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The University's of Iowa's space research program is older than NASA itself. But what comes next? not leave By KATELYN WEISBROD [email protected]

After four years of being an undergrad- uate, three years of serving in the Univer- sity of Iowa Student Government, and a year as UISG president, Liz Mills will say goodbye to the UI. She will not be going too far, though. Mills said she plans to stay in Iowa City next year and possi- bly work a university job while she takes time to apply for graduate school. Mills, who majored in political science and Mills social work with a mi- UI senior nor in Spanish, said the last four years at the UI have been a “roller coaster.” “I loved my time here, and I’ve had some personal setbacks like most college students, but the university means so much to me,” Mills said. “I can’t even put it into words how it has made me the person I am.” Mills got involved with UISG her fresh- man year, when a friend encouraged her

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Fallen UI Don Gurnett is pictured with the Injun I spacecraft. It launched in 1961. (Contributed, Don Gurnett)

By STACEY MURRAY | [email protected] had for quite some time. Above the door hang crook- student ed picture frames, with photographs of satellites and ucked between Biology Building East and Sea- other spacecraft. shore Hall on the University of Iowa campus The 70-something Gurnett works on a dated Toshi- sits an F-shaped building quickly falling into ba laptop. He’s a tall man with hooded blue eyes and disrepair.T The walls blandly reflect a dingy pseudo-col- glasses that he wears on occasion pushed to the very remembered or somewhere between yellow and tan. In the lobby tip of his nose. He keeps a calendar by hand, with dates are aging displays, paying respects to the scientist for written out on a sheet of lined paper. By KENDREW PANYANOUVONG whom the building was named. While his habits suggest antiquity, his accolades sug- [email protected] Seven flights up, Professor Don Gurnett’s office sits gest trailblazer. off a hall lined with teal cinderblocks. There’s a wood- It’s a bright day, but when leaving Van Allen, there’s Nicole Underwood was just months en table in the center of his office and a filing cabinet, a sense that the Sun is setting. away from graduating from the Univer- tucked against the wall, containing records of every stu- On a brilliant career. On a famed spacecraft. And sity of Iowa School of Social Work before dent who has passed through his various classrooms in a program. she was killed in a bus accident, but on his nearly 50 years of teaching. Next to his computer is Wednesday, her family received the diplo- a briefcase with a crushed velvet interior it appears he’s ma she so diligently worked for. SEE SPACE, 6A On Dec. 28, 2015, the UI senior was traveling inbound to Chicago. The char- ter bus lost control and struck a construc- tion arrow board sign. Underwood was GURNETT HAS WORKED WITH/ON: the only passenger on board to die out of the 33; four other passengers were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. At the UI School of Social Work’s graduation ceremony in Des Moines on Wednesday evening, the school and UI 41 60+ 650 President Bruce Harreld presented Un- MISSIONS GRADUATE SCIENTIFIC derwood’s family with her degree, along PUBLICATIONS with a memorial and speech honoring THESES her life and accomplishments. “We miss her,” said Kassie Irwin Un- derwood, her mother. “It feels really good for us, but it’s hard because we’d rather

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for anything,” Mills said. “It’s remains a wonderful friend.” remember most about Liz's GRAD been incredible, and I couldn’t UISG Governmental tenure in UISG.” CONTINUED FROM FRONT have done it on my own. It Relations Liaison Dexter As Mills departs the UI, was one of the best things I’ve Golinghorst said he was im- she said her advice to un- ever done.” pressed by Mills’ advocacy derclassmen is to cherish to run for a position. She said Brittain worked side by for students during her time their time here. she found her passion in the side with Mills over the of leadership. “Really enjoy the expe- organization and never left. past academic year as her “I think my proudest mo- riences that you have,” Mills said she joked with vice president. ment to work for Liz was she said. “There were friend Morgan Brittain about “Her heart is made for ser- when she advocated for a times when I wanted to one day running together vice. Wherever she ends up, tuition freeze for students get done with the week or for UISG president and vice they're lucky to have her,” he despite what some adminis- the semester, but I real- president. Eventually, they wrote in an email. “At times, trators and regents wanted,” ized when the end came, decided to go for it, and Mills we butted heads or irritated Golinghorst said in an email. that the semester was said she has had no regrets. each other to no end, but at “I think her willingness to amazing. So slow down “That’s also been a roller the end of the day, she was always find the solution best and appreciate the time coaster, but I wouldn’t trade it an excellent teammate and for students will be what I and the moment.”

City opens vertical playground By KAYLYN KLUCK priate for kids over the age [email protected] of 5 that offer all kinds of ex- citement and fun like you ha- Dozens of local children ven’t seen in playgrounds for could be seen swinging, slid- quite a while,” Seydell-John- ing, and climbing their way son said. through Iowa City’s newest Interim City Manager playground Wednesday after Geoff Fruin said it has been city officials cut the ceremo- fun to see all age groups en- nial ribbon. joying the new space. A grand opening was held “We went much more ver- Wednesday evening to cele- tical,” he said, “With it, we brate the recently built Mer- added some climbing struc- cer Park playground. The tures that appeal to a wider new structure was construct- demographic.” ed as part of the Iowa City Fruin said Mercer Park Strategic Plan and was de- has always been well-visited signed by Minnesota-based because of athletics events Iowa City residents watch their children as the play on Iowa City's newest playground at firm Landscape Structures. held there, so it is exciting to Mercer Park on Wednesday. The park opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. (The Daily Juli Seydell-Johnson, Iowa see the park have something Iowan/Anthony Vazquez) City Parks and Recreation bigger than the previous play area that still remains emony, City Councilor John director, said the playground play space. alongside the shiny new con- Thomas praised the play- cost the city $225,000. “It’s never had a play- struction is a fire truck play ground for being all-inclu- “There was a very small ground that matched its re- structure. The fire truck will sive and accessible to both [playground] there before, gional identity,” he said. “It’s be repainted and refurbished children and parents with and the one it’s being re- been received incredibly well later this summer through a disabilities. placed with is probably the by the community.” $2,000 donation from the Io- “It’s cutting-edge in what largest in the whole area,” Seydell-Johnson said the wa City Optimist Club. it offers,” he said. she said. playground has been packed “When we first started Thomas said that if he had The playground features with families every time she to tear down the old play- a child or grandchild in Iowa a tower with two tall slides, has visited so far, usually ground, the first thing we City, he would bring them to several swings, spinning with 50 to 75 kids on it at a heard from neighbors was the park. platforms, monkey bars, a time. ‘don’t take away the fire “I do hope as a city we can boogie board, a bouncing see- “The park staff tells me truck,’ ” Seydell-Johnson have this level of play envi- saw, and a large net area for they have never seen a play- said, “So we found a way, ronment around town,” he climbing. ground used this much so with the help of the Optimist said. “They’re strong com- “There are some great big soon,” she said. Club, to keep it there.” munity builders, it’s not just climbing structures appro- One part of the old Mercer At the ribbon-cutting cer- about the play.” THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016 NEWS 3A Trump down to 5 or 6 choices for VP By JULIE PACE & JILL COLVIN As part of his general elec- Associated Press tion planning, Trump told AP at his office in New York that NEW YORK— Shifting he’s moving aggressively to swiftly to the general election, identify a running mate with Donald Trump says he’s nar- deep political experience. rowed his list of potential run- While he would not provide ning mates to “five or six” peo- a full list of names, he did ple and doesn’t want to accept not rule out New Jersey Gov. taxpayer money to finance a Chris Christie, the former ri- fall campaign against likely val whom he’s already tapped Democratic nominee Hillary to head his transition plan- Clinton. ning. In a break from recent ma- Trump’s campaign man- jor party nominees, Trump ager, Corey Lewandowski, is does not plan to invest heav- running the vice-presidential ily in a data-driven effort to vetting effort “with a group,” court voters in the fall cam- Trump said, that includes for- paign. mer competitor Ben Carson Despite pressure, the bil- and himself. “Honestly, we’re lionaire said he doesn’t be- all running it. It’s very much lieve he has an obligation to a group effort,” said Trump. release his tax returns and A first-time political candi- won’t release them before date, the celebrity business- November unless an ongoing man said there’s no need for audit of his finances is com- another business person on pleted before Election Day. the Republican ticket, and he He said he wouldn’t over- wants a running mate who rule his lawyers and instruct can help him pass legislation them to release his returns if as president. By joining forc- the audit hasn’t concluded by es with a political veteran, then. Trump would also signal a “There’s nothing to learn willingness to work with the from them,” Trump said. He Republican establishment GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a caucus event at the Sheraton Hotel in Des Moines on Feb. 1. Trump lost the caucuses with 24 percent of the vote; Sen. Ted Cruz won also said he doesn’t believe that he’s thoroughly bashed with 28 percent. (The Daily Iowan/Glenn Sonnie Wooden). voters are interested. during his campaign. “Now, I hope it gets fin- Trump said he doesn’t ished soon,” he said. “And if it plan to announce his running rated,” Trump said. “Obama over intimate voter interac- He’s moving away from the have had a mixed reaction gets finished soon, I put it out mate until the Republican got the votes much more so tions in early voting states model Obama used success- to his primary success. immediately because there’s National Convention in Ju- than his data processing ma- and operating with a slim fully in his 2008 and 2012 Though Trump has nothing there. But until you ly, a four-day event that he’s chine. And I think the same is campaign operation. Even as wins, and which Clinton is vowed to be tough in taking get finished, you won’t.” planning to remake with a true with me.” he brings in new staff for the trying to replicate, including on Clinton, he also suggest- Trump weighed in on the showman’s touch. He also effectively ruled general election campaign, he hiring many of the staff that ed he might avoid running issue again Wednesday, say- “The concept of some en- out for the first time the op- says his emphasis will contin- worked for Obama. negative ads against her, ing on Twitter: “In interview tertainment from a great tion of taking public financ- ue to be on raucous rallies to Still, the Republican Na- saying, “I just don’t find I told @AP that my taxes are singer, a great group I think ing for his campaign, money put him in front of thousands tional Committee has invest- them to be very effective.” under routine audit, and I would be something maybe to that would have saved him of voters and generate free ed heavily in data operations, “I’ve had over $100 mil- would release my tax returns break things up,” Trump said. the time-consuming task of media coverage. eager to avoid another defeat lion in negative ads spent when audit is complete, not “You’ll be hearing plenty of raising vast sums but would “My best investment is to a more technologically sav- on me and every time it’s after election.” political speeches.” have dramatically limited the my rallies,” Trump said. “The vy Democrat. Trump could boosted my numbers,” he Trump’s comments came In the interview, Trump amount he would have been people go home, they tell their make use of that RNC data if said. as he begins to prepare for outlined a general election able to raise. friends they loved it. It’s been he wished. As Trump was speak- a long, expensive general campaign that banks heav- “I think I’ve ruled it out, I good.” Trump and his aides ing, however, his campaign election campaign. His two ily on his personal appeal think so,” said Trump. “I don’t The businessman said he’ll have been meeting RNC posted a new ad on Insta- remaining Republican rivals and trademark rallies while like the idea of taking taxpay- spend “limited” money on da- officials this week to dis- gram assailing Clinton for suddenly dropped out of the spurning the kind of sophis- er money to run a campaign. I ta operations to identify and cuss the mechanics of his her response to the attacks race last week, anointing him ticated data operation that think it’s inappropriate.” track potential voters and to campaign. He is also plan- on a diplomatic compound the party’s presumptive pres- was a centerpiece of Barack Trump stunned the politi- model various turnout sce- ning a trip to Washington in Benghazi, Libya. idential nominee faster than Obama’s winning White cal world at every turn during narios that could give him the on Thursday to meet party AP writer Julie Byko- even the confident candidate House runs. the Republican primary sea- 270 Electoral College votes leaders, including House wicz contributed to this expected. “I’ve always felt it was over- son, prioritizing large rallies needed to win the presidency. Speaker Paul Ryan, who report. 4A THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Opinions — FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION COLUMN EDITORIAL Graduating, Keeping police accountable

hen police are guilty of unwarranted vio- of money that could then be awarded in settlements as lence, financial incentive often becomes the numerous multimillion dollar settlements could bank- moving on/ Wfail-safe remedy for an absence of moral rupt an entire police force. accountability, and it could very well be the solution In lieu of holding police entirely financially accountable, to the problem of enforcing accountability for law-en- looking toward the companies that offer liability insur- treat yoself forcement agencies. There are companies that offer ance could be the next best thing. Granted, the amount municipal liability insurance that covers cities, states, of clout municipal liability insurance companies have over and other governing bodies, and by extension, the em- larger cities is limited due to the size of population and I cannot speak for oth- ployees of those entities such as the police. corresponding ability to subsidize with taxpayer money or ers about their pursuit of As a result, these companies can play a pivotal role in self-insure. However, the power of these companies to act happiness, but my process the shaping of policy and increased accountability when as regulators can be seen on smaller scales, such as those hopefully inspires all. As it comes to the operation of law enforcement. It is the idea found in Lincoln Heights, Ohio, Maywood, California, and the end of the year is com- of loss-prevention that motivates municipal-liability in- Point Marion, Pennsylvania, where police departments ing to a close, I fell into surance companies to play an active role in monitoring were shut down after liability insurance was pulled. In sadness because it marks the actions of the municipalities they insure. If we cannot these scenarios the threat of losing liability insurance nec- Keith Reed the end of an era. Many of depend on the entities themselves to enact the necessary essary to cover large settlements outweighs the reluctance [email protected] my friends are graduating, changes to ensure proper performance, perhaps we can to change the system that incites such settlements. and I cannot see going an- look to the financial institutions that these entities ulti- The implementation of large-scale municipal liability Graduating is difficult. other year without their mately end up answering to. insurance has potential drawbacks such as encouraging I happen to graduate next guidance and strength. While large cities can at times shoulder the weight municipalities to slack on enforcement of proper procedure year, but it looms. The con- The many people in my of multimillion-dollar settlements such as the ones because they would be covered for them. At the same time, cept of graduating is very small classes have left a following the cases of police-caused deaths of Tamir it cannot be said that cities do not already slack in the de- staunch in its assump- lasting impact on me. I am Rice, Freddie Gray, and Eric Garner, smaller munic- partment of enforcing accountability even given the un- tions. It means leaving not afraid to admit that a ipalities are often dependent on liability insurance mitigated financial stakes. Still, reducing the amount of everything you know and tear or two fell upon my when faced with expensive lawsuits. burden placed on taxpayers for actions in which they are starting fresh somewhere cheeks. Many who know Although a price tag cannot be applied to the value not directly responsible hardly sounds like a bad idea. The else. I believe that it is me personally, understand of life, we applaud when families of victims are award- goal should not be to tie moral accountability to financial not a good way of thinking that emotions are some- ed large settlements even when they are partially paid incentive, but if that is what is necessary to at least combat and it could potentially thing that evade me fre- for by taxpayers and not the police guilty of the mal- a trend of police brutality, it should be implemented. If we follow later. Endings are quently. What I did next feasance. Ideally, a system would be put in place that cannot depend on the conscience of cities to guide them in things that we constantly cemented my happiness holds police officers financially accountable for their ac- the proper direction, perhaps we must look toward their dread but they also can be for what is to come next. tions. However, doing so may possibly limit the amount checkbooks instead. very liberating. These are Cake had been on my things that we always run mind for weeks now. In the into, endings. moments, after those tears Graduating, for me es- subsided, I jumped and pecially, has engendered went to buy that cake I so COLUMN hatred from me. It marks loosely wanted. As I was a milestone and a loss of driving to get the cake, all the friends you used happiness filled me as this to know. After every grad- dream became a reality. Bullying doesn’t end at 18 uation, I beelined to the The cake decorator was the car, saying less and giv- most amazing person at ing minimal hugs. This that moment. She granted school. It’s just not puses. Maybe it’s because cause social problems, de- feeling has now subsided all of my design requests called bullying any- college students are consid- pression, and anxiety. A lot within me because I have and that filled me with so more. Cyber bullying ered adults that the effects of mental-health problems grown at an amazing pace. much glee. and verbal harassment of bullying are overlooked have ties to bullying and Paying bills, having con- It’s safe to say that the are what we most com- and seen as less harmful. harassment from when a sistent meltdowns and re- cake was not eaten much. monly see. But the effects are just as person was younger. covering from them, and The cake was not for eat- Adolescents who are serious, and it’s more em- It is true that while you apartment hunting, have ing; it stood as a token of bullied by their peers actu- barrassing for college stu- are in college, you have all been things that I had peace and happiness. To Sydney Newton ally suffer from worse long- dents to admit it. the option of distancing to overcome and grow from this day it sits in my fridge, [email protected] term mental-health effects Cyber bullying is be- yourself from people who this year. These milestones gladly showing me a mes- than children who are mal- coming more common, harass you, but unwanted and achievements are dire- sage similar to keep it up. The term “bullying” treated by adults, based on because most users of harassment is more diffi- ly needed to show us that The whimsicality of the is normally very broad a study published last week social media are college cult to prevent no matter there is more to our lives cake and the message took and can be linked to dif- in Lancet Psychiatry. students. A 2014 survey how much you try to avoid than frivolous Facebook on a new meaning, and I ferent age groups. The A 2011 study from about online harassment it. The negative effects of and Internet nonsense. can still appreciate it. I most common age group the Indiana University by the Pew Research distancing yourself and not This is a momentous guess I have my cake, and affected is K-12, and we showed 22 percent of col- Center found 26 per- talking to anyone about time for us all. Huge mile- maybe I won’t eat it, too. generally think bullying lege students reported cent of 18- to 24-year-old issues you deal with isn’t stones/realizations in life Happiness is not found diminishes after that. In being cyberbullied, while women say they’ve been healthy for students. are what validate all of the in other people; it can fact, last fall, Iowa Gov. 15 percent reported tradi- stalked online, while 25 The freedom of college hard work that has been be found in doing the Terry Branstad enacted tional bullying. The same percent say they were is beneficial but also opens put in. Finding happiness things that you have de- an anti-bullying office study showed 42 percent the target of online sexu- more doors for young adults in these situations is vital nied yourself; granted located at the Univer- of students reported seeing al harassment. to be harassed. The lack of to making sure you can price is also something sity of Northern Iowa someone bullied by anoth- These statistics can show clear, ever-present authori- continue on this journey that should be consid- that aims to provide er student, and 8 percent that although students are ty figures in college makes and make right decisions. ered. That phone you al- high schools with tools reported being the bully in at a certain maturity level, it easier for people to get by It is easy to wallow in sad- ways wanted, that guilty to prevent bullying and a situation. bullying still happens. The with acts of harassment, ness, and it is definitely pleasure, that thing that counsel students. Harassment because of harmful effects that are a and the repercussions are hard to make yourself hap- you have been wanting to But bullying still race, gender, or religion is result of bullying continue often not very severe. This py in these times. There is try, go ahead and, in the happens after high often seen on college cam- on into adulthood. They can needs to change. always light at the end of words of Tom and Don- the tunnel, and I truly be- na on “Parks and Recre- lieve in this cliché. ation,” treat yoself. STAFF GUEST COLUMN

STACEY MURRAY Editor-in-Chief Why re-elect big spenders NICK HASSETT Opinions Editor MARCUS BROWN, JACOB PRALL, JOE LANE, JACK DUGAN America’s current federal er, Iowa will receive fewer didates: If elected, will you dents support No Budget, Editorial writers debt exceeds $19.1 trillion federal resources for our in the first 100 days of the No Pay.* CHRISTOPHER CERVANTES, JACE BRADY, SYDNEY NEWTON, (www.us-debt-clock.org). 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POINT/CONTERPOINT Who should have been Newcomer of the Year?

Nicholas Baer the program, Baer was He has a somewhat re- Christian Brissett At the time, the Wyn- Vinnie Saucer Jr. Brissett The very first shot put on scholarship. liable 3-point shot and Christian Brissett cote, Pennsylvania, na- has filled the void left by Nicholas Baer took was There will be a role displayed natural skill quietly made a case for tive led the conference both of these two run- a 3-point jumper, which for Baer on next sea- in positioning himself Freshman of the Year, in the 200 meters, 100 ners when they’ve missed he swished in the mid- son’s Iowa basketball meters, and 400-meter meets, proving that he’s dle of the second half team, and he could relay, a stat-stuffing out- one of the best freshmen in against Gardner-Webb. even fight his way into ing rightfully deserving the Big Ten. Immediately, a fan fa- a starting position. His of this conference award. Iowa Director of Track vorite was born. 15-point, 4-rebound per- But that was in Iowa’s and Field Joey Woody Baer only averaged formance against Villa- first meet of the outdoor rattled off a list of ath- 4.8 points and 2.6 re- nova in the second round season. Now, weeks later letes to keep an eye out bounds but did appear of the NCAA Tourna- and heading into the Big for this weekend, and in 33 games. Most im- ment was one of the few Ten Outdoor Champi- Brissett topped the list. portantly, he made plays good moments in the Baer Brissett onships, Brissett ranks The Hawkeye track at critical moments. drubbing, and the ex- men’s basketball men’s track eighth in the 100, third team, a program on the Timely blocks, rebounds, tra experience should in the 200, and is on the rise, built a roster chock- and 3-pointers became help in the future. 4x100 relay that leads full of youth. Brissett his calling card. In addition to his tan- the conference. elevated himself to not He carved himself out gible skills, he seemed to for rebounds. and he’s not done. Iowa’s sprint group has only be one of the best a role in the reserves, be an emotional center- If he can continue to The freshman sprinter been one of its best areas freshmen, but one of the becoming one of Fran piece on the bench mob. build on those skills, a on the track team made a this season, despite being fastest runners on the McCaffery’s first play- Baer stands to take a very solid basketball name for himself when he hampered by injuries to team. The stopwatch ers off the bench. After huge step forward in his player could emerge. won Big Ten Track Athlete upperclassman standouts doesn’t lie. several Iowa players left progression next season. — Jordan Hansen of the Week on March 23. James Harrington and — Adam Hensley 6A NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016

searchers on its campus. the council, 85-90 percent be created when lightning The third rocket did in- Gurnett is, too. SPACE They’ll laugh about how of that budget is sent struck, and electromag- deed fire. But it’s unclear if space CONTINUED FROM FRONT often they’re questioned to private contractors, netic waves traveled along It was such a curious research at the UI is ready about the school in the which design rockets and Earth’s magnetic field, thing. for life after Don. Heartland that has been spacecraft. bouncing from one hemi- … “There’s a fork coming … such a “titan” in the field. In 2006, NASA began the sphere to another, creating up in the road,” Mutel said. More than 60 spacecraft Commercial Orbital Trans- the whistling sound. The programs in Van Al- “And unless the university “I’m really lucky I didn’t have had a component engi- portation Services program, Fascinated by the con- len, like much of the UI, are is proactive about it, we’re get killed, actually,” Gur- neered at the UI. which will privatize some cept, Gurnett returned to feeling financial pressure. going to end up on the nett said. And, of course, they’ll travel between Earth and his father’s farm with an From 2006-2016, the wrong side of the fork.” It was a youthful indiscre- name the eponym of the de- the International Space Sta- antenna in hopes of cap- space programs have re- At one time, Van Allen, tion. Gurnett, a young man partment’s building and one tion. The thought is that pri- turing those waves. It took ceived $98 million in ex- Gurnett, and Lou Frank enamored with rockets, de- of the most beloved mem- vate companies can provide three nights, but he took ternal funding, from plac- were all working with a crew cided to build his own. Then bers of UI’s history of space transportation to low-Earth his data back to Van Allen. es such as NASA, to do out of the large machine just a kid, around 10 years exploration. orbit. Those sounds could research. shop on campus, cranking old, he used salter, pewter, Who other than James Privatization hasn’t been come straight out of a Those funds are used to out research in different charcoal, and sulfur, a combi- Van Allen? flawless, though. movie. They sound like pay for engineers, techni- fields. They shared support nation first tried by the Chi- … In 2014, Virgin Galactic, fake lasers shooting from cians, overhead, and the staff, engineers, technicians, nese almost 2,000 years ago. one of the companies, had a child’s toy, followed by a actual building materials and computers. He found the concoction Gurnett couldn’t help for instruments that go on Frank died in 2014. Van in a book at the Cedar Rap- himself. these spacecraft. They’re Allen in 2006. ids library. Gurnett, who Almost four months after also used for travel between Gurnett doesn’t seem to grew up on a farm near Sputnik launched, the U.S. NASA, the Jet Propulsion have intentions of retiring Fairfax, would ride into Ce- answered with Explorer Lab, and the UI, as well as immediately, but depart- dar Rapids with his mother I. Van Allen had built the when researchers subcon- ment officials know he will on Saturdays to go to the Geiger-Muller tube aboard tract parts of their projects choose to eventually, even if library. She would patient- the ship, which would lat- — using things that require that date is unclear. ly wait for him to pick out er lead to the discovery of special skills or tools — out Now, Gurnett and Craig a couple of books. And by the trapped radiation sur- to companies. Kletzing, another professor the time he graduated from rounding the planet, later But they didn’t actually in the department, have high school, he had read al- named the Van Allen Ra- see all $98 million award- their own crews, but Gur- most every technical book in diation Belt. ed through these grants. nett’s is larger, and when that library. “I couldn’t resist having Over that same time pe- he retires, that crew of sea- “That’s where I learned a interest,” Gurnett said. riod, roughly $27 million soned and senior staffers — lot,” Gurnett said. “I can ac- He walked across campus — or roughly 28 percent some who have been there tually see that in my grand- to MacLean Hall in search of the funding — went into for nearly 40 years and are son. He knows all kind of of a job. Don Gurnett is pictured with a model airplane. Designing model airplanes was a hobby the UI’s general fund to be in their 60s — won’t likely stuff, and he’s a freshman in But Van Allen wasn’t there. for Gurnett when he was growing up. (Contributed/Don Gurnett/The University of Iowa) used on other projects. be replaced, Mutel said. high school.” Instead, his secretary, Agnes, It has left the program It’s a scary prospect. Gurnett’s love of engi- asked for Gurnett about his hurting. “We don’t want this thing neering and flying began at qualifications. Gurnett told A timeline It could be a problem to die,” Mutel said. a hobby shop and the airport her of his experience with ra- that originated because of Members of the faculty in Cedar Rapids. As a child, dio electronics — forged out of Below list the major events in Gurnett's career and space research. good intentions. Van Allen want to bring one or two he participated in a model countless hours in the hobby didn’t ask for much, Pro- promising young space airplane club that met on shop and perfected on the air- fessor Frederick Skiff said. physicists on board, but it’s Thursday nights. It wasn’t port runway. Sept. 1957 But the program is look- an expensive proposition. only for kids. There were Shortly after he handed Gurnett enrolls at the ing now. Jasper Halekas, who earned adults, too, with some from in his application, he re- University of Iowa “Historically, it’s sort of a Ph.D. from the University Collins Radio, the business ceived a handwritten note Oct. 4, 1957 Van Allen’s legacy, and I’d of California-Berkeley, re- now known as Rockwell from Van Allen, asking him The Soviet Union like to build on that be- cently joined the UI. Collins, the engineering to join his group of research- launches Sputnik cause, the fact is, that if And more faculty mem- giant with a campus that ers. But Gurnett had just ac- lose it, you can’t rebuild it. bers would help to keep takes up several blocks in cepted a position at Collins Jan. 31, 1958 It would be out of reach,” the production of space-re- Cedar Rapids. Radio for the summer. The U.S. responds with Skiff said. search instruments flow- There, Gurnett had his It wasn’t a problem, April 1958 its first satellite, … ing, but these additions first interaction with an though, as Gurnett and Van Gurnett asks to work Explorer I. require competitive sala- elite scientist: Alexander Allen agreed to bring him on under Van Allen. Voyager I is perhaps ries and start-up packages Lippisch, who was a part in the fall as a student em- the best-known success and workspaces, which can of the club. A German en- ployee. May 4, 1959 — outside of Van Allen’s sometimes bring price tags gineer, Lippisch came to At that time, there was Van Allen appears on radiation belts — from upward of $1 million. the U.S. after World War II an explosion of activity on 1964-1965 the cover of Time the program. Some facul- And the conversation, through Operation Paper- the campus. There was pres- Gurnett works as a magazine ty members, like Mutel, again, turns to money. clip, a program through the sure mounting daily to get NASA trainee at Stan- would point to various Money. And James Van Office of Strategic Services, into space. A year later, Van ford University papers done by Gurnett, Allen. And Don Gurnett. which brought more than Allen appeared on the cover 1965 but Voyager is Gurnett's And legacies. 1,500 German scientists of Time for his work in space Gurnett earns his favorite. … and engineers came to the and the radiation belts. That 1965 Ph.D. The craft, launched on U.S. after the fall of Nazi year, the federal govern- Gurnett is appointed Sept. 5, 1997, is part of the Voyager I is working on Germany in the 1940s. ment chartered NASA. assistant professor at Voyager program focused a difficult timeline. “Here I am, a young kid Time blurred. the UI on studying parts of the Power is a limited re- in the presence of a German In 1960, the S-46 space- outer Solar System. The source those billions of rocket scientist,” Gurnett craft launched with a 1968 main part of the mission miles away. The radioac- said. charged particle detector de- He is promoted to as- was to fly by Jupiter, Sat- tive isotope, plutonium, Gurnett picked up a work veloped by Gurnett. 1972 sociate professor. urn, and one of Saturn’s has been giving off heat to permit and was hired by the That craft fell into the Gurnett is again pro- moons, Titan. The imag- power the spacecraft for hobby shop. By the time he ocean. moted, this time to full es provided by Voyager the last 38 years. graduated from high school More time blurred. professor. would be the first of the But that’s a long time, in 1957, he was in charge It was around this time Aug. 20, 1977 planets in the outer solar and the spacecraft has of order inventory. During that Van Allen would decide Voyager II launches. system. Voyager I’s sister, completed the tasks it was those days at the shop, he the UI should build the en- Voyager II, explored Ura- launched to do. found himself interested in tire craft, not just a few in- Sept. 5,1977 nus and Neptune, the only Now, Suzanne Dodd, the radio controls and the kits struments on board. Voyager I launches. spacecraft to have done so. project manager for the in which he could build his By 1960, Gurnett was There were plenty of Voyager Interstellar Mis- own receivers and transmit- working anywhere between 2012 discoveries, too. Scientists sion, said it’s time to start ters. 40-80 hours per week as the Gurnett's instrument learned there are active talking about turning off Upon his graduation, project engineer on Injun 1. detects that Voyager I volcanoes on Jupiter’s instruments aboard the Gurnett had three schools It was high pressure; stu- has crossed into moons and Saturn’s rings. spacecraft. in mind for his postsecond- dents were going to school interstellar space But in August 2012, The first ones will go ary education — Iowa while sometimes getting Gurnett learned, from da- off in 2020. The last, in State University, a school home as the Sun was rising. ta collected by the instru- 2025, maybe a little longer. in St. Louis, and the Uni- Injun 1 launched on June a test flight crash, and it lower frequency whoosh- ment he created, that Voy- Then, there won’t be any- versity of Iowa. 29, 1961. killed one of its crew mem- ing noise. ager I had ventured into more scientific data. There He picked the UI for a There would be more bers while injuring the oth- And that night on the interstellar space. will be another three- to simple reason: He need- projects — a lot more — and er. Later that year, a refuel farm, Gurnett hadn’t dis- The science is complicat- five-year period in which ed money, and attending Gurnett would have success. mission heading to the In- covered anything new, but ed. The plasma wave instru- scientists will still get school in Iowa City meant But what was important ternational Space Station he was in awe as he stood ment detected a change in engineering data, telling he could keep his job at the for Gurnett was the hand- exploded shortly after its under Iowa’s open sky. density that was roughly those on Earth how far hobby shop. He arrived in written note that became a launch in West Virginia. He helped with other 40 times that of the area away the craft is. mid-September with the in- job, and so he jumped in- But this commercializa- discoveries relating to inside the heliopause, or But no spacecraft has tention of studying electrical to the rabbit hole of space tion isn’t the only change those whistlers later, but the boundary for the So- operated as long or gone engineering. research that would take space research has faced. at that moment, it was a lar System. It was the first as far. Everything Voy- Less than a month later him past the edge of the Entire vessels, like Injun curious thing for an Iowa sign of entering interstellar ager does now is unchar- — on Oct. 4, 1957 — the So- Solar System. 1, were once built entirely boy, adventuring on his space, and it came via what tered territory. viet Union launched Sput- … at universities, which al- parents’ farm. sounds like a high-pitched Right now, Dodd said nik into orbit — flabbergast- so tracked their own data. … squeal. That sound is made the hope is to hit the ing the world and sending “This is no longer your Now, more and more space from Gurnett’s instrument 50-years-of-operation chills down the spines of grandfather’s space pro- corporations are building It was a simple enough detecting vibrations in that mark, which would come world leaders. Sputnik, the gram,” Darrel West, the the satellites and other concept. Gas-filled bal- denser plasma. on Sept. 5, 2027. Gurnett first artificial satellite, was VP and director of gover- craft, with universities tack- loons would take rockets There were headlines — will be 87 years old. only the size of a beach ball, nance studies, told a panel ing on their own inventions to the upper atmosphere from the New York Times If everything on board according to NASA, but at the A. Alfred Taubman to collect data. before the rocket would ig- to Forbes — documenting stays healthy, Dodd said, launched the dawn of the Forum on Foreign Policy. “There’s more and more; nite. Technology was lim- the moment. Voyager I was that should be doable. Space Age. Space research, the as these spacecraft become ited, but this contraption, more than 11.8 billion miles But 2027 isn’t that far “I knew about that pos- way it’s conducted and more complex, more costly, called a rockoon, would get from the Sun and venturing away. sibility, but it hadn’t been used, has changed dras- they’re much more in the the rocket to a higher alti- into the literal unknown, “One day, we’ll come into achieved yet,” Gurnett said. tically since its inception. hands of the aerospace com- tude without being forced sending data back to its the office and expect to see “In the middle of the Cold In the 1950s and 1960s, panies,” said Robert Mutel, to fight the drag as it home at the UI. a signal from the space- War, here’s a Russian object space travel centered on a UI professor of physics/ pushed through the lower … craft, and it just won’t be flying over the U.S., and it the Cold War and trav- astronomy. parts of the atmosphere. there,” she said. appeared the U.S. was seri- eling to the Moon. Now, That means more levels It wasn’t a perfect plan; Gurnett isn’t ready to In many ways, it’s twi- ously behind. That just fas- large corporations are of bureaucracy. Time reported that Van Al- retire, at least not yet. He light at Van Allen Hall. cinated me.” major players, and celeb- “It’s harder and harder to len couldn’t fire the rock- loves teaching, and he’s a Voyager is heading into … rities are putting down have a university have a sig- ets in Iowa because using a beloved educator. oblivion, and one of sci- $250,000 in hopes of tak- nificant contribution,” Mutel balloon meant there was no He’s repeatedly recog- ence’s greats is approach- On campus, the UI’s repu- ing a commercial flight said. ability to steer the contrap- nized by students as one of ing retirement, though the tation for space exploration into space. … tion. So, Van Allen convinced their favorite instructors in exact date is unknown. seems to be less well-known According to the Coun- the U.S. Coast Guard to fire the department, “Some of the greats in among its accolades. The cil on Foreign Relations, It’s a curious thing, he them from Greenland. And his mentor, Van Al- the field need to pass the Writers’ Workshop has been NASA accounted for 4.5 says, those whistlers. In the first two attempts, len, was, too. baton,” said Jim Green, a defining part of Iowa City’s percent of the federal It’s his child-like won- Time says, the rocket failed There are similarities be- a former student of Gur- UNESCO City of Literature budget at its peak in fiscal der driving his curiosi- to fire. There was a theory tween Gurnett and Van Al- nett’s who now serves as distinction since 2008. 1966. By 1975, it reached ty, though it’s somewhat that the cold stopped a clock len, Mutel said. They’re both the planetary science divi- But that’s the bubble the 1 percent. Funding has ironic, as Gurnett likely that was supposed to ignite humble, never-take-your- sion director at NASA. program lives in. continued to decline since understands the workings the rockets. self-too-seriously, self-effac- “It’ll be kind of a sad If you call over to the Jet then, and it accounted for of the universe better than But Van Allen wasn’t ing guys. Both Van Allen time,” Gurnett said. “It Propulsion Laboratory, a fed- roughly half a percent of most. ready to be beat. So, he heat- and Gurnett grew up in ru- becomes a question of erally funded research center the budget in fiscal 2014, Gurnett attended a sem- ed cans of orange juice and ral Iowa — scientific gems whether the spacecraft in California, they will imme- or around $17.6 billion, inar led by a French scien- put them into the balloon’s among the many fields. outlasts us. diately recognize the name according to federal data. tist in 1961. Whistlers at gondola before wrapping it As Van Allen was the “There’s some truth to of the university and the re- Typically, according to that point were known to in insulation. figurehead of the program, that actually.” THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016 SPORTS 7A

leading conversations in successful in her fresh- exactly overachieve GUSTAFSON the team huddle, and de- man campaign, unfortu- in 2015-16, there’s no CONTINUED FROM 8A manding the ball in the nately, the team was not. doubt whether freshman post. Gustafson began to The Hawkeyes struggled forward Gustafson did. grow up right in front of to meet expectations, She went from a rela- Hawkeyes. the Hawkeye faithful in limping to a 19-14 record tively unknown pres- Once Gustafson solidi- Carver-Hawkeye. and a first-round loss to ence on the Iowa bench fied her role, success was One might not have Ball State in the NIT. to a threatening force immediate. The forward expected the soft-spoken, The loss against the for Big Ten opponents in became a double-double quiet freshman to be- Cardinals wasn’t on the the paint. machine, at one point come such a force on the shoulders of Gustafson, If Gustafson’s fresh- compiling nine of them court. Gustafson shat- however. She once again man campaign is any in- in a 13-game span. Gus- tered those expectations. led the team in scoring, dication, Bluder is going tafson began to lead not Gustafson led the team dropping 22 points to go to have herself a pret- only in statistical cat- in blocks 21 times, in re- along with 12 rebounds ty special player in the egories but with team bounds 17 times, and and 3 blocks. coming years. Iowa’s Chase Coley (4) and Megan Gustafson (10) reach for a rebound in the Carver-Hawkeye morale as well. scoring six times. Her 58 Gustafson played a For Gustafson, it ap- on Feb. 21. The Hawkeyes beat Inidiana, 76-73. (The Daily Iowan/Ting Xuan Tan) She could regularly blocks led the team at whopping 38 minutes in pears that the sky is be seen picking team- the end of the season. the game. the limit. It might be year with the team hav- But that’s a pretty good mates up off the floor, While she was wildly While her team didn’t difficult to top her first ing set the bar so high. problem to have.

LeBron James, and Cam spotted him just last going to look like him. come more progressive, Harper is your new face HARPER Newton have a fun time, weekend in Chicago get- Relatively new Com- which has to be music of baseball, and Harper is CONTINUED FROM 8A and the fans have more ting on the team bus to missioner Rob Manfred to Harper’s ears. Hope- who he is. He will indeed fun because of it. leave and then getting has given early indica- fully, it’s got baseball make baseball fun again, “I love the way Cam back off to give a home- tions that he is prepared fans tapping their feet whether your grandpa fully initiating a cam- goes about it. He smiles, less woman a jar of mon- to allow baseball to be- as well. likes it or not. paign playing upon Don- he laughs. It’s that flair. ey. He’s not a bad guy. ald Trump’s infamous The dramatic.” All he’s asking for is hat. Playfully, yes, but Harper couldn’t be the freedom to play the Harper is serious about more correct. Other game he loves with the his fun. sports allow their play- passion and intensity Oh, is he serious. ers to be expressive and that comes natural to After MLB Hall of have unique personas. him as a person. And Famer Goose Gossage Baseball, on the other he’s not just a punk who put Harper and new-age hand, seems to want to wants to be able to act baseball in his sights, reduce its players sim- however he wants. He saying Harper has “no ply to guys who are only wants the same freedom respect for the game,” differentiated based on for his competitors. Harper didn’t shy away their abilities, complete- “If a guy pumps his fist from his behavior, and ly stripped of any out- at me on the mound, I’m instead doubled down on ward personality. going to go, ‘Yeah, you got his stance that his de- Harper, the sinful dis- me, good for you. Hopeful- meanor is, in fact, exact- grace to baseball, simply ly, I get you next time.’” ly what baseball needs. wants to play baseball, Harper is not some And he’s right. be himself, and not have reckless deviant trying “Baseball’s tired; it’s to disguise himself as a to selfishly and law- a tired sport because cookie-cutter template lessly maraud across you can’t express your- for how Gossage wants the league, as he’s been self,” Harper told ESPN his grandson to act. made out to be by some in March. Juxtaposing And let’s get some- of the media. He’s on a the dry environment of thing cleared up: Harper two-name list to be the baseball with basket- isn’t a bad dude. He’s not new face of baseball for ball and football, Harp- asking for bench-clear- the next 10 to 15 years, er pointed out that guys ing brawls or cocaine in and in spite of Gossage, such as Steph Curry, the dugout. Somebody that means baseball is

One Hawkeye who guys take [scores] pret- GOLF will need to be at his ty low and then the oth- CONTINUED FROM 7A best is senior Nate Yan- er guys keep it around kovich — he has been even par,” he said. “If I one of the top Hawkeye and Raymond and even Coaches Association of performers this season. Carson can piece some America Poll. Compet- He hopes he and upper- things together, we will ing against No. 6 USC, classman teammates have a really good shot No. 14 Arizona State, Raymond Knoll and at getting where we No. 16 South Florida, Schaake can lead the need to be.” No. 22 San Diego State, team in round one. and No. 25 Texas A&M, “It’s important to get Follow @csindberg32 the Hawkeyes know that off to a solid start; es- on Twitter for Iowa getting off to a solid start pecially in college golf; men’s golf news, updates, will be crucial. it’s usually one or two and analysis.

SOFTBALL CONTINUED FROM 8A more than a handful of as- sists, and she had 5 in confer- ence play alone,” Looper said in a release. “She had a lot of chances to be a part of the game. There are a select few that make the All-Defensive Team. It’s nine players, pe- riod. To be one of those nine means a lot. I think it bodes Iowa outfielder Sammi Gyerman dives and misses the ball during the third game of well in the effort she put in the Iowa-Purdue series at Pearl Field on April 3. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert) to fixing the little things in her game defensively. That’s Sophomore Sarah ing named the Big Ten what allowed her to be error- Kurtz was also honored Sportsmanship Award re- less. It’s not easy to do that.” by the conference, be- cipient for the Hawkeyes. SPORTS THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016 FOR UP-TO-DATE COVERAGE OF HAWKEYE SPORTS, FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @DI_SPORTS_DESK DAILYIOWAN.COM

COMMENTARY DAILY IOWAN AWARDS Harper having VERY YOUNG, some fun Bryce Harper is a young VERY BIG SPLASH whippersnapper caught up in an old man’s game.

Kyle Mann [email protected]

Bryce Harper doesn’t give a damn about your grandpa. For too long, baseball has been the only sport that clings to tradi- tion as if it’s the only reason that people care about the game. But somehow, against all odds, young kids take a liking to tee ball before they know anything about the un- written rules. They fall in love with that feel- ing of hitting the ball so hard, it feels as if they’ve literally dent- ed it, like you see in the cartoons. They have no idea that nobody but the pitcher is allowed to walk across the mound or that you nev- er bunt to break up a no-hitter. Is it possible — no — this is stupid. Is it possible that some people like baseball because baseball can be fun? Likely to the surprise of your Iowa forward Megan Gustafson tries to drives down the lane against Michigan during the third Game of the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis on March 3. The Hawkeyes grandpa, yes. It is possible that defeated the Wolverines, 97-85. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert) baseball can be fun, and Harper has taken it upon himself to be the trigger that reminds us all of this forgotten secret. Megan Gustafson excelled in the second half of the basketball season, making her a newcomer to watch. You may recall Harper’s hat from early in this young season, stating By JAKE MOSBACH | [email protected] ing Gustafson the DI’s Newcomer of the Year. “Make Baseball Fun Again,” play- The accolades rained in for Gustafson during the 2015- hen Port Wing, Wisconsin, native Megan Gus- 16 season. She was a Big Ten All-Freshman team selection SEE HARPER, 7A tafson came to Iowa to play for Lisa Bluder’s and a letter-winner. Not to mention, Gustafson was the W Hawkeye women’s basketball team, her role only freshman in the conference to lead her team in field during her freshman season was a little unclear. goal percentage, shooting 55.4 percent from the floor. After breaking out in the second half of the season, how- The road to the starting lineup was slow for Gustafson, ever, Gustafson’s role with the Hawks is now clear — she’s who played in all 33 games for the Hawks this season. a major threat in the paint. But after impressing coach Bluder while coming off the For Gustafson, who had more people in most of her lec- bench to start the year, she made her first career start on tures than in her graduating class, a seemingly simple Jan. 24 on the road against Purdue. 2 Hawks transition into Big Ten basketball was not foreseen. From there, she never relinquished her spot in the The 6-3 forward burst on to the Big Ten scene lineup — Gustafson started the final 14 games for the mid-season, going on to average 10.7 points and 6.8 re- bounds in 22.5 minutes by the end of the season, mak- SEE GUSTAFSON, 7A honored by Big Ten By COURTNEY BAUMANN Men’s golf peaks at right time [email protected] Two Iowa softball players were By CONNOR SINDBERG given Big Ten accolades for the [email protected] 2016 season: Holly Hoffman and Sammi Gyerman. Hoffman was The men’s golf team has named second team All-Big Ten, been excellent in its last and Gyerman joined the All-De- three tournaments, and fensive Team. Both awards were a now heading into the May first-time honor for the Hawkeyes. 16-18 NCAA regional, the Hoffman, a redshirt senior, was Hawkeyes believe they recognized for her offensive year, have what it takes to com- the best of her career. pete with the best. The catcher batted a In order to compete with team-best .304 and the top teams in the nation, registered 41 hits, the Hawks need to peak at including 11 doubles, the right time. And that is 2 triples, and 4 home exactly what they’ve done runs. In conference in the last two months of play, she batted .379. the season. Hoffman started Hoffman At the April 2-3 ASU 192 games as a Hawk- senior Thunderbird, they finished eye, 181 of which she fifth — an event that fea- called from behind the plate. tured three top-25 teams. “Holly improved steadily They backed up that perfor- throughout her career, and she mance with a second-place ended up going out strong in her finish at their home event senior season,” Iowa head coach at the April 16-17 Hawkeye Marla Looper said in a release. “I Invitational. And most re- think the biggest thing was her cently, they took second at Iowa golfer Carson Schaake hits the ball during the Hawkeye Invitational at Finkbine on April 17. Iowa tied for second with Iowa consistant approach at the plate. April 22-24 Big Ten Cham- State with a score of 858; Kansas took first at 849. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert) She helped us stay in games, and pionships, falling behind she helped us win ball games.” No. 2 Illinois’ record perfor- be confident because in or- the Hawkeyes are under- games where seeding As a senior, Hoffman had to step mance in the final round. der to advance to the May dogs and are seeded No.10. doesn’t matter,” he said. up in order to replace former Hawk- “The last three tourna- 27 NCAA Championships, Schaake is not concerned “We know that if we go in eye Megan Blank, who hit .410 ments have been huge for they will need to finish in with the rankings. there and do the best that throughout her career and .442 her us,” junior Carson Schaake the top five in a 14-team re- “Honestly, I really don’t we can, then we can ad- senior season, breaking the school’s said. “We knew we had to gional field. think seeding matters,” he vance. And [regionals] is single-season record. play well to solidify our “We have a lot of confi- said. “We look at all those not a tournament that you Gyerman, a redshirt junior, spot into regionals. It was dence going into regionals,” teams, and I think we can have to win, so we know we earned her honors by remaining er- really cool to see that in the Schaake said. “We believe beat every single one of them.” control our own destiny.” rorless throughout the Big Ten sea- last three tournaments, we we can go in there and play Assistant coach Dan Hol- Although seeding is not son. She had 27 put outs and five stepped it up.” some solid golf and feel terhaus also trusts the seed- an issue, the team acknowl- outfield assists. A staple in the out- The Big Ten showing comfortable that we can get ing the team has been dealt edges the stiff competition, field, she led the team from center and the recent run the out of there with a top-five doesn’t factor into what the with five teams ranked the entire season. Hawkeyes have been on has finish and head to the na- golfers need to do to advance in the top 25 of the Golf “It’s not often that outfielders get sparked their confidence. tional championships.” to the NCAA match. They will certainly need to Despite the confidence, “Golf is one of those SEE GOLF, 7A SEE SOFTBALL, 7A 80HOURS The weekend in arts & entertainment Thursday, May 12, 2016 CHASING SONGS, NOT PIGSKINS

Former Hawkeye football player Omar Truitt has moved from the field to the recording studio.

By CASSANDRA SANTIAGO | [email protected]

n high school, Omar Truitt was “The Man.” He played baseball and basketball, ran track, and Igraced the football field all four years as a defen- sive back, wide receiver, and quarterback. His senior record boasts 40 tackles, 10 pass breakups, 6 intercep- tions, and 1 touchdown on defense. “Ever since middle school, private high schools re- cruited me,” Truitt said. “I was the only freshman to play on varsity. It was a big deal.” Truitt headed to the Hawkeye football team expect- ing to retain his title. Yet over the past year and a half, the sophomore has found himself off the team, on an academic break, father to an 8-month-old baby girl, and trying to break into the rap industry. His story, crowded with twists, turns, and pop-ups, knows no certainty at the moment. But once upon a time, his future held no mystery. Truitt was supposed to follow the strides of his father, former NFL wide receiver Olanda Truitt. Prompted by a dream of a yellow brick road, Omar Truitt committed to the Hawkeye football team by phone in June 2013. Two weeks later, he visited Iowa for the first time. In February 2014 he signed the official papers and be- came a Hawkeye. Football season began and Truitt’s expectations narrowed to one: playing. “There was some pressure,” Truitt said. “Me and [my dad] working out and us talking. Different people in my

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MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC • TOM MASON & HOMEBREWED, 6:30 P.M., MILL, MUSIC • STATE CHAMPS, WORDS LIKE DAGGERS, KNOW • ORCHESTRA IOWA: TRICKSTERS 120 E. BURLINGTON • JAZZ AFTER FIVE, 5 P.M., MILL THE ROPES, STARRY NIGHTS, 6 P.M., GABE’S & TROUBADORS, 2:30 P.M., • PATIO PARTY: JUMBIES, 8 P.M., GABE’S • HOT TANG, LITTLE LEMON, 8 P.M., GABE’S, 330 • TOMMY EMMANUEL, 8 P.M., ENGLERT, 221 E. CORALVILLE CENTER FOR THE • JACK LION, 9 P.M., MILL E. WASHINGTON WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS • SCHOOL’S OUT FOR SUMMER BASH: IN THE • PARKER MILLSAP, 7 P.M., MILL • POUNDGAME ADDISON, ROCKY JAY, ATTIC, SUMMERTOWN, FLASH IN A PAN, SOUL • MOTHERLODE, UI AREA 51 JAZZ COMBO, 9:30 ASTHMATIC, WHENSDAY, WILL MURK, 10 P.M., PHLEGM, SUPER JAM, 9 P.M., YACHT CLUB P.M., YACHT CLUB WORDS YACHT CLUB, 13 S. LINN SOULSHAKE, 10 P.M., GABE’S • ZETA JUNE, 10 P.M., GABE’S • ROBERT CARGILL, NOON, • TOM HAMILTON’S AMERICAN BABIES, 10 FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, P.M., GABE’S WORDS 2701 ROCHESTER • “LIVE FROM PRAIRIE LIGHTS,” MAGID CENTER FILM CERTIFICATE IN WRITING CAPSTONE READING, 5 • APRIL AND THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD, 11:30 FILM P.M., PRAIRIE LIGHTS, 15 S. DUBUQUE A.M. & 5:30 P.M., FILMSCENE FILM • EVERYBODY WANTS SOME, 4:30, 7, & 9:30 P.M., • EVERYBODY WANTS SOME, 1 & 6 P.M., FILMSCENE • APRIL AND THE FILMSCENE, 118 E. COLLEGE • LOUDER THAN BOMBS, 2 & 8 P.M., FILMSCENE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD, 11:30 • MILES AHEAD, 5 P.M., FILMSCENE FILM • MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, 4:30, 8:30, & 10:30 A.M. & 5:30 P.M., FILMSCENE • MUSIC IS THE WORD DOCUMENTARY • EVERYBODY WANTS SOME, 3:30 & 6 P.M., • EVERYBODY WANTS SOME, 1 & 6 FILMSCENE P.M., FILMSCENE SCREENING, TROUBADOUR BLUES, 7 P.M., IOWA • APRIL AND THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD, 4:30 & • POKEMON: MEWTWO STRIKES BACK, 11 P.M., FILMSCENE CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 123 S. LINN 9:15 P.M., FILMSCENE P.M., FILMSCENE • LOUDER THAN BOMBS, 2 & 8 • ELVIS & NIXON, 7:30 P.M., FILMSCENE • LOUDER THAN BOMBS, 7 P.M., FILMSCENE P.M., FILMSCENE • GREEN ROOM, 9:30 P.M., FILMSCENE • MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, 8:30 P.M., FILMSCENE • MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, 4:30 & 8:30 • JASON X, 11 P.M., FILMSCENE DANCE P.M., FILMSCENE • UI YOUTH BALLET AND SCHOOL OF DANCE THEATER SPRING CONCERT, 7:30 P.M., SPACE/PLACE THEATER • DR. SCOTT TALKS DINOSAURS, 1:30 • THIS IS MY BRAVE, 7 P.M., CORALVILLE CENTER • GRADUATION DANCE PARTY, 10 P.M., MILL P.M., ENGLERT FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, 1301 FIFTH ST. DANCE DANCE • UI YOUTH BALLET AND SCHOOL • UI YOUTH BALLET AND SCHOOL OF DANCE OF DANCE SPRING CONCERT, 2 P.M., SPRING CONCERT, 7:30 P.M., SPACE/PLACE SPACE/PLACE

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THE DARKNESS MONEY MONSTER EVERYBODY WANTS SOME, FILMSCENE KEVIN BACON STARS AS THE PATRIARCH OF A FAMILY RETURNING HOME JODIE FOSTER IS BACK BEHIND THE CAMERA, DIRECTING THIS FILM WRITER-DIRECTOR RICHARD LINKLATER’S LATEST FILM IS SET IN THE AFTER A VACATION AT THE GRAND CANYON. UNBEKNOWN TO THEM, LED BY GEORGE CLOONEY AND JULIA ROBERTS. LEE GATES (CLOONEY) 1980S, CENTERED ON A GROUP OF COLLEGE BASEBALL PLAYERS. THE THEY’VE BROUGHT BACK A LITTLE SOMETHING EXTRA: A SUPERNATURAL IS A TV PERSONALITY WITH INSIDER KNOWLEDGE OF WALL STREET. A COMEDY FOLLOWS THE BOYS MAINLY THROUGH THEIR INTERACTIONS FORCE PULLING POWER FROM THEIR FEAR, ATTEMPTING TO DESTROY DISGRUNTLED VIEWER WHO LOST ALL HIS MONEY ON GATES’ TIP TAKES WITH WOMEN, SOME OF WHICH GO BETTER THAN OTHERS. THEM ALL. HIM HOSTAGE ON LIVE TELEVISION. LIT PICKS DRINK OF THE WEEK EXTREME PREY, BY JOHN SANDFORD

The 26th book in John Sandford’s Prey series gives a bit of a shout-out to Iowa. Lead character Lucas Davenport, no longer with the Minnesota BCA, joins a pres- idential campaign staff. As we all know, if you want to be president, you have to come to Iowa. So the staff heads for the Hawkeye State, but then learns of a man devoted to assassinating the candidate. Sandford is one of the greatest suspense writers active today, as is apparent in Extreme Prey. He excellently capitalizes on the election cycle currently on everyone’s mind — some critics even described the governor in the novel as a “Hillary Clin- ton-like figure” — to set the perfect mood. THE CITIES THAT BUILT THE BIBLE, BY ROBERT CARGILL

Call it magic, God, energy, the spirit, or whatever else you like, but there will be some- thing in the air when Robert Cargill gives a lecture and reading at noon on May 15 at the First Presbyterian Church, 2701 Rochester. Cargill, a University of Iowa assistant professor THE BLOODY MARIA of classics and religious studies, traveled to many of the cities mentioned throughout the THERE’S NOTHING LIKE HAVING A MIDDAY BLOODY Old and New Testaments, looking to understand their significance, both then and now. MARIA TO KICK YOU INTO GEAR TO FINISH YOUR LAST Cargill hosted National Geographic’s “Writing the Dead Sea Scrolls” and has been in many other documentaries, giving him a slightly more conversational PAPER. AT LEAST, THAT’S THE CASE FOR ME — ESPECIALLY tone than would be expected with such historical writing. It’s fascinating to see AFTER RUNNING ON 1.5 HOURS OF SLEEP. YOU CAN GET how much Cargill is able to uncover, how delicately he reveals and examines A BLOODY MARIA JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE, BUT FOR each city, each new piece of information. MY FINAL DRINK OF THE WEEK BEFORE GRADUATING, I COULDN’T HELP BUT GO TO JOE’S. EXPERIENCE: IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW, THE BLOODY TOO MUCH HAPPINESS, BY ALICE MUNRO MARIA IS A TWIST ON THE CLASSIC BLOODY MARY. INSTEAD OF VODKA, YOU USE TEQUILA. THIS BLOODY Move Too Much Happiness to the top of your summer reading list, if it isn’t already there. MARIA IS THE PERFECT MIX OF THE SWEET TOMATO A collection of short stories, it’s perfect for reading before a nap in a hammock or in the JUICE WITH THE PEPPER AND TABASCO SAUCE. IT MAKES half-hour between eating and swimming. ME WISH I WAS BACK HOME IN TEXAS EATING SUNDAY Munro weaves intricate, compelling tales with understated prose. She has a fascinating BRUNCH AFTER CHURCH AND WASHING AWAY MY SINS way of passing time in her stories, revealing glimpses of years down the road and memo- ries long past without jarring the reader. Her work takes genuinely surprising turns, raising WITH A NICE BLOODY MARIA. unanswerable questions and touching on heavy subjects. She never shies away from topics ADVICE: DON’T BE LIKE ME; BE SMARTER THAN ME. but embraces them fully, refusing to quit until they’re tucked neatly away in the pages of ASK FOR TWO PICKLES, EVERYONE. IT DOESN’T MAKE A her work. Trust me, her stories will keep your mind plenty busy over the break from classes. DIFFERENCE WITH HOW IT TASTES, BUT IT’S A NICE SNACK — by Justus Flair TO HAVE WHILE YOU ENJOY YOUR DRINK. CHEERS. ILLUSTRATIONS BY ZEBEDIA WAHLS — by Rebecca Morin THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016 80 HOURS 3B Lions of music head back to Iowa City Jack Lion will close out its tour with a home performance in Iowa City on Friday at the Mill. By GRACEY MURPHY When visiting him, the re- In addition to playing [email protected] maining three members rehearsed music, Jack found their new name. Lion also improvises. Taxis, jazz, and ambient “We got in a cab with Smith writes a lot of mu- music seem an unlikely a driver whose name sic with software Ableton mix. But for the members sounds a lot like Jack Live, which many bands, of Jack Lion, they are the Lion. He was this amaz- including Skrillex, use. perfect fit. ing free-spirited person,” During the songs, the Jack Lion will perform LeDuc said. “No one, members allow time for at the Mill at 9 p.m. Fri- when they’re kids, says each member to improvise day. The band is made up they want to be a cab musical solos. of Iowa City natives and driver. But this guy real- Being in a band can be University of Iowa alumni ly seemed to love being a tough because of the long Justin LeDuc, Brian Lewis cab driver, the people who hours, testing sound, Smith, and Drew Morton. got in his car, and enter- performing, and then “A really good part of be- taining us. We thought going back on the road. contributed ing a band is getting along this guy was so cool, so we Jack Lion only tours with the people you play change the name.” during the spring, but it with the music. the end of the show so we with,” LeDuc said. “We’ve LeDuc, the drummer, can still be exhausting. Jack Lion likes coming really have a chance to always sort of been playing got his start in music “We’ve really learned to home to perform in Iowa get comfortable with our jazz together.” through his father. Begin- just enjoy the real expe- City near the end of its new stuff.” Bands often come up with ning when he was 12, his rience of it,” LeDuc said. tours, LeDuc said. hard and elaborate names. father played drums for “Being in the car, you know, “We really look for- They make the mistake of years, including in a band jerking around, meeting ward to Iowa City shows Music choosing names that are in college. LeDuc grew new people at gigs who we because we’ve been out, complicated and not easily fond of hearing the drums wouldn’t usually get to meet playing these string of Jack Lion pronounced, he said. at night, and his father — I just like the whole pro- shows, we have new mu- The band’s original name started teaching him to cess of it.” sic, and playing to the When: 9 p.m. Friday was Slip Silo, but that was play when LeDuc was 7. Morton creates images home crowd is really Where: Mill, 120 E. Burlington changed after their gui- “I was lucky to have a to use for the set, too, so exciting,” LeDuc said. “ Cost: $6 tarist moved to California. musical father,” LeDuc said. that visuals can be used I like to do Iowa City at

Truitt spent the sum- every day.” ication is to his music, so Do whatever you want to TRUITT mer working at Cold Stone That something he much so that he withdrew the fullest because you on- CONTINUED FROM 1B Creamery in Iowa City should do wasn’t football, from the UI this semester. ly have one life.” for extra money to sup- as everyone had expected. “I think that music Though the majority of port his unborn daughter. No specific release date started showing him more the music is not based on area saying ‘Omar, you’re Workouts continued and was given, but Steve Roe, love than football,” Car- his life’s story, he hopes gonna be great.’ I was com- a pain in Truitt’s groin/ the Hawkeye director of la Truitt said. “I wish he to one day, after catching ing here like ‘Omar, you got hip area, that he’d voiced athletics communication, could have thought about the attention of record to be the man.’ ” concerns about to the foot- said Truitt’s departure it more clearly, and we labels and fans, use his His dreams were put on ball trainers for months, happened before spring could have figured out life experiences. hold; Truitt was redshirted. intensified. An X-ray fi- practice began this year. both plans. He can have “There’s a reason this “Things don’t work out nally showed Truitt had Over the course of the last both; he can have it all.” happened, that happened. your way sometimes, but scarred tissue. After an two semesters, Truitt refo- Although he has no in- God works in mysterious yeah, it broke my heart,” early August surgery by cused his vision from foot- tention of recommitting ways,” Truitt said. “I feel Truitt said. “Having to a specialist in Oklaho- ball and academics to the to football, Truitt plans to like there’s a reason I tell my dad, my mom, my ma, Truitt returned to an world of entertainment. return to his academics at didn’t step on the field.” family that ‘Yeah, I’m red- empty house and nearly He began working with UI some point. His mother shirting’ and them having over summer break. sophomore and music pro- hopes the break will only to tap your back telling “I was really going ducer Andrew Taylor on be for a semester. you, ‘It’s gonna be OK, just through it in my own beats and songs. “I just want Omar to keep practicing hard.’ ” room,” Truitt said. “[My “You see more of his know people believe in The taps, though they daughter’s birth] is about confidence through his art him,” Carla Truitt said. “I felt heavy and unexpected to come up. I’m hurt. as opposed to normal ev- believe in him. He went [to to Truitt, held a genuine There’s so many questions eryday activities,” Taylor college] for a goal — to fin- load of understanding. and things I can’t answer. said. “Omar knows; Omar ish — and I’d like him to “I think he always felt I have to mature at a very really believes he’s going finish. I don’t want to raise that he had to make us young age. She’s coming to make it. It’s easy to see a quitter. Let’s finish what proud or impress us,” Car- along, me and her mom that through his art.” we started and let’s make la Truitt said. “We were aren’t together, so that In addition to making a song about it.” proud of him on and off pressure is there. I’m music, Truitt explored his The beats have been the field. The transition trying to do everything talent in the theater. This mixed and the songs writ- was hard for him, but it right for me, for her, for past March he starred in ten and recorded. The was something we were my family. I went to see his first play,Baltimore , countdown to his first expecting. I think we were a counselor. I wanted to as Bryant. Without any mix tape, Live Life, is a more prepared for it than hurt myself, but I’m in a theater experience, the little under two months. he was.” much, much, much better former football player had Producer Taylor said Live During a season on the place with myself in life.” a challenge ahead of him, Life has a rock/pop influ- sidelines, Omar Truitt His roommate at the one he feels he conquered. ence to it. rededicated himself to time and now, Robert “It was a thing where I “It’s definitely a blast- the sport and school. He Henry Davis, was witness just felt so comfortable,” your-speakers type, but watched extra game tape to Truitt’s emotional and Truitt said. “It wasn’t it’s also melodic, so you’ll and did unsolicited work- mental journey. even like football, where find yourself not only rap- outs at the complex. “He always seemed like you step on the field and ping along but also singing All this while harbor- he was thinking about you’re nervous. I came into along,” Taylor said. ing thoughts that in a few something, always say- rehearsals like the quar- The name is based on months — August 2015, to ing he feels like there’s terback. I’d goof around Truitt’s new attitude of be exact — he would be a something else he should but still be on point. It following his dreams. father. He had received a be doing,” Davis said. “He felt good. It made me have “Make life beautiful,” he phone call with the news became more spiritual confidence.” said. “Don’t make it hard- during the TaxSlayer Bowl. and was talking to God Still, Truitt’s full ded- er than what it already is.

In search of the Bible & its cities UI Assistant Professor Robert Cargill will read from his book The Cities that Built the Bible at First Presbyterian Church on May 15.

By CLAIRE DIETZ Seven hundred pages wanted to know the mechan- Sepulchre,” Cargil said. “[I [email protected] after Kidman’s questions, ics of how we got the Bible. would] walk through the the first part of the book What evidence do we have streets of Nazareth … It Nicole Kidman isn’t an ex- was finished. In the end, it for things?” makes the history come pert on the Bible, but she did had to be whittled down to Of particular interest to alive, and I think the same is help one. around 300 pages, but Car- Cargill are the authors be- true for your faith.” While teaching a class at gill was not bothered. hind the work. For Cargill, giving this Pepperdine University, a stu- Raised in a Christian “[Some say] it came down lecture is a way he can help dent asked Robert Cargill if household, from the mountains, some bridge the faith communi- he would meet a friend inter- he has long people say it was written by ties in Iowa City. He is re- ested in the course. She was been filled inspired men,” Cargill said. belling against the idea of concerned her friend would with the in- “In this tradition, God comes church as a mundane ser- “be way too distracting” for satiable de- to them and they just write vice with repetitive songs, the class. sire to know the book.” prayers, and feelings. He met the friend, Ni- more. However, many different “That’s what I’m after, that cole Kidman, at her home “I was cultures and authors contrib- I can bring something to the throughout that semester. always in- Cargill uted to the Bible. Researching worship service that will be a She asked questions, some terested in UI assistant professor those origin stories formed little bit different that won’t of which helped lay the foun- how things the foundations of The Cities frighten people. [It won’t] dation for his book The Cities work,” he that Build the Bible. cause people to react in a that Built the Bible. said. “I was pre-med; I won- “The Phoenicians contrib- defensive way but will say, “She would ask good ques- dered how the body works. I uted the alphabet,” Cargill ‘Huh, I hadn’t thought of it tions and one of them was, played baseball and wanted said. “We have the stories; we that way …’ ” ‘Where do I get the Bible to know all the mechanics of have the influences … I just from?’ ” Cargill said. “This how it works. So when I went wanted to tell the formation book is that answer.” to divinity school, I wanted to of the Bible from the point of Words At noon on May 15, Car- know how religion worked, views of the cities.” gill, a University of Iowa how faith worked.” One of the most memora- Prairie Lights presents assistant professor of clas- While many peers in his ble moments when writing Robert Cargill sics and religious studies, divinity school were hoping the book was being able to will speak at First Pres- to become preachers or mis- visit the places he had only When: Noon May 15 byterian Church, 2701 sionaries, that wasn’t Car- read about and studied. Where: First Presbyterian Church, Rochester. He will lecture gill’s interest. “I would touch the West- 2701 Rochester Ave. on the development of the “I took Greek, and Hebrew, ern Wall, I would walk in- Cost: Free spirit and his book. and archaeology,” he said. “I to the Church of the Holy 4B 80 HOURS THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016 Dancing through the advent of spring The University of Iowa Youth Ballet and School of Dance will present their Spring Concert Friday through May 15. By TESSA SOLOMON After learning from the Napoleon’s army, but un- [email protected] Winter Concert, audiences beknown to her, she is a can approach the narrative member of the noble fam- Ushering in the end of of this show with a fresh ily, having been abducted the spring semester — and appreciation for ballet. by Romanis as a baby. It the beginning of summer “This concert is larger is only when she saves the — the University of Iowa and centers on a narrative, life of Lucien d’Hervilly, Youth Ballet and School while the annual Winter a French officer, that she of Dance will present the Concert is storyless, more spurs herself onto the path Spring Concert at 7:30 p.m. purely about the beautiful of rediscovery. The plot is Friday in Space/Place. Stu- pairing of ballet steps and a mix of romance, royalty, dents of all age ranges will music,” said artistic director and espionage, led by a fi- demonstrate their chore- Jason Schadt. ery musical score. ography for family, friends, The concert chosen for “It’s got really fun mu- teachers, and community. performance this year is sic inspired by tradition- Unlike the Winter Con- Paquita, a 19th-century bal- al Spanish music,” Pow- cert, designed to showcase let written by Edouard Del- ers-Klooster said. “The play the students’ lessons before devez and Ludwig Minkus. has more of a flair com- transitioning to a lecture “It is significant ballet pared to a ballet people are demonstration, the Spring from the classical reper- always used to seeing, like Performers rehearse in Space/Place Theateron Tuesday. University of Iowa Youth Ballet and School of Dance will perform Concert is more narrative. toire,” Schadt said. “Kris- The Nutcracker.” this weekend. (The Daily Iowan/Peter Kim) “[The winter show’s] real- tin Marrs, a lecturer in the The Spring Concert is ly valuable for the commu- Department of Dance and more than just a perfor- said. “Sure they do sports or lic forum of the dance DANCE The UI Youth Ballet and School of nity and parents because longtime instructor for mance; it’s an opportunity paint, but this is the one art school, it can help get the ballet is really foreign to the UI Youth Ballet, has to expose even more of Iowa form that really combines word out that this is a Dance’s Spring Concert a lot of people; they don’t adapted the story for our City to the benefit of the those two things.” great chance for children know what we do everyday,” school as a framework.” youth program. Ballet trains bodies at to learn how bodies move When: 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, said choreographer Dana Paquita follows the story “Dance is a really won- a young age, but Pow- through space, or about 2 p.m. May 15 Powers-Klooster. “That is of its namesake, a young derful way for children to be ers-Klooster is adamant musicality and artistry,” Where: Space/Place sort of a time for them to Romani girl. She lives in physical and creative all at that the benefits reach much she said. “If it can get Admission: Free with UI IDs, do classwork but in a high- Spain under the shad- once — it’s really unique in further than the physical. one more kid to dance, $6-$12 er-stakes environment.” ow of the occupation of that way,” Powers-Klooster “By having this pub- that’s great.” THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016 5B 6B THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016 Daily Break the ledge This column reflects the opinion of the author and not the DI Editorial Board, the Publisher, Student Publica- tions Inc., or the University of Iowa.

Love is …

• Love is getting to third base on a first date.

• Love is refusing to corrobo- rate allegations with eyewit- ness testimony.

• Love is inspiring a Pro/Con list between keeping you and getting a fish.

• Love is waiting until she is really, really drunk to ask about the threesome with her best friend.

• Love is waiting until he is really, really drunk to ask about the threesome with his best friend.

• Love is forever, until a young- er, sexier ingenue replaces you in the sequel.

• Love is monosyllabic.

• Love is irrationality, causing people to do insane things, such as committing murder or KRUI getting married. programming • Love is SUBTLE. THURSDAY • Love is watching only six 8 A.M.-9 THE MORNING hours of football on a Sunday today’s events because she’s being a bitch 9 NEWS AT NINE about it. • Finals@IMU: Carbs and Caffeine Breakfast, 6:30 a.m., a.m., Hy-Vee Club Room, 1720 Waterfront 10-11 TITLE TK IMU First Floor • Diversity Center Reception, 3- 5:30 p.m., IMU Main 11-12 PIPPIN TALK • M.F.A. Studio Art Show, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Art Building Lounge • Love is cleaning the toilet 12 NEWS AT NOON with his toothbrush and not West Levitt Gallery • Megan Small, horn, 6 p.m., Music West Atrium telling him because he’s watch- • Commencement, 10 a.m., Coralville Marriott, 300 E. • Iowa Women’s Archives Fundraiser, 6:30 p.m., Mill, 120 12:30PM-1 FULL COURT PRESS ing football again. Ninth St. E. Burlington 1-2 CENTER ICE • From Cornfields to Cliffs and In Between, 10 a.m.-5 • Tsz Kiu Kwok, saxophone, 8 p.m., University Capitol Center 2-3 FACE OFF • Love is Amway for STDs. p.m., Old Capitol Second-Floor Rotunda Recital Hall 3-4 DJ TRAINING • Social (In)Justice, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., IMU Black Box Theater • Love is bold. • THEM: Images of Separation, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Old Capitol 4-5 BEAT ME UP Keyes Gallery 5-6 NEWS AT FIVE Andrew R. Juhl thinks love is a • Beyond the Bump — New Mom Support Group, 11 6-8 THE B-SIDE lazy Saturday morning spent 8-10 HYPE NATION laughing and writing Ledge 10-12 A.M. HALF WAY THERE jokes together.

Thursday, May 12, 2016 horoscopes by Eugenia Last

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your desire to be first will help you succeed. Keep busy, and participate in projects that could lead to a higher position. A chance encounter with someone from your past will remind you why you moved on. Network and socialize. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Take on monumental tasks, and show everyone how efficient you are. Your courage and practicality will help you navigate situations to suit your needs. Romance is featured and will help position you for a brighter future. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’ll be faced with a tough decision. Someone using emotional pleas to get your help will take advantage of you. Don’t take on more than you can handle, and opt to put your energy into your important relationships. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Put a spring in your step, and bounce into action. Helping others will give you a sense of accomplishment and encourage loyal friendships. Love is in the stars and will bring you happiness. Alterations at home look promising. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t worry about what everyone else is doing. Choose to do something you know you can achieve, and put everything you’ve got into reaching your destination. Let go of the past, and focus on the future. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Live in the moment, and concentrate on doing the best job possible. No matter what you are working on, keep an open mind and be willing to expand on the solutions you want to put in place. Romance is encouraged. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Walk away if someone tries to bully or pres- sure you. Don’t fall into a financial scheme or joint venture that isn’t in your best interest. Generosity is an admirable quality, but don’t get taken advantage of. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Someone who sees things differently will inspire you. A partnership will be in your best interest. Set some ground rules in order to avoid misunderstandings. Keep your emotions out of the mix, and strive for equality in any relationship you pursue. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Excitement and adventure are likely to lead to regret. Think before you act or get involved in rumors or hearsay. Put your energy into making personal changes that will bring about a better lifestyle and a new and improved you. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Stick close to home, and take time to look over personal papers. There is money to be made if you are cre- ative in the way you invest and use your assets. Don’t neglect some- one you love, or an emotional situation will surface. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Direct your energy into expanding an idea or something you enjoy doing. Diversity will lead to a viable idea that can turn a pastime into a cash cow. Don’t let anyone discourage you from following your dream. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Getting back to basics and reuniting with people who have encouraged you in the past will help you move for- ward and steer clear of anyone who is standing in your way. Surround yourself with positive people.

You can’t have everything. Where would you put it? — Steven Wright