The Daily Iowan MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2017 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILY-IOWAN.COM 50¢ News To Know Urban decay in Kinnick For the 15th time in college football history, the Hawkeyes defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes. Major upset alert Iowa football defeated Ohio State, 55-24, in a major upset on Nov. 4. Cornerback Josh Jackson stole the game with 3 interceptions, and quarterback Nate Stanley added 5 touch- downs, bringing to his season total to 22. Before the final seconds of the fourth quarter ran out, Hawkeye fans stormed the field in Kinnick Stadium. Photo, 6-7 New fellowship seeds diversity The Graduate College honors Lulu Merle Johnson, a Univer- sity of Iowa icon, with a fellow- ship for minority students. The fellowship in part forwards an effort to make the Graduate College as diverse as the real world. News, 2 Research examines gender differences in autism UI researchers are seeking a new avenue for researching au- tism. The team uses mice to find inherent differences between male and female brains, and why males are more susceptible to autism. News, 3 Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan Fans celebrate with Iowa offensive lineman James Daniels while storming the field after the Iowa/Ohio State football game in Kinnick on Nov. 4. The Hawkeyes defeated the Buckeyes in a storming fashion, 55-24. BY PETE RUDEN picked off a pass from J.T. Barrett and took it back The Hawkeye defense handed Barrett, one of col- [email protected] to the house on the very first play, a real sense of lege football’s most electric quarterbacks, the worst hope entered Kinnick. game that he has had all season, possibly in his career. Hawkeye football doesn’t care for your point The Hawkeyes used that spark to dominate third- Barrett entered the contest with 25 touchdown spreads. ranked Ohio State, 55-24, and hand the Buckeyes passes and just 1 interception, but came out of Kinn- Coming in as 20.5-point underdogs, Iowa pulled their second loss of the season, essentially knocking ick with 4 more picks in 2017. off one of the biggest upsets in school history. In them out of playoff contention. A big reason for that was the play of Josh Jackson. beat-down fashion, the Hawkeyes smacked then-No. That play, however, was just the beginning of what The junior from Corinth, Texas, lit it up, grabbing a 3 Ohio State, 55-24, essentially smothering any play- became a wild night in Kinnick. school record-tying 3 interceptions. Jackson was a big Tune in on Snapchat off hopes for the Buckeyes while fueling a late-season “I think [the pick-6] certainly helped,” Iowa head threat before the game started, leading the country Find The Daily Iowan on your run for themselves. coach Kirk Ferentz said. ”It certainly helped and got with 15 pass breakups, but Barrett kept testing him Snapchat Discover page, or scan this code for crazy lecture sto- The game started off with a bang. our fans even more juiced up.” and kept losing. ries, mid-semester horoscopes, Before the first snap, very few would have cor- Iowa used the momentum from that interception Jackson’s night culminated with an Odell Beck- and more. rectly predicted what would happen to Ohio State to thoroughly outplay Ohio State in every aspect of at the hands of Iowa. But when Amani Hooker the game, from offense to defense to special teams. SEE FOOTBALL, 2 Getting a kick out of NATIONAL POLITICS Women’s basketball back on the hardwood Iowa women’s basketball got its Some take aim first taste of victory this season matching with kids in a Nov. 4 exhibition game against Minnesota State-Moor- head, but for head coach Lisa Big Brother Big Sister of Johnson County hosted a soccer game at news media Bluder, the match was just another practice. Sports, 10 Sunday featuring adult mentors and their young matches. BY JULIA DIGIACOMO UI students say the mainstream [email protected] media are contributing to a destructive American political The Field House was full of joyous cheers on Sunday as Big discourse. Tune in for LIVE updates Brother and Big Sister matches Campus and city news, bonded during a friendly game BY MOLLY HUNTER weather, and Hawkeye sports of soccer. [email protected] coverage every day at 8:30 a.m. Elementary-age children daily-iowan.com. and their “Big Sibling” mentors University of Iowa sophomore Josiah Argo, a paired to play. The idea for the self-identified moderate libertarian, said he believes WEATHER event originated from a group the mainstream media have played a role in creating of UI students, and it was meant a divisive political atmosphere in the U.S. to recruit new adult mentors for “I’d say it’s probably more a shared thing between HIGH LOW Big Brothers Big Sisters of John- Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan mainstream media and social media,” Argo said. 41 32 son County and to provide a fun UI students Melissa McIlhon and Ben Flaherty speak at the Big Brothers “More now than before, people have been able to bonding activity. Big Sisters soccer game at the Field House on Sunday. ‘echo-chamber’ themselves.” Partly sunny to cloudy, breezy. Kids and their mentors rotat- Argo, who studies economics and business analyt- ed in and out of the game from Academy. came to us and offered to do ics information systems and also serves as vice pres- INDEX 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. The joyful energy Chanel Meredith, the com- this recognized that we need ident of Young Americans for Liberty at the UI, isn’t of the game seemed to be conta- munity-based program super- more people to come forward to alone in this belief. CLASSIFIED 9 gious for everyone involved. visor for Big Brother Big Sisters, be mentors,” Executive Director Dylan Worcel, a junior majoring in journalism and OPINIONS 4 Afterwards, adult mentors said it was the first time the or- of Big Brothers Big Sisters Dale- mass communications with a certificate in human DAILY BREAK 8 held a question-and-answer ganization tried an event such ta Thurness said. “I think some- rights, also said the media have contributed to politi- session to inform possible re- as this for recruitment. She said times people think that's a scary cal division in the U.S. Worcel supported Sen. Bernie SPORTS 10 cruits. the members were especially thing to do and are not sure if Sanders, D-Vt., during the caucuses and Hillary Clin- The event was planned by looking for male mentors be- they can take it on. So this is an ton after she was chosen as the Democrat’s presiden- several UI students enrolled cause of a shortage. opportunity for people to come tial candidate. in the class Career Leadership “The group of students that SEE BIG, 2 SEE MEDIA, 2 2 NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2017 Volume 149 SEER The Daily Iowan Issue 86 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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