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Third provost finalist withdraws candidacy The third finalist in the search for a new UI provost was expected to visit campus today for a public forum. The UI announced Wednes- UI police found UI student Gerald Belz day the candidate accepted another offer and withdrew from unresponsive on campus on Wednesday consideration. The fourth finalist will visit the UI on Feb. 7. morning. He later died at the hospital. BY GAGE MISKIMEN 3A [email protected] A University of Iowa student died on Wednesday after being found outside on campus by police. According to UI police, on Wednesday at approximately 2:48 a.m., officers discov- ered UI student Gerald Belz unresponsive behind Halsey Hall. Belz was transported to the hospital where he later died. The investigation is still ongoing, but the cause of death is be- Belz lieved to be weather-related. No foul play Professor earns grant to is suspected. Local weather reports stated the temperature around continue research on the the time Belz was found was minus-23 degrees with a TOP: UI police take down caution tape in the alleyway behind Halsey Hall, where UI student Gerald Belz cerebellum was found unresponsive early Wednesday morning. (Katelyn Weisbrod/The Daily Iowan) BOTTOM: Halsey Assistant Professor Krystal Parker, SEE STUDENT, 2A Hall is seen on Wednesday. (Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan) a cerebellum researcher, earned a $2.1 million grant to further research on disproving what is believed about the brain. 6A For 25 years, dancing IOWA POLITICS ‘For The Kids’ at UI University After 25 years, Dance Marathon has continued to see growth in numbers of participants as well as in donations received for the children in the hospital. presidents Iowa women’s basketball aims to keep winning streak alive Hawkeye women’s basketball is on a five-game winning streak and in pitch higher that run, it beat Michigan on Jan. 17, 75-61. The Wolverines will get their rematch today, though, and it will come in Ann Arbor. Three of Iowa’s four losses have come on the road, so the Hawkeyes will ed funding have to learn to adapt. 6A The leaders of Iowa’s public universities make the case for funding to ensure graduates are ‘future ready.’

BY EMILY WANGEN [email protected]

The presidents of the state Board of Regents’ uni- Breaking down Iowa versities — Iowa State University, the University of baseball’s 2019 roster Iowa, and the University of Northern Iowa — met Hawkeye baseball will head to with Iowa lawmakers at the State Capitol on Tuesday Florida in just under two weeks, to advocate for a funding boost in fiscal 2020. but the team will look different Overall, the regents have requested an $18 million from recent years. With numerous Denise Powell/The Daily Iowan increase in funding — $7 million each for the UI and producers having departed, Iowa “Dancin’ the Night Away” at Dance Marathon 2000. ISU, and $4 million for UNI — for the three public needs players to step up to reach universities to fund resident undergraduate financial the levels it aims for. aid. BY KELSEY HARRELL Marathon adviser Tracey Pritchard has seen In the last two decades, Iowa’s regent universities [email protected] the organization grow and change every have seen the revenue composition shift from being year, she said in an email to The Daily Iowan. funded by two-thirds state appropriations and one- University of Iowa students have packed The group has seen more dancers participat- third tuition to roughly one-third state funding and themselves into the IMU Main Lounge to ing, more donations, and more community one-third tuition, regents’ documents show. Tune in for LIVE updates dance their hearts out “for the kids” each year and corporate partners, she said. The changing revenue makeup and rising tuition Watch for campus and city news, for the last 25 years. The Dance Marathon leadership creates a rates has prompted students to fund their education weather, and Hawkeye sports The first Dance Marathon raised $31,000 new vision each year, allowing it to continue with student loans. According to data from the Iowa coverage every day at 8:30 a.m. to support 26 families. Last year, Dance Mar- to grow and achieve new things, Pritchard College Student Aid Commission report, referenced in at dailyiowan.com. athon 24 raised a record-breaking $3 million said. the UI’s presentation to the subcommittee, UI graduates for the kids in the UI Stead Family Children’s When she started working with Dance Mar- from the class of 2016 had an average of $27,715 in stu- Hospital. athon, Pritchard said, she didn’t expect the or- dent-loan debt. The university reports that 45 percent of In Dance Marathon’s 25-year history, the ganization to change her as much as it did. its students graduate with no student-loan debt. organization has raised $24,548,224.34. After four years of involvement, UI Dance SEE DANCE, 2A SEE EDUCATION, 2A 2A NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2019 Volume 150 TOO COLD FOR COLD CUTS The Daily Iowan Issue 91 BREAKING NEWS STAFF Phone: (319) 335-6030 Publisher...... 335-5788 Email: [email protected] Jason Brummond Fax: 335-6297 Editor in Chief...... 335-6030 CORRECTIONS Gage Miskimen Call: 335-6030 Managing Editors. . . . 335-5855 Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for accuracy and fairness in the Katelyn Weisbrod reporting of news. If a report is Marissa Payne wrong or misleading, a request for Visual Arts Director a correction or a clarification may Lily Smith be made. News Editors PUBLISHING INFO Kayli Reese The Daily Iowan (USPS 143.360) is published by Student Publications Brooklyn Draisey Inc., E131 Adler Journalism Building, Sports Editor Iowa City, Iowa 52242-2004, daily Pete Ruden except Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, legal and university holidays, and Asst. 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BY KATELYN WEISBROD “[Emergency Department [email protected] employees] said that they feel that the actions that have Under a cloudless sky, the been taken, including the University of Iowa campus cancelation of classes, offer- was desolate, devoid of the ing options such as working thousands of students who from home, and suspending would normally be crossing mail delivery, have all con- the Pentacrest at any given tributed to minimizing the moment on a Wednesday af- potential impact of the ex- ternoon. tremely cold weather,” Moore Temperatures reached a said. high of minus-4 degrees and a low of minus-22 in Iowa What is the polar vortex? City on Wednesday, with night wind chills reaching The extreme cold has been around minus-50. UI classes largely attributed to the polar were canceled from Tuesday vortex, the low-pressure re- at 5 p.m. to Thursday at noon. gion of the atmosphere sur- Schools, universities, and rounded by the rotating jet businesses closed their doors stream. throughout the Midwest, and Former UI geography pro- the U.S. Postal Service sus- fessor Pete Akers described pended deliveries in several the polar vortex as “a top states, including parts of Io- spinning very quickly,” con- wa. strained over the North Pole. Back at the UI campus, Ni- But, when this vortex weak- teRide, a free night shuttle ens and the jet stream loses service for students, provid- velocity, he said, it is as if the ed 80 rides over seven hours top is slowing down, wob- on Jan. 29 through the morn- bling. When this occurs ev- Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan ing of Jan. 30 — four times ery few years, the vortex can A lone pedestrian braves the cold on the T. Anne Cleary Walkway on Wednesday. the number of rides given on descend into mid-latitude a typical January night. regions, such as Iowa. align, such as having a pool the phenomenon of global reached well above average “Bitter cold outbreaks in UI Hospitals and Clinics “For a historic cold wave of cold air in Canada, a snow- warming, Akers points out in 2019. Earlier this month, Iowa will still happen in a saw a “slight increase” in like Iowa is [experiencing], pack present on the ground, that there is research indi- Iowa City saw temperatures warmer world,” Akers said. exposure-related cases in a weak polar vortex isn’t the focus of the cold invading cating that increasing global above 50 degrees for a few “They are less likely, and it is the emergency department, enough,” Akers said in an air to be on Iowa, etc.” temperatures may lead to a days, and this weekend’s harder to break all-time cold UIHC spokesperson Tom email. “You also need sever- Though this cold snap weaker polar vortex. forecast includes highs above records, but they will still Moore said. al other weather factors to may lead some to challenge And temperatures have 40 degrees. happen.”

classes starting on Tuesday was Snapchatting his girl- He was from Cedar Rap- statement read. “Rest in on Thursday from 6-8 p.m. STUDENT at 5 p.m. through Thursday friend late Tuesday night, ids and graduated from peace, Gerald.” in the Burge Private Din- CONTINUED FROM FRONT at noon. and in those messages told Kennedy High School where Kline said counselors will ing Room, according to an Belz’ father Michael Belz her he was going to bed. he played football. Kenne- be available for Kennedy email sent to UI students told other media outlets that Gerald Belz was a pre-med- dy’s principal Jason Kline students when they return on Wednesday. University wind chill of around mi- doctors have told him alco- icine major in his second se- released a statement on to school for any support Counseling Services will al- nus-50 degrees. hol was not found in Gerald’s mester, but was considered a Twitter about Belz’s death. they need. so offer individual appoint- On Monday, the UI an- system at the time of his second-year student. He was “Prayers go out to all af- The UI will also have em- ments and other resources nounced the cancelation of death. He also said Gerald a Burge Hall resident. fected by this tragedy,” the bedded counselors available for students.

“The governor’s budget He said that when ad- ty, Linn County, eastern Io- subcommittee, predicted assistants and operations re- EDUCATION supports many of the board’s vocating for the UI in Des wa, around that, and I think that of Reynolds’ total educa- search analysts that are pro- CONTINUED FROM FRONT top initiatives,” Regent Ex- Moines, the university can there’s a lot that we can do.” tion budget, the Legislature jected to grow in the coming ecutive Director Mark Braun highlight micro issues, such Sen. Herman Quirmbach, would not quite match but years — fields in which the wrote in a statement follow- as research and economic D-Ames, whose district in- would come close to funding UI says it has programs in The trend of dwindling ing the release of Reynolds’ development. cludes ISU, said that while almost all of the proposal. place designed to build and funding has left universi- budget proposal. “With this “… Research adds new he hopes the Legislature The UI’s presentation also educate the workforce need- ty leaders skeptical about a level of funding, our univer- people, and those people approves the governor’s emphasized how the univer- ed to meet Iowa’s skilled-la- funding increase, but they sities can continue to pro- join our community, they funding request, it won’t be sity prepares graduates to be bor demand. approve of Iowa Gov. Kim vide the accessible, top-qual- buy homes, they buy auto- enough to offset two rounds “future ready,” keeping in “In all of our universities Reynolds’ budget proposal. ity education that Iowa mobiles, their kids go to our of budget cuts totaling $35 line with the Future Ready and community colleges — In her budget recommen- students deserve.” schools, so that’s how you million in the previous two Iowa legislation Reynolds they are all responsible for dation for fiscal 2020 and UI President Bruce Har- grow an economy,” he said. budget years. championed in 2018. The law training our younger gen- 2021, she outlined her hope to reld told The Daily Iowan in “… We’ve got a lot of faculty “That’s only putting back aims to ensure 70 percent of eration and second-career fully fund the regents’ request December 2018 there seems around here with incredi- slightly more than half of Iowa’s workforce receives students to be employed,” with an $18 million appropri- to a be a view that higher ed- ble insights, and we’ve got what’s been cut in the past education or job training be- Kraayenbrink told the DI on ations increase. Ultimately, ucation is “an expense to be property and patents, and two years,” Quirmbach told yond high school by 2025. Tuesday. this is just a recommendation; cut,” but he thinks the uni- the next question is what do the DI on Tuesday. A 2016 Iowa Workforce it is up to the state Legislature versities are “a major driver we actually do to invest and Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink, Development report high- Julia DiGiacomo, Marissa to pass a budget for the up- of the economy, and as we cut build jobs and build econom- R-Fort Dodge, the chair of lights jobs that require de- Payne, and Sarah Watson con- coming fiscal years. it, it has a negative impact.” ic growth in Johnson Coun- the education appropriations grees such as physician tributed to this report.

After seven years of being This year, Cavett said, the more on raising as much mon- fight for somebody they don’t son she wanted to work at the DANCE involved with Dance Mar- organization has worked ey as they can for the families. even know is something that hospital, she said. Now, she CONTINUED FROM FRONT athon, UI Dance Marathon with alumni from the past 25 This year through the really gives me hope for this sees some of the patients who adviser Brock Cavett said the years to highlight the group’s “Shape Your Impact” cam- future generations,” he said. were involved with Dance support for the organization milestones. Officials have paign, Dance Marathon Since her sophomore year Marathon when she was a “I encourage others to get from the families involved has looked at where Dance Mara- wants people to know that of high school in 2009, Sara student, she said. involved in whatever way continued to grow. New fam- thon has been in the past and no matter how large or small, Petersen, a child-life-event “I think just every year see- they can, because every sin- ily events have been created how that’s made it a success- the action is, people can specialist at Stead Hospital, ing the number of students gle individual can make a and more fundraising events ful organization, he said. make a difference, Ellis said. has participated in Dance who come and support it is positive change,” she said. occur than in the past, he said. When Executive Direc- “Obviously with Dance Marathon. And since then, just incredible and that it “Our families battling pedi- “I just feel like there’s been tor Charlie Ellis started with Marathon, there can be a lot she’s seen the hospital con- doesn’t change,” Petersen atric cancer at the hospital such a movement nationwide,” Dance Marathon, the orga- of sadness, there can be a lot struction finish and now sees said. “Which is crazy, be- need us, and it never ceases he said. “So not only is UI Dance nizers were focused on reach- of tragedy, misfortune, what- the organization’s work from cause we can be removed, you to amaze me what one person Marathon big, but dance mara- ing the dollar-amount goal, ever you may come across, but inside the hospital. know, five years, and to see it can do to change the life of a thons across the country con- he said. Now, they focus less also, watching 3,000 college Her involvement in Dance growing even since then is child.” tinue to grow and get support.” on having a goal to reach and students band together to Marathon is part of the rea- just so cool.” THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2019 NEWS 3A Cerebellum research gets $2.1 million grant The National Institute of Mental Health awarded Assistant Professor Krystal Parker a five-year, $2.1 million grant to continue her research on the cerebellum and its effect on diseases such as depression, schizophrenia, Parkinson’s, autism, and bipolar disorder.

BY KINSEY PHIPPS pathway for us to take the [email protected] animal work we’re doing and quickly get it to the pa- The medical community tients through these clini- has believed the job of the cal trials. The potential for cerebellum, located in the [the cerebellum] to be a base of the skull, was mostly novel therapeutic strategy for motor function. Univer- is the ultimate reward.” sity of Iowa Assistant Pro- In addition, Parker de- fessor of psychiatry Krystal veloped and facilitates a Parker has spent the ma- cerebellar interest group jority of her career refuting consisting of about 30 UI re- that belief, tackling various searchers. The group meets research projects related to and discusses how the cer- the cerebellum’s role in cog- ebellum may be involved in nitive function. various individual topics of Parker has earned a five- interest, UI psychology Pro- year, $2.1 million grant from fessor John Freeman said. the National Institute of The cerebellar interest Mental Health to continue group could be ground- her research on the inter- breaking for the UI, An- action between the frontal dreasen said. There are only cortex and the cerebellum, a few places in the U.S. with she said. emphasis on studying the Parker will investigate cerebellum. the role of the cerebel- “This is going to give us lum in cognition and how major national recognition cerebellar stimulation as pathfinders and leaders may influence cognition in a new, novel area in cog- in various diseases such nitive research,” Andreasen as schizophrenia, bipo- said. lar disorder, Parkinson’s, Freeman emphasized the autism, depression and novelty of Parker’s studies. more. Her research is cur- “Her research is on the rently done on rodents, cutting-edge of fundamen- she said, but the goal is tal science of understand- to take her findings and ing the role of the cerebel- develop therapeutic treat- Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan lum in cognition,” he said. ments for the human Krystal Parker sits in the Iowa City Public Library on Jan. 25. Parker recently received a $2.1 million grant for her research on the cerebellum. “Understanding how the brain in those suffering cerebellum communicates from mental illness. Iowa State University with served abnormalities that bellum,” Andreasen said. “I search project, Parker has a with other parts of the brain “In general, the goal is a Ph.D., Parker did a post- contributed to schizophre- think the important thing clinical trial with pediatric is really important for un- to understand the basic doctoral fellowship with UI nia. to emphasize is how novel neurologist and neurology derstanding how cognition mechanisms involved in psychiatry Professor Nan- Andreasen first noticed [Parker’s] research is and Assistant Professor Aaron works. Her work is also re- abnormalities in the path- cy Andreasen. She assisted there was more to the cer- how it’s almost revolution- Boes. ally important, because she way between the cerebellum Andreasen’s research, look- ebellum than motor func- ary, because it turns think- “With the clinical team, is developing ways of treat- and the frontal cortex — but ing at how the cerebellum tion more than 20 years ago ing about the brain upside I am associated with and ing disorders that are asso- then also in how cerebel- influenced schizophrenia, when she first began pet re- down. What we did here at the clinical team I’ve built ciated with problems in the lar stimulation can modify Parker said. Together, search, she said. Iowa was help Krystal move with Aaron,” Parker said. cerebellum. She is trying to this pathway in a potentially Parker and Andreason in- “At that time, there were from being just an animal “We are situated in a po- find ways of stimulating the therapeutic manner,” Park- vestigated connections be- only two or three of us in the researcher into the human sition to translate this to cerebellum so it can rescue er said. tween the cerebellum and world who believed there context.” the patient population. or reverse deficits in cogni- After graduating from the frontal cortex and ob- was much more to the cere- Coinciding with the re- We really tried to create a tion.” UIHC focuses on patients in new blood/marrow unit UIHC has added a new stem-cell transplant and cellular therapies unit as part of the Blood & Marrow Transplant Program. The unit focuses on patient comfort and offers larger rooms so that families of patients can stay for extended amounts of time.

BY ANNIE FITZPATRICK Professor George Weiner, many years of development [email protected] the director of the UI Holden and discussion. Comprehensive Cancer Center, Farooq said the main rea- A new stem-cell transplant said the innovations of UIHC son for the unit was to offer and cellular-therapies unit and the Blood/Marrow Trans- care to a larger number of pa- has begun research and treat- plant unit are a great opportu- tients and to make that care ment at the University of Iowa nity to help the people of Iowa. as comfortable as possible. Hospitals and Clinics as part “It is known that being able The unit has increased the of the Blood & Marrow Trans- to get care close to home and number of rooms for patients plant Program. close to loved ones is a big ad- from 15 to 23, and the rooms The unit prioritizes patient vantage, so we think having are bigger so that patients and comfort by using feedback this capability here in Iowa is their families can stay in them from past patients to make very important,” he said. “In for up to a month, he said. future patients stay as com- addition, we’re doing research Weiner said the research ad- fortable as possible. here that’s cutting-edge, and vancements that the new unit Clinical Assistant Professor this allows us to bring those is capable of are an important of hematology Umar Farooq, advances to the people of Io- factor in getting more people the Blood & Marrow Trans- wa as quickly as possible.” the care they need. plant Program administrator, Blood/Marrow Transplant “All the hard work and took part in the development Program Assistant Director thought that went into the de- of the new unit as one of Sheila Ouverson said the unit sign, I think it was well worth three transplant physicians opened Dec. 10, 2018, after it,” he said. involved. He helped with the functional aspects of the unit and what could be added to fulfill patient needs. “The bone-marrow trans- plant … we call it cellular ther- apies, is transitioning, and there’s large, new technology coming to treat our patients,” he said. “So we needed a new unit to really provide all the supportive care needed for our patients.” For a long time, Farooq said, UIHC focused primarily on two types of blood/mar- row transplants — auto and allo transplanting. Allo trans- planting requires a donor of cells. However, he said, more recently, there has been de- velopment of taking patients’ cells and genetically engineer- ing them to be infused back into the patient, where they can “strategically target can- cer cells.” The UIHC Blood/Marrow Transplant unit is the only one in the state. Because of the complexity of the trans- plants and the need for a cell lab, Farooq said, the units are not easy to create but the re- search conducted is needed widely. “I think there is certain- ly a need, and I think we are ready to fill that need in- Io wa,” he said. “I think that the complexity of the treatment is that it’s unlikely to be provid- ed anywhere else in the state.” 4A THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2019 Opinions COLUMN GUEST OPINION UISG recognizes the need for intellectual More than two diversity — others should follow suit certainties in life UISG plans to improve the lopsided representation it currently has with its members. As this Iowa legislative session commences, Its dedication to equal representation is what our political climate needs more of. education funding remains a top priority. Benjamin Franklin is attribut- in their individual districts with ed with saying “there are only their individual needs. Some dis- two certainties in life: death and tricts, need to hire more teachers taxes.” And I am not here to con- and this fund could be used for tradict this well-known historic that end. Others face challenges figure, but we all know there are in providing needed curriculum other certainties in life as well. ranging from basic state mandat- One certainty is that every Io- ed curriculum to highly desirable wa legislative session starts with career and technical education a parade of politicians promising that is needed to meet the skill to increase school funding in one gap pervasive in our state and in way or another. Another certain- our nation. Yet, other districts ty is that the Iowa City School could use this to hire more En- Board, like many others across glish Language Learners instruc- Iowa, will submit legislative pri- tors to meet the needs of students orities to increase state funding who speak languages other than and/or supplemental state aid. English. Certain districts have Next comes the cascading ar- challenges retaining senior staff guments as to where the money due to economic reasons, and will come from. this would give them the ability I propose giving local school to retain veteran teachers as op- boards more flexibility over the posed to a cheaper teacher policy major categorical funds they of eliminating senior staff for less already receive. Removing the expensive, inexperienced ones. state mandates applied to this A significant problem with the categorical fund will have the TLC system is that it limits stu- same result as an increase in dent interaction with some of the supplemental state aid by as best instructors in the state. This much as 4.5 percent without is because some of the most vet- appropriating a penny more of eran and accomplished teachers Shivansh Ahuja/The Daily Iowan taxes for education. My specif- are removed from the classroom Students shoot hoops on the T. Anne Cleary Walkway on Sept. 26, 2017. UISG hosted tables at which students could register to vote. ic suggestion is to allow local and placed into coaching or men- school districts to have greater toring roles. Everything we do ate representation through under fire for threatening to embrace all religious beliefs flexibility with their TLC (Teach- should maximize, not limit, the possible external auditing shoot President Trump and of the organization. er Leadership Compensation) exposure of the best instructors and college-apportionment advocating for the hanging of This controversy made funding. we have to our students. Local tickets. all capitalists. The release of national news in December The TLC program was estab- control of TLC funding will give As reported in the DI, the the demographic assessment 2018 as the Justice Depart- lished to achieve goals in attract- a tool to districts who can then solution currently given to shows that UISG is willing to ment filed a statement of ing and retaining effective teach- utilize this money where it best balance ideologies is to en- advance a conversation that interest in the case, believ- ers, promoting collaboration, meets the needs of their individ- list the Office of the Vice is nonexistent at many uni- ing that the UI denied First rewarding professional growth ual local districts. Depending on President for Student Life versities, even ones as close Amendment rights to the and effective teaching, and im- the district, this could mean no in conducting an audit of its to the UI as Iowa State. group. Many argued that proving student achievement change, or major changes in how MARINA JAIMES members. This is a step in the UISG is not only looking this decision was political by strengthening instruction. these funds are spent. [email protected] right direction and should be to better represent its con- and saw it as liberal versus The TLC program has now been This should be one of the eas- Last week, the University supported by all students who stituents but discouraging conservative in nature. in effect for a long enough peri- ier asks of our state politicians, of Iowa Student Govern- wish to have equal represen- group-think — an action Whether the UI was found od of time to have longitudinal because greater flexibility in the ment revealed the outcome tation in the only institution that can create a civil envi- to have violated the rights of data to support its purpose. But use of TLC funds will have the of demographic assess- that governs the undergradu- ronment for all ideas and the Christian student group, as I review the body of data col- net effect of increasing funding ments done on its members ate student body. tolerance for all ideologies it should be a reminder that lected about the program, there for local schools without tax in- based on their colleges and It’s refreshing to see among students. Dedica- the country’s eyes are on the does not appear to be a clear link creases or taking away from any ideologies. this, especially in an era in tion to equal representation university, and the decisions between the program and an in- other state program. This idea As a very vocal conserva- which college campuses are should not stop here — ma- it makes — politically moti- crease in student achievement. should garner broad bipartisan tive student at the UI, I was demonized as liberal safe ny areas of the UI should fol- vated or not — will be scruti- By giving local school boards support. Let’s hope this can be a not surprised to see that out spaces. This label might be low this lead and encourage nized if found to favor some greater flexibility on how this new certainty in life that elected of the entirety of student overused, but it is given with a balance when considering political leanings and disre- money is spent, we can avoid the officials will act in the best- in government, 5.48 percent of good reason. The Trump political ideologies. gard others. state mandated, one-size-fits-all terest of their constituents and representatives identified presidency hhas exposed a On Jan. 30, the UI faced As critics are ready to label standard for education. It is easy for their state as a whole. I think as moderate-conservative multitude of bigoted ideas a lawsuit from the Chris- the university as a liberal safe to see that the needs of the small- Benjamin Franklin would have and 2.74 percent identi- from left and right sides of tian student group Business space, it is good to see UISG est school district in Ringgold liked that. fied as conservative. I was the aisle, with the left side Leaders in Christ, a case that members are prepared to end County are very different from My views are mine alone; I do surprised to see that these dominating the outlook of questioned if the universi- a trend seen in so many col- the needs of the largest school dis- not speak for the School District numbers were released and many universities. ty violated the rights of the leges and promote intellectu- trict in Polk County. State legisla- as a whole. alarmed members of UISG, In October 2017, the Iowa group when the school re- al diversity that could be the tors should recognize that duly enough for some to advo- State Democratic Socialists moved it off campus for re- solution to the hostile politi- elected local school boards know — Phil Hemingway cate fixing disproportion- of America chapter came quiring student leaders to cal climate we’re in today. best how to spend these resources Iowa City School Board member POINT/COUNTERPOINT Fall or spring: Which semester is better? Everyone has a favorite season, but what about a favorite semester? Two DI columnists weigh the pros and cons of each. First, let’s look purely at peratures in January. What a end of a tunnel. The light Thanksgiving break is placed the university’s environ- welcome back. As we are ex- being a three-month-long weirdly toward the end of the ment. While I myself prefer periencing those times right break that could include semester, when we students spring weather, it can’t be now, I very much miss those working (and by working, long for a break many weeks denied that the beauty of warm fall temperatures. I mean not being broke) or prior. Finals are around the campus shines from Au- Last, the fall semester is taking on a new adventure corner during Thanksgiving gust to October, when the much better for this reason: such as traveling or an in- break and instead of relax- trees are full with leaves, There are so many new peo- ternship. ing, many students stress and those leaves begin ple. To all of the freshmen As someone who lives for out. to change color. Plus, it and/or transfer students, the summer and sunshine, On the other hand, spring COLLEN MAHONEY ZOHAR NADLER [email protected] starts off warm enough to or even nontraditional stu- [email protected] the spring semester keeps semester has a perfect break really enjoy being outside, dents, coming to campus me motivated because I in the middle of the semes- Fall is fantastic though it can be a tad over- in the fall is an amazing ex- Spring is supreme know that spring break is my ter with a long break at the As we’re really starting to bearing when the heat gets perience. It provides an op- We have endured the win- halfway point and summer end. Moreover, I feel that my get into the spring semester sweltering. portunity to form new re- ter. Flowers are finally bloom- is at the end. Exciting end- focus is more intact during of the 2018-19 school year, I However, that warm lationships that they likely ing, temperatures are rising, ings keep me driven while the spring because week- think we should take a look weather has nothing on the wouldn’t be able to form any- and many students are almost also thriving in pursuit of my ends are not consumed with at the age-old question: Is freezing weather of Iowa’s where else. graduated. Spring semester is goals. Hawkeye football and fall the fall semester or spring se- spring semester. According So, while you’re sitting when the weather gets better, During the fall, I know that festivities. While I love both, mester better? Well, I hate to to the Weather Channel, in your room, wrapped in a not worse. It goes by quickly, a break comes where I will school, work, and maintain- break it to you, students and quoting NOAA, major Mid- blanket, sipping hot cocoa, and there are better breaks. have just a month off and be ing a routine come first. faculty, but the fall semester western cities experience just remember one thing: Spring semester is a met- indoors as the weather in Io- Spring semester, I am ready is so much better. their coldest yearlong tem- Fall is coming. aphor to seeing light at the wa is still brutal. In addition, for you.

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Men’s — Jaylan McConico tational, respectively, and in his season, so coming out and being preliminary heat at the Hawkeye able to do that just sets me up for The Iowa men’s track team Invitational, he ran a personal a really great season,” Tausaga was home to a variety of note- best 7.73. said. worthy performances in the That time is the sixth-fastest She was definitely set up for a home indoor season, but per- in the nation and also good for great season, and she continued haps Jaylan McConico has stood the best in the Big Ten. a streak of wins at the Hawkeye out among the male athletes. McConico has enjoyed suc- Invitational. Junior hurdler McConico is cess immediately as a Hawkeye, She again threw a weight- in his first season at Iowa af- and that appears likely to con- throw record (20.67), breaking ter transferring from Illinois tinue in his Iowa track career. the mark she had made only a State. There, he was a two-time week earlier. She then blasted national qualifier, and that suc- — Robert Read the competition with a 16.02-me- cess accompanied him to the ter throw in the shot put to take Hawkeyes. Women’s — Laulauga Tausaga the gold. McConico is one of the lead- The Wieczorek Invitational ing lights for the Iowa men’s Since the start of her third meant yet another record-break- team, which is ranked 33rd in indoor season with Iowa, junior ing throw for Tausaga in both the the nation and third in the Mid- Laulauga Tausaga has tried to set shot put (16.70) and the weight west. a new milestone at each meet. throw (21.30). Four meets into the season, he And she has succeeded, hitting a “It’s a great feeling, but there’s has two victories in the 60-me- record-breaking weight throw at still more to be done,” she said. ter hurdles, taking home gold at each home meet she has partici- “I’m trying to keep moving up in the Wieczorek Invitational and pated in. the national rankings and keep the Black & Gold Premier. Tausaga started the indoor working to make the Big Ten The victories were against season by breaking the Hawkeye Championships.” such programs as Arizona weight-throw record at the Grant Tausaga took the day off for and Baylor, two of the high- Invitational in December (20.19 the final home meet of the sea- est-ranked track teams in the meters). son at the Black & Gold Premier nation. Hawkeye Chris Douglas She took home the gold med- to prepare for future competi- has also been solid, running the al in the shot put (16.46 meters) tion as she travels with the team second-fastest 60-hurdles time that day as well, although her for the second half of the indoor in the Big Ten. school record throw of 16.51 season. She’ll continue to work McConico also has second- gained importance later in the on her throws and possibly hit Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan and third-place finishes in the season. record marks. Iowa’s Laulauga Tausaga competes in the shot put during the 2018 Drake Relays in Des 60 hurdles at the Hawkeye Invi- “I would say it’s pretty special, Moines on April 27, 2018. tational and Jimmy Grant Invi- because it is the first meet of the — Sydney Becker

Daniels and Nelsen hurt Io- Brett McCleary has the 32 RBIs at Southeastern Com- returners, but now there’s an be easy to overcome, but the BASEBALL wa’s bullpen, it returns a most experience, starting munity College and looked open slot. Tanner Wetrich Hawkeyes have plenty of pieces. CONTINUED FROM 6A number of contributors, in- nine games last season with more than comfortable be- started 20 games in 2018, McCaffery showed range in cluding Grant Leonard, Kyle six at catcher and three at hind the plate and in the box but only one of them came at right field during the fall sea- Shimp, Derek Lieurance, Cam DH. He could use some im- in fall ball. shortstop. Still, he spent time son and combined that with The Hawkeyes are used to Baumann, Shane Ritter, and provement at the plate — he With Hoeg and Guzzo at the position throughout the prowess at the plate. He could having an ace on the mound Ben Probst, along with a num- finished the season with a .172 gone, first base could be a re- fall season, allowing him to easily be inserted into the va- on Fridays with Allgeyer and ber of fresh faces. average. volving door. Chris Whelan get more reps. cancy. Nick Gallagher leading the Matt Berst started three and Grant Judkins spent time The Hawkeyes should be Justin Jenkins and Ben way in the past two seasons. Infield games behind the plate in there in the past, and the ad- set at second and third base, Norman are now juniors It’s up to McDonald or Dreyer 2018, closing the season with ditions of Connor McCaffery, with Mitchell Boe and Loren- with plenty of experience to keep that going. Including catcher with the 9 plate appearances and a .222 Zeb Adreon, and Tanner zo Elion returning. patrolling the outfield, and Grant Judkins and Tren- infielders, the infield is argu- average. Padgett give Iowa some flex- Whelan will likely play a key ton Wallace will be two of the ably the group with the big- Austin Martin could also be ibility. Outfield role when he isn’t playing ev- main candidates vying for the gest losses from last season. a candidate to replace Crop- Iowa finds itself in a- sim erywhere else. third spot on the weekend ro- Cropley led the Hawkeyes in ley. While he doesn’t have ilar position at shortstop. There are fewer questions Seniors Wetrich and Luke tation. 2018, slashing .342/.449/.579. Division-1 experience, the Crowl was set to be one of here. Farley are also likely to see While the departures of That’s hard to replace. Altoona native hit .309 with the Hawkeyes’ top offensive Neustrom’s absence won’t time here and there as well.

to be channeled this week, be- different for the Hawk- of his career for his edu- Brands said. “When you BASKETBALL cause the Hawkeyes have two WRESTLING eye, though. Shaw is pur- cation. He’s a very talent- have the opportunity to CONTINUED FROM 6A road games, including the re- CONTINUED FROM 6A suing a master’s degree in ed fellow that way. We’ve make a difference — I love match against the Wolverines. macroeconomics, working got some good students on it. I love it when you make “This week is a challenge,” as a teaching assistant, this team, and he’s one of it go your way.” “They deserve this,” Blud- Bluder said. “We have two road sometimes. No complaints and competing for the them.” The Hawkeyes will trav- er said after the team’s win games coming up, at Michigan with him.” Hawkeyes. The new 174-pounder el to Lincoln to take on against Purdue. “These women and at Penn State. It’s going to In his first three years “He’s a TA, and he’s a showed this past weekend No. 9 Nebraska on Feb. work so hard, they’re great role challenging week for us, but at Iowa, Shaw received an professional,” Brands said. that he doesn’t plan to take 3, and it is possible Shaw models, they do everything that we won two road games last undergraduate degree in “He’s a TA for a reason, this opportunity for granted. will get a chance to con- you want from a Hawkeye.” week, so there’s no reason we economics. you know. That’s the next “We needed him in the tinue his undefeated du- The special mojo will have can’t do it.” This season has been step in the development lineup, and he showed up,” al-meet record.

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HAWKEYE UPDATES Jewell chosen as Denver’s best candidate for break- out season Hawkeyes size up Wolverines Former Iowa and current Denver Bronco linebacker Josey Jewell was chosen The Hawkeye women have had complete performances in each of their last five games, and they will as Bleacher Report’s most likely player in the Bronco try to continue that against Michigan tonight. organization to break out in 2019. Jewell played in all 16 games in 2019, racking up 58 tackles Women’s and defending 3 passes. Basketball “As Jewell’s rookie season wore on, his playing time increased,” 16-4 (7-2) Bleacher Jewell Report’s Gary Davenport wrote. “Partly, that was due to injury, but partly, it was because Jewell displayed the 12-9 (3-6) same nose for the football as a Bronco he had as a Hawkeye. By season’s end, No. 13 Iowa Jewell had made nine starts and was leading the team’s inside linebackers in snaps per at Michigan game.” In his senior season at Iowa, Jewell was an All-American, leading the Big Ten in tackles When: (136) and winning the Jack Lambert Award and Lott IMPACT 5 p.m. Trophy. Hawkeye baseball play- Where: ers listed as top Big Ten MLB Draft prospects Connor McCaffery, Cole McDonald, Lorenzo Elion, and Jack Dreyer Watch: were all ranked as top-20 prospects in David Harmantas/The Daily Iowan the Big Ten for the MLB Draft in Iowa forward (10) fights for an offensive against Oral Roberts on Nov. 9, 2018, in Carver-Hawkeye. their respective classes by D1Baseball. BY PETE MILLS road, and we’ve got to be able to do that.” Iowa has won as a team, in the same ways, over McCaffery McCaffery [email protected] Michigan looked formidable to start the year. the last several games. When all-everything Megan was rated as the seventh-best Freshman Naz Hillmon and senior Hallie Thome — Gustafson struggled against Purdue, Hannah Stew- Big Ten prospect for the 2019 No. 13 Iowa women’s basketball (16-4, 7-2 Big Ten) two post players for the Wolverines — have given art stepped up. When the Hawkeyes needed a jump- MLB Draft, while McDonald was is on a tear through the conference, winning its last opponents headaches this season. start in its ranked-win over Rutgers, guard Kathleen No. 13, and Elion was ranked five games. It will try to continue the streak against The pair put up a combined 32 points against the Doyle answered the call. No. 19. Michigan (12-9, 3-6 Big Ten) tonight. Hawkeyes in their first meeting and gave Iowa an In the win over Michigan, the team’s three start- D1Baseball The Hawkeyes have played the part of a steam- intense defensive battle in the paint. ing seniors — Tania Davis, Gustafson, and Stewart named Dreyer the No. 17 roller in the past few weeks. Four of their five wins Despite this, Michigan has struggled in recent — combined to put up 47 points, 24 rebounds, and prospect for the during the streak have been by more than 10 points. weeks. The team has dropped four of its last five — 15 assists. 2020 MLB Draft. The team has taken care of the ball, defended with including the loss to Iowa — with three of those loss- That win over Michigan threw Iowa into a special McCaffery fervor, and scored from all over the floor. es by more than 10 points. stretch. redshirted in The second half of the conference slate, though, is Iowa had its way with the Wolverines in that first Gustafson has performed up to the high stan- 2018, and Elion set to be challenging for the Hawkeyes — it kicks off matchup on Jan. 17, winning 75-61. dards she has set. Each of the wins on the roll have Elion finished the in Ann Arbor tonight. “We shot the ball well, our 3-point defense was included a Gustafson double-double with 25 points season with “The second half is a little bit harder for us be- good, we had four people in double figures,” Bluder or more. a .275 batting average, good cause we have five road games and only four home said afterwards. “Twenty-five assists on 34 baskets The Hawkeyes know something special is happening. for third on the team. He also brought in 27 runs, which ranked games,” Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder said after the — there are just so many good things that are hap- fifth. team’s victory over Purdue. “Great teams win on the pening with this team.” SEE BASKETBALL, 5A McDonald closed the season with a 3.23 earned run average, the second-best by a starter, trailing only Nick Allgeyer. He also posted Iowa looks to 52 strikeouts in Hawkeye baseball 55.2 innings. Dreyer recorded a 3.69 Shaw to fill 174 ERA with 42 Dreyer punch-outs in 31.2 innings of heads for spring work. Hawkeye wrestling had to use its The Hawkeyes were picked to As baseball season approaches, it will be a different set fourth-string 174-pounder last finish sixth in the conference after finishing 33-20 with a 13-9 of Hawkeyes at Banks Field in 2019. weekend, and he got the job done. mark in Big Ten play. Iowa will begin its season against George Mason at the BY SARAH ALTEMEIER Diamond 9 Sunshine State [email protected] Classic Series in Kissimmee, Florida, on Feb. 15. After All-American Michael Kemerer was unable to compete in his junior season because of sea- son-ending knee surgery, Myles Wilson stepped up QUOTE OF THE DAY to fill the vacancy at 174 pounds. About a month into the season, Wilson lost his matchup in the Cy-Hawk Series meet on an injury “He’s a funny guy. default. The Hawkeyes then turned to Mitch Bow- man, but he also faced an injury after Iowa’s meet He’s ornery. He’s with No. 20 Rutgers on Jan. 18. got that grin on Iowa fans knew what Kemerer was capable of and Wilson showed potential, making the injuries even his face that you tougher to bear. “We could be at fourth-string at 174 this week,” wonder what he’s Iowa head coach Tom Brands said before the squad up to sometimes. took on Illinois and Northwestern. And the Hawkeyes did exactly that, showing their No complaints with fourth-string 174-pounder in their two victories over the Illini and Wildcats — Keegan Shaw. him.” Shaw, who had wrestled in smaller Megan Nagorzanski/The Daily Iowan meets at 157 pounds this season and - Iowa wrestling Cole McDonald pitches for the Iowa baseball team against Ohio State at Banks Field on April 8, 2018. had a 12-4 record, stepped onto the head coach The Hawkeyes won, 2-1. mat for his dual début on Jan. 25. Tom Brands He beat Illinois’ Nick Gasbarro, 6-2, on new BY PETE RUDEN Two of Iowa’s top three starters are gone, as to help the Hawkeyes to a 31-8 victory. [email protected] 174-pounder are its two best relievers. Allgeyer and Daniels On Sunday, Shaw took the mat for are especially tough to replace — they were the Shaw a second time and again won, topping Keegan Shaw Wind chills cold enough to cancel classes only Hawkeyes with ERAs under 3.00. Northwestern’s Johnny Sebastian, 11- don’t scream “baseball season,” yet the Hawk- Make no mistake, Cole McDonald will play 6, as the Hawkeyes beat the Wildcats, 32-7. STAT OF THE DAY eye baseball team will kick off its season in just an important role in the Hawkeyes’ success “We’re certainly pleased with his results and ef- under two weeks. this season. He finished 2018 with a 3.23 ERA fort,” Brands said. “[He] seems to be relaxed out Iowa men’s basketball With Robert Neustrom, Tyler Cropley, Nick and 52 strikeouts in 55.2 innings of work, and there, and we love it.” is 8-0 when Jordan Allgeyer, Zach Daniels, and Brady Schanuel he will be called on as a leader. His .249 oppo- Shaw is an Altoona, Iowa, native and graduated Bohannon scores at heading to play professionally, Kyle Crowl nents’ average is slightly concerning, however. from wrestling powerhouse Southeast Polk in 2015. least 12 points. leaving the program, and Matt Hoeg, Aus- Iowa’s success from a pitching perspective He redshirted his first year as a Hawkeye, 2015- tin Guzzo, and Nick Nelsen graduating, the will also rely on Jack Dreyer. He posted a solid 16. The next season, he went 12-6, wrestling as a Hawkeyes will look a little different. freshman campaign, finishing 5-2 with a 3.69 149-pounder. He then finished 10-3 at 157 pounds How different? Here’s a look at each posi- ERA and 42 punchouts in 31.2 innings. after moving up a weight. tion group heading into the 2019 season. McDonald was ranked the 13th-best Big Ten “[Shaw brings] quiet perspective [to the team],” 2019 MLB Draft prospect by D1Baseball, while Brands said. “He’s a funny guy. He’s ornery. He’s got 8-0 Pitching Dreyer sits at No. 17 for 2020. that grin on his face that you wonder what he’s up to when Jordan Bohannon scores at least 12 points Here’s where things get interesting. SEE BASEBALL, 5A SEE WRESTLING, 5A 80 Hours

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A character of her own design! Cosplay: Bringing Fiction to Life BY NAOMI HOFFERBER | [email protected]

game, anime, cartoon, science mail, film-grade makeup, and five years. It takes Leah Carlson a while fiction, and fantasy, cosplay — realistic wigs can all go into one “I’ve always been a huge nerd; to get ready. But, that’s to be ex- or costume play — is an outlet to cosplay. I’ve always loved anime, manga, pected when you’re transform- allow a deep love of something According to Cure WorldCos- video games, superhero stuff, ing yourself. shine through everyday life. play, the cosplay market, though comics — and I’ve also always First, she swept her long, blond The term cosplay, according to difficult to estimate, is approxi- been a very crafty person,” she hair back, first into pigtails and geeks.media, was coined in 1993 mately $25 billion to $50 billion. said. then into short buns. She then and involves people dressing up Its popularity started increasing Five years ago, she decided to slid a black mesh cap over her as their favorite characters in in the 1990s and initially focused go to her first convention, An- head, tucking in each strand be- costumes that they buy or build on anime and manga characters, ime Iowa in Des Moines, where fore placing a tan-colored cap on themselves. according to Vox. It has since fans of anime and all things top. Makeup, a bright blue wig, While cosplay can be as simple expanded to include characters geeky gather for three days in brown prescription contacts, as combining everyday clothes to from all facets of geek culture. the summer to hang out, attend and a handmade costume later, mimic a character they are try- Carlson, the president of the panels, and shop from vendors. Carlson was miraculously trans- ing to portray, they can also be University of Iowa Cosplay Club, The cost of attending conventions formed into Umi Sonoda, a char- incredibly intricate: delicate fab- has transformed herself into her vary; Anime Iowa costs $45 to $55 acter from the anime Love Live. rics, thermoplastic armor, chain favorite characters for the past for preregistration, not including For fans of all things video SEE COSPLAY, 4B PHOTOS BY KATINA ZENTZ To be ContinueD...

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LITERATURE ALBUM PICK

• “LIVE FROM PRAIRIE LIGHTS,” JAMIL JAN KOCHAI IN Weezer’s Teal Album CONVERSATION WITH ALEXIA ARTHURS, 7 P.M., PRAIRIE LIGHTS, 15 S. DUBUQUE After sparking intense debate with the single release of its rendition of “Africa” by Toto, Weezer is back with a whole al- FRIDAY 02.01 bum bound to enrage critics who hate covers. Weezer’s Teal Album, released Jan. MUSIC 24, is comprised entirely of cover songs from some of the hottest bops that have • AARON KAMM & THE ONE DROPS, 9 P.M., GABE’S, 330 E. WASHINGTON topped karaoke machines nationwide. • SOULSHAKE, 10 P.M., GABE’S ANE MAU SH SS The album is the musical equivalent of comfort food: it’s familiar, and its purpose is to incite nostalgic sing- alongs rather than provide new revelations. While no one has yet THEATER matched the power and melodrama of Annie Lennox’s original “Sweet • THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THOMAS JEFFERSON, CHARLES Dreams,” and the choice of Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid” as a selection felt DICKENS, AND COUNT LEO TOLSTOY, 7:30 P.M., RIVERSIDE THEATER, somewhat out of place, the album is bound to bring a grin to even the 213 N. GILBERT most frozen of faces. • THE WOLVES, 8 P.M., THEATER BUILDING THEATER B

LITERATURE Song pick: “Take on Me” — Naomi Hofferber • “LIVE FROM PRAIRIE LIGHTS,” NOVUYO ROSA TSHUMA, HOUSE OF STONE , 7 P.M., PRAIRIE LIGHTS

MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT FASHION DI • SHANE MAUSS: STANDUP SCIENCE, 8 P.M., MILL, 120 E. BURLINGTON Name: Zach Rochester

Year: Sophomore ADVICE CL SATURDAY 02.02 D UB BA What's your fashion MUSIC style?: Thifty, very thrifty. I think • BANDA MAGDA, 6:30 & 9 P.M., HANCHER most of my wardrobe now • PAINFULLY SAD, TBA, MILL is all secondhand. I try to • JUAN CARLOS MENDOZA, TENOR, 7:30 P.M., VOXMAN RECITAL HALL stay away from fast fashion. • BAD ADVICE CLUB, BIG OAK, 9 P.M., GABE’S Where do you usually shop?: FILM Revival, Goodwill, Crowded • THE PICTURE SHOW: MIRAI, 10 A.M., FILMSCENE Closet, Second Act. • SPECIAL EVENT: GROUNDHOG DAY, 11 A.M. & 10 P.M., FILMSCENE OUNDHOG GR DA How has your fashion Y changed over the years?: THEATER I used to wear exclusively • THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THOMAS JEFFERSON, CHARLES American Eagle — that was DICKENS, AND COUNT LEO TOLSTOY, 7:30 P.M., RIVERSIDE THEATER in high school. I also did • THE WOLVES, 8 P.M., THEATRE B the transformation of being pretty masculine to being LITERATURE not so masculine. I think • “LIVE FROM PRAIRIE LIGHTS,” MARIANNE WILLIAMSON, that really changes things. POLITICAL DISCUSSION , 7 P.M., PRAIRIE LIGHTS I wear dresses and heels all the time now, too.

SUNDAY 02.03 What does fashion mean MUSIC to you?: I have mixed feelings • KSENIA NOSIKOVA AND STUDIO, 1:30 P.M., OLD CAPITOL SENATE MIRAI about it because I’m not CHAMBER a super huge proponent • ER-GENE AND NATHAN CARTERETTE, 7:30 P.M., VOXMAN RECITAL of satisfying inner needs HALL with consumerism. I think fashion when utilized FILM correctly can be a powerful • THE PICTURE SHOW: MIRAI, 10 A.M., FILMSCENE way to express how you feel on the inside. Having access to clothes that make THEATER you feel good is really • THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THOMAS JEFFERSON, CHARLES important. DICKENS, AND COUNT LEO TOLSTOY, 2 P.M., RIVERSIDE Naomi Hofferber/The Daily Iowan • THE WOLVES, 2 P.M., THEATER B THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2019 3B THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2019 80 HOURS 4B favorite meetings are on Sun- Cedar Rapids Ultimate Super COSPLAY days, in which members of the Heroes that assists in charity CONTINUED FROM FRONT club will help each other build events. their costumes, and they work When cosplaying with the accommodations, travel, or together when someone faces group, Musel must be fully in food. San Diego Comic Con, a challenge. character, because the children the international and best- Two cosplayers who have she meets genuinely believe known convention, costs $265 been around the cosplay they are meeting the real Bat- for a four-day event pass, and for a while live in North Liberty, girl or Wonder Woman. passes sell out rapidly. and in the upstairs of an un- “I imagine what children Carlson’s first year at Anime suspecting home, lies a room will ask me and then think of Iowa, she cosplayed the charac- in which cosplay creativity was responses,” she said. “Which ter Shinra Kishitani from the meant to thrive. are as easy as, ‘Are you real,’ and manga and anime series Du- Two cats bounced around how to tell a child, ‘Well, is this rarara, as well as the character 32-year-old Kara Blumenstein’s a real Bat-a-rang?’ or, ‘Do you Sasha from Attack on Titan. brightly lit studio, where large think I’m real?’ Just thinking of “My first few weren’t great, sewing tables held fabrics being responses before you’re asked.” they were kind of just cobbled molded into costume pieces. A Getting into some characters together, but I had the most fun wall of multicolored fabrics sat can be easier than others, Blu- I’ve ever had,” Carlson said. at one end of the room, with menstein said. The first thing she looks for a plethora of plastics, foams, “Certain ones are a lot eas- when selecting a character to paints, and other craft equip- ier, especially if I know the cosplay is which characters and ment on shelves throughout character really well, it’s a Katina Zentz/ The Daily Iowan which outfit designs she likes the space. Anime posters dec- lot easier to be in character,” President of the UI Cosplay Club Leah Carlson adjusts the boots of her Umi Sonada cosplay from the anime best. orated the space, as well as she said. “Certain ones that Love Live in the Adler Journalism Building on Monday. “I’ll see a character and say, photos of past cosplays; in one match with your personality ‘Oh, I really like that design,’ photo, Blumenstein posed as are a lot easier; Raven [from have met otherwise. She munity because of internet embracing what it means to ” she said. “I have a list of 100 Rosa from Final Fantasy 4 in a Teen Titans] is easy, because also encouraged those get- resources. be a geek and enjoying stuff characters where I’m like, ‘I like flowy white cape and a carefully most of the time I’m just ting into cosplay, saying “Geek culture has really that 10 years ago people this design, I wouldn’t mind co- styled white-blond wig. sighing at [Alex] anyway.” now is one of the best times helped with that,” Blumen- would have been like, ‘Oh, splaying it at some point.’ ” Blumenstein has cosplayed Laughter ensued. for newcomers to the com- stein said. “People are really what do you like that for?’ ” Carlson said she also selects since 2002, and like Carlson, Being in character helps her costumes based on skills she had sewn from a younger create a fully believable, re- she wants to hone, challenging age before her introduction al-life version of a fictional herself each time in one area to cosplay. From simple fabric character, all the more - of the costume, be it a specific designs, Blumenstein has now ed by an intricate, realistic sewing technique or a difficult moved on to challenging build- costume. Working with the makeup look. ing techniques, such as resin complicated crafting mate- Building challenging cos- casting, where the designer will rials can add up, with some plays can take some serious use molds and silicones to cre- costume prices ranging into time; Carlson said her simple ate three-dimensional items to the thousands of dollars. cosplays can take as little as 30 enhance a costume. “If you don’t want your hours of work, and her more She said a key change she child to do drugs, get them intensive ones can take more has seen in her 17 years of cos- into cosplay, and they won’t than 100 hours, such as her play is the material for cosplays, have any money for it,” Musel latest cosplay, Link’s Barbarian as well as its popularity in pop said and laughed. outfit, from the video gameLeg - culture. Cost aside, both cosplay- end of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. “I think more people are get- ers love both the craft and She’s building a series of weap- ting into it, especially now that the cons, which they de- ons, including a 5-foot sword. more materials are available scribe as a safe place to ex- Carlson said she loves cos- than there ever have been,” she press their love of different play for both learning the prac- said. “Back when I started, in fandoms and to meet new tical skills and for expressing the early 2000s, most people people who like the same her creativity in the character wouldn’t even wear wigs be- shows, comics, and video she loves. cause the only wigs you could games that they do. “It’s an outlet of sorts; it’s get were cheap party wigs that “For so many people going a creative outlet,” she said. “I looked really, really bad.” to cons, it’s one of the only think it’s really cool, because at In 2015, she roped friend Alex times they can let loose with the end you have this finished Musel, 28, into cosplay, helping who they are, because they product, and you put it on, and her craft an intricate armored know that everyone else it’s such a sense of accomplish- Wonder Woman costume, the there is just as ‘weird’ as ment and pride.” photo of which hangs in the they are,” Blumenstein said. The UI Cosplay Club has studio next to Blumenstein’s. “They don’t have that social been active on campus for the Musel, in addition to cos- awkwardness. Cons allow past four or five years, Carlson playing with Blumenstein at people to drop barriers.” said, and has around 15 to 20 the seven or eight cons they Musel agreed, saying they active members. She said her attend each year, also cosplays have allowed her to make as a part of a nonprofit called new friends she wouldn’t THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2019 5B

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BY ADRIAN ENZASTIGA whole life, I always enjoyed mally wouldn’t be in a nar- [email protected] film, and I’ve always want- rative film.” ed to create movies, and I Strang co-directed the The video opens with didn’t really do that before film “No, This is Horror’” ominous music as a hand then.” with high-school friend Or- pushes open a wooden Strang then decided to son Codd. It was completed door. The words “Are you apply to the “hardest film in July 2018. ready?” flash the screen in school in the country,” the “[‘No, This is Horror’] a most disturbing font. A University of Southern Cal- was the biggest thing we’ve guy bolts through a dark- ifornia. Unfortunately, he ever done,” Strang said. ened forest. A shady figure did not get in. “I’m really proud of it; it sits in a rocking chair in a “The first film I made was was just a really fun time. dark room, staring through not too good,” he said. “It’s You can go watch that on a mirror. Finally, the title, pretty tough competition my YouTube channel. That “No, this is horror” appears up there.” took about two months to in bold text. He is now double major- make.” This was the trailer to ing in creative writing and Strang says it is his University of Iowa fresh- cinematic arts at the UI. proudest work. man Robert Strang’s Strang has made four “It’s rough. It’s ama- 20-minute short film. It films that have a narrative ture. But I really learned took him two months and and one music video fea- a lot from that film,” he two short trailers before turing UI freshman Aaron said. “I learned a lot about publishing the video on his Choi. lighting, I learned a lot YouTube channel, Strange “[Choi] just reached out about plot development, I Films. to me on Instagram and learned a lot about direct- Strang said he initially wanted me to shoot a vid- ing, just what to tell the realized he wanted to be a eo of him dancing,” Strang actors. I learned a lot about filmmaker the December said. “I want to do music continuity and editing. I of his senior year in high videos because I really like learned what the field has Alyson Kuennen/The Daily Iowan school. the editing aspect of that. to offer.” UI cinema major Rob Strang poses for a portrait at the Lindquist Center on Sunday. Strang taught himself how to film “I was kind of having a I think music videos are a “No, This is Horror” has and edit videos last year and hopes to produce sitcoms in the future. crisis in my life, and I was really good way to experi- many spooky and thrilling like, ‘What am I going to ment with stuff. It allows moments, but overall, it do for the rest of my life?’” some different techniques acts as a satire of horror “We wanted to be mak- “It’s a lot more. You have actually not the original he said. “Throughout my to be put to use that nor- films. ing fun of horror films, to worry about it looking cast. Most of the original because I think they’re ri- good,” he said. “Being be- cast of the movie just didn’t diculous,” Strang said. “I hind the camera is a lot want to do it, so we had to FAST FACTS mainly focus on horror be- harder than just being in scrounge around and find cause horror is really cheap front of it. It’s not just re- people to do it.” Hometown: Iowa City and easy to do. I don’t know membering lines. You have Strang draws inspiration why it happens. It’s a real- to remember everything, from his favorite films in Year in School: Freshman ly great way to experiment like what scenes this shot his work, including Stanley with stuff. A lot of directors is for, what the actors are Kubrick’s A Clockwork Or- Age: 19 start on horror films.” doing, are the camera func- ange. Strang always writes and tions right, are the actors “I think borrowing from Top artist he listens to: Vince Staples directs his own films, even doing everything you want other films is a really im- starring in them occasion- them to? It’s just a lot dif- portant trade when you’re Dream place to live: Portland ally, as he did with “No, This ferent.” making a movie,” he said. Dream place to work: Hollywood is Horror.” There are camera angles “A big inspiration of mine is “I’m actually venturing to consider, lighting to ad- Stanley Kubrick. I just like Favorite place for a late-night bite: DP Dough into acting,” he said. “I’m just, and a scene to set. But his style. Everything feels trying to get some auditions the hardest problems are so grand in his movies. I Favorite movie: Trainspotting in Des Moines and Chicago. the unexpected ones. like when a movie gives I’ve never acted before I “There are always obsta- me goose bumps, that’s a Last song stuck in his head: “Drip Too Hard” (Lil’ Baby) started making movies.” cles. Everything that you good movie. Most of Stan- However, he can attest think will go wrong proba- ley Kubrick’s movies give Instagram: @rob_strang that behind the camera bly will go wrong,” Strang me goose bumps. It’s awe- work is much more stress- said. “For example, the cast some. Only a couple other ful than in front. of ‘No, This is Horror’ was movies do that.”