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Cottages receive a ‘service’ The tenants of the South Dubuque Street cottages held a ‘memorial’ service this weekend for their shops. By CORY PORTER cory-porter@uiowa.edu
Tyler Hackman, the marketing representative for Marketing and Design, said that last year, the late-night-event block only ran from Sunday through Thursday. “However, what we found was [that] a lot of students had left by the time Thursday night came, while the building was very busy on Saturday,” he said. To deal with this, Hackman said, officials simply shifted the events from Sunday through Thursday to Saturday through Wednesday. “We hope this will reach out to more students,” he said. “We’re hoping it proves successful.” In addition to shifting the events, Hackman said, they also altered the times of the individual events to better coordinate with students’ schedules. “We’ve historically given out coffee at 1 or 2 in the morning,” he said. “And we found a recurring theme in feedback that they wanted it earlier, so we
A crowd of people gathered in front of the Moy Yat Ving Tsun Kung Fu Academy, 614 S. Dubuque St., on Dec. 13 to memorialize the building, along with two other cottages that may soon be demolished. Roughly 25 to 30 were there holding signs that read “Support Neighborhoods” and “Vote for Preservation” after the City Council voted 4-3 against a public hearing concerning the historical status of the cottages, which would Payne have put a 60-day hold city councilor on demolitions. Alicia Trimble, the executive director of Friends of Historic Preservation, said the service on Dec. 13 was a way for people to share their memories of the cottages and hopes for what will happen in the future. “Everyone took an opportunity to talk about their feelings on the issue [and] what they didn’t think the City Council was taking into effect,” Trimble said. At the memorial, she spoke of recent changes, which included the removal of electric and water meters and shrubberies and trees. Trimble said she took these acts to signify an imminent demolition. City Councilor Michelle Payne, who voted against the public hearing, said it had more to do with the process than the question of the cottages’ historical value. “My vote was no, because I feel like they were trying to circumvent the process,” Payne said. Any future votes on the issue would not be tied to previous votes, she said, but instead what new evidence she hears at any future meetings. “Everybody will still pay attention regardless of how they voted last time,” she said. “That doesn’t mean I’ll vote the same way the next time, nor does it mean I won’t vote the same way the next time; you have to listen to a different set of facts.”
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A UI student studies in the IMU for finals on Sunday. The IMU provides students with a number of events and free things to relieve finals’ stress, including coffee, popcorn and massages. (The Daily Iowan/Mikaela Parrick)
IMU EASES FINALS MASSAGES Massages are available in the IMU 1st floor from 8 p.m.-12 a.m., Monday-Wednesday.
YOGA Free yoga sessions are available twice a day in the IMU South Room. A.M. sessions are from 11 a.m.-noon on Monday-Thursday, and P.M. sessions are from 9-10 p.m. Monday-Wednesday.
SNACKS Snacks will be distributed at The Hub in the IMU at 10 p.m. Monday-Wednesday. COFFEE Coffee will be distributed on the 1st floor of the IMU at 11 p.m. Monday-Wednesday.
Finals@IMU has altered events this semester to accommodate student wishes. By BEN MARKS benjamin-marks@uiowa.edu
The IMU will once more hold its traditional Finals@ IMU, a series of events and activities such as yoga, massage chairs, coffee, and healthy snacks designed to help worndown college students make it through finals. This semester, however, will bring a few changes. Every year, Bret Gothe, the director of IMU Marketing and Design, who helped to plan the event, said officials give students a survey to fill out regarding their experiences of the finals event at the IMU. This year, he said, some changes to the programming have been made based on those surveys. “It’s really important for us to get student input so we can be better at meeting what is useful to you all during finals,” he said. “And one thing we heard from students is that they want those opportunities available to them throughout the week.”
International-student numbers fluctuate International-student enrollment has fluctuated for undergraduate and graduate students.
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The enrollment of undergraduate students at the University of Iowa has spiked over the last eight years, going from 340 in 2005 to 2,490 in 2014.
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A rise in the number of students around the world seeking higher education has been seen in undergraduate programs at the University of Iowa, but graduate and professional enrollment experienced the opposite trend. The UI’s undergraduate international-student population has grown significantly, with more than seven times as many enrolled since 2005. This year, there were 2,490 students enrolled, compared with 340 in 2005, according to data from the UI Office of International Students and Scholars. However, graduate and professional enrollment has fallen by around 13.7 percent. In 2005, there were 1,755 enrolled, and this year that number fell to 1,515. Several UI officials said the changing populations are a result of a few key factors. Lee Seedorff, the senior associated director of International Student and Scholar Services, said the trend of increased numbers of undergrads, especially from China, is pretty
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much nationwide in the United States and due more to the educational system in China. She said this trend, in part, comes from a lack of higher-education resources in China to accommodate the growing number of students seeking undergraduate degrees. “China literally doesn’t have sufficient systems to accommodate everyone who wants to go to college, so for them, in one sense, it’s a matter of space,” she said. This is further helped by improving economic circumstances in the last decade and a half, she said, in which more families can afford to send their students to college abroad. UI sophomore Jiahong Xu, a student from China, said a large contributing factor to the increasing number of undergrads is that an American education has become more affordable for Eastern Asians. “They can pay the high tuition fees,” he said. “I don’t think that was possible for Chinese people to do a couple years ago.” Along with affordability, Seedorff said, the
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UI students ice skate while the movie Elf appears on the screen during the Iowa on Ice event in the IMU on Dec. 12. The event included ice-skating, a hot-chocolate bar, and the screening. (The Daily Iowan/John Theulen)
IT aids Haitian health care By MICHAEL KADRIE
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Recent improvements to a database software that collects patient information in Haiti, developed by members of University of Iowa Information Technology Services, allow volunteer health workers to better gather information on HIV patients in Haiti. Doctors can now better track the progress of individual patients and follow up with them after their regular absences from Haiti. This can mean the difference between life and death for some Haitians. This technology was developed between September and December 2012, and it is continually updated to keep up with the clinic’s needs. Most recently, IT workers added parameters to aid in the collection of information regarding HIV in Haiti. “[IT] seems kind of dorky, but it’s the kind of stuff that may change the world,” said UI Clinical Associate Professor of emergency medicine Chris Buresh. UI senior IT support consultant Stephen Yagla met Buresh at an interfaith luncheon at which the latter gave the talk “Where was God in the Rubble?,” about efforts to provide medical care to impoverished Haitians. Yagla was so inspired
he immediately approached Buresh to find out what he could contribute despite his lack of medical skills. Buresh said people speaking to him about getting involved often express a similar worry regarding their deficit of medical knowledge. Yagla ended up joining Buresh on a trip to Haiti in January 2012 and noticed problems with the collection of patient data. Buresh said the clinic originally used simple Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and pieces of cardstock, which patients were required to bring with for each visit. He said they only brought the pieces of paper back 5 percent of the time. “With the format [they were using], they were never going to be able to use all the data,” Yagla said. Upon his return, he began to collaborate with ITS workers Steve Bowers and Ted Fitzgerald over their lunch breaks to solve the problem. They decided to use Apple’s file maker to create a database system simple enough that it could be taught to people in two to three hours. Yagla combined letters from Fitzgerald and Bowers’ names to come up with an easy-to-say moniker for the system, TEBOW. “It’s a client-server application … one server be-
Ted Fitzgerald holds an iPhone, Steve Yagla holds a laptop, and Steve Bowers holds a iPad in the University Capitol Center. They make up the team that developed the software that aids health-care workers in Haiti. (Contributed photo) ing used by multiple people,” Fitzgerald said. TEBOW uses three distinct pieces of information to collate patients with their medical data. Patients have their photographs taken with an iPhone, their name and phone number recorded, and they are given unique patient identification numbers. The system is compatible with Windows and Apple devices, running on a combination of iPhones, iPads and laptops. “It’s amazing how powerful [TEBOW] is and how much it helps,” Buresh said. He said the clinics use it to set up maps tracking patients in need of chronic care, so they can record trends, measure their efficacy, and provide information to native healthcare workers. Individuals with chronic conditions
make up 95 percent of the patients they see. Teams of doctors visit Haiti about five times a year. Having TEBOW allows volunteers to gather useful data on trends in public health and provides a tangible sense of progress. For instance, it makes it much easier to order the correct amount of medication required for each return trip. “It’s critical that we can prove to ourselves and everyone else that we’re not wasting our time and money,” Buresh said. Yagla, Fitzgerald, and Bowers continue to modify the software to improve and refine the handling of specific kinds of data. “[TEBOW] has definitely changed the way I look at what we do and changed the way I look at people in IT,” Buresh said.
METRO 3 face numerous charges Authorities have accused two Iowa City men and a North Liberty man of participating in armed robbery, among numerous other offenses, on Dec. 4. Mozell McKee, 20, was charged with second-degree theft, fourth-degree criminal mischief, third-degree burglary, first-degree robbery, assault with a dangerous weapon, criminal gang participation, possession of
drug paraphernalia, and possession of marijuana, second offense. Xavier Wright, 19, was charged with second-degree theft, fourth-degree criminal mischief, third-degree burglary, Class D Felony, criminal gang participation, first-degree robbery, and fifth-degree possession of stolen property. Cordarro Pearson, 18, was charged with second-degree theft, fourth-degree criminal mischief, third-degree burglary, criminal gang participation, and first-degree robbery.
According to online court documents, various reports of robbery, burglary, motor-vehicle theft, and gun-related incidents took place from 6:13 p.m. to 8:17 p.m. on Dec. 4. The incidents ranged from the 300 block of East College Street to the 200 block of South Dubuque Street to the 800 block of Iowa Avenue to the intersection of Gilbert and Fairchild Streets. In one incident, he group arrived at the victim’s home and knocked on his door. Once he answered, McKee
allegedly pointed a gun at him and asked him for his wallet. The victim complied and gave McKee his wallet. The three men also reportedly took off with several pieces of the victim’s property, including his iPhone and backpack. McKee was reportedly later seen in a video wearing the victim’s backpack. The victim later identified McKee, Wright, and Pearson in a photo lineup. — by Alyssa Guzman
BLOTTER Gary Ball, 25, 2401 Highway 6 E. Apt. 3803, was charged Nov. 30 with domestic assault with injury. Toby Becker, 33, 429 Southgate, was charged Dec. 11 with public intoxication and criminal trespass. Kyle Combs, 28, 110 Paddock Circle, was charged Dec. 12 with driving with a suspended/canceled license. Shelly Cronbaugh, 51, 1131 3rd Ave. Apt. 4B, was charged Dec. 11 with fifth-degree theft. Brendan Daily, 27, Waukee, Iowa, was charged Dec. 12 with OWI. Markez Fox, 18, 923 E. Market St., was charged Dec. 11 with criminal trespass. Vincent Furino, 21, 302 Ridgeland Ave., was charged Dec. 13 with public intoxication. Briyanna Guise, 18, North
Liberty, was charged Dec. 12 with fourth-degree theft. Richard Hart, 29, West Liberty, was charged Sunday with OWI. Scott Hoff Jr., 25, North Liberty, was charged Dec. 11 with driving with a suspended/canceled license. Jamar Jackson, 30, Muscatine, was charged Sunday with public intoxication, obstructing an officer, and disorderly conduct. Kevin Jefferson, 21, 1556 S. First Ave. Apt. 7, was charged Sunday with disorderly conduct. John Lawson, 41, Madison, Iowa, was charged Dec. 13 with possession of marijuana and six counts of possession of prescription drugs. John Millin, 20, 421 N. Gilbert St., was charged Sunday with keeping a disorderly house. Milton Nunez Lopez, 28, 2128 S. Riverside Drive Lot. 57, was
charged Sunday with OWI. Marcos Perez, 29, Burlington, was charged Nov. 22 with assault. Vincent Robinson, 20, 2811 Eastwood Drive, was charged Dec. 12 with driving with a suspended/canceled license. Darrell Routson, 29, 20 Video Court, was charged Dec. 13 with public intoxication. Kendra Schiebout, 24, 219 S. Johnson Apt. 4, was charged Dec. 12 with driving with a suspended/canceled license and OWI. Stephen Sengbusch, 26, Solon, was charged Dec. 13 with OWI. Michael Smith, 39, Tama, Iowa, was charged March 26 with third-degree theft. Anthony Spurgeon, 24, 429 Southgate Ave., was charged Dec. 13 with fifth-degree theft.
Raymond Sutton, 20, Coralville, was charged Dec. 13 with obstructing an officer. Sean Tyler, 22, 126 Bowling Green Place, was charged Dec. 13 with possession of drug paraphernalia. Adrian Vazquez, 19, 2132 Taylor Drive, was charged Sunday with public intoxication. Derrick Waller, 23, 1229 Louis St., was charged Sunday with disorderly conduct, public intoxication, and interference with official acts. Ontivia Young, 26, 338 S. Governor St. Apt. 5, was charged Dec. 13 with driving with a suspended/canceled license. Zachary Ziemer, 25, 514 S. Johnson St. Apt. 1, was charged Dec. 13 with public intoxication.
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dents with more choices. Abhay Shah, a fourthyear UI graduate student working toward a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering, Chinese college entrance received his undergradexam, the Gaokao, may uate degree in India. create an incentive for He said that if he had Chinese students to study attended the internationally. If students ‘They can pay the high tuition fees. I don’t think that was UI for his undergradwant to attend a possible for Chinese people to do a couple years ago.’ uate coursehigher-education work, it may institution in — UI sophomore Jiahong Xu have been China, they must more benefipass the exam. cial, because “It’s something that students tion for many foreign stu- some departments offer a might spend months and dents, particularly those five-year track in which students can receive an unyears studying for, and from Asian countries. As other institutions dergraduate and graduate it’s very high pressure from their families, al- around the world have no- degree. “There are more unmost kind of in an un- ticed the increasing trend healthy manner in some of international students, dergrads coming berespects,” she said. “If they have put tremendous cause they can save time someone’s coming to the efforts into recruiting and money with departU.S., then they don’t these students, he said, ments that offer fiveproviding graduate stu- year programs,” he said. have to take this exam.”
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For the Graduate College, the data for international enrollment are going in the opposite direction, with numbers decreasing. Graduate College Dean John Keller said that for many years, U.S. graduate education was a destina-
tage, which he has rented since 1986, is demolished, his prospect of finding another space is slim. “There’s no place that’s anywhere near affordFollowing the council’s able; this is both my special meeting Dec. 9, the workplace and my home, Historic Preservation Comand I can’t afford even mission voted unanimously one of those things to during its Dec. 11 meeting replace what I that the cottages ‘This is the keystone or the linchpin to the have here,” he were historically significant. destruction of the whole block. If If it comes down, I said. “There’s no place where the The next step of fear the war is lost.’ rent is reasonthe process falls able enough to to the Planning — Will Ingles, Book Shop owner open a store, let and Zoning Comalone a home.” mission, which He fears that if the will vote on the matter at in flux and it’s anyone’s guess about what will cottages are demolished, its next meeting. that will lead to the enTrimble said she an- happen next. “It’s hour to hour, day tire block’s stores being ticipates the vote to be in favor of the cottages’ to day,” Ingles said. “If you demolished to make way asked everybody concerned, for new development by historical status. “We fully expect a unani- from the city to the develop- Hodge Construction. “This is the keystone mous vote on that,” she said. er to the opposing attorneys If the Planning and Zon- to the property owner to or the linchpin to the ing Commission does vote the tenants, nobody knows destruction of the whole in favor of the cottages’ his- exactly what’s going to hap- block,” Ingles said. “If it comes down, I fear the torical status, the issue will pen, or when, or if.” He said that if his cot- war is lost.” return to the City Council, at which point the councilors will most likely call for a public hearing. At that point, a 60-day moratorium would be put into effect. Will Ingles, the owner of the Book Shop, another cottage business, said the situation is currently
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Tuba players gather on the steps of the Old Capitol to play Christmas songs on Dec. 12. Concert attendees brought new, unwrapped toys to be donated. (The Daily Iowan/Mikaela Parrick)
FINALS CONTINUED FROM FRONT bumped it up to 11 p.m.” A few years ago, Hackman said, finals programming didn’t start until late at night, but officials discovered that a bulk of students studied in the IMU during the day. In response to that demand, officials began the “Flippin’ into Finals” pancake breakfast a year and a half ago, which Hackman said really made the numbers skyrocket. In the following semesters, the IMU began offering yoga as well as a “healthy snack” program in the morning and evening. “The trend we found is that during the day
people want to do more healthy study breaks like yoga,” he said. “They want to eat fruit and things, and we found when it gets later, closer to crunch time they just want candy or pop.” Hackman said the healthy-snack program was so successful last semester that this year the IMU has doubled the amount of fruit to hand out. In total, Hackman said, attendance has shot up dramatically. Last fall, 391 students participated in “Cabs and Caffeine.” In the spring, that number had climbed to 750. UI senior Devynn Paulsen said her favorite finals service the IMU offers is the coffee, and she said she really appreciates that it was moved to earlier in the night.
“I stay here for a long time during finals week, and as the night goes on, I get more unproductive until 1, when I could have my coffee,” she said. “But now I can be more productive earlier in the night.” UI junior Caitlyn Strack said she’s done almost all of the events the IMU offers, and she really appreciates how they promote healthy studying with yoga, massage chairs, and the fruit. Junior Willy Tan agrees with her. “It’s way better than stress-eating high-end carbs like chips and queso,” he said. Go online to afterclass.uiowa.edu/events to see a full listing of finals week events offered this semester.
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Puppy hell in Iowa Hanna Beary hanna-beary@uiowa.edu
Imagine the inside of an old semi trailer fully refurnished with metal crates from wall to wall for female dogs to spend the rest of their days reproducing. With the wire flooring in the kennels, it makes it easy for the dogs’ feces to simply fall through the holes and rain down on the dogs underneath them. Not to mention what happens to the dogs that become too old and no longer can reproduce. The bestcase scenario is that those dogs become strays and have a chance of finding an owner. Welcome to the puppy mills. Iowa has worked its way to being ranked as the No. 2 state with the most puppy mills, following Missouri. Some believe that the state’s high ranking is because of Iowa’s large agriculture interest, but mostly it is because Iowa does not have as strict humane-animal-treatment laws as other states do. There is no set description of what a puppy mill looks like because they come in all different colors. If you are curious about whether the place you’re buying a puppy from is a mill or not, ask to see the mother and where the puppy was born. If they say no to these requests, a red flag should be raised. Puppy mills are usually very unsanitary and lack proper veterinarian care. Puppy mills sell freshly weaned pups, as young as 6 weeks old, to a broker who then sells to the highest bidder, either to sellers on the Internet or in most cases to brokers who sell the puppies to certain pet stores. Now, don’t fool yourself; these places are no better
than these puppy mills. When you walk into those types of stores, what do you see? Three or four puppies in the same small box sharing the same area day in and day out. They sleep in the same type of kennels that they did at the mills; the only hope for them is that someone thinks they are cute and saves them from the cruelty. I am not saying that all dog breeders are the same by any means. The two different types of dog breeding licenses are very different. USDA licensees sell puppies wholesale through brokers, who then sell the puppies to distributors or pet stores. Iowa-licensed commercial breeders sell their puppies to the public through ads, Internet, etc. USDA-licensed breeders can sell their animals nationwide to any kind of buyer interested. Those with state licenses can only sell in state, and they have a limit of dogs they breed, usually keeping their breeding dogs as household pets. Pet stores have a USDA license and more times than not, they are getting the animals from brokers all across the nation. There are in fact breeders who care immensely about their puppies and where they end up. Some breeders have their buyers sign a contract ensuring proper care of the animals. The one way to take matters into your own hands is to know where your animals are coming from. If no one purchases from the stores that have animals from mills, they will have no other choice than to close their doors. The sad truth is that there are dogs out there being used only to produce litters after litters of puppies. No animal deserves to be treated like this. However, not one person can make the change. As long as people are buying puppies from pet stores, puppy mills will continue to thrive. So the real question is, do you know where your puppy is from?
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espite a seemingly unproductive year filled with hyper-partisanship, our representatives were able to deliver a spending bill this year without shutting down the government. A 56-40 Senate vote on the more than 1,600-page bill symbolizes a break in budgetary bickering, at least until September 2015, when the bill will expire. This time around, both the Democrats and Republicans got a little of what they wanted, which signals that perhaps more bipartisanship may be on the way. While this highly awaited spending bill passed, the result did not come to fruition without the normal political drama. All week, senators debated the easing of Wall Street banking regulations that are transcribed in the bill. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., were on the frontlines in an attempt to kill the controversial addition. The provision is a reversion of a sector of the DoddFrank act, passed in 2010 after the financial collapse. The new spending bill eliminates the rule that bans banks from making certain risky derivative trades with government guarantees. The change was introduced by Rep. Kevin Yoder, R-Kan., in June, who said “this is about the farmer in your district who wants to get a loan.” Democrats saw the bill as a bow to the big banks. On the Senate floor, Warren repeatedly asked, “Whom does Congress work for?” Most importantly, the spending bill tackles the issue of Obama’s executive action on illegal immigration. Considered to be the greatest threat of causing another shutdown, the bill pushes the decision back until the results of the midterm elections are reflected. It does this by continuing funding for the Department of Homeland Securi-
ty only until Feb. 27, at which point both chambers of the Republican controlled Congress will presumably attempt to cut funding for the implementation of Obama’s executive action. Perhaps in all the chaos the most significant Democratic win came by accident. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, delayed the spending bill in an effort to deny Obama’s immigration actions right away. Not only did the action backfire, with the vote on his measure failing 74-22, he also managed to give Democrats the opportunity to seek approval for presidential appointees. Some of these appointees had been stalled for quite some time. Cruz’s action shows that these symbolic actions need to be better prepared to be effective. Otherwise, he risks hurting his own party. This drama on Capitol Hill took over the headlines and prevented news stations from covering other actions in the bill. Hidden in the spending bill is another shocker: it bans the District of Columbia from legalizing marijuana despite a voter-upheld initiative. The action is a step backward from what seemed like an accelerating pace of marijuana legalization across America. The Daily Iowan Editorial Board believes that overall, the spending bill represents a rare surge of bipartisanship in Congress as both Republicans and Democrats were able to push through some of their initiatives. However, on a broader level, lawmakers should stop attempting to jam unrelated legislation into giant spending bills. This creates a scenario in which it is almost impossible for the public to properly debate the issues and know what is going on. Instead, everyone feels rushed to get the bill passed as fast as possible in order to prevent another shutdown.
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Divorce and the holidays Keith Evanson keithevanson12@gmail.com
As the holidays approach, Americans are busy; they are out buying presents, preparing food, and scheduling family visits. Children of divorce, however, have to clear some extra time to spend with both mom and dad. If you have a significant other to spend the holidays with, you might have to set time to not only meet with both your own divorced parents, but hers or his, too. The common saying goes, “Over 50 percent of marriages end up in divorce.” But that just isn’t true anymore, at least with marriages that have occurred in the last 30 years. It might seem surprising to some to hear that. The narrative has been ingrained in our skulls that marriages just don’t last.
The prototypical nuclear family is gone. Don’t forget to sign that prenuptial agreement, because the odds are against you. Statistically, they are not. According to the Census Bureau, the divorce rate was 3.6 per 1,000 people in the most recent data available, 2011, which is much fewer than the number in 1981, when 5.3 people per 1,000 people divorced. Since peaking in 1979, divorce rates have consistently fallen. What does this mean in the grand scheme of things for Americans? For those who study the effects of divorce on childhood development, they would say that it means everything. Accredited social-science journals continually emphasize the negative effects that divorce has on children. Whether it’s emotionally or mentally, the scars from witnessing your parents divorce can follow children into adulthood. A report from Patrick F. Fagan on how divorce affects children showed that children with di-
vorced parents perform more poorly in school and have higher high-schooldropout rates. Financially, approximately 50 percent of families going through divorces tend to depreciate to levels of poverty after they are finalized. Just the mere fact that divorce rates are declining doesn’t necessarily mean that poverty levels will decrease and the U.S. educational system will be resurrected, but it is definitely a step in the right direction. Because society is inherently composed of many families connected to one another through marriages, there is reason for optimism when looking at the declining divorce rates. Strengthening marriages, the foundation of our society, is beneficial for both our children and country at large. I am lucky to have grown up in a household with parents who have been married for more than 30 years. I am so proud of my parents for making it to that milestone. Things were sta-
ble at home growing up, and I never had to deal with the burdens children of divorced parents had to go through. For those who have gone through a divorce, I could never condemn you. The divorce rate may have declined in the last three decades, but there is no measurement for happiness in the marriages that weren’t terminated. Ultimately, being happy and living a personally fulfilling life is the goal to which we all aspire to attain; if a marriage is not conducive to that, then it is appropriate to end it. This holiday season, whether you are spending time with your mom and dad separately, or with them together, I hope all is filled with joy in the time you spend together. Behind the raw numbers and statistics, what really matters love you feel from spending time with family and friends, regardless of what is considered to be the “normal” nuclear family.
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Communication necessary As a longtime supporter of the University of Iowa, I found your editorial regarding the lack of access to the president of the university to be well-written and frankly disturbing. In contrast, I was surprised to find that Vice President for Strategic Communications Joe Brennan’s response was weak at best. He focused on the trivial while ignoring the larger issue, a communications technique used by many PR organizations designed to take the reader’s attention away from the core issues. The facts are simple: The student body is one of UI’s most important constituencies, and the DI is a major channel to this constituency. Over the years, the university has appropriately recognized the importance of the student population by providing the DI with regular oneon-one access to the uni-
versity president. In February, a DI article included a direct quote from President Sally Mason that some readers apparently misinterpreted, and the one-on-one access was subsequently terminated and replaced with a vehicle that would allow the university to control the message and limit its exposure to unpleasant topics. What caused this change? I sincerely doubt that it was orchestrated by Mason. After all, there must have been other occasions on which the DI published an article or quote that she disapproved of, yet one-on-one access continued unabated. What is different is the hiring of Brennan in July 2013. It is, therefore, reasonable to assume that Brennan was the instigator of this change and as such has attempted to defend his position. Shortly before he ar-
rived at the UI, Brennan made a presentation entitled “PR in the Age of Disruption: The New Rules for Thriving,” which included the following: Rule No. 5: Communicate to Build Community: The leaders who will be most successful in the age of disruption are those who recognize that communication today is not a one-way process in which authoritative information is transmitted from the powerful to the powerless — or from leaders to followers or from businesses to consumers. In the age of disruption, communication must be a two-way process. Smart leaders recognize that they must listen as much — or more — than they speak. Smart leaders communicate to build community — guiding the conversation, not dictating the message. In this kind of communication, people are invit-
ed to help create shared meaning. The goal of communication is to help organizations and their publics adapt to each other. Authentic two-way communication builds trust and reduces friction in relationships. It is needed more than ever in the age of disruption. Mason and Brennan should adopt Rule No. 5 and re-engage with the DI to recover a constructive working relationship. Mason is not just any university president, she is the UI president and, as such, is a very important news creator for the DI. Similarly, the DI is not just another newspaper; it is the newspaper for the UI community. It is clear that the university president and the DI have always had, and hopefully will continue to have, a unique and special relationship. Dan Jones University of Michigan ‘71
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FEATURE CONTINUED FROM 8 transition for easy buckets, and converted open looks from 3 when Iowa’s shots fell short. “We didn’t come out with the swagger you have to have on defense,” guard Mike Gesell said. “Especially with a high-potent offense like that.” Iowa’s 60-55 win over North Carolina on Dec. 3 was supposed to mark a turning point for the
THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2014 Hawks this season. Adam Woodbury said that was a game Iowa would not have won last season. The Hawkeyes countered every North Carolina run with one of their own and came up with defensive stops when they needed to. It was a game won with toughness and defense, aspects this year’s Iowa team had built its identity on, and something that was lacking against Iowa State. “The disappointing thing from my end was that we just accepted it and acted like we couldn’t compete,”
White said. The Cyclones tore through sold-out Carver-Hawkeye Arena, leaving behind a team searching for answers and a direction to go from here. It’s still only one game, one Gesell said the Hawkeyes would use as a learning experience, one that Iowa would have to sit with for a whole week before it plays another game. After searching for the right word, White finally found one that accurately depicted Iowa’s performance.
“It’s almost embarrassing,” he said. “We’re better than that. It’s just disappointing because I know we’re better than that. I know I’m better than that. I know as a group we’re better than that. It’s just frustrating and unacceptable, to be honest. That’s best word for it; it’s unacceptable. “Moving forward, that can’t happen at all.” Follow @JacobShekyo on Twitter for news, updates, and analysis about the Iowa men’s basketball team.
SWIMMING CONTINUED FROM 8 rights in the Cy-Hawk series. Instead, Iowa’s young lineup took command while continuing to break school records and claim a 206-94 victory over the Cyclones. After the Hawkeye Invitational on Dec. 5, Long was happy with his team’s performance but thought there was still some gas left in the tank. He proved to be right. The Hawkeyes swam to record-breaking times and won 14 of the 16 events during the meet. “I know we have made step towards our breakthrough swims,” sophomore Emma Sougstad said. “But I know there is so much left in the tank for our team.” Sougstad was able to break two more school records against the Cyclones. She placed first in the 100 breaststroke, touching with a time of 1:00.14, and earned first place in the 200 breaststroke at 2:11.71. Nine Hawkeyes qualified for NCAA B cut times. And divers continued to execute in the well with a 1-2-3 Iowa finish on the 3-meter dive and senior Lauren Kelba winning the 1-meter competition (282.83), followed by Iowa senior Joelle Christy (269.4/third) and sophomore Lydia Lehnert (259.43/fourth). The Iowa freshmen combined for five wins, led by Meghan Lavelle in the 100 and 200 back-
FOOTBALL CONTINUED FROM 8 and senior-laden football teams in the SEC.” Many of those true freshmen have played well above any expectations. Derek Barnett, a 6-3, 267-pound defensive end, has climbed his way into the Tennessee record books just a year after he starred for Brentwood Academy in Nashville. Barnett has 20.5 tackles for loss this season, second-best in the Southeastern Conference and fourth-most in the country. His 10 sacks also rank fourth in the SEC. Both of those figures are the most in a single season by a true freshman in program history. On Sunday, Barnett was asked about adding to those totals, and he said he’ll have to beat Outland Trophy winner Brandon Scherff in order to do so. “I look forward to it,” Barnett said. “He’s a good ballplayer. I’ve watched film on him. I’ve gotta come ready to play. I played a bunch of good guys in the SEC. It’s another good guy I’m going to face, so I’ve gotta be ready.” Barnett, along with his teammates, will have plenty of time to prepare. Tennessee will have 15 extra bowl practic-
Swimmers participate in the 200 freestyle in the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center during the Iowa-Iowa State meet on Dec. 12. The Hawkeyes beat the Cyclones, 206-94. (The Daily Iowan/Courtney Hawkins) stroke and Tereysa Lehnertz in the 100 butterfly. Junior Olivia Kabacinski continued to stand out, winning the opening 200-medley relay (1:40.6) with freshman Rowan Hauber, Sougstad, and freshman Carly O’Brien. The leading sprinter was also able to qualify for another NCAA B cut time in the 100 freestyle at 49.82. “We have been having some good training in the pool,” senior Becky Stoughton said. “It has led us to some exciting breakthroughs.” The exhibition 50-freestyle competition between the Iowa head wrestling coach Tom Brands and associate head coach Terry Brands brought people to their feet for the intense matchup, and Tom Brands came
es ahead of Jan. 2. This, Jones said, bodes well for the team. “There is so much. It is continuing to elevate your game, obviously, on the field with the extra practices. But in the strength and conditioning room, monumental,” Jones said. “They would be home right now. A lot of these individuals have gone though an in-season strength and conditioning program as opposed to a developmental program. “So to be able to get them back in the weight room, get them spending time with their teammates, the football intelligence part of studying more film, it is invaluable.” That time will need to be used properly, said defensive back Cameron Sutton, who sang Iowa’s praises when asked his initial impression of the Hawkeyes. “Impressive team,” Sutton said. “Kind of compared them to ourselves. They play really hard, no matter the opponent. They’re big up front. On defense, they fly around to the ball, and they’re really impressive on special teams, too. “But at the end of the day, we can only control the things that we do out there on the field.” Follow @codygoodwin on Twitter for updates, news, and analysis about the Iowa football team.
out on top, finishing at 35.52 seconds. In the end, Iowa claimed bragging rights against its in-state rival. “At the end of the day, you want to be in NCAAs,” Long said. “And we have several people that are right there.” Follow @shelbystites on Twitter for news,
updates, and analysis about the Iowa women’s swimming and diving team.
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WOMEN’S CONTINUED FROM 8 ning plays when they needed to.” At 8-2, the Hawks look every bit like players using the early going as a springboard to launch themselves into the top of the Big Ten standings. However, the Hawks have not been without their fair share of growing pains. Doomed by foul trouble in their loss to Arkansas and without an answer to the physicality of No. 7 Louisville, the Black and Gold have received two pretty strong wake-up calls a little more than a month into the season. “I think the physicality of Arkansas really surprised us,” Bluder said.
“Not so much against Colorado because we knew what to expect after that, but I think the Arkansas game really caught a lot of our players off guard.” And while it hasn’t been easy for them, the Hawks’ schedule has prepared them well for the challenge that lies ahead in conference play. “Wins like that are huge,” junior Kalli Peschel said after Iowa State. “They’re really important ahead of the Big Ten season. This can carry over [once we start]. It’s great to feel that hype and the emotional bounce, and hopefully we can carry it over.” Follow @ryanarod on Twitter for news, updates, and analysis about the Iowa women’s basketball team.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Negative emotions will mount if you feel pressured to give in to someone’s demands. Find out all you can about a situation before you make a decision. Don’t mix business with pleasure, or you will end up in a vulnerable position. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Learn from your experience today. Not everyone you work with will be easy to get along with. Put your energy into your personal relationships. Nurture what is most important to you. Stick close to home. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Get moving. Travel plans can be made, and socializing with people in your industry will allow you to share your ideas. Discussing intentions with a romantic or business partner will lead to exciting prospects you hadn’t considered in the past. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Proceed with caution. Emotional matters will escalate if you refuse to adapt to the changes going on around you. Use your imagination, and you will find a way to turn a negative into a positive. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Make a point of entertaining people who have something interesting to share. Offer options that will help bring about the changes you are hoping to accomplish. Open discussions will lead to prospects that are worth checking out. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):Get out, and mingle. Attend a business event that allows you to share your thoughts and gives you insight into future trends. Romance is highlighted, but so is jealousy. Be careful not to lead someone on. You’ll walk a fine line. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Refrain from making impulsive personal decisions or changes at home. Learn from experience, and do your best to find ways to improve your knowledge and surroundings. Take care of your work and domestic responsibilities before someone complains. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Plan your actions strategically. There is money to be made and job opportunities to apply for. Don’t sit back — be a participant. Stay on top of the latest trends in your industry, and prepare to go over and above any competition you face. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Make sure you complete whatever job you are given. It’s how you deal with people as well as what you accomplish that will pave the way for future opportunities. Don’t let an emotional situation stand between you and success. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):Question everyone and everything. You need to have a clear picture of what’s going on around you if you are going to deal with situations successfully. Don’t feel pressured to make changes if you are feeling uncertain. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Take what belongs to you. Your ideas are solid, and the help you offer will lead to a positive change at work. Don’t let someone’s jealousy stop you from doing something that makes you happy and can lead to success. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Take a close look at any offer before you agree or make a commitment. You are best to work on self-improvement until you feel comfortable with what you have to offer. Having the confidence to move forward is half the battle.
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Vols begin bowl prep The Volunteers will start their bowl preparation this week, which means a lot of film work so they can prepare for a ‘veteran team in Iowa.’ By CODY GOODWIN cody-goodwin@uiowa.edu
Iowa guard Mike Gesell tries to pass on Dec. 12 in Carver-Hawkeye against Iowa State in the Cy-Hawk Series. Gesell finished the game shooting 4-of-12, and the Hawkeyes lost to the Cyclones, 90-75. (The Daily Iowan/Joshua Housing)
In Iowa’s 90-75 loss to Iowa State, its second-half struggles came back to bite Iowa again. By JACOB SHEYKO jacob-sheyko@uiowa.edu
After Iowa’s 90-75 loss to Iowa State, Aaron White struggled to put into words what had just occurred. It all happened so fast. He pointed to Iowa’s State hot shooting — 53.1 percent from the floor and the Hawkeyes’ lack of energy and over-reliance on an offense that shot 39.4 percent from the field. But the thing that frustrated White the most was that Iowa had reverted to its old ways — the same ways that last season caused numerous second-half breakdowns for the Hawkeyes. The ways that White — and the Hawkeyes — thought they were done with. “I don’t really have anything else for you,” White said, clearly frus-
trated. “Obviously, we can learn a lot from this, because it’s the same crap that happened last year. I thought we were over it.” Cyclone guard Matt Thomas’ only points of the game, a 3-point shot at the buzzer to end the first half, was arguably the biggest shot of the Dec. 12 game. The 24-footer at the buzzer ended a half that had seesawed for the first 19 minutes of the contest, and it gave Iowa State all the momentum heading into the break with a 5-point lead. “That’s big, but you can’t let that dictate the whole second half,” White said. “ … I just felt like our energy level was zapped.” Then the wheels fell off. Iowa State missed its first shot of the half, then made 10 straight. In just under seven minutes, the Cyclones turned a 5-point lead into a
25-point rout. Suddenly, Hawkeye fans were reminded of the team’s collapse last season, a season full of poor second halves, in which 10 of Iowa’s 13 losses occurred when the Hawkeyes were either tied or winning at halftime. “Well, there are only couple of things,” head coach Fran McCaffery said when asked what he could do as a coach in those situations. “You’ve got to start pushing different buttons.” So McCaffery pushed. He subbed in bench players, pressed the Cyclones full-court, trapped them in the halfcourt, and tried to get the ball in the paint on offense. But nothing worked. Iowa State shot 63.3 percent from the field in the second half, outrebounded the bigger Iowa team 39-37, got out in
Tennessee football coach Butch Jones said last week that he hadn’t begun watching film on the Hawkeyes in preparation for the 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl just yet. Most of what he knew about Iowa stemmed from when he studied the program when he first became a head coach in 2007. On Sunday, Jones addressed the media after his team had a “very short practice, about an hour.” The Volunteers will take today off, he said, but Jones he and his coaches will Tennessee head coach begin game planning for Iowa this week. “With the dead period in recruiting, [this] will be an opportunity to go game plan now, watch a lot of Iowa video,” Jones said. “And then our players will be in the strength and conditioning room, and then we will resume practice on Tuesday.” Jones, now in his third year in Knoxville, has continually preached about Iowa’s physicality, consistency, and how well-coached the players are. He said on Sunday that the way his team prepares for the Jan. 2 bowl will speak volumes about how they’ll play. “To play 24 true freshmen is very difficult,” Jones said. “In terms of, not only the physicality and the development, but the mindset. Because you are trying to develop a mindset where they are going against junior-
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Prepping for conference gauntlet with nonconference foes A tough nonconference schedule has prepared Iowa for a tough Big Ten. By RYAN RODRIGUEZ ryan-rodriguez@uiowa.edu
The addition of Maryland and Rutgers to the Big Ten has added mounds of already-intense pressure on a conference that is among the best for women’s basketball, and teams have prepared accordingly. Suddenly, teams have fewer nonconference games to use as preparation for Big Ten play, which will roll around toward the end of December. The Hawkeyes aren’t taking any chances. With a smaller number of games to work with, head coach Lisa Bluder’s Hawks have squeezed every bit of learning out of their murderous schedule to prepare for an increased Big Ten workload. “I think we’ve really chalIowa forward Kali Peschel attempts to shoot the ball but is blocked by Iowa State guard Fallon Ellis in Carver-Hawkeye on Dec. 11. The lenged ourselves with the Hawkeyes defeated the Cyclones, 76-67. (The Daily Iowan/Alyssa Hitchcock) nonconference schedule this year,” Bluder said. “Our goal is to get ready for the Big Ten, but it’s also to make adjustments in game-time job of boxing out and crashing in the to get quality wins for the selection com- scenarios against quality competition, second.” Other teams have started to take notice. mittee so that we have hopes at the end something that could pay dividends Most recently, Iowa State head coach come March. of the year. That’s the ultimate goal.” Nowhere was this more evident than Bill Fennelly remarked at how well preTwo fewer nonconference games matchups means replacing easier in their 76-67 victory over Iowa State on pared Iowa looked in its victory against the Cyclones. matchups with the likes of Dayton, Ar- Dec. 10. “That’s as good of a team as well see “You look at the first half of that kansas, Louisville, Gonzaga, and Colorado, quality opponents that certainly game, we gave up 13 offensive re- in a lot of ways,” Fennelly said. “Good haven’t made it easy on the Hawkeyes bounds in the first; the second half balance, well-coached, and made winwe only gave up 3,” Bluder said. “We in the early going. But more than just scheduling tough shot really well in the first half, then teams, Bluder’s Hawks have learned turned around and did a much better SEE WOMEN’S, 5
Hawks swamp Iowa State The Iowa women’s swimming and diving team beat Iowa State on Dec. 12, 206-94. By SHELBY STITES shelby-stites@uiowa.edu
It was another night for the record books when the Hawkeyes dominated the pool against Iowa State on Dec. 12. It marked Iowa’s fifth-consecutive win against the Cyclones in the CyHawk series, and the Hawkeyes capitalized on their potential as the young team continued to prove it has what it takes to win. “I’m so proud of this group for having such a great one- Sougstad week period and pre- sophomore paring as well as we did for this one,” head coach Marc Long said. “Iowa State always brings their best when they come here, and it was good to get a win tonight. We have a lot of Iowa kids on the team, and so do they, so it always makes for a competitive and emotional meet.” Iowa State came into the matchup 5-1 with a veteran lineup ready for redemption and the bragging SEE SWIMMING, 5