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Hawks high in criminal records The UI doesn’t conduct background checks on possible recruits, and experts are split on the effectiveness of the idea.

By JORDAN GARRETSON jordan-garretson@uiowa.edu

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West High freshman Kai Yan inspects the level of sodium hydroxide in a graduated cylinder while working on his thermodynamics lab for Carolyn Walling’s chemistry Honors class Monday.

Local schools shun science fairs State and regional science fairs have grown over the last few years.

By LUKE VOELZ luke-voelz@uiowa.edu

President Obama wants science fairs.

Students want science fairs. Teachers want an alternative.

School science fairs were brought to the nation’s attention following the president’s support in his last State of the Union address. But many local schools aren’t holding science fairs because of logistical challenges, budget difficulties, and new curricula.

Instead, more students are choosing school clubs and regional fairs.

At Iowa City’s West High, science department head Doug Herman points to the numbers: 1,800 students and “tons of science classes.” Those figures keep the school from pursuing additional science fairs.

“We would logistically never be able to do something like that,” he said.

And faculty from Northwest and Southeast junior highs said budgetary concerns and the format of science classes — including an increasing emphasis on lab work — have decreased the need for a school science fair.

“With budget cutbacks, we’ve had to cut back on a number of clubs,” said Southeast Junior High Principal Deb Wretman. “Unfortunately, we’re in a cutback phase. It comes back to money and the availability to pay sponsors and transfer costs.”

But teachers and officials said there are other avenues for students to be involved in extracurricular science.

Local junior highs and high schools have begun directing students to school clubs and regional activities that focus more on career opportunities.

City High math department head

Vicky Pederson directs Project Lead the Way, part of a nationwide organization that funds engineering and biotechnology programs at high schools. She said 32 students are enrolled in City High’s group, up from six in 2007.

“We are trying to push our students toward science technology-oriented programs, given the up-and-coming job options that they might have,” Pederson said.

Jamie O’Donnell, a 2010 West High graduate, joined the school’s JET engineering group his senior year with little prior knowledge of the program.

“I’ve always been interested in science and liked all the classes and teachers,” said the 18-year-old, who is now studying molecular biology at Princeton. “I’m friends with a lot of people who were also interested in science, so it was natural on several levels.”

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Hawkeye Athletics Director Gary Barta said he’s “open to the discussion” of conducting background checks on student-athletes after a report released Wednesday showed 18 players from the Iowa football team’s 2010 preseason roster had criminal records — the second most of any school that was ranked in Sports Illustrated’s preseason Top 25.

But Barta said he has some reservations about the idea, noting that screening potential recruits and conducting background checks might not be the most effective way to keep athletes out of legal trouble.

“Maybe this will provide us another opportunity to Barta open the discussions,” Barta athletics director told The Daily Iowan in a phone interview. “If it would help guarantee us that we wouldn’t have student-athletes making bad decisions, I certainly would consider it. I don’t know whether it would accomplish that, however.”

The six-month investigation, from Sports Illustrated and CBS News, also found criminal records for 7 percent of the 2,837 players listed on the preseason rosters of those teams. Of those schools, only the University of Oklahoma and Texas Christian University conduct regular background checks on recruits. The report included a total of 7,030 record checks.

Barta said the administration is “certainly concerned” when student-athletes get in trouble, but he noted that all 18 charges cited in the report involved misdemeanors. Fifteen of the charges were alcohol-related, two were for possession of a controlled substance, and one was for misdemeanor assault.

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UI leans on endowments Officials: Endowments likely won’t replace universities’ reliance on state appropriations.

By ALISON SULLIVAN alison-sullivan@uiowa.edu

Public universities are beginning to rely more heavily on endowments — a practice once more common at private universities — as state funding for higher education dwindles nationwide.

With the University of Iowa’s endowment now topping $1 billion, officials said

the stability of the invested gift fund has become increasingly important as a complement to unstable public funding.

“Obviously, if the state decreases its support for the university, it has to look elsewhere to make up for those shortfalls, and private SEE ENDOWMENTS, 3A

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‘Old’ Field House still has fans Even with a new rec center, people are still flocking to the Field House.

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Connie Hippee has been using the University of Iowa’s Field House since she was a little girl growing up in Iowa City.

And for the past year, the 54-year-old has been playing raquetball on the Field House’s courts.

The amenity is something she can’t get at the new $69 million Campus Recreation & Wellness Center, and she prefers the quieter and less crowded older building.

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“It’s not the same people every day,” the research assistant at the University of Iowa’s College of Public Health said. “I’d be sad to see it go.”

Harry Ostrander, the director of UI Recreational Services, said no specific plan exists for the future of the Field House.

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Yun Fei plays a game of badminton with Sheng Baishu (not pictured) in the Field House on Wednesday. The two said they love the Field House because of the facilities that are not available at the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center, including badminton courts, racquetball courts and a less crowded pool.

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Rally calls for labor rights Local publicschool employees attended the protest.

By JAKE KRZECZOWSKI jacob-krzeczowski@uiowa.edu

As the sun dipped behind the Old Capitol and temperatures began to drop, protesters took to the Pentacrest.

They were speaking out against budget cuts aimed at public educators and employees in Iowa and standing in solidarity with those protesting in Wisconsin.

Holding signs that read “Workers’ rights are human rights,” and “Save affordable and accessible education,” around 100 undergraduate and graduate students, public-school teachers, and union supporters stood in the shadow of the former State Capitol on Wednesday.

The 4:30 p.m. start time made it possible for Iowa City public-school teachers to attend the rally. They were led by Roosevelt Elementary teacher-librarian Anne Kraus, who spoke out against tax breaks for large corporations that necessitate budget cuts for public employees.

“As public-school teachers, we are being attacked on sev-

By KATIE HEINE katie-heine@uiowa.edu

Johnson County residents will see a 23 cent drop in their tax levies for fiscal 2012 if the Board of Supervisors approves a budget proposal presented Wednesday night.

Tax levies now sit at $6.99 per $1,000 of valuation.

“We could have raised

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CORRECTIONS eral levels,” she said. “They want to cut school spending and are trying to restrict our collective bargaining. We have a definite serious problem here in Iowa.”

The people pumped their fists in the air and chanted, “What’s disgusting? Union busting” and “Kill the bill.”

Gov. Terry Branstad told the Associated Press on Wednesday he was making only limited changes to unions’ collective-bargaining power. Under his proposal, which passed a House committee and is waiting a full House vote, unions would no longer be allowed to bargain for insurance or about layoff procedures.

And while people at the protest said they were there in solidarity with Wisconsin, Branstad insisted his changes would be minimal compared to Wis. Gov. Scott Walker’s attempts to eliminate most collective-bargaining rights for public sector employees.

“Republican officials are trying to portray public employees as people who are attempting to take all this money from taxpayers,” Kraus said. “While public employees are paid less than those in the private sector.”

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COGS president Kari Thompson speaks to protesters on the Pentacrest on Wednesday. “We want to make sure that the Legislature and Branstad know that we’re all paying attention,” Thompson said.

Representatives of the Campaign to Organize Graduate Students at the UI were also there, along with members of the UI Student Government to show support for unions and protest the budget cuts that could lead to tuition increases at public universities.

“We want to make sure that the Legislature and Branstad know that we’re all paying attention,” said COGS President Kari Thompson, clutching a small black speakerphone in her hand. “This is about building a community here today of people who care about worker’s rights and about education here at Iowa and all over the country.”

The event was one of several across the country part of Jobs with Justice’s national day of action.A UI Student Government- and Executive Council of Graduate of Professional Students-led group plans to travel to Des Moines next week to lobby the state Legislature.

“Brothers and sisters in the labor movement are taking a stand here to show solidarity with workers in Madison, Wisconsin whose rights are under siege,” COGS campus chief steward Barrett Gough said. “We’re trying to make a statement that says we don’t want our ability to sit down at the table with management taken away from us.”

taxes more, but we used some of our rainy-day fund to balance this out,” said Supervisor Janelle Rettig.

The supervisors will likely approve the $76.7 million budget at its formal meeting next week.

Public safety and promoting human services were some of the major themes of the budget, said Supervisor Terrence Neuzil.

“The budget is a reflection of the county’s priorities,” he said.

Nearly 75 cents of the levy will go to the Joint Emergency Communications Center, an agency that provides emergency services for the county.

2012 budget The includes a roughly 29 percent funding increase for

the Joint Emergency Communications Center.

With such a high increase, the supervisors had to decide whether to cut services, increase taxes, or dip into their reserves.

They decided to do a little bit of everything.

Implementing an account clerk in the auditor’s department and a medical examiner investigator would help reduce over-time costs, supervisors said.

Adding an assistant county attorney will increase revenues by $51,000, according to the proposal.

An additional patrol deputy would be added, which supervisors said would be beneficial. The Sheriff ’s Office has 26

deputies on staff, and it would like to reach 30 so there is a ratio of 1 deputy per 1,000 residents.

The county is also exploring some “green” initiatives.

Nearly $15,000 was proposed to implement an employee van pool program that would allow county employees to travel to work in fewer vehicles, thus reducing their carbon footprints.

The proposal also includes the hiring of a grant writer for $35,000.

“There are more than 135,000 people in Johnson County with different wants, needs, and desires,” said Supervisor Rod Sullivan. “It’s a give-and-take process and it’s that way every year.”

CLARIFICATION In the March 2 article “City taxes to rise under approved budget,” the DI didn’t clarify that the Iowa City City Council reduced the initially proposed tax rate by 50 cents per $1,000; property owners will now pay $17.84 per $1,000. The DI also didn’t clarify the $866 in city taxes property owners would pay, up from $833, is for a $100,000 home.The DI regrets the errors.

METRO Man charged with imprisonment, assault Police have arrested a West Liberty man after he allegedly drove two women to Iowa City and held them against their will.

Ismael Lopez, 26, West Liberty, was charged Tuesday with two counts of false imprisonment and one count of domestic-abuse assault.

The report said Lopez showed up at his 16-year-old ex-girlfriend’s residence to talk about visitation for their child.

The ex-girlfriend then sat in

the car to discuss the matter and brought a witness, which the report said angered Lopez, causing him to allegedly drive off with the two women.

Police said Lopez ignored the women’s demands for him to stop and let them out and prevented the witness from exiting the car by jamming the car in reverse, then slamming on the brakes to close the door.

When the car arrived at Creekside Market, 2601 Highway 6 E., the women said they ran in the bathroom, from which they called police from a cell phone.

Police located Lopez waiting in his car.

False imprisonment is a serious misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail and a maximum fine of $1,875.

Domestic-abuse assault is a simple misdemeanor punishable by up to 30 days in jail and a maximum fine of $625.

—by Hayley Bruce

University of Iowa officials are

discussing plans to replace Hawkeye Court Apartments, said Von Stange, the director of University of Iowa Housing and Dining.

Stange sent out a letter to current tenants Wednesday announcing tenants’ leases are only guaranteed for this year.

Hawkeye Court Apartments, located west of Mormon Trek Boulevard and Hawkeye Park Road, were built in the 1960s, said Stange, and more than 400 apartments are included in the complex.

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Madeline Maharry, 18, W211 Hillcrest, was charged Feb. 18 with interference with official acts and presence in a bar after hours.

Artur Martirosyan, 19, 502A Mayflower, was charged Feb. 25 with PAULA. Anthony McGee, 47, 2650 Roberts Road Apt. 2C, was charged Tuesday with public intoxication and possession of an open alcohol container in public.

Tristan Meyer, 20, Dubuque, was charged Feb. 26 with PAULA. Ryan Michael, 20, 353 S. Gilbert St. Apt. 2220, was charged Feb. 25 with PAULA. Kevin Newman, 18, 714 Slater, was charged Feb. 26 with falsifying driver’s licenses and public intoxication.

Christopher Noreikis, 18, 1321 Burge, was charged Feb. 25 with presence in a bar after hours.

Denzel Pernell, 18, Fort Dodge, Iowa, was charged Sunday with OWI. Nicholas Piazza, 18, 711 Slater, was charged Feb. 25 with possession of marijuana and public intoxication.

Ashley Renteria, 18, 435 Rienow, was charged Feb. 25 with public intoxication.

Ryan Riefenberg, 19, Lake Barrington, Ill., was charged Feb. 25 with PAULA. Jordan Rollins, 20, Yorkville, Ill., was charged Feb. 26 with public intoxication.

Marshall Rolston, 19, 278 E. Court St. Apt. 403, was charged Feb. 24 with PAULA. Brett Schultz, 18, Plainfield, Ill., was charged Feb. 25 with public intoxication.

Samantha Sickles, 18, 1241 Rienow, was charged Sunday with public intoxication.

Coleman Smith, 19, Lake Forest, Ill., was charged Feb. 25 with public intoxication.

Brittany Steen, 22, 214 E. Church St., was charged Tuesday with assault.

Taylor Stoner, 19, Hills, Iowa, was charged Tuesday with driving with a suspended/canceled license.

Max Sutton-Vermeulen, 18, 331D Mayflower, was charged Feb. 25 with PAULA. Tamber Thoma, 19, W104 Hillcrest,

was charged Feb. 24 with presence in a bar after hours.

Courtney Vondran, 19, 221 Iowa Ave. Apt. 1916, was charged Feb. 25 with presence in a bar after hours.

Mallory Voss, 18, 1013 Rienow, was charged Feb. 25 with PAULA. Grant Weaver, 18, Cedar Rapids, was charged Feb. 25 with public urination.

Ross Welter, 28, Coralville, was charged Sunday with OWI and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Brian Wigg, 21, 328 S. Governor St., was charged Feb. 24 with public intoxication and providing alcohol to subjects underage.

Daniel Williams, 18, 5732 Daum, was charged Feb. 24 with possession of a controlled substance.

Raoul Williams, 32, Chicago, was charged Monday with violation of a no-contact domestic-abuse protective order.

Tyler Wilson, 19, Joliet, Ill., was charged Feb. 25 with presence in a bar after hours.

Stephanie Zamorski, 18, 2276 Quad, was charged Feb. 25 with PAULA.

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BLOTTER Florencio Atilano-Narciso, 26, 4494 Taft Ave. S.E. Apt. 9C, was charged Tuesday with assault.

Wadell Brooks III, 22, Chicago, was charged Wednesday with possession of marijuana.

Christopher Crowder, 20, Chicago, was charged Wednesday with possession of marijuana.

Victor De La Cruz-Castro, 28, 828 Cross Park Ave. Apt. 1D, was charged Wednesday with OWI. Jeremiah Ford, 27, North Liberty, was charged Wednesday with driving with a suspended/canceled license.

Perrie Green, 26, North Liberty, was charged Wednesday with OWI and possession of marijuana.

Benjamin Harper, 23, address unknown, was charged Tuesday with criminal trespass, possession of marijuana, and fifthdegree criminal mischief.

Dennis Kahler, 80, 316 Fourth Ave., was charged Tuesday with criminal trespass.

Cassidy Lemkau, 19, 1428 Burge, was charged Feb. 25 with PAULA. William Lundy, 19, 347 Rienow, was charged Feb. 25 with PAULA.

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METRO West has more than 1 perfect ACT West High was one of six Iowa high-schools recognized Wednesday for having one or more students in the graduating class of 2010 to earn a 36 composite score on the ACT college admissions and placements exam, according to a press release.

Other schools honored were

Hempstead High, Indianola High , Sioux Center Community, Southeast Polk, and West Central.

In Iowa, eight high-school graduates out of more than 23,000 tested and only 588 out of more than 1.5 million in the 2010 graduating class earned a top score, the ACT press release said.

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ATHLETES CONTINUED FROM 1A “Fifteen were alcoholrelated, which is certainly a concern, not just for student-athletes, but for all of our students in Iowa City,” Barta said. “It’s something that we’re all working hard to improve upon.”

Center for Sport in Society founder Richard Lapchick told Sports Illustrated this report “sounds an alarm bell” and said he thinks it’s “almost incumbent” on universities at this level to perform criminal background checks on recruits.

But UI sociology Professor Michael Lovaglia said he doesn’t believe background checks are the correct course of action. He said college sports have become a “pipeline” through which many young people who otherwise wouldn’t consider college can earn a degree. “Screening out” players with criminal records would be harmful to the life chances of those who got in trouble as juveniles, as well as to the cultural goal of extending educational opportunity to all Americans, he said.

“The benefit for society is that public higher education receives much more support from a broad spectrum of the population than it otherwise would if it appealed only to elite members of society,” he said.

FIELD HOUSE CONTINUED FROM 1A unchanged until it becomes a financial burden or underutilized, he said.

Attendance at the Field House dropped from about 5,000 visitors a day to half of that after the the opening of the new rec center, which now sees about 5,000 a day.

But the 2,500 people using the Field House has stayed steady, and officials said they are happy with that number.

Eventually, if necessary, the university will move all the equipment out of the Field House and transport it near the rec center to create one large recreational hub, Ostrander said.

“The [rec center] was designed with the future down the road,” Ostrander said, noting the building’s south end can accommodate an attachment, connected by a bridge.

Although officials considered constructing the conjoined facilities simultaneously, replacing and rebuilding the Field House would have been a $140 million unaffordable project, Ostrander said.

But now, some staff members are split between both facilities, and a few staff positions have been duplicated, he said.

“It’s certainly more costeffective to have all our services in one location,” Ostran-

“Not everyone has the opportunity to attend a university, but most folks in Iowa feel loyal to the Hawks or the Cyclones or the Panthers.”

The report comes on the heels of several high-profile drug charges involving Hawkeye football players.

Former wide receiver Derrell Johnson-Koulianos was arrested on Dec. 7 for seven drug-related charges; he later pleaded guilty to only possession of marijuana in exchange for dropping the rest of his charges — including possession of cocaine and prescription drugs. Ex-running back Adam Robinson was charged in Des Moines with possession of marijuana on Dec. 27, and 2010 AllAmerican defensive end Adrian Clayborn was originally charged last year with assault causing bodily injury after an altercation with a taxi driver, but later pled guilty to disorderly conduct.

“For 12 years we have dealt promptly, firmly, consistently and within the student-athlete code of conduct when we have incidents involving members of our football program,” Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz said in a release.

“My staff and I will continue to work to ensure our student-athletes are successful as a student, as an athlete, and as a citizen of the Iowa City community.”

Pittsburgh’s 22 players with police records topped the list; Iowa’s 18 tied with Arkansas for second. der said.

And he said that while officials had expected the new rec center to be popular, the traffic has exceeded their expectations.

“It’s been packed; we’ve been pleased with the attendance,” he said.

In response to the high use, officials extended the new facility’s hours, expanded the free-weight area, and added two additional freeweight stations. Nearly 600 individuals are also on a waiting list to purchase a permanent locker because all 1,200 are now occupied, Ostrander said.

But the crowds and constant activity has kept some people away.

Steve Polyak, a UI assistant professor of gastroenterology, said he chooses not to work out at the new rec center because he works near the Field House.

“The facilities at the rec are awesome,” Polyak said.

“But the Field House serves its purpose.”

UI sophomore Adi Sehic, who lives in Reinow, said he works out at the Field House four times a week. The proximity of the facility is one of the reasons he chooses the Field House, he said. But he likes the atmosphere as well.

“I like the feel of it,” Sehic said. “It’s bigger and almost has a more homey feel. [The rec center] is new, and I feel like there is more history in this building.”

SCIENCE CONTINUED FROM 1A Some of these extracurricular science clubs are growing in Iowa. Nearly 50 regional high schools competed at the third-annual FIRST Tech Challenge Iowa Championship, a regional division of a nationwide robotics competition held last weekend at the IMU. In 2008, only two schools attended.

Mount Vernon High

ENDOWMENTS CONTINUED FROM 1A support is one of those things,” said Tiffani Shaw, the chief operation officer for the UI Foundation, which handles most private donations to the university.

Experts say that’s a change from previous years, when endowments were considered vital only for smaller, private universities that didn’t receive support from state appropriations.

But Gov. Terry Branstad’s proposed 6 percent cut to higher education funding is putting the university closer to that situation.

“At times when state appropriations represent a smaller percentage of the overall UI budget, all other sources of revenue such as tuition, federal and other grants, and private gifts, increasingly become important,” said Forrest Meyer, the executive director of strategic communications at the UI Foundation.

Unlike direct gifts, money donated to an endowment is invested in the stock market, and the university spends only what is collected annually

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sophomore Hunter Lind, the team’s lead programmer, said his team’s robot helped teach him complex coding techniques.

“The protocol of the program is tested, and if it doesn’t work, you have to redo it and redo it,” he said.

In addition to extracurricular clubs, students can compete in science fairs at a state level. Participation in competitions has stayed fairly stable or grown over the last decade.

The State Science and Technology Fair of Iowa had 560 students from 54

high schools participate in 2010, a 25 percent increase in participants over the last three years.

Andrea Spencer, the director of the State Science and Technology Fair, believes the increasing numbers come from a dedicated staff and scholarships offered to fair winners. The Iowa Space Grant Consortium has given $5,000 to top competitors, and the Iowa Biotech Association gives $500 to $5,000 grants to fair participants who plan on attending an Iowa college.

Ultimately, students

seeking the experience and rewards of a science fair often have to find competitions on their own, because teachers tend to only offer aid to students who seek them out.

“I feel like as a teacher, I’m already busy enough — I have kids of my own and can’t put in hours and hours and hours of extra work,” said West High chemistry teacher Carolyn Walling. “Do we encourage kids to apply? Yes. Do we actively recruit them? No.”

in returns. At the UI, average return is roughly 5 percent, or $50 million.

While endowments nationwide dipped for several years during the recession, the UI’s has steadily increased over the past decade, from approximately $534 million in 2000 to $1 billion this year.

Of 380 universities participating in a 2010 National Association of College and University Business Officers Commonfund Study of EducaEndowments tional Earned, only 60 had endowments larger than $1 billion.

And forecasts show large universities’ dependence on endowments will continue to increase.

“This is really the direction that state universities are moving to going forward because this withdrawal of legislative support from the university budgets … is probably a permanent factor,” said Bill Jarvis, the managing director of the Commonfund Institute, which conduced the study. “This is in fact a phenomenon that is occurring all over the nation.”

Meyer said endowments are important, both at the UI and other like-sized schools, as a permanent resource.

“I think it helps the university to plan a little better,” Meyer said.“If a portion is for student scholarships, they know that’s there, and they can count on it.”

Most endowments are designated for a specific purpose, experts said.

About 99 percent of the endowment handled by the UI Foundation is restricted, meaning it must be spent the way the donor requested.

Relying on invested money in a shaky economy is a slight risk, Meyer said, but the university’s goal is to

maintain a “steady payout.”

Don Szeszycki, a UI associate vice president in the Provost’s Office, said the university’s focus on increasing private investment is included in the strategic plan and is part of the university’s upcoming comprehensive fundraising campaign.

But even with a $1 billion endowment, state appropriations are key to public universities’ success, who said.

“It helps, but it doesn’t replace,” he said.

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Editorial

New regents should advocate for higher education The three potential new regents are entering a rather messy field.

Gradually increasing tuition has prompted Nicole Carroll, Katie Mulholland, and Bruce Rastetter — all appointed by Gov. Terry Branstad to the state Board of Regents on Feb. 25 — to make affordability a priority. But the regent-proposed tuition hikes are a response to one thing only: shriveling state appropriations. In order to make Iowa public universities accessible to students of all socioeconomic backgrounds without sacrificing quality, the new regents must be willing to take a stand against higher education cuts on the state level.

The tone of Regent President David Miles has shifted over the last year, from submissive statements last February on the necessity to “do more with less” to a Feb. 24 guest opinion in the Des Moines Register demanding an end to spartan education budgets. Miles’ turnaround may be belated, but it is commendable; we can only hope that Carroll, Mulholland, and Rastetter are willing to join him in lobbying the state government for increased funding.

Taking that stand might mean going against Branstad, whose proposed budget slashes higher education appropriations for fiscal 2012 by $75 million.

This poses a unique problem for one of the new regents, businessman Rastetter. Rastetter, a University of Iowa alumnus, was the largest donor to Branstad’s campaign (and has donated even larger sums of money to the UI).

When asked if this connection would cause him to hesitate in opposing Branstad’s proposals, Rastetter did not believe there was a conflict. “I think that the tone between the regents and the governor, and the regents and the legislators, can be improved upon,” Rastetter told the DI Editorial Board on Wednesday. “I will reach for higher education and stick up for state universities, but I have never seen Gov. Branstad do anything that goes against these goals.”

Branstad’s budget is hardly the first to cut funding from Iowa’s public universities. Under former Gov. Chet Culver, the percentage of the general education fund covered by students’ tuition grew 4 percent in a mere three years. The students’ share now stands at its highest in UI history — and the previous academic year marked the first time that tuition and fees accounted for more than 50 percent of the UI’s funding.

State appropriations? Less than 40 percent. And that’s not because the UI is growing beyond its means; it’s a direct result of legislators and governors, Democratic and Republican, chipping away at publiceducation funds.

As Miles pointed out, to compensate for the higher education cuts proposed by Branstad, tuition would have to raise 15 percent — three times the amount proposed by the regents for next year.

Rastetter said he’d rather not comment on Miles’ oped and its criticisms of state officials. “I don’t have a context as to why [the regents] feel that way,” he said.

“I know that Gov. Branstad wants to make these universities better. It obviously is a tight budget situation in which tough decisions that weren’t made in the past are having to be made by him now.”

Carroll also trotted out the tough-times justification.

“Clearly it’s to the benefit of the regents, institutions if we can get higher appropriations from the Legislature,” she told the Ed board Wednesday.

“Obviously, right now, the Legislature is dealing with an awful lot of areas that would like increased appropriations.”

A lot of areas, sure, but very few that have as critical an influence on our democracy and our future as public universities. If the Legislature and state executive continue to prioritize business tax cuts ahead of higher-education funding, the regents must be willing to advocate on behalf of the institutions they ostensibly curate; students and university officials must not be the sole voices defending Iowa’s higher education.

Rastetter, Carroll, and Mulholland await confirmation in the Senate, which is expected to proceed without difficulty. While some prudence in their public remarks is expected prior to their confirmation, the Editorial Board hopes the new regents will become unequivocal advocates for state university appropriations upon assuming their positions, regardless of political opposition.

“Making a difference is more important [than the title],” Rastetter said. A professed love of education must spur activism to protect it.

Your turn. Should the new regents take a strong stance against higher-education cuts?

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Child advocates need funding The Iowa Child Advocacy Board is the governor-appointed organization that oversees the Iowa Court Appointed Special Advocate and Foster Care Review Board programs. The two programs support hundreds of volunteers across the state assisting the child-welfare system provide for the safety and welfare of abused and neglected children.

Last year alone, these volunteer Iowans donated almost $3 million of their time and travel expenses to help thousands of

children having been placed in the foster care system.

Court Appointed Special Advocate volunteers play a vital role in helping our most vulnerable children achieve the best outcomes possible. They are charged with advocating on behalf of abused and neglected children in the legal and socialservice systems to ensure they get everything they need and deserve. The special advocates can offer more concentrated attention to their assigned child/children than HumanServices Department workers, attorneys, service providers, and judges with much larger case-

loads. They are independent from the rest of the child-welfare system, and recommendations are made solely on the child’s best interest. Last year, more than 1,600 advocates represented these vulnerable children.

In December, Advocacy Board’s budget was cut by $240,077. Gov. Terry Branstad’s fiscal 2012 budget reduces the board’s funding an additional $160, 817. Cuts in funding will harm at-risk children.

Please remember that children and their well-being are not a partisan issue. Call your elected representatives and ask them to argue House Study Bill 116, which

includes the funding for the Department of Inspections and Appeals and its attached units, including the Child Advocacy Board and its programs.

Remember: With all the cuts in Human Services and layoffs of workers, these programs become a safety net for children in foster care and kin placements.

Anyone wanting to know more about the needs of children in foster care can contact U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley, a staunch advocate for child-welfare reform.

Shirley McIntosh Dumont, Iowa

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Too many liberals?

KIRSTEN JACOBSEN kirsten-jacobsen@uiowa.edu

Colleges of “Liberal Arts and Sciences” seem to be just that: overwhelmingly, unapologetically left-leaning.

Critiques of Republican lawmakers run rampant. Professors, students, and ideologies tend toward the left side of the spectrum, despite the opposite effect documented in the larger American population.

It would seem, as Alexandra Petri of the Washington Post so brazenly put it, that “On campus, conservative may be the new gay.”

(I’m not sure which group should be more offended by that.)

While I will readily admit that I am active member in University Democrats — and heartily enjoy living in the most Democratic county in Iowa — it’s time to “politically diversify” the UI. How can a university, that bastion of everwidening minds and divergent viewpoints, provide students with an accurate portrayal of American politics when one side is so overwhelmingly drowning out the other? This is where divisive political stances get into some hot water: Are colleges and universities more liberal because broadened minds are naturally predisposed to the mindset of the left, as Democrats would like to claim? Or is it because conservatives are discriminated against in the teaching realm and rightwing viewpoints are shunned, as Republicans would avow?

Nationally, 50 percent of professors admit to being liberals (with only 11 percent identifying as conservative). A 2005 study by political-science Professors Robert Lichter, Stanley Rothman, and Neil Nevitte found that the devious liberal takeover of higher education has increased 11 percent since 1984.

No immediate statistics were available for the UI, but in my experience, the national data seem to hold true.

But professors, as well as students, adhere to set academic curricula

and are free to agree with or discard viewpoints. After all, is it not the role of colleges to expand minds and introduce differing viewpoints?

“It’s hard to see that these liberal views cut very deeply into the education of students,” said Jonathan Knight, the director of academic freedom and tenure for the American Association of University Professors to the Washington Post. “In fact, a number of studies show the core values that students bring into the university are not very much altered by being in college.”

Could the anti-intellectualism trend be contributing to the liberal bias?

“I can’t imagine that college Republicans enjoy the anti-intellectual rhetoric coming from their party,” said Dane Hudson, a co-president of UDems. He also suggested that the college atmosphere tends to liberate students from traditionally conservative backgrounds. Living in Iowa — a breeding ground for political activism — also contributes to the outspokenly leftist image of the UI, I imagine.

Aside from alleged collegiate Democrat-incubating, the age of college students themselves may play a large role in developing political persuasions. A 2007 poll conducted by the New York Times, CBS News, and MTV found that a majority of 17- to 29year-old respondents held liberal viewpoints on most social issues (abortion, gay marriage, health care) — yet roughly equal percentages identified as Democrat or Republican.

The pervasive nature of social issues, most notably on college campuses, apparently also contributes to their ingrained liberalism.

So I ask you, educated and reasonably informed Republicans, to “come out” and represent the right’s side of the equation. Let’s have rational debates and discuss policy in a manner our national government is seemingly unable to emulate.

I would have asked a conservative how he or she felt about marginalization, but one could not be found for comment.

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Iowa — an introduction to real leadership The 40th World Economic Forum was held in Davos, Switzerland in January. The forum is “an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world” by engaging leaders to shape policy.

There are 1,000 business members, plus government, non-governmental, and special interests.

Some participants are familiar, such as Condoleezza Rice and Bill Gates, but most are as unknown to us as we are to them. The elite “internationalists” talk about global problems and solutions in rhetoric with a “One World” flavor. A major product of the forum is a “Global Risks Report.” The theme for the sixth report is “Shared Norms for a New Reality,” and it identifies two

“cross-cutting” global risks.

One is economic disparity, both within and across countries. Though there have always been disparities, the ability of better and more timely communication has made issues such as health care, illicit trade, migration and immigration, food insecurity, terrorism, and weapons of mass destruction more visible. Population growth, increasing unemployment, and education failures are noted as causing many problems. National solidarity is decreasing, while subgroup identities are becoming stronger and more contentious. “Traditional” forms of association are eroding and trust in institutions is decreasing.

The second risk is global

governance. Until recently, the “Washington Consensus” was considered the international governing standard. The Washington Consensus was a set of 10 free-market policies that were generally pursued by both advanced and emerging countries. Specific policies include reducing government deficits; tax reform, privatization, liberalization and deregulation of trade, and export led economic growth. Unfortunately, this approach is no longer considered the standard.

Negative components of the global governance issue include high debt levels, asset price decreases, savings imbalances, long-term unfunded liabilities, and government bailouts. These are issues that drove

November 2010 election results. As a result, Republicans now control both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Iowa House.

In not only Iowa, but also most of our surrounding states, the Republicans also won the governor races, campaigning on fiscal responsibility and economic development.

It is apparent that Global Risk Report issues are playing out today here in Iowa. Our families, workers, and political and business leaders are uniquely positioned to proactively address these issues. If government policies and business development are positively handled here, we will more broadly influence outcomes and results worldwide than our status as “fly-over” coun-

try might indicate. Specifically, Gov. Terry Branstad and the Republican-controlled House of Representatives are attempting to address these issues. House File 45, the Taxpayers First Act, addresses them in a proactive,positive way,including preschool funding, budget cuts, and management of state employees. One hopes that they have the willpower to stand by their decisions.

Those who refuse to consider changes, such as unions, demonstrate the fracturing of overall social goals in favor of subgroup identities.

The report stated, as the “power and capacity of the United States to lead diminishes” emerging economies must embrace leadership. It warned of backlash against globaliza-

tion and the development of “extremist parties,” specifically mentioning the rise of the Tea Party. It characterized their concerns as “arguments of economic nationalism.”

Instead, maybe the forum participants should join the potential presidential candidates visiting Iowa and get a firsthand introduction to real leadership. Leadership that is emerging throughout the United States by people confident enough to get the job done — the way the American people always have.

Deborah Thornton is a research analyst for the Public Interest Institute, a Mount Pleasant-based nonprofit research group. These views are those of the author and not necessarily those of the Public Interest Institute.

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Queen of the UI’s costume jungle Megan Petkewec ensures each fitting-room session has a good story — and that the show goes on.

By LAURA WILLIS laura-willis@uiowa.edu

Megan Petkewec

Boxes of wicker bird masks and pillbox hats are nothing out of the ordinary.

Gazing around the closet in the Studio Arts Building through her red-rimmed glasses, costume-shop supervisor Megan Petkewec appears nonchalant about the peanut costume in the corner and hoop skirts along the back wall. The theater enthusiast keeps a watchful eye on clothing racks, ensuring each garment is properly aligned by color, size, and style. Making acute observations of garment sizes on charts, she prepares for the later fitting-room sessions.

She remains well-hidden from the limelight but nonetheless helps to see that the show goes on.

“I love to be a helper,” said Petkewec. “There’s almost nothing better than saving the day.”

Working in a cramped 10 x 10 fitting-room space, the 45-year-old uses stories and humor to make actors feel comfortable. She introduces herself as Megan, a costume-store supervisor who is fun at parties. While measuring, she asks about scars —the topic usually leads to a good story. Her voice remains animated as she takes down notes.

“I warn actors that I am terribly funny, even if they don’t think I am,” Petkewec

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said. “I laugh at my own jokes every time.”

And others catch on to her humor, which they feel makes the costume shop more interesting.

“She is very exuberant and lively and quite funny,” said coworker Sharon Somers.

Her empathy for student performers comes naturally — she was once in their shoes. Growing up in Grand Island, N.Y., she was exposed to theater during high school. During a production of Hello Dolly!, Petkewec, a member of the choir, watched as a waiter’s suspender button flew off.

She was able to sew the costume back together in under five minutes thanks to her background in home ec. The

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Costume-shop supervisor Megan Petkewec holds up a mask on Feb. 22 in the Studio Arts Building that will be worn by soldiers in the production of Antigone 2.0. As the costume-shop supervisor, Petkewec spends her days organizing materials and fitting people for costumes. experience led Petkewec towards a new career field: costume production.

“I am drawn to people and to textiles versus wood or metal or lights,” Petkewec said. “That’s why I picked costumes.”

In 1983 she attended the SUNY College at Oneonta, N.Y., where she majored in home ec. Through various classes she discovered that she didn’t want to design costumes — that required drawing, a skill Petkewec

felt she didn’t posses.

Instead, she decided to incorporate her passion for people and costumes by fitting theatrical outfits.

She worked in the college costume shop where she met the man who became her husband, Mike. After learning about his role in the production, she quickly joined the props crew, making sure his sandals were ready before each show.

Years later, the two took theater vacations to the Strat-

ford Shakespeare and Shaw Festival in Ontario, Canada.

After graduating from SUNY College in 1987, she worked in Buffalo, N.Y., followed by a year of schooling from the University of Iowa. In 1989, she traveled back East to attend the University of Delaware and earn an M.F.A. in costume production.

Lif e soon revolved around travel. Petkewec worked in a variety of cities, including Seattle,

Minneapolis, and Washington, D.C. In July 2010, she took a new position at the UI, spending her days fitting actors, organizing materials, and ensuring that everyone knows the given task.

“She knows her business and makes sure that everyone knows theirs,” said costume tailor Barbara Croy.

But for Petkewec, the job duties are simple.

“I care,” she said. “That’s what I do.”

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House committee backs nuke plants The bill was introduced by Rep. Chuck Soderberg, chairman of the Commerce Committee.

By ARIANA WITT ariana-witt@uiowa.edu

A panel of Iowa legislators voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a bill allowing Iowa energy companies to expand the use of nuclear power.

And the University of Iowa could be heavily involved in the process, some experts said.

The House Commerce Committee voted in favor of House Study Bill 124, under which the Iowa Utilities Board would be able to expand nuclearenergy facilities.

There is one nuclear plant in Iowa, the Duane Arnold Energy Center, near Palo. The plant generates more than 4 million megawatts of energy annually, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.

In a January interview with The Daily Iowan, UI President Sally Mason said she spoke with House leaders on nuclear energy and expressed interest in the UI’s involvement with a possible expansion in Iowa.

The UI Public Policy Center, the Urban and Regional Planning Department, and the Tippie College of Business would likely be choices for research should nuclear energy be explored in the state.

However, nuclear power has its doubters. UI engineering Professor Jerald

Schnoor said he doesn’t agree with the use of nuclear energy.

“I find it Soderberg difficult to fund a $1 representative, billion plant introduced bill that won’t produce energy for more than a decade,” he said.

“And the public has real skepticism for it as an energy option.”

UI physics Professor Emeritus Edwin Norbeck disagreed. He said nuclear energy is one of the most cost-effective energy sources and could be an “interesting” addition to the UI’s decreasing dependence on such fossil fuels as coal.

“The amount of [nuclear] fuel that you handle is so small,” Norbeck said. “You get more waste from a coal plant in a day than you ever would from a nuclear plant.”

Coal represents about 56 percent of the UI’s energy purchases, said Ferman Milster, associate director of Facilities Management’s utilities and energy management.

Though the bill passed the Commerce Committee unanimously, representatives also expressed varying views on the effects of increasing the state’s

Nuclear energy Facts: • 104 nuclear plants in the U.S. • Provides around 20 percent of U.S. electricity • More than 70 percent of low-carbon electricity comes from nuclear energy Source: U.S. Department of Energy

reliance on nuclear power.

Rep. Dave Jacoby, DCoralville, a member of the committee, said he thinks the bill relies too heavily on the consumers.

If the Iowa Utilities Board began nuclear-facility projects, consumers would bear the costs, he said.

“This is just a bill that says Iowa is leaving the door open for the possibilities of nuclear energy,” Jacoby said. “But those shouldn’t fall on consumers.”

But Rep. Ralph Watts, R-Adel, said that would only make sense. Those who consume the energy should pay for the buildings constructed to foster it, he said.

“The real sad part of this is that the [Iowa Utilities Board is] being forced to consider the nuclear option over coal, which would be less costly in the long run,” Watts said.

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NATION High court backs funeral protests WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a grieving father’s pain over mocking protests at his Marine son’s funeral must yield to First Amendment protections for free speech. All but one justice sided with a fundamentalist church that has stirred outrage with raucous demonstrations contending God is punishing the military for the nation’s tolerance of homosexuality.

The 8-1 decision in favor of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan., was the latest in a line of court rulings that, as Chief Justice John Roberts said in his opinion for the court, protects “even hurtful speech on public issues to ensure that we do not stifle public debate.”

The decision ended a lawsuit

by Albert Snyder, who sued church members for the emotional pain they caused by showing up at son Matthew’s funeral. As they have at hun-

dreds of other funerals, the Westboro members held signs with provocative messages, including “Thank God for dead soldiers,” ‘’You’re Going to Hell,” ‘’God Hates the USA/Thank God for 9/11,” and one that combined the U.S. Marine Corps motto, Semper Fi, with a slur against gay men.

Justice Samuel Alito, the lone dissenter, said Snyder wanted only to “bury his son in peace.” Instead, Alito said, the protesters “brutally attacked” Matthew Snyder to attract public attention. “Our profound national commitment to free and open debate is not a license for the vicious verbal assault that occurred in this case,” he said.

The ruling, though, was in line with many earlier court decisions that said the First Amendment exists to protect robust debate on public issues and free expression, no matter how distasteful. A year ago, the justices struck down a federal ban on videos that show graph-

ic violence against animals. In 1988, the court unanimously overturned a verdict for the Rev. Jerry Falwell in his libel lawsuit against Hustler magazine founder Larry Flynt over a raunchy parody ad.

Jobs unveils iPad 2 SAN FRANCISCO — Apple CEO Steve Jobs briefly emerged from his medical leave and walked on stage to a standing ovation Wednesday to unveil the second generation of the popular iPad. It comes with two cameras and will go on sale March 11 in the U.S. Jobs looked frail as he appeared in his signature black mock turtleneck, blue jeans and wire-rimmed glasses.

“We’ve been working on this product for a while, and I just didn’t want to miss today,” Jobs told an audience that included bloggers and Apple enthusiasts.

“Thank you for having me.”

— Associated Press

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UI progressing on women, minorities The number of women and minority faculty members is growing throughout the university.

By KENDALL MCCABE kendall-mccabe@uiowa.edu

Adrien Wing went from being a happily married woman to a divorced, single parent struggling to take care of two children.

And the series of events took place while the University of Iowa law professor sought tenure.

Twenty-four years ago, Wing became the first black woman hired by the UI College of Law. She was also the first female tenured law professor at the UI to have a baby and was one of the few African-American faculty members.

“There were two black men who were senior to me,” said Wing by phone from London, where she’s working as the head of the London Law Consortium. “It was very challenging.”

Women’s History Month kicked off Wednesday with assistant professor and author Deborah Whaley speaking to a crowd of about

50 in the Main Library on the importance of activism by the African-American sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha.

The month celebrates the strides women have made thanks to people s u ch a s t h o s e i n t he sorority and Wing.

The UI is making progress. There are now at least three black female professors at the law school, and the overall number of female and minority faculty is growing throughout the university, according to the annual diversity report by the Board of Regents.

The percentage of female faculty tenured or on a tenure track met the regents’ goal last year, increasing from about 30 percent in 2009 to 32 percent in 2010.

Minority representation among tenure track faculty also increased to its highest level to date, at almost 19 percent, exceeding a UI goal of 16 percent.

By the numbers Women and minority representation among faculty and administrative staff: • 36 percent: Women executive, administrative, and managerial staff • 32 percent: Women faculty members tenured or tenuretrack • 7.8 percent: Minority executive, administrative, and managerial staff • 18.6 percent: Minority faculty members tenured or on tenure track Source: Board of Regents annual diversity report

“I think there’s been considerable improvement over the time that I’ve been on the board with regard to diversity in most areas, not all,” said Regent Robert Downer. “But I do think that, by and large, all the universities are making a strong commitment to this, and I’m pleased with the progress that’s being made.”

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Nialle Sylvan, the owner of the Haunted Bookshop, sits in her store on Wednesday. “It just isn’t quite the same when you go to give somebody a Christmas present, and they have to download it,” Sylvan said.

IC still likes real books Local bookstore workers are not concerned about the effects ebooks may have on business.

By ALLIE WRIGHT allie-wright@uiowa.edu

Kelly Smith knows she likes books. But she’s not yet sure how she feels about their electronic cousins.

“I feel very satisfied with the experience of reading a physical book,” said Smith, a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. “It’s sort of a perfect experience for me already.”

But despite some locals’ hesitation, many have made the switch from hard-copy to digital. Due to the down economy and changing industry, the bookseller Borders recently filed for bankruptcy.

But several local bookstores owners, both that do and do not sell e-books, said they are not worried about the potential effect e-books could have on their sales, especially in such a literary city.

Nialle Sylvan, the owner of the Haunted Bookshop, 203 N. Linn St., said she thinks books will never be completely replaced.

Sylvan, who has owned the business for six years, said she thinks larger chain stores that sell mostly bestsellers will be more affected by e-books than her store.

“It’s my job to find what people like and make sure it’s here when they want it,” she said. Her shop doesn’t offer e-books.

Unlike larger stores, Sylvan said she focuses on offering unique books that are harder to find.

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“I know I’m spoiled because I live in a City of Literature, where people just love their books,” said Sylvan, surrounded by the approximately 40,000 books in her store.

Iowa City is one of just four UNESCO Cities of Literature in the world.

“I think the rest of the world recognizes how important books are in [Iowa City’s] culture,” said, Jeanette Pilak, the executive director for UNESCO City of Literature in Iowa City.

In 2009, e-books overtook audiobooks with sales reaching $313 million, according to the Association of American Publishers.

Smith, a librarian at the Writers’ Workshop, said though e-readers have caused some anxiety about the future of the publishing industry, they may improve publicity for authors.

“As a writer, I would not begrudge the use of technology,” said Smith, the author of several poems and journals.

And Sylvan continues to trust physical books in an age when she said electronic versions aren’t as reliable. She noted files can be lost and electronics require upgrades.

“It just isn’t quite the same when you go to give somebody a Christmas present, and they have to download it,” Sylvan said.

Another Iowa City bookstore, Prairie Lights, 15 S. Dubuque St., recently teamed up with Google to make e-books available to customers.

Jan Weissmiller, the store’s owner, said any title can be ordered and read with any e-reader besides the Amazon Kindle.

“Obviously, if e-books are one thing people want to read, we want to make them available,” she said.

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But some say the UI still has a long way to go.

In minorities’ “experience of promotion and tenure, they’re still vastly underrepresented,” said Leslie Schwalm, a UI history professor who specializes in gender and AfricanAmerican studies.

“Times have definitely improved for some women but not all women,” she said.

She emphasized the importance of courses on sexuality studies and African-American studies at the UI that reach out to undergraduates to promote change.

One lingering problem, however, is the UI’s lack of a policy on maternity leave.

“I think the big issue for women getting tenure has to do with women who have

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Assistant Professor Deborah Whaley speaks to more than 40 people in the Main Library on Wednesday. The lecture covered Alpha Kappa Alpha and the role it played in women’s rights between 1908 and 2008. children,” said UI anthropology/women’s studies Professor Ellen Lewin. “That’s traditionally the big issue and what makes it hard for women to be successful in their academic careers.”

Studies have found women with children are less likely to get tenure in academic jobs.

Wing, who was instrumental in creating a UI pol-

icy that automatically pauses the tenure clock when a woman faculty member has a baby, said progress has been made but more can be done.

“I feel, having to be at the forefront as both black and a woman, it was a lot of pressure, but I feel things have improved since that era at least for some women,” Wing said.

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It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge that the whole country isn’t in flames, that there are people in the country besides politicians, entertainers, and criminals.

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Notes to Self: • Your girlfriend, the germaphobe, appreciates your liberal use of hand sanitizer.

• Your girlfriend, the romantic, appreciates your continued use of candles.

• Your girlfriend, the caretaker, is good at treating burns on your hands.

• Find a different way to text in bed; you’ve been hit in the eye with your phone one too many times.

• Facebook is not a productive forum for political discourse.

• There are a lot of bad names out there for gay people, and attempting a political discourse on Facebook will get you called ALL of them.

• In a fight to the death between your cats and a spider, your glassware, curios, and framed pictures are all considered acceptable collateral losses.

• Don’t spend an entire week’s budget at the bar this Friday night.

• For future reference: twoperson horse costumes and sex swing contain many of the same basic materials.

• Your DroidX is NOT to be used as a flyswatter, even in “fly emergencies.”

• Learn at least as much about politics in the real world as those of Discworld.

• Josh Brolin, Josh Groban.

Two different people.

• Plugging your iPod into its charger only helps if the charger is also plugged into the outlet. Idiot • You are no longer allowed to exercise without your iPod, lest you be left alone with your thoughts. Your troubling, disquieting, all-too-oftenincluding-mayonnaise-forsome-reason thoughts.

— Andrew R. Juhl just learned that condoms are not microwavable.

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Greenhouse supervisor Ken Snyder and Megan Dornbush trim a banana plant in the Biology Building East on Wednesday. Dornbush is a member of Realizing Educational and Career Hopes, a program that allows students with disabilities to have semester-long internships with various organizations with the university. Working with Snyder is Dornbush’s second internship in the program.

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Thursday, March 3, 2011 — by Eugenia Last

ARIES March 21-April 19 Hesitation will not help you choose correctly. Feel it in your heart, and base what you need to do on intuition, and the right door will open. Deal with partners, institutions, and agencies that can affect your life.

TAURUS April 20-May 20 People who have information you want may need a gentle push, but once you get the ball rolling, it will be easy to gain momentum. Don’t let your emotions cloud your vision.

GEMINI May 21-June 20 You’ll be walking a fine line with regard to work, overspending, and dealing with people you owe or who owe you.

Follow your instincts, but keep whatever you do a secret for now. If you have reservations, back away from the situation.

CANCER June 21-July 22 You can be the star by taking action. Everything you touch will turn out well. Making changes that influence others beneficially will put you in control. Do something to improve your appearance or your love life.

LEO July 23-Aug. 22 Don’t brag about what you have. The way to make others take note of who you are and what you have is through gracious and humble offerings. By allowing others dignity, you will gain respect and attract a romantic suggestion that you cannot refuse.

VIRGO Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Keep things tight between you and a partner.

Letting too many people in on your plans or secrets will lead to obstacles. Don’t be afraid to make unexpected and sudden changes and decisions.

LIBRA Sept. 23-Oct. 22 Fix up your residence, or size up or down in order to achieve greater comfort or to accommodate a changing lifestyle.

Follow your intuition when it comes to relationships. Greater opportunity will come through personal or professional partnerships.

SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Take better care of your health and emotional well-being. Focus on home, family, and getting things in order so you can get on with your life. A change that occurs will be beneficial in days to come.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21 You may think you have everything and everyone under control, but when you least expect it, someone will surprise you with a complicated and stressful situation. Acting fast is not the solution, especially if your concern involves a friend, relative, or neighbor.

CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Too much pressure will lead to trouble. Make sure you have a clear picture of what’s going on before you take sides. Back away from a personal situation and put more effort into your work.

AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Emotional deception is apparent. Private affairs must be kept that way, or you will be caught in the middle of a melodrama. You can help a friend, but don’t take on burdens that aren’t yours. Protect your assets, and don’t meddle.

PISCES Feb. 19-March 20 Take on as much as you can, and show everyone what you can do. Push for what you want, and be relentless when it comes to dealing with slackers or people who talk big and do little.

Good fortune can be yours with the right partner.

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• Pharmacology Faculty Recruit Seminar, “Single-Cell Genetic Analysis of Synaptic Glutamate Receptors,” Wei Lu, University of California-San Francisco, 9 a.m., 2189 Medical Education & Research Facility • Wee Read, 10:15 a.m., Coralville Public Library, 1401 Fifth St. • Preschool Story Time, 10:30 a.m., Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn • Biochemistry Seminar: Jie Zheng, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tenn., 10:30 a.m., 2117 Medical Education & Research Facility • Special Seminar, “Mass Spectrometry-based Kinase Activity Assays: A Powerful Approach for Quantitative Measurements of Cellular Signaling Events,” Ryan Kunz, Harvard Medical School, 11:30 a.m., C29 Pomerantz Center • Epidemiology Spring Seminar, “Murder-Suicide in the United States: 1999-2009,” Katie Kramer, 11:30 a.m., E331 UIHC General Hospital • Clinical Studies Lecture Series, “Use of Epidemiology in Clinical Research,” Jim Torner, noon, C44-A UIHC General Hospital • Finding God at Iowa, noon, IMU River Room 1 • Ashley Hunt, artist talk, noon, 1703 Studio Arts Building • Make Glass Beads, noon, Beadology Iowa, 220 E. Washington • Analytical Seminar, “Strategies for Analytical Measurements in Complex Matrixes by Using Spectroscopy in Conjunction with Multivariate Calibration Modeling,” Joo-Young Choi, Chemistry, 12:30 p.m., C131 Pomerantz Center • Exploring Majors Fair, 12:30 p.m., Main Lounge, IMU • Pharmacology Graduate Student Workshop, “Neuronal Forms and Functions of RGS6: 26 Splice Variants and Counting,” Adele Stewart, 12:30 p.m., Bowen Auditorium 2 • Beginning Basket Weaving: Easter Basket, 1 p.m., Senior Center, 28 S. Linn • Kids Club, 3 p.m.-5 p.m., Iowa City Public Library • Teen Tech Zone, 3 p.m., Iowa City

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Hawks learning mind over golfing The Iowa women golfers enhance their games by improving their mental skills.

By MAGGIE CUNNINGHAM margaret-cunningham@uiowa.edu

Under pressure situations, the Iowa women’s golf team members rely on mental skills to stay focused and confident.

“Being strong mentally is important, because in Division-I golf, everyone can play well,” junior Chelsea Harris said. “So you have to do things to separate yourself from everyone else and work on things that other people may not give much attention to.”

Golf is largely based on mentality — and when a team is lacking in the mental aspect, its physical game can seriously diminish.

TOURNAMENT CONTINUED FROM 10A loss in Columbus.

Friday’s tiebreaker will likely help the winner’s NCAA Tournament résumé, and Iowa’s ability to create offense in the second half could be its key to victory.

“Our second half, we’ve put up numbers,” Iowa senior guard Kachine Alexan-

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team does not compete are always the most challenging.

Practices aren’t any easier.

Matt Sophomore McGrath agreed, and he said it also allows the team to gain momentum going into its meet against Minnesota and Penn State in Minneapolis on Saturday.

“It is nice to work on the little things, and we are

“Golf is about 90 percent mental and 10 percent skill,” sophomore Kristi Cardwell said. “If you lose 90 percent of your game, there will be no way to finish around to the potential you should be playing.”

That is why the team spends a half hour of every Wednesday practice with mental-skills coach Catherine Lucas-Carr to learn techniques for staying positive and confident.

During these sessions, the group does various exercises that help the team recognize its problems, analyze them, and then find solutions. “[Lucas-Carr] will then give us advice on certain m e n t a l skills to

p r a c t i c e,” Cardwell said. “My favorite that we work on is [called] ‘Here and Cardwell Now.’ This works on sophomore focusing on what i s h a p p e n i n g i n the present and forgetting about what had happened in the past.”

Course management is just one aspect of the mental game that the Hawkeyes are particularly struggling with. Club selection and deciding which shot to hit are significant parts of course management.

These were both major problems in the team’s trip to Kiawah Island, S.C., for its first tournament of the spring season last week.

After the first day of competition at the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Classic, head coach Kelly Crawford said the team had “too many mental mistakes” and the Hawkeyes needed to start making better decisions. Iowa had a disappointing finish: 23rd out of 33 teams.

“Right now, we are rusty,” Cardwell said.

“Over winter break, I’m sure none of us practiced our mental skills, and now we need to get back into the routine of it. Once we

begin to practice our mental skills again, we will all be back where we were in the fall and start to perform a lot better.”

The team is capable of continuing the successful streak that it saw in the fall if it can address that “rust.”

“We all have the physical skills to play great golf,” senior Laura Cilek said. “If we can improve our mental game and confidence, then we are going to have a lot of success.”

Being mentally strong can be especially beneficial for the Hawkeyes, who are hoping to make an impact in the Big Ten. Iowa hopes its incorporation of mental

der said. “At Northwestern, we put up 63 points in one half. It’s kind of unheard of … I feel like our offense is starting to click.”

ment invitation.

But this season is different. Coach Kevin Borseth has transformed his team into a legitimate contender to win the tourney. Wins over Ohio State and Iowa proved that Borseth’s squad deserves its high seed.

coach Coquese Washington said in a teleconference on Tuesday. “Whoever gets on a run is going to be the champion.”

No. 1 Michigan State (Ranked No. 11 nationally)

The Nittany Lions (22-8, 11-5) took care of business in conference play this season. Their Big Ten record includes two wins over the Hawkeyes and a victory over the Buckeyes.

Most notably, Penn State leads the Big Ten in scoring, averaging 77 points per game. Led by freshman standout Maggie Lucas, who averages 16 points per game, the squad brings a balanced attack to the court, featuring three players who average doubledigit points.

Despite the second seed, the Nittany Lions aren’t persuaded that the road to a Big Ten championship will be easily traveled.

“It’s anybody’s tournament for the taking,” head

just focused on what we need to do.”

Reive admitted that his team needs as much practice in a competition setting — meaning one with judges and a crowd — as possible. The first-year head coach is trying to take care of that by conducting intrasquad meets during practice. The intrasquads are an element that has helped the Hawkeyes stay fresh, Krueger said.

Iowa will face a difficult stretch of meets in the runup to the Big Ten championships. Two of the nation’s top five teams — No. 4 Cal-

ifornia and No. 5 Penn State — will face the Hawkeyes in the coming weeks, as well as meetings with No. 7 Nebraska and No. 8 Minnesota.

Reive said after threeconsecutive weeks of action, his team will be ready for a break — which they will get the week before the Big Ten championships.

He also said the extra week is an advantage for his team.

“It’s a good thing from a training standpoint,” Reive said. “It gives me 10 days to get to the grind.”

No. 3 Michigan Perhaps nobody expected to see the Wolverines comfortably sitting in the conference’s third spot.

After going 7-10 against conference opponents last season, the Maize and Blue fell in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament to Michigan State. There was no NCAA Tournaable to push right through to the Minnesota meet,” McGrath said.

The first meeting with Minnesota came after a two-week break, and the Hawkeyes fell to a Gopher squad Reive felt the Hawks could easily have beaten.

The need to improve on that performance has driven the Hawkeyes even more during their time away from competition.

“Last time, we were so concerned with beating Minnesota, we kind of forgot about the basics,” sophomore Timm Krueger said.

“This time around, we’re

No. 2 Penn State

RAMOS CONTINUED FROM 10A

Illinois’ B.J. Futrell (preliminary No. 4 seed for Big Tens), Cal Poly’s Flip Novachkov, and Clark — Ramos didn’t get the nod at Oklahoma State. Instead, Clark stepped on the mat in Stillwater, Okla., on Jan. 16 against Jordan Oliver, the top-ranked 133pounder in the country.

Clark lost, 11-4.

Head coach Tom Brands said the move to plug Clark and not Ramos into the lineup against Oliver wasn’t intended to motivate Ramos, and Ramos also insisted he didn’t view it as a slight.

“I don’t know if it was motivation, but there was a plan behind that, why I didn’t go to Oklahoma State — it was to get more mat time,” Ramos said. “I feel like that extra three matches that I got helped me in wrestling smarter and boosting my confidence a little bit from what had happened at Midlands. It was coach’s call, and I went with it because I’m never going to second-guess what they’re saying. It obviously worked.”

Ramos’ run through the Big Ten regular season has spawned a swagger that Brands has noted on many occasions. Ramos can be

BASKETBALL CONTINUED FROM 10A came into the contest shooting 87 percent from the line, whiffed on the front end of a technical pair.

“We lost by 19, but we

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Iowa 133-pounder Tony Ramos wrestles Michigan's Zac Stevens during the meet in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Feb. 13. Ramos won by decision, 7-2. seen walking with more confidence, though Brands said that wasn’t missing early in the season.

“I think he’s always been confident,” the fifth-year head coach said. “Remember, he was young once. He’s not young any more, but at one time this year, he was young. It’s not an excuse, but he’s grown and matured. And we’ll see, it’s a two-day tournament. So we’ll see. A lot of questions are going to be answered.”

Questions such as whether Ramos can survive his first taste of the grueling two-day tournament

with four other ranked 133pounders. Or if he can take down a highly ranked wrestler, such as he did against Long but failed to do against Futrell. But the biggest question is if he can keep wrestling smart, which is what he said made the biggest difference from Midlands to now.

Luke Lofthouse sees the smart wrestling, and he said the difference between December Ramos and March Ramos has been focus and determination — which could put him on top of the podium at the conclusion of the Big Ten championships.

“Everyone sees it. He goes out there, and he’s ready to wrestle hard for seven minutes and more if he has to,” Lofthouse said.

“He’s attacking constantly.

He gets into some of those shots, and he doesn’t finish, but he’s right back into it as soon as they’re back on the mat again. That’s what’s going to win matches, and you’ve seen it all year long.

The guys who are attacking consistently are the ones that are winning those matches, especially the close ones at the end.”

missed 13 free throws,” Gatens said in a postgame radio interview. “We clean that up, and we’re right there.”

Instead, Gatens added the team’s free-throw shooting to a long list of “dumb mistakes” committed during the game — particularly during the second half, when the Hawkeyes

missed 11 freebies.

The shooting guard didn’t hesitate to accept a good portion of the blame, though. The Iowa City native is known for being a sharpshooter but has shot 9-for-35 from 3-point range in the last five games. He misfired on all five of his tries on Wednesday as the team earned the dubious

distinction of being the first squad to not make a 3pointer since 2004.

“It’s really disappointing,” Gatens said. “I’ve been trying to work a lot on [my shooting] recently, since I’ve been in a bit of a slump.

Five of those 12 [misses] were mine, and it’s disappointing to look at that.”

training into its practice schedule will allow it to improve faster than conference opponents.

“If we can block out negative thoughts and focus on positives and the shot we are about to hit, then it should be a successful spring,” Harris said. “Golf is mostly mental at this point, so to improve, everyone needs to learn how to control their minds on the course.”

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Ice-cold Hawks fall The Hawkeyes’ 0-for-12 night from 3-point land was the first time the team has been held without a trey since 2004.

By SETH ROBERTS seth-roberts@uiowa.edu

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Iowa sophomore Jaime Printy drives past a Penn State player in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Feb. 6. The Hawkeye women’s basketball team will face Ohio State on Friday in the Big Ten Tournament.

Women tip off tourney The women’s Big Ten Tournament will begin today in Indianapolis.

By JON FRANK jon-frank@uiowa.edu

The inaugural day of basketball in the Big Ten Tournament essentially serves as an opportunity for the league’s bottom-tier teams to press on to Friday’s quarterfinal round and get a shot at upsetting one of the conference elites.

The top five teams are absolved from competing on day one, and will instead open play Friday. These five squads hope to avoid an early departure from Conseco Field House in Indianapolis.

No. 5 seed Ohio State

The Buckeyes (19-9, 10-6) are hot.

After tough losses earlier in the season, Ohio State has gotten its act together. Sixstraight victories — including wins over then-No. 25 Penn State and then-No. 8 Michigan State — are evidence that the squad is still capable of competing with the nation’s elite.

“It’s just an accumulation of things that fell into place,” Buckeye head coach Jim Foster said in a teleconference on Tuesday.

“Our defense has gotten better, and we’re sharing the ball.”

No. 4 Iowa (Ranked No. 24 nationally)

Like the Buckeyes, the Hawkeyes (22-7, 10-6) are playing top-level basketball right now. Back in the top-25 rankings for the first time since early February, head coach Lisa Bluder has guided her team to fivestraight wins.

Currently projected as a No. 5 seed in the upcoming NCAA Tournament by ESPN.com analyst Charlie Creme, Blud-

er’s Bunch will face Ohio State on Friday.

The Hawks split the regular season with the Buckeyes, going 1-1, but have not competed against Foster’s team since a Jan. 24

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Clink. Clank. Clunk.

The Iowa men’s basketball team heard those sounds a lot in its 85-66 loss to Michigan State in East Lansing, Mich., on Wednesday night.

The Hawkeyes (1019, 3-14 Big Ten) were 0-for-12 from 3-point territory, snapping a 239-game streak in which the team connected with at least one trey. Overall, the team shot 41.1 percent McCaffery from the floor, includ- coach ing 35.7 percent in the second half, as the Spartans (17-12, 9-8) pulled away.

Iowa couldn’t find the basket with a GPS, but Michigan State had no such trouble. Coach Tom Izzo’s squad torched the nets on Senior Night, shooting 54.5 percent from the floor and 50 percent from beyond the arc.

The Spartans have won three of its last four games and extended their home win streak against the Hawkeyes to 16.

Iowa began the game well, and even had a 5-point lead midway through the first half, but head coach Fran McCaffery said he saw a dip in his team’s energy level after the break.

“In the first half, we got a lot of running opportunities off of their misses,” he said in a postgame radio interview.

“In the second half, we weren’t quite as energetic. We didn’t get those rebounds that we got in the first half.

They got put-backs, they got to the free-throw line, and we didn’t get our run-out opportunities.

“That was our best offense this game.”

Of course, there wasn’t much other offense to compare it with. Four Hawkeye starters finished in doublefigures, but they didn’t get any help from the bench, which was outscored 42-12.

Iowa also continued its seasonlong struggle to make free throws, going 20-for-33 from the stripe (60.6 percent). Forward Melsahn Basabe missed four freebies, and Jarryd Cole and Roy Devyn Marble both missed three. Even junior Matt Gatens, who

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Ramos comes charging back Men gymnasts Tony Ramos’ poor Midlands Championships showing led to his Big Ten regular-season surge.

By J.T. BUGOS joseph-bugos@uiowa.edu

Tony Ramos wasn’t the top 133-pounder on the Iowa wrestling team on Dec. 30, 2010. That distinction belonged to Tyler Clark, the fellow Hawkeye who bested Ramos in the fifth-place match at the Midlands Championships.

But since that time, Ramos has ripped the starting spot from Clark, reeled off eight Big Ten dual victories — the only Big Ten 133-pounder to have an 8-0 record — and vaulted to a No. 7 national ranking.

Two of Ramos’ Big Ten wins have come against ranked wrestlers. He beat Penn State’s third-ranked

Andrew Long — the preliminary No. 1 seed for the Big Ten championships and the only grappler in the conference to best Wisconsin’s Tyler Graff, the preliminary No. 2 seed — with a 3-2 decision on Jan. 30.

He had taken down Northwestern’s No. 19 Levi Mele, 9-3, two days earlier.

But even with the lone undefeated Big Ten record and noteworthy victories, Ramos still sits behind Long and Graff in the preliminary rankings for the championships.

That doesn’t bother the redshirt freshman, though.

“I don’t care about the seedings, it really means nothing …” he said. “People are saying I deserve a spot, but you don’t deserve any-

ready to return

The Hawkeye men’s gymnastics team uses an off-week to gear up for the end of the season.

By RYAN MURPHY ryan-e-murphy@uiowa.edu

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Iowa 133-pounder Tony Ramos prepares to wrestle on Jan. 22 in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Iowa defeated Ohio State, 33-3. thing. You earn it … They didn’t feel I earned it, so I’m going to have to go through Graff and then Long.

Which I’m fine with that.”

After his poor showing at Midlands — which included three-straight losses to SEE RAMOS, 9A

After its season-best performance at its Feb. 19 meet against Nebraska, the Iowa men’s gymnastics team faced a twoweek lull between competitions.

The last time the No. 10 Hawkeyes competed after an off-week, the squad turned in its second lowest score of the season.

Head coach JD Reive is determined not to let it happen again.

Reive said he liked having a week to get extra

time in the gym to improve and prepare for the final three meets of the regu- Reive lar season. coach “We can get a lot more accomplished because we didn’t need to pull back at the end of the week,” Reive said. “It’s great to get that extra work in.”

Senior Mike Jiang said the weeks in which the SEE GYMNASTS, 9A

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The UI Food Critics Club explores Iowa City’s diverse restaurants, one bite at a time.

By LAURA WILLIS laura-willis@uiowa.edu

David Fix will try any dish once.

The University of Iowa junior prefers the sweet flavor of duck to the bland taste of ostrich. Yet neither item was so obscure as the cow tongue or plate of prairie oysters.

At the second UI Food Critics Club meeting, held at India Café, 227 E. Washington St., he tried a new delicacy: burfi, an Indian-style cheesecake. He pointed out the sponge-like texture and rich flavor. Four students nodded their heads in agreement between bites. They discussed the slight mint taste of the rice pudding and how the small cake squares may be possibly better suited to much of India’s hot climate.

“I’ve never been out of the country,” Fix said. “So this is kind of my way of exploring new cultures.”

In addition being exposed to new cuisine, discovering Iowa City’s restaurants is what Fix and friends Jorge Naranjo and Foti Guilino had in mind when creating the the group in January.

The three found they all possessed an interest in the art of cooking.

The UI juniors discussed different recipes and argued about which salts to add to dishes. To their dismay, they found another similarity: After three years in the college town, their knowledge of local restaurants was limited.

“I wanted to try something new and find people who wanted to go somewhere,” Fix said.

The Food Critics Club, which has around 13 attending members, meets at various times and places each week with only one idea in mind: trying something new. After dining, members critique aspects such as atmosphere, price, and portion size.

“I’m not trying to say anything negative about restaurants,” Fix said. “It’s more about bringing awareness to them.”

His passion for food began in high school. The Peoria, Ill., native was inspired to sample unique dishes by watching such shows as the Food Network’s “Molto Mario” and the Travel Channel’s “No Reservations” with Anthony Bourdain.

As a high-school sophomore, Fix’s love for preparing food escalated.

He dreamed of becoming a chef and shadowed workers at Chef John’s, a restaurant serving both European and American food in Dunlap, Ill. The experience was a success, and he earned a position at the restaurant. He worked as a busboy and server, spending the majority of his time admiring chefs’ work in the kitchen.

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Members of the food critics club talk and eat food at India Cafe in Iowa City on Feb. 26.

The club, which was created in January by UI students and has around 13 attending members, has held two meeting thus far. In the future, the group plans to travel to Chicago to visit restaurants and meet with UI President Sally Mason’s personal chef.

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Mark Rhomberg contemplates the taste of his food at India Cafe in Iowa City on Feb. 26. Rhomberg is a member of the UI Food Critics Club, which was created in January. The first two club meetings took place at Capanna and India Cafe. Members also said they hope to have a wine tasting event in the near future.

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For author David Philip Mullins,Vegas is a touchstone.

By EVAN CLARK evan-clark@uiowa.edu

What happens in Vegas stays in David Philip Mullins.

In his new collection of short stories, Greetings From Below, the Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumnus breaks the TV ad’s tag line, because Vegas will be a part of him forever.

“I grew up in Vegas, and that’s where most of Greetings From Below is set,” he said. “The main reason I chose Vegas for the book is because I know the terrain so well, and I know the place like the back of my hand.”

Mullins will read from his book, Greetings From Below, at Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque St., at 7 p.m. today. Admission is free.

Greetings From Below, a collection of linked short stories, was published in January, the result of a decade-long process. His first stories for the book were written in 2000, and he wrote the majority of the stories during his two-year tenure in the Workshop.

Greetings is a variety of stories revolving around protagonist Nick Danze as he strolls the lonely streets of Vegas in grief after the death of his father, looking for a fix to cure his blues.

“Of course, people go to Vegas for entertainment, but there’s a dark side there, too,” Mullins said. “I wanted to explore that dark side of sex and gambling and explore all that addictive behavior in Vegas.”

University of Iowa junior David Reckman recently read Greetings, and he was impressed.

“The stories are all over the place, ranging from swinger parties to the lowlifes on the streets of Vegas,” he said. “Mullins does an excellent job not only developing the main character of Danze, but I can really tell he knows the ins and outs of Las Vegas based solely on his descriptions of the city.”

While Mullins considers the main character to be an unlikable protagonist, he hopes readers can relate to Danze on a number of lev-

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Former MIT grad, now videostore clerk, Matt Franklin (Topher Grace) has a life-changing experience when his past high-school crush Tori Frederking (Teresa Palmer) walks into the store.

When she invites Matt to an endof-the-summer party, he and his twin sister Wendy (Anna Faris) and best friend Barry (Dan Fogler) end up having the most unforgettable night of their lives.

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‘Of course, people go to Vegas for entertainment, but there’s a dark side there, too.

I wanted to explore that dark side of sex and gambling and explore all that addictive behavior in Vegas.’

els, at least emotionally.

“That’s always a goal — to get the reader to feel something for the character,” he said. “While the main character is very unlikable, I feel he’s someone the reader can still sympathize with. Overall, I want the reader to feel — author David Philip Mullins something, whether it’s anger or laughter, and be moved in some way.”

“What I learned there After leaving Las Vegas more than everything was to attend the University of the nuts and bolts of writSan Diego, Mullins took a ing,” he said. “When I got few years off from school there, I thought that I didn’t to travel around the counreally need Iowa, and I just try. He then came to the figured it would be a fun Writers’ Workshop.

At that point, he had pub- place to go and finish a book. lished a couple short stories But when I studied there, I and thought he knew every- realized I didn’t know anything he needed to know thing about writing, and I about writing, he said. But learned more in those two once he started in the Work- years at Iowa than anywhere else.” shop, he re-evaluated.

In director Daniel Barnz’s modern-day version of Beauty and the Beast, he tells the story of a 17year-old Kyle (Alex Pettyfer) who is more worried about his popularity and ego than the people around him. When Pettyfer chooses Kendra (Mary-Kate Olson) as his next target for humiliation, his whole life turns upside down when she turns him into someone who is as unattractive on the outside as he is on the inside. He now has to find someone who will fall in love with him for who he is rather than what he looks like, or he’ll remain a beast forever. His only chance for true love is in his quiet classmate Lindy (Vanessa Hudgens).

WORDS

• Cotton Jones, with Pepper Rabbit, Skye Carrasco, 7 p.m., Blue Moose, 211 Iowa • Rally for One, with Slip Silo, Songbird Bethann, 7 p.m., Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington • University of Iowa Jazz Performances, with UI Jazz, Johnson County Landmark, Jazz Repertory Ensemble, 7 p.m., Mill, 120 E. Burlington • Del McCoury Band, with Burlington Street Bluegrass Band, 8 p.m., Englert, 221 E. Washington • Bermuda Report & Mike Droho, 10 p.m., Mill

• Ashley Hunt’s Notes on the Emptying of a City, 7:30 p.m., Public Space One, 129 E. Washington

Friday 3.4 MUSIC

Showtimes: 6:45 p.m. Friday, 3:30 p.m.

Saturday, 5:15 p.m. March 6

FILM

Directed by Andrew Jarecki, the 2010 film All Good Things is inspired by the popular missing person’s case in New York history.

It’s a love story and a murder mystery starring Ryan Gosling (The Notebook) and Kirsten Dunst (Spiderman). In a story about family, obsession, love, and loss, All Good Things uses newly discovered facts, court records and speculations found about the case.

Spaten Optimator

University of Iowa junior Heather Fomon takes a flower offered by UI senior Chris Ajluni near the Main Library on Wednesday. Ajluni, a biology student, bought a variety of flowers from Bread Garden in Iowa City to hand out. He was enjoying the nice weather and gave a “Happy Spring” to passersby.

MUSIC

All Good Things

AT THE BIJOU

OF THE WEEK

‘Happy Spring’

Where: Blue Moose, 211 Iowa When: 7 p.m. today Why you should go: Husband and wife Michael Nau and Whitney McGraw make up the psychedelic pop band. The two are touring with their latest album, Tall Hours in the Glowstream, which was inspired by the Maryland natives’ scenic hometown.

• Danú, 7:30 p.m., Englert • OSG, with Animate Objects, White Tornado vs.

Paul Kresowik, 8 p.m., Blue Moose • God-Des & She, with Lady Espina, 9 p.m., Mill • The Pimps, with the Post Mortems, Austin Taft Soundtrack, 9 p.m., Gabe’s • The Workshy, with Lick It Ticket, 9 p.m., Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn

BEER

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With spring around the corner, you need a beer that’s as refreshing as the weather. Look no further.

Spaten Optimator, a German Doppelback lager, contains a perfect mixture of caramel notes and dark fruits, dashed with hints of sugar to give this beer a dark, yet original take on traditional German lagers.

Spaten Spaten Optimator Optimator contains 7.2 percent alcohol content.

Joe Hotek, an employee at John’s Grocery, recommends Spaten Optimator for anyone looking forward to the change in the seasons.

“Spaten Optimator is the perfect early spring, late-winter lager,” Hotek said. “Traditionally, it’s served with a big German meal, but it will accompany any big-body meal, such as a burger or steak.”

The Spaten Brewery in Munich, Germany, has been brewing beer since 1397, and Optimator is one of the more famous beers featured in Oktoberfest. In fact, Hotek said the Spaten Optimator is one of the standout lagers in all of Germany.

— by Evan Clark

• All Good Things, 6:45 p.m.,

Saturday 3.5 MUSIC • Old Capitol Chorus, 7:30 p.m., Englert • Koplant No, 8 p.m., Public Space One • Family Groove Company, 9 p.m., Gabe’s • Dennis McMurrin & the Demolition Band, 9 p.m., Yacht Club • Griffin House & Charlie Mars, 10 p.m., Mill

FILM • All Good Things, 3:30 p.m.,

Sunday 3.6

FILM • Owl and the Sparrow, 6:30 p.m., Asian Pacific American Cultural Center • Queen of the Lot, 6:30 p.m., Bijou • Waste Land, 9:30 p.m., Bijou • High Fidelity, 11 p.m., Bijou

THEATER • Antigone 2.0, 8 p.m., Theatre Building Thayer Theatre

Bijou • Made In Dagenham, 8:45 p.m., Bijou • High Fidelity, 11 p.m., Bijou

THEATER • The Nerd, Iowa City Community Theatre, 7:30 p.m., Johnson County Fairgrounds, 4265 Oak Crest Hill Road • New Play Festival Five, 7:30 p.m., Iowa Children’s Museum, Coral Ridge Mall • Walking the Wire, Monologues at Riverside, 7:30 p.m., Riverside Theatre, 213 N. Gilbert • Antigone 2.0, 8 p.m., Thayer Theatre

Bijou • Made In Dagenham, 5:30 p.m., Bijou • American Falls and other recent work by Phil Solomon, 8 p.m., Bijou

THEATER • The Nerd, 7:30 p.m., Johnson County Fairgrounds • New Play Festival Five, 7:30 p.m., Iowa Children’s Museum • Walking the Wire: Monologues at Riverside, 7:30 p.m., Riverside • Antigone 2.0, 8 p.m., Thayer Theatre

don’t miss!

MUSIC • Aseethe, with Dredge, Mantaur, Mogadishu, Lost Coves, 6 p.m., Blue Moose • Menomena, 8 p.m., Mill

FILM • Made In Dagenham, 3 p.m., Bijou • All Good Things, 5:15 p.m., Bijou

THEATER • The Nerd, 2 p.m., Johnson County Fairgrounds • New Play Festival Five, 2 p.m., Iowa Children’s Museum • Walking the Wire: Monologues at Riverside, 2 p.m., Riverside, 213 N. Gilbert • Antigone 2.0, 8 p.m., Thayer Theatre

Menomena Where: Blue Moose, 211 Iowa When: 6 p.m. Sunday Why you should go: A night with the indie rockers of Menomena is not your standard rock show.

The band incorporates saxophone, synthesizer, and bells into its live set, in addition to squealing guitar riffs and charging vocals.

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Antigone with a groove Antigone 2.0 brings a new meaning to Ancient Greek theater.

“It’s a more modern, contemporary version than what the Greek chorus might have sung in its day.”

— Christine Scarfuto

By SAMANTHA GENTRY samantha-gentry@uiowa.edu

Antigone 2.0 is not your grandmother’s Antigone.

At least, that’s how dramaturge Christine Scarfuto describes it.

Not quite the play written by Sophocles, Antigone 2.0 is more contemporary than what one read in high school, and it brings an unexpected flair to the University of Iowa stage.

“We’ve made it a little punk rock in a sense, and we just wanted to make it more accessible and enjoyable,” Scarfuto said. “ ‘Re-emerging’ a play that was written thousands of years ago just updates it and makes it more enjoyable for our audience than how we might have seen it in Ancient Greece.”

This twist on the Ancient Greek classic will come to life on stage at 8 p.m. today in the Theatre Building’s Thayer Theatre. Performances will continue through March 12 at 8 p.m., with a March 6 performances at 2 p.m.

Admission is $5 for UI students with valid IDs, $10 for youth, $12 for seniors, and $17 for the gen-

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Michelle Smith and Deanna Brookens act in the production Antigone 2.0 in the David Thayer Theatre on Tuesday. This particular production puts a contemporary edge on Sophocles' classic play.

THEATER Antigone 2.0 When: Today through March 12; 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday Where: Theatre Building Thayer Theatre Admission: $5-$17 eral public.

The original story of Antigone focuses on the principle of individuals versus the state. When King Creon tells Antigone that her brother will go unburied because he was a traitor to the state, she chooses to defy the king and bury her brother anyway — even if that means she has to break the law and risk her own death.

“Because the play asks us to think about our individual principles as much as it asks us to consider our responsibilities to our own communities, I think it will always be relevant,” said UI Playwrights’ Workshop student Jen Silverman.

She, with director Carol MacVey, wanted to highlight the relevancy of the play. Silverman’s role was to make the text more current, more fluid, and more accessible.

Aside from changing the language of the play, she included multimedia effects and a hip-hop dance number.

“The Greek choruses used to dance and sing, so

we were really trying to go back to that direction,” Scarfuto said. “It’s a more modern, contemporary version than what the Greek chorus might have sung in its day.”

The scenery and props also have a modern take.

Based on the concept of what he described as

truth, set designer Maylan Thomas created a design in which he explored what can be pulled from the environment, such as large pieces of pine.

“What you are seeing is the real deal. We took all these products to create places for actors to be seen,” he said. “There are things happening on the floor and around you that really pull you in to what is happening on stage.”

In the performance of Antigone 2.0, audience members will become a part of the performance.

During the 75-minute show, viewers will stand; there will be no seating, and the audience members will feel as if they are standing in the center of Thebes.

Standing and moving

throughout the play is a way to take down the barriers between the audience members and the performance and put them in what’s happening on stage, Scarfuto said.

“We are asking the actors and the audience to interact in a way in which all these words and ideas are swirling around them, and they have to find out what’s happening and what’s going on,” Thomas said. “The discussion can become very alive in our vernacular and describe Antigone goes how through her day-to-day life decisions.”

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Edgy theater with a touch of bedlam Working Group Theatre uses controversial issues around Iowa City as the premise of its plays.

By SAMANTHA GENTRY samantha-gentry@uiowa.edu

Jenn i f e r Faw c e t t believes Working Group Theatr e i s a c o mp a n y with a conscience. The cofounder wants to prod uce w o r ks th at a re thought-provoking and create an effect in the Cultural Corridor.

“We want to use theater as a springboard for conversation in the community and, with that, getting people to come into the theater to talk about it,” Fawcett said.

Working Group isn’t the type of company to put on a typical Shakespeare piece. Don’t be surprised if the troupe puts a twist on a traditional play by reinterpret in g th e s to r y a n d bringing it to a nontraditional audience, such as a prison or a shelter. The group’s focus, however, is to highlight original and relevant productions and tell s to r i e s th at a r e brought from the fringes to the spotlight.

While most of Working Group’s productions are long-term projects, it also has monthly events that bring a little risk to the actors and a little fun and entertainment to the audience. One such example is Bingo Bedlam.

Worki n g G r o u p w i l l present Bingo Bedlam at

7:3 0 p.m . M a r ch 6 at Riverside Theatre, 213 N. Gilbert St. Admission is $5 at the door.

Bingo Bedlam, a show c r e a t e d b y c o fo u n der M a r t i n A n d re ws, t he c o m p a n y ’s p r o d u c i ng director, is a marriage between playing bingo an d i m p r o v co m e dy.

B a s e d o n t h e C h i c ago show “Too Much Light M a k e s t h e B a b y Go Blind,” Bingo Bedlam is one of the most ridiculous and fun productions the company puts o n, Andrews said.

Not all productions are as fun as Bingo Bedlam.

Aside from the company’s monthly events, Working Group also wants to prod u ce m a j o r p l ay s at Riverside because it is a co m p a n y i n re s i d e nc e with the theater.

S i n c e t h e c o m p a n y’s formation in 2009, the three cofounders were interested in what was happening in the Iowa Ci t y c o m m u n i t y a nd bringing those stories to the stage.

T h e co m p a n y was fo r m e d b y Fawcet t , A n d r e ws, an d S e an Christopher Lewis, who all received M.F.A.s from the University of Iowa.

A ft e r t o u r i n g, wr i t i ng plays, and acting all over the country, the trio of former Hawkeyes had a goal of starting their own

IMPROV COMEDY Bingo Bedlam When: 7:30 p.m. March 6 Where: Riverside Theatre, 213 N. Gilbert Admission: $5

theater troupe.

Wor k i ng Gr oup i s working on several projects that are sure to get people talking and make a statement in the Iowa City community.

One project, titled Under Construction, will be the company’s second show in residence at Riverside. Its title comes from the belief that new theatrical work is in a constant state of development. It will feature two original solo plays — one written by Associate Artistic Director Fawcett called “Three Maps,” an autobiographical travelogue that questions where we’re meant to be, and the second, “I Have a Spine,” written by guest artist Leslie Ishii of Los Angeles, about the effects of war on our bodies. The event will also feature a reading series by local authors.

Lewis’ long-term project deals with the influx of fam i l i es who m ove from Chicago to Iowa and how Iowa City is dealing with diversity as a whole.

Lewis, as an artist, is exc i t ed t o t el l a s t or y about how a lot of communities and cultures in Iowa City have to deal

with this issue.

The project is in the interviewing process, which will then be turned into a play. Lewis said the political and social piece wi l l i nt egr at e a l ot of music, mainly hip-hop, vi deo and pr oj ec t i ons, and scenery from an artinstallation artist. The New York native’s goal is t o m ak e t he pl ay l ook more like an interesting museum than just something that you sit back and watch.

“There are a lot of interesting and fascinating stories that happen in the Midwest that people should be aware of a r o u n d t h e c o u n t r y,” Lewis said. “How race is working in the country is a conversation I want to start here and then eventually bring around the country, with a lot of rap music.”

Andrews is partnering wi t h t he U I C ent er of Human Rights to create a production, titled Make It Better Iowa, about the true coming-out stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Iowans.

Working Group’s members said they’re striving to make a difference in the Iowa City community with the productions and hope to eventually have an international collaboration with other theater companies.

Ryan West, the senior vice president of West Music Co., works on the music side of the theater industry, collaborating

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Producing director of Working Group Theatre Martin Andrews and graduate student Brynn Hambly perform an improv skit during rehearsal at 100 River St. on Sunday. The group is currently rehearsing for its upcoming performance of Bingo Bedlam at Riverside Theatre, 213 N. Gilbert, on March 6. Bingo Bedlam is an engaging performance by the improv group in which the audience plays bingo as they perform short improv skits throughout the show. with Riverside and other local theaters.

He believes that Working Group Theatre is creating a new level of artistic rigor and creativity to the Iowa City area.

“Iowa City continues to build and develop its

c r e a t i v e v o i c e, a n d a company such as Working Group demonstrates how a company can create and sustain artistic t a l e n t i n I o wa C i t y,” We s t s a i d . “ T h e y a r e truly talented artists creating anew.”

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Members of the UI Food Critics Club talk and eat food at India Cafe in Iowa City on Feb. 26. The club started in January and has held two meeting thus far.

FOOD CONTINUED FROM 1B The following year, he visited culinary schools on the East Coast, hoping to make his dream a reality.

Because of what he said was the high cost of tuition, he settled on the UI — where he is majoring in economics — and turned his love for food into a campus organization.

“I hope that people are enthusiastic about it,” Fix said. “I hope it becomes something at Iowa and doesn’t fizzle out after I graduate.”

Like Fix, club Vice President Naranjo grew up fascinated by observing others prepare food. With family roots in Ecuador, he often watched his mother cook fresh food. After arriving at the UI, he remained alert for diverse cultural dining venues, as well as restaurants that serve fresh items.

“Iowa City has a different culture based on its restaurants,” he said. “There are so many cultures that come here from all over.”

Not only does this variety in food options make the Food Critics Club lucky, but the city’s support of locally owned restaurants does as well.

“The community members dictate what restaurants they like,” Downtown Association Executive Director Nick Arnold said.

“A lot of that tends to be local restaurants that like unique and organic food.”

Mama’s Deli & Catering, 125 E. Washington St., is one such restaurants in downtown and happens to be next on the Food Critic’s Club list. The establishment is known for its chicken salad and 16 different types of sandwiches. The menu items greatly differ from last week’s lunch of chicken tandoori at India Café and gelato at Capanna.

“There is a huge variety of different places to eat,” said Mama’s Deli manager Lynn Silberstein.

“Every restaurant has its unique thing. We try to be a little different from everyone else.”

Silberstein believes that part of the variety in restaurants is attributed to the lack of chain restaurants in and near downtown. As the trend of dining locally and eating fresh products grows increasing-

UI FOOD CRITICS CLUB Formed: January 2011 Founding members: David Fix, Jorge Naranjo, and Foti Guilino Critiqued restaurants: Capanna and India Cafe Critique: Atmosphere, price, presentation, and portion size ly popular, independent venues continue to thrive.

Bluebird Diner is one of multiple venues that buys products from farmers markets and organic meat stores. Buying in-season products keeps the menu consistently updated with new ideas.

Bluebird Diner manager Lacey Willis said being an independent company allows more flexibility in creating unique menu items.

“Everyone gets to have their own imagination with food,” Willis said. “The staff gets to bring their own ideas to the table.”

And the eco-friendly dining trend of fresh and organic products are what local business owner Jim Mondanaro believes separate independent restaurants from chains.

“What you get from a chain restaurant is frozen,” Mondanaro said.

“An independent venue will create menu items out of fresh foods.”

Mondanaro said Iowa City aims to keep the independent flare alive, which may be encouraged by the lack of space for parking lots and drive-thrus in the Pedestrian Mall.

For international student Bo Wang, individual establishments have provided an outlet for experiencing American culture.

“The club can help foreign students who don’t know how to find new places,” Wang said. “It makes the town more interesting.”

In the future, the Food Critics Club plans to take a trip to visit restaurants in Chicago and meet with UI President Sally Mason’s personal chef. With a number of ideas in the works, one item still tops Fix’s own list of things to try.

“Haggis,” he said and laughed, referring to the dish made with sheep intestines, oatmeal, and onions. “It sounds pretty disgusting, but it would be interesting to try.”

Actor and UI graduate Tanna Frederick will speak at a Bijou screening of her film Queen of the Lot.

By RILEY UBBEN riley-ubben@uiowa.edu

When Tanna Frederick graduated from the University of Iowa, she took the next step, though she admits it was a risky one.

The aspiring actor packed up and moved to Los Angeles, leaving behind everything she knew in pursuit of her dream.

“If I had children, I would never let my child do it,” she said. “So God bless my parents for that.”

The risk paid off, and the UI alumna will take a break from LA to return to Iowa City for a screening of her latest film, Queen of the Lot, at 6:30 p.m. today in the Bijou. Frederick will answer questions after the film with David Proval, an actor in the film who is best known for his role as Richie Aprile in “The Sopranos.” Admission is free for UI students, $5 for nonstudents.

Success didn’t come for Frederick instantly. She spent four years waiting tables at 14 restaurants to pay the bills, while auditioning for parts, handing out head shots, and acting in UCLA student films.

She got a big break when she wrote a letter to Henry Jaglom, a wellknown indie director in the area. He ended up giving her a chance, and she put together a play using the skills she credits the UI theater department for teaching her.

“Because I’d gone to the University of Iowa, I was used to having new material in my hands,” she said.

“I found producers for it, I found the director for it, I found actors for it, and it ran [in LA] for a year.”

Jaglom attended every performance, and the director ended up starring Frederick in his next four films.

Alan MacVey, the director of the UI theater department, says that while the number of factors involved makes it impossible to tell who’s going to make it in Hollywood, Frederick showed promise during her time in Iowa City.

“Success is the result of a lot of things: patience, talent, hard work, luck,” he said. “What I could tell was that she had great potential. She had a very positive, infectious personality.”

Hearing about Frederick’s success is encourag-

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UI graduate Tanna Fredericks will speak at a Bijou screening of Queen of the Lot, her latest film. ing for such UI students as Amelia Peacock, who performed last fall in the tragedy Freezer Dreams.

The freshman was the recipient of a scholarship set up by Frederick for Iowa students trying to break into the entertainment business.

“It’s definitely encouraging and a testament to how great the Iowa program is, that someone from Iowa City can make it in Hollywood,” Peacock said. “It’s definitely something to look up to.”

Much like her own life, Frederick’s character in Queen of the Lot is an aspiring actor from Mason City who finds success in LA. Don’t go thinking the movie’s a biography, however; Frederick insists that the character she plays is only an exaggeration.

“I’m not a psycho, I swear,” she said. “For a lot of it, I used a heightened sense of myself. I used all of these desperate stories of actors that I had heard and reflected on those.”

Though she pokes fun at the idea of a desperate actress from the Midwest, her contributions to and

constant praise of the university make it clear she won’t forget where she came from.

“I think the moment that I started doing well was the moment that I really embraced my Midwest roots and stopped trying to pretend I was something that I wasn’t,” she said.

FILM SCREENING Queen of the Lot, followed by a Q&A When: 6:30 p.m. today Where: Bijou Admission: Free for students, $5 for nonstudents

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Feeding the soul Dancers In Company will perform its home concert this weekend with new technology.

By JESSICA CARBINO jessica-carbino@uiowa.edu

Technology continues to infuse the dance world.

And this year, the University of Iowa’s Dancers in Company is no exception.

For the first time, people from anywhere in the world can log on to the group’s website to watch its show live from their computer this weekend.

Dancers in Company will open its 27th season at 8 p.m. today in the PerforSpace/Place. mances will continue through Saturday. Admission is $5.

Barragán approached Les Finken, the instructional systems analyst for UI Information Technology Services, with the idea of using new technology.

“We brainstormed and took on the project,” Finken said.

The company is now using Live Stream, which links audiences, choreographers, and dancers around the world. Live feed from video and audio taken from rehearsals or concerts are now featured on Dancers in Company website.

“We will use this technology to enrich and showcase the talent here,” said Dancers in Company Director and UI Assistant Professor Eloy Barragán.

This technology allows choreographers and audiences from elsewhere to be included in rehearsals on the UI campus, and they are also able to teach from it.

Dancers in Company serves the immediate and surrounding community through exposure to and contact with dance art, Barragán said.

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UI dancers rehearse "You Guys Are Cool" in Space Place Theater on Tuesday. The rehearsals are in preparation for the Dancers In Company’s home performance on March 3-5.

are chosen by faculty and open to new ideas,” commitment and the love through open auditions Barragán said. that dancers have,” BarAnd the company for students in the departragán said. “We want to ment; they are judged on teaches the basic concepts of discipline in bal- reach the heart of the their maturity of let and modern, as well approach to the move- as stressing the impor- viewers and feed their ment and technique of tance of academics. soul with meaningful small sections of different “We show the thoughts through dance choreography.

Getting to this weekend’s show hasn’t been easy — the dancers have endured hour-long intense rehearsals every day since November to prepare for the performance.

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Dancers in Company practice "You Guys Are Cool" in Space Place Theater on Tuesday. This year is the first time people from around the world can watch performances live on the company’s website.

DANCE Dancers in Company Home Concert When: 8 p.m. today through Saturday Where: Space/Place Admission: $5 “It showcases the diverse talents of the UI Department of Dance, specifically of students and faculty members,” he added.

Dancers in Company allows students to adapt to changes and get experience working in a group

— this in turn prepares them for a pre-professional company and to embrace a professional setting.

Kim Chmielewski, a junior dancer at the UI, has been a part of Dancers in Company for the past three years.

“It’s a great organization with the department,” the dance and sociology major said. “It’s a great way to live the life of a company dancer.”

The company consists of 12 dancers — 11 women and one man. The dancers

Riverside Theater will host its annual festival Walking the Wire, at 7:30 p.m.

Friday. Performances will continue through March 13 at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m.

Sunday. Admission is $12 for children 18 and under and $23 for adults.

This year’s rendition is titled, “OMG!” and is centered on monologues that have been selected from this year’s mailed submissions.

The monologues, performed by local actors, cover a range of topics.

— by Eric Hawkinson

McCoury to perform Iowa City’s Burlington Street Bluegrass Band will perform with the Del McCoury Band at 8 p.m. today in the Englert Theatre, 221 E. Washington St. Admission is $25 reserved seating.

Since he heard Earl Scruggs’ banjo in the early ’50s, McCoury began to play the banjo himself, hitting the Baltimore and Washington, D.C., bar scenes in the early ’60s. He then piloted his own group, the Dixie Pals, filling a songbook with classics remade with his own style along with his original pieces.

In 1981, McCoury’s 14-yearold son joined the Dixie Pals as its mandolin player, he was followed by his younger brother. The McCoury family was ready to head to Nashville as the Del

McCoury Band.

McCoury received threeconsecutive Male Vocalist of the Year awards from the prestigious International Bluegrass Music Association, and in 1994, the quintet received the top Entertainer of the Year honors. The group received nine trophies in an 11-year stretch.

McCoury remains authentic in addition to bringing new sounds and opportunities to the audience.

— by Jessica Carbino

The ‘empty city’ phenomenon Ashley Hunt will ask audience members the difficult questions of ethnicity, visibility, and speech in his performance of Notes on the Emptying of a City at 7:30 p.m. today at Public Space One, 129 E. Washington St. Admission is free.

In this performance, Hunt will put together sounds, images, and stories of a documentary before an audience.

At first, it might seem as though it is going to be a traditional lecture with basic slides, but then it turns into more of a storytelling.

Hunt will describe his experiences working with a group of social-justice activists in the events following Hurricane Katrina. He will also talk to audience members about how this crisis is still affecting the U.S. as country.

Hunt will get audiences members thinking with his performance, and he will provide an insight to the prob-

lems and troubles Katrina caused to the U.S. Hunt’s other works include A World Map: In Which We See, Script’s From a Nation at War, and his continuous piece Corrections Documentary Project.

— by Samantha Gentry

Nachte Raho returns The annual Nachte Raho dance competition will be held Saturday in the IMU Main Lounge. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m., when DJ Aladdin will spin for a pre-show show.

The competition will begin at 6 p.m. Tickets are $10 for the first 100 University of Iowa students, $12 general admission.

For the last eight years, the competition has garnered nationwide attention and has been successfully labeled as the Midwest’s biggest intercollegiate dance competition.

Each dance team is selected to compete its dance routine for a shot at first place and the grand prize money of $5,500. The performances can be eight to 10 minutes in length and traditionally cover well-known Indian dances such as Gabra-Raas, Bhangra, and Bollywood Fusion.

— by Eric Hawkinson

O’Leary to read Poet and critic Peter O’Leary will read from his new book, Luminous Epinoia, at 7 p.m. Friday at Prairie Lights, 15 S. Dubuque St. Admission is free.

The reading will stream live and be archived on the

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University of Iowa’s Writing University website.

The book is based on the Gnostic concept that posits a primordial imagination from which the whole of creation came to be. O’Leary is the author of other collections, Watchfulness and Deep Theology.

In addition to writing, O’Leary teaches at the School of Art Institute of Chicago, is the literary executor of poet Ronald Johnson, and an editor of LVNG. — by Josie Jones

Mars comes to Mill Charlie Mars will perform at 9 p.m. on Saturday at the Mill, 120 E. Burlington St. Admission is $12 in advance, $15 day of the show.

Mars is on tour promoting his latest album, Like A Bird, Like A Plane. Three singles from the CD are being played at AAA radio, including “No Place Like Home” and “Listen to the Darkside.”

Mars recently released “I Do,” an acoustic performance video for on-airstreaming.com.

The singer/songwriter has toured with artists that include KY Tunstall, Citizen Cope, and R.E.M. He is currently touring with Griffin House.

House is promoting his latest album, The Learner. Since his début release in 2004, the Ohio native supported John Mellancamp and Mat Kearny.

— by Josie Jones

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