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By Brent Griffiths brent-griffiths@uiowa.edu

The rest of a hearing for a man accused in a spring kidnapping in Iowa City was delayed on Sept. 7 after the proceeding conflicted with President Obama’s visit to the University of Iowa.

After nearly two hours of testimony in a hearing on Peng Tang’s motion to suppress evidence, 6th District Judge Ian Thornhill said law-enforcement witnesses and some security personnel had duties associated with Obama’s speech.

Officials have yet to set a date for the rest of the hearing.

Tang was arrested on March 30 in connection with an alleged sexual assault on West Benton Street.

According to Iowa City police, the reported victim was showing Tang her apartment for a sublease when he locked her in the bedroom and tied her hands behind her back. Tang allegedly stuffed a towel in the woman’s mouth and assaulted her, taking explicit photos and threatening to post them on the Internet if she informed police.

During the hearing, Iowa City police officer Carlos Trevino said the reason the incident was classified as first-degree kidnapping — a Class A felony — was because of the alleged victim’s lack of ability to leave during the assault.

“It was relayed to us that the victim was not free to leave the bedroom where

Iowa fans react in the fourth quarter during the Iowa/Iowa State game in Kinnick Stadium on Sept. 8. (The Daily Iowan/Adam Wesley)

Iowa receivers dropped eight passes during the game, including drops in seven consecutive incompletions. And though the Hawkeyes failed to score a touchdown all day, quarterback James Vandenberg and the offense marched down the field as the clock wound down in the fourth quarter.

But Iowa State linebacker Jake Knott tipped Vandenberg’s last pass and pulled down the ball for a game-clinching interception. ISU defeated Iowa, 9-6.

For full football coverage, see pages 8, 9, and 12.

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Actors stump for Obama at UI Event

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By Cassidy Riley Cassidy-riley@uiowa.edu

While both presidential candidates continue to lobby for the youth vote in the upcoming election, President Obama’s campaign has made several recent attempts to appeal specifically to University of Iowa students.

“Parks and Recreation” costars Adam Scott and Rashida Jones visited the IMU Sunday to stump for Obama, asking students to volunteer for his campaign.

“We believe in the president and the job he’s doing so far,” Scott said. “I think it’s really important to continue down the road we’re on.”

Scott and Jones spoke to a ballroom full of students about the importance of not only voting but also re-electing Obama because of all he has done for students, citing Obama’s efforts on healthcare reform and making college more affordable. They also stopped at Drake University, Iowa State University, and the University of Northern Iowa before stopping at the IMU. Their visit comes after Obama addressed more than 8,000 community members on the Pentacrest Sept. 7, where Obama was accompanied by first lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden and wife Jill Biden.

Scott and Jones encouraged students after a brief speech to get involved immediately by splitting into two groups — those willing to make calls and those willing to go out around campus and register voters.

“Keep fighting the good fight,” Jones

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State officials gathered Sept. 8 to celebrate Iowa’s science, technology, engineering, and math initiatives.

By Nathaniel Otjen nathaniel-otjen@uiowa.edu

teering for his campaign is worthwhile.

Obama signed a bill into law July 6 after Congress voted to extend the interest rate for federal student loans for at least the next year. Beginning in 2014, the law would allow any outstanding debt to be forgiven after 20 years.

However, officials from Romney’s campaign maintain that Obama has failed to help college-age students and young adults.

The University of Iowa is pairing with Kirkwood Community College to work with the statewide-implemented STEM Program to help local school districts improve in the subjects of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.

“I can think of no better act today than the kinds of things that you’re involved in,” UI President Sally Mason said. “We not only have to prepare students for this future, but also, we have to inspire them.”

Gov. Terry Branstad, Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds, Mason, Iowa State President Steven Leath, FIRST Chief of Programming Ken Johnson, and Rockwell Collins Vice President J.P. Besong gathered at the IMU on Sept. 8 to celebrate the FIRST and STEM programs in Iowa.

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Adam Scott and Rashida Jones of the NBC comedy show “Parks and Recreation” speak to the press in the IMU on Sunday. Scott and Jones stopped by the UI campus as part of their tour supporting President Obama’s re-election. (The Daily Iowan/Tessa Hursh) said. “Vote and vote early.”

UI sophomore Storm Miller, who has volunteered for the Obama campaign before, believes volunteering efforts are important.

“There are so many people who can say they will show their support, but there’s never enough people to get together and actually do the dirty work,” he said.

Out of the group of students preparing to make phone calls to voters, UI student Caroline Allen said she believes in what Obama is trying to do and thinks volun-

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During the state Board of Regents’ meeting on Wednesday, the regents will consider a resolution sale, awarded, authorization, and issuance of Hospital Revenue Bonds in order to build a new Children’s Hospital at the UI. This past February, the regents approved the sale of $190 million of bonds for the $292 million project budget. The principal would be paid back over 25 years from hospital income, not including state appropriations.

The bond will include the project costs, debt-service reserve, underwriter’s discount and the issuance costs. The bid opens at 10 a.m. Wednesday, and the award will be scheduled later in the day.

— by Stacey Murray

Assault on campus reported

University of Iowa police are looking for information regarding an assault on campus last week.

According to a release by UI police, a female student reported being sexually assaulted near the Biological Sciences Laboratory at roughly 9 p.m. Sept. 6.

The release said the victim was walking alone on the south side of Jefferson Street when she was pulled from behind and assaulted in an adjacent alley. The victim sustained minor injuries.

The release said the victim

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Plans for the new Children’s Hospital are seen in a 2011 rendering. (Board of Regents/Rendering) described her assailant as a white male in his mid-20s, 6-2, weighing approximately 220 pounds, with a medium build and short hair. She said he had a scar over his left eye, close to his temple, and no facial hair, according to the release. He was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and sweat shorts.

Chuck Green, the assistant vice president for the UI police, declined to comment further on the incident, but confirmed the woman assaulted was a UI student.

“We don’t have anything additional to report other than what the statement we put out contains,” he said.

Police are urging anyone with information on the incident to call UI police at 319-335-5022 or Iowa City Crime Stoppers at 319-358-TIPS. The last reported sexual assault on campus occurred in

‘Football-related’ arrests PAULA

This weekend, before, during, and after the Possession of open Iowa vs. Iowa State container football game, Possession of open University of Iowa container in motor Police issued more vehicle than 150 citations.

Check the DI after every Jail Transports home game for a breakdown of “football-related” *Numbers reported by UIPD arrests.

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Hillcrest residence hall on July 22. That incident is still under investigation.

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Teen arrested in fatal accident

A North Liberty teen was arrested Sept. 6 in connection with the auto accident that killed Mackenzie Lown, a 14-year-old student at Clear Creek Amana High School, last year. Zachary Swenka, 19, was released from the Johnson County Jail the morning of Sept. 7 after a court appearance, according to jail officials.

According to an Iowa State Patrol criminal complaint, Zachary Swenka was the driver of a 1996 Chevrolet Lumina with five passengers traveling east on Highway 6 near Kent Park in rural Johnson County. The com-

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plaint said Swenka was traveling at speeds in excess of 100 mph in a 55 mph zone. Swenka had allegedly bragged previously about how fast he could drive.

According to the complaint, several of the passengers asked Swenka to slow down. He allegedly laughed and did not slow down. Swenka then lost control of the van and drifted into the westbound lane, colliding with an oncoming van, according to the complaint.

The complaint said during the collision, Mackenzie Lown was fatally injured.

Attempts to contact the Iowa State Patrol and Johnson County prosecutor Janet Lyness on Friday were unsuccessful.

Swenka is charged with vehicular homicide, a Class-D felony.

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BLOTTER Trevor Arnold, 25, 1802 DeForest Ave., was charged Sunday with OWI. Jeffrey Artioli, 18, 129 Slater, was charged Sept. 8 with PAULA. Nicholas Bomkamp, 22, Woodstock, Ill., was charged Sept. 8 with public intoxication and disorderly conduct.

Nadjib Bourahla, 18, 11 N. Mount Vernon Drive, was charged Sunday with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and public intoxication.

Lee Brandel, 20, Fort Dodge, Iowa, was charged Sept. 8 with possession of an open alcohol container in public.

Alexander Brown, 520 Bowery St. Apt. 2, was charged Sunday with keeping a disorderly house.

Charles Burrell, 22, address unknown, was charged Sept. 8 with disorderly conduct.

Ryan Butler, 26, West Branch, was charged Sunday with third-and-subsequent domestic assault and public intoxication.

Aiyanna Byram, 37, 1910 Grantwood Drive, was charged Sept.

7 with second-offense OWI and driving with a suspended or canceled license.

Nicholas Coffman, 22, Huxley, Iowa, was charged Sept. 8 with public intoxication.

Michael Colson, 20, Dubuque, was charged Sept. 8 with public intoxication.

Alexander Costigan, 18, 438C Mayflower, was charged Sept. 8 with PAULA. Erik Davis, 25, Hugo, Minn., was charged Sept. 8 with public intoxication.

Cindy Lou Dreher, 52, 1925 Meadow Ridge Lane, was charged Sept. 8 with domestic-abuse assault.

Zachary Elsbacker, 21, 518 S. Lucas St., was charged Sept. 7 with keeping a disorderly house.

Sean Fagan, 20, 602 N. Dubuque St., was charged Sept. 8 with possession of a fictitious driver’s license.

Grace Fitzgerald, 69, 3051 Wayne Ave. Apt. 24, was charged Sept. 8 with fifth-degree theft.

Michaela Fligg, 21, 645 S. Lucas St. Apt. 66, was charged Sept. 8 with public intoxication.

Jairo Garcia, C224 Hillcrest, was charged Sunday with PAULA, possession of an open alcohol container in public, and public intoxication.

Kevin Garrone, 20, 363 N. Riverside Drive, was charged Sept.

7 with possession of a fictitious driver’s license, public intoxication, possession of an open alcohol container in public, and PAULA. Luke Godwin, Slater, Iowa, was charged Sept. 8 with public intoxication.

Cody Goodwin, 19, 313 S. Johnson St. Apt. 3, was charged Sunday with OWI and possession of a fictitious driver’s license.

Matthew Gronbach, 25, address unknown, was charged Sept. 8 with public intoxication and disorderly conduct.

Brandi Hada, 20, Machesney Park, Ill., was charged Sunday with interference with official acts.

Cody Hageman, 19, Silvis, Ill., was charged Sunday with public intoxication.

Jacob Harris, 21, Ames, was charged Sept. 8 with possession of an open alcohol container in public.

Nicholas Hiveley, 24, Ankeny, Iowa, was charged Sept. 8 with possession of an open alcohol container in public.

Brandon Hollie, 20, Ames, was charged Sept. 8 with public intoxication.

Tanner Hoy, 18, Mason City, Iowa, was charged Sept. 8 with public intoxication.

Matthew Iglehart, 24, 711 E. Burlington St. Apt. 1, was charged Sept. 7 with possession of an open alcohol container in public.

Hanul Kang, 28, Coralville, was charged Sept. 8 with public intoxication.

Dalton Keane, 630 S. Capitol St. Apt. 205, was charged Sept. 8 with public intoxication.

Cole Keltner, 20, Story City, Iowa, was charged Sept. 8 with PAULA. Malik Khan, 19, Skokie, Ill., was charged Sept. 8 with disorderly conduct and public intoxication.

Steven Lauder, 18, Bloomington, Ill., was charged Sunday with public intoxication.

Reyceldel Ledesma-Delgado, 29, address unknown, was charged Sept. 8 with OWI. Anthony Lindstrom, 21, 650 S. Johnson St. Apt. 15, was charged Sept. 8 with possession of an open alcohol container in public.

Christopher Loutsch, 22, Cedar Rapids, was charged Sept. 8 with

disorderly conduct.

Daniel Lovetinskky, 60, 8 Data Drive, was charged Sunday with fifth-degree theft.

Joseph Lyons, 21, West Des Moines, was charged Sunday with public intoxication.

Patrick Mcareavy, 21, 518 S. Lucas St., was charged Sept. 7 with keeping a disorderly house.

Deon McDonald, 20, Skokie, Ill., was charged Sept. 8 with public intoxication.

Aaron McDonough, 18, 1100 N. Dubuque St. Apt. 336D, was charged Sept. 7 with PAULA. Kylie McKain, 23, Omaha, was charged Sept. 8 with public intoxication.

Kyle McNulty, 18, address unknown, was charged Sept. 8 with public intoxication and interference with official acts.

Amber Meeker, 31, Marion, was charged Sept. 7 with fourth-degree theft.

Garrett Meyer, 25, Tripoli, Iowa, was charged Sunday with public intoxication.

Sally Morris, 32, Stanwood, Iowa, was charged Sept. 8 with OWI. Kelsey Nelson, 22, 230 S. Dodge St., was charged Sept. 8 with keeping a disorderly house.

Jeffrey O’Hara, 27, 719 Michael St. Apt. 3, was charged Sunday with public intoxication.

Kathryn Olin, 221 Iowa Ave. Apt. 1932, was charged Sept. 8 with public intoxication and interference with official acts.

Andrew Palmer, 19, 601 S. Gilbert St. Apt. 613, was charged Sept. 8 with OWI. Aaron Passow, 23, 518 S. Lucas St., was charged Sept. 7 with keeping a disorderly house.

Victorio Paz, 19, Denison, Iowa, was charged Sept. 8 with PAULA, possession of an open alcohol container in public, public intoxication, and interference with official acts.

Kristana Piechocki, 20, 328 N. Clinton St., was charged Sept. 8 with public intoxication.

Christian Pitt, 21, Ames, was charged Sept. 8 with simple assault.

Dejuan Rance, 42, North Liberty, was charged Sept. 6 with driving with a revoked license.

Thomas Rentner, 20, Aurora, Ill., was charged Sept. 7 with public intoxication.

Camren Ripperger, 18, 308 Slater, was charged Sept. 8 with PAU-

LA. Alec Sabin, 21, Cedar Rapids, was charged Sept. 8 with public intoxication.

Adam Schuchmann, 22, Ames, was charged Sept. 8 with public intoxication.

Eric Smith, 21, Antioch, Ill., was charged Sunday with public intoxication.

Vicki Smith, 57, 3051 Wayne Ave. Apt. 12, was charged Sept. 8 with driving while barred.

Sarah Staed, 22, 645 S. Lucas St. Apt. 6, was charged Sept. 8 with public intoxication.

Ryan Stalkfleet, 32, North Liberty, was charged Sunday with driving with a suspended or canceled license.

Elijah Sullivan, 20, Council Bluffs, was charged Sept. 7 with PAULA and possession of an open alcohol container in public.

Daniel Thompson, 18, 1519 Tracy Lane, was charged Sept. 7 with smoking in a prohibited area.

Daquane Tripplett, 19, Sioux City, was charged Sept. 8 with public intoxication.

Jace Troen, 19, Newton, Iowa, was charged Aug. 8 with PAULA and possession of an open alcohol container in public.

Daniel Waterhouse, 18, 2222 Quadrangle, was charged Sept.

7 with PAULA, possession of an open alcohol container in public, and public intoxication.

Colby Weber, 21, Tiffin, was charged Sept. 8 with interference with official acts and public intoxication.

Kyle Wester, 21, Williamsburg, Iowa, was charged Sept. 8 with public intoxication.

Joseph Wheeler, 318 N. Dubuque St., was charged Sunday with keeping a disorderly house.

Maurice Williams, 18, unknown, was charged Sunday with public intoxication.

Nicholas Williams, 21, 2208 Miami Drive, was charged Sept. 7 with obstructing an officer and driving while barred.

Sharon Williams, 56, 1556 S. First Ave. Apt. 8, was charged Sept. 8 with fourth-degree criminal mischief.

Ethan Wisner, 23, 522 N. Dodge St., was charged Sunday with public intoxication.

Jorge Yokio, 20, 2401 Highway 6 E. Apt. 1204, was charged Sunday with domestic-abuse assault and public intoxication.

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President Barack Obama speaks outside Jessup Hall on Sept. 7. The day after formally accepting the Democratic nomination for president, Obama laid out his campaign for re-election to a crowd of 8,000.

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President Obama and Michelle Obama embrace during Obama’s campaign event outside Jessup Hall on Sept.

7. Obama visited University of Iowa a day after accepting the Democrat nomination for re-election and emphasized the importance of registering and voting. (The Daily Iowan/Juan Carlos Herrera)

Hawkeye fans play flip-cup outside Kinnick Stadium on Sept. 8. (The Daily Iowan/Juan Carlos Herrera)

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President Obama outlines vague plan in Iowa City

President Obama returned to the University of Iowa on Sept. 7 for a campaign rally during which he restated his grand vision for the country, previously outlined the night before in his address at the Democratic National Convention.

Obama, who has styled himself as the champion of the American dream in an election year dominated by the economy, told the crowd of about 8,000 gathered outside Jessup Hall that he would “fight to build that basic bargain again that created the largest middle class and the strongest economy the world has ever known.”

But while the president has been keen to tell us what he would like to accomplish given a second term, details of the specific measures by which these goals would be realized remain elusive.

He touted his education policy as a key component of his plan to reenergize and grow the middle class, asking the UI audience to help him “recruit 100,000 math and science teachers.”

He continued, echoing his speech at the convention, by promising to halve the growth of college tuition over 10 years and retrain 2 million workers at community colleges.

Absent was a discussion of the mechanisms by which 100,000 teachers might be recruited or college tuition lowered.

To boost the economy, Obama said he will see to it that the United States outsources fewer jobs and exports more products. He will take on the problems with Medicare not by creating a voucher program but by controlling health-care costs. He will strengthen Social Security without privatizing it.

The questions of how he will boost exports, hold down

health-care costs, and strengthen Social Security were left unanswered.

Obama said he will work with Republicans to reduce the deficit, but he offers no reason to believe that the next attempt at bipartisan deficit reduction would be any more successful than the last.

The president’s goals are admirable, but after the announcement of each plan, the audience was left on its own to ponder that implacable follow-up question: “How?” In Iowa, a state inundated by political ads and endlessly traveled by candidates, we’ve heard more promises than almost anyone in the country, but it’s time we demand something more concrete.

Obama’s vision of a communitarian America, in which “we have some obligations to each other and that when we work together, we all do better” is a compelling alternative to the worldview offered by his conservative opponents, but the message is undermined by an unfortunate lack of substance supporting his grand plans to rebuild the economy and the middle class.

During Obama’s introduction on Sept. 7, Vice President Joe Biden reminded us that we in Iowa have gotten to know the president “better than about anybody in any other state.”

During this election cycle in particular, we’ve certainly gotten to know the president and where he wants to take the country, but we’ve been kept in the dark as to how he plans to get there.

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Ethanol column flawed

“My beef with ethanol” (DI, Sept. 7) opinion has many errors.

This is a market decision, not just for Iowans but all consumers of corn products, on what they are willing to pay.

Use your car less, walk or bike more, and the demand for corn (and petroleum) will decrease, and you will be healthier as a benefit.

Reduce your meat consumption and eat more fruits, vegetables, and even corn, and the demand for corn will decrease, and you will also be healthier.

Reduce your consumption of soft drinks containing corn sweetener, the demand for corn will decrease, and you would be healthier, too.

To efficiently feed the masses you would provide staple foods; root crops, grains, legumes, not meat, certainly not the quantity Americans eat. Passing a staple food through an animal is an inefficient use of food. U.S. corn exports are primarily used to feed animals in counties rich enough to afford meat. It does little to help the hungry in poor counties.

Cattle are naturally grass eaters, so they can be raised without corn. The distillers’ grain left over after making ethanol is itself animal feed.

“To illustrate the futility of ethanol, as of 2011, ethanol accounted for only about 9 percent of total gasoline consumed at the pump.”

What would happen to gasoline prices if 9 percent of the

supply disappeared? That compares closely with the 10 percent of our petroleum use (22 percent of imports) that came from the Persian Gulf region in 2011. “… [ethanol] should only be used in light-build cars produced after 2001, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. That is particularly unfortunate — the average age of a car today is 11 years, which means that a significant number of U.S. cars are older than 2001 and really shouldn't use ethanol at all.”

The 2001 model year guideline only applies to the just approved E15 blend. E10 has been widely used for 30 to 40 years. What the Energy Information Administration actually said is “All gasoline vehicles can use E10, but currently, you need a light-duty

vehicle with a model year of 2001 or greater to use E15.”

“Ethanol is neither the only option nor the most efficient.”

There are several processes and materials used to make ethanol, don’t lump them all together. Cornstarch is the most common in the U.S. now, but others are coming online.

The renewable-fuel standard requires increased production of “advanced biofuels” that cannot be based on cornstarch and must have lower greenhouse-gas emissions.

The U.S. has maintained a military presence in the Persian Gulf for generations, even when we are not at war. Not paying those costs in the price of fuel is a subsidy that distorts the market.

David Bond Marion

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New UI environmental policy degree a good move

By Sri Ponnada sriharshita-ponnada@uiowa.edu

Last week, the University of Iowa made an excellent new addition to its current majors: environmental planning and policy.

Beth Ingram, the assistant provost for undergraduate education, described this major as being an interdisciplinary effort among the Departments of Geography, Political Science, and Anthropology. It focuses on policy aspects of environmental issues and is intended to attract students interested in the social sciences and help these students develop the knowledge and understanding to analyze environmental issues from a social perspective.

As reported by The Daily Iowan, only a few other schools nationwide offer an undergraduate degree in this area of study.

Given the current environmental crisis and its linked economic problems that the state of Iowa has experienced recently, the university has made a very wise decision in choosing to be one of the few.

“Most issues and concerns [facing the environmental and economic crisis] involve a lot of different perspectives, and the good thing about this multidisciplinary degree is that students learn to think about all sides of a problem,” Ingram said.

In terms of professional opportunities,

she said, she believes that the major is great for students who are thinking of staying here as Iowa thrives mainly because the farming community has strong ties to the environment.

However, that is definitely not the only option. More and more companies around the world have been “going green” because of economic sustainability as well as consumer and investor demands.

These businesses will want the benefit of having employees who not only understand the scientific aspect of environmental concerns but also the economic, social, and political issues surrounding them.

Although there are currently only four students enrolled in the program, as reported by the DI, the Geography Department faculty expect at least 50 students to enroll in the first couple of years after the program’s introduction.

Another aspect of the degree is that all the courses required for it are already taught at the university and no new faculty or resources are required for its support, said Ingram in an email to the DI. By pulling together various courses that are offered here and introducing the environmental planning and policy major, the university is simply making use of its resources in a very meaningful way.

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Guest Column

Tickets issued for jaywalking misplaced On Sept. 5 at approximately 3:54 p.m., as I walked along Clinton Street on my way home from work, another horridly dull and mildly depressing day behind me, I was jarred from my stupor by the sight of two police officers sternly accosting a girl, young and crying.

Their conversation revealed that she had jaywalked and was going to receive an $80 fine — despite her protests that she had crossed the street before the light had changed and there were no cars on the street.

Her ticket was quickly followed by tickets issued to a woman with two children, a couple of dudes, and another

young woman in the span of five minutes.

This highly visible and public “crackdown” on the perceived threat of jaywalking, as with other gestures toward public safety in Iowa City, is an overly punitive, misplaced, and ultimately useless action.

Let’s be very clear: I am not denying that Iowa City has a jaywalking “problem,” nor am I denying that it poses a danger to both motorists and pedestrians. There is an unsettling number of people who, distracted by their electronic gadgets or just too cool to care about the world around them, blithely strut into an intersection, traffic be damned, people who ought to

be ticketed for being a**holes.

But I would venture that for every one reckless person, there are three, perhaps as many as five, who may jaywalk but do so after looking both ways and gauging the speed and distance of traffic — you know, critical thinking. Those are the people who were punished on Sept. 5, and not just punished but also humiliated, lectured, and condescended to. Yes, they absolutely broke the law, but the response — aggressive, over-the-top, verging on pompous — amounts to little more than posturing and a flexing of muscles.

It also neglects more pressing dangers for

pedestrians. According to the Department of Transportation, there were exactly zero pedestrian fatalities between 2006 and 2010 in Johnson County. Indeed, fewer than 10 percent of pedestrian injuries and fatalities that do occur are at crosswalks like the Iowa City police stakeout. Rather, nearly half are a result of a lack of adequate (or any) sidewalks, speed limits of 30 mph or higher, poor or unmarked crossing areas, and failure to yield by motorists.

Furthermore, many drivers in Iowa City, including police, seem to forget that, as per Iowa law, “where traffic-control signals are not in place or in operation

the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right of way, slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield, to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within any marked crosswalk or within any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection” (Section 321.327 Code of Iowa).

A perfect example of this is the intersection of Dodge and Washington Streets, which many others and I have to navigate every day.

It is unmarked, obscured by shrubs and trees, and uphill, meaning that more often than not, motorists accelerate as they approach.

After three years of living in the area, I have never seen anywhere near the dedication to

pedestrian safety as was on display Sept. 5. We are tasked to survive a dangerous intersection without assistance, relying on our own judgment and intuition; yet this same decision-making is a fineable offense just six blocks west.

To be clear again: This is not to say that regulations regarding jaywalking are wrong or that they should be discarded.

They are very necessary. However, the arbitrary, random, and heavy-handed enforcement of this rule in an area largely used by students is absurd and smells of an intimidation tactic.

Jesse Marks UI senior

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New daycare sparks worries The state Board of Regents will move forward in its discussion to identify a third party vendor for the creation of a new childcare facility on the UI’s campus.

By Stacey Murray stacey-murray@uiowa.edu

A new childcare center may soon be built on the University of Iowa Hawkeye Campus, but at least one local day care is concerned that a new facility could put existing childcare centers out of business.

The state Board of Regents will hear a request for proposal from a third-party childcare vendor on the UI Hawkeye Campus — an area along Hawkeye Park Road adjacent to the Hawkeye Commuter parking lot — on Wednesday in Ames.

“This does seem to me to be blazing new trails,” Regent Robert Downer said.

“I do want to hear more about it. I’m not sure what directions this will take us in. I — and hopefully others — will pose questions at the meeting.”

The third-party vendor would build and operate a new facility at one of two locations. One of the options sits north of the future UI Hospitals and Clinics Family Medicine Clinic, while the other is the spot south of the commuter parking lot, according to the regent’s meeting agenda.

These potential new sites would allow families using the daycare to use university parking and the Cambus route.

The UI leases buildings to 14 area childcare agencies all within 1.5 miles of campus. Thirteen of them serve the surrounding area as well as the UI. The yearly leases allow the UI to use the buildings and agencies as needed.

Janet Coapstick, an employee at Melrose Day Care, believes the proposal could eventually close all

Child care The Melrose Daycare has been in its location for 40 years.

The UI has leases with 14 area childcare providers.

Two locations have been discussed for the new center.

Source: State Board of Regents packet

the UI-affiliated daycares on Melrose Avenue. The nonprofit organizations do not have the money to build facilities of their own and therefore would simply close, she says.

“I think it’s going to close our daycare,” Coapstick said. “It would be hard for college work-study kids because the students have easy access to work, which is good, but now they’ll have to take a Cambus.”

She noted that Melrose Day Care, 701 Melrose Ave., employs five students under work-study programs. “[UI officials] could say ‘OK, we’re going, done now, we’re going to use it for something else,’ ” Coapstick said when referring to the UI’s ability to change the leases. “They’ve always told us they didn’t think they would do that. It’s too much maintenance.”

However, Cindy Seyfer, the associate director of the UI’s Office of Financial Aid, said there isn’t reason for the present daycare centers or work-study students to worry, because students will continue to be offered jobs at childcare centers near campus.

“I don’t see it as an issue,” Seyfer said. “As long as it was a nonprofit organization on or near campus, we would continue to work with the organization.”

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continued from 1 the sexual assault took place,” he said, who was among one of the lead officers during the arrest.

Trevino’s questioning was focused mainly on if Tang was aware of his Miranda rights before being questioned. However, Eric Tindal, one of Tang’s attorneys, said they wondered if Tang had understood what Trevino was asking of him.

“It was very clear to me that he understood my questions and responded in a timely manner and acceptable way,” Trevino said.

Tindal said he wondered if officials provided

actors

continued from 1 “President Obama was elected largely in part by college students hoping for more jobs waiting for them upon graduation, but under his leadership, the cost of college has hit an all-time high

stem

continued from 1 Branstad signed the STEM program into law on May 4 and created the Governor’s STEM Advisory Council to oversee the implementation of the program across Iowa. The program is now made up of 12 different programs targeting science, technology, engineering, and math with two of the programs being the FIRST Tech and FIRST LEGO programs.

“We are setting the table for great things to come in the future. Everyone in this room today knows that we all need to work together to strengthen STEM education in Iowa,” Branstad said. “Iowa students stand together for a great STEM education and Iowa’s economy will also grow faster as a result of it.”

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Tang a written Miranda-rights form in Mandarin in addition to the verbal English rights Trevino read to him.

“During my interactions [with Tang], it would have been tactically and logistically not feasible … so no [he was not],” Trevino said about the form.

He said he knew the police had written forms available in other languages but was unaware of where to locate ones in Mandarin.

Johnson County prosecutor Janet Lyness’ initial questioning focused on Tang’s ability to answer Trevino’s questions.

“He responded to all my questions in a timely manner and at no point asked me to clarify,” Trevino said.

Beyond Tang’s English, Lyness’ first witness, Lt. Doug Hart, investigations commander for the Iowa City police, contacted the Chinese consulate because Tang was not a U.S. citizen.

“I did an Internet search to try to locate the Chinese consulate office out of Chicago and made several phone calls that were unsuccessful,” Hart said.

He later said he was able to send a fax to the Chinese consulate in Chicago after several attempts, but told Tindal that, to his knowledge, Tang was not given an opportunity to speak with a native Mandarin speaker after he was arrested.

In addition to the kidnapping charge, Tang is accused in mid-April of a sending a letter to the alleged victim, saying she would be rewarded if she changed her story.

Tang’s parents, Xuefan Tang, and Li Qiao, were also charged for asking the woman to change her story, but Lyness later dropped those charged, citing “cultural differences.”

Lyness said she has one more witness to call in the Sept. 7 hearing, and Tindal said he might also have a potential witness. Tang was previously scheduled for a pretrial conference for Oct. 5 and trial for Oct. 28, but the delay may put those dates into question.

and college graduates face dismal employment prospects,” Shawn McCoy, the Iowa communications director for Romney’s campaign, said in a statement.

The Romney/Ryan plan claims it would create 12 million jobs as well as opening up job opportunities for college graduates by cutting taxes, regula-

tions, as well as spending, and increasing trade, Romney’s website contends. Romney campaign officials maintain that the rising costs of college tuition is directly related to the national debt, which recently surpassed $16 trillion.

While many students did not expect to be

asked to volunteer and left, there were two large groups gathered and ready to participate.

UI student Alina Upreti said she didn’t plan on volunteering but was persuaded to stick around.

“I was inspired to make a difference by the words of famous people,” Upreti said.

is broken up into six different regions or hubs across the state, and each received nearly $500,000 for funding for this upcoming year. In the UI’s region, the UI and Kirkwood Community College are both partners for funding and will be working with local school districts to allocate funding to the school district’s programs.

“One of the goals of the STEM advisory council is to be sure that we serve underrepresented, underserved,” Reynolds said. “We recognize that there’s great STEM initiatives already taking place in Iowa, but what we also recognize is that they’re not reaching all students.”

Organizations and school districts can apply for funding up to next Monday and accepted applications will be notified on Oct. 1. The funds granted will cover materials, teacher stipends, travel, and technology for

programs.

David Andersen, a UI professor of engineering, worked in the past with local school districts on STEM projects.

“It’s a good way to get students involved with the faculty and help them to understand engineering,’ he said. ‘The University of Iowa supports us [engineering department] in these kinds of events. I think the guts of the program, teaching science and math to the students, is very important.”

STEM is a focal point in Iowa targeted for improvement.

“What we’re hoping is to have an educated workforce to meet the needs of the economy as we continue to grow and bring business to the state of Iowa,” Reynolds said. ‘We want to make sure that we have a skilled workforce ready to meet those needs.’

The celebration was also a kickoff event for the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology competition season — founded by Dean Kamen, the creator of the Segway — and had more than 450 students from across the state participating.

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today’s events • Poster Sale, Center for Student Involvement & Leadership, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Hubbard Park • Toddler Story Time, 10:30 a.m., Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn • Physical & Environmental Seminar, “From Quantum Mechanics to Atmospheric Chemistry: Probing Radical Intermediates of Bimolecular Reactions,” Laurie Butler, University of Chicago, 12:30 p.m., 104 Iowa Advanced Technologies Labs • Wii Bowling, 1:30 p.m., Senior Center, 28 S. Linn • “How to use EndNote,”

Hey, ‘Fans’ in the Hawks Nest: • Why the lycanthropic-like change in some of you over the weekend? Stopping off to buy cigarettes on the way to the game is like wandering into the middle of Goodfellas.

Take a breath. Calm down.

Learn some new adjectives.

• I feel it is more than a little bit hypocritical to complain when a player running diagonally at full sprint can’t catch a ball thrown at 30 mph when YOU can’t stand on a stationary bleacher without falling over.

• Our quarterback’s first name isn’t “F**king.” It’s James.

• Additionally, when I Google Vandenberg’s name to make sure it’s spelled right, I shouldn’t be treated to a Wikipedia preview with the following: “James Vandenberg (born November 24, 1989), nicknamed ‘Dickface McBlowgame,’ is an American football player …” Please. McBlowgame? He’s not even Scottish.

Which would be spelled “MacBlowgame,” anyway.

• You’re right. Kirk Ferentz has absolutely no idea what he’s doing. He’s a worthless coach, gets paid too much, and would surely welcome your input. That’s why he’s down on the field and you’re somehow failing Intro Pysch.

• When you bitch incessantly for five minutes about how bad the play-calling from the sidelines is, then you do not get to cheer when that same play-calling results in a first down.

• If you really hate everything about our team and think every choice the coaches make is stupid, you can always wear red and gold next time. In fact, please do.

- Andrew R. Juhl isn’t nearly as disappointed by the fact that we lost as he is by the way some of us acted.

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ARIES March 21–April 19 Do the things that help you feel good about you and your surroundings. Love can conquer all. Put greater effort into your relationships with people who share your interests.

Hard work will bring about physical changes that ease your stress.

TAURUS April 20–May 20 Take a chance, and try something different. Mix things up a bit, and you’ll find new ways to accomplish old goals. Adopt change, but don’t force your ways on others.

GEMINI May 21–June 20 Don’t give in to restrictions. Regulate your time wisely, enjoy friends, and take care of your obligations. Romance is in the stars, and networking will bring you in touch with someone who helps you revise your personal goals.

CANCER June 21–July 22 An emotional moment will bring clarity to a situation you face. Size up what’s going on, and make the necessary changes. You may not like to alter your life, but putting up with an unsatisfactory condition won’t help you move forward.

LEO July 23–Aug. 22 Don’t get angry — get moving. Rely on experience and knowledge you acquire about others, and you will find a way to get what you want. Covert actions will help you win in the end. Love is on the rise.

VIRGO Aug. 23–Sept. 22 You have the wherewithal to make a difference. Add to your popularity by jumping in and helping a friend in need. Being positive and a great role model will result in opportunities that will set you up for a better future.

LIBRA Sept. 23–Oct. 22 Not everyone will agree with you. Attending an activity, event, or gathering that you feel will enhance your chance to experience something worthwhile or allow you to meet someone who has the potential to change your life must be your priority.

SCORPIO Oct. 23–Nov. 21 Choose whom you spend your time with. Poor influences will result in mishaps. Spend time taking care of your needs or pursuing your creative interests. Avoid anyone who is unpredictable or whom you cannot count on to help you.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22–Dec. 21 Get things out of the way when asked to face complaints. Not everyone will be easy to deal with. Avoid excessive behavior on your part and people expressing poor judgment or habits. Make personal changes if it will make your life better.

CAPRICORN Dec. 22–Jan. 19 An interesting proposal will grab your attention. Look at the details carefully. An opportunity that can raise your visibility or enhance your bank account is apparent. Don’t let emotions stand in your way when action must be taken.

AQUARIUS Jan. 20–Feb. 18 Do whatever will bring you the highest returns personally, professionally, and financially. A way you can bring in extra cash will lead to a better lifestyle. Distance yourself from anyone who encourages you to indulge in poor habits.

PISCES Feb. 19–March 20 Attend an event, and you will meet someone who shares your concerns and is willing to stand by you and take action. Money is heading in your direction from an unusual source. An interested party will help you walk away from a poor influence.

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‘Grannies’ have climate in the bag

Iowa City resident Gay Mikelson makes her way through the plastic bags strung together on the Pedestrian Mall on Sunday. “We want to make the world a better place for our kids and grandchildren, and that is why we are here today, giving away reusable bags,” said Maureen Arensdorf, a member of 100Grannies.org. (The Daily Iowan/Tessa Hursh)

Fewer than 1 percent of plastic bags make it to a recycling plant every year.

By Kelsey L Johnson Kelsey-L-Johnson@uiowa.edu

A chain of plastic bags stretched more than 1,000 feet through the Pedestrian Mall on Sunday.

100grannies, a community group of senior women, hosted “Ban the Bags” to raise awareness about the dangers of using petroleum to make plastic bags.

Their ultimate goal is to make plastic bag use in stores an idea of the past.

“I hope that the ban on plastic bags catches on by next week,” said Becky Ross, the head for the Ban the Bags event.

Zach Carter, the president of the Sierra Student Coalition, said the effort to remove plastic bags from the community is important. The coalition focuses mainly on the use of coal on campus and has an ongoing effort to reduce and eliminate water-bottle use on campus.

“I can see [this ban on plastic bags] becoming a part of the Iowa City community,” Carter said.

Plastic bags are detrimental to the environment, he said, because they are generally unsustainable, which is why a reusable or biodegradable option is critical.

Fewer than 1 percent of plastic bags make it to a recycling plant every year. Ross noted that the chain of bags billowing on the Ped Mall was similar to what happens to plastic bags — they blow away, and nature becomes a casualty.

Costing less than 0.2 of 1 cent to make, plastic bags are taxing in other ways. Bags drain more than 12 million barrels of oil yearly from U.S. production alone, Ross said.

Many Iowa City residents have recognized what they label an un-

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necessary production-consumption process, and they continue to work toward a more sustainable community.

“Plastic bags should be banned in Iowa City. They are a problem here, and they are a problem everywhere,” City High sophomore Lilly Brown said, who was sitting on the Pedestrian Mall during the event.

Brown said many community members stopped and exchanged their plastic bags for reusable ones, and the chain of bags grew.

The Iowa City City Council’s discussion of plastic bags is also growing.

The City Council is conducting a feasibility study of plastic-bag use. Ross said the goal of eliminating plastic bags in Iowa City is underway, and the issue will hopefully come to a more prominent light in the future.

100grannies hopes to remain part of this effort.

100grannies “founding granny” Barbara Schlachter said the issue of petroleum-based plastic bags is one of many the group hopes to tackle.

The group formed in April with 10 members.

Its first activity took place during the Iowa City Arts Festival, where it hosted creative children’s activities that related to Arctic climate.

The overall goals of the group are to raise awareness of community issues and expand nationally with a focus on more globalized issues.

Plastic bags Plastic bags are more than a cost to consumers.

• Fewer than 1 percent of bags make it to a recycling plant each year • 12 million barrels of oil are drained toward plastic bag production yearly • Plastic bags cost less than 0.2 of 1 cent to produce but often do not biodegrade Source: 100grannies

Schlachter said the Ban the Bags event was well-received by community members.

Many people signed a pledge to reduce their use of plastic bags. Schlachter could not indicate how many signatures were gathered as of Sunday night.

Schlachter came up with the idea for the group after reading James Hansen’s Storms of my Grandchildren.

“There was a passage in which [Hansen] said if 100 grannies lined up on a railroad track 10 by 10, they would have the force to stop a whole train,” Schlachter said.

Schlachter said 100grannies is a force in the community, and the group continues to grow in efforts and numbers.

She said it’s important to work toward a greener community for the benefit of younger generations.

“We’re older women,” Schlachter said. “We don’t have as much to lose. On the other hand, our grandchildren have their entire lives in front of them and have everything to lose.”

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UI unveils int’l major

By Anna Theodosis anna-theodosis@uiowa.edu

University of Iowa students may now study politics and economics on an international level without the hassle of studying in two different departments.

The new international-relations major, which is housed in the Political Science Department, began this semester. Officials said the major was created in response to interest among students.

While the international-studies major offers classes that focus more on international ties through literature, culture, and language, the international-relations major will focus on those ties through political and economic aspects.

Associate Professor of Political Science Brian Lai, who helped implement the major, said the new major will allow students who are interested in the subject can now have an option that is made for what they desire to study.

“Part of this came from a review of the international studies major,” he said. “[Students] were interested in how these state interact with each other. They were looking for a set of classes that speak to that.”

It took about a year for the major to be approved.

After it was proposed, it needed to be passed by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Registrar’s Office, and the state Board of Regents.

Lai said the new major has the ability to prepare students for numerous careers.

“If you want to position yourself in a career where you’re going to work internationally, [you can benefit from it],” he said.

“If you’re interested in policy between states and economic interaction between states, this is the sort of major that provides the background for that.”

The major not only requires students to take classes from the Political Science Department, but from the Economics, History, and Geography Departments. Lai said in addition to the new area of study, the structure of the program showed the liberal-arts school how to create a successful interdisciplinary major.

“The college was very encouraging of us to develop this major,” he said.

“I think the college also recognized there was a split of students in the international- studies major. It also for them represented how to do an

interdisciplinary major [that] has a departmental home.”

Helena Dettmer, the associate dean for undergraduate programs and curriculum, said she expects many students to show interest in the major.

“There was certainly student interest in this area when it was a track in international-studies major, and it made sense for it to become a bona fide major,” she said. “We think that there will be quite a bit of student interest in pursuing this major.”

Students may earn a B.A., B.S., or a minor in the program. Any student can major in international relations, and officials say admission will not be selective.

Martha Greer, senior academic adviser for international relations, said the new major is a great addition to the UI. “I’ve spoken with many students since the beginning of classes who have thanked us for creating this major specifically because if offers what they want to focus on,” she said. “Bottom line, I would say it’s really addressing a student demand that was clearly there at the University of Iowa.”

City police complaints, Zachary Ziemer, 22, was charged after officers responded Sept. 8 to a report of a burglary at on East College Street at roughly 9:57 p.m.

The complaints said Ziemer allegedly broke a screen door to gain entry to the back porch of the house, where he allegedly broke a window in order to enter the locked back door. The complaints said a resident of the home was in the kitchen when she heard the breaking glass.

According to the complaints, when Ziemer entered the home, the resident ran out the front door. Ziemer allegedly turned on the faucet in the kitchen and then exited the front door of the home as officers arrived, the complaints said.

The cost of the damage to the house allegedly caused by Ziemer was estimated at $250.

The complaints said Ziemer was arrested and transported to the Johnson County Jail.

Ziemer allegedly refused to exit the police vehicle upon arrival at the jail. The complaints said he had to be escorted out of the car by officers. While being restrained, according to the complaint, Ziemer allegedly spit in the faces of two officers. The complaints said he had blood on his mouth.

Ziemer is charged with assault on peace officers, fourth-degree criminal mischief, and second-degree burglary.

Second-degree burglary is a Class-C felony.

— by Matt Starns

metro Robbery reported on N. Gilbert

The Iowa City police responded to a report of an armed robbery Sept. 8.

According to an Iowa City police news release, police officials responded to the 400 block of N. Gilbert Street shortly after 10 p.m., when a woman said she was robbed while making a delivery in the area. Two subjects allegedly approached the woman when she was returning to her car and one displayed a weapon and told her to turn over the money she had.

One of the suspects was described as a black male in his early 20s, tall and wearing a gray sweatshirt. The other suspect was described as a black male in his early 20s, tall and wearing dark clothing. According to the release, the victim was not injured, and the two suspects were last seen riding westbound on bikes.

Iowa City Area CrimeStoppers is offering up to a $1,000 cash reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspects.

— by Jordyn Reiland

Man faces numerous charges

A Cedar Rapids man faces multiple charges after he allegedly broke into an Iowa City home.

According to a series of Iowa

Area man faces forgery charge

A Coralville man was charged Sept. 7 after he allegedly tried to purchase cigarettes using a counterfeit $20 bill.

According to a Coralville police complaint, Tyrone Jones, 32, address unknown, allegedly attempted to purchase cigarettes with a counterfeit bill at Tobacco Outlet, 2411 Second St. in Coralville. The complaint said employees at the outlet called police. Officers located Jones, who matched the description given by Tobacco Outlet employees, according to the complaint.

The complaint said officers ordered Jones to empty his pockets, and a fake $20 bill was found in his possession.

The complaint also said Jones allegedly told officers he had attempted to use the bill to pay for cigarettes.

According to the complaint, officers followed up the investigation with Tobacco Outlet employees and found Jones had allegedly left another counterfeit $20 bill at Tobacco Outlet while attempting to purchase items.

The complaint said the second bill had the same serial number as the first.

Jones is charged with forgery, a Class-D felony.

— by Matt Starns

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Game

IOWA 6

IOWA STATE 9

One yuck of a weekend

Iowa tight end C.J. Fiedorowicz reacts after dropping a pass against Iowa State in Kinnick Stadium on Sept. 8. Fiedorowicz had 4 catches for 61 yards in the Hawkeyes’ 9-6 loss to the Cyclones. (The Daily Iowan/Adam Wesley)

BREAKDOWN

BOX SCORE

KEY

IOWA

IOWA STATE

15 19

RUSHING YARDS 68

101

PASSING YARDS

236 241

PUNTS DOWNED INSIDE THE 20 15 19

PENALTY YARDS 6-69 3-35

AVERAGE STARTING FIELD POSITION 21

36

TIME OF POSSESSION 27:11 32:49

IOWA 6, IOWA STATE 9 IOWA 3 0 0 3 6 IOWA STATE 6 3 0 0 9

FIRST DOWNS

FIRST QUARTER IOWA STATE — HORNE 5-YARD PASS FROM JANTZ (KICK FAILED), 9:55 IOWA ­— MEYER 23-YARD FIELD GOAL, 4:49 SECOND QUARTER IOWA STATE ­— ARCEO 22-YARD FIELD GOAL, 11:13 FOURTH QUARTER IOWA ­— MEYER 21-YARD FIELD GOAL, 14:06

INDIVIDUAL STATS RUSHING IOWA: BULLOCK 22-53, VANDENBERG 4-10, GARMON 2-5.

IOWA STATE: JANTZ 14-40, JOHNSON 11-36, WHITE 13-28, WOODY 1-3.

PASSING IOWA: VANDENBERG 20-42-236-0-2.

IOWA STATE: JANTZ 24-36-241-1-2.

RECEIVING IOWA: DAVIS 4-75, FIEDOROWICZ 4-61, BULLOCK 5-56, SHUMPERT 4-29, MARTIN-MANLEY 1-10, WEISMAN 1-3, GARMON 1-2.

IOWA STATE: HORNE 6-73, WHITE 7-65, TILLER 3-33, WEST 2-22, BRUN JR. 1-16, LENZ 2-14, GARY 2-9, JOHNSON 1-9.

BY THE NUMBERS

34 13 70

YEARS SINCE IOWA STATE HAS HELD THE HAWKEYES WITHOUT A TOUCHDOWN IN IOWA CITY.

YEARS SINCE THE CYCLONES HAVE LIMITED IOWA TO FEWER THAN 70 RUSHING YARDS. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE COMBINED SCORE OF LAST SEASON’S CY-HAWK GAME, A 44-41 IOWA STATE VICTORY, AND THIS YEAR’S.

QUOTED

‘As a receiver, I’m going to blame it on us. We’ve got to catch everything. We’ve got to make plays and do our jobs.’

— Keenan Davis on the team’s offensive struggles

‘Losses hurt. They are supposed to hurt and they do hurt. It won’t feel great tomorrow. Won’t be a lot of fun watching the tape.’

— Head coach Kirk Ferentz

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Recap ‘It [was] just a dumb decision by me. We moved all the way down there, we were right on the edge of field goal range. In that situation, you can’t be trying to find little windows to sneak it through. It’s completely on my shoulders. I know better, we work on that situation all the time. That just can’t be done.’

— James Vandenberg on his fourth-quarter, game-sealing interception

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(Above) Iowa State quarterback Steele Jantz scrambles against Iowa at Kinnick Stadium on Sept. 8. Jantz threw for 241 yards in the Hawkeyes’ 9-6 loss to the Cyclones. (The Daily Iowan/Adam Wesley)

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ast season’s game between Iowa and Iowa State was a back-and-forth shootout between two high-powered offenses. This season? Not so much.

The Hawkeyes and Cyclones fumbled and stumbled their way to a 9-6 Iowa State victory in Kinnick Stadium on Sept.

8. The defenses for both teams came up big, forcing turnovers and key stops all afternoon. In the end, a Cyclone touchdown on the game’s opening possession made the difference. And a miserable offensive performance leaves the Hawkeyes still with an empty trophy case.

(Bottom left) Iowa fans react to the Hawkeyes’ 9-6 loss against Iowa State at Kinnick Stadium on Sept. 8. (The Daily Iowan/Adam Wesley) (Bottom middle) Iowa State players carry the Cy-Hawk trophy off the field after their 9-6 win over Iowa at Kinnick Stadium on Sept. 8. (The Daily Iowan/Adam Wesley) (Bottom right) Iowa running back Damon Bullock runs after a catch against Iowa State in Kinnick Stadium on Sept.

8. Bullock had 5 receptions for 56 yards in the Hawkeyes’ 9-6 loss to the Cyclones. (The Daily Iowan/Adam Wesley)

KEY PLAYS

GAME BALLS

THUMBS UP

• Iowa State capped off an efficient first drive with a 5-yard touchdown catch by wide receiver Aaron Horne. Horne burned Hawkeye safety Tanner Miller with a double-move to find himself open in the end zone, and quarterback Steele Jantz hit him for what was the game’s only touchdown.

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Forcing turnovers. The Hawkeyes recorded four takeways, often at huge moments. Defensive end Dominic Alvis recovered a fumble.

Safety Tom Donatell picked off a pass. And linebacker James Morris did both.

• Iowa’s best chance to answer with a touchdown of its own came early in the fourth quarter. The Hawkeyes had moved all the way down to the Iowa State 3-yard line, and Vandenberg hit fullback Mark Weisman in the chest with the ball. But Weisman couldn’t hang on to the sure touchdown catch. Iowa settled for a field goal and never got that close to the end zone again.

James Morris

The middle linebacker spearheaded a great performance by Iowa’s defense. Morris made plays all over the field, recording 12 tackles and coming up with two turnovers when Iowa State was threatening to score.

IOWA STATE Jake Knott

Knott had 6 tackles and helped Iowa State crush the Hawkeye offense. And Knott made the biggest play of the game when he picked off a James Vandenberg pass to end the Hawkeyes’ last-gasp scoring attempt.

THUMBS DOWN The Iowa offense. Hardly anything went right. Iowa State stamped out the Hawkeye running game. James Vandenberg never established a consistent chemistry with his receivers. Iowa failed to reach the end zone once, and it has a lot of work to do on offense.

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ball throughout the contest, and couldn’t punch into the end zone when it needed to. But every time the Hawkeyes did find a

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eral short passes. He’s thrown the ball too quickly at times, before a play could develop. He has locked in on one receiver too often, which doesn’t work as well now that Marvin McNutt is gone.

Vandenberg seems to have taken a step back from his

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in Iowa history with her 20dig performance against Eastern Washington. Dailey meanwhile, added another double-double. She finished the match with 33 assists and 10 digs. Lovell led the team with 17 kills while also contributing 10 digs, while Bedell notched 12 kills.

After the second match against Iowa State, the Hawkeyes were focused on playing consistent volleyball against a lesser opponent.

“We tried to be consistent throughout the whole game [against Eastern Washington],” Bedell said.

“It was one of the first

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little momentum, a pass bounced off a receiver’s hands and onto the turf.

Never were the Hawkeyes closer to pay dirt than when fullback Mark Weisman broke free in the end zone at the start of the fourth quarter.

Quarterback James Vandenberg threw a bullet to

Weisman, but he couldn’t haul it in. Iowa never sniffed the end zone again.

Head coach Kirk Ferentz said it was “fairly obvious” the passing game still wasn’t in sync, despite seeing a few drives where things started coming together.

Some of the drops ap-

peared to be the result of off-target throws from Vandenberg, who was quick to take responsibility for the miscues.

“It has nothing to do with [the drops],” he said.

“Collectively as a unit we need to do better, and that starts with me. Everybody knows on this offense he

can do his job a little better. They are part of the game. That’s something you just have to roll with.

It’s going to happen. They are guarded tight. The windows are small. It’s hard for them.”

Davis, who lost the handle on a deep pass in the first quarter, said he knew

Vandenberg wanted to shoulder the blame. But he said the receivers needed to help out their quarterback.

“As a receiver, I’m going to blame it on us,” Davis said. “We’ve got to catch everything. We’ve got to make plays and do our jobs.”

performance last season, rather than the leap forward many hoped for.

But remember: he passed for more than 3,000 yards and 25 touchdowns in 2011 — numbers almost identical to predecessor Ricky Stanzi’s excellent senior year. That type of ability doesn’t just vanish. And that’s why, if Iowa can solve some of the other problems facing its offense, Vandenberg’s performance will look better.

Vandenberg’s receivers didn’t give him much help against the Cyclones, dropping at least eight passes in the game. About half of those were inexcusable, wide-open drops that would have been substantial gains.

The Hawkeyes have insisted on throwing 2-yard screens and out routes for much of the first two games. New offensive coordinator Greg Davis liked to get the ball to his

receivers out in the open field at Texas. Iowa’s receivers aren’t Texas’, and they haven’t been able to break off any long gains.

Vandenberg was sacked six times against Northern Illinois on Sept. 1, often by defenders who came at him full speed from behind. The Hawkeyes’ protection was better against Iowa State, but it never let the quarterback get comfortable in Week 1.

The season has started

off ugly for Iowa. Vandenberg is 11th in the Big Ten and 115th nationally in both quarterback rating and yards per attempt. As bad as those numbers are, they’re as much a symptom of Iowa’s brutal offensive performance as the cause.

Iowa’s senior quarterback volunteered himself for blame on Sept. 8. He said the dropped passes have “nothing to do with” the team’s struggles, and

that the team has practiced Greg Davis’ new system “so many times that we should have it down.”

But he also acknowledged that the team needed to improve at more than just one position.

“I don’t think you can put your finger on one thing,” Vandenberg said.

“As a unit, we have to play better … It’s going to take all 11 of us to get moving in the right direction and get some things done.”

(17:14).

The Hawkeyes also had three more runners who finished in the top 10: senior Kelsey Hart (17:39) who finished in eighth place, freshman Cindy Saliba (17:5) in ninth, and freshman Lisa Gordon in 10th (17:56).

“I thought it was an outstanding effort top to bottom by the Iowa Hawkeyes,” head coach Layne Anderson said in a release.

Iowa also showcased Lena Placzek, who finished 17th, Katherin Rehn in 19th, Courtney Martin in 23rd, Jocelyn Todd in 32nd, Rachel Price in 40th place, and Brooke Bierhaus in 45th.

The meet consisted of 102 individual runners coming from eight different schools, including Iowa: host Bradley, Indiana State, Illinois State, Quincy University, Illinois Wesleyan, Illinois College, and Morton College.

The women’s cross-country team will run again on Sept. 21 at the Toledo Bubble Buster, which will host a handful of talented teams and should be a more of a test for the Hawkeyes.

Second-year head coach Megan Menzel has set her lineup, which includes Cardwell and DiGrazia in addition to Shelby Phillips, Lauren English, and Briana Midkiff. Karly Grouwinkel will also compete in Lincoln this week as an individual.

Players will play 36 holes today and finish the tournament with a round of 18 on Tuesday.

A shotgun start is scheduled for 9 a.m. today. On Tuesday, players will tee off at 8:30 a.m.

Those who would like to follow the event as it happens can do so at GolfStat.com.

score each round, and we’ve done that so far.”

Iowa remains in striking distance to move up in the field with good play today.

The four teams ahead of the Iowa are each within at least eight strokes.

Play will resume today.

Iowa vs. Iowa State series history · All-time record: 21-22 · Last win: 1997 · Longest win streak: 2, last in 1996-7 · Longest lose streak: 2003-Current (8 games)

times we played consistent and we played well obviously, finishing [Eastern Washington] in three games.”

Iowa volleyball head coach Sharon Dingman talks to her team during their tournament game against South Dakota State on Aug. 24 in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. (The Daily Iowan/Juan Carlos Herrera)

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The Iowa men’s cross-country team had a rough finish, coming up short in the Bradley Open in Peoria, Ill. on Sept. 7. Only three runners had a top-10 finish, compared with last week’s six.

The meet had its fair share of competition, including three other Division-I schools: Indiana State, Illinois State, and host Bradley. Indiana State’s Dustin Betz won the individual title with a time of 24:57.

Five new runners took the stage in the competition. Junior Jon Michael Brandt was the first of the Hawk harriers to cross the finish line, taking fourth place in the 8-km race at 25:17.

Junior Sam Chaney was the second finisher from the Hawkeyes, placing eighth at 25:34, a career best.

Head coach Larry Wieczorek said that though he hoped for a better team performance, he thought Brandt and Chaney raced well.

In his first college race, freshman Caleb Wilfong had an impressive start, capturing 10th in 25:42. Wieczorek was impressed with Wilfong’s good start and expects him to jump ahead in future races. “[Wilfong] got his feet wet; he’s learning the process; it’s a good start for him,” the coach said.

Right behind him were seniors Cameron Reiger and Nick Holmes in 11th at 25:45 and 12th at 25:50.

Wieczorek said Holmes wasn’t feeling well prior to the meet and that they were both disappointed.

“He’s disappointed; he knows he can run better,” he said. “We need the best Nick out there, running and performing to as an all-regional.”

Wieczorek said there are better days ahead, and with three weeks until the Hawks’ next meet, there will be plenty of time to prepare. The harriers will return on Sept. 29 for the Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis.

— by Jalyn Souchek

Soccer victorious at West Point

The Iowa women’s soccer team won the Black Knight Classic

with a 4-0 victory over Long Island-Brooklyn at Clinton Field at West Point on Sunday.

The win moved the Hawkeyes record to 8-0 on the season and kept them the lone undefeated team in the Big Ten. Sophomore forward Cloe Lacasse scored a pair of goals, her 9th and 10th of the season, to continue her ascent into becoming one of the top forwards in the conference. The Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, native was awarded the tournament MVP following the game.

Sophomores defenseman Anne Marie Thomas and midfielder Katie Nasenbenny added the other scores, and goalkeepers sophomore Kiley Beck and freshmen Hannah Clark and Megan Goodson combined for the shutout to complete a perfect weekend on the Hudson River.

The Hawkeyes were victorious in their opening game in West Point, a 2-1 victory over Army on Sept. 7.

Lacasse and senior Dana Dalrymplye knocked in scores to hand head coach Ron Rainey the 150th win of his career, his 60th as Iowa’s leader.

The Hawkeyes are now undefeated in their last 17 nonconference matches, and they have outscored those foes 27-3 this season.

The Black and Gold will have little time to rest as they hit the road early this week, traveling to St. Louis on Wednesday. Iowa will then open its Big Ten season on Friday at Illinois. The date with the Illini will conclude a stretch of four road games in nine days.

— by Tom Clos

Women harriers dominate

The Iowa women’s cross-country team fared well in its second meet of the season on Sept. 7 at the Bradley Open in Peoria, Ill. The Hawkeye harriers dominated the three-mile event with the top four finishers in the race at Detweiller Park.

Sophomore runner Kayla Beattie won the event with a time of 16:44, followed closely by Iowa graduate-student Mareike Schrulle (16:52), junior Megan Ranegar (17:07), and senior Nicole Benson

—by Levi Lynott

Women’s golf tees off in Lincoln

The Iowa women’s golf team is set to start its season today. The Hawkeyes will participate in the annual Chip-N-Club Invitational in Lincoln, Neb., at the Country Club of Lincoln.

As a team, the Hawkeyes placed third at last year’s ChipN-Club, finishing only behind Southern Methodist and Redlands Community College.

In total, 13 teams will compete in the 54-hole event, including the host Cornhuskers. Iowa and Nebraska are the only Big Ten teams participating.

Iowa golfers expected to be near the top of the leaderboard include seniors Kristi Cardwell and Gigi DiGrazia, who will look to improve upon their successful 2011-12 campaigns.

Cardwell posted the most paror-better rounds for an Iowa golfer since 2007 last year. Over the summer, she won her first professional event at the Pepsi Indiana Open. At last year’s Chip-N-Club, DiGrazia posted the lowest score for Iowa, finishing 11th overall as an individual.

—by Ryan Probasco

Men’s golf in middle of pack

The Iowa Hawkeyes men’s golf team sits at ninth place in the Gopher Invitational at Spring Hill Golf Club of Wayzata, Minn., after the first two rounds took place Sunday.

The Hawkeyes finished at 25 strokes over par.

“We had an all-around consistent day,” head coach Mark Hankins said. “No one really lit it up, and no one hit poorly. Everyone kind of did the same thing, and we ended up in the middle of the pack.”

All five Hawkeye golfers finished within five strokes of each other.

Ian Vandersee led the Hawks after shooting a first round 75 and second round 74.

He sits tied for 22nd place at 5 strokes over par.

Landon Kowalski and Steven Ihm didn’t finish far behind their teammate. Kowalski finished the day at a 7 over par 151, and Ihm ended with a score of 8 over.

Brian Bullington shot a firstround 78 followed by a second-round 75, and Ryan Marks clubbed a 79 in the first round and a 75 in the second.

Marks holed two eagles in his two rounds, which ties him for the most in the tournament.

Vandersee and Bullington are tied for second in pars with 27.

“We should be able to adapt to the golf course a little better tomorrow,” Hankins said.

“Some of our guys had never seen this course before yesterday. Our goal is to shoot a better

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Monday, September 10, 2012

IOWA STATE 9, IOWA 6

COMMENTARY

Hawks’ not-so-sticky fingers QB takes blame for woes

James Vandenberg hasn’t played well this season. But the Iowa offense has bigger problems than its senior quarterback.

By Sam Louwagie samuel-louwagie@uiowa.edu

downs with just over three minutes remaining in the game. Senior wideout Keenan Davis said the play was just part of the game.

“It happens,” Davis said. “Stuff happens. If you drop a ball, it’s OK; go on to the next one. We all drop balls. It’s human nature. He was looking the ball in and everything. Just stuff happens.”

The offense struggled to move the

You don’t have to tell James Vandenberg. He knows.

He knows the Iowa offense has failed miserably in its first two games. He knows it has let down a feisty Hawkeye defense. And the fifthyear senior also knows where fans direct blame and anger when things go wrong: At the quarterback.

“It’s all part of the job,” Vandenberg said with a grim nod after Iowa’s 9-6 loss to Iowa State on Sept. 8. “I take as much responsibility as anybody else. We’ve got to do a better job of moving the ball and putting points on the board, and that definitely starts with me.”

Many Hawkeye fans strongly agree.

They booed at Kinnick and vented on Twitter. Someone even edited the Wikipedia bio on Vandenberg’s Google page to nickname him “Dickface McBlowgame.”

But blaming only Vandenberg for the Hawkeye offense’s listless performance this season is focusing too narrowly.

The Keokuk, Iowa, native hasn’t played well. He has misfired on sev-

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Iowa wide receiver Keenan Davis reacts to a dropped catch against Iowa State in Kinnick Stadium on Sept. 8. Iowa failed to score a touchdown in the Hawkeyes’ 9-6 loss to the Cyclones. (The Daily Iowan/Adam Wesley)

Iowa receivers struggled to hold on to the ball as the passing game sputtered for the second-straight game on Sept. 8.

By Tork Mason tork-mason@uiowa.edu

C.J. Fiedorowicz bent over and threw his arms above his head. He stared down at the Kinnick Stadium turf for a few moments. Eventually, the junior tight end returned to the huddle, still shaking his head.

Fiedorowicz had just dropped a pass on third-and-10 in the closing minutes of a 9-6 loss to Iowa State. A Cyclone defensive back was running helplessly behind him, but Fiedorowicz couldn’t hang on to the ball. And he couldn’t seem to believe it.

But it was an all-too-familiar sight for

the Hawkeye offense on Sept. 8.

Iowa receivers dropped eight passes on the afternoon — including back-to-back drops in a string of seven consecutive incompletions. The drops were a significant factor in the offense’s poor performance.

After the game, Fiedorowicz was still searching for answers. For almost 10 seconds, all he could do was sigh when trying to recount his dropped pass. “[It] was just an out route,” he said. “I don’t know. I must have taken my eye off the ball.”

Junior receiver Don Shumpert dropped the ball on the very next play as he ran wide open across the middle of the field.

The offense had to turn the ball over on

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IOWA STATE 3, IOWA 2

V-ball plays Iowa State tough The Hawkeyes registered a 2-1 record at the Iowa State Tourney, with their lone loss coming against the No. 18 Cyclones in a five-set thriller.

By Carlos Sosa carlos-sosa@uiowa.edu

The Iowa volleyball team lost to the Cyclones in three sets last season, but this year the Hawkeyes prolonged the battle into a five-set thriller. Iowa hasn’t gone to five sets with the in-state rival since 2006.

“We spent an awful lot of energy to put ourselves in a position to win,” head coach Sharon Dingman said in a release.

“I thought we performed poorly [Sept. 7] morning against Syracuse. To see us rally was nice, and I thought we played pretty well.”

The Hawkeyes (7-3) fell to the No. 18 Cyclones (5-4) in a hard-fought five set match (17-25, 13-25, 33-31, 25-19, 9-15).

Iowa started slowly against Iowa State.

The Hawkeyes’ play was sloppy in the first half, and the Cyclones capitalized with an early 2-0 advantage. “[Sets] one and two were terrific. After [set] two, we came out thinking match was over,” Iowa State head coach Christy Johnson-Lynch said to Cyclones TV. “Iowa came out with a very different thought, which was ‘let’s play aggressive.’ That got us on our heels and shook us a little bit.”

An increased sense of urgency led the Hawkeyes to their third and fourth set rallies.

“We played hard and were just trying to play point by point, instead of set by set,” junior Rachael Bedell told The Daily Io-

Iowa senior Allison Straumann digs the ball during the Black and Gold scrimmage in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Aug. 18. Straumann is the only senior on the squad this season. (The Daily Iowan/Rachel Jessen) wan. “We weren’t trying to rush anything.

[But] it didn’t go our way at the end. ” After playing poorly during the first two sets, the Hawkeyes were able to narrowly edge the Cyclones in a marathon third set, 33-31, that saw 13 ties, four lead changes, and six potential match points for Iowa State.

The Hawkeyes went on to win the fourth set, 25-19, to force a fifth and final set. However, they were unable to complete the comeback.

“We gave it our best shot tonight,” Dingman said in the same release. “We just could not get kills in the fifth set.”

The Iowa State contest was highlighted by the performances of two of the Iowa captains: Senior Allison Straumman and junior Nikki Dailey. Straumman, the lone senior on the team, recorded a career-high 11 digs, while Dailey registered her fifth double-double of the season with

43 assists and 17 digs.

The Hawkeyes, even with the loss to Iowa State, still finished the Iowa State Challenge Tournament with a 2-1 record.

Iowa defeated Syracuse and Eastern Washington.

Iowa started off the tournament with another five-set match (16-25, 25-20, 2025, 25-15, 15-11) against Syracuse.

Team captain Bethany Yeager led the Hawkeyes with 18 digs against the Orange. Dailey recorded another double-double with 35 assists and 11 digs.

Sophomore hitter Alex Lovell paced the Hawkeyes with 14 kills, while Alessandra Dietz and Chante’ Thompson recorded 12 kills each.

The Hawkeyes capped off their weekend tournament with a three-set win over Eastern Washington (25-22, 26-24, 25-18).

Yeager moved to eighth all-time in digs see VOLLEYBALL, 10

No. 10 IOWA 2, No. 16 STANFORD 3 Field hockey splits on trip

The No. 10 Iowa field hockey team went 1-1 on the weekend, losing to No. 16 Stanford, 3-2, on Sept. 7 but downing Pacific, 6-0, on Sunday.

The Hawkeyes finished the weekend with a 3-2 record on the season.

Iowa had been 12-4 all-time against the Cardinal, but Stanford is on a streak. The West Coast powers have now won the past three contests, with the 2-1 and 3-2 Stanford victories coming in overtime in 2010 and 2011.

Iowa’s matchup with Stanford was even, with Stanford outshooting the Hawkeyes, 12-11, and besting Iowa in penalty corners, 7-6. The Black and Gold took the first lead, jumping ahead 1-0 on a Niki Schultheis goal — her first of the season.

Iowa responded when tested throughout the first half. Stanford’s Maddie Secco tied the game, 1-1, in the 17th minute, but Hawkeye senior Jessica Barnett helped her squad regain the lead at the 22:07 mark when she scored off a penalty corner. Schultheis and Marike Stribos were credited with assists.

Stanford also scored on a penalty corner, and then won the game off another penalty corner in the second half when Kelsey Harbin found the net in the 46th minute. There were no more goals in the second half.

Hawkeye goal-keeper Kathleen McGraw recorded the loss, even though she made four stops in the game. The senior’s season record is now 2-2.

“We played really well in the first half but didn’t execute in the second,” head coach Tracey Griesbaum in a release. “It ended up a one-goal deficit. The stats were pretty even.

They had one more shot and one more penalty corner, hence one more goal.”

Iowa breezed by Pacific, however, racking up goals from juniors Stribos, Dani Hemeon, sophomore Corinne Allen, freshman Natalie Cafone, and two nets from junior Aubrey Coleman. Stribos scored the first goal just 2:13 into the first half.

“We got off to a good start [on Sunday]. We had some really nice goals and contributions from a lot of different people,” Griesbaum said in a separate release. “Overall, it was a great way to respond from the Stanford game and get back on track. I thought it was very positive.”

The Black and Gold will play their final game of the West Coast road trip today at California-Davis. It will be the Hawkeyes’ first time meeting with the team.

— by Molly Irene Olmstead