Iowa Utilities Board OKs pipeline By DI STAFF | daily-iowan@uiowa.edu The Iowa Utilities Board approved a crude oil pipeline on Thursday that would cut across several of the state’s counties. The project has become a stage for arguments about eminent domain and climate change as well as expanding the country’s energy sources. The approval is not the final checkoff for the project, but it marks the end to part of the process that began in the summer of 2014. The proposed line would run 1,168 miles and would run from the Bakken Oil Fields Dalrymple in North Dakota through South Dakota and North Dakota Governor Iowa before ending at a terminal in Illinois. Of the more than 1,000-mile pipeline, only about 300 miles would be in Iowa.
The pipeline, which is being taken on by the Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, previously said 5,000 to 8,000 new jobs could be created with the pipeline. The clash between expanding U.S.-based energy with concerns over climate change has underlined what has become a contentious debate. This is in addition to concerns about eminent domain, which would be required in order for the project to be completed since some landowners have opposed the project. While the board approved the proposal on a 3-0 vote, it explicitly states terms Dakota Access, the Energy Transfer Partners Subsidiary that would build the pipeline, must meet before a permit is issued and construction can begin. Those requirements include having a general liability policy of at least $25 million, scaling down its eminent-domain SEE PIPELINE, 3
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Instead of spending spring break working on their tans, 120 University of Iowa students will spend their vacation time helping others. On Saturday, eight groups of 15 students will head to eight cities across the United States, aiming to address specific social issues during their time there. The trip started four years ago and is sponsored by the Center for Student Involvement Lintner and Leadership. Stu- UI student dents are required to take a semester-long course called Alternative Break Service Learning, in which they are taught service learning concepts and principles. UI student and a third-year veteran of the program Amy Lintner will be in Atlanta, focusing on public health. She said her team would be working with organizations such as urban HABESHA Gardens and the Atlanta Community Food Bank. “The experience is being able to understand your perspective of the world and what that perspective is like for other people,” she said. Lintner said the goal of the program is not to fix the communities. Instead, the program focuses on supporting missions and initiatives already happening in cities by providing a helping hand she said. “I’d tell students to utilize their college experience and go outside their comfort zone,” she said. “We’re trying to encourage college students to find something they’re passionate about and get engaged in their communities.” Rebecca Sievers, the center coordinator for leadership and service programs, said she has seen the alternative spring break program grow in the last four years.
Iowa continues its tourney trend of futility, losing to No. 12 seed Illinois in its first game of the Big Ten Tournament.
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he Hawkeye basketball team lost to Illinois on Thursdayafternoon, making three-consecutive seasons in which Iowa has been ousted in its first game of the Big Ten Tournament. The Hawkeyes struggled from the outset, shooting just 2-of-7 in the first four minutes of the game and 0-of-3 from beyond the arc with 2 turnovers. Iowa quickly trailed 11-4, and it didn’t get much better from there. At least, not for a while. “We didn’t get off to a good start,” head coach Fran McCaffery said. “I don’t think in a tournament situation that’s a good thing … our offense didn’t really flow very well in the first half; it was pretty much just Pete and Jarrod making shots.” Jarrod Uthoff did his best to carry his team through the difficult times, at one point bringing the Hawkeyes within 2 at 13-11. Uthoff was 4-of-4 with a 3-pointer
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There is seemingly nothing that can repair the decadeslong rift between Icelandic brothers and rival farmers Gummi and Kiddi. Their interactions occur only when they absolutely must, and one of the only such occasions is their village’s annual “best sheep in show” contest, in which the brothers are famous foes. To further heighten their competition and place an absurd emphasis on their mutual estrangement, their farms lie adjacent to one another, not much more than a few fences separating their flocks. We meet the brothers and protagonists of Rams — two older, cantankerous fellows whose humanity still manages to pierce through their overflowing facial foliage and wind-weathered visages — at a time when disaster threatens both their livelihood and, ironically, their feud. That threat emerges in the form of the highly contagious and largely fatal virus scrapie. (Think mad-cow disease, but for sheep.) The film follows the two men as they aim to reconcile nearly 40 years of animosity to preserve their agrarian way of life in an age in which
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ly attached to this lifestyle, and the characters — despite their shortcomings and eccentricities — grow deeply relatable to us. In them, we see aspects of ourselves which have progressively drifted farther and farther away from us. Despite all of its advantages and repeated claims that it brings us all closer together, there is an eerily unignorable sense of disconnect that the modern world has cast over all of us. In Gummi and Kiddi’s struggle to save their farm, we are transported back to a time when the immediacy of a problem could not be distilled through social media or any of the other coping conventions of the modern world, and instead had to be confronted head-on.
In addition to stellar performances by the film’s two main actors, Sigurður Sigurjónsson and Theodór Júlíusson, much of the credit for the rendering of this intense identification is owed to the camera work of Sturla Brandth Grøvlen. Grøvlen’s cinematography depicts a strikingly fertile landscape, which, when framed by the paradoxically bleak skyscape, creates a portrait of small-town life, unafraid of showcasing both its starkly limited and strikingly expansive nature. The film is a resounding success that is at times a comedy, a drama, and a documentary-like social commentary; in this combination it nearly achieves cinematic perfection.
UI nixes museum project By MACEY SPENSLEY macey.spensley@uiowa.edu
The University of Iowa recently pulled out of a public-private partnership for the construction of a new Art Museum at the intersection of Burlington and Clinton Streets. “The decision Friday follows a monthlong review of both the programmatic needs and financial viability of the new facility,” said UI Business Manager David Kieft. “It was projected to cost around $80 million, not including lease payments or real-estate taxes.” The partnership with the university would have included several groups such as the Hieronymus family, the Hodge Group, and Mortenson Construction. The old museum was severely damaged in the 2008 flood. At that time, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said there was not enough extensive damage for it to cover the cost of a
new museum. Collections have since been held in the Figge Art Museum in Davenport. Some works of art are housed in the UIMA@IMU visual classroom, and there are also traveling exhibitions hosted in the IMU Black Box Theater. “The [museum] is Kieft very excited UI Business Manager by the new opportunities presented as a result of looking at new options,” said the museum Director Sean O’Harrow. “We can create a new museum that is even better than what we previously envisioned.” Kieft said the decision to drop the partnership had nothing to do with the developers that the UI was working with. “It’s the reality of designing and constructing a pri-
vately built museum that requires unique climate-control features to protect the art and ensure appropriate accreditation,” he said. Kieft said the planning information gathered by the university, and the partial layouts developed by the design professionals will be used in the future project. O’Harrow said the museum officials are excited about the support they have received from the UI community. “With the president and administration 100 percent behind the new museum, we are confident that the solution will reach more students, academics, and visitors than ever before,” he said. O’Harrow said the university officials are currently searching for a new location for the museum. “The university leaders, including the Museum of Art staff, will spend the next several weeks or months investigating on-campus options
that will make the museum more central to the student experience,” he said. Some of those leaders include President Bruce Harreld, Provost P. Barry Butler, and Senior Vice President for Finance & Operations Rod Lehnertz. “The university is also looking for ways to begin returning all or part of the museum’s collection to campus,” Kieft said. “This could be in a temporary or interim space but would allow students to once again connect with the university’s extensive collection.” Mortenson Construction declined to comment on the situation. “Our results will be a forward-thinking educational institution with more extensive and deeper partnerships with other university entities, and this will ensure that the [museum] is indeed the model academic art museum for the 21st century,” O’Harrow said.
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for 9 points, while the rest of the team went 1-of-9 and 0-of-3 for 2 points. The Illini launched an 8-0 run after a time-out, however, and just as it began to seem like Uthoff wouldn’t be able to do it on his own, help arrived. And it arrived in a flurry. Mike Gesell nailed a 3-pointer just ahead of the six-minute mark to reduce Illinois’ lead to 24-18. After an Illini time-out, Peter Jok broke out of a slow start to knock down three-consecutive 3s in 68 seconds en route to a personal 15-4 run to create an entirely new game. “I just started off slow, sloppy, so Coach took me out,” Jok said. “I don’t plan on it, but once he starts yelling at me and
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telling me I need to pick it up, I have no choice but to pick it up.” Iowa’s numbers as a team were woeful in the opening half, going 14-of-33 from the floor and just 5-of14 from 3. Uthoff and Jok combined for 30 points on 12-of-19 shooting from the field and 4-of-8 from behind the 3-point line, and the Hawkeyes trailed by only 2 at the break, 37-35. Jok continued his torching of the Illini defense in the second half, scoring 10 more points in the first five minutes on 4-of5 from the floor. The only problem was that the Illinois offense was doing just as well. After going 3-of-6 from distance in the first half, the Illini let it fly and went 6-of-10 in the first 10 minutes of the second half. Kendrick Nunn hit a deep 3 near the 11-minute mark to extend Illinois’ lead, 61-50.
If the Illini came back to Earth from that point on, then Iowa went absolutely stale. The Hawks scored just 5 points over the next seven minutes, but Illinois didn’t use that time to pull away. Instead, a 3 by freshman Jalen Coleman-Lands with 3:33 remaining put Illinois up only 11, but that triggered an 11-0 run by the Hawkeyes to tie the game at 66 with 1:40 to go. However, a handful of tipped balls and errant passes prevented the Hawkeyes from scoring in the final minute, and the Illini held on to win, 68-66. Jok (29) and Uthoff (21) combined for 50 points between the two of them, but with roughly three minutes remaining, the Hawkeyes had gotten only 8 points from the rest of the team. On the night, players not named Uthoff shot 6-of-30 from the floor.
ta Gov. Jack Dalrymple, whose state produces the most oil in the United States behind Texas. Construction on the pipeline will begins in the spring and has an estimated cost of $3.78 billion. According to a Des Moines Register/Mediacom
Iowa Poll, 47 percent of Iowans said they support the pipeline, while 40 percent said they oppose it. Thirteen percent say they are unsure whether they support the pipeline. With 804 Iowan adults surveyed, there is a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5
percentage points. Johnson County Supervisor Mike Carberry expressed his disapproval of the pipeline on Thursday on Twitter after the measure was passed. “Big Oil and their bought and paid for government wins again,” he said in a tweet.
projects in Iowa City in April. “The students we work with are absolutely fantastic and it takes a certain type of character to say, ‘I want to do more with my Salpor week,’ ” she UI student said. “The program provides countless opportunities for college students to
engage in a community and be able to work side-by-side with individuals they might not have met if it weren’t for this program.” UI student and fourthyear veteran of the program Jessica Salpor will be heading to Dallas this year as a site leader. “As a site leader, I started planning in August for this trip in March,” she said. “It’s a really long process, but once everything matches up, it’s a moment of relief.”
Salpor said she is excited to work with different communities to enhance the lives of populations that are sometimes neglected. “Everyone has such a great capacity to work toward making a difference and going on an alternative spring break, and the University of Iowa providing this opportunity for us, gives students an opportunity to embark on something bigger than themselves,” she said.
Iowa forward Jarrod Uthoff drives during the Big Ten Tournament game against Illinois in Indianapolis on Thursday. The Hawkeyes fell, 68-66. (The Daily Iowan/Anthony Vazquez) In what could be a small representation of the season as a whole, the Hawkeyes had chances to win late, but fumbled the game away at every opportunity.
“We had a play drawn up; we were just trying to get a shot and get a good look at it,” Gesell
said. “The disappointing part was we didn’t even get one.”
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Why can’t Ghostbusters be women? Christopher Cervantes crvantes@uiowa.edu
Since I was a little tyke, I had a thing for women in comedies. Whether it be my grandma showing me reruns of “I Love Lucy” or my mother taking me to see Legally Blonde in theaters, something about those types of programs resonated with me, making me prefer them to the more raunchy comedies dominated by male leads. That’s why, when I hear that there was going to be an all-female Ghostbusters film, I was through the roof. And then the trailer came out. Ever since that trailer was released, the film and the cast have come under fire. At first, it was remarks about how the film shouldn’t be made and how much the old cast was missed. However, that quickly morphed into comments regarding the sex of the principal cast, before finally accusing the film of upholding negative African-American stereotypes. The allegations of racism stem from the casting of “Saturday Night Live” alumna Leslie Jones. She is the sole lead cast member of color, is the only member of the quartet who is neither a doctor nor a scientist, but instead a “street smart” Metropolitan Transportation Authority employee. In response to the criticisms, Jones went to Twitter. She posted, “Why can’t a regular person be a ghostbuster” and “Why can’t I be the one to play them? I am a performer.” Jones later post-
ed, “IT’S NOT A MAN, WOMAN, RACE, CLASS THANG. IT’S A GHOSTBUSTER THANG.” I’m inclined to agree. Honestly, it feels like people are just complaining for the sake of it. What if, instead of Jones, the film had a different funny woman, such as Sarah Silverman, Tina Fey, or Amy Schumer, as the transit employee? If that were the case, people would be up in arms behind a monochromatic group of leading women when the original film had a token minority in Ernie Hudson. In fact, I believe the inclusion of Jones’ character as a out of her element, average-Joe type is a sort of tribute to Ernie Hudson’s character, Winston. For those who don’t know, Winston was the Ghostbuster no one expected. H wasn’t featured in most of the advertisements because he was the character who joined the team halfway through the movie. Out of the entire team, he was the only one who did not have any prior experience in anything supernatural. In fact, the first draft of the script had him as a wisecracking security guard who worked for the Ghostbusters before becoming a true member. Sounds familiar, right? I don’t really know where a lot of this anger from critics and audiences comes from. Maybe it’s from people who are fans of the original and are afraid of change. Maybe it comes from a bunch of oversensitive political-correctness crusaders who have a bone to pick. All I know for sure is that we are arguing over four women in beige jump suits who are hunting Slimer and his friends with the backpack/vacuum cleaner hybrids. It’s comedy. Get a grip, get a life, and get over it.
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he new SAT premièred this past weekend, to an audience of 300,000 students. The new standardized test for high-schoolers comes at a time when the importance and relevance of standardized testing for academic records and the college-admissions process are under scrutiny. A handful of colleges have moved away from standardized tests when examining incoming students. Critics of the SAT argue that standardized tests are inherently biased, favoring the affluent and white. Others maintain that the SAT has become out of touch with what students actually learn in high school. Even David Coleman, the president of the organization that administers the SAT, agrees. “The SAT had gotten disconnected from the work of the American high school,” he said. “And frankly, we agree. It’s quite a simple idea.” The new test from the College Board sets out to address these two fundamental critiques. The new SAT includes such updates as alterations to the words in the vocabulary section of the test. The changes are designed to reflect useful information and cut down on information that will only be needed when taking the SAT. There are millions of dollars in an industry that depends on the superfluous information in the SAT, and this is one reason the SAT has favored the affluent in the past. SAT preparatory institutes can charge thousands of dollars a month for private tutoring lessons. When the SAT fails to reflect classroom realities and test kids on knowledge they would have otherwise not run into, those who can afford the very pricey tutoring can excel far easier than those who can’t. In addition,
the College Board has partnered with the free online tutoring program Khan Academy to provide free and comprehensive test prep. It’s important to remember that, though the College Board is a nonprofit, it isn’t improving its tests out of the kindness of its executives’ hearts. Free tutoring is aimed at increasing the number of students who take the test, which is an expensive endeavor. The SAT, and its rival the ACT, take in millions annually from students and state governments to administer and create their tests. With their relevancy being called into question, both the SAT and ACT will need to persuade students and universities that they are still important and useful in deciding the worth of incoming students. The University of Iowa, like many schools in the central U.S. states, requires an ACT score for admission. If the ACT fails to keep its content relevant, the university should consider moving away from the ACT and toward the SAT. Whether removing these standardized tests from the admissions process leads to a more diverse incoming class has yet to be determined. The Daily Iowan Editorial Board believes standardized tests such as the SAT and ACT are useful in admissions for now. The university should keep a close watch on the growing body of research on whether abandoning the tests would lead to more equity in the admissions process, or if the SAT will be better equipped to test students. A shift to the SAT as the required test or no required test at all could lead to a stronger assessment of incoming student ability and a stronger student body for it.
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Moving beyond Women’s Day Sydney Newton sydney-newton@uiowa.edu
International Women’s Day is a global day that celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. This day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Since this day became recognized in the early 1900s, there has been countless monumental movements that have helped us get to the point where we are today. However, there is still progress to be made. This past year, the World Economic Forum estimated (based on current patterns) that the gender gap will not close entirely until 2133. The index compiles data
about equality for women from all over the world. The four categories that the index includes are economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, political empowerment, and health and survival. It might come as a surprise (or not) that the United States is No. 28 on the index. There are some people who have the tendency to believe that because there is a female presidential candidate and women seem to have all the equal rights as men, that there isn’t that strong of a need for International Women’s Day anymore, but sadly, they are mistaken. An article posted on Amnesty.org gave six reasons there is still a need for International Women’s Day. These are things that are happening in our world today. Approximately 39 percent of the world’s population live
in countries in which abortion is either banned or allowed only if a woman’s life is in danger. Regardless of your opinion, a lot of women around the world still do not have basic rights. According to UNICEF, more than 700 million women alive today were married before they were 18. Around 1 in 3 of those women were married before they were 15. Many countries still do not explicitly consider marital rape a crime, and there are women who are still being jailed for decades after suffering still-births. There are survivors of forced sterilization who are still awaiting justice, and women continue to be sexually harassed in public. Sexual assault in places that should be considered safe still happens. The wage gap is also a relevant issue. In the United States, women make 80 cents to the man’s $1. On
the surface of these statistics, someone could say that this isn’t that big of a gap and that’s the best we are going to get. But, that’s still over two times the size of many other industrialized countries. Unequal education is also another pressing issue. According to Worldbank.org, in Africa and South Asia for example, boys remain 1.55 times more likely to complete secondary education than girls. The importance for women to have the option and be encouraged to go to school is extremely important for closing the gender gap in our world. These are the types of things that we tend to ignore either because they don’t happen in our country or we think that they aren’t happening today. International Women’s Day shouldn’t be the only day when issues women face get recognition.
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People deserve bipartisanship “What we used to call gridlock in Washington, D.C., has calcified into dysfunction. Compromise and cooperation, bipartisanship and problem solving are almost nonexistent. Even civility is in short supply.” — Al Cardenas, R-Fla., and Mack McLarty, D-Ark. Our elected representatives owe us, at the very least, the spirit, maturity, and behavior of at least trying to work across the aisle. Four of Iowa’s six congressional lawmakerss have agreed to put partisan ideologies aside and cooperatively work on some key policy issues: Sen. Joni Ernst, Rep. Rod Blum, Rep. David Young, and Rep. Dave Loebsack. I commend them for cosponsoring bipartisan-seeking resolutions, SR 199 and HR 207, respectively. Unfortunately, Iowans have two elected politicians who are behaving like spoiled brats and are refusing to work across the aisle. Sen. Chuck Grassley and Rep. Steve King have ignored Iowa voter requests to cosponsor the companion SR 199 and
HR 207 resolutions, thereby refusing to work with other politicians on issues that the overwhelming majority of Americans agree are important: $19 trillion federal deficit, Social Security, Medicare, energy, and job creation. The only action SR 199 and HR 207 requests is that our 545 members of Congress TRY to work with people of the opposite party. Refusing to even try to work with other politicians is juvenile and maybe anti-American. King, who has served as a politician for 20 years, must prefer to be an isolationist with his peers. Grassley, a career politician for 42 years and 82 years old, should know better. Maybe one or both are getting too old and/or too comfortable in their protected political seats to care what’s in the best interest of America … solving problems. I’m not aware of anyone who has asked King to support HR 207 has even received a courtesy reply. When Grassley was asked by a multitude of Iowans to cosponsor SR 199, his rubber-stamp response was, “I will keep your thoughts
(i.e., support bipartisan SR 199) should the full Senate consider the resolution.” I cannot see any logical or sound emotional reason for Grassley or King to purposely ignore an `attempt’ at bipartisanship legislation at any time while in office. Ninety-seven percent of Americans say they want our elected officials to be problem-solvers. The only way that is going to happen in a divided Capitol is to be bipartisan. It’s unfortunate to have to remind our veteran legislators, Grassley and King, the following measures only came about due to bipartisanship: New Deal during the Depression, harnessing our might during World War II, building the interstate highway system, passing civil-rights legislation, containing communism, space exploration and landing on the Moon, LBJ’s Great Society, 1980s tax code reformation and protecting Social Security (President Ronald Reagan and House Speaker Tip O’Neill), 1990 Americans with Disability Act, Clean Air Act of 1990, balancing the budget (1991-1994;
President Bill Clinton and House Speaker Newt Gingrich), 2001 George W. Bush tax reform, 2010 Domenici-Rivlin Debt Reduction Bill, and rallying the nation after 9/11. Each of these milestones, under Republican and Democratic administrations, had one thing in common: People with different political beliefs worked together. Today, due to stubbornness and self-centeredness, the Beltway has indeed calcified into a dysfunctional institution. All that is asked of Grassley and King to do is to stop fighting and to start fixing. Woe is it for me to remind Grassley and King that politics is the art of the possible and not the science of reclusiveness. “We the People” deserve action-oriented legislators. If our elected representatives don’t want to portray common civility in the policymaking process, mature and responsible replacements are in order. Steve Corbin professor emeritus of marketing, University of Northern Iowa
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Men’s gymnastics faces tough challenge By RICARDO ASCENCIO ricardo-ascencio@uiowa.edu
The No. 7 Iowa men’s gymnastics team will host No. 4 Minnesota on Saturday in the Carver-Hawkeye the last home meet of the regular season. The competition will also serve as Senior Night for Matt Loochtan, Jack Boyle, Cyrus Dobre-Mofid, Del Vecchio Orozco, Emmanuel Monroy, and Doug Sullivan, who will be honored at the end of the meet. “We have come a long way,” Dobre-Mofid said. “This is going to be our last meet at [Carver-Hawkeye], and we just want to go out with a victory.” The Hawkeyes want to rebound after a disappointing performance last weekend; they finished third in the Arnold Challenge against No. 3 Ohio State and No. 6 Nebraska. Despite the late-season loss, head coach JD Reive is not discouraged.
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M TRACK CONTINUED FROM 10 Unlike Mallett, this is Teubel’s first national meet. “I’m really looking forward to going to my first national meet,” he said. “I’ve made it to the regional meet a couple of times. I want to be first team All-American.” Iowa Director of Track and Field Joey Woody wants his two athletes to keep doing what they have been all season long. “It’s the same mentality,” he said. “If you go out there and you run what you did to get there, you have a re-
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meters, 400 meters, and 600 meters. She started the season off with a bang, finishing in first at the Jan. 9 Border Battle and Jan. 23Big Four Duals. A top-eight finish this weekend would put the icing on the cake. Joining Guster at the NCAA competition will be the 1,600-meter relay team. Senior MonTayla Holder, freshman Briana Guillory, junior Alexis Hernandez, and Guster are the first 1,600-meter Hawkeye women’s relay to qualify for an indoor national meet. The quartet owns the 12th-fastest time in the nation and Hawkeye record with a time of 3:32.93. “I think we have the girls that can get top-eight in the relays,” Woody said. “The team is really coming on strong; every single week we’ve gotten better and better, and we had some great splits at the [Big Ten Championships].” Guster shares that confidence. “Once we fix some of the minor things we need to work on, we can definitely compete with the top teams, and I believe we’re going to break the school record again,” she said. Along with breaking a school record, Woody has his eyes set on high finishes. “Our goal for the women’s side is to get an opportunity for Elexis to be a first team All-American and to get the relay team to place top eight and be first team All-Americans,” Woody said.
“Like with every meet, there could have been things we could have done better,” he said. “We will continue to practice and continue to get better and continue to improve, and I have no doubt my [gymnasts] will reach their peaks.” While Reive is confident that Iowa can come out victorious on Saturday, there is no question that the Hawks will have their hands full. Iowa will face Minnesota for the second time season, after falling, 419.700-432.650, on Feb. 13 in Minneapolis. Minnesota is led by junior Zach Liebler and sophomore Yaroslav Pochinka. Liebler is ranked first nationally on floor exercise with a three-score average of 15.867, and Pochinka leads the nation on vault with an average score of 15.383, closely followed by Liebler in second (15.333). Luckily for the Hawkeyes, they, too, have a pair of elite gymnasts who are national-
ly recognized names. Boyle and Loochtan have proven to be the leaders of the team with their impressive performances throughout the season. “I think it’s important that we just get back to what we have been doing,” Loochtan said. “The [postseason] is what we are competing for, and it’s what we have been prepping for all season.” Boyle is tied for second nationally on high bar this season with Stanford’s Akash Modi. Boyle owns a three-score average of 15.233 through eight meets, and he posted a career-high of 15.300 against Illinois on Jan. 23. Loochtan is recently coming off being named the Big Ten Gymnast of the Week after he claimed five event titles on floor (15.350), rings (15.150), vault (14.450), parallel bars (14.850), and high bar (14.450) to help the Hawkeyes defeat then-
ter Jok scored 25 points in a span of 10 and a half minutes that was ultimately negated by a 4-of5 start from the Illini, and though they cooled to a 7-of-17 mark on the half as a whole, they were always there to make one when they needed it. Iowa’s offense (Jok and Uthoff) was more than capa-
ble for significant stretches, but it was the lack of ability to slow the Illini that played the biggest part in the upset. “I think what it comes down to us not playing good defense,” Uthoff said. “You saw it, we were down 8 and cut it to even in a matter of minutes. That was all fueled by defense.” Unfortunately for the
ally good chance at making the finals and being a firstteam All-American.” Teubel, a senior from Lisbon, Iowa, clocked in a time of 1:47.74 in the Alex Wilson Invitational. That ranks 16th in the country, good for the highest seed in one of the toughest 800-meter groups in college history. “This is the greatest 800-meter field in collegiate history,” Iowa assistant coach Jason Wakenight said. “If you look at the time it took to make it in, it is by far the most elite 800-meter field in indoor NCAA history. I think there are eight guys who have already
run faster than the world championship A-standings. To give you an idea professionally right now, there are only two professional 800-meter runners who have run that time in the United States.” Being the highest seed in the group, Teubel has nothing to lose. “I don’t need to do much, I don’t need to think,” he said. “I just need to follow some people, and I’ll get everything done.” As the meet grows closer, other teams praise Woody and his efforts with the Hawkeye program. Arkansas head coach Chris Bucknam said Io-
Iowa senior Cyrus Dobre-Mofid performs on the vault in Field House on Feb. 27. The Hawkeyes will honor their seniors after the meet on Saturday against Minnesota. (The Daily Iowan/Mary Mathis) No. 6 Nebraska and No. 8 Penn Sate. His all-around score of 86.400 marked a career-high. With the Big Ten Championships just a few weeks away, it is pivotal that
Hawkeyes have their star seniors come out of Carver-Hawkeye with yet more impressive performances. A win on Saturday could set the Hawkeyes up nicely — they would potentially
move into the top five in the NCAA standings and further increase their chances of competing for the NCAA national championship. The meet will begin at 5 p.m. in Carver-Hawkeye.
Hawkeyes, they only had one real solid stretch of defense, and it was too little, too late. Despite all the struggles the Hawkeyes have had in recent weeks, they’ve still mostly been in close games. A consistent inability to win close games is another topic for discussion, but the best solution
would be to avoid that situation all together. In fact, the most alarming aspect of Iowa’s collapse has been the drastic falloff on the defensive end. “I don’t think it was
the offense, we’re just not defending like we did in the beginning of the season,” Jok said. “We were scoring, they were scoring, we couldn’t get any stops.”
wa will be a program to watch in the near future, thanks to Woody. “Joey Woody is doing a great job leading the Iowa program,” Buckman said. “They will compete for Big Ten Titles and be a podium NCAA team in the near future. Iowa competed in our Razorback Team Invitational at the end of January, and they brought a lot of energy to the meet, a reflection of their coach.” After the conclusion of the indoor meet, the Hawkeyes turn their focus to the outdoor season, which begins on March 18 in Tempe, Arizona, with the Baldy Castillo.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t let nervous tension stop you from being productive. Stay focused, and initiate what you need to do in order to reach your goals. Your creative imagination will bring results far beyond your expectations. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Consider your options while keeping your budget in mind. Now is not the time to go against rules and regulations. Discipline and determination will bring you high returns. Travel will lead to a resurgence of the things you enjoy doing the most. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Stick to your plan regardless of what others do. A realistic outlook will help you make the right decisions. Concentrate on making constructive domestic improvements. Accept the inevitable, and move forward with courage and finesse. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Review your situation, and do whatever you can to keep moving forward. Don’t let what others do dictate your next move. Try hard to live in the moment and to let go of the past. Nurture important relationships; avoid conflict. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Step into the spotlight. Make a point to visit someplace that motivates you or that you have never been to before. A challenge you take on will pay off in an unusual way. Keep an open mind and shoot for the stars. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Express your thoughts, and share your ideas; you will come up with a workable arrangement. Show discipline, and take control of a personal situation. Your practical attitude could attract someone you will want to spend more time with. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Favors will be granted. Do your best to get your finances in order so that you can take advantage of an exciting opportunity. Make a lifestyle change that will ease your stress and help you gain confidence and respect. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): An original idea will help you run your household in a more efficient manner. You will attract greater interest and support from partners, friends, and relatives. Don’t feel you have to accommodate others. Do your own thing. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Assess your situation honestly, and start to implement the changes that will ease your stress and make you happy. Do what’s best for you instead of giving in to someone who cramps your style. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’ll have to defend your rights if you are too vocal about the way you feel or what you want to do. Stick close to home, and work quietly by yourself until you have a presentation that is too flawless to oppose. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Experience will help you make an important decision about the way you handle a similar situation. Consider new suggestions, and implement several different options. Self-improvement will result in compliments and success. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Put your skills to good use, and you will find new ways to exploit your talents. Reach out to someone you enjoy working with, and see where it leads. Money will come from an unusual source.
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Mallett, Teubel get to go By ADAM HENSLEY adam-hensley@uiowa.edu
Iowa guard Peter Jok drives past Illinois guard Kendrick Nunn during the Big Ten Tournament game in Indianapolis on Thursday. The Hawkeyes lost their first conference tourney game yet again. (The Daily Iowan/Anthony Vazquez)
3 NOT THE MAGIC NUMBER FOR HAWKS Illinois beat the Hawkeyes at their own game.
By KYLE MANN | kyle-mann@uiowa.edu The Hawkeyes fell to the Illini in their first game of the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday, and while fans could’ve anticipated an offensive shootout, most probably didn’t expect Illinois to beat Iowa at its own game. Iowa has been one of the Big Ten’s best shooting teams from outside all season long, posting a collective 38 percent from 3 and boasting several players above or near 40 percent. Once upon a time, many moons ago, the Hawkeyes combined to shoot 40 percent collectively. Iowa has seen a bit of a departure from its midseason form, however, which brings us to the 68-66 upset in Indianapolis. Iowa has found a new home in the past month or so, hovering closer to 30 or 35 percent from beyond the arc in its past eight games including Thursday. Iowa actually shot 40 percent from 3 against the Illini, but that figure is something of a red herring. Peter Jok and Jarrod Uthoff combined for 50 of Iowa’s 66 points and six of eight 3s. They drastically inflated an other-
wise dreadful performance by the Iowa offense. Iowa players not named Jok or Uthoff shot 6-of-30 from the floor and 2-of-9 from beyond the arc. Nonetheless, even if it was concentrated to two players of output, the Hawkeyes did get some production from the outside. It didn’t, however, matter. “They shot it better today,” Iowa head coach Fran McCaffery said. “We shot it better [at Illinois on Feb. 7]. I don’t think you could ever say anything other than this team keeps coming.” Illinois finished the season sitting perfectly in the middle of the pack in terms of 3-point shooting, but everything gets tossed out the window come March. As we all know, the hot teams go far. As it turns out, the Illini just so happened to be coming off a 33-point drumming of Minnesota on Wednesday, the largest margin of victory in Big Ten Tournament history, in which they shot 14-of-26 from distance (54 percent). They had SEE MBB, 5
Turning point for baseball By BLAKE DOWSON blake-dowson@uiowa.edu
As early as the season may be, the Iowa baseball team (4-6) has reached a pivotal stretch. The Hawkeyes will travel to Emerson, Georgia, this weekend to play in the Spring Swing at Lake Pointe, where they will take on Nebraska-Omaha, Seton Hall, Savannah State, and Point University. First up will be Nebraska-Omaha (7-7) today, which the Hawkeyes last faced in 2014 in Port Charlotte. The Hawkeyes won that meeting, 7-1. The Mavericks are hitting .305 as a team, with seven players maintaining averages over .300. Two players do most of the damage: Cole Gruber, hitting .397 with 23 hits and 11 stolen bases, and Clayton Taylor, hitting .354 with 4 home runs. Tyler Fox (2-1, 2.04 ERA) will take the mound for Nebraska-Omaha against the Hawkeyes. Sophomore C.J. Eldred will be on the bump for Iowa, making his second Friday start this season. Iowa head coach Rick Heller said Eldred has cemented his place as a starter for the Hawkeyes. “For any pitcher, it’s nice to know your role,” Eldred said. “But you got to keep consistently working hard,
because if you’re not getting the job done, it’s next guy up. As far as having an established role, I think it just makes guys work harder. I know it does for me.” Iowa will play Seton Hall on Saturday, a team that has played two Big Ten schools this year, beating Indiana twice and losing to Ohio State at the Snowbird Classic. The Pirates will run out lefty Cullen Dana, who is 1-0 with a 2.45 ERA. “Nebraska-Omaha is always a tough team. They battle hard. It’ll be a good Iowa right-handed pitcher Cole McDonald pitches to Northwestern College batter challenge for us,” Heller at Banks Field on Tuesday. Iowa beat Northwestern College, 28-0. (The Daily Iowan/ said. “Seton Hall, on paper, Anthony Vazquez) is maybe the best team we will play. We don’t know vannah State, is 0-1 with a some really good pitching. [Springfield] is a fun place a whole lot about any of 5.28 ERA. The fourth game will be to play; it’s a good atmothe teams from a scouting standpoint, though. Since against Point University, a sphere. We wanted to have Division-2 school from West that series right before we we’re only played Maryland and the Point, Georgia. playing one After the Hawkeyes are Big Ten schedule to see game against done in Georgia, they will where we’re at and treat it them, it’s not travel to Springfield, Mis- as a Big Ten weekend.” the easiest to With no classes between souri, to take on Missouri get informatheir next two weekends of State March 18-20. tion on them.” Missouri State, which baseball, the Hawkeyes look March 13 knocked the Hawkeyes out forward to focusing solely will bring a of the NCAA regional last on their job on the field. matchup with Eldred “Obviously, you have to season, will serve as Iowa’s S a v a n n a h pitcher last tune-up series before keep up academically, but State (4-10). having that break from The Tigers have struggled Big Ten play starts. “[Missouri State] is go- school work is really nice on the mound and at the plate this season, hitting ing to be one of the better and just focusing on base.247 as a team and posting teams on our schedule,” ball is nice,” senior Nick Heller said. “They’re off to Roscetti said. “It gives you a 6.66 team ERA. Gregory Hollman, who a really good start, hitting a chance to really fine-tune will get the start for Sa- the heck out of the ball and some things.”
The Iowa men’s track team will conclude its indoor track season on Friday and Saturday, when two Hawks will run in Birmingham, Alabama, during the NCAA Indoor Championships. Hurdler Aaron Mallett and 800-meter runner Will Teubel will represent the Hawkeyes. Going into the weekend, Mallett remains, in terms of times, tied for fourth in the country in the 60-meter hurdles. This comes after he broke the Iowa record in the event during the Big Ten Indoor Championships, finishing in 7.69 seconds. “All the hard work Mallett comes to this point,” he hurdler said. “This is the pinnacle of track and field for collegiate athletes, so just go out there and have some fun.” The junior from St. Louis will face the best group of hurdlers he’s competed against this season. LSU’s Jordan Moore and Oregon’s Devon Allen are both deadlocked in a tie to lead the country. Each athlete finished in 7.60 seconds, coincidentally, both on the same day, but in different meets. Mallett is only 0.02 seconds off from the man in front of him at No. 3, William Barnes. Until the Tyson Invitational on Feb. 12, Mallett had yet to lose a race in the 60-meter hurdles this season. After that second-place finish, he has yet to look back. This meet marks the second time Mallett has competed in the national championships. In 2015, he placed sixth in the 60-meter hurdles. “I think having the experience of being in a meet like that really calms the nerves,” he said. “You still get nervous for a meet like that, but I’ve been there before, I know what to expect, and I know what I’m up against.” SEE M TRACK, 5
Guster, relay head to NCAAs By CONNOR SINDBERG connor-sindberg@uiowa.edu
Coming off a fifth-place finish in the Big Ten Championships, the women’s track team will transition to the outdoor season, but first, some members will compete in the final indoor event of the season; the 2016 NCAA Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Alabama. Qualifying for two events, the Hawkeyes will compete in the 400 meters and 1,600-meter relay. The sprinters have scored the majority of the points all season, and it’s only fitting that they will represent the team once again. Competing in the 400 meter is standout Big Ten champion Elexis Guster. The Atlanta native’s time of 52.36 ranks eighth nationally. At today’s NCAA championships, Guster hopes to continue her recent momentum to achieve All-American status. “She’s somebody who’s ranked in the top eight in the national meet,” Iowa Director of Track & Field Joey Woody said. “She’ll Guster be an All-American if sprinter she finishes top eight. She’s set herself up for a great finish to the indoor season.” After her 400-meter Big Ten championship run Feb. 26-27, Guster is not finished yet. She hopes to achieve the same goals her coach set out for her. “My goal definitely is to place top eight in the [400 meters],” Guster said. “I want to be a first-team All-American, and get a medal, and be there with the top athletes in the country.” Guster has had an excellent indoor season, finishing first in numerous competitions and events, including the 200 SEE W TRACK, 5