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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2011

GLAD IT’S NOT US! A man and a woman walk along the sidewalk Tuesday on Lafayette Street downtown Winona, Minn. Parts of the Upper Midwest — including northern Iowa — saw several inches of snow on Tuesday. “Everyone expects better weather than what we actually get,” state climatologist Harry Hillaker told the Associated Press.

“It's just that time of the year.” Southern parts of the state, including Iowa City, only saw rain on Tuesday.

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Vito’s plan backed The City Council will vote whether to provide Marc Moen with $250,000 on May 3.

By ALISON SULLIVAN alison-sullivan@uiowa.edu

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Iowa Department of Education Director Jason Glass speaks to City High’s Advanced Placement Government class on Tuesday. Four City High teachers could potentially lose their jobs in a districtwide cut, and students asked Glass questions about education reform.

Ed head faces tough crowd Iowa’s chief education director visited City High amid news it and other schools will likely lose teachers due to budget cuts.

By HAYLEY BRUCE hayley-bruce@uiowa.edu

Iowa Department of Education Director Jason Glass came into his job ready to reform Iowa’s education system.

But a group of City High students and teachers wanted to challenge him first.

Upon the request of City High history teacher Jeanine Redlinger, Glass — appointed by Gov. Terry Branstad and confirmed by the Senate on April 11 — visited City High during three class periods Tuesday to give students and teachers a chance to question him about his plans to reform education.

“I was a little offended at his suggestion that Iowa’s education needed to be fixed,” Redlinger said, and she contacted Glass via e-mail asking him to visit after she disagreed with his proposed reforms. To her surprise, he agreed.

Tension was high in light of the recently proposed cuts to the district — potentially a total of 22 teaching jobs — which could include four at City High. The cuts are a result of the district’s $4 million to $6 million shortfall, but could be avoided if the governor OK’d a 2 percent allowable growth rate instead of 0 percent rate.

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Some downtown business owners and city officials said renovating a former bar space and turning it into a retail spot is a step toward diversifying downtown Iowa City. And they’re willing to use public money to help fund the investment.

The former location of Vito’s, 118 E. College St., is set to be gutted, revamped, and offered as an option for national retailers and office space.

Members of the Iowa City Economic Development Committee voted 3-0 Moen in favor of the project Tues- developer day; local business owner Marc Moen recently purchased the property to take on the project.

Moen said the 9,000-square-foot space is in poor condition, and he expects to fully rehabilitate the space, including putting on a new roof and supplying specific needs for whatever business sets up shop.

The project is expected to cost roughly $2 million, and city officials have agreed to provide the venture with $250,000 in taxincrement financing.

Councilors will only provide the funds if Moen agrees to not place a restaurant or bar in the space. The city grant will cover roughly 12.5 percent of the total cost.

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Redistricting plan hailed Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa, will move to Johnson County to compete in the 2nd District.

By ALLIE WRIGHT allie-wright@uiowa.edu

year-olds rose 15 percent between 1989 and 2005, according to the Corporation for National and Community Service. But modern distractions make it difficult to keep these numbers stable, he said, especially among college students.

Gov. Terry Branstad approved Iowa’s Congressional and legislative redistricting plan Tuesday — which garnered bipartisan support from the state House and Senate — and the state now has one fewer seat in the U.S. House and several politicans in different districts.

Remapping became necLoebsack essary after the 2010 U.S. Census recorded popula- representative tion shifts in Iowa. In Iowa, a nonpartisan Legislative Serves Agency draws up potential new boundaries based

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SEE REDISTRICTING, 3

Speaker pushes for more activism Teenage volunteer rates fell in the ’80s but rose more than 15 percent between 1989 and 2005.

By LUKE VOELZ lukles-voelz@uiowa.edu

When Kevin Powell was a child, he fixed his torn sneakers by filling them with cardboard and newspaper. The New Jersey native often walked to school through snow while wearing such shoddy footwear.

These trials gave him a

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steadfastness that carried him from a life in Jersey City raised by a single mother to national renown for his lectures on social activism. Powell spoke in the IMU second-

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floor ballroom Tuesday as part of the “Be a Hero” Summit to stress the need for activism in the community.

The University of Iowa Society of Graduate Black and Professional Students sponsored the event, which cost $6,500.

A cornerstone of activism, Powell said, is youth. U.S. volunteer rates among 16- to 19-

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Pizza dough gets tossed on Melrose Avenue before the Iowa/Ohio State game on Nov. 20, 2010. The Iowa City City Council is considering implementing more regulation over game day vendors on Melrose Avenue after complaints from residents in the area.

Football season Dates of Hawkeye football games this fall: • Sept. 3 • Sept. 17 • Sept. 24 • Oct. 15 • Oct. 22 • Nov. 5 • Nov. 12 Source: UI athletics

together to make this a win-win-win situation,” she said.

Councilors said at their Monday meeting they do not want an outright ban of the vendors on Melrose Avenue, but talked they about other options to better enfore and regulate city laws by establishing a permit system.

Walker noted the association also doesn’t want to entirely ban vendors and stressed the need to find alternative options. But her options

focused on moving the stands to other areas, such as along Hawkins Drive or to the parking lot next to Kinnick Stadium. Both would require talks with University of Iowa officials.

“It gives the University of Iowa an opportunity to take responsibility for the activity it generates through its football games,” said Ann Stromquist, who spoke out in defense of protecting the quality of the neighborhood.

Walker said vendors should remain in their current placement on Melrose for the coming season with some type of temporary permit in place.

“Let’s not rush this through,” she said. “But let’s get it right.”

Mayor Matt Hayek said the whole process would take time and would not all be worked out by this fall’s football season, but he did hope there would be some progress.

“I think the goal is to come up with some reasonable permit regulations,” he said.

Numerous vendors also spoke at the meeting.

Some said the revenue from football season helps them to get through their “slow time” in December through March.

Crystal Cavanaugh, the vendor who runs Coco Cavanna, said many vendors have established a good relationship with the property owners they work with each year, and the owners, too, profit from the vendor’s presence.

Others contended merchants weren’t at fault for some of the activities neighbors are concerned about.

“It’s been stated numerous times that the problem is the vendors, not the tailgaters,” said Chuck Ford who sells Big Ass Turkey Legs. “Well, I beg to differ with you.”

Patel new UISG City Council liaison

$394,744 in formula funds from the Iowa DOT assistance. City transit is also applying for $18,853,050 in Federal Transit Administration capital funding and $1,369,907 of operating funds.

— by Alison Sullivan

METRO

The Iowa City city councilors approved a resolution for a May 3 public hearing regarding the city’s fiscal 2012 annual action plan.

The Community Development Grant and HOME Block Investment Partnership Program are contained in the plan.

A 30-day public comment period regarding the plan began on April 1.

— by Alison Sullivan

Coralville man charged with controlled-substance violation Police arrested a Coralville man after he allegedly tried to sell morphine for rent money.

Xavier Bailey, 22, 421 Sixth Ave. Apt. 3, was charged April 18 with a controlled-substance violation.

Police reports said officers allegedly saw Bailey attempting to make a hand-to-hand exchange with another subject at Hy-Vee, 1914 Eighth St. The report said Bailey was

later identified as a person selling 60 morphine pills for $250.

Officials said Bailey admitted under Miranda to selling the pills to make rent money.

The person receiving the pills from Bailey said it was the second time he had purchased pills from the man.

Controlled-substance violation is a Class C felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

— by Hayley Bruce

Council OKs river trail The Iowa City City Council approved plans for the construction of the Iowa River Trail at its meeting Tuesday.

The trail would run from Napolean Park to the Trueblood Recreation Area.

A river lookout area and trail connections along McCollister Boulevard would be included in the project.

The estimated cost for the project is $280,000, which will be funding by an Iowa DOT State Recreational Trails Program grant and from general-obligation bond proceeds.

— by Alison Sullivan

University of Iowa Student Government President Elliot Higgins announced Raj Patel will be the next UISG liaison to the City Council.

Higgins had served as the liaison this past year; he was inaugurated Sunday as the new UISG leader for next year.

Patel was a driving force against the installation of the 21ordinance but told councilors Tuesday evening he anticipates working alongside them in the coming year. Patel also said he intends to continue the work Higgins started, including lowering the fine for underage presence in a bar after 10 p.m.

— by Alison Sullivan

Ex-UI playwright a Pulitzer finalist

The Iowa City city councilors approved a motion for the Metropolitan Planning Organization of Johnson County to apply for funding from the Iowa DOT for fiscal 2012 on behalf of Iowa City Transit.

Iowa City Transit will receive

Former University of Iowa Lisa playwright-in-residence D’Amour was a finalist in the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for playwrights in the drama category.

According to a UI press release, her play Detroit is a “tragicomic” play that focuses on life in a dilapidated inner-ring suburb. It premièred in Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater.

The Pulitzer Prizes were announced on April 18; the winning play was Clybourne Park, by Bruce Norris.

D’Amour came to the UI as part of the Iowa Playwrights’ Workshop, according to the press release.

Her other works include: Hide Town, Red Death, 16 Spells to Charm the Beast, and The Cataract.

— By Madison Bennett

Court, was charged Monday with driving while revoked.

Meaghan Morel, 19, 401 S. Gilbert St., was charged April 15 with falsifying driver’s licenses and PAULA. Marcus Muir, 20, Robins, Iowa, was charged Sunday with OWI. Darcy Norem, 48, address unknown, was charged April 15 with criminal trespass.

Kayla Phelan, 23, Cedar Rapids, was charged April 16 with OWI. Brent Sandy, 52, 1425 Prairie Du Chien Road, was charged Monday with driving with a suspended/canceled license.

Elizabeth Seiwert, 19, 825 Slater, was charged April 15 with PAULA. Amy Siders, 46, Des Moines, was charged April 16 with possession of an open container of alcohol in public.

Patrick Staunton, 25, Chicago, was charged April 16 with public intoxication.

Ivana Subotin, 19, 505 E. Burlington St. Apt. 5A, was charged April 15 with providing false identi-

fication and presence in a bar after hours.

Elijah Switzer, 18, N152 Hillcrest, was charged April 16 with PAULA. Hakim Tatah, 18, 3227 Burge, was charged April 15 with PAULA. Paul Vogelsberg, 29, Des Moines, was charged Sunday with OWI. Quentin Williams, 18, 2208 Miami Drive, was charged Monday with fifth-degree theft.

Austen Winterbottom, 21, Des Moines, was charged April 16 with possession of an open container of alcohol in public.

Benjamin Wostoupal, 19, Ames, was charged April 15 with falsifying driver’s licenses.

Dante Yance, 18, 2401 Highway 6 E. Apt. 3007, was charged Monday with fifth-degree theft.

Christopher Yates, 54, address unknown, was charged Monday with public intoxication and assault causing injury.

Council moves for transit funding

BLOTTER Rihana Alamin, 28, Coralville, was charged Oct. 30 with fraudulent acts, fourth-degree theft, and four counts of forgery.

Peggy Christensen, 36, Des Moines, was charged April 16 with possession of an open container of alcohol in public.

Brandon Cook, 23, Dodgeville, Wis., was charged Monday with public intoxication.

Jeremy Emmert, 22, Cedar Rapids, was charged Sunday with public intoxication and interference with official acts.

Madeline Fitzgerald, 19, 2204 Quad, was charged April 15 with PAULA. Alex Gikas, 18, 4038 Burge, was charged April 16 with possession of a controlled substance.

Katherine Goebel, 18, 436C Mayflower, was charged April 15 with falsifying driver’s licenses.

William Gray, 27, Solon, was charged April 16 with possession of an open container of alcohol in public.

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Public hearing for action plan

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BREAKING NEWS

Melrose Avenue residents and vendors spoke at Tuesday’s City Council meeting about the potential for more regulation of game day vending.

Melrose Neighborhood Association representatives said Tuesday they are willing to work with city officials and vendors to determine the best option — even if that means vendors remain on Melrose Avenue for another football season.

But the neighborhood’s residents made it clear they ultimately want the food and merchandise stands farther from their homes.

Three vendors and two Melrose neighborhood representatives spoke at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting about the potential for more regulation over the vendors outside Kinnick Stadium on game days. Residents have told the city they would like something done about he vendors due to trash left in their yards as well as safety concerns.

Jean Walker of the Melrose Neighborhood Association said she believes councilors are moving too quickly on the decision over whether to ban or regulate vendors, saying she thinks they should take more time to address the concerns.

“Now is the time to get

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Michael Henderson, 20, 729 N. Dubuque St., was charged April 15 with PAULA. Aubrie Hevener, 22, 323 Camden Road, was charged Sunday with disorderly conduct.

Megan Hlady, 19, 737D Mayflower, was charged April 15 with PAULA. Bruce Hopp, 36, Donnellson, Iowa, was charged April 16 with possession of an open container of alcohol in public.

Stormy Hopp, 37, Donnellson, Iowa, was charged April 16 with possession of an open container of alcohol in public.

Tamara Hradek, 36, Cedar Rapids, was charged April 3 with driving with a suspended/canceled license.

Jake Jorgensen, 25, Lemont, Ill., was charged Sunday with public intoxication and disorderly conduct.

Kalee Koburi, 19, Schaumburg, Ill., was charged April 15 with PAULA, interference with official acts, and public intoxication.

Edward McKee, 44, 2680 Indigo

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REDISTRICTING CONTINUED FROM 1 on the census without taking politics in into consideration, unlike many states which have politicans involved.

Branstad signed House Bill 682 Tuesday morning at the State Capitol. The new plan will force several incumbent congressmen and state legislators to be placed in the same districts, resulting in a fair and competitve lineup, politicians and experts said.

“Iowa is one of the first states in the country to reach an agreement on this,” Branstad said in a released video taken during the signing. “The bill passed by overwhelming margins in both the House and the Senate. It is truly a nonpartisan approach.”

The new maps will not be used until the 2012 elections, said State Auditor Dave Vaudt, who noted he has not heard of any concerns with the new plan .

Many agree the plan is fair, but some legislators will undoubtedly move to new districts rather than compete with other incumbents.

Under the plan, Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa, would have been moved to the 1st District with Rep. Bruce Braley, DIowa. Loebsack will move to Johnson County to run in the 2nd District, said Eric Witte, an aide for the congressman.

Loebsack is looking for a home in the area, Witte said, but he could not speculate about any time frame for the move. “[Loebsack] spends a lot of time in Johnson County and thought it would be a great fit,” Witte said, and the representative is “just looking forward to the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.”

Braley said he’ll stay in the 1st District.

“While the boundaries of my district will change in 2012, my commitment to listening, working hard, and getting things done for my current constituents won’t,” he said in a statement.

Like him, many state legislators plan to stay put.

Rep. Dave Jacoby, DCoralville, said he has no

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Redistricting Plan • March 31: Redistricting plan proposed • April 11: The Temporary Redistricting Advisory Commission unanimously supports the Legislature approving the plan • April 14: State Legislature passes Congressional and legislative redistricting • April 19: Gov. Terry Branstad signs the plan into law Source: Daily Iowan archives

plans to move. He will lose several of his current precincts, including one to Rep. Mary Mascher, D-Iowa City. He will also lose Tiffin and North Liberty.

“I live right in the heart of the district,” Jacoby said. “That’s where I’m going to stay.”

And Jacoby said he is in support of the new redistricting law.

“I’m glad the governor signed it,” he said.

“Frankly, I don’t see how he could not sign it.”

The fact that his district will be physically smaller is acceptable because, overall, there is

growth in Coralville, Jacoby said.

“It just shows that we are in a high-growth area and we live in a county where a lot of people like to live and move to,” he said.

While the plan isn’t perfect, it is fair, said Tim Hagle, a University of Iowa political science associate professor.

“On a Congressional level, I don’t know how you could’ve gotten any closer between lack of variance in population,” he said. “It’s pretty compact.”

Hagle said because the House and the Senate showed such strong support for the new plan, it would have been tough for Branstad to reject it, unless he could point out a specific flaw.

The bill passed both the state House and Senate on April 14. Seven representatives and one senator voted against the new maps. None of the dissenters returned calls seeking comment.

Kevin Powell speaks about social issues at the “Be A Hero Summit” on Tuesday in the IMU. The event was organized by the UI Society Of Black Graduate and Professional Students.

VOLUNTEER CONTINUED FROM 1 “You guys are the smartest generation ever and the largest since World War II,” he said. “[But] you all got way more distractions than the last generation. Five-hundred channels on TV, iPods, BlackBerrys — they’re competing for the real estate of your minds in ways like never before.”

Another culprit, he said, is apathy.

“People think they’ve accomplished everything in this generation,” he said. “We have women’s rights, gay rights … but we still need to go further.”

Powell recommended making civil-engagement courses mandatory for college students, similar to several universities he spoke at on the East Coast. Low voter turnout could also be alleviated, he said, by making voting mandatory, as it is in Australia.

Kevin Pinkston, the

Volunteer methods Top forms of volunteering in the U.S. in 2010: • Fundraising: 26.6 percent • Collecting/distributing food: 23.5 percent • General labor/transport: 20.5 percent • Tutoring/teaching: 19 percent Source: Corporation for National and Community Service

president of the UI Society of Black Graduate Students and Professionals, saw this apathy firsthand when he and some friends began volunteering at Parkview Church in 2008.

They began carpooling with students from City High and West High to help teach students from southeastern Iowa City.

But the number of volunteers started to dwindle after a few months.

“Some people would say, ‘I’m too busy,’ or, ‘I’m too tired,’ and that’s OK if [working with kids] isn’t your cup of tea,” the 25year-old said. “But some people I see just doing

nothing. If they had a test, they waited until they had community service to study, as opposed to having better time management.”

Though Pinkston said he first volunteered just to spend time with kids and his friends, his mindset changed following Hurricane Katrina, which hit during his junior year at Dillard University in New Orleans. His sociology studies, many of which took him to New Orleans’ Ninth Ward, furthered his understanding of inequality in large communities.

“Being a sociology major, you start seeing many reasons others aren’t getting a fair chance in life.”

Sociology major Darys Kriegel said he agreed, and admitted he wasn’t as socially active as he could be.

“I’m one of those people who is notoriously stuck in his own little world,” he said. “Part of the problem is we don’t recognize what’s going on around us.”

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Editorial

Decriminalize prostitution to protect sex workers On April 14, police charged four women in Coralville with prostitution. The women, ranging in ages from 18 to 27, admitted to placing online ads in order to meet men in their hotel room for sex. There were no pimps involved, and no abuse committed, no intercourse and no transactions made. In other words, these women are facing criminal penalties for a crime in which nobody was hurt.

The traditional basis of the illegality of prostitution is questionable in the context of modern society, and decriminalizing prostitution in Iowa would reduce the unjust exploitation of women and reflect an inherent right to liberty and autonomy.

In the United States, only a handful of counties in Nevada permit the buying and selling of sexual services.

The rationale for prostitution’s illegality is based both on a general sense of sex work’s indecency and on the ideas that prostitution has large-scale negative consequences — that it is harmful to women, leads to additional illegal activity, results in an increase in sex trafficking, and increases the prominence of sexually transmitted diseases. Although it inevitably falls short of addressing all of these points, decriminalization would do much to decrease the aforementioned.

To be clear: Sexual transactions in which all parties consent to a certain payment for a certain act are wholly different from the sort of coercive behavior that defines sexual trafficking. Abuse, fraud, and rape ought to be — and generally are — illegal, independent of prostitution regulations.

Prostitution regulations that aren’t all that effective at stamping out the practice. The 2004 ABC News American Sex Survey reported that 15 percent of American men and 30 percent of single men under age 30 have paid for sex.

Last year, Craigslist shut down its “adult services” section in an attempt to slow solicitation for sexual services.

Clearly, the laws in place are doing little to eliminate what’s commonly regarded as the world’s oldest occupation.

Instead, the laws facilitate a high risk of abuse within the industry.

Sex workers, whether forced to sell themselves out of economic necessity or choosing to sell themselves out of curiosity or interest, have no legal authority they can turn to in order to protect themselves. “When I was a sex worker, I was raped,” Bay Area Sex Workers Advocates Network Director Carol Leigh told the DI Editorial Board on

Tuesday. “I was discouraged from seeking help from the police, because the police would shut the place down.”

Consensual sex itself is not a crime; only when there is a financial transaction involved does it become illegal. Once sex workers agree to provide their service in the exchange of money, they are often forced to implicate themselves in a crime to acquire police protection.

“The police will say they treat those crimes like any other crimes,” said Leigh. “But we know that’s not true. The reality is that we do not feel safe going to the police. It’s very hard to protect yourself from the police and the rapists at the same time; you’re always looking both ways.”

The difference between decriminalization and legalization deserves some clarification. Legalized prostitution would open the door for taxation and particular regulations, including requiring sex transactions to occur in brothels; decriminalization would simply remove all laws against prostitution. While either would be an improvement on the status quo, sex workers’ advocates tend to prefer the latter, because state control of prostitution tends to perpetuate police abuse and stigmatization.

As in most cases, protectionist sentiment should be trumped by the voices of sex workers themselves, who advocate for laws against fraud and abuse rather than laws to curtail what they do with their bodies. Decriminalization would allow workers to organize themselves and advocate for themselves without being targeted by the law. Greater empowerment means a greater ability to negotiate for safer sex practices and better wages — in other words, actual control over workers’ bodies.

Sadly, there’s little chance that Iowa will decriminalize prostitution in the near future; even more liberal voices tend to balk at the idea of legal sex work. The facts are there: Prostitution continues to be prevalent in the United States, one of the few developed countries in which commercial sex services are illegal, and our criminal penalties for prostitution only serve to hurt sex workers. Our legal system ought to be grounded in a commitment to harm reduction and bodily autonomy.

Consent-based sexual transactions, even if they involve money, are victimless crimes. Like most victimless crimes, they shouldn’t be crimes at all.

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Guest opinion

Courts must be independent of majority whim I am proud to be an attorney who appears in federal and state courts in most states in the Midwest. Because of my experience trying cases, I will discuss why it is necessary to have independent judges.

Sometimes individual judges make decisions, and sometimes a group of judges, acting together as an appellate court, makes decisions. These judges must make decisions according to the law as they understand the law— even if they personally disagree with the decision.

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The majority of citizens often agree with the courts; however, sometimes the majority disagrees with a legal ruling and tries to punish judges because of those rulings, as happened in Iowa with the Varnum v. Brien decision and subsequent retention election. Judges are designed to be independent so that they can make the decisions that might be opposed by the majority because the majority is not always right.

In the 1950s, for example, the majority of citizens in some parts of the coun-

try believed that educating black people and white people in “separate but equal” schools was appropriate. The U.S. Supreme Court, knowing that the decision would be opposed by the majority, reversed this policy of segregation.

Without independent judges — judges who are able to make unpopular decisions — our integration of the school system would have relied on the much slower shift in public opinion.

Judges are people just like you and me, and sometimes they make mistakes.

However, a majority’s dis-

like of a decision does not automatically mean that the decision is wrong. The U.S. Constitution and state constitutions created independent judges so that they could rule against the majority, when necessary, and be a limit on the majority’s power. We cannot take this independence from judges, and we cannot punish them when we do not agree with them.

History may show that they were correct and we were wrong.

JD Haas is a personal-injury attorney in Bloomington, Minn. This is the first of two pieces he has written on the role of the judiciary.

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As your designated bro columnist at The Daily Iowan, I am here to offer the bro perspective on all things bro. This week: The 2011 Playboy Party School Rankings. For the first time in three years, the University of Iowa did not make the top 10, which demands the question: What’s up with that, bro?

And, more importantly, is this good for the UI? There are three easy explanations for our drop out of the top 10. First, the passing of the 21ordinance (dur); second, the under-performance of our football team (damn); and third, the onslaught of tailgating regulations (drag, drag, drag). Each provide a valid reasoning for our demotion, and each has been overcome by the current top-10 schools in one way or another.

Whatever the reason is for this year’s apparent party pooping, the loss of our party-school superiority undermines the identity that past students have built from the bottom up — our reputation as students who have the stones to tackle the challenge of a top-rated academic institution while living in the Midwestern Mecca of fun and debauchery.

How many alumni have you seen shy away from a stranger starting a casual conversation, asking about Iowa’s legendary tailgating experience and wondering how it’s possible for anyone to stay focused in that kind of environment? How many times have you heard an alumnus tell that person that the university has been mislabeled, that the majority of students usually stay in and study on a Saturday night, ordering pizza and revising rough drafts? How many alumni have you talked to who don’t take pride in conquering the highstakes minefield of academia that is Iowa City?

That’s what I thought.

Then again, you’ve probably never listened in on a UI alumnus at a job interview, conversations with which President Sally Mason and company seem to be the most concerned. Please, allow me to help you answer these delicate questions: For those of you with lackluster credentials, you can’t afford to deny any party-school allegations. If you tell them you were dead sober throughout college and still graduated with a 2.3, trust me:

You come off as even more of a dumbass. Instead say that, while the amazing college atmosphere did do a lot to damage your GPA, you are confident that the experience has made you more resilient and that the social skills you chose to acquire during your brief college career could not be taught in any classroom.

For those of you with more impressive résumés, embrace the fact that you accomplished all you did while battling with, and occasionally partaking in, the alluring distractions around every corner. You can say the same thing I suggested above without needing to make any excuses about your GPA. Isn’t that fantastic?

In either case, be sure to cite the UI’s classification as a “public ivy” and whatever national accolades are relevant to your degree. There are a lot.

The UI boasts 24 different top-10 programs as ranked by the U.S. News & World Report, is the only Big Ten university listed as a “best buy” by the 2010 Fiske Guide to Colleges, and is located in a City of Literature in the world (as designated by UNESCO).

The UI itself proves that party-school designation and academic excellence are not mutually exclusive. If you compare Playboy’s Party School rankings with U.S. News’ National Public University rankings, you will find plenty more evidence. Five of the top-10 party schools rank among the top 20 public universities.

So what can we do to re-establish ourselves as a party power?

We could do more to embrace our live-music scene (how good have SCOPE, Live Weekend, and the Blue Moose been to us?). We could have allout tailgates for our obnoxiously dominant wrestling team (third in the nation and we call it a “rebuilding year”).

Playboy praises No. 1 Boulder’s medical-marijuana dispensaries, so we could push for that kind of thing (Happy 4/20, by the way). We could pray for a Big Ten football championship (recite 40 Hail Vandenbergs each night before you go to bed). As one person suggested, we could protest the alcohol crackdown by boycotting a football game (the least plausible of the bunch, but a good idea nonetheless).

Or we could avoid fun at all costs, accept our new identity as a safety school with few extracurricular attractions, and try to maintain our sanity in our little corner of the corn field.

It’s whatever, bro.

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Helping realize potential Scott Easton will receive a Ph.D. in social work.

By ALLIE WRIGHT allie-wright@uiowa.edu

Mental problems can sometimes keep people from reaching their full potential.

Scott Easton’s job is to stop that.

The University of Iowa Ph.D. student just finished his dissertation about male sexual-abuse victims and the mental complications that can occur after traumatic abusive experiences.

Easton, who also recently finished a twoyear commitment working as a therapist in Cedar Rapids, said he wants to help encourage male sexual-abuse victims of all ages to speak up about tragedies in their past.

The 42-year-old teaches Advanced Research in the UI School of Social Work, in which, he said, he takes on the challenge of getting students excited about not only the practice of social work but the research aspect as well.

“The whole goal is to advance knowledge and develop interventions t h a t h e l p p e o p l e,” h e said, gesturing to a set of shelves to his left.

“Social work isn’t just a book on a shelf.”

Sitting in a conference room at his office, Easton said he mostly dealt with adults with psychologic a l p r o b l e m s, s u c h a s anxiety and depression, during his stint as a therapist.

“I came into social work to go into therapy and clinical work to try to help people reach their potential,” he said, fidgeting with a binder

Scott Easton • Age: 42 • Hometown: Cedar Rapids • Favorite food: Triscuits and hummus • Favorite professional sports team: Boston Celtics • Interests: Basketball, tennis, traveling • Family: Wife and two young kids

‘The whole goal is to advance knowledge and develop interventions that help people. Social work isn’t just a book on a shelf.’

— Scott Easton, social worker

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on the table in front of him.

Easton, a graduate of Harvard University, said he chose to focus on male sexual-abuse victims because the population is “underserved, understudied, and undertreated.”

He said the large amount of stigma and shame often attached to these patients encouraged him to devote his time studying the psychological effects of these events.

His research surveyed more than 480 people and found evidence that victims who are hypermasculine tend to suffer from more depression, a n x i e t y, a n d a r e m o r e susceptible to suicide, Easton said.

“There is so much taboo and stigma, [victims] don’t want to admit it,” he said.

Easton said male stereotypes cause vic tims to hesitate to admit they have been assaulted and abused.

“A lot of the time, we think you can’t show feelings or vulnerability, and

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Scott Easton takes one of his students’ research paper on Tuesday during his Advanced Research class in North Hall. Easton just finished his dissertation about male sexual-abuse victims and the mental complications that can occur after traumatic abusive experiences.

you need to protect yourself at all times,” he said.

A n d s o m e t i m e s, h e said, victims place the blame on themselves rather than their abuser.

His colleagues said Easton will make a difference in the topic of his in-depth research.

UI Professor Carol Coohey said she thinks E a s t o n ’s w o r k w i l l encourage others to follow in his footsteps.

“I think he is the most gifted student that I’ve wor k ed wi t h i n m y 20 years as a professor,” she said. “Not just intellectually. He is a very kind person.”

E a s t o n ’s l o v e d o n e s

shared these sentiments.

“He’s just an amazing i n d i v i d u a l ,” s a i d w i f e I k r a m E a s t o n . “ H e ’s extremely compassionate about his work and his profession and social

work, in particular.”

They have been married for eight years and two children have together.

Ikram Easton noted her husband’s humility

and said he is “very, very humble” about his obvious intelligence.

“It’s been a great journey,” she said. “His [doctorate] is a highlight of his hard work.”

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VITOS CONTINUED FROM 1 The city estimated the building will generate roughly $31,250 more annually in property taxes under Moen than the space does currently.

Mayor Matt Hayek said the building is in need of repair, and the city’s good working history with Moen made officials comfortable with the plans.

“The city wants to capitalize on any opportunity to strengthen the office and retail landscape,” Hayek said. “I think it will substantially improve [the downtown].”

Vito’s previous owner, Mike Porter, was unable to be reached for comment. The bar, along with several others, closed in the wake of the 21-ordinance, which banned

GLASS CONTINUED FROM 1 Glass has said he wants to bring Iowa back up to a national leader in education by reforming current methods. One of his ideas that bothered Redlinger was his suggestion that reducing class sizes may not be as important as officials have made it seem in the past.

“We have increased funding to education nationally with inflation; we’ve used that money to put into the system, and we’ve used it to reduce class sizes,” Glass told the class. “Neither one of those has resulted in improved student achievement.”

He said he believes class sizes can only improve learning if they’re a 1-to14 ratio.

“I will always advocate for more funds for public education,” he said. “But I think we need to be more thoughtful about how we use it.”

After his remarks, students directed questions — and follow-up questions — at Glass.

“How are you going to do education reforms with two years of 0 percent allowable growth?” a student asked.

Redlinger had required her

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Vito’s and Brother’s sit next to each other on the Pedestrian Mall on Feb. 12, 2009. The former Vito’s location is set to be renovated into potential retail and office space. underage patrons from the establishments after 10 p.m. City code also limits where bars can open — keeping them 500 feet from existing ones.

When voting to implement the 21-ordinance, city councilors cited health and safety as key reasons. But they’ve also

Director of Education Jason Glass Gov. Terry Branstad appointed Glass director of education on Dec. 29, 2010: • Age: 39 • Experience in education: 15 years • Education: Master’s in education and political science from University of Kentucky • Wants to clarify the state’s education standards, create a more sophisticated accountability system, and improve educator effectiveness in Iowa Source: Iowa Department of Education website, Jason Glass

students to pick one topic of interest in education and conduct research to prepare questions.

“When you were talking about how lowering class sizes doesn’t improve academic achievement, were you using standardized testing to make that statement?” another student asked.

Teachers and students alike said after the event they were upset to hear Glass support Branstad’s proposed 0 percent allowable growth.

explored diversifying downtown for years.

A 2007 analysis indicat ed downt own Iowa City needed more diversity, noting an “oversupply” of bar s. Offi c i al s s ai d they hoped that the 21ordinance could bring in non-alcohol-driven venues, like the one Moen is proposing.

“There’s a lot of anger right now about how City High has to cut four teachers,” said City High junior Sage Behr. “ I know I love our teachers, and I don’t think anyone here deserves to be cut.”

Redlinger agreed, saying the cuts will increase class sizes and prevent her from teaching her students as effectively.

“We’re all a little bruised right now,” she said. “We understand he’s not making the cuts, but he supports them, and this is the face of those cuts.”

Glass said he sees two years of 0 percent allowable growth as a window of time in which he could reform the system.

During the forum, he also said he wanted to clarify state education standards, create a more sophisticated accountability system, and improve educator effectiveness.

City High junior Shay Roeder said he agreed with Glass on some topics and disagreed on others.

“The way that the media depicted him as a greenhorn; they made it seem as though he was a lot less experienced than he is,”

After that report, city officials contracted with the University of Northern Iowa Regional Business Center for a $45,000 feasibility study to determine which businesses would succeed downtown.

“I think the hope — my hope — and I think the city’s hope is that this will be a ripple effect, and rather than bars and restaurants and student housing, we can show there’s a market for retail and Class A office space,” Moen said.

He said he anticipates bringing in a nationalbrand store, though he could not clarify any specific stores he was looking into.

Several of the retail options left downtown when the Coral Ridge Mall opened in 1998.

Between then and 2005, the number of venues serving alcohol downtown increased from 27 to 43, according to data former

said the 16-year-old, who asked Glass whether teachers should be paid based on performance.

But not all Redlinger’s students were happy with what they heard.

“I was really disappointed to hear him say that class sizes don’t correlate with student achievement,” Behr said. “I really, really think it does.”

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UI Provost Peter Nathan compiled in a study of alcohol accessibility near campus.

Other business owners have approached the city about further developments, Hayek said.

“We are certainly hoping Mr. Moen’s [venture] jump-starts similar interests,” said Jeff Davidson, the city director of planning and community development. “We’d certainly like to see that.”

Other local business owners said the project mirrors the ideas of business owners downtown.

“I think that there is a desire to bring in things that are more diverse than what currently exists,” said M.C. Ginsberg, the owner of M.C.

Ginsberg Objects of Art, 110 E. Washington St. Ginsberg said he and several other business owners have contemplated similar business opportunities, though he couldn’t specify who.

In addition to owning the former Vito’s space — a local bar since the late 1970s — Moen is also associated with the Plaza Towers and the Vogel House.

The City Council will formally consider a development agreement at its May 3 meeting.

“Moen has been pretty proactive in utilizing any resources … anything he’s done has been proving to be successful,” Ginsberg said.

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M.B.A. exec heads to D.C. John Fraser served two terms of duty in Vietnam.

By MADISON BENNETT madison-bennett@uiowa.edu

In 1967, John Fraser was a search and rescue helicopter pilot in charge of looking for John McCain during the Vietnam War. “When you’re 22, 23, 2 4 , a n d you’ve been trained, and you’re invincible — it’s just somet h i n g y o u Fraser have to do,” board member he said. “If I had to do that today? I think I’d be a little more stressed.”

That military experience helped Fraser, the outgoing director of the executive M.B.A. program in the Tippie School of Management at the University of Iowa, earn a spot on the board for the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. Defense Secretary Robert Gates appointed Fraser to the board last week.

In May, Fraser will travel to Washington D.C. for his first board meeting. He said his new role is a great way to give back.

“I used to, in a more direct way, feel like I was really helping my nation,” Fraser said.

“This is the first time in sometime that I’ve been able to do something more for my country.”

Fraser is a retired Navy captain and served seven years in active duty. He served for 18 years in the Naval Air Reserve, eventually becoming a commanding officer. He said the “heavy duty” experience will enable him to relate to the military responsibility of some of the students.

The National Defense University, founded in 1976, was started when officials realized there was a need to educate officers beyond battlefield tactics.

“Somebody’s reaction to a situation might be ‘We need to go bomb them,’ whereas our students might say ‘Why? What are the other options of national power?’ It makes people take a step back and think through a situation,” said David Thomas, the director of public affairs for the university.

The graduate institution focuses on the four elements of national power: diplomatic, international, military, and economic. The university features five colleges and a number of associated research centers.

Students, who are largely high-ranking officers around 40 years old, are taught how to think through issues they will encounter, as opposed to tactics on a battlefield, Thomas said.

“Students are at a point in their careers where they’re being sent back to college for a graduate degree by their agency or military service because those organizations see a potential in them for the future,” he said. “You produce a group of people who are taught to look and understand issues from different perspectives.”

Typically board members are appointed because of extensive experience in one of three areas: military, industry, or academia, Fraser said.

“I don’t have tremendous experience in any one,” the 67-year-old said.“But I have a lot of experience in all three.”

He has been at the UI since 1997 and received the Executive M.B.A. Award from the Executive M.B.A. Council in November 2010.

“You have to have done a few things in life to be on people’s radar screens, so it’s certainly an honor,” he said.

Soon, he’ll join esteemed members of the military, business, and academic worlds.

“He’s a great guy, extremely energetic and dedicated to doing any task he undertakes in a thorough, excellent way,” said UI business Professor Frank Schmidt.

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Role-model program unveiled Local officials hope the male mentor program will be in place by this summer.

By KATIE HEINE katie-heine@uiowa.edu

Johnson County officials and some residents say they hope a new program to connect young men with adult role models will help their transition to the Iowa City area.

Around a dozen men participated in a recent training session hosted by the Council for Boys and Young Men, a nonprofit organization that provides training materials for adult facilitators to effectively interact with young males.

“There are a lot of young people who need more direction than they’re getting,” said Johnson County Supervisor Rod Sullivan, who attended the session.

A similar program exists for young women, and officials said they hope

to have the male program in full swing by summer.

Sullivan said he is enthusiastic about implementing the program.

RaQuishia Harrington, a familysupport worker at Neighborhood Centers of Johnson County, Sullivan said the pro- supervisor gram will be beneficial.

One recurring issue she said she’s noticed in her four years at the center is the tough transition some young males face as they grow up. Some struggle with the differences between the large urban areas where they were raised and Iowa City. And, on top of that, many live in single-parent households

and often feel pressured to take on the man-of-thehouse role, Harrington said.

In 2009, LaTasha Massey, a Johnson County community-projects specialist, attended a training session to become a facilitator for young women. She said the session was inspiring, and she asked for support from her supervisor to implement the program in Johnson County. “[The program] was something that was applicable to the work I wanted to do in the community,” Massey said.

Approximately 10 adult women received training to be facilitators, she said.

Facilitators interact with young women as a means of providing them with an opportunity to decompress through conversation and activities, said Massey, an Iowa City native.

Java Jones participated in the girls’ program, known as “My Beautiful Self,” for the first time last year. The 15-year-old said she found the program effective.

“I felt so different about myself,” said Jones, a sophomore at West High, 2901 Melrose Ave. Jones said the sessions focused on “seeing ourselves as we are.”

After receiving positive feedback from young women, schools, and agencies, people began to ask about a male program, Massey said.

The training cost $300 per person and was funded through state funds for the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention program.

Johnson County Social Services Director Amy Correia called the price “pretty standard.”

“We’re trying to move to the best practices and interventions that are tested to work, and both of these are good models,” Correia said.

But now that a method has been established, the next step is finding and reaching those in need of a mentor, Sullivan said.

“We want them to know that we’re here — were available to talk about real stuff,” Harrington said.

The Boys’ Council training program was launched nationally in 2008 by a nonprofit organization based in California. Cofounder Beth Hossfeld said the program’s goal was to “break open and bust” some of the myths about what it means to be a male.

“It really matters that they have places and people where they can be real,” she said.

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Fun Facts about Hemp: • It was perfectly legal to pay your taxes with hemp in America from 1631 until the early 1800s. Now, it generally goes over better with the IRS as an under-the-table bribe.

• An acre of hemp can produce more than four times as much paper as an acre of trees. More importantly, an acre of hemp can produce more than four times as many rolling papers as an acre of trees.

• Until around the turn of 20th century, hemp was the largest cash crop in the United States. And it may still be, but dealers keep notoriously shoddy ledgers.

• Thomas Jefferson grew hemp and actually smuggled hemp seeds to America from China through France. Jefferson also traveled the country extensively and fathered a brood of illegitimate children.

Between the drugs and the kids, he was like the antebellum equivalent of Antonio Cromartie.

• Vincent Van Gogh painted almost exclusively on hemp canvases. Oh, and absinthe. Don’t forget the absinthe.

• A ship’s ropes, sails, and sometimes uniforms used to be made entirely from hemp.

This is why modern-day hippies have so much in common with the seafaring pirates of old: a group of smelly, hairy, unwashed, hemp-wearing individuals who worship Johnny Depp.

• The Declaration of Independence is written on hemp.

No, seriously, those guys must’ve been high.

• The first Model-T Ford was constructed to run on hemp-based fuel. This, in hindsight, was a really poor choice; because when you’re fueled on hemp, the last thing in the world you want to do is run.

— Andrew R. Juhl took the basis for these facts from www.secretsabouthemp.com.

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Wednesday, April 20, 2011 — by Eugenia Last

ARIES March 21-April 19 Joint ventures will lead to financial gains. Don’t underestimate what you can accomplish. With a little ingenuity and teamwork, you will master what you thought to be impossible in the past. Good fortune is heading your way.

TAURUS April 20-May 20 Nothing will be out in the open, but you can bet that someone will be watching how you do things. A lack of sympathy will be because of emotional deception and disillusionment. Be careful how you treat the people around you.

GEMINI May 21-June 20 The people around you will recognize what you have to offer and how in tune you are with the times. Getting involved with someone who complements your style or your plans is apparent.

Your contributions will lead to other options.

CANCER June 21-July 22 Not everyone you deal with will be honorable. Go directly to the source, and find out what’s required of you so that you don’t waste time taking on tasks that will only make others look good. It’s important to stand out and to be counted in today’s economic climate.

LEO July 23-Aug. 22 Take a close look at the possibilities, and you will realize you are sitting in a better position than you thought. Social events or activities will lead to people with something to share with you. A change in location or scenery will lead to an encounter with someone special.

VIRGO Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Don’t feel pressured to spend money that will hurt your budget. Emotional blackmail is apparent when it comes to dealing with children or other family members. Invest in your home and your professional goals, not entertainment and luxury items.

LIBRA Sept. 23-Oct. 22 You can make positive changes in your personal and professional partnerships. Speak up about how you see things unfolding and what you have to offer. A positive attitude will bring good results.

SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Deal with institutions, government agencies, or superiors before you fall behind or are faced with an overdue situation that leaves you little wiggle room. Avoid aggressive people.

Problems with electronic equipment will cause delays and frustrations. Romance is in the stars.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Moneymaking ideas for a business you can run from home look good. Get things moving, but don’t try to start at the top and work down. Small, baby steps are the best way to build a strong and lasting base.

CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Expect to face opposition if you don’t stick to the format preferred by the people you deal with. Additional burdens will lead to uncertainty. Travel and physical activity will result in mishaps, delays, or a challenging situation.

AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Rely on your experience to help you ferret out the information you need to make a professional decision. As long as you stick to what you know and do best, you will find the path that leads to your success.

PISCES Feb. 19-March 20 Travel or attending group or organizational functions will lead to meeting new people. Before you become too friendly, question everyone’s motives. Emotional deception is apparent.

Maintain professionalism.

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SOFTBALL CONTINUED FROM 12 doesn’t like us to look at them,” Lyon said. “So I knew she was a great hitter. But I didn’t know her batting average. I just went at her like every other hitter.”

Allard came into the series against Iowa on a 23-game hitting streak. It was snapped on April 15 — she was held without a hit in a 10-8 Hawkeye victory. It wasn’t until her third at-bat of the next game when Allard finally hit a chopper to left field for a base hit.

The Northwestern star is what Iowa assistant coach Adrianna Baggetta called a “slapper.” She hasn’t hit a home run this season, and her nine RBIs — good for seventh on her team — further illustrate a lack of power.

But her ability to reach base, and to pose a constant threat once she’s there, make her a dangerous hitter.

O-LINE CONTINUED FROM 12 of in-game experience has accelerated his progression.

“When we watch the tape, you just have a better understanding,” he said on April 16. “You can see things a little bit better. You start to see outside of that seven-man box, see safeties a little bit more.”

Plagued by injury, Adam Gettis only started two games last season at guard. With four years in the program behind him, though, staying healthy is probably a bigger concern than ability for the redshirt senior.

Then there’s the group’s wild card, Brandon Scherff. Scherff — who played with the No. 1s on offense during the scrimmage — could be the difference between a good line and a great line.

The 6-5, 310-pounder is about as big as underclassmen come. He was nearly 300 pounds coming out of Denison (Iowa) High School, where he was ranked among the top-50 offensive tackles in the 2010 recruiting class

by Rivals.com.

Size and athleticism alone aren’t enough for success, though.

“I know she was trying to use the hard ground we had to chop at it, but our pitchers’ strengths dictate that she’s going to struggle doing that,” Looper said. “If we got it up a little over the middle of the plate and a little higher, she would have taken advantage of that.”

Hawkeye pitchers Chelsea Lyon and Kayla Massey avoided giving Allard easy pitches to hit and drew praise from Baggetta. But the firstyear Iowa assistant had a simpler explanation for Iowa’s success.

“We understood how quick we had to be defensively and how focused we had to be with her,” she said. “But No. 1, I think we caught her on a down weekend, which was lucky for us.”

A different challenge will pose itself tonight against Iowa State in Pearl Field. The Cyclones don’t feature any .500 hitters, but they have more depth: Seven Iowa State

“I’ve seen a big guy who can move his feet who’s got to learn what he’s doing,” offensive coordinator K en O’K eefe said about Scherff on April 13.

O’Keefe called the positions along the offensive line most difficult position to learn besides quarterback, and for a player with less than a calendar year in Iowa’s system, that difficulty is compounded. James Ferentz sympathized, recalling the head-spinning moments that he dealt with as a younger player.

“You feel for him, because you want to do it right, you want to be the guy,” he said. “But it’s just really difficult as a freshman.

“It’s hard to understand what people are saying.

It’s kind of like a foreign language a little bit.”

Listening to his peer and coaches’ reviews, though, Scherff ’s potential suggests he may be better than adequate when the real games roll around.

“He’s a really smart and talented kid,” James Ferentz said. “We all believe in him, and we think that he can get the job done.”

batters hit above .300, and an eighth is at .286.

“With the Northwestern kid, you’re more keyed on speed and quickness and aggression,” Baggetta said. “[Tonight], it’s going to be how confident and committed you are to making plays. You just have to be ready every person through the lineup.”

But Iowa players likely don’t know the number of .300 hitters among the Cyclones. Baggetta said while the coaches were thrilled with the team’s success against Allard, the players weren’t too aware of it.

And that’s the way the coaching staff wants it.

“We trust our abilities and go with what our strengths are,” Looper said. “We try not to consume ourselves too much with our opponent. We respect them and what they do, but if we can go with our strengths, we’re going to have a better opportunity to take care of business.”

VIDEO CONTINUED FROM 12 don’t have quality software,” she said.

The team installed four cameras at Pearl Field — one behind home plate, one above both dugouts, and one in center field — to provide numerous angles from which to view each swing and pitch.

During games, former player and current student assistant Ashley Vanderloo sits in the press box and records each pitch by location and pitch type.

The next day, interested players can watch their at-bats in slow motion to find mistakes and correct them.

“There are times during games where I struggle with pitches,” sophomore Johnnie Dowling said. “So I’ll see where my swing was not as on-point during the game, so I’ll work during practice to fix things.

It’s been really beneficial.”

Watkins, who calls herself a “visual learner,” said the program has helped her in that way.

“Last year, [coaches] would drill in your head, ‘This is what you need to

BASEBALL CONTINUED FROM 12 meant to release some of his players’ tension.

“We decided our guys needed to go out and have some fun,” he told Hawkeyesports.com. “We’re pressing a little bit, [and] losing a lot of close ball games. We need to realize baseball is a fun game, so we’re going to have a little fun here today, and hopefully, that translates onto the baseball field for us.”

The team seemed to enjoy the excursion — pitcher Jarred Hippen, who bowled a 213, called it a “great bonding experience” — and could also benefit from recent history. The Hawkeyes have taken two straight from the Leathernecks (11-24, 3-5 Summit League), winning 5-4 in Iowa City on March 26 and 6-2 in Macomb, Ill., on March 27.

Iowa also came out on top the last time it took on Western Illinois at Modern Woodmen. The Black and Gold slugged 16 hits and scored 14 runs in the first two

fix,’ ” she said. “And you’d say, ‘Yes, OK, Coach.’ But now you’re able to look at it and see for yourself what it looks like.”

The program’s features don’t end there. Batters can watch on a splitscreen their swing next to a major league hitter’s.

Watkins occasionally compares her swing to Minnesota Twin catcher Joe Mauer’s.

It can also act as a scouting tool. Johnson said next year when Iowa plays Northwestern, she can pull up the footage from the teams’ April 16 game and see how often the Wildcats’ pitcher throws each type of pitch.

She can also find how often the Hawkeyes recorded a hit, a pop out, a groundball, or any other potential outcome.

But Johnson said she was careful to not rely too heavily on the statistical information generated by the program.

“I try to keep some of it to myself and not overwhelm our players,” she said. “I just want them to play the game and not overthink things too much. Because ultimately, the game isn’t played on paper.”

Hawks look for 3rd starter A recent injury has left the Hawkeyes with a void in their starting rotation, but junior Patrick Lala and others give the Iowa baseball team options on Sundays.

By MATT COZZI matthew-cozzi@uiowa.edu

One hour before Sunday’s double-header against Indiana, Patrick Lala was told that he could possibly start on the mound in the second game.

Although he had yet to start a game in 2011, Lala did end up getting the call. Prior to Sunday’s contest, the Lala junior right- pitcher hander made all 12 of his appearances in relief, and almost all of those outings were in the late innings.

A shoulder injury to Nick Brown — the regular No. 2 starter — has created a question mark at the back end of the weekend rotation following ace Jarred Hippen and Matt Dermody, who began the season slotted third in the rotation.

Brown’s absence allowed

Lala to step in against the Hoosiers.

“I like Patrick’s stuff as a starter, middle guy, and as a closer,” head coach Jack Dahm said. “He’s got as good of stuff as anybody that we have. Some of his best outings are when we use him for more than one inning.”

Other pitchers will likely get a chance on the mound within the next couple weeks, but Lala may have the upper hand after his first starting performance.

Catcher Tyson Blaser was pleased with Lala’s first start as a Hawkeye.

Lala — who started and relieved games at Kirkwood Community College last year — went a careerhigh six innings, allowing three runs on nine hits while striking out six. “[Lala] threw the ball well for us,” Blaser said Sunday. “He settled in after giving up a three-spot in the second [inning]. After that, we started mixing up fastballs and going to the

breaking pitch more. He did a great job for us.”

Blaser said he’s comfortable with Lala starting in the third spot in the rotation again, but acknowledged that his battery mate can be effective in any role that’s he’s asked to perform.

“Patrick is really valuable to us,” Blaser said.

“It’s pretty easy to put him out there as the third starter after two complete games like [last] weekend.

But if we get into trouble and we need him to come in, I’d rather see him at the back end of the bullpen. It’s going to be a struggle figuring out what to do on Sundays until Brown comes back.”

Lala had similar sentiments, and he said the chances of him starting stems from the performances of Hippen and Dermody.

“If Hipp and Derm do well, I can see myself being the Sunday guy,” Lala said.

“Whatever helps us win. If

it’s the end of the game, that’s fine, or if I can start and give us six or seven good innings, then I can do that, too.”

Other pitchers who could get an opportunity as the third starter are righties Ricky Sandquist and Zach Kenyon. Sandquist has started six games this season, one of those as the third starter.

Until Brown is healthy and able to rejoin the rotation, the Hawkeyes have some decisions to make.

However, Dahm and the rest of the Iowa coaching staff do have options to ease the current pitching predicament.

“We need to take it one game at a time,” Dahm said. “I know we’ll have Hippen and Dermody starting [this] weekend, and Ricky Sandquist will probably pitch [today]. The third spot is up in the air right now, so we look forward to getting Brown back even if that’s a couple of weeks away.”

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Iowa (13-20) vs.

Western Illinois (11-24) When: 6:30 P.M. TODAY Where: MODERN WOODMEN PARK, DAVENPORT Where to watch or listen: HAWKEYESPORTS.COM

innings of a 20-7 beatdown on April 21, 2009.

Blaser, who was unable to play in that game because of a torn thumb ligament, said the team isn’t satisfied with history. A 2for-8 weekend against Indiana dropped his batting average to .278, and the 23year-old said the Hawkeyes have plenty of work to do.

“We’ve been watching a lot of film and trying to stay with our approaches and have competitive at-bats,” he said. “That’s our big thing. We want to make sure we’re not swinging at bad pitches and that we’re up there competing with the bat, g o i n g d e e p i n c o u n t s, and trying to get a good pitch to hit to move the baseball.”

Country Night

The pitching will have to shoulder some of the load, too. Blaser said he expects sophomore Ricky Sandquist to take the hill tonight, and the erratic righty will have to pitch better than he has the majority of this season — he has posted a 1-3 record and 8.03 ERA through six starts. “[Sandquist needs to] be consistently in the zone with his off-speed [pitches],” Blaser said. “He needs to get ahead of guys … You need to be able to get over a curve ball or changeup and get ahead in the count so they’re not sitting on a first-pitch fastball.”

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Attitude buoys Cardwell The Iowa women’s golf team’s sophomore Kristi Cardwell shows an inspiring work ethic and determined attitude that has led her to a successful season.

By MAGGIE CUNNINGHAM margaret-cunningham@uiowa.edu

Fifteen years ago, sophomore Kristi Cardwell picked up a golf club for the first time.

Fifteen years ago, her father knew golf was something she should continue to pursue.

“Kristi was blessed with strength,” father Byron Cardwell said. “She has always been that girl that was stronger than all the rest.”

As a young golfer, Kristi Cardwell excelled. In high school, she was a three-time MVP, as well as the first women’s golfer in her high school’s history to go to the state tournament all four years. She holds nine of 10 Cardwell individual records at the sophomore school.

She is now the Iowa women’s golf team’s leading scorer, and her father says her determination and competitive attitude brought her to this point.

“She is definitely competitive,” he said.

“Thinking back to the old Monopoly days and games like that, she always wanted to win.”

The young Hawkeye’s name appears in the top-three of Iowa’s best individual performances in school history for 18, 36, and 54 holes. She finished third at this year’s Hawkeye Invitational in September and 11th in the highly competitive Anteater Invitational in March.

Her talent has not only benefited her team on the scorecard, it has also helped keep her teammates focused.

“For just being a sophomore, she just takes control of practice sometimes,” said senior Brianna Coopman. “She kind of steps in, and she reminds people that, ‘OK, this is what we need to get done, and we need to focus for the next hour.’ ” Despite only being a sophomore, Cardwell already has ambitions for herself in the sport. She wants to officially lead the Hawkeyes as a team captain in the next year or two, and after college, she wants to play professionally on tour.

“I have made a lot of progress,” she said.

“My putting has gotten a lot better. I still have a lot of improving to do, but mentally, I think I have matured a lot.”

Head coach Kelly Crawford said she has noticed a significant amount of maturity in Cardwell as an athlete. And Crawford said because she “doesn’t quit and doesn’t give up,” continuing to play after college is a realistic goal.

“Two years ago, I told her you don’t wait until college is over to start working toward being on tour,” Crawford said.“It starts now.

She has the foundation; she just needs to put in the time and hours, and she is that athlete who is always practicing extra.”

Cardwell’s dedication didn’t even give her a day off on her birthday weekend, when her family members were in town.

Playing from the same tees, she and her father battled it out.

“She can definitely hold her own,” Byron Cardwell said. “Now, I have to ask for strokes and all that, but I just always tell everyone that I won.”

With a competitive drive to be successful, her father believes she will do anything she sets her mind to.

He said, “She never says die.”

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THE DAILY IOWAN WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2011

Baseball heads to Bandits’ park The Hawkeyes hope a change of scenery and a team bowling trip will help turn around a recent skid.

By SETH ROBERTS seth-roberts@uiowa.edu

Looking ahead, Walterfootball.com projected the 6-6, 300pounder to be selected 10th overall next April.

At the other end is redshirt senior Markus Zusevics. Zusevics entered 2010 unproven, and emerged as a solid anchor at right tackle after starting all 13 games.

Also starting in each of the Hawkeyes’ games last season was James Ferentz — the coach’s son — at center. He filled the void left by the graduation of Rafael Eubanks, and he should be even sturdier this year. The City High alumnus said a season

Joe Mauer played a season at Modern Woodmen Park. So did Rick Ankiel, and ditto for Jim Edmonds.

Members of the Iowa baseball team will join the list of luminaries to have graced the field tonight. The Hawkeyes will travel to Davenport to face Western Illinois Blaser at the home of the catcher St. Louis Cardinals’ Single-A affiliate, the Quad City River Bandits, at 6:30 p.m.

The Hawkeyes (13-20, 3-6 Big Ten) said they won’t be awestruck when they take the field at Modern Woodmen — although catcher Tyson Blaser did admit a minorleague park carries a different atmosphere than, say, Banks Field.

“You’re playing in a park where minor-leaguers are playing, and that’s where you want to be one day,” the redshirt senior said. “It adds a little bit of something special and gives both teams a little more energy.”

The energy could be just what the doctor ordered for a struggling Hawkeye squad. The team has dropped five of its last seven games, and the power surge that translated into 35 runs in two games is long gone. Iowa scored just two runs in a three-game series with Indiana last weekend.

It doesn’t help that a cold, misty rain kept the team from practicing on Tuesday. The Hawkeyes went bowling instead, an activity that head coach Jack Dahm said was

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Iowa center James Ferentz speaks to reporters after the team’s spring scrimmage on April 16 at Kinnick Stadium. Ferentz, who is head coach Kirk Ferentz’s son, started all 13 of the Hawkeyes’ games last season.

O-line full of experience The Hawkeyes return more experience at offensive line than at any other position.

By JORDAN GARRETSON jordan-garretson@uiowa.edu

Kirk Ferentz isn’t fully disclosing how good his 2011 offensive line could be.

Not yet, at least.

Consider his assessment of the group’s performance at the team’s spring scrimmage — it was more critical than his feedback for any other group.

“We did a pretty good job at holding penalties,” the Iowa head football coach said following the spring’s final practice on April 16 at Kinnick Stadium. “They had three or four or five, something like that, and a couple exchange problems.”

Cougill heads to Green Bay Former Iowa basketball player Brennan Cougill will transfer to Wisconsin-Green Bay, according to the Green Bay Press-Gazette.

Cougill, a 6-9, 255-pound forward, averaged 4 points and 3 rebounds for the Hawkeyes during the 2009-10 campaign. He transferred to Kirkwood Community College after becoming academically ineligible for the 2010-11 season.

The 20-year-old was Kirkwood’s leading scorer this past year (14.4 points per game) and helped lead the Eagles to a 32-5 record.

The Sioux City native scored 1,602 points and pulled down 1,033 rebounds at Bishop Heelan High School, and he was named Iowa’s Mr. Basketball after his senior season.

Cougill will join a Phoenix squad that went 14-18 last season, including an 8-10 mark in the Horizon League.

“I think I can bring some size down low,” Cougill told Rob Demovsky of the Press-Gazette.

“The coaches talked about wanting guys who wouldn’t get backed down in the post and would add defense down there.”

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Ex-Hawkeye aide Piro passes away Former Iowa assistant football coach H.W. “Whitey” Piro passed away Monday in Iowa City. He was 93.

Piro, a native of Nordholz, Germany, was a Hawkeye assistant from 1952 to 1965 under Forest Evashevski and Jerry

Indeed, there were some yellow flags. And also true, the line didn’t always appear to function smoothly.

Rest assured, though: The Oline has all the makings to be a strength — if not the strength — for the Hawkeyes this fall.

All criticism aside, the 13thyear head coach knows that: “We have the potential to be solid there.”

Maybe Ferentz’s high standards stems from his own specific coaching background, which includes work as an offensiveline coach under Hayden Fry from 1981-89 and also under Bill Belichick with the Cleveland Browns. Or it could be the classic

Burns. He helped the team win two Rose Bowl games and three Big Ten championships.

Piro’s family immigrated to the United States when he was 3 years old. He grew up in Long Island, N.Y., and captained his high school’s football, basketball, baseball, and track teams. He graduated from Syracuse in 1941, having been a three-year starter for coach Ossie Solem’s football teams. Upon graduation, Piro played one season for the Philadelphia Eagles.

He appeared in 10 and games pulled in 10 receptions for Piro 141 yards and a ex-aide touchdown.

He spent 1 9 4 2 a s a n assistant coach a t S y r a c u s e before serving in the Air Force dur i ng World War II. He then coached at the C i t a d e l a n d Utah before arriving in Iowa City.

Piro worked with the UI Personnel Department for almost 20 years and spent time as a president of the Iowa City School Board and Iowa City Booster Club.

He served on the Johnson County Handicapped Committee and was an elder and deacon of the First Presbyterian Church.

Piro is survived by his wife, four sons, and two grandchildren.

Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. on Thursday at Lensing Funeral Home, 605 Kirkwood Ave. A service of remembrance will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday at the First Presbyterian Church.

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coach’s adage of “never settling” and “always getting better.”

Either way, there’s plenty to like about this group, primarily its experience.

Left tackle Riley Reiff — the line’s cornerstone — has started 24 games over the past two seasons. There was even some talk that the redshirt juniorto-be could be heading to the NFL early after a solid 2010 season, but the Parkston, S.D., native has never indicated that he even considered it. One more impressive season, and Reiff could find himself making a trip to Radio City Music Hall for the 2012 NFL draft.

Video sessions aid softball A new video software system has enhanced the Hawkeyes’ approach to hitting.

By SAM LOUWAGIE samuel-louwagie@uiowa.edu

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Iowa’s Chelsea Lyon pitches to Michigan State’s Lindsey Hansen at Pearl Field on April 10. Lyon threw three strikeouts in the 9-8 win.

Softball focuses on strengths The Iowa softball team held the nation’s second-leading batter to a 1-for-8 performance last weekend.

And most of them weren’t even aware of it.

By SAM LOUWAGIE samuel-louwagie@uiowa.edu

Chelsea Lyon didn’t know that Emily Allard was hitting .517. She didn’t know the Northwestern sophomore had stolen 34 bases on the season or that she was named a top-25 finalist for USA Softball Player of the Year.

But Iowa’s sophomore pitcher did know Allard

Iowa (24-16, 7-3 Big Ten) vs. Iowa State (19-19, 1-7 Big 12) When: 5 P.M. TODAY Where: PEARL FIELD went 1-for-8 against the Hawkeyes on April 15-16 at Pearl Field.

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Liz Watkins hunched over a laptop computer and watched herself hit a home run.

On the screen, Wa t k i n s ’ upper body stays over her hips, which rotate just as the b a t m e e t s Johnson t h e b a l l , assistant coach sending it in an upward trajectory and over a fence. It was a good swing.

But the computer’s monitor is divided into two halves, and on the right half, Watkins watched an at-bat from the previous day. Assistant coach Stacy Johnson clicks through the swing frame-by-frame. Watkins is standing up too tall and leaning forward as the ball reaches her, which drives it downwards.

“That’s the difference between a home run and a single,” Johnson told Watkins. “You got a pitch

to hit a home run off of there, and you didn’t. We all know you have the power to hit 25 home runs, but you’re not going to with that swing.”

Watkins and Johnson were in the middle of a f ilm session using a video software program called Right View Pro. Under H all of Fame coach G ayle Blevins, who coached the Hawkeye softball team from 1988 to 2010, the team rarely used video footage to enhance its hitting. Watkins said she watched film once last year.

But this season, it’s become a staple of the team’s offensive coaching.

All three members of Iowa’s coaching staff used the program at their previous schools, and Johnson said it was an easy decision to bring it to Iowa City.

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