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By Matt Starns matthew-starns@uiowa.edu

People waited from 6 a.m. Wednesday in the IMU to get tickets for President Obama’s appearance on campus Friday. Obama’s visit to Iowa City will be his first campaign stop after the Democratic Convention. (The Daily Iowan/Juan Carlos Herrera) who have admission tickets, will feature the president and

By Eric Clark eric-clark@uiowa.edu his wife, along with Vice President Joe Biden and his wife.

Obama’s visit follows his presumptive acceptance speech for Many streets and areas near the Pentacrest will be cleared the presidential nomination at the Democratic National Conout as early as this evening, as University of Iowa and Iowa vention in Charlotte, N.C., today.

City officials anticipate the arrival of President Obama on The Obama campaign declined to comment on how many Friday. tickets were available for the event or on how many attendTo ensure maximum security, nearly the entire Pentacrest ees the campaign anticipates. will be closed beginning at 10 a.m. Friday, until the concluObama’s visit will be his second stop at the UI this year; he sion of the event that evening. visited in April touting the importance of health care.

Schaeffer and MacLean Halls will close at 4 p.m. The PapCharles Green, the assistant vice president for the UI popajohn Business Building, Trowbridge Hall, north campus lice, said the department will amp up its presence on Friday. and the IMU parking ramps will also be vacated early. Clin“We will be using extra officers for the event,” Green ton and Jefferson Streets and Iowa Avenue will be closed or said. “The Iowa City police are involved rather jointly, as have restricted access.

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Blood center donations rebound The American Red Cross experienced a 15-year low in its blood donations this summer.

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No alarm on whooping cough

By Rishabh R. Jain Rishabh-jain@uiowa.edu

As the academic year kicks off, local and national blood centers are witnessing a normalization of their blood banks after weathering a summer shortage.

The American Red Cross experienced a 15-year low in its blood supply — with 50,000 fewer donations than expected in June — forcing officials to pass an “emergency appeal” that called for affiliated blood centers to literally beg for blood, said Bobbi Snethen, program manager of communication, at the Mid-America Blood Services Division.

Paula Dayton, donor recruitment coordinator at University of Iowa DeGowin Blood Center, said the slight shortage of donated blood the center experienced subsided in the months of July

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Charges filed this week in an alleged sexual assault at Currier Residence Hall marked the third such incident in 2012, according to records obtained by The Daily Iowan.

University of Iowa police records indicate three sexual assaults have been reported this year in university housing. In 2011, there were two reported incidents; police received no reports in 2010.

In the wake of the rising number of sexual assaults in UI housing, officials are encouraging students to remain vigilant and speak up about sexual violence. Further, the incidents have prompted a dialogue recently among UI officials and local advocacy groups about sexual assault and assault education on campus.

“Sexual assault is often something people aren’t willing to talk about,” said Susan Junis, education coordinator for the Rape Victim Advocacy Program. “A lot of people write it off or think, ‘This is something that’s never going to happen to me or anyone I know, so why does it matter to me?’ ” Davenport resident Jordan Garr, 21, was charged with assault, false imprisonment, and extortion following an alleged sexual assault at Currier on April 18 and May 10-11.

Garr allegedly took a video of a female subject taking her clothes off and threatened to post the video online if she did not perform oral sex on him and another subject.

Junis said education about sexual assaults and preventative measures is a major priority for the Rape Victim Advocacy Program.

She said one of the best assault-prevention methods is creating an open dialogue on campus.

“Our prevention efforts are focused on getting that dialogue started in a way that people will care [about],” she said, noting that [Rape Victim Advocacy Program] distributes information cards to every dorm resident and every resident of a fraternity or sorority house. She said this year’s campaign, How Do

By Stacey Murray stacey-murray@uiowa.edu

Kasey Button, an RN at the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center, draws blood from UI student Alex Alder in January at Old Brick. Following a shortage of blood donations over the summer, blood centers have seen an increase in donations as the school year begins. (The Daily Iowan/File Photo) stabilization of DeGowin’s Students Today, Alumni Toand August.

“The summer months are blood supply, the demand for morrow at the IMU on Tuesday. always difficult,” Dayton blood is constant.

Howe — one of the last Trinity Howe, a UI freshsaid. “We were pretty steady through this summer but man, was one of the only 49 donators during the blood overall, for the last couple of people that donated a total drive — said she had been years, donations seem to be of 41 pints of blood during donating blood throughout a drive organized by UI De- high school and wanted to down.”

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Despite Johnson County’s 18 reported cases of pertussis — or “whooping cough” — in the last two weeks, Iowa City School District officials say there is no cause for alarm.

“I wouldn’t call it an outbreak,” said Susie Poulton, director of health services for the School District. “It isn’t that bad.”

Poulton said since the school year began, eight out of the district’s 12,000 students have been identified with the bacterial disease.

According to a press release from the Johnson County Department of Public Health, the disease has mostly affected school-age children.

Highly contagious, pertussis affects a person’s upper respiratory system, causing them to cough violently and making it more difficult to breathe. The intense coughing spells that characterize pertussis can lead to pneumonia, convulsions, and, in some cases, death.

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Meat ‘saves’ IC’s Masala

By Rishabh R. Jain Rishabh-jain@uiowa.edu

Masala was known in Iowa City for two decades as the vegetarian restaurant that served Indian cuisine.

That changed this fall when owner Mani Ram decided to include meat and meat products in the restaurant’s menu to avoid being shut down.

“We never even thought about including meat in our menu,” Ram said, referring to the year 2006 when Masala, 9 S. Dubuque St., was named “Best Vegetarian” restaurant in the area by Iowa Source.

Following an increase in competition from other meat-inclusive Indian restaurants in the area, and the economic slowdown, Masala’s financial charts started to look grim.

“I had only two options,” Ram said. “Either include meat or pack up and leave.”

While it seems pretty clear that people in Iowa City prefer Chicken Tikka Masala over Tofu Tikka Masala, former Farm Sanctuary activist Elizabeth Cummings — who has been vegan for about 20 years — said things have gotten frustrating for vegans in Iowa City.

“When you travel around the country now,

A diner takes some tandoori chicken from the buffet at Masala on Wednesday. To avoid going out of business, the formerly vegetarian restaurant has added meat products and has experienced an increase in the number of costumers. (The Daily Iowan/Juan Carlos Herrera) finding vegan options is very easy,” she said. “On the flipside, here in Iowa City I feel like our options have decreased in the last few years.”

She said it was unfortunate that Iowa City lost two vegetarian/vegan restaurants this year — Masala and the Red Avocado.

In April however, a new restaurant called Trumpet Blossom appeared at 312 E. Prentiss St. to answer the demands of Iowa City vegans such as Cummings.

“It seemed to me like just the thing to do,” said Katy Meyers, the owner of Trumpet Blossom Café and a former co-owner of the Red Avocado. “Knowing I had very good support from our former customers, I thought if we had another vegan restaurant it would also do well”

Meyers said her restaurant caters to 80 to 100 people on an average day, but she expects foot traffic to increase as her business moves into its second quarter and they start to target catering to events.

Masala, on the other hand, has seen a daily increase of about 30 customers, as the meat eaters join the party.

“You see that woman sitting with three other people,” Ram said pointing towards a group of customers at his restaurant.

“She is one of our vegetarian regulars, but she used to come here alone. Now everyone is happy.”

Ram said about 5 percent of his regulars, who had previously asked him to continue with an exclusively vegetarian/vegan menu, have stopped coming to the restaurant.

Both Ram and Meyers acknowledged that people from all over Iowa showed up at their restaurants because they served a niche market that didn’t have too many options.

A study conducted by Vegetarian Times in 2008 showed only 7.5 millions Americans identify as vegetarians or vegans.

But University of Iowa senior Elise Goodmann, said about half the people she knows in Iowa City are vegan.

“This might not be the same for everyone else, but I felt my senses kind of opened up,” Goodmann said, adding she turned vegetarian and adopted a vegan lifestyle two years ago. “I could smell better, taste better, and even my allergies went away. It just felt like I had found something for me.”

She added being a vegan helps her meet new people as many are curious about the dietary faith.

Meyers said she is confident about the vegan market in Iowa City, which according to her, is better than most cities in Iowa.

She added that about a third of her customers are strictly vegan/vegetarian.

“I feel lucky to have the Iowa City demographic. I probably wouldn’t feel as confident trying to open a similar place somewhere else,” she said.

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Top Stories Most read stories on dailyiowan.com from Wednesday.

1. Local businesses pleased with new sidewalk ordinance 2. Former Hawkeye Dwight pushes for solar power at the UI 3. Applaud constructive behavior from College Republicans 4. Notebook: Meyer rewarded for clutch performance 5. Greeks can lead UI to better reputation

Pooling Around Dogs play in the City Park pool during Dog Paddle Day on Wednesday. This is the 10th year of the Dog Paddle Day. The event is coordinated

by Friends of the Animal Center Foundation and the City of Iowa City Parks and Recreation department. (The Daily Iowan/Ian Servin) MORE ONLINE Go to dailyiowan.com for a multimedia piece from the event.

METRO Diversity shows in new class

The University of Iowa’s class of 2016 is the most diverse incoming class of its kind.

According to a UI press release, the total enrollment has reached a record high with 31,498 students — including 21,999 undergraduates and 4,470 firstyear students.

The class of 2016 has 16.2 percent minorities, 47.2 percent of Iowa residents, and 43.9 percent are listed as domestic nonresidents.

Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds joined repre-

sentatives Wednesday from the Iowa Fertilizer Co. to announce the Lee County site as the $1.4 billion project that is expected to create 165 jobs and more than 2,000 construction-related jobs.

“If our income-tax structure was more competitive, we would be better able to compete for job and capital investment creation projects like this one,” Branstad said in the release. “It also will level the playing field for our existing Iowa companies, allowing them to grow and create even more jobs.”

According to a press release from the Office of the Governor, Iowa Fertilizer is a subsidiary of Orascom Construction Industries and is one of the world’s largest fertilizer producers.

“In addition to the jobs and massive capital investment this project will mean for Iowa, it also will have a tremendous impact for our ag economy,” Reynolds said. “In fact, when this fertilizer plant comes online, it could save Iowa farmers hundreds of millions of dollars annually.”

after hours.

Branden Hankins, 20, 817 Melrose Ave., was charged Sept. 1 with interference with official acts and public intoxication.

Jesse Hansen, 20, Davenport, was charged Sept. 1 with public intoxication.

Alyssa Hayes, 20, Bettendorf, was charged Sept. 1 with presence in a bar after hours.

Bryan Hennessy, 20, Davenport, was charged Sept. 1 with possessing or supplying alcohol under 21 and public intoxication.

Charles Hogan, 20, 31 W. Burlington St. Apt. 215, was charged Sunday with OWI. Kelsey Hogan, 18, 1139 Quadrangle, was charged Wednesday with public intoxication.

Amy Holtz, 20, 201 E. Burlington No. 1532, was charged Sunday with presence in a bar after hours.

Brieana Houg, 19, North Liberty, was charged Aug. 31 with OWI. Cornelious James, 29, Cedar Rapids, was charged Monday with habitual offender.

Jacob Kipnis, 18, E144 Currier, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance.

Nathan Krupka, 20, 201 E. Burlington St. No. 1535, was charged Sunday with presence in a bar

after hours.

Alyssa Kirchberg, 20, 325 S. Gilbert No. 2732, was charged Tuesday with possessing or supplying alcohol under 21.

Brian Kruse, 18, N313 Currier, was charged Tuesday with possession of drug paraphernalia.

Rashaud Lee, 24, 2018 Waterfront Drive Lot 2, was charged Wednesday with assault.

Marisa Leyden, 20, 817 Gilbert Court, was charged Sept. 1 with presence in a bar after hours.

Christopher Libanan, 22, Oskaloosa, Iowa, was charged Aug. 26 with public intoxication.

Michael McPartlin, 20, 21 N. Johnson St. No. 15, was charged Sunday with presence in a bar after hours.

Thomas Meade, 20, 471 S. Gilbert No. 2322, was charged Tuesday with possessing or supplying alcohol under 21.

Natalie Morris, 20, 511 S. Gilbert No. 2847, was charged Monday with presence in a bar after hours.

Alexander Osterman, 21, Downers Grove, Ill., was charged Aug. 26 with public intoxication.

Darius Porter, 23, Burlington, was charged Sept. 1 with possession of a controlled substance and OWI. Todd Reynolds, 47, West Des

Moines, was charged Wednesday with OWI. Jay Schmidt, 21, Centerville, Iowa, was charged Aug. 29 with OWI and driving while license suspended or cancelled.

Lindsey Sinn, 30, 1029 E. Market St., was charged Sept. 1 with public intoxication and interference with official acts.

Andrew Sotter, 18, 1138 Slater, was charged Wednesday with possessing or supplying alcohol under 21 and presence in a bar after hours.

Jeffrey Summers, 43, Parnell, Iowa, was charged Tuesday with animal neglect.

Samuel Tracy, 23, Marion, was charged Sunday with public intoxication.

Arielle Trinidad ,20, 219 E. Harrison St. No. 4, was charged Sept.

1 with presence in a bar after hours.

Brandi Wall, 20, 532 1/2 Dodge St., was charged Sept. 1 with presence in a bar after hours.

Allison Warren, 20, 313 S. Gilbert No. 1218, was charged Aug. 31 with presence in a bar after hours.

Alexander Wisnousky, 19, 327 E. College St. No. 1727, was charged Sept. 1 with presence in a bar after hours.

According to the release, the number of international students declined from 484 in 2011 to 298 students this fall, representing 8.9 percent of the class.

“We’ve worked hard to achieve that. I’m also pleased we have increased the number of Iowans in our class,” Michael Barron, the director of UI Admissions, said in the release.

-by Jordyn Reiland

Fertilizer project to create jobs

-by Jordyn Reiland

BLOTTER Benjamin Aleynik, 20, 21 N. Johnson St. No. 17, was charged Sunday with presence in a bar after hours.

Tyrue Armstrong, 47, 429 S. Gate Ave., was charged Sunday with public intoxication.

Kimberli Blumer, 48, Davenport, was charged Sept. 1 with driving while license revoked and third-offense OWI. Hichem Bourahla, 22, 11 N. Mt. Vernon Drive, was charged Sept.

1 with possession of an open container of alcohol in public.

Timothy Brandt, 20, 419 N. Dubuque St., was charged Wednesday with presence in a bar after hours.

Joseph Buckley, 18, N315 Currier, was charged Monday with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Jeffrey Campbell, 18, 1244 Guildford Court, was charged Aug. 31 with public intoxication and providing false identification.

Tony Clark, 25, Coralville, was charged Sunday with public intoxication.

Augusta Cook, 19, 601 Slater, was charged Sept. 1 with presence in a bar after hours.

Georgia Farley, 20, 302 S. Gilbert St. No. 1218, was charged Aug. 31 with presence in a bar

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Cain: Save free markets

Geography offers new major The environmental policy and planning major has four students enrolled.

By Brent Griffiths brent-griffiths@uiowa.edu

As part of his College Trust Tour, Herman Cain spoke to people on the Pedestrian Mall on Wednesday. “Stupid voters are ruining America,” said the former candidate for the Republican presidential nomination who came up with the 9-9-9 economic plan. (The Daily Iowan/Juan Carlos Herrera)

The College Truth Tour kicked off its 30city, nationwide trek Wednesday on the Pedestrian Mall.

By Cassidy Riley Cassidy-riley@uiowa.edu

One former Republican presidential hopeful is reaching out to voters once again, but this time he’s not asking for their support. His message: register to vote, vote, and be an informed voter.

“The point I am making to you is this: You can either be a part of the problem with America, or you can be part of the solution to America’s challenges,” said Herman Cain, a former CEO of Godfathers Pizza and former Republican Presidential nominee.

“Don’t be a stupid voter.

Stupid voters are ruining America.”

Cain’s effort to educate voters is a part of the “College Truth Tour,” a 30-city stop across the nation to college campuses. Iowa City’s Pedestrian Mall was the first stop on the tour.

John Ford, director of college communication for the tour, told The Daily Iowan the goal is to help college students become more aware of the issues that affect them.

“In a nonpartisan way, [we want to] encourage students to become informed,” Ford said. “Our main concern is [to] have students get out to vote and for those students who do vote, have them vote on facts and issues that affect them.”

The tour is sponsored by the nonprofit Job Creators Solutions, which helps employers provide avenues to better educate their employees about political and economic issues. Job Creators Solutions is cofounded by Cain and businessman Bernie Marcus.

Ford and J Hudson, the director of college events for the tour, said the College Truth Tour is a part of a multifaceted tour by Job Creators Solutions to reach out to a variety of voter demographics.

Other events include the Breakfast Event Truth tour, which reaches out to faith and community leaders and the Lunch Event Truth Tour for local business leaders.

Ford said the tours are to help people better understand economic issues and what both political parties believe so they can cast a vote on Election Day for the candidate the best represents their views on the issues.

“If we can get [voters] out of the offices and the classrooms and out of the church to go and vote in this election, than we’ve done our jobs,” Hudson said.

Though the organization boasted about its

nonpartisanship, Cain declared his specific views on what was hurting the economy during a speech to a healthy crowd gathered outside the Sheraton Hotel. He said America’s economy is suffering from excessive government influence.

“The free-market system is what made America great,” Cain said. “We have to save the free-market system from too much legislation, too much regulation, and too much taxation.”

During his presidential run, Cain ran largely on his “9-9-9” economic plan, which would have leveled taxes to 9 percent for income, business, and sales taxes. He ended his campaign in December 2011.

In the spirit of being nonpartisan, the College Truth Tour reached out to both Republican and Democratic groups on campus to participate in the event.

Katherine Valde, the president of the UI College Democrats, told the DI the Democrats declined the offer to be involved.

“I just think that Her-

College Truth Tour Cain’s tour will visit 30 college towns across the nation between now and November. Other stops include: • Iowa State • Ohio State • Missouri State • Nevada •Central Michigan Source: Collegetruthtour.com

man Cain … made a lot of comments that were ignorant and uninformed and don’t represent the views of the Democratic Party,” Valde said about Cain’s stint on the campaign trail.

The UI College Republicans agreed to be involved in the event. Kelsey Boehm, the president of the UI College Republicans, worked with Ford to get the word about the event by passing out fliers and using social media.

“It’s important for college students to be educated about the economic issues, with that being such a huge issue in the election,” Boehm said.

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Students at the University of Iowa now have the option to add a new major offered by the Geography Department — environmental planning and policy.

The UI is the only school in the state that offers a true environmental planning and policy program, and nationally only a few other schools offer the undergraduate major.

“There are a number of students interested in the major as it draws from a variety of areas including environmental science, policy, political science, and even economics,” said UI geography Professor George Malanson.

Before the major was developed at the UI, students had to limit their focus on one interest or scrounge together enough classes to fulfill the diversity of their interests.

And while only four students are currently enrolled in the program, one student said the new major is beneficial to what he wants to do after college.

“The major is really cool because it blends together what I want to do,” said UI junior Sid Hariharan.

“Previously, you had to take environmental studies and study demographics case studies, but the new major goes more into the social factors and sociology aspect plus the environmental focus.”

Hariharan said he is interested in either pursuing environmental law or continuing his studies in graduate school.

Faculty members in the Departments of Geography and Political Science began considering the new major a few years ago. The state Board of Regents approved the major on April 25.

A specific track in the undergraduate program was developed in the Geography Department in the early 1980s, according to the official department website. Environmental anthropology is currently an emphasis in the anthropology major, and there are courses in the School of Urban & Regional Planning regarding the environment.

Malanson said the he believes students have been looking for the major for a long time, and it will attract students to more environmental careers later after college.

The University of Michigan is one of the few schools in the Midwest with a similar program, but it is only available as a graduate degree.

“We noticed that there was a gap in the undergraduate programs,” Malanson said. “Before, if you wanted to major

Environmental Planning and Policy The University of Iowa added the new major after faculty began the push for it two years ago.

• Four students are currently enrolled in the major • The major was approved by the state Board of Regents on April 25 • 147 students were enrolled in the environmental science major in 2011 • 74 students were enrolled in geography during that time Sources: George Malanson, Iowa Office of the Registrar

in this as an undergrad, you had to go to one of the small elite liberal-arts colleges on the East Coast.”

There were 147 students enrolled in the environmental-science major in the fall of 2011, according to information from the Registrar’s Office, and there were 74 students enrolled in geography.

Hariharan believes the major will help him standout regardless of if he goes to law or graduate school. “[Environmental public policy and planning] is a great opportunity because it allows undergraduates to the ability to take course that currently only grad schools are offering,” he said. “It also makes your application unique, because it’s not just a one-subject based science like chemistry but a blend of a few different fields and how they interact.”

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Focus on more than the economy This election season, there are a great many issues facing every American voter, and the choice between the two major political parties is so stark a contrast that many voters are concerned there is not a feasible solution offered at all.

For the sake of swaying Iowan opinion, former Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain spoke Wednesday on the Pedestrian Mall in Iowa City as part of his Truth Tour campaign. He strongly reflected the many highlights of the Republican Party and reminded the Iowa City community to seek truth from credible sources, promote business, and vote.

After his speech, he told The Daily Iowan that he supports GOP candidate Mitt Romney and believes that the best reason for electing Romney is his experience. “[Romney] understands what it takes to run a successful enterprise,” Cain said. “It takes vision, strategy, and the right people to execute the strategy.”

But comparing the federal government to a corporation or enterprise is a loose analogy, seeing as there is no such thing as a government profit. At the basic level, in a business, when a company turns a profit, those profits are distributed generally to investors, or stockholders, and those who invest the most or who hold the most stock see the greatest returns on their investment.

In the government, there are not major shareholders; there are taxpayers. And it is not those who pay the most taxes who see the greatest returns; it is those who need the most assistance. Taxpayer revenue is turned into programs to help all Americans, in many forms, including infrastructure, disaster relief, food stamps, medical care, shelters, and education.

However, many economic conservatives, including Cain, believe the best product the government can produce is limited interference. He said we know a government is doing well when it is less involved and producing fewer programs.

“Businesses just want the government to get out

of the way,” he said.

There are many ways to combat the current economic crisis, and taxes and economic policy certainly warrant debate; however, economic policy is not the only issue on which we need to focus.

Today, the United States is involved in numerous international conflicts, which not only affect the economy but also affect human rights on an international scale.

We also are living in a country that can no longer be considered the smartest, with internationally lower scores on math and science. Furthermore, the foundation of civic freedoms is in turmoil — American citizens are now pitted against each other in a continuous argument over freedom of religion against the rights of women and homosexuals.

The nation must have a plan for infrastructure —our roads, bridges, dams, and canals are in desperate need of restructuring.

The list of concerns facing American voters are abundant and warrant great concern, but they also demand the need for moderates and compromise.

The first change Americans really need is a change in extremism and polarized debate. It is deplorable for any party to say that any one policy is correct on all levels, because there are exceptions to every rule, and all people deserve to find their own freedoms.

The current political culture all but eliminates the ability for politicians, and even the general population, to have honest debate with one another, listen to divergent viewpoints, and most difficult of all, come to a compromise that can really benefit the nation.

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nation. Unfortunately, this story doesn’t really give one.

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Interesting that the DI Ed Board just can’t bring itself to compliment the College Republicans and leave it at that. I suppose a passing reference to the group’s Conservative Coming Out Week is understandable, but the emphasis on it makes clear that the DI Ed Board is unhappy that the College Republicans doing something good and showing up the UDems (again) in the process.

Park in a ramp, Suzie — you’re hardly ever more than two blocks from one anywhere downtown — they are virtually everywhere. There are a very minimal number of on-street parking spaces downtown, and they are seemingly always occupied, so we won’t really miss them for the limited time they’ll be used for café dining. Those who drive around and around, looking and/ or waiting for an empty streetside spot should be more wary of sloth. It’s not pretty.

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Isn’t it interesting that Iowa’s outstanding player is the placekicker. Doesn’t that speak volumes about Kirk Ferentz football? Same old slow start.

Same old stodgy offense. Same old passion-less play (a true reflection of the coach), same old kickoff to another 6-6 season for the nation’s highest paid .580 coach. alsace_man

Crack down on apartment scams

I am a parent and spent eight hours cleaning my son’s apartment the end of July. My gut was to not pay the last month’s rent because we had heard and had some issues with Michael’s Properties.

I just received the statement and [Michael’s Properties] charged us $55 for two batteries for the smoke detectors. [Michael’s] also has another scam where it charges each unit more than $350 for the courtyard clean up in which my son was no part of and refused to sign a paper incriminating himself.

It not only deducted from the security deposit but also added $40 per month for non-payment.

I took pictures in July, and the courtyard was disgusting. My son hadn’t been there for two

months, so it couldn’t have been him. They charged us for cleaning — $175. Supposedly a hole in two doors for $398, but there were no holes.

Also, more than $450 for painting that they should do anyway. Please tell me, how I can get in on this class-action suit? Is there someone I need to call?

My husband and I spent more than eight hours cleaning everything — top to bottom. They didn’t need a cleaning crew to come in and clean, and I really doubt they even did. I took pictures of the apartment after it was cleaned and the courtyard.

This agency needs to be put out of business. It kept more than $2,200 of our security deposit.

Iowa City needs to hear about this company. The university should also get involved.

They also make only one tenant responsible for the rent — one check each month so you have no proof of paying rent, other than making a deposit each month into that person’s account.

There is so much more but not enough space to write.

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Mason against prohibition

By Benjamin Evans benjamin-evans-1@uiowa.edu

I always like to pick a favorite stump catch phrase during election season. It makes for a good drinking game during a long convention keynote.

But my favorite ridiculous stump isn’t Mitt Romney’s “you didn’t build that,” or President Obama’s implications that if Romney fires a person, he or she will die: It’s UI President Sally Mason’s “I’m not a prohibitionist.”

I know, amazing, right? She’s not even running. But every time she responds to a question about the UI’s stance on alcohol abuse by saying her and her husband are not “prohibitionists,” I have a temptation to throw back a swig of Templeton rye.

“We’re not prohibitionists,” she said in an interview with The Daily Iowan in late August. “I joke with my husband that I probably drink three beers a year, but I am not against drinking. I am not against alcohol consumption.”

My only real question is concerning the existence of prohibitionists.

Is there really an epidemic of prohibitionist ideals in the Iowa City area? Is the city all of the sudden going to prohibit alcohol?

I mean, yeah, obviously there are people who are not going to drink because of religion or personal choices, but is there a huge threat to the sanctity of alcohol in this city?

I know Mason isn’t a threat to alcohol.

But she still feels the need to remind us that she is not trying to ban alcohol.

“I believe that our stance on alcohol consumption has been very consistent,” said the president at the Presidential Committee on Athletics on Aug. 30.

“We’re not prohibitionists. We’re not against alcohol consumption.”

There it is again — that line. Who is calling Mason a prohibitionist? I’m certainly not: I would never call a president of a university, with a student body bent on binge drinking, pimping out its logo to a beer company a prohibitionist.

Maybe, these invisible naysayers would point to Mason’s

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response to the first round of Anheuser-Busch’s use of the Tigerhawk logo.

You know, the posters that had both a Bud Light can and UI’s classic logo next to it.

The beer company was criticized by the current UI administration on Aug. 30 for putting up these posters, and the administration was hesitant about Busch putting the Tigerhawk on certain Anheuser-Busch posters.

But wait a second, Mason. Just hold up there. What is wrong with these posters?

Didn’t you say in an official statement that “the possible use of the Tigerhawk logo be accompanied by the phrase ‘Responsibility Matters’ is consistent with our alcohol-harm-reduction initiative”?

And wasn’t one of the major components of this deal with Busch to allow the use of the Tigerhawk logo alongside beer logos? Oh, I think so.

So, why take the posters down? Are you a prohibitionist?

“We’re not prohibitionists; we are simply making some very solid statements about how you behave if you’re going to be first of all, an adult and consume alcohol in a responsible way,” Mason said in an interview with The Daily Iowan.

OK, so let me get this straight: Mason is not a prohibitionist, because she supports people behaving in a responsible manner whilst drinking; Mason is not a prohibitionist, because she is allowing students the opportunity to be responsible whilst Busch is advertising beer logos along side the Tigerhawk symbol.

But when the posters are up and the beer is flowing, she is all-ofthe-sudden against the marketing strategy?

It seems like someone has cold feet. It can’t be because of UI’s recent jump in the party-school rankings, can it?

No way, because all we really know in this debacle resembling a Billy Bob Shakespeare play is that President Sally Mason is not a prohibitionist.

Clinton and ex-president head to Charlotte CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Every political party has had leaders it would like to exalt and leaders it would like to forget. Bill Clinton has managed to be both.

He is the closest thing American politics has to a rock star, and he has sometimes behaved like one.

Luckily for President Barack Obama, Clinton today is about as popular as a political figure can be. And he is popular with exactly the voters that Obama and the rest of the Democratic Party have a hard time reaching — which is to say, white people. That is why even though they haven’t always been close, Obama invited Clinton to nominate him in prime time

Wednesday evening, the first former president to do that.

It is an extraordinary moment in the annals of presidential politics.

Ex-presidents are sometimes useful for shows of party unity or reminders of good times. Nixon did convince Eisenhower to endorse him just before the contentious 1968 convention, recalled Michael Beschloss, the presidential historian. But like the old soldier that Ike was, most ex-presidents have generally faded away.

They don’t want me around, Harry S. Truman once said. Al Gore wouldn’t take Bill Clinton’s help in 2000, which in retrospect

looks like a big mistake.

Jimmy Carter has been described as the nation’s best ex-president, but he won’t be a big factor in the Obama campaign because his 1980 defeat by Ronald Reagan is too reminiscent of the present economic and political dynamic. And George W. Bush was nowhere to be seen at his party convention last week.

“After the White House,” said Franklin Pierce, the 14th president, “what is there to do but drink?”

But it isn’t history Obama is trying to change by bringing in Clinton. It is votes. White votes. White guy votes in particular.

The numbers tell a story. President Obama was

viewed favorably by 43 percent of white men in an AP-GfK poll last month. It is a key reason this race is so close. Overall, Romney beat Obama 54 to 39 percent among white voters in that poll.

White voters make up a bit more than 70 percent of the electorate in recent presidential years, according to exit polls. Obama doesn’t have to win among white voters to win the election. Most Democrats don’t carry the white vote.

But he does have to keep Romney from building up such a lead that he can’t make up the difference by winning among blacks, Hispanics and perhaps even women.

Enter Clinton, who, at a year older than Romney, can’t really be the Comeback Kid anymore. But 12 years out of office, he is viewed favorably by 63 percent of white men, according to a Gallup Poll in July.

He took his party and his country on a roller-coaster ride, from Gennifer Flowers through impeachment.

But looking back now, folks don’t see scandal, said Richard Harpootlian, they see what happens to the economy when you give a Democratic president two terms.

Harpootlian is a Democrat from South Carolina, a place where, like Arkansas,

being a Democrat takes a special skill. “He resonates with Southern white folks dramatically,” Harpootlian says. “What they want to know is who is going to put groceries and grits on the table.”

Turns out, that is what the whole country wants to know now. Well, maybe not the grits part.

Clinton, the man from Hope, is now Obama’s chief messenger of hope that the economy well get better under Obama in a second term, as it did under Clinton, and that trusting the Republicans again is a mistake.

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Despite the excitement

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“By just sitting there for about 20 minutes or so and giving a pint of your blood, you save three lives,” she said.

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mal,” Poulton said, adding the school district typically sees anywhere from four to 15 cases each year.

Officials say it is normal for a few cases of pertussis to crop up each year, because the bacterial disease never fully dies down.

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In December 2011, the university received a $300,000 grant from the Office on Violence Against Women to help improve the school’s responses to sexual assault incidents.

Monique DiCarlo, sexual misconduct response coordinator for the UI, said the funds are being distributed among a variety of initiatives. She said the money is funding programs through the UI police, the Women’s Resource and Action Center, and improvements to the Nformd education program that all incoming UI students are required to complete.

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on campus, some see the hubbub as a big distraction.

UI psychology lecturer Meara Habashi teaches two sections of a class, both of which meet in Macbride Hall on Fridays.

While she is recording her lecture and posting it online for her students to view, she

said the visit does cause disruptions for her class.

“It’s an inconvenience for both me and the students, but that’s the price you pay to have someone like [Obama] on campus,” she said.

UI political-science Associate Professor Tim Hagle did not believe the visit

would cause much disruption, because few classes are scheduled on Friday afternoons and evenings.

“Who goes to class on Fridays anyways?” he said.

Veronica Tessler, the owner of Yotopia Frozen Yogurt, 132 S. Clinton St., said the closing of Clinton

Street will not negatively affect her business.

“I have been told that they’re closing some portions of downtown, but we aren’t anticipating much of a change since most of our customers arrive on foot,” she said.

Jamie Smith, the owner

of Molly’s Cupcakes, 14 S. Clinton St., said she isn’t anticipating any disruptions, voicing her own support for the President.

“We get a lot of foot traffic, and even if it did affect us, it’s for a good cause; I fully support Barack Obama,” she said.

portant factor that affects blood donations.

“Hurricane Isaac caused the cancellation of blood drives in the coastal area,” she said. “We put those places on the book because we know that we can support the hospitals in severe weather with donations from other parts of the country. Even in the winter months, blood drives are

cancelled because people cannot travel to them.”

Averaging about 500 whole blood donors and 200 platelet donors every month, DeGowin manages to collect half the amount of red blood cells and more than 90 percent of the platelets they need to supply to UI Hospitals and Clinics and UI Children’s Hospitals over the entire year.

While students make up 20 percent of the total blood donations for the American Red Cross, DeGowin attributes 30 to 40 percent of its donations to students in the months of September and October. However, the majority of donations in both cases come from middle-age people.

“We are heavily on campus,” Dayton said. “… But

on campus doesn’t necessarily mean only students.

Faculty and staff are included in that. I would attribute most of today’s donation to students though.”

Only eight to 10 percent of the total population actually donates blood and Dayton said everyone in the blood center business would love to see the percentage rise.

“Many people don’t realize what the need is,” she said. “… Or they assume that some else is doing it so they don’t need to. Some people let fear keep them from donating. That is why we like to get out into the community to encourage new people to come in and try it. Once they try it, they realize that it is not as scary as they think.”

waves every three to four years,” said Patricia Quinlisk, the medical director from the Iowa Department of Public Health.

Iowa is one of 10 states that does not require pertussis vaccination in secondary schools, but officials aim to make vaccinations a mandate in 2013.

“It will take eight to nine months to look at the rule-making process and educate school districts regarding the changes in

the law, specifically targeting the changes in school nurse’s workloads,” Don Callaghan, the bureau of chief immunizations with the Iowa Department of Public Health, told the DI in February.

Like area schools, the disease hasn’t greatly affected the University of Iowa campus.

“We’ve heightened our awareness, but we haven’t seen any cases [this fall],” said Lisa James, the associate director for clinic op-

erations in the UI Student Health Service.

Yet this doesn’t mean the UI is immune from the disease.

“With the way students move around — they’re student teaching and working in hospitals — it wouldn’t surprise me,” James said, referring to the likelihood the disease could affect UI students.

All health officials agreed vaccination was the best way to fight the disease.

“For several years now, we’ve been promoting the vaccine,” James said.

As infants, children receive a series of vaccinations, but because the vaccine weakens over time, Quinlisk said she recommends a booster shot for 11-12 year olds.

When adults get a tetanus booster, the shot may contain pertussis for a revamped protection. Adults and school-age children with more mature immune systems don’t run

quite the risk that infants do.

“The serious part is when the children get it,” Quinlisk said. “They have significant trouble breathing and there’s a narrowing of the airways — that’s the scariest.”

UI and School District officials said they are prepared in case of a turn for the worse.

“We’re always prepared for it. We’re ready if it does happen,” James said.

ue of peer accountability.

“The most important thing to remember about preventing an incident like [this] is all of us have the opportunity to be a bystander, to step in and prevent something that may be hurtful,” she said.

“It could be that we’re calling for help, it could be interrupting a hurtful comment, but all of that is important.”

UI spokesman Tom Moore said the university uses a multifaceted approach to help inform students about safe practices, assault prevention, and reporting a crime when one does occur. He said the UI sends information through several channels, including mass emails, social media, and crime prevention newsletters.

Moore said the residence halls have measures in place to prevent outside access from people who do not live in the halls, as

well as security officers who patrol the halls. He said one problem, however, is residents propping open exterior doors.

“Students are encouraged not to prop open exterior residence hall doors that may allow access to those who should not be in the residence halls,” he said.

Chris McGoey, a national crime-prevention and

security expert, agreed with Moore, but also said many assaults do not come from an outside source.

“Most of them are student-on-student sexual assaults, or an acquaintance of a student,” he said, adding it’s important for students to always be aware of their surroundings and the people they are with.

But above all, McGoey said

it’s important to promote assault prevention education — and to take it seriously.

“You can have all the programs in place you want, but if the students are just going to blow it off, then sexual assaults are going to happen,” he said.

Junis said the recent assaults on campus, while not a good thing themselves, have prompted a

necessary dialogue — both on and off-campus.

“I think events like this spurring conversation is really important,” she said. “Starting people talking and getting those dialogues going is so important so people realize this is something that affects people, this is something that students can do something about.”

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Revelations I had watching ’80s TV: • Seeing Tom Hanks in “Bosom Buddies,” playing a cross-dressing graphic artist living in an all-women’s hotel, I said to myself, “Someday that man will win an Oscar.”

And you know what? I was right.

• The best way to fight crime and solve mysteries is with a two-person team, in which each individual is completely opposite in personality, background, and philosophy. This is especially true if one is male and one female, and they bicker constantly while edging ever closer to their inevitable love affair.

• As definitively proven by “My Two Dads,” there is no reason two straight men should not be given joint custody of a 12-year-old girl and be expected to live together and raise her. Nope. No reason at all.

• In fact, if you have numerous daughters, and your wife dies, it makes complete sense to invite your two bachelor best friends to move in with you and help raise them.

And who wouldn’t agree to that?

• I mean, the only other alternative would be to hire a 19-year-old college guy as the live-in nanny for your teenage daughters. And who wouldn’t agree to that?

• Violent, edgy, or raunchy films such as Alien Nation, Blue Thunder, or Police Squad are just ripe for translation onto prime-time network television. There’s just no way they can miss.

• If you can somehow con audiences into watching eight seasons of Bronson Pinchot in “Perfect Strangers,” then only sheer idiocy and incompetence could have caused an actually funny show such as “Arrested Development” to be canceled after two and a half.

Not that I’m bitter.

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ARIES March 21–April 19 There is no time to rest if you want to reach your destination. Hard work will pay off in the end, although someone is likely to make your job frustrating. Love is in the stars, and late night socializing will do you good.

TAURUS April 20–May 20 Don’t hold back. Do your best and surprise everyone. Your thoughtfulness will be appreciated. Pick a quiet but appropriate place for meetings, and you will make an impression that will lead to a long-lasting contractual venture.

GEMINI May 21–June 20Don’t let restlessness lead to an emotional mistake that is difficult to fix.

Keep your thoughts and your secrets to yourself until you are in a better position to deal with opposition.

CANCER June 21–July 22 You can set up interviews or pick up information, skills, or connections that will lead to greater success. Your knowledge and insight coupled with your compassion and desire to help someone will pay high returns. Live, love, and laugh.

LEO July 23–Aug. 22 Concentrate on personal changes, but don’t give anyone a chance to interfere with your plans. Feeling good about you and the direction you choose will make it easier to deal with difficult individuals who try to meddle in your affairs.

VIRGO Aug. 23–Sept. 22 Don’t take on too much. You owe it to both you and your loved ones to leave room for family fun, travel, or educational pursuits you want to explore. Interacting with people from different backgrounds will open your eyes to all sorts of possibilities.

LIBRA Sept. 23–Oct. 22 Think outside the box. Take on tasks that no one else will tackle. Don’t allow anyone to pressure you or control your decisions. Follow your heart, and take the initiative to do what suits you best.

SCORPIO Oct. 23–Nov. 21 Don’t wait when you already know the answer. Take charge, and let everyone see your leadership ability. Focus on getting things done in record time and with the utmost precision. A partnership must be based on equality before you commit to anything.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22–Dec. 21 The less said, the better. You are likely to get into trouble if you are outspoken or try to push your plans on others. Focus more on making personal changes that will give you greater freedom to pursue your goals in the future.

CAPRICORN Dec. 22–Jan. 19 Don’t let minor setbacks stunt your desire or your chance to advance.

Contracts can be negotiated, and your personal life can be adjusted to meet your current needs.

Once you know where you are headed, getting there will be easy.

AQUARIUS Jan. 20–Feb. 18 Don’t let anger ruin your day. Take the time to do things right and avoid a mishap. Focus on money, home, and making your surroundings more comfortable. Don’t fight the inevitable.

PISCES Feb. 19–March 20 Do what makes you happy. Giving in or being a chameleon will not help you gain respect. Stick to a set of rules, and avoid doing anything that is considered extravagant or indulgent. Concentrate on healthy relationships with people who share your interests.

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appropriately,” Leppek said. “I had 7:30 a.m. classes and then practice until 6:30 or 7 [p.m.]; it was a whole 12 hours of hard work.”

Staying focused on school and practice can take its toll, but Leppek stayed balanced. The 6-0 outside hitter tried to complete as much homework as possible at the beginning of the week to clear her schedule for volleyball later on. This organization was something her coach noticed and praised.

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tually signed on with the team.

And now, as the cross-country season starts to heat up, Anderson is happy he was able to persuade Gordon to become a Hawkeye — even if it was at the last second.

“We got connected with her somewhere in April,” Anderson said. “Real late in the recruiting process.

But certainly I think she’s a great addition, and we’re pretty excited. Whether it was April, May, December, I think it will turn out great for us.”

Gordon said there were several reasons to make the shift across the Mid-

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Wienke and Castillo had teamed up to save the Hawkeyes from an upset loss.

“Especially since that Iowa State game was a tough game on me, it was

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Most freshmen athletes usually spend a year or two on the sidelines learning from veteran players on the court. That wasn’t the case for Matt Hagan.

Hagan won the Iowa men’s tennis team’s “Newcomer of the Year Award” as a freshman last season. He was the first Iowa freshman to win a Big Ten No. 1 singles match since former Hawkeye star Tyler Cleveland did it in 1998.

“I think it was just a really good experience,” Hagan said. “I didn’t think I was going to play that high. My goal was to play top in the lineup.”

Hagan said playing against top players in the conference helped him learn how to adjust to higher caliber opponents.

He said he took something

nice to get out and just play,” Castillo said. “It was nice to make a play for the team.”

Weinke agreed.

“Coaches have asked something of me, and I’m trying to do it to the best

of my ability,” he said. “You can say I haven’t played much at quarterback — that’s fine, whatever. I’m just trying to find something I can do to help out this team.”

tillo dove for it. He put a few fingers on the ball. It fell to the ground on the 1-yard line.

“Great play to keep it out of the end zone,” cornerback Micah Hyde said.

“Play of the game, honest-

ly. I’m happy for him. His whole career, Greg always stays ready.”

The Iowa defense forced a quick punt, and the offense took advantage of its great field position to score a game-winning

figured out and school figured out,” head coach Sharon Dingman said.

“To watch her manage her schedule and volleyball as a freshman was pretty remarkable. She’s the perfect example for student athletes that need to figure it out, she figured it out before she even got here.”

Even though classes aren’t usually the topic of discussion during practice, Leppek’s teammates noticed the hard work she puts in for school. Having one of the hardest majors on the team and still being able to go to practice and perform during matches inspires teammates to manage their lives more efficiently.

“Even we upperclass-

men can learn from her as well,” junior and team captain Bethany Yeager said.

“The freshmen know that Erin does what’s right and knows what needs to be done. [The team] looks up to her because she is a good role model for us to know what we need to do [as Division-I athletes].”

After Leppek’s four years in school she’ll have two accomplishments under her belt: a degree in biomedical engineering, along with four years of volleyball in arguably the country’s hardest conference — the Big Ten. “I think it definitely says something about your character and work ethic,” Leppek said. “If you can go four years playing a Divi-

sion-I sport, graduating and getting your diploma

in four years, it says a lot about how hard you work

and your commitment to yourself.”

no fear … We just had to get confirmation from [West Essex], asking ‘Is this legit? Does she bring this every day?’ And the answer was yes.”

Her high-school head coach, Jill Cosse, said it

best following Cafone’s senior year. She told the Fairfield, N.J. local newspaper, the Star-Ledger, that Cafone is “so athletic and competitive.”

“She just goes out there and plays crazy-good hock-

ey,” the quote said.

Both her former and current head coach speak highly of Cafone. But it was her high-school assistant coach who made the push for her to become a Hawkeye.

Diane Demiro Simmons, a former All-American forward for Iowa, talked a lot about her alma mater around Cafone. She talked about how great it was, and how much she loved

it, persuading the freshman that Iowa City was the place to be. So far, it seems Simmons was right.

“I really like it,” Cafone said. “I’m really happy with my decision.”

west. Even though Gordon’s eyes seemed to be set elsewhere, Iowa showed interest. She got individual attention from Anderson, who has led three teams to finish in the top 25 in the nation in the past six years and produced 48 All-Americans in his nine years with the Hawkeyes.

It isn’t hard to understand why she was attracted, but Anderson’s accolades weren’t the only selling point Iowa had in its favor.

The young harrier has important connections to the UI. Gordon’s mother is a Hawkeye graduate and so is her Lyons Township high-school coach, former Iowa All-American Stetson Steele, who ran on the men’s cross-country and track teams.

But her ties to Iowa

‘My major is speech and hearing science, and Iowa is one of the top in the nation for that major, so that was definitely a positive. Also just Coach Anderson’s training philosophy and the team atmosphere sold me.’

say about it [Iowa], I knew that it would be a good choice.”

Other notable reasons for Gordon making the decision to come to Iowa were her impressions of Anderson, as well as the high expectations that Iowa holds in her current academic interests.

“My major is speech and hearing science, and Iowa

is one of the top in the nation for that major, so that was definitely a positive,” Gordon said. “Also just Coach Anderson’s training philosophy and the team atmosphere sold me.”

The excited Gordon stated the seeming simplicity of her recruiting process by saying, “I guess the rest is history because I chose here.”

Iowa volleyball player Erin Leppek hits the ball during practice in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Tuesday. (The Daily Iowan/Rachel Jessen)

Lisa Gordon, Hawkeye freshman don’t stop there. Gordon ran with a high-school teammate, Katherin Rehn, who is now in her third season at Iowa.

Rehn, who ran with Gordon on a 4x800 relay that placed fifth in the Illinois state tournament in 2009, said she didn’t beg or pressure Gordon into coming, but she’s happy to have the freshman talent along for the run.

“Obviously, I didn’t pressure her [Gordon] into coming here,” Rehn said.

“I think it was good because she knew I was happy here, I was an example that it’s a good fit and she could fit in here as well.”

Gordon later told a similar story about her relationship with Rehn and how that affected her choice in committing to Iowa and joining the women’s cross-country team.

“She never pressured me to come here at all, but seeing the success she had here and knowing that she never had anything bad to

Early success propels Hagan Last season’s ‘Newcomer of the Year’ on the men’s tennis team looks back at his successful freshman season.

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away from every match during his run at the top singles position.

“Seeing what they do against me and learning how other players play and how Hagan they win at freshman the college level helps,” he said.

Head coach Steve Houghton believes that Hagan handled the leading singles spot with poise.

“He handled the situation well and was ready to go the next day no matter what might have happened before,” Houghton said. “He had the right mentality to handle playing No. 1 pretty well.”

Hagan said it helped playing with older players such as then-junior Garret Dunn and his doubles partner, then-sophomore Jonas Dierckx.

“They gave me as many pointers as possible,” Hagan said.

Playing on a team differed from playing as an individual, he said.

“It’s a lot different than junior tennis, because in junior tennis you’re playing for yourself,” he said.

“College tennis, you’re playing for your team. I think that gives you a lot more motivation when you’re fighting for your team … you don’t want to let down guys on your school and guys on your team.”

Hagan and Dierckx had a great amount of success last year, including the Flight B main draw at the Big Ten championships.

“It was awesome to come in as a freshman and make a name for myself,” Hagan said. “I wasn’t expecting to win that tournament.”

Assistant coach Steve Nash said Hagan and Dierckx worked well together.

“Jonas is faster at net, and Matt has a bigger game,” the aide said. “Jonas returns really well, Matt serves really well.

They tend help each other out because Matt serves so big, Jonas can move at net well.”

Houghton said the combination of the finesse play of 5-9 Dierckx alongside the power play of 6-6 Hagan is a change of pace that throws off opponents.

Whether it’s doubles or singles, Hagan will try to use what he learned last year and refine his game for the upcoming season.

“Last year, playing really high in the lineup helped me get experience, because I’ve seen the best players in the Big Ten,” he said. “I know what level they’re at. Now I know how hard I have to work to be at that level.”

SPORTS

thursday, september 6, 2012

‘Little-knowns’ save Hawks

V-baller works on balance With the school year under way, volleyball player Erin Leppek will be busy balancing her biomedical engineering schoolwork and heavy practice schedule.

By Carlos Sosa carlos-sosa@uiowa.edu

Iowa’s Greg Castillo celebrates with the defense after downing a punt on the 1-yard line in the fourth quarter of the Hawkeyes’ game against Northern Illinois at Soldier Field in Chicago on Sept. 1. (The Daily Iowan/Adam Wesley)

A pair of unlikely heroes teamed up to make a game-saving play for Iowa on Sept. 1.

By Sam Louwagie samuel-louwagie@uiowa.edu

One is a punter who had hoped to be a quarterback. The other is a former scapegoat who lost his starting job early last season.

Things haven’t worked out the way John Wienke and Greg Castillo hoped. Their paths through the Hawkeye program have wound through hope, obscurity, and frustration. But those paths crossed on Sept. 1 in Soldier Field. It saved the game for Iowa.

“Absolutely the play of the game,” quarterback James Vandenberg said.

Three days earlier, Wienke made a strange request of Vandenberg. He had been working on his punts after practice and running down the field to retrieve the ball after each kick. Vandenberg agreed to catch a few.

More than a year earlier, Wienke lost a competition to Vandenberg for the starting quarterback job. The next summer, Wienke booted the ball across the practice field and over a fence one day. Special-team coach Lester Erb saw it and told the allstate high-school punter to come early to work with special teams the next day. Wienke became a Hawkeye punter.

But that didn’t work out, either. Freshman Connor Kornbrath showed a powerful leg in fall camp this season, and Wienke lost another position battle.

Head coach Kirk Ferentz still had a plan. He told Wienke the team might use him as a short-yardage punter. Kornbrath had a more powerful leg, but the veteran Wienke could more precisely place his punts.

“We felt like if we could divide the labor a little bit, that might be better for Connor,” Ferentz said. “And it gives John one more thing to have ownership in. He’s just a great attitude guy, and he’s a good football player. Just got beat out by a better player, quite frankly.”

As that “better player” caught Wienke’s practice punts, he was impressed.

“He was landing it inside the 8[-yard line] every time,” Vandenberg said. “He’s a guy who has really taken his new role and run with it.”

Weinke trotted onto the field for his first college punt in the fourth quarter. Just as he had been practicing, the senior kicked the ball on its point, rather than the broad side, in hopes it would bounce backward.

“I think I hit it right,” he said. “It felt good.”

Another senior dashed down the field when the ball was snapped. Greg Castillo had entered last season as Iowa’s starting cornerback. But after Iowa State quarterback Steele Jantz shredded the Hawkeye secondary, targeting Castillo several times, coaches sent the Mount Laurel, N.J., native to the bench.

Castillo carved out a role for himself on special teams. He entered this year as the Hawkeyes’ top punt-coverage gunner, who streaks down the outside of the field before the ball is kicked.

Castillo sprinted down the sideline and curled in toward the center of the field as Wienke’s punt sailed toward the end zone. see FOOTBALL, 7A

Only one-third of biomedical-engineering majors at the UI are women.

And Erin Leppek is the only one on the Iowa volleyball team.

Leppek has just begun her sophomore year and is under a heavy workload as are her biomedical-engineering peers. Most of her time is spent studying or doing homework, but school isn’t the only thing she is heavily involved in.

“I took 17 [semester] hours my freshman year,” Leppek said. “I had no expec- Leppek tations and wasn’t too sophomore nervous because I had no idea what to expect. It was definitely hard. I wouldn’t recommend taking 17 hours [during the volleyball] season.”

According to the UI Biomedical Engineering, the program focuses on solving “open-ended problems with medical relevance.” Studying for this daunting profession, Leppek was always busy her freshman year, but becoming an engineer is a dream she’s had since she was a child in Michigan.

“I’ve always known that I wanted to be an engineer,” Leppek said. “My dad is an engineer. Iowa has a small College of Engineering that is really good because you get to know the professors and make connections. Iowa was definitely a good place to go.”

As a freshman, Leppek had to adjust to the hardships of being a Division-I athlete. In addition to daily practice, her days were filled with engineering math and chemistry classes. Trying to balance two demanding schedules isn’t easy, especially your first year in a new city.

“I don’t know if I did balance them see LEPPEK, 7A

Frosh hockey Hawk makes a splash Late call Freshman field-hockey standout Natalie Cafone has 2 goals to her name this season — but no one will hear her talking about it.

By Cody Goodwin cody-goodwin@uiowa.edu

Freshman Natalie Cafone likes to keep things short and simple.

She never says too much about her life off the pitch.

Her words are limited and concise. She won’t say much about her favorite kind of music, or her favorite movie — which is Mean Girls.

“I like to watch funny movies,” she said.

But on a team chock-full of personalities, even Cafone hesitates to describe how she stands out from the crowd.

When asked, she began with the usual, “Well, I …” and then paused.

“I’m not really different,”

she said, almost casually. “I kind of just do what everyone else does.”

It’s seemingly hard to get a read on Cafone. She’s very straightforward and direct, getting to the point when she speaks, and nothing more. She often repeats herself, mentioning more about the team than her own accomplishments. It makes her personal life seem almost secretive.

Ask her about field hockey, though, and her eyes beam with excitement. She even cracks a smile. But the amount that she talks remains the same.

“I really like being a part of a team,” Cafone said.

This much is very evident.

Following the Missouri State matchup on Sept. 1, she talked about how her stellar performance, which included 2 goals, wouldn’t have been possible without her team.

This humbleness, said her head coach, isn’t something to worry about.

“It’s because she’s good,” Tracey Griesbaum said. “She’s just really driven, and I think she wants to do well … She has a high standard for her-

draws harrier

Natalie Cafone makes a drive during a pressure drill at field-hockey practice on Tuesday at Grant Field. The freshman has scored 2 goals so far this season. (The Daily Iowan/ Joshua Housing) self.”

The 13th-year head coach said Cafone’s work ethic and determination reminds her a lot of her more veteran players — specifically, she said, Jessica Barnett and Sarah Drake.

Griesbaum also noted that her freshman star fits the mold of the players she loves to recruit. She looks for players who are competitors, who don’t settle — she doesn’t look for players who “think they’ve already arrived.”

“She’s only played in three games in her college career,”

Griesbaum said. “I would hope she doesn’t think she’s gotten the best that she can be.”

If history proves correct, Cafone is only getting started.

She improved each season of her high-school career, topping it off with a state championship at West Essex (N.J.).

She scored an astounding 135 goals during her four prep years — 50 of them coming during her senior campaign.

“It’s easy to detect,” Griesbaum said about Cafone’s skill and potential. “She’s susee CAFONE, 7A

The Iowa cross-country team brought in fast talent, as well Iowa roots, with freshman harrier Lisa Gordon.

By Levi Lynott Levi-Lynott@uiowa.edu

Wisconsin had its eye on distance runner Lisa Gordon, and the Illinois native was all-but-set to start her college career on the Badger campus.

But then she got a phone call.

It was Layne Anderson, the head coach of the Iowa cross-country team.

He asked her a question: “Would you like to come run for the Hawkeyes?”

Although the Hawkeye women’s cross-country team got in touch with Gordon a little late, the Hawkeyes still had incentive and history with Gordon. Anderson was able to lure her to the Iowa campus, and she evensee GORDON, 7A

80 HOURS The weekend in arts & entertainment

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Art for the people The University of Iowa Museum of Art brings back its First Friday series to showcase Ely Sotillo, the painter of downtown’s newest mural.

By Emma McClatchey emma-mcclatchey@uiowa.edu

Every day, hundreds of Iowa City residents walk past Solidarity — the mural on the north wall of the Linn Street parking ramp that depicts a black and white, graffiti-style web of grasping hands — but only a few know the story behind the five-story masterpiece.

The University of Iowa Museum of Art hopes to change this by featuring mural artist Eliezer Antonio Sotillo Rodriguez for the kickoff to its First Friday series, “Come Together,” at 5 p.m. Friday at the hotelVetro, 210 S. Linn St. Along with live music by the Steve Grismore Jazz Trio and hors d’oeuvres from Formosa, the event will showcase some of Sotillo’s other artwork and offer people the chance to talk informally with the painter.

“It’s always nice to meet the artist, especially when it’s a work of art that you’re very familiar with,” said Museum of Art public-relations coordinator Elizabeth Wallace.

“We’re connecting [Sotillo] to the community, who experiences his very large artwork on a daily basis. It’s always very interesting for the public to see the process of making art.”

This process is documented in a five-minute time-lapse video on the making of Solidarity, which will be featured at the event. Sotillo said the mural, which was commissioned by hotelVetro owner Mark Moen and took around a year to complete, was an exciting artistic challenge.

See Museum, 2B

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Hawkapalooza 2012 Hawkapalooza is back for another year to celebrate the first home football game against the Iowa State Cyclones.

The festivities will begin at 11 a.m. Thursday in Hubbard Park where students, community members, and alumni can participate in a daylong “Ultimate Tailgate” that aims to raise the Hawkeye spirit of the student population. Admission is free for all events.

During the tailgate students can win prizes like free food and Hawkeye gear while also having the opportunity to meet the Executive Board of the Hawks Nest.

This meet and greet is an attempt to get students more involved in Hawkeye athletics and learn how they can become apart of the organization.

Following the tailgate will be a pep rally that will include

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this year’s fall athletic teams including football, wrestling, and men/women’s basketball.

Since the event’s creation in 2009, Scope Productions and the Hawks Nest have attracted the interest of over 10,000 students.

Artists such as Lupe Fiasco, Big Boi, and Mike Posner have taken the Hawkapalooza stage for a night of great entertainment.

This year, T-Pain will make his Iowa City debut in a concert at 7 p.m. in the park.

The Grammy award-winning artist, calling himself the “King of Autotune” will play songs from his most recent album rEVOLVEr, which includes songs like “5 O’Clock” featuring Lily Allen and Wiz Khalifa and “Best Love Song” featuring Chris Brown.

— By Samantha Gentry

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Don’t miss Robin Hemley reading When: 7 p.m., Thursday Where: Prairie Lights Why you should go: Hemley is a phenomenal, and often hilarious, short-story writer, graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and director of Iowa’s Nonfiction Writing Program.

The Words

Home-Grown drummer Patrick McPartland performs on the Pedestrian Mall on Aug. 23. The band members, all students, live in the same Iowa City house. (The Daily Iowan/Adam Wesley)

By Emily Burds emily-burds@uiowa.edu

“We’re all from home.”

Well, no, not literally, but this expression does reveal a lot about the four members of local band Home Grown, who are all from the Midwest.

David Slater, the band’s lead vocalist, and drummer Patrick McPartland are from Cedar Rapids, and they have played together since high school.

Joseph Ewart, the band’s lead guitarist and lyricist, came to UI from Des Moines, and Timmy Hunziker, the bass player, hails from one of the many southern suburbs of Chicago.

After traveling eastern Iowa and playing gigs most of the summer, the band members said they are excited to be back at school. They are now preparing for a Battle of the Bands today at the Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn St. — the site of their first real gig together and the place where the name “Home Grown” was born.

The Battle of the Bands will run throughout the month of September at the Yacht Club, featuring four to five bands every Thursday night. Each night, a winner will be

chosen for the final battle on Oct. 13. From that final group, an overall winner is chosen.

Home Grown will perform the first day of the event alongside a few other bands, including Iowa City’s Gone South and Clinton’s John June Year.

The grand prize this year will be five days’ worth of studio time with Earthtone Studio. The runner-up will receive one to two days of studio time along with a pony keg of Fat Tire, provided by New Belgium, one of the competition’s sponsors.

Home Grown’s story goes like most. After having a different name and a few different band members, things just weren’t working out. Needing a fresh start, the musicians made some changes and played their first gig in February at the Yacht Club.

The ensemble still didn’t have a name when it came time to perform, so the guys hastily chose “Home Grown,” and they have run with it ever since.

“We have all had many terrible experiences in music to get to this point,” said Ewart while sitting in the Home Grown house, where the band members

live and will hopefully soon play their so-called “funky-rock jams” together.

Slater and Ewart primarily write the lyrics for the music, which is composed by all the members working together.

“We all pull from a lot of different influences and backgrounds,” Ewart said.

“It could be anything from jazz to rock to acoustic.”

One of their clearest influences, and overall favorite artists, is Dave Matthews. However, they will admit (at least Slater will) that they seem to have a “psychedelic, Pink Floyd aspect” to their sound.

They all have lives outside of music as students and employees, but they said they find the most enjoyment in performing.

“Practice is work,” Slater said. “Finding gigs is work. But performing isn’t work. It’s the fun part.”

To check out Home Grown and its music, find the group on Facebook or head over to Reverb Nation at www.reverbnation. com/homegrownic, where all of the band’s music is downloaded, along with pictures, profiles, and upcoming events.

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Bradley Cooper stars as Rory Jansen, a writer whose new book achieves the widespread fame he has always yearned for. The problem is he didn’t write it. Lifted to stardom by his book, Jansen must face the fact that his work is not his own, and he will find out that his actions come with a price.

• Hawkapalooza Concert, T-Pain, 7 p.m., Hubbard Park • Scott Cochran CD release celebration, with Illinois John Fever, 8:30 p.m., George’s, 312 E. Market • Mixology, 10 p.m., Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington

words

The Cold Light of Day

During a weeklong vacation in Spain, Will Shaw’s family is mysteriously kidnapped while boating.

Shaw starts investigating the kidnappings and soon finds himself wrapped up in a CIA investigation surrounding a briefcase his father (Bruce Willis) had. Still looking for his family, and on the run from the CIA, Shaw is determined to unravel the conspiracy.

at the bijou

• “Live from Prairie Lights,” Robin Hemley, fiction, 7 p.m., Prairie Lights, 15 S. Dubuque

film

• Innovative Ideas in Digital Advertising: Should Technology Dictate Creativity?, 11:30 a.m., Levitt Center • “The Moving Image Among the Arts,” 6:30 p.m., 101 Becker

music

words Kid With A Bike Showtimes: Friday 9:15 p.m., Saturday 4 p.m., 8:15 p.m., Sept. 9 5:15 p.m.

This French film follows the life of 11-year-old Cyril, who is abandoned by his father. Unsure of what to do, Cyril begins searching for his bicycle, which he sees as the final piece of the relationship between him and his father. In his search, he meets up with a hairdresser who becomes determined to help him see his quest through. A story of heartbreak and betrayal, Kid with a Bike hopes to be a different kind of coming-of-age story.

• International Writing Program Panel, “Spectral Gender,” noon, Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn • International Writing Program Reading, 5 p.m., Shambaugh House • Writers’ Workshop Reading, Ben Lerner, 8 p.m., Dey House Frank Conroy Reading Room

film

• Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present, 7 p.m., Bijou • Campus Activities Board Film, Snow White and the Huntsman, 8 and 11 p.m., 348 IMU

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Venezuelan-American painter Eliezer Antonio Sotillo Rodriguez stands in front of his mural Solidarity near the hotelVitro on Wednesday. Sotillo Rodriguez is a senior at the University of Iowa majoring in painting. (The Daily Iowan/Juan Carlos Herrera) reached 48 Iowa schools the old facility.

“It’s always fun to play last year and a senior living facility tour, Wal- when it’s honoring an artlace said, the First Friday ist or opening a new art series is one of the many show,” he said. “People ways the museum hopes who are interested in art to stay connected with the are usually people who public, despite having lost love music, so it’s a good its permanent location in environment.”

For his first museum the flood of 2008.

“We can’t invite them event, Sotillo said, he apinto our museum, so we’re preciates the chance to basically taking the par- spread the message of his ty to the people, just as work, not only to art exwe’re taking the art to the perts but to the average people,” she said. “We con- person who takes notice tinue to strive to keep our of his eye-catching mural. presence felt in the com“I’m really excited, and munity and throughout I’m very, very honored,” he state and to find a way to said. “I think there are a take that thrill of walking lot of people out there who in a museum and con- are quite curious to know necting with artwork and what it’s about. I guess the bring that to the people.” thing I’m looking forward Guitarist Grismore said to the most is getting my he hopes to add to the work out there.”

First Friday’s engaging Wallace said “eclectic” atmosphere with music. artists such as Sotillo conGrismore, the director tinue to draw new and old and founder of the Jazz art fans to the museum’s Fest and part of the UI First Fridays.

School of Music jazz fac“The goal is to keep ulty, said he and his trio the museum warmly in of guitar, bass, and drums people’s hearts,” she said. are looking forward to “We’re going strong, and playing for the museum we hope continue that for for the first time outside many years to come.”

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LECTURES

• “Art Matters: Strategies of Diplomacy in Ancient Yoruba,” Susan Blier, Harvard, 5:30 p.m., 240 Art Building West

miscellaneous

• Hawkapalooza, all day, Hubbard Park • Beadology Open Lab, 4 p.m., Beadology, 220 E. Washington • Open Mike, 7 p.m., Uptown Bill’s, 730 S. Dubuque

• Kid with a Bike, 9:15 p.m., Bijou

LECTURES

• “A Full Year After Tahrir: The Future of Arab Spring,” 9:30 a.m., IMU Main Ballroom

THEATER

•True West, 7:30 p.m., Riverside Theater, 213 N. Gilbert • The Neo-Futurists, 8 p.m., Theater Building Theater B

miscellaneous

• Chess Group, 1 p.m., Uptown Bill’s • Museum of Art September First Friday, 5 p.m., hotelVetro, 201 S. Linn • Territory League I am Wrestling Tour 2012, 9 p.m., Wildwood, 4919 Walleye Drive S.E.

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• The Queen of Versailles, 7 p.m., Bijou • Campus Activities Board Film, Snow White and the Huntsman, 8 and 11 p.m., 348 IMU • Your Sister’s Sister, 9 p.m., Bijou

Friday 9.7 • John Rapson/Brent Sandy Quartet, 5:30 p.m., Mill, 120 E. Burlington

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“I like exploring different ways to express myself,” Sotillo said. “What I tried doing was using the hands to make structure.

I was trying to use the wall and the hands as a way to express a certain amount of unity among people.”

He said uncovering new concepts and techniques in art is his passion. He was studying nursing when he transferred to a B.F.A. degree and teaching certificate.

“I just missed doing art a lot,” he said. “It’s just a good way to release stress.

It’s something that a majority of artists will say is kind of like a hand: If you cut that off, you’re cutting off your ability to create.

It’s just a part of who we are, I guess.”

Wallace said she hopes she can replicate Sotillo’s model of unity through the “Come Together” event.

“The goal is to have a fun, publicly accessible event — that’s inexpensive and brings people who are enthusiastic about art in our community,” she said. “We call it a ‘friend-raising’ event — it’s really about connecting community artists and musicians with people in the community who may not be aware of them.

“The common thread here is that everyone enjoys art.”

Along with numerous community-outreach programs, such as its education program, which

music

music

• New Horizons Orchestra, 10:45 a.m., Senior Center, 28 S. Linn • Live & Pessimistic: An Evening with Equilateral, 8 p.m., Englert, 221 E. Washington

film

• Kid with a Bike, 4 and 8:15 p.m., Bijou • Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present, 6 p.m., Bijou • Campus Activities Board

Film, Snow White and the Huntsman, 8 and 11 p.m., 348 IMU

THEATER

•True West, 7:30 p.m., Riverside Theater • The Neo-Futurists, 8 p.m., Theater B

MISCELLEANEOUS

• Farmers’ Market, 7:30 a.m., Chauncey Swan parking ramp • English Country Dance, 7 p.m., Senior Center

Sunday 9.9 music

• UI School of Music Presents James Dreier, 7:30 p.m., University Capitol Center Recital Hall

words

• International Writing Program Reading, 4 p.m., Prairie Lights

film

• GLBT Movie Series, Let’s talk Inclusive, 1 p.m., Senior Center • Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present, 3 p.m., Bijou

• Kid with a Bike, 5:15 p.m., Bijou

THEATER

•True West and talkback Sunday, 2 p.m., Riverside Theater

MISCELLANEOUS

• East Side Farmers’ Market, 10 a.m., 610 Eastbury Drive • Craft Guild of Iowa City Open House, 1 p.m., Craft Guild House, 815 Oakland Ave. • Territory League I am Wrestling Tour 2012, 3 p.m., Wildwood

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Neo-futurism: Theater with a difference

UI theater students will take on a new style of acting called Neo-Futurism in their first production for the fall.

By SAMANTHA GENTRY samantha-gentry@uiowa.edu

Three sentences, two minutes, and one object is all UI theater students have to tell their life stories.

This was one of many assignments the ensemble of the Neo-Futurists had to tackle before understanding a new performance theory, taught to them by Professor Greg Allen.

“Neo-Futurism is exploring the idea that the less artifices we have on stage, the more we can connect to an audience,” he said. “We explore ourselves very directly and never pretend to be anywhere other than where we are.”

The cast will perform what they have learned from Allen at 8 p.m. Friday in the Theater Building’s Theater B. Performanc-

es will continue through Sept. 15. Admission is free for UI students with valid IDs, $5 for the general public.

Allen, the founder of the Neo-Futurism performance theory, believes that people were not using theater to its fullest capacity. So his motivation was to explore the self-expression of individuals by using the theater.

He created his company in 1988 in Chicago, where his most famous show, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, opened in December of that year.

The show has run for 22 years, and during that time, Allen also opened companies in New York and Montréal.

When he arrived at the UI, he gave a speech to the students in which he took them through his process and ideas of what theater could and should be.

“The students seem to be very inspired by these ideas, and they are doing some really great work,” he said. “We are devising a number of short pieces that will be performed with an interactive audience in random order.”

One of these includes an exploration of a new actor and audience relationship.

However, the one question all cast members have on their mind is, “What is going to be the actual show?”

For many veteran theater students, going to a rehearsal without a readthrough and acting out scenes is not only different, it is also scary.

UI senior Daisy McKinlay said that for her, the process has been very linear, and she knows where the show is headed each night.

“With this show, I really have no idea what it will be in a week,” she said.

‘Neo-Futurism is exploring the idea that the less artifices we have on stage, the more we can connect to an audience.’

Greg Allen, UI Professor “It’s incredible to think that this process is only two weeks, and it’s still so up in the air. But Greg wants us to think of the work in the present time rather than the end product.”

The theater and dance major said this style allows her to continue to explore as an actor and really learn what it means to be onstage and have a relationship with the audience.

“This process is a constant surprise, and every night going into rehearsal is engaging and exciting,” she said. “We aren’t ever 100 percent sure of what we’re doing.”

Thus far, rehearsals have consisted of creating and discussing work from

Michelle Obama gets raves for dress Associated press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — First lady Michelle Obama got rave reviews for the custom-made Tracy Reese pink and copper dress she wore while giving a tribute to her husband at the Democratic National Convention.

The sleeveless dress showed off her famously toned arms and the length modestly skirted her knees. She paired the dress with pink pumps from J. Crew, and her fingernails were painted a trendy blue-gray.

Reese described the dress as a “silk jacquard in an abstract baroque wallpaper pattern” with a bodice in hot pink woven with rust and copper. It’s not the first time Michelle Obama chose a design by Reese, an African-American designer who is

showing a new collection Sunday during New York Fashion Week.

In an email, Reese said the first lady “looked incredible and spoke beautifully; I am so honored that she chose to wear one of my designs for such a memorable occasion.”

Michelle Obama’s fans gushed over the outfit on social media, with one admirer, Diane McEachern, getting into a friendly argument with a Facebook friend over who was going to “get the dress” when Michelle Obama gives it to Goodwill.

“I’m getting Michelle’s dress,” declared McEachern, who lives in Bethel, Alaska, population 5,000, where, she added, “no stores sell dresses.”

To show how McEachern would look in the dress, her Facebook friend went so far as to doctor a pho-

First Lady Michelle Obama waves to delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/David Goldman) to of the first lady in the ple magazine’s website, dress and put McEach- “but it’s likely that if you watched the Democratern’s head on it.

Commentators also ic National Convention praised her look. “You may Tuesday night, you were not be a fan of her politics,” a fan of Michelle Obama’s Kate Hogan wrote on Peo- elegant ensemble.”

arts Local legend Chappell returns

The City Circle Acting Company will première the comedy Noises Off at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Coralville Center of the Performing Arts. It is the first show directed by Wally Chappell, the former Hancher director, since his return to Iowa City after 11 years producing in New York City.

Noises Off, described by Chappell as a farce of the “play within a play” story line, uses a rotating set to depict a comedy unfolding onstage and backstage during various phases in the play’s development. The nine-character play will run from Friday through

Sept. 16.

“It’s a great escape and is one of the finest, funniest comedies ever written,” Chappell said. “I presented it when I was the director of Hancher a while ago, and it’s been done by other community theaters all over Iowa, and it is always very successful.”

Although he said he enjoyed living in Manhattan and directing for the American Ballet Theater and producing for the Paul Taylor Dance Company, he was excited to return to Iowa City with new skills at hand.

“I noticed that the staging of Noises Off has been working really well, and I think it’s because I’ve been watching all these cho-

reographers and dancers for so many years,” he said. “I’m much more sensitive to how it looks on stage, where the people stand, how they stand and how they move, so that’s very interesting to me.”

With a hard-working cast, an uproarious script, and years of varied theater experience behind him, Chappell said he expects Noises Off to be a hit with audiences.

“We’ll be ready to show the community a very good evening,” he said. “I’m looking forward to both [more City Circle and Iowa City shows] in the future.”

Tickets for the show range from $12 to $27.

—by Emma McClatchey

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assignments the students had been given.

UI freshman Frankie Rose approached the assignment by talking about how he hates to see someone texting and driving.

“I related that to a family member who got in an accident and used a metronome to help keep time,” he said. “This assignment was harder for me than the first, because there wasn’t a time limitation.”

Rose has never done

The Neo-Futurists When: 8 p.m. Friday through Sept. 15 Where: Theater Building Theater B Admission: Free for UI students with valid IDs, $5 for general public

anything like Neo-Futurism before, but he said it is a vulnerable process. thing to me is not being a character,” he said.

“If you gave me a role, a script, and a character, I would have no problem being that person, but being myself is when I got a little shy.”

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THEATER SPOTLIGHT

Transformers: Fall of In the heart of the Cybertron heart of the theater

By Justus Flair justus-flair@uiowa.edu

By Sam Stewart sam-stewart@uiowa.edu

Platform: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows Released: Aug. 21 Cost: $59.99 ESRB Rating: T Reviewer Rating: 8.75 Never before have I played a game that made me want to dive into a franchise so badly. Playing Transformers: Fall of Cybertron is like getting a crash-course introduction into the Transformers, universe. But don’t be fooled, this isn’t the Michael Bay, explosions, and Meghan Fox universe.

This is the true Transformers universe started in the ’80s by the G1 cartoon.

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron is just as much a cinematic experience as it is a game, and one of the unique third-person shooters I have played in a long time.

The story covers the events leading up to the G1 cartoon and the Transformers’ expedition to the planet Earth. The war between the Autobots and Decepticons has drained Cybertron (their home world) of all its Energon (their power source), forcing them to search the stars for a new planet they can call home. As the Autobots scramble to amass enough Energon to power their Ark, Megatron attempts to wipe out the Autobots and take Cybertron for himself. A lot happens in the game even though it takes fewer than 10 hours to complete.

One of the most surprising to me was how much I cared about the Transformers and their struggle. Thanks to very well implemented quick-time events, the cut scenes and play flow together seamlessly, meaning you

will never feel like you aren’t in control. In an early mission, you spend 10 minutes as Optimus Prime walking around the Autobot base, talking to the soldiers and helping them with menial tasks.

Moments such as these help the player connect with the Transformers and make the game’s emotional moments that much stronger.

The play is introduced through one of the best tutorials I’ve ever seen, in which you play as Bumblebee during an attack on the Autobot Ark. The game is a third-person shooter, but it sets itself apart by ditching any sort of cover system, instead encouraging run-and-gun play with tight controls and a variety of movement options. You will dash, jump, and grapple your way around stages, in addition to being able to transform into a vehicle for quick getaways.

Once mastered, the play is fast and fun and offers something unique in a sea of cover-based shooters.

The game features the normal array of assault rifles and shotguns, as well as a few unique heavy weapons, such as the lightning gun. All of these weapons can be permanently upgraded with credits earned from killing enemies.

However, some tedious firefights coupled with unforgiving checkpoints make a few sections of the game feel like a grind. To break up the tedium, you play as a different Transformer in almost every mission. Each new character feels distinct, with his own transformation and special ability, but not every area is created equal.

One notable low point is the stealth section, which feels out of place in such a fast-paced game.

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A common complaint with the previous Transformers game was the blandness of the world, which was filled with similar looking metallic environments. Although Fall of Cybertron is still mostly comprises these machine-filled environments, but they are more colorful, and there are a few outdoor areas that change things up. Adding to the fun is that most of the environment is destructible, allowing you to break apart enemy cover.

All of the characters look amazing, appearing to have been pulled directly out of the cartoon. Their designs are colorful and shiny, and transformations are fluid and believable. Character animations look a little stiff, and movement feels somewhat sluggish, but these details will rarely distract you from the game’s overall beauty.

The soundtrack consists of mostly generic rock music, with a few inspired orchestral pieces during critical moments, but you can rarely hear it over the gunshots and robot explosions. It is unlikely that this will bother you, though, because the character dialogue is so good.

Characters continually talk, sometimes to themselves and sometimes to each other over radio.

Most of the writing is goofy and over-the-top, but it fits perfectly in the spirit of the cartoon, which was similar in that respect.

Katie Boothroyd has to admit that, occasionally, parents are right.

Boothroyd’s parents kick-started her involvement in theater.

“In fifth grade, my father signed me up for a theater camp at the Des Moines Playhouse,” said the Iowa Center for the Arts Scholarship recipient. “I got to be the Pied Piper. I think the only reason I got the role was because I could play the recorder.”

Even though she enjoyed the experience of her first show, she did not immediately fall in love with the theater.

“I guess you could say I just stumbled into the theater,” she said. “It was never my idea to do theater until my freshman year; until then, it had always been others getting me to do it.”

Once Boothroyd decided she wanted to pursue life in the theater, the theater and English major did so with a “passion.”

In her senior year of high school, while making college plans, she chose to audition for the Iowa Center for the Arts Scholarship. After driving two hours, she performed a three-minute presentation for the organization’s selection committee. The audition consisted of two monologues: an abbreviated version of Phaedra’s monologue from Phaedra and a selection from an

audition book.

“I told my director about the audition, so he helped me cut my seven-minute Phaedra monologue down to a minute or so,” she said. “It was really stressful, because there were so many parts of the monologue that I loved and that I had practiced and prepared as a whole.

There were challenges with both pieces.”

The selection committee believed Boothroyd met those challenges and awarded her the full instate tuition scholarship.

Since winning this honor and starting her freshman year at the University of Iowa, she has participated in the first round of auditions.

“I’m most proud of the fact that I’ve been involved with the theater in every way, every aspect,” said Boothroyd with a smile. “I wrote and directed my own show in eighth grade. It was about a girl in middle school, and she has a psychological disease. Her conscience was an actual person who followed her everywhere and was really mean to her.”

“Katie was an exemplary member of our speech and theater organization in Waukee,” said Jacqueline Pleggenkuhle, Boothroyd’s speech coach at Waukee High School.

“She put her heart and soul into every character she played, and in doing so, she made everyone excel by association. I love working with her.”

Kaitlyn Hall, Boothroyd’s peer, shared Pleggenkuhle’s sentiment: “Katie is a delight to work with. She’s focused when she’s working and always creates a fun environment for everyone around her.”

Boothroyd’s greatest accomplishment occurred when she played Beatrice in The Servant of Two Masters.

“We had a new theater building built my junior year, and I got to be in the first play performed there,” she said. “The old theater felt like a concert hall, but in the new building, I actually felt like I was in a theater. It was a beautiful space.”

She said she will continue to pursue her passion while in college.

“I just want to be involved,” she said. “I want to audition, but I don’t want to be upset if I don’t make it. I always want to be involved in some fashion. My goal is to be happy with what I’ve done here, give as much of myself as I can to the Theater Department, and not set limiting goals for myself.”

Boothroyd has high hopes for the next four years.

“For me, it was a choice between the University of Iowa and a conservatory,” she said. “I made a decision that I wanted to get a well-rounded education, instead of just studying acting for two years. I wanted to learn everything.”

entertainment Celebrities head to Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Celebrities are flocking to Charlotte for the Democratic convention, albeit without the prop furniture that made Clint Eastwood’s appearance at last week’s Republican convention so talked about.

Thus far, the DNC has seen a large number of celebrity attendees, but not quite the outpouring of high-wattage support President Barack Obama engendered in 2008. Surprise guests could still arrive, like Eastwood did for his unexpected speech bestride an empty seat at the RNC. But without Obama’s most

famous supporters — Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Ben Affleck, Anne Hathaway — the likelihood of any celebrity causing the stir Eastwood did seems slim.

Eva Longoria, a co-chair of Obama’s re-election campaign, was due to address delegates Wednesday. Ashley Judd is attending as a Tennessee delegate. Will.i.am, who wrote the song “Yes We Can” for Obama’s 2008 run, attended former President Bill Clinton’s fundraiser Tuesday, and he was to join a panel about innovative solutions

to unemployment on Wednesday.

Kal Penn, the Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle actor who earlier worked as associate director in the White House Office of Public Engagement, addressed the crowd on Tuesday.

His comedic speech included a reference to Eastwood.

“I’ve worked on a lot of fun movies, but my favorite job was having a boss who gave the order to take out Bin Laden and who’s cool with all of us getting gay married,” said Penn.

— Associated Press

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After the Arab Spring, the future remains murky

By Rana Moustafa rana-moustafa@uiowa.edu

Even though two years have passed since the start of the Arab Spring, experts on Arab affairs in America are still trying to spread awareness about the revolution.

“The Middle East remains critical, as it is where we spend our biggest amount of money, is the source of lots of our oil, is the place where our main ally [Israel] is, and is a source of terrorism that has affected our shores,” said University of Iowa

law Professor Adrien Wing.

Wing will be one of the various speakers on the two panels of Wing the Arab Spring Conference, which will take place in the IMU Main Ballroom from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday.

The Arab Spring Conference will be hosted by the National Security Network, the Iowa United Nations Association, and the University of Iowa Unit-

ed Nations Association.

Sponsors include the UI Center for Human Rights and the UI Comparative and International Law program.

Yashar Vassef, the executive director of Iowa United Nations Association and organizer of the first Arab Spring event, said the main goal of this event is to educate the public about the Arab Spring — a revolution in the Middle East that began in December 2010.

“We think it’s really important to educate Iowans so we can form our own

opinions of what the U.S. and United Nations can do about Middle Eastern issues,” he said.

Wing, along with other major experts on Arab affairs, including James Zogby, the founder and president of the Arab American Institute, a Washington, D.C., organization that serves as a political and policy research arm of the Arab-American community, will speak on many issues still present in the Middle East post-Arab Spring. The issues include the debate on whether Islam and democracy can co-

exist in an Arab or a Muslim society and whether the struggle in countries such as Egypt are facing a time of political transition to reformation. Also, speakers will address the rise of Islamophobia in the United States.

Wing plans to weave her specialty in women’s rights into the discussion.

“We are part of America, and our community must be knowledgeable about our foreign policy,” she said.

The University of Iowa Arab Student Associa-

tion is involved with advertising for the event; Mahmoud Metwali, the president of the group, said the main goal of the association is to spread awareness of the Arab culture, history, and political issues.

“Currently, the easiest way to access any information regarding the Arab Spring is the news,” he said. “This event should provide a great alternative, and while doing so, should be more interactive and engaging for the public.”