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The 47-year-old announced his decision to drop out of the 2016 presidential election on Monday at 5 p.m. during a press conference in Madison, Wis. By REBECCA MORIN
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supporting asking for consent before any sexual activity. The UI’s policy on sexual misconduct defines “persons who are incapacitated due to the influence of drugs, alcohol, or medication” as “unable to give consent.” University Sexual Misconduct Response Coordinator Monique DiCarlo said that in the past, university has required an online class for freshmen and efforts during Orientation to help combat sexual assault. “One way we combat sexual assault is to continuously review our policies and procedures and ensure they keep victims safe and to hold those who are found responsible accountable for what they’ve done,” DiCarlo said.
Two-term Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is out of the race. He is the second Republican candidate vying for their party’s nomination to quit the race. Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry ended his campaign on Sept. 11. During the confer- Walker ence, Walker encour- former candidate aged other hopefuls to also drop out of the race to narrow the GOP field. With Walker and Perry out of the race, the number of major candidates has dropped down to 15. Walker said it’s fundamentally important to the future of the party that “voters can focus on a limited number of candidates who can offer a positive conservative alternative to the current front-runner.” “While I was sitting in church yesterday, the pastor’s words reminded me that the Bible is full of stories about people who were called to be leaders in unusual ways,” he said at the press conference. “Today, I feel I am being called to lead by helping to clear the field so that a positive, con-
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By ANDERS FRIEBERG anders-frieberg@uiowa.edu
“My Cup Is Not My Consent” is catchy, but the message is clear. The Rape Victim Advocacy Program began rolling out a new sexual-assault prevention campaign for the school year on Sept. 15, “My Cup Is Not My Consent.” The new campaign will focus on showing students the connection between alcohol and sexual assaults. The move will feature campaign messages posted on table cards, posters on residence hall doors, cards sent to students in their mail boxes and to greek houses, and free stress balls with the message printed on it. In addition, QR codes on cards lead to an informational video
Veterans’ program to end
New app aids Iowa’s patients By TOM ACKERMAN thomas-ackerman@uiowa.edu
With the recent advent of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics’ mobile health-care app, patients can now call in sick to the doctor, too. The UIHC recently announced a new mobile phone app allowing patients to Facetime doctors or nursing practitioners from their computers or iPhones. An Android version is due in October. The project aims to assist users who don’t have access to primary care and for those seeking more to speed up their trip to the doctor’s office. A virtual visit comes with a standard $50 rate, which could be reduced through an employer or student insurance. “There’s a whole group of younger people who utilize their phones for pretty much everything,” said Patrick Brophy, the UIHC assistant vice president for e-health and innovation, the larger scope group for electronics at the facility. “[The app] allows us to serve the population in a much more rigorous fashion.”
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Andrea Krupa, director of business and partner development for the program, finds that many users are drawn to the idea of not waiting in a waiting room with other sick people at the traditional doctor’s office. On average, it is a 15-minute wait for virtual users, she said. The service is intended for common conditions, said Krupa, such as rashes, allergies, and sinus infections. The project is run through UIe, the hospital’s virtual visit site, banking on cellphone and technology use to provide better treatment quality to patients throughout the state. UIHC offers the virtual care to anyone in or passing through the state, regardless of insurance or health-care provider. However, Medicare and Medicaid are not included at this point for legal reasons, Krupa said. Boundaries for use range, she said, noting that most patients are within 100 miles. Some users are located 200 miles away or farther, reaching almost up to Minnesota, as well as the northeastern and southern parts of the state, Krupa said.
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people to focus on ‘tele-medicine,’ but at the same time there will be people who will be performing face-to-face visits for part of the day and then these virtual visits for [the other] part of the day,” Krupa said, noting that there are also three doctors and eight advanced nursing practitioners present. Three additional staff have been hired to keep up with increasing demand. Krupa noted that it is too early to predict financial
A two-year veteran-transition pilot program will lose funding at UI in its first year with little explanation. The Iowa Consortium of Veteran Excellence program provides around 600 UI veteran students with services including counseling, transition courses, employment workshops, and peer mentoring. This program is federally funded, but the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs decided to cut financial support by the end of this month. Travis Arment, a military and veteran education specialist at the University of Iowa, is concerned about the cut. “[The consortium] will lose every aspect of what it has built up until this point, and many of these services can’t be easily replicated,” he said. A VA official did not return a message seeking comment. On Veterans Day 2013, the Veteran Affairs Center for Innovation sponsored an idea of a veteran college transition program.
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Contributed “One of our responsibilities … is to provide care for people in all of Iowa … and we want to make sure we’ll be able to do that,” Brophy said. In addition, UIe care was extended to Spanish speakers with an additional website, UIeSalud, which Brophy said is a response to the growing Latino population in Iowa. The visits are available around the clock, offering convenience at times when only the ER is open late at night. “We have hired additional
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The split on immigration By AARON WALKER aaron-walker-1@uiowa.edu
“Bad dudes” are running rampant in the United States as a result of failed border security, said Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the second Republican debate. But while many Republican voters are clearly prioritizing border security as a primary issue this election cycle, there is no consensus on dealing with the current undocumented immigrant population. “If we don’t seal the border, the rest of this stuff clearly doesn’t matter,” said Republican candidate Ben Carson at the debate on Sept. 16. “It’s kind of ridiculous all the other things we talk about.” Tim Hagle, a University of Iowa political science associate professor who believes bor- Hagle der secu- associate professor rity is the root of the problem, agrees a wall is the first step toward a solution. “The bottom line is if you get this first step done, some sort of security, then the real discussion can occur,” Hagle said. The real discussion, he
said, has to deal with the roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants currently residing in the United States. And approximately 40 percent of those immigrants didn’t cross the border illegally. This is where the partisan divide occurs. Republican voters have prioritized border security, while Democratic voters have focused on amnesty or a path to citizenship. Republican voters will weigh a number of options from candidates on how to deal with the undocumented population and will consider everything but outright amnesty, Hagle said. “Republicans generally don’t like the idea of amnesty because of the immigration deal cut in the ’80s, which said grant amnesty and secure the border,” he said. “But they never secured the border. So Republican voters view it as ‘fool me once, OK, but not twice. We want a secure border.’ ” Meanwhile, GOP hopefuls have outlined plans ranging from biometric security measures to doing away with the 14th Amendment. “We need to use electronics, we need to use drones, we need to use FBI, DEA, and ATF,” said former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at the debate. “And yes, we
need to take the fingerprint of every person who comes into this country.” But no candidate has outlined the price or feasibility of not only building a wall, let alone the cost of personnel and technology necessary to maintain the border. With modern technology, a database of fingerprints or DNA is possible, Hagle said. But libertarian leaning candidates such as Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., see additional problems in the stockpiling of information. “What some folks say is, ‘It’s just more government information gathering for a database we don’t rally need,’ ” Hagle said. And then there is the topic of birthright citizenship, which candidates such as former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio say they want to maintain. But some, like Trump and Paul, say Congress can do away with the rule. “We’re the only ones dumb enough, stupid enough to have [birthright citizenship],” Trump said at the debate. He argues the law can be reversed with an act of Congress and “probably doesn’t even need that.” But the vast majority of legal experts believe there would need to be a consti-
tutional amendment to change the law. And several advocates, including Sandra Sanchez, the program director at the Immigrants Voice Program, said these statements fuel xenophobia and the demonization of Latinos in the United States. “Our immigrant community is extremely offended and disappointed by such statements,” she said. “We are already experiencing negative impact due to the public perceptions, that since presidential candidates get away with it, now some people believe that they have the right, and in some cases even the obligation, to act out their deeply seeded fear of the stranger.” She would prefer to focus on assisting those undocumented immigrants who are struggling to find work and those who can’t gain legal access into the United States. Deportation of 11 million immigrants does not appear to be the solution in Democratic circles. But 47 percent of GOP voting Iowans would like to deport that population, according to the Des Moines Register/ Bloomberg poll released earlier this month with a 4.9 percent error margin. That, for Sanchez, does not reflect, “our traditional American and faith values.”
Sex-assault panel recruiting By ANIS SHAKIRAH MOHD MUSLIMIN anisshakirah-mohdmuslimin@uiowa.edu
During a time of transition, a student committee wants to rebuild its membership for the new school year. The University of Iowa President’s Student Advisory Committee on Sexual Misconduct is seeking five new students to fill vacant seats. The 14-member committee was formed in 2014 as part of former UI President Sally Mason’s six-point plan to combat sexual assault on campus. Kira Pasquesi, the vice president of the committee, said the search for new members started after four grad- Pasquesi uated in vice president May, while one member had to step down because of other commitments.
“Ideal candidates will be ready and eager to listen, learn, and ask critical questions as they engage in difficult conversations with a variety of constituent groups,” she said. The committee’s goals include advising the UI president, soliciting input from a broad range of students, and monitoring progress on plans and commitments at the UI related to campus sexual misconduct. The committee hopes to recruit candidates who are “sensitive to the needs of survivors as they navigate issues of sexual misconduct, develop partnerships, and advocate for change,” said committee President Grant Laverty. In addition, the committee will look for candidates who aim to be current and informed about the landscape of sexual misconduct at the UI and in higher education at large, Pasquesi said. According to the Na-
tional Sexual Violence Resource Center, one in five women and one in 16 men are sexually assaulted while in college. Additionally, the center found more than 90 percent of sexual-assault victims on college campuses do not report the assault. The group has collaborated with other student organization in campaigns to raise awareness of sexual assaults. Together with UI Student Government and the Graduate and Professional Student Government, it launched the “It’s On Us” campaign on campus, as part of a national pledge campaign pushed by the federal government. “I hope the committee will continue to collaborate with the UI Antiviolence Coalition, student-government leaders, and with national initiatives, such as the ‘It’s On Us’ campaign to prevent sexual misconduct,” said Monique DiCarlo, the UI
sexual-misconduct-response coordinator. Pasquesi said the committee hosted a bystander intervention workshop last week for graduate and professional students in collaboration with GPSG, the Rape Victim Advocacy Program, and the Women’s Resource and Action Center. “It was in conjunction with RVAP’s ‘My Cup Is Not My Consent’ campaign,” Pasquesi said. Students who are interested should send in their applications online on the UISG webpage by 5 p.m. Friday. As for now, the committee’s next aim is to look at the transition to Bruce Harreld’s presidency and to continue focusing on facilitating communication between students and administrators about sexual misconduct, Grant said. “We will draw from the strengths and perspectives of new committee members to set our charge for the academic year,” Pasquesi said.
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Sharing bikes draws nearer for community By ALEX KRAMER alexandria-kramer@uiowa.edu
A bike-sharing system in Iowa City is about to materialize. The project, which will allow people to rent a bike for use during the day, has received around $227,000 in funding from various sources — including the Clean Air Grant, the Coca-Cola Grant, University of Iowa organizations, and more, said Willy Tan, the sustainability intern at the University of Iowa’s Office of Sustainability. The timeline is going as expected, Tan said, though it is moving slowly because everything must go through the city of Iowa City. The
program should appear next spring or summer. “It’s a joint project, which is unique, as most do not do joint bike-sharing projects between the city and the university. It’s usually one or the other,” Tan said. “We’re trying to do something special where both parties co-own it just because they work so closely hand-in-hand anyway.” Organizers plan on having three or four stations with 10 to 15 bikes each, Tan said. “The kiosks are very expensive, so we thought it would be good to invest in them to start this program,” he said. “This way, adding on later will be cheaper and safer than having just bikes with locks on them.”
It is currently unclear what the exact price will be. Organizers will hold focus groups to garner input on top of what the vendors of the bikes suggest, but there will most likely be a discount for students, Tan said. He said there would be a 50 percent reduction for a one-year membership. “Once you have a yearly membership, you can check out a bike for an hour any time you want,” he said. “And as long as you get it back within the hour, it’s free.” The UI is not the only school looking into bike sharing. Iowa State University and the University of Illinois both have programs in the works. “The program at ISU is a
different model than Iowa City’s,” said Merry Rankin, the ISU director of sustainability. “Instead of wanting to work with an outside vendor, we are allowing our students to be in that consulting role.” Iowa State’s project started as an educational and research opportunity in which students designed bikes, kiosks, and trails, gaining hands-on experience from the program, Rankin said. “It’s a much different framework but still geared toward the end result of wanting to offer a bike-sharing program,” she said. The University of Illinois has recently launched a bike-sharing program as well, said Evan DeLucia,
the director of the Institute for Sustainability of Energy and Environment at the University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign. “This semester, I believe, we will begin purchasing our first bikes,” DeLucia said. “Then we will begin working out the challenges of getting a program like this going.” The program hopes to grow area-wide to reduce the carbon footprint, an action and benefit the institute promotes aggressively, he said. “It will start on campus. Then it is our hope that we can demonstrate the value of the bike-sharing program and partner with neighboring communities,” DeLucia
said. “We’re just getting started small, but we hope to ramp up over the next couple years.” Transportation costs would go down because of losing the typical expenses of owning, insuring, operating, and maintaining vehicles, Rankin said. There is also social sustainability, she said: peace related to the exercise and the different health benefits linked to biking versus driving. “The bike system will benefit students greatly because they only have to pay a small fee to use these bikes, with no upkeep,” Tan said. “It will get them around in a quicker, more individualized way than the bus system.”
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News descends Striving for the greater good a staircase P Beau Elliot beauelliot@gmail.com
They say that politics is a three-ring circus and if you don’t like this act, just wait for the next ring. Of course, they also say if you don’t like the weather now, just wait 15 minutes. So you shrug and wait 15 minutes, and the weather remains the same. (Who are these “they,” and why are they so often wrong? More importantly, why do we continue to listen to them? Meanwhile, back at the circus, a recent Vermont poliltical poll showed (well, as much as a poll can show, which sometimes seems like as much as the NSA can show) that Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is tied for the lead. In the Republican poll. Yes, that Bernie Sanders, who, of course, is running for the Democratic nomination, ties with Ben Carson and Donald Trump (who else?) in the running for the GOP nomination at 12 percent. The rest of the Republican field eats Vermont dust, which tastes pretty good this time of year, I hear. It’s just not all that nourishing. So much isn’t. You ever noticed? And yeah, I know, it’s a Vermont poll. And Sanders is from Vermont. (Well, technically, he was born in New York, I believe, but he’s been involved in Vermont politics for so long that he might as well be from Vermont.) But still. When the Democratic/independent candidate ties for the lead in a Republican poll, you know it’s either a circus or watches are bending and sliding off tables à la Dali. Cue the clown car. Oh, wait. Trump already did. Until last week, the Trumpster was the Wonder Boy of the political circus. But then there was the audience member who claimed President Obama was a
Muslim not born in the country, and Trump gave his typical nonresponse response. Something about the national-security threat of an invasion of illegal immigrants from Mars or maybe one of Saturn’s moons. Sometimes, I get lost in the geography of Trump’s language. Obama a Muslim? That’s so old, it’s almost 20th century. But then, a long time ago (Two years? Three years?), Trump was a birther, one of those who didn’t believe Obama was born in the United States and was also probably a Muslim. And then, Trump lost the most recent GOP debate, to a woman whom he insulted, of all things. (Note to the Trumpster: You criticized a woman’s physical appearance? In public? Are you insane? Rhetorical question, perhaps.) Watching Trump sink down the steps of popularity is kind of like watching the news descending a staircase. So now Carly Fiorina is the new Wonder Boy among Republicans. Er, Wonder Woman. She won the last Republican debate, according to many observers. She’s the new Joni Ernst, apparently. But maybe without the intellectual capacity. But. Almost everything she utters is wrong. For instance, discussing the Planned Parenthood videos, “Watch a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says we have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.” Um, no. That never happened. Not even on the videos, which were so heavily edited that you might have thought the NFL rewrote them. Or this, Fiorina said: “Twothirds of the people in our prisons are there for nonviolent offenses, mostly drug-related.” Um, no. Of the 1.5 million people imprisoned, state or federal, approximately 300,000 are there on drug charges. Not quite close to “mostly.” The circus continues, the news descends. Although it’s so cubist, it’s hard to tell it’s a staircase. Or news.
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ope Francis will visit the United States today through Sept. 27, making appearances in Washington, D.C, New York City, and Philadelphia. This visit comes on the heels of the pope’s visit to Cuba, where, among the pulled punches directed toward communism and the need for increased religious freedom, was his recurring theme of income equality. Francis has made his opinion on the matter quite clear, and there is cause to expect a similar reprimand from the papacy. Examining the trends of the pope’s previous visits (such as the one made to South America in July) and the contents of his encyclical months prior reveal a definitive and outspoken stance on the societal ills spawned from capitalism and an increasingly materialistic economic structure. Furthermore, Francis has publicly advocated for issues ranging from climate-change action to the rights of the unborn to live, and this paradigm is not so much progressive as much as it is an attempt to return to the simplicity of basic human goodness. Within his encyclical, the pope describes humans as “creatures of this world, enjoying a right to life and happiness, and endowed with unique dignity,” and yet as a society, it would appear as though a disparity has formed separating us from this intrinsic good. The pope does not seem to argue for radical political policy
changes but rather the rectification of this disparity in all of the facets it presents itself. In this sense, effort has been made toward reaching the innate good in the United States, and the distance to a society oriented toward serving the needs and happiness of people is not impossible. A reform is necessary to encourage a deviation from a life lived with the sole objective of acquiring currency, but voices from the material world will surely fall on deaf ears. An important aspect of faith and spirituality is the ability to demonstrate how the values and forms of the intangible and ideal can influence the corrupted physical world, and the pope is wise to use his position as a spiritual leader to capitalize on that. Perhaps a reprimand is necessary to show that the transition toward the greater good is not insurmountable, nor can it afford to be delayed. It is imperative for world leaders, both secular and religious, to continue the push toward inoculating society from the self-imposed maladies preventing true global equality from being attained. Hopefully, Francis’ visit will instill courage in those influential members of this society hesitant to take the uncomfortable steps toward what is described by the pope as “an integral development and an improvement in the quality of life” that should be the goal of any functioning society.
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Planned Parenthood Insanity Hannah Soyer hannah-soyer@uiowa.edu
On Sept. 18, the House of Representatives voted 241-187 to cut federal funding from Planned Parenthood. The push to defund Planned Parenthood comes from a recent belief that Planned Parenthood is selling fetal body parts after abortions. Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina said in last week’s GOP debate that she had seen footage of a live fetus on a table, “its heart beating, its leg kicking,” with someone in the background saying, “We have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.” Since this statement, such footage has been unable to be found, despite Fiorina continuing to state that she has seen the videos. Whether this footage is real or not is beyond my knowledge, and whether said footage is related to Planned Parenthood or
something completely different is also beyond my knowledge. If such a thing is actually happening at Planned Parenthood, I would be disgusted. However, choosing to defund Planned Parenthood based on an allegation from Fiorina, an allegation that so far has not been able to be verified, is completely irrational. The House’s move is choosing to gloss over the majority of what Planned Parenthood does. According to a chart from March 2011 detailing the types of services provided by Planned Parenthood, the two largest categories of services were contraceptives (birth-control pills, condoms, etc.) and sexually transmitted diseases/infections testing and treatment. The next biggest category of services provided is cancer screening and prevention. Abortions account for only 3 percent of the services provided by Planned Parenthood, and it is important to note that by law, these cannot be federally funded. Therefore, choosing to cut funds for Planned Parenthood is not going to affect abortions, it’s going to af-
fect their ability to provide women with inarguably important services such as contraceptives, STD/STI testing and treatment, and cancer screening and prevention. The problem here is that the cause doesn’t warrant the effect. Let’s say for a moment that such horrendous things as harvesting live fetal body parts were happening at Planned Parenthood. The rational thing to do would be to then hold an investigation of this specific practice and shut down that part of Planned Parenthood. Here’s another, different scenario: Pro-life vs. prochoice arguments aside, if the government decided that abortions should be illegal, the reasonable action would be then to shut down the part of Planned Parenthood that performs them. Deciding to cut federal funding to all of Planned Parenthood, however, is like deciding to kill a person with cancer in her foot instead of treating the foot and letting her live and thrive and do whatever she is meant to do in this world. Of course, this is also pretending that the harvesting of fetal body
parts actually happens at Planned Parenthood, and that federal funding already goes to fund abortions at Planned Parenthood, which it doesn’t. Maybe it’s unreasonable to think that the majority of the House that voted to stop funding to Planned Parenthood is able to follow this logic. But then again, maybe it isn’t. If this is the case, House members must see something horribly wrong with providing women with contraceptives, STD/STI testing and treatment, and cancer screening and prevention. Of course, Planned Parenthood generally services women of lower-income situations, and considering that members of a certain political party are typically against helping people in these situations, maybe this is the reason the vote went the way it did. The irony in this, however, is that said political party does not want to be responsible for helping this lower class and yet refuses to fund contraceptives that would allow women in these situations access to better family planning.
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Taking mental health seriously Mental health on college campuses is an ever-increasing issue of disquiet for students, faculty, staff, administrators, parents, and families. This is most evident in a recent edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education with its front page banner: “Today’s Anguished Students.” The Chronicle presents alarming statistics: 89 percent of campuses have seen a rise in clinical depression, 8 percent of students have seriously considered suicide in the past 12 months, and a confounding factor of 31 percent of campus-counseling centers having waiting lists. Campus mental health has progressively become the perfect storm: increased mental-health severity and decreased or stagnant mental-health service. Anxiousness and concern about this are high. Student anguish, more commonly called “distress,” may cause faculty and staff anxiety about how to make the right response of accurately recognizing distress,
responding to it, and referring to campus resources. Student distress may cause parents and families to wonder if their students will receive the necessary support and care they need to be academically and interpersonally successful. Student distress leaves students wondering about their own abilities to manage the pressures and stresses of college life and their workplace futures. Here’s the progressive and positive news: For the past three years, a multi-organizational committee composed of campus and community partners mounted a federally funded campus suicide prevention initiative. The University of Iowa Student Government is developing a specific mental-health platform this year for its campus-wide activities. Campus chapters of national organizations, including Active Minds, are focused on changing the conversation about campus mental health. On campus, there are designated mental-health services, includ-
ing the University Counseling Service in Westlawn and in the College of Dentistry; the Employee Assistance Program; the Women’s Resource and Action Center; and the Dean of Students Care and Assistance Office. The university provides online resources including a suicide-prevention resource page and online suicide-prevention training. The University Counseling Service provides programming aimed at raising awareness of student distress, instilling confidence and skills to respond, and knowing campus resource networks to which to connect students. The “not-so-positive” news is service networks can fail, usually for one reason: It does not get used enough. Help-seeking behavior is still not mainstream. Many do not reach out for the assistance readily available on campus. This can be more so for international students and students from under-represented communities who sometimes do not engage in help seeking due
to services historically lacking inclusivity. While the university provides numerous services, we need you to make it work. Join us by being an active partner. Tell others about campus mental-health services, engage in trainings, act on your awareness of student distress, ask students about their well-being in addition to their academic pursuits, invite campus mental-health programming into your classrooms, organizational meetings, and residential settings, share your own stories; encourage student organizational involvement, advocate for increased resources, use social media to spread the word of hope and help, consult with campus experts when you have concerns, and have confidence to use campus services. Help the UI to take campus mental health seriously. — Barry A. Schreier, director of the University Counseling Service and Lyn Redington, assistant vice president & dean of students
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WALKER CONTINUED FROM FRONT servative message can rise to the top of the field.” Eric Woolson, Walker’s Iowa spokesman, told The Daily Iowan “the governor’s statement speaks for itself, and the focus today should be on his words.” His announcement comes on the heels of Sunday’s CNN/ORC poll in which Walker was given
an asterisk — meaning he is below 1 percent in polling. The current frontrunner Donald Trump was at 24 percent. The margin of error is plus or minus 4.5 percentage points with 305 Republican voters surveyed. Walker was considered Iowa’s frontrunner for several months following his breakout performances at the Iowa Freedom Summit and the Iowa Agriculture Summit earlier this year. He was also considered 1/24/2015: Walker impresses more than 1,000 Iowa conservatives at the Iowa Freedom Summit in Des Moines.
Walker Timeline 5/23/2013: Walker visits Iowa for the first time ahead of the 2014 midterm elections.
APP CONTINUED FROM FRONT points at this time, saying 70 percent of users have no primary provider. “Financially, I think it’s
RVAP CONTINUED FROM FRONT DiCarlo said the national attitude toward sexual assault on campuses has shifted, and staff members no longer say that only women are victims and men are perpetrators. “We’ve shifted our prevention methods to be in line with research-informed interventions, like bystander education,” DiCarlo said. Susan Junis, prevention
VETS CONTINUED FROM FRONT In 2014, the U.S. Department Veteran Affairs funded a $2.2 million grant to the UI in partnership with the Iowa City Veteran Affairs Health Care System to develop the consortium. It was introduced to the UI campus a year ago as a two-year pilot program to help veteran students transition to college life. The first year of the program was a building process in order to develop systems and materials. The second year was meant to be an expanding phase, during
an Iowa favorite after having lived in the state as a child — which he noted by showing a childhood photo of him in Iowa during the Republican Party of Iowa’s Lincoln Dinner in May. But in the latest CBS News poll, Walker slumped to just 5 percent. Trump led the poll with 29 percent followed by retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson at 25 percent. The margin of error for the poll is plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.
During Walker’s speech, he implied the party needs to find a candidate who could beat Trump — who has maintained his frontrunner status. Trump, however, tweeted about Walker’s campaign suspension and did not respond to Walker wanting to winnow the GOP field. “I got to know [Scott Walker] well — he’s a very nice person and has a great future,” Trump said in the tweet.
3/7/2015: Appearing at the Iowa Agriculture Summit, Walker presents himself as the presumed GOP front-runner, should he decide to run for president. 3/6/2015: Our American Revival, a super PAC supporting a Walker presidency, brings on Dallas County Recorder Chad Airhart and Marshall County Treasurer Jarret Heil.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks during the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition at the Point of Grace Church in Waukee, Iowa, on April 25. Walker dropped out of the 2016 presidential race on Monday. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert) 9/15/2015: The largest group backing Scott Walker in 2016 hits Iowa airwaves with a new ad that paints the Wisconsin governor as a bold union fighter.
6/6/2015: Riding in on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, Walker attends U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst’s first “Roast and Ride” fundraiser. 4/24/2015: Walker stumps for Rep. Rod Blum, R-Iowa, in early 2015.
7/13/2015: Walker announces 2016 presidential campaign.
9/21/15: Walker drops out of 2016 presidential race.
too early to tell,” Krupa said. “The goal here is really insuring that the people in Iowa have access to care.” “There are a lot of reasons people need to seek care, but they just don’t have the access,” he said.
“UIe care was developed and announced so that people can actually then talk to a doctor or nurse practitioner about their condition.” Local resident Carrie Barnes Recker used the service to get help for
her daughter who had a severe sore throat, with the ER being the only other help available late on a Sunday night. It was an assurance to know everything was OK until the next morning, she said.
“I think it it’s fantastic,” she said. “The physician was respectful and asked really good questions.” Officials continue to look forward to progress in telemedicine. “Health care itself is changing very rapid-
ly in terms of delivery and improving access is a big thing for us,” Brophy said. “Allowing our rural population to have access to 24/7 care that don’t have primary care providers available [is important].”
education coordinator at the Rape Victim Advocacy Program, said people who identify as transgender have the highest rate of victimization. One in 5 women will be assaulted while in college, and 1 in 16 men will be sexually assaulted, Junis said. “Offenders often target their victims by looking for vulnerabilities — using alcohol or drugs as a way to control,” DiCarlo said. “If you’re in a group that has social norms that suggest objectifying or be-
ing disrespectful to people, particularly hypersexualizing women, that can put you at risk for committing sexual violence.” While the rates of sexual violence against people who identify as transgender are the greatest, the highest overall number of assaults is against women, Junis said. The UI has several other resources to combat the issue, including the Women’s Resource and Action Center. “One of our most common workshops is bystander in-
tervention, focusing on how we recognize red-flag behaviors that perpetrators engage in,” said WRAC violence-prevention-coordinator Meagan Schorr said. “We focus on recognizing alcohol and isolation as two of the biggest red-flag warning signs.” Schorr said the program explores all kinds of different methods that can prevent an assault. Tactics range from creating a distraction to group intervention to using humor. “We’re trying to remind
students of the university’s consent policy — that if someone is intoxicated, they cannot give consent,” WRAC violence-prevention-specialist Khirin Carter said. The prevention educators are also working with bar staff to recognize problematic behavior as part of an initiative called Raise the Bar. This training is the same that is directed at university students: bystander intervention. Above all, consent was
stressed. “We don’t see consent in many scripts — in Disney princess movies, or romantic comedies, or any movie in which people are engaging in any kind of sexual activity,” Junis said. “You never hear ‘Can I kiss you?’ in a movie.” “The idea of asking for consent isn’t very normalized in our culture, but it is easy to do and ensures both partners are willing to take part in this activity,” she said.
which the program would be implemented in other state schools, such as Iowa State University, University of Northern Iowa, and Kirkwood Community College. “Funding will stop by the end of this month, and we still don’t have answers as to why,” Arment said. Many are unclear of the specific reasons behind the VA’s decision to cut funding including Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, who is on the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services. Ernst, a veteran, wrote an open letter to VA Secretary Robert McDonald in search of answers. “Ensuring our nation lives up to the promises we have
made to our veterans is our top priority,” she wrote. “We are concerned that the loss of this vital program may negatively impact the university’s efforts to serve Iowa’s student veteran population.” The UI Veteran Association also sent out an open letter expressing a sense of loss with the defunding of the consortium. As students who reaped the benefits of the program first hand, the Veterans Association said cutting the program would leave behind every soldier at UI. Mike Forrest, the program director for Ohio State University’s veteran affairs office, said a majority of its veteran programs
are sponsored by the university, so federal funding isn’t a concern. This isn’t a reality for UI veteran students. “The university does a good job at helping our veterans on campus with programs, but the big thing [the consortium] does is it puts the focus directly on veterans,” Arment said. “[The consortium] provides services that are geared toward veterans and no one else. That is what will be difficult replacing.”
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Hollywood Morals • Never Been Kissed: The love of a barely restrained psychopath who spends all her time alone stitching pillows while engaging in lengthy conversations with turtles AND an English teacher who believes that psychopath is 17, even though she is actually 25, will be supported by the greater Chicago community, even though it is based on the pretense of a criminally convictable amount of conspiratorial lies. • Pan’s Labyrinth: Sad has levels. For example, there’s “my new kitten is sick” sad, but there’s also “my new kitten was throwing up blood in the driveway when my roommate came home and ran it over, then threw it in the trashcan, where it was then recovered by a rabid raccoon and torn into ribbons while I watched through the window as I took a call from my sister telling me that our parents had died in a fiery car accident on their way home from first Holocaust Deniers meeting.” And then there’s Pan’s Labyrinth, which is a little sadder than that. • Home Alone 2: “Home” means “810 miles away from Winnetka, Illinois” and “Alone” means “surrounded by literally millions of people, including the staff of a five-star hotel.” • Requiem for a Dream: Same as Pan’s Labyrinth, only without the happy feel-good ending.
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today’s events • HEAL Meeting: Health Equity in International Communities, noon, N402 College of Public Health Building • Biochemistry Research Workshop, Maria Spies, 12:30 p.m., 283 Eckstein Medical Research Building • Microbiology Seminar, Christopher Waters, 3 p.m., Bowen Watzke Auditorium • Prepare for the Jobs/Internships Fair, 3 p.m., Main Library 1103/1105 Learning Commons • Faculty Senate Meeting, 3:30 p.m., Old Capitol Senate Chamber • Neuroscience Seminar, Joel Voss, 4 p.m., 101 Biology Building East • Deaf Awareness Week Panel, Life Stories, 7 p.m.,
100 Phillips • “Live from Prairie Lights,” Garth Stein, fiction, 7 p.m., Prairie Lights, 15 S. Dubuque • “Live from Prairie Lights,” Steven Pinker, nonfiction, 7 p.m., Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn • IWP Cinémathèque, Samuel Kolawole presents October 1, 7:30 p.m., E105 Adler
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Tuesday, September 22, 2015 by Eugenia Last
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t let emotions block your ability to get things done. Share little, but listen to what’s being said. The information you acquire will be valuable at a later date. Put more into upgrading, updating, and improving your appeal and social life. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Protect against injury and the challenges you aren’t yet ready to deal with. Put more time into preparation and expanding your knowledge and experience. Try to be clear about what you are and what you are not capable of doing. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Make alterations to the way you live. It’s important to put your personal affairs first and to nurture the relationships that are important to you. Don’t deny yourself a treat that will boost your confidence or your appearance. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Choose your words carefully. Emotions must not be allowed to take over, causing a rift between you and someone you love. Look for practical solutions, and you will find a way to move forward. Don’t be afraid to do things differently. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Hold a discussion with someone who can offer you insight into a vocation or destination that you might like to experience. Do your best to bring about a change to your current position or location. Romance is encouraged. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t get caught up in who does what or why. Look at what you are doing, and make sure to give it your all. It’s how you play the game that will lead to victory. Fairness and honesty will impress onlookers and competitors. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Keep the peace. If someone tries to goad you into an argument or is being pushy, remove yourself from the situation. Getting out and doing something you enjoy will be satisfying and help you avoid discord. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A unique opportunity will spark your imagination. Make arrangements to discuss your options with someone you have worked with in the past. A chance to start a new venture is apparent. A day trip will help you make a decision. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Don’t be lured in to something that appears too good to be true. Do your homework and background checks to ensure that you aren’t fed false information. A change in your attitude or appearance will result in compliments and added attention. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Look at the practical side of any situation before you make a commitment. A hasty decision will leave you at a loss. Look for the less-obvious mistakes or details involved in any agreement, settlement, or personal documentation before signing. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Make minor changes to contracts, health issues, or concerns you may have regarding your finances and budgeting. Working toward a stable and secure lifestyle will bring about positive changes that will ease stress and improve your important personal relationships. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Make an effort to meet others halfway, but make sure you are doing so for the right reasons and that your plan is realistic. A partner will challenge you if you overspend or overreact or, for that matter, are overly indulgent.
Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens. — Plato
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WOMEN’S GOLF CONTINUED FROM 10 that hard work does pay off. “I realized that all the practice I put in, all the work I put in over the summer really helped,” she said. “It’s a result of practicing hard, and it’s proof that if I want to keep playing this way, I’ve just got to keep at it.” Last season as a freshman, Ip competed in all 11 tournaments during the 2014-15 academic year and recorded the team’s best individual performance in two. She credits the team’s upperclassmen with helping her through her freshman year and said this year, she believes it’s more of her responsibility to be able to coach herself. “They [upperclassmen] taught me a lot of really helpful things, like not overthinking important rounds. That was something I really struggled with last year,” Ip said. “But I’m kind of starting to figure that out, and now I feel I’m more independent
FIELD HOCKEY CONTINUED FROM 10 Grant Field, in which it has played exceptionally well,
and focused on myself.” The ability to deal with pressure and not overthink the game was certainly part of Ip’s winning performance last weekend, and head coach Megan Menzel noted just how important it was for Ip to handle big moments. “I’m glad she felt the pressure, because you really have to be able to deal with it,” Menzel said. “It was a learning opportunity, and she was really able to just play her own game. “ Hawkeye senior Amy Ihm said after the win that Ip’s performance would motivate the whole team, not just Ip. “It gives us all confidence to go out there and do our best,” Ihm said. “It’s certainly a great push in to the next tournament.” Ip’s win gives her and the entire team momentum heading in to the Sept. 2829 Johnie Imes Invitational in Columbia, Missouri, but the nearly two-week break between tournaments has a chance of slowing that momentum. Ip said, however, it’s quite the opposite. “It can be kind of hard to stay focused during those long breaks [between tour-
to face three Big Ten opponents — Indiana, Northwestern, and Michigan — in addition to Ball State and Central Michigan. Ackers said before they head on the road for the next five games, she hopes her team improves on pass-
Diane Thomason hands Iowa golfer Jessica Ip her first-place trophy after the Diane Thomason Invitational at Finkbine on Sept. 13. The Hawkeyes won at 888 (24-over), and Rutgers finished second, 18 strokes behind. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kipsert) naments], Ip said. “But more importantly, those two weeks give all of us time to work on what really needs to be worked on.” What’s remarkable is that
Ip is merely a sophomore, and she has almost three full seasons to continue to play impressive golf. In the meantime, she knows what she wants to accomplish.
“I want to be a regional champion, and I want to be an NCAA champion,” she said. “I want to be a team leader. Being a leader is a very respected role, and I’ll
ing the ball, pressing, and executing on penalty corners. While there certainly have been naysayers and the team has struggled at times, it’s hard to count Iowa out of contention. The Hawkeyes are young, hun-
gry, and well-aware they have the talent to stay with some of the best field-hockey teams in the nation. “No matter what adversity we face, we continue to persevere, and that’s’ what this team has been doing,” Iowa head coach Lisa Cel-
lucci said. “That’s what Iowa field hockey is all about.”
Young tennis squad set to serve With Iowa women’s tennis fielding a young squad, what can fans expect? By MASON CLARKE mason-clarke@uiowa.edu
Excitement and anticipation surround the Iowa women’s tennis team as its autumn competition begins. The 2015-16 squad is very young, with five newcomers making up half of the team’s 10 positions. The team may not have much experience, but veteran head coach Katie Dougherty likes what she has seen at the last Dougherty few weeks of head coach practice. There is especially confidence about the team’s four freshmen. “They’re doing a really good job,” Dougherty said. “I can’t ask for more from them.” Also new to the team is junior Natalie Looney, a transfer from South Carolina, who the coaching staff feels has added quite a bit to the team. While this year’s team may include a large number of new players, don’t count out the tremendous leadership and experience of senior Annette Dohanics. She has played for the team for the past three seasons, holding a career
won-loss percentage, in singles and doubles combined, of better than .500. In all of her seasons on the squad, Dohanics has won the team’s Grinder Award, a further display of her dedication to the game and to her team. Dougherty said she has seen great leadership so far this season from Dohanics. “The thing that comes to mind when I think of [Dohanics] is, you know, how hard she fights out there,” Dougherty said. “If we can get 10 people fighting that hard, we’re going to be in a good position.” Assistant coach Denise Dy is also happy with the work of Dohanics. “It’s really overpowering sometimes having one senior and five new players … but I think [Dohanics] has done a fantastic job so far, and she’s very grounded,” Dy said. “She has a good mindset … I think we’ll see good things from her.” Dougherty noted that the team has put in extra sets throughout the last four weeks of practice. The coaches both noted their players have taken on a competition-like mindset — important, because practice becomes games this weekend. “[The freshmen] are going to be the young ones
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starting off, so I’m pretty excited to see them come out and see what they’re going to bring onto the table,” Dy said. The freshmen won’t be the only new things Iowa sees this weekend. A new scoring system is expected to have an effect on the Hawkeyes. The Division-I Competition Oversight Committee announced this year that a no-advantage scoring system would be put into place, beginning with the fall season. The system makes for quicker matches, as a set can be won on the first point scored after the score is 40-40, as opposed to the required 2-point victory in past seasons. Dougherty thinks the scoring system could potentially help her team out. “We’re going to be getting used to that even more and using that to our advantage,” she said. “The new scoring system favors the underdog a little bit more and the person who’s willing to step up in the moment.” As the fall tennis season commences, Dougherty wants her team to develop. “We’re going to be looking for growth,” she said. “Just competing hard and smart and getting after it out there.”
Iowa’s Annette Dohanics serves during a doubles match at the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Complex on April 10. (The Daily Iowan/Rachael Westergard)
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Who is the most impressive NFL player? Rob Gronkowski
Peyton Manning
It should surprise approximately no one that Gronk already has been one of the brightest stars of the young NFL season. He had 5 receptions for 94 yards and 3 touchdowns against Pittsburgh and another 7 receptions for 113 yards and another touchdown a week later against Buffalo. Those 12 receptions are on 21 targets, and Gronkowski averages an impressive 17.3-yards per reception. Plus, those 4 touchdown grabs are tops in the NFL through two games. The real question for the talented New England tight end is whether he can stay healthy. The last time he played a full slate of 16 games was in 2011, a season in which he scored 17 touchdowns. — by Jordan Hansen
The sheriff rode again on Sept. 17, as the reports of his death had been greatly exaggerated. Facing a rowdy crowd, and a mountain of uncertainty, Peyton Manning delivered. The face of the Indianapolis Colts and, for the last four seasons, the Denver Broncos, Peyton is without question a Hall of Famer. But from the end of the game against the Ravens to the end of the game against the Chiefs, the media ripped Manning apart, overanalyzing every one of his plays, his underthrows, and the general level of comfort he showed, which was effectively none. And yet, he’s still Peyton Manning, and he proved that in Denver’s
win over the Chiefs. He doesn’t have the zip on the ball the Manning of old did. He knows it. The fans and media know it. And the opposing defenses certainly know it. But Manning proved he can still win. Following two early interceptions, he locked it down and rallied the Broncos to a 14-14 tie heading to half time. With three touchdowns and 256 yards, Peyton locked up his 14th win over the Chiefs. It was an ugly performance. Manning rarely throws a Pick-6. But the glimmer was there. It’s no longer the Peyton Manning show he enjoyed in Indianapolis or early in his tenure with the Broncos. The young weapons are developing into fullfledged stars on both offense and defense.
Manning knows that. And that’s what makes him the most impressive player so far this season. He’s letting the playmakers work, even though he might not be one any more. Manning doesn’t have to be great all the time; he just has to be good enough to win. — by Ian Murphy
Antonio Brown I should preface this by nothing that “impressive” is a relative term. Identical performances from two players could be varying in impressiveness based on what was expected. Peyton Manning threw for 256 yards and 3 touchdowns against the Chiefs on Sept. 17, and some people had declared
his career over. With that said, I personally did not expect Pittsburgh wideout Antonio Brown to back up the recent assertion that he’s the league’s best receiver and certainly not in such a big way. Brown led the league in 2014 with 129 receptions and 1,698 yards receiving, and he was tied for second in the league with 13 touchdowns. His dominant season led to a summer-long lovefest over the 5-10 jitterbug, and with it, high expectations for 2015. When you look at other top receivers in the league — Calvin Johnson, Dez Bryant, A.J. Green, Julio Jones, etc. — they’re all big in stature. To put a small guy in that class, I thought, was naïve. But, boy, am I feeling silly about that.
Brown is one of the quickest players in the league and uses sharp cuts to find separation on damn near any route he runs. It seems he is always open, and Ben Roethlisberger has found him time and time again in the young season, so Brown is well on his way to another very impressive season. He quietly accumulated 133 yards and a touchdown on nine catches in a 28-21 opening-night loss to New England, and he followed that with 9 more catches for 198 yards and another TD last weekend in a 43-18 win over San Francisco. He leads the league with his 328 receiving yards, and he is doing all he can to cement his status as an elite receiver. — by Kyle Mann
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Milwaukee Brewer relief pitcher Cesar Jimenez returns to the mound after giving up a pinch hit 3-run home run to Chicago Cubs’ Jorge Soler (right) during the seventh inning Monday in Chicago. (Associated Press/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Rizzo, Soler spark Cubs By JEFF ARNOLD Associated Press
CHICAGO — Anthony Rizzo had 3 hits and scored 3 runs, Jorge Soler hit a pinch-hit, 3-run homer, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers, 9-5, on Monday night. The Cubs inched closer to a NL playoff berth as their magic number to clinch fell to four. Chicago entered Monday two games behind Pittsburgh for the first wild-card berth and has now won six of seven. Soler’s first career pinchhit home run broke the game open in the seventh inning after the Cubs snapped a 4-4 tie in the fifth with a pair of runs. Starlin Castro, who had 2 hits and 2 RBIs for Chicago, drove in a run with a sacrifice fly before Miguel Montero singled in Rizzo, who had doubled. Rizzo reached in all five of his at-bats, collecting two walks to go along with his 3 hits. Milwaukee’s Adam Lind tied the game at 4 with a 2-run homer in the fifth inning off Cubs starter Jason Hammel (9-6), who allowed 3 earned runs over five innings. He scattered 5 hits while striking out 6 and walking 1. After falling behind 2-0, the Cubs responded with 3 runs in the second inning. Dexter Fowler followed up Castro’s RBI double with
a 2-run double that ricocheted off second base. Fowler was initially called out at second, which would have nullified the go-ahead run from scoring. But the ruling was reversed following a review, allowing the Cubs’ lead to stand. Addison Russell’s RBI walk in the third inning extended Chicago’s lead to 2 runs. Milwaukee starter Wily Peralta (5-10) allowed 4 walks and gave up 6 runs in 4.2 innings on 8 hits. He also struck out 2. The Brewers, who got a home run from Khris Davis in the eighth, strung three singles together and took advantage of a Hammel throwing error in the first to build an early 2-0 lead. Hammel threw wide of first base while attempting to pick off Logan Schafer, which scored Scooter Gennett. Schafer, who also singled, scored on an RBI single by Domingo Santana.
TRAINER’S ROOM Brewers: RF Ryan Braun (back) missed his thirdstraight game and may miss extended time with the injury. Braun said Monday he plans to undergo back surgery in the off-season. RHP Jimmy Nelson will miss the remainder of the season after being hit in the head by a line drive. Nelson did not sustain a concussion, but a neurologist said Nelson suffered head trauma. Da-
vis returned to the lineup on Monday after missing one game with a sprained right ankle.
UP NEXT Brewers: RHP Tyler Cravy (0-7, 6.42 ERA) will make his sixth start of the season, pitching in Nelson’s place. Cravy suffered
his seventh loss of the year in a relief role on Sept. 19 against Cincinnati. Cubs: RHP Jake Arrieta (19-6, 1.96 ERA) will make his second attempt at becoming the major league’s first 20-game winner and the Cubs’ first pitcher to reach the mark since 2001 after taking a no-decision in his last outing on Sept. 16.
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Thinking about Orange Bowl Hawks Iowa is off to its first 3-0 start since 2009. How does this year’s team stack up with the last great Hawkeye group?
Hawkeye quarterback C.J. Beathard passes under pressure from Pittsburgh’s Rori Biair on Sept. 19 in Kinick. Beathard was only sacked once during the game. The Hawkeyes defeated the Panthers, 27-24, on a last-second field goal. (The Daily Iowan/Sergio Flores)
Iowa quarterback Ricky Stanzi passes during the third quarter of Iowa’s game against Iowa State on Sept. 11, 2010, in Kinnick. Iowa won, 35-7. (The Daily Iowan/File Photo)
By RYAN RODRIGUEZ
Total defense: 2015, 274.3 yards/game; 2009, 276.5 yards/game
ryan-rodriguez@uiowa.edu
Don’t look now, but the Hawkeye football team is one of four unbeaten teams left in the Big Ten, joining No. 1 ranked Ohio State, No. 2 Michigan State, and No. 17 Northwestern as the only 3-0 teams in the conference. That’s pretty good company to be in, and considering the Hawks’ last nonconference opponent is North Texas, there’s no reason to think the they won’t start 4-0 for the first time since 2009. That team finished 11-2 and went on to win the Orange Bowl. How do this year’s Hawks stack up against that famous squad?
Scoring offense: 2015, 29.7 PPG; 2009, 23.2 PPG So far, this season’s Hawks have scored at an average rate of close to 30 points per game, an increase of nearly 7 points over the team’s offensive average from the Ricky Stanzi-led Hawks in 2009. That season featured a narrow 1-point win over Northern Iowa as well as a 24-21 victory over Arkansas State. They broke 30 points against conference opponents only twice, against Michigan and against lowly Indiana. In 2015, Iowa put up back-to-back 31-point performances against Northern Illinois and Iowa State. These Hawks play in a much more offensively dynamic conference than previous seasons; 23.2 points per game was the second-lowest total of any team in the Big Ten in 2009, with Wisconsin leading the way with 31.8 points per game. To put that in perspective, 31.8 points per game would put Wisconsin at No. 8 overall in terms of total offense in 2015. Three weeks into the season, yes, but good signs nonetheless if you’re a Hawkeye fan.
Again, the sample sizes on these two teams are much different, but Iowa’s defense in 2015 is almost identical to the one that anchored the team in 2009. A difference of slightly more than 2 yards of total defense is all that separates the two teams in total defense, but let’s go a little bit deeper. This season, Iowa has given up 6 touchdowns in three games. Six years ago, the Hawks allowed 18 in 13 games, approximately 1.38 touchdowns per game, significantly fewer over the course of a full season. All things considered, it shouldn’t come as too much a surprise. This year’s team is on pace to give up about 10 more touchdowns than the one that boasted the likes of Tyler Sash and Adrian Claiborne in 2009.
Third-down conversions: 2015, 48.8 percent; 2009, 38.3 percent In 2009, Iowa was one of the worst teams in the conference at converting thirddown opportunities into a fresh set of downs that kept the drive alive. This year, the Hawkeyes are one of the best. Iowa’s third-down conversion rate of 48.8 percent is tied with Michigan State for best in the Big Ten. These two schools made up the bottom of the rankings in 2009. If the Hawks of 2009 won with a stingy defense and an offense that stepped up to make a big play when it had to, the 2015 Hawkeyes have been a more consistent team on the offensive side of the ball in terms of playing a full 60 minutes. So far, they’ve needed every bit of it. Follow @ryanarod on Twitter for news, updates, and analysis about the Iowa football team.
Field hockey shrugs off doubts Iowa field hockey goes 4-1 at home and looks ahead. By MARIO WILLIAMS mario-williams@uiowa.edu
Before the 2015-16 season kicked off, the stars were not aligned for the Iowa field-hockey team. Its brightest star — redshirt senior Natalie Cafone — was lost for the season to a shoulder injury, and its roster contained quite a bit of youth. But a 6-3 overall record, (41 at home, 1-0 in the Big Ten) the Hawkeyes aren’t out of the picture just yet. “We’re still a really young team, but we’re working hard every day,” junior Chandler Ackers said. “We are a young team; we miss Natalie, too, but we’re working hard in every aspect every day.” Working hard has been the team’s motto since the first day, and they’ve kept at it since. The team ended its fivegame home stand and came out 4-1. While the Hawks fell short to then No. 5 Stanford in a heartbreaking fashion on Sept. 10, they still managed to get their first conference win and knock out some nonconference teams, too. And it seems as if the tough loss against the Cardinal sparked the team to finish off strong on its home field. “It was so disappointing,” senior Liz Leh said. “We were so close; we thought we came out and played well, and we
Ip stays focused after win Iowa sophomore golfer Jessica Ip, who shone last weekend, credits hard work. By JAKE MOSBACH jacob-mosbach@uiowa.edu
Needless to say, a team many doubted hasn’t been timid in proving their doubters wrong. “We’ve made some great strides; we’ve played some awesome and hard teams, we got some good outcomes, and we’re just going to keep going up this slope and keep improving,” Ackers said. The team will now leave
As Hawkeye golfer Jessica Ip sank the final putt to win last weekend’s Diane Thomason Invitational at Finkbine, she had no idea just how meaningful it was. With the putt, the sophomore from Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, recorded a 54-hole score of 212, breaking the Hawkeye threeround record set by Kristi Caldwell in 2012 by 1 stroke. The even-keeled Ip had no idea what she had accomplished until a few days later, when she read about it in an Ip Internet article. sophomore “I didn’t realize that until afterward,” she said about the record. “I had no idea. I read it online. I’m glad no one told me I was on pace … that probably helped me stay focused.” While the record-breaking score is no doubt impressive, Ip said it’s more than just a number. It’s tangible proof
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Iowa’s Chandler Ackers hits the ball at Grant Field on Sept. 12. The Iowa field-hockey team defeated Kent State, 7-1. (The Daily Iowan/Valerie Burke) did some really great things. It just made us push harder to make sure that we get the results we want and not have another loss like that again.” In fact, they haven’t lost a game since. Four wins in a row is exactly what the team needed to move on from its toughest loss of the season, and improve. While the Hawkeyes committed small errors and mistakes, they still got the victo-
ries, and that’s what mattered. So far this season, the team has hit 31 goals, 3.3 per game, good for first in the Big Ten. The team also has 33 assists and has taken 144 shots, third in the Big Ten. The Hawkeyes’ leading scorer, Stephanie Norlander, has made 10 goals and has stepped up in the absence of Cafone. Freshman Makenna Grewe is right behind with 7 goals.