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“My campaign is going to be about the future of America, it’s not going to be about attacking anyone else on this stage. I’m running for president because there is no way we can elect Hillary Clinton to continue the policies of Barack Obama.” — Sen. Marco Rubio
“The questions that have been asked so far in this debate illustrate why the American people don’t trust the media ... This is not a cage match ... How about talking about the substantive issues the people care about?” — Sen. Ted Cruz
“I’m not a performer. If you’re looking for an entertainer in chief, I’m probably not the guy.” — Gov. Jeb Bush to CNN
“The performance by the CNBC moderators was extremely disappointing and did a disservice to their network, our candidates, and voters.” — Reince Priebus, RNC head, said of moderators (pictured)
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It was billed as “your debate, your money.” The third installment of the Republican presidential debates was supposed to hit the pocketbook issues that voters at home cared most about. Instead experts, county heads, and Iowa Republicans said it descended into chaos. “It was a hot mess,” said Rutgers University political-science Professor David Redlawsk. By the time it was over, even the national Re-
School officials on the University of Iowa campus aren’t the only ones telling students to speak out. The UI’s ongoing campus climate survey on sexual misconduct — Speak Out — is similar to other efforts across the Big Ten and the country, which may foster teamwork. The electronic survey, covering sexual assault, sexual harassment, domestic violence, and stalking, arrived in student email inboxes this week. Tom Rocklin, the UI vice president for Student Life, expects the survey may be administered every year or every other year. “I hope we’re conveying to students that this is an important issue and we can’t work on an issue if we don’t have data on the issue. We can’t know whether what we’re doing is working,” Rocklin said Several institutions across the nation already participated in an Association of American Universities campus-climate survey and received the results. The survey found that one in five women are sexually assaulted while in college. The UI didn’t participate in the survey, although it had the opportunity to do so. Rocklin said the timeline for the survey was too short, resulting in an inability to get necessary stakeholders involved. Rocklin also said the survey was criticized namely because of its origins: a company that develops surveys but had little input from experts on sexual assault and sexual assault research. “I can tell you a number of the schools that did the [survey] had the kinds of problems I was worried about like very low participation rates, less than 10 percent in some cases, so I feel pretty good about us waiting and taking the time to develop a good marketing campaign
publican Party chairman called the spectacle an “embarrassment.” “CNBC should be ashamed of how the debate was handled,” Chairman Reince Preibus said in a statement. The audience inside the Coors Event Center at the University of Colorado gleefully roared when any of the top 10 Republican hopefuls went after the moderators themselves or the broader “mainstream SEE DEBATE , 3A
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Campus moves on suicide prevention By BEAU BOWMAN beau-bowman@uiowa.edu
As mental health grows more prominent as an issue both on campus and nationwide, students worked to end suicide silence. The University of Iowa chapter of the Active Minds organization sponsored the Field of Memories Event. UI students visited the west Pentacrest lawn to pay tribute and raise awareness for suicide prevention by placing over one thousand flags on the green — representing each college student who has committed suicide in the past year. “Our event increases awareness for suicide prevention and its prevalence in college campuses,” said Alison Garmager, the president of Active Minds at the UI. “Also, it is important because students learn the importance of taking care of their own mental health and reaching out to friends who may be in need. We work to increase exposure of the counseling center and its great resources during the event.” According to Emory Cares 4 U, an organization that analyzes suicide
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suicide the second-most-common death on college campuses.
WRAC is getting ready to say goodbye to its familiar home. The Women’s Resource and Action Center operates in a 123-year-old blue house located in central campus on North Madison Street. The house has been home to the program since 1976. But now, the program will move owing to deferred Kieft maintenance accessibili- director of university ty issues. real estate The state Board of Regents recently approved the University of Iowa’s plans to demolish the house.
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The Active Minds at University of Iowa Counseling Service hosts the Field of Memories on the Pentacrest on Wednesday. Students are asked to sign each flag, which represent the number of students who kill themselves each year, with an encouraging message to show that they care. (The Daily Iowan/McCall Radavich) statistics in the U.S. among college students, 34,598 people commit suicide every year. More than 1,000 of those are college students, making
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Cole rides progressive wave By ALEX KRAMER alexandria-kramer@uiowa.edu
Rockne Cole intends to sweep a new progressive movement into city council. Cole, an Iowa City lawyer, is running for his shot at an at-large spot on the Iowa City City Council in the Nov. 3 election, where he hopes to be highly responsive to the needs of the community at large. Cole, who is from Decorah, graduated from the University of Iowa College Law, and is a partner at the Cole and Vondra law firm. “We have a very progressive community, and I’ve never really felt the council reflects the community as a whole. I think that they’re good people, but they really represent a small number of stakeholders,” he said. “I don’t like the word ‘takeover.’ What I like is bringing in new voices to the community to effectively collaborate with past and present leadership.” Cole is part of a the progressive “Core Four” coalition in the election, along with incumbent Jim Throgmorton, Pauline Taylor, and John Thomas. Cole, who has lived in Iowa City since 1997, said he loves the town and its diversity of ideas, the people, and the neighborhoods, but he has seen some major changes. “I think Iowa City is experiencing a period of dynamic growth, but un-
fortunately it’s becoming polarized by race and class,” he said. “I don’t feel the current leadership is ensuring that we have robust economic growth for all of our residents.” Robust economic growth will be an aspect of great importance, Cole said. “Priority No. 1 is increasing payrolls and profits. I think it’s really important that we make sure that that minimum wage increase works for all of our residents,” he said. “We will be close collaborators with our small businesses.” Another area of economic growth is making sure there are healthy, family-friendly neighborhoods people want to move to, Cole said. “In terms of the quality of life initiative, I think we really need to make sure we have bike-friendly street designs so we can increase ways in our choice to move around in addition to our cars,” he said. “That will be another big focus.” Another reason Cole is running is to encourage people to stay in the area after they graduate. “We’re home of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. How do we provide opportunities for our dynamic writing community after they graduate?” he said. “How do we develop such a healthy economic climate that, after they graduate, our students seriously consider Iowa City as a place
Rockne Cole stands outside of the IMU Main Lounge on Wednesday. Cole is running for City Council. (The Daily Iowan/Brooklynn Kascel) they want to stay and raise a family?” Cole’s progressive campaign is drawing in people who wouldn’t normally get involved with local politics, said Jeff Biggers, an IC resident, author, and journalist. “Rockne is a longtime expert in urban planning, health care, and civil rights. He has always been in the forefront in making sure we thrive as a city,” Biggers said. “And now it’s time to bring that valuable community work into the City Council chambers. This is the first time in nearly a half century that will have a real impact on the city.” Supporters are also looking for him to bring new proposals to the table. “He is looking for new ideas beyond some of the things the community has been thinking about. His vision is very positive,” said Karen Nichols, an Io-
wa City educational writer and editor. “There’s this notion that a progressive candidate would be anti-business and I don’t think that’s true. That’s kind of a false dichotomy.” Cole is not a one-sided candidate, Nichols said. She noted his experience owning the law firm, a small business. “He wants to see all variety of people thrive,” she said. Cole would like to capture the essence of what makes Iowa City such a great place, he said, as well as restore a sense of balance to the representation on City Council. “There are essentially insiders and outsiders in the community, and I don’t think that’s a good dynamic. We all need to work together to effectively realize what our goals are,” he said. “There should only be one Iowa City.”
Payne looks toward future By GAGE MISKIMEN Michelle Payne is looking to recapture her spot on the city council. The incumbent MidAmerican Energy official has lived in Iowa City since 2005 and has been involved with various boards and committees, including the Planning and Zoning Commission, since 2006. Payne said some of her biggest accomplishments in office have been her work on the Riverfront Crossings District and providing affordable housing. “I think it’s a positive thing for the community and in addition I have helped in working on affordable housing,” she said. “We want to continue to work on getting affordable housing for the elderly, those with disabilities, and working families.” Payne said she has a long list of goals she wants to pursue if re-elected — including maintaining a financial strength for the city to continue services that residents expect, continuing to address neigh-
borhood stabilization and revitalization, and assuring openness and accessibility to city government. Payne was not able to vote on the proposed Chauncey Tower project because her position at Mid-American, but she supports its approval. “I was hesitant of the original proposal, but I think the developer was careful and listened to the community,” she said. “Fifteen stories is pretty tall, but I think it’s a good project for the city and it will be a benefit to the city, the school systems, and the county.” Payne said the hiring of new University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld is not a bad thing, though she did not follow the whole hiring process. “I think [the state Board of Regents] hired him for specific reasons,” she said. “I think in any job, you should give people a chance to do their job.” She noted that the City Council will treat Harreld just like it would treat anybody who got hired for the position. “We need to work togeth-
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er with what we have and make the best decisions that affect both the university and the city together,” she said. Iowa City Mayor Matt Hayek, who is not running for re-election, said Payne is arguably the best-prepared councilor he has served with. “She pays very close attention to the packet materials and community input and she asks probing questions of staff during meetings,” he said. Hayek also noted Payne take each vote very seriously and is always well informed before making a decision. “She is driven by a sense of fairness that I admire,” he said. “She comes from a modest background and has worked hard her entire life. She was still putting herself through the University of Iowa when she was elected in 2011. This gives her an important set of life experiences that I think benefits the council.” John Balmer, a former city councilor and Payne’s campaign manager, said he thinks Payne had good experience even before she
was on the council. “She was working with the community and through zoning issues and I thought that was a plus,” he said. “She has a solid work ethic and has had some significant responsibilities with Mid-American Energy.” Balmer said Payne is a very well-rounded person. “She balances a lot of different commandments and does an admirable job of that,” he said. “She’s a very well-prepared person and maintains commitment to her job.” Payne said she views prosperity as diverse people living in harmony. “I think prosperity is more than dollar signs,” she said. “It’s health and happiness and being happy with where you live.” Payne said Iowa City is a great place that gets national recognition but, like most places, there are still issues that need to be addressed and hopes people go out and vote in the upcoming Nov. 3 election. “I think it’s important for people to get out and vote and hopefully students will get out and vote too,” she said.
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One in 10 college students has made a plan for suicide and a demographic particularly at risk are white men under the age of 21. Members of the UI Undergraduate Student Government campaigned last year on raising awareness of mental health issues and creating a central campus resource for students in need. UISG senators and executives have said they have made mental health a priority this school year. Barry Schreier, UI counseling director, noted that the university has a role in suicide prevention.
SPEAK OUT CONTINUED FROM FRONT and make sure that everyone who needed to be on board was on board,” Rocklin said. Another regent institution, Iowa State University, chose to take part in the survey and received its report in September. “This survey provided
DEBATE CONTINUED FROM FRONT media” — a frequent target for politicians of both stripes, the lines keep coming throughout the two-hour debate. “The mainstream media are the Democratic Party’s biggest Super PAC,” said Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. In conversations with political experts and county heads across Iowa, Rubio emerged as one of the clear winners from the night. In particular, the freshman senator’s exchange with former quasi-mentor and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush cemented Rubio’s status. Bush used the debate to hit Rubio over missing votes in the U.S. Senate and said as a constituent of the senator it was time for Rubio to step down if he wanted to focus on his White House aspirations. Refusing to engage, Rubio insisted that oth-
The DI previously reported that UI Counseling Services estimates that about 300 UI students attempt suicide every year. Schreier noted the Counseling Service used to rely on the federal Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Grant. “But, like any grant, that money has run out, and the Active Minds chapter here at the university has really stepped up helping with our financial situation,” Schreier said. The UI has about 12 full-time counselors, or one for every 2,700 students — the lowest number of counselors in the Big Ten. According to the UI’s accreditation standards, there should be one counselor for every 1,000
to 1,500 students. The Early Intervention Team and the Threat Assessment Team are two other resources the UI uses to further suicide prevention. The Early Intervention Team is a group that offers support to students whose success is affected by personal problems, substance abuse, finances, and mental health. The Threat Assessment Team is a similar group devoted to the early identification and assessment of incidents and behaviors that threaten the safety and well being of UI students. Many students took advantage of the opportunity Wednesday to honor their loved ones by writing on the flags placed on the Pentacrest lawn.
an opportunity to collect information on a nationwide scale, and we felt it was important to be a part of that,” John McCarroll, the ISU executive director for university relations, said in an email. According to the ISU survey report, ISU had a 16.2 percent overall response rate. “I can tell you in a general overview that the
ers were egging on Bush. “… The only reason you’re complaining about [my missing votes] is because somebody … has convinced you that attacking me is going to help you,” Rubio said. While Rubio stood out from other candidates, Iowa Republicans welcomed the attacks lobbed at the media from all around the stage. “They went right after the media, and frankly that’s very refreshing to me,” said Don Kass, Plymouth County — where former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney took the highest percentage of the vote in 2012 — Republican Central Committee head. “It’s something I thought we needed to do all along.” Chiming in later on in the debate, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz piled on. “The questions that have been asked tonight thus far illustrate why the American people don’t like the media,” Cruz said. Wendell Steven, Kos-
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The Active Minds at the University of Iowa Counseling Service hosts the Field of Memories in the Pentacrest on Wednesday. Students are asked to sign each flag, which represent the number of students who kill themselves each year, with an encouraging message to show that they care. (The Daily Iowan/McCall Radavich) “It was nice to be able to show … respect on a cam-
pus as large as Iowa’s,” UI freshman Liz Gavin said.
“It really shows that everyone is important here.”
results of the survey are being carefully examined to see if changes in our policies, procedures, and training can be improved,” Carroll wrote. The UI is not the only institution that chose to opt out of that particular survey. The University of Illinois launched its own campus climate survey on sexual misconduct on Tuesday. Rocklin and
C. Renée Romano, the Illinois vice chancellor for student affairs, pursued their own on purpose to ensure a chance for collaboration. Romano said Pennsylvania State University also indicated interest in undertaking a campus climate survey. “We feel like there are possibilities in at least comparing data or doing collaborations,” Roma-
no said. “We may share what we’ve learned, what we’ve done, and what we might do the next time.” Romano said Illinois felt it could foster better control and involvement than through the survey. Ultimately, the survey was also more expensive. Although survey response rates could vary, Romano is hoping for at least 20 or 25 percent. “We just hate not
knowing some of these things. We’re hoping our students stick with us because we care about the institution and want to make it better,” she said. Rocklin expects a report on the UI campus climate survey to come out around April and the results may have an impact on education and prevention efforts related to sexual misconduct.
suth County Republicans chairman, said he was “sick to his stomach” following the debate due to the moderators’ questions, adding he doesn’t like the candidates “having to even discuss fantasy football.” After lacking in speaking time most the night, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie ridiculed a moderator for asking about daily fantasy sports instead of foreign policy in the process creating one of the most viral moments from the night. “We have $19 trillion in debt, we people out of work, we have ISIS and Al Qaeda attacking us, and we’re talking about fantasy football,” Christie said channeling his inner Allen Iverson. Iowa politicos have long said it takes more than just winning a debate to have a long-term impact in the Feb. 1 precinct caucuses. But asked who stood out to him, Pottawattamie County Republican Jeff Jorgenson said Cruz, a former
standout college debater at Princeton, excelled. “He’s a great public speaker, he knows the issues, he was involved in the issues,” Jorgenson said of Cruz. “He’s at the front leading the charge for a lot of these issues, he knows the issues inside and out, in my opinion has a correct stance on these issues which is very important.” Perhaps even more important than standing
out on stage is not having a terrible performance. A longtime caucus watcher, Redlawsk said he just does not see how Bush can move forward after the debate. Bush was the media-proclaimed frontrunner when he entered the presidential race and had supporters gin up more than $100 million to back his efforts. But in recent days, the two-term governor has cut back on his
campaign and openly declared that he would be fine doing other things if Republicans back candidates like businessman Donald Trump. “It’s really hard to see where Jeb Bush is going after tonight, he doesn’t come off as a strong candidate coming out of tonight,” Redlawsk said. Politics Editor Rebecca Morin and politics reporter Aleksandra Vujicic contributed to the article.
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Barbie shouldn’t be done adapting Hannah Soyer hannah-soyer@uiowa.edu
Barbie has never been a favorite among those of us who strive to move society forward in regards to empowering women and spreading positive body-image messages. The doll, created by Mattel in 1959, has definitely had its low points in its long career as a toy marketed for young girls. There are the scientifically impossible body ratios, which would mean if she was a real women, she would have room for only half a liver and need to walk on all fours in order to support her unrealistic shape. Then, there’s the extreme lack of racial diversity, although this has been improving slightly as time has gone on. Perhaps the most embarrassing moment in Barbie’s life was the release of the 1992 “Teen Talk” Barbie that said “Math class is tough.” It’s perfectly fine to think math class is tough. I think math class is tough, although this has nothing to do with my gender. But when a doll geared toward young girls and made to represent a stereotypical teenage woman says this, there are going to be some implications. Recently, however, Mattel released an ad for Barbie with the tagline “You can be anything.” The video is unscripted and opens with the line “What happens when girls are free to imagine they can be anything?” It then goes on to capture young girls pretending to be professionals in real-life settings. This includes girls pretending to be college professors, soccer coaches,
veterinarians, museum tour guides, and businesswomen. At the end of the ad, it shows a young girl playing with Barbies, with text over it saying, “When a girl plays with Barbie, she imagines everything she can become.” This is ultimately a step in the right direction for Barbie and Mattel. By showing real young girls in professional environments of their choosing, Mattel is saying that girls don’t have to adhere to outdated gender roles once portrayed in “Teen Talk” Barbie. Mattel is even going beyond this by saying that Barbie can help girls imagine what they would like to have as a career or do as they get older. This may be supported by the fact that Barbie has had more than 150 careers since she first came out, giving examples to young girls of what they could be when they grow up. I think the new commercial is not only adorable but also progressive. However, this shouldn’t distract us from the unrealistic body image Barbie still presents to the children who play with her. New ad or not, this is still something that makes Barbie a less than desirable image for young girls to have. It’s no news flash that eating disorders are a problem, along with any sort of self-esteem issues related to body image. Obviously, there is no way to conflate such problems with Barbie, but such early exposure to scientifically proven impossible figures surely doesn’t do anything to help. It’s great if Barbie can be used as a way for young girls to explore what they want their future to look like, but it complicates things when they’re using unrealistically shaped dolls to play out what they imagine themselves doing.
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We can’t ignore the issues in Israel
Last week, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry revealed a series of steps to de-escalate the tension that has sprung up in Israel over the past few weeks. The plans came after Kerry’s meeting with Israeli, Jordanian, and Palestinian leaders. The highlight of the conversations was a plan to install surveillance cameras in holy sites in Jerusalem. Unlike previous conflicts in the region, the most recent sources of violence have come not only from in the city of Jerusalem, but from in and around its holy sites. The implementation of a surveillance system at a holy site shared among religions is, apparently, the best and most important idea that came from the series of discussions amongst the Middle East nations. It is, therefore, now apparent that a two-state solution is nowhere on the minds of world leaders, including Kerry, and that the best-case scenario is the prevention of escalated violence in and around Jerusalem. Even this temporary solution, however, is difficult to imagine as Syria captures the attention of the world. The Daily Iowan Editorial Board believes that Kerry ought to understand how the most recent events in Israel play a role in the broader spectrum of Middle East stability. While Syria appears to be of the utmost importance, and may be priority No. 1, the United States cannot give up on discussions with Israel and must focus on preventing further violence, if nothing more. Over the past couple months, conversations of a two-state solution (though still distant) had began to rumble in the United Nations. The conversation was broached by many as a direct result of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rejecting the Oslo Accords, largely responsible for any
peace that has been held in the region in the recent past. Now, however, as Kerry shifts his attention away from Israel and onto the developing crises in Syria, it’s almost as if the United States is saying, “This isn’t going to work right now, let’s worry about a two-state solution some other time.” In fact, according to U.S. News & World Report, Ghaith al-Omari, an expert on Palestinian issues at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy contended, “On the Israel-Palestinian front, I don’t see any potential for any progress between [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu on the one hand and Abbas on the other. There is no sense if you start anything that these two leaders will play ball.” Whether a two-state solution moves forward is beside the point now. It is true that such an agreement is unlikely in the coming months or even years, however, this does not give Kerry the right to place Israel lower on the priority list, or worse, off it all together. The growing struggle in Jerusalem has taken a gruesome turn away from a secular fight between two religious states toward an all-out religious battle, as places of worship have become the focal point of violent occurrences. Perhaps a two-state solution is off the table right now, but this shouldn’t stop Kerry and other leaders from placing the necessary importance on maintaining relative peace in Israel. Moreover, the importance of limiting more tragedy in Syria is obvious and imminent, but the country cannot turn its back on international issues in which the United States has a hand outside of Syria and this means not only Israel.
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Puerto Rico’s money troubles Samuel Studer samuel-studer@uiowa.edu
Years of irresponsible management of money has left Puerto Rico in a serious debt crisis. Puerto Rico is similar to Greece in that it is highly indebted and locked in a union with a wealthier neighbor. Puerto Rico could be on path similar to what Greece was five years ago. This August, the U.S. territory defaulted on debt, and the local government could run out of cash by early November. According to the Wall Street Journal, Puerto Rico is $72 billion in debt, and its public enterprises owe an amount equal to their 100 percent out-
put. This would force the island to slash jobs and social programs, which would be devastating considering that Puerto Rico’s economy has been shrinking. To avoid an economic disaster, a plan must come in play to boost the economy. Its debt must be restructured in order to help save it. Puerto Rico is different from a state in that it cannot file for bankruptcy. Leaders in the Obama administration would like to change that. Such a move would allow creditors to have the supervision of the court system to get some of what they are owed. It has also been brought up that Puerto Rico should be granted statehood. With a restructure, it could lead to better jobs. It would also make it easy for the island to declare bankruptcy. The island’s econo-
my is not going to be strong anytime soon. It is going to take hard work and big overhaul to see changes. Just like the United States, Puerto Rico had a housing boom, crash, and recession. Yet its economy has not recovered because the tax breaks that got people to come are long gone. The territory also faces low education rates, mismanaged funds, and labor laws. There is also a law in place that cargo going from Puerto Rico and the United States must travel on expensive U.S ships, boosting costs. Another issue facing the island is that programs such as welfare and disability insurance have high benefits. This then allows for people not to work and benefit from these programs. Some have joined an underground network of jobs in which they do not
have to pay taxes, an economy free from the government. The situation of Puerto Rico must be handled in a professional matter. Granting Puerto Rico statehood is not the answer, because we cannot afford to add more debt to the United States’ already heavy debt load. However, the U.S. should be able to support and help in any way possible such as passing legislation to help monitor a repayment plan for Puerto Rico’s creditors. It is not our responsibility to take on Puerto Rico’s debt. Understanding what has gone wrong is the first step. Then, we need a plan to create a solution, and the United States should help with that process. Finally, it is up to Puerto Rican officials to help rebuild the island that was once so great.
service to Iowa City. Rev. Mark W. Martin
housing. I am weary of a council that places market value higher than long term sustainability. I’m voting for Thomas because I am voting for our neighborhoods, because I am voting for a downtown that is planned with purpose. Because I am voting for the education of my children and existence of parks and healthy communities. Because I am voting for Iowa City. Jackie Biger
for historical precedent; his commitment to social issues, and his reasoned approach to new growth will make him a hardworking and intelligent councilperson, working for the common good of all Iowa City citizens. We strongly encourage you to support Tim Conroy for City Council. Dick and Joyce Summerwill
LETTERS TO EDITOR Rick Dobyns for council
I am writing to support Councilor Rick Dobyn’s bid for a second term on the City Council representing District A. I have worked with Rick in a variety of settings and find him to be a person of integrity, compassion, fairness, and common sense. His concern for the marginalized people of Iowa City and support for practical ways of addressing issues affecting them, such as affordable housing in all areas of the city, is central to the well-being of our whole community. Rick seeks to act with fiscal responsibility and at the same time to provide for the planned growth that is essential to our viability and strength as a community. He is future-oriented while also valuing the best in our common history. I have no doubt that Rick will continue to work hard on the key issues that confront us while communicating openly with residents, city staff and neighboring governing bodies. Please vote for Rick Dobyns on Tuesday, November 3, and guarantee his continuing strong
John Thomas and Jim Throgmorton for council Anyone who runs for City Council should be commended for even considering the commitment. How lucky we are to have such a nice pool of people running to give their energy and time to the city. What stands out to me though are those who have experience with how a city runs behind the scenes and also the foresight to consider the impact of the decisions of City Council. I have a young family, and it matters greatly to me that my sons are raised in the place that takes its constituents into account. A place that is designed for supporting a healthy environment. I believe that John Thomas and Jim Throgmorton are choices for City Council who have the foresight to consider the impact of decisions on the future generations of Iowa City. I am uncomfortable with a council that thinks $200,000 one-bedroom apartments offer affordable
Conroy for council We have lived in Iowa City for 53 years and have witnessed many positive changes to our great community over the years; thanks to many previous councilors. We believe we need young, intelligent people to serve on the council as they represent the future of Iowa City while respecting and honoring its historical past. Tim Conroy has an understanding of Iowa City and its challenges, problems and opportunities well beyond his years. His knowledge of neighborhoods; his respect
Rick Dobyns for council We are writing in support of Rick Dobyns, who is running for the District A seat on the City Council in the Nov. 3 election. During his time on the City Council, Rick has consistently shown that he carefully and objectively evaluates all issues, and that he strives to make decisions which benefit the entire city. Rick’s thoughtful and conscientious approach to his work on the City Council serves us all very well. Please join us in voting for Rick Dobyns on Nov. 3. Michael W. Kennedy Michelle R. Kennedy
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Young scouts train for police By TOM ACKERMAN Thomas-ackerman@uiowa.edu
Iowa City high-schoolers are training to be police officers and first responders. A public safety training program started last year to provide youth interested in emergency response a chance to explore their passion before they hit the academy. “It gives [cadets] a taste of different entities within law enforcement,” said Officer Scott Gaarde, a sergeant in charge of planning and research with the Iowa City police. “It gives them a little bit of exposure into everything.” The program rotates monthly to focus around police, fire, and ambulance training to offer a broad perspective in experience. Post adviser Officer Rob Cash said this is realistic for training, as in many cases responders work together. Cadets participate in training scenarios that
prepare the students for what they should expect to see if they choose an emergency response career, including traffic control, crash scenes, and crimescene investigations. “Many of our kids have been very active, so they come to all the special events and training,” Cash said. In addition, the students assist the community and gain experience by working with police officers while on duty. This year, the post contributed to Homecoming activities and learned the difficulties of crowd control and public safety. “I hope to learn more about the whole emergency field,” said Tyler Barr, a senior at City High. The group currently consists of seven members and is applying to become an Explorer Post, which would bring Iowa City into the nationwide program for teen law enforcement training. Cash said the fees thus far
have been minimal and have been assumed by the police department within the community policing fund. “There wasn’t a whole lot [needed] for initial operation,” Cash said. “We’re still getting set up.” When the Post is accepted into the explorer program, there will be a fee, with which the city may fund. If not, Cash said the group will fundraise as needed for the $26 per cadet. While popular in other areas, Cash said Explorers is more wide spread in Iowa, the only close program residing in Cedar Rapids, though it is for 18-year olds and requires a greater time commitment. “We’ve allotted this group to go up to about 20 kids, so we definitely have room for expansion,” Cash said. Several present at a meeting Wednesday night had interest in continuing to pursue first-responder careers, though cadets and advisers offered that that wasn’t the whole
Iowa City police Officer Rob Cash talks with Police Explorer members in the Iowa City police substation on Wednesday. Police Explorers is a program for high-school students interested in police work and assisting with community activities and projects. (The Daily Iowan/Brooklynn Kascel) point of the program. Barr said the program is a beneficial experience to students. “There’s a lot of activities and hands on,” he said. “It’s
a fun time. You get to meet a lot of people too.” Gaarde said students can join to enhance their resumes for college as well. The cadets are all CPR
and first aid certified, he said, offering a wealth of skills for interested students. “They’ve been really dedicated — really hands on,” Cash said.
Confab eyes domestic violence By ANIS SHAKIRAH MOHD MUSLIMIN anisshakirah-mohdmuslimin@uiowa.edu
Deciding to break the silence was the outcome at a campus discussion on domestic and dating violence Wednesday. The Alpha Kappa Psi sorority at the University of Iowa conducted the lunch and learn panel to mark the end of the Domestic Violence Awareness Month. “It’s important for a community to talk about domestic violence and why it happens and what happens,”
said Kristie Doser, executive director at Domestic Violence Intervention Program and a panelist at the event. Rachel Langholz, the director of service for Alpha Kappa Psi, said the event is an effort to raise donations for the Domestic Violence Intervention Program shelter and increase awareness on domestic and dating violence. The panelists included Doser, Sara Feldman, compliance coordinator of the UI Office of Sexual Misconduct Response Coordinator, Attorney Brian John-
son of Jacobsen, Johnson, and Wiezorek PLC, Sgt. Brad Kunkel at the Johnson County Sherriff’s Office and Officer Alton Poole of the UI Department of Public Safety. The event’s discussion included identifying using methods to help domestic and dating abuse victims, the resources available for victims, and the ways to identify domestic and dating violence. The panelists agreed the first step in helping abuse survivors is to provide them with the support they need
— such as through the Domestic Violence Intervention Program shelter. Doser said the Domestic Violence Intervention Program helps domestic abuse survivors by providing them with emergency shelters, advocacy services, counseling, and support groups. “We start from a space of being a free, confidential location that someone can call, or meet with an advocate, just to talk about what’s happening,” she said. Feldman said the UI Office of Sexual Miscon-
duct Response Coordinator would also help with the accommodations of students if they needed it. “If someone doesn’t feel safe in their residence hall, we can work with [UI housing] to change the contact and help them move, or if you need to get out of class and you’re past the deadline,” she said. “Those are things that the institution is obligated to provide.” According to a 2015 data from the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, an average of 20 people in the Unit-
ed States are physically abused by their intimate partners every minute. Corinne Peek-Asa, a professor at the UI College of Public Health, said domestic violence leaves severe physical and psychological effects on the survivors. She said intervention programs should be focused more on the perpetrators and that she would like to see more effective court action towards abusers. “Domestic-violence victims would need a lot of support and time to build up self-efficacy,” she said.
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WRAC CONTINUED FROM FRONT WRAC will shift to Bowman House at 230 N. Clinton St., across from Daum Residence Hall. “The new location will offer us more space in better condition,” WRAC Director Linda Stewart Kroon said. However, though the Bowman House is an improvement from WRAC’s current facility, there is still an issue of accessibility. “Unfortunately, only the first floor of the building will be accessible — the same as our current building,” Kroon said. She said WRAC had hoped the Bowman House would put in an elevator, but the UI denied the request. The demolition of the Madison Street house is
THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2015 scheduled to take place during the spring 2016 semester. The Bowman House is currently being renovated in anticipation of the WRAC move. David Kieft, director of University Real Estate, said the final demolition costs are unknown, but officials estimate about $60,000 in construction costs to raze the building and disconnect utilities. Kieft said he believes the program will be better off in its new home. “The current WRAC house … is in poor condition and has a long list of deferred maintenance items. The home is also not ideal for accessibility issues,” he said in an email. “Rather than continue to put funds into that building, the university worked closely with the Women’s Resource and Action Center to find a new
location that fits with the center’s mission.” Following the move, Kieft said the UI doesn’t have any future development planned for the property. It will become a campus green space. WRAC services thousands of students annually, with programs ranging from counseling to peer support groups. A number of UI student organizations such as the Men’s Antiviolence Council and the Feminist Union hold meetings at the WRAC house as well. Members of the WRAC staff said they hope the new space will offer a larger and more up-to-date location for all the events, programs, and resources WRAC offers. Jessica Owens, a UI freshmen and member of the Feminist Union, said she is looking forward to the move. “It’s great that they are
The Women’s Resource and Action Center is shown on on Tuesday. The WRAC house will be demolished. (The Daily Iowan/ Courtney Hawkins) getting a better space,” she said. “WRAC does a
lot of great things for the campus, and it’s important
that they have a facility to go along with that.”
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will need to find at least one or two other players who can take on post duties if need be. With really no other semblance of a true post player on the roster, it can be expected that the Hawkeyes will schematically use the players they do have. “Our system is set up in a way that the Stretch-4 man is going to be very productive,” Woodbury said. “It obviously helps me out; there’s not another guy clogging the paint down there, and when he wants to go down there,
I’ll get out of his way and he can go to work.” Uthoff will likely start at power forward, but after that, Dom Uhl, Dale Jones, and freshmen Ahmad Wagner and Brandon Hutton could get opportunities to show what they can do.
Fresh(man) talent Wagner and Hutton are just two members of a five-freshman recruiting class brought in by McCaffery, and they could all vy for playing time. Andrew Fleming, Christian Williams, and Isaiah Moss round out a talented group, and partially because of having
to shift players around given the lack of frontcourt depth, McCaffery says who plays may come down to versatility. “They all have caught my eye in a lot of different ways; how that will manifest itself specifically, we have too much time to figure that out,” McCaffrey said at the team’s media day. “It’s going to be who can take what they’ve done so far, and then go play three positions legitimately. Everybody thinks he can play three positions, but not a lot of guys can remember three positions.” Iowa has had a few weeks of preparation before tonight’sgame, and fans will be eager to see
which of the young players can emerge as effective.
The clock changing The change in of the shot clock from 35 seconds to 30 seconds created a significant, well-documented amount of chatter at the Big Ten media day in Rosemont, Illinois. The Hawkeyes will likely press more to force the opposing team’s hands this season, and although the effect of the shot clock remains to be seen, it could be an X-factor for the Hawkeyes. “We probably will try to press a little bit more, but we press a fair
amount anyway,” McCaffrey said. The Hawkeyes, although not because of the change in the shot clock, will try to move the ball down the court quicker as well.
The fifth man McCaffrey has hinted the fifth starter will be senior Anthony Clemmons, who both started and came off the bench last season. There’s no reason to think Clemmons won’t start, especially because Uhl will back up Woodbury at center, and McCaffrey went as far as he could go in naming Clemmons the starter without naming him.
“Can almost count Clemmons as a fifth starter. And after that, everybody’s young,” McCaffrey said. “With the exception of Dom Uhl. He’s the only one who played; everybody else is a guy who sat out last year, freshman or transfer didn’t play last year.” The youth elsewhere on the lineup, combined with the necessity to play Uhl in the paint, supports the belief that Clemmons will be the fifth man when the Hawkeyes take the court. Follow @IanfromIowa and @kylefmann on Twitter for Iowa men’s basketball news, updates, and analysis.
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NFL Pass Completion Rules 1) If a player goes to the ground after or during the act of catching a pass, he must maintain control of the ball after he touches the ground, otherwise the pass is incomplete. 2) If a player loses control of the ball after or during the act of catching a pass, but the ball does not touch the ground before he regains control of the ball, the pass is complete. 3) If a player receives the ball, but he refuses to accept the ball for who it is on the inside, the pass is incomplete. 4) If a player catches the ball, maintains control of the ball throughout the act of going to the ground, then continues to maintain control of the ball, it should be clear that the player needs to stop micromanaging his relationships, but the pass is complete. 5) If a player catches the ball, but he uses wizardly magics to turn the ball into an enormous dove, and then rides that dove out of the open-air stadium, the pass is incomplete — unless the player presently lands the dove, within bounds, past the original line of scrimmage. 6) If a player catches the ball, maintains control of the ball throughout the act of going to the ground, but breaks wind upon standing, the pass is incomplete, a personal foul is issued, and the down is repeated. Andrew R. Juhl still doesn’t understand the infield fly rule, though.
KRUI programming today’s events • Sixth Annual Charles A. Hale Lecture, Mary Louise • Sinister 2, 8 & 11 p.m., 348 IMU Pratt, 3:30 p.m. 1117 University Capitol Center • Paperback Rhino, 9 p.m., Public Space One, 120 N. • Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism presen- Dubuque tation, Stanley Plumly, 4 p.m., Old Capitol Senate Chamber • South Asian Studies Program Seminar, 5 p.m., 2390 University Capitol Center • Graduate History Society Guest Lecture, Margot Cannaday, 5:30 p.m., 2520D University Capitol Center • Remembering Hurricane Sandy, 7 p.m., 140 Schaeffer • “Shop Talk,” Terry Conrad, 7:30 p.m., 116 Art Building West • Franck Leblois, bassoon, & Pavel Eret, violin, 7:30 p.m., University Capitol Center Recital Hall • Minions, 8 & 11 p.m., 166 IMU • Red All Over, Gallery Series, 8 p.m., Theater Building Theater B
THURSDAY 8 A.M.-9 THE MORNING 9 NEWS AT NINE 10-11 TITLE TK 11-12 PIPPIN TALK 12 NEWS AT NOON 12:30PM-1 FULL COURT PRESS 1-2 CENTER ICE 2-3 FACE OFF 3-4 DJ TRAINING 4-5 BEAT ME UP 5-6 NEWS AT FIVE 6-8 THE B-SIDE 8-10 HYPE NATION 10-12 A.M. HALF WAY THERE
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Thursday, October 29, 2015 by Eugenia Last
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t let someone from your past bother you. Forward motion will be required. A change of attitude will help you see social situations in a completely different light. Alternative thinking coupled with initiating change is the way to go. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You will be able to impress everyone around you. Putting added details to whatever you do will make others take note. A business trip will boost your confidence and bring you future opportunities. Romance looks promising. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Discipline will be required if you want to bypass some of the emotional turmoil that is likely to develop if you get involved in situations that will leave you in a vulnerable position. Stick to the facts to avoid criticism. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Look for any opportunity to get together with close friends or family. Making a move or making some additions to your home will turn out better than anticipated. Keep your emotions in check, and you’ll avoid saying something you’ll regret. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Initiate change. Pick up additional skills, knowledge, and contacts. Communication is highlighted. Keep your money in a safe place, and refrain from lending or making donations. It’s important to stick to a budget. Invest in your plans. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Focus on truth, fact-finding, and networking. Don’t divulge personal information, but listen and ask questions. Knowledge will be your ticket to a brighter future. A problem with an older relative or your residence is best handled quickly and concisely. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Speak up if you think someone is making assumptions or misunderstands what you are trying to say. It’s important to defend your principles before you make changes that cannot be reversed. Look back before you leap forward. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Get in the game. Stop thinking about what you want to do and make things happen. Participate in whatever forum will help you get ahead personally or professionally. An unusual living arrangement will interest you. Romance is on the rise. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The less you share with others about your personal life, the better. Someone in your circle isn’t trustworthy. Put more into your home and making changes that will suit your needs. Travel plans will face delays and cause uncertainty. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Choose to work on your physical, emotional, and financial wellness. Do what you can to distinguish yourself from the competition. Don’t give in to pushy or unpredictable people. Work alone, and focus on finishing what you start. Romance is in the stars. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Put your home in order. Don’t leave any room for criticism. Make changes that are well-thought-out and cost-efficient; that will please everyone you live with. Don’t limit what you can do because someone is demanding or unreliable. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Partnerships will make a huge difference in the outcome of a project you are trying to complete. Cooperation will bring you greater options in the future. Celebrate your success with someone you love, but don’t share your secrets.
This has always been a man’s world, and none of the reasons that have been offered in explanation have seemed adequate. — Simone de Beauvoir
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Rutgers’ Madison Tiernan kicks the ball at the Iowa Soccer Complex on Wednesday. The Hawkeyes were defeated by the Scarlet Knights, 2-0. (The Daily Iowan/Peter Kim)
SOCCER CONTINUED FROM 10A had put up 13 shots compared with Iowa’s 5. The second half was a continuation of Iowa’s struggle with shooting. Madison Tiernan’s goal for the Knights in the 56th minute put them up 2-0, a lead that proved to be too much to overcome.
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Playing with a 2-0 lead, Rutgers took its foot off the gas pedal and played to hold the lead — trying its best to keep the ball out of Iowa’s possession. Iowa registered 1 shot in the second half, coming with 2:48 left in the game. Rutgers took 23 shots, had 4 saves, 1 corner kick, and 7 fouls. By comparison, Iowa had only 6 shots but
managed 6 saves, 2 corner kicks, and 8 fouls. “I said to [the team] at the end of the game ‘No. 1, don’t get used to losing. That is a bad habit,”DiIanni said. “Two, I think we had a lot of people who got a lot of very good minutes and experience. I’m excited to see how they develop. I thought the seniors played really hard today.”
were largely absent in 2009 — the team has looked stable and in control for nearly every quarter this season. Maintaining that attitude and mentality is Iowa’s path to 12-0 the best way to ensure is easier than six years the team’s success. ago. That 2009 squad “ T h e had to circle the next game wagons after the all we loss to North‘The next game is all we care about. is care about,” western and go end on the road to With the bye, you kind of have a chance tight H e n r y play 11th-ranked Ohio State in to sit back and think about all the other Krieger Coble said. Ohio Stadium. the This time stuff a little bit, but as of this week, all “With bye, you around, Iowa has we care about is beating Maryland.’ kind of have Maryland, Indi— Henry Krieger Coble, tight end a chance to ana, Minnesota, sit back and Purdue, and Nethink about braska left, none of which are ranked. down and dropping a all the other stuff a They have combined for game, even against one little bit, but as of this just two conference wins. of those vastly inferi- week, all we care about What’s more, each of or teams, isn’t all that is beating Maryland.” those teams ranks near outlandish. Follow @ryanarod So far, whatever Iowa the bottom of the Big Ten in terms of total has done has worked. on Twitter for Iowa offense, total defense, Through injuries and football news, updates, — which and analysis. or both. Iowa, on the adversity other hand, is fourth in each category. Every matchup is winnable, but given how hard it is to run the table and go 12-0 in modern college football, the idea of Iowa having a catastrophic break-
Kabacinski is the school-record holder in the 50 and 100 free, as well as participating on the school-record-holding 200, 400-, and 800-free relay teams. She and Orvis participated on the school-record-holding 200-medley relay team. Those school records didn’t come without growth, both as swimmers and as individuals. “Over the years, I’ve matured a ton and gained so much confidence,” Kabacinski said. Orvis said her improvement since freshman year has surprised even her. Long’s squad is loaded with underclassmen, leaving room for Kabacinski and Orvis to provide plenty of guidance to their teammates. That guidance comes both in and out of the water. The duo agreed that their actions in the pool are perhaps more influential than anything they could say to motivate the underclassmen. “We definitely try to lead by example,” Orvis said. “Coach is always talking about having a sense of urgency, so we try to show that.” “Our actions and how we hold ourselves are so
Iowa swimmer Olivia Kabacinski comes out of the water during the women’s 100 breaststroke at the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center during the Hawkeye Invitational on Dec. 6, 2014. The women’s team won with a score of 1,015.5. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert) important,” Kabacinski agreed. “We have to make it easy for the underclassmen to approach us about race strategies or advice.” The school records and other accomplishments are important for Orvis and Kabacinski, but there are certainly things that they haven’t accomplished yet that they’re setting their sights on. Kabacinski, a business major, and Orvis, majoring in art, will go on to have success in their respective fields. But those goals that haven’t been reached in the pool are their priorities at the moment. And with this being their senior years, it’s now or never. “I’d love to make it on a relay team at the NCAAs,” Orvis said. “Spe-
cifically, the 200-medley relay at the backstroke spot. That’s what I’m working for.” “I’ve been on the cusp of making the NCAAs the past few years, and that’s always been a dream of mine,” said Kabacinski. “I’d love to leave college making the NCAAs.” The seniors have experienced quite a bit during their time as students and swimmers and have learned the ropes on how to have successful college years. If Orvis could speak to freshmen, she said she would give this simple piece of advice: “Don’t hold back, and don’t wait until senior year to make improvements,” she said. “Give it your all, because it goes by fast.”
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Iowa loses to Rutgers, 2-0, in last match of the 2015 season. By ADAM HENSLEY adam-hensley@uiowa.edu
The Iowa team celebrates Jordan Canzeri’s touchdown during the Iowa-Illinois State game in Kinnick on Sept. 5. The Hawkeyes defeated the Redbirds, 31-14. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert)
Every game a trap game? Given its remaining schedule, the football Hawkeyes could go undefeated this season. What do they need to do to avoid a letdown? By RYAN RODRIGUEZ ryan-rodriguez@uiowa.edu
At 7-0 and coming off of a recuperating bye week, the Hawkeye football team has a real shot at going undefeated for the first time since 1922. Iowa’s remaining opponents have gone a combined 2-15 in Big Ten play this year, and on paper look vastly inferior to how the Hawkeyes have stacked up this year. Every game is winnable, but if history is any indicator, the gap between winnable in theory and winnable in practice can get pretty big. With that in mind, it raises the ques-
tion: Is every game on Iowa’s remaining schedule a trap game? “Right now we still have 42 percent of our season left and close to 63 percent of our Big Ten season left in terms of scheduling. So there’s a lot of football left,” head coach Kirk Ferentz said. “As much as everybody wants to think they know what’s going to happen or what should happen, football is pretty unpredictable.” Unpredictable is an understatement and one Ferentz and Iowa fans were all too familiar with just a few years ago. The 2009 Hawkeyes, one of the most celebrated squads in program history,
came out of the gate blazing to win its first nine games of the season before losing at home to an unranked Northwestern team, 17-10, in Week 10. So how do New Kirk and this edition of the Hawks avoid the mistakes their predecessors made? “There’s so much more that we want to do that we just have to keep looking ahead,” quarterback C.J. Beathard said. “There are still five games left in the regular season — that’s a lot. We’ve won all seven so far, which is a great accomplishment for us, but we’re not done.” SEE FOOTBALL, 9A
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On a chilly Wednesday evening, the Iowa soccer team lost to Rutgers, 2-0. The Scarlet Knights came into the game ranked ninth in the country. “We knew Rutgers was going to be a difficult game for us,” Iowa head coach Dave DiIanni said. “They rank up there [as] one of the best, if not the best.” Senior Hannah Clark agrees and thinks the Scarlet Knights have a chance to compete at a high level. “Rutgers is a really good team,” she said. “They have some awesome players. They are going to do well this season.” Rutgers stands at 14-2-2 overall, 7-2-2 in the Big Ten. Only Penn State and Wisconsin are ahead of it in the standings. On the other hand, Iowa finished the season with only one win in Big Ten play. The Hawkeyes Clark ended with a 7-10-1 senior overall record. Clark, along with three other seniors, suited up for the Hawkeyes for the last time. “We fought hard the whole game, so we gave all we could,” she said. “It wasn’t the result we wanted, but we fought hard — it’s all we could do.” The temperature dipped to 41 degrees (32 with wind chill) during the game. Despite the cold, Rutgers started off hot. Two minutes into the game, Hayley Katkowski scored a goal for the Scarlet Knights. “We are just not equipped to be able to battle from behind so early,” DiIanni said. Early in the first half, the Knights seemed to be in control of the game. They took 4 shots before Iowa took its first, and they kept the ball on Iowa’s side of the field for most of the half. But after that, Iowa was able to joust with the Knights. “We just started working harder,”DiIanni said. “We made a few changes, got a little more organized, moved the ball well, and frustrated Rutgers for the better part of the first half.” With slightly more than 21 minutes left in the half, Iowa had its best shot of the game. Karly Stuenkel’s strike, which would have tied the game, rolled just past the goal. At halftime, Rutgers led 1-0. It
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Men’s hoops hits the hardwood The Hawkeye men’s basketball team will take on Sioux Falls in the Hawkeyes’ first exhibition of the season. By KYLE MANN AND IAN MURPHY
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Swimmers take aim at last season By JAKE MOSBACH
kyle-mann@uiowa.edu & ian-murphy@uiowa.edu
jacob-mosbach@uiowa.edu
The Iowa basketball team will hit the floor to kick off the 2015-16 season with an exhibition game against Sioux Falls this evening. The Cougars of the Northern Sun Conference aren’t forecast to provide an ultra-competitive matchup, but it will offer Hawkeye fans their first opportunity to get a glimpse of what they’re working with this season. Here are what basketball reporters Ian Murphy and Kyle Mann say to keep an eye on in the first action of the new year:
Iowa senior swimmers Olivia Kabacinski and Allie Orvis are certainly aware that this is their final year in black and gold swimming caps, and they’re determined to make their last year their best yet. Kabacinski is a native of La Porte, Indiana. Orvis hails from Kabacinski Decorah, Iowa. But senior head coach Marc Long said the duo seemed like longtime friends from the moment they met freshman year. “They came here straight out of high school, kind of wide-eyed,” Long said. “They were extremely close right away.” Since those freshman days, the two have had considerable success as Hawkeyes.
Frontcourt frenzy Adam Woodbury, along with Jarrod Uthoff, will headline this year’s squad, but while head coach Fran McCaffery theoretically has the depth to work around Uthoff should he be hurt or ineffective, there’s not much else down low after Woodbury.
Iowa center Adam Woodbury (34) drives against Davidson on March 20 in Seattle. The Hawkeyes defeated the Wildcats, 83-52. (The Daily Iowan/Joshua Housing) The 7-foot senior is in a position to carry his team, and he sounds both confident and excited in anticipation of playing upwards of 30 minutes per game. Regardless of how well he is able to answer the call, the Hawkeyes SEE BASKETBALL, 7A
Iowa men’s basketball exhibition vs. Sioux Falls When: 7 p.m. Where: Carver Hawkeye Arena Watch: BTN+
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By IAN MURPHY
ian-murphy@uiowa.edu
ou can lead the cows out to pasture, but you can’t make them eat. You can put the dog out in the field, but you can’t make it hunt. And you can ask Jarrod Uthoff if he’s the next leader of the Hawkeye men’s basketball team, but you can’t make him say yes. “I get enough attention; I don’t need any more attention,” he said. “I’m the baby of a family of five. I get enough attention.” The last two seasons of Hawkeye basketball have been defined by a senior leader rising to the occasion. Devyn Marble handed the torch to Aaron White, and Uthoff, now a senior, seemed poised to take the reins from White, especially after a breakout 2014-15 season. During that season, Uthoff averaged around 30.3 minutes and 12.4 points per game, second on the team in both to White. White followed a similar script, in that he was second to Marble in both categories in 2013-14. White embraced the leadership void Marble left, while Uthoff insists it isn’t his team. In fact, he doesn’t like the fanfare he’s drawn in the preseason. The attention is fair, because Uthoff will be the Hawkeyes’ leading returning scorer and rebounder. It’s also unfair, because there are three other seniors with significant experience on the Hawkeye roster, and all four of them will likely start. Uthoff notes, too, that last season, White wasn’t the only one whose voice was heard. “There’s no added pressure at all,” he said. “Last year, we were all leaders. It was leadership by committee last season.” That could’ve been true, as the Hawkeyes scored a win in the NCAA
Tournament for the first time in decades. Head coach Fran McCaffery said the team belonged to White before last season, and it appeared it did on the court as well. This season, he said none of the four seniors have emerged to fill those Paul Bunyan shoes. “I think when you have four seniors, all of whom have played as much as these four guys have, it’s kind of a collective effort,” McCaffery said. The four seniors are Uthoff, center Adam Woodbury, and guards Mike Gesell and Anthony Clemmons. All four will likely play a role in the leadership, although to what degree remains to be seen. “This year, it’s a little bit different because Mike’s the point guard,”McCaffery said. “Woody’s a little more verbal. Jarrod has really, I think, taken his game to the next level. But he’s not a big verbal guy. “Clemmons is, and he’s rock solid and has tremendous respect of everything in the locker room.” Still, some signs point to Uthoff, who, as was White, will be both a consistent scoring threat and a key rebounder to lead the team, at least on the court. Uthoff said he’ll give the interviews he needs to, but even teammates say he’d prefer to shy away from the spotlight. “I don’t think he likes that,” Woodbury said. “He doesn’t like all the attention.” The Hawkeyes believe they will be fine whether Uthoff becomes the face of the team or not. “All of us are going to contribute what we contribute to the team,” Woodbury said. “We’re all about winning, and so is he.”
Jarrod Uthoff takes a shot in the United Center during a game against Penn State on March 12. The Hawkeyes lost to the Nittany Lions, 67-58. (The Daily Iowan/file photo)
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Iowa centers Adam Woodbury (right) and Dom Uhl (left) fight to grab the ball as UMBC forward Devarick Houston reaches for it in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Dec. 6, 2014. Woodbury will be the starting center. (The Daily Iowan/Alyssa Hitchcock)
Woodbury, frontcourt will make or break Iowa Adam Woodbury is Iowa’s best — and only — true post player on the team.
By KYLE MANN kyle-mann@uiowa.edu
Fran McCaffery and the Iowa basketball team have enjoyed a string of being led by NBA-caliber talent in recent years and have correspondingly reached two-consecutive NCAA Tournaments. The streak will continue as potential draft pick Jarrod Uthoff headlines the 2015-16 Hawkeyes, but this season’s success hinges elsewhere. At 7-1, Adam Woodbury enters his senior season with the Hawkeyes with more pressure than he’s had in any other season. After enjoying the assistance of Aaron White and Gabe Olaseni for his first three years, Woodbury now finds himself as not only the clearcut best post player on the roster, but the only one. No, literally, the only one. Woodbury is the only player on the roster taller than 6-9, and perhaps more concerning, the only player weighing in at more than 225 pounds. The role of Woodbury — once a sought-after four-star recruit with an offer from North Carolina and McCaffery’s first signature signing as Iowa’s head coach — at Iowa was long destined to be something along these lines. Accordingly, McCaffery
plans to lean heavily on his first crown jewel in 2015. “Woody’s going to play a lot more,” McCaffery said. “He’s got to be able to play 30 to 36 [minutes], somewhere in there.” That may seem like a lot; last season 36 minutes would have placed him in the top 50 in the NCAA and third in the Big Ten. It seems like a lot more when taking into account that he averaged only 20.5 minutes last season en route to posting 6.6 points and 5.2 rebounds per game. However, McCaffery is optimistic that barring foul trouble or injury, the increase in minutes will come with a sharp increase in production. “He’s going to play a lot more now, so you’ll see his numbers improve without question,” McCaffery said. “He’s a guy that I think could lead the Big Ten in rebounding. Will he? I think he could.” This dynamic could be seen last season with the impending graduation of Olaseni and the drafting of White, so Woodbury has prepared all summer for the demand of the upcoming season. “I’m going to be in the best physical shape that I’ve ever been in,” he said. “Just going to try to be able to compete as hard as I can for those 35 minutes.”
At this point, the situation is what it is. Woodbury is going to play a lot of minutes, for better or worse, because he has to. He mentally and physically geared up for the challenge all summer, and hey, maybe McCaffery is right — maybe he will average more than 10 rebounds per game. But even if all goes as planned with Woodbury, the biggest question and area of concern is more focused on what surrounds and supports him. Again, Woodbury is the only true post player on the roster. Even keeping in mind the prevalence of the “stretch-4” in college basketball, a forward who can play both in and away from the paint,most of the Hawkeyes’ skills would be out of position at power forward. And center, who plays center if, god forbid, Woodbury gets hurt, or in foul trouble, or tired? “That’s the hand we’re dealt, so we’re not going to worry about what we don’t have,” Woodbury said. “We’re going to worry about the guys we do have on our team and try to make the best of it.” And with what the Hawks do have, Iowa fans are going to see what could be as atypical a frontcourt that could be found in the Big Ten. You may want to sit down for this.
Adam Woodbury shoots the ball during a game against Ohio State in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. (The Daily Iowan/file photo) Ladies and gentlemen, your backup center: 6-9, 215-pound sophomore Dom Uhl. Uhl is a good player, but his skills are that of a lanky, wiry 3 or 4. There will be many times when Uhl will be impressive this season, but he will likely be at a disadvantage in about every instance he lines up as the 5. The ideal situation, obviously, will be to keep Woodbury at center and Uhl at
power forward. But if worse comes to worst, Uhl is the guy, which opens a spot for a potential X-factor in transfer Dale Jones. At 6-7 and 220 pounds, Jones logged 17 points and 8 rebounds at Tyler Junior College, and he also shot 45 percent from 3. He’s got a genuinely sweet shooting stroke that could help counteract the team’s weakness down low, and with a more solid body type and
rebounding ability, could be the saving grace Iowa needs in the frontcourt. “I’m not one of those shooters that will shoot us out of a game, I’m just a guy that if I’m open, I’ll take the shot and be confident in myself,” Jones said. “I feel like I’m physically ready for [the Big Ten].” The Hawkeyes may be Uthoff’s team, but Woodbury and the frontcourt will make it or break it.
STARTING FIVE
GESELL
CLEMMONS
JOK
UTHOFF
WOODBURY
POINT GUARD
SHOOTING GUARD
SHOOTING GUARD
POWER GUARD
CENTER
One of Fran McCaffery's first recruits, he's been a huge part of the rebuilding of the program. A fine final season seems to be in cards for Gesell, assuming he stays healthy.
Head coach Fran McCaffery has hinted Clemmons will be the fifth starter this season. Clemmons' defense and spot shooting could be a difference this season
Peter Jok has, perhaps, the sweetest shooting stroke on the team. If he can consistently hit from beyond the three-point arc, the junior will be a force to be reckoned with.
He figured it out last year and became one of the Hawkeyes’ biggest threats, both outside and inside the paint, and he’ll be a big part of that again this season.
No surprise here. McCaffrey says Woodbury will need to play an even bigger role this season. With Gabe Olaseni gone, he'll need to play more minutes.
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BIG TEN POWER RANKINGS
1 MARYLAND
A preseason top-five team across every ranking in the country, Maryland isn’t the new guy on the block anymore. Iowa’s win last year was no fluke, but Melo Trimble and Duke transfer Rasheed Sulaimon will be tough to stop.
2 MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS
Every year, the Spartans shock the world and have a better season than anyone could have hoped for. Denzel Valentine, who has probably been there for six seasons now, will lead the Spartans.
3 INDIANA HOOSIERS
The Hoosiers have Yogi Ferrell, a legit point guard in every sense of the word. They also scored Max Bielfeldt as a transfer from Michigan. The Hoosiers have all the tools to make noise this season. Iowa forward Aaron White watches Illinois take a free throw shot during the game against Illinois in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Feb. 25. (The Daily Iowan/file photo)
Newcomers need to fill By KYLE MANN kyle-mann@uiowa.edu
The Hawkeyes need to fill the spots of the departed Aaron White and Gabe Olaseni.
Key losses
Gabe Olaseni
Aaron White White will be the most glaring absence when Iowa begins the 2015-16 season, and for good reason. The Washington Wizard draftee entered last season as Iowa’s undisputed leader and best player, and he did not disappoint fans, teammates, or opponents. He was fifth in the Big Ten in scoring at 16.4 points per game on an eighth-best 52 percent shooting from the field. The senior forward contributed all over the floor, with 7.3 rebounds per game, fourth in the conference, and was also ninth with 1.3 steals per game. White was effective in many ways for the Hawkeyes, and his versatility was the biggest draw for NBA scouts, but what will be missed most are his intangibles. White was a go-to scorer and on-floor leader in a way that may be lacking on Iowa’s team this season.
Olaseni was never a go-to guy in the same sense that White was, and he really wasn’t much of an offensive threat at any time in his career, but his presence on the roster allowed the Hawkeyes a big, versatile, and stingy frontcourt. The 6-10 center played only 18 minutes per game but was incredibly effective in his time on the floor, particularly defensively. He was sixth in the Big Ten with 1.6 blocks per game, with all five in front of him playing substantially more minutes. His 4.8 rebounds per game were fourth on the team but a crucial contributing factor to the Hawkeyes finishing as the most prolific rebounding team in the conference. The absence of Olaseni may be less than that of White’s, but his impact in 2015-16 will be missed just as much, if not more.
Key additions: Dale Jones Speaking of losing quality players in the frontcourt, Jones’ transfer from Tyler Junior College in Texas could not come at a better time. Jones goes 6-7 and 220 pounds, and he will likely be called upon to alleviate some of the depth issues in Iowa’s frontcourt this season. Dom Uhl is being touted as the backup center to Adam Woodbury, which would theoretically open minutes at power forward. Ideally, the Hawkeyes will be at their best if Jones can take those minutes. Jones scored 17 points per game on 45 percent shooting from three-point land at Tyler, and averaged slightly more than eight rebounds. Head coach Fran McCaffery has talked highly of Jones’ ability to get rebounds in traffic, and both believe he has the strength necessary to survive the physicality of the Big Ten. If his rebounding translates, Jones could be exactly the
stretch-4 that Iowa will need to optimize its offense. With his experience, rebounding, and shooting stroke, Jones could be a pleasant surprise for Hawkeye fans.
Andrew Fleming The Hawkeyes welcome five freshmen to the squad this year, with Fleming distinguishing himself the most during the summer. Fleming torched the local Prime Time League, coming in third with 25.8 points per game, the most of any Hawkeye player. What stuck out most about Fleming, however, is his maturity and composure. Coming from Oak Hill Academy in Virginia, a prep basketball powerhouse, Fleming has a uniquely focused attitude for a freshman and conducts himself as if he’s been living the life of college basketball player for years now. His shooting stroke paired with his work ethic and attitude likely gets him on to the floor sooner rather than later.
ALL-BIG TEN PREDICTIONS Yogi Ferrell, G, Indiana Ferrell this season feels like the Big Ten’s player who has been around for, like, ever, and entering his senior season, he could be the conference’s top point guard. The Hoosier guard was sixth in the Big Ten with 16.3 points per game last season. He shot 42 percent from 3-point land and was fourth in assists (4.9) and assist to turnover ratio (2.6). As the lead man for what should shape up to be a very talented Indiana team, Ferrell has a chance to play himself into Player of the Year territory.
Melo Trimble, G, Maryland Speaking of Player of the Year candidates, Trimble has to be on the early list of favorites. D’Angelo Russell wasn’t the only freshman turning heads in 2014-15; Trimble finished seventh in the Big Ten with 16.2 points per game. His ball-handling duties remain to be seen, but Trimble feels more like an off-guard, considering he averaged 41 percent from beyond the arc and only 3.3 assists per game. He can also be pesky defensively at 6-2, averaging over a steal per contest in his freshman campaign.
Denzel Valentine, F, Michigan State Valentine will be the returning rock for Tom Izzo and the Spartans this season, and he will be the headliner if they expect to make a run late in the season. Valentine has the physicality that is so crucial to be a successful forward in the Big Ten, and has the versatility to be a matchup problem for any opponent. He was a top-10 rebounder in the conference last season and also ranked second with 2.6 made 3-pointers per game. With such volume, it’s even more impressive that he sported a fifth-best 42 percent mark.
Jarrod Uthoff, F, Iowa Iowa has put players in the draft two years in a row now, and Uthoff could be the best in a third-straight year.He will be Iowa’s go-to scorer after scoring 12.4 points last season, and at 6-9 has an in-out offensive game that will set him apart from other scorers in the Big Ten. Furthermore, he will be among the most disruptive defenders in the league, if not in the country. Observers shouldn’t be surprised to see him finish in the top 10 or even top five of both this season. Similar to Valentine, Uthoff has a degree of versatility and two-way effectiveness that will distinguish him as one of the best overall players in the Big Ten.
A.J. Hammons, C, Purdue There are several big men who could prove to be the best at their position by the end of the year, including Iowa’s Adam Woodbury and Maryland freshman Diamond Stone, but for now, it’s hard to not go with Hammons. The Purdue center is in a league of his own, standing 7-feet and weighing 280 pounds, and after leading the conference by an entire block per game (2.8) in 2014-15, is easily the most daunting post presence around. Hammons will never be asked to carry his team offensively, but his rebounding and defensive presence alone should likely land him on the All-Big Ten team.
4 WISCONSIN BADGERS
To put the Badgers any lower would be criminal, because they are a perennial Final Four contender, but losing Frank Kaminsky, Sam Dekker, and Traevon Jackson puts the Badgers in a hole already.
5 PURDUE BOILERMAKERS
The Boilermakers are poised to make a run in the Big Ten, and the frontcourt will be a huge factor. Centers 7-footer A.J. Hammons, 7-2 Isaac Haas, and forward 6-9 Caleb Swanigan will be matchup nightmares for every team in the Big Ten.
6 IOWA HAWKEYES
The life-after-Aaron White Hawkeyes return four starters, and Anthony Clemmons, likely the fifth starter, was one of the best bench players in the conference last season. Key for the Hawkeyes will be their youth, who will need to produce when they’re on the floor.
7 MICHIGAN WOLVERINES
The New Jersey Institute of Technology had never played a ranked team before beating Michigan last season. The Wolverines never put everything together a year ago, but they have the pieces to do so.
8 OHIO STATE BUCKEYES
Thad Matta is one of the best coaches in the country and always finds a way to field a good team. The Buckeyes will run into the problem many teams will: The Big Ten is just too good.
9 ILLINOIS FIGHTING ILLINI
The Illini have loads of talent transferring in or coming in as true freshmen. But they are a team that seems to underachieve year in and year out. New pieces will have to fall in right away for the Illini to make any noise.
10 NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS
The Big Ten should probably get 10 teams into the NCAA Tournament this season, but they won’t because the top teams in the conference will beat each other up. The Wildcats will fall victim to that.
11 PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS
The Nittany Lions knocked Iowa out of the Big Ten Tournament last season, and that counts for at something. But there’s just too much talent in the rest of the conference for Penn State to stay afloat.
12 MINNESOTA GOPHERS
Sorry, Goldy, it’s nothing personal. The Gophers lost three starters from a year ago, and their youth, combined with the depth of the rest of the conference, doesn’t bode well.
13 NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS
Tim Miles is the funniest coach on the planet, but the Huskers have too many newcomers to make much noise. Shavon Shields can only carry the team so far.
14 RUTGERS SCARLET KNIGHTS
The Scarlet Knights won two games in the conference last year, and they likely won’t be that good this year. Too many things have to go right for Rutgers to climb out of the cellar.
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MEET THE TEAM No.
51
No.
BAER
14
No.
1
No.
No.
UKAH
No.
UTHOFF
SENIOR POS FORWARD
4
No.
No.
3
No.
11
FRESHMAN POS FORWARD
13
No.
25
UHL
JUNIOR POS GUARD
No.
30
HUTTON
S. SOUKUP
SOPHOMORE POS FORWARD
34
WOODBURY
WILLIAMS
FRESHMAN POS FORWARD
No.
SENIOR POS GUARD
JUNIOR POS GUARD
0
10
GESELL
M. SOUKUP
WAGNER
SENIOR POS FORWARD
No.
FRESHMAN POS GUARD
FRESHMAN POS GUARD
20
2
FLEMING
MOSS
JUNIOR POS FORWARD
23
No.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN POS GUARD
JONES
JUNIOR POS GUARD
24
ELLINGSON
SENIOR POS GUARD
JOK
No.
No.
CLEMMONS
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN POS FORWARD No.
5
SENIOR POS CENTER
FRESHMAN POS GUARD
PLAYERS TO WATCH UTHOFF PPG 12.4
RPG 6.4
STEALS ON SEASON BLOCKS ON SEASON
38 56
WOODBURY PPG 6.6
RPG 5.3
STEALS ON SEASON BLOCKS ON SEASON
19 13
STATISTICS TEAM
69.8 37.5 14.2 11.1
POINTS
REBOUNDS
PER GAME
PER GAME
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE
.432
ASSISTS
TURNOVERS
PER GAME
PER GAME
6.4
4.6
STEALS
BLOCKS
PER GAME
PER GAME
3-PT. FIELD GOAL
FREE THROW
.333
.744
PERCENTAGE
PERCENTAGE
INDIVIDUAL GESELL
CLEMMONS
ELLINGSON
PPG 7.4
PPG 4.8
PPG 1.9
RPG 1.9
STEALS ON SEASON BLOCKS ON SEASON
33 5
JOK PPG 7
RPG 1.9
STEALS ON SEASON BLOCKS ON SEASON
24 1
UHL RPG 2.6
STEALS ON SEASON BLOCKS ON SEASON
19 13
PPG 2.1
RPG 0
STEALS ON SEASON BLOCKS ON SEASON
1 0
BAER RPG 1.8
STEALS ON SEASON BLOCKS ON SEASON
8 7
DID NOT PLAY LAST SEASON
GRAPHICS BY TAYLOR LAUFERSWEILER
80HOURS The weekend in arts & entertainment
Thursday, October 29, 2015
By CASSANDRA SANTIAGO cassandra-santiago@uiowa.edu
he trees lining downtown Iowa City and campus are replacing their green leaves with bold reds, bright oranges, and fallen-to-the-ground browns. Sweaters are in, sandals are out. October is almost gone, and Halloween is finally here. In the frantic excitement of carving pumpkins, picking a costume, and shedding scared tears at haunted houses, how the traditionally spooky holiday came to be may have been forgotten. The Celtic people believed the dead could roam the earth on the night of Oct. 31. Every Nov. 1, throughout modern Ireland, the UK, and northern France, they
celebrated Samhain, the new year. In the eighth century, the Christian church changed Samhain to All Saints’ Day or All Hallows’ Day. The night before was changed to All Hallows’ Eve and later shortened to Halloween. The kid-loved tradition of trickor-treating wasn’t always about collecting pounds of candy and worthwhile cavities. Souling and guising were the popular activities. In Medieval Britain, the needy begged for pastries known as soul cakes on Nov. 2. In exchange, the beggars prayed for people’s dead relatives. This was known as souling. Guising consisted of young people dressed in costumes and accepting food, money, and wine for entertainment. SEE HALLOWEEN, 4C
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DAILYIOWAN.COM THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2015
WEEKEND EVENTS TODAY 10.29
FRIDAY 10.30
MUSIC
MUSIC
• ICE NINE KILLS, 5:30 P.M., BLUE MOOSE, 211
MUSIC
WORDS
• CLUB HANCHER PRESENTS LYNNE ARRIALE,
• HALLOWEEN, 9 P.M., GABE’S
• IWP/WRITERS’WORKSHOP READING,
IOWA
CARLA COOK, AND GRACE KELLY, 7 & 9:30 P.M.,
• HALLOWEEN TRIBUTE SHOW, 9 P.M., MILL
RACHEL ROSE, ANTÔNIO XERXENESKY,
• FLOOD, 10 P.M., GABE’S, 330 E.
MILL, 120 E. BURLINGTON
• MANIC FOCUS, 9 P.M., BLUE MOOSE
AND BEVIN O’CONNOR, 4 P.M., PRAIRIE
• SIDEWALK CHALK, 9 P.M., YACHT CLUB
• PATIO PARTY, 10 P.M., GABE’S
LIGHTS
• THAT 1 GUY, 9 P.M., GABE’S
• WINTERLAND, 10 P.M., YACHT CLUB
WASHINGTON
WORDS • SOLD OUT, “LIVE FROM PRAIRIE LIGHTS,”
SATURDAY 10.31
SUNDAY 11.1
• SOULSHAKE, 10 P.M., GABE’S
THEATER
FILM
DREW BARRYMORE, 7 P.M., FIRST UNITED
WORDS
METHODIST CHURCH, 214 E. JEFFERSON
• SHAMBAUGH HOUSE READING, JOHANNA
• TRUTH, 11:30 A.M./4:30 P.M., FILMSCENE
• RED ALL OVER, 2 P.M., THEATER B
• PAPERBACK RHINO, 9 P.M., PUBLIC SPACE
AITCHISON, 5 P.M., SHAMBAUGH HOUSE
• NASTY BABY, 2 P.M./7P.M., FILMSCENE
• PSYCHO BEACH PARTY, 2 P.M., IOWA
ONE, 120 N. DUBUQUE
• “LIVE FROM PRAIRIE LIGHTS,” LEA
• HOCUS POCUS, 9 P.M., FILMSCENE
CITY COMMUNITY THEATRE
VANDERVELDE, NONFICTION, 7 P.M., PRAIRIE
• SUSPIRIA, 11 P.M., FILMSCENE
FILM
LIGHTS, 15 S. DUBUQUE
• TIME BANDITS, PICTURE SHOW/TERRY GILLIAM SERIES, 3:30 P.M., FILMSCENE, 118 E. COLLEGE
FILM
FILM
• TRUST, 4 & 6:30 P.M., FILMSCENE • NASTY BABY, 9 P.M., FILMSCENE
• TAXI, 6 P.M., FILMSCENE • VICTORIA, 8 P.M., FILMSCENE
• GOODNIGHT, MOMMY, 11 P.M., FILMSCENE
THEATER
• TRUTH, 11:30 A.M. & 4:30 P.M., FILMSCENE
• PSYCHO BEACH PARTY, 7:30 P.M., IOWA CITY
• NASTY BABY, 2 & 7 P.M., FILMSCENE
COMMUNITY THEATER • RED ALL OVER, 8 P.M., THEATER B
THEATER • PSYCHO BEACH PARTY, 7:30 P.M., IOWA
THEATER
CITY THEATER, 4261 OAK CREST HILL ROAD
• RED ALL OVER, GALLERY SERIES, 8 P.M.,
• RED ALL OVER, 8 P.M., THEATER B
DANCE
• PRINT SHOP OPEN STUDIO HOURS, NOON,
• INTRO TO METAL WORKING: MAKE A PENDANT, 9 A.M., BEADOLOGY, 220 E. WASHINGTON
THEATER BUILDING THEATER B
MISCELLANEOUS
MISCELLANEOUS
MISCELLANEOUS
• HALLOWEEN @ STUDIO 13, 7 P.M., STUDIO 13
• DANCE AND IWP COLLABORATION, 7:30 P.M.,
• DREAM DIVAS OF IOWA CITY: HALLOWEEN FLASH
NORTH HALL SPACE/PLACE
MOB, 7:30 P.M., PEDESTRIAN MALL • SPOOKY SWING MASQUERADE, 7:30 P.M., IMU
MISCELLANEOUS
PUBLIC SPACE ONE
• PUBLIC SHOP OPEN STUDIO HOURS, 9 A.M., PUBLIC
• IC KINGS HALLOWEEN SHOW, 8 P.M.,
SPACE ONE.
STUDIO 13, 13 S. LINN
• HALLOWEEN DRAG AND DANCE PARTY, 7 P.M.,
• COMMUNITY WORKTIME, 1 P.M., PUBLIC SPACE ONE • INTRO TO BORO GLASS WORK, 1 P.M., BEADOLOGY • EATS AND TREATS STUDENT GROUP IN KITCHEN, 3 P.M., PUBLIC SPACE ONE • DRAG U SEASON 2, 8 P.M., STUDIO 13 • PUB QUIZ, 9 P.M., MILL
STUDIO 13 • DREAM DIVAS OF IOWA CITY, HALLOWEEN FLASH MOB, 7:30 P.M., PEDESTRIAN MALL
OPENING MOVIES
SCOUTS GUIDE TO THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE A GOOD BOY SCOUT IS PREPARED FOR ANYTHING. BEN, CARTER, AND AUGIE SHOULD BE READY FOR THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE, THEN, BUT THEY MUST TURN TO DENISE, A HIGH-SCHOOL DROPOUT TURNED COCKTAIL WAITRESS, TO HELP SAVE THEIR TOWN FROM THE SLOW-MOVING BRAIN EATERS.
FREAKS OF NATURE
NASTY BABY
MONSTERS NEED FRIENDS, TOO, SO THEY’VE ALL BEEN FRIENDS FOR YEARS
(FILMSCENE) SEBASTIAN SILVA DIRECTS AND STARS IN NASTY BABY
IN DILLFORD — VAMPIRES, ZOMBIES, AND HUMANS. NOT ANYMORE,
ALONGSIDE KRISTEN WIIG AND TUNDE ADEBIMPE. SILVA AND ADEBIMPE
THOUGH. AFTER ALIENS INVADE, THE BALANCE IS THROWN OFF AND A
PORTRAY A COUPLE SEEKING TO START A FAMILY; WIIG’S CHARACTER, POLLY,
THREE-SIDED WAR BEGINS. A GANG OF TEENAGERS — ONE HUMAN, ONE
AGREES TO BE THE SURROGATE MOTHER. THEIR ANNOYING BIGOT NEIGHBOR,
VAMPIRE, ONE ZOMBIE — TRY TO BRING BACK PEACE.
THE BISHOP, HAS A PROBLEM WITH THEIR LIVES AND CAUSES PROBLEMS FOR THE FRIENDS.
DRINK OF THE WEEK
International Writing Program
Something felt, not photographed By ANIS SHAKIRAH MOHD MUSLIMIN anisshakirah-mohdmuslimin@uiowa.edu
Nisah Haron enjoys a good challenge. The Malaysian lawyer left her post in the world of legal affairs to pursue a fulltime career solely in writing and storytelling in 2006. Now, she is a member of the University of Iowa International Writing Program. For the writer, books are everything. She started reading at the age of 4 and, while growing up, knew she would be a writer one day. She started by sending in 10 short stories to a local magazine outlet called Dewan Siswa as a teenager. Despite not getting her work published on the first try, she did not stop until it finally accepted her work. She was just 17 when her literary career began with the publication of her first work,Di Sebalik Wajahmu, Aries [Aries’ Masquerade].
“The euphoria of having your first work published perhaps gave me the best motivation to move on,” Haron said. “From there, I started writing my next story again and again.” Her popular works include Cinta Sangkuriang Rindu Oedipus [Sangkuriang’s Love, Oedipus’ Longing], a collection of short stories published in 2006 that has been translated into English, and Lemang Nan Sebatang [The Lemang Soliloquy], which earned her the Ujana Malaysia Premier Literary Award. Haron’s writing ideas come from her own personal daily inspirations, she said. “Every day, there is always something that you would like to tell someone, and you can’t wait to tell that story,” she said. “Something happened, an incident, it doesn’t have to be unique, but interesting enough to tell it from your
own version and way.” The structure of her storytelling and ideas was enhanced by her career as a lawyer, Haron said. “As a practice, I noticed that I was actually telling a story to the judge, but it’s a true story from the perspective of my client,” she said. “I was trained to project my thoughts, and that really helps me in my writing, and although I never really noticed that then, I realize it now.” The writer is on a “sabbatical” from writing novels in order to discover a new style of writing. However, she is still writing nonfictions and travelogues. The dangers of constantly writing, she said, is falling into the trap of producing predictable works with the same style – something she wants to avoid. “I would like to produce something different each time; that is my goal,” she said. “Until I can do that, I will try not to write and will refrain myself
from writing, or else it will be just another piece.” Besides writing short stories and novels, Haron also enjoys writing travel logs based on the Cities of Literature she has visited. “Initially, I didn’t plan it as a book; it’s just that I love to travel,” she said. Haron said she wanted to visit the UNESCO Cities of Literature because of how well they acknowledge their writers. “When you travel, there are many reasons you want to travel; I picked literature,” she said. The experience of being in Iowa City was a bit different from the other UNESCO literary cities, Haron said, because she had to be in the city for a certain period of time to understand it as a City of Literature. “Iowa City is something that you feel, as opposed to other places, which are something you see and take photos,” she said.
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International Writing Program
When words dance By TESSA SOLOMON
tessa-solomon@uiowa.edu
The ballerina raises a slender leg, then bounds across the smooth floor. She transforms the lingering notes into movement. The scholar translates a sonnet. “Au revoir” becomes “adiós”; “adiós” becomes “goodbye.” Each interpretation shifts the form while the essence remains. This interpretation will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday as the UI Dance Department performs visual representations of works by International Writing Program residents. The free show will take place in North Hall Space/Place. Graduate-student dance students first ventured into choreographing IWP works two years ago. Now, it has become an annual event, with writers submitting pieces for consideration. From the varied pool of submissions, a few are selected. This year features six writers hailing from South Korea to Austria, content ranging from metaphysical wars to dodo birds. Confronted with diverse prose and poetry, the choreographers face a challenge: how to translate writing into the often-wordless art form without losing its core. “A poem has its own rhythm and body, just like the dance,” said Feng Yao, a poet from Macau. “Although they both are artistic forms, very different, they can dialogue and touch each other in order to find a harmonious movement language.” Choreographer Autumn Eckman worked with Yao to bring his selection, Free Haikus Written in Seattle, to the stage. She explored the tranquil styles and themes of his poems, which he created while observing a Seattle park.
Autumn Eckman looks over the script for Feng Yao's poetry series "Free Haikus Written in Seattle" before rehearsal in Halsey Hall on Sunday. The International Writing Program and the UI Dance Department collaborated on the project. (The Daily Iowan/Brooklynn Kascel) “I’m planning on the dance being pretty abstract,” Eckman said. “I don’t plan on doing anything spoon-fed or story-driven, because it’s not really written that way." Whether erratic, quiet, or mournful, the mood of the writing is crucial in choreography. For Estonian poet Anete Kruusmügi’s “The Secret of the City,” her choreographers strove to emulate her subject: New York. In contrast to Feng’s placid park, Eckman attempts to transport audiences into a crowded subway car. On stage, dancers move in sync to imitate the car’s occupants united in their underground travel. Then the metal doors screech open, the crowd disperses into the city’s sidewalks, and the dancers fall apart. “I know the dance can add something, remove something, and make it a little bit different,” Kruusmügi said. “I don’t know what is coming out of the dance, I only know what I want to say with this text.” Each performance will be as varied as the writers’ voices. Some, such as Yao, have a light touch in the planning. Others, including Kruusmügi are engaged
throughout. Always writing with performance in mind, she will alternate between reciting and dancing. “She really guided the performance,” said choreographer Rebekah Chappell. "You get to know them through their writing, but it’s a very different experience seeing them move to their writing.” Not every audience member can read Spanish or German, but Friday night, they can get to know the writer. Whether the writers are buried in the crowd or twirling onstage, their stories will unfold through the adaptations. “It will be a visual feast,”said Rochelle Potkar, an Indian writer presenting her fictional excerpt “Dream Warriors.” “Dance doesn’t need a language; everyone can enjoy it.”. Using the traditional epic Ramayana to comment on India’s corrupt justice system, her performance will transcend words with its fiercely angry emotion. “I think the most important thing with any kind of performance is that it moves the audience somehow,” Kruusmügi said. “Whether it’s positive, negative, funny, it’s something that they can take with them.”
Carlton to play Englert By GIRINDRA SELLECK girindra-selleck@uiowa.edu
Fresh off the release of her new album, Liberman, Vanessa Carlton will perform at the Englert Theater, 221 E. Washington St., at 7 p.m. on Nov. 1. Although you may know her for the ubiquitous 2001 hit “A Thousand Miles,” Carlton has gone through a series of transformations, both personal and artistic, to reach where she is now. Today, she makes atmo-
spherically rich space-folk that transcends the genres of rock and pop music. The Daily Iowan spoke with Carlton about these transformations, her new album, and her motivations as an artist. DI: You’ve said the title of the album is based on your grandfather; what compelled you to choose this as your title and how is it representative of the songs and of you at this point in your career? Carlton: I wanted to
honor my mother’s side of the family by naming the album after my grandfather’s given name … not the one that he took on later in life. I guess you could say it’s a metaphor for going back to the simple truth. I also love a strong word like that to helm these songs.
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HALLOWEEN CONTINUED FROM 1C Irish and Scottish immigrants brought the souling and guising inspired treat-or treating custom to America in the 19th century. The family-friendly version popular today was not adopted until the 1950s. Today, Halloween is the second most commercial holiday in America. Hawkeye students have the option of celebrating the ghostly weekend with their parents. That’s right. Their parents. The annual UI Family Weekend will kick off for registered families Friday night with a magic show by well-known magician Nate Staniforth. But having family in town doesn’t stop the downtown college fun. From flash mobs to costume contests to go-hard concerts, Halloween weekend in Iowa City will be a horrific delight. Here are some ways to celebrate the gory holiday, whether you’re spending it cozy with the family, heading downtown for a nightcap with friends, or taking on the challenge of both.
FAMILY FUN Connect with your inner detectives at the “Who Dun It Mystery Dinner.” Some people love Halloween for its scary elements, others for its intense mystery. But the “Who Dun It Mystery Dinner” will provide a comedic, interactive atmosphere for families to tap into their inner detectives. The event, at 6:30 and 8 p.m. on Halloween at Old Brick, is part of the UI Family Weekend lineup. Paperback Rhino, an Iowa City improv group, will open the evening. The organizers of the event, Campus Activities Board,
THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2015 arranged the presence of loads of candy, creepy Halloween-theme decorations, and dinner catered by Zio Johno’s Spaghetti House. “We are so excited to finally get to share this event with the families. Come hungry, ready to solve the mystery, and in the mood for lots of laughs,” said Kaitlyn Chizek, the special events director of the group, in an email. “I don’t want to give away too much, but there are some neat prizes involved for a few lucky guests.” Visit the Colony Pumpkin Patch Shoot some corn bits from a cannon. Find your way through 12-foot corn stalks with a flashlight. Pick the perfect pumpkin for carving or snacking. Your choice. These are only three of the activities North Liberty’s Colony Pumpkin Patch offers. The family-owned and restored farm’s location brings the countryside to the middle of a small city. “We’re a very community-oriented business, and our corn maze is usually always centered on some type of support of nonprofit,” said Katie Colony, a co-owner of Colony Pumpkin Patch. “This year’s maze is centered on the North Liberty Community Pantry. Some of the proceeds will go back to the pantry.” The five-acre flashlight maize maze will open for the last time Friday from sunset to 10 p.m. All other activities on the farm will begin at 4 p.m. both tonight and Friday, ending at sunset. Pop up at the Halloween Flash Mob This flash mob, hosted by the Dream Divas of Iowa City, will take over the Weatherdance Fountain area on the Pedestrian Mall. The show will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. The Dream Di-
vas is a group of school-age female dancers. As for the flash mob, participation is open to males and females from the seventh grade up to adults. Participants had one day of practice to wow attendees this weekend. Catch the movie Goodnight Mommy at FilmScene There’s nothing like a gripping, scary movie to set the tone of Halloween. In this tale, a mother returns home to her 9-year-old twin boys in the countryside. Her face is bandaged from recent cosmetic surgery. Something’s not right under the wraps. The boys start to question if their mother ever made it home, leading them to deadly consequences. Friday will be the final showing of Goodnight Mommy at 11 p.m. at FilmScene, 118 E. College.
DOWNTOWN FESTIVITIES Participate in the back to back to back Halloween celebration at Studio 13, 13 S. Linn St. Studio 13 will kick off one of its most celebrated times of the year tonight with a performance by the IC Kings. The troupe performs once a month at Studio 13. For its annual Halloween show this year, attendees can expect heavy prop use, high energy, and lots of comedy. The show will begin at 8 p.m. The hype continues with the “Halloween Drag & Dance” party on Friday. Jason Zaman, the Studio 13 owner, said the planning for this year’s festive weekend began two to three months in advance. This time frame
allowed Studio 13 performers ample time to decide on and practice for their Disney Hocus Pocus-theme drag show. “The performers put a lot into what they do. They spend a lot of time and money,” Zaman said. “It would be great to see people come out and get a chance to see it.” The hourlong show will take place both Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. Besides go-go dancers, costume contests, LED lights, blow-up toys, and more than $3,000 in giveaway prizes, attendees can expect food. Studio 13 will have the alley blocked off with Pizza Pit feeding the masses starting at noon on Saturday until after the extended 3 a.m. bar close. Tailgating and game-watching available at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Get to the live musical performances at the Union Bar
Tonight at Union might be the chaotic, pre-Halloween party many will seek. The bar is starting off its ghostly weekend with a performance from the hip-hop and rap group Travis Porter at 6 p.m. Cash prizes will be awarded to first- and second-place costume-contest winners and bottle service for third place. If the concert isn’t enough to satisfy the party animal in you, the bar will host an after-party starting at 10 p.m. with no cover charge. Union Bar doesn’t plan to slow down until after Saturday, when world famous DJ Hedspin takes the stage from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. So much Halloween packed into so little time. Hopefully, your schedule isn’t the scariest thing you face this weekend.
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Comedy, motivational seminars, real estate By CLAIRE DIETZ claire-dietz@uiowa.edu
Imagine real-estate agents taking a motivational seminar in a New York City comedy club. Now you have the basis of Red All Over, running tonight through Nov. 1 in Theater Building Theater B. Red All Over is playwright Eric Micha Holmes’ account of the motivational seminar the comedy club he worked at hosted for New York real-estate agents. "I eavesdropped on a lot of the lessons they were teaching, and I found them so fascinating,” he said. “I was riveted by how strange, and bizarre, and different their worldviews were from mine and the people I worked with. By the end of the workshop, I could start to see what peo-
ple gained from them.” Putting those viewpoints on stage came next. “Describing the tone has been the most challenging part for me,” Holmes said. “It’s so close and so raw. The struggle to discover the right adjectives to describe the right colors of the play made up many of the conversations between me and [director Marina Bergenstock].” Bergenstock’s struggles lay in not having worked with a playwright quite like Holmes before, she said. “Here at the university, I’ve worked with a lot of plays that are really magical realism,” she said. “This play is very realistic in a very different way than I’m used to working on, so it was a definite challenge for both of us.” Holmes' challenges stemmed from the project's differences from his past works.
“Every play is different; some of them are very much in dialogue with my own experiences and firsthand knowledge, while others emerge from a completely different meteorological system,” he said. “This particular play is very close to the skin; I know those people on stage. They’re composites of people I know.” Holly Grum, an M.F.A. acting student, is responsible for bringing one of those people, Claire, to life. “This being my first time working on a new work, it was a challenge for me to get a new version of the script each night and solely work from that script in front of me, not previous drafts,” she said. “It has been truly exciting seeing the changes in each character throughout this process and being an active part of the conver-
THEATER Red All Over When: 8 p.m. Today-Saturday. 2 p.m. Nov. 1 Where: Theater Building Theater B Admission: Free with UI ID, $5 for nonstudents
The cast of Red All Over takes the stage during a rehearsal on Wednesday. The first performance will be at 8 p.m. today in the Theater Building Theater B. (The Daily Iowan/Lexi Brunk) sations for those changes.” Finding those changes was gradual, said Julia-Kaye Rohlf (Judy). “Eric is an excellent writer, and he knows what he wants, but he doesn’t spell every little thing out in the script for the actors,” she
said. “Finally discovering things with my scene partners after weeks of work is always rewarding. It’s like you are beating against a wall, and when eventually it breaks down, you can see the stash of gold that was hidden behind it.”
Spearing the Great Pumpkin By JASMINE PUTNEY jasmine-putney@uiowa.edu
With pumpkins, ancient hunting tools, and a life-size poster of a Wizard of Oz flying monkey, some survival skills of the past become entertaining in the present (not necessarily involving flying monkeys). At 1 p.m. Saturday, the Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Area, 10,260 Morris Hills Road (north of Cedar Rapids, between the Cedar River and Toddville), will host the fifth-annual Great Pumpkin Atlatl Hunt. An atlatl is a stick with a hook at the end. An arrow or spear fits inside the hook and is propelled by the atlatl. Gail Barels, conserva-
tion education specialist for the learning area, said though the tool may initially seem foreign, adults and children become adept at handling it. “I think people find it as a challenge," she said. "It’s an ancient skill that they realize isn’t as hard as it looks. Once they get going on it, they really enjoy doing it.” Barels is always impressed with the curiosity the atlatls spark in people each year, she said. “A lot of times, there will be families who just walk by who are just on a hike, and they see the program going on, and we invite them to come over and try it. And then they’ll spend hours learning how to throw and
how to hit the targets,” she said. “I really enjoy seeing people say ‘Oh, there’s no way I could do that,’ and then they turn around and get involved and enjoy what they’re doing.” Too often people think of archaeology as simply a study of buried items, said Mark Anderson, event organizer. Anderson spent 30 years as a professional archaeologist re-creating and experimenting with ancient hunting tools “Archaeologists use material culture, but what we really want to learn about is the people who left those artifacts behind,” he said. “Before 2,000 years ago, this is how people hunted game animals for food,
so it’s a really crucial tool. What it does is it allows you to take a projectile and throw it faster and farther than you could by hand, but it also greatly increases the impact force.” When the open throwing session ends, there will be a sanctioned atlatl competition to follow. In the International Standard Accuracy Contest, participants will have 10 opportunities to hit the 6-inch bullseye from 15 meters away, then 20 meters. These competitions have occurred across the country since the late1960s, and no one has ever achieved a 100-point perfect score. The contest shows life of the past is not as simple as
people think, said UI Anthropology Club President Kaitlin Schlotfelt, who will participate this year. “As much as I love the actual artifacts, people are not always as thrilled,” she said. “But when you bring it alive, they can understand and enjoy it. It’s a way to make archaeology, especially experimental archaeology, more accessible to people.”
HALLOWEEN Great Pumpkin Atlatl Hunt When: 1-4p.m. Saturday Where: Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Area, 10,260 Morris Hills Road, Toddville, Iowa 52341 Admission: Free
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