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‘Sexual misconduct’ leads to expulsion The University of Iowa kicks out a male student because of two incidents. By Stacey Murray stacey-murray@uiowa.edu
University of Iowa officials expelled its first student for sexual misconduct following recent calls for a zero-tolerance policy. The male student was a repeat offender, forcibly fondling one student before committing the same act, along with forced sodomy, on another in an un-
related assault, said UI Vice President of Student Life Tom Rocklin. Rocklin said the expulsion was a result of UI President Sally Mason’s six-point plan, a proposal she developed following protests on the UI campus regarding sexual assault on campus. But Rocklin said no set protocol has been created to automatically expel stu-
dents if they have committed sexual misconduct. “Every case will be evaluated on the total pattern of facts,” Rocklin said. UI Dean of Students Grady D a v i d dean of students Grady had said at a listening post in
March he could not recall a time when the university had expelled students for sexual misconduct. He noted that of the 22 suspensions at the university issued last year, 12 were for sexual misconduct. Karla Miller, the executive director of Rape Victim Advocacy Propgram, said the university has a legal obligation through Title IX and the Clery Act
to not only protect victims and provide them with adequate services but also to keep other students on campus safe. “When people commit sexual misconduct, they’ve altered their own lives, and they’ve certainly altered their victims’ lives,” she said. “You want to make sure that person doesn’t harm any further individuals.” But Miller said the
wording surrounding the expulsion could be misleading. “I think when people hear ‘sexual misconduct,’ it’s a softer term than sexual assault or rape,” she said. “But that’s what we’re talking about.” Miller said most perpetrators are repeat offendSee expulsion, 5
Remembering Rwanda By Lily Abromeit
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UI graduate student Eric Uwimana stands outside of the College of Public Health building on Wednesday. (The Daily Iowan/Joshua Housing)
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“My hope is to go back to my country and give back.” - Eric Uwimana, UI Ph.D. student
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OPEN puts safety No. 1 By Ian Murphy Ian-murphy@uiowa.edu
Members of the OPEN party are pushing increased campus safety as part of their platform for the University of Iowa Student Government election. This includes planning a bystander-awareness campaign and nurturing a campus environment that seeks to end “rape culture.” Patrick Bartowski, OPEN’s presidential candidate, said safety is the No. 1 item on the party’s platform and said student input will be important going forward. “We want to have forums to provide an outlet for students to get their
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ideas out and to improve the system based on their critiques,” Bartowski said. A particular area the party hopes to gain student input on is Nite Ride. “It would be ideal for whenever someone feels threatened,” said Yeltsin Rodriguez, an OPEN Senate candidate. However, Rodriguez said, the party must account for the interests of the van operators as well. UI officials rolled out a second Nite Ride van in March as part of UI President Sally Mason’s six-point plan to combat sexual assault. Charles Green, the assistant vice president
UISG The OPEN Party is running in the University of Iowa Student Government race with a campaign based on five platforms. The Daily Iowan is running a series focusing on the different platforms. • Monday: Advocacy • Tuesday: Sustainability • Wednesday: Affordability • Thursday: Diversity • Today: Safety Source: Open Party website
for the UI police, agreed the program had room to grow. “We will be looking inSee UISG, 5
IC to mull UI pact By Daniel Seidl daniel-seidl@uiowa.edu
An intergovernmental agreement in Coralville has piqued the interest of Iowa City officials. “Iowa City’s PILOT agreement with the university has remained largely unchanged for decades,” Mayor Matt Hayek said. “… In March, we learned details of the university and Coralville agreement. I think there’s interest in examining those differences.” The PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) agreement is a concord between the University of Hayek Iowa and Coralville offi- mayor cials where the university pays more than $1 million per year for the Iowa River Landing Clinic. Because the clinic is owned by the state, it is tax-exempt, but the university pays Coralville to compensate for the lack of property taxes. This payment, in turn, provides services such as access to mass transit and the Fire Department.
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This agreement was made in 2010, though payments started last year. UI spokesman Tom Moore said the agreement helps keep the UI in good standing with Coralville. “The university is committed to trying to be a good public partner,” he said. “We want to pay our fair share for those services.” Last month, the Iowa City City Council requested staff to procure information about Coralville’s agreement. City Manager Tom Markus said the city officials have not yet decided what they will do with the information. “We’re looking at them in comparison and trying to decide what direction we’re going to take,” he said. “We need to do some research.” Iowa City’s agreement with the UI is somewhat broader than Coralville’s, Hayek said. In the Iowa City PILOT agreement, the university pays roughly $1.76 million to provide fire protection services to 17 million square feet of facilities, which equals 10 cents per square foot of protection. See pilot, 5
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Colbert to be Letterman’s heir By DAVID BAUDER
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TV host Stephen Colbert has a laugh at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards Governors Ball in Los Angeles on Sept. 23, 2012. CBS on Thursday announced that Colbert will succeed David Letterman. (Associated Press/Chris Pizzello/Invision) taped since Letterman took over in 1993. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo added his voice to the mix, calling on CBS to keep “Late Show” in place and lauding the contributions of such programs to the state’s economy. “We must ensure that the ‘Late Show’s’ long and proud history of making the nation laugh from New York continues for years to come,” he said in a statement. Letterman offered his endorsement for Colbert’s selection Thursday. “Stephen has always been a real friend to me,” he said. “I’m very excited for him, and I’m flattered that CBS chose him. I also happen to know they wanted another guy with glasses.” It’s a rapidly changing period for that time slot.
Fallon took over for Jay Leno on NBC’s “Tonight” show in February, and he has dominated the ratings since his arrival, with Letterman and Kimmel running neckand-neck for second. Chelsea Handler has also said she is about to end her talk show on E! Entertainment Television. CBS chose not to break the mold: CBS, ABC, and NBC will all compete at 11:35 p.m. with shows hosted by white males. CBS, which has an older audience and generally seeks personalities with the widest appeal possible, is taking a chance with a personality whose show has a much more specific appeal. But, like Fallon and Kimmel, Colbert is popular with young men and active on the Internet and social media.
“Our discussions really centered on finding the most talented, the most creative [choice], the person who was going to conduct the most interesting interviews and be the most interesting person himself, and that’s what led us to Stephen,” said Nina Tassler, CBS entertainment chairman. She said CBS considered several candidates, but did not name them. Colbert’s show won the Emmy for best variety series last year and has earned two Peabody Awards. It’s another big move for a Jon Stewart protégé: Colbert worked on “The Daily Show” for eight years before getting his own program, and John Oliver is about to launch a weekly show for HBO later this month.
District misses diversity goals By Lily Abromeit lily-abromeit@uiowa.edu
The Iowa City School District failed to achieve its diversity goals for faculty and staff this year. According to the 201314 Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Plan, hiring goals were not met for employing minority teaching or support staff, as well as minority administration this year. “The goals we set in our plan are based on experience but also relevant to what the state averages are and designed to keep the issue in front of us,” said Ross Wilburn, the School District director of equity. The district aimed to hire more minority teaching staff. The goal was set at 5 percent, but the district fell short at 4.24 percent. Employment for minority support staff was aimed at achieving 12.5 percent, but the district only showed a 10.59 percent result in the area. The goal for hiring minority administrators was established at 6 percent, with the district
only reaching 1.89 percent. Wilburn said he isn’t concerned about the lower numbers. “It’s reflective of a concern locally, statewide, and nationally,” he said. “It’s important that we set the goal, and that it challenges … and increases the diversity of our staff pool.” City High Principal John Bacon said it is “extremely” important that goals be set for increasing the number of minority personnel filling the positions. Bacon said he has seen firsthand the kind of benefits having minority leaders in the school can bring. “Any caring, hardworking adult can become a wonderful role model for a teenager, but I think that it’s certainly important that for our minority students, our faculty is representative of our student body,” he said. Nate Frese, a West High language-arts teacher who has taught in the district for 15 years, said he thinks the recent figures
are an accurate reflection of the district. “It would be nice to have a little more diversity,” he said. “For those minority students who are looking for that connection they can make to find that role model, it would be better if they can look around the building.” However, Frese stressed that reaching this goal should not outweigh talent. “If you’re just hiring people to do it, to just fill a quota, that seems counterproductive to me in the big scheme of things,” he said. Wilburn said one way to avoid this is by having a larger application pool, something accomplishable by working with the University of Iowa Col-
lege of Education. Susan Lagos Lavenz, associate dean for teacher education and student services at the UI education school, said the program works hard to encourage minority students to continue into the education field, through recruitment processes and continuous support in the school. “The richest learning environment is the one that has diverse members,” she said. “It challenges you to think of other perspectives, it prepares you more realistically in the world in which you are going to live and work, it brings a growth and additional perspective to your thinking, and I believe it makes you a stronger community member.”
Grants included MECCA prevention and treatment services for $267,000. MECCA prevention and treatment services provide community-based substance abuse and behavioral health services. United Action for Youth received $105,000, and the Visiting Nurse Association got $109,000.
United Action for Youth offers youth development, counseling, and prevention programs that make use of young people’s talents, creativity, and energies. The Visiting Nurse Association provides health services to individuals in their home and community settings. The top three services awarded
grants under Economic Development/Quality of Life Block Grants included $95,000 for the Johnson County Agricultural Association, $59,224 for the city of Iowa City for the Senior Center, and $50,000 for the Iowa City Area Development Group. — by Kaitlin DeWulf
pended/canceled license. Brain Laschke, 31, 1206 E. Court St., was charged Wednesday with domestic assault. Samuel Lockett, 26, 2426 Nevada Ave., was charged Wednesday with possession of open container of alcohol in public. Alexandra McPherson, 39,
802 Benton Drive Apt. 22, was charged Thursday with driving with a suspended/ canceled license. John Rankins, 20, address unknown, was charged Thursday with criminal trespass and public intoxication. Allison Twedt, 20, Cedar Falls, was charged April 5 with public intoxication, PAULA,
unlawful use of an authentic driver’s license/ID of another, and presence in a bar after hours. Ashley Weldon, 22, 404 S. Johnson St. Apt. 1, was charged Thursday with OWI. Christine Wilmoth, 46, 757 Bay Ridge Drive, was charged Thursday with driving with a suspension/canceled.
Diversity Standards Standards set by the Iowa City School District for hiring minority personnel were not met for the 2013-14 school year. • The goal for diversifying the teaching staff was set at 5 percent but fell short at 4.24 percent. • Hiring minority support staff was
set at a goal of 12.5 percent; the district reached 10.59 percent. • A goal of 6 percent was set for the hiring of minority administration, but the district only reached 1.89 percent Source: School District Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Plan, 2013-14 update
Metro Supervisors award block grants The Johnson County Board of Supervisors awarded 31 block grants totaling $1.4 million on Thursday. The top three services awarded grants under Social Services Block
blotter Vincent Chmielewski, 37, 4087 Gustav St., was charged June 22, 2013, with second-degree theft. Davone Coleman, 21, 100 Arthur St. Apt. A5, was charged Thursday with public intoxication. Geneva Hudson, 21, 2162 Davis St, was charged Wednesday with driving with a sus-
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NEW YORK — CBS moved swiftly Thursday to replace the retiring David Letterman with Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert, who will take over the “Late Show” next year and do battle with Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel for late-night television supremacy. Colbert, 49, has hosted “The Colbert Report” at 11:30 p.m. ET since 2005, in character as a fictional conservative talk-show host. The character will retire with “The Colbert Report.” “Simply being a guest on David Letterman’s show has been a highlight of my career,” Colbert said. “I never dreamed that I would follow in his footsteps, though everyone in late night follows Dave’s lead.” Letterman, who will turn 67 on Saturday, announced on his show last week that he would retire sometime in 2015, although he hasn’t set a date. CBS said Thursday that creative elements of Colbert’s new show, including where it will be based, will be announced later. Mayors of New York and Los Angeles have already publicly urged the new “Late Show” host to choose their city. New York would appear to have the clear edge, because Colbert is already based in New York and CBS owns the Ed Sullivan Theater, where the “Late Show” has been
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Iowa not whining about wines anymore 'I grew up all over the place, and I have never been to a state that supports its home team like Iowa.' — Dan Ceresia
By Chris Higgins christopher-higgins@uiowa.edu
Iowa-produced wine could soon join Hawkeye vodka and Admiral Nelson’s rum as Saturday-night staples in Iowa City. Iowa’s wine industry is expanding, according to a recent report by a California consulting firm. The economic impact of the state’s wine and wine grapes grew from $234 million in 2008 to $420 million in 2012 — a rise of nearly 80 percent. Roughly 237,000 people visited Iowa wineries in 2008 compared with 358,000 people in 2012, up 51 percent. Murli Dharmadhikari, the director of the Midwest Grape and Wine Industry Institute at Iowa State University, attributed the rise to three reasons, the first being the use of hardier grape crops. “The key to the industry’s growth is these varieties can withstand the adverse winter conditions,” Dharmadhikari said. He also pointed to a thriving movement for local foods to account for the increase in tourists. “What we are trying
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to sell here and trying to market here is the taste of a place, the sense of a place,” Dharmadhikari said. “That’s what people are interested in. That’s what people want to know. That’s why tourism is increasing in the state of Iowa.” Dan Ceresia, the sommelier for Bread Garden, 225 S. Linn St, said he is planning to expand the store’s Iowa wine section in partnership with Cedar Ridge Vineyards. “I grew up all over the place, and I have never been to a state that supports its home team like Iowa,” he said. Kolin Brighton, the production manager for Cedar Ridge Vineyards, located in Swisher, has seen the trend mirrored at the winery. “We notice it by the parking lot filling up,” Brighton said. “There’s people from all over the state, all over the country, and all over the world who have stopped into Cedar Ridge for one reason or another. A good chunk of those people are what we’d call wine tourists. I would say those types of visitors have gone up in recent years.” Iowa has gained 70 new wineries over the
Wine Iowa’s wine industry is growing. • Americans consume 856 gallons of wine per year. • 330 million cases of wine are consumed in the U.S. annually. • California produces the most wine in the U.S., with more than 638 gallons. Source: Wine Institute
past decade for a total of 100. Six percent of wine sold in Iowa was produced in the state, which did not excite Brighton. “That’s not climbing really fast,” he said. “We think as an industry we can get that up to 10 percent.” Dharmadhikari said Iowa’s regulatory climate for wine is a third reason for the economic growth. Farmers can grow grapes, produce wines, and sell to customers directly themselves. He said the wine industry has been steadily growing nationwide and will continue for at least the next five years. “We drink a lot of wine here in America,” Ceresia said. “I think farmers are starting to exploit the industry because it is a multitrillion-dollar industry.”
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A new type of Horror of genocide lingers Cuba tampering O Joe Lane joseph-lane@uiowa.edu
For quite some time now, the United States and Cuba have had, to put it lightly, a complicated political relationship. U.S.-Cubanties were further complicated by the United States’ latest attempt to undermine the Cuban government and overthrow the rule of the Castro family, this time through the creation of a pseudo-Twitter. The most recent plot is not the first nor, it seems, will it be the last. Historically, attempts at overthrowing the oppressive government have not ended very well for the United States. For instance, the Bay of Pigs invasion of 1961, which sent 1,400 CIA-trained Cuban exiles to invade the country from Guatemala, failed miserably and resulted in foreign-policy issues for the Kennedy organization, the least of which included Castro’s increased awareness of the possibility of future U.S. attacks. The latest attempt by the United States to overthrow Castro’s regime, however, was quite different than previous endeavors. There was no killing involved. There were ground troops, but they were not armed with lethal weapons. Rather, this battle was fought online, and like its predecessors, it, too, was and is shrouded in controversy. “ZunZuneo,” the creatively titled primitive Cuban social network that seemed to have appeared as if out of thin air (and returned there quickly) was named after the Cuban sound made by hummingbirds — a clear nod at the ubiquitous social network Twitter. According to CNN, the social network had 40,000 subscribers in 2011, but it completely vanished by mid-2012 amid pressure from the Cuban govern-
ment. The simple social network that seemed too good to be true in a country with strict Internet regulations was designed, funded, and operated by the U.S. Agency for International Development. It was clear what USAID was trying to do here. As seen in the Arab Spring, social media play an integral role in mounting a 21st-century revolution. Without a powerful social media presence, it’s as if a revolution is being pursued with muskets and cannon balls. With it, however, revolutionaries are more powerful than ever. According to NBC News, USAID was not hiding that ZunZuneo was “a communications network designed to undermine the communist government in Cuba.” This, however, may have been the only thing that USAID was not hiding. The controversy related to this particular attempt is that it is still unclear whether the “scheme,” as it was appropriately deemed by NBC News, was legal under U.S. law, which states that written authorization of covert operation by the president, along with congressional notification, is required. Despite this controversy, CNN reports that White House Press Secretary Jay Carney contends that the Obama administration was not trying to hide anything and that the money invested in the project had been debated in Congress, denying the argument that the project was considered “covert.” It seems odd to me, however, that an operation not deemed covert is just now entering the public conscious, nearly two years after the end of the project. Despite the fact that this attempt at destroying the Castro regime has failed (not surprisingly, because it was pretty weak), it raises an interesting thought. In the 21st century, manpower in a revolution is as critical as ever; however, change does not require bullets — at least in the beginning, that is.
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ne hundred days. That’s all the time it took to murder more than 800,000 people. This blitz of human suffering, the Rwandan genocide, shocked the world not only with the body count but also with the extent of its brutality. In a campaign of ethnic cleansing that has been portrayed in movies such as Hotel Rwanda, extremist Hutus slayed Tutsis, a minority ethnic group in East Africa, and even moderate Hutus in Rwanda and its surrounding nations in the country’s civil war. Twenty years have passed since the genocide, which killed 20 percent of the Rwanda’s population and 70 percent of its Tutsis. And even as new generations of children with no memory of the slaughter are born in Rwanda with each passing year, the genocide has become ingrained in the fabric of its history, through the scars and memories of survivors. The ramifications of the Rwandan genocide are still felt today. Acts of war rape were widespread, proliferating the spread of HIV/AIDS in East Africa that remains a major health threat. And Rwandans are still seeking justice for the victims through a special investigative team named the Genocide Fugitive Tracking Unit. But when these acts of terror took place during a time of chaos and indiscriminate killing, finding the perpetrators is no simple task. Since the task force’s creation a year after the genocide, it has brought only 95 indictments to the International Criminal Court, which was created after the genocide to prosecute those involved in the killing and any other crimes against humanity. Out of those indictments, only 49 have ended in convictions in 19 years. Rwanda still struggles with the dialectic of moving on from the genocide and seeking retribution for its victims. Though much progress has been made in the nation, particularly in reducing poverty and ethnic tensions, the genocide still shapes its politics. A particularly sore point of contention lies between Rwanda and France. Rwandan President Paul Kagame has accused the country of being complicit in the genocide with its support of the Hutu-led government during
the period, an assertion the French say twists the reality of history. Even as the international community is more tightly knit and collaborative now than ever before, genocide and ethnic cleansing are not just distant memories of the 20th century. As in Rwanda, civil wars are the backdrop of mass genocide today. In Sudan, Africa’s longest civil war brought the first genocide of the 2000s when government retaliation for a rebel attack left more than 300,000 dead in Darfur and South Sudan, and the scorched-earth tactics have displaced more than 2.7 million. Ongoing instances of violence between government forces and rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo have displaced more than 500,000 since 2007, and civilians are frequent targets for mass killings in the North Kivu region. And the use of chemical weapons in Syria has introduced a new devastating aftermath to the civil war there. In the face of these atrocities, what is being done? With any one country being unlikely to take sole action, the U.N. has attempted to intervene mostly through humanitarian aid and peacekeeping forces. The will for more forceful intervention simply isn’t there. The focus, it seems, is on memorializing past genocides, not putting effort into preventing current ones. It’s not as if these atrocities are committed in a vacuum. The forces perpetrating crimes against humanity are backed by governments, and governments are susceptible to international pressure. Will we allow genocides to continue? As we look back several decades from today, will we lament our inaction, the way we have with Rwanda? On the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, it’s time to answer these questions.
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Letters to the editor Killing culture This week, the Washington Post reported a survey showed that only one in six Americans could locate the Ukraine on a map. Respondents were as far off as Finland, Portugal, and Sudan. The farther respondents thought that Ukraine was from its actual location, the more they wanted the U.S. to intervene militarily. This same week, the Iowa City School District announced cuts to its World Languages Program, including the elimination of German. German — the language of poets, philosophers, playwrights, artists, and musicians. German — the culture with deep historical roots in
our region. German — the language of Europe’s leading economy, with strong economic ties to Iowa. Our schools should be actively recruiting students into foreign languages and cultures programs, not slashing the programs. We cannot afford to fail at cultural education. Will the citizens of Iowa City, arguably the cultural capital of our state, accept this sad indictment of our educational priorities? Ute Brandenburg
Lyness for county attorney More than 30 years ago, Janet Lyness and I worked diligently for
the Iowa ERA Amendment. Janet has not stopped fighting for the rights of all Iowans. That’s why I’m voting for Janet Lyness for county attorney and why I want to encourage all members of the community to look closely at the records of each candidate and make the right choice. I strongly feel Janet Lyness is the right choice. She is not interested in making this election solely about marijuana. She has succeeded in creating a marijuana-diversion program that keeps people out of jail and helps them wipe their records clean while getting some people the treatment and education they may need. Also,
under Janet Lyness’ watch, the county now has a very successful drug court that helps members of the community with serious substance-abuse problems get back on their feet while keeping them out of prison. Drug-court participants are working, caring for their kids, and becoming contributing members of our community. Bravo for them, and for Janet Lyness. These programs, and many others, reflect the kinds of successes we want to see from our next county attorney. On June 3, or during the early voting period, which starts April 24, please cast your ballot for Janet Lyness for county attorney. Rebecca Reiter
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U.S. weaning off gas Jon Overton jon-overton@uiowa.edu
Popular culture has a weird fetish for horrific disasters that destroy civilization. Whether it be death by the Yellowstone super-volcano, killer asteroids, a robot uprising, a nuclear holocaust, or climate change, we are weirdly obsessed with the end. The threats we should be concerned about, however, although not necessarily apocalyptic, are those that could arise quietly as a consequence of our way of life. The potential for gas prices to shoot through the roof in the near future, for example, could really hammer the economy. On Tuesday, the University of Iowa Public Policy Center hosted a forum in which UI faculty discussed the potential consequences of gas prices rising to roughly $10 per gallon
within a few years. This isn’t unheard of. In the early ’70s, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries imposed an oil embargo on the United States, causing gas prices to shoot through the roof and kicking the global economy where it really hurts. Our continued economic survival relies on oil, and a sudden price hike could easily launch us right back into a recession. This vulnerability highlights the need for more innovation in fuel conservation, developing new sources of energy, and changing driving habits. Doing this sooner rather than later will lead to a lot less pain and suffering for everyone. If gas costs shot up, the price of virtually everything would follow because it would cost far more to transport goods. This would put a massive strain on families who are living on tight budgets and borrowed money, said Associate Professor Paul Hanley, the director of the Public Policy Center’s Transportation Policy Research Group.
OPEC, of course, is weaker than in the past. Nowadays, the United States gets substantially more oil from such neighbors as Canada and Mexico. The recent natural-gas boom will probably also help increase the supply of energy, keeping fuel prices down, for now at least. Even so, demand for oil among developing countries surpassed that of wealthy countries just last year, and if the explosive economic growth from Brazil to Nigeria to China is any indication, demand will continue to go up, up, and away. But in the end, we’d eventually adapt, as we’ve always done. John Fuller, a UI professor of urban and regional planning, pointed out that although gas prices are much higher than they were even in the recent past, fuel efficiency has improved substantially and vehicles last longer than they did before. “The average fuel economy of light trucks has risen to 25 miles per gallon, and the average fuel economy of
new cars is greater than 35 miles per gallon,” he said. “Go back 10 years, and those would be surprising figures.” Susan Chrysler, the director of research at the National Advanced Driving Simulator, predicted that vehicles will become lighter, driving behavior will change to use less gas, alternative fuels will become more widely available, and (at long last) we’re finally going to get cars that drive themselves. Ideally, fully automated vehicles could communicate with one another so that they’d rarely have to stop, even at most intersections. This would cut down on congestion that the Treasury Department reported wastes 1.9 billion gallons of gas every year. The enormous price of maintaining the status quo for very long will force us to invest in technology that reduces the burden of high fuel prices, but the sooner and the faster we start changing our habits, the less the eventual transition away from an oil dependent economy will hurt.
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expulsion Continued from front ers, mirroring the UI’s expulsion. According to the Eastern Mexico University, rape has one of the highest repeat rates of all criminals, with more than
uisg Continued from front to expanding the hours of operation when we get our staffing in line,” Green said in an email. Jeffrey Ding, the OPEN vice-presidential candidate, said in an email the party will also seek to maintain the current level of funding for SafeRide, a UISG program that offers men and women a free taxi ride home or to a medical facility once a semester. Another part of the plat-
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Continued from front In Coralville, the university pays roughly $6.67 per square foot for services at the Iowa River Landing Clinic. But Coralville City Councilor Bill Hoeft said the amount of service offered needs to be considered. “What you need to look at is the entire scope [of services] not just based on the building itself,” he said. “If you put all of those things together, I think it certainly justifies the agreement we have.”
70 percent of those arrested being rearrested within seven years. “I think it’s kind of an interesting thing because [they] get kicked out school for plagiarism, or drugs, but the only other crime that is more serious than sexual assault is murder,” she said. “But when you hear it in the
form is increasing student communication with the UI police, the Chief Diversity Office, and the Office of Sexual Misconduct Response Coordinator. The police have a number of different ways for students to get in contact with them, including emergency and non-emergency numbers, Facebook and Twitter pages, and in-person visits to the station. Bartowski said OPEN will lobby for an increase in funding for the Rape Victim Advocacy Program and the Women’s Resource and Action Center
Moore agreed there were other aspects to the agreement. “For example, the parking garage is something that the city owns and we are able to have our patients use,” he said. “It’s also police coverage and maintenance [for the building].” While the particular agreement between Iowa City and the UI being discussed only covers fire protection, Moore said there are many service agreements between the two. This includes $236,168 for the city’s sewers and water, $134,000 for the landfill, $349,000 for road maintenance and capital
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academic setting, people don’t really see this as, ‘This person is a rapist’ or someone who is sexually aggressive.” Miller agreed with Rocklin that situations should be managed on a case-by-case basis. Eleven sexual assaults have been reported in the 2013-2014 academic year.
and will also look to plan a bystander-intervention program through these organizations. He said this intervention program could coordinate with fraternities, sororities, and the Athletics Department. Bystander-intervention training could also occur during OnIowa training or with younger groups of students. Long term, Rodriguez said OPEN must be proactive to make lasting change. “We don’t want to be a reaction,” he said, “We want to make progress.”
costs, $195,616 to the Iowa City School district, $100,000 to the Iowa City Downtown District, and $35,000 to the Public Library. With more information about the Coralville PILOT agreement, Hayek said, the City Council may examine Iowa City’s agreement. “I think it’s a little early to know what the council would want to do,” he said. “We need to wait for the information that was requested. What flows from that remains to be seen, but I think it could inform whether we take a closer examination of our arrangements.”
rwanda Continued from front better, and more, and to have a bigger vision.” As a Ph.D. student in human toxicology at the University of Iowa, Uwimana said he is “on a mission” to remember the disaster and help others understand. Doing his part, he is attending the UI with a plan to one day return to help the rebuilding of Rwanda. “My hope is to go back to my country and give back,” he said. The 27-year-old said he would place an emphasis on the value of education, unity, and accountability. UI law Professor Adrien Wing, who helped rework the Rwandan Constitution, said the people in the country have made a concerted effort toward positive change. “They wanted to get rid of anything that was going to further ethnic hatred,” she said. “Ethnic hatred had led to a genocide, so they wanted to make sure they had protection for all of the minorities.” Wing said despite the changes, it will take many generations before the nation’s scars are fully healed. “Twenty years is not a very long time, and after a genocide, it’s nothing,” she said. “It will take undoubtedly centuries to deal with what happened.” Despite the pain still
echoing through his nation, Uwimana said, he has faith in the people to endure and to thrive. “At that time, Rwanda was doomed as a country,” he said. “But Rwandans refused to be held down.” Uwimana said complete restoration is dependent on recognizing the tragedy and reminding the people of what can still change. “It’s important for the younger generation … to remember and to learn about what happened,” he said, and the forces for future hope lie with the younger citizens. An expert in world history said the world is always at risk for these kinds of situations. However, he said, pre-emptive measures could be taken. “There’s a very complex history going into all of this,” said Mike Zmolek, a UI visiting assistant professor of history. “If we want to think about preventing these things, we can find the warning signs.” A warning sign can be when there is racial or ethnic tension in countries, a problem solved mainly with peaceful communication, Zmolek said. The dream of a renewed Rwanda keeps Uwimana hopeful. “[My] vision of Rwanda should be that of a united community … to live together and strive to develop … peace and stability,” he said. “There is a process. We are on the path of reconciliation, but that is a long-term goal.”
‘Twenty years is not a very long time, and after a genocide, it’s nothing.It will take undoubtedly centuries to deal with what happened.’ – UI law Professor Adrien Wing
1990-1991
The Rwandan Army begins to train and arm civilian militias. Thousands of Tutsis are killed in massacres around the country. Politicians and reporters are persecuted.
November 1992
Prominent Hutu activist Leon Mugusera tells Hutus to send the Tutsis “back to Ethiopia” via the rivers.
March 1994
Rwandan human-rights activists evacuate their families, believing massacres are near.
April 1994
The Rwandan president and the president of Burundie are killed when their plane is shot down, as officials believe they are to implement peace accords that night. Instead, killing begins.
1994
800,000 Rwandans die in the genocide.
Feb. 19, 1995 The U.S. sends $60 million in aid.
Dec. 12, 1995 The United Nations announced the first indictments against eight suspects who are charged with genocide and crimes against humanity.
2000
More than 100,000 genocide suspects are waiting to be tried.
August 2003
Rwanda holds its first elections since the 1994 massacre.
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Divine Nine at Iowa The Univeristy of Iowa has seven of the nine organizations represented by the National Pan-Hellenic Council, including two single letter chapters. Iowa has the first chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha in Iowa, the first chapter of any National Pan-Hellenic organization west of the Mississippi River, and the first chapter of Delta Sigma Theta to have a house. The organization will host a Stroll competittion on Saturday at 7 p.m. in the IMU. Photos by Joshua Housing
1) Junior Joslyn Dennis dances at a party hosted by Kappa Alpha Psi on Nov. 8, 2013 at Gabe’s. 2) Senior Patrick Shelton talks with friends on Oct. 5, 2013, during the Blue-Ice Homecoming party in Old Brick. 3) Members of the Delta chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Alex Simmons (left) and Royonah Marble (right) stroll in the Step Show hosted by the National Pan-Hellenic Council on Oct. 26, 2013, in the IMU. 4) Members of Kappa Alpha Psi talk to another fraternity brother at a party hosted by the Gamma chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi on Nov. 8, 2013, at Gabe’s. 5) Sophomore Tosin Adebiyi dances during the Shimmy Like A Nupe competition at the Chemistry Building on Nov. 7, 2013. 6) Students participate in a prayer after walking down Clinton Stret for a Breast Cancer Awareness event hosted by Kappa Alpha Psi on Oct. 25, 2013. (The Daily Iowan/Joshua Housing)
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Brotherhood of new chocolate By Aleksandra Vujicic aleksandra-vujicic@uiowa.edu
Squares of pure, dark chocolate sat on plates lining Shambaugh Auditorium, with members of the public daintily sampling the slightly bitter yet sweet hunks of handcrafted dessert, courtesy of the Mast brothers. Rick and Michael Mast, born and raised in Iowa City, moved to Brooklyn, N.Y., roughly 12 years ago. They spent much of their time in their apartment, brewing beer, curing meat, and making chocolate from scratch. Their first batch of chocolates was “fresher, more complex, and more interesting than any other chocolate bar” they had tasted. “It honestly was like tasting chocolate for the first time, just using beans and sugar,” Michael Mast said. In 2007, the two quit their day jobs, took out a few credit cards, and “made a run for it.” Their goal was to produce the purest chocolate possible by starting from scratch. “Our criteria are whatever makes the best chocolate, whatever tastes the best,” Rick Mast said. “And we’ve really staked our reputation on being that company that doesn’t compromise.” Today, the two run a storefront factory, producing chocolate that is distributed throughout the world with nearly 1,000 retailers in roughly 10 countries. The chocolate sells in the United States for $8 a bar. Their goal is to educate customers about the source of their chocolate. “All around America,
Contributed people want to know the first name of the cow they’re about to eat, what its diet was, and where it came from,” Michael Mast said. “They don’t have that same connection to chocolate; it’s just kind of a cheap candy bar at a gas station to get some extra energy.” The brothers said most of their product is distributed to neighborhood specialty markets that are passionate about quality-driven food with a story. One of those markets is John’s Groceries, 401 E. Market St. John’s wine expert Wally Plahutnik said there was nothing like Mast Brothers Chocolate. “It’s like the difference between drinking Guinness and Miller Lite,” he said. The two recently wrote a book, Mast Brothers Chocolate: A Family Cookbook, which won the International Association
Meet the Chocolatiers Rick and Michael Mast will discuss their as success chocolate entrepreneurs and their new cookbook Mast
of Culinary Professionals award for best cookbook. The book includes recipes but also adds narration to tell a story the brothers hope will connect readers to the people making their chocolate. “We are the ambassadors of new chocolate, and we wanted a book that really reintroduced chocolate to the world in a way that takes classic American desserts, and some savory items, and reintroduces them using quality chocolate as opposed to just whatever you have in your cabinet,” Michael Mast said The brothers don’t stop here. They have two more businesses set to open
Brothers Chocolate: A Family Cookbook. Location: Prairie Lights, 15 S. Dubuque Time: 11:30 a.m. Source: Prairie Lights
this year. One of them is a chocolate house, serving chocolate beverages, that would be located down the street from their current Brooklyn factory. They also plan on opening a chocolate factory, chocolate house, and retail shop in London. The brothers said their desire to start a family business came before the idea of starting a chocolate business, and it just seemed to be the “perfect pairing.” “We have a saying that still holds true: There’s nobody that you will fight harder with than your family, but there’s nobody you would fight harder for than your family,” Rick Mast said.
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Reconsidered Eulogies: • I’m sorry; the last few days have been a whirlwind. I haven’t had time to properly prepare a eulogy. As such, I’ll be taking questions from the audience. • Webster’s dictionary defines “heartless dead prick” as … • What if, instead of ME delivering Andrew’s eulogy, Christopher Walken and Jerry Seinfeld delivered Andrew’s eulogy. I think … it might go … a little something … like this … • At least we can all take solace in the fact that Andrew is now in a better place. Though, I guess pretty much anywhere other than a dead-end alley surrounded by eight unpaid, knife-wielding transvestite streetwalkers is a better place. • A let us not remember the angry bastard Andrew was near the end of his life but rather the hilarious movie Christmas Vacation. • Andrew was always generous with his friends, sharing what he had and rarely asking for anything in — IS THAT CORPSE WEARING MY WATCH? • Andrew always did grab the bull by the horns. Why he insisted on poison-tipping those horns, however, is something none of us may ever completely understand. Andrew R. Juhl needs more bed before he becomes more morbid.
today’s events • “Marriage Equality, A Perspective from a Marriage Resister,” Ruth Colker, Heck Faust Memorial Chair in Constitutional Law, Ohio State, 9 a.m., 145A Boyd Law Building • “The Birth of Mast Bros Chocolate,” Mast Brothers on entrepreneurship, 11:30 a.m., Prairie Lights, 15 S. Dubuque • European Study Group, “Diversity in the Prehistoric Past: Archaeological Excavations at the Neolithic Burial Site of Bolores, Portugal,” Katina Lillios, noon, 315 Phillips • “Learning with a helping hand, The role of hand gesture in instruction,” Susan Wagner Cook, noon, 2520D University Capitol Center • Fulbright Lunch & Learn, “Cross-Cultural Teaching: Expectation vs. Reality,” Phillip Round, 12:30 p.m., 1117 University Capitol Center • Exploring Majors Fair, 12:30 p.m., IMU Main Lounge
• “Live from Prairie Lights,” Allan Gurganus, 7 p.m., Prairie Lights, 15 S. Dubuque • Jesus Christ Superstar, City Circle, 7:30 p.m., Coralville Center for the Performing Arts, 1301 Fifth St. • Marion Bridge, 7:30 p.m., Riverside Theater, 213 N. Gilbert • Slaughter City, Series on Arts and Rights, 8 p.m., Theater Building Thayer Theater
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Friday, April 11, 2014 by Eugenia Last
ARIES (March 21-April 19): A practical approach at work will help you avoid criticism. You may feel pressured by someone trying to push you in a direction you don’t want to go. Anger will not help your situation, but doing a good job will. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Take a break, go shopping, or get together with someone you find interesting. Sharing your ideas and intentions with someone special will lead to plans for the future. A day trip will help you make a decision that will change your lifestyle. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Emotions will flare up, causing a misunderstanding. Don’t leave anything to chance. You are best to make your position clear and to make your move swiftly. Someone will do you a favor that will help you get out of a sticky situation. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Refuse to let anyone sidetrack you. Focus on your problems, not on what others want you to do. Once you firm up your plans, you will have more time to help others. Your interest in someone or something unusual will help stabilize your life. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Choose something out of the ordinary, and you will learn from the experience you encounter. The people you meet and the challenges you face will stimulate you, as well as push you to make positive personal changes. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You may want to help others, but don’t offer money or sign agreements that will have lasting repercussions. Uncertainty is the enemy, and knowledge is your friend. Find out the facts before you take a leap of faith. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A risk will lead to regret. Focus on your relationships with the people you deal with daily. It’s important to nurture and to keep the peace. A change may be required and compromise a necessity. Defuse an argument with a compliment. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your home is your castle. Build the environment that will make you feel comfortable and able to follow through with your dreams, hopes, and wishes. Love is on the rise, and building a close relationship will lead to greater happiness. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Don’t share personal information. Rumors and gossip will make you look bad. Make positive changes at home that will rid you of any bad feelings or poor reputation. It’s important to maintain your integrity if you want to get ahead. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Consider your options, but don’t jump into something unless you are confident that the outcome will favor you. There is too much at stake, and it’s apparent someone is trying to broadside you. There is no room for error. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your ideas are sound and your plans exciting. Step up, make your announcement, and you will get the backing you need. Have confidence in your ability to change your direction and capture your dreams. A celebration is in order. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Make special plans. Use your imagination, and find an obscure destination or spot where you can enjoy the company of someone you love. Catching someone off guard will help you see the motives behind what’s being offered in return.
There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory. — Josh Billings
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Track preps for crucial stretch By Katrina Do and Jordan Hansen daily-Iowan@uiowa.edu
As the Iowa track team heads into the last half of the season, the opportunity for it to start a critical stretch off right begins this weekend at the Illinois Twilight meet. This weekend features a meet of mostly lower-tier schools along with Big Ten foe Illinois. This meet is the last before a stretch of some of Iowa’s biggest meets of the season, including the the Mt. Sac Relays in California, the Drake Relays, and the Musco Twilight meet. Head coach Layne Anderson looks at this string of meets as incredibly crucial when considering how his team will do in the Big Ten. “This is the stage in the season where you don’t want to feel like you’re taking steps back,” Anderson said. “We have kids that are ranked high in the Big Ten in a variety of events, and we want to keep that momentum going.” Anderson also hinted
that there was a possibility that some of the team members will sit out the meet to rest for the stretch and this could be a chance for the team to find some depth. In fact, depth might be one of the greatest hindrances to the team’s success, something the coaches are well aware of. “We feel like we have a good young team, and we’re making some good momentum, but we’re not a good enough team to ride the backs of a few people,” Anderson said. “We can’t rely exclusively on our young sprint corps and a few throwers.” Of the throwers, Gabe Hull has racked up all sorts of points for the team this season, competing in the hammer throw, discus, and shot put. He has scored team points in every event that he’s been entered in to this outdoor season. A portion of the runners Anderson referred to has been the enormously successful women’s relay members. The 4x400-meter relay team — freshmen Elexis Guster and Alexis Her-
nandez, and sophomores MonTayla Holder and Lake Kwaza — leads the conference with a time of 3:34.83. The quartet beat the school record for the 4x400 with that time at the Arkansas Spring Invitational on April 5. Holder ran the third leg of the winning women’s 100-meter and 4x400 relays; the sophomore won three titles in Arkansas. Jumps and field events in general have been a huge for the team this season, a carryover from the indoor season, in which junior Babatunde Amosu won a championship in the triple jump. Sophomore Klyvens Delaunay has also established himself in the event, and either of the athletes could win a meet on any given day. Elsewhere in the jumping events, sophomore
Iowa (10-20) is coming off a double-header against No.14 Minnesota on Wednesday in which it was shut out in both games. It was first time the team was shut out since it lost, 4-0, to Texas State on
March 19. The Black and Gold started off Big Ten play going 4-2 with two series victories over Illinois and Wisconsin. Since then, the team is 1-4 against Big Ten teams.
Illinois Twilight meet When: Saturday Where: Champaign, Ill.
Iowa’s Jack Eckert competes in the pole vault at the Musco Twilight meet at the Cretzmeyer Track on April 20, 2013. (The Daily Iowan/ File Photo) Khanishah Williams and freshman Madison Rouw rank second and fourth in the Big Ten high jump. “We’re always just looking to get a little bit better — jump a little bit higher,” assistant coach Molly Rob-
SPORTS Softball heads to Lincoln The Hawkeyes hit the road for the first time since March 30 to take on Nebraska for a three-game series.
The Cornhuskers come into the series with a 27-13 record. After defeating Northern Iowa 4-0 on Wednesday, Nebraska is now 7-3 in its last 10 games. — by Jack Rossi
Haas leads Masters by 1 By DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press
AUGUSTA, Ga. — No nerves. No worries. Adam Scott never knew the opening round at Augusta National could be so enjoyable. With his green jacket upstairs in the locker room for Masters champions, Scott made only one bad swing that cost him two shots in a round of 3-under 69. It was the lowest opening score by a defending champion in 13 years, and it left Scott one shot behind leader Bill Haas on an otherwise demanding day. “It was really how you hope to come out and play at any major and especially the Masters,” Scott said. “And there’s no doubt winning the Masters last year had me a little more comfortable on the first tee than I’ve ever been in the past, because I didn’t have the legs shaking and nerves jangling for six or seven holes like usual.” Haas, with a rich family history at Augusta that includes a green jacket for his great uncle Bob Goalby, settled down after an opening bogey with a collection of good birdie putts and an 8-iron to 5 feet for birdie on the 18th for a 68. It was the first time in 18 majors that Haas has had the lead after any round. That only gets him a crystal vase for the low round of the day at the Masters. Haas knows better than to put too much stock into what happens Thursday. He was leading after the opening round in Houston last week and tied for 37th. “There’s tons of golf left,” he said. Only one first-round leader in the last 30 years has gone on to win the Masters. Former Masters champion Bubba Watson, who slipped that green jacket on Scott last year, played his first bogey-free round in a major since the 2009 U.S. Open and shot a 69. So did Louis Oosthuizen, whom Watson beat in a playoff at Augusta. They were the only players to break 70, the fewest for an opening round at the Masters since 2007.
First-round leader Bill Haas tees off on the 17th hole during the first round of the Masters golf tournament on Thursday in Augusta, Ga. (Associated Press/Matt Slocum) “No one is really going crazy out there in perfect, perfect conditions,” Graeme McDowell said after fighting to salvage a 72. But there was something about the way Scott played that grabbed most of the attention on such a gorgeous spring day in the South. Golf has been waiting for a star to take control all year, even more without Tiger Woods at Augusta for the first time in 20 years because of back surgery. Scott was in control of his emotions and his game all day — except for once. Walking over to the heart of Amen Corner, the fans behind the 12th tee rose in unison to cheer the champ. “The memory that will stick with me forever today was walking up to the 12th tee, and everyone getting out of their seats as I approached there,” Scott said. “It was great, the level of respect that everyone has for this golf tournament and what happens here. “But then,” he said with a smile, “I went and hit it in the water.” Scott’s tee shot bounced off the front slope and into Rae’s Creek — amazingly, he said it was his first shot into the water on that hole — and he made double bogey to fall out of the
outright lead. He picked up a birdie on the 14th, and three-putted for par on both the par 5s on the back nine. Still, there were few complaints. Augusta National officials knew this would be a gentle day of weather, and it was clear they made sure the course was anything but that. The hole locations were severe for an opening round. With endless sunshine, the greens became firmer and quicker by the hour. So many others paid the price. Jason Dufner took a quadruple-bogey 9 on the 13th hole with only one penalty shot. The worst of his woes was a wedge from the drop area that didn’t even make it to the creek. He wound up with an 80 in his first round in a major since winning the PGA Championship last summer. He was in good company. Phil Mickelson had a pair of 7s on his card for the first time in five years at a major, and his 76 matched the highest opening round at Augusta for the three-time Masters champion. U.S. Open champion Justin Rose shot 40 on the front and scrambled for a 76. Jason Day had a 75 in his first event in six weeks. Vijay Singh also opened with a 69 when he was the
defending champion in 2001, but that was different. Conditions were easier that year, and Singh was four shots behind. On this day, only 19 players broke par.
erts said. “If we [set personal records] right now, that’s OK, but we want to be able to do it by the end of the
season, too.” Iowa will begin competition at noon Saturday in the one-day meet.
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football Continued from 12 It wasn’t too long ago that Iowa struggled to keep even one serviceable running back healthy. Now, with upwards of eight listed ball carriers, running-back coach Chris White and offensive coordinator Greg Davis will be charged with the challenge of using this fleet of tailbacks in a way that best
BASEBALL Continued from 12 and Tennessee and more than quadrupled their home-run total from the prior season in the first couple weeks. But when the Hawkeyes returned to the Midwest, they appeared to leave their power, and their overall offensive prowess in the Port Charlotte, Fla. — where they defeated Otterbein University, 17-5, in their last game before coming back to the Midwest. Before their 12-7 defeat of Kansas on April 9, Iowa
notebook Continued from 12 completed 29-of-47 passes last season for 261 yards. Speight threw for 2,845 yards and 33 touchdowns in his senior year at the Collegiate School in Richmond, Va. “I think that’s going to continue as a competition,” Hoke said on the teleconference. “The consistency that we need to have at all positions, but when you’re talking about the quarterback, handling the ball every play. I think that’s one where you really have to have the right guy in there.” Rutgers is also in the midst of a quarterback battle. Head coach Kyle Flood has the task of choosing among Gary Nova, Mike Bimonte, and Chris Laviano. Nova is the only of the trio to record any career stats. He completed passes at a 45 percent rate last season and threw for 18 touchdowns and 4 interceptions.
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2. New faces, positions on defense There’s been plenty of talk and debate over who will replace Christian Kirk-
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sey, Anthony Hitchens, and James Morris. The trio of senior linebackers led one of Iowa’s greatest defenses in recent memory during 2013, in which the unit ranked 10th nationally at season’s end. Their replacements, more than likely, will be Quinton Alston, Travis Perry, and Reggie Spearman — who’s just 17 years old, by the way. “I know what I was like at 16, 17,” linebacker coach LeVar Woods said on April 2.
“Nowhere near where he is.” In addition to the linebackers, new faces are expected among the secondary after Tanner Miller and B.J. Lowery graduated. On the most recent spring depth chart, Maurice Fleming was listed at cornerback, opposite Desmond King. Jordan Lomax, who lost his job to King after suffering an injury last season, also cracked the spring depth chart as a free safety. “He’s got some of the
had not scored more than 6 runs in a game since March 23 — something it did 11 times before then. “We kept telling the team to keep making solid contact, and good things are going to happen,” Heller said. “You kind of see the guys getting their confidence back.” Iowa is third in the Big Ten in home runs, but even Heller will note that the Hawkeyes do not live and die with the long ball. Instead, Iowa’s offense relies on stringing hits together, something that never came to fruition until they played Kansas. The Hawkeyes particularly struggled in this re-
gard when Indiana came to town. In that threegame series, Iowa stranded 31 base runners. But against Kansas, Iowa was able to put up big numbers in a single frame. “I think being able to get pitches that we really could put good swings on,” second baseman Jake Mangler said. “A lot of times against Indiana, we had runners in scoring position, and we weren’t able to take advantage of it because we were swinging at pitches we weren’t usually swinging at.” Iowa’s focus now remains on taking what worked against Kansas and applying it to their up-
coming three-game series against Northwestern — which sits in last place in the Big Ten. Northwestern is 1-7 in the Big Ten, 5-22 overall. In most Big Ten categories, the Wildcats lie near the bottom or at the bottom. But following two of the biggest wins of the season, Iowa’s focus remains on its own performance rather than the opponent’s. “We just have to keep it up,” center fielder Eric Toole said. “Keep up the quality at-bats, getting the next guy up in line, doing the job, getting the runs in, clutching up, great pitching, and we should be fine.”
“[They’re] vying for that first-team job,” Flood said on the teleconference. “I think all three guys have made significant progress.”
On the negative side, Maryland head coach Randy Edsall said the unfamiliarity with the new competition presents a challenge to scout and prepare for the new teams. He said he has had to stray from his team’s traditional off-season practice schedule and move some things around. “We’ve had to start our film preparation and film study now to take a look at those teams,” Edsall said. “It presents a challenge, but you just work it into your schedule, and you get those things accomplished.”
tional by June 1. The current Big Ten offices are in Rosemont, Ill.
Newcomers Rutgers and Maryland are new to the Big Ten, which creates a large number of opportunities — and problems — for the newcomers. In terms of recruiting, Flood said the Big Ten brand is a phenomenal tool he can use to bring in highly sought after prospects. “To be able to walk into a high school, to be able to walk into a home as a member of the Big Ten — the elite academic athletics conference in all of college athletics, there’s no doubt it’s a positive in every way,” Flood said on the teleconference. The Rutgers headman also said that the name-recognition can help him expand his reach to states where he may not have recruited before joining the league.
Big Ten, Big Apple As noted above, the 2014-15 school year will mark the beginning of Maryland and Rutgers’ tenure in the Big Ten. To accommodate those East Coast schools and expand its impact, the conference announced Thursday that it will open a second office in New York City. The release said the offices in Midtown Manhattan will be fully func-
Iowa quarterback C.J. Beathard runs the ball during the spring scrimmage game in Kinnick Stadium on April 27, 2013. The Iowa offense won, 61-37. (The Daily Iowan/Tessa Hursh)
Iowa quarterback Jake Rudock throws a pass to wide receiver Kevonte Martin-Manley in Kinnick Stadium on Nov. 2, 2013. Rudock threw for 109 yards on the game, but Wisconsin defeated Iowa, 28-9. (The Daily Iowan/Tessa Hursh)
traits that you look for in safety,” Ferentz said. “He’s a physical player, he’s very intelligent, he’s been an Honors student since he’s been here and communicative that way.”
3. The quarterback battle During last year’s spring practice in West Des Moines, Rudock and C.J. Beathard both got snaps with the first and second teams. This year, though, there could be a lit-
tle bit more of a discrepancy, given that Rudock is returning with starting experience. Still, Ferentz has been adamant that, throughout spring, the quarterback job will be decided by competition. “C.J. did a lot of good things last year, and I’d expect him to be a better player this spring than he was a year ago,” Ferentz said. “We’ll let those guys compete, and it should be great competition.”
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IOWA TO HOST NO.11 ILLINOIS The Iowa men’s tennis team (9-10, 1-6) will host No. 11 Illinois at 3 p.m. today at the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Complex. The Hawkeyes are coming off of a tough 4-3 loss to No. 62 Nebraska on Wednesday. Iowa dropped the doubles point in a pair of close matches at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots. The Hawkeyes battled their way back in singles, but it wasn’t enough to send the Cornhuskers packing. It came down to the wire as sophomore Dominic Patrick, playing at the No. 5 position, dropped his first set, 6-1, before bouncing back, 6-3, in the second set. Patrick came from behind once again after 4-1 in the third set. Patrick won the next five games to secure the match. It came down to a fight at No. 3 singles spot with Iowa senior Juan Estenssoro, who dropped the first set, 6-1, fought back to win a second set tiebreaker 7-6 (7-3). The Hawkeye lost match, falling, 6-3, in the third set. — by Jordan Bucher
Iowa’s Dominic Patrick hits the ball against Nebraska at the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Complex on Wednesday. The Huskers defeated the Hawkeyes, 4-3. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert)
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Men’s golf hosts Invitational The 54-hole tournament will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday with a shotgun start. The 12 participating schools will play 36 holes on Saturday and 18 on April 13. Iowa is seeking a sixth NCAA appearance this season. The team finished second out of 15 at the Arizona State Thunderbird Invitational. Junior Brian Bullington was named the Big Ten Golfer of the Week after his career-best performance at Arizona State, where he shot 7 strokes under par. The Hawkeyes finished runner-up in last year’s Hawkeye-Great River Entertainment Invitational, and Steven Ihm took home the individual title. The senior impressively took home the first-place title at the Annual Sunnehanna Amateur on June 16 — PGA Tour professionals, including as Rickie Fowler and Webb Simpson, have also won this title early in their careers. Ihm and Bullington, along with Raymond Knoll and Carson Schaake, make up Iowa’s varsity lineup; Nate Yankovich, Ryan Marks, and Voramate Aussarassakorn will compete as individuals. — by Katrina Do
The Iowa football team is set to practice at Valley Stadium at 1 p.m. Saturday, marking the midway point in the spring season. By Cody Goodwin cody-goodwin@uiowa.edu
Iowa golfer Steven Ihm urges his ball to the hole during the Hawkeye-Great River Entertainment Invitational at Finkbine Golf Course on April 14, 2013. (The Daily Iowan/File Photo)
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Kirk Ferentz and Company, for the second-consecutive spring, will travel to West Des Moines to conduct a practice at Valley Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Ferentz said on March 26 that he was excited to head west because it gives the team an opportunity to reach its fans on the other side of the state. “Valley just did a tremendous job of hosting us [last year], and we really appreciated that,” Ferentz said. “It’s a chance for us to reach out a little bit to the people who travel to Kinnick for so many Saturdays over the fall. That gives us a way to take the product to them a little bit.”
With Saturday’s practice, which begins at 1 p.m., marking the halfway point in the Hawkeye’s spring season, much has changed since the end of the 2013-14 season. Seniors have graduated. Younger players have vied for more playing time. The quarterbacks appear to be in a contest for the starting spot, despite returning starter Jake Rudock seemingly having a slight edge. There’s a lot that Ferentz and the rest of the coaching staff still have to figure out before the calendar reaches August. Not every question will be answered this spring, of course, but there’s still plenty to keep an eye on as the team continues to practice. The Daily Iowan takes a look at three key story lines.
Baseball clicking again Iowa appeared to find its groove in its twogame sweep of Kansas. By Jacob Sbeyko jacob-sheyko@uiowa.edu
While the Iowa baseball team is coming off of two wins against Kansas earlier this week, the Hawkeyes have not won a Big Ten contest since March 28. However, the Hawkeyes hope that their return to form against Kansas will continue when they travel to Evanston, Ill., to take on Northwestern today through April 13. “It says a lot about the team’s character,” head coach Rick Heller said about the two wins against Kansas. “You get
swept, it’s not fun, but they wiped it away and went back to work.” When Iowa kicked off the season under Heller, the offense exceeded expectations — albeit, pretHeller ty low expecta- Head coach tions that were based on an offense that was one of the worst in the Big Ten last season. The Hawks took advantage of the warm conditions of Florida See baseball, 10
1. Depth at running back
This was a new concept for the Iowa football team last season, to have a lot of running backs. There’s the hammer, Mark Weisman, the speedster, Jordan Canzeri, the (mostly) unknown, LeShun Daniels Jr., and Barkley Hill — and that’s ahead of other guys such as Damon Bullock, Akrum Wadley and Jonathan Parker, among others. See football, 10
Iowa Football Spring Practice When: 1 p.m. Saturday Where: Valley Stadium, West Des Moines
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QB battles arise The Daily Iowan takes a look into the Big Ten East division’s spring football practices. By Danny Payne daniel-payne-1@uiowa.edu
While Iowa incumbent starting quarterback Jake Rudock is in a battle to regain his starting spot with sophomore C.J. Beathard breathing down his neck, the Big Ten East Division has a few quarterback controversies of its own. Let’s start with Michigan. The Wolverines’ spring practice ended with its spring game last week, giving the Michigan fans a look into former-Alabama offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier’s offense. Head coach Brady Hoke admittedly said Michi-
gan was guarded on what it showed during the spring. Even with that conservative play calling, Hoke said on Thursday’s Big Ten teleconference that the quarterback battle is a three-horse race. The third-year head coach said incumbent Devin Gardner, whose fourth-quarter fumble against Iowa at Kinnick Stadium last November was telling of Michigan’s disappointing 7-6 season, didn’t play as well as he could have in the spring game. Shane Morris and incoming freshman Wilton Speight are challenging Gardner. Morris See notebook, 10