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By Megan [email protected]
When Candace Weibener first started as an orchestra teacher at
Iowa City High, there wasn’t even a room for the students to
practice. Forty-two years later, not only is there an entire new
arts wing built at the school, but an entire room has been named
after her.
City High officials held a ded-ication ceremony on Sunday
for
the new performing arts wing that included the naming of the
orchestra room in addition to stu-dent performances and official
speeches.
Downtown rules draw concerns
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Hancher gets razedMore than five years after some of the
University of
Iowa campus was overcome by floodwaters, officials will begin
the process of taking down old Hancher Auditorium today to make way
for a new facility.
At 6 a.m. today, construction crews will begin pouring the
project’s single-largest concrete pour at 1,400 cubic yards. At 9
a.m., a wrecking ball will begin dismantling the original Hancher
facility, according to a UI press release.
Officials will also participate in an emergency preparedness and
safety drill after noon on
Monday at the site of the crane being used for the new Hancher
facility.
Much of Hancher was shut down by flood-waters that exceeded
stage level in June 2008. The Hancher/Voxman/Clapp complex should
be demolished by the end of the year, following several delays over
the years. Officials began and completed the asbestos abatement of
the old facility this summer.
Charles Swanson, the Hancher executive director, previously told
The Daily Iowan that the
new facility comes at the right time.“It ended up being a real
positive end,” Swan-
son told the DI in the summer. “The old building was very tired,
had been great to close to 40 years in spite of the flood. There
would’ve been a lot of other things that we would’ve had to of done
to bring the original building into the 21st century.”
Hancher’s replacement has a projected comple-tion date of May
2016, with the old facility being demolished by January 2014.
—By Kristen east
Weibener honored
Four City High orchestra students perform in the new orchestra
room during the dedication of the new arts wing at City High on
Sunday. (The Daily Iowan/Emily Burds)
Bruegger’s sets reopening dateDespite several fits sand starts,
bagels are finally
on their way back to downtown Iowa City. Officials with the 715
S. Riverside Drive Bruegger’s
Bagels location said the downtown restaurant, rebuilt on the
former Iowa Avenue location’s land, are targeting an Oct. 11
opening.
The pending opening date follows a nearly two-year absence for
the establishment, once housed in a historic two-story structure at
225 Iowa Ave.
On the morning of Sept. 24, 2011, a fire started at the downtown
Bruegger’s, before spreading to nearby buildings on Iowa Avenue and
Linn Street; Takanami, Yacht Club, Studio 13, and AKAR suffered
water and smoke damage.
The nearby historic Van Patten House, 9 S. Linn St., was
demolished in January 2012.
Jeff Davidson, the director of the city’s Planning &
Community Development Department, said despite the loss of a
historic, well-known property, a number of benefits are clear.
“Even though we hated to see it burn down, no one was hurt, and
this fits in with building codes and has improved safety,” he
said.
While Davidson said its no secret downtown zoning would have
allowed a much larger property, he said he is excited to see it
rebuilt.
The it’s also comes among several months of delays.
Officials first told the DI the Bruegger’s would reopen in early
January 2013, but that was later pushed to a date sometime in
July.
Davidson said back-and-forth negotiations with the company were
a primary reason for the delays, adding that the Burlington,
Vt.-based chain originally wanted to construct a one-story
building.
City building codes, however, require that any new downtown
projects stand at least two stories tall.
Today, nearly 30 years after the first Bruegger’s opened, the
company operates more than 300 Brueg-ger’s bakeries in 26 states,
the District of Columbia, and Canada.
— by Quentin Misiag The new Bruegger’s Bagels location is shown
on Sept. 19 on Iowa Avenue. The old building was destroyed in a
fire in September 2011. (The Daily Iowan/Quentin Misiag)
By aBIgaIL [email protected]
Darcy Norem came to Iowa City in 2010 to look for work in
construction but was unable to find a job. Without a job or source
of income, Norem said, he was forced onto the streets and lost his
leg due to frostbite in winter. He used the Pedestrian Mall as a
safe place to gather with his friends, but now he faces new living
restrictions.
“I have nothing, no home,” Norem said. “When a person doesn’t
have a place to go, where else are we supposed to go?”
Following the recent passing of a new ordinance that will
restrict certain behavior downtown, com-munity members have
expressed conflicting opin-ions about its approaching
implementation.
On Sept. 17, the Iowa City City Council passed the ordinance on
a 6-1 vote, with Jim Throgmorton having the dissenting vote.
The ordinance specifically prohibits the storage of personal
property downtown, the use of public electrical outlets for
personal property, soliciting at parking meters and Pedestrian Mall
entrances, lying on planters, and lying on benches from 5 a.m. to
10 p.m. It will go into effect on Thursday.
The Iowa City community has many concerns about the Pedestrian
Mall ordinance that will go into effect on Thursday.
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Preparation for construction of the new Hancher takes place on
Thursday near the old Hancher. The new facility will be placed
higher on the hill. (The Daily Iowan/Alyssa Hitchcock)
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Andres Alvarez, 22, 529 E. Burlington St., was charged Sept. 20
with keeping a disor-derly house.Steve Amaneha, 20, 12 E. Court St.
Apt. 505, was charged Sept. 20 with PAULA. Nicholas Beideman, 23,
Chi-cago, was charged Sunday with public intoxication. Derek
Bolser, 18, Des Moines, was charged Sunday with possession of drug
parapher-nalia and possession of a con-trolled substance. Sean
Bourke, 19, Elk Grove Village, Ill., was charged Sun-day with
PAULA. Casey Brandtonies, 19, Chi-cago, was charged Sunday with
public intoxication and presence in a bar after hours. Andre Brock,
25, 2100 Scott Blvd. Lot 19, was charged Sun-day with driving while
license under suspension/canceled. Samuel Brooks, 19, 928 E.
Davenport St., was charged Sept. 21 with PAULA. Andrea Brown, 52,
3255 Hast-ings Ave., was charged Sept. 19 with public intoxication.
Matthew Buckley, 18, 2112 Quad, was charged Sept. 20 with public
intoxication. Daniel Buenik, 18, Currier N133, was charged Sept. 19
with public intoxication. Brendan Burke, 19, Oaklawn, Ill., was
charged Sept. 20 with PAULA. Samuel Cabral, 19, 2100
Broadway, was charged Sun-day with presence in bars after hours,
public intoxication, and interference with official acts. Scott
Campbell, 20, N301 Hillcrest, was charged Sunday with PAULA. Joseph
Caram, 18, Chicago, was charged Sept. 20 with PAULA. Russell
Carlson, 24, 229 Mel-rose Court, was charged Sept. 21 with public
intoxication. Spenser Carlson, 22, 115 S. Governor St., was charged
Sept. 21 with keeping a disor-derly house. William Conway, 22, Oak
Lawn, Ill., was charged Sept. 21 with public intoxication. Jehovany
Coreas, 18, West Liberty, was charged Sept. 21 with public
intoxication and fifth-degree theft. Ashley Crist, 27, North
Liber-ty, was charged Sunday with driving while barred. Thomas
Curran, 22, 520 S. Johnson St. Apt. 4, was charged Sept. 20 with
public intoxication and interference with official acts. Thomas
Dodge, 46, Parnell, Iowa, was charged Sept. 21 with driving while
license un-der suspension/canceled. Taylor Dyer, 21, 610 Westside
Drive, was charged with pub-lic intoxication and fifth-de-gree
theft.Siham Elneil, 53, Coralville, was charged Sept. 20 with
two counts of taxi cab viola-tion. Nicole Falco, 19, Chicago,
was charged Sunday with pres-ence in bars after hours and PAULA.
Anthony Flores, 20, Musca-tine, was charged Sept. 21 with
interference with official acts, public intoxication, and
disorderly conduct. Sarea Frederick, 21, Central City, Iowa, was
charged Sun-day with public intoxication. Benjamin Fredrick, 20,
115 S. Governor St., was charged Sunday with keeping a disor-derly
house. Lauren Fujara, 21, Columbia, Miss., was charged Sept. 21
with public intoxication. Zachary Gengler, 20, 420 S. Van Buren St.
Apt. 1, was charged Sept. 20 with posses-sion of open container of
alco-hol in public. Nolan Gillespie, 19, Council Bluffs, was
charged Sept. 21 with public intoxication and interference with
official acts. Anthony Greenwood, 54, 2023 Davis St., was charged
Sept. 20 with possession of open container of alcohol in
public.Michael Haas, 19, 2334 Burge, was charged Sept. 20 with
PAULA. Alden Haffar, 20, 1021 Wyl-de Green Road, was charged Sunday
with interference with official acts, keeping a disor-
derly house, and PAULA. Lukas Hafner, 21, 2108 Quad, was charged
Sept. 20 with public urination/defecation. Ryan Hartmann, 20,
Chica-go, was charged Sept. 21 with public intoxication. John
Kelley, 19, Evergreen Park, Ill., was charged Sept. 20 with PAULA.
Kristin Klutcharch, 19, 610 Iowa Ave., was charged Sun-day with
presence in bars after hours. Elizabeth Koller, 19, Eagan, Minn.,
was charged Sept. 20 with PAULA. Sean Kuzniar, 20, 315 S. John-son
St., was charged Aug. 20 with PAULA, possession of a controlled
substance, posses-sion of drug paraphernalia, making alcohol
available to minors, and keeping a disor-derly house. Brian
Laschke, 31, 449 Taft Ave S.E. Lot 8B, was charged Sept. 21 with
driving while barred. Collin Lewey, 20, North Lib-erty, was charged
Sept. 20 with unlawful use of driver’s license.Sergio Liendo, 20,
Muscatine, was charged Sept. 21 with PAULA. Dario Lopez, 18,
Chicago, was charged Sept. 21 with PAULA. John Malone, 20, 408 N.
Dubuque St., was charged Sunday with public intoxica-tion.
Man charged with criminal mischief
A Cedar Falls man has been accused of damaging a person’s
bedroom.
Tanner Cooke, 22, was charged Sept. 8 with third-degree criminal
mischief.
According to an Iowa City police com-plaint, Cooke stayed at the
person’s house for the weekend. The two went downtown and returned
in the early morning hours of Sept. 8.
Cooke was sleeping in the person’s bed-room, and the person was
on the couch in the living room. Cooke proceeded to destroy
numerous items in the bedroom.
Witnesses stated they heard loud noises and banging coming from
the bedroom and saw Cooke in the bedroom after the damage had
occurred.
He allegedly told witnesses he would pay for the damage, but he
did not remember causing it.
The damage costs are approximately $864.
Third-degree criminal mischief is an aggravated misdemeanor.
—by Megan sanchez
Man charged with drug violations
An Iowa City man has been accused of selling cocaine to an
undercover cop.
Juan Vazquez, 39, was charged Jan. 17 and Feb. 21 with
controlled-substance violations and Sept. 19 with a tax-stamp
violation.
According to Coralville police com-plaints, on Jan. 17 an
undercover officer met with Vazquez and reportedly pur-chased one
eight ball of cocaine for $200 of U.S. currency whose serial
numbers had been recorded.
On Feb. 21, an undercover officer reportedly purchased one ounce
of cocaine from Vazquez and paid him $1,100 in U.S. currency.
Most recently, on Sept. 19, members
of the Drug Task Force conducted a search with a warrant of
Vazquez’s residence, where they allegedly found one ounce of
cocaine. He had more than seven grams without the proper tax stamp,
the complaint said.
Controlled-substance violation is a Class-C felony. Tax-stamp
violation is a Class-D felony.
— by Megan sanchez
iowa loses jobs in august
Iowa lost nearly 1,000 jobs last month, after a steady period of
residents picking up work, Iowa Workforce Development reported
Sept. 20.
The 900 jobs shed in August resulted in a slight bump up in the
state’s unemploy-ment rate, to 4.9 percent.
The seasonally adjusted rate stood at 4.8 percent in July and
5.3 percent a year earlier, the Des Moines-based employment
security agency said.
August marks only the second month this year that the state saw
employment numbers fall; March had a decline of 4,700 jobs.
The cuts were widespread, with transportation and trade cutting
1,300 jobs, professional and business services, falling 1,200
positions, and the leisure and hospitality sector slicing 900
jobs.
Manufacturing, long considered as one of the stronger state job
outlooks, declined by 500.
But not all sectors suffered, and the state has 19,800 more jobs
last month than it did in August 2012.
Education and health services saw gains of 500 jobs, and
construction grew by 200. The strongest sector, however, came in
government, which grew by 3,700 jobs.
“Encouraged by the upward trend in total employment for the
year, more Iowans are entering the labor force,” Teresa Wahlert,
the director of Iowa Workforce Development, said in the release.
“Iowa’s labor force reached its highest level for the
year in August at 1,655,300.”The losses in transportation and
trade
were a result of a drop in retail trade, the state report said,
ending a four-month job-growth pattern in that sector.
Construction — which saw the largest jobs benefit, was up 4,500
jobs this year, followed by manufacturing and professional and
business services, which both saw 4,400 more jobs in the same time
period.
Despite the loss, the state’s unem-ployment rate in August, it
still bucked a national trend.
The U.S. unemployment rate last month stood several percentage
points higher. The decrease to 7.3 percent from 7.4 percent in July
came because fewer people looked for work.
— by Quentin Misiag
Man charged with interference causing injury
An Iowa City man has been accused of pushing an officer.
Christopher Halverson, 39, was charged Sept. 21 with
interference with official acts causing bodily injury.
According to a University of Iowa police complaint, Halverson
was denied entry into the press box at Kinnick Stadium twice.
Halverson and a guest became upset and threw their tickets on
the ground. They began to leave, but officers asked them to come
back.
When an officer approached him from the back, grabbing his arm,
Halverson reportedly swung around to resist and pushed the officer
into the brick column.
The officer suffered a scraped arm as a result.
Interference with official acts causing bodily injury is an
aggravated misdemeanor.
— by Megan sanchez
Man charged with reckless use of explosive
A Coralville man has been accused of throwing firecrackers on
the Pedestrian Mall.
Sami Amin, 18, was charged Sept. 21 with reckless use of
fire/explosives.
According to an Iowa City police complaint, officers were
dispatched after receiving reports of loud banging sounds.
After being detained, Amin report-edly admitted to throwing
firecrackers in a crowd outside Marco’s Grilled Cheese stand,
located on the Ped Mall.
The fireworks allegedly hit a man on the side of the face. The
man declined to press charges.
Witnesses identified Amin as the per-son lighting and setting
off the fireworks in a crowd of people.
Because of the explosions, a witness had to take off his shoe to
put out a small fire.
Amin also had filled water balloons in his backpack.
He reportedly told officials he did this because he thought it
would be amusing. He did, however, admit to making poor
decisions.
— by Megan sanchez
women charged with theft
An Iowa City woman has been accused of stealing merchandise from
Kohl’s.
Myosha Johnson, 23, was charged Sept. 21 with third-degree
theft.
According to a Coralville police com-plaint, Johnson concealed
merchandise from Kohl’s, 2795 Commerce Drive, valued at $504.
She allegedly then attempted to leave without payment.
Third-degree theft is an aggravated misdemeanor.
— by Megan sanchez
Mark McGiness, lead singer and keyboard player for the band Dead
Larry, plays with the band while fans dance at the Yacht Club on
Sept. 21. (The Daily Iowan/Callie Mitchell)
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During her remarks at the ceremony, Wiebener said despite the
lack of available facilities when she first started she did not let
it stop her from producing a quality pro-gram.
“Our primary goal was to always provide the best possible music
expe-rience for the students,” she said. “People used to tell us
that if the results of the program weren’t so fine, maybe we
would
have a better chance at getting new facilities.”
Janet Smith, a former student of Wiebener and now a City High
parent, emphasized that Wie-bener had a tremendous influence on her
life and said she influenced her decisions to become a teacher.
“Ms. Wiebener de-mands excellence and provides all the support a
student needs to achieve it,” she said. “She gets more out of kids
than almost any teacher I’ve ever known.”
Wiebener, now retired, said she was very surprised
by the dedication and had no idea officials were hav-ing the
discussion.
“It’s a lovely gesture,” she said. “I’m very, very touched, and
really very honored that they would do this.”
City High sophomore and orchestra student Maria McCoy said she
believes Wiebener de-served the dedication.
“She just worked so hard, and she was here for so long,” she
said. “She helped so many kids find music.”
After the ceremony, at-tendees toured the new arts wing. The
project
planning began in the fall of 2010, when City High Principal
John Bacon be-gan in that position.
Features of the new wing include brand-new band, choir, and
vocal music rehearsal rooms, new practice rooms, and
state-of-the-art sound systems. The old band room was also
repur-posed into three class-rooms and a new com-puter lab.
Construction began in the fall of 2012 and lasted through the
summer. The new wing officially opened on the first day of the
2013-14 academic year.
In total, the project ended up costing $6.2 million.
“It’s been an incredi-ble process,” Bacon said. “We had really
outgrown the previous facilities. We were in need of more
space.”
Jim Berry, the director of choral activities, came to City High
this year after leaving Bettendorf High, which just recent-ly
updated its fine-arts facilities.
He said it has been interesting to go from a school where he was
in-volved completely in the planning process, to a
school where the project is already completed.
“You learn how to make it work,” he said. “It doesn’t matter
where you go, nothing is going to be perfect, but this is pretty
close.”
Bacon said it has been rewarding to see stu-dents using and
enjoying the new facilities.
“Kids in the perform-ing arts devote so much and really give
their heart and soul to their craft,” he said. “To be able to have
them have a beautiful facility to oper-ate in is extremely
satis-fying.”
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“Ordinances like these will have a learning curve,” said Iowa
City police Officer David Schwindt. “My goal is to enforce and
educate without pushing people out of the area.”
Schwindt plans on working with people to make sure the public
understands the new loitering policies before issuing citations. He
plans to enforce the law by passing out informa-tional fliers with
a map of areas affected by the new law in the hopes it will reduce
the number of violations.
“Voluntary compliance is always our goal,” said Geoff Fruin, the
assis-tant to the city manager. “It is our hope that we will not
have to write any citations related to the new regulations.”
Before a citation is issued, a oral warning is required by the
or-dinance. Fruin said he
hopes this new ordinance will work in tandem with other ongoing
efforts to make the downtown a more inviting and wel-coming space
for all peo-ple to enjoy.
Throgmorton said he anticipates problems will arise from this
new ordinance.
“The ordinance is un-likely to improve the sit-uation and might
make it worse,” he said. “It may even shift the problem somewhere
else.”
He said the only good thing about the new ordi-nance is that it
turns the public’s attention to the deeper issue of homeless-ness
in the city.
“The best thing that came out of the debate is that we have an
op-portunity to create a bet-ter community wide re-sponse to the
underlined problem,” he said.
The Daily Iowan previ-ously reported that City Councilor Connie
Cham-pion said she had concerns related to safe behavior in the
downtown area.
“I’m not against home-lessness, they don’t
frighten me, and I’m not against poverty, they don’t frighten
me, either,” Champion said. “What frightens me is the be-havior of
some people.”
Norem said the city should try to provide more for the homeless
community in Iowa City instead of pushing them away. The Nevada,
Io-wa, native said he does not plan to seek out le-gal help, but if
given the chance, he would be will-ing to sign a petition.
University of Iowa ju-nior Nicholas Eastburn said he, too, hopes
the city will address the larger issues.
“I think the city is fi-nally realizing we have a homeless
problem and that we need to do some-thing about it,” he said.
Saf Ibrik, the own-er of Aspen Leaf, 125 S. Dubuque St., he said
the city’s decision will make the area a safer place to be.
“Whatever the city and the community tries to do to help the
safety of everyone that walks through the area, we are all for it,”
Ibrik said.
Schwindt said the goal of the ordinance is to not push anyone
out of the area or discourage anyone from coming. He hopes to
enforce the idea of creating an environ-ment that is safe and
ev-eryone can enjoy.
“This is not the city’s attack to homeless in downtown,”
Schwindt said. “There is nothing preventing the people from
downtown from be-ing there, and I want to make sure everyone feels
welcome.”
pedestrian mall Ordinance the iowa City community has many
concerns about the Pedestrian mall ordinance that was passed Sept.
17 by the iowa City City Council. • Ordinance passed Sep. 17•
Ordinance passed in a 6-1 vote with Councilor Jim throgmorton
having the dissenting vote • Ordinance goes into effect
thursday
Sources: Iowa City Police Officer David Schwindt
darcy normen asks for spare change from passersby on the Ped
mall on Sept. 21. A new city ordinance will ban many activities on
the Ped Mall. (The Daily Iowan/Callie Mitchell)
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OpiniOns Congress 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.— FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTIONSend
daughters to college
COLUMN
Last week, I stumbled upon a very compelling article on a
Catholic blog, “Fix the Family,” titled, “6 Reasons (+2) to Not
Send Your Daughter to Col-lege.” After reading it and learning all
the risks of college life, I couldn’t help but wonder: What the
hell were my parents thinking when they let me come to the
University of Iowa?
It’s not that author Raylan Alleman doesn’t believe in educating
women, or that he wants to oppress women by taking opportunities
away from them and trapping them in subservient roles — it’s just
that college is a “near occasion of sin” for girls. Thank God for
Alleman, who opened up my ignorant eyes enough to realize that
college is, in fact, nothing more than the devil’s paradise.
I’m kidding, of course. Despite Alleman’s con-cerns, I’m not too
con-cerned that while I’m in college I will:
1. “Attract the wrong types of men”
Yes, college is full of sleazy guys. But so is the rest of the
world. In general, going to college will probably increase a
woman’s chance of ending up with a man who is going somewhere in
life because he is likely better educated than the average
non-college guy. A success-ful, upstanding gentleman may also want
a woman who is intelligent and won’t rely on him to buy her
everything. Attaining higher education will ensure women of such
intelligence and financial independence.
2. “Be in a near occasion of sin”
College may promote promiscuity, but it really isn’t the sexual
utopia
that people like Alleman imagine (or desperately want) it to be.
According to a study published online last year by the Journal of
Adolescent Health, roman-tic relationships are still the most
common context for sexual behavior, at least for women in their
first year of college.
Now, you may not agree with women having premarital sex under
any circumstances, but if you think about it, college isn’t the
only place people have sex. Nearly 50 percent of U.S. high-school
students surveyed by CDC in 2011 said they had had sexual
intercourse. Sex is every-where. So, if you’re trying to hide your
daughter from it, you may as well just keep her locked in a dark
closet.
3. “Not learn to be a wife and mother”
This one may be true. I looked to see if UI offered
“Sandwich-making 101,” but I couldn’t find any-thing.
No, college may not make you into June Cleav-er, but it does
prepare you for life’s roller-coaster ride. You’re exposed to new
cultures and ideas, you learn to communicate with others, and you
learn real skills that will get you a job and enable you to provide
for your family (if you want to have one).
4. “Regret it”College isn’t easy. There
are times when I ask myself why I ever came here. I’ve had a lot
of unpleasant experiences — from really bad grades to fake friends
to scary nights and tons of other weird situations that I managed
to land myself in. But in the end, I don’t regret any of it. I’m
grateful for those experiences all because I know they made me the
woman I am today.
At the end of the day, the claims that Alleman makes are so
ridiculous that I shouldn’t even be upset about them. It’s just
incred-ibly surprising to see that there are still people in this
world who hold such absurd and archaic views.
Parents, if you can, send your daughter to college.
Sri [email protected]
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Racial inequality has plagued the United States since before it
won independence from the British Empire in the late 18th cen-tury.
To this day, although substantially less po-tent than it once was,
the racial disparity is still with us.
Released last week, the American Community Survey’s 2012 results
are startling, especially for African Americans and Native
Americans. Nation-ally, both groups are nearly three times as
likely as whites to live in poverty, while Latinos are about 2.3
times more likely to live in poverty than whites.
Looking at the degree of racial inequality in Iowa is like
looking at the national levels on steroids for blacks and Native
Americans.
In Iowa, blacks are about 3.5 times more like-ly, Native
Americans are 4.2 times more likely, and Latinos are about 2.4
times more likely than whites to live in poverty.
Median incomes follow a similar trend between the United States
and Iowa.
Nationally, whites tend to earn about 70 percent more than
blacks, 60 percent more than Native Americans, but in Iowa, whites
generally earn 90 percent more than blacks and 150 percent more
than Native Americans. Both nationally and in Iowa, whites
typically earn 40 percent more than Latinos.
Income inequality is one thing, but when poverty and income so
strongly adhere to racial lines, some-thing is wrong. This is a
national problem, but the even greater level of inequality in Iowa
highlights the need for action from state and local govern-ments to
help decrease the racial income gap.
Poverty tends to become concentrated, and be-cause the
correlation between race and income is so strong, city
neighborhoods usually fill up with poor minorities while whites
flee to the suburbs. Because school districts rely on property
taxes for most of their revenue, concentrated poverty inev-itably
limits schools’ access to resources and puts more stress on
students and their families. That hurts students’ abilities to
perform well, making it harder to graduate from high school or go
to
college and eroding their potential income. This creates a
feedback loop that continues to reinforce neighborhood poverty.
The crime, violence, and other stressors that of-ten follow in
the wake of high poverty concentra-tions further entrench poverty
in neighborhoods both by creating fear and stigmatizing the area,
scaring away wealthier residents. This creates a “poverty trap,”
according to a study by Harvard Professor Rick J. Sampson.
Naturally, these areas can be hard to escape and without government
in-tervention, will probably persist, Sampson writes.
One popular solution is improving access to school choice and
implementing charter schools. Poor minority students can then
attend high-er quality schools, often in the suburbs, or lo-cal
schools can adopt unorthodox measures and see better outcomes,
raising students’ income as adults. In reality, charter schools
usually become more segregated than ordinary public schools, and
empirical evidence strongly favors integrated schools, according to
a report by the Economic Pol-icy Institute.
The report explained that simply busing stu-dents around doesn’t
usually work because higher performing schools in the suburbs
refuse to partic-ipate or limit how many students they’ll accept.
In order to successfully desegregate school districts,
neighborhoods themselves must be desegregated. This for example
could involve cheap public hous-ing scattered throughout suburbia,
making it eas-ier for poor minorities to leave their old
neighbor-hoods.
Regardless of the solution, governmental action is necessary to
improve the livelihoods of millions who are at a huge disadvantage
because of some-thing as trivial as their skin color.
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Re: Bus ad is racistIt is very disheartening to see
racism displayed in our community. According to the U.S. Census
Bureau, 92.8 percent of Iowans are white, whereas African Americans
make up 3.2 percent of the population in Iowa. In Coralville, the
statistics are 79.4 percent white and 7.9 percent African American.
With that being said, consider the target audience of an ad/public
service announcement that can be found in Coralville city
buses.
The ad states, “When it comes to our safety, we can always use
an extra pair of eyes. Look around. Be aware. If something does not
look right, let us know.” The message in and of itself is fair and
unbiased, until you look directly next to
the message. There is a close-up picture of a male, African
American youth or young adult with a cold, unhappy expression.
Because of the zoom, expression of the male, and the background of
the picture not removed to match the background of the ad, it could
easily be assumed to be a mug shot.
It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words, and I feel
like many, many words can be said about this picture. Considering
that the major-ity of Iowans and Coralville citizens are white, is
this picture conveying a person who is being “aware” for something
that does not “look right,” or is this picture an indirect message
of who to look out for in our city? When I look at this, I see
Coralville telling the public that this picture is to aid in
citizens identifying who
“doesn’t look right” so that we can observe them and call the
police. This is another prime example of racism, basically wanting
citizens to watch out for African Americans for “our safety.”
Some might be apathetic about this ad, because they aren’t
directly affected by such negativity and racism, especially if you
are non-African American. But consider the ramifications. This ad
is implicitly telling African Americans that we are watching you,
because we think you are a threat to our safety. That can be really
hurtful and damaging for someone who is African American,
especially coming from the commu-nity where they live.
This ad should not be on a city bus. African Americans, along
with all other minorities, are constantly
striving to overcome everyday social injustices, and a
government-spon-sored ad has no place in public transportation or
anywhere. This ad could easily have used any other picture, such as
using a picture that includes more than one person, used a female
instead of a male, or maybe used the same person who looked more
like they were happy or just looking observant.
Please, just make this ad a conversation. Whether you agree or
not, talk about it with your friends, neighbors, or whoever. Just
talk about it. If you feel like I do, please make a stand. Call the
Coralville Public Transportation. Write about it. Spread the word.
Do something — that is how change happens.
Jessica Brierton
The psychology of ‘Sesame St.’
The American children’s television series “Sesame Street” just
opened its 44th season last week, and it has a new and improved
version of the Cookie Mon-ster. This season, instead of immediately
eating cookies when he has a craving, he will instead fight his
desires and use the power of self-restraint to control his
addiction.
The goal, naturally, is to get kids to emulate Cookie Monster
2.0 and use self-restraint in their own lives. Self-restraint is
supposedly beneficial, with supporting evidence (and the Cookie
Monster’s newfound attitude) being attributed to Stanford
University’s Marshmallow Test that took place almost 50 years
ago.
In that study, kids were given two options: one marshmallow now
or two
marshmallows 15 min-utes later. The ones who chose the latter
showed more success later on in life, from better grades to
healthier Body Mass Indexes.
The question Sesame Street is endeavoring to answer is clear:
Can you teach children the concept of self-restraint? Personal-ly,
I’m skeptical. Have you ever seen a kid say, “You know what, I can
wait for that cereal until the next time we come to the store”? I
think not.
According to more modern research, you can’t teach restraint, at
least not with cookies and marshmallows. A 2012 University of
Rochester study re-examined the Stanford results, did its own
studies, and revealed the Stanford tests may have been flawed. The
Rochester tests showed that kids who chose to receive two
marshmallows later probably weren’t dis-playing restraint but
stra-tegic reasoning, meaning they wait if they believe it’s the
rational choice.
The Rochester kids
were divided into two test groups: the unreliable and the
reliable. In the first of two tests, the children in the unreliable
group were given crayons and were promised better crayons if they
waited, but the prom-ise was broken (and the promise was kept for
the reliable). Then the marsh-mallows came out, and the Rochester
researchers found that the children in the unreliable group tend-ed
to eat the one marsh-mallow while the ones in the reliable group
tended to wait for two. The kids in the unreliable group saw the
risk in waiting and adjusted accordingly.
The kids at Roches-ter — and likely the kids and Stanford, too —
were thinking strategically in an attempt to maximize their
marshmallow con-sumption. So maybe the capacity to think
strategi-cally, not restraint, is why the two-marshmallow kids from
the Stanford test were more successful later on in life.
It can’t be an accident that corporate self-help gurus
continually tout
the benefits of strategic thinking, can it? Again, I think
not.
This all means that “Sesame Street” and the Cookie Monster might
teach the wrong lesson. Self-restraint is important, but if the
goal of “Sesame Street” goal is to churn out a generation of super
babies, it should forgo Cookie Monster’s lesson on restraint and
introduce the Count to game theory.
Yes, “Sesame Street” might inadvertently be making a noob move
here with the new Cookie Mon-ster, but older individuals such as
you and I can learn from its mistake and apply our newfound
knowledge — that stra-tegic thinkers outper-form their
non-strategic counterparts — to our advantage.
By improving our ability to game out scenarios and identify
competitive advantag-es, we can maximize our returns in life and
maybe our marshmal-low intake, without having to give up our
cookies.
COLUMN
Barrett [email protected]
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Daily Break Human beings, who are almost unique in having the
ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable
for their apparent disinclination to do so.— Douglas Adams
Monday, September 23, 2013 by Eugenia Last
horoscopesaRies (March 21-April 19): Think about what’s going on
in your personal life, and consider whether you are paying enough
attention to what you value the most. Personal and profession-al
partnerships are undergoing changes that must be handled
carefully.
tauRus (April 20-May 20): Trust your intuition. If something
appears to be wrong with a relationship or group you are involved
with, take care of the problem before it’s too late. Speaking
overtly will clear the air so you can make a decision to stay or to
leave.
Gemini (May 21-June 20): Keep a fresh attitude and an honest
approach to whatever you do or say. Spectacular opportuni-ties can
develop if you network and interact with people who are traveling
down a similar path as you. Communication will bring good
fortune.
CanCeR (June 21-July 22): You may have something good to offer,
but trying to talk others into following suit will not be easy.
Don’t worry about what others do or say when what’s important is
how you turn what you are doing into a success.
LeO (July 23-Aug. 22): Make whatever changes or adjustments
necessary to ensure that you can handle what needs to be done on
your own. A relationship problem will limit your productivity. Take
better care of your health and emotional well-being.
viRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Plan a vacation or begin one. Mov-ing
about or embracing new information or possibilities will prove to
be beneficial. A gentle nudge will get others to pitch in and help
you finish whatever needs to be done. Love is in the stars.
LibRa (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A financial deal, settlement, or legal
matter is apparent, but it will be important that you don’t let it
limit your freedom or stifle your connection to someone who has
helped you in the past. A medical issue shouldn’t be ignored.
sCORPiO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Enjoy personal encounters that allow
you to share your thoughts and make plans for the fu-ture. Use your
imagination, and you will open up a host of new possibilities that
can lead to a healthier and better lifestyle.
saGittaRius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Visit someone who can offer you
information that will help to guide you in a better direc-tion.
Take better care of your emotional and physical self. What you do
to improve your image will turn out well.
CaPRiCORn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You judge and initiate whatever it
is you want to see happen. By taking control, you will prove that
you have what it takes to get things done. An offer will put you at
odds regarding what to do next. Don’t act in haste.
aQuaRius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Stay focused on deals and money
matters, along with settlements and legal issues, and you will come
out on top. Don’t let a personal emotional problem stand between
you and success. Make choices that will improve your life.
PisCes (Feb. 19-March 20): Push a little harder, and you will
open up doors that have been closed to you in the past. A deal will
lead to prosperity, and good connections with people who have
something to offer. Someone from your past can help you excel.
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Midnight-1 a.m. The Music, Man8-9 Morning DriveNoon-2 p.m.
Sports Block2-4 Key of Kate
5-6 Iowa Comedy7-8 Abby and Ian’s Show8-10 Back to
Saturn?10-Midnight Into the Void
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Game RecapSLIDESHOW
BREAKDOWN
IOWA 59, WMU 3
BOX SCORE
INDIVIDUAL STATS
KEY
Iowa western mIch.
FIRST DOWNS
RUSHING YARDS
PASSING YARDS
THIRD-DOWN CONVERSION %
PENALTY YARDS
AVG. GAIN PER PLAY
COMP-ATT-INT
TIME OF POSSESSION
22
258
188
60
6-60
5.9
11-18-0
36:11
9
74
135
7
2-16
3.6
16-38-3
23:49
Iowa 59, wmU 3IOWA 10 28 14 7 59WMU 0 0 3 0 3
FIrst QUarterIowa - Meyer 20-yard FG 9:42Iowa - Hillyer 21-yard
pass from Rudock 1:54seconD QUarterIowa - Martin-Manley 83-yard
punt return 11:45Iowa - Martin-Manley 63-yard punt return 10:46WMU
- Halderman 23-yard field goal 4:57Iowa - Weisman 4-yard run
1:23Iowa - Lowery 35-yard interception return 00:56thIrD
QUarterIowa - Lowery 13-yard interception return 12:22Iowa - Powell
29-yard pass from Rudock 6:36FoUrth QUarterIowa - Canzeri 16-yard
run 11:40
rUshInGIowa: Canzeri 13-73-1, Daniels Jr. 13-54, Weisman
10-43-1, Bullock 10-37WMU: Fields 15-58, Van Tubbergen
2-10PassInGIowa: Rudock 10-15-134-2-0, Beathard 1-3-54-0-0WMU: Van
Tubbergen 14-32-114-0-2, Terrell 2-6-21-0-1receIVInGIowa: Powell
2-83-1, Hamilton 2-39, Hillyer 1-21-1, Bullock 1-16, Fiedorowicz
1-12WMU: Fields 5-57, Moulton 3-28, Schaffer 2-18, Chance 2-13
BY THE NUMBERS
0 3
4 184
Number of rushing touchdowns allowed by the Iowa defense
all yearStraight games without allow-ing a first-half touchdown
on
defense
Different ways in which Iowa scored a touchdowns (2 pass, 1 run,
2 punt return, 2 intercep-
tion return)
Punt return yards by Kevonte Martin-Manley - 17 yards short
of
Nile Kinnick’s record set in 1939
QUOTED
PRIME PLAYS IOWA GAME BALLKevonte Martin-ManleyAt the start of
the second quarter, the Iowa defense held the Broncos to another
three-
and-out. Western Michigan punter J. Schroeder knocked his punt
43 yards, but Iowa wide receiver Kevonte Martin-Manley took it all
the way to the house for 83 yards. Martin-Manley had one other punt
return for a score in the game, that one for 63 yards.
Martin-Manley is the only player in Iowa history with two punt
returns for scores in the same game.
Iowa cornerback B.J. Lowery set an Iowa record of his own on
Sept. 21, returning two interceptions for touchdowns, one for 35
yards, and the other for 13, to become the first Iowa player in
history to do so in the same game.
Martin-Manley stole the show Sept. 21, returning two punts for
touchdowns, accumulating 184 total return yards in the game.
‘I was impressed with Iowa. It doesn’t surprise me in what a
Kirk Ferentz team is like, he’s one of the classiest men in college
football. He’s also one of the best coaches in college football.
He’s an offensive line guy, he’s tough, and he sets the tone for
his team.’— western mIchIGan heaD coach P.J. Fleck
‘The obvious, it was a very strange game, statistically and the
whole nine yards, but the big thing obviously is the big plays that
we made, special teams wise, defensively, so that was great to see.
Obviously a nice job by Kevonte and B.J. but also guys working to
help on the returns. That was a real good thing.’— Iowa heaD coach
kIrk Ferentz BlowoUt
Go to dailyiowan.com for more photos and coverage from this
weekend’s game.
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Tight end Ray Hamilton (82) and offensive linemen Brandon
Scherff (68) and Conor Bofelli (559) attempt to fight off Western
Michigan defenders on the goal line on Sept. 21. Iowa defeated
Western Michigan, 59-3. (The Daily Iowan/Callie Mitchell)
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Game Recap
IOWA 59, WMU 3
IOWA GAME BALLKevonte Martin-Manley
WESTEN MICH. GAME BALLAndrew Haldeman
Martin-Manley stole the show Sept. 21, returning two punts for
touchdowns, accumulating 184 total return yards in the game.
Haldeman scored the lone points for his squad, a 23-yard field
goal in the second quarter to cut Iowa’s lead to 24-3.
THUMBS UP LOOK AHEAD
THUMBS DOWN
Spreading the love. Iowa quarterbacks found eight different
receivers during the contest, with no receiver getting more than
two catches. Iowa passers are using all their weapons, making it a
guessing game for opposing defenses as to where the ball is
going.
Iowa will open its Big Ten season next weekend when it travels
to Minneapolis to take on Minnesota in the latest installment of
the battle for Floyd of Rosedale. Iowa currently holds the bronzed
pig in its football facility, but the Gophers had its rights for
the two seasons prior.
Turnovers. Iowa’s quarterbacks were able to protect the ball
when it left their hands, but some of its running backs couldn’t
help but let go of the pig skin. True freshman LeShun Daniels Jr.
and Jordan Canzeri each coughed the ball up once. Such turnovers
will be more costly once Big Ten play starts next week.
BLOWOUT
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Defensive lineman Carl Davis attempts to block a pass by Western
Michigan quarterback Tyler Van Tubbergen in Kinn-ick on Sept. 21.
Iowa defeated Western Michigan, 59-3. (The Daily Iowan/Callie
Mitchell)
Iowa wide receiver Kevonte Martin-Manley scores a touchdown in
Kinnick on Sept. 21. Iowa defeated Western Michigan, 59-3. (The
Daily Iowan/Wanyi Tao)
The Hawkeyes celebrate after linebacker James Morris scores a
touchdown in the first half of the game in Kinnick Stadium on Sept.
21. Iowa blew out Western Michigan, 59-3. (The Daily Iowan/Callie
Mitchell)
A young Hawkeye fan points to the scoreboard at Kinnick Stadium
on Saturday. Iowa broke the Broncos of Western Michigan, 59-3. (The
Daily Iowan/Wanyi Tao)
Tight end Ray Hamilton (82) and offensive linemen Brandon
Scherff (68) and Conor Bofelli (559) attempt to fight off Western
Michigan defenders on the goal line on Sept. 21. Iowa defeated
Western Michigan, 59-3. (The Daily Iowan/Callie Mitchell)
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The Iowa soccer team picked up its first loss of the season
Sunday as No. 15 Michigan defeated the Hawkeyes, 2-1, in Iowa’s
first Big Ten match of the season.
The loss puts Iowa’s re-cord at 8-1 for the season, 0-1 in
conference play.
“Overall, that’s prob-ably going to be a team over there that’s
going to win a lot of games in the Big Ten,” head coach Ron Rainey
said. “We have to let this hurt a little bit and then rededicate
ourselves to getting a little bit better in both the attacking and
defense.”
The first score of the game came by the foot of Michigan’s Nkem
Ezurike in the 22nd minute. Wol-verine goalkeeper Taylor Bucklin
launched a free kick from Michigan’s side of the field and
eventually found Ezurike, who shot from just outside the box and
finished in the right corner of the net.
Iowa responded at the 68:20 mark to tie the match at 1. Junior
Cloe Lacasse created space down the right side of the field and
dished the ball off to Ashley Catrell. Ca-trell sent the ball left
to Bri Toelle, who shot the
ball over the Wolverine goalkeeper into the top right corner of
the net.
The goal was Toelle’s second of the season and her first goal
during Big Ten play for the Hawkeyes.
“Ultimately, it’s a team effort, but we combined a few good
passes and there was a good cross in,” Toelle said. “I just
happened to be in the right place at the right time and took a nice
touch and finished it.”
Responding quickly, the Wolverines scored a goal in the next
minute at the 69:19 mark of the match to take the lead again at
2-1. Wolverine midfielder Kayla Mannino received a pass from
Ezurike and shot over the head of Iowa goalkeeper Hannah Clark into
the top right corner of the net.
The goal created a fa-miliar feeling for the Hawkeyes, who in
their re-cent match against North-ern Iowa gave up a similar goal
within a minute of scoring a goal of their own.
“We just have to regroup better and connect as an 11 and just
say we’re going to be better defensively,” senior Caitlin Brown
said. “That’s not acceptable.”
The match was the Hawkeyes’ first confer-ence test of the season
and gave the players a taste of what to expect for
the rest of season — in particular the physicality of the
match.
“This is what most of the games will look like,” Rainey said. “I
would say that Michigan is not the most physical team in the
league, but they played hard. Both teams played hard today.”
Despite the losing effort, Iowa maintained control of most
aspects of the game. One in particular was the Hawkeyes’ stretch of
out-shooting their opponents — they outshot Michigan 12-7.
Although the Hawkeyes started the Big Ten sea-son with a loss,
members
of the team were optimis-tic in that they remained competitive
with the Wol-verines.
“Hopefully, what this does is it shows that we can be really
competitive with a ranked team in the country,” Rainey said.
“That’s something we should be pretty excited about.”
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SPORTS
Soccer falls in first Big Ten matchIn its first Big Ten test of
the season, Iowa loses to Michigan, 2-1.
Hawkeye defender Caitlin Brown kicks the ball toward Michigan’s
goal on Sunday at the Iowa Soccer Complex. The Hawkeyes lost to
Michigan, 2-1. (The Daily Iowan/Tyler Finchum)
by Jacob [email protected]
“We haven’t had an abundance of big plays of-fensively or
special teams-wise where we’ve reversed it and scored points, and
that was great to see.”
Lowery and Mar-tin-Manley were both a part of the 2010 Hawkeye
recruiting class. And usu-ally in practice, they’re competing
against each other. For them to be mak-ing highlight-reel plays
together, Lowery said, it gave the players a unique feeling on the
sideline and in the locker room after the game.
“It was a special day for us, because usually we’re going head
to head,” Low-ery said. “We’re always competing against each other.
But today, with what we were able to do, it’s a big step for
us.
“All those guys, we came in together. So to see some-one else
make a play like that is pretty big for all of us. We’re
celebrating to-gether.”
Senior linebacker James Morris noticed the prog-ress Lowery made
in the off-season. His hard work and dedication, Morris said, makes
Lowery’s re-cent emergence as the playmaker of the Iowa de-fense
unsurprising.
Lowery has 3 intercep-tions in the Hawkeyes’ last two games. His
two touchdown performance on Sept. 21 followed an Iowa State game
in which the native of Cincinnati made the highlight play of the
year by grabbing a leaping, one-handed interception in the fourth
quarter.
“I was hoping that may-be I’d get one, too,” Morris said about
Lowery’s inter-ceptions. “But really I’m excited for BJ. He’s a
great guy and practices hard. He
deserves all those things. It’s not a coincidence, you see the
plays he makes both last week and this week. He’s really playing
his best football right now.”
Iowa will take a 3-1 re-cord into Big Ten play, which is
scheduled to begin this weekend. Minnesota is the first challenge
in a daunting conference sched-ule for the Hawkeyes.
Of the eight scheduled conference games, six are against teams
that are either ranked or received votes in the latest AP top
25.
The win over Western Michigan was a much needed boost for Iowa,
players said, and it was also a sign of serious prog-ress. They
believe they’ll need to continue that as the season goes on,
though, if the team is to return to postseason play.
“For us it’s going to be about how we improve as the year goes
on,” Morris said. “We need to improve on a week to week basis more
than other teams. And if we do, that’s really the only shot we have
of go-ing where we want to go.”
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Iowa State, Powell didn’t catch anything.
It’s easy to point to the transition when trying to find an
explanation for why Powell hasn’t been used more. He transferred
from a community college in Utah to a Big Ten town. He had to learn
a brand-new playbook. He had to adjust to a brand-new offense.
All signs point to Powell being ready to play more, though.
Teammates and coaches constantly rave about his speed and play-
making ability during practices. On Sept. 21, when Rudock zipped
his 29-yard touchdown pass to Powell, he was five yards clear of
his defender. The dude is fast. Period.
Moreover, each time Powell catches the ball, it’s usually on a
deep play. He averages 44 yards a grab. His 54-yard catch from C.J.
Beathard during gar-bage time on Sept. 21 was a career long for him
— it was also Iowa’s longest play from scrimmage this season.
This isn’t out of the normal for him, either. Powell averaged 30
yards a reception last season at
Snow Community College. A quick YouTube search of Powell’s
highlight tapes from back when he was at Snow shows he really does
outrun everybody; that he doesn’t drop anything; that even with his
size, he’s still tough as nails. He makes people miss. He makes
plays.
He’s the big-play guy that Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz has
been looking for. Now that he has him, it’s time to use him. A
lot.
When Powell was an-swering questions after the game Sept. 21, he
said he was excited about finally finding the end
zone, that he couldn’t de-scribe it in any other way other than
saying that he was excited. He and his teammates all said Powell
should be put to more use as Iowa transitions into Big Ten
play.
As reporters continued to ask about his transition and practices
and other things, I thought some-thing different. I asked him what
his favorite route was. When he catch-es the ball, what does he
prefer to run?
“The fly route,” he said, grinning wide.
You heard the man, Fer-entz. Now let him run, and throw him the
ball.
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ball and wrestling coming up soon, the season can get a little
hectic.
“We can all get a little more stressed, but it’s re-alizing that
the majority of people on campus get in-volved, and I’m really
hap-py that I’m involved with Dance Team,” Knott said.
After spending many hours as a group, the Io-wa Spirit Squad has
be-
come more than just a team.
“A lot of times we live with each other, and when we are home,
we talk about dance,” Knott said. “It liter-ally takes over
everything.”
The Iowa Cheer Squad spends at least two hours each day as a
team and the one thing that they can count on is trust.
“There’s a lot of trust between the guys and the girls,” Iowa
cheer team ju-nior Hannah Solchenberg-er said. “They have to catch
us, and we just basically
have to trust that they will be there.”
And with eight seniors on the cheer squad and four on the dance
team, the effect that their time on the Spirit Squads at Iowa shows
in the leadership.
“You meet the greatest people, you experience the college
atmosphere in a totally different way that’s unique and get
involved not only in the athletics but also volunteering and
getting to meet children at Dance Marathon,” Iowa Cheer senior
Kaitlyn Dorn-
bier said. “It’s a great way to see a whole new spec-trum of the
university.”
One of Iowa’s cheerlead-ers, senior Oz Agabese, said that the
one thing he is going to miss most is in-teracting with the
fans.
“I always go to the same corner for football, the same side of
Carver for basket-ball and volleyball, and it’s the same fans
season after season,” he said. “They’re very loyal and not
inter-acting with them for every Hawkeye event is what I’m going to
miss the most.”
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The Iowa defense made plays and scored points on Sept. 21,
keying the team’s blowout 59-3 victory over Western Michigan.
Bronco quarterbacks were intercepted three times during the
game, and two were returned for
touchdowns by senior cor-nerback B.J. Lowery.
Lowery’s plays account-ed for two of the four Iowa non-offensive
touchdowns. Kevonte Martin-Manley also added two scores on punt
returns.
“To have four touch-downs, non-offensive touchdowns in a game,
that’s pretty hard to ex-
plain,” head coach Kirk Ferentz said. “I hope we didn’t use them
all up. But it’s good to see that, too.
University of Iowa senior Lindsey Knott knows there will come a
day when her and 19 of her best friends won’t be together every
day. These women make up the Iowa Dance Team.
“I’ve had a few moments this season where it hits me that there
is going to be a time when I wake up, and I’m not going to be
guaranteed that I get to see my 19 best friends,” Iowa dance-team
senior Knott said. “That’s what I’m going to miss.”
These 20 women spend every day with one anoth-er in practice,
classes, per-forming at sporting events and sometimes even at
home.
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Damond Powell was leaning back against a wall on the afternoon
of Sept. 21, sporting a tie and collared shirt. He was surrounded
by a dozen re-porters who were pepper-
ing him with questions about his most recent ad-dition to his
career high-light reel.
Powell was smiling as he answered each ques-tion, and why not?
He and his team had just obliter-ated Western Michigan, 59-3. He
contributed with a 29-yard touchdown catch (his first as a
Hawk-eye) from Jake Rudock in the third quarter. He led all of
Iowa’s receivers with 83 yards through the air.
You wouldn’t know it by watching this year’s Iowa football team,
but Powell is supposed to be the next big, bad Hawkeye receiv-er.
He’s been touted as a walking highlight reel. He stands at a mere
5-11, 180 pounds but causes gi-gantic complications for opposing
defenses.
Only one problem with all of this hype: Iowa fans have barely
seen any of it.
Powell first flashed his skill and speed at
the annual Kids Day at Kinnick Stadium. Each of Iowa’s three
quarter-backs took turns tossing him the ball, allowing the
junior-college transfer to work his magic and woo the crowd.
Powell spent that af-ternoon making nearly everybody miss. He
took passes on crossing routes and shot straight through the Iowa
secondary. He took a hand off on an end-around and nearly
broke one player’s ankles. Powell used juke moves that we only
see in video games. I even thought to myself, How the heck did Iowa
land this guy?
Since then, Powell has been virtually absent. He’s hauled in
just three catches to this point in the season, and two of them
came on Sept. 21. Against both Missouri State and
Transfer shows off real some speedWe learned a lot about the
Iowa football team this weekend — including that it needs to use
its speedy receiver more often.
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defensive back B.J. lowery returns an interception for a
touchdown in Kinnick on sept. 21. iowa defeated western michigan,
59-3. (the daily iowan/Callie mitchell)
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the no. 10 iowa field-hockey squad (5-3) won a match and amatch
over the weekend in Kent, ohio.
on sept. 21, the hawkeyes fell to drexel, 2-1. iowa got its only
goal from junior dani hemeon at the 56:05 mark. hemeon received a
feed in from senior niki schultheis and converted her third penalty
corner of the season.
sunday was a different story for the hawkeyes — the team got off
to a fast start, when natalie Cafone scored the team’s first goal
1:49 into the match.
“we definitely went on the attack today, which was nice,” head
coach tracey griesbaum said in a release.
the team blanked Kent state (4-4), 6-0. the shutout was redshirt
senior Kelsey Boyce’s third of the year. Cafone posted a hat trick
and also assisted senior Kelsey mitchell’s first goal of the match.
mitchell scored twice, and senior marike stribos also posted a goal
for the hawkeyes.
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iowa state volleyball defeated the iowa hawkeyes in four sets
over the weekend. Check out the DI’s recap online for more
information and a photo slide show.
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