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Thursday, February 6, 2014 THE INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILYIOWAN.COM 50¢ UI eyes genomic Spunky 6-year-old care The Iowa Institute of fights on Human Genetics will develop an alternative medicine.

By Kevin Svec [email protected]

What was once confined only to sci- ence-fiction movies is now the subject of boardroom meetings. The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, the home of the Iowa Institute of Human Genetics, plans to start a revolution in modern medicine. Today, most of the medica- tion prescribed is based on the weight and body surface area of the patient. The institute’s goal is to promote an alternative, which will be known as personal genomic medicine. Such medicine would cater to each patient’s specific needs. The medication prescribed would be based on the genetic makeup of a patient rather than her or his body index. Smith Using a genetic test, director scientists would be able to evaluate each patient’s needs, allowing health-care providers to personalize each drug treatment. The medicine will work with each individual patient based on her or his Amanda Tome kisses daughter Kyla Tome on the forehead while watching a movie on Feb. 1 in the UI Children’s Hospital. This will be Kyla’s second year at Dance Marathon. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert) personal health risks. By personaliz- ing the medicine, the doctors could increase the likelihood that the drug Six-year-old Kyla Tome will attend her second Dance would have the best possible effect on each patient. Richard Smith, the director of the Marathon this coming weekend. Institute of Human Genetics, noted several advantages of genomic med- By Rebecca Morin with all the princesses. She had just had icine. [email protected] brain surgery a month before and was “Newborns would be able to have not feeling well. She was very thin and Behind the frames of 6-year-old Kyla it was the only time she really looked Kyla Tome See genetics, 3A Tome’s red-rimmed glasses, she wonder- ‘sick.’ Snow White, Ariel, and other prin- fully mimicked every line from Disney’s cesses came over, and she was just over Kyla Tome is currently in radiation treatment for a Cinderella and hummed every melody, as the Moon. They kissed her on the top of brain tumor she was diagnosed with in February she lay in her mother’s arms in a hospital her head and left lipstick marks. She was 2011. She loves princesses and animals. bed large enough to cradle them both. just so happy, and they made her so hap- • Age: 6 Cinderella isn’t the only Disney prin- py, and that made me happy to see her • Favorite Disney princess: Ariel cess to give Kyla peace. happy.” • Hobbies: Drawing “She got to take a Make-a-Wish trip Kyla was first diagnosed with type-I Source: Amanda Tome, mother of Kyla County to to Disney World,” said Amanda Tome, Kyla’s mother. “She got to eat breakfast See dance marathon, 5A use more aid funds Keeping it in the marathon family A county program for Generation after generation, children with behavioral and families remember Dance emotional challenges is set Marathon traditions. to receive more funding.

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Taylor Bogue can still remember the Johnson County has once again first time she was exposed to the Uni- been called upon to provide aid to versity of Iowa Dance Marathon, all families in need. thanks to her brothers. The county’s Focus on Youth Fund “You walked in, and the entire ball- program has experienced an influx of room was covered in green,” she said, families since July, and it is set to re- remembering her junior year of high ceive $7,000 in additional funds from school when she watched her brother the state. Jared Bogue dance in the event. “It was The fund is geared toward fami- amazing to see so many college students lies with children who have behav- taking time out of their weekend just to ioral or emotional disturbances such do such amazing things for these kids as ADHD or depression. It provides Taylor Bogue sits in the living room of the Alpha Phi house on Sunday. She discussed her family’s history with money to pay for medication, coun- Saee f mily, 5A Dance Marathon. (The Daily Iowan/Joshua Housing) seling, medical screenings, and other

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Bubble gum, caramel apple, peanut butter cup, gummy bear, and but- terscotch. No, these ar- en’t flavors of candy but rather those produced by electronic cigarette — or e-cigarette — companies, in attempts to appeal to prospective consumers. Legislators argue these types of marketing tech- niques used by e-ciga- rette companies are now targeting young children. A bill proposing to ban the sale of e-cigarettes to minors cleared a House committee on Monday in a 22-1 vote. The bill now heads to the House floor. “We know when these e-cigarettes are coming in trendy colors and trendy flavors; they’re not being marketed as a life-saving or smoking cessation de- vice some people would like to brag about,” Rep. Daniel Lundby, D-Mari- on, said. “It’s Camel Joe all over again.” E-cigarettes are bat- tery-powered devices that mimic tobacco smoking through use of a heating element that vaporizes a liquid nicotine solution. The only commit- tee member to vote against the new bill was Rep. Dawn Pettengill, R-Mount Auburn. She said she voted against the bill because she thinks the bill has not received enough attention or dis- cussion of details such as penalties needed before going to the floor. Photo Illustration by Callie Mitchell/ The Daily Iowan Like Pettengill, pub- lic-health advocates think dustry lobbyists whose ing to quit if they were reason for the Smokefree the new bill serves as companies claim, ‘Oh, ye- regulated the same as Air Act that bans ciga- only a small step toward ah, this will help people tobacco. But I think there rettes from public areas effective anti-smoking quit cigarettes, this will are negative consequenc- was because of the con- restrictions and more sci- help people quit smoking,’ es for youth if they’re not cern of the cancer-caus- entific research on these is have you submitted any regulated like this.” ing smoke and second- relatively new products is of your products to the In Iowa City, despite hand smoke from other critical. FDA for testing in order the Smokefree Air Act, people,” Baltimore said. “That bill is sponsored to be certified? I already e-cigarettes are allowed “These products don’t by the tobacco industry,” know the answer to that, on campus, said Chuck create smoke, they don’t said Doug Beardsley, the and it’s ‘No.’ ” Green, the assistant cause lung cancer like director of Johnson Coun- There is no significant vice president for the cigarettes do, so I don’t ty Public Health. “OK, it’s evidence on either the University of Iowa po- see any evidence there illegal to sell to them, but long-term benefits orlice. Lundby agrees with should be that level of my question to tobacco-in- risks of the chemicals Beardsley and thinks concern.” in e-cigarettes. Howev- further restrictions of the Whether or not more er, because e-cigarettes e-cigarettes is necessary, regulations for e-cig- E-cigarettes run the risk of nicotine specifically their use in arettes are approved, addiction, the regulation public. Lundby and Beardsley An Iowa House committee of these products has be- “I don’t think we need hope people become bet- passed a bill banning the sale of come the subject of ongo- to confuse consumers, ter educated on what e-cigarettes to minors Monday ing debate. other customers, and they label dangerous on a 22-1 vote. Not only does Beards- management,” he said. effects e-cigarettes may • House File 2109 was brought to ley think the sale of e-cig- “These rules have been carry with their nicotine the committee by floor manager arettes to minors should in place, and people have vapor. Rep. Chip Baltimore, R-Boone. be banned, he also wants abided by them, and “My friend has a hot • E-cigarette companies market them to have the same I don’t think that we pink one, he’s gay, and their products as an aid to quit restrictions as tobacco should allow something he thinks it looks really smoking with flashy colors and products, regardless of that may look or act like cute,” Lundby said. “He sweet flavors. whether they are proven a cigarette to cause some has a little holder for it, • There has been no empirical to be an effective smok- issues.” and he puts pina colada research done on e-cigarettes, so ing cessation. Rep. Chip Baltimore, in it. I mean, he is hav- there are no regulations on the “If e-cigarettes were R-Boone, the floor man- ing too much fun with product. regulated the same as ager, on the other hand, this. He treats it like a Sources: Rep. Chip Baltimore, R-Boone, Rep. tobacco, smokers would thinks that e-cigarettes toy, but it’s absolutely Daniel Lundby, D-Marion, Doug Beardsley, still have access to them,” may not be the appropri- not a toy. It’s a very ad- director of Johnson County Public Health Beardsley said. “There ate subject to be regulat- dictive narcotic. Nicotine are no negative conse- ed at this time. is right up there with all quences to smokers try- “In my opinion, the the big ones.” THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014 NEWS 3A

patients using this type genetics of analysis. Scientists Personal Continued from front extract DNA from a sam- Genomic House GOP: No new ple of saliva. From there, they determine the best Medicine screenings done to de- possible medication. termine what medication “This highlights the T he Iowa Institute of Human would work best from the research and how it is Genetics is working to change immigration law beginning,” said Smith. translated to patients,” the way health care handles According to the Jack- said Kenneth Kates, patient medication. Personal House conservatives rule out get deficits and lead to son Laboratory website, Chief Executive Officer of genomic medicine testing: a larger economy and any prescription drug the UIHC. • Provides better and more immigration this year. over time lead to higher now on the market on- Right now, the process precise medical care based on output per person in this ly works for half of the is still in the first research specific needs of patient. By DONNA CASSATA cause he was one of eight country.” people who take it. An- phase. By the second • Costs $296 through the UIHC Associated Press House members working Specifically, he said tidepressants are effec- phase, officials will begin • Costs $256 through the on bipartisan immigra- additional workers, espe- tive for only 63 percent more testing for different Institute of Human Genetics WASHINGTON — tion legislation last year. cially high-skilled, high- of those who take it. The diseases. In order to get Conservative Republi- He later abandoned the ly educated employees, percentage rate of ef- health-care providers on Source: Richard Smith, director of the cans on Wednesday ruled negotiations. would increase the na- fectiveness jumps to 75 board, the institute will Iowa Institute of Human Genetics out any immigration leg- “This is not an issue tion’s tax revenues. percent among cancer have to prove it makes a islation in the House this that’s ready for prime The House leaders’ patients. Genetic testing significant difference. year, insisting that the time to move legislative- broad principles would can change that. One of the biggest “It would draw in pa- GOP should wait until ly,” said Rep. Joe Barton, tighten border and inte- Part of the process has speed bumps is the limit- tients and see us as a next year when the par- R-Texas, who said Re- rior security, establish a started already. For those ed budget. Therefore, the unique resource and ty might also control the publicans should use the verification system for willing to pay, they can tests must be successful improve the outcome of Senate. principles to begin a dia- employers, and legalize have their genes tested. for this type of treatment medicine at a personal House GOP leaders logue with Hispanics. some of the 11 million The cost for the test is to become mainstream. level,” Fisher said. unveiled their broad Rep. Jim Jordan, immigrants. It would not $296 through the UI Hos- “The United States When looking at the immigration principles R-Ohio, said the House provide a special path to pitals and Clinics, $256 population has a range bigger picture, the alter- last week that gave hope should focus on the four citizenship to those liv- through the institute. of genetic backgrounds, native testing could be to advocates and the bills dealing with secu- ing here illegally, though However, Medicare is and it is important that beneficial to a wide vari- Obama administration rity that the Judiciary it would give children willing to pay for $295 of health-care provid- ety of patients. that the first changes in Committee approved last brought to the country by the costs. ers can provide better, “Personalized genomic the nation’s laws in three summer. Absent any ac- their parents a shot a cit- At the UIHC, the es- higher quality care to medicine is important for decades might happen in tion on those bills, Jordan izenship. tablishment is one of on- patients at an afford- all Americans,” said Ken the coming months. said it would be tough to Conservatives have ly two institutions in the able cost,” said Debra Fisher, the UIHC chief fi- Immigration legisla- do any immigration leg- said they distrust Obama country to implement a Schwinn, the dean of the nancial officer. “The pos- tion is one of the top pri- islation this year. to enforce any new law, clinical test. medical school. sibilities are unlimited. orities for Obama’s sec- The definitive state- citing his waivers and Right now, the insti- The medicine will also If you let a mind wonder, ond term. ments from the conser- suspensions of provisions tute is testing cardiology benefit the UIHC. it will go a long way.” But several of the con- vatives came as Douglas on the health-care law. servatives were adamant Elmendorf, the head of Boehner said Tuesday that the House should do the Congressional Bud- that Republicans were nothing on the issue this get Office, told a House discussing “whether we year, a midterm election panel that the compre- should proceed, if we pro- seeing in previous years ard, a Focus on Youth pro- year when the GOP is hensive, Senate-passed ceed and how we would youth with the exception of gram assistant, were un- angling to gain six seats immigration bill would proceed. It’s also clear Continued from front last year,” she said. “Last able to explain why the in the Senate and seize have a positive impact on from our members that year, we had a real dip in fund needs $37,000 this majority control. Dem- the nation’s finances. we believe that securing services and a dip in the year when it needed only ocrats have a 55-45 ad- The Senate last June our borders has to be the such needs. number of individuals $30,000 in previous years vantage but are defend- passed a bipartisan bill first step in this process.” “We’re really trying to served.” when there were similar ing more seats, including that would tighten border But he added that con- catch some families that In the last fiscal year, amounts of demand and ones in Republican-lean- security, provide enforce- versations are continu- perhaps have insurance the Iowa City School participants. ing states. ment measures, and offer ing and “no decision’s for their children but District received a fed- Supervisor Rod Sulli- “I think it’s a mistake a path to citizenship for been made.” have really high deduct- eral grant called “Safe van indicated that the for us to have an internal the estimated 11 million Further tamping down ibles or copays,” said Ly- Schools, Healthy Stu- supervisors would likely battle in the Republican immigrants living in the any optimism for legisla- nette Jacoby, the Johnson dents” that families approve the funds. He Party this year about im- United States illegally. tion this year was Senate County Social Services used in place of Focus said although the funds migration reform,” Rep. The measure has Minority Leader Mitch director. “Without this on Youth. That year, the come from the state, they Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, stalled in the House McConnell, R-Ky., who fund, they might not be fund spent $15,500 of its still need approval from told reporters at a gath- where Speaker John told reporters that differ- able to get the services allotted $30,000. the supervisors because ering of conservatives. “I Boehner and other lead- ences between the Sen- that they need for their However, when the the money flows through think when we take back ers have rejected a com- ate’s comprehensive ap- children.” grant expired, many fam- the county. the Senate in 2014, one of prehensive approach in proach and the House’s The fund has tradi- ilies returned to the coun- Denise Rathman, exec- the first things we should favor of a bill-by-bill pro- piecemeal strategy were tionally had a budget of ty for aid. Since July of utive director of the Iowa do next year after we do cess. an “irresolvable conflict.” $30,000, of which $20,000 this fiscal year, the fund Chapter of the Nation- certain economic issues, I Elmendorf told the “I don’t see how you comes from the county has spent $17,000. al Association of Social think we should address House Budget Commit- get to an outcome this and $10,000 comes from Jacoby, who is the local Workers, said the Focus the immigration issue.” tee that a CBO analysis year with the two bodies the Iowa Department of de-categorization coor- on Youth fund is a neces- Labrador’s comments “found that that legisla- in such a different place,” Human Services through dinator, secured an ad- sary safety net for fami- were noteworthy be- tion would reduce bud- McConnell told reporters. the local de-categoriza- ditional $7,000 from the lies struggling to care for tion board. The de-cate- de-categorization board their children. gorization board admin- to compensate for the in- “Even if they were the isters state funds in an flow of families, bringing best family who wanted attempt to avoid placing the total fund budget to to take the best care for children in foster or insti- $37,000. their child that they pos- tutional care. “The same amount of sibly could, they might Jacoby said that the funding [as last year] not be able to do it them- fund has served 28 kids isn’t enough because we selves,” she said. “Some- in the past six months. have a higher demand for times families do need “The [number of kids] services [this year],” she additional support in or- that we’re seeing this said. der to get the treatment year are more in line However, when asked, that’s appropriate for with what we had been both Jacoby and An Leon- their children.” 4A THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014

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. Opinions — FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION COLUMN EDITORIAL The Jingo Demilitarize the police Olympics he footage showed an event like something Act, giving local, state, and federal police access you’d expect from an elite-forces operation: a to military resources, equipment, and training. In I want to see is the U.S. Tgroup of armed men in riot gear advancing 1988, a bill passed authorizing the National Guard team donning gold medals slowly on a building, then breaking open a door with to assist police in drug-policy enforcement. The most atop the platform as a battering ram and moving in swiftly. striking case for a militarized police force came on viewers around the world But this was not a tactical operation on a crimi- 9/11. No longer would the military presence in police hear the {Star Spangled nal compound. It was a group of police officers from squads be justified solely by the war on drugs. Now, Banner,” ideally, for the Ankeny, Iowa, executing a search warrant at a Des the fight was also against domestic terrorism. umpteenth time that Moines family’s residence. And the supposed crime With these beginnings, the divide today between Joe Lane week. that warranted this treatment? The police were troops trained to engage enemy combatants and po- [email protected] Let’s be honest here. looking for a suspect who had reportedly used stolen lice carrying out law enforcement has shrunk dra- When was the last time credit cards to buy clothes and electronics. matically. Surveillance and reconnaissance devices One of my fondest, you tossed on your fa- After the police had conducted their search, two such as drones are used in enemy territory and sub- albeit strangest, memo- vorite curler’s jersey and people staying with the family were arrested on un- urban America, and, as evidenced by the Des Moines ries of my time at Iowa headed out to cheer on related charges. Yet none of the items listed on the raid, police squads executing a search warrant for thus far occurred late in your hometown curling warrant were found. nonviolent crimes are becoming indistinguishable the evening following this team? I could be wrong, The experience left members of the Des Moines from SWAT teams. year’s Iowa-Wisconsin but for most Olympic fans family disturbed. Those against these policies still have some cause football game. I was enjoy- out there, I think I can “I’ve been so traumatized. I don’t sleep at night,” for hope, especially here in Iowa City. Iowa City ing my Panchero’s burrito guess your answer. Sally Prince said to WHO-TV of Des Moines. “This banned the use of drones (among other traffic-sur- with my buddies amid the However, when the is over property purchased with a stolen credit card. veillance technologies) in 2013, though the ordi- crowd of heavily intoxi- Olympics roll around each It doesn’t make any sense to go to such extremes for nance was forced by petition and is only binding for cated individuals when I year, it doesn’t matter if something that simple.” two years. heard the infectious (and you knew the name of a The salvaged home-security footage from the And last year, the U.S. Justice Department is- familiar) chant begin, single athlete on a given event illustrates a perverse and unsettling role re- sued a memo to allow state’ legal-marijuana laws, “U-S-A. U-S-A. U-S-A.” U.S. team; a gold medal is versal. Instead of burglars covering their tracks, a a promising sign that the practice of using national This experience is one a gold medal. police officer is shown clearly ripping out a camera troops in the war on drugs may be coming to an end. with which I have become Yes, it is true that ath- that captured part of the raid, while another covers But expanding police budgets will continue to very familiar; students letes from various coun- up the lens of one inside the home. Such brazen at- bring more military-style presence to local law en- coming together to profess tries pat each other on the tempts at covering up evidence cannot be ignored. forcement. The Ankeny police raid is not the first of their love for this beauti- back and congratulate one Unfortunately, the police squad that entered a its kind, and without significant public opposition, it ful country of ours, as if another after an honor- family’s home and willfully tried to erase the evi- certainly won’t be the last. for no reason other than able defeat or impressive dence is not a sign of a new phenomenon. It’s one the simple fact that they victory, but this true spirit that has crept up on America. The militarization of YOUR TURN can. of the Olympics is buried our police forces began more than 30 years ago. Do you think local police forces have become overly milita- That ferocious Iowa beneath the cold-blooded Under President Reagan, Congress passed the rized? City patriotism will desire to win. 1981 Military Cooperation with Law Enforcement Weigh in at dailyiowan.com. metastasize across the Over the years, I’ve country as the Olympic loved watching Shaun Games open in Russia on White, Lindsey Vonn, and Friday. Apolo Ohno tear down Ah yes, the Olympic the competition from Games. The two weeks around the world, but the letter to the editor every other year that fact of the matter is that supposedly cause people if it weren’t for simple Nothing’s free, so isn’t free, health care is also not free, let’s just say that I would like to see are broke. Smoking is an expensive from around the world to geography, I probably and it never will be. The money has a spreadsheet of their income and habit to have and also costly on the drop their prejudices and wouldn’t be so fond of shut up to come from somewhere. expenses for each month. I would be health-care system. come together to honor these athletes. I keep hearing the same old One of the major failures of this willing to bet there are luxury items Apparently a lack of money isn’t the spirit of competition. When I watch the things about ObamaCare. People policy is it forces young people to in that list (eating at restaurants, what you all suffer from; more often Right? Well, not exactly. Olympics I cheer for seem to think that they have the subsidize the older generation’s costs numerous bar tabs, shopping trips, than not it is a lack of priorities and Yes, of course, it is nice the United States, not right to free health care. No, you by paying for insurances that they etc.). common sense. Remember, the to see athletes from coun- because I have a poster of have the right to get a job and earn will probably never actually use. If The same situation to me is the people to the left and right of you tries around the world the U.S. bobsled team on your place in society. Do I think the people these days think that $100 vagrants in Iowa City asking for spare owe you nothing. What do you owe slowly filling in the floor my wall, which I don’t, but health-care system could use some or even $200 a month for student change while smoking cigarettes, yourself? at the opening ceremonies because I’m proud to be adjustment? Sure. Just as freedom health is far too expensive, well at the same time claiming that they Nathan Fisher as country after country an American. presents their delegates The Olympics is an in- on a global stage. credible event not because To me, however, the it fosters global relation- Olympics is not truly an ships but because it cre- COLUMN opportunity for global to- ates a sense of pride and getherness but rather yet national identity, not only another outlet for myself for those watching but for and others like to me to the athletes participating Celebrating America, the Beautiful beat my chest, swing my as well. freedom around in the air, So as I watch curling, and claim U.S. dominance and other Olympic sports, It immediately be- [sic] are concerned, simply the result of a in yet another facet of life. in the wee hours of the comes obvious where however, the United company looking to in- While I am fascinated morning, while they are the advertisement is States of America is no crease its profits, to say with and impressed by the played live in Russia, I going: It’s a stirring longer a nation ruled “Coca-Cola doesn’t care coming together of nations won’t be hoping for inter- performance of a classic by the Constitution and about diversity; it just from around the world, I national peace, but rather, tribute to America’s American traditions in thinks that it can make don’t watch the Olympics I’ll be incessantly shout- stunning landscape — which English is the more money by running for this reason. When I ing the chant in my head, Zach Wahls the beauty of which can language of govern- this ad to persuade you watch the Olympics all “U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A.” [email protected] unite us all in awe — ment. It is not a nation that it cares about di- delivered in the words governed in the An- versity and recognizing of just a few of the glo-American tradition cultural differences.” STAFF You’ve probably seen many languages spoken of liberty.” One could point out Coca-Cola’s multilin- every day by Americans There are several that Coca-Cola like- gual ad “America the — Hebrew, Mandarin, points of contention. ly even predicted the KRISTEN EAST Editor-in-Chief Beautiful,” which aired Keres, Arabic, English, At the first, America controversy that might JORDYN REILAND Managing Editor Sunday night during Tagalog, Hindi, Spanish, has long been home to break out, anticipating ZACH TILLY Opinions Editor the second quarter of and Senegalese-French. a multiplicity of lan- columns like this one NICK HASSETT and MATTHEW BYRD Editorial Writers Super Bowl XLVIII. If The reaction, too, has guages, chief among as a possibility for free MICHAEL BEALL, JOE LANE, ASHLEY LEE, LC Graf, ADAM you haven’t, the 90-sec- proven just as predict- them English but also publicity. GROMOTKA, JON OVERTON, SRI PONNADA, BRIANNE ond video is well worth able; it hadn’t been over the languages of Native Frankly, Coke’s ap- RICHSON, and BARRETT SONN Columnists your time and is easily for 10 seconds before Americans — such as athy toward or com- ERIC MOORE Cartoonist found on YouTube. my friend Corey mused, Keres — and those spo- mitment to diversity Easily found, too, are with a chuckle, “Well, ken by other European is difficult for me, as EDITORIALS reflect the majority opinion of theDI Editorial Board and not the the blithe and grotesque that’s going to have a settlers, such as Span- a mere consumer, to opinion of the Publisher, Student Publications Inc.,or the University of Iowa. responses to the idea of mixed reaction.” ish. Further, to describe honestly or fully assess. a multilingual America. Corey was right. The our nation’s tradition of But this is an instance OPINIONS, COMMENTARIES, COLUMNS, and EDITORIAL Both the ad itself and evening wasn’t yet over liberty as “Anglo-Amer- where intentions are CARTOONS reflect the opinions of the authors and are not necessarily the xenophobic reac- before Michael Patrick ican” is to deny the not particularly import- those of the Editorial Board. tions to it tell us some- Leahy over at Breitba- contribution of fami- ant. 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stopped the growth. lings, Jazmin and Jiovanni. Tome. Since then, she has know the whole family.” Go to dance Kyla is currently under- Regardless of where only grown closer with the Kyla’s spunk shines going her last alternative she is located, Kyla still family. through every moment of DailyIowan.com marathon — radiation. does many of the things “I first met the Tome fam- her life. One memory UI to view a photo slide Continued from front “If they do radiation, they she loves, such as creating ily last year at our Putnam junior Wachendorf will nev- show of Kyla and her can cause other tumors to cards for family members. Museum Family Event. er forget is when she and mother. grow, but we decided to go “I like to draw,” Kyla said. They were so sweet, and the Tome family attended neurofibromatosis — which forward with radiation and With the Big Event ap- Kyla and I spent some time a Dance Marathon event at can cause non-cancerous hopes that it helps,” Tome proaching, Kyla is excited making paper airplanes Lost Island Waterpark. lunch with them last year.” tumors — as a toddler. But said. “Four to six weeks after about taking part in the out of napkins and such,” “Every time I get to see As Dance Marathon ap- after a routine MRI, doctors radiation they will repeat night again. Wachendorf said. “While Kyla, it makes my day, but proaches, Tome will never discovered a brain tumor in an MRI, and if it has not “Last year was the first we were talking, Amanda one of my favorite days forget the number of hours February 2011. stopped growing, I have no year we went to [the] Big mentioned that they would with her and her family the dancers and leaders put “She doesn’t look sick idea what they want to do.” Event,” Tome said. “I cried like to be a part of the fam- was when we went to Lost into the event. — she always looks very Kyla resides at the Ron- walking into the ballroom. ily representative program, Island Waterpark with “I really appreciate healthy, which is a bless- ald McDonald House. She’ll They don’t know me, and so I mentioned it to our di- Dance Marathon,” Wachen- Dance Marathon,” Tome ing,” Tome said. live there until she finishes they don’t know my child, rector, then requested them dorf said. “It was so cold her said. “I hope that one day, Starting in July 2011, radiation on March 3. but they’re giving up 24 to be my rep family … once lips were blue, but she was when all of this is behind Kyla has underwent four But Kyla’s home and hours of their lives for us.” they were officially my rep having so much fun. Her us, we can pay forward ev- different types of chemo- her heart is in Waterloo, Ashley Wachendorf, a family, I was able to send siblings were there, too, and erything they do for us. If therapy and finished her where she lives with her Dance Marathon family them letters, and Amanda that was the first time I re- it weren’t for [Dance Mara- last round early January. mother and father, Pedro representative from the and Kyla invited me to visit ally got to know them. The thon], none of this could be However, only one type of Cagal-Tome, as well as her family-relations depart- them at the hospital. Since entire family makes me possible.” chemo has slowed tumor 14-year-old sister, Rosa, ment, remembers the first then, we have gotten very feel so welcome. I am very “They make me better,” growth. None have ever and 5-year-old twin sib- time she met Kyla and close and I have come to blessed to have asked to eat Kyla said.

on, and saw what it’s Bogue was a dancer. of the event to celebrate, family like, and never looked “I just kind of fell in the bond of number 29 F amilies celebrate Dance Marathon Continued from front back,” he said. “I looked love with it,” he said. also connects them — through generations and saw all the other “It was kind of a differ- they were all morale cap- dancers, and I loved the ent spectrum of college. tains of Group 29. As Dance Marathon approaches its 20th year, one family took the time to and their families.” four to six hours I was It helped me be a little Jared Bogue and Alex reminisce about their experience with the charity event. Taylor Bogue, a UI there. I wanted more. more responsible.” Bogue, who were in the The Bogue family has had all three children participate in Dance Marathon, health and human phys- So really then it wasn’t Jared Bogue said that same fraternity, received and the parents volunteer their time on occasion as well. iology major, has partici- an issue with me being when his brother came Group 29 their junior Jared Bogue first participated in Dance Marathon his freshman year. pated in Dance Marathon a dancer the next year. I up to him after the dance years, but no one expect- His younger brother and sister, Alex and Taylor, both were exposed to Dance for the past four years — just really wanted to be was over and said he ed Taylor Bogue to have Marathon when they came to see Jared in his sophomore year. following in the footsteps part of it, so I made that wanted to be more in- the same group. Jared met his now-wife, Heather, at their senior year Dance Marathon. of brothers Jared Bogue step, and then as a danc- volved, it wasn’t a big “When I got the call Taylor, a student at the University of Iowa, will participate in this year’s and Alex Bogue. er I saw leadership … it surprise. from her, she’d been wor- Dance Marathon on the family-relations team. As Dance Marathon was just kind of like a “It really didn’t take ried that she wasn’t go- approaches its 20th snowball effect.” any prodding at all from ing to get the position Sources: Jared Bogue, former UI student, Alex Bogue, former UI student, and Taylor Bogue, UI event, memories of years During his sophomore me,” Jared Bogue said, at all,” Alex Bogue said. student and family-relations team member gone by wash over fami- year, Bogue called his “And I didn’t plan to be- “But we knew she got it.” lies who have participat- family and told them that cause I think that, know- Taylor Bogue said that ed for several years. he was “doing this amaz- ing him, I know how much expected the number to together, it introduced The main thing that From his home in North ing thing for the kids” as he would have liked it.” be given to another fra- Jared to his future wife, the Bogue siblings Liberty, Jared Bogue a full-time dancer. When At this Dance Mara- ternity member, but was now Heather Bogue. wanted to leave Dance shared his memories of his entire family came thon, Taylor Bogue knew excited and called both They had met when she Marathon with was the how he and his family up to see him, younger what she would do when her brothers right away joined Group 29, though knowledge that they had joined Dance Marathon, brother Alex Bogue and she came to Iowa herself. when she was given the she was placed else- helped other families which became a center younger sister Taylor “We’ve been a Hawk- number this past year. where due to a comput- and that Dance Mar- point in not only his life Bogue were first exposed eye family forever, so I “All three of us kids er error, before meeting athon had influenced but the lives of his wife to a world that became kind of knew I was com- have been Group 29, and again their senior year. their lives so much. and two siblings as well very much their own. ing to Iowa,” she said. it’s a pretty cool thing “Come to find out I was “I think it’s some- — a full family tradition. Alex Bogue came to “And I said if I did come to have,” she said. “They actually signed up for thing that just spreads,” He started participat- the university the very to Iowa, this was the or- were excited to keep the his group without even said Jared and Heather ing in Dance Marathon next year and joined his ganization that I wanted family tradition going, so knowing him,” Heather Bogue. “Once you pass during his freshman brother on the dance to be in.” it was really cool.” Bogue said. “Dance Mar- it on to people that you year as a spirit dancer. floor. Jared Bogue was a Not only do these three Dance Marathon not athon works in funny love, people that you “I just kind of joined morale captain, and Alex siblings have memories only brought the siblings ways.” know [it’s contagious].” 6A THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014 Daily Break the ledge This column reflects the opinion of the author and not the DI Editorial Board, the Publisher, Student Publica- tions Inc., or the University of Iowa.

E ulogy for a Mime: Hello. I must admit that I, like many of you prob- ably are, am still a little shocked. My cell phone was on silent, so I didn’t learn that Stephen had passed away quietly in his sleep until well into the following day, and when I finally realized the scene being played out before me, I was speechless. I mean, what could I pos- sibly say? Trying to sum up a man’s entire life into a single, perfect eulogy would be like walking forever into the strongest imaginable wind. But alas, for Stephen, I will hold the rope. In my life, he was a quiet source of strength, and I’ll never forget how he taught me to lead through actions instead of words. Himself a man of few words, Ste- phen’s insistent silence on even the most controver- sial topics was routinely betrayed by his highly expressive face. Yet speech today’s events is silver, silence golden, and as such, he was always • Pharmacology Graduate Student Workshop, “Sox17: Prairie Lights, 15 S. Dubuque — and so remains — the Tumor Suppressor or Oncogene in the Endometrium?,” Amy • Good People, 7:30 p.m., Riverside Theater, 213 N. Gilbert richest of us all. Guimaraes-Young, 12:30 p.m., Bowen Spivey Auditorium • Campus Activities Board Movie, Ender’s Game, 8 & 11 p.m., So let us bow our heads • Anatomy/Cell Biology Seminar, “Developmental localiza- IMU Iowa Theater for a moment of silence tion of fascin to the nucleus and nuclear periphery,” Christopher • Campus Activities Board Movie, The Best Man Holiday, 8 before joining together in Groen, “TFAP2 paralogs promote melanocyte differentiation p.m. & 11 p.m., 348 IMU Stephen’s favorite hymn, and growth in cooperation with MITF,” Hannah Seberg, 1 p.m., • Makeover, Mainstage Series and Iowa Partnership in the Arts, 8-9 a.m. Morning Drive John Cage’s “4’33,” as 1-561 Bowen 8 p.m., Theater Building Thayer Theater 10 a.m.-Noon Instru-Mental Madness we lower Stephen’s any- • Biology Faculty Candidate Seminar, “Neural Stem Cells, Noon-2 p.m. Sports Block thing-but-invisible box into Niches, & Notch: A live-view of neurogenesis,” Branden Nelson, 5 p.m. KRUI the earth. University of Washington, 4 p.m., 101 Biology Building East submit an event 6-8 p.m. The Fuzz Fix • School of Music Presents: Siu Yin Lie, piano, 6 p.m., Want to see your special event appear here? Simply 8-10 p.m. Eclectic Anesthetic A ndrew R. Juhl thanks reader University Capitol Center Recital Hall submit the details at: 10 p.m.- Midnight The Chrysanthemum Sound System Stephen R. for today’s Ledge idea. • “Live from Prairie Lights,” Chinelo Okparanta, 7 p.m., dailyiowan.com/pages/calendarsubmit.html

Thursday, February 6, 2014 horoscopes by Eugenia Last

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t get trapped in a no-win situation. Focus on what you can accomplish. Consider the emotional ramifications before you get involved in a topic that could affect your position or reputation. Don’t divulge secret information. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Express the way you feel, and you can make a differ- ence to the outcome of something that’s important to you. Romantic opportuni- ties will allow you to build a better relationship with someone special. Organiza- tion and planning will lead to success. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You may be given a false impression regarding what’s expected of you at work or at home. Don’t risk making a mistake that could cost you. Ask questions, and get any approval you might require before you move forward. Don’t offer something you cannot deliver. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Relying on someone from your past or calling in a favor owed to you will put you in an interesting position with more options. Love is in the stars, and sharing your thoughts or planning a romantic evening will pay off. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Keep your emotions out of the workplace. Don’t show your feelings or let someone have the upper hand by using emotional manipulation to get her or his way. Focus on making positive changes and picking up information that will help you excel. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Take a mental, physical, or spiritual journey, and explore new possibilities. Experiencing new cultures or ways of doing things will help you find solutions to pending problems. Attend a trade show or conference that offers insight or business possibilities. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You can make money by adding value to an asset you own. Domestic problems, a settlement, or a legal issue may arise. Do your best to be realistic, and put an end to any situation that has the potential to escalate. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Spread a little joy, show your romantic side, and spend time with someone who sparks your enthusiasm. Positive, creative chang- es at home will add to your happiness and your emotional well-being. Explore unusual cultures or lifestyles. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Do what’s asked of you, and keep moving. Once you deal with responsibilities, you can make some positive alterations at home that will add to your comfort and entertainment. Your ability to get things done quickly will be impressive. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Take the initiative when it comes to important relationships. Whether through professional or personal connections, show your creativity by expressing your thoughts with passion and confidence. Home improvements will encourage togetherness. Don’t be impulsive when it comes to making promises. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Listen carefully, and hold your thoughts and your secrets until you feel safe and secure sharing what you think and feel. It’s best to observe and consider every angle of a situation that has the potential to alter your life or an important relationship. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Good ideas and offering solutions will put you into the driver’s seat. Step into the spotlight, share your knowledge, expertise, and ideas, and you will end up with a deal, contract, or agreement that is sure to raise your profile and your income.

I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. — Bill Cosby THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014 SPORTS 7A

Hawkeyes face tough task Check out

By Matt Cabel the DI’s [email protected] iPad app There was almost no time wasted in Lisa Blud- for news er’s short postgame press conference on Feb. 1 be- on the go fore the No. 9 Penn State Nittany Lions were men- tioned. Mere minutes removed from an 80-67 loss against Nebraska, the Hawkeyes already had their next op- ponent on the brain and were questioned about them. A reporter asked Blud- er whether Nebraska’s Tear’a Laudermill was one of the quickest guards the Hawkeyes would see all season. “She’s quick, but Penn State is pretty quick, too, and we play them next.” I owa center Bethany Doolittle shoots in Carver-Hawkeye on Jan. 1. Nebraska defeated Iowa, 70-69. (The Daily Iowan/Alyssa Hitch- It never gets easier cock) when you’re playing a full schedule of games in the try. They are a lot better hands to the tune of 22 Tournament thanks to illustrious Big Ten. than Nebraska on paper, points and 5-of-7 from be- strong nonconference The Nittany Lions are so we know we’ve got a yond the arc. wins and the strength of a team built on speed, as tough challenge going on The Hawkeyes have its schedule. the Hawkeyes discovered to the road to play.” played well on the road so And the Hawks are in the 87-71 loss on Jan. Five Hawkeyes are av- far this season. Three of not going to give up a 5. The top team in the Big eraging double-digit scor- the team’s five conference winning mentality just Ten also has depth, as the ing points this season. wins — over Minnesota, because of a couple poor- Hawkeyes learned in the Shooting guard Melissa Ohio State, and Wiscon- ly played games. loss. Iowa was able to keep Dixon was held scoreless sin — have come on the “We need to come to- the game close, but in the against the Cornhuskers, road. The Nittany Lions gether as a group and second half, the Nittany and it hurt Iowa’s offense. will be the most formi- figure out what we have Lions, led by Maggie Lu- The junior took shots, but dable opponent the team to work on,” center Beth- cas, took the game away they wouldn’t fall, and the has faced on the road any Doolittle said on from Iowa by continaully deep score was never able since the team traveled Feb. 1. “Transition de- sending in fresh bodies. to establish any sort of to Ames in December, fense, defense overall, “We obviously know rhythm. where they lost, 83-70. just to see how it rolls we’re up against the wall “The whole game, they Loss to Nebraska into our offense. We defi- going to Penn State,” were denying Melissa,” aside, Iowa is 4-3 in con- nitely have a lot to work Bluder said. “No. 1 team said guard Sam Logic, ference play and is put- on, obviously, but I think [in the Big Ten], top-15 who took the downtown ting together a strong we can come out and get ranked team in the coun- scoring into her own résumé for the NCAA Penn State.” basketball Continued from 8A Iowa’s résumé compared with other teams on Feb. 6, 2013 IOWA KANSAS STATE OKLAHOMA STATE ARIZONA cantly lower than Iowa’s because the Hawkeyes haven’t lost by a wide Record 17-6 18-4 16-6 20-2 margin or to weak oppo- nents. Iowa’s Simple Rating AP Rank 17 13 22 7 score will most likely regress the rest of the season because of the Simple Rating Score strength of its remain- (College Basketball 22.28 13.53 15.57 17.30 ing opponents. And, the Reference) team’s lack of success in close games may hamper its Big Ten title hopes. Seed in the NCAA TBD 456 At this point, a 4 seed Tournament appears to be the ceiling for Iowa. Arizona — On Feb. 6, minus the Simple Rat- season’s end. rankings, and they fin- 2013: 20-2, No. 7 in AP ing score. The caveat Arizona got off to a ished at No. 21. here is that Arizona’s great start last season, If Iowa continues to Poll. Final SRS: 17.30. final résumé is eeri- as shown by its 20-2 re- drop games at its cur- Eventual Seed: 6 ly similar to what fans cord and top 10 ranking rent rate in the Big Ten, If you look at this ré- and followers of the pro- at this point. But losses it could play itself into a sumé, it doesn’t seem to gram should expect of down the stretch forced 6 seed, much like Arizo- resemble Iowa’s at all, the Black and Gold’s at the Wildcats down the na did a year ago.

Iowa. The whole prospect when you can develop a pretty big steps in re- rosster must seem futile to them, foothold in lesser-known cruiting these past few Continued from 8A which makes sense. Why areas such as New Jer- years. The seeds are waste your energy and sey, Missouri, Maryland, planted for a solid 2014 resources in places where Washington, D.C., and campaign. Get a couple coax players from Florida such perennial power- Ohio, where Iowa has of 10-win seasons under — one of the best high- houses as Alabama, Flor- inked 17 players in the your belt, and only then school football states in ida State, and Georgia last two years. will Florida start to an- the country — to come to have already set up shop Iowa has taken some swer the phone.

signed Wednesday, 11 who was not a highly been cutting it pretty notebook are set to play under Phil recruited guy, but he had close over the last couple Continued from 8A Parker’s guidance. great ball skills.” years,” the head coach Moreover, five of those said. “That is one area 11 are listed as defen- L ooking ahead to recruit- we need to make sure we know it’s a very excit- sive backs and another ing 2015 address.” ing day for all of them four are listed at line- as well, their coaches, backer. While this year’s re- Spring schedule slowly their families, and their This, of course, was cruiting season is wrap- coming together support networks. It’s not by chance. Of the ping up, Ferentz said he just been a really special 11 starters Iowa had on already has an eye on Ferentz also gave day.” defense during its 2013- next year’s. Specifically, some insight into the Ferentz jokingly said 14 campaign, six were he’s looking to add depth early portions of Io- that the return of Bran- seniors — including five to the offensive line, es- wa’s spring schedule on don Scherff was the between the linebacker pecially at tackle. Wednesday. Iowa will program’s biggest get and secondary positions. Ferentz said that begin spring practice during the recruiting The addition of so ma- Scherff returning was during the last week of process — and, in more ny defensive backs and an early Christmas March. ways than one, he wasn’t linebackers helps give present, of sorts, for the The program plans completely wrong. Iowa depth and competi- program, but they know on returning to Des Because of Scherff’s tion, Ferentz said. that with his leaving Moines this spring, too, return, Ferentz and “The guys who we were next year — presumably to put on a practice in Company didn’t have to involved with who we’re to the NFL draft — the the central part of the focus as much on trying really excited about and program will need to state. to sign as many offensive think they’re good play- place a strong emphasis “We’ll have more to linemen (they signed ers,” he said. “One thing on recruiting that posi- announce on that [lat- two). In turn, Iowa put I was intrigued about tion, among others. er],” Ferentz said. “We’re a heavy emphasis on with most of them is “I think we’ve kind of excited about that, and the defensive side of the they have two-way flex- been, I don’t want to say I think second weekend ball this past recruiting ibility … I think imme- stealing from our offen- of April is when we’re season. Of the 18 who diately of Micah Hyde, sive-line pool, but we’ve looking.” SPORTS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014 For up-to-date coverage of Hawkeye sports, follow us on twitter at @DI_Sports_Desk DAILYIOWAN.COM

Field hockey snares 9

The Iowa field hockey Sowing basketball seeds program announced nine prep stu- dent-athletes had singed National Letters Griesbaum of Intent head coach Wednesday. The future Hawkeyes are listed below.

Melissa Progar, Midfielder, Yorktown, Va. Tabb High Taylor Omweg, Defender/Midfield- er, Yorktown, Va. Tabb High Katie Jones, Goalkeeper, Virginia Beach, Va. First Colonial High Mallory Lefkowitz, Forward/ Midfielder, Kingston, Pa. Wyoming Seminary Prep Emily George, Midfielder, Lake Forest, Ill. Lake Forest High JoElla Guagliardo, Forward/Mid- fielder, Deerfield, Ill. Deerfield High Torie Berkel, Forward, Escondido, Calif. San Pasqual High Julia Pommeline Korstanje, Midfielder, Brasschaat, Belgium, Sint-Michielscollege Veronique Declercq, Defender, Morstel, Belgium, Pacisinstituut — by Danny Payne

THROWBACK THURSDAY

Today in Hawkeye sports: Feb. 6, 1917 — Iowa head coach Howard Jones began spring football Iowa center Adam Woodbury looks to pass the ball in Carver-Hawkeye on Tuesday. Ohio State defeated Iowa, 76-69. (The Daily Iowan/Alyssa Hitchcock) practice on this date in 97 years ago. Spring practice was held on Tuesdays, By Ryan Probasco But with a fairly large sample at hand, Tournament. Thursdays, and Saturdays from 4-6 [email protected] estimating Iowa’s eventual seed is a lot Iowa should push itself to earn a 4 seed, p.m. “I hope that there will be a good less difficult than some may believe. knowing the 5 has been a famous upset many report for this practice,” Jones Barring a complete collapse, the Iowa (Note: Iowa’s current résumé: 17-6 re- victim to 12 seeds. said. “There are a large number of big, men’s basketball team will suit up when cord, No. 17 in AP Poll, 22.28 Simple Rat- In NCAA Tournament history, the 5 seed able-bodied men around the universi- the Big Dance kicks off in March. Where ing System score on College Basketball beats the 12 just 67 percent of the time, com- ty who ought to go out for this. I see the Hawkeyes will play and what seed Reference — a rating that takes into ac- pared with the 79 percent rate of 4 seeds ad- some on the gymnasium floor taking they’ll have, however, are less unknown. count point differential and strength of vancing past 13’s. physical training who ought to be put Looking back at this time of the season schedule) in for football.” last year, three teams’ résumés stand out Kansas State — On Feb. 6, 2013: 18-4 record, Throwback Thursday will feature a as being similar to Iowa’s at this point: Oklahoma State — On Feb. 6, 2013: 16-6 No. 13 in AP Poll. Final SRS: 13.53. Eventual moment in Hawkeye sports history Kansas State, Oklahoma State, and Arizo- record, No. 22 in AP Poll. Final SRS: 15.57. each week. na. seed: 4 Below is a comparison of those teams’ ré- Eventual seed: 5 In Bruce Weber’s first year as Kansas sumés with Iowa’s in 2013-14. The aim is Arguably the résumé that most resem- State’s head coach, the Wildcats cruised to a to use those comparisons to better predict bles Iowa’s, Oklahoma State was ranked in 27-8 record and earned a 4 seed in the NCAA where Iowa will be seeded. the 13-22 range from this point until sea- Tournament. A lot can still happen between now and son’s end a year ago. It appears the Wildcats finished with a Selection Sunday in roughly six weeks. The Cowboys finished 2013 third in the better record than Iowa will this season. And conference tournaments have an im- Big 12 and reached the semifinals of its But the team’s Simple Rating score was signifi- measurable, yet significant effect on how conference tournament but was ousted teams are seeded. by Oregon in the first round of the NCAA See BASKETBALL, 7A

SCOREBOARD Commentary: The rosster Notebook NCAAM Wichita State 65, Indiana State 58 San Diego State 67, Boise State 65 Michigan 79, Nebraska 50 Future looks bright Ferentz St. Louis 65, St. Joseph’s 49 Louisville 77, Houston 62 Virginia 77, Boston College 67 West Virginia 91, Oklahoma 86 with Hawk recruits happy with Gonzaga 71, Portland 66 Pitt 59, Miami (FLa.) 55 Iowa’s last two recruiting classes did a good job of making sure another 2012 doesn’t happen again. NCAAW recruits Oklahoma State 76, Kansas 74 Michigan State 99, Illinois 53 ing time this past aseason, be the limit for a team that Nebraska 71, Wisconsin 70 in which Iowa went 8-5 and hasn’t been relevant in the Iowa head football coach Southern Mississippi 68, Middle earned a trip to the Outback Big Ten since 2009. Tennessee 56 Bowl. (Another six players It’s obviously too early Kirk Ferentz spoke with who redshirted from Iowa’s to tell if any of the guys Io- the media on Wednesday NHL 2009 class contributed heavi- wa signed this week will Chicago 2, Anaheim 0 ly this year as well). go down in Hawkeye lore; about the program’s National Pittsburgh 5, Buffalo 1 Ben Ross See the connection? Peo- young guns all can’t be like Signing Day efforts. San Jose 2, Dallas 1 [email protected] ple, this is how football sea- Desmond King. But if any- sons like 2012 happen: re- thing is promising about Io- NBA cruiting classes where your wa’s newest group of players, By Cody Goodwin LA Lakers 119, Cleveland 108 Iowa’s recruiting class highest-rated player (Wien- it’s that it has two guys rat- [email protected] Boston 114, Philadelphia 108 from 2008 contained 26 ke) moves from quarterback ed as being four (out of five, San Antonio 125, Washington 118 young men who committed to a specialty punter in his pending the service you look Kirk Ferentz was Orlando 112,Detroit 98 to play college football for fifth year doesn’t bode well at) star caliber: athlete Jay rather happy on late Portland 94, New York 90 the Black and Gold. for anything. Scheel and quarterback Ty- Wednesday afternoon Houston 122,Phoenix 108 Fast Forward to 2012, But Iowa benefited greatly ler Wiegers. when he sat down in Dallas 110, Memphis 96 when just six of those 26 saw from its victory in the Orange Including Scheel and Wieg- the auditorium of the New Orleans 105, Atlanta 100 meaningful playing time on Bowl in 2009 to help boost its ers, Iowa has inked just 12 Hayden Fry Football Oklahoma City 106, Minnesota 97 the gridiron for Iowa. James 2010 recruiting class. That four-star players that have Complex. The most re- Denver 110, Milwaukee 100 Vandenberg, Joe Gaglione, group, highlighted by tight spent at least three years cent National Signing Ferentz Sacramento109, Toronto 101 Greg Castillo, Steve Bigach, end C.J. Fiedorowicz, played in Iowa City. The Hawkeyes Day was mostly over head coach Miami 116, LA Clippers 112 James Ferentz, and John well above average this past don’t usually get blue-chip for him. Wienke were Iowa’s major season, and that’s why Iowa talent, but when they do The success of his Soccer senior contributors that sea- was able to double its win to- and, if those players choose efforts was more than visible, both Real Madrid 3, Athletico Madrid 0 son. Micah Hyde and Keenan tal from 2012. to stay at Iowa, they usually in his smile and on his roster. Iowa Barcelona 2, Real Sociedad 0 Davis also got solid playing Going on that formula, Io- excel. signed 18 newcomers to the program time as seniors that year, but wa should have an even bet- Iowa can’t compete na- Wednesday, with an expected 19th to were a part of Iowa’s 2009 re- ter season in 2014. Twelve tionally for recruits. Hell, it sign today. cruiting class and didn’t red- players from the 2011 re- can hardly compete in the Ferentz said he was pleased with WHAT TO WATCH shirt. If you can recall, Iowa cruiting class who saw sig- Big Ten for young talent. what the program was able to ac- posted 4 wins and 8 losses in nificant playing time this It doesn’t have the brand complish. He spoke highly about the Olympics 2012. year return, as do another name or remote success such recruits and their respective talents, Snowboarding Slopestyle (M&W), In 2010, Iowa had a re- five who got redshirted from schools as Michigan, Ohio noting that there’s a lot of potential Skiing: Freestyle Moguls (W), Figure cruiting class of 22 fine young 2010’s group. Add in that Io- State, and Michigan State in the group. Skating, 7 p.m., NBC gentlemen just waiting to wa plays probably the weak- have had. “We’re very happy about the pros- help lead Iowa to another Or- est schedule of any team in Iowa doesn’t even both- pects that have signed with us and NCAAM ange Bowl berth. Thirteen of an automatic-qualifying con- er sending a coach to try to committed to us,” Ferentz said. “I No. 22 Connecticut at No. 7 Cincinnati, those guys from 2010 started ference this coming season, 7 p.m., ESPN or received significant play- and the sky very well could See rosster, 7A See NOTEBOOK, 7A 80HOURS The weekend in arts & entertainment Thursday, February 6, 2014 Blending cultures,

By Cassidy Riley [email protected]

The lights come up on the stage. The audience members hear the piano playing a soft melody. Then comes the consistent clapping in note by note the background mixed with a drum beat. Many recognize the song and expect to hear traditional female American artists come in with the vocals. But instead, the voice is that of a young male, dressed in a black, traditional Indian dress — a kurta — with a yellow chunni around his neck — a kind of scarf meant to have a “crushed” look. The tra- ditional lyrics are blended with the Hindi lyrics of a song with a Cultures mingle at the similar beat. The audience then realizes the “instruments” aren’t in- struments at all, but the cleverly crafted combination of the other performers on stage. This is South Asian a cappella. On Saturday, seven South Asian a cappella teams from universi- ties around the country will flock to Iowa City to participate in the Gathe Raho a cappella sixth-annual Gathe Raho competition. The event will take place at 7 p.m. in the Englert Theater, 221 E. Washington St. Admission is $10. Gathe Raho, which means “keep singing” in Hindi, gives South Asian a cappella teams a chance to show off their unique music style. competition this weekend. South Asian a cappella is so named not necessarily for the ethnicity of the members of the groups but for the music they produce. The groups blend the lyrics and beats of popular American and South Asian songs. This can be done in a variety of ways, including overlapping the lyrics — with different members of the group sing- ing both songs at the same time — or singing parts of the songs in succession. Rishabh Alaap Singh, the president of Deewane, the South Asian a cappella team from Carnegie Mellon University, said the mash- up indicative of such a cappella is what makes it so appeal- ing to listeners across cultures. “[Americans] listen to these Hindi songs and have no idea what they are really saying, but they can tell it’s a form of emotion,” he said. “The emotion they have for a song is transferred over to a song with lyr- ics they don’t know, but it’s an emotion they understand.” Deewane — an all-male group — has competed in Gathe Raho for four of the past six years. Last year, the team came in second place and the year before, they took home the grand prize. Sec-

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Fifty years ago — be- Ringo in the forefront Movies opening Today 2.6 fore Bruno Mars’ halftime of American hearts — this weekend show, before Bieber fever, even us millennial bass music Lights, 15 S. Dubuque before N’ Sync and the hounds. • UI School of Music Pres- Spice Girls, and before These aren’t musicians ents: Siu Yin Lie, piano, theater By Emma McClatchey Michael Jackson’s “Thrill- who conquered unimag- 6 p.m., University Capitol • Good People, 7:30 p.m., [email protected] er” or even Sergeant Pep- inable odds to reach star- Center Recital Hall Riverside Theater, 213 N. per’s Lonely Hearts Club dom; more importantly, • The Floozies, 9 p.m., Blue Gilbert There have been three Band — the Beatles came they aren’t children of re- Moose, 211 Iowa • Makeover, Mainstage great transatlantic cross- to America. And our great cording legends who were The Monuments Men • Becca Stevens Band, 9 Series and Iowa Partnership ings in human history, nation transformed into handed their careers. Based on a true story, this ac- p.m., Mill, 120 E. Burlington in the Arts, 8 p.m., Theater and only one was well-re- one big shriek. All four came from mid- tion-thriller tells the tale of a World • Archnemesis, 10 p.m., Building Thayer Theater War II platoon that was asked to ceived by the local inhab- Millions of girls stalked dle-class families, all were Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington rescue artwork from Nazi thieves and itants: Christopher Co- airports, hotels, and side- a little rebellious and a lot return it to the rightful owners. When • Free Jam Session and film lumbus shoring up in the walks that John Lennon, misunderstood, all were faced with the likely destruction of Mug Night, 10 p.m., Yacht • Campus Activities Board Caribbean, the pilgrims Paul McCartney, George flawed, and all leaned on 1,000 years of culture, the men risk Club, 13 S. Linn Movie, Ender’s Game, 8 & setting sail on the May- Harrison, and Ringo Starr each other’s friendship. their lives to save some of the 11 p.m., IMU Iowa Theater- world’s greatest achievements. flower, and the Beatles were said to have visited. All were a little bit like words College touching down in New Records flew off shelves, you and me. • “Live from Prairie • Campus Activities Board York on Feb. 7, 1964. and ticket sales soared. They confessed to Lights,” Chinelo Okparan- Movie, The Best Man Holi- The 50-year celebration Mop-tops were grown na- standing on the shoul- ta, fiction, 7 p.m., Prairie day, 8 & 11 p.m., 348 IMU of this last voyage rivals tionwide. You think that ders of their childhood Thanksgiving and Colum- One Direction wrapping idols, from Chuck Berry bus Day combined — at paper is excessive? We’re to Elvis Presley — the least for music fans. Or talking Beatles’ blend tea. latter of whom Lennon Friday 2.7 more broadly, for Beatles This phenomenon is was determined to eclipse Vampire Academy fans. At the very least, known as “Beatlemania,” in fame. (And when they Based on the bestselling series by music words it’s an excuse for “fan- and it began with a fate- did, an apparently bitter Richelle Mead, Vampire Academy • Jazz After Five, Adam Shro- • “Live from Prairie Lights,” girls” such as me to wear ful episode of the “The Ed Elvis called the Beatles focuses on the legend of Rose and eder Group, 5 p.m., Mill Elizabeth Graver, fiction, 7 p.m., Beatles shirts for a week Sullivan Show” on Feb. “filthy,” “unkempt,” and Lissa, two 17-year-old girls who • Hopskin’s Knock Madness Prairie Lights attend a boarding school for mortal straight. 9, 1964. My father can “suggestive.” The world vampires and half-vampire/half-hu- Tour, 6:30 p.m., Blue Moose Those of you who have remember watching this responded, “Really, Elvis? mans. The girls believe their life is in • Naturally 7, 7:30 p.m., theater been giving me weird historic prime-time per- Really?”) danger at the academy, and Rose will Englert, 221 E. Washington • Good People, 7:30 p.m., looks in class may be ask- formance as a 6-year-old The Beatles took on do whatever it takes to protect Lissa • UI School of Music Presents: Riverside Theater ing, why is this a big deal? (alongside 74 million oth- show business with a re- from those who intend to exploit and Heidi Worsham, piano, 8 p.m., • Makeover, Mainstage hunt her kind. Wasn’t the Beatles a band er viewers) — which I am lentless desire for more University Capitol Center Series and Iowa Partnership before it arrived in the supremely jealous of. But — even after they reached Recital Hall in the Arts, 8 p.m., Thayer United States? And isn’t alas, I was there to see the pinnacle of fame. The FILMSCENE • 11th-Annual Bob Marley Theater the group old news by Paul McCartney perform members worked for their Birthday Bash, 9 p.m., Yacht now? Why don’t we just a three-hour set at the voice and never took it for Club DANCE keep talking about Lorde, Bonnaroo Music Festival granted. In their 10 years • Local on the 8s, 9 p.m., Mill • Dance Marathon Big Event, IMU Macklemore, and Daft this summer while my fa- as a band, they achieved a • Etnik, 10 p.m., Gabe’s Punk’s weird helmets? ther stayed home to work, very 21st-century version Because none of those so I probably got the bet- of the American Dream. groups would exist, or ter end of the stick. And they left a great at the very least flour- The Beatles’ music has deal behind for us to rel- The Great Beauty Saturday 2.8 An Oscar shortlist for Best Foreign always been alluring, if ish. How else would a girl Riverside Theater ish, without the Beatles’ Language Film. Jep Gambardella, music legacy — especially your not particularly sophisti- from Iowa City, born in a journalist who was charmed his • Gathe Raho, 7 p.m., Englert • Makeover, Mainstage favorite foreign artists. cated early on. Their rep- 1993, end up with a shelf way through the nightlife of Rome • Modern Life is War, 7:30 Series and Iowa Partnership And none of them have ertoire of original tunes — full of Beatles CDs, a room after the success of his first novel. p.m., Gabe’s in the Arts, 8 p.m., Thayer that Fab Four flair: originality being hard to full of Beatles decorations, But he finds himself looking past the • Iowa City Pride Fundraiser, Theater nightclubs and instead finding the find in today’s pop indus- and two Beatles tattoos? 9 p.m., Mill the accents. The shag- true beauty within Rome. gy hair. The pounding try — is reason enough to So happy 50 years of Showtimes: 4 p.m. Friday, 6 p.m. Sat- • Brother Bagman, 10 p.m., DANCE rhythms and four-part admire them, but there’s Beatles, America. Maybe urday, 12:30 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. Feb. 9 Yacht Club • Dance Marathon Big harmonies. And damn, something beyond mere by the 100th anniversary, • Pressure Drop Dance Party, Event, IMU if those Liverpool lads artistry that has kept we’ll get a John Lennon 10 p.m., Gabe’s weren’t cute. John, Paul, George, and hologram. drink miscellaneous words • Friends of Internation- of the week • Acie Earl book signing, al Students Cookies and noon, Prairie Lights Cards, 4 p.m., 1117 Univer- sity Capitol Center theater Reliving the Beatles • Good People, 7:30 p.m.,

A Beatles fan since the members landed in DI: Why do you think childhood, University of Io- New York. Could the band the Beatles have remained Sunday 2.9 wa music lecturer Donna have predicted this reac- so relevant for so long? Parsons has spent count- tion? Parsons: Every al- music • Campus Activities Board less hours between Iowa Parsons: As their plane bum challenged listen- • UI School of Music Pres- Movie, The Best Man Holi- and Britain studying the neared New York, the ers to redefine precon- ents, Arts Share Percussion day, 1 p.m., 348 IMU Fab Four, and teaching the guys were worried about ceived notions of popular Concert, 3 p.m., Riverside • Movies at the Museum of UI’s most coveted course, their reception. They were music and its power to Recital Hall Natural History, Love in the “World of the Beatles.” It’s concerned that they had transform lives. Musi- Dirty Martini Animal Kingdom, 3 p.m., been 50 years since the nothing musically to of- cally, the Beatles raised DANCE Macbride Auditorium Beatles touched down in fer America and consoled the bar so high with the • REAC Dance, 6 p.m., America, but Parsons said themselves that they quality of their song- Primary Alcohol: Gin Eagle’s Lodge, 225 Highway theater Serving Size: 6-ounce cocktail the band’s legacy remains would at least learn what writing, their musical glass 1 W. • Good People, 2 p.m., as “electric” as ever. the new musical trend experimentations, and Riverside Theater The Daily Iowan: was. They did not realize their ability to create al- My encounter with this drink came film • Makeover, Mainstage when I was feeling like James Bond. What was the significance it was them. It was utter bums that still speak to This classic drink, “shaken, not • Campus Activities Board Series and Iowa Partnership of the Beatles’ first trip to chaos. According to legend, our hopes and concerns. stirred,” may be the perfect cocktail Movie, Ender’s Game, 1 in the Arts, 8 p.m., Thayer America? girls were trying to sneak DI: Paul and Ringo will when you’re dressed to the nines p.m., IMU Iowa Theater Theater or feeling mysterious. Or, you might Parsons: When the onto their floor [at the perform together for a CBS just love the taste of olives with Beatles appeared on “The Plaza Hotel] by hiding in special Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. — your gin. Ed Sullivan Show” and a laundry carts or climbing exactly 50 years to the day, Either way, this classic drink packs Arts & Entertainment a decent punch — there’s a reason couple days later in the elevator shafts. date, and time of the orig- Bond only drinks one or two per Washington Coliseum, DI: How has Beatle- inal “Ed Sullivan Show” night. Mission Creek to add Project, at the Englert Theater, American fans were able mania shaped the music performance. What does The “dirty” comes from the fact that 221 E. Washington, addressing the the olive juice is poured into the tech conference to feel the energy of a live industry since February this event mean to you and mixer and shaken, to really infuse Mission Creek Festival announced intersection of art and technology show and be inspired. The of 1964? other Beatles fans? the taste of olive with the rest of on Feb. 4 that will incorporate a Tech in today’s society. second generation of rock Parsons: The Beatles Parsons: It acts as the drink. and Innovation Conference. The event will provide a ’n’ roll and pop musicians were the first British art- an electric charge that The conference, April 4-5, gathering place for Midwest based had arrived. It was not ists to receive top billing reawakens the part of Appearance: Clear, even with the will celebrate what “technology technologists and entrepreneurs. a fad or a novelty but a and not be treated as a sec- you that fell silent when olive juice, in a tall cocktail glass. empowers, highlight where tech Other speakers include David Served with one or two olives as a force that addressed the ond thought. They opened John Lennon was mur- garnish, so you know it isn’t just culture must improve, and show- Gould, the director of Imagination hopes and concerns of its the doors for other British dered. The Beatles are a water. case what the future may hold.” for the Downtown Project, Jen My- listeners. American youth groups, such as the Rolling part of our DNA — the Regional and national ers, web designer/developer and Taste: The olive is the powerhouse found their music and Stones, the Animals, the music cuts to the heart in this drink, while the gin takes a technologists will come to Iowa part of the instructor team at Dev their spokespersons, a Kinks, and the Who. We of our being and drives back seat. Enjoyable for me, maybe City to explore these themes in Bootcamp in Chicago, and Chad synergy was created, and have seen brief moments the way we interact not so much for others. the Pappajohn Business Building, Whitacre, the founder of Gittip. the Beatles and their fans of Beatlemania with Du- with our environment. Advice: Bring gum if you’re going to where a series of presentations Placing the conference in the walked in step as the ’60s ran Duran, Michael Jack- It will be a magical mo- have more than one or two of these. and discussions from the visiting midst of a mainly art-based festi- progressed. son, the Spice Girls, and ment that words can- Your friends or significant other speakers will occur. val will show that creativity drives will appreciate it. This drink is also DI: We’ve all seen the even One Direction, yet no not adequately describe. popular with vodka, but it’s not as The conference will conclude both artists and technologists in videos of the girls scream- one has sustained the mo- — by Emma McClatchey traditional. with a lecture by Matthew Israel, similar ways. ing for the Beatles when mentum the Beatles did. — by Ben Verhille the director of the Art Genome — by Samantha Gentry THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014 80 HOURS 3B Being instrumental without instruments Claiming to have It’s nice to have famil- You might not remem- changed the face of a iarity like that with the ber a city, but you can cappella from geeky to music. remember the people of cool, Naturally 7 incorpo- DI: You’re the “drum- the city. That’s what it is rates what the members mer” in the band; what for me, is understanding call “vocal play,” using does this mean if you’re the people and trying to elements of R&B as well not using instruments? soak in as much of their as beat boxing. Warren Thomas: It means culture as possible and Thomas, the group’s per- that I am doing every- as much as the city has cussionist who uses his thing vocally. Beat box- to offer. vocals to imitate drums, ing is something that DI: What has it been said when his parents re- people are used to seeing, like being able to tour fused to give him a drum but when I beat box, I sit with Michael Bublé? set as a child, he sat there and envision a full Thomas: It’s been a down and learned how to drum kit. I am mimicking blast. We’ve been on the play the instrument us- what an actual drummer road with Michael since ing his mouth. Current- would play. In my mind, I ’07, so this is our third ly on their third world have a snare drum and a world tour, which is ra- tour with Michael Bublé, full drum, and that’s how re, but it’s because it Thomas spoke about life I try to play it, see it, and works so well. Michael on the road, working have the audience envi- is like our brother. We with his brother, and the sion it. have so much fun with dream that has become a DI: You’re constantly him. He’s in front of so reality. working with seven peo- many people, and it’s Publicity The Daily Iowan: The ple, including your broth- been a great way for us musical style of Natural- er. What’s that like? to introduce ourselves to seeing their wide eyes ly 7 is “vocal play” and a Thomas: It’s always people around the world. and smiles, but talking fusion of a cappella and a pleasure to work with It’s a blast performing to them is when you get R&B. How would you family members. For me, with him and being in- something else. We get describe this musical ap- it’s always been a good troduced to his fans. their emotions from our proach? thing. We come from DI: What is it like music, which gives us Thomas: A cappella the same place, we’re hearing thousands of a little more of an un- is, of course, when you like-minded people, and fans cheering for you and derstanding about what sing without instru- we think similarly, so then being able to meet we’re doing up there. ments, but what we do is it’s always a cool thing. them? — by Jennifer Hoch mimic the instruments. Working in a group of Thomas: It’s definite- People who come to our seven, there are always ly a rush. It’s not an easy shows are going to see different opinions, but job to do as far as shows an a cappella group, we break it down as a and traveling, it’s not but we want them to be group. It’s very interest- easy or glamorous, so it able to close their eyes ing; it’s almost fit for re- takes that respect from and hear a full band. It ality TV. the audience and want- makes us different. The DI:What is life on the ing to please the fans majority of the music road like? that keeps you motivat- we play is our own stuff, Thomas: You go to a ed. A lot of people need but we throw in songs lot of countries and a lot to interact with their that people are familiar of cities. You don’t see fans more than what with, too. Sometimes, we very much, but you see a happens in mainstream sample a song and take lot of venues, hotels, and music. You get the feel- the hook to write our airports. It’s the people ing of who people are own verses and bridge. who make it special. when you’re performing,

B EAVER’S NIGHT OUT Welcoming cuisine

By Ben Verhille [email protected]

This week, I felt like I needed a welcoming environment. And what better way to achieve this than with a big sign outside that reminds me I am indeed, welcome. The sparse portraits of Indian landmarks, en- vironments, and tradi- tional paintings were a good start to my dreams of finding authentic cui- sine that is not native to Iowa. India Cafe, found right near the Englert Theater on Washington St., fits just that mold. Known more for its lunch buffet, I thought I would see what the din- ner cuisine had to offer. found the appearance host for the rice and goat I’m not normally big on of the food to be a lit- and absorbed as much of lunch buffets, but I may tle less than ideal. But the Punjabi sauce as I come back to try it. different cultures, dif- could throw on. Before the food was ferent appearances. Al- The rice on the plate served, I came to this though it may have had itself was spiced and conclusion: The service a rough look, the taste buttered, which may be from the people here did its job. under-appreciated for was absolutely delight- The flavor was more many locations. ful. There was only help powerful than the tex- All in all, India Café provided, without any ture, and thank good- was a very positive ex- tone of condescension. ness. I am an Iowan, so perience. My cultural That may not sound the stringy goat meat ignorance was the big- like much, but my peers wasn’t my definition of gest issue I had here, working at restau- tender. The heavy serv- and that’s only because I rants don’t normally of- ings of broth with the don’t eat goat very often. fer the same courtesies goat definitely helped, My biggest warning to the people here do. the extra kick of spice all people coming here I decided on the Goat was a nice reminder would be to try some- Rogan Josh, selected that I should’ve gone thing they are going to pieces of goat cooked with something a little love. with special herbs and stronger than “mild” — If you love trying new spices in Punjabi style. despite the suggestion plates, ask for advice First, I had to figure that I stick with some- on what to order. The out what Punjabi style thing weak and move to staff will be more than was. something stronger next willing to assist with The focus of Punjabi is time. what to get, how spicy to a mix of rice, butter, and I had it served on make it, and what to get cream with the plate. Naan bread, which is on the side. I would’ve Here, that was the goat. basically just plain flat- been lost without the I received my dish and bread. This serves as the support from the staff. Follow @DailyIowanArts for more arts news 4B 80 HOURS THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014 Makeovers like the tide By JUSTUS Flair theater,” Cloud said. “I want- “And on a college campus, [email protected] ed the husbands to stay you are inventing yourself. awake, so they had to relate You’re constantly deciding It may seem a bit coun- to [the main character] in who you want to be.” terintuitive to write a show some way. And because ma- Even after college, Malan- about a makeup empire ny theater husbands are in dra believes people continu- in the hopes of better cap- business, they can relate to ally have the opportunity to turing the attention of the- the business aspect.” reinvent themselves. ater-going husbands, but Cloud wanted everyone to “What [this show] wants that’s exactly what Darrah be able to connect with Ruth people to realize is they can Cloud did. and to understand what it create their own life and Cloud, who has an M.F.A. means to reinvent oneself. their own dreams,” Malan- from the Iowa Writers’ Work- Allyson Jean Malandra, dra said. shop and an M.F.A. from the the graduate-student ac- Ruth is constantly real- UI Playwrights’ Workshop, tor playing Ruth, feels the izing her dreams, travel- along with composing part- character is undeniably re- ing through decades with ner Kim Sherman, wrote latable. ambition and music as her the musical Makeover to “Ruth says herself that she guides. interest both men and wom- is a go-getter and a trendset- “Music takes us through en. The show follows Ruth, ter, and she is,” Malandra time; it has a big job to do,” abandoned after World War said. “She is strong-willed, Sherman said. “Besides the Ruth Levine (Allyson Jean Malandra) is escorted to the front of the stage during a rehearsal for Makeover in Thayer Theater on Monday. Perfor- II, as she creates a makeup strong-hearted, direct, she’s song, there is underscoring mances for the musical will be held in the Thayer Theater today, Friday, Saturday, and Feb. 9 and Feb. 12-16. (The Daily Iowan/Callie Mitchell) empire to support her young like this unstoppable force and instrumental music with big production num- soup. She made homemade “Being in a room with child, much like Mary Kay or — so unstoppable that some- that go between the scenes bers, so that’s one of the bread, and that was that.” three people who are creating Estée Lauder. times she gets in her own and things like that.” things we are learning about Since joining the team, something as you go along, The first-ever stage pro- way. She inspires people, es- Sherman wrote all the here — how does this show Demos has become invested not just re-creating some- duction of Makeover will pecially women, to do what music specifically forMake - work on its feet? It really in the project, saying he will thing that has already been open at 8 p.m. today in the people at the time thought over in partnership with helps us get a sense of flow.” stay with the show as long made, is inspiring and reaf- Theater Building’s Thayer couldn’t be done.” Cloud working on the book Demos attended one of the as they will have him. Cloud firms our belief in ourselves Theater as part of the Main- As the show progresses and lyrics. The pair have col- readings before signing on to and Sherman want to keep as artists,” Malandra said. stage Series. Performanc- through decades, Ruth con- laborated for 26 years. The direct the Iowa for Partner- Demos around, because he That’s fitting with her es will continue through tinues to do the supposedly past seven years have been ship in the Arts show. works very well with the takeaway for the show: Feb. 16, with 8 p.m. shows impossible and adapt to the spent, at least partially, on “I went to a reading of group and adds much to “It’s not the makeup, Wednesday-Saturday and changes around her. This Makeover. just the book, just the story,” the show. He even choreo- it’s sharing what you have 2 p.m. matinees on Sunday. makes the musical especially “Before this production, he said. “It was just actors graphed the production. within you.” Admission ranges from $5 relevant on the UI campus. we’ve only had readings, in sitting around the table, Having the three collabo- to $17. “I think the show is about which people read the script and I was then invited to a rators at the university has Go to “I had this idea that reinvention; it’s about find- and sang the music in front notes session. They liked my been beneficial to UI stu- stems from watching lots of ing who you are,” said Nick of music stands,” Sherman notes, so [Sherman] invited dents involved in the musi- DailyIowan.com husbands fall asleep in the Demos, Makeover’s director. said. “And this is a big show me to come have bread and cal. for A slide show THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014 80 HOURS 5B away from home Weathering the weather across the entire country, lower than Iowa. One time, and it’s hot and humid. my friend living in Michigan My hometown, Shaan Xi, called to tell me it was snow- is located in the northwest- ing and two hours later, it ern region of China. It’s a was snowing in Iowa, too. I part of the warm-temper- thought that was so strange. ate zone. During the coldest Chengdu is a part of the month of the year, the tem- subtropical zone. The av- By Siqi Wang perature can be between erage temperature in the [email protected] 18 degrees and 32 degrees. winter is above 32 degrees. I have not been to similar In the winter, the climate is Before I came to the Unit- places like Shaan Xi in the humid and cold, and in the ed States, I hadn’t experi- United States. summer, it is dry and hot enced the freezing cold tem- Jilin, northern Xinjiang, with little rain. Chengdu is peratures as I recently have and Liaoning are a part of the hometown of my grand- at Iowa. When I go outside, the mid-temperate zone. mother. Living in a humid I have to wear three tops, The average temperature climate, the people there three trousers, and even during the winter is between have very good skin and eat very thick socks to make -18 degrees and 18 degrees a lot of spicy dishes. Similar sure I stay warm. During and about 72-91 degrees in cities in China are Shang- my three and a half years the summer. In my opinion, hai, Macau, and Guilin. here, I’ve gradually become this region is similar to Io- Cities such as Los Angles comfortable with the severe wa, which is extremely cold and Miami are similar to weather conditions. But in in the winter and hot in the Haikou and Sanya in China, China, the weather is com- summer. where the average tempera- pletely different, so it’s tak- In the northeast part of ture in the winter is above en a lot to get used to Iowa. China, such as Heilongjiang 61 degrees. Most of the time Part of China is in the Province and inner Mongo- it is sunny in these areas, monsoon climate zone. Like lia, the average temperature and year-round, it feels like the United States, there are in the winter is below -18 spring. Personally, I really four seasons during the year. degrees. From my experi- enjoy the weather in these In the winter, the tempera- ence, I think the climate in cities. ture changes by 50 degrees Michigan is very similar in depending on if you’re in the temperature. I have been to Go to north or the south, and the East Lansing and Detroit in DailyIowan.com climate is cold and dry. In Michigan to visit my friends the summer, the tempera- during winter break, and to read the rest of this ture stays at a warm degree the temperature was a bit story 6B 80 HOURS THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014

ally trying to do here,” Arti Parikh, the pres- that with them into their among the teams. a cappella said Swati Panchal, the ident of the University singing career. That’s M. Haris Usmani, a Gathe Raho Continued from 1B president of the alliance. of Illinois-Urban/Cham- something that’s most graduate student from “We’re trying to educate paign team, Illini Awaaz, important, the sheer Pakistan on the Carnegie When: 7 p.m. Saturday people here on campus said being selected to memories that are made.” Mellon team, said the com- Where: Englert, 221 E. ond place wins $1,000, about the Indian culture. compete at Gathe Raho This year is Illini petition also provides the Washington and the winning team re- We’re trying to help those is a great opportunity for Awaaz’s first time at teams with a way to mea- Admission: $10 ceives $3,000, paid for by students who never got a South Asian a cappella Gathe Raho. Parikh said sure their skill and help revenue from events put sense for their culture.” teams to be surrounded last year, the group ap- them strive for success. on throughout the year The interest in this by students . plied but were not select- “It’s really important,” all-female. and the registration fees form of a cappella music “I think the fact that ed. It also performed at he said. “Unless there’s Freshman Pedro Guti- each team pays. began with the formation there are only two [com- Anahat last year. an event to showcase it, errez joined the team Gathe Raho is hosted of Penn Masala in 1996. petitions] makes it really “I guess the goal would you really don’t get moti- this year out of a love for by the University of Iowa The group, which began hard,” she said. “We get to be just to be better than vated enough. It does be- music and curiosity for Indian Student Alliance as a cluster of students meet people, and we get we were in California,” come an incentive for us something new. He pro- and is one of only two from the University of to learn a lot. It helps me she said. “Our set list to work toward.” vides a key element to recognized South Asian a Pennsylvania, was the in my leadership a lot to wasn’t as polished as the This competition in the team’s performance, cappella competitions in first in the world to blend know how to train them.” other groups. We didn’t particular is significant being one of the “instru- the country. The only oth- the music of these two Arti Bhakta, social know what we were get- because its target audi- ments” that accompanies er recognized competition distinct cultures. Penn head of the UI alliance, ting into, so now we really ence will attend, students the female vocals. He is Anahat and is hosted Masala now has seven said she has seen the ex- do know what to expect.” who appreciate the cul- said the group’s perfor- by the University of Cali- complete albums and has citement of the students Bhakta said the night turally blended a cappel- mance this year is going fornia-Berkley. performed for audiences at the competition and before the competition, la. Bhakta said the crowd to be fresh and exciting. The competition serves as prestigious as Presi- that it helps to positively the UI Indian Alliance at the competition swells “There’s definitely go- as a casual and fun way dent Obama. represent the UI to stu- holds a rehearsal and a with passion for the mu- ing to be a surprise song for students to be intro- As the trend has grown, dents from around the reception for all of the sic. that many people are go- duced to the culture and the UI alliance has re- country. teams and serves tradi- Iowa Agni, the Univer- ing to be excited about,” helps students of South ceived an increasing “They’re going to say tional Indian cuisine. She sity of Iowa’s South Asian he said. “I can’t explain Asian descent who grew number of applicants for how much fun they struggled to find words a cappella team will not the feeling you’re going to up surrounded by Amer- Gathe Raho. This year, had at the University to explain the high lev- compete at Gathe Raho, feel. It’s just going to be ican culture reconnect the members had to se- of Iowa and how much el of excitement, fun, but it will perform at the an enjoyable experience with their heritage. lect seven teams out of 20 they learned,” she said. and good-spirited com- end of the night. Until — as long as you like mu- “That’s what we’re re- applicants. “They’re going to take petitiveness that exists this year, the group was sic.”

Etnik Dark & classy, and loud When: 10 p.m. Friday Where: Gabe’s, 330 E. Wash- By Mckenna Paulus sion ranges from $10 to how fast things spread ington [email protected] $12. around the world via In- Admission: $10 to $12 Etnik received a huge ternet.” Etnik has never been to break when he was invit- One of the reasons America, but in his first ed to play with Skrillex. Etnik received the rec- pushing techno as a new visit to the States, he is While he has enjoyed a ognition he wanted was standard for EDM and going to have the chance great amount of success because his style was pre- bringing the music style to perform with dub-step in a short amount of time, viously unheard, especial- out of the underground superstar Skrillex. the DJ knew this was go- ly in Europe. scene,” Farley said. “He is Following that perfor- ing to be the case; he said “It’s important to me to one of the most looked-at mance, the techno DJ will he started entertaining have a high recognition DJs right now — just wait Publicity bring his signature “dark, people as soon as he was value,” Etnik said. “My for him to explode after he classy, and loud” live show “able to think.” logo, my sound and per- reaches the States.” to Iowa City. “I started making music formance, as well as stage During his trip to the shows like the one this Facebook, and that is “I really don’t know when I was really young, outfits and visuals are all United States, Etnik Friday are done by out- before his music breaks what to expect, but I know but no one ever got to ac- part of a whole concept.” hopes to push his unorth- side promoters,” McCar- down the U.S. barrier. people should expect some tually listen to my stuff Jordan Farley of Rain odox music in a country in thy said. “Essentially, we “I want to release more good European techno,” before I started playing EDM, the team that will which exposure potential allow them to bring in an music more quickly,” Et- he said. DJ gigs,” he said. “When bring Etnik to Iowa City, is incredibly high. act, and we promote and nik said. “And of course, The musician will take I uploaded my first tracks said the show at Gabe’s is Pete McCarthy of provide the space.” a breakthrough in the the stage at 10 p.m. Fri- to Soundcloud, everything Etnik’s first headliner. Gabe’s said he just accept- Etnik shows little sign United States with my day at Gabe’s, 330 E. happened really quickly. “Etnik will undoubtedly ed Etnik’s offer. of slowing down. He has European sound would be Washington St. Admis- I’m still amazed to see be one of the many DJs “A lot of the big techno almost 10,000 likes on great.” THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014 7B 8B 80 HOURS THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014

You Like It. When not on tour, Stevens uses her time to teach music. — by Isaac Hamlet Finding happiness like water Author and Writers’ Workshop gradu- ate Chinelo Okparanta will read at Prairie Lights, 15 S. Dubuque St., at 7 p.m. today from her book, Happiness, Like Water. The book, a compilation of 10 short stories following various Nigerian women living both at home and abroad, is Okparanta’s first. Her works have appeared in a number of literary magazines, and her short story “America” was shortlisted for the 2013 Cain Prize. She was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Publicity and raised as a Jehovah’s Witness before coming to the United States at the age of Acclaimed singer/ easily achieve an urgent quality. 10 with her family. Many aspects of the Her unique sound has led to stories are rooted in her experiences. songwriter Stevens to acclaim from the Boston Phoenix Nigeria acts as the backdrop for the appear and the New York Times, which cited first half of the compilation before giving Stevens’ sound as “both wistful and way to America and the Nigerian women Originally from North Carolina, determined.” residing there. where she grew up in a musical family, The Becca Stevens Band includes Regardless of which locale a story has, singer/songwriter Becca Stevens has Liam Robinson, who has worked the stories all revolve around very relatable written and performed music for as with such artists as Bob Dylan and problems. Stories vary from a wife being long as she can remember (she began Rosanne Cash and plays keyboards and unable to conceive a child to a college singing in her family’s band when she accordion. Chris Tordini plays bass, and student putting forth all her effort to get was 2, her website reports). Jordan Perlson handles the percussion. her sick mother into a hospital. Her songs encompass three genres, Stevens plays guitar and ukulele. The book has been met with largely pop, jazz, and folk, drawing elements The band members met during Ste- positive reviews, and many say the book from each. Jazz veterans such as Kurt vens’ time attending the New School is a promising start for a new author. The Elling have been quick to accept her. for Jazz and Contemporary Music in Kirkus Review hailed it as “a triumph of The Becca Stevens Band will per- New York City, where she received a a book.” form at the Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., B.F.A. in vocal jazz and composition. The tone and title of the book can be at 9 p.m. today. Admission is $10. They released their first album, Tea by derived from a piece of dialogue spoken The songs she writes have a heavy the Sea, in 2008. by one of the characters: “Happiness is like focus on lyrics, employing what she Recently, Stevens began acting, water, we’re always trying to grab onto calls “poetic observation.” She is also appearing in a number of shows put it, but it’s always slipping between our noted for having remarkable control on by the Adirondack Shakespeare fingers.” over her voice, as well as being able to Company, including the lead role in As — by Isaac Hamlet