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News To Know Young leaders hopeful on 80HOURS The weekend in arts & entertainment Thursday, March 29, 2018 medical amnesty After the measure passed the Iowa Senate last year, student leaders continue to push medical- amnesty legislation in the House, hoping lawmakers will pass it this session.
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Exploring the known and the unknown In its 13th year, Mission Creek will place more focus on bringing an influx of diverse music artists and literary voices to Iowa City, converg- ing the two art forms. The annual DESIGN BY ALLIE WILKERSON
On the web On the air Events calendar Getfestival updates about local arts & wasTune in tooriginally KRUI 89.7 FM at 5 p.m. on Want a your eventtwo-night 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 @TheDailyIowanevent bookedin arts & entertainment. and paidlisting, visitfor dailyiowan.com/pages/calendarsubmit. by its two founders, and it has grown into a six-day affair integrating literature and music into the programming instead just music. Supplemental to the curated programming of Mission Creek, Iowa City’s intimate venues enhance the festival’s lure. In places such as Gabe’s and Big Grove, audiences may stand within inches of the stage, not at all typical of a stadium festival. 80 HOURS 6 months of sewing a costume come to this Over spring break, 12 UI students escapted reality, donned costumes they spent months working on, and lived out their imaginations. Cosplay- ers from around the country came together in Overland Park, Kansas for a booming celebration fo Japanese food, music, and anime. News, 3A File Photo/The Daily Iowan An ambulance takes away a intoxicated drinker from East Washington Street on Oct. 9, 2015. Grand-slam style It was an up-and-down game for Iowa baseball in its battle against BY ELIANNA NOVITCH the Senate passed the legislation, and advocacy from the young peo- the Senate unanimously last ses- Bradley on Wednesday, but the [email protected] Senate File 415, unanimously in a ple who are going to be most direct- sion, a lot of people were surprised Hawkeyes found a way to pick 49-0 vote. ly impacted by this.” at how quickly it was moving, but a up a 13-9 win, thanks to Tyler Legislation that would provide The bill now sits on the unfin- Members of student government lot of people felt defeated when we Cropley’s walk-off grand slam. underage individuals with immu- ished business calendar ready from the three regent institutions didn’t push it through at the end of Iowa used 10 pitchers on the day nity from legal prosecution in the for debate, with many hoping the have worked together throughout the session.” against Bradley’s strong bats, but case of alcohol-related emergencies House will take it up soon. the process of advocating for med- University of Iowa Student Gov- none of them went more than 2 continues to advance in the Iowa “It’s certainly a priority of the ical amnesty. ernment Director of Governmental innings. Zach Daniels closed the game out in style, earning the Legislature. Judiciary Committee. As the chair- “The fact that it has moved this Relations Mitchell Dunn said it has A medical-amnesty bill passed man, I’ve advocated for this being quickly is really exciting to all stu- been an honor to work with the oth- win. Sports, 6A unanimously in the House Judicia- a bill that we move forward this dents involved in the project, espe- er student governments. ry Committee last week. session, and I’m hopeful that we’re cially those who have been involved “They’ve been nothing but amaz- Dual reading combines Student leaders and young Io- able to accomplish that,” Rep. Zach for multiple years,” Iowa State Uni- ing, and I think it’s really opened passion and experience wans across the state have joined Nunn, R-Bondurant, said. “I’m very versity Student Government Presi- up lines of collaboration for our or- Iowa Writers’ Workshop Director to advocate for medical amnesty, proud to support the bill, but I want dent Cody West said. “A lot of things ganization and their organizations Lan Samantha Chang will join an effort which started nearly two to give real recognition to the fact take much longer than two years. I in the future on these major issues a friend from her fellowship at years ago. Last legislative session, that this is the result of hard work think even when we got through like student safety,” Dunn said. Stanford, Nan Cohen, at Prairie Lights today. The dual reading will SEE AMNESTY, 2A feature Chang’s unfinished work and Cohen’s collection of poems exploring the Torah. 80 Hours, 5B Grant funding helps Reynolds Drake takes down Iowa softball 3-1 Despite pitching ace Allison Doocy, who has taken down some of the top approves teams in the country, the Bulldogs power nuclear research had their way, racking up 11 hits. It could have been even worse, UI receives grant funding for nuclear research and training though, as Drake left 10 runners stranded on base. Sports, 6A future radiochemists. $10.9 million
Point-Counterpoint: What’s next in March Madness? funding cuts March Madness has been pretty wild so far. Now that the Final Four is upon us, who will make the national BY KAYLI REESE championship game? Loyola has the [email protected] chance to keep its magical season going, but the Wolverines, the Big Ten Tournament champions, stand in Gov. Kim Reynolds signed 23 bills into law on Wednesday, one of which will cut $10.9 million the way. Sports, 6A from the fiscal 2018 budgets of the University of Iowa and Iowa State University. According to a press release from the Office of the Governor, Senate File 2117 was among those Reynolds passed. The bill passed the Iowa House 59-41, on March 20, and it passed the Iowa Senate 28-21, on March 21. Tune in for LIVE updates Following the passage of this bill in the Io- Campus and city news, weather, wa Legislature, UI Presi- and Hawkeye sports coverage dent Bruce Harreld issued a every day at 8:30 a.m. at statement with the deans of daily-iowan.com. each college and other cam- James Year/The Daily Iowan pus leaders saying their re- UI graduate student Mo Payne prepares vials to stimulate uranium crystal growth in the laboratory on Wednesday. The spective units would recom- WEATHER research being conducted at the UI is focused on improving nuclear waste storage. mend places to cut funding on campus, as well as areas BY ANDY MITCHELL ment, and it’s usually in water,” Payne said. to increase revenue. HIGH LOW [email protected] “The average Joe should know that people Reynolds In order to reach the UI’s 48 28 are working hard to make sure that doesn’t mission of student success, On the East Side of campus, a group of grad- happen.” bring in new talent, and hire the best employ- Cloudy at first, then mostly sunny, windy. uate students and professors work to research The lab also researches ways of identifying ees, Harreld said in the statement, tuition will nuclear energy and to find better ways of dis- radioactive elements in water supplies and need to be raised following funding cuts. INDEX posing nuclear waste. stopping them from reaching the public and “Requesting a tuition increase from the The University of Iowa has recently received causing harm. Board of Regents is not an action that the uni- OPINIONS 4A grants from national agencies including the One benefit of winning federal grants is the versity takes lightly; however, it is now neces- CLASSIFIEDS 7B U.S. Department of Energy, the Nuclear Reg- ability to purchase upgraded equipment for sary in light of this continued generational dis- ulatory Commission, and the Department of the lab. investment,” the statement said. DAILY BREAK 8B Homeland Security. The lab’s 20-year-old single crystal X-ray dif- The state Board of Regents has pushed back SPORTS 8A Fourth-year graduate chemistry student fractometer, used for determining the atomic discussing tuition at Iowa’s universities until Maurice “Mo” Payne said one of the benefits and molecular structure of a crystal, was up- April. the average person can see from the research graded using grant funding, and that reduced The UI Student Government also issued a is clean drinking water. experiment time from more than a day to 30 statement from UISG President Jacob Simpson “When nuclear waste spilled or when it leaks from the containers, it gets into the environ- SEE NUCLEAR, 2A SEE REYNOLDS, 2A 2A NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2018 Volume 149 HEALTH IN MOVEMENT The Daily Iowan Issue 158 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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understanding of why Iowa life in this situation,” Dunn is behind when it comes to AMNESTY needs medical amnesty, he said. “Wanting to make sure medical-amnesty legisla- here, we’re really behind the you value the lives of young CONTINUED FROM FRONT said. that students are safe is real- tion. ball. We’re one of 13 states people? I think if Iowa push- “A big thing that most peo- ly important to a lot of folks “Iowa has this history in the country that does not es this legislation through, it ple can get behind is ensur- that we’ve talked to.” of pushing the envelope in have medical amnesty,” Nel- will make a very firm state- He believes that the leg- ing that students have the UISG City Council liaison what it means to be a safe son said. “It’s just a matter of ment that we are here to pro- islators were receptive and tools to save a life, protect a Ben Nelson said that Iowa state for all its residents, but where do your values lie. Do tect our children.”
materials. “There’s been a decline in in- is creating a center of ex- that we can use for medical Forbes and Schultz intro- NUCLEAR Forbes sees a situation terest in this area.” cellence for radiation and imaging and cancer thera- duced Radiochemistry: En- CONTINUED FROM FRONT in which more people are One of the students she sciences, including radio- py,” Schultz said. ergy, Medicine, and the En- leaving the radiochemistry was able to recruit was chemistry, connections with An example of the kind vironment in 2013 to pique field than there are joining Payne when he took one of environmental science, and of research he and resident undergraduates’ interest minutes to a couple hours. it, which she attributes to a her undergraduate courses. the politics behind nuclear radiologists do can be seen in radioactive and nucle- Tori Forbes, associate lack of public knowledge and Forbes hopes to expand energy. in his start-up company ar chemistry. The class has professor in the Chemistry the negative press nuclear from the single radiochem- On the West Side of cam- Viewpoint Molecular Tar- grown from 16 students to Department who estab- energy has garnered since istry course offered to un- pus, Michael Schultz, a UI geting, which is working on nearly 50 this spring. lished the UI’s nuclear-re- the 1970s. dergraduate students with associate professor in the a radiopharmaceutical that “We’re doing this work search core, is also focused “When you mention the the help of the State Hygien- Radiology Department, re- could travel through the for you,” Payne said. “We’re on building the next gen- word nuclear and people ics Lab to get students more searches the medical bene- human body and search for funded by the taxpayers, so eration of radiochemists think bombs, they think ac- hands-on lab experience. fits of nuclear research. melanoma cells to find and it’s important for the taxpay- — people who study the cidents, and they don’t think Another stop on the fu- “Some nuclear-waste kill without harming other ers to know we’re working chemistry of radioactive about energies,” Forbes said. ture’s road map for Forbes streams produce isotopes parts of the body. on their behalf.”
Lilián Sánchez after the bill funding cuts, but the UI said 14 percent of students of students often worry about are a significant number of REYNOLDS passed in the Legislature. must find a way to keep stu- from fall 2016 to spring 2017 their financial situation, students who struggle to af- CONTINUED FROM FRONT In the statement, UISG dent debt low and increase did not return to the UI the the statement said, and 65 ford their education at the said it understands the uni- graduation and retention following year, primarily for percent of in-state students UI, and students do not grad- versity will have to raise rates. financial reasons. In 2016, a graduated with debt in 2016. uate at an acceptable rate,” and UISG Vice President tuition to make up for the In the UISG statement, it UI survey showed 52 percent “The data are clear: There the statement said. Shivers shares her experience as a black leader UI graduate student Joy Melody Woods and VP for Student Life Dr. Melissa Shivers had a conversation Wednesday evening about being a black woman in leadership at a Big Ten University.
BY ANNIE FITZPATRICK which started in August also is a woman of color,” joys making students un- on the UI campus. Being a we search for it. But also.. [email protected] 2017. The podcast focus- Woods said. comfortable in the sense woman and also being black It’s also taught me how to es on education, mental The conversation high- that it will help them grow, are two identities that are communicate across cul- University of Iowa Vice health, and the music we lighted the importance of she said. a conscious part of the in- tures.” President for Student Life use to cope with it all, she meaningful relationships The discussion also tersections of her identity, Only 3.5 percent of Io- Melissa Shivers and grad- said. and finding friendships delved into a discussion of Shivers said. wa’s population is African uate student Joy Melody Woods reached out to that are rewarding. Build- Brittney Cooper’s book El- The low percentage of Af- American, and that tied in- Woods sat down Wednes- Shivers last semester with an ing relationships takes oquent Rage. Woods asked rican-American students on to Shivers’ experience with day evening to discuss what idea to conduct an interview time, and it is important questions that focused on campus was also discussed getting acquainted as part it is like to be a woman, and for “Morning Joy.” However, that what you are giving in how to manage anger and as a component of Shivers’ of the community, Shivers a woman of color, in a lead- the idea evolved into a for- relationships is being re- frustration. experience at Iowa. said. ership role at a Big Ten uni- mal event to be held during ciprocated, Shivers said. It is important to reflect “Only 3 percent of the UI senior Gabrielle versity. Women’s History Month to “I try to surround myself at the end of the day and de- university is African Amer- Young spoke of her experi- Shivers is the first Afri- celebrate Shivers and wom- with authentic and real peo- termine whether you “fill up ican. So that means there’s ence during Wednesday’s can-American woman to en in power. ple,” she said. the cup or take away” when like 1,000 of us,” Woods event. hold her position. “We don’t have a lot of Shivers has 22 years of interacting with students said. “And that’s disheart- “It meant … Seeing Dr. Woods is a master’s stu- women in leadership, and experience working in high- and peers, Shivers said. ening to know that when Shivers in a more … hu- dent in the School of Ed- so I thought that it would er education and has de- Her identification as a I look around, I’m like the man way, in a more per- ucation with a focus on be really great to interview veloped an admiration for woman of color was also only black person in my sonal way … understand- sociology. She also hosts someone who is in leader- being able to help students discussed in regards to the classroom … so finding that ing that she’s like me,” a podcast, “Morning Joy,” ship … who is new and who find who they are. She en- importance of her position community is harder, and Young said. Beyond the statistics of catastrophy, into literature UI professor examines literature taking place in two urban environments affected by environmental disasters.
BY PAUL ELWELL were exposed to methyl iso- ways, so I move from city to place in the DuPont rubber events at factories around Lou- “Usually, we just hold the [email protected] cyanate gas because of an ex- toxins to literature and back plant located in Louisville, isville between 1965 and 2011, colloquium in the EPB, which plosion in an insecticide plant again.” Kentucky, which suffered an as well as the area companies’ is generally not as accessible to University of Iowa Pro- located in Bhopal, India. The Eckstein used the history explosion killing 12 and injur- lack of prevention and clarity, the public,” Associate Professor fessor of English Barbara official death toll is believed to and presence of toxins in this ing 37. In the years following, Eckstein cited several forms of of English Blaine Greteman Eckstein gave a presentation be 15,278, Eckstein said. particular urban area to pro- the city of Louisville has ex- literature that have referenced said. “However, we found that Wednesday at the Iowa City Eckstein used the 2007 book vide an analysis on the social, perienced many more events the toll these events have tak- the Public Library’s only re- Public Library, 123 S. Linn St., by Indra Sinha, Animal’s People, cultural, and political effect similar to this. en on the health and social as- quirement was making our presenting new research from which is set in Bhopal, to re- the incident has had. “This is a story told local- pects of the community. event to the public, which we her current book project, Two search the effects that this leak The books and Eckstein’s ly and across time,” Eckstein In choosing these two events thought was great.” Tales of Toxicity: Bhopal and Lou- had beyond simply numerical research delve into the life of said. “The event has been hard to cover instead of other, more Perhaps because of the new isville. The presentation was data. the main character, Animal, for West End residents to for- catastrophic around the world, venue, several students attend- part of the English Depart- “If we let it, I think litera- who, after exposure to chem- get; memorably bad decisions Eckstein made her decision ed the colloquium, including ments Spring Faculty Collo- ture gives us breathing space icals following the explosion, that were made after the first based on her competency in UI student Sasia Da Silva, an quium Series. to consider tangled human did not fully develop his spine, explosion to let the evacuat- the English language, in which English major. In her presentation, Eck- and environmental affairs forcing him to walk on all ed workers back in after the all her sources were written, to “I thought the lecture was stein discussed literature from without the pressure to jump fours. Eckstein examines how event. Also, events were cap- avoid being too presumptuous. very informative about inci- two different environmental immediately to premature this exposure has influenced tured live for the Louisville Wednesday was the first dents I wasn’t even aware of,” catastrophes, the first being conclusions,” Eckstein said. all parts of his life. residents by the advent of tele- time an English Faculty Collo- she said. “I had no idea that the Bhopal disaster in which “Environmental humanism Eckstein then moved on to vision.” quium was held in the Public Louisville or Bhopal was an is- more than 500,000 people is interdisciplinary in many the second incident, taking Enumerating the similar Library. sue at all.” THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2018 NEWS 3A CosIowa finds the new world, just cos CosIowa, a cosplay club at the University of Iowa, drove to Overland Park, Kansas, recently to participate in Naka-Kon, a local anime convention. BY KATIE GOODALE ning and shouting, and people store and modify them; or they [email protected] were happy. may choose to buy a costume Naka-Kon began in 2005 as already made. “Cons” — or conventions — a single-day event at the Uni- For those with minimum inspire participants to escape versity of Kansas; it has since sewing or design skills, being reality and become someone grown to a booming celebra- part of CosIowa allows mem- else for a day. They can become tion with up to 10,000 attend- bers to work toward a shared superheroes, fairies, animals, ees in recent years. Naka-Kon goal and learn the basics. and other Japanese characters gives a fully Japanese experi- “I had learned [sewing skills] at the events. ence to its guests with authen- before, but I did have to kind University of Iowa students tic foods, music, and anime. of relearn them as I worked on are involved in the scene, and Like most conventions, it of- my cosplays,” CosIowa Presi- over spring break, they dressed fered events such as costume dent and UI senior Ellie Burke proudly in costumes that took competitions, celebrity pan- said. “I knew generally how to six months to make with preci- els, merchandise sales, game hold a needle and how to sew sion and creativity. Most of the rooms, dance parties, photo and stuff. I had to relearn how costumes look as though they shoots, among many others. to use a sewing machine and were store-bought, not sewn in CosIowa has also steadily relearn how to use patterns …” Katie Goodale/The Daily Iowan a university classroom. grown since its establishment Conventions are generally The Shiny Dreamers dance group portray dances from the anime show Love Lies during Naka Kon at the From March 16-18, the 12 in 2015. Beginning with on- the culmination of the chal- Overland Convention Center in Overland Park, Kansas on March 16, 2018. UI CosIowa members trav- ly a few members, CosIowa lenging work, the time for eled to Overland Park, Kan- now attends at least one con a members to put on their cos- sas, to join something larger, year and has two meetings per tumes and show them to other an event they had worked week, all school-year long. On like-minded individuals. toward — a chance to live Sundays, the members work Cosplay is often misrepre- through their imaginations. on designing their costumes, sented in media as an activity At the event, Naka-Kon, and on Mondays, they present for pariahs or as a sexual ex- the air was saturated with soy on costume-design techniques. perience, but Burke said this is sauce and fried foods as small Students who participate often not the case. stalls make chicken teriyaki to in the club dedicate count- “I think the biggest mis- purchase on the first floor of less hours and around $600 conception is that it’s only the the Overland Park Convention from the completion of their people who are like unhealthily Center. Families maneuvered costumes to the conclusion obsessed with something that strollers through the crowd, of the con. cosplay … [the] type of nerds as their children sported Participants usually come as who are total social shutouts Pokémon beanies and older characters from their favorite when really it’s just … at its couples strolled arm in arm. video games or anime series, core, it’s social,” she said. “It’s Deadpool stood in line at such as Overwatch and Vol- finding the people who are Starbucks, being accosted tron. A number of Disney prin- interested in the same things on occasion by eager fans cesses, Jedi Knights, and Mar- you’re interested in.” who waited to take pictures vel heroes can be seen as well. CosIowa Vice President and Katie Goodale/The Daily Iowan with him. Overhead, light For UI junior Leah Carlson, UI senior Kelly Hogan, said co- CosIowa President Ellie Burke gets ready to put on her cosplay by first putting in her contacts. jazz whispered over the Star- a dedicated member of the or- splayers are often looked at like bucks speakers, which was ganization, she could spend a Sheldon from the “Big Bang.” drowned out by personal few hours, or a few months, on “There’s always like, ‘It’s speakers strapped to cosplay- a single costume. kind of weird’ or like you have ers’ backpacks. The louder “I did a costume where I did the ‘Big Bang Theory’ kind of music was more aggressive- 40 hours of hand-beading,” thing, ‘Oh, they’re just real- ly techno, with a singer who Carlson said. “I sewed hun- ly nerdy.’ It’s either taken in shouted in Japanese. dreds of beads onto it. Individ- a really weird way or … just Cosplayers from all over ually, like each individual bead. [portrayed as] super-nerds.” the Midwest loudly discussed It took so long and so much CosIowa members work what paraphernalia they just effort … I put my time and en- tirelessly toward the goal of purchased from the dealers’ ergy into something, and I have showing off their trade. For hall as they ran past in a flur- something to show for it, and it Burke, Hogan, and Carlson, ry of activity. Names seemed looks good …” cons are a chance to partici- indiscriminately thrown into Club members and self-de- pate fully in a world that most the wind, most in Japanese, signers create their costumes of the world remains unaware in order to get the attention in different ways. of. At Naka-Kon two weeks of different cosplayers dressed Some make their costume ago, they were joined with as their favorite characters. from scratch, costing a mini- others for one eclectic event. Katie Goodale/The Daily Iowan All around, there was an air mum of $100; others might find Now, the group will prepare Junior Leah Carlson plays a Japanese arcade game during Naka-Kon at the Overland Convention Center in of normality, despite the run- clothes from a second-hand for next spring. Overland Park, Kansas, on March 16. 4A THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2018 Opinions COLUMN Conversation about bias leads to change As men and women alike continue sharing in the conversation of equal status, #MeToo, Time’s Up, and the overall economic system, we discover that women are still fighting against a systemic force that has kept them hindered far too long.
Tuesday, March For Our conversation of equal status, plan on doing with my ma- their own voice, and discour- men to be called intimidat- Lives in full force, and the #MeToo, Time’s Up, and the jor, and they’ve responded aged from the passions they ing, aggressive, or bossy semester only weeks from overall economic system, with, “Wow, that’s pretty are so purposefully pursuing. when negotiating for pro- wrapping up, discussions we discover that women are risky. Being a woman and According to Psycholo- motions. about the initiative have still fighting against a sys- all, careers in journalism gy Today, women across There is something to be come with intention. temic force that has kept are male-dominated. Are America find themselves said about the promotions An important conversa- them hindered far too long. you sure?” wondering why they feel as (and lack thereof), passions, tion to have, and to continue Though great progress has The intention behind what if they have been iced out of and presentations of wom- TAYLOR NEWBY to have, is one of opportuni- been made in the fight for they are saying to me isn’t meetings with their male co- en in leadership altogether. [email protected] ty. As students, we are con- equal pay and equal voice, always cruel, and they don’t workers, why they walk away Women have been battling stantly searching for mo- there is still much to be talk- mean to sound discouraging. from conversations feeling against countless companies ments of which we can reach ed about. But what I receive from their unheard, and why — when that have put them in a box. With the conclusion of just a little further toward As a woman pursuing slanted comments is doubt they offer force behind opin- And with men and women Women’s History Month ar- our goal, our big dream, our a career in journalism, I — as though, being a woman, ions and passion behind from every context coming riving in just a short couple career. Because in reaching have been on the receiving I’m too weak to stand up for presented strategy — they alongside them, conversa- of days, women in leadership toward these moments or end of many sexist micro- myself, to write with my own are responded to negatively tion is initiated, which leads has arisen in conversation opportunities, we build the aggressions — situations voice, to create material that by men. to force of action, which more than once on campus. foundation of who we are in which I have been in is both good and informa- A 2016 Lean In/McKinsey then provokes change. With Tarana Burke, the pow- in our studies, or our goals, conversation with fellow tive. And so is it with many & Co. survey of 132 compa- As students, we are giv- erhouse woman and founder and who we are in ourselves. students and even family different occupations. nies and 34,000 employees en opportunity to initiate of the #MeToo movement, But as men and women members and I’ve told them Women are deemed weak, found that women were 30 movement with intention. delivering a riveting lecture alike continue sharing in the what I’m studying or what I unable to handle the volume of percent more likely than And it begins by talking.
COLUMN Black Lives Matter deserves the same support as March for Our Lives to achieve unity The contrasting support between Black Lives Matter and March for Our Lives needs to be addressed and overcome to truly become united in the fight for stricter gun laws and ending gun violence in the United States.
The American public has ter the March for Our Lives to rise together in the fight ing violence against blacks women, is not present in the responded with immense on March 24, 66 percent of to end gun violence through not only through police media. She pointed out that support in more than 800 Americans support young their voices and their votes. brutality, but gang violence, Black Lives Matter has been cities marching, more than student activists in enacting Consequently, I feel it is every among other forms. championing the same goals 200,000 people in Washing- stricter gun laws. March for Our Lives support- The Black Lives Matter and was ignored in the me- ton alone, according to CBS. However, during the peak er’s duty to also support Black movement should get more dia, even though black lives While the support for this of the Black Lives Matter Lives Matter. This partner- attention and support now have been put at risk more movement is amazing and movement, 43 percent of ship and continuous support that we have widespread disproportionately than any NICHOLE SHAW should be praised, we must Americans supported the can only result in more unity support for gun control in other race in America. [email protected] ask ourselves where this sup- movement and stricter gun and a strong front against the recent Our Lives Mat- She is right. It is a fun- port was during the Black laws, according to Pew Re- NRA lobbyists. ter marches that occurred damental responsibility for Lives Matter movement. search Center. This differ- Despite public controversy around the nation. Afri- supporters of March for Our The recent coverage of The Black Lives Matter ence is astonishingly dis- over the Black Lives Matter can-American kids and Lives to support Black Lives March for Our Lives in the mission statement is “to appointing and needs to be movement and police brutal- adults have been asking for Matter, too. If not, these media invoked an intense build local power and to in- eliminated. The difference ity, this movement has a lot stricter gun laws and regu- people are oppressing the response from the Ameri- tervene in violence inflicted in support between the two of other goals that have been lation for years, but nobody same people who endure the can public. Activists such as on black communities by the movements by the American ignored and overshadowed listened. Now, young white same fear they do in their Emma Gonzalez became the state and vigilantes,” and people for similar end goals by the incorrect assumption children are being heard fight to live in a country voice for trailblazing a revo- this violence often comes showcases the subtle racism that African Americans hate around the nation in their that has had more casualties lutionary movement toward from the trigger of a gun. that still plagues the United police. The group’s website demand for gun control. Af- from gun violence than ca- ending gun violence. The Thus, both movements have States. This is unacceptable. talks about being inclusive rican Americans need to be sualties in war. mission is to “ensure that no the same inherent goals If this attitude continues, to all people and affirming heard, too. It’s time to listen. It’s time to end secret, special-interest group or po- — ending gun violence. Americans will allow this the lives of other groups At the march in D.C., blanket racism and come litical agenda is more critical Despite their common mis- pervasive racism to prosper that have been violently 11-year-old Naomi Wadler together to support every- than timely passage of legis- sions, the American public alongside gun violence. targeted, such as queer and brought attention to the fact one in the fight to end gun lation to effectively address does not view both with the I believe it is March for trans folk, women, and dis- the discussion of gun vio- violence through legisla- the gun violence issues that same attitude and support. Our Lives’ inherent duty to abled persons. They strive lence that African Americans tion. Let everyone’s voice are rampant in our country.” A CBS poll shows that af- support Black Lives Matter, for liberation and eliminat- endure, particularly young be heard.
COLUMN Why I don’t want my teachers to have guns With the topic of arming teachers fresh in everyone’s mind, I explain through my experience why I don’t want to give teachers guns.
me. I was a troublemaker, cyn- poem, and to some, it might blow up West hall then.” bugged me about being late, joke, and the preventive mea- ical, sarcastic, young, and stu- have seemed violent. The day We laughed among our- and I couldn’t hear him be- sures taken to ensure safety pid. And it also didn’t help that I wrote poem, the writer’s club selves and dropped the sub- cause my headphones were in, were definitely necessary. But I was late every day to every went to lunch. ject. But one girl, a girl I didn’t so I just kept walking. with all the talk about arming class. This often caused teach- We talked about how we really know outside of writer’s But unlike all the other teachers, I can’t help but think, ers to not understand me. all hated school, as most club did not drop the subject. times I ignored him, this time what if? All the staff was told Because of this I found my- high-schoolers do, and we “I have a class in West hall,” he stepped in front of me and to watch out for me and that I self in the principal’s office prayed for something to pre- she said. gestured for me to take my might have brought a weapon WYLLIAM SMITH quite a bit. The principal knew vent us from going to school Looking back, I probably headphones out. “You can’t onto campus. [email protected] my mom pretty well, and un- the next day. As a weird, could’ve picked up on the come in here,” he said. What if I had been stopped like most, he did understand angsty teenager, my sense of signs that she was nervous. He took me to the princi- by a teacher instead of security me. So these detentions were humor was dark. But I did not. Instead, in my pal’s office, but unlike the at the front door? What if they My freshman and sopho- more like firm scoldings. “I’m just gonna blow up the dark humor, I made a really other times, it was not just asked me to stop but didn’t more year of high school, I My sophomore year, I was school tomorrow,” I said. stupid joke. a firm scolding. I was told realize I couldn’t hear them was that weird kid in class. I dealing with depression and My equally angsty teenager “Well, you better look out,” I someone made a report that because I had headphones in? wore all black, walked around was lashing out. Lashing out friend replied with, “But I’ll be said with a wink. I had made a school-shooting What if they thought my over- with headphones at all times, against my family, my friends, in school tomorrow.” The next day as I walked threat. I was suspended for a sized backpack had a weapon carried a huge backpack full of my school; and the best place “Dang, what hall will you be into school, late as usual, with week, and I had to go to man- inside it? What if they gen- books everywhere, and didn’t to do that was in writer’s club. in?” I asked. my huge backpack, dressed datory counseling. uinely feared for their life? have many friends. One day I wrote a poem. “East hall,” she said. in black, the head of security I have come to terms with What if they were armed? Most teachers didn’t like The poem was an angry “OK then,” I said. “I’ll just tried to stop me. He normally the the fact that I made a dumb Would they have shot me?
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BY PETE RUDEN confident in all the pitchers right-hander Grant Judkins [email protected] that we have. It’s just a matter took over on the bump. of going out there and getting An error plated another When Iowa battled Bradley it done.” Brave before Bradley’s Luke at Banks Field on Wednesday, Freshman Trenton Wallace Mangieri launched a 2-run it used almost as many pitch- started on the bump for the double over the head of center ers as runs it scored — and it Hawkeyes before being re- fielder Justin Jenkins to tie the scored a lot of runs. lieved by Ben Probst and Kyle game at 6. Ten Hawkeye arms took Shimp. The trio allowed just 2 “Once we got we got to the the mound in the 13-9 walk- hits while giving up 2 walks. sixth inning, things kind of off victory over the Braves, Iowa didn’t allow a run went downhill,” Iowa head averaging more than one until freshman Jack Drey- coach Rick Heller said. “Brad- pitcher an inning. er entered the game in the ley’s a very good hitting team; While no pitcher played for fourth. The Braves used 2 we knew they weren’t going an extended amount of time, walks and a hit to get their to go away, that they would it was good for Iowa to see the run across, although the challenge us with their bats at depth it is working with as the Hawkeyes countered with some point during that game. team heads into another Big 4 runs of their own in their But we can’t give up 8 runs in Ten series on Friday. half of the inning. two innings like we did.” However, the performance The process seemed to fall After Iowa scored 2 more could have been better. Seven flat in the sixth inning, how- in the sixth, Bradley scored Hawkeye hurlers walked an ever. Bradley used a big inning 3 in the seventh to gain the opposing batter, while seven of its own to score 5 runs and lead and add to the Hawkeyes’ gave up at least 1 hit. Iowa al- tie the game. pitching struggles. Yue Zhang/The Daily Iowan lowed 12 hits and 10 walks on After Cam Baumann kept Judkins ended his day with The Hawkeye’s Trenton Wallace pitches at Banks Field on Wednesday. Hawkeyes defeated Bradley, 13-9, on a walkoff granny. the day, which culminated in 9 Bradley scoreless in his in- 2 earned runs in 0.2 innings, Bradley runs. ning, Kole Kampen gave up a and Grant Leonard, who en- with 3 strikeouts in 2 innings ant, despite the up-and-down be a little colder like it was “Our depth is definite- homer to right facing his first tered in relief of Judkins, was of work. play of the game. [Wednesday] and it’s going to ly there,” said reliever Zach batter in the sixth inning. charged with 1 earned run. Iowa came out on top thanks “It shows that we have be a little rainy, so it’s going to Daniels, who earned the win. After giving up another run After Shane Ritter gave up to a walk-off grand slam from overcome some adversity,” be a little wet. The adversity “We had some guys struggle that cut Iowa’s lead to 6-3, he 2 walks, Daniels closed it out Tyler Cropley. Heading into a Cropley said. “I think that’s part, I think we’ll overcome. today, but they’ll be ready to was the first pitcher unable to in clutch fashion, earning Big Ten series against No. 25 going to be tested here this We did it last year and have go for the weekend. We’re go a full inning; sophomore the win after allowing 1 walk Illinois, the win was import- next weekend. It’s going to carried it into this year.”
[in the dugout] all night,” Neustrom finished 3-for-5 right now, so it’s going to BASEBALL Heller said. “I thought the with 2 RBIs, and Cropley be a test this weekend,” CONTINUED FROM 6A first swing he took was a ended the night 3-for-5 with Cropley said. “You definite- high-quality swing, just 5 RBIs. ly circle it on the schedule missed. To get the hit was As a team, the Hawkeyes when you see it, but every scoring, and a single, an awesome.” notched 15 hits — the same Big Ten weekend is circled error, and a 2-RBI double On an 0-1 count, Elion number of hits as they con- on the schedule.” rounded out the 5-run in- connected on a single into nected on in both games ning. Iowa answered with right field, scoring Cropley against Indiana on March 2 runs in the bottom of the and tying the game at 9. 23 combined. sixth, but Bradley struck “That situation — we Whelan, Neustrom, Aus- again. knew it was going to be a tin Guzzo, and Kyle Crowl In the top of the seventh, tight game,” Elion said. “All finished the two-game se- Bradley scored a pair of of us pray to be in that sit- ries against Indiana with 6 runs on singles, then add- uation. We grind hard for hits in 31 attempts, collec- ed another on a Hawkeye those type of plays.” tively. On Wednesday, the error. Yue Zhang/The Daily Iowan Elion finished 1-for-1, and group finished with 9 hits. Needing some momen- Hawkeye catcher Tyler Cropley bats during the baseball game between his teammates, especially Now, Iowa turns its focus tum late in the game, head Iowa and Bradley at Duane Banks Field on Wednesday. those at the top of the line- to Illinois. The No. 25 Illini coach Rick Heller turned to the contest. high-quality arm, good ve- up, came through as well. will host the Hawkeyes in Lorenzo Elion, who hadn’t “It wasn’t an easy sit- locity guy, on a cool night Chris Whelan recorded 4 Champaign starting Friday. had an at-bat previously in uation. He was facing a when he’s been sitting hits in his 5 at-bats, Robert “They’re playing well
SOFTBALL CONTINUED FROM 6A the offense. “I just need to continue to go right at them,” Doocy said. “We just have to get ahead and stay ahead. It was a little shaky there for a second, but we got back on it.” It could have been a lot worse for Doocy and the Hawkeyes. The Bulldogs left 10 runners stranded. Drake played better in ev- ery aspect. Bulldog base run- ners stole 3 bases compared with Iowa’s zero. Drake had no errors to Iowa’s 1. Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan The Hawkeyes looked as owa’s Allison Doocey prepares to pitch against Drake at Pearl Field on Wednesday. The Bulldogs defeated the if they were finally respond- Hawkeyes, 3-1. ing in the bottom of the sev- enth inning. Pinch hitter Lea A wild pitch from Smith put Just as Hawkeye fans were “Finally, in the last inning Thompson hit a soft single to Hawkeye runners on second getting excited, Drake’s de- we had, we were making first base. Allie Wood struck and third with just one out fense ended the game with a things happen,” Looper said. out swinging to follow, but and McKenzie Schneider in double play. Angela Schmie- “We had a couple of hard hits Aralee Bogar managed to the box. derer rocketed a ball to sec- early, but they had good de- hit a ball straight in the dirt She hit a blooper over ond base, and Drake turned fense. We need to do a better in front of home plate and first base to put a run on the the 6-4-3 double play to stop job of making the adjust- made it to first base safely. board for the Hawkeyes. any momentum for good. ments early.”
Meanwhile, it’s harder for against a 14-19 Iowa squad PCP me to choose between Kan- in the Big Ten Tournament. CONTINUED FROM 6A sas and Villanova. After that When you put their tour- win against Duke, I really, nament games side-by-side, really wanted to pick Kansas Loyola has the more impres- Two more Wolverines av- (in all honesty, I think this sive road to San Antonio erage 12.6 points per game game is a tossup). Devonté with wins over No. 6 Miami, apiece, Muhammad-Ali Ab- Graham is Mr. Do It All for No. 3 Tennessee, No. 7 Neva- dur-Rahkman and Charles the Jayhawks, scoring 17.2 PETE RUDEN da, and No. 9 Kansas State. Matthews. points, dishing 7.3 assists, [email protected] Michigan’s best win is Loyola hasn’t lost since grabbing 4.1 rebounds, and against Houston, a No. 6 Jan. 31, a 2-point loss to averaging 1.6 assists per Loyola and Villanova seed, by 1 point. That came Bradley. Meanwhile, Mich- game this season. after a 61-47 win over Mon- igan hasn’t dropped a con- But Villanova has blown March Madness is one of tana, which was not a pret- test since Feb. 6. through the competition the best times of the year, ty game of basketball. Six- Since then, the Wolver- during this year’s tourna- and no team exemplifies ty-one points against a No. ines have taken down No. ment, winning each game what March is all about 14 seed? Not great. It seems 2 Michigan State and No. 8 by nearly 16 points on aver- more than Loyola-Chicago. to me as if the Wolverines Purdue in the Big Ten Tour- age. The Ramblers’ run to the are prone to an upset. nament before winning I think the dynamic duo Final Four has been one for Villanova, on the other four NCAA Tournament of Jalen Brunson (19.2 points the ages that sports fans will hand, is a strong offensive games against Montana, per game, 41.4 percent from remember for a long time. team with no problem put- Houston, Texas A&M, and 3-point range) and Mikal Why not keep that magic ting the ball in the bucket, Florida State. Bridges (17.8 points, 43.6 going? led by Jalen Brunson and I’m rolling with the Big percent) will be too much Sure, Michigan is also on Mikal Bridges. Ten here. Do I get annoyed for Kansas. an incredible 13-game win- Brunson averages 19.2 with the Loyola “fanbase”? After Saturday, we’ll have ning streak that led to a Big points a game, while Bridg- Of course. Do I think the our national championship Ten Tournament title and a es brings an average of 17.8 Loyola fans are coming out matchup set. Final Four appearance, but into the matchup with the of the bushes at the same Spoiler alert: Big Blue the Wolverines aren’t as Jayhawks. rate as Cub “fans” after their will end those Rambler consistent as their run sug- With those two, plus four World Series win? dreams, and Villanova will gests. more averaging in double You bet. And it’s back to be too much for Kansas We can’t forget this is figures, the Wildcats’ power the bushes after this week- coach Bill Self and Compa- the same team that barely on offense will be too much end. ny to handle. pulled out an overtime win for Kansas to handle. THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2018 DAILY-IOWAN.COM Sports @DI_SPORTS_DESK
HAWKEYE UPDATES Big Ten names Track Athletes of Week A week after three Hawkeye Walk-off Hawkeye track and field athletes earned Big Ten recognition, no member of the Iowa squad was honored this week. Instead, distance runner Joe Murphy of Indiana took home the men’s Track Athlete of the Week winner, grand-slam style award after running 3:44.22 in the 1,500, the Big Ten’s fastest and the nation’s third-fastest time, and Ne- braska thrower Nick Percy earned Iowa and Bradley exchanged punches, but neither team could deliver the knockout blow until Tyler Field Athlete of the Week. Percy’s mark of 62.50 meters in the discus Cropley homered with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth. is the best in the country, while his hammer throw of 65.62 tops the conference On the women’s side, Ohio State sprinter Maggie Berry clocked the nation’s fastest time in the 400 to pick up the Track Athlete of the Week honor. Indiana thrower Khayla Dawson was named the Field Athlete of the week with a Big Ten-best throw in the shot put of 16.72 meters.
Whelan keeps hot streak going Ever since he returned from Tommy John surgery, Iowa des- ignated hitter Chris Whelan has been on a tear, and he kept it up in the Hawkeyes’ 13-9 walk-off win over Bradley on Wednesday. Whelan Whelan went 4-for-5 at the plate against the Braves, scoring 4 runs in the process. The Naperville, Illinois, native, who returned against Evansville on March 17, is now hitting .417 on the season, showing no signs of rust. “It is pretty amazing that he was able to hit the ground run- ning,” Iowa head coach Rick Heller said. “In baseball, confidence is such a big part of it, and I think that just really built up his confi- dence when he was able to get a hit his first at-bat.”
Yue Zhang/The Daily Iowan Iowa’s softball team is not good The Hawkeyes celebrate the walkoff grand slam at Banks Field on Wednesday. The Hawkeyes defeated Bradley, 13-9. at hitting. In fact, the team has not been good at hitting in the past five years. BY ADAM HENSLEY grand slam, giving Iowa a 13-9 win. number of batters. The last five Hawkeye pitch- This year’s team batting aver- [email protected] “I was looking for something I could elevate, ers walked at least one , and two of the 10 pitch- age through 28 games is a measly just put in the outfield and hit a sac fly,” Crop- ers walked two. .239, the 233rd best program in Iowa and Bradley were deadlocked at 9 in ley said. “I guess I hit it a little further than I Iowa’s pitching fell off the tracks in the sixth Division 1. To paint that picture the bottom of the ninth inning — neither team planned. That’s all right with me.” and seventh innings, when the Hawkeyes gave a little more fully, there are 296 Division-1 softball programs. The could land a knockout punch. Cropley’s first career walk-off bomb over- up 8 runs and fell behind, 9-8. team has not hit above .250 since That changed when Tyler Cropley stepped up shadowed a rocky game for the Hawkeyes, es- A home run in the sixth kicked off the Braves’ 2015. to the plate with the bases loaded. Iowa’s catch- pecially in the pitching department. This hitting, or lack thereof, er sent a ball flying past the wall for a walk-off Iowa used 10 pitchers, who walked an equal SEE BASEBALL, 5A needs to be addressed. My solution, and many of the nation’s top softball programs’ solutions, is a designated hitting POINT-COUNTER POINT facility for the team. All of Iowa City’s local high Softball offense slumbers, schools — City High, West High, and Regina — each have a designated hitting facility, which their base- ball and softball programs share. Hearts vs. It seems silly that the university, Drake’s offense does not around 25 times larger than both City and West High and 150 times larger than Regina, fails to have The Drake Bulldogs put on a hitting clinic at Pearl Field, and a hitting facility for its softball program. Marla Looper’s squad failed to respond. Iowa’s baseball program has Minds in a hitting facility a block away from Banks Field, while softball has access to the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Complex’s turf, a facility designed for football. Iowa softball is being over- Final Four looked, and because of this, its hitting is taking the toll. — James Geerdes When it comes to the Final Four, Michigan and Loyola- Chicago throw curve balls into QUOTE OF THE DAY the mix. Which two teams will “I wouldn’t bet on come out victorious? myself in a 40. I would never do that.”
— former Iowa long snapper Tyler Kluver Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan on his 40-yard Iowa’s Allison Doocey prepares to pitch against Drake at Pearl Field on Wednesday. The Bulldogs defeated the dash at Iowa’s Hawkeyes, 3-1. Pro Day ADAM HENSLEY BY JAMES GEERDES who it is, you have to change your game plan,” [email protected] [email protected] Iowa head coach Marla Looper said. “That’s the name of the game. Their pitcher’s job is Michigan and Villanova Iowa’s ace pitcher Allison Doocy has con- to keep us off balance, and she did a good job STAT OF THE DAY trolled some of the top teams in the country of that.” March Madness is all fun and games until a this season. She’s muffled the bats of No. 8 She allowed just 6 hits, and only 2 of those team such as Loyola bulls its way into the Final Iowa baseball used 10 pitchers Arizona State, No. 17 Michigan, and No. 15 got out of the infield. Four. It’s a great story, but at some point, that in nine innings in its walk-off Baylor on her way to an impressive 1.37 ERA. “You credit the pitcher, but we didn’t make magic is going to run bone dry. win over Bradley on Wednesday. But Drake got the best of Doocy on Wednes- the adjustments we needed to early,” Looper Sure, Loyola is on one heck of a run, but so is day. The Bulldogs put on a hitting clinic on said. Michigan. Momentum can only get a team so Iowa’s Pearl Field on a rainy Wednesday eve- Bulldog batters did what Iowa’s could not. far — both teams are running full steam ahead ning, and Iowa hitters were left in the mud as Drake squared up on nearly each ball in the — but Michigan will move on when the final Bulldogs won a 3-1 decision. batter’s box to pour 11 hits hither and yon. buzzer sounds. In the circle, Drake’s Kailee Smith silenced Drake scored a run in the second, third, Moritz Wagner is what you’d call a buck- Hawkeye bats. Coming into the game, Smith and fourth innings, and had hits in each of et-getter. He scored 14.3 points per game this boasted a 1.27 ERA in her 20 appearances. Her the seven innings. Drake’s leadoff hitters in season, and paired with his 6.9 rebounds a performance on Wednesday evening only five of the seven innings had hits, sparking game, he’s a threat on the glass as well. pitchers padded that stat. 10 “Every time you step on the field, no matter SEE SOFTBALL, 5A SEE PCP, 5A THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2018 80 HOURS 7B Patrick Nathan discusses début novel, Some Hell The book details a young gay teen’s struggle to cope with familial dysfunction and his conflicted sense of identity in the wake of his father’s suicide.
BY EMMA SAILOR of the conflict in the novel. “And queer characters are [email protected] When Cassara suggested often ideal for that, because that it could be a product of there’s a vast interior dis- Minneapolis-based author the family’s Midwestern cul- tance in a lot of queer peo- Patrick Nathan read from ture, Nathan agreed. ple because whether or not his début novel, Some Hell, “[Midwesterners] don’t they’re conflicted about who at Prairie talk,” Nathan said. “So much they are now, they most likely Lights on of this novel could be pre- have been at some point.“ Wednesday vented if [the family] just Nathan, who had writ- evening. The spoke with each other.” ten short fiction and essays reading was On top of the fallout from prior to completing Some accompanied by a Q&A led ‘You’ve got to believe that one day, with time, Nathan by Writers’ Workshop one day it will be what you want it to be, even graduate Joseph Cassara. if you don’t know how to get there yet.’ “It was really wonderful to walk in the door downstairs — Patrick Nathan and see my stack of books sit- ting on the table first thing his father’s death, Colin Hell, said the novel went — validating, in a word,” Na- must cope with feelings of through 14 drafts before he than said. confusion over his emerg- finally submitted it for pub- The novel is centered on ing sexuality — feelings lication. He said working on the experiences of a rural that are amplified when he the novel was challenging Minnesota teenager, Col- becomes the target of ad- compared with his previous in, in the wake of his fa- vances from a predatory work; because of its scale, he ther’s suicide. Secrecy and male history teacher. could not be as certain of the unshared feelings of grief These experiences add to work’s final form. Yue Zhang/The Daily Iowan gradually dissolve the bond the layers of secrecy that typ- “With short fiction, the end Writers’ Workshop graduate Joseph Cassara talks with Patrick Nathan, the author of the novelSome Hell at the Prairie between him and his mother, ify how the characters inter- is in sight,” he said. “[A novel] Lights on Wednesday. Nathan read from his new novel and talked about his inspiration for the book. Diane, while excerpts from act with each other. requires a belief in yourself his father’s journals woven “I think it opens up so that you’re actually going to Self-discipline and satis- a novel, Nathan said. I hadn’t really done before,” through the text seem to re- much space, in a work of fic- finish it. You’ve got to believe faction with the story itself “I was just thinking, ‘OK, he said. “Second, it was just veal a family plagued with tion, to have an interior dis- that one day, with time, one were the two other ingre- this is a job right now,’ al- the right story. It was the one an inability to communicate tance between what a person day it will be what you want it dients that set Some Hell most as a challenge to myself story where every time I sat long before his death. is projecting and what they to be, even if you don’t know apart from his previous to see if I could sit down and down with it, I still wanted to This inability drives much are feeling,” Nathan said. how to get there yet.” failed attempts to complete write words every day, which be with those characters.” 8B THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2018 80HOURS The weekend in arts & entertainment Thursday, March 29, 2018
Mission Creek hosts its 13th year of bringing in a cultural influx of sensational music, literary, and technological artists to Iowa City. BY RHIANA CHICKERING | [email protected] SEE FESTIVAL, 4B
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WORDS THE PARTY • “MEMORIES OF A NUREMBERG JUDGE,” 12:40 P.M., 245 BOYD LAW • “NOT YOUR YELLOW FEVER,” 5 P.M., 25 PHILLIPS • “LIVE FROM PRAIRIE LIGHTS,” NAN COHEN & LAN SAMANTHA CHANG, 7 P.M., PRAIRIE LIGHTS, 15 S. DUBUQUE • VISITING ARTIST KATHERINE BEDFORD, 7:30 P.M., E125 VISUAL ARTS
MUSIC • MS BENEFIT CONCERT, 5:30 P.M., VOXMAN RECITAL T HALL H E U N • OVERTIME, 6 P.M., GABE’S, 330 E. WASHINGTON RS CE DA MS • AMERICATURE, 10 P.M., GABE’S Y, 3 P.M., FIL DI MISCELLANEOUS • WOMEN COLOR OF THE MONTH, 6 P.M., LATINO NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER • LAST COMIC STANDING, 10 P.M., IMU HAWKEYE When, by executive decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast ROOM garbage dump called Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari sets off alone in a miniature Junior-Turbo Prop and flies across the river in search of his bodyguard dog, Spots. FILM There, with the assistance of a pack of newly found mongrel friends, he begins an • THE PARTY, 3 P.M., FILMSCENE, 118 E. COLLEGE epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture. • NOVITIATE, 4 & 7 P.M., FILMSCENE HALFLOVES • WOMEN’S MARCH CLOSING RECEPTION, 6 P.M., FILMSCENE READY PLAYER ONE • STRANGE DAYS, 7 P.M., 101 BECKER
DANCE • BASSETT/CARLOS THESIS CONCERT, TRACING. IMPRINTING. BEING., 8 P.M., SPACE/PLACE
FRIDAY 03.30 E F S RI OO WORDS DA M Y, 8 LUE • “THRIVING IN A TRANSFORMING NATION,” 1 P.M., P.M., B N110 LINDQUIST
DI MISCELLANEOUS • “THE YOUTH IS OUR NOW” RALLY, 4 P.M., PENTACREST EAST
DANCE • BASSETT/CARLOS THESIS CONCERT, TRACING. IMPRINTING. BEING., 8 P.M., SPACE/PLACE
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• THOROUGHBREEDS, 3, 6, & 8 P.M., FILMSCENE In the year 2045, people can escape their harsh reality in the Oasis, an immersive • A FANTASTIC WOMAN, 3:30, 5:30, & 8:15 P.M., FILMSCENE virtual world in which people can go anywhere, do anything, be anyone — the only limits are their imagination. Oasis creator James Halliday left his immense MUSIC fortune and control of the Oasis to the winner of a contest designed to find a • NOVET ALBUM RELEASE PARTY, 6 P.M., YACHT CLUB, 13 worthy heir. When Wade Watts conquers the first challenge of the reality-bending S. LINN treasure hunt, he and his friends — known as the High Five — are hurled into a TIC • FRIDAY AFTER WORK WITH ELLIOT GRABER, 6 P.M., NTAS WOM fantastical universe of discovery and danger to save the Oasis and their world. FA AN GABE’S A • THE EX-GIRLFRIENDS, 8 P.M., GABE’S — by Claire Dietz • GREG BROWN, 8 P.M., ENGLERT, 221 E. WASHINGTON • HALFLOVES, 8 P.M., BLUE MOOSE, 211 IOWA • FUTURE FRIDAY, 9 P.M., BLUE MOOSE • SOULSHAKE, 10 P.M, GABE’S SATURDAY 3.31 ALBUM PICK To Dream, by Timeflies 1 : WORDS 3 0
• TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY, PANEL & E It doesn’t get more electronic than Timeflies. If you 6 N FEATURING THERAPY DOGS, 1-4 P.M., 256 IMU , E don’t like techno, this may not be the album for you. The 8 C • MUSIC SHARING PROJECT: CONCERT SERIES II, 2 :3 S 0 LM musicians definitely aim for upbeat, danceable tunes, P.M., OLD CAPITOL SENATE CHAMBER P.M , FI ., SATURDAY and their fourth album is no exception. To Dream was released on March 23, featuring only six songs. Although DI MISCELLANEOUS it still fits in with their typical techno sound. The band’s rhythms are not the only thing it keeps • MOCK SHAADI 2018, 7 P.M., IMU MAIN LOUNGE upbeat; the lyrics of the songs are typically enthusiastic. • LET’S DO THIS COMEDY SHOW, 7 P.M., BLUE MOOSE From love songs to staying strong during rough times, the themes of the new mini-album revolve around positivity. The title track, “To DANCE Dream,” is the furthest from previous work; it is more smooth, rather than the previous • BASSETT/CARLOS THESIS CONCERT, TRACING. undeniably buoyant melodies, and it does not include an instrumental break. The lyrics IMPRINTING. BEING., 8 P.M., SPACE/PLACE contemplate if it’s worth having a dream, but the ultimate message of the song is yes. “Stay woke and stay dreamin’.” FILM The two musicians started on YouTube, where they gathered a following and blew Yerma up with the single “All The Way.” The band still posts its original “Timeflies Tuesday,” on • THOROUGHBREEDS, 1, 4, 6:30, 8:45, & 10:45 which the two musicians post covers every Tuesday. P.M., FILMSCENE • A FANTASTIC WOMAN, 1:30, 6 & 8:30 P.M., Song Pick: “Be Easy” FILMSCENE — by Natalie Betz • GARRY WINOGRAND, ALL THINGS ARE PHOTOGRAPHY, 3:30 P.M., FILMSCENE • CLUELESS, 11 P.M., FILMSCENE LIT PICKS THEATER • YERMA, 6 P.M., ENGLERT DEAD UNTIL DARK, BY CHARLAINE HARRIS MUSIC Set in the town of Bon Temps, Louisiana, protagonist Sookie Stackhouse works fervently between her life as a waitress and as a • THE COVEN, 10 P.M., YACHT CLUB telepath. Having the ability to read people’s minds causes her head to • FREE BASS, 10 P.M., BLUE MOOSE SA T TU ER spin, and most people of the town believe her to be crazy. RDA GL Y 6 P.M, EN Luckily, Sookie’s life takes a drastic turn when she meets Bill Compton, a vampire whose mind she is unable to read. The two SUNDAY 4.1 become friends, and Sookie can sense the mysterious figure is not out to do any harm. However, with the recent murders, the mind MUSIC reader can’t help but question her family, friends, and her newest WINDBOU friendship. With each victim having been in contact with vampires, HE RN • KLARINET FANTASTIQUE, 5:30 P.M., VOXMAN T E Sookie can’t help but wonder if the murderer is a vampire, or someone who absolutely RECITAL HALL despises them. • WINDBORNE, 7 P.M., LEGION ARTS CSPS HALL, 1103 THIRD ST. S.E., CEDAR RAPIDS • VOXMAN REED TRIO, 7:30 P.M., VOXMAN RECITAL HALL OUTLANDER, BY DIANA GABALDON FILM Outlander takes readers back in time to Scotland, right after the end of the Second World War. Claire and Frank Randall, both • THOROUGHBREEDS, 1,4, 6:30, & 8:45 P.M., scarred by the war’s horrors, are desperately trying to mend their FILMSCENE marriage. On one particular day, the couple eye some women • A FANTASTIC WOMAN, 1:30, 3:30 6, & 8:30 P.M., L L dancing close to the Craigh na Dun stone circle. The next morn- FILMSCENE S A U H ing, as Claire gathers plants, the stones and world around her N D S begin to scream. A P Y CS Once the screaming ceases, Claire looks up, and runs into a DI MISCELLANEOUS , 7 S P. RT small fight of muskets, axes, redcoats, and kilts. The year is 1743, • ‘IF OBJECTS COULD TALK’, AFRICAN AMERICAN M., LEGION A MUSEUM OF IOWA, 55 12TH AVE. S.E., CEDAR RAPIDS and the nurse finds herself running into her husband’s ancestors, • PUB QUIZ, 9 P.M., MILL, 120 E. BURLINGTON treating wounded men, and finding other possible suitors. Will she ever return to the Scot- land she knew? — by Madison Lotenschtein THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2018 3B 4B 80 HOURS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2018
“We are trying to build the [came] because this [music] is FESTIVAL experience of jumping from what they grew up with,” Wi- CONTINUED FROM FRONT venue to venue to different ersema said. “I think that when artists rather than coming you aren’t grinding the Amer- to three to four artists in ican festival circuit, there is Locals and out-of-towners one night,” said Aly High, room for more surprises.” explore a convergence of as- the Mission Creek market- To make music events more sorted art forms as Mission ing director. “[We also want accessible, Mission Creek will Creek elicits an influx of cul- to] maintain intimacy with host a free rock show at Big ture throughout Iowa City. venues and not grow to a big, Grove Brewery. From April 3 to 8, the festival main-stage festival.” “[Mission Creek creates] will merge music, literature, To make this year’s festival these super-unique oppor- and technology to represent a more stimulating, the Mission tunities to see artists in a multitude of voices. Creek team of around 15 peo- much more free setting than Thirteen years ago, Mission ple eliminated the “headline a 45-minute main stage per- Creek cofounders Andre Perry culture” that shapes standard formance, and I think the and Tanner Illingworth pro- festivals by including well- venues for Mission Creek help duced Iowa City’s first Mission known artists at the top of the with that,” said Johannesen, Creek Festival, which was de- list in large bold lettering and who has performed at Mission rived from the Mission Creek lesser-known artists at the Creek for the past eight years. Festival in San Francisco. bottom in small, seemingly in- “[Iowa City’s venues] are really Perry and Illingworth significant lettering. great at letting the artists do started the festival by book- “[Other festivals] don’t pay a whatever they want and work- ing several bands at Gabe’s, lot of attention to local [artists], ing with them to make sure the 330 E. Washington St., for and they don’t pay attention space is perfect for the art that Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan two nights and paying with to those voices that don’t oth- is being presented.” People enter the Englert for a show by comedian Margaret Cho during Mission Creek Festival on April 6, 2017. Cho is best their own money. erwise have a platform,” said In conjunction with the live known for her social and political commentary, particularly in support of the LGBT community. However, now, unlike San Brian Johannesen, the Mis- music programming, Mission Francisco’s Mission Creek Fes- sion Creek community-pro- Creek’s literary components access to literary events. a yearlong, and sometimes widen the voices expressed tival, Iowa City’s six-day affair gramming director. “Mission also feature fresh voices. All literary events will be yearslong, process of building in Iowa City through united integrates literature and music Creek has made it a big priority “As we have grown … we free, with the exception of relationships with artists and art forms. into the programming instead to focus on voices that don’t have shifted our focus to en- “Roxane Gay + Amber Tamblyn really thinking about the con- “I think it is a unifying ex- of relying primarily on music. necessarily have platforms in sure that we are looking at + Jessica Hopper (In Conversa- cept for each year’s lineup,” perience for the whole town. The festival has also included other festivals, [resulting in] representation in the literary tion).” However, the conversa- said Community Engagement I think it is a reason for us all technology workshops and an extremely diverse festival community,” said Joe Tiefen- tion’s proceeds will be donated Director Jennifer Knights. to come together and engage panel discussions. that crosses the boundaries of thaler, an associate literary to “Girls Rock” of Iowa City. “We have a core group of peo- in art, which is something this “We want to engage two genre and even medium a lot programming director. “[We Fittingly, Girls Rock is a ple who are just passionate town is very good at, but it is kinds of people: people who of times.” are now] focusing on bringing nonprofit organization that about it every year, and we just this very big gathering are interested in performance, Associate Music Program- in organizations and publish- cultivates creativity among want to find more people to place for this community,” Jo- particularly music perfor- young girls through musical share it with.” hannesen said. mances, and those who are expression. In addition to music and Assorted artists from all interested in literature,” said ‘Mission Creek has made it a big priority to “Iowa City is the UNESCO literature, Mission Creek (Art over the world enable Mission Perry, who is also the director focus on voices that don’t necessarily have City of Literature in the United + Life + Tech) producer Wes Creek to enlist a lineup that of the festival and the Englert, States, and a lot of people don’t Beary has helped the festival encourages audiences to dis- which produces it. “[We want platforms in other festivals.’ know what that is or how to en- embrace more art forms by in- cover the unknown. audiences] going to places in — Brian Johannesen, Mission Creek gage with it,” Johannesen said. cluding technological aspects “We attract international their community and seeing “Our literary programming of art on the schedule. artists, so we pride ourselves as [these artistic elements] in a community-programming director gives people the opportunity — “We look at how technology an artist festival, we take really different way.” for free — to engage with writ- affects our lives but also how good care of our artists, and our Supplemental to the curat- ming Director Chris Wierse- ers that we think do really in- ers, up-and-coming voices in it helps artists and does other artists talk about us and tell oth- ed programming of Mission ma reminisces about when he credible work in that area [of] the literature scene, and really things — things that it empow- er people about us, so [Mission Creek, Iowa City’s intimate hosted Faust, a 1970s German representing other voices.” understand what that means ers or enables that might not be Creek and Iowa City’s reputa- venues enhance the festival’s krautrock band known for its This year, VIDA, known for for the city.” possible without technology in tions] spread internationally.” lure. In places such as Gabe’s rare music style, a few years its published graphics empha- Poet, soul singer, and song- the mix,” Beary said. Wiersema recommends at- and Big Grove, audiences may ago. Faust used equipment sizing how few women were writer Jamila Woods will read On Saturday, Mission Creek tendees use a 1:1 ratio for pick- stand within inches of the such as jack hammers and ce- getting their work published her work at Mission Creek’s will host a coding workshop led ing an event they have never stage, not at all typical of a sta- ment mixers, prompting one in the literary world, and Kun- keynote reading and perform by Jen Myers, a web designer heard of for every event that dium festival. of the production workers at diman, representing Asian her music at the festival’s final and developer who founded they know in order to take ad- Literary and music perfor- the time to rent some of the American voices, are among event, perfectly wrapping up Code and Cupcakes, a Chica- vantage of the cultural immer- mances will occur in venues equipment from Aero Rental. the organizations embody- Mission Creek’s core intent of go-based coding workshop for sion Mission Creek provides. all over Iowa City, and with Wiersema was impressed, ing diverse voices at Mission merging music and literature. mothers and daughters. “[We want] to give the com- some events being held at the illustrating how diverse pro- Creek’s Book Fair. Throughout Mission By incorporating Code and munity something they want same time, that fundamental- gramming elicits surprises. With Iowa City’s liter- Creek’s string of festivals, its Cupcakes into its schedule, while also wanting them to try ly changes how audiences in- “It was so meticulously do- ary-savvy residents and its music and literature teams Mission Creek will bring new something new,” Perry said. teract with the festival. This is ne that was melodic, and a lot “City of Literature” designa- have worked extensively to voices to the technology indus- “[Therefore], we have a chal- Mission Creek’s largest trans- of middle-age German people tion from UNESCO, one of provide both new and familiar try, where there are much few- lenging schedule in which formation to date as it enters were in the audience because Mission Creek’s goals for this voices to Iowa City. er females than males. people can make space for the its 13th year. it was their culture — they year was to create affordable “[Music programming] is Overall, Mission Creek will known and unknown.” THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2018 80 HOURS 5B Crystals of experience, raindrops on fields Writers’ Workshop Director Lan Samantha Chang and Nan Cohen will read from their work at Prairie Lights at 7 p.m. today.
BY ELLY WOODS ligions refer to the ancient world that is both familiar soft clicking of keys. keen at ears at Prairie Lights. stance, why is there a poet [email protected] text as other holy names) and strange, predictable and “It’s probably reading that While the secrets of the laureate in the Library of The title itself coincides unpredictable,” said Cohen, helps my everyday life more, book have yet to be turned up, Congress but no novelist or Poetry and fiction, the with a story from Genesis, a the poetry director of the but like most writers, I write she sets the scene in the Mid- ‘fiction laureate’ ”? wise, perhaps gray-haired tower, and the city of Babel. Napa Valley Writers Con- about things I don’t understand west, with a bit of a shadow From the highest form of eminences of literature, Cohen’s poetry has seized ference. “I have always been in order to know them better — from her own childhood with governments to broke col- have saved, and possibly the art of being human, interested in poetry that re- things like love, motherhood, Chinese-immigrant parents. lege students, many hearts confused, readers for centu- whether the idea is derived imagines myths as part of friendship, loss,” she said. As a professor of English, are drawn to poetry, and fic- ries. Only few have mastered from a modern standpoint contemporary experience, The dual reading is no co- Chang recognizes the impor- tion, for knowledge, under- the arts, such as Lan Saman- to an aged one. and that’s my project in a incidence but tance of poetry and how it can standing, and peace. tha Chang and Nan Cohen, “I think much of my po- lot of these poems: to make stems from a lead humans and their trail “We are privileged to have who will read at Prairie etry, maybe visible some archetypical sturdy friend- of problematic events down a such gifted writers on the Lights, 15 S. Dubuque St., at much of po- patterns of human experi- ship built clear, smooth path. faculty of the University of 7 p.m. today. etry in gen- ence in one individual’s ex- as fellows “Poetry is a crucial art Iowa and proud to host their Unfinished City, by Co- eral, is about perience.” at Stanford form for our society,” she readings,” Prairie Lights hen, is a collection of po- the fasci- She has a passion for writ- University. said. If something happens, co-owner Jan Weissmiller ems strung into the themes, nation with ing and understands that Chang Chang, the we look for a poet to help said. “When these writers questions, and wonders of this strange reading helps her everyday director of the us create the event. Poet- read, it strengthens the bonds the first five books of the project of be- life. But like all writers, she Iowa Writers’ Workshop, will ry has a way of crystalizing among students, faculty, and Torah, otherwise known as Cohen ing human, finds comfort through the read from an unfinished work moments, speaking to the community members. There the Hebrew Bible. (Other re- of waking up each day to a scratching of a pen or the among the bookshelves and human experience. For in- are a lot of memories in our Eilish and her eerie melodies head to IMU Indie-pop newcomer Billie Eilish will play the IMU April 2. The 16-year-old LA native has been recognized by VEVO, Apple Music, and others.
BY ELLY WOODS public-relations director Luke who already bought a ticket tugal. The Man, and Saint Childish Gambino and Ken- EVENT INFO [email protected] Pettican said in an email to The to see the show, said when it Motel, all seemed to fall into drick Lamar, before they Daily Iowan that the group ex- comes to looking for new mu- the same alternative-rock cat- made it really big. When: 7 p.m. April 2 Sixteen-year-old Los Ange- pects a big turnout for the show. sic, she looks for songs with egory. However, Lane said, “I definitely think she’s les-raised singer/songwriter He is proud of the work his co- deep meanings that she can this is mostly by coincidence. super on the cuff right now, Where: IMU Second-Floor Billie Eilish’s indie-pop music is workers do to bring great acts to connect with. Eilish’s music “I definitely wanted to do and SCOPE really tries to fo- Ballroom slowly taking over the alternative campus, he said. fits that bill. something different, and cus on getting up-and-com- Cost: $20-$25 world. Named as one of VEVO “There are more than 45 “Her songs are so sooth- Billie is definitely more pop ing artists,” Lane said. dscvr’s artists to watch and one members in SCOPE who work ing and powerful at the same than anything, she has kind of Apple Music’s Up Next Artists, on everything from marketing time, and it’s so impressive of an edgier vibe,” Lane said. her dark music and twisted beats to hospitality,” Pettican said. that she’s making such great “And the opener is actually have entered the headsets of “It’s such a privilege to work music at only 16,” Kuhn said. a rapper, so it’s cool that we music junkies everywhere, now with so many inspiring people The song she was most ex- get to do a different show to more than ever. who are dedicated to bringing cited to hear is “copycat,” an kind of wrap our year up.” On April 2, she will be tak- an engaging live-music experi- eerie melody about a girl who She was listening to Ei- ing her talents to the IMU Sec- ence to Iowa City.” copies everything Eilish does. lish’s music when the the ond-Floor Ballroom, becoming Eilish has been on the lineup The song has more than 17 thought came to her to bring a stop on her “don’t smile at me” for many music festivals lately, million plays on Spotify. her to Iowa, Lane said. She tour. Eilish will be supported by including a show at South By Many listeners may wonder checked Eilish’s tour dates, Reo Cragun, a 23-year-old hip- Southwest. She is also scheduled how SCOPE gets such popular and sure enough, she was hop/R&B artist whose song “in- to play at Lollapalooza, Bonn- acts to come to town. Turns passing right through Iowa considerate” has been listened aroo, among others. Her pop- out, it gets a little help from City on her way to Minneap- to by more than 5 million people ularity was recognized by BBC a middle man called How To olis from Chicago. She got on Spotify. Music, and she is the youngest Concerts, SCOPE talent buyer in contact with the middle The show will be put on by ever to make it onto The Longlist Savannah Lane said. man, and the show was born. This year’s past SCOPE SCOPE has hosted many SCOPE, the UI’s student run in the Sound of 2018. Contributed talent-buying group. SCOPE UI freshman Kaylee Kuhn, shows, including COIN, Por- now-big names, including 6B 80 HOURS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2018 Voicing dance in being, two styles merge Graduate students Ashley Bassett and Angella Bettina Carlos discuss a long-term collaboration. BY SARAH STORTZ skills in another state, Bassett said. “I really love when work [email protected] received a B.A. in dance from just speaks for itself. I totally the Slippery Rock University of respect when choreographers Coming from two different Pennsylvania. Afterwards, she want their audience to know parts of the world, a pair of pursued a professional dance exactly what’s going on, so dance graduate students col- career in Pittsburgh. they’ll put a little description laborated to create a visualiza- She eventually decided to in the program. But for me tion of their individual theses. attend the UI based on the rec- and my personal choice, I’m The University of Iowa ommendation of her mentor. always interested to see what Dance Department will present “The dance community chal- they take away from it with Tracing. Imprinting. Being. at lenges me in intellectual ways fresh eyes and no context at- 8 p.m. today in Space/Place, where I must conduct research tached to it.” which features the works of prior to the creation process,” M.F.A. students Ashley Bassett Bassett said. “I also have many and Angella Bettina Carlos. collaborative opportunities to EVENT INFO The recital will comprise have my own voice heard as a four works, “Filtered,” “The performer and creator.” When: 8 p.m. Today-Saturday Question of How,” “Forward — Her main inspiration for Rewind,” and “2nd ------.” the choreography, she said, Originally from the Philip- “was to find other method- Where: Space/Place pines, Carlos wanted to con- ologies that would foster my David Harmantas/The Daily Iowan tinue honing her performance curiosity to develop my artis- Cost: Free-$14 Graduate students in the Dance Department and guest artists perform in the Graduate Thesis Concert at skills after graduating from tic voice.” Space/Place on Tuesday. University of the Philippines Alvon Reed, a theater and Diliman. With limited options dance faculty member from to do so in her home country, Cornell College, contribut- the university offered her a fel- ed his choreography skills to lowship to further her studies. “2nd ------,” which blends the Since then, Carlos has be- genres of hip-hop and house. come engrossed with the com- The choreography primarily munity of dancers and the explores the themes of privi- manner in which they routine- lege and the mistreatment of ly challenge her artistry. African Americans. “The thing I really like about “People are dancing to cre- this community is that it fos- ate an atmosphere of hope, ters discourse among students, love, and understanding,” the faculty, and other artists,” Reed said. “I’m hopeful peo- she said. “We’re challenged ple will enjoy dance, because to think critically on both our dance is something that con- technique classes and theory nects with people. It engages classes. There’s always a dia- the body in dynamic ways.” logue happening in class, and He hopes audience mem- then we are encouraged to bers will respond well to contribute creative ideas in the welcoming environ- rehearsal. We’re also provided ment, he said. a lot of opportunities to learn “We all bring a wonderful from various artists in the pro- perspective to the piece,” Reed fessional dance field.” said. “We come into the space, Carlos said she was able to and we are open and recep- find her voice while assembling tive. Having the opportunity the concert with Bassett. to work with Ashley and Abbey “I’m a performance track, so has been a rewarding process.” I tend to just perform in other With the performance people’s works,” she said. “This near, Bassett said she was ex- time around, I have the oppor- cited about the various ways tunity to contribute, make de- the audience will interpret cision, and play more than the the concert. performer role. This is more of “I really enjoy hearing what my aesthetic or my style.” the audience has taken away Developing a majority of her from the performance,” she