The Daily Iowan THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2018 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILY-IOWAN.COM 50¢ News Police find no suspicious activity at Currier To Know After reports of 'loud bangs' near Currier Residence Hall, officers confirmed no shots were fired. 80HOURS INSIDE: The weekend in arts & entertainment Thursday, March 1, 2018 Currier Hall was cleared by officers late the DI, except that an alert was on its way. Event Info Wednesday after reports of “loud bangs” near The UI Public Safety defines Hawk Alerts Baking a mother’s When: Friday-March 18, 7:30 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays Where: Riverside Theater, 213 N. Gilbert love on death row Cost: $12-$30 the residential building. as: “… triggered by an event that is currently BY SARAH STORTZ | [email protected] Around 11 p.m. Wednesday, Daily Iowan occurring on or imminently threatening the The sweet, crispy scent of an apple pie in a small theater, al- The piece has received critical acclaim since its release, in- most welcoming an audience home with an appetizing meal. cluding winning the Smith Prize from the National New Play In contrast to the popular tradition of the festive dessert, one Network. Shortly after receiving the honor, Fawcett discovered reporters heard from students via texts, UI campus. UI [Public Safety] initiates Hawk mother will mark a final goodbye in her next baking project. that she was pregnant, which immediately changed her per- Riverside Theater, 213 N. Gilbert St, will present the original spective on her work. play Apples in Winter beginning Friday. “What became intellectual became emotional, since I was be- Snapchats, and calls of a hectic scene inside Alerts for any significant emergency or dan- With only one character, the play focuses on a mother named coming a mother,” Fawcett said. Miriam, who is an avid baker. Miriam’s son has been assigned Beth Wood, the show’s director originally comes from Cleve- from his opioid addiction. For his last meal, he has asked his land, where she is the associate artistic director of Cleveland mother to bake him an apple pie. Public Theater. She was invited to direct the play, and she quick- Currier Hall. Police were in the dorm’s hall- gerous situation occurring on the campus in- Baking in the prison, Miriam muses about raising her child ly becoming enamored with the script. and how he met his downfall for the duration of the show. “I’m really attracted to plays that are really about complex Playwright Jennifer Fawcett earned an M.F.A. in playwriting human emotion, because as human beings, we have different, ways, while RAs informed their residents to volving an immediate threat to the health or at the University of Iowa. Since then, her work has been per- 800 emotions going on at once,” Wood said. “This script really formed in several parts of the United States. Beyond her writ- brought that to life in a really interesting way. I’m also a fan of ing, Fawcett is a cofounder of the Working Group Theater, a the way the language is constructed. The way Jennifer has con- group based in Iowa City that collaborates with artists around structed the language and the journey are really intricate.” stay inside. safety of students and employees.” the world to produce original plays. Typically working with a full cast of actors, Wood was able to Fawcett was influenced to compose this piece by a class she make new ventures while directing her first one-woman show. took at the university, where she learned about “bad mothers.” “It’s such an interesting challenge as a director,” Wood said. Around 11:20 p.m., students were reporting to At 11:52 p.m., 50 minutes after DI reporters She has also observed the behavior of criminals and how their “You can’t rely on two people communicating to find pace and families are often victimized. change. You really have to find that within the text and also the “I was really interested in a mother grappling that, where individual’s emotional journey.” she’s both grieving and figuring out her own responsibility, if Marquetta Senters, the actor portraying Miriam, takes full DI staffers that they heard the scene was clear. first heard about the situation, a second Hawk there is any,” Fawcett said. SEE APPLES, 5B At 11:24 p.m., the first Hawk Alert of the Alert was sent to students stating no shots night said “HAWK ALERT Reports of loud were fired and there was no suspicious activity. bangs at Currier Hall, unsubstantiated pos- “Currier Hall has been cleared by officers; sible shots fired. Officers are on scene. Situa- resume normal activity. No shots were fired or tion is secure.” any suspicious activity,” the update said. Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan Prior to this report, the UI Department of Iowa City and University of Iowa police respond to loud bangs at Currier Apple pie on death Public Safety had no information to give to — Grace Pateras Residence Hall on Wednesday evening. PHOTO BY NICK ROHLMAN row DESIGN BY ALLIE WILKERSON On the web On the air Events calendar Get updates about local arts & Tune in to KRUI 89.7 FM at 5 p.m. on Want your event 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 @TheDailyIowanAs her sonin arts & entertainment. awaits listing,the visit dailyiowan.com/pages/calendarsubmit. death penalty, Miriam muses about raising her child and how he met his downfall while she bakes him an apple pie for his last meal. Riverside Theater will portray this In praise of women filmmakers mother’s story beginning Friday. 80 HOURS FilmScene’s program ‘Women’s March’ showcases films made by women. One win down, four to go Iowa men’s basketball needed a win to keep faint NCAA Tour- nament hopes alive, and that’s exactly what the Hawkeyes McCaffery got when they beat Illinois, 96-87, on Wednesday. Jordan Bohannon went off for 25 points, and Iowa shot 41 free throws en route to the victory, but the Illini kept it close throughout and gave the Hawkeyes a scare at the end. Sports, 6A Supplemental Instruction proves to increase retention and grades The academic support pro- gram, which offers tutoring in 20 of the UI’s hardest classes, has grown significantly in use over the last year and has proven to improve grades File photo/The Daily Iowan and result in fewer students dropping the classes. Offi- The theater at FilmScene is seen on Dec. 9, 2015. All this month, FilmScene will feature films by women directors. cials hope to allocate more resources to the program in BY BROOKLYN DRAISEY mix of new releases, classic cinema, and films are doing in film. the future. News, 3A [email protected] with local ties, along with discussions and Q & “We want to do something as members of A sessions with filmmakers. the industry and as an arthouse theater, we Women’s basketball FilmScene will celebrate every day of Wom- Program director Rebecca Fons, who has want to do something that sort of supports fe- heads to Indy en’s History Month with quite a few unique been with FilmScene since November 2017, male voices,” she said. Heading into the Big Ten films. started working on “Women’s March” right Finding films made by women wasn’t an Tournament on a hot streak, Starting today, FilmScene, 118 E. College away. She said the Harvey Weinstein scandal issue, but narrowing down the list was, Fons the Hawkeyes have North- St., will present “Women’s March,” a program and the #MeToo movement were hot topics at said. FilmScene collaborated with Bijou on western in their path to try showcasing films made by women. Every day, the time, which made her more determined to to end the streak. After an every show time, and every screen will show a shine a light on the wonderful things women SEE WOMEN, 2A undefeated month of Febru- ary, Iowa wants to take that momentum into March, as postseason basketball starts up. Sports, 6A UI first responder English/Creative Iowa mothers take matters into their own hands After the Parkland shooting, Writing majors mothers in the Keosauqua remembers Nov. 1, 1991 public-school system raised $5,000 to buy devices for 50 classrooms that will help Michael Weinstock was a UI sophomore when he volunteered surge in Lit City keep children safe in the as an EMT in response to the 1991 shooting. Years later, he was event of an active shooter. News, 3A a responder on 9/11. The UI started the undergraduate English/ Big Tens just over the Creative Writing Program in horizon for wrestling As the Big Ten Championships the fall of 2016. The program approach, there are a number has seen a surge in number of of Hawkeye lightweights with the opportunity to become students in two years. conference champions. Spen- cer Lee, Brandon Sorensen, BY AADIT TAMBE and Michael Kemerer all have [email protected] tough paths to a gold medal, but it’s still entirely possible. The English/Creative Writing Program has seen And that’s not even getting a surge in student enrollment since its inception into the heavyweights. in the fall of 2016. It is one of the most diverse pro- Sports, 6A grams, attracting many out-of-state students and international students. The program has 526 undergraduate students WEATHER enrolled in just its second year.