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SUGAR AND CORN PAGE 5 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2017 THE INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILYIOWAN.COM 50¢ News NATIONAL POLITICS NATIONAL POLITICS To Know Cost estimate for Bowen fire rises to $1.5 million Investigators say the blaze was accidental. Trump heads to Cedar Rapids The Iowa City Fire Department’s investigation into the cause of a After postponing a Cedar Rapids rally in May, President Trump will travel to the city for a rally at the U.S. June 11 fire in a university building has been completed. Cellular Center. Protests are also scheduled to take place near the venue. The investigation found that the fire inside a laboratory on the By MADELEINE NEAL | [email protected] second floor of the Bowen Science Building was accidental and was likely caused by an idle electrical extension cord. Originally, the estimated damage of the area affected by the fire was Fast Facts $500,000, but new estimates con- • Today’s rally is Trump’s first visit ducted by the Fire Department and to Iowa as president. In December the UI fire-safety coordinator have 2016, he stopped in Des Moines increased the total costs to around as part of his thank-you tour, as $1.5 million to also include the then-president-elect. water damage on the floor below. This new estimate does not include • Sonny Perdue, the U.S. secretary damage to lab equipment or other of Agriculture, and Wilbur Ross, items needing to be replaced or the U.S. Commerce secretary, repaired; the assessment of all will join Trump at Kirkwood damage is ongoing. Community College in Cedar According to the initial press Rapids today. They will tour the release on the fire, no one was college’s agriculture program, one injured. It took 20 minutes to extin- of the largest two-year agriculture guish the fire, and it was contained programs in the nation. to just the one lab. — Gage Miskimen Protests planned in response: • Groups have coordinated a protest to take place prior to the rally nearby. Groups cosponsoring the event include Americans for Democratic Action Iowa, Progress Iowa, and Iowa Federation of Labor, Women’s March Iowa, Action Iowa, University of Iowa Dream Iowa, Planned Parenthood Voters of Iowa, and Iowans for Cedar Rapids mayor plans Public Education. to run for governor Ron Corbett, mayor of the second largest city in Iowa, announced File photo his intention to run in Iowa’s 2018 Then-presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers a speech at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds in Davenport on Dec. 5, 2015. Today, he will be hosting a rally in Cedar Rapids. gubernatorial race. Politics, 5 early half a year after President idency has some people wondering if this is run for re-election is universal. Former Hawkeye athletes Trump’s inauguration, it seems to a belated victory lap or the early onset of “This is interesting, but doesn’t really change named to the Hall of Nsome he is rallying to garner excite- Trump’s 2020 bid for re-election. anything,” Covington said. “President Trump Fame ment about the prospects of his re-election. Cary Covington, a University of Iowa asso- campaigning this early is also unprecedented. I On Tuesday, seven were named to After postponing a Cedar Rapids rally in ciate professor of political science, said Trump am not sufficiently informed of the circumstanc- the Iowa Varsity Club Hal of Fame. May, he is set to hold a 7 p.m. rally at the U.S. announcing his candidacy for the 2020 race es to say much about his visit to Cedar Rapids.” The induction ceremony will take Cellular Center. this early would be unprecedented, but that place in September. Sports, 8 Holding a rally five months into his pres- the presumption that a president intends to SEE TRUMP, 2 Karen Handel wins Georgia’s special election Karen Handel, R-GA, beat Jon Ossoff, D-GA, in a close contest Giving the bond of life Council to win the Sixth Congressional district on Tuesday. The seat was vacated by Tom Price, who left the A father from Mason City received a kidney from his son’s position to join President Trump’s preschool teacher thanks to a June 1 operation at the UI moves on staff as his health secretary. The race has drawn national attention Hospitals and Clinics. due to it being the most expensive campaign for a House seat. banning BARBIE brand announced new doll lineup On Tuesday, seven of 15 new cardboard Ken dolls were shown on “Good Morning America.” The new dolls By KATELYN WEISBROD showcase a variety of skin tones, [email protected] hairstyles, and body types. One stand-out Ken features a “man- The Iowa City City Council passed two con- bun,” a trendy men’s hairstyle. siderations amending the current City Code on Tuesday evening. Cardboard ban WEATHER The council voted 6-0 in favor of banning card- board disposal in the Iowa City Landfill in the HIGH LOW first of three considerations on the ban. Coun- 82 68 cilor Kingsley Botchway was not able to attend the meeting. Mostly sunny, breezy, 30% chance The ban would fulfill the last of seven initia- of rain, T-storms. Hieu Nguyen/The Daily Iowan tives to minimize waste in the city. Other initia- Nancy Bleuer, a preschool teacher at Washington Charlie Brown Preschool and Childcare in Mason City, on June 14 discusses her tives include recycling in apartment complexes, INDEX experience of donating a kidney at the UIHC. Bleuer donated to help the father of one of her students. an electronic waste ban, and curbside compost pickup. CLASSIFIED 7 By MARISSA PAYNE Preschool & Childcare in — whose 4-year-old son, Jen Jordan, the city resource management su- Mason City, donated a kid- Camden, is one of her stu- perintendent, said the ban would have a “signif- 4 [email protected] OPINIONS ney to Petersen, 34, after dents — had been diag- icant impact on the amount of waste going into DAILY BREAK 6 An Iowa educator gave undergoing a transplant nosed with renal kidney the landfill.” SPORTS 8 Darreld Petersen the gift operation at University of failure in the late fall of Jordan said there would be spotters at the of a lifetime for Father’s Iowa Hospitals and Clinics 2016, and the diagnosis landfill to monitor trucks as they come in for Day earlier this month. on June 1. seemed “grave” to Bleuer. cardboard. A fine would be imposed on the load Nancy Bleuer, 54, a pre- Through a family mem- The Mason City teacher as it comes in, so haulers will be in part respon- school teacher at Wash- ber of the Petersens, ington Charlie Brown Bleuer learned Petersen SEE LIFE, 2 SEE COUNCIL, 2 2 NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2017 NOT FORBIDDEN The Daily Iowan Volume 149 Issue 7 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 Managing Editor 335-5855 Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for accuracy Katelyn Weisbrod and fairness in the reporting of news. If a report is wrong or misleading, a request for Creative Director 335-5855 a correction or a clarification may be made. 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Trump is focusing on cam- Juli Krause 335-5784 Advertising Sales has extremely low presi- “I think a lot of the paign rallies as a way of Production Manager 335-5789 Bev Mrstik 335-5792 UI political-science Pro- dential approval ratings by message that Trump por- gaining publicity and ex- Heidi Owen fessor Sara Mitchell said historical standards, then trayed during his 2016 citing people about the she thinks the rally could Trump may see advantag- campaign resonated with potential of his adminis- be a delayed part of his es of building relationships people from Iowa,” he tration rather than dis- victory tour.