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In the forest of meaning, a tree dances The University of Iowa Dance Department will present a diverse set of works choreographed by the UI Dance faculty and graduate students. BY RHIANA CHICKERING | [email protected]

Intricate movements along raphy and a sporadic sense of hu- with stillness and solemn facial mor lighten the ambiance. expressions lead to riveting mo- On Thursday at 8 p.m. the Uni- voluntary manslaughter ments of apprehension as music versity of Iowa Dance Depart- slows down into intense vibra- ment’s Faculty/Graduate Con- tions and lighting shifts. Once the cert will inspire thought through performers return to dancing in both abstract and more concrete unison, the crowd attempts to de- works — some with a sense of hu- code a message from every elabo- mor and others with a deep and rate, meaningful movement. powerful message. After a two-week trial, jurors in Polk County found Lamar Wilson guilty in charges Even still, electrifying choreog- SEE CONCERT, 5B related to the shooting that took place on the Pedestrian Mall in August.

A jury in Des Moines reached a verdict on Wednesday morning, find- ing Lamar Wilson guilty of voluntary manslaughter, among other charges, in connection with the shoot- Event Info When: 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday, & Saturday ing in August 2017 on the Where: Space/Place, 20 Davenport St. Cost: Free-$14 Pedestrian Mall. PHOTO BY DAVID HARMANTAS DESIGN BY ALLIE WILKERSON On the web On the air Events calendar Prosecutors had asked the Get updates about local arts & Tune in to KRUI 89.7 FM at 5 p.m. on Want your event to be printed in The Daily Iowan entertainment events on Twitter Thursdays to hear about this weekend and included in our online calendar? To submit a @TheDailyIowan in arts & entertainment. listing, visit dailyiowan.com/pages/calendarsubmit. jury to find Wilson guilty of first-degree murder — vol- Electrified with untary manslaughter is a meaning, sporadic with lesser offense. humor In addition to voluntary This weekend, the UI Dance De- manslaughter, jurors found partment faculty and graduate 24-year-old Wilson guilty of students will come together to two counts of assault with put on a collective performance the intent to inflict serious of nine dances. The dances are meant to inspire the audience injury and intimidation and force the members to with a dangerous weapon, question their wider world in the Tawny Schmit for The Daily Iowan the Des Moines Register re- process. 80 HOURS Lamar Wilson stands as the jury enters during his first-degree murder trial’s fourth day in the 5th C District Courthouse in Des Moines on ported from the courtroom. Tuesday. On Wednesday, Wilson was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. Kaleek Jones, a 22-year- Women's basketball old father of two from Io- wa City, died of wounds ready to face big sustained from the Aug. 27 opponent Ped Mall shooting; Wilson Currently sitting as a pro- was the shooter. Two others jected No. 9 seed in the NCAA Tournament, Iowa has a matchup were wounded. in Carver-Hawkeye against a In addition to first-de- Penn State team that is on a hot gree murder, Wilson had streak. Stopping the Nittany Lion been originally charged trio of Teniya Page, Amari Carter, with two counts of attempt- and Jaida Travascio-Green will ed murder, criminal gang be tough, but the Hawkeyes participation, and three have five players who scored in counts of intimidation with double-figures in their last game a dangerous weapon. The ready to go. Sports, 6A charge of criminal gang participation was later Feel old yet? stripped from the case; it This year marks the 10th anni- could be tried in a separate versary of these 10 albums that trial. you probably jammed to in 2008, The trial began Jan. 22, featuring such songs as Beyon- and the jury heard closing cé’s “Single Ladies,” Coldplay’s Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan arguments on Feb. 2. “Viva La Vida,” and Kayne’s EMTs treat an wounded man on the Burlington Street parking ramp on Aug. 27 after a shooting on the Ped Mall. Originally charged with “Heartless.” 80 HOURS first-degree murder in the shooting, Lamar Wilson was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter on Wednesday by a Polk County jury. — Grace Pateras

Spring football is in the air with a new coach Now that National Signing Day is over, Iowa football’s attention is turning to the spring season, Womxn of Colour kicks Transit which is set to start on March 21. There will be plenty of new things to look systems eye for in the coming months, off spring semester as Iowa’s new signees take The network's first event of the semester feautured VP of the field and efficiency Foster new run- Student Life Melissa Shivers. ning-back coach Derrick Foster begins his time in the football Cambus shows interest in complex. Sports, 6A participating in study planned by Iowa City to evaluate transit The trifecta of trans support system. Three organizations on campus help transgender students get access to legal and health BY ANDY MITCHELL services. Student Legal Services, [email protected] Student Health & Wellness, and the UI LGBTQ Clinic provides Iowa City prepares to undergo a substantial support, from legal name study spanning three area bus systems. changes to hormone therapy. The Iowa City Chamber of Commerce is con- News, 3A sidering studying and potentially improving the Iowa City and Coralville transit systems, and the University of Iowa’s Cambus wants to join. Jim Sayre, the director of UI Parking and Transportation, said his service is interested in collaborating with the city on the study. “We’re neighbors,” Sayre said. “We work together all the time, we’re transporting each oth- Tune in for LIVE updates er’s customers around town. We have slightly dif- Campus and city news, Ashol Aguek/The Daily Iowan ferent missions, but we intersect all over town.” weather, and Hawkeye sports UI VP for Student Life Melissa Shivers speaks during Being a Boss in the IMU on Wednesday. The event was pre- Cooperation among the area bus systems is coverage every day at 8:30 a.m. sented by the Womxn of Colour Network. ongoing and fluid. Sayre gave a recent example at daily-iowan.com. about a group of off-campus students requesting BY PAUL ELWELL her education, both its difficulties and impor- service from Cambus for their part of town. Be- [email protected] tance. Difficulties included her mother work- cause the students’ part of town was out of Cam- WEATHER ing two or three jobs to make sure she and her bus’ purview, Cambus officials joined Iowa City The Womxn of Colour Network kicked off sister could go to college and her unprepared- to find a solution. HIGH LOW its spring semester event series by hosting Me- ness for her first years at the Georgia Southern “I hope that the study will look at things like lissa Shivers, the UI vice president for Student University. that,” Sayre said. “What can we do to support our 25 18 Life, for a lecture in the IMU River Room. The importance of her education culminated student and employee neighbor- Cloudy, breezy, 80% The lecture, titled “Being a BOSS,” included in her decision to get a doctorate, something hoods that surround campus and chance of more snow. discussions about various notable quotes and she said she had never thought she would do, do we need to overlap more in statistics regarding women of color. Shivers which allowed her to attain her current posi- one direction or another.” began the lecture by addressing the members tion at the university. Sayre described UI and Cam- INDEX of the group, saying how much she supported “I don’t ever want someone to think the road bus as a city within a city in OPINIONS 4A them and how glad she was to be able to speak I took was easy.” Shivers said. terms of mission and the people to them. Shiver’s lecture was well-received, with sev- they serve in comparison to Iowa CLASSIFIEDS 5A Sayre “What Womxn of Colour is really about is eral of the 30-plus audience members giving City and Coralville. DAILY BREAK 6B for you all to create a space and community her a standing ovation at its conclusion. “We serve campus,” Sayre said. “That’s our core SPORTS 6A with each other,” she said. UI sophomore Stacy Ramirez, a first-time mission, to support the students and employees The bulk of the lecture included several attendee of a Womxn of Colour event, said she that work on campus. We’re in our own little cir- personal anecdotes from Shivers regarding was felt empowered by Shivers’ story. cle here, and that’s on purpose.” the barriers and challenges she has faced in “It was very uplifting and empowering to While he said the Cambus, Iowa City, and achieving her current station and how her race hear a woman in her position of power tell of Coralville systems cooperate well, the Chamber and upbringing has affected her journey. Most of the stories she told were focused on SEE SHIVERS, 2 SEE CAMBUS, 2 2A NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2018 Volume 149 GENIUS OF THE WALL The Daily Iowan Issue 128 BREAKING NEWS STAFF Phone: (319) 335-6030 Publisher...... 335-5788 Email: [email protected] Jason Brummond Fax: 335-6297 Editor in Chief...... 335-6030 CORRECTIONS Grace Pateras Call: 335-6030 Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for Managing Editor. . . . . 335-5855 accuracy and fairness in the Katelyn Weisbrod reporting of news. 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Sempf said. “There’s just the nation,” Helm said. “Howev- the current relationship CAMBUS opportunity to look and see er, it confuses a lot of people among bus systems is con- CONTINUED FROM FRONT if there can be changes.” on how to use it and which venient for people who He said he understands route to take.” need access to Iowa City why people see the current Helm said she thinks and Coralville. of Commerce would like to bus system as seamless improve the experience for enough, but from his per- commuters. spective, he sees the op- “One of the things we’ve portunity for change. His heard in the area lately is example was seeing the that people that live here are three systems, Iowa City, having a hard time getting to Coralville, and Cambus run- work,” Sayre said. ning on the same roads and Ryan Sempf, director of said that he thinks it could government relations and be more efficient. public policy with the Iowa Second-year UI student City Area Chamber of Com- Kyleakin Helm depends merce, said the priority of on the bus system to move the study is gathering data around Iowa City from her Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan and exploring options. off-campus apartment. People get on and off buses at the downtown interchange on Wednesday. “The most important “As it is now, I don’t mind The interchange serves routes for three different bus services: Coralville thing is that we’re not saying separate routes because it Transit, Iowa City Transit, and Cambus. Recently the Iowa City Chamber of there need to be changes,” means less time to my desti- Commerce proposed greater integration of the bus systems. ‘Local treasure’ wins Blues Challenge Coralville musician Kevin Burt has earned the spot of Iowa’s representative blues musician.

BY SARAH STORTZ was contacted for a private Burt said his increasing im- sentiment. [email protected] audition for “America’s Got age may positively influence “He works really hard for Talent” and tried out for the the current music scene. what he does,” Madison said. Several years of perform- X Factor. However, he said, “I’m hitting this mark at a Mark Ginsberg, the own- ing blues has led Coralville he thrives in local competi- good time, because as a so- er of M. C. Ginsberg, has resident Kevin “B.F” Burt’s tions, describing the prior ciety, we’re coming back to had Burt play in front of work to be recognized on a auditions as nothing more wanting something that’s his business since it moved global scale. than “game shows.” real,” he said. “We’re start- downtown in 1987. Ginsberg Burt won the Internation- Burt won the Iowa Blues ing to be OK with somebody said Burt’s music has had al Blues Challenge in Mem- Challenge in September that could be perceived as a large impact on the Iowa phis, Tennessee, a few weeks 2017, earning him the spot of a nice person. That’s not a City community. ago, along with winning the as the representative solo act thing that’s out there that “The Friday Concert se- categories of “Best Solo/Duo of blues for the state. much.” ries, the Iowa City Jazz Fest, Guitarist” and “Best Har- Setting off to Memphis, Matt Panek, the Instiga- and the Saturday Night monica Player.” He was the Burt went up against some tors’ guitarist, said he thinks Movie Series were all in- first contestant to ever sweep of the most highly regarded Burt was naturally set to win spired by our affiliation all three awards in the chal- blues musicians from around the competition. and friendship with Kevin,” lenge’s 34-year-old history. the world. After his per- “He does what he does, Ginsberg wrote in an email Burt’s professional career formance, he received two and he does it great,” Panek to The Daily Iowan. “This a in music began in 1991, when standing ovations. said. “Not only at playing well-deserved award and he was the lead singer for a “That was amazingly hum- and singing but relating to recognition for Kevin.” band called The Instigators. bling,” he said. an audience, making them Panek said he also values Since then, Burt has grown Since earning the distinc- feel like they’re part of the Burt’s musical contributions especially fond of the blues. tion, he has received several program.” to Iowa City. “I started hearing blues different offers to play in Eric Madison, The Insti- “It’s a treasure to have Kev- in everything I listened to,” festivals located in 15 states. gators’ drummer, shared the in around here,” he said. Burt said. “If I sang you ‘Hap- py Birthday,’ it would come out as a blues song.” Burt holds a special attach- ment to the blues because of its origins. “People have a tendency to play down the significance of blues and its relevance,” he said. “It is the root of Amer- ican music. Without blues, what we have with American music isn’t there.” Wanting to broaden his horizons, Burt eventually learned how to play the guitar and harmonica. After going solo, he described him- self as a “one-man operation” throughout the majority his career, with no manager or production team. Burt dedicates a large amount of his time to music, and he performed more than Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan 300 shows in the past year. Blues musician Kevin Burt plays the guitar in his Coralville home on Wednesday. Burt recently won awards in the Outside of performing, he acoustic category at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis. THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2018 NEWS 3A UI emphasizes services for trans students Student Health & Wellness, UI LGBTQ Clinic, and Student Legal Services provide a variety of services to UI transgender students. Representatives from the three organizations spoke about the services offered Wednesday evening.

BY JULIA DIGIACOMO Clinical Associate Pro- nered with the UI Coun- [email protected] fessor of family medicine seling Service,” she said. at the LGBTQ Clinic Kath- “We’re trying to make it For transgender students erine Imborek described easier to go between Coun- on campus, three organi- the wide variety of services seling Service and us.” zations offer resources to offered by the clinic. Johnson said that at the support them through their She said the clinic typi- moment, she is the only time at the uni- physician at Stu- versity. ‘What I want to emphasize is to dent Health who Student Legal will provide hor- Services, Student think of us as your primary health- mones to trans- Health & Well- gender students. ness, and the care provider while at school. ... We “What I want University of Io- to emphasize is wa LGBTQ Clinic are here to support you and your to think of us provide a variety as your primary of resources to health-care needs.’ health-care pro- transgender stu- — Jennifer Johnson, vider while at dents at the UI. physician at Student Health school,” she said. Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan Representa- “We are here Employees discuss issues concerning the LGBT community in the UI LGBT Resource Center on Wednesday. Repre- tives from the three orga- cally sees new patients on to support you and your sentatives from Student Legal Services, the UI LGBT Clinic, and Student Health spoke about the resources available nizations spoke in depth Tuesday nights, because health-care needs.” to trans individuals at the UI. about the services they of- the service has had such fer Wednesday during an a high volume of patients event in partnership with since opening in October the UI Trans Alliance. 2012. The three presenters ex- “In that time frame, plained the legal and health we’ve seen about 500 to 600 services available to better unique patients, and about the lives of transgender in- 80 percent of them identi- dividuals on campus. fy as trans or gender non- Student Legal Services conforming,” Imborek said. assistant attorney Amanda “Most of them are driving Elkins advised any student quite a far way to see us; 80 looking for legal advice to to 90 percent of our patient contact Student Legal Ser- population is from outside vices. She went through of Johnson County.” some of the processes re- The LGBTQ Clinic pro- quired in order to legally vides such services as change a name on official routine physical exams, documents. hormone therapy, gyneco- Elkins said one of the logical services, post-sur- things her office is most gical care, and referral to known for is the Trans specialty providers, among Support Fund. The fund others. is a collaboration among Imborek said the clin- UI Trans Alliance, Dean of ic has a close partnership Students Office, UI Stu- with the UI College of Ed- dent Government, and Stu- ucation family and cou- dent Legal Services. ple-therapy program. There “There’s money set aside is a practicum program in every year in the Dean of which Ph.D. students of- Students Office,” Elkins fer therapy sessions free of said. “The fund covers fil- charge. ing fees, court costs, and Jennifer Johnson, a phy- attorney fees for legal name sician at Student Health, changes.” described the resources The fund specifically available to all UI students. covers the $185 filing fee to “Recently, we have part- legally change a name. Stu- dent Legal Services is available to meet with students to assist with the process. “We help students with the name change, and we also help them with the next steps: birth certif- icates, driver’s license, Social Security card, and more,” Elkins said.

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@THEDAILYIOWAN 4A THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2018 Opinions COLUMN Weak advertising hinders program support for underrepresented groups Programs of support for underrepresented students are ineffectively advertised and lead to an ignorance on campus toward available resources that have the potential to cultivate immense success.

missing minority support they can be. Effective adver- individuals may be judged, vertising the program should them,” Garcia said. that stems from the absence tising can eliminate that ob- marginalized, discriminat- be boosted to reach a broader The center must be ex- of program advertising. stacle. A student should nev- ed against, and unfairly op- audience and make an impact. posed on a greater scale to UI Often, it is apparent er feel hopeless and isolated pressed simply for being who The limitations the center students to embody the stan- students don’t know about here on campus. they are. faces in its outreach stem dards the university has set helpful programs such as Of the students at UI, 17.9 The Diversity Center is one from its primary ways of for diversity and inclusion. the Center for Diversity percent are ethnic minorities of those resources that can contacting students are “Minority and under- and Enrichment — which as of the fall of 2017. Owens, help with these conflicts, said through emails if you have the represented students are NICHOLE SHAW assists in the support of an African American, is a Assistant Director Lauren Advantage Iowa scholarship absolutely welcome here; [email protected] underrepresented students part of this group. Garcia. “We help with aca- or follow its social media. If They are set to be successful and cultivates their individual Owens said he has experi- demic coaching. We help with students don’t receive these here … students should real- The University of Iowa success on campus. enced racial prejudice at the identity related issues. We do notifications, they will not ize that there are resources champions diversity and UI freshman Cameron UI. “I had a coworker that a lot of student programming hear about a program that and support on campus for inclusion for minority Owens said, “I’ve heard of used the N-word,” he said. In for students to engage with builds a sense of community, them to be successful if they and underrepresented CDE but don’t actually know a social climate in which ra- their communities and find celebrates cultures, and know where to look,” Garcia students. However, most of what they do.” cial issues still present them- a comfortable space on cam- educates students. said. these groups feel lost in a This lack of knowledge selves as social conflicts, it pus … to correctly manage the “We are still exploring the Become aware of the surrounding environment about a program that is vital is useful to have a support micro- or macro-aggressions best way to reach students … resources you have here that is predominantly white. to the support of underrepre- system that could coach indi- challenges they face,” she said. to expand our scope and our at this beautiful, inclusive The disorientation is relative sented students hinders the viduals on how to handle pre- The ability to support students reach so that students know institution, and use your to the false perception of ability for them to be the best carious situations in which so widely is exactly why ad- there is a program to assist diversity as a power.

COLUMN Degrees are no help for immigrants The United States claims to want only the best and brightest; however, immigrants with degrees are denied the right to work in their fields.

Hekmat Q. had trained to process say that restrictions That same year, the Migration health care, we were ranked immigrants can’t get jobs is be a doctor in Cairo. After ensure that there isn’t a Policy Institute reported 39th by the forum. because employers don’t take finishing his residency in brain drain and that this that nationwide, 2 million Hekmat also believes it’s the time to understand their 1987, he came to the States. system ensures the U.S. immigrants with college unfair to place the U.S. on degrees, isolating foreign However, when he arrived, he maintains high standards. degrees were either working such a high pedestal and that applicants. Many applicants couldn’t practice. Hekmat is Brain drain is when educated low-skill jobs or could not brain drain is not an issue. are overqualified, and even currently an interpreter, and individuals leave developing find work at all. These hurdles “You can’t talk about when employers recognize it, although he loves it, it wasn’t countries. While this is an perpetuate the idea that the world as one location; immigrants are still turned down. MICHELLE KUMAR his first choice. He had passed issue, it’s not as prominent immigrants are uneducated each continent has its own “When you apply for [email protected] all his exams but couldn’t get as supporters would have and force immigrants into a circumstances, so we can’t lower positions, and you into a medical residency so he you believe. Educated people cycle they can’t get out of. lump them all together. have [many] qualifications, College-educated immi- could become certified. aren’t rushing out of their The idea that the U.S. has Coming from Jordan and they look at you and think grants come equipped with ex- “It was so complicated over countries to come work in the superior standards is also Palestine, people over something is wrong with perience and knowledge, ready here and too expensive for me U.S. Immigrants migrate for false. In regards to higher there consider education you,” Hekmat said. to support themselves. The to support myself while being various reasons, but it usually education, we do have a ma- a major thing for children With all these obstacles, problem is when they arrive, a full-time student,” Hekmat takes extreme push factors jority of the top 25 most in- to have, and that’s simply it’s interesting that the their degrees become invalid said. “I eventually had the (war, corruption, lack of job ternationally recognized uni- because once you have your U.S. wants a merit-based because they aren’t recognized chance to get a master’s degree prospects, etc.) versities, but that’s based on degree, no one can take it immigration system. Yet, the here. Years of hard work go un- in public health and continued Many immigrants such levels of research, not quality from you. Over there, you’ll best and brightest can’t find acknowledged, and these intel- to apply for residencies. I as Hekmat who legally can of academics. In 2017, the U.S. find a lot of doctors if they jobs. We need to be doing ligent people are forced to take wanted to be in the medical work can’t find jobs. In 2016, was ranked eighth for higher haven’t already migrated, more to support these people jobs they’re overqualified for. A field, but quite frankly, there 47.4 percent of foreign-born education by the World Eco- there will be an overload, so and clearing pathways so streamlined process to transfer was a lot of discrimination Iowa adults 25 and older had nomic Forum. In regard to people leave to seek other people such as Hekmat can these degrees and qualifications toward foreign doctors.” degrees higher than high- our business sector, Forbes opportunities,” Hekmat said. thrive and continue to better needs to be created in all fields. Supporters of the current school diplomas or GEDs. ranked us 12th this year. For Another reason educated our country.

COLUMN Disasters aren’t biased, so why is FEMA excluding people from its benefits? FEMA funding is not available to undocumented people. A group of UI students noticed the disparity of suffering after a natural disaster in Houston.

those who continue to suffer are Assistance.” The site goes on yes, justifying withholding tax- for government agencies to FEMA money. “They aren’t undocumented immigrants. to explain that undocumented funded programs from people withhold help from people strangers taking our money, In a disaster situation, Amer- people can contact FEMA to get who do not pay taxes is a sound because they weren’t so lucky. they are hard-working people ican citizens are able to receive connected with outside services argument, but in this situation, A group of UI students trav- who deserve help as much as help from the Federal Emer- that may be able to help. it does not apply. eled to Houston over winter those of us lucky enough to be gency Management Agency. Because undocumented Rather, our government break to help those still in need. born into this country do.” The goal of the agency is to en- people are not eligible for has decided to place a higher Emily VanWiel, a UI junior Undocumented individuals sure that people recover from most FEMA programs, their priority on humans who who went on the trip, told me are not strangers, they are LUCEE LAURSEN natural disasters quickly and suffering typically lasts longer are American citizens solely that people were living with staples in communities. They [email protected] with as little harm as possible. than that of American citizens. because they are considered mold and destroyed roofs. But hold jobs, attend college, and pay FEMA does this in a number of Most people justify this by citizens. But what does it mean because these people did not taxes, they bring a large amount Hurricane Harvey crashed different ways; it supplies food, asserting that undocumented to be an American citizen; have the support from FEMA to of value to so many places in into the Houston area in Sep- water, alternative shelter, disas- people do not pay taxes. And how do people get to become fix things, they had been using the United States. It is cruel tember 2017. The devastating ter unemployment, cash assis- because they do not pay taxes, citizens? Many people are tarps as flooring. and discriminatory to withhold storm caused almost 100 deaths tance, counseling, and a whole they should not benefit from born into citizenship, or their “The largest reason that funding from individuals and $125 billion in damage, ac- slew of other supplemental pro- government services in the parents are citizens, or maybe people’s homes don’t get fixed in these circumstances just cording to the National Hurri- grams. same way as taxpaying citizens. they won a lottery that allowed is that they are undocumented. because they do not have cane Center. A little more than But, if you are undocu- But the Institute on Taxation them to become a citizen. They basically just can’t get citizenship here. In a country five months later, thousands mented, according to FEMA. and Economic Policy estimates Regardless of how someone help,” VanWiel said. that prides itself on accepting of Texans are still dealing with gov, “you will not be eligible that undocumented people becomes a citizen in our She believes undocumented others, we should all expect the havoc that remains. Among for Disaster Unemployment pay $11.64 billion in taxes. So country, it is clearly unethical people deserved to receive more from our government.

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along with the steady contri- 2018 recruiting class. or two. We have an open mind.” vin Lockett is from Florida. WOMEN'S butions of other Hawkeyes, FOOTBALL The coaching staff has also Ferentz said North Caro- CONTINUED FROM 6A Iowa is a tough team to beat CONTINUED FROM 6A been unafraid to throw defen- Searching in the South lina State star defensive end and has a legitimate chance sive backs on the field and help Bradley Chubb was on his list, to make some noise come them adjust to the speed of the In addition to his role as but he never got Chubb to visit postseason, you want to play March. to come in here and learn how game. running-back coach, Foster campus, this, Ferentz said, is your best.” “We tell them every game to do it the Hawkeye way, learn Ferentz said there is oppor- said he has ties in Florida, an important part of closing a While Gustafson has been is important, not only for Big the Hawkeye philosophy,” Fos- tunity for both position groups Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, deal. the star of the team and one Ten standings but for our ré- ter said. “I have a lot to learn, to find their way to the field and Louisiana for recruiting. “The key is can you get them of the top players in the coun- sumé for the [NCAA] selection I have a lot to grow, and I look this season. Ferentz said there is po- on campus, that’s the key,” he try, her teammates — such committee," Bluder said. "We forward to adding value as “All the guys, we’re excited tential to increase recruiting said. “Anytime you go farther as Makenzie Meyer, Kath- don’t dwell on it, but we bring well.” about it, we think they’re good efforts in the south and noted away, that’s something we’re leen Doyle, Chase Coley, and it to their attention, so they players, good prospects,” Fer- wide receivers coach Kelton going to talk about in the Lexi Sevillian — have started know about it.” Signees could play right entz said about the linebacker Copeland’s familiarity in the weeks ahead. We’re going to to find their groove. They all Following the matchup with away group. “And I think it’s fair to state of Florida. look at our football stuff. We’ll scored in double figures in the Penn State, the Hawkeyes will say that a couple of guys will be Of Iowa’s 23 signees, only two talk about recruiting, and we’ll last victory, over Minnesota. hit the road and head to Evan- Between those who received involved next year on special are from the South — lineback- talk about the areas and how With Gustafson playing at ston to take on Northwestern a scholarship and walk-ons, Io- teams. We’ll get them on the er Jayden McDonald hails from much time do we invest here the level as she has all year, on Feb. 11. wa has nine linebackers in its field and redshirt another guy Georgia, and wide receiver Cal- and there.”

around the basket. he plays for his team. the backcourt to go along happen in the pick and roll essary strength for some- SCOUTING Throughout the game, the Wieskamp scored the first with point guard Jordan Bo- because he keeps his eyes one of his height to finish CONTINUED FROM 6A Bulldogs ran a box-and-one 31 points for the Muskies hannon. up, and can attack the de- around the bucket over tall to limit Wieskamp’s touch- on Feb. 2 and finished with fender off the bounce, or defenders. es, and they often ran dou- 54 of his team’s 64 points. Carton find his teammate cutting With Patrick McCaffery Wieskamp ble-teams on him to force He out-scored Bettendorf. to the basket. already committed to the the ball out of his hands. He’s the focal point of ev- A true point guard, Car- He also hit a handful of Black and Gold, Carton is Wieskamp’s trademark Bettendorf ran a pack-it-in ery opponent he goes up ton is at his best when he’s 3s in the contest, but it’s the Iowa coaching staff’s skill is his perimeter shoot- zone, forcing Muscatine to against, and it’s mind-bog- in transition. On Feb. 2, evident that perimeter No. 1 target in the 2019 ing, which was put on full beat it from the perimeter. A gling to think he puts up though, the game was played shooting is not his strong class. Though Hawkeye display as he sank eight vast majority of Wieskamp’s stats like these when being at a relatively slow pace for suit. What I liked most fans would love to see Car- 3-pointers against Betten- catches were around 5 feet double-teamed or even tri- the most part, and the Musk- about Carton is his tenac- ton pull the trigger on com- dorf, including five in the behind the arc, and he was ple-teamed. ies dropped back in a 2-3 ity and willingness to get ing to Iowa City as soon second quarter. able to adjust and either It’s highly doubtful zone, forcing Bettendorf to to the rim. High-school as possible, there’s still a He’s considered to be beat his defender off the whether Wieskamp will put beat them from outside. players often like to stand long way to go in his re- one of the best perimeter bounce for a jumper or rise up the similar numbers at Because of the slow pace, out on the perimeter and cruitment. If Carton has a scorers nationally in the from NBA range and con- the next level, but he’ll com- Carton was limited in what dribble around to look big summer, as he did last 2018 class, and he has devel- nect. pete for the starting shoot- he could do and had to do pretty. Carton is always in year, don’t be surprised to oped his inside game to the While Wieskamp’s num- ing-guard spot from Day 1 most of his damage in the attack mode, meaning he see the blueblood schools point where he could beat bers are eye-popping, let’s and will provide a comple- half court, not on the break. can get to the basket when starting to make their way you with his jump shot or not forget how large a role mentary scoring boost in Carton can make things he wants and has the nec- to Bettendorf. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2018 DAILY-IOWAN.COM Sports @DI_SPORTS_DESK

HAWKEYE UPDATES Guillory earns Big Ten honor For the second time this season, junior sprinter Briana Guillory picked up a Big Ten Track Athlete On a roll, women's of the Week award. Guillory earned the award by setting two personal bests at the Sevigne Husker Invitational on Feb. 3. Her personal bests in the 200 (23.26) and 400 (52.57) earned her the top spot in the conference and wins in both events. basketball ready to go Guillory is the first woman in the history of Iowa track and field With March looming, the Hawks need to continue their winning ways to secure a spot in the Big Dance. to win several conference awards in the same season. For their next meets, some of the Hawkeyes will travel to the Tyson Invitational in Arkansas, while other members of the squad will head to Ames for the Iowa State Classic.

Swimmer and diver nab conference award It was a pretty good week for Iowa swimming and diving. Freshman Jayah Mathews earned Big Ten Diver of the Week, and freshman Sarah Schemmel was selected as the Big Ten Fresh- man of the Week. Mathews won the 1-meter and 3-meter dives in the Hawkeyes’ victory over Western Illinois to pick up the honor. She scored 284.65 on the 1-meter, and posted a season-best score of 315.60 on the 3-meter. It is her second Big Ten award in her time at Iowa. She was also named Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Nov. 1, 2017. Schemmel placed first in the 50 free against Western Illinois, recording a time of 24.10 to pick up the first Big Ten recognition of her career.

Do you believe in the Constitu- tion of the United States and the First Amendment, specifically? Well Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan if you don’t, you’re reading a news- Iowa forward Megan Gustafson shoots during the Iowa/Arkansas-Pine Bluff game in Carver-Hawkeye on Dec. 9, 2017. The Hawkeyes defeated the Golden Lions, 85-45. paper right now, and your morals are seriously screwed. Student-athlete interviews with BY SEAN BOCK tough, but I like the way we feel about ourselves The Nittany Lions are led by the high-scoring the media should be respected, [email protected] going into it.” guard trio of Teniya Page, Amari Carter, and Jaida even if that media happens to be The Nittany Lions (14-10, 5-6 Big Ten) have won Travascio-Green. The three are averaging a com- a broke, sleep-deprived college There's no doubt whether the Iowa women's four of their last six and are coming off a 74-59 bined 44.8 points per game, which accounts for 64 student. We’re just trying to do our basketball team knows it’s in the midst of a special victory over Michigan State, which the Hawkeyes percent of the team’s total. best, OK? Recently, I covered a college season. beat, 71-68, in overtime on Feb. 1. With five games remaining in the regular sea- sporting event, as usual. The ath- When the Hawkeyes started to hit a road bump While Iowa boasts a better record this year, son, the Hawkeyes realize they need every win lete interviews were going smooth- in the middle of January, losing three straight to Penn State has gotten the last laugh in the past they can get, and they have made the most of their ly, until one mother approached. Purdue, Nebraska, and Minnesota, head coach Li- couple years, winning eight of the last 10 meet- opportunities the past week. After arguing with her daughter — sa Bluder and her team never lost confidence. ings, including three straight. As of Feb. 5, Iowa stands as a No. 9 seed in ES- who I was literally in the middle of Following that tough stretch, Iowa knocked off “They have always brought their ‘A’ game, and PN's latest bracketology, and the Hawkeyes have an interview with — she cut me off No. 12 Ohio State in Carver-Hawkeye and picked [Thursday] will be no different,” junior Megan a chance to improve that seeding with a relatively mid-question and told me I could up must-win games over Michigan State and Min- Gustafson said. “Every team will give us its best easy slate to close out the season. finish my interview in a minute, be- nesota. shot, so we need to be consistent, and keep that “I would rather have the momentum at the end fore dragging her daughter away to take a picture. “We learned a lot about ourselves,” head coach energy, and focus the whole time. They have good of the year by far,” Bluder said. “Going into the I could have interviewed anyone Lisa Bluder said. “The team is playing with a good guards, good shooters, so we will have to be ready else on that team, but I chose that feeling right now. [Penn State] is going to be to defend from the 3-point line.” SEE WOMEN'S, 5A specific athlete because of how she performed. My point is these athletes at Iowa perform at the highest college level there is. They aren’t just Ferentz lauds new signees playing a sport for the heck of it. Athletes are doing a job, and it’s my Scouting Joe job to give them the recognition Now that National Signing Day is over, the spring football they earn. I wish this was the only time season is right around the corner. I have experienced this, but it’s Wieskamp not. I wish I could say that it was only parents, but sometimes it’s coaches. It doesn’t happen in big-revenue sports such as football and basket- and D.J. Carton ball, so it shouldn’t happen in the smaller sports, either. Do better, and let me do my job. Iowa signee Joe Wieskamp of — Anna Kayser Muscatine went head-to-head QUOTE OF THE DAY with Hawkeye 2019 target D.J. Carton last week. “To all of our guys BY SEAN BOCK that chase their [email protected] dreams, that’s what your 20s are for On Feb. 2, Iowa signee Joe Wieskamp and his Muscatine team hosted Bettendorf and certainly, and wish D.J. Carton, the No. 1 point-guard target in the all of them luck in Hawkeyes’ 2019 recruiting class. Behind Wieskamp’s career-high 54 points, the coming months the Muskies defeated the Bulldogs, 64-50, with Iowa men’s basketball head coach Fran Mc- as they do exactly Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan Caffery and his son (and 2019 commit) Patrick Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz speaks with members of the media during a spring practice at Valley Stadium in West that. in attendance. ” Des Moines on April 7, 2017. This year, the Hawkeyes will host a night spring game in Kinnick on April 21. Wieskamp is the highest — Iowa head ranked recruit in Iowa basket- coach Kirk BY PETE RUDEN Foster addresses media ball history, and he’s displayed Ferentz on his [email protected] why in his senior year. He leads former players While Wednesday was certainly an exciting the state in scoring at 34.8 It might not seem like it, but football is back. day for the future of Iowa football, it was also a points per game, while shooting preparing for 57 percent from the field and 36 the NFL Draft National Signing Day took place Wednesday, big day for the present. meaning spring ball is nigh. Derrick Foster, Iowa’s 10th assistant coach, spoke Wieskamp percent from 3-point range. On the day that 23 future Hawkeyes signed with local media for the first time since his hiring. On the other hand, Carton their National Letters of Intent to play football Before Foster took the podium, Ferentz an- is averaging 24.6 points per contest and has STAT OF THE DAY in the Black and Gold, the Hawkeyes announced nounced that Foster will coach the running backs emerged as one of the top point guards in the that Iowa’s first spring practice will take place on when the season comes around, and offensive 2019 class. Carton told the Des Moines Register Iowa wrestling’s starting 125-pounder has a 309-34 overall March 21 and the team’s spring game is set for coordinator Brian Ferentz will help with the tight last week that along with the Hawkeyes, six record over the past 12 years. April 20. ends and fullbacks. Previous tight-end coach La- other schools stand out in his recruiting: Illi- It was an important day, and head coach Kirk Var Woods is set to take the role of coaching spe- nois, Minnesota, Missouri, Marquette, Wis- Ferentz said he was pleased with how the class cial teams. consin, and Indiana. came together. Foster said it’s a big leap for him coming from In one of the most highly touted matchups “We’ve got a great class of signees, and we’re Samford, where he served as the running-back in Iowa high-school basketball this year, a few really happy with that,” Ferentz said. “I think all coach and running-game coordinator, but he things about Wieskamp’s and Carton’s games have a very clear understanding what it takes to said it is a great opportunity. caught our attention, so let’s take a closer look. be a Hawkeye. Certainly that process will con- “As a running-back coach, my main goals are tinue to move forward, but it’s a great start with 309-34record those guys.” SEE FOOTBALL, 5A SEE SCOUTING, 5A 80HOURS The weekend in arts & entertainment Thursday, February 8, 2018

Intricate movements along raphy and a sporadic sense of hu- with stillness and solemn facial mor lighten the ambiance. expressions lead to riveting mo- On Thursday at 8 p.m. the Uni- ments of apprehension as music versity of Iowa Dance Depart- slows down into intense vibra- ment’s Faculty/Graduate Con- tions and lighting shifts. Once the cert will inspire thought through performers return to dancing in both abstract and more concrete unison, the crowd attempts to de- works — some with a sense of hu- code a message from every elabo- mor and others with a deep and rate, meaningful movement. powerful message. Even still, electrifying choreog- SEE CONCERT, 5B

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On the web On the air Events calendar Get updates about local arts & Tune in to KRUI 89.7 FM at 5 p.m. on Want your event to be printed in The Daily Iowan entertainment events on Twitter Thursdays to hear about this weekend and included in our online calendar? To submit a @TheDailyIowan in arts & entertainment. listing, visit dailyiowan.com/pages/calendarsubmit. 2B 80 HOURS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2018 WEEKEND EVENTS OPENING MOVIES JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE TODAY 2.08 Four high-school kids LSAFFAR A R E ND MI R discover an old video- A IV FILM E game console and are R • PHANTOM THREAD, 12:30, 6:30, & 9:30 P.M., S drawn into the game’s O FILMSCENE, 118 E. COLLEGE U jungle setting, literally • CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, 3, 6, & 9 P.M., FILMSCENE N becoming the adult D • ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS, 3:30 P.M., FILMSCENE S avatars they choose. What THEATER they discover is that you • DETROIT, 7:30 P.M., RIVERSIDE THEATER, 213 don’t just play Jumanji N. GILBERT — you must survive it. To • BY THE WAY, MEET VERA STARK, beat the game and return MAINSTAGE SERIES, 8 P.M., THEATER to the real world, they’ll T BUILDING THAYER THEATER H have to go on the most R • TEN-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL, 8 P.M., U E RS H dangerous adventure of their lives, discover what Alan Parrish left 20 years ago, and THEATER BUILDING THEATER B DA NC Y, 7 , HA change the way they think about themselves — or they’ll be stuck in the game forever. WORDS :30 P.M. • RACHEL COX, ARTIST RESEARCH TALK, 5 P.M., E125 VISUAL ARTS MAZE RUNNER: THE DEATH CURE • “LIVE FROM PRAIRIE LIGHTS,” DURGA CHEW-BOSE, Thomas leads some NONFICTION, 7 P.M., PRAIRIE LIGHTS, 15 S. DUBUQUE • TALK BACK WITH MIRIAM GILBERT, 9 P.M., RIVERSIDE escaped Gladers on their final and most DI MISCELLANEOUS NTOM THRE HA AD dangerous mission yet. • GENERATIONS, DYLAN MENKE, 8 A.M., W540 P To save their friends, VISUAL ARTS • SWELL, 3D DESIGN B.F.A. SHOW, BREE GLENN, they must break into 8 A.M., E148 VISUAL ARTS the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled MUSIC labyrinth that may turn • AMIR ELSAFFAR AND RIVER SOUNDS, 7:30 out to be the deadliest P.M., HANCHER maze of all. Anyone DANCE who makes it out alive • FACULTY/GRADUATE CONCERT, 8 P.M., SPACE/PLACE will get answers to

E the questions that the F N R E Gladers have been asking since they arrived in the maze. ID C A S Y M , IL — by Joshua Balicki N F OO M., N, 3, 6, & 9 P. FRIDAY 2.09

FILM • CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, NOON, FILMSCENE ALBUM PICK • 2018 OSCAR SHORTS, ANIMATED, 2:30 P.M., FILMSCENE • PHANTOM THREAD, NOON, 3, 6, & 9 P.M., FILMSCENE Awolnation’s Here Come the Runts. Awolnation released • 2018 OSCAR SHORTS, DOCUMENTARY, 4:30 P.M., FILMSCENE L A MOCKI its third studio album on Feb. 2, three years after its last • 2018 OSCAR SHORTS, LIVE ACTION, 8:15 P.M., FILMSCENE IL NG K BI album, Run. The new album plays with different melodies TO R THEATER D and rhythms compared with their last two. However, the • DETROIT, 7:30 P.M., RIVERSIDE band stays true to its raspy-rock sound. Even the slower, • BY THE WAY, MEET VERA STARK, 8 P.M., POST-SHOW more melodic songs include bursts of heavy guitar and DISCUSSION, 10:15 P.M., THAYER THEATER louder vocals. For example, “Seven Sticks of Dynamite” • TEN-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL, 8 P.M., THEATER B begins with a soothing tune, as do a lot of the songs on DI MISCELLANEOUS the album, but about halfway through, the song regains • GENERATIONS, DYLAN MENKE, 8 A.M., W540 energy with a stronger instrumental background. VISUAL ARTS The album also includes several interludes. “The • SWELL, 3D DESIGN B.F.A. SHOW, BREE GLENN, 8 Buffoon” is an instrumental, while “A Little Luck and a Couple of Dogs” is a sweet A.M., E148 VISUAL ARTS 30-second number. The album also experiments with unique electronic beats that • VERTICAL CINEMA AND HEADROOM S A T are harsher than the typical EDM track. In “Here Come the Runts,” the high-energy PRESENTS SHANA MOULTON, 7 P.M., VISUAL ARTS U R E song includes deep electronic beats, strong guitar solos, intense drum patterns, and DREWELOWE GALLERY D EN AY, SC screaming vocals. Then, in “Handyman,” the ballad discusses themes of love and fear of WORDS 10 A.M., FILM today but hope for tomorrow. • “LIVE FROM PRAIRIE LIGHTS,” DALE MULFINGER, Because of the various sounds each individual song has, it is hard to pinpoint an exact NONFICTION, 7 P.M., PRAIRIE LIGHTS classification for the album, which is similar to Awolnation’s previous work. One second DANCE you are listening to a power ballad, but within minutes, you are listening to thrasher rock. • FACULTY/GRADUATE CONCERT, 8 P.M., SPACE/PLACE Song Pick: “Jealous Buffoon” — by Natalie Betz PEOPL CAT E

SATURDAY 2.10 LIT PICKS THEATER • DETROIT, 7:30 P.M., RIVERSIDE • BY THE WAY, MEET VERA STARK, 8 P.M., THAYER WAR AND PEACE, BY LEO TOLSTOY S THEATER A T • TEN-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL, 8 P.M., THEATER B U Opening in St. Petersburg, Russia, civilians of all classes begin R DANCE D to fear that a war that seemed so far west has turned its power- AY hungry eyes to the east. But for now, a well-to-do party is , 1 • FACULTY/GRADUATE CONCERT, 8 P.M., SPACE/PLACE 1 P NE going on, and it introduces the reader to Pierre Bezukhov, the .M., FILMSCE FILM son of a count, and to Andrei Bolkonsky. However, the two little know how much Napoleon’s war, and one family, the Rostovs, • TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, 10 A.M., FILMSCENE will bring them together. In a series of love and affairs with • PHANTOM THREAD, NOON, 3, 6, & 9 P.M., FILMSCENE Natasha Rostova, the men find their place in what was once a • 2018 OSCAR SHORTS, ANIMATED, 12:30 & 8:30 P.M., peaceful St. Petersburg. FILMSCENE • 2018 OSCAR SHORTS, DOCUMENTARY, 2:30 P.M., FILMSCENE NUMBER THE STARS, BY LOIS LOWRY • 2018 OSCAR SHORTS, LIVE ACTION, 6:15 P.M., ERN J MOD UKE FILMSCENE T B In the coastal city of Copenhagen, Denmark, all normal life OS OX • CAT PEOPLE, 11 P.M., FILMSCENE P ends abruptly when the Nazis smash the small country under MUSIC its boot like others before it. Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen hears whispers of the Jews being taken elsewhere. But where? • BETTER AMERICAS, WITH GNARLY DAVIDSON, 8 The young girl is frightened, because her best friend is Jewish. P.M., GABE’S, 330 E. WASHINGTON Not only does the historical novel show glimpses of the • KUINKA, WITH HIGH WATER MARK, 8 P.M., YACHT Holocaust, it pulls back the curtain on what Gentiles and other CLUB, 13 S. LINN civilians went through as well. Annemarie grows up quickly and joins the Danish Resistance against the Nazis. S U N N D O A T Y G — by Madison Lotenschtein , 7 N I P. SH SUNDAY 2.11 M. A , EN . W GLERT, 221 E FILM • TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, 10 A.M., FILMSCENE • PHANTOM THREAD, 11 A.M., 2 & 8 P.M., FILMSCENE DRINK OF THE WEEK • 2018 OSCAR SHORTS, ANIMATED, 12:30 P.M., FILMSCENE • 2018 OSCAR SHORTS, DOCUMENTARY, 2:30 P.M., THE BALVENIE FILMSCENE Grab your blue and white face paint and get ready • 2018 OSCAR SHORTS, LIVE ACTION, 5 P.M., FILMSCENE to fight, because we’re having Scotch tonight. • 42 GRAMS, 7 P.M, FILMSCENE For those of you not in the know, this Speysided THEATER gem hails from near top o’ the Scottish Highlands. • DETROIT, 2 P.M., RIVERSIDE Finely crafted on the River Spey by those masters • TEN-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL, 2 P.M., THEATER B of malt at the Balvenie Distillery. The 12-year MUSIC Double Wood has a foot in both worlds, with • PREUCIL SCHOOL OF MUSIC ANNUAL STRING CONCERT, 2 P.M., HANCHER first being aged in those frustratingly rebellious • POSTMODERN JUKEBOX, 7 P.M., ENGLERT, 221 E. WASHINGTON American oak barrels before finishing off in those WORDS snobbish and lofty European oak sherry casks. It’s on the lighter and sweeter side of Scotch, • “LIVE FROM PRAIRIE LIGHTS,” JILL ESBAUM, HOW TO GROW A as to be expected with a Speyside, with plenty of DINOSAUR, 3 P.M., PRAIRIE LIGHTS bourbon and vanilla notes to satisfy any seasoned DI MISCELLANEOUS American palate, with just a hint of peat. This • BIG GROVE BRRREWERY RIDE, 9 A.M., BIG GROVE BREWERY, 1225 S. GILBERT bottled Uisge Beatha bliss (Scottish Gaelic: Water •SECOND SUNDAY WINTER GARDEN FORUM, 9 P.M., IOWA CITY PUBLIC of Life) can be had for $70. Or, and in keeping with LIBRARY MEETING ROOM 2A, 123 S. LINN the historical Scottish tradition, smuggled and bootlegged under the noses of those tax-happy overlords. Kick your feet up, and have a dram from some of the original rebels of whisky. Cheers.

— James Year THE BALVENIE THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2018 80 HOURS 3B 10 albums turning 10 years old in 2018 These albums and songs once ruled the charts and our radios. Now, they're a decade old. Here are some of the best 2008 throwbacks.

BY NATALIE BETZ gle’s unique mix of orchestral “Love Bug” and “Burning exception. She released her Breakout was the first album her first, self-titled album, [email protected] melodies and pop beats set it Up.” The album is the third album containing the hits all Miley Cyrus that wasn’t as- Taylor Swift released Fear- apart from most of the songs in three years; they released “Hot ’N’ Cold,” “Waking Up In sociated with Hannah Mon- less, the album that began on the radio at the time. CDs in 2006, 2007, and 2008. Vegas,” and “I Kissed a Girl.” tana. Her album Meet Miley her huge fandom following. 1) Beyoncé: I am … Cyrus was released with the The album includes “Love Sasha Fierce 3) Fall Out Boy: Folie à 5) Kanye West: 808s & 7) Lady Gaga: The Fame Hannah Montana 2 CD. Story,” “You Belong with Deux Heartbreaks Me,” and “Fifteen.” It’s hard I am … Sasha Fierce turns Lady Gaga launched her 9) Panic! At the Disco: to believe it’s been 10 years 10, so you know what that Fall Out Boy’s fourth stu- Kanye made Auto-Tune career with her début album, Pretty Odd since Swift’s and Joe Jonas’ means … “Single Ladies (Put dio album was released on cool with this album. The re- The Fame. “Just Dance,” “Lo- breakup was the biggest a Ring on it)” does as well. Jan. 1, featuring “What A cord has themes of a break- veGame,” “Paparazzi,” and Pretty Odd features Panic! gossip. The album also includes “Ha- Catch, Donnie,” “America’s up, and his song “Heartless” “Pokerface” all climbed the At the Disco’s experimental A few other albums turn- lo” and “If I Were a Boy.” Suitehearts,” “I Don’t Care,” following the theme, was a charts in a matter of weeks, Beatle-esque phase, featuring 10 not listed include and “20 Dollar Nose Bleed.” huge hit. putting Gaga on the map. ing its hits “Nine in the Af- Adele’s 19, Demi Lova- 2) Coldplay: Viva la Vida ternoon,” and “That Green to’s Don’t Forget, Vam- or Death and All His 4) Jonas Brothers: A Little 6) Katy Perry: One of the 8) Miley Cyrus: Breakout Gentleman.” pire Weekend’s self-titled, Friends Bit Longer Boys Kings of Leon’s Only by the “7 Things,” “Breakout,” 10. Taylor Swift: Fearless Night, and All-American Viva La Viva, both the al- At the height of the group’s 2008 was the year of cur- “Wake Up America,” and a Rejects’ When the World bum and single celebrate fame, the Disney brothers re- rent pop stars launching their “See You Again” remix were Breaking out of her coun- Comes Down. their 10th birthday. The sin- leased their third album with careers, and Katy Perry is no all released on this album. try phase, compared with ‘Bringing heat to the cold’ Sara Niemietz discusses her history working with Postmodern Jukebox before her Feb. 11 performance.

BY SARAH STORTZ garnered more than 912 and freezing temperatures, [email protected] million subscribers with its Niemietz said she hopes innovative approach to cov- residents can catch their Scott Bradlee sits hunched ers. Following its success, fiery performance this up- in front of his piano, steadily the group was named one of coming weekend. placing his hands on the key- the 9 Best Viral Cover Vid- “I hope people can come board as he plans to take his eos of 2015 by People Maga- out and see this show,” Nie- audience decades back with zine in 2015. mietz said. “We’re going to his piano. Along the journey, A few of the vast art- bring some heat to the cold.” Bradlee is accompanied with ists Postmodern Jukebox the logistics from the direc- a group of singers covering has covered throughout tor, and the emotions deliv- songs the audience mem- the years include Beyon- ered to the audience from bers may frequently hear on cé, White Stripes, Outkast, the performers. the radio. and Strokes. The Englert, 221 E. Wash- Among the several talent- Go to daily-iowan.com ington St., will host a con- ed singers that have con- for a full profile. cert featuring the musical tribute their voices to the collective Postmodern Juke- group’s videos, LA-based box at 7 p.m. Feb. 11, making singer Sara Niemietz is fea- it the second year in a row tured prominently. EVENT INFO the group has performed in “With this different ar- Iowa City. rangement, [the song] takes When: Sunday Feb. 11, 7 p.m. Postmodern Jukebox’s roots on a whole different light,” can be traced back to 2011 Niemietz said. “I feel like I Where: Englert, 221 E. Washington on YouTube, with hum- discover the meaning of the ble beginnings as a project song after rearranging it.” among a group of friends. Although Iowa City was Cost: $46.50-$146.50 Since then, the project has recently struck with snow 4B 80 HOURS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2018 Life at 10 minutes a shot The Ten-Minute Play Festival will showcase the works of several undergraduate students.

BY SID PETERSON members will watch as the the character, whose identity is Without revealing too many a day at the park, drinking In this sense, each person [email protected] writers’ ideas come to life with hidden, Dale said; “the point is details, she described her play slushies.” Wickle, who plays in the play has a distinct the help of student directors that they can be any gender, any as falling into a comedic genre, Joe, said audience members and crucial role: the words The University of Iowa The- and actors. race, any identity.” featuring two characters who will “realize the powerful con- from the playwright, the ater Department will present The writers’ plays must be Nicole Gabrione, a playwright find a cursed shell. nection” between the best logistics from the director, original undergraduate work approximately 10 minutes long, and director in the festival, be- In addition to writing “The friends Joe and Rich. and the emotions delivered and readings at the 21st-annual and in this small amount of lieves people can become more Shell,” she also directed the dra- Ten minutes can pass quick- to the audience from the Ten-Minute Play Festival from time, their specific message open-minded through theater. ma “Two Slushies,” written by ly, and what the actors do in performers. Thursday through Feb. 11. must be expressed to the audi- “When we discuss important Benjamin Sulzberger. She not- this limited time can have a The festival takes place annu- ence. Playwright Ashlynn Dale topics nowadays, people are ed that the piece was, in gen- real effect on the audience. EVENT INFO ally in the Theater Building and described her piece, “The Ani- closed off and set in their ways,” eral terms, about “two friends Wickle emphasized that the encompasses many genres. The mal Inside,” as timeless, futuris- Gabrione said. “But when you having a conversation under performer holds a great re- When: Thursday-Feb. 11; experience allows undergrad- tic science fiction and noted that add the magic element that the extreme stress.” sponsibility to make every mo- times vary uate playwrights to share their the time period was irrelevant. theater has, I think people open While the play is certainly a ment of the play count. plays with the public as well as “My goal is to get through to themselves up a lot more.” drama, it also has a few funny Similarly, Dale stressed that Where: Theater Building, grant directors, actors, and de- the audience to have them be While Dale’s futuristic piece moments. After all, as one of the performers truly “shape the Theater B signers the time and space to present,” she said. offers a key social lesson, Gab- the two actors in the play, Aus- play, and my job as a playwright Cost: Free-$5 demonstrate their talent. The most important aspect rione’s “The Shell” delivers a dif- tin Wickle, points out, the plot is to have that foundation, but Starting tonight, audience of “The Animal Inside” is within ferent message to the audience. is about “two friends spending the actors build upon it.” Discovering the rhythm in not the mood Author Durga Chew-Bose discusses the origin of her essay collection, Too Much and Not the Mood.

BY JOSHUA BALICKI flared up in some ways, and I or mining my past happens in ship or publication compared me that I was a fiction writer Reading in search of rhythm [email protected] felt moved by them — it compul- an imaginary world, because it with personal projects? writing nonfiction, and I think helps me know when I have hit sively underlined my collection. is impossible to rekindle some- Chew-Bose: It depends on what he meant was that I stall the right note. Durga Chew-Bose’s début Virginia Wolf has been a big thing exactly how it was. The the publication and what its on a moment for an extended DI: The collection refer- book of essays, Too Much and influence on me as a person but more specific I am, the more it style is. If it is more of a glossier period of time and not only ences the importance of fam- Not the Mood, has no decipher- also in my writing. Her work is will connect to the reader. magazine, it tends to have more turn inward but go back in ily and friendship. How did able beginning, middle, or fiercely experimental but really DI: You reference a lot of art- kind of punched-up language or time, which causes a more fic- your relationships help shape end. Fourteen prose pieces are contemplative. The more obvi- ists over the course of the collec- argumentative style. If it is for tional element. When you are the collection? tied together by a breadth of ous Virginia Woolf can influence tion. Where do you seek inspira- a newspaper film review, I ask writing about your past, you try Chew-Bose: Where I come personal experiences, such as a writer [is her techniques of] tion from as an author? how I can stretch the limits and to recreate a mood, and that is from is bedrock for me, so I growing up a first-generation carving out space, being true to Chew-Bose: Definitely art make it more impressionistic. fictional. It is like writing as an could not just talk about grow- member of the First Nations in one’s voice, and turning inward when people interact with stuff. Anything from word count or adult about childhood, which ing up in Montréal but where Canada and living in the Unit- with a bit of attitude and opinion. My various influences nudge getting your reader to the point is impossible to articulate, be- my parents grew up as well. ed States as a Canadian. DI: The lyrical essay collection me back to my work as a writer. quicker plays into it as well. With cause you did not have the ex- There is a side to [Too Much This Q&A discusses the comprises 14 prose pieces. How A painter that I mention in the my style, I can be very focused perience and language. and Not the Mood] that feels origins of Too Much and Not did you go about arranging such collection, Mamma Andersson, on an image that might not have DI: Can you talk about the like an ode to certain people, the Mood, her take on the evan expansive collection? What paints often from looking at a glaring point. I think a relent- dissolving lines between fiction or a love letter to certain peo- er-changing landscape of non- was the genesis of the collection? crime scenes — I find the still- less editor is really important be- and nonfiction? ple, or a way of engraving cer- fiction, as well as her writing Chew-Bose: Arranging [the ness of her work endlessly excit- cause it forces you to focus your Chew-Bose: I do think the tain experiences so that they process. She will read at 7 p.m. collection] is an apt word in ing. I love Helen Frankenthaler’s ideas but also spend the time lines are being dissolved, and do not disappear. So much of today at Prairie Lights, 15 S. this case, because some of the work because it feels like land- to elaborate on a certain image that stuff excites me, because writing to me is committing Dubuque St. essays were published online scapes without 20/20 vision. The and understand when it is time I feel like what is dangerous as moments to memory. Daily Iowan: The title comes prior to the release of Too Much critic and painter Manny Farber to say something as simply as a writer is to limit your imagi- DI: What do you want your from Virginia Woolf’s A Writer’s and Not the Mood. I wanted to has paintings that I feel resem- possible, which is something I nation based on rules. There is readers to leave with? Diary. What was the reasoning tidy them up and work on the ble the way he wrote about films. struggle with sometimes. a lot to learn with taking risks, Chew-Bose: I do not know if I behind the title, and how has endings of them in a way that Olivier Assayas and his film DI: Do you sometimes feel because it enriches your ex- want my readers to carry heavi- Virginia Woolf inspired you? would make more sense in a Summer Hours is like watching like a fiction writer writing periences and writing. Those ness, or lightness, or feel any- Chew-Bose: I read the entry book. I definitely feel like the theater to me. I respond to the nonfiction? dissolving lines within genre thing that they can put words to. a couple years before I started impulse for this project was to choreography in the scenes. Chew-Bose: Publisher at are invigorating. When fiction I do not want any of my work to working on the collection in draw from living in the imagi- DI: What differences do you Farrar, Straus, and Giroux and nonfiction blur, there is a seem all-consuming but that it earnest. The string of words nary. Observing the moment find when writing for reader- Jonathan Galassi once said to certain honesty that emerges. brings to mind their own lives. THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2018 80 HOURS 5B

porary piece by choreographer performance is when the work Korn, implementing a sense works, such as “she is seeing,” point of view on this topic CONCERT Armando Duarte was creat- becomes the dancers’ work rath- of humor into the piece as illustrate timely messages. now that I am presenting this CONTINUED FROM FRONT ed around 20 years ago for a er than his work. they determine the correct “I’m excited to share this work, and also I am interested freshman seminar. “I always [inform] dancers movements. Once the in- work and see what conver- in having this be a more prev- Of course, throughout the to take ownership of what strumental music starts, the sations are sparked from it,” alent conversation in general In “she is seeing,” choreogra- rehearsal and choreographer they are doing …" he said. amusement continues. Myers said. “I am excited to in the [dance] field and also at pher Melinda Myers uses dance process during the course, the “They are the ones perform- Gross said she and Korn also be more accountable for my our school.” to elicit conversation around a movements differ from the orig- ing … they are the ones mak- have fun throughout the perfor- timely and imperative message inal piece’s movement. ing the best possible decisions mance, revealing the lively con- that has affected several gener- Every student interacted with when they are performing.” cept of the piece and unleashing ations of women. Duarte in a creative manner, “Interplay,” choreographed an energetic ambiance among Myers said she wanted to contributing to the change in by Sarah Olsen, is a beautiful, the audience. emphasize how women’s bod- movement in the choreography. abstract duet that was inspired “The most rewarding part ies are presented in the dance Making it more challenging, the by Gabriela Montero’s rework of is seeing the [final work] per- field as they are seemingly being dancers worked collectively with Minuet in G Major, by J. S. Bach. formed and take on a life of watched under a lens, especially dancers from different dance “I took [Bach’s] piece … de- its own in the embodiment during the current political cli- backgrounds and abilities. constructed it … put it back to- of your dancers,” Olsen said. mate the U.S. is enduring. “[The] creative process is gether, and just reworked it,” “There is so much that can In an effort to break down not only about you [teaching] a she said. “Then I found this oth- be communicated [through] personal barriers among the movement and then they repeat er piece by Gabriela Montero — dance, and there are so many dancers, Myers urged them to [the movement],” Duarte said. it’s an improvisation on [Bach’s] things that can resonate [with engage in a communal writing “[It’s where] ideas develop, [and] original [work].” you] that you might not even process throughout the rehears- movement investigation does Throughout the creative be able to articulate.” als. Over email, the seven danc- not lead to right or wrong but all process, the piece adopted “Fresh, remixed” will end ers sent daily messages to each the possibilities in between.” a more playful tone, includ- the concert while also reveal- other, detailing their daily expe- As a result, the creative pro- ing a beginning dialogue being a new beginning for the riences, interests, aspirations, cess of rehearsals and choreog- tween dancers Hannah Gross next generation of dancers. and thoughts. raphy has just as much value as and Margot Korn. Works including “Fresh, The trust built among the the final performance. The curtain opens to a re- remixed” and “Interplay” are dancers throughout the writing For Duarte, the best part of a hearsal between Gross and abstract in nature, while other tasks was valuable to Myers’s work, which wonderfully illus- trates trust and vulnerability in conveying a potent message to the audience. “I felt a need to respond cre- atively to what I have been no- ticing in the media and in the news and also in this time that we live in and the ways that people are speaking out, speaking up, [and] showing up in new ways,” Myers said. “Particularly in dance … I notice a need for young women’s bodies in a very strong, grounded, and spatial way, and for them as artists and dancers to know that [they have] a voice inside of what they are making and how they are being presented.” “Fresh, remixed,” a contem- 6B THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2018