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CLIMBING THE LADDER. SPORTS. TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2016 THE INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILYIOWAN.COM 50¢ ELECTION 2016 Cox’s lecture TRUMP postponed By KATELYN WEISBROD EYES FORAY [email protected] An unfortunate caucus conflict will no longer be an issue for many University of Iowa students. The UI Lecture Committee has INTO IC postponed the Laverne Cox lecture that had been scheduled for Feb. 1, the same night as By BRENT GRIFFITHS | [email protected] the Iowa caucuses. Cox, an advocate for n June 2015, businessman Donald transgender rights, had Trump stumped like almost any a scheduling conflict for Iother presidential hopeful at Brown that evening, the Lec- Deer Golf Course Ballroom in Coralville. ture Committee said in Cox Around 200 people showed up, not a pal- a statement on Monday. actress try crowd, but far from the thousands that Cox is a transgender fe- he amassed in the months following. male, widely known for her role as So- Tonight, the former reality TV star phia Burset in Netflix’s “Orange is the will return to Johnson County, this New Black.” time smack dab in the middle of the The committee said it will attempt University of Iowa campus, in the Field to reschedule the lecture, which is House south gym. part of the Just Living Lecture series, “I think he is trying to incite hatred in a for a later time. peaceful college town, but nothing he says Cox is the first transgender female to or does surprises me anymore,” Iowa City be nominated for an Emmy award, to resident Veronica Tessler said. be on the cover of Time magazine, and And if one thing is guaranteed, it to have a leading role on a mainstream is that the event will probably mir- television show. SEE TRUMP, 3 WHO: Donald Trump, Republican presidential hopeful WHERE: Field House south gym WHEN: Doors open at 5:30 p.m., speech at 7:30 UI moves ILLUSTRATION BY TAYLOR LAUFERSWEILER to combat ELECTION 2016 bias By KAYLYNN HARRIS Santorum hits Hamburg Inn [email protected] A program that hopes to fight bias on By QUENTIN MISIAG campus is in its final planning stages. [email protected] With a student population growing in size and diversity, the University of Rick Santorum has been met with a lot Iowa hopes to establish a more inclu- of firsts in Iowa since his come-from-be- sive environment with a new program hind first-place finish in the state’s presi- aimed to handle instances of biased be- dential caucuses more than four years ago. havior and actions. On Sept. 1, 2015, he became the first The UI will join other institutions GOP presidential hopeful to visit all of across the nation such as Ohio State Iowa’s 99 counties when he dropped into University and the University of Ore- Rock Rapids, a town of fewer than 3,000 gon by developing its own bias-response people in GOP-friendly Lyon County. team, UI spokesman Tom Moore said. On Oct. 23, 2014 — with the help of a “The UI is moving forward with few low-tier Iowa Republican hands guid- developing a Bias Assessment and ing him to the Johnson County GOP vic- Response Team — which will use the tory office — he became one of the first acronym BART— for the purpose of politicians to test Iowa’s political waters addressing incidences of bias that for a 2016 run. do not violate policy or constitute On Monday (exactly one week before crimes,” he said. “Planning sessions caucus night), the former Pennsylvania and meetings with stakeholders will lawmaker locked up another first. be held during this semester with a When he tossed in onions, mushrooms, process developed by May.” spinach, and Swiss cheese for a custom Sarah Hansen, the UI assistant vice Hamburg Inn omelet, he became the first Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum talks to supporters in the Hamburg Inn on Monday. Santorum said he arrived president for Student Life, will head presidential candidate of any election cy- almost an hour late because he could not decide which sweater vest to wear. (The Daily Iowan/Ting Xuan Tan) BART. She believes the program will cle to personally make his own breakfast Monday’s early morning breakfast visit ing this cycle’s true winner-take-all. provide better insight to help the UI at the famed diner. was one of almost 70 stops the 57-year-old He has even brought back his love for make appropriate changes. “President Obama has proliferated has planned throughout Iowa. sweater vests — a move that is as much “One of the most important aspects more gun violence in American than Among those: several sit-downs at a political one as it is personal, campaign of having BART is the ability to assess any other president, I’m told,” Santo- Pizza Ranches, a political talking points aides said this week. The new tour has what is happening on campus. It can rum said to a crowd of about 20 people breakfast at a popular Des Moines organ- been affectionately dubbed the “InVest in help identify areas for potential training inside the diner, as he was surrounded ic grocery store, and a visit to a shooting America tour.” or other issues that need to be addressed by framed newspaper and magazine range and pro-life western Iowa church. At the Iowa City event — as he has do- in order to meet our institutional goals clippings of Iowa political winners and It’s all a part of last cycle’s unofficial losers of yesteryear. caucus night winner’s attempt at becom- SEE ELECTION, 3 SEE BART, 3 WEATHER DAILY IOWAN TV ON THE WEB INDEX HIGH LOW 28 16 • SCAN THIS CODE CHECK DAILYIOWAN.COM FOR HOURLY CLASSIFIED 9 • GO TO DAILYIOWAN.COM UPDATES AND ONLINE EXCLUSIVES. FOLLOW DAILY BREAK 6 OPINIONS 4 Mostly cloudy, windy. @THEDAILYIOWAN ON TWITTER AND LIKE US • WATCH UITV AT 9 P.M. 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