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The Daily Iowan FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 2018 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILY-IOWAN.COM 50¢ News To Know "The greatest Hawkeye" Tom Davis, a coaching legend in No. 4 Iowa hopes to Iowa City, once tabbed dethrone top-dog Ohio Chris Street as State In a matchup with No. 1 Ohio State, “the greatest Hawkeye the Iowa wrestlers will face a tough challenge. The Hawkeyes of all time.” will need all hands on mat when they clash with the Buckeyes Twenty-five years in their biggest dual meet yet. after his death, Street’s Sports, 8 legacy lives on. The Daily Iowan is back on your Snapchat Discover page Tune in for tips to have a chill weekend in Iowa City, rock your new semester, and keep your New Year’s Resolutions alive. Scan this BY ADAM HENSLEY AND PETE RUDEN | [email protected] code after 11 a.m. today to see all this and more. Duke fans are as passionate about basketball 14-point, 8-rebound performance in front of a sea as any die-hards in the country; if you don’t bleed of white and blue, Street was turning on Highway blue, the Dukies don’t want any part of you. 1 on a snowy, foggy January evening. He pulled out But for one night, an outsider captivated Blue ‘Arguably the mecca of college in front of a snowplow, and the vehicles collided, Devil faithful. flipping Street’s car onto another vehicle idling at Iowa played Duke on Jan. 16, 1993, in Cameron basketball’s campus, people just a stoplight, killing the 20-year old. Indoor. The Hawkeyes lost to the Blue Devils, 65- gravitated to Chris.’ 56, but after the game, nationally recognized Iowa 25 years later forward Chris Street and fellow members of the — Wade Lookingbill, former team went out for the night, walked around the Iowa basketball player On Saturday, Iowa will honor Street in the campus, and attended a few parties. Chris Street Forever 40 Memorial Game in Carv- A look into SCOPE “I just remember kids — even at Duke, even basketball’s campus, people just gravitated to er-Hawkeye against No. 3 Purdue. It has been a Go behind the scenes of event-pro- on Durham’s campus — just flocking to Chris,” Chris.” quarter of a century since the tragedy took the moting student organization teammate Wade Lookingbill said. “That was That game against Duke just so happened to be life of the former Indianola standout with the big SCOPE as it puts together a show kind of how he was wherever he went, wheth- Street’s final contest in his No. 40 Hawkeye uni- smile. But those who were close to Street remem- from beginning to end. See the er we were working a basketball camp with ju- form, and his legacy, even 25 years later, was ce- ber that day vividly. film on daily-iowan.com. nior-high kids or if we were signing autographs mented shortly after. after a game. Arguably the mecca of college Back in Iowa, just three days following his SEE STREET, 3 Gustafson needs support Megan Gustafson has balled out as of late, but she’s not getting a lot of help. The Hawkeyes need consistency from the supporting cast if they have any chance of getting things back on the winning New flu season here, Showcase track. Sports, 8 Reynolds to campaign for first full-term for packing some punch celebrates governor Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has never had to run a campaign of her own, because as lieutenant governor, This year’s flu season is off to a rough start, as Iowa ranks she took office when Gov. Terry nationally in terms of flu activity. King legacy Branstad became U.S. ambassador to China. Reynolds will have the advantage of being the incumbent A mixed-arts program in this year’s gubernatorial race, but what does that mean if Iowans exhibited black students’ art are just starting to get to know for Martin Luther King Week. her? News, 3 BY JULIA DIGIACOMO Endowing robots with [email protected] gender makes sexism worse African-American artists at the University Siri, Alexa, and Sophia are all fe- of Iowa showcased their creativity in an event males. We as a society have forced Thursday evening highlighting race-related so- gender on technology, which is cial justice and progress through a wide range dominated by men, which opens of artistic expression. the door to inherent discrimina- The event featured spoken-word poetry, mu- tion. Opinions, 4 sic, theater, rap, and photography. The event, Four Movements Towards Freedom: A Mixing college athletes Creative Showcase, was part of a series of events with the pros observing Martin Luther King Jr. week on cam- This weekend is a track fan’s pus. dream: Some of the nation’s top Presented at Hancher, it followed a variety of college athletes will mix with other events including Che “Rhymefest” Smith’s world-class professionals at the keynote address, the King Day of Service, an an- Larry Wieczorek Invitational, presenting the Hawkeyes with ti-racism workshop, and much more. In Hancher, a live DJ mixed tracks, beats, and another early season opportunity. tunes artistically throughout the showcase to Sports, 8 set the mood. The catchy beats and clips from Photo illustration by Paxton Corey various songs created an energetic yet reflective setting. WEATHER BY BROOKLYN DRAISEY has taken measures to prevent non-flu patients Audience members perused a display of pho- [email protected] from contracting the illness, including limiting tography on stage, and students performed spo- the numbers of visitors and requiring everyone ken-word poetry. HIGH LOW While the Iowa flu season is just getting to wear masks around the more-susceptible pa- “Just seeing black individuals in a different 43 28 started, it’s hitting hard, especially in the Iowa tients. light like this in society is very important,” said City area. Salinas said while the number of flu cases UI student and 2018 MLK Week Committee Mostly sunny, windy. The Walgreens Flu Index, an interactive map seems to be increasing more than usual, there member Mimi Stubbs. “It’s rare that you see of the United States showing which popula- is no reason to believe that it will be as severe black poets, or black photographers, or black art INDEX tions are experiencing the highest incidence of for the rest of the season. Past flu seasons vary in the community because of the negative ste- flu, ranked Iowa as No. 2 with the highest flu widely on when and how many times the differ- reotypes that we have.” CLASSIFIED 7 activity for the week of Jan. 7 through Jan. 13. ent types of influenza are at their peaks, so it’s Austin Hughes and Marcus Brown [a former OPINIONS 4 Walgreens’ Designated Market Areas are also very hard to predict. Opinions editor at The Daily Iowan]performed DAILY BREAK 6 ranked, and the Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa “It’s probably too early to tell … at this point, a theatrical performance about a grandmother City & Dubuque market area is ranked 17th in the season is just beginning, we seem to be hav- and grandchild discussing their different ap- SPORTS 8 the nation. ing more cases than in previous years, but it is proaches to the Civil Rights Movement. Jorge Salinas, a resident at the University of too early to tell for sure,” Salinas said. Rap artist Vegas also engaged the audience Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, said every year, the The flu season begins around October each with his lyrical and music talent. hospital monitors the flu cases it sees to cre- year, and activity can last as long as May, ac- “The performances were very real and inspir- ate a baseline number. The number has been increasing over the past few weeks, and UIHC SEE FLU, 2 SEE KING, 2 2 NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 2018 Volume 149 A GEM OF A LIFE The Daily Iowan Issue 115 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. If a report is Creative Director. 335-5855 wrong or misleading, a request for Gage Miskimen a correction or a clarification may be made. 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