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• Female wrestler: “I don’t do it $174K to make a point. I do it because I easy going love it.” Page 8A $47K David Hensley A friend said Plummer • Dave Coulier of “Full House” fame will perform on campus this was ‘happy-go-lucky’ and weekend. Page 3B $167K ‘a really likable guy.’ • See Iowa City police footage of a $30K By ERIC MOORE UI student allegedly assaulting a Mark Penno local cop. Daily Iowan TV on [email protected] dailyiowan.com A high-school friend of University of $92K Iowa student Branden Plummer said the Senators aim for attempted-murder charge against his $30K friend is “absurd.” Iran sanctions Paul Windschitl Taylor Webb, 20, was friends with WASHINGTON — Senate Plummer at Valley High Democrats and Republicans are School in West Des Moines pushing for harsher sanctions and lived with him in Iowa $51K against Iran’s Central Bank as City for two years while fears of Tehran developing a $30K attending Kirkwood Com- nuclear weapon outweigh con- munity College. cerns that any step would drive Connie Trowbridge “I know that he’s a real- up oil prices and hit Americans at ly good kid, you know, and Plummer the gas pump. he means well; he just UI student The Senate on Wednesday $77K made a really stupid mis- weighed whether to add the sanc- take,” Webb said. “I don’t tions measure to a massive, $662 $30K think he deserves to go to prison for 25 billion defense bill that moved Heath Spong years.” closer to passage. A vote on the 50K 100K 150K Webb, who said he still keeps in contact sanctions was likely Thursday. Base Salary with Plummer, described him as a “really likable guy,” adding he “never knew one On Wednesday, lawmakers Overload Pay voted 88-12 to limit debate on the person who didn’t like the kid.” legislation, and they wanted to This graphic shows the top five overload pay earners at the University of Iowa during the last school year. Plummer, 20, was charged with wrap up the bill by week’s end. Approximately 200 full-time faculty who taught extra courses last year made a combined $1.9 million in overload pay. attempted murder after CrimeStoppers The legislation would authorize received an anonymous tip on Tuesday. funds for military personnel, By MARY KATE KNORR equates to an increase of roughly $150,000 the Iowa City police Sgt. Denise Brotherton weapons systems, the wars in Iraq [email protected] UI doles out in what officials call “overload said police believe Plummer was obstruct- and Afghanistan, and national- pay.” ing traffic in at the intersection of Linn security programs in the Energy University of Iowa officials say they’re saving Even with hiring on the rise, UI officials and Burlington Streets on Nov. 18 when Department. The bill is $27 billion money by hiring adjunct instructors and hav- defend overload pay — paying permanent fac- Sgt. Brian Krei — a 29-year-veteran — less than what President Obama ing current faculty teach more courses. Howev- ulty extra to take on more teaching — saying intervened. requested for the budget year er, the number of permanent faculty at the UI the school has utilized the method for years. The police report said Plummer choked beginning Oct. 1 and $43 billion is still rising. “They are not bonuses,” Rice said. “[Profes- Krei and slammed his head against the less than what Congress provided The UI paid almost $2 million in extra pay to sors] are actually working for the extra money concrete before fleeing the scene. Krei to the Pentagon this year. faculty who took on extra teaching work during they get. On a fairly regular basis, we’ll allow briefly lost consciousness, Brotherton Tougher sanctions against Iran the last school year. And the number of tempo- existing faculty to teach one extra class per said. have widespread support in rary instructors on campus has jumped by semester. We’ve always done that.” Congress, reflecting concerns not more than 200 in the last two years. And officials continue to look at cost-saving DAILYIOWAN.COM only for U.S. national security but methods, Rice said. Instead of hiring new per- But despite those moves to avoid hiring per- Go online to read the full story of ally Israel’s as well. Last week, the manent full-time teachers, the university has manent faculty,officials say,it’s cheaper to have Plummer’s arrest. Obama administration announced 40 more permanent faculty than it did two current employees teach more. a new set of penalties against Iran, years ago. “We never know what the demand will be including identifying for the first The number of permanent faculty teaching year to year,” Rice said. “Sometimes we hire lec- time Iran’s entire banking sector extra classes rose from 140 in the fall of 2007 to turers to do it. What we don’t want to do is hire as a “primary money-laundering a full-time permanent faculty member if we’re approximately 200 this semester, according to concern.” This requires increased ELECTION WATCH monitoring by U.S. banks to ensure Associate Provost for Faculty Tom Rice and data obtained by The Daily Iowan. That SEE OVERLOAD, 6A FOLLOW THE RACE ON that they and their foreign affili- TWITTER AT #IACAUCUS ates avoid dealing with Iranian financial institutions. — Associated Press Patients aid center’s design Hopefuls split DAILY IOWAN TV By MARY KATE KNORR patient-centered care is the chairs are found in the new To watch Daily Iowan TV go online on U.S. wars [email protected] most important thing that infusion suite. at dailyiowan.com. we’re after,” John Buatti, In addition, the patient The University of Iowa deputy director for clinical committee requested officials By MAX FREUND Hospitals and Clinics staff cancer services, said during a construct a family waiting [email protected] marveled Wednesday at the tour. “We should recognize the area, which Buatti called crystal-clear panes of glass Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman want the team and, of course, there “very important.” and freshly painted beige and troops home, period. The other Republican were the nurses and staff, but Other aspects of the design teal walls of the Holden Com- candidates for president, however, are not most important were the suggested by patients include prehensive Cancer Center’s so enthusiastic. patients.” numerous small waiting new clinic and infusion suites. But candidates aren’t the only ones One of the most notable rooms as opposed to one large The wing, set to open next split on how to deal with the U.S. presence suggestions to come from the waiting room, love seats and week, was on display for the chairs strewn throughout the in Iraq and Afghanistan. first time Wednesday, and patient team was a Experts in the field take different chemotherapy chair, custom- area, and only one television officials gushed over their in community areas. stances about whether troops should be made for comfort and efficien- new digs. “We want the patients to stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan — and INDEX cy. The two-story expansion to have input in every step of the how many it takes to do the job. Classifieds 7B Sports 8A the UIHC was unique, offi- “[What is special about the process, from registering to Michael O’Hanlon, a senior fellow at the Crossword 8B cials noted, because patients chair] is the fit and how they how the chemotherapy chair Brookings Institute, is the senior author Opinions 4A played a crucial role in its can recline,” said Keri Mercer, feels when you sit in them, to of the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan design. a cancer information special- whether or not they want to Index projects. In an interview with The A committee of 12 cancer ist at the clinic. “When have private space or more Daily Iowan, he disagreed with some of WEATHER patients regularly attended [patients] are going through social,” said George Weiner, the caucus contenders that troops should design meetings, where they infusion, whether it’s through the director of the Holden come home. HIGH LOW contributed their insights and the arm or the core, you want Comprehensive Care Center. “I fundamentally disagree with Hunts- 41 5 ideas to the project. them to be comfortable, so “Some patients like televi- man and Paul: somewhere between a Cloudy, turning windy, 20% chance of “[Patient involvement] is that was a big deal.” snow. important because truly Now, dozens of these special SEE CANCER, 6A SEE CAUCUS, 6A

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[email protected] Peter Nkumu an undergrad at the UI, “Peter is 200 percent 1. 2012 Iowa caucus candidates eye flat tax system including working for Park- • Age: 44 committed to the business,” The walls of the restau- 2. UI students raise $2,000 for breast cancer ing and Transportation and • Home country: Democratic Horswell said. “He goes rant Elikia, 118 Second St. research through No-Shave November the UI Hospitals and Clin- Republic of Congo after work and spends his Suite C, in Coralville are 3. UI students bring poetry to Iowa City bathrooms ics. After graduation, • Favorite food: Tilapia with whole day doing it, he has a adorned with photographs 4. Sullivan: Cain's usually wrong, but good for debate Nkumu got a full-time job rice lot of interaction with his of leaders and icons of • Favorite music: Bob 5. Hawkeye hoops blown out by Clemson, 71-55 at the UI Community Cred- customers and believes in African and African-Ameri- Marley and Congolese music it Union, a position he still it.” can descent. from the ’60s and ’70s holds today. What makes Elikia The faces of Nelson Man- • Favorite destination: visit- In 2008, a friend sold the unique is the food, which is dela, President Obama, and ing family in the Republic of restaurant to Nkumu and cooked with traditional Martin Luther King Jr. Congo every three years Otala, who then turned it sauces and flavors. Meals in honor the accomplishments into a bar. But the flood of Know someone we should shine a light the Congo are customarily made throughout black his- on? E-mail us at : 2008 wiped out their space, eaten with diners’ hands, tory. [email protected]. forcing them to relocate not an uncommon practice Peter Nkumu is original- Catch up with others from our series at and start from scratch. dailyiowan.com/spotlight. at Elikia. ly from the Democratic “We lost everything; we “Our menu is in Lingala Republic of Congo, and he is basically lost the business,” [a national language of the the co-owner of Elikia with was a need for a restaurant Nkumu said. “We didn’t his cousin, Mpeti Otola. such as Elikia. Congo] because we want have insurance for this at Though he now lives in “We wanted to share our people to say our words; this time, we didn’t have Iowa with his wife and two culture with the people in instead of saying chicken, anything. We lost the children, he comes from a Iowa through food, especial- we want you to say ‘fofo,’ ” money and the business.” rich culture. ly,” Otola said. he said. Despite losing every- “We are pretty close — Brad Horswell, a friend Nkumu said he thinks thing, the pair was able to Peter is my first cousin, and and coworker of Nkumu at authentic ethnic restaurants reopen the business as a where we come from, there the credit union, said he are becoming more and more restaurant and bar in has gotten a full authentic is no cousin, there are just popular in Iowa City and the November 2010. dining experience at Elikia. brothers,” Otola said. “It surrounding communities Nkumu said Elikia may “It has a real nice setting; helps in how we run the because of the diversity of restaurant — it’s me and appear like a regular Mid- it’s one of those great ‘hole the area and the need for a my brother’s place.” western restaurant, but the in the wall’ spots,” Horswell connection to home. Nkumu immigrated to authentic food and the music said. Iowa in 1991 from central bring a small part of the With a loyal group of din- “We are used to McDon- Africa to live with his aunt, Congo to the Iowa City area. ers and a cozy environment ald’s, and once in a while, her husband, and five chil- Nkumu said there is a including TVs, a DJ, and you want to try something dren. He started attending large Congolese population dance floor, Elikia is an different,” Nkumu said. “We Kirkwood, then transferred in the area and, as presi- escape from the crazy col- have African channels, and the University of Iowa, dent of the Congolese com- lege scene. Horswell said we play African music. It’s where he earned a degree munity created in 2006, he it’s also the kind of place all about the ambiance and in economics. said it became clear there where everyone will learn accommodating the crowd.” METRO Architects work on may not be enough to cover the with a kitchen knife. There were tent at the idea of closing project. kitchen knives present in the Roosevelt Elementary. Justice Center The full design will not be done home, according to the com- “We got very concerned with design until the bond passes, Harney plaint. the School District talking about said. Ayers allegedly denied threat- closing Roosevelt. It’s a very Neumann Monson Architects The Justice Center will be ening his wife, then told the offi- fragile neighborhood,” said City has been hired to design the new opened in order to solve the cers that he planned to kill his Councilor Connie Champion. Justice Center going up near the overcrowding in the current jail, wife, then himself, the complaint “We’re willing to work with you Johnson County Courthouse. which has been a problem for said. Ayers allegedly said his wife and see what we can do with The firm is doing a pre- several years. would suffer without him and he these older neighborhood schematic design for the new — by Asmaa Elkeurti wanted to kill her before commit- schools, because we feel these center for a flat rate of $98,000. ting suicide. neighborhoods are incredibly The entire plan is projected to Man charged with The complaint said Ayers was important to the city.” cost the city approximately $39 arrested and taken to the hospi- Supervisor Janelle Rettig said million, and a vote for the bond harassment tal for evaluation. the decision could have negative will take place in November 2012. An Iowa City man was charged — by Matt Starns effects on the school’s neighbor- Individuals are also being with first-degree harassment hood. interview in regards to how much after he allegedly threatened to Officials decry She also felt the decision space they need, said Johnson kill himself and his wife. would be counterproductive in County Board of Supervisor According to a complaint by Roosevelt decision terms of trying to promote sus- Chairman Pat Harney. Iowa City police, Brett Ayers, 49, Those attending the tainability. At Wednesday’s joint council allegedly called 911 around 1 a.m. Wednesday joint meeting among “They’re moving schools to meeting, Johnson County Board on Nov. 26 to report he was going the Iowa City School District, places they can’t walk or bike to. of Supervisor Terrence Neuzil to kill his wife. Iowa City City Council, and There’s nothing sustainable said following the pre-schematic The complaint said Ayers’ wife Johnson County Board of about that,” she said. design, the projected $39 million stated he threatened to kill her Supervisors expressed discon- — by Asmaa Elkeurti

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The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 3A dailyiowan.com for more news News Area holds Group pushes for tax relief By LYNN CAMPBELL ing about the right Branstad made com- the state $500 million. IowaPolitics.com things. We just have to mercial property-tax Meanwhile, a $347 mil- make sure that at the end relief a top priority in the lion plan by Iowa House DES MOINES — Iowa AIDS Day of the day, they can reach 2011 legislative session. Republicans would cut business groups, unde- an agreement.” Lawmakers spent a great commercial and industri- terred by the lack of suc- In the nation, Iowa deal of time on the issue al property taxes by 25 cess this year in getting More than 200 Johnson County resi- ranks second highest for but couldn’t reach an percent and give all prop- state lawmakers to lower urban commercial prop- agreement between the erty taxpayers some dents have been affected by AIDS in their property taxes, will erty taxes and rural com- Democratic-led Senate relief by picking up more the past three decades. make the issue a top pri- mercial property taxes, and the Republican-led of the cost for schools. ority once again in the according to a 50-state House. A key hurdle to pas- 2012 legislative session. property tax study by the A plan offered by Iowa By CHASTITY DILLARD “I just don’t think that we can sage of property-tax The Iowa Chamber National Taxpayers Con- Senate Democrats would [email protected] give up. We really need to keep reform in the 2011 ses- Alliance, a nonpartisan ference often cited by have given a property-tax fighting. We have made a huge sion was the impact on coalition representing 16 credit to businesses. It Two thousand Iowans have amount of progress, we can’t Gov.Terry Branstad. local governments. May- Chambers of Commerce would cost the state $50 been infected by HIV/AIDS pull out now, we’ve gone too “In order to compete ors, city managers, coun- since the first case was report- and economic-develop- million in fiscal 2013 and far to pull out.” with other states, regions, ty supervisors, and school ed in the United States in ment groups statewide, and countries, Iowa must would grow incremental- Even though living with and community college 1981. on Wednesday released improve its business tax ly to $200 million over HIV is better-managed than officials told lawmakers In recognition of World its 2012 legislative priori- climate,” said Dennis four years, but only if AIDS day, organizations in the years before, Nguyen said the that a GOP plan to virus continues to carry a ties. Hinkle, CEO of the state revenue increased Johnson County community reduce property taxes stigma. Property-tax relief Greater Burlington Part- by at least 4 percent in want to reduce the stigma topped the list. would lead to service attached the virus. “Iowa is still a small com- nership, the umbrella each of those years. “The table is set for a reductions, layoffs, and “It’s a day where we com- munity and people have these economic development Republicans wanted a memorate all the people who ideas of what HIV/AIDS is,” substantive dialogue,” organization in Burling- bigger, bolder plan. increased tax rates. They lost their lives to HIV/AIDS Nguyen said. “We want peo- said John Stineman, ton. “The No. 1 thing that Branstad’s plan called for described the loss in rev- and also the people currently ple to know this is what it is. executive director of the can help achieve this is a 40 percent rollback on enue as “crippling” and fighting the disease,” said This is what we know about it Iowa Chamber Alliance. property tax relief for commercial property predicted an increase in Thuy Nguyen, the vice presi- and this is how we can pre- “All the right people are commercial and industri- taxes over the next five tax rates would fall on dent of the UI Epidemiology vent it.” talking, and they’re talk- al property taxpayers.” years, which would cost homeowners. Student Association. As a volunteer for the Rapids AIDS Project during high school, Nguyen said she was stricken by the way peo- ple living with HIV/AIDS were treated poorly by the general population. “The people I worked with, their lives really affected me,” the 27-year-old said. “… [they were] stigmatized and judged, and they were really caring. I didn’t think it was fair.” Over the past 30 years, roughly 1.1 million Americans have been infected by HIV/AIDS. And today, organi- zations throughout the area will host events to raise awareness, educate and offer testing in hopes of reducing that statistic. “Not only is it a day of memorial, but we also recog- nize all the people who have contributed in the science of it and the treating of it and also bring awareness to it,” Nguyen said. Cody Shafer, an HIV health educator for the Johnson County Public Health Depart- ment, said the goal is to rein- force community responsibili- ty. “Risk doesn’t happen one day a year,” he said. “We have to keep having this conversa- tion every day because the infection doesn’t happen one day year.” The department hosts sev- eral programs, including rapid and outreach HIV test- ing and a program — Mpow- erment — modeled to prevent transmission of the virus between men who have sex with men. Jeffrey Crowley, the direc- tor of the Office of National AIDS Policy, said the nation has seen major progress. “We have really tried to take our efforts off autopilot,” Crowley said. “We are really trying to push people not only at the federal level, but at the local to do their parts to make sure that we are making progress." The U.S. annual new infec- tions have fallen from a high of 130,000 to 140,000 per year to about 50,000 new infections annually in recent years. “We’ve made major progress, but we still have challenges we must address related to reducing new HIV infections, increasing access to care and reducing HIV- related health disparities,” he said. The HIV/AIDS epidemic doesn’t just reside in the Unit- ed States — more than 33.4 million people have been infected worldwide over the past 30 years. Jaime Butler-Dawson, a Ph.D. student at the UI, saw the HIV/AIDS epidemic first- hand when she served in the Peace Corps in Burkina Faso. Later, she became a public- health adviser for the division of global HIV/AIDS at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for three years. “In a lot of African coun- tries, AIDS is not talked about,” she said. “People just want to ignore it because it’s related to sex.” Butler-Dawson said people held huge events in her vil- lage to raise awareness. “If you don’t understand the grass roots, you’re not going to get the big picture,” she said.

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ADAM B SULLIVAN Editor • EMILY BUSSE Managing Editor • SAM LANE Managing Editor • CHRIS STEINKE Opinions Editor HAYLEY BRUCE Metro Editor • SAMUEL CLEARY, SARAH DAMSKY, BENJAMIN EVANS If Tea Partiers MATT HEINZE, JOE SCHUELLER Editorial writers EDITORIALS reflect the majority opinion of the DI Editorial Board and not the opinion of the Publisher, Student Publications Inc., or the University of Iowa. GUEST OPINIONS, COMMENTARIES, and COLUMNS reflect the opinions of the authors and are not necessarily those of the Editorial Board. moved Editorial planning on yodeling, and nobody checked to see if yodeling was Swedish tradition. When preaching small When it was all said and done, millions and CHRIS STEINKE millions of people had [email protected] moved from the United States to Sweden. In the government, stay out of marriage Picture a mythical initial few years, hous- time in the future, but ing was often difficult to If the Republican presidential contenders wish to Iowa, a gay-rights group, said, “We have faith that Iowans not too-too far in the come by, but they were remain truthful to their rhetoric of decentralization of will see this event for what it is — a distraction and des- future — and picture a accommodated, because place that used to be the native Swedes generally power in Washington, they should take a break from woo- perate attempt to reclaim media attention.” greatest place on Earth. agreed that everybody ing social conservatives and stand for states’ rights in The three Republican candidates who seem to under- In this future and at deserved a fair chance. regard to gay marriage. stand the states’ rights concept are U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, this place (the United Everything consid- Because many likely Iowa caucus-goers describe them- former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, and, surprisingly, States), the people who ered, the homothapi- selves as very conservative on social issues such as gay former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. At the Family inherited what is now enth’ mass immigration known as the “Tea marriage and abortion, many candidates feel they need to Leader Forum, Paul said to the large crowd, “The family went incredibly smooth- Party” gene get fed up ly. Within only a few reach out to the far-right if they plan to get the presiden- dealt with marriages … We have deferred to the federal and moved out of the years, nearly all of them tial nod. However, a staunch, conservative position on government. We have too much government. We should United States. Their had a roof over their social issues will likely hurt them in the long run, go in the other direction.” taxes were too high, and head and a new job. because it undermines their more-appealing small-gov- The issue, for Paul, is not just an opportunity to garner the government was tax- It’s when they got that ernment policies. political brownie points with conservative voters. In ing away what was sup- job that everything started posed to be their trickle- 2004, he said to then-Speaker of the House Dennis downhill for the homoth- A more advisable approach would be to stress the down money. apienth and, consequently, importance of family and the importance of Christian Hastert, “Mr. Speaker, while I oppose federal efforts to Too many taxes, they all of Northern Europe — values and then to relate it to small government. This redefine marriage as something other than a union said, and too much govern- not because the work was stance is arguably closer to conservative ideals and is between one man and one woman, I do not believe a Con- ment. We’re moving out. too hard but because of also more appealing to moderate voters — the key to the stitutional amendment is either a necessary or proper This isn’t the first their pay stubs. And not time these people have election. way to defend marriage.” because of the pay, but pulled this. Here’s some because of the amount On Nov. 19, an umbrella group called the National He has the decency to oppose same-sex marriage per- history for you: they were forced to give Organization for Marriage and the Family Leader hosted sonally for religious purposes and support it politically The proper term for a back. a values forum in Des Moines that gave some insight to for legal reasons. person with the “Tea In typical homothapi- Party” gene is homothapi- the candidates’ stances on faith, marriage, abortion, and Johnson and Romney, while not in attendance at the en fashion, they got a host of other social issues. The Iowa Family Leader sub- en (plural, homothapi- political. They found out forum, opposed the Marriage Vow Pact that was devel- enth). Homothapienth sidiary, headed by social conservative guru Bob Vander which political party oped by the Iowa Family Forum in July. Johnson called have historically hated Plaats, played a large role in Mike Huckabee’s Iowa cau- was generally less fond the pledge “offensive and un-Republican,” while Rom- taxes of all kind. Ever of taxes and abused cus win in 2008. since the 1600s, when ney’s campaign has said, “Mitt Romney strongly supports every philosophy that At the event, nearly all the attending candidates vehe- country-to-country party abided by. They mently renounced gay marriage and expressed support traditional marriage. But he felt this pledge contained immigration became ran their own candi- for the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which is a viola- references and provisions that were undignified and widely feasible, homoth- dates for office under inappropriate for a presidential campaign.” apienth have been that party and thereby tion of the Constitution. spreading across the globe The 10th Amendment states, “The powers not delegat- Tafoya said in regards to the Republican candidates, forced every person in complaining about taxes. that party to cater to ed to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibit- (Not all immigrants “We are disappointed in the candidates who attended the their needs — if those ed by it to the States, are reserved to the States respec- event. Iowans deserve political leaders who value all fam- are homothapienth, but one out of every four political leaders could tively, or to the people.” ilies and who are running on a platform of job creation figure them out, exactly. Even with such a clear definition, all but two of the sig- homothapienth immi- and bipartisan cooperation, not on a platform of anti- grate sometime in their Needless to say, the nificant Republican candidates firmly stand by this con- government became equality legislation that harms families and children and lifetime. It’s a fact.) tradiction. The Iowa Supreme Court fairly ruled in favor completely inept within does nothing for the economy.” Coinciding with the of the legalization of gay marriage in Iowa in 2009, which onset of immigration, of a few decades. As a Indeed, the economy and jobs must remain the top pri- by these same candidates’ accounts would be reasonable course, is the onset of result, Sweden began to ority for these candidates. Rummaging into the political fall apart, and, as domi- in regards to health-care reform or other federal man- the United States of bombshell of same-sex marriage in this election is no effects usually go, the dates. America. Because of unwise. For the time being, they should table the conver- this, 78 percent of all rest of Europe began to Despite asserting that same-sex couples cannot parent sation and promote their ideas to reboot America’s econo- homothapienth have suffer. Most everybody’s effectively, there is no existing U.S. statistical data to sup- lives deteriorated, espe- my. concentrated in the port that contention. The studies that they cite are from United States over the cially those of the Europe and do not necessarily show causality. Your turn. Is marriage the federal government’s business? past few centuries (8 homothapienth. They Molly Tafoya, the communications director of One Weigh in at dailyiowan.com. percent are in other became even more countries, and 14 per- angry and confused. cent have been lost What’s wrong with the Letter somewhere in the free market? they cried. streets of Bangkok). Oh right, they said. Enough history — Taxes. As the reader LETTERS TO THE EDITOR may be sent via e-mail to [email protected] (as text, not as attachment). Each back to future. may have noticed, it letter must be signed and include an address and phone number for verification. Letters should not exceed 300 words. The Fed up with liberal always comes back to DI reserves the right to edit for length and clarity. The DI will publish only one letter per author per month. Letters will be America, many homoth- taxes for those that inher- chosen for publication by the editors according to space considerations. No advertisements or mass mailings, please. apienth wanted to leave it the “Tea Party” gene. 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Fran has got what many Sweden received rave been cut in half, and it will provide you plenty of ear- by supporting it and bring this believe to be a Top-15 recruiting reviews. There was seemed like everybody basketball splitting moments if you just team back from the depths of class coming in next year, so almost no crime, great was perpetually in a Students, the time is now. the Lickliter era. get your tickets while you can, food, great technology, fantastic mood. give it a chance. because they might not be great education, and it Luckily for the United There has never been a bet- We have a new coach, and he Iowa has traditionally been a very successful basketball pro- around for long. seemed like everybody States, those with the ter time to get behind your is the real deal. I have had the gram, and I’m sure I don’t I believe in Fran. Do you? was perpetually in a “Tea Party” gene had no Iowa men’s basketball team. privilege to witness the rebirth speak for only myself when I fantastic mood. interest in coming back. Paul Mowery Let’s move to Sweden, They were already liv- Yelling yourself hoarse at foot- of Iowa basketball through say that everything needs to be Coach Fran McCaffery. Be a part UI student said the homothapienth. ing in the greatest place ball games is no longer an done to return to that lofty Many of them were on Earth. Guest opinion Rick Santorum for president is the only answer A layperson examining office when the people of On top of that, he and his rum is confronted on the social issues, fear not: He is dren through online classes the 2012 GOP presidential Pennsylvania realized he wife have enough children issue of evolution, he actu- a fiscal conservative, too. instead. Millionaires across candidates may feel bur- spent the majority of his to start a small army, capa- ally transforms into Kirk Everyone can tell that the the country can relax dened by the number of time living in Virginia. ble of invading Poland. Cameron. Atheists beware, Democrats are running our because Rick Santorum great candidates. Currently, Rick — as his On the off chance you Rick will dismantle your economy into the ground. pushed the 2001 and 2003 For instance, there’s Her- website refers to him — is aren’t sold yet, you should loosely held theories as if Comments on Rick’s Bush tax cuts that saved man Cain, the financial not getting much attention, read some of the rhetoric he were stealing candy YouTube videos agree that them having to buy a mastermind of Godfather’s but that is going to change he has on his website. For- from an unborn baby. Now something needs to be done Lexus instead of a Bentley. Pizza and known feminist. right here, right now.Out of get “maverick,” Rick is a that scientists have proven about the liberal elite in Anything less than a total the candidates, he is the “champion,” a “believer,” Remember U.S. Rep. that Darwin was a phony Washington. And, Rick change in our political sys- Michele Bachmann, R- only one to compare homo- and a “defender.” Let the and the Earth is 6,758 joined the Gang of Seven to tem will not do. Minn., the former professor sexuality to bestiality. bald eagle soaring on his years old, this should be a have gang fights with other Together we can save the of evolution at Oxford. Or Moreover, he hates immi- logo tell you everything you moot point, yet Rick is still Congressional gangs about country from deviant Texas Gov. Rick Perry, grants almost as much as need to know about Rick. out there fighting the good the House banking scandal homosexuals and potheads a.k.a. Chuck Norris Jr. U.S. Rep. Steve King, R- Under the guise of a soft- fight, and I thank him for as well as trying to stop who are stealing our liber- These are all great candi- Iowa, tough company for spoken, eagle-loving politi- that. Darwinists will tell senators from using the dates with amazing creden- comparison. Besides hating cian, Rick will invade your ties. Together, we can do tials, so it makes sense that the same things as most heart like it was a Middle you that Rick Santorum is Capitol Barbershop. something that may or may people are having problems Tea Partiers, he wants to Eastern country. Better not an out-of-date politician Liberals in Washington not save us from economic making a decision. Here is add as many amendments stop there — you probably with no understanding of are destroying this beauti- peril. Everyone already where I can help, because as necessary to outlaw have even more in common science, but that is ridicu- ful nation, and it makes knows the answer to our the only name you need to abortion, gay marriage, and with him than your com- lous. He took a biology Rick cry at night when he country’s struggles: Rick know is Rick Santorum. other creations of the liber- mon hatreds and love for course in high school. thinks of how you could be Santorum. Yes, the same Rick Santo- al agenda like a true Con- heat-seeking missiles. For anyone thinking that better spending that Zeru Peterson is a senior biology rum who was voted out of stitutional conservative. Every time Rick Santo- Rick only cares about the money on putting his chil- major at the University of Iowa.

The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 5A dailyiowan.com for more news News Center’s funding irks county Corn growers like Newt By MATT STARNS By LYNN CAMPBELL [email protected] Agency regulations. the ethanol subsidies need IowaPolitics.com “This is not an endorse- to be phased out, Gov. The Johnson County ment, but it is a report Perry is the only candidate DES MOINES — For- card, and it’s a tool to use who supports eliminating supervisors aren’t keen on mer U.S. House Speaker for the farmers and for subsidies and tax credits increasing the budget for Newt Gingrich was the anybody, actually, who’s for all energy producers, the county’s emergency only presidential-caucus concerned about agricul- including the oil and gas communication center. candidate to receive ture and where these can- industries,” said Katherine During an informal straight As in a report didates stand on their poli- Cesinger, state press direc- card on agricultural issues meeting Wednesday, the cies,” said Iowa Corn Grow- tor for the Perry campaign. released Wednesday by ers Association President Cesinger accused other Board of Supervisors said it the Iowa Corn Growers Kevin Ross, a corn grower doesn’t want to be held GOP candidates of having Association. from southwest Iowa. “no plan to address the accountable for tax hikes While other GOP presi- Former Pennsylvania dential candidates have inequalities in the sys- that may result from the U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum tem.” She said every called this year for phas- received an A-minus from Joint Emergency Commu- industry will benefit from nication Center’s request ing out federal energy tax the corn growers, despite Dispatchers work in the Joint Emergency Communications Center credits, including those for Perry’s tax reform plan for for a budget increase. his call to “get rid of all tax last year. The 17,217 square foot building is located near Melrose ethanol, Gingrich has incentives for all energy” 20 percent flat personal And the supervisors said Avenue. (The Daily Iowan/File Photo) voiced his support for the to level the playing field. and corporate tax rates. they may go as far as corn-based fuel additive. The corn growers said Perry also supports stan- changing legislation — cation Center budget dent that if there is an enti- “I have always been a they support all domestic dards for renewable fuels which would allow them to increased by 26 percent last ty that is spending millions supporter of ethanol. I forms of energy. at the state level. deny the Communication year, which was reflected in of dollars of taxpayer even supported ethanol “We believe that there “The federal govern- when it was called gasohol Center’s request — to pre- tax increases for the resi- money, that the decision to ought to be an all-of-the- ment should not be dictat- in 1984,” Gingrich said in dents of Johnson County. do so ought to come from above energy approach,” ing ‘one-size-fits-all’ vent the increase. several recent speeches in said Mindy Larsen Pold- “When we created the He said because of the cen- elected officials,” Neuzil national standards to Iowa, including at the berg, the Iowa Corn Grow- Iowa or any other state,” Communication Center ter’s funding structure, the said. “The majority of the Republican Party of Iowa’s ers Association’s director of she said. entity, there was an blame for such increases Board of Directors has Nov. 4 Ronald Reagan government relations. “But Former Massachusetts assumption that those who falls on the Board of Super- issue with a non-elected Dinner. “And I did it for a what we have concerns Gov. Mitt Romney and would serve on that board visors. official participating in practical reason. If my with is when candidates choice is for the next dollar President Obama, a Demo- would be very mindful of “I think primarily it passing a budget that is in may support one form of to go to Iran or to go to energy to the exclusion of crat, both received Bs on potential tax increases,” allows city council mem- the area of millions of dol- Iowa, I pick Iowa.” corn-based ethanol.” the report card. Minnesota said Supervisor Terrence bers to shift costs from the lars of taxes spent.” The “Corn Caucus Pro- The campaign of Texas U.S. Rep. Michele Bach- Neuzil. “Unfortunately, we cities to the county with Sullivan also said, how- ject” gave letter grades to Gov. Rick Perry took issue mann got a D-plus, and for- have not seen that sense of basically no concern for ever, that he supports the eight major presidential with his getting an overall mer Godfather’s Pizza CEO candidates on 10 agricul- fiscal responsibility on their budgetary matters.” Communication Center. grade of C-minus from the Herman Cain and Texas check book.” One of the major con- ture-related issues rang- corn growers, which includ- U.S. Rep. Ron Paul both “All the functional things ing from ethanol and ener- Because the Communica- cerns expressed by the ed a D on ethanol and ener- received Ds. The grades [about the center] are posi- gy policy to the renewable- gy policy and Fs for his tion Center is associated Board of Supervisors was were based on candidate tive,” Sullivan said. “The fuels standard, federal positions on the renewable- with emergency response, the reluctance of elected crop insurance, conserva- surveys, voting records, negative has been the form fuels standard and ethanol supervisors are unsure of officials in the county to tion programs, free-trade infrastructure. speeches, and other back- whether they have the vote during — or even of government in the way agreements, and U.S. “While the other Repub- ground information gath- authority to decline the attend — meetings that people have decided to Environmental Protection lican candidates have said ered on each candidate. budget increase requests. involve the Communication make decisions.” Currently, the Communi- Center. DI reporter Audrey Roen contributed cation Center is running on “It would seem only pru- to this story. a budget of roughly $3 mil- lion. Though the Communi- cation Center officials ini- tially requested more, they lowered their request to a 5.6 percent increase during a meeting earlier this week. But that increase would still lead to anywhere between a 15 and 20 per- cent increase in taxes for Johnson County residents, and during a meeting Wednesday morning, supervisors said they’re concerned with the “disre- spect” and lack of communi- cation they feel they are getting from officials with the Communication Center. Supervisor Janelle Rettig said the center’s budget has been deceptively low in recent years because the center has been using reserve funds to supple- ment its annual allotment. And though concerns are building over the quickly rising budget for the Com- munication Center — which opened in June 2010 in order and merged area emergency communica- tions into one agency — Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek said he thinks the budget shouldn’t be slashed too quickly. “I know there has been issues, but I strongly dis- agree with trying to change it at this time. I’ve been involved for over seven years now, this was some- thing that no elected official spoke out against,” Pulkrabek said. “There [are] some misconceptions.” But Supervisor Terry Neuzil said the supervisors has taken measures to reduce the scope of county services since 2008 in order to accommodate for increas- es in the Communication Center budget. “No other community is doing that,” Neuzil said. “We think that there has been a lack of respect amongst the county — par- ticularly the Board of Supervisors, when we have to answer to the taxpayers about why their taxes are going up — and it seems that the Communication Center board hasn’t been doing the same.” But Pulkrabek defended Communication Center’s spending. “The Communication Center budget is more than $1 million below what they’re spending over in Scott County, and we own our system,” he said. “I know there’s been issues, but I strongly disagree with trying to change it at this point in time.” Supervisor Rod Sullivan maintained the Communi-

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ing assistants or overload much more likely to administrators. ing all the cost-saving es might be offset by declin- OVERLOAD pay help meet the demand require moving costs,” he “The cost per student methods, quality comes ing degree production CONTINUED FROM 1A for more teachers while said. “They require higher credit hour produced is into question, Baker said. and/or declining efficiency saving money, education salaries than part-time fac- going to be lower when “If the ultimate goal is of degree production.” quality might be at stake. ulty, and they teach fewer using instructors in place helping students to effi- However, Rice said he In general, hiring tempo- courses and often fewer of tenure-track faculty,” ciently complete their believes the university’s rary faculty or using over- students as well.” Baker said. “The cost per degrees, these cost-cutting choices reflect the best load pay saves costs over Professor Bruce Baker, not sure we need that per- student credit hour will be approaches may be short- interest of its students. son on the long term.” hiring new permanent fac- an educational finance ulty, UI College of Educa- expert at Rutgers Universi- lower the more students sighted,” Baker said. “The “[Overload pay] is a real- Higher-education tion Professor Christopher ty, said using temporary you can get into each sec- short-term savings ly straight forward effort to experts say while tempo- Morphew said. and adjunct faculty often tion of specific courses.” achieved by using adjunct keep the quality of educa- rary fixes like more teach- “[Permanent faculty] are makes more sense to However, when consider- instructors to deliver class- tion level high,” he said.

CAUCUS Mitt Romney necessary to maintain our fight- ence in the Persian Gulf area and endorse President Obama’s Candidates’ ing forces” and “not rest until southern Asia. He has called for timetable for troop withdrawal. CONTINUED FROM 1A Mitt Romney has said he would the war on terror is won.” He has used similar rhetoric as tax policy use the advice of his generals to the return of all combat troops Michele Bachmann, saying the and said it is not the U.S.’s job to U.S. must remain present in the decide when and with what fre- Middle East until the war on ter- positions quency troops should be with- Herman Cain “nation build.” ror is won. drawn. He has come out in oppo- major mistake, and simply Herman Cain has been somewhat sition of President Obama’s deci- irresponsible,” O’Hanlon evasive when giving his position Jon Huntsman Rick Perry sion to remove the 33,000 Newt Gingrich said. “To do that is to on troop numbers. He has said Rick Perry has not given “surge” troops that were Huntsman is one of two caucus Newt Gingrich said he does not squander all efforts we he would listen to his military specifics regarding troop with- deployed in Afghanistan in 2009. hopefuls to openly express a support President Obama’s made, just picking up and leaders when making decisions drawals, but he has said he desire to return all combat timetable for troop withdrawal, leaving in mid-mission, and regarding a timetable for troop would be open to removing troops. He said he believes the but he would support bringing in some ways a betrayal of Michele Bachmann withdrawal. U.S. has achieved the key objec- troops home when generals the Afghan people we have troops from Afghanistan. He has come out against President Michele Bachmann has said she tives in the wars in Iraq and advise him it is the safe and cor- been working with.” opposes the set timetable for Afghanistan. rect decision. He has also come The Afghanistan and Obama’s set timetable on troop Ron Paul withdrawal. troop withdrawal set by out in support of a more Iraq wars — which began President Obama. She has also Ron Paul has vehemently Rick Santorum “covert” presence in the Middle in 2001 and 2003, respec- stated that as president, she opposed the U.S. military pres- Rick Santorum, like many caucus East. tively — have totaled over would “devote the resources hopefuls, said he does not 6,000 U.S. troop fatalities. The U.S. Department of Defense’s budget has grown “I think Mitt Romney is he said. “But they don’t egy itself is wrong,” Preble groups of any sort, just by This is the second in a 10- from just under $300 billion finding his voice a bit more want to defend war too said. “I am a little fearful the way we conduct our for- part series previewing the in 2001 to over $550 billion and a bit more willing to vocally, because it has [some candidates] have not eign policy,” Ferner said of top issues of the 2012 for the fiscal 2012. commit to a longer pres- become so unpopular with come round to that posi- the U.S. troop presence caucus season, leading up The United States ence in Afghanistan, and a the American public.” tion, because the American abroad. “I think candidates to a special voter’s guide entered war in Iraq longer presence than some A longer presence in the people clearly have.” who think we are doing on Dec. 12. because Bush adminstra- people would like, and I am Middle East is not some- One of those Americans something good in Iraq and tion officials claimed then- • Monday: Health care glad to hear that from Mitt thing that all experts agree is Mike Ferner, the director Afghanistan just don’t dictator Saddam Hussein • Tuesday: Energy Romney.” is the right decision. for Veterans For Peace. understand what the impli- • Wednesday: Taxes had weapons of mass Ultimately, most of the Christopher Preble, the “I am glad there are a cations are for our foreign • Today: Afghanistan and Iraq destruction. Saddam was GOP candidates have not vice president for defense couple of Republican candi- policy.” • Military spending hanged in 2006. The come out with a concrete and foreign policy studies dates that are saying we But when troops do come • Immigration stance regarding troop for the Cato Institute, said have to get out of Iraq and Afghanistan war, which back, experts point out that • LGBT issues numbers or the duration the fact that some candi- Afghanistan because we began as a way to fight ter- the U.S. needs to have a • Jobs they should remain over- dates seem committed to certainly need to,” he said. rorists suc as Osama Bin system in place to subsume Laden on their own soil, hit • Higher education seas, a tactic that O’Hanlon retaining troops in Iraq and Veterans For Peace is a them back into the econo- a major milestone in this • Federal debt said he sees as political Afghanistan is an example national organization com- my. past spring, when U.S. positioning. of leaders being unable to posed of veterans who Navy SEALS successfully “What you are hearing learn from our experiences claim to be “focused on “We are shrinking the 68,000 by the fall of 2012. killed Bin Laden. from most of the field is over the last 10 years. abolishing war as an military back to peace-time President Obama “My preference is we they are strong on nation- “Has it been a shining instrument of national poli- sizes, and that puts lots of announced in October that stay at 68,000 for all the al-security issues and will success so we keep doing cy” — a viewpoint Ferner people back into the work- all combat troops will fighting season of 2013,” position themselves that what we doing? Or do they said the candidates calling force, into the present econ- return from Iraq by the end O’Hanlon said, noting that way. If Obama shows any say as a matter of fact a lot for increased presence in omy that may not be ready of this year. In June, while he does not endorse weakness or floundering, of what we have been doing the Middle East do not to absorb them,” said John Obama promised he would any of the candidates, Mitt they want to be prepared to hasn’t worked out well, and understand. Mikelson, the University of pare down the number of Romney appears to hold be stronger defenders of it is not the fact that we did “We are the best recruit- Iowa veterans center coor- troops in Afghanistan to the same view. American security issues,” it wrong, but that the strat- ing mechanism for terrorist dinator.

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CUBELIC He said the adjustment extra push they need. seniors when we were was far from easy for his “She realizes her effect freshmen, and now we’re CONTINUED FROM 8A family. on the team, both in and both captains,” the senior “It was difficult — it still out of the pool,” he said. said. “I see us as role mod- is,” he said. “[Daniela] had “That [realization] has pro- els and as leaders. We’ve a great mother. She was gressed each year, and this come a long way.” always with the kids. She year she’s one of our cap- Cubelic said she’s happy ent,” he said. “I think she lived for them.” tains. That’s where she has with her choice to keep was ahead of other kids; it Head coach Marc Long grown the most, from a swimming, and that it has was a little easier for her to said Cubelic has grown coaching perspective.” benefited her greatly. learn how to live in college even more mature during Fellow captain Danielle “I’m really happy I made than it was for the others, her time in the program, Carty said Cubelic’s leader- the decision to swim,” she because she spent a signifi- and she has taken the ship skills have progressed said. “I wouldn’t be where I cant part of her life without mantle of leadership by more than anything. am today if I’d done ballet.” a mother.” giving other swimmers the “We used to look up to

WRESTLING have to back it 110 per- And if that’s the case, why practice, to see how hard cent.” would I want to limit that we work,” she said. “ It’s a CONTINUED FROM 8A Steiner may have been a to half the population?” tough sport.” naysayer himself once. According to the Nation- After his career at Iowa, al Federation of State High Steiner spent two seasons School Associations, Teammate Ali Bernard at Oregon State as an wrestling is “the fastest- said representing women assistant coach and six at growing sport for high- was “a bonus” secondary to Wisconsin. He said his sin- school girls in terms of per- winning medals. gular goal was to be a Divi- centage increase.” Although the team’s ath- sion-I head coach. But women still face letes say they aren’t con- But then USA Wrestling some scrutiny when they came calling in search of its cerned with changing pub- enter the sport. Pirozhkova first-ever women’s coach, lic perception of women in said for much of her prep and Steiner had some the sport, the coach knows career, people thought she thinking to do. that it’s part of his job. joined “to touch guys.” “At first it was a curve Chun said “creeps” will “I knew that USA ball, and it took me some Wrestling wasn’t just look- time to get through that,” occasionally ask her if it’s ing for a coach,” former he said. “But I really had to mud or oil wrestling she Hawkeye national champi- ask myself, ‘Why do I participates in. on Terry Steiner said about coach? Why do I want to But Chun said respect his 2002 hiring. “It was stay in this sport?’ And it’s for the sport would looking for an advocate. I because I believe in the increase if people only got knew I was going to have to sport of wrestling. I believe the chance to see them stand up to the naysayers in what it teaches and its train. out there and was going to character development. “I think so. A good, hard

JOHNSON ing over 19 points per game team’s perimeter players. as the Hawkeyes’ leading “We need to have that bal- CONTINUED FROM 8A scorer, was held to 3-of-9 anced inside-outside scoring shooting for 9 points. attack,” Bluder said. “We Starting senior point have the right shooters, and lack of size has hurt us at guard Kamille Wahlin was they’re going to get the job times, and it hurt us again shut out for only the third done. I, as a coach, have to tonight.” time in her career. find ways to get them more Junior Jaime Printy, who Bluder said she will shooting reps in practice and came into the game averag- remain confident in her their confidence back.”

RECAP going to it when we have DAILYIOWAN.COM those high-percentage shot Log on for an exclusive CONTINUED FROM 8A opportunities. Statistically, photo slide show from Iowa’s win over Virginia it was going to turn around. Tech in the Big Ten/ACC I’m proud of the way our Challenge. team kept giving the ball to Morgan and that Morgan Hawkeyes benefited from team win. I’m proud of the was able to keep her confi- that confidence as the final team.” dence.” buzzer sounded. Iowa made 46 percent of Johnson admitted her “It’s one of those things its shots against the Hokies first-half performance was in the final 20 minutes of perhaps the worst of her that I think every player is play. career but said her team going to have,” Johnson Johnson was the main stayed behind her. said. “It’s how you respond reason for Iowa’s drastical- It was clear the that makes the difference.” ly better shooting perform- ance in the second half, and was able to compensate for the Hawkeyes’ poor 3-point Get Iowa City news shooting; the team recorded just two 3-pointers on 15 straight to your phone attempts. Bluder said Johnson’s performance was encourag- Scan this code and ing, given that she shot 1- press "send" for-10 in the first half but still managed to lead all Or txt players in scoring. "follow thedailyiowan" “We kept saying, ‘Get the ball [into the post],’ ” Blud- to 40404 er said. “We have to keep

INTRAMURALS Log on for coverage of Wednesday’s intramural THE DAILY IOWAN dodge ball and 3-on-3 basketball action. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2011 dailyiowan.com BIG TEN/ACC CHALLENGE: IOWA 58, VIRGINIA TECH 47 Perimeter ball Hawks knock off Hokies players have shaky night The Hawkeyes’ offense still lacks a true identity after another poor shooting night. By BEN WOLFSON in the first, Johnson came [email protected] alive. The junior made 7-of-11 Morgan Johnson’s shots for 16 points in the appearance as she spoke second half and finished to the media following with a game-high 23 Iowa’s 58-47 win over Vir- points while adding 8 ginia Tech told the story of rebounds and 2 blocks in the night. 25 min- The 6-5 junior center utes of from Platte City, Mo., had action. scratches on her left “That’s shoulder, and both knees pretty were wrapped in ice bags much the as evidence of the battles worst she underwent in the [shooting post. perform- Johnson Most of those points ance of my center came in the second half; career], despite many good looks and I’d like to keep it that in the post, Johnson shot way,” Johnson said after only 1-of-10 in the first the game. half and scored 7 points. Head coach Lisa Bluder Johnson wasn’t the only said she thought her first one who struggled. career victory in the Big Iowa guard Samantha Logic fights Virginia Tech’s Larryqua Hall for a loose ball in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Wednesday. Logic had 8 The Hawkeyes’ offense Ten/ACC Challenge was points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists in Iowa’s 58-47 win over the Hokies. (The Daily Iowan/Toan Nguyen) was anemic in the first “unusual” because of the half of play, and the way Iowa won. Iowa shot just 21.9 percent in the first half but improved after the Hawks made just 7 of “Maybe it was a good their first 32 shots while thing they weren’t giving break to record its first-ever Challenge win. turning the ball over 9 us 3-point shots tonight, times. because they weren’t The only positive was By MATT COZZI advantage over the Hok- “[The Hawkeyes] stayed respectively. Wahlin was falling,” the 12th-year that the team continued ies (2-5). with what they wanted to held scoreless for the head coach said. “It’s nice [email protected] to be strong at the free- to know we can win “It feels really good to do a little bit longer than game. throw line, knocking down games without producing The Iowa women’s bas- come home and get this we did during the game, The Hawkeyes made 12 of its 14 chances from as well from 3-point ketball team was winless win,” Bluder said. “It so they came out on top in improvements after the the stripe. range, but that’s a big in the Big Ten/ACC Chal- wasn’t the prettiest vic- the end,” Virginia Tech break, but not before the “When I went in the part of who we are and we lenge coming into its tory, and we won with head coach Dennis Wolff Hokies went on a 6-0 run locker room [at halftime], need to find that identity Wednesday showdown some unusual ways for us said. “But they’re a very to open the second half. A the first thing all my again.” teammates said is, ‘Mor- with Virginia Tech. … We defended very well good team.” lay-up by Printy halted The Hawkeyes ended gan, you’re better than up making only 2-of-15 Not anymore. tonight. Virginia Tech did Both squads started off the damage and tied the what you’re showing right shots from long range in The Hawkeyes (5-2) a good job of taking away slowly, and the first bas- game at 29. now,’ ” Johnson said. “My the game, as Virginia defeated the Hokies, 58- our outside game, but ket of the game — a lay- Johnson scored back-to- coaches had a big part in Tech’s defense clamped 47, in Carver-Hawkeye they gave us our inside up by the Hawkeyes’ back baskets to push the that also; the confidence down on the perimeter. Arena. game.” Kelly Krei — wasn’t lead to 35-29, and Iowa they instilled in me just “With as skilled as their Head coach Lisa Blud- That allowed Johnson recorded until about four never looked back. made me feel a lot better. perimeter players are, I “I went in [the second er’s squad struggled to to lead all players with 23 and a half minutes into “It’s nice to know that if think we guarded them find a shooting rhythm points, including 7-of-8 the opening half. half] with more confi- well,” Virginia Tech head you don’t get off to the dence, relaxed a bit, and and turned over the ball shooting on free-throw Two usual strengths in coach Dennis Wolff said. quickest start, this team hit my shots.” 13 times, but junior Mor- attempts. The 6-5 center the Iowa lineup, Jaime “We have a little bit of a is able to bounce back,” While Iowa’s outside limited roster, and our gan Johnson sparked the also pulled down 8 boards. Printy and Kamille Krei said. “It was a good shooting continued to be Hawkeyes in the second Iowa shot 33.3 percent Wahlin, shot 2-for-5 and 0- non-existent in the second half to give Iowa the from the field as a team. for-2 in the first half, SEE RECAP, 7A half after 1-of-9 shooting SEE JOHNSON, 7A Taking no guff The ballet of swimming The nation’s top female wrestlers say they’re more concerned with Senior Daniela winning than earning respect for Cubelic would their sport. have pursued By SAM LOUWAGIE an attitude several top ballet, but her [email protected] wrestlers on the U.S. mother wanted national women’s team Elena Pirozhkova knew have. The United States her to swim. “for a fact” that she was took home the world’s sec- That decision about to lose. ond-highest medal count Pirozhkova is a world- in the appears to have class wrestler. In 2010 first-ever alone, she won champi- Olympic worked out just onships in the U.S. World women’s fine. Team Trials, Pan Ameri- wrestling can Championships, and competi- By TORK MASON the U.S. Open. tion, in [email protected] But so many years ago 2004. In Pirozhkova It might sound strange to — she can’t remember 2008, the wrestler hear an athlete say the where the tournament team was sport in which she holds was or her exact age at third. records wasn’t her first the time — Pirozhkova As the team spends the love. For Iowa swimmer was a high-schooler week training in Carver- Daniela Cubelic, though, preparing to wrestle an Hawkeye Arena in prepa- the pool was her second Senior Daniela Cubelic stands by the pool in the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center on Wednesday. ration for April’s U.S. intimidating opponent in choice — but it was one she Cubelic holds several school records and dedicates all of her performances to her mother, who passed away Olympic Trials, the a semifinal match. She doesn’t regret making. when Cubelic was 12 years old. (The Daily Iowan/Toan Nguyen) knew she couldn’t beat wrestlers insist their The senior captain holds him. main goal is not to legit- school records in the 100 But then, rather than imize women’s wrestling backstroke, the 400- and of my life.” time. But looking back, she know this is something she wrestle against a girl, he or to earn respect for a 200-medley relays, and the Eventually, the time said, she’s glad her mother really wanted me to do, and forfeited. typically male-dominated 400- and 200-freestyle came for Cubelic to choose gave her a push into the if there are ever times Pirozhkova said she sport. relays. But her heart first which path she wanted to water, because there are when I don’t want to do it belonged in the dance stu- take: ballet or swimming. more opportunities for [for myself], I do it for her.” didn’t feel outraged or They just want to wres- dio, not in the water. “I actually chose ballet, scholarships in swimming Angelo Cubelic said his embarrassed. Her reac- tle — and to win. “I don’t do it to make a “I was all about doing but once again, my mom than in pliés. wife’s death made his tion was simpler. point,” 2008 World ballet, and I was really made me swim,” she said. And in some ways, the daughter both more “Sucks to be him,” the Freestyle champion invested in that,” she said. Cubelic said she didn’t late Maryann Cubelic still mature and more prepared Greenfield, Mass., native Clarissa Chun said. “I do “Swimming was just some- feel forced to swim against gives her daughter an extra for the challenges of being remembered thinking. it because I love it.” thing my mom wanted me her will. It’s something she push. a college athlete. “He doesn’t get a chance to do, so I took lessons as a said she enjoyed doing, but “I was only 12 years old “She’s very independ- to win.” safety thing — to learn and it didn’t catch her interest when she passed away,” That response reflects SEE WRESTLING, 7A have that skill for the rest as much as ballet did at the Daniela Cubelic said. “I SEE CUBELIC, 7A

PHOTOS BY JACKIE COUPPE GRAPHIC BY KALLEN KRAMER Joy just a plié away The Nolte Academy of Dance will present the Nutcracker for the fifth year at the Englert Theatre. By JORDAN MONTGOMERY Beginning Friday, the dancers will [email protected] put on four performances of the Nut- cracker this weekend at the Englert At a dress rehearsal on Tuesday Theatre, 221 E. Washington St. There evening, young dancers dressed in leo- will be two performances at 7:30 p.m. tards and tights swarmed the aisles of Friday and Saturday and two matinee the Englert Theatre, practicing their performances at 2 p.m. Saturday and movements before the run-through Dec. 4. began. For months, ballet dancers at the As the dancers for the first act were Nolte Academy of Dance in Coralville called backstage, an excited communal have practiced seven days a week for chatter spread through the crowd. But up to eight hours a day in preparation as soon as the lights dimmed and the for their performance. curtain rose, they fell silent. The young The Nutcracker is perhaps the best- dancers waited for their turn to go known ballet. Because of this, various onstage and watched their fellow cast members perform the opening scene. SEE NUTCRACKER, 3B

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Reading Room MUSIC • Clarinet Studio Recital, 5 FILM p.m., University Capitol • Campus Activities Board Centre Recital Hall movie, *Contagion*, 10 p.m., • Art and Music Night, 6 348 IMU p.m., Uptown Bill’s, 730 S. Dubuque THEATRE • Johnson County Lads & Jockeys Landmark, directed by John • A Hamlet, Mainstage This documentary, directed by Rapson, 7 p.m., Mill, 120 E. Series, 8 p.m., Theatre Building Thayer Theatre Benjamin Marquet, follows three Burlington • Open Mike (Spoken Word), 14-year-old boys, Steve, Florian, DANCE and Flavian, as they enter jock- 7 p.m., Uptown Bill’s ey apprenticeship, hoping to • John Wayne & the Pain, • Dance Department Gone South, 9 p.m., Yacht Collaborative Performance, eventually ride in professional Club, 13 S. Linn 8 p.m., North Hall who exhibits superhuman inge- one of my favorite childhood horse races. The movie takes Home Alone • Jungle Fever Awareness Space/Place nuity and the resourcefulness of movie quotations, “Buzz, your place in small village near Paris Imagine yourself as an 8- an Eagle Scout (I’m an Eagle Free Dance Party, 9 p.m., year-old, your entire family is girlfriend, WOOF.” and shows the training the Scout) to combat the efforts of And just when you think the Blue Moose, 211 Iowa MISCELLANEOUS nowhere to be found, and you wet bandits Harry and Marv. young jockeys go through, • Life in Iowa: Build your learn from a news broadcast movie couldn’t get any better, The holiday classic is full of John Candy cameos as Gus which has remained mostly WORDS own gingerbread houses, 5 that two burglars are loose and unchanged for decades. have been spotted in your slapstick comedy including Polinski, the clarinet-playing • Writers’ Workshop read- p.m., 2780 University Capitol neighborhood. swinging paint cans, red-hot “Polka King of the Midwest,” ing, Cole Swensen and Cal Centre Normal children would likely door knobs, and a tarantula. The and takes Mrs. McCallister home Bedient, poetry, 8 p.m., Dey soil themselves. film is also notable for its great to her son. But not Kevin McCallister, holiday song soundtrack, and — by Jordan Montgomery Friday 12.2 The Santa Clause 348 IMU When I’m looking for the per- MUSIC • Late Night Movie, fect movie to get in the holiday Answers to Nothing • Andrew Hardy, violin and Bellflower, 11 p.m., Bijou spirit, The Santa Clause, with This movie, directed by Matthew Uriel Tsachor, piano, 7:30 Tim Allen, is on the top of my Leutwyler and starring Dane p.m., Riverside Recital Hall list. THEATRE Cook and Julie Benz among • Climate Ethics Campaign There is nothing like snug- Benefit, 8 p.m., Mill • A Hamlet, Mainstage gling under a blanket with some others, tells the intertwining Series, 8 p.m., Thayer stories of eight people during • Chris Lager Band, Mutts, 9 Theatre hot chocolate and watching a p.m., Yacht Club movie about a dad who is in fact five days as they struggle with Santa Claus. • Drop the Bass, featuring their inner demons and angels Control Freaqs, Hood Tek, DJ LECTURES As a kid, I never really against a background of a child- Lay-Z, Rawdogg, 9 p.m., • WorldCanvass, with Joan thought about the fact that it abduction case. Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington Kjaer, 5 p.m., Old Capitol was the dad who was Santa; I Senate Chamber just thought it was really cool. But now that I’m older and know WORDS that spoiler alert — Santa’s not want to believe. ple feel as if they’re kids again, AT THE BIJOU • “Three Takes on DANCE real — I wonder if the directors This movie has by far the best when they believed in the magic Translation,” Cole Swensen, • Nutcracker, Nolte Academy meant to do that on purpose. Santa’s workshop, and you can’t of Christmas. It’s a classic movie 4:30 p.m., Frank Conroy of Dance, 7:30 p.m., Englert Either way, it made me wish forget the quirky elf Bernard, that you should be sure not to Reading Room Theatre, 221 E. Washington that my dad could be Santa and Santa’s right-hand man. miss this holiday season. • Campus Activities Board • Dance Department still to this day it makes me The Santa Clause makes peo- — by Samantha Gentry comedy, Dave Coulier, 10 Collaborative Performance, p.m., IMU Main Lounge 8 p.m., Space/Place

Elf FILM MISCELLANEOUS Golden spandex pants, a long • Weekend, 6:30 and 8:45 • UI Museum of Art green coat, and a pointy elf hat Weekend p.m., Bijou December First Friday, 5 all over Will Ferrell’s big, manly Showtimes: Friday: 6:30 p.m., 8:45 p.m., • Campus Activities Board p.m., Raygun, 103 E. College Saturday: 4:15 p.m., 6:30 p.m., Dec. 4: 3 p.m. body. What’s not to love? movie, Contagion, 10 p.m., Great Christmas movies This love story chronicles how a stand the test of time, and I can lonely Friday night turns into a safely say that Elf will play on passionate weekend of sex and my TV for all of eternity. Saturday 12.3 drugs for Russell (Tom Cullen) Watching Buddy eat perfume Prairie Lights, 15 S. and Glen (Chris New), who meet or “fruit spray,” make a rocking MUSIC Dubuque horse out of a TV stand, and eat at a bar and get lost in intimacy. FILM Their connection lasts through- • Viola Studio Recital, 4 gum off of the sidewalk railings singing voice. some very foreign experiences p.m., University Capitol • Weekend, 4:15 and 6:30 in New York City never fails to This movie has all of the glitz along the way. out their lives, despite the dif- Centre Recital Hall p.m., Bijou amuse me. and glamour of the holidays with I recommend enjoying a bowl fering ideas they have about • Voices of Soul Fall • Chicago loves Iowa City, Elf is my favorite Christmas lights and decorations galore. of spaghetti covered in sugar getting the most out of life. The Concert, 6 p.m., short film and video from movie because Buddy has more Buddy is a human elf who and lots of syrup in honor of film was created by Andrew Congregational United Chicago, 7:30 p.m., Public spirit than any Grinch or ventures from the North Pole to Buddy as you watch this classic, Haigh and has received numer- Church Of Christ, 30 N. Space One, 129 E. Washington Scrooge; he also has a great New York in search of his father, hilarious holiday tale. Clinton sense of humor and a wonderful Walter Hobbs, encountering — by Carly Hurwitz ous awards. • Within Our Gates (1920), 9 • Saturday Night Music, 7 p.m., Bijou p.m., Uptown Bill’s • Campus Activities Board The Holiday • Composers’ Workshop, movie, Contagion, 10p.m., The Holiday, starring Kate David Gompper, director, 7:30 348 IMU Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude BEER p.m., Riverside Recital Hall • Late Night Movie, Law, and Jack Black is one of my OF THE WEEK • Fampus.com presents: Bellflower, 11 p.m., Bijou favorite holiday movies. Dirty Talk, 8 p.m., Blue It has incredible charm, Anchor’s Merry Moose THEATRE sweetness, and wonderful Christmas and Happy • Dennis McMurrin & the • A Hamlet, 8 p.m., Thayer chemistry among all of the Demolition Band, Theatre actors. Yes, it’s kind of a rompy, New Year Funkma$ter, 8:30 p.m., Yacht romantic comedy, but it still has This week’s beer of the week is the Anchor’s Club those moments that will touch Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ale. • Lydia Loveless, with Grand DANCE your heart. Unless you’re a cold, The beer is brewed in San Tetons, Milk & Eggs, 9 p.m., • Nutcracker, Nolte Academy heartless, human being who Mill of Dance, 2 and 7:30 p.m., hates happiness. Francisco at the Anchor Brewing • Club Find-A-Friend Dance Englert One particular story line in Co. The historic brewery has been old screenwriter and his words Angeles to switch houses with Party, with Coolzey, Hayden • Dance Department the film gets to me every time. of wisdom. Iris. making beer since 1896. Fried, 11 p.m., Gabe’s Collaborative Performance, Winslet’s character, Iris, and Eli Surprisingly, I even like Diaz This film is a tradition for my With its caramelly, honey front, and 8 p.m., Space/Place Wallach’s character, Arthur, in this movie. I usually don’t mother and I every winter mild spice notes, the brew provides make a great pair in the flick. WORDS because something about her approaching the holidays. We a great way to welcome the month MISCELLANEOUS They spend time helping each bugs me, but in The Holiday, she watch it together, and it never • “Live from Prairie other rediscover their gumption manages to be likable and fails to get me ready for the of December. Lights,” Zachary Michael • Holiday Thieves’ Market, and find joy. It’s hard not to fall engaging as she plays Amanda season. And the dark brown beer’s spicy Jack, nonfiction, 5 p.m., art exhibition/sale,10 a.m., in love with the cantankerous traveling to London from Los — by Julia Jessen and sweet scent will make you IMU think Christmas has come early. The brew is aged in large wood Sunday 12.4 White Christmas barrels and is sold in both six- The 1954 classic musical film packs and 1.5 liter “magnum bot- Auditorium White Christmas has been loved MUSIC tles.” by audiences for generations. • Trumpet Studio Recital, • Within Our Gates (1920), “The Merry Christmas and Happy 5:15 p.m., Bijou Starring such legends as Bing 2:30 p.m., University Capitol Crosby, Danny Kaye, and New Year should be paired with a Centre Recital Hall Rosemary Clooney, the movie rum cake,” said Joe Hotek of • Chamber Orchestra and THEATRE has magical and romantic ele- John’s Grocery, 401 E. Market St. All University String • A Hamlet, Mainstage ments. “Or anything on the sweeter side Orchestra, 3 p.m., Riverside Series, 2 p.m., Thayer Recital Hall The film details the lives of to complement the beer’s spici- Theatre • Center for New Music two World War II U.S. Army ness.” cronies who use their talent as Ensemble, David Gompper, DANCE This year, come to the realization director, 7:30 p.m., Riverside entertainers to bring the holi- that Santa probably gets tired of Recital Hall • Nutcracker, Nolte Academy day spirit, and business, to the of Dance, 2 p.m., Englert Columbia Inn in Vermont, which milk and eggnog. Your sugar cook- crowd and saves the inn. characters, and post-war hope- FILM is facing closure because of a Although the film is admitted- fulness make White Christmas a ies will pair perfectly with the 1.5 MISCELLANEOUS liter bottle of Anchor beer you • Weekend, 3 p.m., Bijou snow drought. ly corny, it captures the best film that still resonates with • Holiday Thieves’ Market, With the help of two lovely elements of this era of viewers who continue watching leave out for him. • Movies at the Museum of art exhibition/sale, 10 a.m., ladies, the group pulls off a per- Hollywood. them year after year. Cheers. Natural History, Night at the IMU formance that draws in a large The cheeky puns, dolled up — by Hannah Kramer — by Jordan Montgomery Museum, 2 p.m., Macbride

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dance companies interpret it in different styles every year. The Nolte Academy will perform a traditional version of the ballet. “It is part of keeping bal- let in its true form,” said Leslie Nolte, the head of The Englert hosts the annual showing of the Nutcracker. Opening the academy. “Over the last night this year will be Friday. (The Daily Iowan/Jacklyn Couppee) five years — and in the future, we will continue to dance career began when choose the classical, tradi- she was 16 at the Houston The Nutcracker tional form. If you have a Ballet Academy, but she When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, 2 and version that is done right danced in her first Nut- 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. and is beautiful, you don’t cracker when she was 5. Dec. 5 magic to be found in every- the ballet is a masterpiece. respond to the music. It’s have to change it.” “During Nutcracker, the Where: Englert Theatre, 221 body’s heart.” “The first act is 45 min- really an irreplaceable and The ballet has been a run was 56 shows,” she E. Washington Admission: $16-$22 Nolte said residents of utes of continuous music,” rare opportunity.” holiday tradition for dance said. “I always looked for- Iowa City and surrounding he said. “It is very challeng- companies worldwide. This ward to it because I knew I The orchestra also areas will be amazed at the ing musically — it’s just will be the fifth year the would dance more in those The dancers in the Nolte enhances the audience’s skill of the young dancers. amazing.” Nolte Academy will put on weeks than any other time Academey’s production of experiences, because there It is a professional level of He also stressed the the production, a tradition of the year. The multitude the Nutcracker range from is nothing like the energy talent that the dancers in importance of dancers per- that company owner Nolte of shows was an opportuni- ages 6 to 18, with roles of a symphony orchestra, ty to dance more and really the Nutcracker have forming with a orchestra. brought to the area. from baby mice to sugar Bostian said. because of Snider, her staff, “In terms of an artistic focus on perfection.” plum fairies. Nolte said she “Being involved in this When she began her and herself. Since moving from sees value in passing along experience, there is no sub- dance academy, a traveling “If our dancers choose to, production and seeing the dancer to choreographer, the tradition of the ballet to stitute for dancing with live professional company came they could dance profes- growth of the great student Snider’s view of the Nut- a younger generation. music,” he said. “Most pro- to Iowa City to perform the sionally,” Nolte said. “And dancers year after year, as cracker has changed — but “Keeping it alive is very ductions of the Nutcracker Nutcracker every five to when I think about the well as the development of only slightly. important,” she said. around the state are done seven years, she said. the company, are incredibly “It is certainly different “Dancers alongside of clas- educational experiences with canned music. There “Since starting the Nut- rewarding,” he said. for me, but only because sical music and the dreamy, that dancers need if they is nothing like the respon- cracker, the cake keeps get- the opportunities Nut- lovey magical story are want to become profession- siveness and the excite- ting bigger every year,” she cracker provides are for my something that everybody als, the Nutcracker is one of ment of really having col- said. “We have a machine of students now,” she said. “I needs. The hour in the the- those experiences.” laboration with the music. a team; if any one person enjoy passing on to them ater watching the perform- A major aspect that [The composer] intended out of our six left, things what I learned from this ance is something that can- makes the Nolte Academy’s the music to respond to the would be really difficult.” ballet, the way people enjoy not be lost. Our youth have production stand out from dance and for the dance to One of the six instrumen- passing a family heirloom to be reminded that it feels others in the state is the tal members of Nolte’s Nut- to their children. It was good to be affected by some- accompaniment of an cracker team is Grace special to have but even thing that is live and orchestra conducted by Snider, the director of the more special to give.” onstage. There is still Carey Bostian. ballet. Her professional He said that musically,

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The 74-foot-tall Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is lit using 30,000 energy-efficient LED lights during the 79th-annual lighting ceremony in New York on Wednesday. (Associated Press/Charles Sykes)

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Fine arts students at the University of Iowa produced By CARLY HURWITZ chemistry, is originally [email protected] Voices of Soul from Louisiana, and he this year’s Collaborative Performance, a concert focus- When: 6 p.m. Saturday joined the choir as soon as ing on common mythological stories. The members of the Where: Congregational he got to Iowa. Iowa City Voices of Soul United Church of Christ, 30 N. “I got involved because I By SAMANTHA GENTRY gospel choir will challenge Clinton sang in gospel choirs at [email protected] the audience members to Admission: Free home, and this was one of keep still as they are the things that helped me Performers will take engulfed in the sound of transition here,” Lodge advantage of every inch of harmonious voices and sung more heavily, full of said. “Everyone [in the the floor in North Hall’s rhythmic clapping, drums, soul, and louder than regu- group] had a love for music Space/Place this weekend piano, and bass evoking lar music.” and gospel, which helped in the University of Iowa the rich traditions of The choir members are me make a [smooth] tran- Dance Department’s Col- African-American music an image of the American sition.” laborative Perfomance. that explodes throughout melting pot — they come Lodge has played in dif- the room. from a multitude of back- The dancers will move to ferent bands and played “Voices of Soul’s mission grounds, including Asian, many concerts growing up, different scenes in the is to share African-Ameri- African American, and space — a living room, a but he said there is some- can music and culture white, among others. thing about gospel music basement, a Greek monu- with others and with the “We don’t discriminate, that has a certain soul to ment, and the outdoors — campus by singing, clap- and if you can sing, we it, whether one is religious to portray their versions of Elizabeth Kilmer (top) and Samuel Summer rehearse a performance ping, and praising,” said want you,” said UI student or not. classic myths and urban for Tales of Mortals, Gods, and the Things They Do in Space/Place on Alexandria Green, the Taylor McClendon, the “Gospel music connects legends. Wednesday. The producers use various mythologies as a central con- president of the choir. vice president of Voices of with anybody on a more The Dance Department’s cept in the production. (The Daily Iowan/Ya-Chen Chen) Voices of Soul will hold Soul. personal level than just Collaborative Performance its fall concert at 6 p.m. Gospel comes from the hearing a concert piece or sion-show ritual in which piece, focusing on urban Saturday at the Congrega- tradition of people using Class will host the show symphony or something of they tell the story of Adam legends. tional United Church of music to express them- that nature,” he said. “It Tales of Mortals, Gods, and and Eve, but it takes a dark In a slumber-party scene, Christ, 30 N. Clinton St. selves during the time of the Things They Do at 8 might not be as musically and grotesque turn. Pup- the audience sees charac- Admission is free. slavery, he said. challenging, but it brings p.m. today; performances pets also act as characters ters exchanging urban Green, a University of “It is very free-form and out a more personal and continue through Saturday. in this portion of the per- myths about the evil ghost Iowa senior who has as soulful, and that soulful- emotional response.” Admission is free for UI formance. of Bloody Mary and the been involved in Voices of ness comes from innova- The choir will perform Soul since her sophomore tion,” he said. “It comes off students with valid IDs, $6 Following the three notion that Pop Rocks and songs from notable artists, for seniors and youth, and year, said she simply could the top of your head from including James C. Hall diverse stories of Adam and soda can make one’s stom- not get enough of singing. whatever you feel inside; it $12 for the general public. Eve is Rebecca Chun’s ach explode. and Hezekiah Walker, as David Hanzal, a second- “I’ve been in a gospel is completely innate.” well as original songs from piece, which tells the tale of For this particular scene, choir since I was 9 years The community has a year graduate student pur- the director of the group, the Greek myth of Perse- Masters collaborated with old,” she said. “When I got large role in the musical Pastor Cymaron Dawson. suing an M.F.A. in direct- phone and the underworld. his cast and took into con- here to college, I knew I interpretations of the ing, said Assistant Profes- “It is probably one of the Even though the gods sideration what his dancers loved to sing and I loved to group. Voices of Soul col- more engaging concerts sor Deanna Carter continu- decide the fate of Perse- could say with their bodies. sing gospel.” laborates with other local you will go to; we will ask ally encourages students to phone in the traditional “I feel when you take the When Voices of Soul musical groups to enhance you to stand up and clap use the class as a lab. To story, Chun wanted the opportunity to allow the began in 1970, La Jeune the diversity of the show. with us and sing along,” Wright was the musical Alex Lodge, a UI gradu- her, it serves as a place character to have her own performers to have some McClendon said. “It is director of only seven ate student studying where they can push their mind and not become a vic- ownership in what they are extremely enticing.” doing, it makes it more members. She was creative boundaries. tim. “What’s great about this readable,” Masters said. inspired to show the need “I didn’t want her to just for black gospel music in class is we have all been He hopes that removing be an object passed around the Iowa City area, and For more news visit given the freedom to do the seats from the theater by the gods,” Chun said. “I will allow the dancers to the group created a show something we haven’t done wanted her to have some express themselves fully that was a complete pack- www.dailyiowan.com before,” Hanzal said. “With agency. I felt like she need- and give the audience a age of the music. this class, I wanted to ed to be a powerful way to look at the pieces For more than 40 years, experiment with creating a woman.” from different points of Voices of Soul has provided the UI and the Iowa City script from scratch with the The collaborators were view. other actors. That’s some- communities with gospel drawn to the underworld “One of the really great thing I’ve never really done things about this perform- performances. The organi- and “over-world” used in zation is dedicated to before, and I have learned ance is we were told to cre- maintaining awareness of so much.” the original myth. For this ate and make something the heritage of African- Hanzal collaborated with performance, the under- new and original,” he said. world will be on stage with American music. fellow graduate students to “I have yet to see any of the “It’s quite amazing to create different points of the actors and the over- other works, so it will be me that we do have a view on the classic tale of world will be displayed in a really interesting to see gospel choir on campus, Adam and Eve. Gabriel film produced by Alex de la how everything comes and we are very diverse,” Anderson and Johanna Peña. together.” Green said. “[Gospel] is Kirk choreographed the “I think there was an piece with Hanzal, and idea of how technology and Levi Smith produced a film life interface with this to complement the pieces. piece,” Chun said. “It’s a The section created by performance instead of just Hanzal follows the story of a dance that is campy and two children who get locked kind of rompy.” in their basement after see- Christopher Masters, a ing their mother have sex second-year graduate stu- with a strange man. dent in dance, took a differ- They perform a televi- ent approach with his

The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 5B dailyiowan.com for more arts and culture 80 hours All the way Hamlet untightened The UI Theatre Department presents a modernized version of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. back to the ’90s By JULIA JESSEN struggle and to succeed [email protected] A Hamlet and to survive,” she said. Comedian Dave Coulier will come to Iowa City on Shakespeare’s work still The University of Iowa When: 8 p.m. Dec. 1-3, Dec. draws people into his Friday for the last show in this fall’s Campus Activities Theatre Department’s pro- 6-10, and 2 p.m., Dec. 4 world today, and allusions duction of A Hamlet will Where: Theatre Building to Hamlet permeate our Board comedy series. surprise Shakespeare Thayer Theatre modern culture from books lovers who are more famil- Admission: $17, $12 for to television shows to iar with Hamlet clad in movies. tights and clutching a senior citizens, $10 for youth, $5 for UI students “We were all joking that skull. once you started working “It’s kind of a contempo- on this play, you can’t rary Hamlet,” said Lauren escape the references to Brickman, who plays ing Shakespeare buffs and Hamlet that are out there,” Gertrude in the play. It Shakespeare novices. Brickman said. “Even in will open at 8 p.m. today in the new Muppet movie the Theatre Building’s “Before I started work- ing on this production, I that came out, they make Thayer Theatre. a reference to Hamlet.” The third-year M.F.A. was a little afraid and Macvey said A Hamlet is actor said the production scared of Shakespeare in only one glimpse into the will feel more like a general, and now it’s complicated world of rehearsal than a polished become really attainable,” Shakespeare’s work, and performance. The actors he said. “I really enjoy it.” the reason it has the title will perform on a simple Macvey said Shake- A Hamlet is because it stage with sets that don’t speare transcends time might be one of many that appear to be finished, audience members see in wearing street clothes and and is still so beloved by audiences because he had their lives. using such props as guns “No one production can and iPhones. the ability to understand “Full House” star Dave Coulier will perform a comedy show at 10 p.m. Friday in the IMU Main Lounge as contain the whole play,” Though the production what it means to be she said. “And so we’re part of the Campus Activities Board comedy series. Admission is $5. details might scandalize human and the ability to offering this up as one pos- theater purists, Brickman articulate that meaning in sible way of looking and By HANNAH KRAMER “I’ve been doing this for a says the core of A Hamlet his work. thinking about Hamlet, will be familiar. [email protected] “He gets to the essence and our hope is that this is really long time, and to me, COMEDY “The thing that remains a laugh is a laugh,” he said. of things, and those things one of many Hamlets you’ll Most people on the Uni- Dave Coulier is Shakespeare’s awesome “You don’t always have to language,” she said. “It’s are what it means to be get to see and hopefully versity of Iowa campus who have [bad] language in it.” When: 10 p.m. Friday still there.” alive, and what it means to enjoy.” grew up in the ’90s remem- Since his acting days on Where: IMU Main Lounge Sets, costumes, and ber the name Uncle Joey “Full House” from 1987 to Admission: $5 props are not the only and connect it to expert 1995, Coulier has contin- changed elements in this Bullwinkle impressions, ued his comedy career with version of Hamlet. The fun-loving pranks, and a standup acts as well as a Your Enthusiasm” mixed play is also radically con- plethora of Hawaiian new web series called with “Paparazzi” style. densed — running approx- shirts. “Can’t Get Arrested.” Campus Activities Board imately an hour and 45 The man behind the The web series is com- comedy director Kyle Allen minutes, compared with character of Joey Gladstone posed of five episodes that said this fall’s comedy the usual performance, from the ’90s family sitcom Coulier co-created, copro- series was one of the which can go for up to four “Full House” is Dave Couli- duced, and cowrote with board’s most popular hours. The content focuses er. And Coulier will bring Jordan Rozansky and oth- events of the semester, and more on the relationships, his comedic skill to the UI ers. He also starred in the the members hope for simi- cutting out the court this weekend and give a episodes with a small cast, lar success in the spring. intrigue and political ten- performance that will like- including some familiar Some of the acts that sions. ly make the audience nos- faces from his “Full House” proceeded Coulier in the Also different is the talgic. days, Jodie Sweetin and series were Keenan casting of Hamlet. In this “I’m really excited to Candace Cameron Bure. Thompson, Josh Blue, and production, the role is come to the university “We see each other quite played by a woman — because I know a lot of col- Heather McDonald. a bit,” Coulier said. “We “I think we’ve had a good however, she still plays the lege students have grown haven’t worked together role as a man. Theater lec- up watching ‘Full House,’ range of different comedi- since our ‘Full House’ days. ans who have come,” Allen turer Carol Macvey, the so it’s kind of a cool bonding I wanted to create some- said. “Each of them bring director of A Hamlet, said experience for me as well,” thing that could be fun and this was a great opportuni- kind of a different style.” Coulier said. different from ‘Full House.’ ty for a woman to perform Board members said He will perform a come- ” the role. dy show at 10 p.m. Friday The team created the Coulier is a fitting choice to “I think the role is so in the IMU Main Lounge as five-episode series in just finish off the series. great it kind of transcends part of the Campus Activi- four days during October. “I think this show is the genders, as far as I’m con- ties Board comedy series. “It ramped up very perfect way to finish off the cerned,” she said. Admission is $5. quickly, and I think based semester,” said board Presi- Senior theater major The comedian said his on that, I’m pretty proud of dent Kathleen Kuhar. “ Martin Kirchmeier, the standup shows are friendly what the final product is,” ‘Full House’ is our child- stage manager of the show, to any kind of audience and Coulier said. hood, it’s the ’90s for us, said he believes that this described his humor as The comedian described and everyone loved Uncle version is appealing for all funny without the “F- the humor of the show as a Joey and his Bullwinkle kinds of audiences, includ- bomb” aftertaste. combination of a “Curb impressions.” For more news, visit www.dailyiowan.com

6B - The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Thursday, December 1, 2011 80 hours dailyiowan.com for more arts and culture Homegrown love ARTS Iowa author Zachary Michael Jack will read from his recent book, Native Soulmate: A Season in Search of a Love Homegrown, at Prairie Lights on Friday. By HANNAH KRAMER [email protected]

Zachary Michael Jack has racked up some 219,000 miles on his Toy- ota Echo commuting back and forth between his home in Jones County, Iowa, and North Central College in Naperville, Ill. For Jack, these daily journeys are worth being able to live in the place he loves — Iowa. “I like the thinking and the stops along the way Indie-rock band White Rabbits is set to perform at the Mill, 120 E. Burlington St. at 8 p.m. Dec. 5. and the world as seen with pavement underneath Zachary Michael Jack will read from his newest book, Native Admission is $10. (Publicity photo) you,” Jack said. “Ever since Soulmate: A Season in Search of a Love Homegrown, at 5 p.m. I was a kid, I have enjoyed Saturday at Prairie Lights. Admission is free. White Rabbits to UI pianist to give Loveless brings the feeling of travel.” The author will read in the place where one play Mill holiday perform- country mix to Mill calls home. from his newest book, Zachary Michael Six-piece indie-rock band Native Soulmate: A Sea- Jack “It’s definitely him trying ance to take what’s here [in White Rabbits is based in Lydia Loveless uses punk influ- son in Search of a Love Brooklyn, N.Y., though it originat- ences to add style to her country Native Soulmate: Iowa] and harvest it,” Composer and pianist Dan Homegrown, at 5 p.m. Sat- ed in Columbia, Mo. The group has sound, making her anything but a urday at Prairie Lights, 15 Semken said. “He’s spent Knight said his composition The A Season in spent the better part of the last conventional songwriter. S. Dubuque St. Admission that growing season looking Christmas Oratorio is the best Search of a Love two years on the road. Her rich and powerful voice is free. for love. The homegrown work he’s ever done. White Rabbits will perform at can be heard at 9 p.m. Saturday Native Soulmate is a Homegrown aspect is kind of what this “It’s one of the few times in the Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., at 8 my life where I’ve had that kind at the Mill, 120 E. Burlington St. sequel to Jack’s work When: 5 p.m. Saturday story is about. He’s reveal- p.m. Dec. 5. Admission is $10. The of thing happen where I think Admission is $8. What Cheer, and he Where: Prairie Lights, 15 S. ing a lot about himself in Dubuque event is 19 and over after 10 p.m. that a few individual pieces from The 21-year-old was first intro- described it as a combina- this book, [and] that, to me, the Oratorio might be around tion of a love story, an Admission: Free During its current tour, which duced to music when she was liv- is to be admired.” began on Nov. 29 in New York, the after,” he said. “They have a ing on a farm in Ohio as a child. adventure story, and an Another aspect of Jack’s chance of being standards.” exploration of current band has had a performance The Christmas Oratorio will Her father owned a country- writing that Semken finds scheduled every night for nearly music bar, so she was continually issues that concern rural valuable is that he pro- première at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in and small-town Iowa and two weeks. the Coralville Center for the surrounded by the sounds of gui- vides an example of stories the Midwest. It has toured with such notable Performing Arts, 1301 Fifth St. tars and banjos. Many of the just been places that we worth telling about Iowa. “One of those issues is have responded to emotion- acts as the Walkmen, Interpol, Tickets are $20 for the general musicians stayed with her family the courtship process that ally, and then we go ahead He said it proves to aspir- and Spoon. public, $15 for students and sen- while they were in town to per- folks who choose to live in and make those other com- ing writers that moving White Rabbits has performed iors. form, and it showed her what the rural face, particularly mitments — one of which is away from “home” is not an at major music festivals as The composition is a mixture music business was like. writing about it.” of jazz and classical music involv- young people,” Jack said. necessary part of finding Lollapallooza, Austin City Limits, As Loveless got older, she Dean and Jack met sev- inspiration. ing Knight on the piano joined by “The book deals with, and eral years ago through and Voodoo Music Experience. It faculty vocalists from the decided to leave her country looks at, and explores in a “One of the important roots behind and head to the city. Steve Semken, a publisher things to me, what I am formed in 2004, and the group University of Iowa and a narrator. participatory way — not with Ice Cube Press who She then fell in love with the able to realize in my writ- has released two albums, Fort When Knight sent the music to spouting statistics, but has worked with both Nightly (2007) and It’s Frightning the university, he expected to sounds and rhythms of punk [it’s] more of a hypothesis.” writers. ing life, is a kind of com- mitment to a place and a (2009). It is scheduled to release have a few undergraduates will- music and realized it was an ele- Iowa is the subject of Semken described Jack ment that she wanted to incorpo- set of a concerns that I con- a new album in 2012. ing to participate, but the School much of Jack’s work. He as determined and rate. She looked at the work of unswerving, yet adaptive tinue to live and will prob- The band is unique in that it of Music faculty members said he has a long-stand- Charles Bukowski, Richard Hell, to change. He said Native ably continue to live for employs a two-drummer lineup, enjoyed it so much that they did- ing relationship with the Soulmate teaches how to the rest of my life,” Jack and Hank III while figuring out state, being a seventh-gen- making for rhythmically intense n’t want to pass it along to their live the best way possible said. students. what her musical style would be. eration Iowan, and he and high-energy live shows. — by Samantha Gentry wants to use writing as a — by Jordan Montgomery — by Julia Jessen way to learn about Iowa and develop a clear-eyed view of what it is. “What I find in my writ- ing about Iowa is that I am in that tradition but in a new generation,” Jack said. “My answer my be different or pitched in a [different] way, but my problems are the same. I’m not unique, I am [part of] a larger pattern, and a larger patchwork … I find that really comforting.” The concept of place translates to Jack’s life as an educator as well. He teaches classes in creative writing and demographics and place at North Cen- tral College. Tom Dean, the Univer- sity of Iowa senior presi- dential writer and editor, similarly teaches classes in the Leisure Studies Department on place, and he is a friend of Jack. “I think a connection to place is very important for people emotionally; it is an emotional commitment that we all have,” Dean said. “Not all people admit they have it … but I think for me, and for Zachary, too, Iowa and the Midwest have The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 7B APARTMENT REAL ESTATE FOR RENT PROFESSIONALS

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• These beds are so uncomfortable. How’s a lady Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011 supposed to take a nap in horoscopes — by Eugenia Last here? ARIES March 21-April 19 Not everything will be visible. Step back, and observe what everyone else is doing. Don’t — Trisha Spence pees out of her let your heart rule your head, especially if money is involved. A good decision will be based on fact and prac- arm twice a week. ticality. Make your move cautiously.

TAURUS April 20-May 20 Open your heart, and share your thoughts and plans for the future with someone you feel you can trust. The input you get will help you make up your mind and move forward. A chance to advance is more promising than you think.

GEMINI May 21-June 20 Anger will mount if you are too pushy or you exaggerate the facts. An unexpected turn of events or last-minute change will leave you in the lurch. You’ll have to think fast and cover up for something or someone.

CANCER June 21-July 22 Put love first. Whether it’s love for someone special or for something you do, put in your best effort, and you will not be disappointed. You can stabilize your future if you are responsible and attentive. Protect your home, family, and partnerships.

LEO July 23-Aug. 22 Have fun, but don’t overspend, or you will have regrets. A change of scenery or pace will lift your spirits. Getting together with people who can offer you information, adventure or a unique variation to your lifestyle will encourage positive change.

VIRGO Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Bide your time, and hold your thoughts. Sharing your true feelings will only lead to an argu- ment you cannot win. Focus on love, learning, and self-improvement, and look at your personal options. Love rules, anger loses.

LIBRA Sept. 23-Oct. 22 Say what’s on your mind. You may not please everyone, but you will have the edge when it comes to support. A change is inevitable, so don’t fear the outcome. Be honest, elegant, and true to you. Money is on the way.

SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Love will bring insightful ideas and plans to the forefront. Share with someone you believe in and you will prosper. Be honest about your feelings, and don’t let ulterior motives steer you in the wrong direction.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Don’t get flustered by what others do or say. Pursue your own opportunities and don’t look back. You don’t need anyone else to bring about the changes that will put you in a better position for the future.

CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Opportunity knocks; be ready to take advantage of what’s being offered. Alterations to your home or living arrangements look positive and can bring financial stability. Don’t hesitate. Grab what’s yours.

AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Let your imagination flow, especially when making changes at work that will allow you to get more done with better results. A partnership will inspire you to resurrect old ideas and plans. Don’t let emotions hold you back.

PISCES Feb. 19-March 20 Stick to your priorities, and forget about emotional temptation. You have to do a good job for the right reasons. Ulterior motives and dishonesty are present in you or someone else and should be monitored carefully.

ON THE STREET What would you do if you saw a police officer getting assaulted?

‘Realistically, I’d proba- ‘I’d probably call 911. It bly watch and say, probably depends on “Hey, you probably the situation.’ shouldn’t do that,” or Hannah Graber something.’ UI sophomore James Adams UI junior

‘I would be offended. I ‘I honestly would proba- don’t know what I bly call 911. I’d ask would do to help the pedestrians around me, officer, maybe call and say, “Do you guys another officer. I’d call see what’s happening?” for help. If they’re being I’d definitely seek help. assaulted, that’s kicking For sure.’ our own society.’ Korri Nickels Sarah Maxwell UI junior UI senior