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t was the one county Gov. Terry Branstad’s machine could not touch in a re-election rout in 2014. Locals affectionately call it the “people’s republic.” But this past week, four Republican presidential hopefuls had their eyes on the area’s 17,437 Republicans. The Grand Ole’ Party may be outnumbered here, but with a plethora of choices for the Feb. 1 caucus, those active on the other side of the aisle welcome the opportunity. “Johnson County, despite being a blue dot in a sea of red, is still the fifth-largest Republican County in the state,” said Karen Fesler, national caucus coalition adviser for former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who stumped in Iowa City on Tuesday. SEE GOP , 3
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If you build it, they will come. That’s the idea with a new free online course called Iowa 101 that is being offered to anyone with interest and Internet access. Tom Morain, the head of government relations at Graceland University and the course’s creator, said the course is a seven-part series based on Iowa’s frontier days. “Each topic has an article online from a history journal,” Morain said. “There is also an intro that puts the article in context, as well as a short video.” Morain The project is a part- head gov’t relations nership among Morain, Graceland University, Des Moines Area Community College, Humanities Iowa, and the Des Moines Register. Morain has long since been interested in history and educating the public in Iowa’s history. He was director of the State Historical Society, Living History Farm’s director of history, and also taught Iowa history at Iowa State University and Graceland. “I wanted to do more Iowa history outreach when I was at the State Historical Society,” Morain said. “We had the content, but now we have the means of getting the information out.” Morain said participant feedback is an asset to Iowa 101. “This project is under the category of public history. There’s classroom history, but a lot of people are lifelong SEE HISTORY , 3
UI shows off Children’s Hospital
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Construction workers bustled through the windy open concrete structure with Iowa pride plastered on their helmets and a determination to build. Iowa City is ready for its new Children’s Hospital, and the arrival is coming into view. Officials offered tours Thursday to display mock-up hospital rooms, getting a chance to show off new features for the upcoming facility. The event will continue today and is free and open to the public. Two hundred and forty visitors attended Thursday, said Cheryl Hodgson, the marketing director for the Children’s Hospital. The $360 million structure will admit its first patient in December 2016. “It’s been so participative,” said Scott Turner, the executive director for the new facility. “We want the entire UIHC, the city, and the state to feel like it’s their building.”
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walls and ceilings up.” The hospital will also need to integrate the technology to be used in the building, Mejas noted.
Iowa City City Councilor Michelle Payne has released a statement apologizing for her response to a question Sept. 30 at the Social and Economic Justice Forum for City Council candidates. The questions posed to Payne asked what the causes of racial disparities in Iowa City Payne policies were, and what, councilor besides training, could be done to ensure city members do not act with racial bias. Payne responded, “Maybe if you were white and had some black friends, you’d get more insight into how colored people … I shouldn’t say it that way; how black people think about our community leaders.”
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Executive Director of UI Children’s Hospital Scott Turner talks to members of the press on the first floor inside the new Children’s Hospital Thursday. The hospital is set to open in December 2016. (The Daily Iowan/Kyle Close) The building is projected to be completed in August 2016, but patients will not be admitted until December of that year. “We’re making great prog-
ress on the schedule,” said George Mejas, an architect with the project who focuses on health-care facilities. “We have to finish enclosing the rooftop and getting the rest of the
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HISTORY CONTINUED FROM FRONT learners,” he said. “It’s hard sometimes to get materials, and this puts it at your fingertips. The whole course is shaped like a statewide book club.” Christopher Rossi, the executive director of Humanities Iowa, said the course is a baby step in advancing Iowa’s cultural literacy through a greater appreciation of the state’s history. Rossi said he believes the courses online format is conducive to this goal. “Public history should be accessible, not stuffed away in special collections, although some has to be for preservation
purposes,” Rossi said. “With click of a mouse, that can happen.” Rossi said many students in the state are taught Iowa history as a subset to social studies in the fifth grade, and the material only receives a few weeks of attention. The University of Iowa currently offers one class focused on Iowa history, called “History of Iowa and the Midwest.” R. Tyler Priest, a UI associate professor of history and geography, said although there are not many classes specifically on Iowa’s history, that does not mean it is not being taught in other courses. “I’m teaching a course in American environmental history, and the final research project is on Io-
Executive Director of UI Children’s Hospital Scott Turner talks to members of the press on the first floor inside the new Children’s Hospital Thursday. The hospital is set to open in December 2016. (The Daily Iowan/Kyle Close) wa history,” Priest said. “I public alike. “History is a celebratory think it’s important to understand the history that and conflictual subject matter that needs to be you’re immersed in.” Overall, numerous approached without prejulearning outlets pertain- dice,” Rossi said. “Without ing to Iowa’s history can inviting many voices, we only benefit university will only hear the din of students and the general one point of view.”
despite Romney’s intense focus on Iowa. At the core of Huckabee and Santorum’s strategy was evangelical voters, the same group the three candidates courted in Iowa City and have in countless other events in the other 98 counties. An ordained minister, Huckabee jokingly put his presence in Johnson
willing to come; you can’t win this state by flying over, and waving, and buying TV spots.” Jindal, the only newcomer in the trio, said he has been in successful in Louisiana in places Republicans have not always done well in. “I think that voters Democrat, Republican, in-
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ing a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The space will also hold medical and surgery rooms and a post-anesthesia care unit. “This is a great resource that’s going to further transform the special care and service that we take pride in everyday,” Turner said. The top floor of the new care center will not serve clinical purposes, officials said, pointing out a café in place for the kids as well as a viewing point to watch Iowa football games. “Part of our plan is to
make it easier for kids and parents to access the care they need,” Turner said of the features offered. Counseling and private rooms will also be available on every floor, in addition to a play space, an exercise room, and a washer and dryer, among other features. “Spaces have been carefully developed and designed to let kids play like they would at home,” Jason Miller said, a project manager for the build. The mock rooms displayed were across the street from the upcoming facility and gave UIHC offi-
cials a chance to explain the features and amenities that would be implemented. “It’s another great milestone for the Children’s Hospital project,” UI spokesman Tom Moore said. “I think it’s going to be a tremendous resource and service to the people of Iowa — especially children.” Turner said planning for the hospital went back as far as 2008, with steady progress occurring along the way. “To see the execution of everyone’s vision come to fruition, I think that’s the thing that’s truly exciting,” Turner said.
nized as soon as she said the words “colored people” she immediately attempted to rephrase the comment. “In making a point about racial disparity, I misspoke
in a way that was contrary to the very point I was trying to make regarding open and honest conversations about the very things that divide us, but should not,”
she said. Payne began her term on City Council in January 2012. She is running for the at-large council seat.
struggled to resonate in Iowa scrape voters up wherever they can. Redlawsk, a Rutgers professor and a fellow in the Harkin Institute at Drake While Democrats in University, noted that with town huddled on campus students scheduled to be and local restaurants to on campus during the cauwatch the Democratic decuses, there might be more bate, Santorum, Louisiana votes to be had than in preGov. Bobby Jindal, and forvious cycles. Such an aumer Arkansas Gov. Mike dience is the core Huckabee converged ‘Sometimes, you want to put your light where the darkness is the of Kentucky Sen. on Grace Fellowship Rand Paul’s cauChurch just south of strongest.’ cus strategy. Paul Iowa City. was in town on While Santorum — Mike Huckabee, former governor Monday for a rally was declared the eventual winner of the County in the language one dependent regardless are on the Pentacrest. If all the Republicans frustrated with the direc2012 Iowa caucuses, he would use from the pulpit. “Sometimes, you want tion of the country and seem out of place, self-definished a distant third in Johnson County — behind to put your light where we’re willing to fight for scribed democratic socialformer Massachusetts Gov. the darkness is the stron- every vote in every vote ist Vermont Sen. Bernie Mitt Romney and Rep. Ron gest,” Huckabee said af- in every county we’re not Sanders will return for a Paul, R-Texas. Huckabee ter the event on Tuesday. going concede any county string of events in Iowa finished closer in 2008, “The one thing I learned or any vote,” Jindal said City this weekend. Fesler said most Repubwhen the future Fox News in 2008 is you win Iowa by afterwards. Former University of licans understand local host lost the county to going where going where Romney by 9 percentage other candidates don’t Iowa Professor David politics can carry a blue Redlawsk said he was tinge, but it is in state and points. As in Santorum’s bother to go. “You win by coming not surprised to see the federal politics that GOPcase, Huckabee also went on the win the caucuses more often than they are three candidates who have ers take solace in.
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Included in the building are two beams signed by local children and students, painted purple and white, among the beams set in April. “We’ve had well over 600 people — kids, parents, faculty staff — all participating in designing and refining the details,” Turner said. The hospital consists of 12 floors, connecting to the labor and delivery wing and will move several units to the new building, includ-
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Maryland the center of attention By KYLE MANN kyle-mann@uiowa.edu
ROSEMOUNT, Illinois — Big Ten baskeball media days were held Thursday, putting the conference’s coaches and top players at the mike. There was a lot to discuss, so here are the highlights.
Big Ten, big talent A major point of discussion on Thursday was the strength of the Big Ten collectively, and rightfully so. Beginning with Maryland, the Big Ten could be the best top-to-bottom conference in the country. Iowa lost Aaron White, and Naismith Award winner Frank Kaminsky also departed from Wisconsin, but the conference still could have as much talent as it has had in years. Maryland, a consensus preseason top-four team in the country, returns sophomore guard Melo Trimble and Jake Layman, and it will unveil five-star center Diamond Stone and Duke transfer Rasheed Sulaimon. With a deadly mix of proven commodities and high-reward newcomers, the Terps are poised to run the table on a national scale this season. Indiana will also be a major player in 2015, led by the conference’s top returning scorer and assist man in Yogi Ferrell, as well as the top returning rebounder, Troy Williams. Combined with sophomore James Blackmon Jr., the Hoosiers are also
stocked full of talent and will garner national attention early. Always welcoming some healthy competition, coaches around the league are touting Maryland and Indiana as the teams to watch out for in a deep conference. “We’re not a ‘three yards and a cloud of dust’ basketball league anymore,” Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo said. “I think the league is as good as it’s been. Maryland’s definitely the cream of the crop with what they’ve got coming back, and I see Indiana taking a major jump.” Izzo’s Spartans return Denzel Valentine and also bring in West Virginia transfer Eron Harris, who could prove to be exactly the kind of scorer opposing fans don’t want Michigan State to have. Wisconsin, which can’t be ignored after a trip to the national championship, did lose Kaminsky and Sam Dekker, but still returns preseason All-Big Ten selections Nigel Hayes and Bronson Koenig.
Rule changes Though the conference will be chock-full of familiar talent, much was discussed about some of the new rules. The NCAA men’s basketball rules committee made several changes during the off-season, most of which increase the pace of play, reduce the number of stoppages, and provide a better balance between
offense and defense. The headlines primarily came from the decrease in the shot clock from 35 seconds to 30 and also moving the restricted area under the basket from 3 to 4 feet. Iowa head coach Fran McCaffery said the changes wouldn’t mean widespread differences for the Hawkeyes schematically, and he said he is glad to see some of the tweaks. “I think moving the arc out helps us, because we’re a driving team,” McCaffery said. “I’m so tired of guys running around, falling down, and getting the call.”
Who’s in charge around here? Hawkeye fans have been anointing Jarrod Uthoff as the team leader, which is understandable given that he’s a senior and a preseason All-Big Ten. But increasingly, it feels like jamming a square peg into a round hole. Uthoff is not the prototypical vocal leader who makes great headlines, but rather, a classic lead-by-example kind of guy. He may lead the team in production, but he’s in no hurry to try to claim the team as his own. “I’m going to do whatever I can for the team … when the team needs something, I’ll step up,” Uthoff said. “It doesn’t matter to me, it’s not like I’m going to try to be the leader, it’s not like Woody’s going to try to be the real leader. It’s a group effort.”
Volleyball seeking revenge in Illinois By KYLE MANN kyle-mann@uiowa.edu
The Hawkeye volleyball team is back on the road this weekend, set for a pair of matches in Illinois. Iowa’s first game is against No. 16 Illinois at 7 p.m. today, followed by a match with Northwestern at 1 p.m. on Oct. 18. The Hawkeyes, who once stood at 10-3, now sit at 10-9 and on a sixgame skid since the beginning of conference play. They showed flashes of potential early in the season but still have yet to translate it into wins. They are eager to get on the right track this weekend. “Especially in the Big Ten, once you start losing, it’s easy to get into a snowball,” setter Loxley Keala said. “We’ve competed with everybody, we just need to capitalize on what we’re doing.” The Illini enter the weekend standing 11-6, 2-4 in the Big Ten. Despite Iowa’s 0-6 record, the teams would appear to be similar in quality, and Iowa has some extra motivation to avenge a sour ending to last year’s meeting. Iowa won the first set in the 2014 meeting against the then-No.15 Illini, and after dropping the next two sets, won the fourth to force a tiebreaker. The tiebreaker set was tied late, but Illinois took control to steal a heartbreaker from the Hawks at home. Now, the Hawks want revenge.
Iowa setter Loxley Keala sets the ball during the Cy-Hawk Series in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sept. 11. The Hawkeyes defeated the Cyclones for the first time in 18 years. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert) “They distinctly remember the five-set loss in here last year,” head coach Bond Shymansky said. “That was definitely a coulda-woulda-shoulda kind of opportunity, so they’re really hungry to go after them.” The good news for the Hawkeyes is that the last time they felt a more personal motivation to beat somebody, they did. “I know that look in their eyes, I saw it when we lined up against Iowa State, that whole week leading up to that moment I could see what our team was motivated for,” Shymansky said. “It’s the same way as we prepare for Illinois.” Iowa went on to win that match against Iowa State, 3-1, on Sept. 11. While the players on the team use last year’s loss as a motivation to increase their level of engagement and intensity, Shymansky has them preparing for an Illini offense that they believe they have a good understanding of.
“They have two really big, dominant outside hitters,” Jess Janota said. “We’re going to want to control them the best we can and also be as offensive as we can possibly be ourselves.” After Illinois, the Hawkeyes will move on the face a team that they did upset last season in Northwestern. The Wildcats are also 11-6 overall, 3-3 in the Big Ten, and 3-1 at home. The Wildcats are also a team in Iowa’s range quality-wise, but are coming off of an impressive victory over No. 5 Penn State on Oct. 10. It should be noted that during Iowa’s Illinois/Northwestern week last season, Shymansky began to see his team compete in the Big Ten. He and his Hawkeyes would be pleased with a similar turn of events this weekend. Follow @KyleFMann for Iowa volleyball news, updates, and analysis.
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The erasure of Harreld’s first UI decision a black voices in prudent one America I Keith Reed keith-reed@uiowa.edu
Nicki Minaj was on the cover of New York Times Magazine on Oct. 7. In her feature, Minaj spoke about her outburst at the MTV Video Music Awards, which sparked outrage on the Internet. Minaj made reference to Miley Cyrus’ comments in the New York Times, where Cyrus says about Minaj, “You made it about you … ‘Eh, I didn’t get my VMA.’ ” Minaj’s retort was in fact substantiated, and her original comment on the subject was taken out of context. Experiencing life as an African-American male, I know that my opinions are considered less than those of my white counterparts. This is something that I know to be true for many other minorities. Knowing what I know, I found this to be the proper catalyst for conversation on this topic. Minaj was commenting on the fact that African-American women as well as women who do not possess the average body type are snubbed at the award shows. Taylor Swift latched onto these statements and felt as if she was being called out. Minaj was speaking on the state of society in generalities and there was no direct mention to anyone in particular. Adding Cyrus’ comments to the mix, this affords the argument that there is an apparent erasure of black feelings. Minaj is entitled to her opinion and her feelings as well as the next human being, but this raises the idea: Are black feelings and experiences valuable? During the Democratic presidential debate on Tuesday, a teenager from Des Moines asked, “Do black lives matter or do all lives matter?” Bernie Sanders an-
swered the question perfectly by describing a controversy that continues to plague the African-American community today. He wants to combat institutional racism and institute reform in the broken criminal-justice system. Jim Webb, another presidential hopeful, stated that all lives matter and detailed an interaction that he had with one African-American Marine. The so-called movement “all lives matter” is an attempt at stifling African-American commentary on the subject, and this is intentional erasure of the plight that African Americans face daily. I was in an organization that called my race into question. Not which race I happen to identify with, but my feelings on the subject. My tenure in the organization was filled with asides from the leaders of the organization chastising me for something that I did. As a response, rebellion was first on my menu. I did not put my all into my work or input much effort because of the treatment I received. There was an apparent ultimatum given to me because my studies will always come first and any organization second. I was also given an email calling my honesty and integrity into question. This email infuriated me, after reading it; I started to think it was because of the color of my skin. I received an additional email that did not mention anything on my feelings of racism and devaluation. The African-American voice should be heeded wisely and revered for its scarcity within popular culture. With the varied attempts to stifle the African-American voice speaking out on the injustices in the world, this reinforces the need for the Nicki Minajs of the world. The African-American community needs a voice that can reach over the ignorant and bigoted views of the uneducated to iterate the issues.
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ncoming University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld has postponed plans to renovate the President’s Office and residence. The postponement comes after heavy criticism over the costs and necessity of these renovations. The plans have been tabled for now, though smaller improvements (the replacement of aging carpeting, new paint, etc.) will continue. The future of the renovations is unclear, but they will likely see the light of day at some point. The postponement also comes after persistent criticism that the presidential-search process undertaken by the state Board of Regents was marred by a lack of transparency, including meeting with Harreld (and none of the other candidates) before the decision had been made, without disclosing that some regents had done so. Harreld was also invited on campus prior to the search and had contact with Gov. Terry Branstad. This disregard for conduct, previously seen in the last appointment the regents made with former President Sally Mason, has led many student and faculty organizations to feel their voices had been ignored. Some claims the decision for president may have come to a conclusion far before the search began, wasting student and faculty time and taxpayer money on a search that was all show. The postponement of renovation plans was certainly a strategic decision. Perhaps this sensitivity to public perception will prove useful in the coming
months for Harreld. The disillusionment felt by graduate and undergraduate students, in addition to the faculty, is unlikely to subside if their concerns are disregarded and ignored entirely. This may be Harreld’s first step toward showing he cares about how the students and faculty feel — or at least a step toward looking like it. The renovations were also under scrutiny as they come at a time when university students face a possible tuition hike. The hike would increase tuition by $200, a 3 percent increase. Most significantly, the hike would take the UI from the cheapest tuition of the state schools to the highest. UI Student Government President Liz Mills was successful in causing a tuition freeze for resident undergraduates this year, while the two other instate schools had tuition increases. Tuition hikes affect public universities far more than they do private colleges. Private schools have a larger pool of resources to draw on in order to close gaps in tuition increases through scholarships. The state schools won’t receive special compensation to assist students in paying for their education. The Daily Iowan Editorial Board believes Harreld has made the right decision in canceling the presidential renovations. Whether his intent came from a place of legitimate concern or crowd-pleasing, it’s hard to say. Regardless, with a possible tuition hike in the UI’s future, it was symbolically the right move to take.
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End mental-health stigma Sydney Newton sydney-newton@uiowa.edu
Start the conversation. End the stigma. This is expression from the website Bring Change 2 Mind. On the website you can find an abundance of public-service announcemnts attempting to raise awareness about mental illness. The social stigma surrounding mental illness is characterized by “the prejudicial attitudes and discriminating behavior directed toward individuals with mental-health problems as a result of the psychiatric label they have been given.” Many people do not even know what exactly a mental illness can be or who can suffer from one. Mental illnesses can include everything from
depression, alcohol abuse, and eating disorders to PTSD. For every woman who dies by suicide, four men die by suicide, but woman are three times more likely to attempt suicide. And 90 percent of those who die by suicide had a diagnosable psychiatric disorder at the time of their death. With astonishing statistics like those, it is hard to believe we still have people shaming mental illnesses. “Imagine if you got blamed for having cancer,” is one of the many phrases that are used to try to fight this social stigma. This is a huge part of the attitude toward mental health: People believe that it’s the individual’s fault. Simply put, they’re wrong. How could someone feel at ease talking about what they are going through when societies’ attitude is to blame him or her? If people felt more comfortable about getting help and getting diagnosed,
just imagine how many lives could be saved. We should stop judging those who suffer from a mental illness and make people more generally aware of what is going on. You never know when someone is suffering, and it could be someone dear to you. In 2015, suicide is the second leading cause of death for those ages 10 to 24. And no, that’s not a typo. With that kind of knowledge, high schools and colleges seem like the smartest place to “start the conversation.” But even on our own campus, the University of Iowa ranks as the lowest staffed university for counseling in the Big Ten. In fact, the UI has just ended a threeyear, $270,000 federal grant for suicide awareness and counseling measures. So what now? The simple fact is that there isn’t enough being done. I bet most students here wouldn’t even know where to turn to if they
wanted to seek a counselor about an issue they are having. According to the American Psychological Association, an increasing number of college students are arriving on campus with psychological issues or developing problems once they’re in school. This problem seems relatively easy to solve; let’s hire more counselors to keep up with the demand. Sure, we would need the money and other resources to make that happen, though I think raising more awareness among students with social-media campaigns and support groups could be just as, if not more, effective. Students helping other students can make it easier for discussion. An issue like this just doesn’t receive the attention and acknowledgment it should. Students should be able to receive the help they need and then realize that they are most likely not suffering alone.
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About two weeks ago, 15-year-old Coby Burren, a freshman at Pearland High School near Houston noticed something in his geography textbook: Africans brought to America to work on plantations between the 1500s and 1800s were referred to as “workers” instead of as “slaves.” Coby took of photo of the page in his textbook and sent it to his mother, who has since made a video about it that has been circulated through her Facebook and Twitter. Coby and his mother are black. This is a classic exam-
ple of erasure, or the removal of a certain part of our country’s history from the records. I never liked history and often wondered what the point of such a class was, but the truth of it is that learning the history of this country helps us to better understand it now, and the people who are living in it. To represent such a horrendous period as the slave trade in American history as anything less than atrocious, to claim slaves were merely “workers,” is a false depiction of the wrongs people in this country were capable of. Unfortunately, this is something that seems to happen to minorities not only in this country but in the world in general. Take for example the people who still claim the Holocaust never happened. The general public sees
Holocaust deniers as absurd, if not insane. America opened its Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 in Washington, D.C. However, it wasn’t until Dec. 7, 2014, that America opened its first museum and memorial of slavery, located in Louisiana on the Whitney Plantation. I am in no way trying to compare the Holocaust to American slavery or claim that one was more terrible than the other. It may be that we in America have an easier time memorializing something that occurred on a different continent, something that we actively fought to end. Individually, we may not think it is difficult to come to terms with how our country was involved in the slave trade, right here on this soil. However, it clearly is a problem of the national consciousness as a whole, if we still
have textbooks referring to slaves as “workers,” and we didn’t have a slavery museum until less than a year ago. It’s not any surprise that the textbook in question was being used at a school in Texas, the heart of the conservative South, but that doesn’t make it right. Perhaps it is all too easy to look at this situation and say that it’s simply one word in a textbook and that it doesn’t really matter. But what is taught to us in K-12 school does matter, because it shapes how students, the future of this country, perceive the world around them. On top of this, textbooks are generally seen as an objective source of fact, and so when the word “workers” is used instead of “slaves,” it is adding to the culture of erasure in a very sinister way.
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Increasingly apparent signs that Robin might need a therapist • “Holy buckets of pudding, Batman.” • “Holy tears of a clown, Batman.” • “Holy ominous rain clouds that never seem to let me be, Batman.” • “Holy repressed memories of witnessing my parents’ death, Batman.” • “Holy walking up walls is an obvious metaphor for my excessively abnormal lifestyle, Batman.” • “Holy the Penguin reminds me of my uncle my parents would never leave me alone with after that one time, Batman.” • “Holy seriously, Batman, do you ever cry deep into the night, only to finally fall asleep out of exhaustion on your salt-stained pillows?” • “Holy wingless angels who cry never-ending streams of blood, Batman.” • “Holy cow, have you ever noticed how much Barbara Gordon looks like my mother, Batman?” • “Holy… holy hell, Batman. Why are we even here? I mean, does what we do in Gotham even make a lick of difference? I … I’m just not sure that it does. I need a stiff drink, Bruce.” • “Holy put a sock in it, Bruce. What do you care if people know you’re Batman? Bruce Wayne is Batman. BRUCE WAYNE is BATMAN. Ha. Now it’s out there. Just try getting it back.” • “Holy — hic — holy — hic — holy tat-o-nine-cails, Matbam. Hic.” Andrew R. Juhl thinks Nightwing is the better superhero, anyhow.
KRUI programming today’s events • Shambaugh House Readings, Kim EuGene (South Korea) and Maung Yu Py (Burma), 5 p.m., Shambaugh House • Movie Night, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, 5 p.m., Asian Pacific American Cultural Center • Caroline Krause, piano, 6 p.m., University Capitol Center Recital Hall • “Live from Prairie Lights,” Nina Revoyr & Joe Meno, fiction, 7 p.m., Prairie Lights, 15 S. Dubuque • WorldCanvass Studio, “The Human in Human Rights,” Joan Kjaer, host, 7 p.m., Art Building West • Kantorei & University Choir, with ensembles from West High and City High, 7:30 p.m., IMU Second-Floor Ballroom
• American Idiot, Mainstage Series, 8 p.m., Theater Building Mabie Theater • Inside Out, 8 & 11 p.m., 166 IMU • Ryan McNamara, piano, 8 p.m., University Capitol Center Recital Hall • Southpaw, 8 & 11 p.m., 348 IMU • Paperback Rhino Improv, 9:30 p.m., Public Space One, 120 N. Dubuque
FRIDAY 8 A.M.-9 THE MORNING 9 NEWS AT NINE 10-11 CROWE’S NEST 12 P.M. NEWS AT NOON 12:30 ASK A LAWYER 1-2 COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2-4 AFTERNOON DELIGHT 4-5 BIJOU BANTER 5-6 NEWS AT FIVE 6-8 SMOKIN’GROOVES 8-10 HERE’S TO ANOTHER 10-12 A.M. TREPANNING THE SKULL
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Get involved in discussions that can bring about positive change. Showing a greater interest in what your peers are up to will allow you to introduce your own strengths and talents. Listen to the voices of reason and experience. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Put more effort into the way you look and how you get along with others. Don’t make decisions that are influenced by emotional circumstances. Once you see your situation rationally, you will have plenty of time to make the necessary alterations. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Dealing with a business or personal partner will be stressful. Don’t let anger or anxiety take over. If you can offer a realistic solution in a diplomatic manner, you will avoid trouble. Focus on improving yourself, not those around you. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Venture out into your neighborhood or community, and get to know the people who share your concerns. You will meet with opposition at home, so do your best to expand your territory and make some new friends. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Speak up about the way you feel, and you will discover you are not alone. Do what you can at home to combat some of the issues that concern you, and you’ll find a way to drum up support. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Protect yourself from unsavory situations and people who have caused heartache or problems for you in the past. Put your ideas into play, and build a strong defense to offset any opposition. Update your appearance, and build your confidence. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Take a short trip, or get together with friends or relatives. Don’t let anyone limit what you can do or dictate the terms of your relationship or any other agreement. Be your own person, and do your own thing. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You can turn an idea into a profitable business if you take the steps to bring it to fruition on your own terms. Letting others get involved will be your downfall. Forge ahead, and don’t waste time. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Do your best not to overreact, indulge, or exaggerate. Listen carefully, and ask questions to avoid being lead astray. Facts and figures should be the most important part of any conversation you have. Don’t be confused by someone you love. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’ll be given plenty of advice based on other people’s perspectives. Don’t waffle when it comes to making decisions regarding your health, wealth, or a legal concern. Act on what you know, not on what someone tells you. Romance is on the rise. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Stay in control when it comes to negotiations, money matters, and dealing with medical issues. You have the upper hand as long as you don’t let someone’s emotional blackmail lead you down the wrong path. Trust your instincts. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Disappointment and disillusionment will surface if you rely too heavily on others. Put your plans into motion by yourself, and don’t let anyone deter you from reaching your destination. Celebrate your victory with someone you love.
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. — Jimi Hendrix
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the victory, it always gives you that little edge for the next competition.” He classified Michigan State as a powerful, direct, and forceful threat to the program. Ohio State may be more on the side of still developing after last season. Boal said both teams are going to be a true test. If the Hawks don’t come out on top, the team will fall to 1-5 in conference
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do more, we have to do better as the season goes on.”
110.2 yards per contest. Despite the good yardage, he’s only managed 1 touchdown. While they’ll have to break thorough a solid defense and do well against
Jackson and Company, Iowa sees this game as one that’s in its control. Should they manage to do everything they need to, there isn’t any reason for the Hawks not
to own a 7-0 mark walking off the field Saturday afternoon, with a the chance for a trip to Indianapolis for the Big Ten title game in its reach.
“It’s not so much anything different mentally,” defensive end Parker Hesse said. “Probably just the same things we’ve been doing, we have to do better. We have to
ers, the Hawks now welcomes four freshmen who could see some floor time. One name brought up several times on Thursday was guard Tania Davis. The Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan named Davis Michigan Miss Basketball last season and she was a five-star recruit who has impressed her teammates and coaches. Iowa forward Kali Peschel, who averaged 5.1 points last season and had
13 steals, begins her senior campaign as a co-captain. She noted that the game that Davis brings is something the program hasn’t had in a while.
is 5-5, as is Davis, will probably be in the mix in the starting five. But Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder said, she has no problem with having both athletes on the court at
point guard and three power forwards on the floor at the same time. We just have the best players. We don’t run sets. We run an offense. It gives us the luxury of just having the best players on the floor regardless of position.”
S“She’s come in and is taking it all in,” Peschel said. “She’s been really productive in practices.” Sophomore Whitney Jennings, who plays guard and
the same time. “We play what we call positionless basketball,” Bluder said. “I can have three point guards on the floor at the same time. I can have a
A new season brings new rules to the women’s side of the ball. One rule talked most about at media day was the four-quarter system.
their coach’s attitude, paying little attention to expectations. “That’s totally fine if we’re under the radar,” senior Adam Woodbury
said. “The underdog role, we’ll play that; if they’re picking us where they’re picking us, that’s totally fine.” The Hawkeyes will not
often find themselves in the underdog role if this season goes similar to last. And besides, the season hasn’t started yet.
“I don’t look at it anyway. We just kind of do what we do,” McCaffrey said. “If you think about it, who really cares who was picked where now;
it’s where you end up.”
play and possibly drop even lower in the Big Ten. It will also mark their sixth- and seventh-consecutive losses in against Big Ten opponents. The team hasn’t beaten a conference opponent since Rutgers on Sept. 18, nearly a month ago. The idea of possibly not making the conference tournament in Blooming-
ton, Indiana, is something that concerns a few players. “Both wins are mustwin, and we need them to get back up there in the conference,” junior Stephanie Norlander said. “Even thinking about possibly not going to the Big Ten Tournament is terrible. We’re going to win these games this weekend to make sure we get there.”
This weekend will be Iowa’s biggest test yet. To keep their hopes alive for a slot in Indiana, defending their home turf, and competing how the Hawkeyes know they can
will be imperative. They start off with defending their circle and not giving up 13 goals, as they did on the road in Big Ten play. “We need to have a
stronger defensive mindset,” junior Chandler Ackers said. “If we have a bigger presence and treat the 25 like a circle, I think we’ll be better off in our Big Ten games.”
‘Every year, we expect to have a successful season. That’s kind of the expectation.’ — Ally Disterhoft, junior
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This season, games will be played in four 10-minute quarters, a huge difference from the previous 20-minute halves. The Hawkeyes had the opportunity of playing with this style in Italy in the summer, and they’ve also started practicing with four quarters. The team isn’t too worried about adjusting. “I don’t think it’s really an advantage for one team over another,” Bluder said. “It’s the same rules for everybody, and I don’t think it’s going to make a difference.”
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Iowa quarterback C.J. Beathard runs from Wisconsin linebackers at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison on Oct. 3. (The Daily Iowan/Rachael Westergard)
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the Wildcats, currently second in the West, as well as thirdplace Wisconsin and Illinois. Minnesota also owns a share Before No. 20 Northwestern ran into a buzz saw last week of third place, and the Hawkeyes are scheduled to take on against now-No. 13 Michigan, this week’s Iowa-Northwestern the Gophers at Kinnick on Nov. 14. Assuming both teams show up, Saturday won’t be easy for game could have been the deciding game in the Big Ten West. Less than a week ago, this contest, set for 11 a.m. at Ryan either side. Northwestern boasts the No. 3 scoring defense in the Big Ten, giving up only 12.2 points Field in Evanston, Illinois (ABC/ESPN2), per game. Iowa, on the other hand, alcould have featured two undefeated, top-20 lows 16.2, good for fifth in the league. teams. But after the Wolverines shut out “They’re a really good team; they the Wildcats Oct. 10, No. 17 Iowa is in prime have a good defense, good linebackers,” position in the West; it’s the only team withNORTHWESTERN quarterback C.J. Beathard said. “The out a conference loss in the division. in the conference rd secondary, they’re kind of like us in the “All you have to do is look at their body 12.2 POINTS PER GAME things they do defensively.” of work, and every other game they have While Northwestern’s defense gives up played, they have looked really good,” head IOWA only 138.2 yards per game — second in the coach Kirk Ferentz said. “They have looked Big Ten behind Michigan (115.5) — head good in their Big Ten games, and they have TH in the conference coach Pat Fitzgerald’s crew is expected to looked good against Duke and Stanford, 16.2 POINTS PER GAME be without one of its starting cornerbacks, two really good teams. Matthew Harris. Harris left the game “That one, almost throw the film out. Michigan is playing really well right now, and they were against Michigan after suffering bone fractures in his face. Harris is tied for second in the conference with 3 interceptions. clicking on all cylinders the other day.” On the other side of the ball, running back Justin Jackson leads Yes, as Ferentz noted, this should be a good matchup. Every team has a miserable game now and again, and Io- the way. Jackson, a sophomore, is fourth in the Big Ten behind wa has to make sure it’s not Saturday. Although they’ll be hampered by injuries, the Hawkeyes would have wins over SEE FOOTBALL, 6
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To keep its conference tournament hopes alive, the Iowa field-hockey team will have to make changes quickly. After winning just two (both nonconference) of their last five games, the Hawkeyes will return home to compete against Michigan State today and Ohio State on Oct. 18. It’s been a rough go for the team in conference play because of Iowa’s lack of depth. Despite the circumstances, the players are ready to return to the field where they believe they perform the best. The program is 4-1 at home and playing three of their last four games at Grant Field could benefit them. “Grant is very special to us,” Iowa assistant coach Michael Boal said. “There’s always an added spice in the girls whenever they get the chance to play at home. Boal That’s something that assistant coach we look forward to and enjoy seeing, really.” The Hawkeyes have found themselves in less than ideal circumstances week in and week out this season. This weekend’s scenario doesn’t seem to be much different. The Spartans are sixth in the conference, and the Buckeyes are in third. Both sit higher in the conference than Iowa, which is seventh. The Hawkeyes also dropped out of the coaches’ poll, something that hasn’t happened to the program in years. The Buckeyes are 3-1 in conference play, and the Spartans are 2-3. “Across the board, both teams are very physical,” Boal said. “These are the games we look forward to because they’re tough, and if you end up with
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No hype, no worries for men’s hoops By IAN MURPHY ian-murphy@uiowa.edu
ROSEMONT, Illinois — With five returning veterans, a third-place finish in the conference last season, and an NCAA Tournament win, the Iowa men’s basketball team should spark some conversation heading into the season. But the Hawkeyes received very little attention at the Big Ten media day on Thursday. Senior Jarrod Uthoff drew preseason All-Big Ten honors, but aside from him, the Hawkeyes have not attracted the fanfare of years past. Big Ten Network analysts even picked the Hawkeyes to finish ninth in the conference this year, despite the returning veterans. But the Hawkeyes said they don’t pay any attention to the preseason chatter. “You can’t really look at the standings,” senior Anthony Clemmons said. “They never end up right.” The Hawkeyes are not in the conversation in part because of No. 3 Maryland, which is the preseason favorite to win the conference and arguably be the top team in the country. Sophomore guard Melo Trimble — who earlier this week was picked as the Big Ten preseason Player of the Year — seems to be the star of the league. Couple Maryland with an impressive crop of incoming players littered throughout
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how good everybody else is,” he said. “I don’t think it’s disrespect. I think it’s respect for really good teams.” The depth of the Big Ten lends itself to someone being left out, in both the preseason conversation (five Big Ten teams are ranked in the USA Today Coaches Poll) and postseason play, but the Hawkeyes echo their coach’s attitude, paying little attention to expectations. “That’s totally fine if we’re under the radar,” se-
ROSEMONT, Illinois — With large expectations ahead of them, Big Ten media day marked the beginning of the 2015-16 season for the Iowa women’s basketball team. There’s no denying that everything went well for the Iowa women’s basketball team during the 2014-15 season. The team had the perfect record in Carver-Hawkeye, the Hawkeyes made the Sweet 16, and they went 14-4 in the conference. And, although they fell to Baylor in the NCAA Tournament, making it to Oklahoma City will be with the players forever. “That loss was definitely not the defining Disterhoft moment of last year’s junior season in any way,” junior Ally Disterhoft said. “We got to the Sweet 16, we deserved to be there, we belonged to be there, and that’s all that mattered.” Returning to the NCAA Tournament is still a goal, Disterhoft said. She said it’s also something the upperclassmen have instilled to the younger athletes as well.
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Iowa guard Anthony Clemmons talks with a reporter during Big Ten media day in Chicago on Thursday. Clemmons played 677 minutes last season and scored 163 points. (The Daily Iowan/Jordan Gale) the conference and teams with high expectations such as No. 24 Purdue and No. 15 Indiana, and it’s easy to understand why the Hawkeyes aren’t among the favorites. But Iowa remains undeterred. “As a player, you have to really stick to the main focus of your team and the goals of your team,” Clemmons said. That focus, at least early on, appears to be sustaining the recent success the Hawkeyes have had. Each year of head coach Fran McCaffrey’s tenure has
seen improvement in the Hawkeyes, which started with him winning 11 games in 2011 and culminating with 22 wins and an NCAA Tournament win last season. With veteran leadership, tournament experience, traceable improvement, and a touted recruiting class, the program should attract more notice. But McCaffrey said he harbors no hard feelings about the lack of hype and credits the depth of the league as a major factor. “I think it’s a function of