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The Daily Iowan THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2018 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILY-IOWAN.COM 50¢ 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. 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 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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