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Andrea Flemming of Wild Blue Fig showcases jewelry, jam, and traditional Ugandan baskets during the Corridor Women Entrepreneurs Showcase in Montgomery Hall at the Johnson County Fairgrounds on March 29. Currently, her artisan partners are in Botswana, Ethiopia, and Uganda. (The Daily Iowan/Callie Mitchell)
Women in Iowa are not keeping up with the national increase of female entrepreneurs. By Lily Abromeit
American Express OPEN’s most recent report on women-owned businesses revealed that between 1997 and While women all over the United 2013, the number of women-owned States are opening the doors to their businesses increased by 59 percent in small shops and managing their own the United States. In Iowa, however, businesses, their counterparts in ‘Women-owned businesses across the growth rate was ranked at the 49th Iowa have not followed the national the nation are growing faster than spot and showed only a 23 percent trend. any other sector.’ increase, according Women in Iowa City and Cedar — Diane Ramsey, executive director of the Iowa to the report. “Iowa businesses Rapids decided to Women’s Leadership Conference reflect the national take matters into trend, [but] Iowa their own hands and address the problem head on. The women-owned businesses do not fare Iowa City-Cedar Rapids Corridor host- as well,” said Diane Ramsey, the exed an event March 29 to encourage ecutive director of the Iowa Women’s partnership and networking among Leadership Conference. Ramsey said these rankings “absofemale entrepreneurs. “I can feel lots of challenges, but they lutely” need to change in the future. “Women-owned businesses across are all very passionate about growing their businesses,” said Yu Yu, the orga- the nation are growing faster than any nizer of the event. “It’s a very support- other sector, so we have an opportuniive community, so we just wanted to pull some resources together.” See women, 3 lily-abromeit@uiowa.edu
By the numbers • In 2013, it was estimated that more than 8.6 million businesses in the United States were women-owned. They generate more than $1.3 trillion in revenues and employe about 7.8 million people. • Between 1997 and 2013, the number of businesses in the United States increased by 41 percent, but the number of women-owned firms increased by 59 percent — a rate 1.5 times the national average. • Iowa is among the states with the lowest growth in numbers, growing at merely 23.4 percent. These states also had the lowest growth between 1997 and 2013: Alaska (12 percent), West Virginia (23 percent), Iowa (23 percent), Ohio (27percent), and Kansas (27 percent. • Iowa is ranked 49th for growth in the number of firms, preceding only West Virginia. • Iowa’s growth in firm revenues is low -3.9 percent and growth in employment is also in the negatives at -22.5 percent.
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Danny Carroll will now serve as the chairman of the state Republican Party.
The Iowa GOP’s State Central Committee tapped two social conservatives this past weekend to lead the party forward, and the hope among many is that this transition in leadership will promote unity among Republicans. The committee met March 29 to select Danny Carroll as the next head of the Republican Party in Iowa. Carroll, who until this past weekend served as co-chairman, was unanimously elected. Carroll He replaces former chairman chairman A.J. Spiker, who resigned earlier this month to join a Rand Paul PAC. With the midterm primary mere months away, Carroll outlined goals for the committee moving forward into
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University of Iowa officials, along with members of the state Board of Regents and representatives from Deloitte, an auditing and financial advisory firm, addressed public concern March 28 related to the efficiency study to be conducted at the regents’ universities. Regent President Bruce Rastetter told The Daily Iowan the regents will not vote on anything resulting from the study with- Rastetter out first hearing pub- regent president lic input. Rastetter also said members of the public may voice their concerns at the regents’ office in Urbandale or through websites set up for each university. “Everyone’s going to get to see the numbers; everyone’s going to get to look at those and be involved and have input in it,” Rastetter said. “If the students see waste … please say; we need them active and involved in
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SNEAK PEEK Spectators watch and take photos as the cast sings and dances during a Flash Mob of Jesus Christ Super Star on the Pedestrian Mall on March 29. The event was put on to promote the show opening at Coralville Center for the Performing Arts on Friday. Performances will run through April 13. (The Daily Iowan/Alyssa Hitchcock)
RVAP expansion launches ads By Michelle Ngo michelle-ngo@uiowa.edu
Beginning in early April, residents in southeastern Iowa can expect to see a massive advertisement campaign from the Rape Victim Advocacy Program about its recent expansion to four additional counties: Des Moines, Henry, Lee, and Van Buren Counties. The program covered only Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, and Washington Counties prior to the expansion. “This will be our big launch,” said Karla Miller, the executive director of RVAP. “The new counties have been receiving a good number of calls and clients since the outreach offices opened in January, but we’re hoping we will see newer clients as word gets out.” The expansion process began in July 2012 after the Iowa Attorney General’s Office created a new plan to regionalize and cut down on the number of victim advocacy programs across the state in order to address inadequate federal and state funding.
In July 2012, the state originally allocated RVAP $2.1 million, but after an appeal from the service, the state increased funding to $6.7 million, Miller said. According to the Rape Crisis Center Survey conducted by the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, 75 percent of rape crisis centers lost funding prior to 2013. Additionally, the plan separates sexual assault and domestic violence services in former dual-service centers or organizations. “Because domestic violence shelters are so labor-intensive, those services completely overshadowed the sexual-assault services,” said Beth Barnhill, executive director of the Iowa Coalition against Sexual Assault. “We’re already seeing a large increase in the number of sexual-assault survivors being served since the change, so I am very encouraged.” While she agrees separating the dual programs has been beneficial, the change has not come without challenges, Miller said. “I can only imagine
how painful it was for the outgoing directors to have to lay off their staff to close their doors,” Miller said. “But they have been very, very good about introducing us to the community. The goal all the way through this is to not have the changes impact people from using our services.” Under the new changes, the additional counties can access RVAP’s 24-hour crisis hotline and meet with their county’s RVAP representative, who serves as a sexual-assault counselor and advocate. Three of the four counselors had worked as a sexual-assault counselor in the community before, making it a much easier transition, Miller said. Stefanie Wood, who served nearly seven years in her community at Young Women’s Christian Association’s Women’s Resource Center, will serve as a counselor for the Des Moines County RVAP office. “The community understands the closing of the women’s resource center was due to a depletion of funds by the state,” Woods said. “Their
only concern was what would happen to those who need services. So when RVAP stepped in to help, the community rallied around and set up a collective sigh of relief.” Woods is the only counselor currently available in her community, but Miller hopes the April campaign, which includes posters, TV and radio ads, and possibly even billboards, will draw in future volunteers for the outreach offices in each new county. Barnhill said additional government funding could help add more staff to the programs in order to meet high demands for sexual-assault services. “Historically, we have really underfunded these programs in part because our initial understanding was it primarily affected women, but we now know it affects many more men than we thought,” Barnhill said. “Now, we’re living with that legacy where it wasn’t a priority in the beginning, so it’s hard to go in much later and give the funding these issues deserve and to really run these programs right. It’s a huge problem nationally.”
Correction In the March 28 article, “Archaeology bug bites city,” The Daily Iowan incorrectly reported that a 7-Up bottle was found in an excavated privy at the site of the new School of Music. The 7-Up bottle was found in one of the cisterns on the site. The DI regrets the error.
BLOTTER Christopher Badenhoop, 22, Lawrence, Kan., was charged March 28 with public intoxication. Madonna Ballinger, 49, 146 Appanoose Court, was charged March 29 with keeping a disorderly house. Christopher Baumann, 21, 922 E. Washington St., was charged March 27 with keeping a disorderly house. Chloe Blick, 19, 2265 Quadrangle, was charged March 27 with possession/supply of alcohol under the legal age and presence in a bar after hours. Kellie Christensen, 20, 211 Linn St. Apt. 315, was charged March 29 with presence in a bar after hours. Kyle Coghlan, 20, 918 Iowa Ave. Apt. 1, was charged March 29 with PAULA. James Cox, 42, 2219 Taylor Drive, was charged March 28 with public intoxication and possession of marijuana. Madelyne Culp, 18, Des Moines, was charged March 28 with disorderly conduct and public intoxication. Whitney Davis, 27, Des Moines, was charged March 28 with OWI. Devon Friese, 26, 1016 Rochester Ave., was charged March 28 with OWI and possession of marijuana. Jos Fulton, 20, 407 Bowery St. Apt. 2, was charged Sunday with unlawful use of an authentic driver’s license/ID of another. Carlose Galvez-Pioquinto, 26, Coralville, was charged March 27 with disorderly conduct. Brian Ginely, 18, 301 N. Clinton St. Apt. 2222, was charged
March 29 with possession of a fictitious driver’s license/ID and public intoxication. Eric Heissel, 19, 617 S. Dodge St., was charged March 29 with interference with official acts and public intoxication. William Hughes, 20, Des Moines, was charged March 29 with presence in a bar after hours. Halee Hull, 19, 601 S. Gilbert St. Apt. 635, was charged March 29 with presence in bar after hours. Ciarra Hutton, 18, 408 S. Van Buren St. Apt. 3, was charged March 27 with presence in a bar after hours. Samuel Jambrone, 20, 221 E. Fairchild St. Apt. 2, was charged March 27 with possession/supply of alcohol under the legal age. Brady Johnshoy, 21, Prior Lake, Minn., was charged March 29 with public intoxication. William Jorgensen, 45, Huntley, Ill., was charged March 16 with assault with the intent to commit sexual abuse. Kostantinos Kapetanos, 20, 404 S. Gilbert St. Apt. 824, was charged Sunday with keeping a disorderly house. Craig Kehler, 51, Keokuk, Iowa, was charged March 28 with possession of drug paraphernalia, OWI, possession of a controlled substance, and driving with a suspended/canceled license. Nathaniel Kenworthy, 18, 411 Rienow, was charged March 28 with PAULA. Max Kersten, 20, 510 Ronalds St., was charged March 27 with possession/supply of alcohol under the legal age and un-
lawful use of a driver’s license. Michael Kmet, 20, 100 Hawks Ridge Drive, was charged March 29 with public intoxication. John Knapp, 22, Cedar Rapids, was charged March 29 with possession of an open container of alcohol in public. Katherine Knepper, 22, 233 S. Lucas St. Apt. 2, was charged March 28 with OWI and possession of marijuana. Eric Krunnfusz, 22, 528 S. Van Buren St. Apt. 9, was charged March 28 with public intoxication. Tyler Lammer, 24, Kalona, was charged Sunday with OWI. Cory Levitt, 28, Burlington, Iowa, was charged Nov. 29, 2013, with possession of a controlled substance. Mackenzy Maser, 20, 205 Myrtle Ave. Apt. 3, was charged March 28 with PAULA. Ken Morgan, 26, 914 Benton Drive Apt. 24, was charged Sunday with OWI. Kevin Mulligan, 22, Arlington Heights, Ill., was charged March 29 with public intoxication. Stephanie Munoz, 19, 630 S. Capitol St. Apt. 303, was charged March 28 with PAULA. Andrea Oatis, 30, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, was charged March 27 with driving with a suspended/canceled license. Christ Osborn-Bey, 31, Burlington, was charged Sunday with assault causing injury and public intoxication. Anthony Pawula, 20, 404 S. Gilbert St. Apt. 824, was charged Sunday with keeping a disorderly house. Lane Roszell, 23, 1117 3rd Ave., was charged March 29 with driving with a suspended/
canceled license. Tyson Sanchez, 20, 633 S. Dodge St. Apt. 7, was charged March 28 with PAULA. Quinn Simpson, 19, Dubuque, was charged March 29 with interference with official acts and public intoxication. Reece Suckow, 19, Cedar Rapids, was charged March 28 with PAULA and public intoxication. Nicholas Stenger, 19, Wheaton, Ill., was charged March 29 with public intoxication. Ellen Taylor, 19, Coralville, was charged March 28 with PAULA. Daniel Velazquez, 18, 319 Slater, was charged March 29 with public intoxication. John Vest-Walker, 27, 4752 560th St. S.E., was charged March 28 with driving while barred. Vincent Vogelsang, 51, address unknown, was charged March 28 with criminal trespass. Erica Wagner, 38, 751 W. Benton St. Apt. 22, was charged Sunday with domestic assault with injury. Jasper Washington, 19, 142 Ravencrest Drive, was charged March 28 with driving while barred. Gary Williams Jr., 22, 1102 Hollywood Blvd. Apt 13, was charged March 26 with obstructing emergency communication and obstructing and officer. Dimitri Wilson, 19, Plainfield, Ill., was charged Sunday with public intoxication. Sydney Zima, 18, 1011 Slater, was charged March 27 with possession/supply of alcohol under the legal age.
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women Continued from front ty here in Iowa to do what other states are doing, and in order to do that, we need to, as a state, have a focus on women-owned business,” she said. Yu said the event’s goal was to help these women expose their businesses, network, and give back to the community. The proceeds of the event went to Ascent, a nonprofit organization that supports women entrepreneurs. “By hosting this [event], it is a great opportunity for women to first of all, let people know what their businesses are and
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there’s flooding],” said Peninsula Neighborhood Homeowner’s Association board member Laurie Schweer. The council will consider the specific design elements for the project on Tuesday, and the project will finally make the move into the design phase. Flood reduction is just one goal of the roughly $40 million project, which will
gop Continued from front the election. “Political campaigns are hard work. It’s time now for Republicans to get down to business and start knocking on doors, putting up signs, raising money and helping our candidates win in November,” he said in a statement. “I know I speak for all members of the State Central Committee when I say we are ready to unite as Republicans in 2014.” Carroll previously served as a Poweshiek County supervisor for 10 years, and he was a representative in the Iowa House from 1994-2006. Gopal T.K. Krishna, elected co-chairman in place of
efficiency Continued from front the process.” The efficiency study is the first comprehensive review of the state universities since the 1980s and will cost $2.5 million. The study will occur in three phases: data collection and benchmarking, development of solutions, and implementation of those solutions. Any savings found from the study will be reinvest-
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to also network with other business owners so they can share their successes and help one another,” Ramsey said. “They can become an economic force in our state.” In Iowa, this specific sector saw a decrease of 22.5 percent in employment for 2013. “We need to identify what the barriers [are] to growth that these women experience, what tools do women business owners need to stay in business [and to] grow their businesses,” Ramsey said. “That will then create opportunities for them to hire other people.” Despite these setbacks, more than two dozen women business owners
sat behind booths at the event. Virginia Dreier, the owner of and sole therapist at Renew Massage, 325 E. Washington St., was one such business owner. “The exposure is the most important aspect,” she said. “It gives me a sense of pride and camaraderie, and I’m excited to see how many people are in business.” Dreier said the rankings showing Iowa so low on the list does not affect her or the way she runs her business. “I don’t really pay too much attention to that,” she said. “People are very supportive of women businesses in Iowa.”
raise a portion of Dubuque Street and redesign the Park Road Bridge. The Peninsula neighborhood is just one area that will be affected by the project, Schweer said. “There are many neighborhoods now that are west of Dubuque Street,” she said. “There are 700 household[s] west of the intersection [of Foster Road and Dubuque Street].” Population isn’t the only area in which the street has a large impact, said Iowa City Public Works
Director Rick Fosse. “This corridor is a workhorse,” he said. “It is second only to Highway 6 in traffic volume.” Last month, many residents of these neighborhoods, as well as others, attended a public meeting hosted by city staff to seek opinion on the project. Staff gathered input from the meeting and drafted recommendations for the council. The recommendations include a sidewalk on the east side of Dubuque Street, as well
as a trail on the west side. Fosse said one of the main reasons for having these trails is to solidify Dubuque Street’s position as a pathway for many forms of transportation, including pedestrians. “Dubuque Street also serves as a multi-modal corridor,” he said. “Enhancing all the modes of transportation on this corridor has been a priority with us from the start.” Councilor Kingsley Botchway said he is mostly pleased with the recom-
mendations, but he still needs to discuss the design before making a decision. “Are we building for the future?” he said “What if more traffic becomes a part of Dubuque Street?” Mayor Matt Hayek agreed it is important for the project to last, and said the council will carefully consider all aspects of the project. “This is a 50- or 75-year decision,” he said. “We need to get the critical elements of the project right.”
Carroll, isn’t a stranger to leadership, either. The West Des Moines businessman will now serve as the party co-head for a record fourth time. In a statement, Krishna, too, touched on the theme of uniting the Republican Party by outlining his own goals as co-chairman. Among them, he wants to increase voter registration and participation, work with RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, and reach out to minorities and new constituents. “I have been, and am a Republican for all Republicans,” he said. “As long as I am co-chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa, outreach to all minority communities will be a priority.” One local member of the
state committee said he believes the transition for Carroll will be an easy one, having already served in the leadership. “There’s a transition for which the co-chairman would become the chairman,” said Bob Anderson, who previously served as head of the Johnson County Republicans. “That became formalized by a vote [Saturday], and the expectation of that is for whoever occupies that office to go forward doing the work of a united Republican Party.” He said Carroll and Krishna will lead the party behind the agenda of Gov. Terry Branstad and the Republican members of the Legislature, as well as Iowa’s congressional delegation, in what he says will be
“a unified campaign.” Though stepping into the role so close to an important midterm primary, one expert says Carroll’s previous experience will help him move into the position with ease. “Having the co-chair step in is a pretty good choice,” said Tim Hagle, an associate professor of political science at the University of Iowa. “The idea [is that] presumably the co-chair has pretty good experience with the way the office and organization works, so he’ll be able to continue the operation and not lose his step.” As party officials have emphasized unity as a priority moving forward, Hagle said he believes there have been tensions in the party
over cooperation between social conservatives and the Family Leader organization, as well as those who are Ron Paul supporters. “That’s kind of the bigger concerns with the Republican Party … will they be able to get past some of
these tensions and [to] be able to become an effective organization for the party and get out votes for the party for this election cycle. “The first big test will be primaries to see how that shakes out for the Republican Party.”
ed in the university they are found in. Rastetter said Deloitte will work with faculty in a bottom-up approach to find those inefficiencies and that the implementation of solutions will be a gradual and ongoing rollout process. Rick Ferraro, a director at Deloitte, said the study will be led by the consulting aspect of Deloitte’s services, not the audit arm. “We address the most difficult business challenges that these organizations face,” Ferraro said.
The objectives of the review are to be creative, Ferarro said. “The first stage is just to find out where the opportunities seem to be, we don’t know where they are,” Ferraro said. “We don’t know Iowa well enough yet.” In order to get to know Iowa, Ferraro said the consultants will interview more than 200 people associated with the universities — including faculty. R. Virginia Fraser, who will oversee the day-to-day operations of the study for
Deloitte, stressed that the study is still in its infancy. “We are at the very, very beginning of this initiative,” Fraser said. “This is not the last time you will have contact with us.” The members of the public may voice their concerns on the UI website, and Fraser said people will receive the response
they need. “We know this project can’t succeed without you,” Fraser said. Rastetter said he thinks people will embrace the study as it progresses, noting that people will be able to look at the report and see where dollars can be used more effectively. Regent Larry McKibben
said he hopes the study will be transformational and will resonate with other universities at the national level. “We are going to lead the nation from the center of the nation,” he said. “We’re going to be a bright star when we finish this,” he said.
Linda Pierce of Greenery Design features flowers, plants, and mini- eco systems at her booth during the Corridor Women Entrepreneurs Showcase in Montgomery Hall at the Johnson County Fairgrounds on March 29. (The Daily Iowan/Callie Mitchell)
Iowa City City Council The Iowa City City Council will vote on various items on Tuesday. Some include: • Awarding the contract for the new animal care and adoption center • Second consideration for easing restrictions for nonconforming drinking establishments • Second consideration for a clarification to the 21-ordinance entertainment-venue exception Source: City Council Formal Meeting Packet
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Starting with Gov. Terry Branstad’s confidential-employee-settlement fiasco, it’s been a less-than-smooth few weeks for the face of Iowa politics. Silly antics have coupled with a number of other issues to create the image of a state that likes to get hung up and focused on insignificant details and petty quarreling, a state of 3 million people led by politicians who are out-of-touch with real concerns, big and small. Iowa politics have become a representation of why the national political scene is so gunky, incompetent, and unable to consider the needs of the masses, and the Internet is more than willing to spread the message. On the petty quarreling side of the spectrum, we’ve seen a showdown take place between Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. Braley, a Senate hopeful, was captured on tape belittling Grassley, calling him a “farmer from Iowa who never went to law school, never practiced law …” at a fundraiser in Texas. This sent the GOP into an uproar, and Iowa Republican and potential Braley opponent Joni Ernst rushed to Grassley’s aid, demanding that Braley apologize to Grassley and “every other farmer in Iowa.” It was like something from a tabloid, something you’d expect to see on Bravo, tucked into reruns of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey.” In the clip, Braley’s even standing next to a table loaded with bottles of booze, adding to the scandal. A handful of semi-innocuous words became a point of fussy argument — reality TV-esque drama.
And while we’re on the subject of Republican Senate hopeful Ernst, it would be an opportune time to discuss the silly side of Iowa politics. Last week, Ernst released a political ad and spurred a national cringe describing her experience with pigs. More specifically, in the commercial she explains her experience cutting off … well, apparently she’s castrated a lot of pigs and apparently that would help her “cut pork” on Capitol Hill — shudder-inducing double entendre at its finest. The ad is complete with a lovely hog barn backdrop and a silly little cut to a squealing piglet. As Ernst shares her plans to save America money, we’re treated to a montage of more little piggies, and her talking points flash on the screen in big, earthy fonts. At the end, Ernst tells us that we should make big spenders in Washington squeal, and we again hear the silly, stock squealing sound. It’s something from the nightmare vault of bad advertising, alongside the likes of cheesy commercials for used-car dealerships. And of course, it was Sarah Palin approved. I don’t mean to sound cynical, but with the eyes of the whole country’s political intelligensia ready to shift to Iowa next year, I wonder how our behavior in Iowa will affect political strategizing. If we continue to act like a silly Midwestern state that likes petty drama and fulfilling stereotypes, if we continue to represent ourselves that way, presidential candidates are sure to abuse the fact while campaigning, which would only add to the unnecessary embarrassment. I hope that politicians in Iowa will decide to act professionally as election season nears. They are our celebrities, our opportunity to shine on a national scale. Right now, they’re not doing so hot and, unfortunately, they are going viral.
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ast week, the Obama administration announced that the deadline for individual to sign up for health care via the federal health exchange as part of the Affordable Care Act would be extended from the original date of March 31 to early April, despite its previous insistence that the end of March would be the “last call” for prospective insurance buyers. It is important, though, to note that the deadline extension only applies to individuals who have already begun to apply for insurance before March 31 and feel they need to ask for an extension. For Iowans looking to buy coverage through the Affordable Care Act exchange, today is your last chance to act. We encourage eligible uninsured Iowans to capitalize on the latest ACA delay and get covered. Predictably, this most recent delay was met with blistering criticism by congressional Republicans and other conservatives whose attitude toward the law resembles that of a rabid dog toward a piece of red meat. Speaker of the House John Boehner opined, “What the hell is this? A joke? Another deadline made meaningless. If he hasn’t put enough loopholes in the law already, the administration is now resorting to an honor system to enforce it.” Conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer proposed that the delay amounted to “cynicism raised to the level of comedy.” It is our view that this delay does not constitute proof of an inherently failed and disastrous experiment in public policy but rather showcases an administration willing to be flexible on a massive new program in the American landscape that is so gargantuan in scale as to require a certain degree of maneuvering in policy discussions. Right now, the White House estimates that around 6 million Americans have signed up for health care through the federal health exchanges, and the demand has apparently been high enough that the U.S. government is simply having a hard time meeting it on time. As Marilyn Tavenner, the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency charged with running the federal exchange, put it, “We are working hard to ensure that our systems can handle the unprecedented demand as people enroll before the March 31 deadline.”
That may be a conveniently positive message from the Obama administration, but it’s clear that enrollment has been more or less on pace since the disastrous introduction of the Healthcare.gov last year, at least on a national level. Enrollment has matched projections by the Congressional Budget Office, but it is still short of the administration’s original goal of 7 million newly insured. In evaluating the relative health of new insurance markets, however, it’s important to look at enrollment at the state level. According to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as of March 1, 15,346 people had selected a plan from the federal insurance marketplace, less than half of the total number of people deemed eligible to enroll in a marketplace plan by the agency. Enrollment has been growing as the deadline approaches, and March has undoubtedly lifted the number of enrollees in Iowa, but to ensure a healthy statewide insurance market and a fully insured population, we encourage Iowans without health insurance to take advantage of the last day of unrestricted enrollment and to choose a plan.
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Letters to the editor Walking to school for health It’s no secret that childhood obesity rates are on the rise in our country. More and more children are being diagnosed with high cholesterol and blood pressure and are at a risk for developing heart disease and Type 2 diabetes. While people may not develop heart disease until their 40s, research has shown that children as young as 8 to 10 years of age may already have high cholesterol and artery-clogging blood fats, a precursor to heart disease and stroke.
Our state leaders talk a lot about Iowa becoming the “healthiest state in the nation.” To accomplish this goal we need to start with small steps. My suggestion on a first step to get there: Make it safer for more of our kids to walk or bike to school. Not only will it reduce traffic but the real benefit will be to the kids who exercise in the morning and afternoon on their way to and from school. They’ll be more focused in the classroom, and they’ll get a good portion of their daily exercise from this simple step.
The Iowa Legislature can help this by funding the “Safe Routes to School.” Establishing safer crosswalks, better lane markings, and traffic flows around schools will be really helpful. Encourage your legislator to help our kids this way. We spent a great deal of time talking about curriculum and what happens during the day, which is critical to feeding the mind. But we often overlook the healthy start that a walk or bike ride to school can provide. It’s never too early to start developing healthier habits.
Surviving Animal House We would like those administrators protecting the Iowa Writers’ Workshop to know that we were students at the University of Oregon when Animal House was filmed on campus and in town. We survived that celebration of debauchery and got our degrees. Please come to your senses, and stop trying to be an Institute of Higher Fuddiduddiness.
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Two ways to stop suicide Nick Hassett nicholas-hassett@uiowa.edu
It’s one of those stories that gives you pause with just the headline: Suicides Mounting, Golden Gate Looks To Add A Safety Net. The New York Times article, published last week, details a renewed effort to add a stainless steel “suicide barrier,” a net 20 feet below the sidewalk on the Golden Gate bridge. Following the year with the most suicides on record for the bridge — in 2013, 46 people jumped to their deaths — concerns about leaving the Golden Gate’s stark beauty intact have fallen by the wayside in favor of saving lives. What’s more tragic is that the Golden Gate is an outlier. The Empire State Building, the Eiffel Tower, and even private sector employ-
ers such as Apple’s Chinese manufacturer Foxconn have all added nets to their towering structures. Without this protection, the Golden Gate Bridge is among the most popular suicide locations in the world. Beyond aesthetics, there really is no argument against these suicide barriers. Experts claim the urge to commit suicide is often a transient one, where logic and the will to live are momentarily subjugated by the call of the void. For the estimated 1,600 people who have committed suicide from the Golden Gate, jumping off can be a quick way to end the pain. That pain isn’t always something that can be seen on the surface. Over the spring break, I received word via Facebook that one of my high-school classmates had passed away. His profile page was filled with memorials: “You could light up a room with your smile, and I’m gonna miss you.” “I just saw you a few days ago, and you
were so full of life like you always were.” Suicide is something we feel we can understand in the abstract, that despite how horrible it is, we at least feel we know who it happens to and why. But when it happens to someone that was so positively boisterous, so goofy and happy-go-lucky that you can’t even imagine feeling down in his presence … it’s hard to articulate that shock. That shock made me realize that this isn’t a problem that can be fixed with nets, though they undoubtedly will save lives. It isn’t a problem that can be fixed through medication, which often substitutes feelings of depression with no feeling at all. In a nation in which suicides account for more deaths annually than traffic fatalities, this is a crisis that can no longer be pushed aside. Modern medicine has brought the assurance that everything is preventable, that sickness can be warded off with vaccinations
and antibiotics, and that assertion is mostly true. Denizens of the First World no longer have to worry about dying young from disease. But mental-health care has not kept pace. Like a broken record, the topic is brought up hand in hand with gun control anytime a mass shooting takes place, and seemingly only when a mass shooting takes place. Could Sandy Hook have been prevented through intervention? Could anyone have seen this coming? There’s always a past tense in these questions, the horse already out of the barn. It’s like asking if the barn door could have been locked. Will one more heartfelt query from a sad-eyed newscaster result in systematic change? I’m sick of these questions. I’m sick of a world that takes a young man in the prime of his life, who brought so much light to those around him. And I’m sick of a world where suicide nets are a necessity on the Golden Gate Bridge.
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Mudslide death toll rises By JONATHAN J. COOPER and LISA BAUMANN Associated Press
DARRINGTON, Wash. — Many of the dogs that have been essential in the search for victims of the deadly mudslide that buried the mountainside community of Oso will take a two-day break after long hours in the cold and rain, rescue crews said Sunday. The dogs can lose their sensing ability if overworked, officials said. “The conditions on the slide field are difficult, so this is just a time to take care of the dogs,” said Kris Rietmann, a spokeswoman for the team working on the eastern portion of the slide, which hit March 22 about 55 miles northeast of Seattle and is one of the deadliest in U.S. history. Dogs from the Federal Emergency Management Agency that arrived more recently will continue working, said Heidi Amrine, another spokeswoman for the operation. On Sunday evening, the number of people who have been confirmed dead increased from 18 to 21, said Jason Biermann, program manager at the Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management. Fifteen of the victims have been identified by the Snohomish County medical examiner, and six have yet to be identified, Biermann said. Another four bodies were found in the debris field on Sunday. Around 30 people remain missing. Crews have completed a makeshift road that will link one side of the debris field to the other, significantly aiding the recovery operation. They have also been working to clear mud and debris from the highway, leaving piles of gooey muck, splintered wood and housing insulation on the sides of the road. Searchers have had to contend with treacherous conditions, including septic tanks and gasoline and propane containers. When rescuers and dogs leave the site, they are hosed off by hazardous-materials crews. The slide dammed up the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River, causing water to pool up on the east side. The river cut a new channel through the mud, but the rain has raised the water level nearly a foot, Rietmann said. In at least one place, the water level got so high that it covered areas that have already been searched,
said Tim Pierce, leader of Washington Task Force 1, a search-and-rescue team. “At this point, there’s no point in searching [that area] again until the water drops back down,” he said. Rescuers should get some relief soon. Conditions were improving Sunday, and mainly dry weather is forecast today through Wednesday in western Washington. The size of the debris field is also smaller than initially thought, officials said Sunday. After review and analysis, geologists have determined it is about 300 acres — just under half the size of an earlier projection of 1 square mile. Away from the whirring chain saws and roaring bulldozers, many residents of nearby Darrington sought comfort in church services. “I can only compare it to a hot, hearty meal after a very cold day,” said Slava Botamanenko, who works at the hospital in Arlington. He said he spent two nights there to be sure he was available for work after the mudslide blocked the road. All week, a steady stream of people has stopped in to pray at the Glad Tidings Assembly of God on the edge of town, said Lee Hagen, the senior pastor. “At a time like this, everybody knows they’ve got to have God’s help,” he said. Country singer Susie McEntire, sister of Reba, performed for the congregation Sunday, crooning: “You’ll get through this and you’ll break new ground.” At the St. John Mary Vianney Catholic church a few blocks away, Father Tim Sauer said: “Bless our communities, bless our people, bless our valley.” The Rev. Owen Couch, a chaplain for the fire district in Darrington, said he’s worried about the first responders. “My concern is when this slows down and they’re not going full tilt, and they have time to kind of reflect on what they’ve seen and what they’ve done,” he said. “That’s when the critical incident stress starts to kick in.” Steve Huot, lead chaplain for the Arlington Fire Department, said he is seeing people in various states. Some are in shock, while others have begun to grasp the reality of the disaster. Many are exhausted. “It’s more about listening right now. You need to encourage them and maybe change their focus to staying busy for the group, for the team,” he said.
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Jeri Smith cuts a tree sweater from a tree on the Pedestrian Mall on Sunday. Huggers that are large enough will be donated to be used by hospital patients. (The Daily Iowan/Joshua Housing) Go to dailyiowan.com to view a multimedia piece from the city's tree unhugging.
U.S., Russia deadlocked on Ukraine By MATTHEW LEE Associated Press
PARIS — The United States and Russia agreed Sunday that the crisis in Ukraine requires a diplomatic resolution, but four hours of talks between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov failed to break a tense East-West deadlock over how to proceed. Sitting face-to-face but not seeing eye-to-eye on any of the most critical issues, Kerry and Lavrov advanced far-different proposals on how to calm tensions and de-escalate the situation, particularly as Russia continues to mass troops along its border with the former Soviet republic. As he called for Moscow to begin an immediate pullback of the troops, Kerry also ruled out discussion of Russia’s demand for Ukraine to become a loose federation until and unless Ukrainians are at the table. “The Russian troop buildup is creating a climate of fear and intimidation in Ukraine,” Kerry told reporters at the home of the U.S. ambassador to France after the meet-
ing, which was held at the Russian ambassador’s residence and included a working dinner. “It certainly does not create the climate that we need for dialogue.” The U.S. believes the massing of tens of thousands of Russian soldiers, ostensibly for military exercises, along the border is at once an attempt to intimidate Ukraine’s new leaders after Russia’s annexation of the strategic Crimean peninsula and to use as a bargaining chip with the United States and the European Union, which have condemned Crimea’s absorption into Russia and imposed sanctions on senior Russian officials. Kerry noted that even if the troops remain on Russian soil and do not enter Ukraine, they create a negative atmosphere. “The question is not one of right or legality,” he said. “The question is one of strategic appropriateness and whether it’s smart at this moment of time to have troops massed on the border.” U.S. officials said Kerry proposed a number of ideas on troop withdrawals from the border and that Lavrov, while making no promises, told him he
would present the proposals to the Kremlin. At a separate news conference at the Russian ambassador’s house, Lavrov did not address the troop issue. Instead, he made the case for Moscow’s idea of Ukraine as a federalized nation with its various regions enjoying major autonomy from the government in Kiev. Russia says it is particularly concerned about the treatment of ethnic Russians and Russian speakers who live in southern and eastern Ukraine. Lavrov said that Ukraine can’t function as a “unified state” and should be a loose federation of regions that are each allowed to choose their own economic, financial, social, linguistic and religious models. He said every time Ukraine has elected a new president, the country has adopted a new constitution, proving that “the model of a unified state doesn’t work.” Ukrainian officials are wary of decentralizing power, fearing that pro-Russia regions would hamper its Western aspirations and potentially split the country apart. However, they are exploring political reforms that could grant more authority to local governments.
The U.S. has been coy about their position on a federation. Washington has encouraged ongoing political and constitutional reform efforts that the government in Kiev is now working on but U.S. officials insist that any changes to Ukraine’s governing structure must be acceptable to the Ukrainians. Kerry said the federation idea had not been discussed in any serious way during his meeting with Lavrov “because it would have been inappropriate to do so without Ukrainian input.” “It is not up to us to make any decision or agreement regarding federalization,” he said. “It is up to Ukrainians.” “We will not accept a path forward where the legitimate government of Ukraine is not at the table,” Kerry said, adding that the bottom line is: “No decisions about Ukraine without Ukraine.” Lavrov denied that Moscow wants to “split Ukraine.” He said every time Ukraine has elected a new president, the country has adopted a new constitution, proving that “the model of a unified state doesn’t work.”
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‘Girls’ in Iowa City episode ideas: • Hannah accidentally gives a Ped Mall musician $100 instead of $1, then befriends him in an attempt to get it back. • Hannah sends naked selfies to a desirable chemistry grad student who then accidentally attaches the pics to an email sent to every student enrolled in Principles of Chemistry. • Jessa visits Hannah without calling ahead, and Hannah’s too busy to hang. Jessa goes to the Ped Mall and befriends a homeless man who may be her father. • After a one-night stand with a sophomore in Burge Hall, Hannah mistakenly takes a bus to the Oakdale Campus and has a long, hungover adventure making her way back to her apartment near John’s Grocery. • Shoshana visits Hannah, and they go to the Homecoming football game. Hannah gets into a shouting match in the stands with guest stars Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher (playing themselves). Kunis eventually loses it and decks Hannah. Shoshana, too, is starstruck. • Hannah’s favorite television show is not allowed to film an episode on campus, so she starts an online petition to change the minds of the administrators. Andrew R. Juhl thanks @GIRLSatUiowa for the material in today’s Ledge.
today’s events • Nuclear/Particle Physics Seminar, “Hereotic String Theory,” Delalcan Kilic, 1:30 p.m., 618 Van Allen • Plasma Physics Seminar, “TBA,” James Rossmanith, Iowa State, 1:30 p.m., 309 Van Allen • South Asian Studies Program Spring Seminar Series, “Gurus and Overlapping Sovereignties: Informal Justice and Local Development in Rural Karnataka,” Aya Ikegame, University of Edinburgh, 4 p.m., 1117 University Capitol Center • Physics/Astronomy Colloquium, “The Faint young Sun Paradox: An Unsolved Solar System Enigma,” Robert Mutel, 4:45 p.m., 301 Van Allen • Hawks Don’t Hate, 5-7:30 p.m., Burge and Hillcrest Marketplaces • “Soidarity and Coalition Building,” Mike Benitez, 6 p.m., IMU Iowa Theater
• Tenure Workshop, 6:30-9 p.m., 116 Art Building West • Archaeological Institute of America Iowa Lecture Program, “Isle of Druids & Celtic Warriors? Britain on the Eve of Roman Invasion,” Simon James, Univesity of Leicester, 7:30 p.m., Art Building West • School of Music Presents: Music of the Baroque for Voice and Instruments, 7:30 p.m., Riverside Recital Hall • Meet & Greet with Mike Benitez, 8 p.m., Latino Native American Cultural Center submit an event Want to see your special event appear here? Simply submit the details at: dailyiowan.com/pages/calendarsubmit.html
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Monday, March 31, 2014 by Eugenia Last
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Work hard. Use your energy wisely, and you will manage to stay out of trouble and avoid an emotional argument. A passionate encounter will help relieve tension and enhance your home and personal life. Don’t overdo it, but be sure to do enough. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Stick close to home. Be agreeable, but don’t let anyone take you for granted. Keep the momentum flowing and your goal in sight. An experience will leave you perplexed but closer to making a decision. Do your own thing, and avoid distractions. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You can make professional progress if you don’t let your emotions interfere with the choices you make. Proceed to make changes based on facts, not impulse. Your professional and personal life must be kept separate. Love and romance are highlighted. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Keep your guard up and your fingers crossed. You’ll have to be smart and a little shrewd if you want to outsmart someone exposing competitive do-or-die tendencies. Now is not the time to be nice; it’s the time to win. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’ve got all the moves. Show what you have to offer, and you will enhance your life both personally and professionally. Make changes that will improve your surroundings and encourage you to try something new. All eyes are on you. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Look for an opportunity, and you will find one. Taking on responsibility will improve your chance to advance. An emotional issue regarding a partnership is likely to surface. Follow your intuition, and you will make a good choice. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Questioning is good, but procrastinating is not. Size up your situation, and act accordingly. If you don’t make moves that count, you will continue to spin your wheels. Pour your heart and soul into whatever you do. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Show your enthusiasm. Prepare to do the work and take the credit. Don’t hesitate to take an alternative route in order to reach your goal. Secretive action will allow you greater freedom to follow through and finish what you start without interference. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Set your goals, but be reasonable and honest as you move forward. Bravado can work wonders when trying to solicit help, but if you embellish something, you will lose an opportunity that you were counting on. Socializing will be fruitful. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’ll have to be ready to counter any opposition you face. Don’t let your emotions come between you and making a good decision. Less talk and more action will help, but don’t disregard your intuition — it’s likely to be on target. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Use experience and connections to help you get to where you want to go. Invest your time, effort, and money in something that will help you develop whatever you need to help you reach new highs, standards and destinations. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Repress your feelings if it will help you achieve what’s expected of you. Being responsible first and foremost will say a lot about the person you are and how reliable you can be. Build greater support by doing what’s required.
I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. — Bill Cosby
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UConn knocks out Michigan State, 60-54 By RACHEL COHEN Associated Press
NEW YORK — Shabazz Napier owed UConn. He could have transferred when academic sanctions barred the Huskies from the NCAA Tournament his junior season. But the guard wanted to pay back the school for the joy of a national title his freshman year, for his struggles as a sophomore. Napier sure did that Sunday, carrying UConn back to the Final Four in front of thousands of roaring Huskies fans at Madison Square Garden. He scored 17 of his 25 points in the second half in a 60-54 upset of fourth-seeded Michigan State. The East Regional’s most outstanding player hit three huge free throws with 30.6 seconds left, making clutch shot after clutch shot just as Kemba Walker did when Napier was a freshman. The Huskies (30-8) rallied from a 9-point second-half deficit to become the first No. 7 seed to reach the Final Four since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. “His will to win — you could just see it,” said Gary Harris, who led Michigan State with 22 points. “He wasn’t going to let his team lose.” The Spartans’ seniors become the first four-year players recruited by Tom
Izzo to fail to make a Final Four. “As the game got closer and closer to ending, it was on my mind a lot, every huddle,” said big man Adreian Payne, who had 13 points and 9 rebounds but was repeatedly pushed to the perimeter by UConn’s defenders. The undersized Huskies matched Michigan State’s physical play box-out for box-out, holding the Spartans (29-9) to just 6 offensive rebounds and 6 points in the paint. “We’re physical, too,” said second-year coach Kevin Ollie, who is now 4-0 in the NCAA Tournament after replacing mentor Jim Calhoun. “Don’t get it mixed up. We are predators out there.” UConn dared Michigan State to shoot 3-pointers, and the Spartans nearly made enough, going 11-for29 from behind the arc. Harris was 4-for-9 on 3s, but his teammates were a combined 10-for-32 from the floor. Trailing 51-49 with more than two minutes left, Michigan State had a chance to tie or take the lead. Payne threw the ball away, and Napier drilled a jumper on the other end. After Payne’s free throws pulled the Spartans back within two, Keith Appling was whistled for a foul — his fifth — for contact with Napier on a 3-point attempt. Napier extended the lead to 56-51, and after Travis Trice
Connecticut’s Shabazz Napier smiles after cutting the net after a regional final against Michigan State in the NCAA Tournament Sunday in New York. Connecticut won the game, 60-54. (Associated Press/Seth Wenig) missed a 3, Phillip Nolan slipped free for a dunk that clinched the victory. “We got what we deserved today,” Izzo said. “I tried to tell these guys that, when you get to the tournament, you got to bring it every second. And today Connecti-
cut did, and we just kind of weren’t as good as we have been.” Ryan Boatright made 4 steals as Michigan State committed 16 turnovers. Some were caused by UConn’s quickness, others by what Izzo called poor deci-
sions by the Spartans. DeAndre Daniels shut down Branden Dawson, who scored 24 points in Michigan State’s Sweet 16 win over top-seeded Virginia. Dawson attempted just 3 field goals, making 1, to finish with 5 points.
The 6-10, 245-pound Payne hit two long jumpers to put Michigan State up 3223 less than four minutes into the second half. But Napier started driving, getting the bigger Appling in foul trouble and UConn back in the game.
Wildcats stun Michigan on last second trey By EDDIE PELLS Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS — The shot came from NBA range, and if things play out as expected, Aaron Harrison and a lot of those Kentucky kids will be playing in that league soon enough. First, they're heading to the Final Four — a trip to Big D courtesy of Harrison's unforgettable big shot. The 6-foot-6 forward made a 3-pointer from about 24 feet with 2.3 seconds left Sunday to lift the Wildcats and all those freshmen to a 75-72 win over Michigan and the program's 16th trip to the Final Four. He backpedaled slowly, almost expressionless, after ball hit twine. Teammates Dakari Johnson and Julius Randle chased him down. "Making that shot and seeing my teammates so happy and turning toward me, it's the best feeling in the world," Harrison said. Michigan's Nik Stauskas missed a desperation heave at the buzzer and then, it was Harrison's turn on the bottom of a dog pile. Make that a puppy pile. Eighth-seeded Kentucky is the first all-freshman starting lineup to make the Final Four since the Fab Five at Michigan in 1992. The Wildcats (28-10) will play Wisconsin next Saturday outside of Dallas at AT&T Stadium. "They made a great shot," said Stauskas, who led the second-seeded Wolverines with 24 points. "I thought we did a pretty good job contesting it. It's part of basketball." The Wolverines (28-9) ended their season one win shy of a second straight Final Four. What a ride this has been for this group of Wildcats, an all-new collection of McDonald's All-Americans who were touted as the team that could go 400, then dismissed out of hand when the bad losses and bad basketball piled up in January and February. Coach John Calipari got things turned around by March, and for the second straight game in the Midwest Regional, Harrison made the shot that gave
the Wildcats the lead for good. On Friday, he made the key 3 in Kentucky's 74-69 win over Louisville. Kentucky is the first team to knock the defending champion and runner-up out of the same tournament. For this game-winner, Harrison took a handoff from his twin brother, Andrew, in the corner and dribbled three times to the top left of the arc. He was standing a good three feet behind the line when he elevated over Caris LeVert and took a bit of contact on the hand from the Michigan guard as he shot. No matter. The ball rattled in. Aaron Harrison scored 12 points off four 3-pointers over the last 8:05 and was Calipari's obvious choice to take the game-winner. "I've been around guys who make these kind of plays," Calipari said. "I've always said, 'You cannot be afraid to miss.' He's not afraid to miss. That's the whole thing about making those kind of plays. And if he does miss, he's going to shoot it again." It wasn't all Harrison, of course. While he was being shut down early, it was Marcus Lee — surprisingly — keeping the Wildcats in the game. Lee, another of the McDonald's All-American freshmen on Calipari's roster, had scored a total of nine points since the beginning of January, relegated to the bench after an early season illness. In this one, he got minutes that would have normally gone to the injured Willie Cauley-Stein, and finished with 10 points and eight rebounds. Eight of those points came on put-back dunks that were part of Kentucky's 18 offensive rebounds. Harrison's first 3 gave Kentucky a 58-55 lead and was part of an 11-0 run that made it 62-55 with 6:30 left. The Wolverines fought back, and during a nine-possession stretch of sublime basketball the teams traded scores. The next stop gave the Wolverines the ball with about a minute left, trailing 72-70.
Kentucky’s Alex Poythress dunks during the first half of an NCAA Midwest Regional Tournament game against Michigan on Sunday, March 30 in Indianapolis. (Associated Press/Michael Conroy)
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stop to catch just about everything Seaborne threw at her. “I was trying to get her to move around and so I could open up space and get her out of position,” Seaborne said. Seaborne, who ended up winning her very long singles match in a tiebreaker set, was one of the few good moments for the Hawks on Sunday. Despite playing outdoors, Mother Nature had little effect on the conditions of the meet. However, strong gusts of wind throughout the matches did affect play. “Well, with the conditions today, like the wind blowing, you need to give yourself a large margin for error,” Seaborne said. Both Seaborne and her opponent committed several unforced erors, and the match went back and forth throughout. Because Bohrer was playing defensively at the back of the court for most of the match, Seaborne was forced to adjust her game slightly and play a little less aggressively. “There were a lot of
gymnastics Continued from 10 Ten championships last weekend. But Iowa couldn’t make the most of it. Actually, the Hawkeyes blew it. A seventh-place finish is not what the team is capable of. The Hawkeyes finished the meet with a score of 425.600, well below what they have been putting up lately. Especially after they posted a season high 437.250 in the same exact venue two weeks ago. They were prepared and ready to go, more prepared than ever, according to the team as recently as last week,
Iowa hosts Bradley at Banks Field on March 26. The next Hawkeye home game will be Friday against Indiana. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert)
baseball Continued from 10 Iowa player Ruth Seaborne kneels on the outside tennis courts of the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Complex Sunday. The Spartans defeated the Hawkeyes, 4-3. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert)
‘The team has to be resilient, and do everything we ask, make that commitment with themselves. We’re a good team; we just haven’t shown it in the past couple matches, and we need to get back to that.’
ups and downs, even in that last set,” Dougherty said. “Ruth did a fantastic job to close that out, and that’s a fantastic match for her,” With the weather being less then perfect, both teams were forced
to adjust during the meet. “Both of us had the exact same conditions,” junior Morven McCulloch said. “You just have to not think about that and just think about the things that you can control.”
The Hawks have now lost five straight, with three of those losses coming at home. With its next four matches on the road, Iowa will need to refocus and recharge. “We’ve got to have some great practices,” Dougherty said. “The team has to be resilient, and do everything we ask, make that commitment with themselves. We’re a good team; we just haven’t shown it in the past couple matches, and we need to get back to that.”
but the combination of nerves and individual letdowns contributed to Iowa’s most disappointing meet of the season. The Hawks last or second to last in four of the six events — that alone is enough to know this was not a good showing. Iowa needed every gymnast at the top of his game to at least finish top three. Anyone who follows Big Ten gymnastics knew dethroning Michigan was almost impossible when it brings Olympian Sam Mikulak, who won the all-around championship. However, Ohio State is not a team that can put up 445.000 every meet, when both of its best team scores
have been at home meets. Iowa beat Illinois and Minnesota to finish off the season, so there isn’t a clear-cut third-best team in the conference and that was the Hawkeyes’ opportunity to make some noise — but ultimately, they couldn’t. Iowa had four gymnasts qualify to compete in Day 2 of the Big Ten championships: Matt McGrath (floor, rings), Matt Loochtan (rings), Mitch Landau (horizontal bar), and Doug Sullivan (pommel horse). McGrath, Sullivan, and Landau all finished top five in their events. As a team, Iowa may not have shown up, but individually, Iowa’s gymnasts
can compete with some of the best. An advantage of being in the Big Ten is that most of the schools they saw this past weekend will also be the majority of the competition at NCAA championships. Stanford and Oklahoma are the two teams that Iowa didn’t see, and they currently are second and third in the national rankings behind Michigan. The good news is that the Hawkeyes return home for a week off before heading to Ann Arbor for the NCAA meet. Reive will work the team hard, with nationals the last chance for the Hawks to prove themselves and avoid a long, bitter off-season.
— Katie Dougherty, head coach
sports Men’s tennis drops two matches The No. 71 Iowa men’s tennis team recorded two losses on the road this past weekend against No. 46 Michigan and Michigan State. Iowa dropped both matches, 5-2, to go 9-7 on the season. Against Michigan on March 29, the Wolverines took the doubles point with victories at the No. 2 and No. 3 positions. The pair of junior Matt Hagan and senior Joey White fell, 8-3, in their match. Seniors Jonas Dierckx and Chase Tomlins lost, 8-7 (7-5), at the No. 3 spot. Michigan clinched the match after claiming four-straight singles victories. Senior Brian Alden won (4-6, 6-4, 1-0 [10-3]) at the No. 2 spot. Hagan closed the match with a 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (10-6) victory at No. 4. The Hawkeyes had a quick turnaround, facing Michigan State on Sunday. The Spartans opened the match clinching the doubles point. Sophomore Dominic Patrick won (6-1, 7-5) at the No. 4 spot. Senior Michael Swank recorded the Hawkeyes second win of the day at No. 6 (7-5, 6-3). Michigan State clinched the final two matches at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions against seniors Jonas Dierckx (6-2, 6-2) and Juan Estenssoro (6-0, 7-6 [7-3]) to win the meet. The Hawkeyes will face Purdue at home on Friday. The first serve is set to begin at 2 p.m. at The Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Complex. —by Jordan Bucher
Women’s track third at invitational
The Iowa women’s track team placed third at the Arizona State Invitational on March 28 and 29 with 106 points. Host Arizona State took first place with 186 points, and Arizona came in second with 115. The Arizona State and Arizona teams are ranked nationally at No. 21 and No. 9. Junior Annemie Smith jumped from No. 4 to No. 1 in the hammer throw with a toss of 60.38 meters, beating the Iowa record previously held by teammate Jasmine Simpson. “Annemie really stepped up today,” UI assistant coach Scott Cappos said in a release. “She has been slowly improving, and this breakthrough has been a long time coming.” The field-event performances played a
big role in the team’s ranking; some athletes continue to make their way up the school record book. Senior Zinnia Miller won the women’s long jump with a mark of 6.13 meters, climbing to No. 3 in the school record book. Sophomore Dakotah Goodell set a and personal-best record in the discus with a toss of 48.73 meters. That mark is fourth in Iowa history. Goodell also set a personal-best record in the women’s javelin, finishing third overall and one spot behind teammate Amanda Stahle. The Hawkeye women finished runner-up in both the 400-meter and 1,600-meter relays. The 1,600-meter relay team included freshmen Elexis Guster and Alexis Hernandez and sophomores MonTayla Holder and Lake Kwaza. Holder, Guster, and Kwaza teamed with freshman Brittany Brown for the 400-meter relay. — by Katrina Do
“It was the first outdoor meet of the season and you could not have asked for a better day,” director of track and field Larry Wieczorek said in a release. “We had some athletes miss a great opportunity, but we had others that performed at a high level.” Kaleb VanCleave had a strong outing in the 400 with a time of 47.97, good enough for second place. Freshman Jared Ganschow also scored in the event, clocking a 48.75 to finish fourth. Freshman hurdler Aaron Mallett made his début in the 110-meter hurdles and finished second with a time of 13.90, ninth best in school history. Iowa finished with 109.50 team points; winner Arizona State complied 190 points. Third place Adams State scored 95, while Nebraska and Arizona scored 87 and 69.50, respectively, to round out the top five. — by Jordan Hansen
Hawkeyes finish second at invitational
Softball takes another Big Ten series
The men’s outdoor track season began with success, and Iowa rode a strong showing by the field events to finish second in the Arizona State Invitational. Competition spanned March 28 and 29, with the hammer throw and javelin competing on the first day and the remaining field events and all of the running events on the latter. In the first competitive javelin throw of the season, junior Sam Joens belted out a 60.93-meter toss to win the event for the Hawkeyes. Junior Gabe Hull also scored points for the Hawkeyes by finishing sixth in the hammer throw. March 29 was also full of success for the Hawkeyes, and they continued to perform strongly in the field events and sprints. Hull won the discus championship with a throw of 56.66 meters. To add to his already impressive meet, he had a personal record 17.66-meter throw in the shot put, a mark that saw him finish second. Senior Drew Clark also performed well, finishing fourth in the shot put and also scoring points for the Hawkeyes. Freshman O’Shea Wilson had another strong meet, highlighted by his fourthplace finish in the long jump in which he reached a distance of 7.19 meters. Wilson also scored points with a fifth-place finish in the 200 and sixth in the 100.
The Iowa softball team won its second Big Ten series this past weekend beating Wisconsin in Madison, 2-1 The Hawkeyes improved to 9-15, 4-2 in the Big Ten, while Wisconsin drops to 16-14, 2-4 in the Big Ten. The team adjusted to a late change that forced a double-header on March 29; Iowa split the games, winning the first, 4-1, and dropping the second, 8-4. On Sunday, Iowa kept on rolling with a 4-1 victory and took the series from the Badgers. Iowa enjoyed production from key players — junior Megan Blank hit her first home run of the season, and senior Kayla Massey won her fourth and fifth games of the season. Both were complete games. “Kayla had a good game again today,” head coach Marla Looper said in a release. “She came out knowing they saw her [March 29], but because of her success against them, she was confident in what she could do to them. She paid attention to what she did yesterday, studied them and that’s why she and Holly (Hoffman) were able to come out here and attack them today.” Iowa will face Drake at 6 p.m. Wednesday in its home-opener. — by Jack Rossi
Glines singled to right field, scoring Jackson Lamb and sending the Hawkeyes home with a loss. “I admire the fight in our guys; we didn’t give up after we didn’t have a good day at the plate,” Heller said. “Their lefty was in control all game long and was tough. We kept battling and found a way to tie it up.” Iowa’s focus will remain on what went wrong against Michigan and fixing that in time for the game against Bradley on Wednesday, a team that throttled them, 7-0, in their first meeting. “It was a tough weekend for us because it’s one we could have won all three if we played good baseball,” Heller said. “It was a sign to me and our team that we have to go back to the drawing board on things, and we have to improve this week.”
mance from Sasha Kuebel,” Heller said afterwards. The final game of the three-game series showcased a different style of play for Iowa. Starting pitcher Tyler Peyton struggled on the mound, but due to a late eighth inning rally, the Hawkeyes were able to make a game of it. However, in walk-off fashion, Iowa dropped its first series to a Big Ten team this season, moving their conference record to 3-3. Through the first seven innings, Iowa could only muster 4 hits. Facing a 5-0 deficit, Iowa reeled off 5 runs in the eighth inning, tying the game. Following a scoreless ninth for the Hawkeyes, Michigan’s Jackson
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Padres upend Dodgers SAN DIEGO — Seth Smith hit a tying homer leading off the eighth, and Chris Denorfia singled home 2 runs to give the San Diego Padres a 3-1 victory against the rival Los Angeles Dodgers in baseball’s North American opener Sunday night. Smith’s first hit with the Padres came on a 2-0 pitch from Brian Wilson, who started the eighth after Hyun-Jin Ryu threw seven scoreless innings. It sailed an estimated 360 feet into the right-field seats. It was his seventh career pinch-hit homer. He was acquired in an off-season trade with Oakland for reliever Luke Gregerson. Wilson (0-1) walked pinch-hitter Yasmani Grandal, who advanced when the veteran reliever couldn’t handle Everth Cabrera’s bunt for an error. Grandal stole third and Cabrera took second on indifference before Denorfia hit a bouncer up the middle to bring them both in. Dale Thayer (1-0) pitched a perfect eighth for the win. Huston Street finished for the save. The defending NL West champion Dodgers had started the regular season with a two-game sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks in Sydney. — Associated Press
San Diego Padre Yasmani Grandal safely steals third base as Los Angeles Dodger third baseman Juan Uribe moves off the bag in the eighth inning during the opening night baseball game on Sunday in San Diego. (Associated Press/ Gregory Bull)
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Iowa’s Calvin Matthews pitches against Western Illinois on April 2, 2013. Matthews beat Michigan on March 28, tossing his first career complete game. (The Daily Iowan/File Photo)
Iowa’s two losses to Michigan drops its Big Ten record to 3-3. SCOREBOARD NCAAM Connecticut 60, Michigan State 54 Kentucky 75, Michigan 72 NCAAW Maryland 73, Tennessee 62 Louisville 73, Louisiana State 47 Stanford 82, Penn State 57 North Carolina 65, South Carolina 58 NBA Chicago 107, Boston 102 Oklahoma City 116, Utah 96 Cleveland 90, Indiana 76 Brooklyn 114, Minnesota 99 Toronto 98, Orlando 93 New York 89, Golden State 84 Portland 105, Memphis 98 Los Angeles 115 , Phoenix 99 NHL Pittsburgh 4, Chicago 1 Nashville 4, Washington 3 NY Rangers 5, Edmonton 0 Boston 4, Philadelphia 3 Ottawa 6, Calgary 3 Detroit 3, Tampa Bay 2
By Jacob Sheyko jacob-sheyko@uiowa.edu
The Iowa baseball team dropped two of their three games with Michigan this past weekend. And in process, the importance of the minute details in winning close games in the Big Ten reared its head. All three games were determined by 2 or fewer runs. Iowa took the first game 3-2, then lost the final two, 4-2 and 6-5. Iowa’s first matchup with Michigan was all about sophomore pitcher Calvin Matthews, something Iowa head coach Rick Heller Heller was quick to point out. head coach
“The story of the day is Calvin,” Heller said in a press release. “He was in total control all afternoon long. He worked out of a couple of jams in the first and third, but after that he settled in and pitched fantastic. It was a tremendous performance, and he stepped up big for us on a Friday night.” Matthews has been electric all season long, posting a 3-1 record with a 1.91 ERA. However, on March 28, he did something he had not done all season, taking the ball for all nine innings and pitching the first complete game of his career. The Bloomfield, Iowa, native was particularly effective following the first three innings, in which he allowed 2 runs on 4 hits. After struggling through those innings, Mat-
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Iowa Ruth Seaborne reacts after her victory over Michigan State’s Marina Bohrer on the outside tennis courts of the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Complex on Sunday. Seaborne battled back to win, but the Spartans defeated the Hawkeyes, 4-3. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert)
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set in for a few Hawkeyes. “We played five sloppy first sets,” Dougherty said. “We didn’t put ourselves in position to win those matches.” Senior Ruth Seaborne slammed her racket, mumbling to herself in disgust, after numerous volleys didn’t go her way. Her opponent, Marina Bohrer, was extremely agile throughout the match and slid to a
Going into the 2014 season, nobody knew exactly what kind of team the Iowa men’s gymnastics team was. They were coming off a surprising fifth-place finish at the NCAA championships the year before but still, they were an unproven team. Head coach JD Reive has helped institute a culture among the gymnasts in his four years here, and it has reinvigorated the team. The Hawkeyes finished this season setting records in four of their last five meets and upset two top-10 teams in their final meet of the regular season in Nebraska. Things were looking good, and Iowa had a full head of steam heading into the Big
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thews allowed just 2 hits in the remainder of the game. He also tied a career-high with 9 strikeouts and no walks. In the second game, Iowa followed up Matthews’ performance with another solid outing, this time from junior Sasha Kuebel. He tossed seven innings and gave up just 1 earned run, striking out 8 and walking 1. However, Kuebel received little support from his teammates, both offensively and defensively; Iowa could only muster 2 runs and gave up 3 unearned runs. “It was a disappointing loss on a day that we wasted a tremendous pitching perfor-
The Iowa women’s tennis team failed to close out its match with Michigan State Sunday, losing to the Spartans, 5-2, at home. After a stellar performance from the Hawkeye doubles teams, Iowa fell short in singles, handing Michigan State the win. In their first outdoor home match of the spring season, the Hawkeyes started with
a bang in doubles, stealing the point away from the Spartans in impressive fashion. “I thought doubles was excellent,” head coach Katie Dougherty said after the meet. Singles, however, is when the wheels began to fall off for the Hawks, with almost every player dropping her first set brcause of errant play. After digging themselves into such a deep hole, frustration began to