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By REBECCA MORIN rebecca-morin@uiowa.edu
Within a 48-hour period, two Republican governors left their coastlines and trekked about a 1,000 miles each to the heartland of the country — Iowa. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie traveled along Interstate 80 through central and eastern Iowa on July 17, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry graced two northern Iowa towns on a weekend trip starting July 19. What was meant to be trips to support the re-election of Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds became a test of whether both Christie and Perry would be contenders for the presidential election in 2016. “I think it’s obvious both are testing the grounds, especially with their recent past,” said Christopher Larimer, an associate professor of political science at the University of Northern Iowa. “They are both testing their chances early to see if it’s going to hang over in their campaign.” SEE GOVERNORS, 3
(top) New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie answers a question from the media on July 17 outside MJ’s Restaurant in Marion. Christie visited several parts of Iowa to assist in the re-election campaign of Gov. Terry Branstad. (The Daily Iowan/Sergio Flores) (bottom) Iowans Dick and Marguerite Dale speak with Texas Gov. Rick Perry at the 2014 North Iowa Conservation Event at Algona High School in Algona, Iowa. (The Daily Iowan/Rebecca Morin)
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Iowans across the state seeking to begin their own businesses will soon have a new resource available. The University of Iowa Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center’s Venture School program is designed to assist and refine participants’ business models for start-ups. “We’re really pleased and feel strongly that this is a program really helping entrepreneurs make less-risky decisions and makes sure their business makes Allendorf the right plan,” said director center Director Lynn Allendorf. Venture School teaches its participants to engage and understand community needs by interviewing potential customers, and then refining their business models during the start-up process, Allendorf said. This method is called “Customer Discovery,” she said. The UI-developed Venture School program will open a new location at the Pappajohn Higher Education Building in Des Moines near the beginning of August. It has received several applications, Allendorf said. Plans don’t stop in the state’s capital. Allendorf said the hope is to open six Venture Schools across Iowa, with two locations in Iowa City and four elsewhere. “It’s exciting to show off what we have done here at the UI and bring the knowledge, expertise, and innovation to residents across the state,” said Jennifer Ott, the Entrepreneurial Center training and engagement liaison. Venture School began last fall as a pilot program using various resources from the center. The program works with UI instructors along with instructors from partnered businesses across Iowa. Allendorf said that the demand was so high that another program was offered in the spring. This summer, the center decided to run a 10-week, student-only program Venture School at the university. “I needed to perfect my canvas, and [Venture School] was the perfect opporSEE START UPS, 3
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Johnson County Fair opens
The cranes looming over Grand Avenue have done their work well. More than half of the windows of the Mary Louise Peterson Residence Hall are installed, and the exterior is mostly finished, giving Iowa City residents a glimpse of the future. The residence-hall project should be completed by its original deadline of May 2015 despite the difficult weather conditions the past couple of months, including the rainfall these past few weeks, said Rodney Lehnertz, the director of planning, design, and construction for UI Facilities Management. “The number of days affected by subzero temperaSEE DORM, 3
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Deep-fried food, rodeos, and a fireworks display are just a couple of events happening at this year’s Johnson County Fair. The 2014 Johnson County Fair will begin today at the Johnson County Fairgrounds. Admission is free for the festival. Each day of the festival has a special theme. Today is Teen Day, Tuesday is Kids’ Day, Wednesday is Senior Day, and Thursday is Veterans’ Day. Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa, will also take part of the festivities. He will be dining with attendees for lunch. In addition to the many contests, food, and activities, the Johnson County Auditor’s Office will hold a mock election ballot. Attendees will have the opportunity to “vote” for who they would choose for the governor and U.S. senator, as well as a poll Loebsack on names for soft drinks. representative The Johnson County Agricultural Association, a nonprofit organization, hosts the fair each summer during last full week of July.
Construction continues Sunday on the Mary Louise Peterson Residence Hall on the west campus. (The Daily Iowan/Jai Yeon Lee)
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REACH continues to reach out One year later, and University of Iowa REACH Director Pam Ries continues to refine the program.
By REBECCA MORIN rebecca-morin@uiowa.edu
The University of Iowa’s REACH — Realizing Education and Career Hopes — program, enters its seventh year this year, but only its second year with current Director Pam Ries. REACH program is a two-year certificate program that is designed to serve individuals facing intellectual challenges. In July 2013, Ries became the director, and Jo Hendrickson, who was director at the time, became the executive director of the program. Hendrickson has been a part of the program since its inception. The two have worked together to better maintain research, as well as the organizations’ day-today operations.
“Having an executive director and a director has allowed us to accomplish twice as much this year,” Hendrickson said. “We highly recommend this model to other programs as an effective way to transfer leadership.” Hendrickson said because of the two different positions, she has been able to work on research, such as growing a database for REACH statistics. Ries said regardless of the transition, the group has worked well and accomplished several goals this past year, including maintaining the quality of the program during the transition of leadership, collaborating with departments and colleges around campus, integrating technology into lessons as a tool for learning, as well as aligning standards and
indicators throughout the curriculum. “The outcome for these students is growth that parallels the experiences of any college freshman student,” Ries said. “Upon completion of the program, UI REACH students have an employment rate four times the national average of similar adults. Those results surpassed our greatest expectations.” For this coming year, both the organization and the UI College of Education have goals they look forward to accomplishing. Ries and education-school Dean Nicholas Colangelo said officials are working on increasing scholarship fundraising, aligning assessments with lesson and program objectives, formalizing the group’s strategic plan, and increasing opportunities
for integrated classes for our students. “One of the things we certainly look at is continued funding to help with scholarships for REACH students,” Colangelo said. “Any student who wants to be in UI REACH, the cost of it won’t be a deterrent.” In addition to the group’s accomplishments for the past year, Ries has hired a number of individuals who are able to work with the different population of students the organization receives. “She has transitioned to the position in a seamless manner,” Hendrickson said. “She and the staff have not only continued to provide quality services to students but have advanced the program and its partnerships in and across the university.”
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Rich Solak of Detroit and other RAGBRAI participants set up tents at Ingleside Park in Guttenberg, Iowa, on July 18. The participants boarded buses to head to RAGBRAI’s starting point, Rock Valley. (Associated Press)
METRO RAGBRAI heads off Cyclists were off to start the almost-500 mile trek for RAGBRAI on Sunday. RAGBRAI began on Sunday at Rock Valley, and cyclists will finish the day at Milford, covering 69.2 miles. Cyclists will cover approximately 468 miles over seven days. They will pass through 39 towns, ending in Guttenberg on Saturday. In 1973, Des Moines Register writers Donald Kaul and John Karras decided to cycle across Iowa, and the ride evolved into the huge cycling tour now known as RAGBRAI.
People from many different places have come to Iowa to participate take part in this ride. An Australian father-daughter team flew in for the tour and is participating on a tandem bike. Numerous people raise money and awareness for different causes, with Vanessa Fixmer-Oraiz riding a bambike to raise climate-justice awareness, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation working with the Simon Estes Foundation to promote malaria prevention and water quality, and Lance Armstrong raising money for Rock Valley’s flood relief.
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sion of an open container of alcohol in public. Heather Ehlers, 27, 2725 Heinz Road Apt. 2, was charged July 19 with OWI. Emily Evans, 23, Riverside, Iowa, was charged July 19 with OWI. Mario Glee, 28, address unknown, was charged July 19 with interference with official acts and possession of an open container in public. Benjamin Gordon, 51, Coralville, was charged July 7 with violating a no-contact, domestic-abuse protective order. Demetris Hall, 37, Cedar Rapids, was charged July 17 with fifth-degree theft and public intoxication. Michael King, 25, 1100 Arthur St., was charged July 18 with criminal trespass. Jennifer Lee, 20, 600 S. Capitol St. Apt. 203, was charged July 19 with fifth-degree theft. Paul Lee, 24, 624 Brookland Park Road, was charged July 17 with preventing apprehension, destroying evidence, obstructing prosecution, and possession of incendiary explosive device. Duane Lock, 28, 603 Beach View Drive, was charged July 16 with keeping a disorderly house. Shawn Maloney, 46, Riverside, was charged July 17 with driving with a suspended/
canceled license. Algeron McKinley, 57, Coralville, was charged July 19 with fifth-degree theft. Gina Mathes, 47, Cedar Rapids, was charged July 18 with third-degree theft. Gerald Meyer Jr., 53, 340 Ellis Ave., was charged July 18 with driving while barred. Austin Mills, 26, 920 E. Burlington St. Apt. 5, was charged July 17 with public intoxication. Rogelio Morales-Ortega, 28, 8 Apollo Place was charged Sunday with OWI. Angela Morgan, 53, Coralville, was charged July 18 with fifth-degree theft. Andrew Otto, 26, 40 S. Johnson St., was charged Sunday with public intoxication and keeping a disorderly house. Joaquin Perez-Alcaraz, 61, 2401 Highway 6 E. Apt. 280, was charged July 18 with driving with a suspended/canceled license. Damon Rhoades, 22, 2470 Lakeside Drive Apt. 7, was charged July 17 with OWI. Harvey Riley, 34, Coralville, was charged Aug. 21, 2013 with second-degree theft. Jordan Sears, 23, West Des Moines, was charged Jan. 24 with possession of a controlled substance. Eshisombe Shabani, 23, Coralville, was charged July 18 with driving with a suspended/canceled license.
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Authorities have accused a local man of having prescription pills in a vehicle and driving drunk. Joshua Wardenburg, 30, was charged July 16 with third-offense OWI and unlawful possession of prescription drugs. According to online court documents, authorities observed a black Honda Accord driving into several business parking lots, then driving around the businesses. An officer saw the vehicle stop
at the end of the parking lot, then made contact with the driver, the documents said. Upon making contact with Wardenburg, authorities observed an open container of alcohol. Wardenburg also had bloodshot, watery eyes, as well as slurred speech, according to the documents. During a search of the vehicle, authorities located a pill bottle with pills identified as methadone. Third-offense OWI is a Class-D felony. Unlawful possession of prescription drugs is a serious misdemeanor.
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BLOTTER Lauren Bartlett, 20, Ankeny, Iowa, was charged July 18 with presence in a bar after hours. Everett Blakey, 46, 136 Apache Trail, was charged July 19 with driving while barred. Bo Brammer, 20, Ames, was charged July 19 with presence in a bar after hours. Jake Brodette, 20, 630 N. Dubuque St., was charged July 19 with presence in a bar after hours. Tomas Brookfield, 18, 2840 Brookside Drive, was charged July 13 with public intoxication. Trey Browne, 22, 630 S. Capitol St. Apt. 510, was charged July 17 with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Juan Caraballo-Fonseca, 29, 1870 Jeffrey St., was charged July 19 with keeping a disorderly house. Joshua Cluke, 25, Austin, Texas, was charged July 18 with criminal trespass. Humberto Cruz-Carrera, 24, 1205 Laura Drive Lot 73, was charged May 25 with first-degree harassment. Spencer Dean, 19, Cedar Rapids, was charged Sunday with PAULA. Jessica Detrick, 19, Ankeny, Iowa, was charged July 18 with presence in a bar after hours. James Dobbins, 24, 2524 Sylvan Glen Court, was charged July 18 with posses-
Nicholas Shah, 28, 58 Stanwyck Drive, was charged July 19 with OWI. Natalie Skominas, 20, 3455 E. Court St. Apt. 6, was charged July 16 with public intoxication. Meagan Sotzen, 31, 5154 Lower West Branch Road, was charged July 19 with possession of drug paraphernalia. Jamison Taff, 20, 1032 N. Dubuque St., was charged July 18 with public intoxication and disorderly conduct. Aaron Thomas, 29, 2801 Highway 6 E. Lot 322, was charged July 18 with public intoxication. Sydne Thomas, 18, Eldridge, Iowa, was charged July 19 with presence in a bar after hours. Khalil Walker, 22, 2608 Bartelt Road Apt. 1B, was charged July 13 with disorderly conduct and interference with official acts. Ashley Ward, 25, 914 Benton Drive Apt. 23, was charged July 19 with OWI. Demetrius Williams, 20, 922 E. College St. Apt. A4, was charged Sunday with OWI. Quinn Winkler, 20, 1032 N. Dubuque St., was charged July 18 with public intoxication and disorderly conduct and was charged July 19 with PAULA. Tyler Wright, 19, 938 Longfellow Place, was charged July 15 with criminal trespass.
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These trips are just a couple of examples that Iowans can expect as 2016 inches closer. In August alone, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul will visit Iowa for the second time this summer. Paul will be back to headline a Cerro Gordo County GOP fundraiser in Clear Lake on Aug. 5. Earlier this summer, Paul was a speaker at the 2014 state GOP convention. The possible 2016 contenders will keep coming along. The Family Leadership Summit, a summit for Christian conservative on Aug. 9 in Ames, is chockful of potential presidential candidates. Perry, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum will speak at the summit. “Other potential candidates are expected to visit the state periodically,” Larimer said. “They are really trying to get a sense of how to get voters mobilized.” Larimer said when the Ames Straw Poll, which is usually held in August
DORM CONTINUED FROM FRONT tures challenged the contractors, but efforts to catch up where needed have been successful,” he said. Even after construction is technically complete, there will still be some minor finishing touches required, but the completion date ensures that the dorm will be ready for the UI fall 2015 semester. The cost of the project is $53 million. Completion of the Peterson dorm will allow the university to demolish the aging Quadrangle in the fall of 2015 to make way for a new College of Pharmacy facility. University officials had requested $64.3 million in the form of a fouryear state funding plan in order to help build the pharmacy-school facility, but that was turned down at the end of the legislative session. However, Gov. Terry Branstad did express enthusiasm for the project,
START UPS CONTINUED FROM FRONT tunity for that,” said Connor Keane, a UI undergraduate business major who is participating this summer. Keane’s model is called the Swvl Shkr, which is a
ters to see if voters will back their candidacy. “They still see Iowa as meaningful and are not going to skip Iowa and go to New Hampshire,” Larimer said. “Both are looking at Iowa as an important steppingstone of jumping into the [2016 presidential race].” Although no political figures from both parties have announced their campaign for the 2016 election, those who have shown interest have not avoided Iowa. With the general elections nearing this November, Larimer said the possible contenders have a balancing act to not only advocate for the Republican ticket but to also show the potential they could have as president. “The official reason they are here is to campaign for [Iowa’s Republican ticket], but it is also to appear presidential, someone who could deal with tough national issues,” Larimer said. This past weekend, Perry not only said he admired Branstad’s and Reynold’s work in office, he managed to plug what he has done in his state —
citing the need to address the teaching, learning, and research needs of future pharmacists in Iowa, Lehnertz said. He expects that approval will be granted in the coming year, allowing the project to move forward on schedule. “At this point, the plans aren’t final,” said UI spokesman Tom Moore. Another new residence hall is also in the preliminary stages. The building, which is currently titled Madison Street Residence Hall, would cost an estimated $33 million, and the construction finish date is set for May 29, 2018, according to the UI Facilities Management website. The new 501-person west-campus dorm is designed with a learning commons that Lehnertz says will be easy for students from across campus to use both casually and for rigorous study. In order to accomplish this, the building will include not only space for students to socialize but a student sports grill that will accept Hawk Dollars
combined seasoning shaker that can hold numerous spices and control whether they come out individually or simultaneously.
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especially with the recent border crisis. Christie was also quick to speak about national issues. “All of you are part of the choir for the Republican team in this state, and I’m here to preach to the choir so you’ll sing,” Christie said. “Every place you go, you’ll tell people that you are among the leaders of this state who will be able to look at others and say I’ve met the governor, I’ve met the lieutenant governor … and I’m not only voting for them, I’m working for them.” Some Iowans are not ignoring what some national figures have done in their own states. “Both Gov. Christie and Gov. Branstad have a history working with legislators and others that are not of their same party, and for some reason [President Obama] doesn’t seem to want to do that,” said Mark Capfer of Bettendorf, who attended the Branstad-Reynolds’ campaign fundraiser, “A Night at the Fair.”
Perry stumps Iowa again
Texas Gov. Rick Perry spoke with Iowa Republicans on July 19 at the 2014 North Iowa Conservative Event at Algona High School. Perry supports the GOP slate in the upcoming election, including the re-election of Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds. (The Daily Iowan/Rebecca Morin)
Texas Gov. Rick Perry stressed the importance of tightening the U.S. border during his fourth stop in Iowa in eight months. By QUENTIN MISIAG quentin-misiag@uiowa.edu
as payment. The building is the first dormitory to be built on the UI campus since 1968, and its design is based on the UI’s living-learning-community approach to residency. Students and RAs will be placed on different floors based on their academic interests, which officials hope will foster academic and social success. Each floor has 26 to 28 double rooms clustered around a study lounge. The current College of Pharmacy buildings are located in two connected buildings, one built in 1997 and the other in 1961. All the construction can be inconvenient to UI students such as John Zanussi, but ultimately, it is a sign of progress. “It seems like the sign of a growing economy,” he said.
ALGONA, Iowa — Citing rampant problems from new waves of Central American immigrants flooding the United States, Texas Gov. Rick Perry promised a crowd of several hundred July 19 that if the federal government fails to tighten its grip on border security, his state would. “We know how to secure the border. If the federal government will not do its duty, then I suggest that the state of Texas will,” Perry told approximately 300 state Republicans at the 2014 North Iowa Conservative Event dinner. Dressed in a slim black suit, off-gray pants, and his signature blackrimmed glasses, the 64-year-old Lone Star State leader, who has been long mentioned as a potential 2016 Republican candidate to seek the presidency, said he was visiting Iowa mostly to back Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst and five-term Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad. His 15-minute address in Algona High School was his fourth visit to the state in eight months. Since 2008, Perry said
approximately 642,000 criminal acts related to Mexican drug activity have hit Texas, including 3,000 homicides. Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds told The Daily Iowan that Perry’s visit to the state in the last month served as a symbol that people residing outside of Iowa trust the state’s Republican ticket. Perry, who is not running for re-election this year, has been governor of Texas since 2000. Perry’s cisit did not come without criticism, even from Republicans Marty Daggett of Forest City said she was “sorry for and concerned about” Perry and Texans, given areas of turmoil plaguing the state. “We have a lot of questions that haven’t been answered,” she said about Perry and national politicians. Sporting Rep. Steve King and Branstad stickers, Rick Wicks, 67, a registered Democrat from Sweden, said he slid into the event to snag a glimpse at
the opposing party. Wicks, a representative with Democrats Abroad, said much of Perry’s speech was reminiscent of political slogans that he continues to hear from the Republican side of the political aisle. “I saw a lot of distraction and not enough real policy,” Wicks said. A poll released June 23 by Quinnipiac University left out Perry and Sen. Ted Cruz when it asked residents to rank potential candidates for the 2016 presidential trail. Asked by one reporter if Iowans and the greater American public would welcome Perry’s return to the presidential race, he smiled a wide grin. “I think America is all about giving people a second chance,” he said.
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A bank icon in North Dakota Matthew Byrd matthew-e-byrd@uiowa.edu
Those dedicated to the complete destruction of America’s grossly corrupt financial industries were treated to some good news this past month when Wells-Fargo, the largest bank in the state of Iowa by deposits, failed in its efforts to persuade a U.S. Appeals Court that the Federal Housing Authority didn’t have the standing to pursue a lawsuit over the bank’s allegedly fraudulent foreclosure practices. Those practices allegedly included “robo-signing” or producing forged “endorsements,” documents that prove lenders like Wells-Fargo own a mortgage and can therefore foreclose on homeowners whom they have no actual legal authority to foreclose on. Well-Fargo even allegedly created a 150-page manual to help its lawyers successfully implement practices such as “robo-signing” in order to evict struggling homeowners. The second largest bank in Iowa by deposits, U.S. Bank, has also been embroiled in scandal, having recently being forced to pay $200 million in fines to the FHA for underwriting mortgages that it knew did not meet FHA requirements for solvency. These are just some of the more milder entries on the list of offenses committed by American banks in recent years, a list that includes money laundering for Latin American drug cartels, municipal bond and energy market manipulation, rate-fixing, and bribing Chinese Communist Party officials to win investment contracting bids in the world’s second-largest economy. While it’s easy to point out that American banks are gargantuan temples to graft, criminality, and fraud, it’s much harder to offer any solutions to divorce the central purpose of banks, providing access to capital for businesses and individuals and providing
safekeeping for the assets of said businesses and individuals, from the abuses that naturally flow from multinational financial institutions. The answer may lie in one of Iowa’s Great Plains neighbors: North Dakota. In 1919, North Dakota was in the midst of a societal crisis. As the former commissioner of New York City’s Department of Consumer Affairs Gretchen Dykstra explained in a New York Times Op-Ed, “Out-of-state bankers owned their mortgages, Minneapolis financiers and industrialists owned all the elevators and mills, the railroad tycoons controlled freight costs, and together, they thwarted competition for the state’s lucrative wheat market.” In response the state created “the bank of North Dakota,” a state-owned institution that deposits tax revenue from the citizens of North Dakota and funnels it back into the state’s economy through loans to small community banks and individual North Dakotans. Specific programs include low-interest flood insurance for North Dakota homeowners, mortgage and student loans, and investing in local businesses to help, in the words of bank President Eric Hardmeyer, spur economic development in the state. But it works. The state bank is running the biggest surplus of its 90-year history, and the state of North Dakota has largely avoided the economic pitfalls that have befallen the rest of the country, with the key being the fundamental differences in psychology between banking titans such as U.S. Bank and Wells Fargo and the state bank. That bank is focused on enriching and safekeeping the economic fortunes of the citizens of North Dakota. Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank are trying to increase their profits by any means necessary, whether ethical and unethical, helpful or harmful to their customers. It’s often argued that the lack of a profit motive in centralized banking (and socialist-esque economics in general) leads to corruption economic stagnation and ruination. Those looking at North Dakota see none of those things. Perhaps Iowa should open its eyes.
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In the throes of bliss in Des Moines Adam Gramotka adam-gromotka@uiowa.edu
“Do you two need some tickets?” The middle-age woman in a jacket that read “Juicy” in studded letters held out two printed Ticketmaster tickets, creased from the folding that fit them in her purse. A Night of Hope, Joel Osteen, Wells Fargo Arena, 7:30 p.m. July 18. “What? No, we’re fine. We’re fine.” I was too uncomfortable to deal with her offer, so I hurried her away. Standing at the intersection of Third and Crocker near downtown Des Moines was a large, bearded titan with a sign and a neon-orange shirt that read: “Trust in, Cling to, Rely on Jesus,” and he was warning the masses of the dangers Joel Osteen brought to the world: “Tickle your ears tonight to tell you smooth things. Don’t tell us the truth; tell us smooth things.” Many of the well dressed, Midwestern Christians around us snarled in honest disgust, either in his direction or to their loved ones. Here? He’s doing that here? Between the factions of Christianity clashing in the street, the parking lot completely full of event-goers with much more genuine intentions than my own and the song about Jesus that just happened to come on the radio as we found our parking spot, I was feeling uneasy. My companion pointed out that the woman wasn’t some grubby scalper, she was a mother with children, and she genuinely wanted us to enter the event for free. She was being charitable. I needed to relax. We bought tickets at the south entrance box office, and the lady working the window asked if we wanted
seating on the upper level or the floor. An easy answer: the floor, into the heart of it. Not a place for snarky jokes or swearing. Through some miracle, we were six rows away from the stage despite how full the auditorium eventually became — the horseshoe arrangement, capable of seating more than 16,000, was packed almost to capacity during my neck-craning check at 7:35 p.m. The event finally started when three singers and the rest of the rock band boomed out a number of songs. The bass was relentless, the suffocating kind that rattles rib cages and confuses pacemakers. It was an extravagant performance like the ones put on during televised award ceremonies, complete with lights and fog. Not bad. I was taking notes about a small child a few rows up who was covering his ears and pulling at his dad’s pant leg, losing his mind like a Dobermann begging for the dog whistle to stop, when Osteen took the stage. At this point, I must apologize for the lack of any specific, full, and useful quotes from Osteen, but the man spoke so quickly, stringing together clauses and ideas at a rate I had never heard before with repeated transitions such as “because” and “let me explain” that it was impossible to keep up even without trying to scribble notes. We went from an anecdote about his mother to a joke about Noah being a drunk to someplace in the atmosphere over Indonesia in the span of a few breaths. Speaking of his mother, I need note that she was there to tell her story about overcoming liver cancer in ’81. His wife was there to share a number of anecdotes about her travels and friends. His daughter was there to sing with the perfect, slightly raspy voice that’s so
crucial in young-adult Christian rock. His son came out during the same song to bob around in tight pants and strum unheard chords on an acoustic guitar without a microphone hookup. The whole family was in on the performance, The Partridge Family 2.0. Still, the message was positive. Nothing about abortion, the conflict overseas. Nothing that would lead anyone to really do wrong. Nothing about anything in particular, really. I can understand why the Lakewood Church is so massively popular and why Osteen manages to live in a $10.5 million home in Texas. He’s a talented motivational speaker who sprinkles in a message about Jesus every third sentence or so — You are strong … you are creative...you are important … and with the power of Jesus you can …” gaining that little extra bit of appeal. Such blatant profiteering through the sale of hope and Christianity draws its critics. Many traditional Christians are bothered by Osteen’s having received little, if any, formal education in the ways of religion — he never completed a degree in anything, let alone divinity. They also fume over his wealth, appalled by notion that someone truly “Christian” would live so comfortably in a six-bedroom, six-bath estate in River Oaks while developing countries starve and the homeless struggle to find places to sleep on the sidewalk. Atheists, agnostics, and the like snort at the entire notion of mega churches and televangelists while siding with the cries of hypocrisy on a much more contemptuous level. But considering the pathetic library of trite garbage Hollywood has produced lately and the average cost of a movie ticket, $17 hasn’t bought so much enter-
tainment in a long, long time. These people were genuinely happy, and while I was, and still am, cynical about the whole thing, the performance — a more apt description of the event — had everything. There were dramatic ups that had the crowd cheering, and there were dark downs that glazed their eyes with tears. It was an emotional roller coaster. It had blunt Texan humor, it had extravagant, meticulously drawn-up musical performances with lights and fog. Concessions even sold popcorn for people to munch on between amens. From a technical standpoint, it was one hell of a show. Something from Las Vegas found God and made a pilgrimage to the Wells Fargo Arena. Maybe Osteen genuinely feels that he’s doing good. Maybe he’s a crook. Honestly, in some sick, confusing burst of fairness, as I stared at his shut eyes and raised fists during a prayer I failed to bow for, I couldn’t find a reason for any of that to matter. We left about 45 minutes into the show. I’d had enough. Most of the audience would probably remain happy for the rest of the weekend, at least until buying the Sunday paper for the coupons and skimming the headlines about the gore in the Gaza Strip. Outside the arena, neon-shirt guy was still doing his duty, scream-preaching into the ear of a man on a cell phone who walked a little too close to his beard. Once he had crossed the street, the two got into a shouting match about the merits of serious religion: “I’ve got my own demons. too, brother. You regret those tattoos? It’s in Leviticus 18:26.” Of course it is. “Demons? I don’t want to talk to you, man.” Too late, pal. Too late, pal.
percent since 2009. We’re just not the same school we were five years ago. What happened? Beginning in 2009, the university invested in a comprehensive, evidence-based alcohol-harm-reduction plan. Developed and monitored with the help of students, faculty, and staff members serving on the Alcohol Harm Reduction Advisory Committee, the plan is working. Are we satisfied? Not yet. We have ambitious plans to continue to reduce the harm our students
experience from alcohol use, and we know we can improve. While we do that, though, let’s all help the university’s reputation catch up to the reality. Serious students come to the University of Iowa, and they have fun and thrive here. Tell your friends, tell your family, tell your hometown newspaper. We’re not the party school they might think we are. We’re a great university offering a great student experience.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Not so much a party school I couldn’t agree more with Jon Overton (DI, July 17). Our drinking reputation does hurt, and it does need fixing. Reputations change more slowly than reality. The reality at the University of Iowa has changed a lot in the last five years, so I guess it isn’t surprising that some people think we are a “party school.” I suppose people are entitled to their opinions, but to paraphrase
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, people are not entitled to their own facts. I have some facts that just might surprise you: A third of our students report zero hours of partying in a typical week, and nearly 30 percent of our students report zero drinks in the previous 30 days. Binge drinking has dropped 23 percent since 2009. The number of drinks per occasion has dropped 26 percent since 2009. Very frequent drinking (more than 10 days out of 30) is down 31
Tom Rocklin UIowa vice president for Student Life
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“I love where’s [Clemmons’] game is at,” Woodbury said. “He’s a quick, athletic guard who loves to pass and can get to the rim. These And prove himself last two weeks we’ve he has. In likely the started to mesh really most impressive win of well, and the team is the entire regular seaclicking on all cylinders; son, Clemmons led his I think we’re a tough team to a 98-76 upset out for anybody.” of the previously undeThe road to the chamfeated team coached by pionship for Larson’s Dan Ahrens and led by team, however, does Jarrod Uthoff. He comnot end with plemented Ahrens’ team; a dominant ‘If we can control what we want to control rather, it performance goes through by Woodbury down and play the way we can play, we should win.’ it. The two will meet low with 26 — Randy Larson, head coach for a Week points and 4 rematch 9 assists on 11-of-16 shooting, in- and dished out 5 as- in the second round of cluding 4-of-7 from be- sists. Bohannon, as the playoffs, and while usual, led the way with Ahrens and Uthoff will yond the arc. The 6-1 junior stayed 28 points and also had look to seek revenge for in rhythm for the first 7 boards and 3 assists. an upset, Larson and Where Ahrens’ team his team hope to valiweek of the playoffs and scored 19 points on 7-of- once boasted the most date it. “We’ve got everyone 13 shooting to go along dangerous “big three” with 6 assists and 5 re- in the Prime Time with back and playing well bounds in a 100-96 win Uthoff, Jeremy Morgan, now,” Larson said. “If over Ray Swetalla’s team. and Dondre Alexander; we can control what we Clemmons, want to control and play “I’ve got my mentality Woodbury, back,” Clemmons said and Bohannon now seem the way we can play, we after spending some to have overtaken the should win.” extra time training at throne. Similarly, where home in Michigan. “I’m Ahrens once seemed the trying to be more con- favorite to win the title, sistent; shooting the Larson’s squad is now ball, trying to make the the team getting hot at FOR A PHOTO SLIDE SHOW right plays, and being the right time. aggressive. I feel like that’s when I’m at my weakness when I’m not staying aggressive.” Should Clemmons keep up the aggressive look he’s had in the last two weeks, Larson has a real chance to win the league he runs. To go along with Clemmons’ strong performance, Woodbury also scored 19 points, grabbed 15 rebounds,
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With Basabe in fold, Lehman’s squad was resilient, fighting Sanders’ team for every basket. However, by the end of the 113-99 contest, the friendly scrimmage. offensive efficiency and “We probably just interior defense of Sandmatched up the best two ers’ group proved to be teams in the league,” too much. Northern Iowa forward While Gabe Olaseni, Marvin Singleton said. Paul Jesperson, and Josh “We’re the No. 1 and No. 2 Ogelsby combined for 71 seeds, so I think this probpoints, former Hawkeye ably might be the champiJason Price’s onship game.” T h o u g h ‘I try to be a coach on the floor and use what performance swung the Nove’s squad game; he posthas gained I learn from the game to share with these ed game highs the unique young guys and have fun with it.’ in both points confidence (30) and asthat comes — Jason Price, point guard sists (9). from beating Beyond his Prime Time’s Goliath, Ahrens’ Jarrod maintains his current on-court skills, Prime Uthoff isn’t ready to put level of play, Larson’s Time veteran Price’s abilmuch stake into the loss. team will be hard to stop ity to play point guard hinged on the veteran “Today was kind of a come Thursday. With Larson’s team leadership he provides. friendly match,” he said. “I’ve been playing in “I don’t really know how officially joining Ahrens’ and Noves’ in the sec- this league for a long hard people were going.” While Uthoff’s game ond round, the evening’s time,” Price said. “I try had no actual bearing final game was an op- to be a coach on the floor on his team’s postseason portunity for Kevin and use what I learn standing, Randy Lar- Sanders’ squad to prove from the game to share with these young guys son’s team was fighting its playoff mettle. The contest posed and have fun with it. for its playoff life against “If we keep playing Ray Swetalla’s squad in a unique challenge to the adjacent gym. With Sanders’ group because like we’re playing I think both teams vying for a of a roster shortage for we’ve got a shot at [the spot in the semifinals, Kevin Lehman’s team — championship].” the contest was closely Iowa guard Peter Jok has been suspended. Prime contested throughout. Despite Swetalla’s Time officials ruled that team’s best efforts, the former Iowa standout players couldn’t over- Melsahn Basabe was an FOR A PHOTO SLIDE SHOW come the second-half eligible replacement. dominance of Adam Woodbury, who amassed 13 points in the game’s closing stanza. Larson’s group won, 100-96. “I didn’t think I played well in the first half,” Woodbury said. “But I let things come to me, and I think I did better in the second half.” While not as highly regarded as other title hopefuls, if Woodbury
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POINT/COUNTERPOINT
Is Rory McIlroy the face of golf?
Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland kisses the Claret Jug trophy after winning the British Open at the Royal Liverpool golf club in Hoylake, England, on Sunday. (Associated Press/Peter Morrison)
Yes After a nearly twoyear vacation from golf’s elite, Rory McIlroy’s play this season is evidence that he’s come home. After a great start at this year’s Masters, McIlroy slid into a tie for eighth place — leaving many to wonder if we would only see more of the same from the young star. McIlroy proved those people wrong this weekend, finishing at 17-under at the British Open and clinching the third major championship of his young career. And it wasn’t really even close; McIlroy led virtually all weekend. Despite great performances from Sergio Garcia and Rickie Fowler, McIlroy remained calm and collected, holding onto a 2-stroke buffer as Fowler and Garcia made late charges. McIlroy led by as many as 7 strokes, and when others started closing the gap, the 25-year-old held his ground. He had struggled immensely since his last major win, the 2012 PGA Championship. In the past couple of years he often hasn’t even sniffed the leaderboards of golf ’s biggest events. However, it was only a matter of time
before he returned to his old ways. With the British victory, he becomes the third-youngest player in history to win three majors. That’s a pretty impressive feat, especially considering that the two younger than him were Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods. Woods has been the face of golf for the past 15 years, but his decline may pave the way for a new ambassador. Critics are quick to point out that McIlroy has a tendency to fade under pressure in later rounds, but it is important to remember that he’s still young. McIlroy seems to be doing just that, and he should jump make a big jump in the latest FedEx Cup standings. He’s golf’s premier athlete after this win and should remain so for the foreseeable future. — by Charles Green
No Is Rory McIlroy back? After a dry season for wins last year, McIlroy, barely held on to his 6-shot lead in Sunday’s final round of the British Open. McIlroy’s last major win was in 2012 in the U.S. Open title at
Congressional. Since then, McIlroy has been known to be a shaky competitor unable to finish tournaments, and in 2013, he declined significantly after his dominant 2012. McIlroy would have a sterling record this season — if the events were 54 holes. In worldwide events this season, McIlroy is 51-under in the first round, 19-under in the third-round, and 20-under on the final day. In the second round? He’s a combined 9-over. Seven times this season he has shot a ninehole score of 40 or worse — and, remarkably, six of those came on a Friday. McIlroy can be a dominant player. But if he is to continue that impressive trend, he will need to avoid the kind of slump that dominated his season in 2013, when he failed to win on the PGA Tour or contend in the majors. These majors are flukes; the true McIlroy is revealed in tournaments that don’t receive the same coverage and recognition as the majors. These majors won’t keep coming for him. The likelihood of McIlroy completing the career grand slam is slim to none. — by Erin Erickson
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How to approach your move: • First, make a lot of friends throughout the entire year leading up to your move. Don’t discriminate. You never know whose dad has a truck that they’ll lend you — or who’ll randomly bring beer. • Before you unpack at your new digs, make sure to write down everything that is wrong with the apartment so you don’t get charged for it later. Then as a precaution, write down those holes that you’re going to drill to mount your flat screen TV. (Also: write down those unavoidable foot-shaped indents you’ll probably make in the living walls from games of Naked Twister.) • If you have a few days between leases, then rent a storage unit. They don’t have electricity or plumbing, but you at least have time to catch up on your reading (and “living green” will give you mad cred if you want to hit on cute hippies.) • If you live on the third floor, don’t bother keeping your great aunt Gertrude’s couch. Just throw it off the balcony and go buy another one for $10 at the Salvation Army. Your friends and local hoboes will thank you. • Save gas money by making fewer trips between apartments. And do that by playing sessions of classic Tetris now to get your packing and stacking skills up. • Act like moving out is a really sad, important event so that you can con your family into helping you move. Bonus: You’ll probably get go to Olive Garden afterwards. Andrew R. Juhl thanks Nate Wulf for today’s great advice.
today’s events • Dev/Iowa Bootcamp, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Thinc Lab • Toddler Story Time, 10:30 a.m., Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn • Iowa Summer Writing Festival Eleventh Hour, “The Politics of Writing about Loved Ones,” Sarah Saffian, 11 a.m., 101 Biology Building East Room 101 • English Conversation Class, Noon, 2114 Med Labs • Diabetes and Obesity Talks, Vijay Yechoor, 1 p.m., 1289 Carver Biomedical Research Building • Monday Matinee for Kids, 1 p.m., Iowa City Public Library • Glass Owl Bead Making, 6 p.m., Beadology, 220 E. Washington • Welcome to Medicare, 6 p.m., Senior Center, 28 S. Linn • “Live from Prairie Lights,” Jeremy Jones, nonfic-
tion, 7 p.m., Prairie Lights, 15 S. Dubuque • Open Mike with J Knight, 8 p.m., Mill, 120 E. Burlington • Catacombs of Comedy, 10 p.m., Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn
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Monday, July 21, 2014 by Eugenia Last
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Sitting around contemplating will lead to trouble. You need a challenge or physical activity in order to feel accomplished. Broaden your outlook by expanding your interests. Love should be featured at the end of the day. Do something nice for someone you love. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Keep your home life simple. You don’t have to keep up with the neighbors. It’s more important to live within your means and to enjoy the people you love most. You will learn by watching how others react to adversity. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Charm will get you in the door, but honesty will keep you there. It will be easy for you to grab attention and get the help you need, but taking the initiative to make things happen will be what’s required. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Love and romance are on the rise. Don’t sit back when you should make plans to have some fun. Share your creative thoughts, and you will attract someone interested in exploring new possibilities with you. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You may like to impress people and express your gratitude with lavish gifts and promises, but try to refrain from stepping over your budget. The financial limitations it causes will not be worth your while. Offer compliments, not cash. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Shake things up, and get involved in a cause you feel is worth contributing to; you will connect with someone very special or influential. Love is in the stars, and making your feelings known will improve your relationship. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t instigate change. Do your best to complete unfinished business. Emotional blackmail may be an issue if you trusted someone with private information. An unexpected change of plans must not be allowed to interfere with your schedule. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Make your move, and take on whatever comes your way. You will outwit, outmaneuver, and outdo anyone who tries to come between you and your goals. Your unique, innovative ideas will improve your life and contribute to your comfort and happiness in the future. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Keep a close watch on what others are doing. An emotional situation will not turn out as bad if you stick to the truth. Don’t say what you think someone wants to hear; tell it like it is, and offer solutions. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Precision, confidence, and poise will help you posture a positive self-image. Now is not the time to take a risk or let an unpredictable situation influence you to make an impulsive move. Do your fact-finding, and call the shots. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Get busy, and settle any unfinished business. Follow the path that suits your current needs. You will entice someone to join your quest with your innovative ideas and direct, hands-on approach. Financial gain is heading in your direction. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Slow down, and enjoy what you have. Getting together with family, friends, or your lover will help you remember what life is all about. Embrace a creative idea or plan, and turn it into a reality. Think, plan, and follow through.
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D-Backs sweep Cubs PHOENIX — Josh Collmenter threw seven sharp innings, Arizona scored on an unusual play in the sixth inning, and the Diamondbacks completed a three-game sweep of the Cubs with a 3-2 victory on Sunday. The only run off Collmenter (85) came on Anthony Rizzo’s 23rd home run of the season and third of the series. Arizona’s go-ahead run scored from third base when the first baseman Rizzo caught a pop foul while tumbling into the camera well. By rule, runners are awarded a base when a defensive player carries the ball out of play. David Peralta scored on the play to put the Diamondbacks up 2-1. Peralta also drove in 2 runs with a double and single. Jake Arrieta (5-2) allowed 3 runs and 4 hits in 6.2 innings for the Cubs. Collmenter gave up 4 hits, struck out 4, and walked 1. Addison Reed pitched a perfect ninth for his 23rd save in 28 tries. The Diamondbacks are 3-0 after the All-Star break for the second time in franchise history. The other was in 2002. It was Arizona’s second sweep of the season, first at home. The game was scoreless through five innings, then Rizzo lashed the first pitch he saw in the sixth into the seats in the right corner, moving into a tie for the NL homer lead with Miami’s Giancarlo Stanton. Rizzo homered twice in the series opener. Arizona scored twice in the sixth, the first on consecutive doubles by Ender Inciarte and Peralta. Peralta scored from third when Rizzo caught Aaron Hill’s high pop foul as he fell over the bar protecting the camera well near the Cubs dugout. The Diamondbacks won a challenge in the seventh when Mark Trumbo was called out stealing second. After a review, the call was reversed. Trumbo scored when Peralta singled. Ryan Sweeney made two big catches in center for the Cubs. The second was the most spectacular, when he ran deep toward the wall to barely flag down Paul Goldschmidt’s deep fly.
Chicago Cub Anthony Rizzo makes a diving catch into the photo well on a foul ball hit by Arizona Diamondback Aaron Hill during the sixth inning on Sunday in Phoenix. A D-Back run scored on the play. (Associated Press/Ross D. Franklin)
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Woodbury & Co.meshing
Iowa center Adam Woodbury of Randy Larson’s team attempts to gain control of the ball at tip-off in the Prime Time game against Ray Swetalla’s squad in the North Liberty Community Center on July 17. Larson’s team won, 100-96. (The Daily Iowan/Callie Mitchell)
Anthony Clemmons, Adam Woodbury, and Matt Bohannon form formidable threat to win the Prime Time League championship. By KYLE MANN kyle-mann@uiowa.edu
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SCOREBOARD MLB Arizona 3, Chicago Cubs 2 Houston 11, Chicago White Sox 7 Toronto 9, Texas 6 Detroit 5, Cleveland 1 Miami 3, San Francisco 2 Boston 6, Kansas City 0 Atlanta 8, Philadelphia 2 Washington 5, Milwaukee 4 Pittsburgh 5, Colorado 3 Tampa Bay 5, Minnesota 3 NY Yankees 3, Cincinnati 2 LA Dodgers 4, St. Louis 3 The Open Championship 1. Rory McIlroy (-17) 2. Sergio Garcia (-15) Rickie Fowler (-15) 4. Jim Furyk (-13) Marc Leihsman (-12) Adam Scott (-12) 7. Charl Schwartzel (-11) Edoardo Molinari (-11) 9. Shane Lowry (-10) Graeme McDowell (-10) Victor Dubuisson (-10)
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The members only played well enough for a four-seed in a tournament of six, but after round one of the Prime Time League playoffs, Randy Larson’s team is coming together at the right time and looks to be a serious contender for the title. Led for most of the season by Hawkeye
center Adam Woodbury and Northern Iowa guard Matt Bohannon, Larson’s team owns two of the league’s elite performers. Woodbury finished the regular season averaging 25 points, 12 rebounds, and 3.5 assists per game; Bohannon provided 28.5 points, 6 rebounds, and 3.5 assists per game. The duo was first and second in Prime Time scoring. Now, however, the team has added Iowa guard Anthony Clemmons. He missed the
first two weeks of Prime Time and had a limited contribution in Week 3, but he has played magnificently in the past two games. “It took him a while to get acclimated, but it’s good to have him playing well,” Larson said. “He’s so eager to please I think he was pushing too hard, but he wants to prove himself.” SEE LARSON, 5
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Prime Time League final four set Four teams showed they belong in the opening round of the Prime Time playoffs. By WILL MCDAVID william-mcdavid@uiowa.edu
After two hard-fought elimination games and one exhibition on July 17, the Prime Time League has its final four. If the play last week was any indication, all four have proven themselves ready for the challenge. Though the first game of the evening, a 6 p.m. showdown between Dan Ahrens’ team and Ron Nove’s team, was merely an exhibition, this contest might have had the greatest championship implications of any of the July 17 games. With Ahrens’ and Nove’s groups possessing the first and second seeds respectively, chances were high that a battle between the two clubs could represent a sort of championship preview. So when Nove’s squad prevailed, 10396, over an opponent widely thought to be the league’s best, its players saw more than just a SEE FINAL FOUR, 5
Incoming Iowa forward Dominique Uhl of Ray Swetalla’s team shoots during Prime Time action in the North Liberty Community Center on July 17. Swetalla’s team fell to Randy Larson’s team, 100-96. (The Daily Iowan/Callie Mitchell)