for the Pedestrian Mall, there seems to have been no environmental considerations. The Lens, weighing in at $500,000 and proposed for Black Hawk Mini Park, seems a considerable amount of money that could be put to better use, for instance in a project that reflects local values and creativity. On behalf of 100Grannies, I propose, instead, the type of sculpture I saw in Bristol, England, a few weeks ago. It is a wonderful Energy Tree, constructed with multidirectional solar panels for “leaves” and eight “roots” that enclose power points for recharging mobile phones. Bristol was the European Union’s Green Capital City last year, the
first with that designation in the UK. As many of you know, 100Grannies members are mourning the recent death of our remarkable founder and leader, Barbara Schlachter. As we began brainstorming to identify a suitable permanent, visionary memorial to Barbara, the Energy Tree crossed our path. The Bristol tree is described as “a public-art installation and renewable power source designed to engage the public in energy issues.” Its construction in Bristol’s central Millennium Square (very similar to our Ped Mall but much larger) combined “community collaboration, artistic excellence, science, and grass-roots energy activism in a unique project.” The community collaboration included recovering drug and alcohol abusers who learned in workshops to fabricate the solar panels. Besides free phone charging, the
20-foot tree offers Wi-Fi. The designer and builder of the tree was John Packer, a Bristol artist. We propose that instead of The Lens, this community get behind a more suitable alternative, an Energy Tree to honor Barbara, a heroic woman who touched many people in many ways, both in Iowa City across the nation. It is our hope that funding will be achieved through private donations and sponsorships. The Energy Tree would be a functional art piece that can be accomplished at far less cost than The Lens, probably well under $100,000. The solar cells are made from recycled fragments of broken panels that would otherwise have gone to waste. Perhaps a design competition could be held. The winning design could become a UI engineering school special arts and engineer project, perhaps directed by former University of
Iowa artist and Professor Anthony Castronono, whose award-winning solar sculptures, including the After Trillium solar flower at the Iowa River Landing, have drawn national attention. Social-services clients or at-risk youth taught by Kirkwood instructors could handle panel fabrication. School children could be involved through lessons on energy. We invite those readers who view the Energy Tree as a desirable alternative to The Lens to join us at the City Council Tuesday at7 p.m., where we will introduce this proposal. For more information on Bristol’s Energy Tree, go tohttp://www.demandenergyequality.org/energy-tree-2015.html. The site includes a five-minute video on planning and construction. Ann Christenson of Iowa City is a founding member of 100Grannies for a Livable Future
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I’m better on paper • What I meant: “My new prescription is interacting with my old one in an odd way. What I said: “I’ve been having a bit of a drug problem lately.” • After three cans in a single afternoon, I once remarked to the HR rep that I had a bad Coke habit. • At a bar, I once clumsily hit on a rather short woman by telling her I liked little girls. • BWW’s smell sometimes makes me nauseated, not, as I once told a Rubenesque blind date, the smell of BBWs. • To ask for clarification on a task, I once IM’d my female boss, “Are you super busty?” • “How much Scotch would you like?” is the proper way to ask your future mother-in-law a question. “How many fingers do you take?” is not. • After a full day using paint-stripping gel, the fumes and effort had made me extremely tired. Still, my neighbors were justifiably curious when I told them “that stripper almost made me pass out.” • As I played Call of Duty, my fiancée made a very nice vegan dinner for the two of us, so perhaps “I’d rather die first” was not the best choice of words when she asked if I was ready to eat it. Andrew R. Juhl had never had crabs until he met his future wife.
KRUI programming today’s events • Plasma Physics Seminar, Roman Belousov, 1:30 p.m., 309 Van Allen • Nuclear/Particle Physics Seminar, Marc Herrmann, 2:30 p.m., 618 Van Allen • Quantum Colloquium, Greg Fuchs, 3:30 p.m., 301 Van Allen • Career Series for International Students: Job & Internship Search Strategies, 4:30 p.m., 1117 University Capitol Center • Xuan Kuang, piano, 6 p.m., University Capitol Center Recital Hall • “Live from Prairie Lights,” Ethan Canin (fiction) with Curtis Sittenfeld, 7 p.m. Prairie Lights, 15 S. Dubuque • Peace Corps Week Information, 7 p.m., 1117 University Capitol Center
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Be secretive about your finances and your whereabouts. Don’t feel pressured to make a move prematurely. Stay put, keep busy, and avoid giving anyone an indication as to what your next move will be. Romance is featured. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t pay attention to negative people. Opt to be the one who brings life and energy into a room. Positive energy will help boost your popularity and could also make others recognize that offering solutions instead of criticism will bring everyone better results. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Peer pressure can be difficult to resist, but if you put your heart into doing a stellar job, you will advance. Put greater emphasis on mental and physical self-improvement, and you will gain confidence and clout. Love looks promising. CANCER (June 21-July 22): An opportunity is within your reach, but you have to do your part. Now is the time to explore your dreams and let your imagination take you on an adventure. Your intuition will not let you down. Believe in yourself. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You can make personal changes, but try not to cause discord at home. Subtle moves will be far less difficult to achieve. The realization of what you want will help to stabilize your life. Romance will improve your mindset. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Listen to what others have to say. It’s in your best interest to research and come up with unique solutions. Your ability to masterfully present all the information you gather will enhance your popularity. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Update your to-do list, and get started. Your enthusiasm will rub off on others. Socializing with people who share your skills or who work in an industry similar to yours will lead to inside information. Romance is on the rise. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don’t be fooled by someone’s hospitality. Ulterior motives are apparent. Take it upon yourself to venture down a path that doesn’t require outside support, and you will avoid incurring debt or being put in a vulnerable position. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Listen carefully, and share only what is necessary to get what you need or want. Don’t believe hearsay or get drawn into a situation that will be costly or permissive. Live within your means, and promise only what you know you can deliver. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Take old ideas or items, and recycle them to suit your current needs. Incorporating your ideas into your daily routine will save money, time, and space. Refuse to let someone’s unpredictability interfere with your plans. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Weigh the pros and cons of whatever situation you face. Listen to suggestions, and show concern for those around you who are struggling. Your compassionate attitude will help ward off someone looking for an argument. Choose positive suggestions over criticism. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Uncertainty will be the enemy. Gather information, and formulate a plan that will help you get what you want. Don’t let anger take over, which could make you difficult to get along with. A well-thought-out solution presented amicably will suffice.
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
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Mallett, Saucer shine for men’s track in Big Tens By ADAM HENSLEY adam-hensley@uiowa.edu
The Iowa men’s track and field team snagged two firstplace finishes at the Big Ten Indoor Championships this past weekend in Geneva, Ohio. Iowa tallied 50 points and finished eighth overall. The Hawkeyes snatched victories in the 60-meter hurdles and the 60 meters. Aaron Mallett broke the school record in the 60-meter hurdles with his time of 7.69 seconds, sweet redemption after finishing second in the 2015 indoor conference championships. His time elevated him to a tie for fifth in the nation. “It doesn’t make me nervous being ranked that high,” he said in a release. “I’m glad I can run this fast, even though I still have things to work on in my race. I’m happy to punch my ticket to the NCAA meet for the second-consecutive year. I’m ready to go.”
GYMNASTICS CONTINUED FROM 8 both of us, we got to make sure we are doing our [jobs].”
BASEBALL CONTINUED FROM 8 “It was a good start to the game,” Heller said in a release. “We came out with good energy, and the effort was solid.” On the defensive side for
M HOOPS CONTINUED FROM 8 turnovers mounted, and Iowa trailed 35-30 at halftime. Gesell had seemingly found his scoring touch again, but Jarrod Uthoff and Peter Jok pput
Golf travels to LA The golf team will continue its spring season with a trip to Los Angeles for the Southwestern Jones Invitational today and Tuesday. The event will start with two rounds of 36 holes and will continue with a final round of 18 holes. All three rounds will be played at the North Ranch Country Club. The field includes five teams ranked in the top 50: USC (11), San Diego State (23), Oregon (28), tournament host Pepperdine (35), and Augusta (37). The rest of the field includes Boise State, BYU, Fresno State, Lipscomb, Mississippi State, Northwestern, Sam Houston State, San Diego, and Winthrop. The Hawkeye lineup is set with junior Carson Schaake followed by senior Nate Yankovich, freshman Matthew Walker, senior Voromate Aussarassakorn, and junior Raymond Knoll.
W HOOPS CONTINUED FROM 8 nois silent. The Hawks were up by 18 points when the quarter concluded, but that lead melted when the Illini rallied. The Hawkeyes scored only 6 points in the fourth quarter, and Illinois, which scored 19 points in the fourth quarter, was down by just 1 point with a minute and six seconds remaining. “That’s kind of been the story for us,” Bluder said. “It was obviously a game of momentum, a game of swings. When we’re hitting from 3, we’re really rolling, but when we’re not hitting from 3 and keep shooting them … we shot too many today.” But Gustafson helped Iowa gut out a needed win. The freshman scored with
The previous school mark in the 60-meter hurdles belonged to Jordan Mullen (7.70), a former conference champion. Vinnie Saucer Jr. took home the crown in the 60 meters with a 6.70 finish. “I knew it was coming for Vinnie,” Iowa Director of Track and Field Joey Woody said in a release. “I told the other coaches that I thought he was going to win this thing. The sprints are all about momentum, and he kept bringing it every single week. I was really proud of him.” Saucer topped Nebraska’s Antoine Lloyd and Ohio State’s Nick Gray, both of whom rank in the top of the conference in the event. “I was hoping to get the school record in the final, but it still feels great,” Saucer said in a release. “I’ve been working for this my whole college career, and I didn’t want that feeling of being runner-up again like last outdoor season.”
Saucer’s time sits behind former All-American Justin Austin’s time of 6.69 seconds. In the relays, Iowa’s 1,600-meter group finished fourth. Mitch Wolff, Jared Ganschow, Carter Lilly, and Mar’yea Harris finished in 3:32.93, a season-best time that ranks third in program history and 16th nationally. So far this season, the 4x400 squad has run faster in each meet. Other Hawkeyes finished as finalists in the conference championship. Joining Mallett in the 60-meter hurdles, freshman Chris Douglas placing ninth at 8.07 seconds. Harris continued his work in a 400 meters, this time switching things up from anchoring a relay to running solo in the 400. His time of 46.88 seconds earned him sixth place. Also a part of the fourth-place 4x400-relay, Lilly finished fifth in the
In the end, Loochtan won the meet with a career high 86.400; Boyle closely followed at 84.850. Nebraska freshman Anton Stephenson’s score of 84.200 placed third. It was the first all-around victory
Iowa’s Aaron Mallett prepares for the 60 meter-hurdles at the Iowa Dual meet on Jan. 16, in the Recreation Building. Mallett won the event in the Big Ten Championships this past weekend. (The Daily Iowan/Brooklynn Kascel) 600 meters (1:17.43). Pavlo Hutsalyuk and Will Teubel came into the meet (along with Lilly) as part of one of the top middle-distance groups in the Big Ten. In the 800, Hutsalyuk and
Teubel placed fifth and seventh (1:50.27 and 1:50.57). In the long-distance events, sophomore Michael Melchert turned in a mile time of 4:10.17, finishing sixth. Now past the confer-
ence championship, the Hawkeyes will have some rest before traveling south to Birmingham, Alabama, to compete in the NCAA Indoor Championships on March 11-12.
for Loochtan this season. Iowa began the meet on floor. Loochtan and Boyle led the event with impressive scores of 15.350 and 14.900. The Hawkeyes reached a season-high event total on floor with a score of 73.950.
Loochtan and Boyle led all gymnasts in rings, scoring 15.150. Junior Andrew Botto followed the charge with a 14.500, finishing fifth. Along with the senior standouts, sophomore Dylan Ellsworth turned heads lead-
ing Iowa in vault with a score of 14.900 and also walking out with the event title in parallel bars with a 14.850. The Hawkeyes finished the meet on high bar, on which redshirt senior Cyrus Dobre-Mofid hit a mark
of 14.300, good for third. Loochtan won at 14.450. The Hawkeyes will return to action on March 5 in Columbus, Ohio, at the Arnold Challenge, a USA National Gymnastics event. The meet will begin at 1:30 p.m.
Iowa, strong pitching performances also made appearances over the weekend. The tournament didn’t start off on the right foot however, with Feb. 26 starter Tyler Peyton dropping his second-straight decision to move to 0-2 on the season. The Feb. 27 contest
against Dartmouth featured a win on the mound by Hawkeye sophomore C.J. Eldred. The 6-1, 220-pound right-hander allowed 1 run over five innings, picking up 5 strikeouts to move to 1-0. Fellow sophomore Nick Allgeyer closed the game to earn his first save of the season.
Sunday’s victory over Chicago State saw senior righthander Luke Vandermaten grab the win on the hill, his first of the year. He tossed one inning of relief work after starter Calvin Mathews exited the game after four innings. Vandermaten allowed 1 unearned run on 1 hit. Throughout the tourna-
ment, the Hawkeye pitchers didn’t shy away from the strike zone. On Sunday against Chicago State, Hawkeye pitchers Mathews, Vandermaten, Nick Gallagher, Zach Daniels, and Tyler Radtke issued no walks. Heller was thrilled with the aggressive pitching he saw.
“We attacked hitters,” he said in a release. “We didn’t walk a batter in nine innings, which is good to see.” Heller’s Hawkeyes will try to keep on the winning track when they travel to Carbondale, Illinois, to take on Southern Illinois in a threegame series. Game 1 is set for Friday at 3 p.m.
themselves in foul trouble, and the bench continued to be ineffective, although Dom Uhl finished with 6 points, and Nicholas Baer and Ahmad Wagner each had 2. The Hawkeyes were less reliant on Jok and Uthoff than they have been recently, thanks to Gesell,
but they failed to capitalize on the momentum plays the first half. Gesell and Uthoff led the Hawkeyes with 16 points each. Marc Loving led Ohio State with 25. He averaged 12.9 points per game coming into the contest. The second half seemed to be going the
Hawkeyes’ way, as they began making 3s and led by as many as 6. But long scoring droughts doomed the Hawkeyes again. Up 62-56 at the 4:07 mark and with Ohio State on the ropes, the Hawkeyes did not score again until the final minute of the game.
The Hawkeyes led for almost all of the second half, from the 14:22 mark on and seemed to have put their recent struggles behind them. Iowa looked completely in control of the game, switching between a man and a zone and forcing Ohio State into 15 turnovers, al-
though Iowa had 15 as well, mainly in the first half. But as a growing trend suggests, the Hawkeyes have had trouble closing out games, with this being the latest example. The Hawkeyes have a quick turnaround; they will face the Hoosiers on Tuesday in Carver-Hawkeye.
The last time out, the Hawkeyes finished eighth at the Big Ten Match Play Championship on Feb. 12-13. Iowa defeated Nebraska but lost to Purdue and Michigan in the second and third rounds. The Hawkeyes faced the Wolverines again in the seventh-place match. The teams tied, 3-3, but Michigan was declared the winner because it beat Iowa the first time. Walker led the Hawkeyes with a perfect 4-0-0 record. He was one of six golfers to finish undefeated at the two-day event. Yankovich and Schaake led the Hawkeyes in the fall season averaging 72.92 strokes per round. Knoll has had his share of success, too. He was Iowa’s top finisher twice in the fall season. Yankovich, Schaake, and the rest of the Hawkeyes hope to get the season back on a positive note. — by Connor Sindberg
Unlike Trump and Clinton, Hawks stumble in S. Carolina
weekend and allowed only 4 hits. The rest of the weekend wasn’t pretty. In its four losses, Iowa allowed 33 runners to score (7-4, 10-8, 10-2, 6-5).
“We have to believe that we can overcome these 1-run losses,”Looper said in a release. “Last weekend, we struggled to score runs.This weekend, we scored them, but we gave up
too many. If we can get all facets of our game together, or even two of the three on any given day, then we are going to get good outcomes.” — by Mario Williams
48 seconds remaining to give Iowa a 3-point lead at 59-56. Then sophomore Chase Coley was fouled and knocked down two free throws to give Iowa its eighth Big Ten win. “I just got the ball, and I kind of felt that she [Illini star Chatrice White] was on a different side,” Gustafson said. “I turned to middle and felt confident.” Gustafson finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds, with her double-double the seventh of the season. The Hawks also outrebounded Illinois, 44-31. Ninth-seed Iowa will compete against eighth-seed Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday in Indianapolis. The Hawks are 1-1 against the Wolverines this season. “Anything can happen,” Bluder said. “We want to go into that Big Ten Tournament and do
as well as we can.” Follow @Marioxwilliams for Iowa women’s basketball news, updates, and analysis.
The Iowa softball team traveled to Conway, South Carolina, Feb. 26 through Sunday in the Coastal Carolina Tournament, playing five games against Coastal Carolina and Georgia Southern and walking away with just one win. Iowa started the weekend on a good note winning big over Georgia Southern, 10-0, but then couldn’t win again. “They didn’t give up,”Iowa head coach Marla Looper said in a release.“They finally made some adjustments with the starting pitchers and put a couple on the board.We continued to fight, we didn’t give up, and we didn’t give in. Iowa fought but came up short in its last four games. Junior Elizabeth Wiegand started the contest in Iowa’s only win of the
IOWA HAWKEYES (61) MIN FG 3P Disterhoft 36 5-12 1-6 Coley 27 3-7 0-0 Gustafson 33 8-11 0-0 Davis 31 1-3 0-2 Jennings 37 5-14 4-10 Kastanek 21 2-5 2-5 Buttenham 8 0-2 0-2 Peschel 7 0-3 0-3 TEAM TOTALS 200 24-57 7-28
ILLINOIS ILLINI (56) MIN FG Hartwell 25 0-2 Simmons 40 4-11 Cattenhead 24 1-6 White 38 11-26 Wittinger 27 3-7 McConnell 3 0-0 Kissinger 18 2-4 Kirkpatrick 25 1-5 TEAM TOTALS 200 22-61
3P 0-2 3-9 0-0 0-6 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-3
FT 2-5 4-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
RB 3 6 10 4 3 3 5 2 8 6-9 44
20 15 61
FT 0-0 0-0 0-0 7-8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
A 3 4 2 2 1 0 1 1
RB 2 6 2 11 5 0 1 1 3 5-22 7-8 31
A 2 1 2 6 1 7 1 0
TO 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 2
TO 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
TP 13 10 16 2 14 6 0 0
TP 0 11 2 29 6 0 5 3
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OHIO STATE 68, IOWA 64
By RICARDO ASCENCIO ricardo-ascencio@uiowa.edu
STUMBLE CITY CONTINUES FOR HAWKS Ohio State’s Marc Loving, center, makes a basket between Iowa’s Ahmad Wagner, left, and Jarrod Uthoff on Sunday in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio State beat Iowa 68-64. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
The No.7 Iowa men’s gymnastics team took down No. 6 Nebraska and No. 8 Penn State on Feb. 27 to claim another victory in the Field House. Iowa walked away with a team score of 431.150. Penn State came in second at 424.000, followed by Nebraska at 423.300. The Hawkeyes went into the meet understanding its importance. With the Cornhuskers ahead of the Hawkeyes prior to the meet, the victory will almost certainly help Iowa leapfrog Nebraska in the NCAA rankings. “This kind of says a lot about where we are and where we expect the team to be,” Iowa head coach JD Reive said. “We work really, really hard, we are relentless … but that is why we are the team you see now.” The Hawkeyes came Reive out with the victory head coach much thanks to the unlikely performance of sophomore Austin Hodges. The meet was Hodges’ first this season; he has suffered torn ligaments in a thumb. He showed no evidence of being rusty, posting a 14.500 on the pommel horse to lead the team. Hodges was clearly excited to be back in action. “Anytime you get to beat [Iowa senior Doug Sullivan], it’s a good feeling, given all his accolades and all he’s accomplished, but yeah, it feels good,” he said. Along with Hodges, the team was led by seniors Matt Loochtan and Jack Boyle. Loochtan and Boyle were neck-andneck throughout the meet for the allaround crown. Reive loves the friendly back and forth between Loochtan and Boyle, but Loochtan does not see it as competition. “We are teammates, we know we have one job, and that’s both to get some high scores,” he said. “I mean if we are counting 12 events between SEE GYMNASTICS, 6
By IAN MURPHY | ian-murphy@uiowa.edu The Iowa men’s basketball team’s Big Ten title hopes were likely blocked along with Mike Gesell’s potential game-tying lay-up. With fewer than 10 seconds left, Gesell drove to the rim, blowing by every defender in his path, but had his shot blocked from behind by Ohio State’s Keita Bates-Diop. “[Gesell] had plenty of options, and he chose to drive it,” Iowa head coach Fran McCaffery said in a release. “I thought he made a good play there.” The Hawkeyes’ 68-64 loss marks back-to-back losses in the Big Ten and Iowa’s fourth loss in five games. The Hawkeyes can still
clinch a share of the Big Ten title but would need to win out andhave Indiana to lose out. Iowa’s four-game funk rolled over into a fifth on Sunday, as the Hawkeyes continued to look out of sorts on both ends of the court. “We didn’t execute, we didn’t rebound, we didn’t defend,” McCaffery said in his press conference after the game. The first 20 minutes saw the Hawkeyes have bursts of brilliance, including a pair of dunks by Gesell, one featuring the senior blowing by a defender en route to the basket. But for the majority of the first half, the Hawkeyes struggled in similar ways as they did against Wisconsin. The 3-pointers didn’t fall, SEE M HOOPS, 6
IOWA 61, ILLINOIS 56
By JAKE MOSBACH
Gustafson, Jennings lead Iowa
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3-pointers in the third quarter that shifted the game. The sophomore also matched her career-high with four 3-pointers made. She finished 4-of-10 from downtown, scoring 14 points, grabbing 3 rebounds, and tallying an assist. Iowa went on a 16-0 run in the third quarter and left Illi-
After three-straight losses to start the Hawkeye baseball season, things finally took a positive turn for Iowa during the Snowbird Baseball Classic in Port Charlotte, Florida, Feb. 26 through Sunday. The Hawks picked up their first two wins of the 2016 campaign, toppling Dartmouth, 4-1, on Feb. 27 and Chicago State, 15-3, on Sunday. With a loss to open the tournament on Feb. 26, an 11-3 shellacking at the hands of Indiana State, Iowa owns a 2-4 overall record. As was the case Feb. 19-21 against Dallas Baptist, the Hawkeye offense went cold against Indiana State to open the Classic. As the games progressed, however, the Iowa bats made their first appearance of the season. “Offensively, we had quality at-bats up and down the lineup all day long,” Hawkeye head coach Rick Heller said in a release after the Chicago State win. “A lot of guys swung it well. It was one of those days we Heller needed to break out with head coach the bats … we feel good about ourselves heading home.” The victory over Chicago State featured 19 Iowa hits. In the games against Indiana State and Dartmouth, the Hawks mustered just 17 hits combined. Senior shortstop Nick Roscetti was the offensive leader for the Hawkeyes , finishing 7-for-11 with 3 doubles and 3 RBIs. The Sherman, Illinois, native is batting .333 this season. Before the tournament, Heller said the early season classic would be another test of where the team stands, particularly when it comes to its energy level. After Sunday’s victory, he was pleased.
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The Iowa women’s basketball team survived Illinois, 61-56. By MARIO WILLIAMS mario-williams@uiowa.edu
Hawkeye freshman Megan Gustafson and sophomore Whitney Jennings stuck out a little more than usual in the Iowa women’s basketball team’s 61-56 win over Illinois on Feb. 27 in Carver-Hawkeye. Not that these two players are any strangers to attention. But their games stood out, which played a large part in the Hawks’ victory. Gustafson’s strong presence in the paint and Jennings’ explosive presence from behind the arc both were keys to Iowa’s win. It was, after all, the last game of the regular season, and the Hawkeyes have been in must-win mode for some time now. “It was extremely important to come out here and get this win,” junior Ally Disterhoft said after the game. The up-and-down Illini had no answer for Gustafson’s presence down low and couldn’t stop Jennings. Coming off a sloppy loss against Penn State prior to the Illinois matchup, Iowa needed a win in its last regular-season game in Carver-Hawkeye. “I’m happy with the win at home,” head coach Lisa Bluder said. “I appreciate the crowd
Iowa guard Ally Disterhoft attempts to rebound in Carver-Hawkeye on Feb. 27. The Hawkeyes defeated Illinois, 61-56. (The Daily Iowan/Peter Kim) coming out to support us today. I know it wasn’t like a lot at stake coming in to this game for the crowd, and I just really appreciate them making the effort to be here even if there wasn’t a Big Ten championship on the line. That means a lot to us.” Iowa played sloppily in the first half but still led by 10 at halftime. Shooting just 39.4 percent from the field and 20
percent from the 3-point line at the half, the Hawks very much needed a change. Iowa committed 7 turnovers in the first 20 minutes, and Gustafson and Jennings combined for 18 of Iowa’s 33 points at the half. Illinois didn’t play solidly, either, shooting 34.5 percent from the field at the half, 18.2 percent from downtown. Jennings knocked down two
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