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Tobacco Bowl to butt out An Iowa City tobacco café will become a pizza parlor. By Chris Higgins christopher-higgins@uiowa.edu
(Top) All the mixologists placed glasses with the event logo on their bars. (Bottom left ) Adam Olsen of Clinton Street Social Club finishes making the establishment’s drink, the Old Sin. (Bottom middle) Alex Reavis of Share Wine Lounge prepares plates of 12-Hour Braised Short Rib. (Bottom right) Formosa worker Vita Yegorova places its dish, the Las Vegas Roll, on plates for people to try during Top Chef Downtown at hotelVetro on Monday. (The Daily Iowan/Alyssa Hitchcock)
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Local food establishments compete to be the best in the city. By Justus Flair justus-flair@uiowa.edu
There’s a new top dog in Iowa City. Well, a new top chef. Christian Prochaska, the executive chef of Bread Garden Market and a first-time competitor, walked away with the top prize in the fourth-annual Top Chef Iowa City competition, as decided by the judges. “It means a lot to have the support of the community,” Prochaska said. “It’s nice to be recognized by your peers.” In the hotelVetro ballroom, seven judg-
es wove in and out of patrons to visit 23 chefs and taste each dish, ranging from sushi to grits to vegan coffee cake. With live jazz flowing from the drums, guitar, and towering bass in the corner and dim lights placed throughout, the ballroom was transformed into a swanky nightclub, perfect for all the “foodies” of Iowa City. “This is a cornucopia of restaurants and bars,” said Paul Diehl, an attendee of the event every year and former head of the UI Nonfiction Writing Program. “When [my wife and I] came to Iowa City 25 years ago, it was a choice between Arby’s and McDonald’s, and now …” Now there are restaurants competing just to compete in Top Chef. The Iowa City Downtown District received so many applications it had to limit each business to just
one category—entrée, dessert, or mixology. “It’s been an enormous success, and each year, it has grown upon itself,” said Brian Vogel, the head of this year’s event. “This year, it could have been a lot bigger had it not been for building limitations. We had dozens of calls looking for tickets after the sellout point.” Once in the event, competitors pulled out all the tricks, vying for the top spot. See TOP CHEF, 5
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Smoke rings will soon be replaced by rising steam once an Iowa City business undergoes a concept change. The Tobacco Bowl, a tobacco café located at 111 S. Dubuque Street, will close in mid-April. It will reopen in late July or early August as a brick-oven pizza parlor and video arcade. Owner Thomas Connolly said the business is closing because of complaints from neighboring businesses and fears about stricter indoor smoking regulations. “We are closing now because we’ve had some issues with the smell infiltrating into the adjoining properties,” Connolly said. “It infiltrated into some of the surrounding businesses and the residences upstairs.” Employees at the adjoining clothing store Textiles declined to comment. The Daily Iowan was unable to reach Textiles owner Ritu Jain by the time of publication. Connolly’s wife, Jodi, owns the other connected business, Buzz Salon. Thomas Connolly said there were no odor issues there. Although renovations to contain the tobacco smell are possible, Connolly said, they were not worthwhile. “I think we all know at some point, indoor smoking in any public venue is going to be outlawed, including cigar or tobacco use,” he said. “So you could spend the money making it suitable or making it impervious to the exterior world in regards to the smell, but then tomorrow or the next month, they could outlaw all indoor smoking, so that wasn’t a wise use of the money.” Cab driver Nikita Kaim, 40, and UI junior Nathan Gartin — who were sitting together on Monday with laptops and cigarettes — were disappointed about the closing. “It seriously bums me out,” Gartin said. “The Tobacco Bowl is what makes Iowa City so unique … The other coffee shops you go to, you get people with their ear-buds in, hanging out with themselves. Here, there’s a real sense of community.” Gartin said he has met people at Tobacco Bowl who have changed his life and that the café is “legendary” in Ames, his hometown. See TObacco bowl, 5
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Literature: Leslie Jamison & Adam Fell, 6 p.m., Prairie Lights, 15 S. Dubuque Food: Iowa Pork Dinner, 6 p.m., Motley Cow Café, 160 N. Linn Film: Narco Cultura, 6:30 p.m., FilmScene, 118 E. College Misc: Laurie Anderson, 7:30 p.m., Englert Theater, 221 E. Washington Music: Mark McGuire, 8 p.m., Mill, 120 E. Burlington Warpaint, 9 p.m., Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington Har-di-har duet Julie Thoreen and Andrew Thoreen play at the Mill on April 2, 2013. The band performed as part of last year’s Mission Creek Festival. (Daily Iowan/Callie Mitchell)
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Author Denise Kiernan reads her latest book, The Girls of Atomic City, at Prairie Lights on Monday. The Girls of Atomic City is a New York Times bestseller. (The Daily Iowan/Valerie Burke)
Hayek backs marriage rights Iowa City mayor joins national marriage-rights advocacy group. By Daniel Seidl daniel-seidl@uiowa.edu
Iowa City Major Matt Hayek is joining city leaders across the country to face a national issue — samesex marriage. “I receive invitations to join advocacy groups on a regular basis,” he said. “Some of the issues are particularly relevant to Iowa City.” One of these issues Hayek is marriage equality, Mayor he said. He recently joined Mayors for the Freedom to Marry, a national group of mayors who advocate on behalf of same-sex marriage issues. He decided to join the group because he felt like it fit with the principles of Iowa City, he said. “Mayors for Freedom to Marry advocates for a set of issues that I believe are consistent with long-held values of Iowa City,” he said. “Our local culture promotes diversity.” The group currently consists of 392 mayors from 38 states and Washington, D.C, but Jo Deutsch, the federal director of Freedom to Marry, said that number is ever
Clinton Street block to close till August Clinton Street will be closed from Burlington Street to Court Street beginning today through Aug. 26. Traffic should following detour signs on Dubuque Street to Prentiss Street. During the closure, construction crews will install new utilities to support the new music facility, which officials anticipate will be completed in 2016. — by Stacey Murray
Notre Dame to honor Mason
University of Iowa President Sally Mason will be granted an honorary doctor of law degree from the University of Notre Dame during the university’s commencement ceremony on May 18. Notre Dame officials described the president as a “distinguished leader in higher education.”Mason was chosen based on her work involving enrollment and retention, as well as her part in the first consecutive tuition freezes in 30 years for the regent universities in Iowa. Mason will be honored with five others — Douglas Ford, Ray Hammond, Evelyn Hu, Judith Jamison, and Sean Patrick O’Malley. — by Stacey Murray
Man charged with assault Authorities have accused an Illinois man of assault a woman. William Jorgensen of Huntley, Ill., 45, was charged March 16 with assault with intent to commit sexual abuse. According to an Iowa City police complaint, Jorgensen was showing his apartment to a woman when he asked her about her love life. She responded that she was single, and Jorgensen allegedly put his right hand on the victim’s
changing. “Every day, we have new mayors [join the group],” she said. “Some mayors are finishing their journeys and are just starting to promote [marriage equality].” Some notable names on that list include New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, and Washington, D.C., Mayor Vincent Gray. Hayek’s decision to join the group is a progressive one, said Matty Smith, the director of communications for One Iowa, the state’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender organization. “Mayor Hayek stands on the right side of history,” he said. “We’re really pleased to see so many politicians [taking a stand].” Hayek is one of three Iowa mayors to join the group. The others are Dubuque Mayor Roy Buol and Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie. Joining the organization was mostly a statement, Hayek said, and many of the issues the organization is advocating for fall outside of Iowa, where same-sex marriage has been legalized for nearly five years. “It’s more like a gesture of support,” he said. “The reality is this
organization is engaged in advocacy outside of Iowa.” Even though Iowa has already legalized same-sex marriage, Deutsch said it is still important to legislate for the issue on a national level, and the issue could affect Iowa residents. “Just because you’re living in Iowa doesn’t mean you will always live in Iowa,” she said. “[We won’t stop] until people can get married and have their marriage recognized by every state.” Legalization of same-sex marriage isn’t the only issue these organizations help with, Smith said. “I think that the work of organizations like Freedom to Marry … is really helping to change the culture,” he said. “I think it’s really sending the right message.”
arm while he used his other hand to unzip her pants. The woman pushed the defendant away before exiting the apartment. Assault with intent to commit sexual abuse is an aggravated misdemeanor. — by Stacey Murray
“These are 22 people whose loved ones are grieving,” he said. “We want to do all we can to find them and put some closure in place for their families.” — Associated Press
More mudslide victims found
The In-Zone clothing, tobacco, and grocery store has closed indefinitely, and its space in Iowa City’s downtown district is now up for rent. The In-Zone was also home to the Twilight Zone, a tobacco shop that sold cigarettes and blown-glass accessories. The In-Zone, 116 E. Washington St., and sold soda, University of Iowa apparel, and snack food in addition to the tobacco products. The business previously faced issues with the sale of synthetic drugs, with the most recent raid occurring in June 2013. Federal agents raided the business that year after being suspected of selling synthetic cannabis. Steve Pajunen, owner of Zephyr copies and printing, one of the strip of businesses on Washington Street, said the owners stopped paying their rent last fall and had their lease terminated sometime in December. “They’re long gone,” he said. There is no business currently in line to fill the spot; however, there are several businesses that are interested, said Nancy Bird, the executive director of the Downtown District. “I think that will be figured out in the future,” she said. Bird said she did not know specifics about the business closing but said it will give businesses an opportunity to move into downtown. The space is available for rent through the Remax Affiliate office in Coralville. — by Ian Murphy
DARRINGTON, Wash. — Estimated financial losses from the deadly Washington mudslide that has killed at least 24 people have reached $10 million, Gov. Jay Inslee said Monday in a letter asking the federal government for a major disaster declaration. In seeking additional federal help following one of the deadliest landslides in U.S. history, Inslee said about 30 families need assistance with housing, along with personal and household goods. The estimated losses include nearly $7 million in structures and more than $3 million in their contents, Inslee’s letter said. The Snohomish County medical examiner’s office said Monday afternoon that it has received a total of 24 victims, and 18 of those have been positively identified. Previously, the official death toll was 21, with 15 victims identified. The remains of three additional victims were found Monday, but they have not yet been included in the medical examiner’s official numbers, Snohomish County Executive Director Gary Haakenson told reporters at a Monday evening briefing. The county Sheriff’s Office released a list Monday evening of 22 people believed missing following the March 22 slide that destroyed a rural mountainside community northeast of Seattle. That’s down from the 30 people officials previously considered missing. “There’s been an exhaustive effort by the detectives to narrow the list down to one that they feel comfortable releasing,”Haakenson said.
Mayors for freedom Iowa City mayor Matt Hayek has joined Mayors for the Freedom to Marry, a national group that advocates for marriage equality. • The group has 392 members. • Members come from 38 different states and Washington, D.C. • Three Iowa mayors are in the group. Source: Mayors for the Freedom to Marry
In-Zone out of the zone
Blotter Abdi Ahmed, 30, 2610 Bartelt Road Apt. 2A, was charged Monday with child endangerment/abuse. George Berg, 66, address unknown, was charged Monday with criminal trespass. Robert Burns, 32, Coralville, was charged Sunday with OWI and driving with a revoked license. Jeremy Helmick, 19, 2314
Burge, was charged March 29 with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Michael Keiser, 19, 701B Mayflower, was charged March 29 with public intoxication and falsifying a driver’s license. Jeremy Klindt, 17, 1916 Waterfront Drive, was charged March 29 with underage use
of a tobacco product. Alexandra Marquardt, 19, 3419 Burge, was charged Sunday with public intoxication. Henry Murphy, 26, North Liberty, was charged March 29 with third-offense possession of controlled substance. Ciara Richert, 18, 2303A Hawks Ridge, was charged March 29 with presence in a bar after hours.
Allen Woods Jr., 55, 1121 Gilbert Court, was charged Monday with criminal trespass and possession of an open container of alcohol in public. Brett Young, 43, 23 Penfro Drive, was charged March 29 with criminal trespass. Yacolby Young, 25, Cedar Rapids, was charged Sunday with driving with a suspended/canceled license.
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Just one party in UISG campaign this year By Megan Deppe megan-deppe@uiowa.edu
Next week, the polls will be OPEN. The University of Iowa Student Government elections this year will feature only one party of campaigners — the OPEN Party. In the instance that only one party runs, it automatically assumes various positions in UISG. Elections kicked off at a party on Sunday in which future President Patrick Bartoski, future Vice President Jeffrey Ding, and 39 senators spread the news of their campaign to their fellow students. The campaign party is called OPEN, which Bartoski said stands for Organize, Plan, Establish, and Nurture. That is how the new student governments plans to approach its five main issues on campus. These issues include safety, sustainability,
affordability, diversity, and advocacy. “[OPEN] lays a basic idea for how we’re going to work through those areas,” Bartoski said. The priority for the student government will be student safety, he said, in light of events on campus this year. “We’re going to look into programs such as Nite Ride and Safe Ride,” Bartoski said. He also said the party will examine the “wingman program,” which UISG put into place in 2012, and potentially restore it. The party will also look into textbook costs and expanding the financial-literacy program, as well as set up a committee to keep an eye on how the UI invests its money. “What we really like about our program is that while it’s really dense, it’s really feasible,” Bartoski said. There is also a plan for a meeting at the beginning
of the year for members of the party to sit down and discuss the continuing projects from this year and which ones can be continued and which ones cannot. Right now, Bartoski said, OPEN is focused on getting its name out to students on campus to make sure they know what UISG is. “A lot of students don’t really know what [UISG] means,” Bartoski said. “We’re really working to be seen and heard on campus. The main thing with these campaigns is to make sure students know what our platform is and that we’re out there.” Current UISG President Katherine Valde said she looks forward to watching Bartoski’s and Ding’s progress after she leaves office. “I’ve worked with Patrick and Jeffrey for the past couple of years, and I’m really confident that they’ll do a good job,” Valde said. Current UISG Vice Pres-
ident Jack Cumming said OPEN is filled with students who has experience in UISG as senators and executives, and he hopes they will utilize that experience to push themselves to do even more next year. Valde and Cumming were unsure about the one-party election, however. “I'm honestly not quite sure how I feel about a one-party election,” Cumming said. “Whereas I'm incredibly excited to be handing off the reins to Patrick and Jeffrey, two incredibly qualified and bright individuals who I think have the potential to have a successful year, I think that going through a competitive election often makes for a stronger ticket. When you run in a competitive election, everything you work on has to be perfect to the last detail. There is a lot more pressure to succeed when you are contested.”
Valde said while it is nice to have competitive elections, it is not unprecedented for only one party to run, though it might be different for students to see. “At the end of the day,
it’s about the people who are running,” Valde said. “Would it have been nice to watch a competitive election? Of course, but I think a strong ticket is the important thing.”
The OPEN Party Only one ticket will run in the University of Iowa Student Government election this year, the OPEN (Organize, Plan, Establish, and Nurture) Party, and it will focus on five different platforms in its campaign. Safety: organizing a system to increase transparency in Nite Ride and Safe Ride as well as considering a re-establishment of the “Wing Man” program. Sustainability: Organize a permanent, student-managed green fund and establish a more robust recycling culture on campus. Affordability: Organize a textbook affordability movement and plan a comprehensive financial-literacy program. Diversity: Bridge the gap between the domestic and international students, including a two-tiered process to adjust issues for international students. Advocacy: Nurture relationships with elected officials and plan activities to increase student turnout in the 2014 midterm elections. Source: OPEN Party official website and Patrick Bartoski, presidential candidate
Millions race to sign up for health care overhaul By JOSH LEDERMAN and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Beating expectations, President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul was on track to sign up more than 7 million Americans for health insurance on deadline day Monday, government officials told the Associated Press. The 7 million target, thought to be out of reach by most experts, was in sight on a day that saw surging consumer interest as well as vexing computer glitches that slowed sign-ups on the HealthCare.gov website. Two government officials confirmed the milestone, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter ahead of an official announcement. Seven million was the original target set by the Congressional Budget Office for enrollment in taxpayer-subsidized private health insurance through new online markets created under Obama’s signature legislation. That was scaled back to 6 million after the disastrous launch of HealthCare.gov last fall. Several state-run websites also had crippling problems. Americans who rushed to apply for health insurance Monday faced long, frustrating waits and a new spate of website ills on deadline day. “This is like trying to find a parking spot at Walmart on Dec. 23,” said Jason Stevenson, working with a Utah nonprofit group helping people enroll. At times, more than 125,000 people were simultaneously using HealthCare.gov, straining
it beyond its capacity. For long stretches Monday, applicants were shuttled to a virtual waiting room where they could leave an email address and be contacted later. Officials said the site had not crashed but was experiencing very heavy volume. The website, which was receiving 1.5 million visitors a day last week, had recorded about 2 million through 2 p.m. CDT. Call centers have more than 840,000 calls. Supporters of the health-care law fanned out across the country in a final dash to sign up uninsured Americans. People not signed up for health insurance by the deadline, either through their jobs or on their own, were subject to being fined by the IRS, and that threat was helping drive the final dash. The administration announced last week that people still in line by midnight would get extra time to enroll. The website stumbled early in the day — out of service for nearly four hours as technicians patched a software bug. Another hiccup in early afternoon temporarily kept new applicants from signing up, and then things slowed further. Overwhelmed by computer problems when launched last fall, the system has been working much better in recent months, but independent testers say it still runs slowly. At Chicago’s Norwegian American Hospital, people began lining up short-
ly after 7 a.m. to get help signing up for subsidized private health insurance. Lucy Martinez, an unemployed single mother of two boys, said she’d previously tried to enroll at a clinic in another part of the city but there was always a problem. She’d wait and wait and they wouldn’t call her name, or they would ask her for paperwork that she was told earlier she didn’t need, she said. Her diabetic mother would start sweating so they’d have to leave. She’s heard "that this would be better here," said Martinez, adding that her mother successfully signed up Sunday at a different location. At St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington, Del., enrollment counselor Hubert Worthen plunged into a long day. “I got my energy drink,” he said. “This is epic, man.” At a Houston community center, there were immigrants from Ethiopia, Nepal, Eritrea, Somalia, Iraq, Iran, and other conflict-torn areas, many of them trying anew after failing to complete applications previously. In addition to needing help with the actual enrollment, they needed to wait for interpreters. Many had taken a day off from work, hoping to meet the deadline. The White House and other supporters of the law were hoping for an enrollment surge that would confound skeptics. The insurance markets — or exchanges — offer subsidized private health
SEIU-UHW worker Kathy Santana (left ) assists Ruben Torres during a health-care enrollment event at the SEIU-UHW office, on Monday in Commerce, Calif. Monday was the deadline to sign up for private health insurance in the new online markets created by President Barack Obama’s health-care law. (Associated Press/Ringo H.W. Chiu) insurance to people who don’t have access to coverage through their jobs. The federal government is taking the lead in 36 states, while 14 other states plus Washington, D.C., are running their own enrollment websites. New York, running its own site, reported more than 812,000 had signed up by Sunday morning, nearly 100,000 of them last week. However, it’s unclear what those numbers may mean. The administration hasn’t said how many of the 6 million people nationally who had signed up before the weekend ultimately closed the deal by paying their first month’s premiums. Also unknown is
how many were previously uninsured — the real test of Obama’s healthcare overhaul. In addition, the law expands coverage for low-income people through Medicaid, but only about half the states have agreed to implement that option.
Cheering on the deadline-day sign-up effort, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius planned to spend much of the day Monday working out of the department’s TV studio, conducting interviews by satellite with stations around the country.
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Grassy knolls breed daffodils Beau Elliot beauelliot@gmail.com
I talk to my computer. I’m not ashamed to admit it. I realize there’s a 12-step program for this sort of thing, but I love my computer. It’s not any sort of Her thing, though I do call my computer “her,” though not in her listening range (betcha never thought you’d get the word “her” three times in one sentence — that was like hurdling a her-dle). I talk to my computer because she’s old and might go away soon, so I try to persuade her to stick around just for a while longer. C’mon, I say, we’re not done just yet, employing some candles (historically always great with computers), some Emmentaler or Appenzeller, some pâté de campagne, and a bottle of Château Margaux or Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Some flowers, too, of course. Roses don’t work quite so much. Daffodils, though. Daffodils work just great with computers, just as they work with former KGB agents. There’s some scientific evidence that there might not be much difference between computers and those hard-case, narrow-eyed would-be dictators who look as though they just stepped out of film noir. Take daffodil aficionado Vladimir Putin. What? You didn’t know that the Russian leader (for life, apparently) has an affinity for daffodils? Look, Virginia; inside every hard-case guy beats the heart of a daffodil lover. Women should remember that. In fact, today is the perfect day to give your hard-case guy a daffodil. Or two. He’ll remember you forever. In any case, that’s why Putin invaded Crimea. Being a former KGB guy, he had sniffed out that Western intelligence agencies (no, Virginia, that’s not an oxymoron) were on to his obsession with daffodils.
Of course, he denied that, as hard-case, noir guys with a secret daffodil obsession do. “No Russian troops yak-booting through Crimea,” Putin said, imitating young adult Americans’ disdain for conjugating English verbs. “Ve haf no yak-booted troops,” he said in an unfortunate live recording, demonstrating he had learned from English from sessions with the KGB while listening to the American TV series “Hogan’s Heroes.” Or perhaps that was listening to young adult Americans who were exposed to “Hogan’s Heroes” at too young an age to understand that verisimilitude is merely an amusing trope. And yes, I, too, am a bit puzzled why Russian troops would wear yaks instead of the more standard jackboots. It probably has something to do with daffodils. So much does. Which brings us, as cable news so often does, to that missing Malaysian airliner. It’s simple. Putin, of course, caused the “disappearance” of that Malaysian airliner to take creeping Westernism attention away from the Russian troops seizing Crimea. Putin was also distraught to learn from one of his geoscientists that the North American plate extends nearly hundreds of miles into Siberia. Talk about creeping Westernism. (That geoscientist is now living in Siberia.) Of course, the real reason Putin disappeared the Malaysian airliner to divert attention from the seizing of Crimea was all to cover up (it’s not the crime [or Crimea], it’s the cover-up] the daffodil-lover’s real plan: Russia has launched a secret manned mission to Mars. Never again, Putin has declared, will Russia allow the United States to beat it to a celestial object. So, in a few years, the world will be treated to Russian cosmonauts landing on Mars and planting a daffodil in the dusty, dead soil. Remember the daffodils. They’re the gift that keeps on Kieving.
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Efficiency study welcome
Along with the financial consulting firm Deloitte, the state Board of Regents is about to undertake its first efficiency study of the state’s public universities since the 1980s at a projected cost of about $2.5 million. The particulars of the situation sound, on first hearing them, somewhat sinister, conjuring thoughts of third-party efficiency experts indiscriminately cutting costs without regard for the quality of public higher-education in Iowa. In reality, though, the regents’ forthcoming efficiency study — more a consultation than an audit, it seems — will be a welcome development that could improve the performance of the University of Iowa and be a positive mechanism for holding down costs in the future. The regents, in planning this study, have taken great pains to ensure transparency and plentiful public input and indicate that they will do the same through the execution, a promising development. While Regent President Bruce Rastetter declined to speculate whether any kind of faculty or departmental cuts, or institutional restructuring, might occur as a result of the study, he noted that the regents’ action was not prompted by a massive need to cut costs. That means the efficiency study will likely seek more to maximize returns on the state’s investment in higher education than to find places to cut funds or programs. Rastetter told The Daily Iowan that because the regents aren’t faced with a massive need to cut costs, “any savings will reinvested in the university [where] they found the savings.” News of this privately contracted and rather expensive consultation has raised a number of questions from skeptics who argue that it has not been sufficiently established that the regent schools are inefficient enough to merit such an intervention from the private sector. It will no doubt be useful to get some outside eyes on public education in Iowa after three decades to unearth what problems may exist.
Whatever savings are found and realized by reducing bureaucratic inefficiency and duplication of efforts through this study will be better reallocated and better used elsewhere. Given also that the results of this efficiency study will be public and made readily available, the taxpayers will know whether Deloitte’s findings are worthwhile and the regents will be held accountable. As it stands, projections of potential savings from the regents exceed the cost of the study many times over — it’s unlikely that the board’s crusade to identify waste will turnout to be itself a net waste. We believe that this study is welcome largely because of the need for long-term containment of costs. According to the regents’ data, total expenditures at the regent institutions rose by $125 million per year between fiscal 2009 and 2013. At the same time, general appropriations for the regent schools fell by more than $100 million per year. To compensate for falling appropriations, the amount of revenue brought in through tuition and fees has risen by approximately $235 million per year over the same period. With an increased reliance on tuition funds, containing costs in the long term will be necessary to keeping the financial burden on students from ballooning in the coming years. The current method by which the regents are dealing with this issue — short-term tuition freezes — are a decent Band-Aid, but more systemic solutions will eventually be required. We are encouraged by the prospect of the regent schools making better use of their resources and more efficiently allocating their funds without making deep cuts. Any step that leads to potentially reduced costs without diminishing the quality of higher education in Iowa is welcome. YOUR TURN Do you think the University of Iowa will benefit from the regents’ efficiency study? Weigh in at dailyiowan.com.
Letters to the editor/Online comments Re: Free to fly away If it truly is about the money, perhaps these 18-year old talents should simply go to Spain and play for pay instead of one year playing for “free.” Oh wait, I know why they don’t — because the NCAA and the school get the kids better exposure. I think you should jump to the paying world of journalism. I can’t believe all the ads on your web page. I presume paid ads. You [at the DI] are being exploited. Time
to jump to the Press-Citizen, Gazette, Register, or Chicago Tribune. Ross Rayner
Re: UI students drive up local rents Rents aren’t the only problem. How about the fact that many students have to choose to re-up their leases for the following year fewer than five months into their current leases? I remember one
year getting a letter in November saying if I wanted to renew my lease for the following August, I had to re-sign by mid-December. I, mistakenly, thought it was a joke. Only in Iowa City.
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Re: Let ‘Girls’ into UI “Insufferable and pathetic …” A perfect description of Hannah and the show itself. The Iowa Writers’ Workshop has an
international reputation. On the other hand, filming in Iowa City may give the show the diversity it sorely lacks. HBO needs Iowa City, not the other way around.
Osvaldo Francisco Diaz-Duque
I’m curious how many times writers from the Workshop use Iowa City as a setting and how often the UI turns down requests to shoot here. I suspect this has come up on more than a few occasions.
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The utter folly of #CancelColbert
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Anyone who pays a semblance of attention to the Twitterverse could not help but notice the explosion of tweets featuring the hashtag #CancelColbert that swept across said verse and ignited a particularly vexing conversation the nature of satire. On March 27, the Twitter account for the “The Colbert Report” sent out a tweet from the March 26 show that read, “I am willing to show #Asian community I care by introducing the Ching-Chong Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever.” This tweet, clearly containing a vicious slur for Asian Americans, prompted activist Suey Park to start a #CancelColbert campaign that aimed to condemn show host Stephen Colbert for seemingly stunning incident of racial insensitivity. However, further
examination proves the issue to be much more complicated than that. When watching the sketch on the show from which the tweet was quoting, it’s very apparent that the context of the situation was completely obfuscated by the 140-character boundaries of twitter. In the routine, Colbert, in his persona of a witless, demagogic right-wing political pundit in the vein of Bill O’Reilly, was reporting on Dan Snyder, the owner of the Washington football team whose name is also a vicious racial slur, this one being for Native Americans (if you somehow don’t know what the name is, look it up), in order to try to deflect the criticisms that the name of his football team is racist and horribly offensive to Native Americans, setting up the “Original Americans Foundation” to ostensibly help benefit Native American communities but really to cynically clamp down on the uproar the team’s name has caused over the past year. In trying to point out the hypocrisy and cynicism of this move, Colbert said that, to
assuage fake outrage over Ching-Chong Ding-Dong, a racist caricature that Colbert dons from time (to mock white racial insensitivity it must noted), Colbert would start the “The ChingChong Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever.” When viewed in this context, it becomes clear that Colbert is mocking Snyder for employing a cheap and ultimately deceptive method to distract from the fact that his team is represented by ugly racial slur. Hell, it’s even a good joke. In the tradition of all great satire, it aims up, at powerful (and horrible) people such as Snyder in order to point out an instance of racist hypocrisy. As Neil Drumming at Salon has pointed out, the joke was ruined by the lack of context afforded by the perfunctory nature of Twitter. Essentially this whole affair boils down to a PR mistake by “The Colbert Report” Twitter team in not understanding how fundamentally unfunny its tweet is without the context. Without the context, Park is
completely correct. With it, her argument is much weaker. However, that still doesn’t resolve what is perhaps the bitterest part of this story. In response to their criticism of Colbert, Park and her fellow travelers were subjected to a torrent of patronizing “you just don’t understand satire” putdowns, racial slurs, and, in many cases, death and rape threats. Clearly, of course, these actions are sickening, brutal, and reprehensible. But more importantly, they reveal this larger culture of misogyny and white supremacy that infects American discourse. I may not agree with Park on this particular instance of controversy, but on the whole, she’s absolutely correct in eviscerating our society’s morally bankrupt race and gender politics. Politics on full display in the particular vicious response Park and others were welcomed to. Maybe our focus should be less on defending Colbert and more on dismantling our institutionalized and internalized systems of injustice. Just a thought.
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The Clinton Street Social Club, defending its title in the mixology category, unveiled a new drink: The Old Sin. “It’s a play on a very classic whiskey sour,” said Social Club mixologist Adam Olesen. “This year we went a little bit more complex; we’re using ingredients you may not typically find behind a bar.” Olesen and his partners said they also worked more on their technique and presentation. Pouring artistically into classic silver shakers, Olesen and company whipped the shakers above their heads to prepare the drinks before using miniature strainers to get a perfectly smooth cocktail. While the Social Club went original, others hoped to win with their classic bestsellers. The New Pioneer Coop submitted its carrot cake, which it sells daily. Keeping the menu classic, the team put plenty of effort into presentation, setting up wooden crates and biodegradable plates made by the blind to give their station a rustic, homey feel. Their atmosphere blended perfectly with the event’s compost bins and wooden utensils. “The carrot cake really showcases local elements and organic elements as well,” said employee Gretchen Lindenbolt. “It’s a
Bread Garden Market’s seared local lamb burger sits on a table during the Top Chef event at hotelVetro on Monday. The dish took home first place in judges’decision in the culinary chef and dishes category. (The Daily Iowan/Alyssa Hitchcock) well-rounded item to show what New Pioneer is about.” Though New Pioneer did not win, Lindenbolt had cause to celebrate at the night’s end; her daughter, Jen Corcoran, was part of the winning team for Mol-
ly’s Cupcakes. Molly’s Cupcakes won both the People’s Choice and the Judge’s Choice for top dessert with Abbie Misfeldt’s key lime pie cupcake, complete with graham cracker crust, fresh lime
curd filling, and meringue frosting. “We wanted something with a lot of texture and a lot of flavor,” said Molly’s Cupcakes owner Jamie Smith. “We think texture is just as important as flavor.”
Going by the ballots, it’s safe to say the public agreed. The public also came to a consensus, albeit a close one, of their favorite drink: Graze’s grape flower martini. Competing for the fourth year, Graze finally claimed
the title of Best Cocktail. “I just came here to have fun,” said Graze general manager Mark Elliff. “Even if we don’t win, I haven’t seen anyone walk away with a frown on their face, so we win anyway.”
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The Tobacco Bowl, located on the Ped Mall, is shown on Monday. It is set to close in mid-April. (The Daily Iowan/Alyssa Hitchcock)
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“I’ll probably leave town,” he said. “I’ve thought about transferring, and once I heard about Tobacco Bowl closing … it was just another nail in the coffin.” Kaim said he is unsure where he will go once Tobacco Bowl closes.
“You can’t smoke in Java House, and the clientele there tends to be a little prissy,” Kaim said. “Starbucks? The quality of the drinks there and the prices are rather bad. I think my options are limited, and I see that the whole thing has probably killed any semblance of socialization in this town, unless you want to get … drunk.” They both said the closure
reflects a “dying” downtown. The DI was unable to reach Downtown District officials for comment. Connolly said the employees were notified roughly two weeks ago. He said they will either find new jobs or be offered jobs when the pizza parlor opens. “I think we’ve had a great run with great people and unfortunately, like
all things, all good things, it must come to an end,” he said. “We could put up a fight, and we could even possibly win, but that’s a lot of time, a lot of effort, and a lot of resources.”
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The Internet’s Deepest Fears: • “… a guy cheating on me with someone who works in a kiosk at the mall.” • “… that I’m going to have a child, and this child will want to buy every new Madden game.” • “… looking into a mirror and seeing someone behind me.” • “… being in the middle of the ocean and a whale swims directly under me.” • “… that one day autocorrect will turn my ‘What’s up, bro?’ text into ‘What’s up, boo?’ ” • “… that one day I’ll meet God, He’ll sneeze, and I won’t know what to say.” •“… that someone figures out I’m pooping while I’m talking to them.” • “… that someone will secretly install a camera in my car and record the things I do and say while driving.” • “… taking a shot out of a shot glass with a quarter at the bottom and choking.” • “… that when I ask teachers for college recommendation letters, they will all say ‘No,’ and push me into the ocean.” • “… to be the only cheerleader without a husband and also my penis is on fire.” Andrew R. Juhl produced this Ledge by Googling “My deepest fear is” and selecting the best results.
today’s events • Hardin Open Workshop: Evidence-Based Resources, 9 a.m., Hardin Library • Co-sponsored Seminar, “Orexin Neurons and Defense against Obesity,” Catherine M. Kotz, University of Minnesota, 10:30 a.m., 1117 Medical Education & Research Facility • Operator Theory Seminar, “Commutant Lifting and the Nevanlinna-Pick Theorem for Weighted Shifts,” Jennifer Good, Mathematics, 1:30 p.m., 309 Van Allen • Math Physics Seminar, “A Probabilistic Critique of Physical Determinism,” William Boos, Mathematics, 2:30 p.m., 309 Van Allen • Edible Books Festival, UI Libraries, 3-4:30 p.m., 1103 and 1105 Main Library • Microbiology Seminar, “The Bottom Line on the Regu-
latory Protein AraC (240 Person-years of work),” Robert Schleif, Johns Hopkins, 3 p.m., Bowen Watzke Auditorium • “Live from Prairie Lights” and Mission Creek, Leslie Jamison & Adam Fell, nonfiction & poetry, 6 p.m., Prairie Lights, 15 S. Dubuque • The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers’ Struggle, 6 p.m., Latino American Native American Cultural Center • University Lecture Series, Laurie Anderson, 7:30 p.m., Englert, 221 E. Washington 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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horoscopes
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 by Eugenia Last
ARIES (March 21-April 19): You’ll be asked for advice, but meddling will lead to bad feelings. Listen, show interest, but don’t get involved. You are best to work on your own personal issues for now. A love relationship will be enriched if you are affectionate. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): An emotional situation should be dealt with discreetly. Sharing too much personal information will leave you in a vulnerable position. Offering to help someone is fine, but don’t go overboard, or you will be taken for granted. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Put your charm, creativity, and flirtatious personality to work for you, and you will find a way to reach your goal. Love is on the rise. Spend a romantic evening with someone special. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Put your memory to work, and you will come up with answers and solutions based on experience that make you look like a genius. Don’t let anyone acting irrational control a situation that requires steady, reasonable, and responsible action. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t make too many changes unless you have worked out every little detail. If you make a mistake, you can rest assured it will be costly. Physical activities will help you blow off steam and lower your stress. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your focus should be on learning and discovering cultural or spiritual differences. Sharing with people from all walks of life will help you make a decision that will point you in a new direction. Follow your heart when dealing with relationships. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A resourceful outlet will be your best friend. Get the answers you need before making a decision. Someone will try to railroad you into doing something you will regret. Love is on the rise, and romantic plans should be put into play. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Take good care of your health and your home. Don’t take a risk based on a sales pitch that has little merit. Do something creative; it will occupy your time, keep you out of trouble, and lead to an unusual opportunity. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Situations will escalate quickly if you aren’t explicit in your assessment and description of what’s taking place. You may be inclined to make unexpected changes; before doing so, get the OK from anyone affected by your decision. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Keep your head down and your thoughts to yourself. You’ll be judged by what you say and do. Someone you least expect will turn out to be your ally. Keep your business and personal life separate — you’ll avoid interference. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Step up, and do your share. Being a team player will help you advance. A change in the way you make or handle your money will help you raise your standard of living. Consider making a move or fixing up your residence. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Focus on contracts, settlements, investments, and any dealings you have with institutions or government agencies. You can make headway if you take a different approach to the way you manage your personal affairs. An emotional situation will turn in your favor.
I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living; it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. — Dr. Suess
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Who is the early season favorite? Los Angeles Dodgers
As much as I want to channel my optimistic fandom of the Chicago Cubs and pick them to win the World Series, I realize that my dreams will likely — check that, definitely — be crushed within the opening month. Therefore, I’ll take the Los Angeles Dodgers. The main reason driving this is talent. Also, it should be noted that mentioning the Cubs and the World Series in the same sentence on April Fools’ Day makes way too much sense. When you push aside all the prototypical spring-training narratives of a player being in the best shape of his life or one taking a new approach to the game, your best bet on a prediction is talent. And the Dodgers have plenty of it. The Dodgers have so much talent, particularly in the outfield, that on a daily basis they will bench a player who would start on any other club. Los Angeles will have to choose between benching a two-time All-Star, a four-time All-Star, the rightful 2011 National League MVP — courtesy of Milwaukee’s Ryan Braun — or Yasiel Puig, a player who, when he’s not gunning down runners or swiping an extra base on an unexpected outfielder, can likely be found filling his time giving 50-something-year-old baseball fans hissy fits in their attempts to “preserve the sanctity of the game.” The Dodgers also field Clayton Kershaw, who recently signed a seven-year, $215 million contract after winning his second Cy Young Award in 2013, a season in which opposing hitters hit .195 against him. In case you forgot, he just turned 26. All this, and I haven’t even mentioned Zack Greinke, Hyun Jin Ryu, Adrian Gonzalez, or Hanley Ramirez — who hit a quiet .335 with 20 home runs in just 86 games last season. The only thing that could hold the Dodgers back this season is injuries, that and if the baseball world decides to riot in Los Angeles the next time Puig misses a cutoff. But if there’s one thing the Dodgers need not fear about, it’s talent. Something they’ll ride all the way into November.
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Detroit Tigers The Detroit Tigers were the runner-up of the American League in 2013. Not only will they avenge their loss nd claim the title as American League champions, they will also take it one step further and claim the title as World Series champions. Let’s get this out of the way early: Any team with the best hitter in baseball is going to get a lot of love in World Series predictions, even if it is early in the season. And Miguel Cabrera is just that. The 30-year old is coming off his second AL MVP in as many years. He has led the league in batting average in each of the last three seasons, and he has hit at least 30 home runs every season for the last seven years, including back-to-back 44-homer years in 2012 and 2013. Oh, yeah, in 2012, he was also the first player to win the Triple Crown since Carl Yastrzemski in 1967. But the Tigers aren’t simply a onetrick pony relying on a single player to carry them. They boast arguably the two best pitchers in baseball, in Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander, who have won
Baltimore Oriole Adam Jones collides with Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia after being forced out on a ground ball by Chris Davis in the fourth inning on Monday in Baltimore. Davis was safe at first. (Associated Press/Patrick Semansky) back-to-back AL Cy Young awards. Scherzer led the entire Major Leagues with 21 wins last season, and Verlander has been an All-Star for five-straight seasons, including a 2012 campaign that saw him win both the Cy Young and AL MVP. Plus, he’s dating Kate Upton. That’s got to count for something, right? The front office in Big D went about re-tooling its roster in the off-season, but you could argue that this year’s Tigers look even better than last year’s, at least on paper. From top to bottom, the Tigers have arguably the most talented roster in baseball. They lost the powerful but underachieving Prince Fielder in the off-season but gained an elite defensive second baseman in Ian Kinsler in the process.
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Boston Red Sox Of course it’s way too early to say the Red Sox will repeat as World Series champions, but I’m going to say it anyway. I can’t deny that the odds are stacked against Boston. No team has repeated as champs of the Fall Classic since the Yankees won three straight from 1998 to 2000. And, as many will likely argue, there’s going to be an insane amount of parity in the majors this season — especially in the American League, where upwards of 11 teams have legitimate shots at making the postseason. So, yeah, I’ll gladly accept that the odds aren’t in Boston’s favor. But hear me out for a moment, because there are a few reasons the Red Sox have a really, really, really good shot at repeating when the 2014 baseball season is done. First off, there’s the pitching. Boston has assembled perhaps the most balanced and veteran starting rotation in all of baseball. There’s the ace, Jon Lester, followed by four more legitimate starters in John Lackey, Clay Buchholz, Jake Peavy, and Felix Dou-
bront. Boston also has a stout bullpen — which includes Koji Uehara, who was practically unhittable at times during last season’s World Series run. Second, there’s the offensive firepower. The Red Sox paced the league in runs scored last season, racking up more than 800 — Boston was the only team in the majors to reach that plateau. It’s hard to imagine a team struggling at the plate when the ninth hitter in the lineup will likely contribute 25 to 30 home runs and just north of 60 RBIs this season. (Looking at you, Will Middlebrooks.)
Will there be injuries? Absolutely. Hiccups will happen. This season won’t be perfect. Boston might very likely win another 97 games and flop in the Division Series. The possibility exists. But I wouldn’t bank on it. Manager John Farrell spent last season taking the team from the basement of the AL East to World Series champs. And to think the Sox won’t contend again this year is simply foolhardy. As a former editor of mine frequently tweets (and texts me from time to time), I love that dirty waah-tahh.
— by Cody Goodwin
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year. This stat may say more about how well the Hawks’ pitchers check the runners on base rather than their catching prowess. Don’t get it wrong; Iowa is catching nearly 35 percent of attempted base stealers — no mark to scoff at.
Strikeouts: Calvin Mathews — 41 (1st in Big Ten) Calvin Mathews has been dealing all season long and as a result has established himself as the clearcut ace of the Hawkeyes.
Tennis Continued from 10 “She’s played better when they are here,” head coach Katie Dougherty said about Talcott. “She seems to do better when they are around.” It is important to note, however, that Miller and his friends are not Amish, they are Mennonites. “The Mennonites started back in the 1600s, and then the Amish broke off from that,” Miller said. “This is just an Amish get-up that we wear; we [Mennonites] can wear just regular, everyday clothes.” The effect of the group’s presence has reflected well on Talcott’s play for the Hawkeyes at home. Talcott is 6-3 at home this season, an impressive record considering the immense talent she has faced this season.
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In 41 innings, Mathews hasn’t just struck out the most batters, he also leads the Big Ten in strikeouts looking and is fourth in ERA with a 1.91 mark. Even more impressive is that while dominating hitters, Mathews has walked only 9 batters. Sadly for Iowa, not many Hawkeyes have been able to replicate this performance; the Hawks’ team ERA is 4.44, and opponents are hitting .264 against them as opposed to .199 against Mathews alone.
Team strikeouts: 166 (2nd in the Big Ten)
The yelling and cheering that fills the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Center from her Mennonite support group has undoubtedly had a profound effect on her opponents, who are accustomed to a more quiet setting. “It definitely helps because they are so loud,” Talcott said. “We have a lot of fans, but they’re not always loud, so it’s different to have someone be loud. It helps us.” Miller and his friends’ presence at the home meets have sparked some other fans’ interests. Miller said that the group has been approached more then once with curious questions. “People were asking if we were Amish,” Miller said, cracking a grin. “One guy asked us how long it took us to get up here, or if we were just here for the day, we make the joke that it takes a
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If there is one thing that the Hawkeye pitching staff has been able to replicate from Mathews, it’s strikeouts. The Hawkeyes are a long way from Michigan, which leads the Big Ten with 214 strikeouts, but they are nonetheless second. A big reason for this is not just their starters, who have racked up 113 strikeouts on their own, but also a good chunk of this can be attributed to Iowa’s trio of relievers — Tyler Radtke, Nick Hibbing, and Blake Hickman — who have 36 strikeouts in 44.1 innings.
while to get the buggies this far because it’s [Kalona] 15 miles away.” Miller and his friends don’t actually ride around in buggies. The typical Amish people do, however; most Iowans have probably seen them in the Kalona area before. The close group of friends’ hopes to continue attending the home meets for the rest of the season. They aren’t necessarily avid tennis fans; they just enjoy the sport and love to root for Talcott. “We’ll make it whenever we can,” Miller said. “We enjoy it; it’s a lot of fun.” To get a different insight on the group’s experience at the meets, you can check out Miller’s friend Shawn Graber, and his blog on the time spent cheering for Talcott at http://unkashawn. blogspot.com.
Iowa’s Shelby Talcott serves the ball against Michigan State aty the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Complex on Sunday. The Spartans defeated the Hawkeyes, 4-3. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert)
TRACK Continued from 10 meet of the outdoor season. “Both of these ladies have struggled in their careers for a long time, and we’re finally seeing all the hard work they’ve put in over the years,” assistant coach Clive Roberts said. Coming in as a multievent specialist, Miller had to make a few adjustments while trying to find a niche, including switching coaches and learning how to work with new groups. However, she has finally found her place as a triple jumper alongside a group that she considers family. Leacock has also changed her training regimen; instead of practicing almost every day, she trains extra hard on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. She attributes this schedule to the way she used to train in Trinidad, and says she has seen significant improvements since the change. “This year I came in with a different mindset,” Miller said. “As a senior, I need to leave a legacy.” Four years ago, the seniors left their homes in
the Caribbean to become Hawkeyes, helping each other adapt to change along the way. While they continue to learn from Roberts, the two roommates can still be found teaching each other. “I told her she should
do [the triple jump] since she was beating me in testing, and at first she didn’t want to do it,” Leacock said. “But as a ‘little sister’ she listened to me, and I’m pretty sure she’s happy she did.”
Iowa’s Carisa Leacock competes in the long jump during the Iowa Invitational on Feb. 15, 2013. (The Daily Iowan/File Photo)
More than mere tossing for throwers By Jordan Hansen Jordan-Hansen@uiowa.edu
For the throwers on the men’s track team, technique and how they approach their craft will do a lot to determine how this season goes for both them and the team as a whole. Last week’s Arizona State Invitational served as a marker for how the team sees itself just a week into the outdoor season. The team finished second in the meet, and despite a strong showing from throwers in numerous events, the squad still feels it needs to improve to continue to be competitive. “Right now, we’re not quite where we want to be as a team, but we’ve taken steps in the right direction,” junior Sam Joens said. “We didn’t see quite what we wanted to see, but we did see good signs, and hopefully, we can build on that.” Part of the problem for the team was the lack of practicing outdoors, which is vital for the Hawkeyes to get the reps and actual experience that they require. This is especially true for the throwers, who require space and actual grass or an artificial similarity to be able to throw a javelin or discus. To put it simply, throwing is about more than just brute strength. “Ninety percent of throwing is technique and how you approach
Iowa’s Gabe Hull competes in the shot put at the Drake Relays on April 26, 2013, in Des Moines. (The Daily Iowan/File Photo) your technique,” Joens said. “Obviously, if you’re a big guy and know the basics, you can just heave it, but there’s only so far you can do that.” While throwing heavy objects does require extensive body control and the use of momentum, time spent in the weight room, developing the body, is also a key to a solid throw. In addition, the mental aspect also plays a large role in the process. “Being a thrower, you need both a mental and physical toughness and need to be working hard all the time,” junior Gabe Hull said. “I go over my technique several times in my head before I throw and even in the weight room, you have to psych yourself up, so it’s mental there, too.” A solid work ethic in all aspects of throwing is an important part of assistant coach Scott Cappos’s philosophy. For him, technique is a vital
part of throwing, but he also believes in a strong sense of self-efficacy. “Doing all the work and everything while you’re here, that doesn’t make you anything special,” Capps said. “It’s things like watching film on their own, eating right, sleeping right that separate people. “You have to have dedication if you’re going to be successful at the collegiate level.” That dedication has translated itself into several goals for the team this year, ranging from scoring in the Big Ten to qualifying for the NCAAs, depending on which athlete or coach is asked. “We’ve got five throwers, the smallest group I’ve been a part of since I joined the track team, but the five guys have heart and are really working hard,” Hull said. “The younger ones coming up taking the place of two guys that are graduating are doing well too.”
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BIG TEN HONORS MATHEWS The Big Ten on Monday announced that Iowa sophomore Calvin Mathews is the Pitcher of the Week. It is the first time Mathews has received the honor. The right-hander tossed a gem through nine innings for his first career complete game, leading the Hawkeyes to a 3-2 series-opening victory at Michigan on March 28, tying a career Mathews high of 9 Hawkeye pitcher strikeouts in the process. He gave up just 6 hits and didn’t walk a single batter during the outing. The Bloomfield, Iowa, native has a 3-1 record with a 1.91 ERA this season for the Hawkeyes. He leads the Big Ten in strikeouts with 41. Mathews is the first Iowa pitcher to receive the award since Sasha Kuebel on May 21, 2012. He is also the third Hawkeye to earn a weekly honor this season, joining Player of the Week selections Taylor Zeutenhorst and Dan Potempa. The Black and Gold will return to action when the squad travels to play Bradley on Wednesday.
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THE BOX SCORE
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BIG TEN HONORS MASSEY The Big Ten has named Iowa senior pitcher Kayla Massey Pitcher of the Week for the first time since her sophomore season with the Black and Gold. The native of Foothill Ranch, Calif., posted her fourth and fifth complete-game wins of the season in the squad’s second-consecutive Big Ten series victory, this time against Wisconsin. Massey also went 2-for-4 at the plate for the Hawkeyes against the Badgers, including a solo home. The Hawkeyes will return to action for their first home game of the year against Drake on Wednesday.
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Iowa outfielder Taylor Zeutenhorst slides into second safely against Bradley at Banks Field on March 26. Iowa has attempted 51 steals this year — second in the Big Ten. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert)
By Jacob Sheyko jacob-sheyko@uiowa.edu
Twenty-two games into the Iowa baseball season, we’ve reached the point where statistics are no longer a result of a small sample size but a good indication of how the team will remain for the rest of the season. With that being said, the Hawkeyes, both individually and as a team, have separated themselves from the pack in numerous categories.
Stolen Bases: Jake Yacinich — 14 (1st in Big Ten) First-year Iowa head coach Rick Heller has made it clear in his first couple of months that his team is going to run. As a unit, Iowa has attempted 51 steals — second in the Big Ten. And of those attempts, they’ve swiped 38 bags, which is
Iowa pitcher Kayla Massey pitches in Pearl Field on April 7, 2013, against Nebraska. Iowa lost to the Huskers, 3-2. (The Daily Iowan/Tessa Hursh)
one stolen base behind Michigan for the top spot in the Big Ten. Of all of Iowa’s base stealers, junior Jack Yacinich stands out. The Des Moines native has stolen a Big Ten best 14 bases, and even more to the pleasure of Heller, he has only been caught twice. Expect these numbers to stay this way for the rest of the season, because Iowa has plenty of speed, particularly in the top of the order,. Both Yacinich and Toole get on base consistently and have the speed to generate runs for the Hawkeyes — last season Toole stole 22 bases on 28 attempts.
This statistic can be confusing given that Iowa being last in this category is actually a good thing. Where Iowa has been super-aggressive
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MLB Miami 10, Colorado 1 San Francisco 9, Arizona 8 Seattle 10, LAA Angels 3 Cleveland 2, Oakland 0 Tampa Bay 9, Toronto 2 Chicago White Sox 5, Minnesota 3 St. Louis 1, Cincinnati 0 Pittsburgh 1, Chicago Cubs 0 (F/10) Detroit 4, Kansas City 3 Washington 9, New York Mets 7 (F/10) Philadelphia 14, Texas 10 Milwaukee 2, Atlanta 0 Baltimore 2, Boston 1
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Hawkeye pitcher Calvin Mathews throws to first base at Banks Field on April 9, 2013, against Kansas. (The Daily Iowan/File Photo)
Track ‘sisters’ compete By Katrina Do katrina-do@uiowa.edu
Miller, who grew up a practicing Mennonite in the rural farming community of nearby Kalona, recruited a number of buddies to join him at the matches to add to the noise level. Dressed in their distinct suspenders, button-up shirts, and straw hats, Miller and his friends have been to a majority of the home meets hooting and hollering in support of Talcott and the team all spring.
Carisa Leacock only had a taste of what it feels like to be a school record holder for seven days. One week after the senior set the Iowa record for the long jump, teammate Zinnia Miller out-jumped it. That’s what much of their relationship has been like since the two seniors began their track careers at Iowa. The ongoing competition began during their first fitness testing more than four years ago, when the two arrived on campus. Whenever Leacock finished a test, it seemed as if Miller came up and beat her score. “I’m like her big sister,” Leacock said. “Seeing me break the record made her want to break it, too.” This competitive spirit has been a big factor in the seniors’ improvement, along with a change in mindset and harder training. This year was the first time Leacock and Miller both scored at a Big Ten indoor championship meet. Miller had never scored at any Big Ten meet up until last February, and Leacock placed seventh at last year’s Big Ten outdoor championships. Miller took the first-place title for the long jump at last weekend’s Arizona State Invitational, the first
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NCAAW Notre Dame 88, Baylor 69 Connecticut 69, Texas A&M 54
NHL Ottawa 2, Carolina 1 (F/SO) New Jersey 6, Florida 3 Anaheim 5, Winnipeg 4 Minnesota 3, Los Angeles 2
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Stolen bases against: 15 (11th in the Big Ten)
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NBA Charlotte 100, Washington 104 San Antonio 103, Indiana 77 Philadelphia 103, Atlanta 95 Detroit 116, Milwaukee 111 Miami 93, Toronto 83 Chicago 94, Boston 80 LA Clippers 114, Minnesota 104 Sacramento 102, New Orleans 97 Memphis 94, Denver 92 New York 92, Utah 83
and had success on the base paths, their opponents have not replicated that success. Iowa opponents are averaging just over one attempted steal per game thus far this
Hawkeye Shelby Talcott hits a forehand against Michigan State at the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Complex on Sunday. Talcott lost to the Spartans’ Catherine Parenteau (6-4, 6-4). (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert)
The Iowa tennis player Shelby Tallcott has a group of fans most wouldn’t expect. By Alec Clasen alec-clasen@uiowa.edu
Quiet, that is the word most people would use when attending your typical tennis match. For the Iowa women’s tennis team, this is not necessarily always the case. If you were to attend a home match for the
Hawkeyes, you would most likely notice a group of gentlemen that seem out of place in the stands. Led by University of Iowa student Brooks Miller, the group dons traditional Amish apparel and shouts in German to cheer on Miller’s friend, junior Shelby Talcott. “I’m friends with Shelby, we had a class together, and she said that she played tennis, and they didn’t get a whole lot of fans, so I was like hey, we can come out an cheer for that,” Miller said.