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The Daily Iowan FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2019 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILYIOWAN.COM 50¢ INSIDE Durham a candidate for associate VP UI responds 8 Meenakshi Gigi Durham presented her ideas on Thursday for the associate vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion position. to free-speech BY KATIE ANN MCCARVER on Thursday as the first candidate [email protected] for a different role — associate vice president for diversity, equity, and order by Professor Meenakshi Gigi Durham, the University inclusion. of Iowa College of Liberal Arts & Sciences director of Since her arrival at the UI in diversity, is a familiar face among the campus com- 2000, Durham has held various munity. roles, including associate dean for Trump Durham Students, staff, and faculty greeted Durham in Hawkeyes set for Big Ten the Pappajohn Business Building for a public forum SEE DURHAM, 2 Universities respond to Tournaments It’s that time of the year. Iowa President Trump’s promise wrestling and women’s basketball of an executive order that are heading to their respective conference championships. The would revoke research Hawkeye women will look to cut Todd Thelen, funding from colleges that down the nets as a No. 2 seed, and the wrestling squad will attempt don’t seem to embrace free to close the gap on Penn State. speech on campus. Go to dailyiowan.com for coverage of the emperor of oddities tournaments BY KATIE ANN MCCARVER For nearly two decades, Todd Thelen has bought and sold countless [email protected] oddities and artifacts. To him, the antique business ‘has always been President Trump announced on March 2 3 his intention to invoke an executive order in his DNA.’ that would strip colleges and universities of federal funding for research depending on their support of free speech on campus. The potential executive order comes amid free-speech concerns on the Univer- sity of Iowa campus. Students have alleged facing discrimination and mistreatment under #DoesUIowaLoveMe, prompting an examination of the university’s role in distinguishing between individuals’ First Amendment rights and students’ desires to feel safe and have their identities respect- UI professor reflects on ed. female-advocacy work “The American way is to In celebration of International learn and listen or to not Women’s Day, UI Professor Debo- rah Elizabeth Whaley talks about engage and move on,” UI her dedication to female represen- President Bruce Harreld tation through her work. told The Daily Iowan Thurs- day. “You shouldn’t equate Harreld the university’s allowing various groups to say what 3 they’d like to say, hopefully in a construc- tive way, as our supporting one or the oth- er.” Harreld said until Trump elaborates on his intentions, and only if and when the ex- ecutive order gets signed, there’s not much to comment on. He said he anticipates such a move would be met with a battle in the ju- dicial system just as with many of Trump’s Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan other executive orders. Artifacts owner Todd Thelen locates an item for a customer on Thursday. Thelen has owned Artifacts for 15 years. “I think it’d be very unfortunate,” Har- reld said. “Maybe it’ll happen, but let’s focus UISG creates guide to BY CHARLES PECKMAN ing, humming a rendition of a Gloria Gaynor song our energy on what is right now.” [email protected] that was playing on the radio behind him. Trump’s promise is a likely a response to being ‘not rich’ If you were to close your eyes for a moment and recent skepticism surrounding universi- Navigating college on a limited budget can be tough for students. On a frigid, windless day last week, Artifacts own- imagine the stereotypical proprietor of an antique ties across the nation, where right-leaning A new guide from UISG, called the er Todd Thelen peered with dismay at the large se- store, someone like Thelen might come to mind. His students may feel that higher-education “Guide to Not Being Rich at Iowa,” lection of vintage men’s cuff links in front of him. As vintage eyeglasses, immaculate gray shirt (complete officials have discriminated against their aims to help. he slowly began sifting through the metallic objects with shoulder patches), Giugiaro-designed Seiko viewpoints. with a look of rugged determination on his face, an wristwatch, and mindfully scraggly salt-and-pepper “Conservative Republicans have felt for older man walked into the store brandishing a small beard — paired with an encyclopedic knowledge of a long time that their views, and therefore purple chalice with an acrylic stem. all things vintage — are exactly how someone who their speech, are more encumbered on uni- 5 “Is this something you’d be interested in?” the knows about obscure objects is supposed to look. versity campuses,” said UI School of Jour- man asked. “I’m just trying to clean out the house — Last year, Thelen celebrated his 15th year of own- nalism Director David Ryfe, who teaches I’ve got dozens of these.” ing the store, 331 Market St. The business of an- the Freedom of Expression course. “My “Unfortunately, no,” Thelen replied. “The market tiques, he said, “has always been in my DNA.” guess is that this announcement by the for that kind of glassware doesn’t really exist any- “I grew up not having money,” he said. “When I president is speaking to that perception.” more.” was a kid, we went to garage sales and auctions and Ryfe said all public institutions are re- The man grunted, shrugged his shoulders, and ex- ited the store. Thelen went about his cuff-link sort- SEE THELEN, 2 SEE SPEECH, 2 IOWA POLITICS Pentacrest Museums launch monthly radio show The Pentacrest Museums will start a monthly radio show on KICI, an independent Iowa City radio station, to educate the community about museum operations. Bill could kill satellite voting at UI Iowa men’s hoops extends losing streak A broad bill introduced in the Iowa Legislature would make changes to the conduct of elections in Iowa, The Hawkeyes fell apart offensive- including a provision that would prevent state-owned buildings from being early voting stations. ly against Wisconsin in Madison on Thursday, losing 65-45. BY EMILY WANGEN AND SARAH WATSON The scoring [email protected] drought could not have come at a worse Buildings on Iowa’s three university campuses time for Fran may be off-limits for future satellite voting loca- McCaffery’s tions under a proposal in the Iowa Senate, which McCaffery Hawkeyes, as cleared a key legislative deadline Thursday. the defeat marked the first time Some counties in Iowa, including Johnson, Sto- since November 2016 that Iowa ry, and Black Hawk, which are home to Iowa’s three failed to reach the 50-point mark. regent universities — the University of Iowa, Iowa SPORTS, 8 State University, and the University of Northern Iowa — set up stations across the county where voters can cast absentee ballots in person before Election Day. In total, there were six satellite loca- tions across the three campuses with one at ISU, two at the UI, and three at UNI. Kirkwood Commu- nity College in Iowa City also had a location. Tune in for LIVE updates Senate Study Bill 1241 would prohibit a county Watch for campus and city news, from holding a satellite voting location in “state- weather, and Hawkeye sports owned building,” including at state universities. coverage every day at 8:30 a.m. One exception in the bill is made for county court- at dailyiowan.com. houses. There is disagreement whether the bill’s language extends to community colleges, said Sen. Tony Bisignano, D-Des Moines, the ranking mem- ber of the committee that is considering the bill. The bill passed the Senate State Government Megan Nagorzanski/The Daily Iowan SEE BILL, 2 Students vote at the Main Library on Nov. 6, 2018. 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