The Daily Iowan THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2018 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILY-IOWAN.COM 50¢ News To Know Lamar Wilson guilty of 80HOURS INSIDE: The weekend in arts & entertainment Thursday, February 8, 2018 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 com- ing 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 to- gether 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.