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The UI School of Art & History will be fully moved in by Friday. By KENDREW PANYANOUVONG | kendrew-panyanouvong@uiowa.edu
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ne of the newest buildings on campus is starting to come to life. As the 2015-16 school year wraps up, construction on the new state-of-the-art Visual Arts Building is nearing completion, and UI art faculty and students have begun transitioning into their new $77 million home. Standing five levels tall and with more than 126,000 square feet, the vibrant and clean-slate building will house the UI School of Art and History; the 2008 flood destroyed the old Art Building. UI studio-art faculty and students were temporarily relocated to the old Iowa City Menards building, 1375 Highway 1 W. The building was refurbished and transformed by the university into the interim Studio Arts Building following the flood. Construction of the new building began in August 2013. Many innovative studio spaces and rooms aimed to yield maximum flexibility among the various academic disciplines will help allow a “very contemporary curricuSEE ART, 3
The new Visual Arts Building will open to students this fall. The building includes 14 patios and five art galleries, and it is designed for natural light. (The Daily Iowan/Mary Mathis)
IMU food pantry set By TOM ACKERMAN thomas-ackerman@uiowa.edu
The stereotypical college ramen diet can now be broken. After months of planning, a food pantry aimed at University of Iowa students and staff will open in late May, with the only requirement being a UI ID for someone to be a recipient. Organizers held an open house Tuesday in its hotel-room location in the IMU. Marks “We’re not going to give UI junior students ramen or chips,” said Benjamin Marks, a co-director of the pantry. “We want to fulfill student lives and help with their academics by offering nutritious and healthy food.” (Disclosure: Marks worked previously as DI Metro editor). The pantry will be open year-round with limited hours over the summer. UI Student Government offered $10,000 in start-up funds to the program, and the Association of Residence Halls of-
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fered $2,000, which Marks said was not requested. Marks began working to create the pantry with other students and staff at the UI around four months ago. The project started after he learned food insecurity is a serious problem for college students, affecting 30 percent of those in college, according to Feeding America. Organizers of the pantry conducted a survey at the UI and found that around 25 percent of students are food insecure, which consequently negatively affects GPA, Marks said. The UI will be the second to last Big Ten school to create a food pantry. When speaking with groups on campus, Marks said many responded similarly, “Wait, this is an issue?” people would say. “We need to fix this.” Sarah Benson Witry, the food bank and emergency assistance director at the Johnson County Crisis Center, said she knows students and staff from the university are clients at the county food bank through personal interactions. “The reality is college students reSEE PANTRY, 3
Passion drives grad By GAGE MISKIMEN gage-miskimen@uiowa.edu
Graduating from college can be a long, tough road as it is, but for college students who are the first in their family to attend, it can be even more challenging. Emii Le is a University of Iowa senior who will graduate this year with a double major in marketing and graphic design. Le was born in Vietnam and moved to Sioux City when Le she was in middle school. UI senior Le will also be the first person in her family to graduate from college. She said she thinks the primary goal for her family moving to America was to give her the opportunity to pursue an education. “My family wanted me to become a doctor, you know, typical Asian family expectations,” she said and laughed. “I wanted to do what I wanted to do, so I majored in marketing.” She said there were some problems
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within her family during high school, and at one point, her parents told her they wouldn’t be able to pay for her college, so she applied for as many scholarships as she could. “I applied for over 40 scholarships and reached out to all the colleges in Iowa,” she said. “When I visited the UI, I felt that it was great and they had a good business school, and I got all of my financial aid covered by grants and scholarships.” Melvin Ong, Le’s fiancé, said she’s hardworking and is very passionate about her goals. “She grew up in a poor family and her parents got divorced so she had to make money to help pay for bills,” he said. “She is disciplined and that transfers to her college life as well. She knows what her goals are.” Debra Waddick, a friend of Le’s, said she is the type of person who sets goals and achieves them. “She’s the go-getter type of person and if she has a goal in mind, she will go get it,” she said. With English being her second lanSEE GRAD, 3
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A brother-sister duo from Iowa has made it easier to play the “woman card.” Outraged after hearing Donald Trump claim the only reason Hillary Clinton is leading in the polls is because she is a woman — Zach and Zebby Wahls decided to turn Trump’s comments into a full 54-card deck of playing cards featuring 13 prominent American women. “When Hillary and Trump had their back and forth, I was watching the speeches and the next morning I was thinking what if we actually put together a deck of playing cards featuring American women — I thought it could be exciting and timely,” Zach Wahls said. The day after Trump’s comments, Zebby Wahls started sketching illustrations featuring political and cultural icons. (Disclosure: Zebby Wahls contributes illustrations to The Daily Iowan, and Zach Wahls is a former Opinions writer.) The list of women includes Hillary Clinton, Rosa Parks, Susan B. Anthony, and singer Beyoncé. The siblings decided to start a Kickstarter campaign to help get their project off the ground and said they initially hoped to raise $5,000 by the end of May. The two said they surpassed their goal with flying colors and have raised over $112,618 by the second week in May.
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Illustrations by Zebediah Wahls Zach Wahls said he attributes their fundraising success to the power of social media. “It was totally unexpected,” he said “I know people respond really well to Zebby’s art, and there’s also so much of the 2016 campaign unfolding on social media, so I figured this would really get a lot of positive attention.” Zebby Wahls said having her work recognized on a national level was humbling and thrilling, and that she never expected the project to
take off the way it did and hopes the message about celebrating women is well-received. “The enormous positive response has floored us. It was extraordinarily unexpected,” she said. “Our whole idea was to create a celebration of these women and all of their impact on society which has been incredible, especially given the fact that the deck is so often stacked against them.” In the future, the two Wahls plan to expand their project to feature a full 54-card deck of play-
ing cards, with each card featuring a different woman. Zach Wahls said backers of their project are helping them send a message to the political community about the treatment of women. “Our backers are supporting an independent art project and sending an important message that the phrase ‘the woman card’ has now been relegated to an actual deck of cards, and it’s not a slur that should be used in political discourse,” he said.
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Getting funky in game land By JORDAN RYDER jordan-ryder@uiowa.edu
To be honest, I wasn’t entirely sure what to make of Battleborn. Gearbox’s new shooter/multiplayer online battle arena is set in the distant future, and all but one star in the universe has gone out. The remnants of civilization are converging on the final star and preparing to fight tooth and nail over it. Mechanically, the game is solid, but I had a lot of frustrations with the execution. The biggest con is the story experience. I was originally drawn to the game because I thought the premise was interesting, but the game’s campaign mode is severely flawed in its ex-
ecution. To play the missions in a logical order that actually convey the story, you need to play in a private game. So, if you don’t have three to four friends who also bought the game, that means playing solo; I don’t recommend that, since the missions were designed to be played cooperatively. To get teammates, you can play in a public server, but then the missions are randomly selected and overarching plot goes out the window. The story missions are kind of soulless, anyway. The plot becomes only background noise because most of the characters are talking heads in the corner of the screen. Remember the first Borderlands? It’s like that. You rarely
interact with the characters. I found this really frustrating because the characters were great. Also like Borderlands, Gearbox infused them with snarky, amusing personalities that I really liked. It made me wish there had been a full-fledged single player game. But at its core, Battleborn is a multiplayer online battle arena; what does the story matter? I don’t really play these, but this seems like a functional one — if that’s your thing. For those unfamiliar, this type of game pits teams of five against each other. Each player controls a “Hero” directly, and each side has weaker, AI-controlled minions. The goal is usually to push across
the map to the other team’s base and destroy their crystal/power generator/monument/some other important thing. In addition, Battleborn combines first-person-shooter elements. So tactics, FPS gameplay — something for everyone. I enjoyed this part of the game more than I thought I would. There are 25 heroes and they all have unique abilities and play different roles on a team (support, tank, striker, etc), so there are plenty to suit individual play styles. Despite my disappointments with it, Battleborn is still worth taking a look at if you like this style of game. Its single-player isn’t really worth taking a look at, though.
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PANTRY CONTINUED FROM FRONT ceive a lot of debt. They may not come into the college with a lot of money to pay bills,” Benson Witry said. “Students may not be able to work enough hours to cover
GRAD CONTINUED FROM FRONT guage, Le said she had a hard time fitting in initially when she moved to Iowa during her middle school years. “I could write and speak a little bit of English because I did study it in Vietnam,” she said. “It was more about the cultural barriers. It was a little hard fitting in, and I would get bullied in middle and high school because I didn’t speak the same language.” Le said getting involved, joining clubs and organizations was a major key to fitting in and making friends, and she continued to be in-
interim space. “By Friday, Studio Arts will be completely empty,” McGuire said. The facility is on schedule to be fully completed this month. Finishing touches will be put on while the school is beginning to organize, settle, and become reunited with the main campus once again. “This is a one-of-a-kind building. I’m very happy with this project,” Michael Kearns, senior construction project manager said. “The team’s been great. It was a group that worked really well together; we worked through a lot of unique challenges with the building. It’s been a real collaborative effort.” Kearns said completion of the building is on schedule. The Visual Arts Building has been designed to enhance energy use and to make a more creative environment with its sleek and clean design, Kearns said. Inside are many large windows scattered throughout the complex to maximize access to natural lighting, along with an efficient thermal system that helps keep the building cool, with minimal use of the cooling and
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The newVisual Arts Building is almost completed.This is the top view of the honeycomb ceiling, made to allow light in without heating the building more than necessary. (The Daily Iowan/Mary Mathis) heating system. Another significant feature to the new building is the combined spaces that different disciplines can effectively use together, McGuire said. He said an important part in creating art is being able to watch others produce
their work. “When you walk through the spaces, you’re able to see the production that happens,” he said. “It’s very important for students to see other students working.” While tentative schedules were thrown off course
due to moving out of the old Menards building, most UI art students have finished up their final work of the year, and the highly anticipated building will now be home to UI studio art faculty and students this upcoming fall.
“This new building being made gives me the feeling that the university cares, I feel like it will bring the best in our work,” UI junior and studio arts major Cassandra Garza said. “Now we actually have a space to do what we love to do.”
basic expenses, such as food.” She said she expects to see a similar number of people at the county pantry with more people going the pantry on campus. “Having a pantry on campus makes food more accessible to students,” she said “It sends
a message that this reality is known, and it is perceived as a problem that people want to see addressed.” Research and data was included in a 12-page funding proposal to UI Student Government. Organizers hope to see the pantry largely funded through future fund-
raisers and donations, but as a student organization, they may also ask for funds when needed. UI junior Mareshah McCarthy attended the open house to volunteer her time when the pan-
try opens. She said she came to learn more about the pantry and see what she could do to help. “Students now have a place on campus where If they’re struggling or need assistance, they know
where to go,” she said. “There are a lot of people struggling with this,” McCaarthy said. “After learning about the pantry, I can send someone here and know they’re going to get help.”
volved when she arrived to the University of Iowa. “I think the people here are very welcoming and the diversity is getting better, so I got to meet and interact with people from around the world,” she said. “I got to study abroad twice in Paris and London.” Le said she will miss UI and the opportunities it presented her. “I will really miss all of the friends I made and the involvement opportunities I’ve had here,” she said. “I really appreciate the faculty and the professors I met while studying here.” Le said being the first to graduate in her family showed her that nothing is impossible.
“It proves there is nothing you can’t do, even with financial or language barriers,” she said. “I try to be the motivation for my brother who is graduating from high school. I’m trying to act as another parent for him and help him adjust to college.” Le said other kids who are or will be first-generation students should believe in themselves and remember why they’re coming to college in the first place. “Don’t get discouraged because you may have had fewer opportunities,” she said. “Don’t let your background be an excuse not to excel. Take the opportunities the university can give you.”
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Leave Ernst off VP shortlist UI REACH richly deserves D our support Joe Lane joseph-lane@uiowa.edu
When President Bruce Harreld came to the University of Iowa, there was a lot of discussion about improving the university’s rankings and bringing our institution to the national stage for something other than sports. Or — at the very least — better recognizing in our own community those things that are already garnering national attention. Yet as more stress is placed on the UI to perform and to climb the rankings of public schools in and outside its peer group, the opposite has occurred. At least with the most prominent ranking of colleges and universities in the country, U.S. News & World Report, the UI stumbled from No. 27 among public universities to No. 34. Moreover, the UI fell from 71st among all national institutions to 82nd. And while this ranking places UI above Iowa State’s 108th position nationally, it is not positive. In a tumultuous time during which the university is growing rapidly but not necessarily matching growth with ranking improvement, any and all things that can be done to improve these rankings must be pursued. And if impressive rankings already exist — such as our writing, nursing, speech and hearing science, or physician assistants’ programs — they should be brought to the forefront of national attention. It is a sad fact of the climate of upper-level education that rankings are so important, but it is a fact nonetheless. One of the programs that is receiving national attention but limited local attention is UI REACH. According to its website, the program is “a two-year, transition certificate program
for students with numerous intellectual, cognitive, and learning disabilities. UI REACH provides a campus experience to empower young adults to become independent, engaged members of the community.” More than an impressive program that provides dignity and unique opportunities to these individuals, though, REACH places Iowa as the fifth-best “college for students with learning disabilities,” according to College Magazine. REACH often goes overlooked by members of the community, however, despite its national prominence and importance to Iowa’s overall recognition. Last week, The Daily Iowan reported on a golf outing and fashion show hosted by REACH aimed at raising awareness of the program locally and providing supplemental funding. The program has previously been able to provide financial aid for several students through a grant. However, the grant recently ran out, and the program is now forced to look to the community for financial support for its students. Supporting programs such as REACH is not only a morally kind thing to do for these students, it also goes a long way in getting more national attention for the university. Besides simply being the right thing to do, supporting REACH is self-serving in many ways. Every time Iowa receives national attention, pride radiates throughout the university, and the impact reaches beyond the program itself. While much of the university’s national attention comes from athletics, there are other incredible things happening on this campus. As a die-hard Hawkeye football fan for as long as I can remember, I’m blinded by my unwavering love for Hawkeye sports. But when it comes down to it, sports prowess isn’t what makes an institution premier, and REACH is a perfect example of a program that is doing
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onald Trump is a busy man. Jet-setting from rally to rally, he has an army of aides and advisers fielding questions and requests. Earlier in the week, ex-GOP candidate Ben Carson made remarks suggesting that while he wouldn’t consider being the vice president in a Trump presidency, the job is attractive to many in Washington, D.C. The competition for Trump’s favor may be contentious. His VP pick will indicate how his campaign intends to reframe itself as it pivots toward the general election. This week, a Midwestern governor has been persistently attempting to get in touch with the hordes surrounding Trump, none other than Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad. The Republican has reportedly been lobbying for a meeting with Trump because he has some essential, sage wisdom for the real-estate magnate and presumed Republican presidential nominee. And it all has to do with the Trump’s vice-presidential pick. Branstad has two words on the subject: Joni Ernst. Branstad is apparently lobbying Trump and his campaign to choose the junior Iowa senator. The Des Moines Register reported on Branstad’s logic: He believes Ernst’s ties to veterans and two-and-half years’ experience in Congress would be invaluable to the Trump campaign. Unfortunately, he’s mistaken. An Ernst VP pick wouldn’t only do little for Trump, it could reflect poorly on Iowa. Disrespect is all that the Trump campaign has shown toward many things Ernst stands for. Ernst’s experience in the military could be informative
but wouldn’t serve the campaign Trump has crafted. He has not concerned himself with being polite toward the U.S. veterans he claims to support. Trump’s flagrant disregard toward the realities of war (John McCain and POW statements) shows a lack of respect for the tremendous physical and emotional costs Americans have incurred overseas. Ernst’s duty would be under-respected as Trump’s VP nominee, because the candidate would undoubtedly only present her as the token representative of American servicewomen and -men who he has tried to court. In addition to military service, Trump has made disparaging comments about women. An Ernst VP pick would undermine what it means to be a female politician who deserves respect equal to that of her peers in D.C. Finally, Branstad’s own argument has its flaws. His claims that Ernst has experience in Congress are flimsy at best. Ernst spent three years in the Iowa Senate before moving on as a U.S. senator, a position she’s occupied for around one-third of a full term. Ernst has had little experience in actual governing; she’s still in the process of accruing the experience Branstad claims she has. Branstad should retract his quest to place Ernst by Trump’s side. The man is volatile and unpredictable, as likely to bring shame and dishonor to the nation as he is to bring any positive accolades. The majority of Iowans didn’t support Trump in the caucuses and shouldn’t have to watch an elected Iowan representative dragged through the circus that is the Trump campaign.
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Streamline Human Services Hannah Soyer hannah-soyer@uiowa.edu
The Iowa Department of Human Services is being investigated to see if it defied legislative intent when it allocated $750,000 to the new Medicaid budget instead of to “Supported Employment,” a program that helps people with disabilities find and keep jobs. According to Human Services and those defending its actions, the intent of the funding was never made clear by legislators. Representatives who proposed the $750,000, however, are adamant that what was to be done with the money was clear. Considering I am not a legislator and therefore
have no experience in this issue, I cannot say whether in fact Human Services defied legislative intent in its treatment of the $750,000. As someone with a physical disability who receives services from the agency, I also couldn’t say if money is more needed for the state Medicaid program, which I benefit from, or Supported Employment, which I don’t benefit from but which many other Iowans with disabilities do. The confusion in where this money was meant to be used, however, does seem to speak volumes about the structure of Human Services and how poorly run it is. As with all government agencies, it has layers upon layers of bureaucratic holes to jump through in order to receive services. It’s incredibly difficult to get in contact with an employee there and to hear back from them in a timely manner. It is also likely that if
you ask the same question of two different people, you will receive two different answers. This may be because at the time of the budget proposal for fiscal 2017, Medicaid served approximately 575,000 people, and that is just one small portion of what Human Services covers. This cost approximately $4.8 billion the previous fiscal year, a cost that has doubled since 2003. Because of this, Iowa privatized Medicaid this spring. As someone on Medicaid, I have not noticed any significant changes since this privatization, although it may be too soon to tell. As much as I am against the privatization of governmental agencies, hopefully, the change in Medicaid will be a positive one, allowing Iowans who are on it access to more services at a lower cost to the individual and to the government. If this does prove to be fruit-
ful, perhaps it’s time for Human Services to consider more overhauls to its system. The well-grounded fear with privatization is that with governmental services in the hands of a private company, motives can suddenly become muddled, and those on top may choose to run things too much like a business, in which profit is the only thing that matters, not the quality of services provided. This cannot happen, especially to Human Services, which has so many programs that people’s lives depend on. However, a change of some sort needs to take place in order for the department to be run more efficiently. We can only hope that the investigation of the allocation of $750,000 will lead to a more in-depth investigation of Human Services as a whole and a serious look at how changes can be made.
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Clinton’s true colors Jack Dugan jack-dugan@uiowa.edu
The delegate count for the Democratic primaries has former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leading at 2,228 delegates (including unpledged Super Delegates), just 155 shy of securing the nomination, and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders trailing at 1,454 delegates. Sanders shows no signs of slowing down and, given that the majority of Clinton’s lead over him is tallied as party heavyweight Super Delegates, he should take his momentum straight to the Democratic National Convention, if not further. But as popular and impressive that the Sanders campaign has been leading up to now, it remains that Clinton is moments from securing the Democratic nomination.
Arguably, what has gotten her this far with such progressive opposition by Sanders is a methodic shift of her campaign rhetoric to the left. While Sanders pushes for the prospect of single-payer universal health care, she vehemently argues for a steady reformation of Obamacare. While Sanders has, famously now, stated that climate change is the biggest threat to national security, positioning environmental issues as some of the most important on his agenda, Clinton has released prospective environmental policy that would work as a much needed spark in a transition from dirty coalbased American energy to cleaner, renewable sources of energy. The Huffington Post reported on the matter in November 2015, “In a slight shift from Clinton’s 2008 campaign, which tried to help coal companies stay afloat by throwing incentives at them to clean up production, the new proposal heavily pushes coal communities away from
the industry that has dominated their economy for roughly a century.” Clinton has been consistently pulled to make more progressive claims by the popularity of the truly progressive opposition of Sanders, and now that her campaign sees him as little threat to their presidential bid, we’re going to see a steady shift back to her true colors as a wolf in a progressive clothing. Most recent evidence of this is seen with the coal industry she was so ready to push toward cleaner, more viable sources of energy. In a town-hall-style forum early this month in West Virginia, after being confronted on how she plans on directing the coal industry, she did all but entirely retract such a plan with a single response: “We’ve got to do a lot more on carbon capture and sequestration and try to see how we get coal to be a fuel that can be continued to be sold and continued to be mined.” The continuation of mining and profiting from coal is entirely con-
trary to the prospect of a renewable-based-energy economy. The idea of sustainability is one that has been contorted and twisted to fit whatever rhetoric puts ballots in the box, but dirty energy such as coal is simply not renewable in the most basic sense of the term. What Clinton has stated months ago is no longer a concern to her. She is a mere 155 delegates shy of the nomination and no longer needs to pander to progressives. Just as husband President Bill Clinton charmed the youth vote with ambiguous claims of marijuana use and saxophone solos, only to march straight into the Oval Office and institute economic policy as neo-liberal as Reagan’s, we will see a steady and deliberate reversion from the quasi-progressive Hillary Clinton we’ve come to know throughout the primaries thus far to the true fiscally inclined politician she is. If and when she secures the nomination, a long history of deception and nepotism will live on in American politics.
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Sustainability project a success By KATELYN WEISBROD katelyn-weisbrod@uiowa.edu
The end of the semester m a r k s the completion of a twoy e a r p a r t n e rship bet w e e n the Uni- Fruin versity of manager Iowa and city of Iowa City. The Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities connects UI students and faculty from various disciplines with cities around Iowa. These students and faculty work on either semester or yearlong projects. This partnership brought 24 sustainability-based projects from the UI to the community, from departments ranging from urban and regional planning to jour-
nalism to public health. “It’s been a good way for us to engage with the students and give them some practical experience in the field,” Iowa City interim City Manager Geoff Fruin said. “We’ll be able to take a lot of the findings from these studies and apply them to our day-to-day operations.” Some of the projects were displayed at City Hall on Tuesday for a celebration event, where the community could see what has been accomplished through this partnership over the last two years. “It’s been really rewarding to be working in our backyard over the last two years,” director Nick Benson said. “There’s a natural connection between Iowa City and the university because we’re right next door, but I think these projects help formalize connections between students and the city that
weren’t there before.” The project has partnered with 22 communities across the state of Iowa over the past six years, including Muscatine and Dubuque. Benson said students and faculty will travel to these cities and even stay overnight to work on their projects. “The ideas come from the community, so they’re driven by things that are important to the community, their priorities,” program coordinator Sarah SanGiovanni said. “We facilitate students to have communication with community partners so when these projects are done they’re reflecting the things that are important to the community.” Fruin said he worked with one of the project teams that focused on affordable housing. He met with the group once a week for the past year to guide research and
Attendees look at the various community projects completed by students as a part of a UI and Iowa City partnership at City Hall on Tuesday. The Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Community held an open house in City Hall to celebrate the two-year partnership. (The Daily Iowan/Anthony Vazquez) make recommendations. “It’s been a lot of fun,” Fruin said. “I’ve learned quite a bit from them, and I think we’ve provided them a good experience that will prepare them for a career in urban planning.
“It helped me focus on the issue at hand. They did some historical research which was beneficial for me as well, and they looked at what other cities are doing and helped us apply these things to Iowa City as well.”
Now that the twoyear partnership with Iowa City is complete, the project will team up with Mason City and the East Iowa Council of Governments to begin a new set of projects starting in August.
ly in conjunction with our project, but to be a point of information for them in the future.” Burns said. “They’re working with their student government to get to this point, whereas we’re more on the awareness part of it.” Burns said all three universities were all working towards the same goal. “Mental health is something we’re really passionate about, and it’s a big issue around
our campuses,” she said. UISG Communications and Marketing Liaison Carter Yerkes said the True@theU initiative will hopefully help everyone realize the importance of mental health. “Just because mental health can’t be seen as easily as physical health doesn’t mean it isn’t as important,” Yerkes said. “To raise visibility, True@theU works to make sure personal stories and concerns are heard loud and clear.”
Project works on mental health By ANNA ONSTAD-HARGRAVE anna-onstad-hargrave@uiowa.edu
Starting next fall, students and faculty on campus will be able to share their stories and s t r u g gles with mental health for all to see. A s t r i d Montuclard M o n t u - UISG senator clard, a senator in the University of Iowa Student Government, spearheaded the initiative True@ theU, a video project de-
Male charged with paying with counterfeit bills A Cedar Rapids man was charged with forgery. Iowa City police have accused Elijah Allen, 18, with forgery. On April 9, police arrived at
Male charged with growing, posessing marijuana An Iowa City man was charged with possessing marijuana exceeding 42.5 grams. Iowa City police have accused David Willem, 20, 610 S. Johnson St. #6, with a controlled substance violation and failure to affix a drug stamp.
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signed to raise awareness of mental health issues on campus. She said she started the project because students need to become more aware of mental health resources. “Starting at the beginning of September, we will have videos of UI students talking about either their personal story with mental-health concerns, how they helped a friend with mental health concerns or the importance of mental-health awareness,” she said. Montuclard said one or two videos will be released on the UI Counseling Service’s website every week
beginning in the fall semester. The videos will then be advertised by the Office of Communications in the various colleges. So far, she said, they’ve recorded 22 people. “These people talk about a variety of mental health concerns such as depression, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, etc.,” she said. Montuclard said more people were ready to share their stories, but they needed more funding to make this possible. She said she expects to get this funding in the fall from the UISG or from private donors. “The goal is to open
the dialogue about mental-health concerns on campus,” she said. “Mental health isn’t really addressed. We want to tell people that it’s OK to talk about this and reach out to get help. The silence is harmful.” Lily Burns, who will take over the project for Montuclard when she leaves to study abroad next year, said that they have been working with the University of Northern Iowa and with Iowa State University to spearhead similar initiatives on those campuses. “We’ve been working with them, not necessari-
Walmart for report of counterfeit bills being passed. Allen made a purchase of $300.72 worth of assorted computer equipment including a router. Allen paid for the items with his counterfeit cash. Allen then walked to the customer service section of the store and requested to return the items he had bought. He wanted to receive real currency
for the items. The counterfeit bills were turned over to officers where the bills had only three different serial numbers in total. An employee responsible for loss prevention said that $380 in $20 bills had been passed by two suspects that left the store together. Allen is responsible for $280 of the $380 passed. Allen was located, identified, and charged by a photo-
graph taken from Walmart video. Forgery is a Class-D felony.
On April 24 at approximately 4:45 pm, law enforcement agents executed a state of Iowa narcotics search warrant at Willem’s residence. During the warrant service, investigators found raw marijuana, marijuana wax, numerous marijuana pipes, a juvenile marijuana plant, packaging material, and a digital scale. The weight of the marijuana seized exceeded 42.5 grams.
Failure to affix a drug stamp and a controlled substance violation are Class-D felonies.
— Tom Ackerman
— Tom Ackerman
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Future Animal-Named Pandemics • Sea Otterosity: the patient develops an intense urge to crush clams on their stomach, leaving infected cuts along their abdomen. It’s as adorable as all get out, though. • Cub’s Syndrome: The patients lack stamina, make preventable errors, and lose fine motor control (as well as game after game after game). Likely terminal. Preventative treatment: switching exclusively to white socks. • Rabio-Rabbitis: The patient becomes so enraged at the site of lettuce, carrots, or pretty much any other healthy food, that they uncontrollably foam at the mouth (a.k.a. Juhl-McDonald’s Syndrome). • Walruvitis: a condition wherein the patient’s supra-canine gums become infected to the point of protrusion, affecting their eating habits and causing them to inarticulately bark out in pain in much the same way your mom does when I’m giving it to her. • Beava Dentata: The patient’s two primary maxillary incisors grow and extrude past the inferior lip. Has no known detrimental health effects, but makes it damn hard to enjoy a good apple, which is one of life’s simple pleasures. • Fungal Skunkthumb: The patient’s thumbnails each turn black with a white streak. They then fall off and amorously chase healthy fingernails around Paris, attempting in vain to share their yeasty love.
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horoscopes
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 by Eugenia Last
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t let children or domestic situations get you down. Put emotions aside, and take on a physical challenge that will ease stress or help you bring in more cash. Focus on getting things done. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Take the plunge, and spend a little on updating your home. Consider entertaining more or making your place comfortable and convenient. Personal relationships will be enhanced if you share your feelings and plans for the future. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Stay focused on what and who is important to you. Do whatever it takes to stabilize important relationships, and avoid dealing with people who are deceptive or take you for granted. Invest in your future. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Mingle, participate, and help where help is needed. Your contribution will lead to interesting people and opportunities. Larger quarters or sharing your space with more people is featured. Someone from your past will bring back fond memories. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Problems will develop if you try to take over. Do what you do best, and don’t expect anything in return. The changes that will bring the best results are those that encourage you to develop your skills and knowledge. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Engage in activities that will help you get to know your neighbors or coworkers better. Showing interest in what others do and contributing what you have to offer will raise your confidence and your profile. Romance will improve your personal life. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Take part in events or functions that will get you out of the house and involved in your community. A disciplined approach to bringing about positive changes will be rewarding. Don’t mix emotional differences with professional dealings. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Discuss your plans, and be sure to check out suggestions that are unique. Taking an unusual route or position will bring you increased awareness and knowledge. Express how you feel and find out where you stand. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Avoid people who entice you to participate in indulgent or expensive pastimes. Make the right choice, and do whatever it takes to improve your life, health, and financial position. Work hard, stay fit, and avoid poor influences. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Attend a reunion, or get together with people with whom you can share memories and plans. Host an event, or make residential alterations that will improve your standard of living. Love and romance will add to your happiness. Share your emotions. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Try new things. Make changes that will show off your versatility and help you persuade others that you are capable of handling more responsibilities. Refuse to let someone’s insecurity stop you from following your dreams. Change will lead to good fortune and new beginnings. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Let the past inform your future decisions. Pick the strategies that have worked the best for you, and weave them into your current situation and plans. A partnership looks promising.
I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it. — George Bernard Shaw
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SOME GOP-ERS SET TO HOLD THEIR NOSES, BACK TRUMP By BRENT GRIFFITHS | brent-griffiths@uiowa.edu
I’M A REPUBLICAN,
PERIOD.
National Republicans may greet their presumptive presidential nominee with trepidation, but strategists and volunteers in Iowa say it is time to unify behind Donald Trump. “Yes, I’m a Republican, period,” said Joni Scotter, a former Linn County GOP co-chairman who has wooed by many of the presidential candidates before signing on with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. “I’m a team player. We work hard to get all Republicans elected, and as a party person, I will work and work.” Trump’s proclivity for telling it like it is led many of his former Republican challengers to question his temperament when they were in the race. Just this past Mother’s Day weekend, the New York businessman again raised eyebrows by saying that women “get it better than” men. Jamie Johnson, a former Iowa pastor who served in a leadership role with former Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s campaign, said it is Trump’s signature style that propelled him above the 16 other candidates who once competed for top of the GOP ticket. “What voters saw in Donald Trump was authenticity; like it or hate it, it was the real Donald Trump,” Johnson said. Trump became the presumptive Republican nominee last week when he won the Indiana primary on May 4, knocking Texas Sen. Ted Cruz out of the race. Cruz and his campaign had built up the Hoosier primary as a necessary victory if he hoped to stop Trump before the national convention. Ohio Gov. John Kasich proceeded to end his campaign the next day. Even after Cruz withdrew the night of the Indiana loss, a number of top Republicans were not ready to embrace Trump and publicly declared so in stark terms. Iowa radio host Steve Deace, who was a key leader for Cruz among evangelical voters, said he would sign his name in blood as someone who would never support Trump. He then compared a hypothetical embrace of the former star of NBC’s “The Apprentice” to Christians losing the Holy Land during the crusades. “I won’t congratulate Trump for winning anymore than I’d congratulate Saladin for capturing Jerusalem,” Deace tweeted. David Yepsen, who covered politics for the Des Moines Register for more than two decades, said these types of reactions are common after a bitter primary fight. After praising Trump early on, Cruz and the businessman exchanged increasingly personal barbs as the GOP field began to narrow. Shortly before the Indiana primary, Trump cited a completely false National Enquirer story that accused Cruz’s father of palling around with future President John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. “After every bitter primary fight in each party, it takes awhile for them to heal,” Yepsen said. “For some people, they can’t stomach the winner, so they do sit it out.” But Yepsen said many of these Republicans would rather have a President Trump than let Hillary Clinton win. He noted that many supporters of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders will face a similar choice in terms of the two candidates. Despite calls for party unity, the highest ranking Republican in the country, House Speaker Paul Ryan said he is not ready to support Trump at this time. But many of his congressional colleagues are either explicitly backing Trump or saying that they would support the nominee. All of Iowa’s congressional delegation and Gov. Terry Branstad have said they would support Trump this fall — even if it is through the lukewarm language of “the nominee” for now. Before the Feb. 1 Iowa Republican caucuses, Branstad encourage Iowans not to vote for Cruz but declined to endorse a candidate. As the longest-serving governor in American history and someone with extensive ties to many Republicans, the governor’s lobbying on Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst’s behalf to be the vice-presidential nominee signals an embrace by the establishment. Longtime Iowa GOP strategist Steve Grubbs said he will wait until the convention to determine whom he will support. The possible matchup of Clinton and Trump, Grubbs said, would pit two deeply flawed candidates — the two would have record high unfavorable numbers for presidential candidates.
—JONI SCOTTER, A FORMER LINN COUNTY GOP CO-CHAIRMAN
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Ernst to hold vets’ round table
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As part of her 99-county tour, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, will hold a veterans’ round table in Greene County this month. Ernst, the first woman combat veteran to serve in the U.S. Senate, will also have Lt. Gov. Kim ReynErnst olds, Home Base Senator Iowa Program Manager Jason Kemp, VFW 9599 Post Commander Don Ihnken, American Legion Post 11 Post Commander Jim Andrew, and Greene County Supervisor Guy Richardson in attendance. “Our nation has a responsibility to ensure we live up to the promises made to our veterans,” Ernst said in a
statement. “The veterans roundtable will improve the lines of communication to ensure that our men and women are receiving the benefits they were promised and a quality of care we can all be proud of.” Throughout her tenure in Congress, Ernst has introduced a number of bills regarding veterans. The freshman senator, who serves on the Senate Armed Services committee, most recently, in February, introduced bipartisan legislation that puts military sexual misconduct survivors in control of their own health care in addition allowing survivors to choose treatment options that best suit their needs, even if that care is outside of a Veterans Administration facility. WHAT: Veterans’ round table WHEN: 9:45 a.m. May 20 WHERE: Greene County Community Center Social Room
— Rebecca Morin
The University of Iowa Iowa Electronic Markets are small-scale futures markets using real money that can lead to a payoff depending on economic and political events — including the 2016 presidential election. The stocks are based on $1. Here are the bids for the 2016 Presidential Vote Share Market, which is similar to a poll that will determine which party a voter will choose. The number of votes Democrats could get this election has gone unchanged, while it has gone up for the Republicans. According to the latest bid, Democrats will lead with the number of votes, compared with Republicans. Bid Ask Last DEMOCRAT .573 .599 .590 REPUBLICAN
.417 .419 .417
Here are the bids for the 2016 Winner-Take-All Market, in which the prices in the graph are the probability of that party being chosen. According to the latest bid, the probability Democrats will win has gone up from 70 percent to 75 percent and has gone up for Republicans from about 29 percent to 31 percent. Bid Ask Last .689 .700 .750 DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN
.271 .314 .310
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Who should have been Coach of the Year? Tyler Stith
Not many Hawkeye fans know the progress the men’s golf team has made the last two seasons under head coach Tyler Stith’s guidance. The team has finished second place in back-to-back years at the Big Ten Championships. It also qualified for the NCAA regional in both of Stith’s two years as coach. Last season, Stith guided the Hawkeyes to a seventh place finish at the event. This season, Stith captured his first tournament title in the fall of his second year on the job, guiding Iowa to a team title at the Sept. 25-27, 2015, GolfWeek Conference Challenge.
WRESTLING CONTINUED FROM 10 campus to compete.”
FERENTZ CONTINUED FROM 10 been known to be a great
TRACK CONTINUED FROM 10 es which helped them compete at a high level and run fast times,” Scarlet Knight head coach Michael Mulqueen said. “Having them train together is a plus, too.”
BASEBALL CONTINUED FROM 10 ularly tough on Hawkeye hitters, who have struggled against southpaws all season. The Hawkeyes have also had difficulty at times stringing together runs. They were blanked twice last week-
Fran McCaffery took Iowa basketball to a place this year that it had not been s i n c e the glory days — the Dr. Tom days. Stith A f t e r head coach losing first-team All-Big Ten performer Aaron White to graduation, projections
did not have the Hawkeyes even sniffing the top 25 for the 2015-16 season. McCaffery did have a solid core returning, however, and a berth in the NCAA T o u r nament seemed attaina b l e . Seniors Mike Gesell, Adam Woodbury, Anthony C l e m McCaffrey mons, and head coach Jarrod Uthoff were all back to lead an experienced squad.
But after an exhibition loss to Augustana, a Division-2 school, many fans questioned how competitive McCaffery’s team would be. But once the season rolled around, McCaffery’s up-tempo style had the Hawkeyes running circles around the competition. Wins against Marquette, Wichita State, and Florida State in the nonconference led into ranked conference wins against Michigan State (twice) and Purdue (twice). The Hawkeye’s win over Michigan State on Dec. 29, 2015, was the program’s first victory over the No. 1 team in the nation since Nov. 12, 1999, when Hawkeyes beat
No. 1 UConn in Madison Square. Iowa steadily climbed in the college basketball rankings throughout the year, peaking at No. 3 in the AP Poll after an 83-71 victory over No. 22 Purdue in Carver-Hawkeye. McCaffery and the rest of his staff blew away the expectations that were placed upon the team before the year started. Many were skeptical on whether the Hawkeyes could make the NCAA Tournament. By mid-January, the skepticism turned to whether the Hawkeyes could win a national championship. — Blake Dowson
Steiner will have a huge task ahead of him. Slated to begin competition during the 2017-18 season, building a program from the ground up will be incredibly
difficult. The goal is to bring it back as a Division-1 sport, and while Fresno State does lie in one of wrestling’s recruiting hot beds, it still
will take some time to get the team competitive once again. However, any growth in wrestling is good for the sport, and Iowa’s influ-
ence continues to pervade the sport. “I want to thank President Joseph Castro, Director of Athletics Jim Bartko, and Associ-
ate AD John Kriebs for having the courage to reinstate the wrestling program here at Fresno State,” Steiner said in release.
developmental program, which became very apparent that season. Ferentz had little blue-chip talent to work with, so he made do with what he had.
A lot has been said about the chemistry of last season’s Iowa team and for good reason. It was very much a factor in many of their wins, and that type of leadership
comes from the top down. In hindsight, Ferentz also made a very good decision in keeping Beathard over Rudock, which ended up working out well for all involved.
It was a special season for Ferentz and Iowa football. Even though the Rose Bowl did not play out as anyone had planned, this was by far one of the most successful
years the team has had in a long time. Iowa City is back on the college football map, and Ferentz deserves quite a bit of credit for that.
This weekend will mark Rutgers’ second time competing in the Big Ten meet, but Mulqueen believes his team has adjusted well in one of the nation’s top conferences. “It is a great track and field league,” he said. “With this only being our second year in the league, we are
trying to move up in the rankings as our team gets more experience competing in such a competitive conference.” While Penn State will be one of the teams in the spotlight at the Big Ten meet, Nebraska plans on doing its best to make sure it keeps the home crowd excited.
The Cornhuskers rank atop the Midwest region, which they share with the Hawkeyes. The two teams remain neck-and-neck in the 4x100 and 4x400 relays. Nebraska sits behind Iowa in the 400-meter relay but leads the conference in the 1,600-meter relay
(Iowa is second). “Those are two of many of the events that our team needs to do well in in order to reach our goal in the meet,” head coach Gary Pepin said. “We can’t control Iowa; we need to take care of our own business.” The Cornhuskers battled injuries through-
out the season, and that could play a factor, especially in the relays. “We haven’t been able to develop consistency with our relays due to so many nagging injuries,” Pepin said. “We are hoping to have most of the sprint group back going into the championship season.”
end against the Buckeyes, they and do not get the benefit of a midweek game to turn things around before they face Michigan State.
for fourth place, it has slid a bit recently. A series win against archrival Michigan was sandwiched between series losses to Indiana and Nebraska in the past three weekends. The Spartans once sat on top of the standings after a 7-1 start, but they have come back down to earth with the schedule beefing up toward the end of the year.
He also led the team to three top-five finishes in the Oct. 10-11, 2015, David Toms Intercollegiate, the April 2-3 ASU Thunderbird, and the April 16-17 Hawkeye Invitational. Not only have team scores improved, but Stith has molded better individual scores, too. Senior Nate Yankovich has had his best season under Stith’s coaching. His development has helped the Hawkeyes become a real threat at the upcoming May 16-18 NCAA regional. Stith’s leadership and overall team improvement, as well as back-to-back second place finishes at the Big Ten Championship, should make him a valid candidate
Michigan State’s Big Ten record last 10 games: 4-6 Although Michigan State is 11-7 in the conference and sits in a tie
for Coach of the Year. — Connor Sindberg
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Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz reacts to a call involving defensive back Greg Mabin during the Iowa-Minnesota game at Kinnick on Nov. 14, 2015. The Hawkeyes defeated the Gophers, 40-35, to remain perfect on the season. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert)
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return trip to the Rose Bowl is something Iowa fans have wanted since the first day of Kirk Ferentz’s tenure. He finally brought the Hawkeye faithful to Pasadena, Iowa’s version of the Promised Land. Even more importantly, however, Ferentz had the Hawkeyes nationally ranked throughout their improbable undefeated regular season, which is part of the reason why Ferentz is the DI’s Coach of the Year. After the spring practices of 2015, there was plenty of skepticism surrounding Iowa. The Hawkeyes were coming off a disappointing loss to Tennessee in the TaxSlayer Bowl, helping to lead to Jake Rudock’s transfer to Michigan. The offense under newly minted starter C.J. Beathard performed poorly in the spring game, adding to the speculation. It was obvious Iowa would have issues on the line and replacing two early draft picks at tackle took time. By the time the season rolled around, things were starting to
bubble over. Iowa Athletics Director Gary Barta began to take huge amounts of criticism, and it seemed as though it would be a very important season for Ferentz to provide some results on the field. First came wins against Illinois State and Iowa State. Those were followed up by huge night-game victory against Pittsburgh and a thrashing of North Texas. Suddenly Iowa was 4-0, and the hype train never stopped rolling. By the time the smoke cleared, the Hawkeyes were perfect in Big Ten, something Ferentz hadn’t done since the 2002-03 season. Perhaps just as meaningful, Iowa won every single rivalry trophy game. These games are fairly important for recruiting, and with many coming in their division, it also helped the Hawks gain early separation in the West. He also did a lot with a little. The Hawkeye program has long SEE FERENTZ, 8
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Michigan State team batting average: .299 The Spartans boast the third-highest team batting average in the conference. Jordan Zimmerman, who is hitting .395 on the year with 23 extra-base hits, including 8 home runs, leads
Michigan State team ERA: 2.56 If that number seems ridiculously low, that’s because it is. The Spartan staff holds the best ERA in the conference by more than half a run. All three week-
Hailed by some to be the best track and field conference in the country, the Big Ten will kick off its outdoor championships on Friday, and the competition couldn’t be any tighter. Coming into the conference meet, the Big Ten has two teams in the top 25 and eight in the top 50. Penn State enters the weekend at No. 15 in the nation and is the No. 1 team in the Mid-Atlantic Region. With a large group of athletes traveling to Lincoln, Nebraska, head coach John Gondak noted the key to a suc- Kidder cessful meet is that the runner Nittany Lions trust his system — something they’ve done. “We need [our athletes] to be bought into competing for Penn State and helping our program be the best it can be,” Gondak said. “The focus is as it will always be — to prepare our team to be ready to compete at the highest level this weekend.” The Nittany Lions are one of the most well-rounded teams in the country, but this is often overlooked due to do-it all runner Brannon Kidder. Kidder leads the conference in the 1,500 meters and also ranks second in the 800 meters. “Brannon has been a great leader for us both with how he attacks practice and how he competes in his races,” Gondak said. “It is very motivational for our athletes to watch Brannon compete, and they learn how to be the best they can be by the routines he leads at practice.” Penn State may have one of the best individual athletes in the conference, but Rutgers possesses one of the best duos. Izaiah Brown and Jermaine Griffith are first and second in the conference in the 400 meters. “They have gotten into some fast racSEE TRACK, 8
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end starters for the Spartans have ERAs under 3. Ethan Landon, the Friday night starter, has a 6-2 record and a 2.69 ERA. Saturday hurler Joe Mockbee has a 2.70 ERA in 21 appearances. Sunday starter Cam Vieaux has a 2.20 ERA in 12 appearances. Mockbee and Vieaux, both left-handers, will be partic-
Another former Iowa wrestler has a Division-1 wrestling job. Troy Steiner has decided to help resuscitate the Fresno State wrestling team, according to various media outlets. The Bulldog program was cut in 2006 because of budget pressure. Fresno State recently announced it would bring back the program, which now has a coach. “Today marks an exciting day for Fresno State and the wrestling community,” Fresno State President Joseph Castro said in a release. “The pride and support for Bulldog Steiner wrestling is inspiring. wrestler In our Central Valley, which is well-known as a wrestling hotbed, we’re pleased to reintroduce the nation to Fresno State wrestling.” Steiner starred at Iowa in the early 1990s and was the 1992 national champion. He compiled a 148-13 record during his Hawkeye career and was part of three team NCAA titles. He has spent the last 10 seasons at Oregon State and seemed ripe for a head-coach position. His brother, Terry Steiner, is the USA women’s freestyle head coach and was also an accomplished wrestler at Iowa. “Today is truly a special day nationally for the sport of wrestling and here for the fans in the Valley who deeply love this sport,” Fresno State Athletics Director Jim Bartko said in a release. “Being able to find a head coach with the integrity, spirit, and knowledge that Troy brings to Fresno State is invaluable not only for restarting the program but also for bringing great student-athletes to
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Iowa shortstop Nick Roscetti swings during the third game of the Iowa-Kansas State series at Banks Field on May 1. The Wildcats defeated the Hawkeyes, 4-2. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert) the Hawkeyes’ tournament dreams might be put to rest at Banks Field this weekend.
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them. All together, Michigan State has five regulars hitting above .300. The Hawkeye staff is used to seeing a high-powered offense like that of the Spartans. The two teams hitting better than Michigan State — Michigan and Minnesota — have faced off against Iowa. But the Iowa pitchers will need to do a better job of getting swings and misses against the Spartans, or
Big Ten gears up for meet
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The baseball Hawkeyes have their backs against the wall. Sitting at 8-10 in the Big Ten, the team is on the outside looking in to get a spot in the conference tournament. Iowa failed to capitalize on a golden opportunity this past weekend when it traveled to Ohio State to take on a Buckeye team that sat one game ahead of the Hawkeyes and occupied the final spot for the tournament. Iowa dropped two of three against Ohio State and dug itself a deeper hole to climb out of. With the Hawkeyes losing the series to the Buckeyes, the Friday-May 15 matchup against Michigan State becomes even more important than it was a week ago. With that in mind, here is a look at some numbers to keep an eye on this week-
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