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News To Know Party bursts on the scene UI official heads to The Iowa City Downtown District held the first Iowa City Block Party on June 24. Bucknell By MADELINE DENINGER | [email protected] Georgina Dodge, the University of Iowa’s chief diversity officer, associate vice president, and Title IX coordinator, is headed to a Pennsylvania university next month. Dodge has accepted a position at Bucknell University as its associate provost for diversity, equity, and inclusion, according to a UI press release. The private institution is located in a rural area of Pennsylvania north of Harrisburg. Since July 2010, Dodge has worked at the UI as chief diversity officer and associate Dodge vice chief diversity officer president. “Georgina has played an important role in positively shaping our university’s culture,” UI President Bruce Harreld said in the release. “As chief diversity officer and Title IX coordinator, she has been a strong advocate for the rights of all members of our community. She will be sorely missed, and we wish her well in her new role at Bucknell University.” July 24 will be Dodge’s final day at the UI. — by Marissa Payne Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan Former professor dies Partiers sing along to Billy Joel’s “Piano Man” performed by dueling pianists on Washington Street during the Iowa City Block Party on June 24. The Block Party was the first time Iowa City’s amended rules on open containers of UI Professor Emeritus Julius alcohol for select events were in effect. Schmidt died on June 20 at age 94. Schmidt led the As large crowds gathered in downtown Io- The difference follows an amendment the Simon Andrew, the assistant to the city sculpture program at the UI wa City for the June 24 Block Party, there City Council passed to the open-contain- manager, believes the move is a catalyst to from 1970 to 1993. was one distinction from previous events put er ordinance in April. The council OK’d the get local businesses involved rather than on by the city’s Downtown District: Adult amendment, which allows open containers of bringing in outside vendors. Lululemon Athletica guests were permitted to drink wine and wine or beer to be carried from one licensed “The Downtown District was interested in set to open in beer throughout the Pedestrian Mall and sur- area to another, with events such as this in Coralville rounding streets. mind. SEE PARTY, 3 Officials said the Vancouver, Canada, store is scheduled to open this fall in the Iowa River Landing. This location will be a full-line store, compared to the “showroom” Iowa City location. Running NATIONAL POLITICS Iowa River drowning Rodney Kernaghan, 20, drowned in the Iowa River near Tama, Iowa, on Sunday. Tama against MS police sent the body to the Ernst boosts military- Iowa Medical Examiner’s Office, but they believe the drowning A local woman will run seven- was an accident. consecutive marathons in honor of her mother and sister. academy applications Iowa City police investigating an armed Iowans ponder the morality of encouraging youth to serve in the robbery By DENISE CHEESEMAN Iowa City police responded [email protected] military with college scholarships. to the 1100 block of Third Avenue for a reported armed Amanda Scott, a University of Iowa Hospitals robbery. A man told police and Clinics employee, will run from Des Moines he had arranged to meet a to Davenport this week — 176 miles in seven woman in the area through a days. website. When he arrived, he She undertakes the Highlights was approached by two men, multiple-marathon one with a knife and one with challenge as part of • Amanda Scott will run 176 a board. MS Run the U.S., a miles in the next seven days The man said he was cross-country relay as part of the MS Run the U.S. dragged into a house, where that raises money and relay across the country. he was hit with the board three awareness for multiple • She’s running for her mother times and robbed of his cash sclerosis. and sister, who both have MS. and phone. He received minor Beginning in Los • Her portion of the relay race injuries. Angeles in April and stretches from Des Moines to He described the robbers ending in New York Davenport. as two black men, one wearing City in August, 18 run- • Although she has never run a mask and another wearing ners will cover more a marathon before, she loves a baseball cap. Iowa City Area than 3,000 miles. Each giving and helping people. CrimeStoppers are offering an runner must raise at • Amanda expects to reach award of $1,000 for information least $10,000. Since its Iowa City, the 121-mile mark, leading to the arrest of the founding five years ago, on Thursday evening. suspects. the MS Run has raised — by Katelyn Weisbrod more than $1 million, Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan community engagement Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speaks to Olivia Cowart, 17, during a U.S. Service Academy Open House in the Cedar Rapids Public Library on June manager Amy VanDyke said. 24. Ernst met with prospective military families and protesters to answer questions about the event. It’s important to make connections with WEATHER communities in order to raise awareness, she By MARISSA PAYNE Center. great to see the energy of said, so that there’s “not just a runner running [email protected] Ernst is one of the few the young people in atten- through town, and no one knows why.” Many female veterans to serve dance. He said he sees the HIGH LOW runners will stop in towns for meet-and-greets CEDAR RAPIDS — The in the U.S. Congress. She scholarship offering as a 70 50 or invite others to run alongside them. ethics of college affordabil- said this positions her as great way to attract the Scott won’t run alone the whole time — a ity marched to the fore- someone who understands “best of the best.” Partly cloudy, breezy, 30% chance of rain/T-storms. group from her gym and the Prairie High track front of a U.S. senator’s firsthand the things peo- “It’s OK to provide tui- team will run alongside her for part of the trek. visit to Iowa. ple can learn by serving tion and let them respond INDEX Scott said she learned about the MS Run On June 24, Sen. Joni their country. with a certain number of while searching for MS groups on Facebook Ernst, R-Iowa, held a U.S. One of the opportu- years of obligation in the CLASSIFIED 7 last year. Her mother Deana and sister Sami Military Service Academy nities discussed at the service of their choice [as a OPINIONS 4 both have MS. Open House at the Cedar event was the potential means] to repay that and “It got to the point where [my sister] was con- Rapids Public Library for offering of full-ride schol- to give back after they’ve DAILY BREAK 6 fined to the house,” Scott said. students who are interest- arships to students who been given the education,” SPORTS 8 She applied to the organization on a whim ed in applying to service serve and also attend ser- he said. and promptly forgot about it, until MS Run academies. vice academies. Elizabeth Dinschel, an called back for an interview a month later, Ernst’s visit came three Don Lane, who knows organizer with Action Iowa Scott said. Suddenly, Scott, who had never run days after President Ernst — she was his com- and Indivisible Iowa, said Trump’s rally in Cedar mander in the Iowa Na- SEE MARATHON, 3 Rapids at the U.S. Cellular tional Guard — said it was SEE ERNST, 2 2 NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2017 THE BEAUTIFUL GAME The Daily Iowan

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By AUTUMN DIESBURG homesteading for commu- Internet sites for outreach struggles with access to [email protected] nity-supported agricul- and promotion. healthy foods,” she said. ture, which Almitra said Yagla said in regards “You can grow food in town Apply to work at With urban farming is a “member-based farm to financial planning, he and provide it to your continuing to take hold in business.” recommends keeping both neighbors. You don’t have communities, would-be ur- Members purchase ei- living and business ex- to go miles and miles.” The Daily Iowan ban farmers are consider- ther a full share for $750 penses low, knowing and Still, others such as Ab- ing the logistics of owning or a half share for $375 in being a part of available bie Shain, a graduate stu- Now hiring News reporters, and profiting from what a farm, Yagla said. The pro- markets, and having some dent in social work in St. Arts reporters, TV seems to some to be an un- gram has a 30-week season experience with farming or Paul, Minnesota, have yet orthodox business. lasting from the first week homesteading. He also rec- to be persuaded on the reporters, and designers At a Practical Farmers of May to the last week of ommends scaling the size practicality of urban farms. for the summer. Email of Iowa Field Day on June November. Most members of community agriculture Shain said after work- 24, members of the Iowa pay an upfront deposit in to the size of the budget. ing on urban farms in St. [email protected] City community gathered late winter or early spring, Careful financial plan- Paul and Minneapolis, she for more information. to learn more about the usually beginning in Febru- ning is key for Yagla, who would not consider start- business of urban farming. ary or March. This allows said his only source of in- ing one. Hosted by urban farmer farmers to pay for seeds come is what he earns from “It was not successful,” Jon Yagla and the Women and equipment in a time his urban farm. In 2016, he she said. “It was successful Food and Agriculture Net- when, otherwise, they are grossed $15,000 with a net at growing vegetables but work program coordinator producing no income, Yagla of $12,000. not sustaining farmers.” Wren Almitra, the pro- said. In return, full-share “The [community-agri- Yagla, however, said gram discussed the various members receive a box of culture] size was based on owning an urban farm is facets of urban farming, produce every week, and what I thought my living profitable and a worth- including Yagla’s business half-share members receive expenses and my needs are while community cause. plan and financing. a box every other week. and how much land I could “The gain is that it’s “Sometimes, it makes Currently, Yagla said manage,” he said. “I’m meaningful work that re- sense to grow greens and he has 30 members in his about as frugal as I can be.” duces exploitation,” he sell to restaurants,” Yag- group, which is mostly a For those such as Deb- said. “It’s a way for people la said. “The [communi- word-of-mouth endeavor. ra Boekholder, a Practical to get food locally and hon- ty-supported agriculture] Potential members con- Farmers of Iowa member estly. I want to produce [a] worked for me.” tact Yagla or other local and events assistant, the local economy where goods Yagla said his business community-agriculture gains of urban farming are are produced and shared plan relied on growing groups, though the group a good local food source. among neighbors and food as an extension of does have social-media and “It is a solution to friends.”

17-year-old Iowan inter- ERNST ested in applying to mil- CONTINUED FROM FRONT itary academies, said she is considering attending such an institution re- in context of both rising gardless of the scholar- tuition and the efforts to ship opportunities, but repeal the Affordable Care as someone from a mid- Act, she wanted to see dle-class family, she found more done to shift money the possibility enticing. from military spending to “[It’s] very competitive, health care and education. but I’m here to be compet- “If we’re going to contin- itive,” she said. “I want that ue funding a huge war ma- full-ride scholarship … We chine, then we should put don’t have $37,000 to pay America first and recycle for college. I don’t, and I’d some of that money back like to sort of set myself up into taking care of people,” for the future by being debt- she said. free and having a job by the Ernst defended the op- time I get out. I think that’s portunity as a great way why most of everybody to serve Iowans. is here, is because of that “There are a lot of kids full-ride scholarship and who may not have that because of that top-quality opportunity to get a four- education that the acade- year education,” she said. mies will give.” “It’s just like any other Affordability remains Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan scholarship opportuni- an issue for Iowans after Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speaks during a U.S. Service Academy Open House in the Cedar ty that exists out there. the state Board of Re- Rapids Public Library on June 24. Sen. Ernst met with prospective military families and However, there is a service gents’ decided to increase protesters to answer questions about the academies and education. commitment after they’ve tuition at the University of Northern Iowa earlier level to advocate for afford- gone to a service academy.” of Iowa, Iowa State Uni- this month. Sen. Herman ability is try to make stu- Olivia Cowart, a versity, and the University Quirmbach, D-Ames, said dent loans affordable. in a statement after the “What I’d like to see June 8 vote that afford- is that students actual- able access to higher edu- ly know how much they cation is critical for people should be borrowing to live at a middle-class if they are going to — standard. whether it’s a communi- “Our Republican-led ty college or a four-year state government has not institution — basically done its part to keep the know beforehand what door to college open for are their job prospects average Iowans,” he said. coming out of school, are “We must do everything they able to repay every- we can to ensure that av- thing that they’ve bor- erage kids are not priced rowed,” she said. “Many of out of an education or bur- our students borrow a lot dened with crushing stu- more money than they ac- dent debt that prevents tually need when they go Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan them from ever getting to school, and they end up Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speaks with a family during a U.S. Service Academy Open House ahead.” owing a lot more and it’s in the Cedar Rapids Public Library on June 24. Ernst spoke about making college loans Ernst said one thing that very unaffordable on the more affordable during the event. can be done on the federal far end.” THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2017 NEWS 3

sion when considering the Buresh said she felt com- alcohol before exiting the PARTY amendment. fortable bringing her chil- area. CONTINUED FROM FRONT Ginny Buresh of dren to the event but noted Beer and wine were on- Coralville attended the they intended to leave be- ly available in the official Block Party with her four fore the event “gets a little event containers, sold at sponsoring an event that children during the earlier crazy later on.” tents on the party’s pe- was tailored to local ven- hours of the evening. To ensure the safety of rimeters. Even alcoholic dors,” he said. “We love doing the Io- those involved, six off-du- popsicles sold by one ven- The area of the party wa City festivals that ty Iowa City police offi- dor were required to be was a licensed area, and they have in the sum- cers were onsite. Signs transported in the plastic the first of its kind, the mer,” she said. “It’s a clearly dictated the lim- cups. event was intended to be great time to be down- its of the licensed area The Block Party drew family-oriented. Andrew town when all the stu- for open containers, and several local businesses, many of them selling alco- hol, food, and other drinks at booths throughout the Ped Mall and on the downtown sidewalks. Other events includ- ed beach volleyball on Dubuque Street, live mu- sic from several perform- ers, an outdoor movie, and a fashion show. The fashion show, put on by Iowa City brand Born Leaders United, fea- tured clothing from a va- riety of Iowa City shops. “We just wanted to cre- ate something that would bring people out from the Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan community so that they A model walks in the Fashion 500 fashion show during the Iowa City Block Party on June can experience something 24. The Block Party included a myriad of events and activities. different when it comes to fashion,” said Born Lead- District Director Nancy that, and quite frankly, ers CEO and designer An- Bird believes the turnout it was a beautiful night,” dre Wright. can be partly attributed she said. “Everything Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan Not only was the party to the ordinance. was very well-managed. Partiers play Ping-Pong on Dubuque Street during the Iowa City Block Party on June 24. Other activities were available on Dubuque the first event to allow “I think with the sheer There were no major is- Street, including beach volleyball, tetherball, and Jenga. open containers, it was number of people who sues. People seemed to be said family-friendliness dents are gone, when it’s buckets were placed be- the largest in the Down- showed up, it demon- drinking responsibly, and was part of the discus- a little more accessible.” side them to dump excess town District’s history. strated the demand for there were families out.”

knew her,” family friend her mother sometimes Mayo Clinic in Rochester, “It angers me that she’s MARATHON Josh Whetstine said. couldn’t get out of bed and Minnesota, confirmed the literally had her life taken CONTINUED FROM FRONT Deana Scott described would come home from diagnosis. from her,” Scott said. her daughter as a bright the hospital with her face Unlike her mother, who When it comes to the spot of sun- puffed up from steroid has Relaps- run, though, her sister’s a marathon before, had to shine in treatments. ing-Remit- struggles keep Scott on prepare for seven-consec- her family’s In 2009, Sami, who was ting MS, track. FOLLOW US utive marathons. lives, who’s then 24, began experienc- Sami has “You think about all ON TWITTER Luckily, she had the always ing episodes of numbness Prima- these things,” she said. @THEDAILYIOWAN proper mindset — she said willing to and impaired vision. Scott ry-Progres- “‘Have you trained she’s “always had a pas- give to oth- and her father were con- sive, which enough?’ ‘Have you run sion for wanting to help ers and vinced it couldn’t be MS; slowly gets enough?’ ‘Are you going to people” from when she “inspire us Amanda Scott after all, the disease is not worse over Deana Scott be able to do it?’ And you baby-sat her younger sib- when we’re MS Run participant hereditary. time. She’s mother can really get inside your lings to her current job in down.” But Deana knew, she 32 now, head and mentally mess Patient Financial Services Scott was only 7 years said. Within a year, Sa- with three children. Her with yourself, but I’ve got- at the UIHC. old when her mother was mi’s mobility decreased 11-year-old cooks dinner ten to this point where it “I don’t think it would diagnosed. At the time, from a cane to a walker most nights because Sami is what it is, and it’s about surprise anybody who all Scott knew was that to a wheelchair. A visit to is unable to. the reason.” 4 THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2017 Opinions LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COLUMN Stop factory farms us how to clean up our water when it has run the show with increasingly In his recent Letter to the Editor, bad results. former Environmental Protection If you swim, fish, or drink water, a Reynolds Wrap foils Commission member Gene Ver moratorium is a required stopgap to Steeg is wrong: A moratorium on preserve water for all Iowans. Natu- new and expanding factory farms ral Resources needs to have the Leg- is needed NOW. Telling us that we islature enact meaningful rules and conventional politics need even more manure on Iowa’s regulations to protect our resources, landscape is like telling poison not more factory farms and toxic victims they need more poison to manure. The commission needs to be make them better. regenerated with real environmen- Currently, the Department of Nat- talist instead of “industry friendly” ural Resources (a.k.a., “Do Nothing commissioners such as Ver Steeg. Really”) is understaffed and under- The writing is on the wall: If there is funded. It can’t handle the 9,000-plus no water for consumption or production, factory farms in Iowa. A moratorium is we all lose. the first step to improve water quality in the state. Iowa’s water has worsened every — Kevin Shilling, Iowa Citizens year. The last thing an environmen- for Community Improvement member tal-panel member should do is tell Greenfield, Iowa

Foreign aid puts posed a 10 percent increase in the defense budget. ‘America first’ An estimated 25,000 children die globally each day, and despite the With President Trump’s recent misperception that ending global visit to Cedar Rapids, and a number poverty is impossible, it has been cut of global poverty-reducing legisla- by more than half in recent years. If tive acts making their way toward it is time to put “America First,” we Congress, it’s as critical as ever to should consider that 84 percent of examine the president’s stance on military officers believe strength- foreign aid. ening development and diplomacy Our president campaigned on the (two of the Pentagon’s “3Ds” for principle of “America First,” and it’s American protection) should be of implied that his proposed budget equal interest as strengthening mil- — which cuts foreign aid by more itary defense. than one-third — aims at doing Public opinion continues to insist just this. But the simple fact is, for- that foreign aid should be the first eign aid directly benefits the U.S. part of the budget to go, despite its file photo by placing faith in our country and already minuscule size. This statistic mobilizing other parts of the world is far more understandable when it to encourage democracy, education, is taken in to account that the av- Reynolds is the first fe- member for the Iowa with the pressing issues and health. The U.N. Assembly, the erage American believes the U.S. male governor of Iowa. Public Employee Retire- facing the state such as Brookings Institution, American spends approximately 20 percent of It’s another positive sign ment System, and she smoothing out Medicaid leaders, and common sense impli- the federal budget on foreign aid, for gender-equality en- has been sober since privatization, prevent- cate extreme poverty as facilitating when in reality, it spends less than thusiasts; just two years her OWIs, one in 1999 ing Obamacare insurers extremism. Yet the largest relief 1 percent. It is time to change the ago, Joni Ernst became and another in 2000. from leaving the state, agency in the world (the World Food statistics. Iowa’s first female mem- Furthermore, Reynolds funding K-12 and higher Program) has a budget of $4 billion, ber of the Senate. Now finally received her first education, improving the while the U.S. spends $6 billion on ZACH WEIGEL that Reynolds is gover- bachelor’s degree from lackluster condition of each aircraft carrier (of which we — Brooke Clayton, UI student and [email protected] nor, it’s time we get to Iowa State just last year Iowa’s roads and bridges, had 11 in 2016), and Trump has pro- intern with the Borgen Project know her a little better. after haphazardly earn- and helping farmers ad- A rapid riser in the ing credits at various just to the fourth-consec- Kim Reynolds’ tak- Iowa political landscape, institutions over the pre- utive year of decreased ing over as Iowa gov- Reynolds served as vious few decades. Need- farm income. ernor marks a rather county treasurer before less to say, Reynolds’ life So now that we know stark change in Iowa’s launching her career in story doesn’t exactly fol- Reynolds’ past, her cur- @DAILY_IOWAN leadership. Former state politics in 2008 as low the script of a stereo- rent views, and what’s Gov. Terry Branstad state senator. However, typical politician. at stake, what will the holds the honor of be- Reynolds’ time as a state When it comes to her future hold? If I had to ing the longest-serving senator didn’t last long; stance on political is- guess, I’d say that she governor ever with six Branstad selected her sues, it should come as will try to avoid contro- nonconsecutive terms. to be his lieutenant-gov- no surprise that her versy and simply contin- @THEDAILYIOWAN But while Branstad ernor candidate for his ideology largely follows ue to build upon the con- had been a mainstay second stint as governor, that of her predecessor. servative foundation that in Iowa politics since which began in 2011. So Continuing to facilitate Branstad laid, because in the 1980s, Reynolds is in the span of a few years, a welcoming business just over a year she’ll be a relative newcomer. Reynolds went from ob- environment is atop her up for re-election. And if Perhaps that’s why her scurity as Clarke Coun- priorities, in addition to Republicans are to main- @THEDAILYIOWAN rise to the governorship ty treasurer to second in bolstering the technolog- tain their firm grip in has received such little command of Iowa. ical infrastructure (rural Iowa by controlling the press. Moreover, given What else is there to Internet access/quality), governorship, House, and that President Trump know about her? If in- according to the goals Senate, I suspect Reyn- continually dominates teresting is what you’re listed on the state of Io- olds will try to lie low and the news cycle, may- looking for, then Reyn- wa’s website. stay out of the spotlight be it isn’t all that sur- olds certainly fits the Nonetheless, Reynolds over the next year or so. prising that Reynolds’ bill. Aside from her po- didn’t campaign to be Then again, Reynolds’ STAFF promotion has received litical position, Reynolds governor. She inherited past indicates that she’s little attention. has been a pharmacy the job midterm, meaning a bit unconventional, so GRACE PATERAS Editor-in-Chief At only 48 years old, assistant and a board that she will have to deal she could surprise us.

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last season. place his 20 points per MOSS It was a very inconsis- game, and Moss seems CONTINUED FROM 8 tent first year for the 6-5 like a perfect candidate guard from Chicago. to fill some of that void. Moss could go off for 19 “When he [Moss] gets half. While the defense points, as he did against going like that, it’s fun is famously lax in sum- Minnesota, but other to watch,” Nicholas Baer mer leagues, it’s still nights, he only scored 2 said. “He’s also really good to see a guy such as points on 6 shots. tough to guard when Moss showing off some “I want to keep im- he’s on like that.” dunks. proving on my jump The race for starting If he were to receive shot, my range and shooting guard is a tight an award for his per- ballhandling skills this one between Moss and formance on June 22, it summer,” Moss said. Ellingson, both of whom would be “Most Explo- “I’m also trying to get showcased their deadly sive Player.” stronger.” shooting throughout last Moss showcased his With Peter Jok now in season. It seems that the ability to put up points the NBA, the Hawkeyes early edge in the race is like he did on occasion are going to need to re- going to Moss.

the team, but he wanted in the dorms, because COOK to take this time during you are limited on your CONTINUED FROM 8 the off-season to develop food options,” Cook said. the parts of his game that “Now, we don’t bring any were not up to par. pure sugar foods into the minutes of the game, “I’m working on my house.” File Photo/The Daily Iowan Cook and his teammates smaller ball from all Cook even gave up so- Iowa guard Isaiah Moss goes up against Ohio State’s Kam Williams during the Iowa-Ohio State game in Carver-Hawkeye kept the pace and pow- three levels,” Cook said. da, he said, “I can’t even Arena on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. ered through to win in “Whether it is at the bas- tell you the last time I overtime. ket, from range, or from had a soda.” Most of the time, the 3. I have put in 100 All of this has not only Cook was paired against shots every day to make made him feel more en- Nunge, who is an as- sure that I am getting ergized but confident in tounding 6-11, but that ready for the season.” what he can do this up- doesn’t bother Cook Cook tallied 15 points coming season. His goal is at all, and it certainly and went 7-of-13 from the to be better than last year. showed Sunday. field with 10 rebounds If he keeps up like this, “His [Nunge] skill set and 3 assists. he won’t have a problem gets me used to guarding The biggest thing he meeting that. different kinds of play- focuses in on is how he “I think a lot of that ers,” Cook said. “He shot takes care of his body came along with the pro- the hell out of the ball mentally and physically. cess, making sure that I today. He can shoot, put Little things drive him am confident in myself it on the floor, and he can forward, from cutting out and that I am prepared post up, so this is really all pure sugar to getting mentally,” Cook said. going to help me develop a decent amount of sleep “This off-season, I have defensively on the ball.” each night. been watching a ton of After a successful sea- “It’s a lot easier now film, making sure that I son last year, Cook has be- that I’m in an apart- am diligent in what I am come a key playmaker on ment, and it was harder supposed to be doing.”

BAER CONTINUED FROM 8 Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan Iowa’s Jack Nunge drives past Tyler Cook during Prime Timeaction in North Liberty on Sunday. Nunge is an incoming fresh- man from Newburgh, Indiana. ball in the Prime Time along with 11 other Hawkeyes. On June 22, his team, Culvers, blew out Vinton off-court presence that always challenging me, about it, and I let him Merchants, 130-92. Baer is most endearing to and since I got here, I’ve get one later.” totaled 18 points for Hawkeye fans. learned a lot from him.” “[Nunge] got me a few Culvers, many of them He has had to pick up Iowa’s other fresh- times,” Baer said. “I’ve coming when the game a role of being more of a man, Jack Nunge, went been really impressed was already in hand. leader and mentor to the head-to-head with Baer; with him so far, though; His biggest contribution very tall and talented in- early in the first half, I’m excited to see what during the game was his coming freshman class. Baer drove the lane, but he will do in the fall.” ability to control the ball Freshman Luka Garza a block by Nunge rear- Whether its through on offense and defense. was especially grateful ranged his shot. leadership, stuffing stat Baer is one of those for Baer’s leadership. “I told him he better sheets, or all the little rare breeds of forwards Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan “I shadowed Baer on my not try to dunk on me,” hustle plays, Baer has who can take the ball up Iowa’s Cordel Pemsl, Tyler Cook, Brady Ellington, and Nicholas Baer celebrate at visits,” Garza said. “He Nunge said. “[The block] the opportunity to be the court and control the center court after defeating Michigan in Carver-Hawkeye on Jan. 1. The Hawkeyes was a big part of my re- was there, and I went a major factor for the offense while being just defeated the Wolverines, 86-83, in OT. cruitment [to Iowa]. He’s up and got it. We joked Hawkeyes this season. as sharp on the defen- sive side. It seems as if ing [Baer] on the team,” the basket.” there isn’t much he can’t Isaiah Moss said. “He With everything great do on a court. does it all, rebounding, that Baer does on the “It’s great; I love hav- shooting, and attacking court, it may be his

rights to Markkanen left 23rd selection. Similar to NBA NBA fans scratching their Giles, Anunoby entered the CONTINUED FROM 8 heads and comparing the draft with injury concerns. deal to highway robbery. A torn ACL in January cer- Chicago appears to be in tainly hurt his draft stock. spite the Kings’ frequent rebuilding mode, but the Unlike Giles, however, he front-office blunders. The Bulls could have — and does not have a solid offen- Kings didn’t mess up this should have — gotten more sive role. pick or any of their selec- for Butler, one of the league’s Anunoby flashed the abil- tions for that matter. top two-way players. ity to hit from long range Fox, the best defensive when unguarded, but he point guard in the draft, Winner: Minnesota does not command a consis- gives Sacramento a quick, Timberwolves tent shot, nor can he reliably athletic scoring and create one. threat. Josh Jackson, the Dealing for Butler was The Raptors could have North Carolina product, arguably the best move of selected forwards Tyler Ly- is a well-rounded perime- the draft. don or Caleb Swanigan (the ter-scorer, a safe choice but a Trading away a role play- 24th and 26th selections, re- solid one, too. er, a starter (who played in spectively) but gambled on Enter Harry Giles. 47 games last season), and a player recovering from a If injuries hadn’t plagued essentially swapping picks major surgery. his knees, he could have for the former Chicago star been a top-five pick in the was almost too good to be Winner: Portland draft. Instead, he fell to the true. Trailblazers 20th slot. Minnesota needed a vet- Playing the what-if game eran presence just like But- The trade between Port- can be risky, especially in ler to take the step from a land and Sacramento could NBA front offices, but if 30-win team to a playoff end up being a win-win for Giles’ body holds up, he’ll be threat. He joins Karl-Antho- both sides. a starter in the NBA, espe- ny Towns and Andrew Wig- Zach Collins, a top-10 cially with his explosiveness, gins, two of the most prom- selection despite playing leaping ability, lateral quick- ising young players in the fewer than 18 minutes per ness, and sure-fire ability to league, to form a deadly trio. game at Gonzaga, com- hit from 15 feet and in. The Timberwolves draft- mands a fluid jump shot and Throw in Frank Mason ed Justin Patton, a 7-footer head-turning coordination III, an undersized but prov- from Creighton, with Chi- for a big his size. While he’s en point guard from Kansas, cago’s 16th pick. He’s more not as proven of a shooter as and you’ve got the recipe for of a project player but could Markkanen was at Arizona, a successful draft. find his way onto the court Collins flashed all-around before the season is over; scoring capability while Loser: Chicago Bulls his upside proved to be too locking down on defense. valuable for Minnesota not Portland took Swanigan Lauri Markkanen, one to pass up on him. at pick No. 26, the biggest of the best shooters in the of the draft. With a draft, was a solid acquisi- Loser: Toronto Raptors game similar to Al Jefferson tion. (excellent post moves and a Trading away Jimmy But- Toronto entered the draft jumper from range), Swan- ler and draft picks for Zach with one pick, selecting Indi- igan’s style of plays pairs LaVine, Kris Dunn, and the ana’s OG Anunoby with the well with Collins. 6 THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2017

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Iowa fans packed into It seems as if much of the Cedar Valley Sports- the sports conversations Plex in Waterloo on June revolve around Iowa’s 22 to watch some good own playing in Prime old summer basketball. Time. The featured game But for the players, it was a 7:30 matchup be- is about stepping outside tween Brady Ellingson’s the comfort zone a bit. and Jack Nunge’s Vinton This is the chance for Merchants against Nich- fans to see their favorite olas Baer’s and Isaiah Hawkeyes in a more re- Moss’ Culver team. laxed environment, but The game was never sophomore forward Tyler close; Culver won hand- Cook is still as explosive ily, 130-92. as ever. Sophomore Isaiah After being held out of Moss stood above the the games in Waterloo on crowd, putting up a June 22, Cook came back game-high 25 points. fired up and ready to go The first half for Moss on Sunday. was a shower of 3s and Cook and teammate mid-range jumpers. It Dom Uhl play for the felt as though any shot Marion Iron Works, which he took went in. went up against the Vin- “It felt great [to be out ton Merchants, featuring there],” he said. “I’ve incoming freshman Jack been working on my shot Nunge and junior Brady over the summer so, it’s Ellingson. great to come out here Cook and his team and knock ’em down.” came out on top, but it The second half didn’t didn’t come easily. see Moss’ scoring slow After Klint Carlson down, but instead of of Northern Iowa put jump shots, he put a through a clean lay-up, dunk on display for his the game was tied at 100, encore. taking the teams into Moss had three to four Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan overtime. dunks in that second Iowa’s Isaiah Moss shoots a 3 during a Prime Time game in North Liberty Iowa’s Tyler Cook shoots during Prime Time action in North Liberty on Sunday. During the extra 5 on Sunday. Prime Time has been the local summer basketball league for the past 31 years, SEE MOSS, 5 led by Director Randy Larson. SEE COOK, 5

Track & Field Tausaga notches U.S. championship. Baer revels in NBA Draft Iowa freshman Laulauga Tausaga gets to add national champion to her résumé. winners She competed at the U.S. his role Track & Field Junior Outdoor Championships on June 22 in and losers Sacramento, California, Who in the NBA had a successful and started things off draft and who could have done better? rather quickly by recording the longest Tausaga Three things in life are mark of 54.04 freshman guaranteed: death, taxes, meters (177-3) and LaVar Ball opening on her first his mouth on national throw in the discus. television. She held onto the lead NBA fans have been and never let go, giving her a blessed with an ac- straight path to the title. ADAM HENSLEY tion-filled off-season up The talented freshman also [email protected] to now, and the draft captured the 2017 Big Ten lived up to the hype. Championship as well as first- Philadelphia traded team All-American in discus. with Boston to acquire the top pick in the draft and se- The win qualifies Tausaga lected Markelle Fultz, and the elder Ball got his wish for the Pan American Junior as Los Angeles drafted son Lonzo. Championships in Trujillo, Peru, Both draft picks seem to be locks for immediate-im- on July 21-23. pact players who are on track to have a long future in Looks like she has another the league, but those moves were no-brainers. Other opportunity to add another title teams had success, or failure, when trading or drafting behind her name. on June 22. Without further ado, I present the winners and losers of the NBA draft. Winner: Dallas Mavericks Other News Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan Dallas took the best player available with the ninth John “Buck” Turnbull Iowa’s Nicholas Baer drives to the hoop during a Prime Time game in the North Liberty Community Center on pick, and it just so happened it was a position of need. passes away at 88 Sunday. Baer enters the 2017 season as the Big-Ten Sixth Man of the Year after initially walking on as a freshman. NC State’s Dennis Smith was the most explosive On June 23, the sports world player in the draft. He flashed pre-injury Derrick-Rose said goodbye to John “Buck” moves, rising to finish at the rim and making shots Turnbull. Hawkeye Nicholas Baer, last season’s Big Ten Sixth- with contact. At the age of 88, Turnbull Smith’s name fell behind Fultz and Ball in the draft, passed away at his home. Man of the Year, hopes to build on his success. and as Maverick fans will be thankful for, he fell right He worked for the *Des into the organization’s lap. Moines Register* for 41 years. He By JORDAN ZUNIGA with all of that, he averaged 24 There is no solid starter in Dallas at the point, so spent 11 of those years as copy [email protected] minutes a game. Smith enters with a position to contribute immedi- editor and eventually covered It was enough to earn Baer the ately and pair nicely with Harrison Barnes and Dirk sporting events as a sports Three years ago, Nicholas Big-Ten Sixth-Man of the Year Nowitzki. reporter for the last 30 years. Baer was a relatively unknown award. With all his success last If the Mavericks can re-sign Nerlens Noel this Turnbull covered sports from freshman who made the cut and year, most guys would be looking off-season, they’ll have themselves a competitive start- football to golf and soon became walked onto the Iowa basketball for a role upgrade, but not Baer. ing unit. a mentor to new reporters. team. “I’m not worried about [my He was also a member of the Now a redshirt junior, Baer is role]’ right now,” he said. “Right Winner: Sacramento Kings Kinnick Stadium Media Wall of an intergral part of the Hawkeye now, I’m focused on getting bet- Fame. basketball team he so adored as ter, and when the time comes, The Kings gambled by trading Zach Collins, the Turnbull is survived by his a kid. we’ll see where the team needs 10th selection in the draft, and Sac-town very well wife, Jay, and sons Rick and Curt. Last year, Baer was a stat- me most.” could have drafted three future starters. He was preceded in death by sheet stuffer, finishing the sea- This summer, he plays basket- De’Aaron Fox at No. 5 was destined to happen, de- son Gary. son with a stat line of 7.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 1.7 assists, and SEE BAER, 5 SEE NBA, 5