Block Party Bursts on the Scene UI Official Heads to the Iowa City Downtown District Held the First Iowa City Block Party on June 24
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MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2017 THE INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILYIOWAN.COM 50¢ News To Know Block 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 Volume 149 Issue 9 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 Managing Editor 335-5855 Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for accuracy Katelyn Weisbrod and fairness in the reporting of news. If a report is wrong or misleading, a request for Creative Director 335-5855 a correction or a clarification may be made. 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