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THE NEXT STEP. SPORTS. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2015 THE INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILYIOWAN.COM 50¢ UISG ELECTIONS UI panel eyes more UISG wary of split openness After a year of operating as one party, University of Iowa Student By ALYSSA GUZMAN Government will feature senators from two different parties. [email protected] After recent events caused uproar in the African-American community, stu- By GRACE PATERAS | [email protected] 2015-2016 UISG Senate dents at the University of Iowa gath- ered to form the President’s Black Stu- split in the recent UISG elections has The Real Party won the most recent UISG dent Advisory Committee. newly elected members concerned. election with 52 percent of the vote. In the wake of events such as the A The REAL Party grabbed the pres- However, more members of the BEACH KKK statue displayed on the Pentacrest idential and vice-presidential seats, but the Party were elected to the senate. The and resultant controversy in December BEACH Party took more seats in the Senate. breakdown: 21 BEACH Party senators and 2014, students met with President Sal- University of Iowa junior Michael Kessler 18 REAL party senators. ly Mason and formed the committee in ran under the BEACH banner and was elected order to help create an environment to be a senator for the third year in a row. that is cognizant of all cultures, specifi- Because of his strong friendship with cally black culture. BEACH Party presidential candidate Sam The committee is composed of 14 Af- Wampler, he said he was upset at the results rican-American UI students, including when they were announced April 10. two co-heads. Knowing BEACH and REAL officials will “We want to create a campus where have to work together, Kessler said it will be everyone feels welcome,” said Georgina a difficult transition to establish a relationship Dodge, the committee’s adviser and the with REAL senators. UI chief diversity offi- “I think in the beginning it’s going to be cer and associate vice rough,” he said. “I think it’s going to be a president. “[Though] tough time for the Senate for the first month students are focusing or two of meetings, and maybe the beginning on what’s important of next year.” for black students, we Of the 39 senators elected, 21 of them are know it will translate BEACH members and 18 are REAL members. into what’s important Eleven seats remain to be appointed from di- to all students.” versity-based student organizations and the UI freshman Den- Mason incoming freshman class. zell Hayes, a commit- president Current UISG President Patrick Bartoski Each circle represents one student senator in the UISG senate. tee member, said the committee is hoping to SEE UISG, 5 find out some of the goals and problems people feel black students are facing on campus so they can properly address and solve them. “We want to know not just what the committee thinks, but what everyone thinks,” Hayes said. UI sophomore Andrew Turner, a com- mittee member, said it’s important to talk to African-American students on campus and really focus on getting ev- eryone involved. “We want people to feel like they have a voice,” he said. Turner also said the committee hopes to create programs for incoming black freshmen in order to encourage them to reach out to committee members and voice any concerns they may have. “[We want to] make sure black stu- dents on campus feel more included SEE PANEL, 5 2016 IOWA CAUCUSES UI weighs Clinton meets ‘everyday’ Iowans By QUENTIN MISIAG in on food [email protected] MONTICELLO — In her first official entrance as a 2016 Demo- trucks cratic presidential candidate, Hil- lary Clinton appeared ready and By BILL COONEY able to get schooled by the very [email protected] “everyday Iowans” that campaign leaders have said the Democratic Students wanting to powerhouse is vying to attract in sample from the food her second presidential campaign. trucks that will soon Clinton, seated with a small group roam Iowa City may of eastern Iowa community-college have to look beyond the students and leaders in an automo- Pentacrest area and bile technology garage, took careful most other universi- notes Tuesday on how the country ty-owned property. should best move forward, with or Assistant City Man- Fruin without her as its chief executive. ager Geoff Fruin said assistant city manager “I am pleased to be at a commu- the University of Iowa nity college that is so visionary,” she has been in correspondence with the told the students, after each seated city to potentially amend an ordinance with her introduced themselves and the Iowa City City Council has twice their forthcoming education plans. “I voted in favor of, and will only need to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton takes notes during a roundtable with educators and students at the Kirkwood Community SEE CLINTON, 5 SEE FOOD, 5 College’s Jones County Regional Center on Tuesday in Monticello, Iowa. 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One member of the pan- el, university student Rene Redd, a survivor of sexual assault, said she didn’t feel comfortable reporting it. “I was really debating whether I should say that Members of the community discuss rape after a showing of The Hunting Ground at FilmScene on Tuesday. The showing was sold out. up here,” she said. “But (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert) after watching this film I feel really comfortable response to sexual assault, ty committed to ending are the reason we exist. because I think that’s as well as university policy. this epidemic.” They’re the ones who have the point it’s trying to get “I thought it was re- A lot of the questions di- the power.” across, that it’s okay to ally productive and rected towards the pan- Communication studies admit this happened and provocative,” Natalie Fix- el revolved around how Assistant Professor Andy by speaking out about it is mer-Oraiz, a UI assistant the university handles High, lead organizer of what can cause change.” professor of communica- cases regarding sexu- the event, said although Some other members tion studies said. “I think al assault and how it he was prepared for how of the panel were Wom- it was really great to hear treats the victims. moving the film would en’s Resource and Action some of the student voices “You’re more likely to be be, seeing it in person Center Program Develop- and the young folks who kicked out for plagiarism, brought it to a whole oth- er Lauri Haag, Monique are directly impacted by smoking pot in the dorms, er level.