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similar beliefs — the wages they are paid aren’t enough to live on — and their demands were clear: they want $15,000 per course taught, security in their jobs, and the ability to organize. In a 2012-13 report from the American Association of University Professors, adjunct faculty earned a median of $2,700 per course. The march was part of a larger event in Johnson County and nationwide, in which adjunct professors, fast-food and temporary workers, and community advocates came together under the Fight for $15 and the Faculty Forward campaign.
A bill that would provide medical marijuana to suffering Iowans passed the Iowa Senate on Wednesday. And although a staggering number of Iowans support medical marijuana, the partisan enthusiasm gap remains. According to a Quinnipiac University poll from earlier this week, 87 percent of Iowans support the use of marijuana for medical practices, with a margin of error of 3.2 percent. But Republican leaders in the House have re- Zaun peatedly stated they Republican have no interest in a compromise on this issue. “I’m really pleased that we were able to pass medical cannabis legislation to help sick and suffering Iowans, and I’m looking forward to the Iowa House taking up,” Sen. Joe Bolkcom, D-Iowa City said. Bolkcom, the bill’s author, pioneered a bill last year that allowed doctors to prescribe cannabidiol, an oil made from marijuana oil, to epileptic patients. But the bill did not allow anyone in Iowa to pro- Bolkcom duce or sell the drug. Democrat The bill, Senate File 484, would allow Iowans with cancer, Chrohn’s disease, posttraumatic stress disorder, and a number of other diseases to receive medical marijuana for treatment. It would also allow up to four producers
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A Faculty Forward protester holds a sign outside of Jessup Hall on Wednesday. University of Iowa adjunct faculty members marched to Jessup Hall demanding better benefits, including a increase in salaries. (The Daily Iowan/Courtney Hawkins)
Adjuncts rally for better pay
Adjunct faculty members marched to the Office of the President in Jessup Hall on Wednesday to deliver a petition for higher wages, more job security, and the ability to organize. By CORY PORTER cory-porter@uiowa.edu
Close to 20 University of Iowa adjunct faculty members and supporters marched to Jessup Hall on Wednesday to share their struggles and deliver a petition with around 200 signatures to the Office of the President. “People deserve a living wage … My partner and I are both adjunct professors attempting to get by, and there’s almost no support through our workplace,” Andres Carlstein, a UI creative-writing and science-writing adjunct assistant professor said. The adjuncts who spoke on the steps of Jessup Hall shared
Taste of Jamaica heads to town
Aiming at Latino voters
By BILL COONEY william-cooney@uiowa.edu
Each week, The Daily Iowan will provide an in-depth look at a local business. Fresh Jamaican flavor may soon hit the streets in Iowa City’s newest mobile “rasta-raunt.” Fresh food is the key to what Island Vybz food truck is all about, said Robert McLean, who co-owns the food truck with wife Kelly McLean. All ingredients of the island cuisine will be locally sourced except for some specialty items Robert McLean uses in some of his dishes, which come from Jamaica. “For my jerk seasoning, I bring in pimento wood all the way from Jamaica; that’s the real way to make it,” he said. “As you can probably guess, it’s not the cheapest, but it’s worth it.” Island Vybz’s menu includes traditional Jamaican dishes such as jerk chicken and pork and also contains some Jamaican twists on American cuisine. The jerk burger will combine a family recipe for jerk seasoning, with a burger to make a food that’s found nowhere else, McLean said. “I’m going to make fresh food every day, and if they’ll let me, I want to donate all my leftover food to a shelter,” McLean said. “I’m going to buy ingredients from
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said. “But we think this is a great place for our kids, and it takes me a lot less time to get to work than it used to.” Kelly McLean works at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics as a nurse, and Robert McLean works as a chef at the Marriott in Coralville, but he has been cooking for most of his life.
In the last three weeks, two Republican Cuban-Americans have officially announced they are running for president. But that doesn’t mean Latino voters are rallying behind them. This coming election several candidates, both formal and prospective, have been open about their ties to the Latino community across the nation. In March, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, stood in front of students at Liberty University and told his family story, including how his father fought for Cuba, then fled to safety to America. And just this week, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.,
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Robert McLean stands inside his food truck outside his home on Wednesday. He noted the writing below his window, saying that’s how things should be. (The Daily Iowan/Sergio Flores) the Co-op and the farmers’ markets. I’ll also be working the farmers’ markets.” Robert and Kelly McLean started Island Vybz soon after they moved to Iowa City from New Jersey, around one year ago. The couple chose Iowa City because they thought it would be the best place to raise their five children. “It’s a big change coming from just outside of New York City,” Kelly McLean
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Isaac Anderson sits on the Pentacrest on Tuesday, April 14, 2015. Anderson was recently appointed drum major for the Hawkeye Marching Band. (The Daily Iowan/ Rachael Westergard)
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The Hawkeye Marching Band will feature a new face at the front. By KENDREW PANYANOUVONG
where he was motivated to audition for the position after Kastens had told him that he posStarting this fall, a new sessed “excellent leaderface will represent the ship potential.” Hawkeye Marching Band. “With his various exUniversity of Iowa periences in drum corps, sophomore Isaac AnderArmy ROTC, assisting son will succeed UI sehis high-school marching nior Quentin Marquez as band back home in Davthe group’s drum major. enport, etc., he comes to us Anderson, a music with lots of teaching and performance major from leadership Davenport, was experiselected from ence,” Kasamong six can‘I really want to do my part to help people and make the band better. I see it tens said. didates in front nderof a panel of as a service to the band members that I can put in the extra work and time sonA will fill judges who the posirepresent Unito help them have a better season.’ tion as UI’s versity Bands — Isaac Anderson, new drum major drum maand Iowa athjor until he letics. graduates. He is a member of the Ar- well as Anderson, had marching fundamentals, With two more years ahead routine, of him as the face of the my ROTC, UI drum months of preparation showmanship corps, and a Hawkeye before the audition date. conducting patterns, and Hawkeye Marching Band, he wants become approachAlthough he said he a 10-question interview. Marching Band tromAnderson had the top able and likeable to fellow was nervous about the bone player. Anderson total score in a very band members and fans. Anderson has been audition, “I really want to do close competition, said playing the trombone came out on top. “I’m glad to see some- Kevin Kastens, the di- my part to help people since the fifth grade and held the drum-major po- one so qualified win the rector of the Hawkeye and make the band better,” he said. “I see it as sition at his high school position who demon- Marching Band. In addition to the a service to the band strates fantastic leaderfor two years. Marching members that I can put “I think it’s exciting ship abilities,” Marquez Hawkeye becoming the new drum said. “It’s a position that Band, Anderson also per- in the extra work and major. We’ve got a lot of takes a while to learn, forms in one of Kastens’ time to help them have potential to move for- taking care of the Hawk- concert bands at the UI, a better season.” kpanyanouvong@uiowa.edu
ward,” Anderson said. “The band will get new uniforms next year, and we just got a brand-new facility. There are a lot of good things happening in the Marching Band program to really bring it to another level and put on a great performance for the patrons of Kinnick Stadium.” Other candidates, as
eye Marching Band and being a leader. I’m very confident that Isaac has the skills to get the Hawkeye Marching Band excited for the next upcoming football season.” The candidates were judged on their knowledge of traditional drum-major pregame entry, back bend, and flexibility, system of
Young patients beam up hospital Patients at the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital left their mark Wednesday on the new children’s hospital. By CINDY GARCIA cindy-garcia@uiowa.edu
Current patients at the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital permanently left their mark on the new construction Wednesday afternoon. Pediatric inpatients and outpatients trickled in and signed a small, lavender I-beam that will be placed in the new building. The new UI Children’s Hospital began construction in the fall of 2012 and is slated for completion near the end of the summer of 2016. The cost for the project is approximately $292 million. There will be 14 floors, with 12 above and two underground. Around 12 families attended the quiet event on the third floor of the current Children’s Hospital. Among the participants were Wyatt Struve, 7, and Xela Weber, 6. Each chose a marker
A patient at the UI Children’s Hospital signs a beam on Wednesday. The beam will become a part of the building. The new hospital is under construction. (The Daily Iowan/Sergio Flores) and signed their initials. Other event attendees included Stacy and Craig Schroeder. The couple’s son, Austin Schroeder, who is 15, was diagnosed with T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma. Austin recently had an unexpected recovery, which allowed him to attend the beam-signing. He talked about how “great” the new Children’s Hospital will be.
Patients will be able to watch football games from the ninth floor of the hospital, courtesy of a birds-eye view. “They’re able to watch a game up close. They’ll be able to feel a part of it and less likely to feel sick or anything else,” Craig Schroeder said. “They want to be home with family and friends and be healthy and do things that normal kids
get to do. That would give them the experience to be able to do that and still actually be here.” The new hospital will come with additional amenities designed to ease the hospital stays of children, such as a movie theater and playground. A recent addition included a special protective environment specifically for patients with contagious diseases, which was added after the Ebola scare, The Daily Iowan has previously reported. “It’s going to be wonderful because not only are they going to be able to have better facilities, but they’re going to have better equipment,” Craig Schroeder said. “They’re going to be able to take the next step, the next level of cancer treatment and cancer care in the Midwest and maybe be one of the leading ones in the country.”
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ADJUNCTS CONTINUED FROM FRONT The Faculty Forward campaign was nationally organized by the Service Employees International Union, and the Fight for $15 was organized locally by the Center for Worker Justice and the Iowa City Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO. After marching to Jessup Hall, the adjunct faculty participating in the campaign convened at the Center for Worker Justice to meet and stand with other local workers from various fields demanding higher wages and more job security. Jonathan Huskey, who works in communications for the Service Employees International Union, said faculty from more than 100 schools participated in some sort of action on Wednesday. Huskey said the demand for adjunct faculty to be paid $15,000 per course isn’t a bargaining position, it was a number that was inspired by fast food workers’ protests demanding $15 an hour. “In many ways, it’s inspired by fast-food workers who have made a goal
BUSINESS CONTINUED FROM FRONT “I learned to cook from my mother; she taught me that a man needs to know how to cook and
MARIJUANA CONTINUED FROM FRONT to cultivate cannabis and independent dispensaries to sell the drug. But the likelihood of a vote in the House remains slim. Josie Albrecht, a spokeswoman for Speaker of the House Kraig Paulsen, R-Hiawatha, said in an email the bill’s passage will not lead to a discussion. “[Paulsen’s] position on medical marijuana has not changed,” Albrecht said. “He doesn’t believe the General Assembly will do anything with medical marijuana this year.” Bolkcom remained eager about further action, still expecting a discussion in the House. “That was [Paulsen’s] position last year, and we passed a bill,” Bolkcom said.
LATINOS CONTINUED FROM FRONT introduced his presidential campaign by illustrating the “American Dream” through his parents, who immigrated to the United States from Cuba. They aren’t the only ones, however, who have tried to appeal to the Latino community. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has a Mexican-born wife — Columba, and three Latino children, George P., Noelle, and John Ellis Jr., and has tried to appeal to prospective voters in Spanish. Being Latino, or having Latino ties, isn’t going to get the vote, some experts said. Joe Enriquez Henry, state director of the League of United Latin American Citizens — Iowa, said he thinks it’s important to reach out to Latino voters, especially in places such as Iowa. “We are the future for the United States, and our young people will have a voice down the road,” Henry said. “It’s clearly important to the candidates to find out what we’re thinking.” Henry said he would like to see candidates talk about policies, such as education, health
of $15 an hour, and now a few years later are reaching that in many places,” Huskey said. He said being a college professor used to be a middle-class job, but over the last few decades, many in the field have become parttime, low-wage employees. When the marchers reached the steps of Jessup Hall, a few adjunct faculty stood up to share their stories. Olivia Dunn, an adjunct English faculty member at Kirkwood, and a former assistant professor in the Rhetoric Department at UI, said she didn’t expect to make a lot of money after graduating from graduate school, but she had no idea how hard it would be to afford the bare essentials. Getting in touch with other adjuncts who share her situation, she said, has given her hope. “Finding out more about this movement, I realized I’m so not alone in this,” she said. Ezran Sidran, an UI adjunct faculty member in computer science, said despite teaching the same exact classes before he had his Ph.D. and after, he lost his health care when
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Faculty Forward protesters stand outside the Women’s Resource Action Center on Wednesday. University of Iowa adjunct faculty members marched to Jessup Hall demanding better benefits, including salary increases. (The Daily Iowan/Courtney Hawkins) he earned the degree. “Getting a Ph.D. here was one of the silliest things I’ve ever done; it actually cost me health benefits,” he said. UI Provost P. Barry Butler told The Daily Iowan in an email lec-
turers’ issues concerning their teaching duties were being represented by an ad-hoc committee that was appointed by the UI Faculty Senate. Butler said the Faculty Council received a draft
from the ad-hoc committee containing recommendations on six different areas concerning teaching duties for lecturers, including representation on compensation, faculty governance, hiring,
promotion and retention practices, workloads, and professional development. The Provost’s Office recently received this draft, Butler said, and will work with the Faculty Senate on each of these issues.
wash his clothes from an early age,” he said. “When I cook, I won’t serve something if I wouldn’t serve it to my own mother.” One national food truck official said food trucks can change the culinary
and social landscape of a city for the better. “There’s also a social aspect to food trucks that adds to a community,” Matt Geller, CEO of the National Food Truck Association said. “A few trucks lined up can turn
any space into a gathering area for people.” Island Vybz is currently catering, but if a new Iowa City food-truck ordinance is passed, the McLeans said they’ll be in the mobile restaurant as soon as they can.
The ordinance needs to be voted in favor once more to allow food trucks to park in certain city parking stalls with a permit. A passion for food and a laid-back attitude is what Island Vybz is going to bring to Iowa City,
Robert McLean said. “I can’t wait to get into the truck; I would be out there today if I could,” he said. “It’s not about competition for me, it’s about making people great, authentic Jamaican food.”
“I’m hopeful the advocates and people that want to see this change will reach out to Paulsen and see in people can change his mind. I’m not sure why he doesn’t want to help people that are suffering by making safe legal cannabis available to them.” An amendment that would also reschedule marijuana from a Schedule I narcotic to a Schedule II, allowing easier access for research, was submitted by Sen. Steve Sodders, D-State Center, and added after a unanimous Senate vote. Sen. Charles Schneider, R-West Des Moines, disagreed with Bolkcom’s optimism on the Senate floor while proposing an amendment that would solely accept the reclassification of the drug. “I think we all know what the future holds for Senate File 484 in its current form,” Schneider said. “It will likely
leave this chamber and die.” That divide has not changed as marijuana legislation has progressed relying nearly entirely on a Democratic majority. Only one Republican voted in favor of the bill — Sen. Brad Zaun, R-Urbandale. Along with House Republicans, Gov. Terry Branstad has repeatedly affirmed his opposition to medical marijuana. “[Branstad] believes the state must proceed with caution on issues that deal adopting medical-marijuana use,” Jimmy Centers, Branstad’s spokesman said. “That belief is caused by the lack of approval from the FDA, federally. Also because of the unintended consequences states like Colorado and California have seen as they adopt marijuana legalization bills or I should say, decriminalization of marijuana.”
Because the FDA has not rescheduled the drug, the law implies marijuana has no medical value. Sodders said to ensure accessibility to legal cannabidiol, promote medical marijuana, and allow future research,
rescheduling is a priority for the state. “This is where Iowans who are passionate about this issue or family members of people who would benefit should be calling their House members,
should be calling the Governor’s Office to change their mind on that,” Sodders said. “That’s where citizens need to do their job to petition their government and tell them they want this change.”
care, and minimum wage, rather than touting their ethnicity. “Many of our people live in poverty, many of our people are young, so education, such as student loan debt, is a big, big issue candidates aren’t talking about,” Henry said. “The Republican Party usually goes in the other direction,” Henry said. “It’s not just enough to be Latino running for president.” In the 2012 election, there were eligible 52,000 Latino voters, according to the Pew Research Center. According to a 2014 report from the State Data Center of Iowa, there are around 168,806 Latinos in Iowa. Mark Jones, a fellow in political science with Rice University’s Baker Institute, and Joseph D. Jamail, the head of Latin American studies and the Political Science Department at Rice University — said with a limited number of Latino voters in Iowa, many candidates will focus on the larger demographic. “I think there they are going to focus on the more traditional caucus-goers which tend to be older and Anglo,” Jones said. Jones said Rubio’s, Cruz’s, and Bush’s campaigns will make it harder for Democrats to por-
tray those candidates as “anti-Latino.” “In the case for Jeb Bush, if he’s anti-Latino, he’s anti his wife and his children,” Jones said. Marisa Abrajano, associate professor of political science at University of California-San Diego, who specializes in race and politics, said Latinos will not just vote for candidates because they are of the same ethnicity. Rubio and Cruz are Cuban-American, and a majority of Latinos in the U.S. are Mexican-American, Abrajano said, which means they may not feel ethnic solidarity. One of the main reasons why Latinos may not vote for Republicans could also be the position they have previously taken, especially in regards to immigration, she said. In order to appeal to Latinos, those candidates would have to have a “massive change” in their strategy. Abrajano said however, it is too early to see which candidate Latinos would vote for. “It’s still early on we don’t know who else is going to be announcing their candidacy, somebody who has positions that are most closely [related to the Latino community], will be a more attractive candidate,” she said.
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Bleak future for the economically liberal
Jacob Prall prall.jacob@gmail.com
Economically liberal Democrats have little to look forward to in D.C. Both of the most-likely candidates for Democratic Party leadership (Hillary Clinton and Sen. Charles Schumer, White House and Senate Minority leader respectively) are Wall Street Democrats. Liberals who envision a Democratic Party untethered to the whims of Wall Street are facing an increasingly bleak future. First off, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid will step down from his position in 2016. His replacement will most likely be Schumer, D-N.Y. For some (including Reid) Schumer is the best, most logical choice. He’s a strong leader and seen by many as being capable of turning the Democratic Party into a center-left powerhouse, capable of uniting Democrats and winning back a majority in Congress. This is all well and good for supporters of Schumer and his allies on Wall Street. Many left-leaning groups, like Democracy for America, are making noise on Capitol Hill. They’re calling for senators such as Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., to take on the leadership position. They see Schumer as a WallStreet-wing Democrat, one of many who spend more time defending Wall Street then the average American. In many ways, Schumer is a Wall Street Democrat. The senator has worked closely with Wall Street and has defended its causes for decades. The placement of such a figure in one of the most powerful positions of the Democratic Party is threatening to many, especially economic populists. Former Republican Gov. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire commented on CNN,
“[Schumer] knows everyone in the financial community on a first-name basis.” That isn’t to say Gregg doesn’t support Schumer. He went on to comment on Schumer’s considerate nature and mediating attitude. The promotion is also a long time coming — Schumer has served as the vice head of the Democratic Conference for eight years. Aside from Schumer’s possible ascension, an even bigger threat looms for liberals against Wall Street — Clinton. The Clintons have a long history of supporting Wall Street. In her 2008 campaign, the two top donors to her campaign were Goldman Sachs and Citigroup. A recent Politico article asserted that, aside from Republican Gov. Chris Christie and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, there are no Republican candidates Wall Street would prefer over Clinton. This is bad news for those of us who prefer Main Street to Wall Street. The financial crisis of 2008 was due by and large to under-regulation in the banking system and foolish risks that made some extremely wealthy and emptied the coffers of many others. A leader should have a fine understanding of the financial market; that is a given. When this understanding becomes a relationship, however, that’s when things become dangerous for the vast majority of Americans. When interests don’t line up between the banking elite and us, who do you suppose will have more sway: the vast oceans of citizens going about their business or the few pointed voices of massive donors? When politicians become indebted to anyone more than their constituents, their constituents (those they are sworn to serve) become secondary in the much larger scheme of things. Improving your sturdy attic won’t support your crumbling foundation — they might just collapse in each other.
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Congress’ new role in Iran deal T here is one thing for certain that Democrats and Republicans in Congress can agree on — they both want the power to decide. In near unanimous bipartisan agreement, they’ve asked, and have been granted President Obama’s approval, to have a say in the final framework of Iran’s nuclear deal. The most pressing issues involved with the bill, and ones that could make or break the final deal, involves lifting economic sanctions and inspecting Iran’s nuclear program. Although it is honorable of Obama to allow Congress to deliberate the framework of such a crucial foreign-policy exchange, giving a disagreeable and emphatic U.S. Congress the ability to tamper with sensitive parts of the agreement could further complicate matters. Congress will now have a chance to review the bill and change its contents to reach a final agreement. The concern is that an agreeable plan will not be reached before the deadline of June 30. Secretary of State John Kerry is optimistic that Congress will approve a plan soon, but what it will consist of, and whether it is agreeable to both the U.N. and Iran, is left to question. Noting this approval from the president, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has made it clear that Iran’s negotiations are with esteemed world leaders and are not concerned with the opinions the U.S. Congress. Rouhani also stated that no final deal would be made if economic sanctions were not lifted. The sanctions imposed by both the United States and the United Nations have resulted in a 60 percent reduction in Iranian oil exports. There is strong reason to be-
lieve that the sanctions against Iran have been devastating enough to strong-arm the country into disbanding its nuclear-weapons programs. But is the responsibility of Congress and ultimately the United Nations to make sure that in the deal there is a specific framework that details formal investigations and check-ins to be certain that Iran does not pose a threat of terrorism (though under the current deal, this in and of itself would not trigger a new round of economic sanctions) as well as a military based nuclear weapons programs. Iran has claimed its nuclear program is for energy use, but trust in that is hard to believe, given its refusal to allow a formal inspection of all of its nuclear sites. Within the context of this nuclear deal, a final agreement must contain language that states that frequent and random inspections must take place to confidently proclaim that Iran is truly not a threat. Although Congress could potentially cause headaches in the process, it is worth a review from it to come to an agreement in the final plan to reduce and eliminate Iran’s threat of nuclear weapons. Congress originally imposed these sanctions, and it is only fair it also has a say in how they are to be removed. The political leverage that Obama (and now Congress) has currently to negotiate an effective peace deal with Iran is as high as it has ever been. The sanctions have promoted further negotiation, but Rouhani’s pragmatic rhetoric for the removal of sanctions should be mirrored by Obama and Congress in the direction of Iranian nuclear inspections.
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Revising modern religion
Chris Clegg chris-clegg@uiowa.edu
When a student at a small-town Catholic high school in Iowa penned a letter to his father revealing his homosexuality, the father, being away on a business trip, responded with a simple text that read: “You are still a great son and I am proud of you.” Outsports.com’s article of the high-school senior details not only how he was given unconditional support from his parents but how this support seemed to be duplicated by friends, students, and even his wrestling coaches at school. While this is a very encouraging example of tolerance within Catholicism toward the LGBT Community, the opposite side of that spectrum, intolerance, is still very much practiced today. According to the New
York Daily News, Tyler McCubbin, a substitute-teacher and track coach who was familiar around Dowling Catholic High in Des Moines was denied a fulltime position because of he identified as homosexual. The stark contrast between the latter and the former examples is noteworthy because it highlights a fundamental disagreement within Catholicism. While some would cite the Old Testament as a defense of anti-gay religious doctrine in the Roman Catholic Church, others would argue that the church’s values of faith, love, and devotion are all that is required to share in a dominion with God. The lack of consensus within these local Catholic communities has even made its way onto the world stage, with Pope Francis’ famous “who am I to judge” statement in July 2013 that was, well, the most tolerant statement a pope has ever made on homosexuality. So, with a seemingly more tolerant head
of the church, as well as with a slew of gay-rights victories in the past few years advancing LGBT liberties, my question is: should the Catholic Church revise its stance on barring homosexuality from its religion? First of all, the freedom of the religious to believe what they want, whether that be in an omniscient god or a flying spaghetti monster, is one of the quintessential liberties that makes America great, and by no means am I trying to say that this religion should practice A or that this religion should practice B. What I am more concerned with is the question of whether religions can evolve and how they would go about doing so. One contemporary example of fundamental change within a religion can be seen through the Church of Jesus Chris of Latter-Day Saints, the Mormon Church. According to the New York Times, “[Brigham Young] described black people as cursed with dark skin as punishment for Cain’s
murder of his brother.” While this stance was diluted with time and social progress, it wasn’t until 1978 that the president of the church released a declaration “… extending priesthood and temple blessings to all worthy male members of the Church.” Through this example, therefore, we can see that religious doctrine is indeed revisable. Given the sheer length of time it took for the Mormon Church to change its stance on who can and cannot be priests, along with who issued the statement changing the doctrine, we can see that time, authoritative support, and social progress all play a role in revising religion. Given the social progress that the LGBT community has seen across the past few years, combined with a new-generation reading of the Bible, perhaps the only thing missing to revise Catholic doctrine is the pope’s unconditional support for those that support his institution.
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The importance of the campaign
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Despite the current year being 2015, it seems as if all eyes are focused on the following year and the inevitable high tension of the 2016 presidential election. Given that I attended school here during the political battle between Joni Ernst and Bruce Braley, I am cautiously enthusiastic to see what the Iowa caucuses will bring. However, now that Hillary Clinton has (unsurprisingly) announced her intentions to run from office, I found some opinions on the matter of candidate choice that was alarming, to say the least. I decided to ask around and see who the Hawkeyes
seemed to support the most. A good chunk of the answers were Clinton. When I asked about the other candidates, such as Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and Rand Paul, I was on the receiving end of a sea of blank stares. That is when a frightening thought hit me. What if a majority of the masses would be voting for a candidate simply because they were familiar with her or his name? At first, I began to see how this would make sense. The percentage of incumbent re-elections since 1964-2014 is very high, roughly 93 percent (OpenSecrets.org). The reason behind this occurrence, as most government teachers will tell you, is because the everyday voter is more acquainted with the incumbent candidate. Naturally if this is true, it can be determined that an individual will vote for a presidential candidate because of familiarity.
I was all ready to believe in my little theory when I had a little flashback to 2008 and the victory of Barack Obama. If one were to compare him with the likes of Clinton and John McCain, two politicians who have been in the public eye for decades, the natural assumption would be to discount an up-andcoming Illinois senator as a victim of the early campaigning stages. Yet somehow, that Illinois senator became our president. “There is a lot of time between now and the election,” said Visiting University of Iowa Assistant Professor of journalism Patrick Wright, who has been nominated for a Pulitzer. “Hillary may be a big name, but she was big in 2008. We could be blindsided by some charismatic politician, or Hillary might turn out to be too set in her ways to win a modern day election. Nothing is certain yet.” Why does this matter
though? Why should we care about the difference in up-and-comers and political veterans? To put it simply, we need to start caring more about the electoral journey of the candidates. Because there is a large chance that a electoral wild card could upset the entire balance of familiarity and the past actions of an upstart will not be as publicized as a veteran, then we, as citizens and voters, must pay close attention to how the candidates act on the road to the presidency. This will be when each presidential hopeful has their game face on and posses their grade-A material. If a true leader is to emerge, it will be here. What I want to truly get across with this column is not to jump to conclusions on who should be president. Pay attention to the events to come, and then pick who best represents the needs of the American people.
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BIG TEN NOTEBOOK
New coaches using spring to mesh Wisconsin’s Paul Chryst and Nebraska’s Mike Riley have taken the 2015 spring season to bond with their new teams. By CODY GOODWIN cody-goodwin@uiowa.edu
Michael Caputo, a fifth-year senior safety on the Wisconsin football team, will play under the third head coach of his college career when the Badgers take the field to play Alabama on Sept. 5. It is not the ideal college football experience to play under so many different regimes — especially for Wisconsin, a program that used to be the image of consistency. Barry Alvarez, the Wisconsin athletics director, coached the Badgers for 15 seasons, between 1990-2005. His hand-picked successor, Bret Bielema, served as the coach for the next six seasons, until 2012. Under Alvarez and Bielema, Wisconsin won an average of 8.5 games per season — and that includes eight seasons with 10 or more wins. Since Bielema’s final season — or Caputo’s redshirt freshman year — it’s been a revolving door of coaches who have come through Madison. After Bielema came Gary Andersen for two
seasons, and now, Paul Chryst takes the reins after being hired in late December. Chryst has the makings of a potential lifer at Wisconsin. He grew up in Madison, played quarterback for the Badgers in the late 1980s, and even coached under both Alvarez and Bielema — he coached the tight ends in 2002 and served as the offensive coordinator from 2005-2011. Now he’s back as the head coach, and he said this spring is important, if only because it’s going to allow him to get to know his players. As of Wednesday’s Big Ten spring football teleconference, Wisconsin had already gone through nine of its practices, with six remaining. “I’ve enjoyed, personally, being back here and working with these players,” Chryst said. “Spring is about getting a chance for me and our coaches to know the players, and the players to get to know us. “It’s been a good spring, but we really need to take advantage of these last six opportunities.”
Wisconsin is the reigning Big Ten West Division champion, going 7-1 against the conference, 11-1 overall. The Badgers’ spring game is set for April 25.
Riley not naïve Mike Riley, the new head football coach at Nebraska, knew he’d have to answer the question about pressure soon. It’s a simple one, really: How do you follow a coach who won nine games for seven-straight seasons? “You don’t go into this thing naïve about what Nebraska football means and what the expectations are,” he said on Wednesday. “This program has a tremendous history and has won a lot of games. “But as far as the approach, we have things that we believe in that we want to get established. … It’s been energizing and motivating to try to establish the values that we think are important.” Riley takes over a Nebraska program that has won 66 games since 2008, all seven of those years
SPORTS Iowa’s Mallett to head to University World Games Sophomore sprinter and hurdler Aaron Mallett will compete in the 2015 University World Games in Gwangju, South Korea, on July 3-14. The St. Louis native will compete in his main event, the
110-meter hurdles. This outdoor season, Mallett set a personal record in this event at the Florida Relays on April 3-4. His time of 13.60 ranks second in the NCAA, first in the Big Ten, and second on Iowa’s list. “I thought it was really cool to get invited to it, and the fact that
I’m now accepted is an honor,” Mallett said. “I get to represent not only the Hawkeyes but the United States.” The sophomore will be the first Hawkeye to compete at the University World Games since All-American Justin Austin did so in 2013. — by Mario Williams
under former coach Bo Pelini. Riley comes from Oregon State, where he coached the Beavers to 93 wins between 2003-14. Riley knows the expectations are high in Lincoln, Nebraska, especially for a program that’s been trying like hell to return to national prominence. He said he
understands what needs to be done, and he has made it very clear among his players that it will be a process to get back to where they want to be. “It’s different, and we’ve had to adapt to that,” Nebraska receiver Jordan Westerkamp said Wednesday. “It’s been a good transition, and we’re
excited to keep working. “… We were in a really unique situation here. Obviously, at first, when the previous staff was fired, guys were extremely upset, as they should’ve been. But as time has gone on, and we’ve been around this new staff, guys are trusting them and buying in.”
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Hawks explode midweek
Softball has bats clicking The Hawks’ hitting has jumped up a level in the month of April. By CHARLIE GREEN
who have carried the offense on their backs all season. Looper has turned to Through the first 38 the sophomore cocapgames of its season, a tain as her go-to first stagnant offensive atbaseman. She still has tack hampered Iowa fewer than half the softball — the team lost at bats as Gyerman 10 games by the mercy and Blank but owns rule in that span. the team’s second-best It culminated in a 1-0 on-base percentage at loss to Drake on April 1 .447 — a sign that her — a game in which sophincreased playing time omore pitcher Shayla is not likely to end anyStarkenburg’s 1-hitter time soon. went for naught. And the Hawks are “I think it was a little not standing pat; the bit of a wake-up call,” ceiling for this head coach Marlineup has yet to be la Looper said af‘I think it was a little bit of a reached. ter Iowa’s 5-4 loss The Hawks’ batto Iowa State on wake-up call. After that, they ting average has Wednesday. “After realized what we needed to jumped from .257 that, they realized the Drake what we needed to do as an offense — and that after loss to .277 after do as an offense — the loss to the Cyand that was relax. was relax. And since then, clones. The team’s And since then, they’ve done just that.’ on-base percentage they’ve done just went up from .329 that.” — Marla Looper, head coach to .357 as well. The game epitoBoth of those mized a team that had been struggling since the Drake game. numbers still rank last to get runners across As for Mullarkey, the in the conference but the plate all season — first baseman has re- are nonetheless maeven with the pitching claimed a prominent jor improvements — as effective as possible, role after missing time ones that provide vital they still could not pull to injury and re-proving compensation for the team’s conference-high her value to her coach. through. “She’s just more consis- ERA of 7.08. But now, in the heat “They’ve allowed us of Big Ten play, things tent,” Looper said. “That’s appear to be heading in all we ask of anyone, is to stay in ball games the right direction for just come out and give it even when we’ve given everything you have in up some runs,” LoopHawkeye batters. They’ve surpassed 7 practice. Be consistent, er said. “We’re scoring runs in five of the last and opportunities are go- from top to bottom. We’re producing top eight games since the ing to be there.” Mullarkey, who re- to bottom. And I think Drake contest, something they did just sev- corded her first career that’s going to bode en times all year going triple Wednesday night well for the next few into the stretch. They in the loss against Iowa conference series.” are averaging 8 runs State, looks like she’s Follow @charlsgreen per game since then as turning into a valuable well, compared with a complement to stal- for updates, news, and lowly average of 3.34 warts Megan Blank analysis about the Iowa and Sammi Gyerman, softball team. before. charles-j-green@uiowa.edu
Iowa infielder Nick Roscetti slides into second base during the Iowa-Cornell College game at Banks Field on Wednesday. The Hawkeyes beat the Rams, 9-1. (The Daily Iowan/Mikaela Parrick)
By IAN MURPHY ian-murphy@uiowa.edu
Midweek games have not been kind to the Hawkeyes recently. The Hawkeyes have lost four out of five midweek games dating back to March 25 against Bradley. But with the wind blowing into the park and a cool night, the Hawkeye bats exploded before an announced crowd of 834 for 12 hits and 9 runs in a 9-1 win for the Hawkeyes over Cornell College. Junior Nick Roscetti said the return of the bats was exactly what the Hawkeyes needed against the Rams, and hat will give the Hawkeyes confidence going into a weekend series with Northwestern. “It’s a really good confidence boost,” he said. “We needed this kind of game.” Northwestern’s pitching staff has the third highest ERA in the conference at 5.75, meaning Iowa has an opportunity to continue the offensive performance. The plan to combat that pitching staff, which head coach Rick Heller is capable of throwing high heat, is to crank up the speed on the pitching machine. Still, the tune-up for the Hawkeyes against the Division III Rams was an important win
for a team that simply could not find a way to win the midweek games. “Coach talked about it, kind of just relaxing,” senior Jake Mangler said. “On this team everyone wants to do it, and sometimes in baseball that isn’t always the answer.” The offense was punctuated with a 4-run fifth inning. Iowa opened the inning with threestraight doubles from freshman Grant Klenovich, junior Daniel Aaron Moriel, and junior Joel Booker. Booker’s and Moriel’s doubles each drove in a run. Senior Kris Goodman soon followed with an RBI single. The Hawkeyes also scored 3 runs in the runs in the third. Overall, the Hawkeye offense opened up the floodgates to down the overmatched Rams. “It went pretty much as planned,” head coach Rick Heller said. “It doesn’t always happen that way.” The Hawkeyes still struggled at times, as they have throughout the season, with runners in scoring position, but that can be overlooked with the 12-hit performance. Against Bradley on Tuesday, the Hawkeyes managed 10 hits. Recently, the Hawkeyes have relied on pitching and defense to
get the wins. However, as good as the pitching was in surrendering 1 run on 2 hits, Wednesday was a win for the offense. “We got good swings off,” Roscetti said “[We just haven’t gotten] that one key hit, and we got it tonight.” The hits were there, several times over, but the pitchers performed well as Heller strayed from the usual rotation of one pitcher every inning, using only three. Senior Nick Hibbing saw game action, throwing four innings and allowing only 2 hits and 1 earned run. Sophomore Jared Mandel pitched three innings of relief before sophomore Josh Martsching entered in relief. At times all season, either the pitching or the hitting have not been there for the Hawkeyes, and it tended to be the hitting. However, both were on display against the Rams. And as good as the offense was, Heller said he thinks the bats can still be better. “When our offense struggles, our defense and pitching pick us up,” he said. “I still think we have the potential to swing better.” Follow @IanFromIowa on Twitter for news, updates, and analysis on the Iowa Baseball team.
The relatively small sample size brings the season average to 4.40, which ranks just 13th in the Big Ten. But sophomore Kaitlyn Mullarkey and junior Holly Hoffman represent signs of encouragement in giving the team a much-needed boost with their bats; the pair’s recent ascension doubles the squad’s number of .300 hitters. Hoffman’s average has climbed to .302
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Former Iowa QB Rudock story lingers
In the wake of Hernandez verdict
Iowa defensive end Drew Ott had words regarding former Iowa quarterback Jake Rudock on Wednesday.
Wednesday’s biggest story in the football world not only affected Aaron Hernandez, his family, and the victims involved with the situation — it also had an effect on the Iowa program.
By DANNY PAYNE daniel-payne-1@uiowa.edu
Drew Ott often doesn’t give much explanation when answering questions from the media. The Iowa senior defensive end’s responses are usually quick and concise, not leaving much to the imagination. This was the case on Ott We d n e s - defensive end day’s Big Ten spring football teleconference. A Michigan beat writer asked him a question regarding the Wolverines new quarterback and former Hawkeye Jake Rudock’s decision to leave Iowa upon his graduation in May. “I thought he had a little more fight in him,” Ott said. “I guess maybe an opportunity arose over
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there at Michigan; I don’t know too much about it.” Ott’s comments came regarding the well-documented drama at the Iowa quarterback position that seemingly never went away in the Hawkeyes’ 7-6 2014 campaign. That situation culminated when head coach Kirk Ferentz gave the starting quarterback job to junior C.J. Beathard after the Hawkeyes suffered a 45-28 shellacking at the hands of Tennessee in the January’s TaxSlayer Bowl, in which Beathard took the majority of the snaps. Ott’s further comments regarding Rudock were somewhat ambiguous. When asked to describe Rudock’s playing style and what kind of quarterback first-year head coach Jim Harbaugh’s squad will get, the Trumbull, Nebraska, native said the following: “Really smart football
player; he’s going to know the offense,” Ott said. “He’s going to know what to do.” But is he a leader of the football team? “I don’t know; you’d have to ask someone else.” Again, ambiguous. It’s unclear whether Ott truly doesn’t know if Rudock is a good leader. It’s a possibility — after all, Ott did fumble over a question regarding Iowa’s offense earlier in the teleconference, saying an offensive player would be better off answering the question. On the other hand, Ott’s comments could have been a shot at his former quarterback. It wouldn’t be far-fetched considering he questioned Rudock’s willingness to play for the Hawkeyes. Either way, Ott’s words added another chapter in the Rudock novel, which likely won’t go away any time soon.
“We had some chances,” head coach Marla Looper said. “There were a few things throughout the
game where we shot out own feet off, and we got to be better than that.” The Hawks certainly did have some chances. They left seven runners on base and only managed 2 hits in the nine times they had runners in scoring position. Those numbers aren’t exactly out of line with the rest of Iowa’s season, but in a rivalry game with state bragging rights on the line, they become huge. “It means a lot,” Looper said. “It’s not just another team in the state, it’s the other big state school — that’s just the way it is. I know the girls wanted to come out and get it done, but unfortunately, there were times where they put a little pressure on themselves.” That pressure ended up being their undoing. While the team’s mantra this season has not been to dwell on the losses, but judging by Mullarkey’s demeanor after the game, they might take a little extra time to digest this one.
Iowa left-fielder Cheyenne Pratt and center-fielder Sammi Gyerman (21) collide during the Iowa-Iowa State game at Pearl Field on Wednesday. (The Daily Iowan/John Theulen)
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leaves him in the top-20 all-time in Macon County and the all-time leader at St. Teresa. Williams missed the first 11 games of his senior season at St. Teresa because of complications after his
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family moved from Decatur to Springfield. After being briefly enrolled at Springfield, Williams turned 18 and returned to live with a classmate’s family in Decatur less than a week into school. He was eligible to
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A Massachusetts jury found former New England Patriot tight end Aaron Hernandez guilty of first-degree murder. Hernandez murdered O d i n Lloyd in 2013 and was also Hernandez convicted graduate assistant of unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition. A first-degree murder charge carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison without possibility of parole. Hernandez’s brother, DJ, is a graduate assistant on Iowa’s staff and works with the Hawkeye tight ends.
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Blythe, then question marks Iowa was lucky last season.
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play again for the Bulldogs but had to receive clearance from his mother. His coaches and faculty at St. Teresa spoke highly of Williams’ mindset while sitting out the first portion of the year, impressed by
“All you can do is lend support,” said Kirk Ferentz, who coached under Patriot head coach Bill Belichick before he began in New England. “It’s a very tough time for DJ to go through; he’s a tremendous young man … There are a lot of things in life that happen that are very tough to explain. “I’m not sure I can explain this one. Certainly it’s been a tough period for him.” Even more, Ferentz’s son Brian has connections to the Patriot organization. He worked with Patriots’ tight ends in 2010 and 2011, when Hernandez was a member of the team. Brian Ferentz had similar thoughts on the situation during a press conference Wednesday.
“These things are unfortunate, and really I don’t think it benefits Iowa football or myself to comment on the situation other than it’s tragic,” he said. “It’s certainly much more tragic for the victims involved, but these types of things, they affect everyone. I feel bad for DJ and for his family, but I feel worse for the victims in this case. “Things like this, again, I think the reason you don’t comment is what can you really say? I don’t know what I could say that would make any sense to me or to anyone in here and wouldn’t be picked apart. “I think it’s very difficult for DJ, and I think it’s more difficult for the victims. I wish it hadn’t happened, but it did.”
After injuries forced usual center Austin Blythe to switch to guard, Tommy Gaul was forced to step in and play center for a good chunk of the year. Playing perhaps the toughest position on the line, Gaul did a great job for the Hawkeyes. The plan is to use Blythe at center all season, but should an injury happen, the Hawkeyes know they may not be as fortunate as it was in 2014. Eric Simmons is listed as Blythe’s backup, but Ferentz mentioned his younger brother, Steve, as a possibility, along with freshmen-
to-be James Daniels and Jake Newborg. “You never want to break in a new center,” Ferentz said. “I think the issue right now is trying to find somebody to play center if he can’t, because that’s a very real possibility. You never know what’s going to happen on every snap, and I don’t think — I think we feel good about our depth on the inside, not necessarily at the center position.”
down continue, but it was undoubtedly a step in the right direction. And for Mangler, any game to boost the confidence of his teammates is invaluable later on down the road this season. Getting back to baseball would go along way into solving those problems. “On this team, everybody wants to do it,”
Mangler said. “They try so hard, and sometimes in baseball it’s not the best answer, and that’s what we talked about before hand. Just go out and play the way you’ve been playing your whole life.”
his willingness to contribute eagerly as a part-time manager/assistant coach. Upon returning, he re-assumed his role of star player amid a roster of more prepared players from their time without him and
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turned in one of the school’s greatest seasons of all-time. Williams joins guards Andrew Fleming and Isaiah Moss and forwards Brandon Hutton and Ahmad Wagner and will be on the team next season.
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Softball falls to Iowa State By JORDAN HANSEN
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Iowa defensive linemen Brant Gressel and Jaleel Johnson practice a blocking drill during Iowa’s West Des Moines open practice at the Valley High School football stadium on April 11. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert)
A tale of two lines
Iowa’s offensive line is much more encouraging for Hawkeye fans than its defensive line. By DANNY PAYNE daniel-payne-1@uiowa.edu
Following Iowa’s performance in West Des Moines last weekend, Hawkeye fans could either be very encouraged or discouraged by the team’s play on the offensive and defensive lines. Defensive-line coach Reese Morgan and offensive-line coach Brian Ferentz met the media Wednesday to discuss the units.
The not-so-encouraging Fewer than a few yards from those defensive linemen is where the concerns lie. Tackles Boettger, along with Boone Meyers, had trouble handling Iowa’s defense, which is to be expected given the fact those two are replacing Andrew Donnal and Brandon Scherff, respectively. For Ferentz, he doesn’t expect them to be at the level of their predecessors —
that would be an unrealistic expectation. They are young, after all. Ferentz said Boettger, in particular, had “a look in his eyes that maybe was not encouraging,” when he had to go in for an injured Scherff in the Ball State in September 2014. To combat that inexperience comes repetitions, something Ferentz knows is the most important thing to get his tackles up to speed. “Every day right now is just a learning experience for these guys, so I don’t think we want to look too far into the future,” Ferentz said.
The encouraging If the season started today, the Hawkeyes would line up Nate Meier, Jaleel Johnson, Nate Bazata, and Drew Ott. That means playing with a wealth of experience on the outside in Meier
and Ott, as well as a decent amount of playing time from Johnson and Ott. Ott’s team-leading 7.5 sacks are back from a year ago, as are Meier’s 1.5. Meier, especially, impressed observers in the team’s open practice last week, having his way with offensive tackle Ike Boettger — good signs for the Hawkeyes. “A year ago at this time the big concern was can Nate be an every-down defensive lineman with his size. He answered those questions last spring and last season,” Morgan said. “We still have to detail things in terms of his technique. He’s an undersized guy who thinks he’s bigger and tougher than he is, and you love that about him, but he’s making some progress.” On the inside, there are more unknowns. Behind the two starters, Iowa has Faith Ekakitie, as well as SEE NOTEBOOK, 7A
TURN TO PAGE 7A FOR COVERAGE OF DREW OTT’S COMMENTS ON JAKE RUDOCK, IN ADDITION TO REACTION SPARKED BY AARON HERNANDEZ’S FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CONVICTION.
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Hawkeye offense spurs big win The Iowa baseball team finally won a midweek game courtesy of some hot bats. By RYAN RODRIGUEZ
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McCaffery adds fifth recruit Combo guard Christian Williams committed to Iowa on Wednesday.
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Conspicuously absent in a number of midweek games this season, Iowa’s bats finally came alive Wednesday night at Banks Field, spanking 12 hits en route to a 9-1 win over Cornell College. On a night when Iowa’s usually unflappable pitching fell victim to a number of bad bounces and mental mistakes, the offense kept its foot on the gas through nine innings, lifting the Hawkeyes (24-10, 8-1 Big Ten) to their first victory in a midweek game since March 31. “I feel really good about how tonight went because it went pretty much as planned,” head coach Rick Heller said. “It doesn’t always happen that way, especially after a long night last night, but they came out with a really good effort with good energy.” The Hawks’ previous three midweek matchups ended with futility at the plate. Outscored 25-10 against a trio of nonconference opponents, the Hawkeyes were frustratingly inadequate in the batters box, squandering quality starts from their pitching staff more often than not in the losses. Needless to say, Wednesday’s thrashing of the Rams was just what the doctor ordered. “We’ve had our struggles with midweek, and even on the weekends, we haven’t been hitting quite as well as we would like to,” senior Jake Mangler said. “So to have a game where
With one out left in the game and Iowa trailing 5-4 to Iowa State (2117, 1-5 Big 12), first basemen Kaitlyn Mullarkey was up with shortstop Megan Blank on first. Mullarkey, who was hitting .311 coming into the game, seemed ready to display another bit of heroics. Except she couldn’t. Iowa State’s Stacy Roggentien, who had dealt heat all day, got her 10th strikeout of the game, and the Cyclones celebrated Mullarkey in the dugout. first basemen “It’s not a good feeling,” Mullarkey said. “But the game’s over.” It was indeed over, but this one might sting a bit more than others Iowa (14-32, 5-9 Big Ten) has had this season. Starting pitcher Shayla Starkenburg was dealing and tallied 7 strikeouts and just 2 earned runs. The game didn’t start out particularly well for her, but after the Cyclones scored 3 runs in the first inning — which were, in part, due to a fielding error — Iowa responded with 2 of its own. “I think at the beginning of the game, we had a bit of trouble finding the zone,” catcher Holly Hoffman said. “But then she did settle down, and I was proud of her for that.” In fact, the whole team seemed to settle down after the first inning. The Hawkeyes put up a single run in each of the next two innings, and they were tied with Iowa State at 4. The Cyclones tacked on another run in the top of the fifth, but an Iowa 3-6-4 double play seemed to give the Hawkeyes a bit of momentum. “It was a kind of a routine double play,” Mullarkey said. “Grounder, go to two. It’s something we’ve been doing well this year and something that we’re expected to do.” However, that momentum was short-lived. Right fielder Erin Erickson flied out, Whitney Repole — who was pinch hitting for third basemen Sarah Kurtz — popped up, and just like that Iowa had two outs and no one on.
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For Roscetti, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI, it was only a matter of time before Iowa’s bats finally came out to play during a weekday game. Still, it was nice for Heller and Company to see that potential finally manifest itself in the form of actual hits and runs on the scoreboard. “We really needed this type of game,” Roscetti said. “I think it really helped the pace we had going to just step in and get it done. You just have to trust the process. We got good
Iowa men’s basketball head coach Fran McCaffery added a fifth recruit to his 2015 class this week, when Christian Williams (St. Teresa, Decatur, Illinois) committed to the Hawkeyes on Wednesday. Williams is a 6-6 wing player who played on the varsity squad in all of his four years at St. Teresa and was named all-state twice and first-team all-league in Macon Williams County three times. Ri- incoming guard vals.com has him rated as a three-star recruit. At 180 pounds, Williams is a wiry swingman who can also handle the ball and has passing ability that impressed McCaffery enough to project him as a possible three-position player, presumably at either guard position or the small forward. The St. Teresa star averaged 18.7 points per game as a senior, along with 8.6 rebounds, 3.3 steals, and 3 assists per game, and was named Macon County Player of the Year by the Herald & Review as his Bull-
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Iowa designated hitter Grant Klenovich hits during the Iowa-Cornell College game at Banks Field on Wednesday. The Hawkeyes beat the Rams, 9-1. (The Daily Iowan/Mikeala Parrick) we come out and put some runs on the board and hit some balls hard is a good confidence booster.” Junior Joel Booker got the party started in the second for Iowa, roping a 1-2 pitch over second base and into center field before advancing to third on a Nick Roscetti single. He tagged up on a shallow pop fly to cross the plate and open a 1-0 lead. First blood, Iowa. With the waters chummed, the feeding frenzy continued for the Hawks. A 3-run third followed by a 4-run, fivehit fifth broke the game wide open.
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FOOD FOR THE SOUL Food and farmers take center stage in the new musical All Recipes Are Home, performed in an Iowa City barn.
By GRACE HAERR grace-haerr@uiowa.edu
Food is the foundation of many a hallowed tradition, from the Jewish festival Passover in which unleavened bread called matzo is eaten during a week of prayer to the annual Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival held in Des Moines, in which attendees consume more than 15,000 pounds of bacon in a single day. Almost all cultures and communities come together under a culinary banner. “Food is really the central part of any gathering,” said Charles Swanson, the executive director of Hancher. “Food drives our lives; food drives our economy.” Food was the driving force in the creation of All Recipes Are Home, a musical by Working Group Theater, a local professional theater company that has toured nationally performing its original works. “So much personal history that you can’t find in textbooks comes from food. These stories live on from generation to generation and are kept alive through conversation, art, and of course cooking,” said Cara Viner, an actor in All Recipes Are Home. Working Group Theater and Hancher have partnered for the conception and production of All Recipes Are Home, accompanied by the band Awful Purdies. The show will première inside a historic barn on the Johnson County Fairgrounds at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Both showings are sold out. “This piece is a collaboration not only between theater artists and musicians, but with our communities across the state where these conversations of food and family history were brought to light, and we have the incredible opportunity to bring them to life for others,” Viner said. Complementing the barn’s character are barrels of hay scattered on the set. Coffee-can lanterns strung between ladders for lighting accentuate the interior of a decades-old barn in which All Recipes Are Home will début. “I love that this show is taking place in a barn. What is more iconic and has more history in Iowa than a barn?” said Katie Roche, a member of Awful Purdies. “It’s really a clever and unusual use of musicians and use of space.” With agriculture a centerpiece of Iowa’s livelihood, interviews with real Iowa farmers will be included in the play. “Every Working Group show uses interviews with people involved with the issue central to the show,”said Sean Lewis, the artistic director of Working Group Theater. “So this was just a natural connection.” Hancher and Working Group made a connection nearly three years ago, when the organizations first starting planning their new musical. At the same meeting, they established the UI’s theme semester for spring 2015, “Food For Thought.”
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Dancing the globe, the city By CLAIRE DIETZ claire-dietz@uiowa.edu
In the run-up to the International Dance Day on April 29, UNESCO’s official Dance Day Around the World webpage highlighted an Iowa City event Tuesday. InterDance, created nine years ago by Nora Garda, celebrates the world of dance in the state of Iowa. It features two days of free performances and workshops throughout central Iowa City on Friday and Saturday. The events include tango at Trumpet Blossom Café, 310 E. Prentiss St., performances by dance companies on the Pentacrest, and workshops featuring Afro-Caribbean-Indian dance at Gateway Dance Theater, 700 S. Dubuque St. A lover of dance and a chemist, Garda said more people should be aware of how dance has grown as an art in Iowa City. “I have a big passion for dance, and I believe that more people should dance,” she said. “We wanted to get together with dancers, share the work, share the problems, share the finished work, share the in-progress work. And not only established groups but also groups that do not have many opportunities to show their work.” University of Iowa dance Associate Professor Eloy Barragán will serve as a keynote speaker at Dance For the Camera at Fair Grounds Café, 345 S. Dubuque St., on Saturday. “One of the things for me that is very important is that the university gets more involved in the com-
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Notes, beats, and rhythms. Though together they create the composition of music, blues and soul artist Tony Brown said they are simply surface matter. “This medicine called music is more than a profession or a ‘thang’ that some people do. It is divine,” Brown said. “It is the ultimate communication device. It is a deep penetrating medicine that has the ability to reach in a person’s soul and lift them up mentally, physically, and spiritually. Music combined with the power of love could save this planet and all life forms if it would be applied in its true power form.” At 7 p.m. Friday, Brown will be joined by many of his fellow Iowa City musicians at the Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., for a benefit to raise money for Angie Hargrove, daughter of legendary singer Gloria Hardiman. In March 2014, 40-year old Hargrove was diagnosed with Stage 3 brain cancer. While the purpose of the event is to help Hargrove offset the burden of medical bills, Brown said he hopes love and music will be in great supply. “I, as a person who utilizes music, sound, and ‘riddim’ to heal, feel the
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Dancers perform at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts as part of the 2014 InterDance event. (Photo contributed by Carol Crow Johnk) munity,” Barragán said. “InterDance has definitely affected the community, not only the dance community but also the larger Iowa City community, because it allows people to see that dance is still very alive.” Terri Miller Chait of Chait Galleries, 218 E. Washington St., who is a volunteer for InterDance, said the program benefits audiences and performers, particularly in workshops led by professional dancers. “Because dancers are often performing, they don’t have the opportunity to connect with other dancers, and these workshops allow them to connect,” she said. “For the audience … it’s sort of like a gallery walk where you go from one place to the next to see what type of dances are going to be presented.” Lisa Baum, a volunteer and the development director at KCCK 88.3, said InterDance was once hosted by the Coralville Center for Performing Arts — but now that Garda has brought it to Iowa City, more people are likely to turn out. “I love that [Garda] is dancing in places that are not really dance places,” Baum said. “Who’s thinking about dancing at the Trumpet Blossom? But, why not? … We’re
just in these fabulous upside-down places.” InterDance has the potential to expand local culture, said Casey Cook, a community advocate and volunteer for the program. “I think so much of living in Iowa City is quality of life,” she said. “It’s these sorts of things that weave the community together and give them an opportunity to talk about these experiences together. It is a very positive thing.” While not every dance genre will be represented, Garda said, audiences should expect a broad range of styles, including ballet, hip-hop, jazz, swing, and Irish step. Baum — along with her fellow InterDance organizers — said Garda is making strides to foster local creativity. “We absolutely have a dance oasis in Iowa City,” she said. “The face of this is Nora Garda, and she is leading the charge.”
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necessity of being involved with this effort because it is more than raising money or funds,” he said. “It is making this healing power work.” Because Hardiman’s sister is a choir director, the first hour and a half of the night will be dedicated to gospel music, followed by a mix of blues and soul starting at 9 p.m. The nine artists scheduled include Hardiman, Mama Teague, Craig Erickson, and Sean Seaton, with a few surprise performances. Co-organizer and performer Johnny Kilowatt of the Johnny Kilowatt Band said the event is a great opportunity to unite Iowa City musicians. “All of the musicians are friends, but we don’t often get to play together,” he said. “It’s nice for the musical community to rally in support of one of our own and have a great time doing it.” Hardiman has been singing the blues since her childhood, and she became most famous for her 1986 song “Meet Me with Your Black Drawers On.” She has become an influential member of the local music community in the last decade, and when she reached out to various artists on behalf of her daughter, Kilowatt said, he and others involved immediately dropped what
they were doing to help. “I’ve seen how much Gloria is suffering through this ordeal as a mother, and it’s heartbreaking,” he said. Another co-organizer and performer for the event, Tanya English of the Tanya English Band, deemed Hardiman her “spiritual sister” after having been musically mentored by her. “She’s one of those people that when she gets on stage, she just lights the room up,” English said. “She knows how to get people involved in what’s happening, to make it a party that people want to be at. It’s not like you’re going there to watch something, you’re going there to be a part of it. We’re very blessed to have her around, because she’s the real deal.” English said the blues is representative of Hargrove’s fight with brain cancer because it reminds people to look for a silver lining. “Angie is a fighter, and she is a very strong person,” she said. “I don’t see any reason why she couldn’t heal from this.”
MUSIC Benefit for Angelyn Hargrove When: 7 p.m. Friday Where: Mill, 120 E. Burlington Admission: $20 suggested donation
Today 4.16 MUSIC
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• Lil Bibby, 6:30 p.m., Blue Moose, 211 Iowa • Freakabout, 10 p.m., Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn
• Dance Thesis Concert II, 8 p.m., North Hall Space/Place
WORDS Alex of Venice Alex is a standard overworked lawyer. When her husband leaves her, she’s left with her hopeful actor father, oddball sister, and reserved son. On top of that, she has an incredibly important case to win. As she goes through everything alone, she realizes how capable and vulnerable she is.
Unfriended One year ago, a bully got a taste of her own medicine and, after a video surfaced online, took her life. On the anniversary of her death, six of her friends receive a Skype message from her. Though they don’t take it seriously at first, they become concerned as she starts revealing their secrets to the world. In this 21st-century horror film, cyberbullying quickly turns into cyber-haunting — or worse.
FILMSCENE
• Floodwater Comedy Festival, 7:30 p.m., Mill, 120 E. Burlington • Writers’ Workshop Reading, Yiyun Li, fiction, 8 p.m., Dey House Frank Conroy Reading Room
THEATER • Housebroken, 7:30 p.m., Riverside Theater, 213 N. Gilbert • The Liar, Mainstage, 8 p.m., Theater Building Mabie Theater
FILM • Big Hero 6, 3 p.m., FilmScene, 118 E. College • The Mask You Live In, 6 p.m., Van Allen Lecture Room 1 • Wild Tales, 6:15 & 8:45 p.m., FilmScene
MISCELLANEOUS • Anti-Street Harassment Day of Action, 11:30 a.m., Pentacrest
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THEATER
• Benefit for Angie Hargrove, 7 p.m., Mill • Lil Dicky, 7:30 p.m., Blue Moose • Ohad Talmor, 7:30 p.m., Englert, 221 E. Washington • Goodcat, 10 p.m., Yacht Club • Jucifer, 10 p.m., Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington
• All Recipes Are Home, 7 p.m., Johnson County Fairgrounds Barn 2, 4261 Oak Crest Hill Road S.E. • Housebroken, 7:30 p.m., Riverside Theater • The Liar, Mainstage, 8 p.m., Mabie Theater
FILM • White God, 4:20, 6:45, & 9:10 p.m., FilmScene
WORDS • Writers’ Workshop Reading, Brenda Shaughnessy, poetry, 8 p.m., Dey House Frank Conroy Reading Room
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Into the soul of healing By JASMINE PUTNEY
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White God The iron-clad relationship between a girl and her dog is tested in this Hungarian drama, which serves as a metaphor for modern cultural and political conflicts. When Lili’s dog Hagen is declared “unfit” and seized by the state for his mixed-breed pedigree, the young woman fights to reunite with her best friend while Hagen does the same.
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Saturday 4.18 MUSIC
THEATER
• Acoustic Cage Match, 7 p.m., Gabe’s • The Big Splash featuring Dave Ross, 9 p.m., Blue Moose • KRUI 30th Anniversary Party, 10 p.m., Mill • Uniphonics, 10 p.m., Yacht Club
• All Recipes Are Home, 7 p.m., Johnson County Fairgrounds • Housebroken, 7:30 p.m., Riverside Theater • The Liar, Mainstage, 8 p.m., Mabie Theater
WORDS • Deep Dish Comedy, 7 p.m., Blue Moose • Iowa Review Veterans’ Event with Anthony Swofford, 7 p.m., Prairie Lights, 13 S. Dubuque
FILM • Wild Tales, 4 p.m., FilmScene • White God, 6:20 & 8:45 p.m., FilmScene
Sunday 4.19
Lagunitas IPA Maximus Ale
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• Iowa City Community String Orchestra, 3 p.m., Englert • Trio 826, 7 p.m., Mill • Brad Reeder, 8 p.m., Gabe’s • Virgin Mary Pistol Grip, 9 p.m., Gabe’s
• Bijou Film Forum, The Hunting Ground, 1 p.m., FilmScene • Ballet 422, 3 p.m., FilmScene • Wild Tales, 4:45 p.m., FilmScene • White God, 7:15 p.m., FilmScene
It’s called Maximus Ale for a reason. The Lagunitas Brewing Co. of Petaluma, Calif., has taken the IPA on an overdrive hops-rush to flavor town. Thanks to the powers of the Internet, I know I.B.U. stands for International Bittering Units. A normal American lager has anywhere around 10 units. This ale boasts up to seven times that amount, 72.41.
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EXPERIENCE: What do these magic numbers mean? That IPA Maximus Ale is so packed with bitter flavor it’ll leave you with aroma pile-driving your palate and perplexing your mind. It’s a misleading, welcoming dark amber color, like many ales, but the taste is relentless and bitter. If you’re looking for a flavor adventure/challenge, this should be your next beer. If you’re looking to go hard and down more than a couple, I hope you’ll pass, avoiding the noxious throat fumes that will follow you till sunrise.
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ADVICE: Enjoy this brew chilled in a standard pint glass so as to promote aroma-wafting. It’ll serve you best as an addition, a side dish, to a hearty meal. With the warm weather in mind, a steak or heavily-dressed burger would suffice. — by Adam Gromotka
• Writers’ Workshop Reading, Karen Russell, fiction, 8 p.m., Dey House Frank Conroy Reading Room • Was the Word, 8 p.m., Englert
MISCELLANEOUS • Fashion for Charity Fashion Show, 11 a.m., Old Brick, 26 E. Market • Pub Quiz, 9 p.m., Mill
• Housebroken, 2 p.m., Riverside Theater • The Liar, Mainstage, 2 p.m., Mabie Theater
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“We [at Hancher] had thought ourselves about a play featuring food, and we met to find they were on the same page,” Swanson said. “We both were pleased and thought it was time for a more joyous subject. This one was quite serendipitous.” In the past, Hancher and Working Group Theater have covered serious themes in their productions, including Alzheimer’s patients and their care givers, cyber bulling, and the changing demographics in the community. “As a lover of food and community, the Food for Thought Theme speaks strongly to me,” Viner said. “… We all have stories of where we come from and how food fits into that. I have memories of my grandmother’s famous chocolate-chip cookies, and we still have the crumbled piece of paper she wrote it on decades ago while in Charleston, West Virginia.” All Recipes Are Home is the fifth “full-length” play Hancher has commissioned from the Working Group Theater since 2009. In its 40-year history, Swanson said, Hancher has commissioned more than 100 new musical, dance, and theater works. While food was on the table, a musical was not in the original plan for the performance. “I knew if I was writing a play about food, then I was also throwing a party,” Lewis said. “And if it’s a party, it needs music. When the Purdies came on board, I then started to look at what its involvement would be … it has such amazing songs that it felt as if the songs needed to be part of the show. And if they were part of the show, then the actors
A tiny black radio in a room with walls painted turquoise and red, tucked in the corner on the third floor of the IMU, plays static and then a song from Jurassic Park. In the adjacent room, a student broadcaster at KRUI 89.7 FM, the student-run radio station at the University of Iowa, is doing a segment on dinosaurs and similar creatures, interviewing an expert on alligators as part of a series on UI professors. To some the topic might seem strange, but that is the beauty of KRUI — those who work there are free to try anything and everything. “It’s really interesting to see the amazing things KRUI can do,” KRUI General Manager Tony Andrys said. “They are just a bunch of students who are passionate, who want to get their message out there.” The station is celebrating 30 years this week. Solely students and people in the community run the organization. Although student-run radio on campus began in 1952, KRUI has been broadcasting from 89.7 FM for three decades, after receiving its noncommercial license. The day of celebration, Saturday, will be marked with a free concert at the Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., featuring musicians Jack Lion and Annalibera. An open house will be hosted the following day at KRUI studios. The milestone is also being recognized by a special broadcast modeled after the first one in 1984, featuring prominent people such as Gov. Terry Branstad and various UI leaders. The station has also called on alumni to share their stories in an effort to compile a book of information on the history and members of KRUI for the past 30 years. “… We want to know how KRUI has affected the lives of our alumni,” Andrys said. “It shows that KRUI can get you somewhere … the alumni stories are kind of the proof.” One past staff member who has continued to be involved in the station is Emily Woodbury. She, now a member of Student Broadcasters
The director of All Recipes Are Home talks to set coordinators before a rehearsal of the play at the Johnson County Fairgrounds on Wednesday. Hancher Auditorium, Luther College’s Center for Faith and Life, and Grinnell College commissioned All Recipes Are Home. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert) should sing and … once that happens, you basically have a musical.” Awful Purdies, an all-female quintet with a modern folk sound, includes Katie Senn on cello, Katie Roche on accordion, Nicole Upchurch on banjo, Marcy Rosenbaum on mandolin, and Sarah Driscoll on guitar. “Sometimes, we are simply setting a mood behind the scene or building a landscape behind the performers that lets the audience know how they should feel in the same way an orchestra does,” Roche said. The musicians will not play in a pit as an orchestra would. Roche, who also acts in the play and serves as a narrator, said the band will perform alongside the cast. “I absolutely love having them on stage; they act as the heartbeat of the story and uplift us to a higher level of passion and artistry,” Viner said. Lewis drew from the Awful Purdies’ existing work when adapting sound to the stage, Roche said. “There is so much dedication that goes into finding a
place for a song to live in the narrative,” she said. “Sean has dug into our last two albums. It’s really wild and wonderful to have a song that I wrote eight years ago now live in this theatrical landscape suddenly. It’s exciting to me that a work could be so flexible.” All Recipes Are Home is Lewis’ first musical project, presenting challenges he found stimulating. “I liked that a musical scared me,” he said. “Each Working Group show usually incorporates something that could fail miserably, otherwise I get bored. That can sound flippant, but it’s true. “So with our shows, we tend to invite in a dancer, or a visual artist, or someone from a discipline I know nothing about. It then changes how you have to approach the work for better or worse. In the very least, it’s exciting.” In All Recipes Are Home, Viner said, she transforms between two separate characters: Tilly, the storyteller’s daughter, who relates an interactive story of her family, and Erin, the storyteller’s
grandmother, who sets out to find her love Josef and discovers who she truly is along the way. “Everyone is so invested,” Roche said. “We see traces of all our input in every aspect of the play, and it’s a really empowering way to get to work.” For an audience with an appetite, dining tables will be set in front of the stage, and guests will be encouraged to pack a picnic and enjoy it throughout the ensemble. Ticketholders can also purchase nonalcoholic and alcoholic beverages at the venue, while cans will be collected at the door to benefit Iowa City food banks and United Way. “I think it will immediately become a communal event,” Lewis said. “We often go to the theater and don’t pay much mind to the people around us. Theater is meant to be communal, but we still have very isolated and singular experiences … I think sitting next to people you don’t know and sharing a meal with a performance in front of you is really exciting. So simple and obvious, but essential.”
Inc., said she can see how the organization has continued to have a positive effect on students. “We’ve always have the same overall goals — to get the best broadcast on the air and connect the Iowa City community and the University of Iowa community,” Woodbury said. KRUI is the second largest student organization on campus with 200 members, and it operates on a 24/7 basis. Because of this, many refer to it as a “learning lab.” This is something Woodbury said she hopes to see continue. ‘I’d still love to see it educate students and provide them a place to experiment and create things and develop the skills they will take with them in their lives and their careers after they leave the UI,” she said. The 30-year mark is a sign of the organization’s success, said advisory board member Dave Long. “I think that just really shows how much value people find in KRUI, how much value the students find in working at KRUI,” said Long, a member of the KRUI advisory board. “It’s also a testament to the passion, and time, and effort people have put in working at KRUI.” — by Lily Abromeit
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MUSIC KRUI Radio 30th Anniversary Party When: 8:30 p.m. Saturday Where: Mill, 120 E. Burlington
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When love lies, or lies love
The UI’s newest Mainstage production is a comedy of love and lies. By ISAAC HAMLET isaac-hamlet@uiowa.edu
Lying is a daily occurrence. Whether we think about it or not, everyday dialogue is smattered with exaggerations, misrememberings, and white lies. For the character of Dorante, though, the proclivity to lie is much more severe. The Liar is an adaptation of Pierre Corneille’s 17th-century French farce Le Menteur, and will be featured as the next University of Iowa Mainstage performance. The play will be staged at 8 p.m. today, in the Theater Building’s Mabie Theater. Performances will run through April 26. The adaptation by David Ives preserves the 1644 setting and has its characters using rhymed iambic pentameter. “It’s brilliant, witty, comedic,” said Eric Forsythe, the play’s director. “We don’t speak so wittily today; there’s a level of translation necessary to convey some things to the audience. The language of the play is very much alive and reminds you why poetic diction can be so fascinating. It’s highly physical work on stage, and the lines are like verbal gymnastics.” The story follows Dorante, a man with the
notable flaw of being unable to tell the truth. In the play’s opening, we see him encounter his foil, Clinton, a manservant incapable of lying. Soon after, he falls in love with a young woman whom he mistakes for another woman, and so the characters enter into a web of miscommunication and misunderstanding. “The story can be a little confusing; we spent time as a cast figuring out what’s happening and how to display it on stage,” said Kevin Argus, who portrays Clinton. “In part, it’s a classical farce: There are mistaken identities, a lot of weddings, twins. But then there are a lot of modern references and allusions scattered throughout.” Graduate student Allyson Jean Malandra plays Lucrece, the woman Dorante believes he has fallen in love with when in actuality he’s smitten with her friend Clarice (Keyla McClure). Malandra described the performance as “a marathon for our mouths, brains, and bodies.” “The most enjoyable part [for me] has been working with the cast and crew on t h e l a n g u a g e ,” A r g u s s a i d . “ We w a n t t h e language to feel natural, or at least un-
forced, despite the r h y m i n g p e n t a m e t e r.” In addition to the prose, the cast has had to learn to navigate the stage while adorned in corsets, wigs, and other period costumes. “Even just yesterday, having our costumes for the first time with our wigs was a huge adjustment,” Malandra said. “There are so many physical demands in how we stand and also use our fans.” Though Corneille is not well-known for his comedies, Forsythe and his cast are confident Ives’ adaption will attract fans. “I think its lightheartedness and comedy will appeal to audiences,” Malandra said. “We all yearn and burn for someone to be special in our lives … and once we find someone who is special, we should enjoy them and the time we have with them. It’s really a sweet sentiment, and the play is … a valentine to the audience.”
The Liar When: 8 p.m. today-Saturday, 2 p.m. April 19, 8 p.m. April 22-25, 2 p.m. April 26 Where: Theater Building Mabie Theater Admission: $5-$18
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Laughing
through the flood By DEVYN YOUNG devyn-young@uiowa.edu
A lot can happen in a year. For Annie Levitz and Kristine Moffitt, this year brought them something they never saw coming: a comedy festival. The first Floodwater Comedy Festival will take over downtown Iowa City starting tonight and running through April 19. The 19 events will take place at eight locations, from the Blue Moose to the Theater Building. Annie Levitz and Kristine Moffitt, the cofounders of the event, said the festival will spotlight several different types of comedy. “When we were talking at our first meeting, we talked about how we wanted to expand it further … we wanted to do standup, improv, and writing as well,” Moffitt said. “We know that there is a great community of standup comedians and improv groups in Iowa City. We really just wanted to support them, showcase them.” The two got their funding through Indigogo in early March. Since then, the production team of Floodwater Comedy has been hard at work putting together a final line-
Floodwater Comedy Festival When: Today through April 19 Where: Various locations around Iowa City Admission: $0-$25; prices vary. Tickets available online at floodwatercomedyfest.com as well as at the door of events.
up and perfecting details. “It’s been a very challenging process,” Moffitt said. “[Levitz and I] have a history in arts management, but not this specific kind, so every new thing we do is a learning process. We’ve brought on a lot of team members, and they’ve been incredibly helpful.” One special staffer is Rubina Vidal, who worked to decide which submissions would make it into the festival. “One set of submissions were the reading submissions,” Vidal said. “There were some guidelines to follow; we went through them and then ultimately found who would be a good pick for our time slot and finding a diverse group of work to display.” With all the effort that
went into finding acts for the festival, there will be a wide range of material for people to see. One of the comedians featured is local favorite Megan Gogerty. “Megan is doing a talk about women in comedy and the history of women in comedy,” Levitz said. “There’s a lot of educational parts of our festival, and this is something you can’t find anywhere else. Megan is hysterical, and amazing, and makes things very comprehensive at the same time. It’s very exciting, and I’m glad we get to share that with our community.” All three members of the production team said they hope audiences do more than laugh. “[The festival] will show what a diverse voice comedy is,” Levitz said .“They’re in store for such a good time, and we’re so excited, and such a community is going to be built around this festival.”
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Za-za on the go-go in IC By MICHAEL KADRIE michael-kadrie@uiowa.edu
Pizza is far from uncommon in Iowa City. There’s a dizzying array of potential places to treat your taste buds to cheese, meat, and vegetables piled atop cooked dough. I endeavored to try to taste the lion’s share of local and mostly local offerings. In the interest of journalistic integrity, I tried to find the specialty at each eatery and, price permitting, test it against more traditional fare. This week I tried a latenight hang-out, some sultry sit-down spots, and a combination concert venue and bar.
Sanctuary An extremely cozy and well-tended establishment, it is one of Iowa City’s lesser-known gems. Its patrons are generally of legal age and friendly. The fireplaces, wood furnishings, and armchairs create dignified comfort. I ordered the Sanctuary Special, which is adorned with sausage, smoked ham, pepperoni, onions, green pepper, and mushroom. Sanctuary’s crust is soft but with backbone. A little hard at the edges, the portions under the cheese cradle the bevy of ingredients magnificently. The cheese itself is thick and creamy but unobtrusive. It aims the
spotlight squarely on the stellar ingredients. My favorite thing about the toppings, besides the pepperoni, is their hand-crafted feel. For instance, the peppers looked and tasted as though they were prepared to order instead of being left to languish for hours in a prepped plastic pail. Similarly, the onion, thinly sliced, maintains its full-bodied flavor while adding a welcome crunch. The homemade sausage brings a nice slow-burning spice to the whole ensemble. It is a classy and flavorful experience that should not be missed.
Basta Basta aims to provide its customers with authentic Italian dining. All its pizzas are cooked in a brick oven, and the menu makes a point of designating the pedigree of ingredients. I ordered the Salsiccia, a pie topped with handmade Italian sausage, San Marzano tomato sauce, mozzarella, and basil. Mozzarella sits atop the pizza in circular patches in the Italian style. The cheese is excellent, if perhaps a bit sparse. Sauce and sausage dominate the remainder of the pie, with sauce generally being overshadowed by the abundance of meat. The sausage is very well-spiced and only overwhelms when placed thickly. Basil adds a phenomenal accent to the rich flavor of the sauce and is the finishing note to an exceptional bouquet of
flavor. Basta’s crust is second only to Wig and Pen in excellence. The brick oven lends it a delightful smoky flavor and crisp, yet supple, texture. Intricate and, for Iowa City, relatively unique flavor interactions to make this pizza truly exceptional.
Mill This local concert venue, bar, and restaurant is fun to eat at thanks to its great layout and outdoor patio. The area in back opens up to host a variety of events from concerts to poetry readings. I ordered the Green Thumb pizza, topped with pesto, tomatoes, green and red peppers, onions, garlic, mozzarella, and asiago. Cheese was what most impressed me about this pizza. The flavor is amazing, and its consistency especially nice. It manages the difficult task of firmly holding the ingredients together while avoiding the pitfall of having overly large clumps of cheese come away with every bite. All the vegetables were well prepared, exhibiting a healthy — but not overripe — crunch. Pesto works well in combination with the other toppings without asserting its flavor too much. The Mill’s crust is oily and crisp in the best possible way, creating a strong frame for the robust ingredients. However, it does lack a little in flavor compared with the rest of the pizza. An above average pizza from a great local venue.
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Ask your local Ledge writer Q: Do you think you’d be good at running your country? A: It’d be tough, but I could do it. I’d need a good stretch first, though. Q: Do you paint your nails? A: Just the heads; the rest of the nail is hidden beneath the wood, so I don’t bother. Q: What is the one thing you cannot stand? A: A one-legged stool. Q: Do you like Phil Collins? A: Like him? Or like like him? Either way, yes. Q: What is your favorite pair of shoes? A: My right running shoe and my left cowboy boot. Q: Do you know all the words to the last song you listened to? A: Yes, I have a pretty decent vocabulary, and luckily the song was in English. Q: What’s the best thing about Sundays for you? A: The police are generally lazier. Q: Would you rather vacation at the beach or in the mountains? A: I’d just go to a mountain beach. The best of both worlds. Q: If you could only see black and white except for one color, what color would you choose to see? A: Gray. Q: If your favorite food were to become extinct, which food would you then make your favorite? A: That’s paradoxical because my favorite food is human flesh. Andrew R. Juhl welcomes any of your questions.
today’s events • Tony Mai, clarinet, 4 p.m., University Capitol Center Recital Hall • UITV Studio Talk: Food Theme Semester, 4:30 p.m., Lindquist Center N150 • Take Back the Tap, Tapped, 5 p.m., IMU Iowa Theater • Film Screening & Discussion, The Mask You Live In, 6 p.m., Van Allen Lecture Room 1 • Kenneth Tse, saxophone, 7:30 p.m., Riverside Recital Hall • Lecture by Jason Urban, 7:30 p.m., 116 Art Building West • Dance Thesis Concert, The Remedy: A MOVEment MoveMENT, 8 p.m., North Hall Space/Place
• The Liar, Mainstage, 8 p.m., Theater Building Mabie Theater • Selma, 8 & 11 p.m., IMU Iowa Theater • Taken 3, 8 & 11 p.m., 348 IMU • Undergraduate String Quartet, 8 p.m., University Capitol Center Recital Hall • Writers’ Workshop Reading, Yiyun Li, fiction, 8 p.m., Dey House Frank Conroy Reading Room SUBMIT AN EVENT Want to see your special event appear here? Simply submit the details at: dailyiowan.com/pages/calendarsubmit.html
horoscopes
Thursday, April 16, 2015 by Eugenia Last
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your energy and enthusiasm will give you the edge you need to get ahead. Don’t let your impatience ruin an opportunity. Channel your skills and expertise into what you want to achieve. Efficiency and focus will bring stellar results. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Stay dialed in, or you will miss the obvious. Take care of your responsibilities before you opt to have fun. Rumors, gossip, and disclosing personal information will be necessary to avoid getting entangled in a situation that can only lead to regret. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Get down to business by putting the changes you want to make into motion. Lend a helping hand to someone you know can contribute to a goal you want to reach. Sorrow will prevail if you don’t honor a promise. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Look for ways to use your skills and experience wisely. You don’t have to make impulsive changes in order to impress someone. Focus more on using your imagination and savoring the things you enjoy doing most. Take care of health issues. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t debate what you want to do — bring about change that will help you reach your goals. Not everyone will agree with you, but arguing is a waste of time. Set your sights on your destination, and finish what you start. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Someone will interest you in a project, philosophy, or skill you’re interested in. You should be able to make a personal improvement that will help you get ahead or push you in a direction that offers greater stability. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Keep the peace, and enjoy whatever comes your way. Being willing to adapt and take part in events and activities going on in your community will encourage you to collaborate with people who share your interests and goals. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Do whatever it takes to get ahead professionally. Look for a way to be more productive and cost-efficient, and you will make an impression. Socializing with people who work in your industry will help you discover valuable information. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Being honest about what you have to offer will allow you to move forward at a steady pace. Be leery of anyone making promises that sound too good to be true. Being realistic will help you avoid trouble. Love is highlighted. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Stick close to home, and take care of personal matters in a fast and efficient manner. Avoid inconsistency and people looking for a quick fix. Use your intuition to guide you when dealing with contractors or home-service workers. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Take pride in the work you do. You can bring about change without the help of others. Keep your plans a secret and your budget on track. A commitment in your personal life will bring you joy and greater confidence. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Keep a close watch on what others do. Take charge of any project you endorse or get involved in. It’s important to listen but not at the cost of losing sight of your destination. Formulate plans, and follow through.
Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke. — Will Rogers