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By ERICA [email protected]
Following the University of Iowa Department of Public Safety’s decision to discontinue bar checks, officials say they will focus patrolling in other ar-eas on the UI campus.
“The original intent of our down-town patrol was not focused on bar checks but rather on what had been an increase in violent and disruptive behavior in and around the downtown area,” said Lucy Wiederholt, associate director and chief of UI police. “We are simply returning to our original focus.”
“We are reallocating our patrol ef-forts toward areas our students, fac-ulty, staff and visitors frequent,” she said. “These areas include but are not limited to the Main Library and Learning Commons, IMU, UIHC in-terior and exterior area including parking structures, UIHC Emergency Department, areas surrounding and commonly traveled to residence halls, and the Aspire apartments.”
Iowa City Police Chief Sam Harga-dine said that although the UI police have stopped participating, the bar checks aren’t going anywhere.
“The [Iowa City police] has always had responsibility for the downtown area to include checking for PAULAs in the bars,” he said. “UI [police] helped
for a couple of years because they were foot-patrolling in the area anyway.”
Hargadine said the recent change will mostly likely have no effect.
And Wiederholt said there may still be instances in which the UI police help out with downtown bar checks.
“There may be times in which we would participate in special enforce-ment efforts conducting bar checks either jointly with Iowa City police or independently, during alcohol-related grant enforcement projects,” Wieder-holt said.
Although things have been chang-ing for the UI police, Wiederholt said, the response from the community has been positive overall, and officers will continue to help out where they can.
“The officers downtown will contin-ue to respond to calls for service, assist Iowa City police, address disruptive and or illegal behavior, and respond to requests for assistance from bar staff and the public,” she said.
“It actually makes the computations
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KID CAPTAIN
Then 5-year-old Joseph Burken holds the hand of his doctor, UI Professor Sue O’Dorisio, while she gets her head shaved at his suggestion. Joseph is now 8, and is the Kid Captain for the Iowa/Ball State football game. (Contributed)
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University to punish perpetratorsBy CHRIS [email protected]
University of Iowa President Sally Mason announced via email Thursday that the UI has set new sanctioning guidelines for students who commit sexual assault, with consequences ranging from proba-tion to expulsion.
The mass-message to UI stu-dents, faculty, and staff defined what the UI classifies as sexual as-
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Only 8, he’s already known as Mr. EmpathyBy LILY [email protected]
When he was five years old, Joseph Burken per-suaded his doctor to shave her head.
“If you’re scared, I’ll hold your hand,” he told her at a fundraiser for pediatric cancer in their hometown of DeWitt, Iowa, just moments after he had had his own head shaved for the cause.
Sue O’Dorisio, a pro-fessor of pediatrics at the University of Iowa’s Chil-dren’s Hospital, was only
planning to give a talk at the fundraiser but was persuaded by Joseph’s car-ing attitude to contribute more to the cause.
“That’s just the kind of empathy he has for other people,” she said. “That’s just amazing at that age to have that understanding of people and what their needs are.”
Joseph’s big heart is one reason his parents, Julie and Wade Burken, nominat-ed him to be a Kid Captain.
“The reason we nomi-nated him was because
we thought it would be a really cool experience for him,” Julie Burken said. “We were looking at the application … and we felt he became more of an ad-vocate for cancer.”
Joseph, who is now 8, will get a chance to be such an advocate this Saturday as he takes to the field as the second Kid Captain of the year during the Iowa/Ball State football game.
For Joseph, the oppor-tunity came as a surprise
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Hawkeyes get pass privilegeBy ERICA [email protected]
University of Iowa student-athletes can now get free admission into all Hawkeye football and men’s basket-ball games following a rules change.
This change came after the Big Ten lifted its ban on allowing student-ath-letes free admission into their univer-sity’s sporting events.
“There has been a long-standing NCAA rule allowing for institutions
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UI police quit bar checks
A bartender at Brother’s Bar takes an order on Thursday. The UI police are no longer conducting bar checks. (The Daily Iowan/Joshua Housing)
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UI police plans to stop bar checks, but will keep officers downtown.
May 2014The UI police announced
they will no longer conduct bar checks.
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Students personalize Coca-Cola cans with friends at an online kiosk at Hubbard Park on Thursday. Students were given two free soda cans Wednesday and Thursday. (The Daily Iowan/Lauren Muth)
UI Golden Pledge rolls alongThe Golden Pledge program, which is in its third year, has raised more than $8.4 million and resulted in the creation of 57 new scholarship endowments.
By CORY [email protected]
Two years after it was created, University of Io-wa officials said the Gold-en Pledge program contin-ues to be successful after raising millions of dollars to create new scholarships.
When UI President Sal-ly Mason announced the program in October 2012, she said the goal was to increase the number of need- and merit-based scholarships at the UI through private donations and matching funds. The UI agreed to match pri-vate dollars to at least $100,000.
Dana Larson, the head of communications for the UI Foundation, said the initiative has been suc-cessful, with more than $8.4 million has been com-mitted for the program.
“Donors have clearly re-
sponded enthusiastically to the idea that they could establish an endowment and have the income from that endowment m a t c h e d t h r o u g h 2017,” she said. “It doubles the impact of their sup-port, which is appealing to everyone.”
The Golden Pledge is one part of the larger “For Iowa. Forever More.” campaign, which began in 2008 and will continue through 2016, with the goal of raising $1.7 bil-lion for the various needs across the university.
Lynette Marshall, the president and CEO of the UI Foundation, said Gold-en Pledge has been a tri-umph for both the school
and students, leading to the creation of 57 scholar-ship endowments.
Larson pointed to a scholarship designed for students teaching abroad in the College of Educa-tion as an example of the program’s success. The scholarship would have normally only gone to two students, but through the Golden Pledge, two more additional students re-ceived it last year.
Joseph Brennan, the UI vice president for Strate-gic Communication, said that in the two years since the program’s creation, 399 students have re-ceived $850,000 in aid.
Mary Louise Petersen, along with husband Rand, alumni from the class of 1951, donated $1 million to the program last year because she knew how im-portant scholarships were for the university.
“Education is the best investment that young people can make for their lives,” Mary Petersen said. “And it is the best investment that we as alumni and concerned citi-zens of the state can make for the future of our young people and the future of our state.”
Petersen is also the ep-onym for the new west campus residence hall, which will be opened next fall. She noted that there are not many things people can invest in and have their money double instantly.
“You make an investment in the stock market, and you get 3 percent or 4 per-cent return on your money if you’re lucky … but the scholarships for the next several years are going to be matched by the univer-sity and that doubles your money,” she said. “You can’t do better than that.”
Marshallpresident and CEO
Crime fighters beef up programAn organization allowing Iowa City community members to aid in identifying criminals and solving crimes has updated its program.
By RACHEL [email protected]
Iowa City police hope that by expanding an ex-isting program, people will be better informed when it comes to crime in their community.
Iowa City Crime Stop-pers was created in 2007 to help reduce crime by giving tipsters incen-tives to call or alert police while remaining anon-ymous. This year, the website received updates that officials say will, hopefully, get the commu-nity more involved.
“We are trying to en-gage the community in new ways moving forward, learning their preference in communicating with us,” said Ryan Harvey, the vice chairman of Crime Stoppers. “Our website has been completely rede-signed where law enforce-
ment can upload pending cases that need communi-ty help in solving.”
Iowa City police Officer David Schwindt said po-lice can solve most minor crimes, but he liked the idea of adding a subscrip-tion-based email service in order to reach people more quickly.
“I knew it wouldn’t work if people had to keep checking the site, so that’s why we created the email,” Schwindt said.
Subscribers receive pic-tures and videos from se-curity footage. If someone can positively identify a suspect based on the infor-mation, they will receive at least $1,000.
“Since its start in 2007, we have paid out thousands of dollars in rewards for tips leading to arrests for crimes that may have re-mained unsolved without our support,” Harvey said.
“The community has been behind us since we first started, and that support continues to grow today.”
Harvey serves as both a board member and owner of a State Farm branch, which helps Crime Stop-pers raise money.
Crime Stoppers, a non-profit organization, is funded through private donations and an annual golf tournament held with its partners.
With the revamped web-site, law-enforcement offi-cials are also able to upload pending cases for commu-nity members to see.
“I believe that Crime Stoppers will continue to be successful because it’s run by volunteers who are dedicated go-getters,” Io-wa City Police Chief Sam Hargadine said. “They make sure Crime Stoppers is here to stay.”
Because Crime Stoppers
is guaranteed to be anon-ymous, it attracts more attention from community members, he said.
“Crime Stoppers … gives an incentive, and it’s guar-anteed anonymous, which brings in more community participation,” Hargadine said. “There have been nu-merous crimes solved by calls from Crime Stoppers, including robberies.”
Harvey said the organi-zation connects important aspects of the Iowa City area that are pivotal to the program’s success.
“There have been simi-lar organizations that we have seen have success in Iowa, and felt there was a need for this community to have the same bridge among three partners — community, law enforce-ment, and media,” he said. “As our community contin-ues to grow, we find this to be more important.”
BLOTTERNicholas Arcus, 18, 920 Reinow, was charged Monday with pos-session of drug paraphernalia.Benjamin Brandau, 18, 237 Slater, was charged Aug. 30 with possession/supply of al-cohol under the legal age.Jerome Brooks Jr., 19, address unknown, was charged Aug. 30 with disorderly conduct.Chad Courtney, 36, 232 Friendship St., was charged Thursday with public intoxica-tion and criminal trespass.Michael Davis, 43, Coeur d’Alene,
Idaho, was charged Tuesday with public intoxication.David Downing, 20, 221 S. Lucas St., was charged Aug. 29 with possession/supply of al-cohol under the legal age.Makenzie Emerson, 18, Dav-enport, was charged Aug. 30 with possession/supply of al-cohol under the legal age.David Fix, 24, Menominee, Minn., was charged Aug. 30 with public intoxication.Jeffrey Gossard, 55, Idaho Falls, Idaho, was charged Aug.
26 with public intoxication.Amon Gullens, 68, Shreve-port, La., was charged Wednes-day with OWI.Danielle Haynes, 26, Council Bluffs, was charged Aug. 30 with public intoxication. Miranda Holle, 18, Bettendorf, was charged Aug. 30 with pos-session/supply of alcohol un-der the legal age.Alex Hunter, 20, Marion, was charged Aug. 30 with eluding police.Kelly Kretschmer, 24, Des
Moines, was charged Aug. 30 with possession of an open container of alcohol in public.Shelby Kwapil, 18, Palo, Iowa, was charged Aug. 30 with pos-session/supply of alcohol un-der the legal age.Megan Leabo, 19, Davenport, was charged Aug. 30 with pos-session/supply of alcohol un-der the legal age.James Little, 55, West Des Moines, was charged Aug. 30 with OWI and carrying weap-ons while intoxicated.
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Sushi coming to downtown
By MITCH [email protected]
A new establishment will offer Japanese cuisine downtown, replacing the space Iron Hawk occupied.
Osaka is expected to open later this month, tak-ing the place of the recent-ly closed restaurant, 122 E. Washington St.
“I’m excited to get going on things,” said restaurant owner Yuki Yu, who moved to Iowa City two years ago.
Though she may be relatively new to Iowa City, she is not new to the restaurant business. Upon her arrival in Iowa City, she opened the Szechuan House, 320 E. Burlington St., which offers Chinese and other Asian cuisines.
Along with running the Szechuan House, Yu ran a Japanese restaurant in Madison, Wisconsin.
Osaka will offer pre-dominately sushi for de-livery, dine in, and pickup. The exact opening date re-mains tentative because of health inspections.
“There are a lot tougher inspections when it comes to sushi due to the raw fish,” said George Etre, the president elect of the Iowa City Downtown District and owner of Takanami, 219 Iowa Ave., and Formo-sa, 221 E. College St.
In general, Etre said, the local restaurant community is excited to
welcome Osaka to town. “We are all about sup-
porting any small busi-ness, especially one that can survive in this econo-my,” Etre said.
Leah Cohen, the own-er of Bo-James, 118 E. Washington St., next door to Osaka’s new location, shares Etre’s belief.
“It’s always exciting when something different comes in,” Cohen said.
She also thinks the vari-ety Osaka offers will make it successful.
“Ethnic food is huge across the country right now, so it should do well downtown,” she said.
Yu said she saw a need in the area that Osaka could fill.
“I found that there was no Japanese [food] in the rest of the downtown area that delivers, and many
students need delivery,” she said.
Osaka will also boasts a highly-skilled kitchen staff, something she thinks will be a benefit.
“I have two sushi chefs from New York, and they are the best chefs I know,” Yu said.
Despite its attraction, Osaka will still face several challenges in opening the new location, Cohen said.
“The first two years are critical, because it’s tough to balance catering to regular customers and attracting seasonal crowds — like during football sea-son,” she said.
Yu said she expects the challenges.
“Opening a new restau-rant is indeed challenging because it takes time and money to remodel,” she said. “Plus, it’s always hard to get customers to try your food.”
Safety first on construction sites
By MICHAEL [email protected]
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinic’s on-going construction projects have slimmed down space around Kinnick Stadium, and tailgaters this season may have to make due with limited parking options and congested streets.
This is the third year that major construction work has been underway in the area surrounding the stadium during foot-ball season.
For university officials and Hawkeye fans, deal-ing with these difficul-ties has become almost second nature.
“At this point, people have adapted,” UI spokes-man Tom Moore said.
The biggest change this year, he said, is the closing of parking ramp 2, which is under construction. It’s being built in conjunction with the new Children’s Hospital, providing inte-grated building access.
Ramp 2 is one of four ramps that help to facil-itate traffic in the UIHC area. The final structure will be 14 stories, includ-ing two underground lev-els, and it will have an outdoor terrace.
In the meantime, not being able to access those spots means it’s essential that parking during home games is carefully organized to ensure the hospital’s op-erations are not interrupt-ed, Moore said, because the large number of fans can cause delays for UIHC, es-
pecially before kickoff and after the final whistle.
The UI accomplishes this by reserving alternate spaces throughout the area for hospital faculty. Moore said all of parking ramp 1, the ramp closest to the UIHC main entrance, is exclusively for patients and their visitors for the duration of the game.
Hospital officials also help facilitate news organi-zations and those fans who have disabilities by reserv-ing them space in park-ing ramp 3, which is right across from the stadium.
Moore said safe-ty during tailgating is important to the UI, and officials co-ordinate closely with emergency services in order to help ensure everyone can make it to the next game.
Jay Goodin, the UIHC director of project manage-ment, said precautions are taken every home game.
“We do a pre-game walk-through with campus
police, UIHC safety and security, the Athletics [De-partment], and others to ensure the site is safe and secure,” he said.
Moore said work sites, such as parking ramp 2, need to be kept secure from wandering pedestri-ans, a responsibility that falls to the contractors hired by the UI.
Additionally, there are two to three security guards and a construction superintendent onsite in constant radio contact.
An operator also con-trols the crane boom to ensure it won’t swing over the stadium during the game. Normally, it would turn freely with the wind when not in use to mini-mize stress on the struc-ture during high winds, Goodin said.
For UI junior Madison Barnum, the large crowds ware a matter of course.
“I know it’s an Iowa game, so it pretty much comes with the territory,” she said.
Osaka, a new restaurant on Washington Street, is shown on Wednesday. It will take over the space of former restaurant Iron Hawk. (The Daily Iowan/Anna Kilzer)
A UI parking ramp near the UIHC is seen on Monday. Construction at the hospital has con-tributed to traffic in the area, especially on game days. (The Daily Iowan/Sergio Flores)
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Normal is something I’ve always felt people have taken for granted. It’s nothing I’ve ever felt particularly jealous of, but at the same time, its presence (or lack there-of) is something that has followed for me for as long as I can remember.
I remembered feeling insulted the first time my mother proposed the idea of “seeing somebody.” To me, psychologists were for slow kids or the ones that killed small animals. It took me 18 years to finally “see someone” and receive the confirmation that there was in fact some-thing wrong with me.
As a child, I was an abnormally picky-eater
with a habit of repeating lines of Disney Channel sitcoms verbatim when talking to people. I can think of a million little things that never really struck me as weird, and by themselves would be considered harmless. Sometimes kids are just weird like that.
As I got older, how-ever, my little quirks weren’t as amusing. I was an avid reader and doing well in school was enough to get people to look past some of the weirdness. Those close to me had their suspi-cions, but the general consensus was that I would grow out of it … eventually. I wouldn’t say I grew out of it as much as I learned to play the part. Eye con-tact is good. Small talk is good. Knowing when to shut up is good. For the estimated 1 out of 68 of kids in the United States identified with Autism Spectrum Disorder,
playing the part is some-times as good as it gets.
Autism Spectrum Disorder is a develop-mental disability that among other things im-pairs social interaction, basic functioning, and behavior patterns. The term spectrum is used because the way the disorder displays itself can range in severity. It affects about 3.5 million Americans and is found in more children than AIDS, diabetes, cancer, and diabetes combined.
While my moth-er wasn’t shy about encouraging me to “see someone,” my father wasn’t so keen on the idea. In high school, I remember him trying to assure me that, despite popular opinion, I was in fact normal and a doctor couldn’t tell me any dif-ferent. What I interpret that to mean now is that we all have the freedom to choose how we live our lives. I think what
he was most afraid of was that in my pursuit of normal, I would grow to hate the most import-ant parts of myself. The most important thing I took away from my ex-periences is that normal is a description of the perception of a person, not the quality of a per-son, and that distinction needs to be made clear for everyone.
Looking back, I can’t say how much good “seeing somebody” would have done for me. But I can say that finally being able to put a name to the face has made things easier. I say that because I’m old enough now to understand the dif-ference between being normal and living the life that is normal for me. We don’t all get to be normal by society’s definition, but that is definitely not a bad thing. It’s what makes us human.
OpiniOnsCongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
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Playing normal as a way of life
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Your typical gar-den-variety college stu-dent requires very little in the way of resources. Pencils, pens, comput-ers, makeup, detergent, cell phones, futons … all right, maybe I lied. If you boil down their needs, though, it be-comes clear which is the most important, holding the most weight and influencing their perfor-mance every day of their college careers: food.
Unsurprising to say the least. College students need food just like everybody else and perhaps more so than many people. All that studying consumes a lot of calories. Mood, alert-ness, and performance are all directly affected by the meals in one’s stomach. Unfortunately, many students get bored quickly by what is avail-able. You can only eat at Burge or Hillcrest so many times before your psyche cracks.
There are other op-tions for meals in the city, but without a car and without much time, many simply cut meals out of their day. That’s where a new industry could help the Universi-ty of Iowa.
Food trucks are a thing of history, there’s no news there. Food trucks in one of the nation’s greatest college towns, though? Now that is more interesting. Sell-ing classic, affordable, home-style meals from portable locations could really change the eating habits of students in Iowa City for the better.
That’s where the food truck comes in. But unfortunately, city ordinances have kept the burgeoning new businesses off campus. Under code 10-3-5, mo-
bile vendors are allowed to apply for permits to serve food to the north and south of downtown — quite the distance for the bulk of students living in dorms.
A growing number of voices, however, are in favor for the variety that could be afforded to the students of Iowa. These voices are primarily from the “foodie” com-munity (those who enjoy tasting, rating, and discussing food) of Iowa City, the Mobile Vendors Association, and people who are just looking for a new option in their area. The success of the Iowa City Farmers’ Mar-ket was used as a gauge to determine whether there was interesting in something like this.
With enough support, the ordinances will change. Eating semi-reg-ular meals keeps the me-tabolism in check, keeps us students awake, and keeps our resolve to spend an afternoon at the rec center alive and well.
Sure, eating more may seem counterin-tuitive to a healthier life, but the research is unanimous in whether skipping meals bites you in the back later on. You’ll crave greater quantities of unhealth-ier foods, and suddenly the Freshman 15 is the Newbie 33.
Take the pressure off of rush hour in Burge. Open up some seating at Hillcrest. Put some good food in the hands of good kids who just need to grab a quick bite between lectures. A positive for the local economy, a positive for the health of Iowa City, and you can chalk up a positive for the taste buds of Iowa’s students. Support the repeal that will bring vendors into the student neighbor-hoods. It could mean a better Iowa City, univer-sity, and student body. So go ahead and get on board with food trucks — though I’m not sure if they’re hiring.
Marcus [email protected]
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Last week, we said the University of Iowa could do more to combat sexual assault. This week, it did.
University of Iowa President Sally Mason ad-dressed university faculty, staff, and students in an email Thursday regarding the creation of new sanc-tioning guidelines for cases of sexual assault. Citing her six-point plan to combat sexual assault released in February, Mason states, “I promised that we would crack down on offenders, including making use of the most severe sanction that the university can impose, which is expulsion.” She then goes on to note that the university has expelled two students for sexual assault, one in the spring semester and one during the summer session. The Daily Iowan Editorial board believes these new explicit sanction-ing guidelines for one of the UI’s most prevalent is-sues are an excellent step in the right direction, so long as they are implemented and enforced.
Since the beginning of the academic year, there have been three reported cases of sexual assault. Mason noted this in her email. How the university deals with these cases will show the Iowa City com-munity just how severe the punishments for com-mitting sexual assault will be.
This recent email showed an obvious change of rhetoric since Mason was quoted in February say-ing, “These are not the kinds of things we want to have happen, obviously, but they do happen.” In-stead, Mason said on Thursday, “We take sexual assaults very seriously. There is no excuse for this crime. It has no place on this campus. We must con-tinue to address this problem, and we must not rest until it is eliminated entirely.” This is a necessary change. Showing the public that these acts are in-tolerable and will be severely punished will be a
key change to such a systematic problem.The sanctioning guidelines for sexual assault
also provide a change in overall rhetoric about the matter. These guidelines not only outline the specif-ic punishments for each type of sexual misconduct but also exactly what constitutes each act. Pairing the definition of each action with an explicitly stat-ed punishment removes any ambiguity.
Mason has clearly taken criticisms about the univer-sity’s sexual assault policies into consideration. One major early criticism of UI’s warning emails in cases of reported sexual assault was that the language focused too much on the victims’ responsibility to avoid sexual assault rather than the perpetrators’ responsibility to not commit sexual assault. Such a lens does nothing to attack the issue at its roots, which ultimately lie with-in the larger cultural system.
Now, however, warning emails include the phrase, “the only person responsible for sexual misconduct is the perpetrator,” right after information regard-ing the assault is provided.
As the UI president, Mason is trying to create a culture that no longer accepts sexual assault as a part of the norm. The Board believes Mason’s new-found doggedness in fighting sexual assault, as evidenced by the harsh punishments outlined in the sanctioning guidelines and her stark change in language surrounding this issue, can and will trickle into the Iowa City community as a whole. The only stipulation surrounding this is whether or not the university strictly enforces and adheres to the guidelines outlined in the recent announce-ment. How these recent three cases are treated should provide a good indication of the universi-ty’s intent.
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Water plan aims to aid farmersWhen Congress
passed the Clean Water Act in 1972, it didn’t just defend the mighty Mississippi or the Great Lakes, it also protected smaller streams and wetlands from pollution. The law recognized that to have healthy commu-nities downstream, we need healthy headwa-ters upstream.
The EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers took target-ed action in March to protect the clean wa-ter vital to our health and our economy. Sci-ence clearly shows us what kinds of streams and wetlands affect water downstream — so our proposal pro-tects those waters.
There’s been some confusion about EPA and the Army Corps’ proposal, especially in the agriculture commu-nity. We want to make
sure you know the facts.The agencies’ intent
is to protect clean water without getting in the way of farming and ranching. Normal farming and ranching — including planting, harvesting, and mov-ing livestock—have always been exempt from Clean Water Act regulation, and our proposal doesn’t change that. We worked with USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service and the Army Corps of Engineers to exempt 56 conservation prac-tices familiar to many farmers, such as range planting and wet-land restoration, who know their benefits to business, the land, and water resources.
Despite the myths we’re hearing from some critics, the Clean Water Act only deals with the pollution and
destruction of water-ways — not land use. Nor does this proposal affect private-prop-erty rights. Also, the proposal does not regulate new types of ditches, does not apply to groundwater, and does not change the exemption for stock ponds.
With the West-ern U.S. in historic drought and after seeing how water pollution can threat-en communities such as Toledo, Ohio, and Charleston, West Vir-ginia, the proposal is more important than ever. Paul Schwartz, a farmer from Hotch-kiss, Colorado, agrees. “[EPA’s proposal] will provide needed clarity and help address very real water challenges,” he said.
EPA is not inter-ested in a final rule that will make farm-
ing more difficult. The agency’s job is to protect our natural re-sources so farmers can keep doing what they do best — farming.
We understand that people have legiti-mate questions and concerns about the proposal, and we are committed to listening to America’s farmers and ranchers. But we can all agree that pro-tecting the long-term health of our nation’s waters is essential. The public comment period for the proposal is open until October 20, and your input will make sure we get to a strong, achievable final rule.
Ken Kopocis deputy assistant administrator
for water at the U.S. Environ-mental Protection Agency
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sault and listed factors that would lead to harsher con-sequences, such as intimi-dation or the use of force.
The email also revealed a student had been expelled over the summer for com-mitting sexual assault, the second in the past calendar year.
“We take sexual assaults very seriously,” Mason said in the email. “We must con-tinue to address this prob-lem, and we must not rest until it is eliminated entire-ly.”
Officials have stated a desire to ramp up efforts to combat sexual assault after controversy erupted in Feb-ruary, when Mason told The Daily Iowan in a Q&A “the goal would be to end that, to
never have another sexual assault. That’s probably not a realistic goal, just given human nature …”
Jen Carlson, the execu-tive director of Rape Victim Advocacy Program, said she was “very pleased” with the formalized sanctions and said the expulsion will help maintain a safe campus.
“I do applaud the univer-sity’s dedication for holding students who are found ac-countable for violating the student code and holding them accountable for those actions,” she said.
One UI graduate dis-agreed. “They have not truly responded to our de-mands,” said KT Hawbak-er-Krohm, who was heavily involved with organizing protests related to Mason’s comment last semester. “They’re still taking the perpetrator’s side. They’re not considering the volume
or the pain involved in the trauma that the victim is feeling.”
She said she is glad of-ficials took a step to expel a perpetrator, but that “they’re finding ways to coddle people who are com-mitting these crimes and treating the victim as sec-ond-class.”
She said she would like to see a “zero-tolerance” policy for sexual assault on campus, but UI Vice Presi-dent for Student Life Tom Rocklin said the university does not tolerate sexual as-sault whatsoever.
Rocklin also said the uni-versity looked at other pol-icies for other schools but based the sanctions on the UI’s own existing code of conduct.
“Every student is held responsible for violations of our sexual-assault policy and sanctioned,” he said.
Committees from various UI departments drafted the formalized sanctions, and the UI Antiviolence Coali-tion and President’s Stu-dent Advisory Committee members received the draft for final review.
Advisory Committee member Grant Laverty is happy with Thursday’s de-velopments.
“President Mason, along with the rest of the admin-istration, are very passion-ate about the prevention and enforcement of sexual misconduct,” he said.
Community members staged a modest protest Thursday evening on the Pedestrian Mall in response to the third reported sexual assault this school year. Six people were present in the first half-hour.
Attendee Kate Hawbak-er-Krohn, KT’s wife, said it was intended to “draw at-
tention to a culture that exists on campus that al-lows sexual predators to go unpunished, unques-tioned.”
She said the universi-ty can do more to combat sexual assault.
“It seems as if no one is
really asking why,” Kate Hawbaker-Krohn said. “It’s positive that they are making the easiest, hands-on things they can change. Bear in mind, the easiest.”
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to permit student-athletes free admission to other athletic contests on their campuses; however, until this past spring/summer, the Big Ten prohibited its members from doing so,” UI athletics ticket man-ager Pam Finke said in email.
The Iowa/Northern Io-wa football game on Aug. 30 was the first sporting event in which the rule
change applied to the Hawkeyes.
Finke said there is a limited number of tickets set aside and are given away on a first-come, first-served basis.
“Student-athletes inter-ested in attending games must present their stu-dent IDs at a pass gate, staffed by UI compliance personnel, and are admit-ted to the game at that time,” she said. “The stu-dent-athletes may only get themselves in the gate; no tickets are issued to them in advance.”
The UI isn’t the only Big Ten school acting on the rule change.
“Illinois is offering the opportunity for current student-athletes to attend football, men’s basketball, and women’s basketball games free of charge,” Kent Brown, associate athletic director for media relations at the University of Illinois wrote in email. “These are the only three sports that admission is currently charged to [Illi-nois] students.”
Brown said the reason Illinois believes this will
be beneficial for the uni-versity’s athletics is be-cause it gives student-ath-letes the ability to support a variety of teams.
“The cost of attendance may have been a hindrance to some student-athletes to attend these games,” he said. “That is no longer the case. [This change is] another in the long list of things that institutions are doing to enhance the student-athlete experi-ence on our campuses.”
Another Big Ten school implementing the change is Indiana University.
Mike Osmundson, as-sistant athletics director for ticket operations, said Indiana’s student-ath-letes get free admission to football games but not to men’s basketball games, at least for this year.
“We at Indiana Univer-sity have adopted the new rule for football this fall and have allowed all of our stu-dent-athletes free admis-sion to our home football events,” he said in email. “Due to the timing of when this rule was implemented and the demand we see for men’s basketball student
tickets, we unfortunately were not able to extend this offer for the 2014-15 men’s basketball season but are looking at different options for the future.”
Paul Rovnak, assistant athletics communications director for the University of Minnesota, has a uni-versal policy for all stu-dents regarding admission to sporting events — in-cluding student-athletes. Students can get free ad-mission to any sport be-sides football, men’s bas-ketball, and men’s hockey if they show their IDs.
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since his parents didn’t tell him they nominated him.
“[It felt] awesome,” Jo-seph said. “… It’s only one time in a lifetime, and I get to go to the football game and stand on the sideline.”
Standing on the side-lines and meeting the players is what Joseph is most excited about when it comes to being a Kid Cap-tain this year.
Joseph was diagnosed with astrocytoma, a can-cerous tumor in the cen-ter of his brain, during a family trip to Chicago in 2011. The doctors al-so found he had hydro-cephalus — a buildup of fluid inside the skull that leads to brain swelling.
The recommended amount of chemotherapy treatment for this kind of cancer is eight to 10 rounds. But Julie Burken said after going through nine rounds, they decided to stop the process.
Since then, she said, his tumor has shrunk measur-ably twice. Although the tumor will be in his brain for the rest of his life, Ju-lie Burken said after two years of not growing, it should remain stable.
“Right now, we’re enjoy-ing the fact that he’s sta-ble,” she said.
Despite the ups and downs of having cancer, O’Dorisio said, Joseph doesn’t let them weigh him down.
“I think when kids have a challenge like a health
challenge in their lives, they always have anoth-er really good challenge or gift that helps them overcome the challenge, and for Joseph this is just that he likes to see other people be happy,” she said. “You feel like ‘I should help this child be happy’ [but] he’s one of those kids that when you come out from seeing him, he always made you happy. It really is a gift that he has and he shares it with other people.”
Julie Burken said this is something other people tell
her about Joseph as well.“[His teachers] really
talk about how helpful he is,” she said. “He loves to give and get things for peo-ple, and he was always real-ly generous like that.”
One particular thing that really stuck out to the Burken’s was a book Jo-seph wrote after a family friend’s child was also di-agnosed with cancer.
The book was titled “I had cancer, too by Joseph Burken, age 6” and was filled with drawings and sayings such as “I took a
lot of pills,” “I had a lot of tests,” and “I played a lot.” Joseph gave the book to the family to help the other child feel better.
For Joseph, if he could give advice to other 8-year-olds, it would be all about staying positive and remembering the support system around you.
“I would say it’s not a really big deal, just fight back, and you’ve got the people who helped take care of you,” he said.
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easier because we’re on-ly using our statistics,” he said. “UI [police are]
still in the downtown ar-ea patrolling as a safety presence.”
With the school year beginning, downtown bars say they also have not seen much of a dif-ference in the frequency
or number of officers pa-trolling each night.
Joe Cassata, a bar manager for the Airliner, 22 S Clinton St., said the restaurant/bar has expe-rience with the checks and he doesn’t expect
much of a change.“Well, we did lose our
exemption this past year, so we’ve been do-ing 21 and over,” he said. “But the first weekend of school, we got one or two PAU-
LAs, but for the most part, we’ve been trying to crack down since we lost our exemption, so it hasn’t been as bad.”
Jackson Zapata, a co-owner of Bardot, 347 S. Gilbert St., said al-
though the checks can be an inconvenience, it’s necessary.
“I think it’s probably uncomfortable for the customers, but at the same time the police have to do their job,” he said.
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Coolest New Features of the
iPhone 6• Siri now provides a constant stream of attention and valida-
tion to replace social networking. Also, there’s a new Facebook app.
• It now auto-translates what your significant other said into
what they really meant.
• Senses when its owner farts, loudly proclaims “That
one was Siri’s.”
• Can be fully recharged by plac-ing it in the microwave, on high,
for two minutes.
• Sees you when you’re sleep-ing. Knows when you’re awake.
Knows if you’ve been bad or good. Transmits that data to the NSA.
• Autocorrect has been massive-ly revamped, and most common
falafel have been fixed.
• Autocorrect also now has a built-in thesaurus that sup-
ports “romantically-optimized” sexting, optimization phrases include “engorged member,”
“velvety folds,” and “behold my passion.” (Program also auto-
matically replaces all instances of the word “moist” with a better
synonym.)
• Transubstantiation.
• If you receive no texts in an eight-hour period, Siri will tell a
life-affirming statement and hold you while you cry.
Andrew R. Juhl thanks TB, DH, SAL, and KJ for contributing to today’s Ledge.
the ledgeThis column reflects the opinion of the author and not the DI Editorial Board, the Publisher, Student Publica-tions Inc., or the University of Iowa.
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. — George Bernard Shaw
Friday, September 5, 2014 by Eugenia Lasthoroscopes
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Daily Break
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Being on the defensive and picking fights will not help you win in the long run. Look for an imaginative way to satisfy both your needs and the needs of those influenced by your actions. Helping others will bring high returns. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A proactive approach to something you want to do or someone you want to get to know better will work in your favor. A romantic gesture will improve your personal life. A flattering change can be made.GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Bide your time when it comes to making per-sonal and domestic changes. You are better off concentrating on obtaining information and ironing out any small but important details that can affect the outcome of a plan you want to pursue.CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t assume anything. Take a closer look at the situation you face and the people involved before you make a move. Taking an obscure approach will throw a wrench in anyone’s plans to oppose you. Preparation will be your biggest ally.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Put in the time, and reap the rewards. Showing dedi-cation and honoring promises made will raise your profile and your reputation. Favorable changes are within reach, as long as you don’t upset someone in a position to derail your plans.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Time is on your side. Don’t feel the need to make an impulsive decision or change because someone is pressuring you. Stick to your original plan, and you will reach your goal and rewards for your patience and savvy maneuvers. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Listen carefully, and sum up what’s going on around you before you make a decision to offer someone help. You have plenty to offer, but uncertainty coupled with being pressured can lead to an uncompromising move. Exercise caution.SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): An unusual approach to the way you run your home and deal with personal relationships will work well, but it might also cause some friction with others. Go about your business quietly, and refrain from sharing your decisions until after the fact.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Home, family, building your assets, and doing things that make you happy should be your goals. Don’t be railroaded by someone who doesn’t share your likes, dislikes or concerns. Follow the path that suits you best and don’t look back.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your usual steady way of approaching every-thing isn’t likely to work for you today. Get ready to take a different approach to the way you handle friends, family, and conversations that will bring about long-term change. Protect your assets and your reputation.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don’t give in to peer pressure. Look for ways to make your money work for you. Have confidence in your ideas and skills, and you will find a window of opportunity that allows you to expand and explore new possibilities.PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Get involved in events that allow you to opti-mize your skills and services. Love is on the rise, and making plans that will bring you closer to someone special will be beneficial in terms of what you receive in return.
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By CHRIS [email protected]
Following the first full year of living-learning communities, officials say there is still room to grow.
A living-learning com-munity is a cohesive theme to connect students with others of similar in-terests or majors.
“The results [of our sur-veys and focus groups] were that the students were overwhelmingly happy with their experi-ence, but I think also we learned the experience between communities was really different because of types of events that were offered and frequency of events that were offered,” said Brooke Bernard, as-sistant director of resi-dence education.
Issues arose with First-Year Hawks, for freshmen, and Community 234, for sophomores and up, by far the largest living-learn-ing community with 1,300 members last year. The two will be consolidated into a singular Hawkeye Pride, which has yet to fully occur.
“Because of the way that our housing system works, it made the most sense to eliminate artificial di-vides,” Bernard said. “So instead of having what was in essence two different identities on one floor, we just decided to make it one community, and therefore, they can all have that com-mon shared identity.”
Second-year resident as-sistant and UI junior Vic-tor Valentin said he is hap-py with the program, but he has some reservations.
“I love the [living-learn-ing communities],” Valen-tin said. “I think it’s hard though, with the com-munities, because we as a university believe that we don’t want to build up walls and be segregat-ed to those walls, and I think these communities do kind of put them in those walls.”
He said a major suc-cess of the communities is making residents not feel secluded and as though they are part of a family, but that a “downfall” lies in the difficulty with exposing students to different be-liefs and backgrounds.
One recommendation Val-entin had is to better focus the general communities by hall and floor rather than by theme, which Bernard said is planned for the larger, merged Hawkeye Pride.
Last year, it was dif-ficult to mesh members of First-Year Hawks and Community 234 across halls, she said.
Two new communities are being designed for next year: Hawk IM and STEM Scholars.
Hawk IM will focus on intramural sports; it is a re-sult of student suggestions on a university survey.
“Intramurals was the one that got all the votes,” Bernard said. “We got a lot of affirmation that what students wanted is what we were already provid-ing, and the one sticking out that students wanted was intramurals.”
Students will apply to STEM Scholars through the UI Honors Program. Upon acceptance, they will
receive a faculty adviser and $500 to present re-search at a conference.
The community pro-grammer position was cut, which Bernard said was to remove “an extra layer” from the administrative structure. Instead, RAs will take full responsibility for planning events.
Valentin said he ap-proves because it will pre-vent miscommunication and he can become closer with his residents.
UI sophomore Karli Seipel was a student in the small, internationally focused Glob-al Mosaic living-learning community last year and is now an RA for the same theme this year.
She said she intends to mirror what was a positive experience to her residents.
“It was actually really close-knit,” she said. “A lot of us really built our own community.”
Living-Learning CommunitiesAlong with some changes to the living-learning program, uni-versity officials are working on changes to Housing and Dining.• A new dorm, Petersen Hall, is under construction on the West Side. • Officials will request approval for a new residence hall at the Sept. 9 state Board of Regents’ meeting in Ames. • They will also request to demolish the remainder of the Hawkeye Court apartment complex to fill out the Aspire at West Campus graduate student complex.
Source: DI archives
High flying medical care
By BEN [email protected]
For 35 years, AirCare has flown the skies, pro-viding Iowa City and the surrounding area with fast, high quality medi-cal service.
Founded in 1979, Air-Care is celebrating its 35th anniversary as the oldest helicopter ambu-lance service in the state and the 11th oldest in the nation.
“It was right around the time of the Vietnam War when people started using helicopters to evacuate patients a lot, and they found that it was very successful,” said Joshua Stiley, UI Assistant Clin-ical Professor and med-ical director of AirCare. “People brought that back from the Vietnam War and said ‘We need civilian flight programs.’ ”
The anniversary will be recognized with an open house on Sept. 7 at the AirCare hanger near the Iowa City Airport, which includes tours of the two AirCare heli-copters, historic AirCare photo and equipment dis-plays, former and current flight crew members, and light refreshments.
Although the actual an-niversary was in April, the open house was delayed in order to coincide with the 10-year anniversary of the UI Department of Emer-gency Medicine becoming an official department.
Today, cities with a he-licopter ambulance pro-gram include Cedar Rap-ids, Sioux City, and Des Moines, among others.
There have been a lot of changes to AirCare since its start, including the purchase of a second heli-copter, AirCare2, in 1988. AirCare 2 is based in Cov-enant Medical Center in Waterloo and has expand-ed the program’s coverage area to 180 miles.
Other significant chang-es include greater safety, said Diane Lamb, the Air-Care nurse manager.
The technology and approach toward care have also changed since 1979. When they first started, Stilley said, the program had a much smaller helicopter as the focus was simply getting the patient to the hospi-tal. It wasn’t until later on when they discovered treatment during flight is also very important.
Stilley said the level of care provided in the
helicopters rivals that of most ground EMS units because in addition to a wider supply of drugs and treatments, the helicop-ters also fly with a nurse and paramedic who have ICU experience, some-thing most ground ambu-lances don’t have.
Providing quality care in a helicopter can be chal-lenging, AirCare flight nurse Missy Kiger said.
“On top of taking care of some of the sickest pa-tients, you’re also then doing it in an atmosphere that can be dangerous,” she said. “You’re not in a stable environment, [so] you’re dealing with the elements outside, so if it’s really cold, the heat, the vibration, the wind.”
Kiger said it’s hard to pick a favorite AirCare memory because they’re all unique.
“I think that’s what’s nice about it. You come in every day and it’s some-thing different,” she said. “We see just about every medical trauma — ev-ery age, every size, every medical diagnosis you can think of. And we see parts of it or things that happen to people that are traumatic, but it’s al-ways different.”
The UI AirCare helicopter sits on top of the UIHC on Thursday. AirCare is celebrating its 35th anniversary. (The Daily Iowan/Sergio Flores)
Living-learning communities a success
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V-ball takes 2-1 record to Arizona
The Iowa volleyball team came out of the season’s first weekend with a 2-1 record. Now, Bond Shymansky’s squad will travel team to Tempe, Arizona, trying to keep the winning wheels turning in the Arizona State Tournament. The Hawkeyes will face the Ala-bama-Birmingham at 1 p.m. Saturday, followed by Idaho State at 7 p.m. Iowa hasn’t faced either school since the 1990s, but owns a 1-0 record against Alabama-Bir-mingham and is 0-1 against Idaho State. The team will then face hosting Sun Devils at 1 p.m. S on Sept. 7. Arizona State is 2-1 versus the Hawkeyes, but Iowa came out on top in their last meeting, in 2011. Iowa started three newcomers in last weekend’s matches, Jess Janota, Michelle Fugarino, and Mikaela Gunderson. Janota was selected to the Texas A&M All-Tourna-ment team, along with senior Alex Lovell. The Hawkeyes have good size on the floor this year, and as a result they out-blocked their opponents in the opening week, and they lead the conference in blocks with 37. Gunderson is the conference leader in blocks per set at 1.9. In order to succeed, Shymansky will need senior leaders Lovell and Alessandra Dietz to remain effective up front and continue to get pleasantly surprising production from his young players. The Hawkeyes are above .500 after the first week of the season but will receive a true test in Week 2 — Arizona State is ranked No. 17 in the country.
— by Kyle Mann
Men’s hoops announces schedule details
Iowa basketball got its first look at some specifics about its upcoming sched-ule, as the team announced today two of its first opponents, and also the starting time of the game against Northern Iowa. The Hawkeyes will compete in the 2K Classic this year, and their regional round games will be played against Hampton University on Nov. 14 and North Dakota State on Nov. 17, both at home. Tip-off times remain to be specified, as well as details of the television coverage. Additionally, the team announced that its game versus Northern Iowa, as part of the Hy-Vee Big Four Classic, will tip off at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 20 in Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. The last meeting between the in-state schools was an 80-73 victory for the Hawkeyes in the 2012 Big Four Classic.
— by Kyle Mann
MLBToronto 1, Tampa Bay 0 (10)Baltimore 9, Cincinnati 7NY Yankees 5, Boston 4Detroit 11, Cleveland 4 (11)LA Angels 5, Minnesota 4Seattle 10, Texas v2St. Louis 3, Milwaukee 2
NFLSeattle 36, Green Bay 16
Men’s Tennis US OpenCilic def. Berdych (4-6), (3-6), (6,4), (7-5), (6-2)Federer def. Monfils (6-2, 6-4, 7-6)
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shot out of mid air and past Virginia goalkeeper Rebecca Holden.
She tallied one more goal in the second period to earn her first hat trick off the season.
“She’s just the best kind of player to have on your team,” Cellucci said. “It’s a relief, and at the same time, she’s awe-some to have on your side. Her competitiveness along with her speed and skill, and it’s a lethal combination.”
But despite Cafone’s offensive showcase, goal-tender Pecora stole the show for Iowa, turning aside a barrage of shots including more than a dozen penalty corners.
“Luckily, penalty corners are something we simulate a lot in practice, so I was ready for them,” Pecora said. “I knew how well we defend them, so there was never any doubt.”
Pecora turned in an all-star performance, much to the appreciation of her teammates.
“She’s one of the most talented goaltenders I’ve ever played with,” Cafone said. “I played against her in high school and thought the same thing then, so I’m glad she’s on our side this time.”
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Iowa guard Peter Jok shoots at the Big Four Classic in Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Dec. 7, 2013. (The Daily Iowan/Tessa Hursh)
make the team again last year. He’ll be competing at 65 kilograms, roughly 143 pounds.
Metcalf, now 28, ad-mits he’s calmer than he might’ve been in years past. He attributes that to experience and confidence that comes with wrestling in international events in recent months.
This summer has argu-ably been Metcalf’s most successful. In early May, at a Beat the Streets event in New York, he beat Russia’s Magomed Kurbanaliev, who’s ranked No. 1 in the world, according to FILA, wrestling’s international governing body. (Metcalf is ranked 11th in the latest rankings.)
Then, in late July, he won the Final Golden Grand Prix in Baku, Azer-baijan, over some tough in-ternational opponents.
“He went back to the basics, as far as the same kind of focus and drive and determination that he had when he was in col-lege,” Iowa associate head coach Terry Brands said. “He looked good. He looks ready, but he looked that
way last year, too.”Last year, Metcalf en-
tered the world cham-pionships as one of the favorites to win it all. Coaches and teammates agreed that he had done all he could to prepare for the competition.
But in the first round, he drew Iran’s Mehdi Tagha-vi, another one of the weight’s favorites. Metcalf lost, 5-2, and after Tegha-vi lost in the next round, Metcalf was bounced from the tournament.
“It’s never been about the hard work. He’s one of the hardest-work-ing guys I’ve ever been around,” said Bruce Bur-nett, Team USA’s head freestyle coach. “It still has to do with identifying some problems and may-be getting a little better at a couple positions.
“He’s on track. He’s ready to wrestle.”
Metcalf expressed that same eagerness before he went overseas for train-ing camp. He said the ex-perience of having gone through this process before added to his excitement.
And the moment he steps on the mat, he said, the calm Metcalf will dis-appear, and he’ll have only one goal on his mind.
“I’ve been through it
twice now,” he said. “I be-lieve in myself. I know I have the ability to go and win this thing.
“I don’t know if I believe in luck, necessarily, but if luck is what it’s going to take to win it, I’ll take it, for sure.”
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a bike because how it con-tributed to the bike’s oper-ation fascinated him. He also cut the starter rope off his lawn mower because he wanted to figure out that mystery, too.
And, of course, there’s been the ongoing narrative of his wrestling career.
It seems that, over the last seven months or so, Ramos has figured ev-erything out on the mat. I mean that literally. Ev-erything. He’s yet to lose a competitive match during the 2014 calendar year.
He won the 133-pound Big Ten title in March and won his finals bout with-out scoring a takedown. He won an NCAA title two weeks later by way of a funky scramble-turned-tilt for 2 points in a ride out-or-lose overtime period.
Ramos took some time off after that. He sat and watched the 2014 U.S. Open — the senior-level Freestyle National Cham-pionships, held in Las Ve-gas — with his now-wife, Megan. Before watching the Open, he didn’t know if he’d want to wrestle free-style this summer.
Megan persuaded him otherwise. Ramos went to Madison, Wisconsin, in late May, and won the U.S. World Team Trials at 57-kilos — roughly 125 pounds.
After winning, Ramos talked with the media, and in the normal To-ny Ramos fashion we’ve come to know, he an-nounced himself to both his country and to the rest of the world.
“You see interviews — I see [Sam] Hazewinkel, I see [Nick] Simmons, [An-gel] Escobedo. All they ev-er talk about is winning a medal,” he said then. “They’re satisfied with win-ning a medal [at the World Championships].
“Do you think if I go overseas, and bring back just bronze or silver, that
I’m going to be satisfied? You’re wrong. It’s about winning gold.”
Ramos backed up that claim by winning the 2014 Canada Cup (his first senior-level interna-tional event), where he outscored his opponents a combined 29-2.
Winning does a lot of good — so much that it’s easy to forget, just a couple years ago, Ramos seemed so distant from all this success.
Ohio State’s Logan Stieber once stood in Ra-mos’s way. They wrestled five times — twice at Big Tens, twice at NCAAs, once in a dual — and Stieber won each time. He was the mountain Ramos could not climb.
As long as Stieber wres-tled at 133-pounds, many thought Ramos would nev-er win an NCAA title.
Then Stieber moved up to 141, but Ramos still struggled — at least at first. He lost twice before the New Year during the 2013-14 season, which came as a shock to ma-ny. Once the calendar turned, he got back to wrestling his way, to be-ing more aggressive and scoring more points.
It’s almost as if Ramos stripped everything down and pieced it back together so he could get back what had worked before.
Come early on Sept. 8, Ramos will get the opportunity to wrestle on the sport’s biggest stage to compete for the wrestling’s biggest prize — the 2014 FILA World Championships in Tash-kent, Uzbekistan.
When it comes to tour-naments such as this, it’s more important that you win as opposed to how you win. And if Ramos has shown us anything, it’s that, when all else fails and the odds are against him, he will always figure out a way to win.
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yardage in the opener: Horactio Banks for 134 and Jahwan Edwards for 109 and a touchdown.
Granted, it was against an Division 1-AA op-ponent, but the Iowa running defense was its strength last week, allow-ing just 25 net rushing yards on 25 attempts in last week’s 31-23 sea-son-opener. “They’re very
balanced. They want to be balanced,” Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz said. “… Their running game is really very effective and very strong. Both backs are very productive.”
Ferentz certainly isn’t looking into what his teams have done to Ball State in the past. He said this year’s Cardinal team is much different from the teams they’ve fielded in the past, which means Sat-urday’s game will be, too.
“They just didn’t have a very good football team [in
2005], and by 2008, they were nationally ranked, so they did a wonderful job with that,” Ferentz said. “…Then we caught them in 2010 where they had dipped again, and now [head coach Pete] Lembo has come in.
“And to me I would compare them to where they were in ’07, ’08, in that upward swing.”
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Iowa safety Tyler Sash tackles Ball State’s Daniel Ifft on Sept. 25, 2010, in Kinnick Stadium. The Hawkeyes defeated the Cardinals, 45-0. (The Daily Iowan/File Photo)
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Iowa field hockey is starting to show its true colors.
Despite a shaky effort at times, the Hawkeyes proved once again that they can hang with any-one, holding on to defeat the No. 6 Virginia Cava-liers, 4-3, on Thursday at Grant Field.
“We feel great, and we’ve already accomplished a lot, but that said, we think we still have a lot more
to prove,” goaltender Alex Pecora said.
Playing upset is begin-ning to become somewhat of a hobby for the Black and Gold this season; last week, the Hawks knocked off another ACC power-house in Wake Forrest, 4-1.
And while interim coach Lisa Cellucci’s squad still has some kinks to work out, she’s pleased with what her team has shown thus far.
“The thing is, we didn’t actually play that well for a full 70 minutes,” Cellucci said. “That’s what’s really
encouraging. I think once we put it all together for a full game, we’ll be a force to be reckoned with.”
The Thursday contest was a high-speed, fast-paced affair, about what fans would have expected from two teams with such high pedigrees.
And while both teams had their chances, Celluc-ci’s squad was able to cap-italize in the end, holding on for the win.
The Hawks were test-ed early, defending a pair of Virginia attacks — one
‘New’ Metcalf set for world stage
Field hockey upends VirginiaThe Iowa field-hockey team earned another marquee win, defeating No. 6 Virginia, 4-3.
Iowa players run from the back line as a Virgina player hits the ball into play during a short corner at Grant Field on Thursday. (The Daily Iowan/John Theulen)
IOWA 4, VIRGINIA 3
In Iowa and Ball State’s two meetings, the Hawkeyes have won by a combined score of 101-0.
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on a penalty corner — just two minutes into the game.
But despite the early pressure from the Cava-liers, the Black and Gold struck first. Following a period of sustained pres-sure, senior Dani Heme-on was finally able to cash in, knocking home a nine-yard strike to put the Hawks up 1-0.
“It’s always huge to score the first goal,” ju-nior Natalie Cafone said. “It’s a confidence boost, but even after we get one, we still have to play like it’s a tie game so we can keep producing.”
Virginia struck back just three minutes later when a shot from Virginia for-ward Caleigh Foust found the back of the net to knot things at 1.
Iowa added two more from Cafone before the half, going up 3-1 after 35 minutes, including a highlight-reel goal from Cafone.
Following an initial at-tempt from forward Steph-anie Norlander, Cafone was alone in front of the net, knocking Norlander’s
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There was a time when it wouldn’t have been wise to tease Brent Metcalf. As a member of the Iowa wrestling team, he was, in a word, robotic; a relentless scoring machine with an impenetrable mind, sound technique, and a frightening scowl.
Nowadays, though, Metcalf has been getting teased often. He’s been smiling a lot in the run up to the 2014 FILA World Championships — which set to start early on the morning of Sept. 8 in Tash-kent, Uzbekistan — and it’s something his team-mates and wrestling fans aren’t used to.
“I think they’re making a bigger deal out of that than it really is,” Metcalf said, then noticeably chuckled on the phone. “I don’t know. You get fur-ther along in your career, and maybe you start to appreciate the opportunities you have more.”
This will be Metcalf’s third time at the FILA World Championships, where he’s a combined 0-2. He first qualified for Team USA straight out of col-lege in 2010, then had to work a little harder to
Former Iowa wrestler Tony Ramos has figured out how to win everything this past year. Now, he’ll be put to the test on his sport’s biggest stage, the 2014 FILA World Championships.
One of my favorite Tony Ramos stories involves a toy, a pool, and his sheer genius. The story is more telling than it is fascinating, and it reveals some-thing we probably should’ve seen coming all along.
When Ramos was younger, he had a remote-con-trol car. One day, he drove it into a pool. His parents figured the car was no longer usable, but Ramos thought differently.
He pulled the car out of the pool, went into his garage, and dismantled it into what might’ve been a hundred pieces. His dad, Al, walked in, saw all the pieces lying on the ground, and threw them in the trash.
Not long after, Ramos picked every last piece out of the trash can and reassembled the car back into the remote-control toy it once was. To Al’s surprise, the car worked just as it had before.
The story itself is remarkable, if only because it shows how sharp-witted and persistent Ramos was at such a young age. His mother, Deb, first shared that story with me as an example of his natural intuition. “He just figures things out,” she said.
The examples go further than just the re-mote-control car. Ramos once pulled the chain off
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Historically, when Iowa and Ball State have met, it hasn’t been much of a con-test. The Hawkeyes have won the schools’ only two matchups by a combined score of 101-0 — just a tad lopsided.
It’s easy for Keenan Da-vis to remember Iowa’s last date with Ball State. It was 2010, his sophomore year, and the one of the first times the former Iowa wide receiver said he felt very comfortable on the field.
In that contest, a 45-0 evisceration of the Car-dinals, Davis caught four
passes for 50 yards and a touchdown. It was his ca-reer high at the time.
“I actually remember that game pretty well. It was a game where I got to get in a lot,” Davis said. “We had the throwback jerseys that we all loved, and it was a great game for the whole team.”
Ricky Stanzi threw for 288 yards and 3 touch-downs at Kinnick Stadium that day, and Adam Rob-inson led all rushers with 115 yards on the ground, as well as three scores. The Iowa defense allowed just 8 first downs and held the Cardinals to 112 yards of total offense.
The other time the Hawkeyes and Cardinals played before that was in 2005, a 56-0 win in Iowa City. Drew Tate had just 99 passing yards and 2 touch-downs in limited action, and Shonn Greene carried the ball 18 times for 116 yards and a touchdown.
However, what Iowa of-fensive lineman Andrew Donnal had to say about this year’s matchup is telling of how the Hawkeyes are ap-proaching this contest.
“Honestly I don’t re-member a whole lot from that game,” Donnal said about the 2010 victory. “It was a while ago, and I’ve been hit in the head a cou-
ple times since then.”After a 4-8 campaign in
2010, Ball State has in-creased its win total from six games to nine games to 10 games last season. The Cardinals have lost on-ly 12 games over the last three years.
Ball State beat Col-gate, 30-10, in its opening week and had two running backs rush for triple-digit
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