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this June, so when you go or have seen Sage Steele on through something like that ESPN … It’s no longer unusual you feel the pressure to do to have women. We are a part Amplifysomething in the health care of this group, and we have 4Afield. shown that we belong.” Sports media Although more women are This week, the FDA issued emergency-use authorization for a single-dose Johnson and Johnson vaccine. making their way into the sports media field, the fear of being harassed on social not just for men media doesn’t stop. Accord- ing to a 2014 report by the In- tion, there are two reporters as the percentage of women ternational Women’s Media Women in sports media share stories that identify as women out sports reporters has stayed the Foundation, nearly one-third about their experiences in a traditionally of 10 sports reporters in the same since 2012. of female journalists consider print sports section. Women Leah Vann was named the leaving the profession because male-dominated field. are more represented in DITV new Cedar Rapids Gazette Io- of online attacks and threats. sports, as over half of DITV wa football beat reporter in Contributed “I have never once felt BY CHLOE PETERSON leaders in the newsroom.” sports staffers — five out of January, making her the first Leah Vann threatened by any athlete that [email protected] The number of women nine — are women. woman in more than 20 years I’ve had to work with,” Kayser sports media professionals Anna Kayser worked for to be on the sports desk of the “But my heart and soul has said. “But it never really leaves Hawkeye sports were hot in continues to be far below that the DI starting in fall 2017 as Gazette and the only woman always been in sports,” she the back of your mind that if the 1990s. Dan Gable and the of men, and many women a sports reporter. Eventually, on the Hawkeye football beat said. an athlete or a coach or some- BY LILLIAN POULSEN Iowa wrestling team won sev- are subject to spurs of doubt in the state. Vann graduated So, she started working at body has your phone number, issued an emergency use Johnson and Johnson was College of Medicine Pat Wi- Moderna vaccines, some en NCAA titles, and C. Vivian and harassment by their male from the Medill School of Jour- The Daily Texan her junior year that could happen.” Stringer coached the 1992-93 counterparts. But those wom- nalism at Northwestern with a of college and found a job in While Vann was a prep Iowa women’s basketball team en who have been successful in master’s degree in journalism sports writing with the Globe sports reporter in Colorado, to the most dominant finish in the industry say the challenges in June 2020. Gazette in Mason City, Iowa, she was harassed and stalked program history — the Final were worth it and serve as role “I knew the next step in my after she graduated. She then by a parent of a high school Four of the NCAA Tourna- models for those coming be- career was to be a college foot- moved on to be the sports ed- athlete she was covering. [email protected] authorization for the third approved after a thorough nokur, who is UI Hospital have speculated that the hind them. ball beat writer,” Vann said. itor of the Steamboat Pilot & To- “I think he found me attrac- “I’ve been very lucky to work “And I don’t know if I’m going day in Colorado, before attend- tive,” Vann said. “Which is dis- with editors that made diversi- to stay in college football … but ing Northwestern and getting turbing, since his son is closer ty in the newsroom a priority,” with two years of professional the job she has today with the in age to me than I am to him. Scott said. “Working at the experience and a graduate de- Gazette. So, he did call my office, and Dallas Morning News, and then gree, I knew it was what I was Vann’s hiring was a long tell me that I had a ‘rockin’ USA Today, I’ve always felt like qualified to do.” time coming. In Scott’s almost body’ and that he would like to vaccine for the prevention of analysis of the data, includ- and Clinics’ lead vaccine re- older vaccines could only Anna Kayser our leadership has been very Vann received her under- three decades of take me fishing.” supportive of having diverse she became the sports editor graduate degree in biology at experience as a woman of As more and more wom- voices and editors who tell all and edited the DI’s weekly Fri- the University of Texas at Aus- color in sports media, she’s en slowly trickle into the the stories, so they reflect our day football special edition for tin — her home state — but noticed how the industry has sports-media industry, it’ll audience and the people we the fall 2019 semester before realized halfway through her shifted. become easier for women to are writing about.” graduation. college career that she wanted “Now, I think it’s not at all be widely accepted by athletes, But not all women working “You kind of have to find to be a sports writer instead of unusual to see women in the fans, and other media organi- Public health experts in COVID-19. Iowa will receive ing an analysis of 43,783 par- searcher, said UIHC plans to require one dose to be effec- in sports media have been as your own way,” Kayser said. a doctor. After battling cancer press box or in the locker room zations as professional jour- lucky as Scott. UI graduate “Being with the sports section, as a child, she felt pulled to the interviewing players after nalists. Contributed Kimberly Bates grew up loving you have to deal with things medical world, although it was games,” Scott said. “Just be- But for now, Kayser stresses Roxanna Scott sports, and knew she wanted that the guys don’t have to deal not truly something cause there are more women leaning on coworkers that sup- to work in sports, specifically with a lot of the time.” she wanted to do. who have seen Leslie Visser on port women unequivocally. ment. with Major League Baseball. Kayser noted a specific in- “I was going the sideline of an NFL “I met some of my best Johnson County recommend 25,600 doses of the Johnson ticipants in a placebo-con- continue distributing vac- tive. As a University of Iowa stu- The summer before her fi- stance in her first year cover- to go to medical game, friends at the DI, when I start- dent and Daily Iowan sports nal year at Iowa, Bates took ing Iowa wrestling — star Iowa school,” Vann said. ed with the sports section,” reporter, Roxanna Scott was an internship with a collegiate wrestler Spencer Lee was side- “I went through a Kayser said. “I found that right in the middle of it. summer baseball team as its lined with kidney stones, and lot of medical those guys always had my Scott, now the sports man- on-field host. She was one of nobody knew if he was going stuff as a kid, back, on everything that aging editor for USA Today, two female interns in a room to be able to wrestle in the up- I’m a cancer happened.” followed Stringer and the Iowa full of male interns. The first coming meet. After Lee made survivor of people get one of the three and Johnson vaccine. It’ll be trolled study in South Africa. cines as they become avail- While this may turn out to women’s basketball team to At- day she was with the team, the it into the probable lineup for almost 10 years lanta, where the Final Four was general manager pulled her the meet, she wrote a brief at held. For Scott, it was her first and the other female intern the direction of her editors, experience with national news. aside to talk about something but was scrutinized by a male “At that time, when I start- he found important to only journalist at a wrestling press ed off that season, I did not them. conference. think that was where we’d end “I was accused of only get- “He basically just called me FDA-approved COVID-19 allocated to 17 Iowa counties With guidance from the able to eligible populations. ‘ be the case, Winokur said, up,” Scott said. “I just remem- ber seeing the coverage on a national level of a team that I I was accused of only getting the had been following all season — it was just surreal to me … internship because I wanted to sleep with the I think it just gave me an idea baseball players. vaccine as soon as it’s avail- that have larger 1B priority Centers for Disease Con- Because of Johnson and there’s not enough data to of how to cover a large event, and what the national media was like.” — UI graduate Kimberly Bates And in the 90s, Scott was lucky enough to have women ting the internship because I out for writing to look up to in the DI sports wanted to sleep with the base- that brief,” Kay- section. She worked among ball players,” Bates said. “That ser said. “And able, regardless of brand. group populations — not in- trol and Prevention and the Johnson introducing a sin- support this speculation. the likes of Melissa Isaacson was the first thing that the GM was like ‘You have — who covered the Chicago had to tell me and the only oth- no idea what you’re talking Bulls in its 1990s reign over the er girl intern — that there’s no about or what’s important be- NBA for the Chicago Tribune — flirting, talking to, or sleeping cause you’re a woman.’” and Kris Wiley, Scott’s former with the baseball players.” According to a 2018 re- sports editor. Closer to home, women port of about 75 different sports-media companies do- On Feb. 28, the U.S. Food cluding Johnson County. FDA, Executive Dean of the gle-dose vaccine, as opposed “[Wiley], of course, was a fe- sports journalists at the DI also male sports editor, and some- recognized some of their ex- ne by the Institute for Diver- one I very much looked up to,” periences are not the same as sity and Ethics in Sport, only Scott said. “... I think it’s not their male peers. 10 percent of sports reporters just having sports colleagues According to a recent survey at the time were women. The to look up to who are female, done by the DI, 72 percent of report also included the fifth Illustration by Paige Ho SEE J&J, 2 and who can be your allies and staffers in the DI newsroom consecutive ‘F’ for gender hir- and Drug Administration The Janssen vaccine from University of Iowa Carver to the two-dose Pfizer and supporters, but also having the are women. In the sports sec- ing practices in sports media,

Calendar AmplifyVirtual Community | Sports Events on Campus media: Tuesday, March 9 @ 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.: Latinx/a/o Tuesday, March 16 @ 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.: Latinx Student Support Council Monthly Meeting

Thursday, March 11 @ 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.: UI Latinx Tuesday, March 16 @ 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.: World Council Monthly “Meet and Eat” Canvass: COVID Care for Marginalized and Vulnerable not just for menPopulations Saturday, March 13 @ 10:00 a.m.: Womxn’s Summit Saturday, March 20 @ 3:00 p.m.: Womxn’s Summit Weekend 1 Embroidery Workshop led by Kalhina Creations MenSaturday, have March 13 @ 6:00 p.m.: Womxn’salways Summit beenFriday, March 26 @ 5:00 p.m.around to 6:00 p.m.: Imposter Weekend 1 Community Dinner Syndrome, An Experience of Many Among Us to Diversity, write Equity, and Inclusion about Internal Committee the latestWhat is Amplify? in Sarah Watson Kate Doolittle Kelsey Harrell Caleb McCullough Hannah Pinski Amplify is the Daily Iowan’s community. It looks to heighten Alexandra Skores Josie Fischels Mary Hartel Molly Milder Ally Pronina community section, focusing on voices within our audience, and topics and features surround- provide an opportunity for our Cesar Perez Katie Goodale Eleanor Elizabeth Neruda Jenna Post ing culture within the Iowa City readers to engage with the DI. sports.Shivansh Ahuja Austin Hanson ButHildebrandt Sophia as Perez Julia the Shanahan years have passed, more and more wom- Navigating the vaccine maze en have been trailblazing their way through the sports media The Iowa City Senior Center, including student interns, are helping older Iowans sign up for a vaccine. industry, paving the way for women behind them. Roxanna Scott is one of those people – as an Asian-American woman, she started in sports in the 90s and never looked back. 1B

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80 Hours | Writers’ Work- shop alum shares writing process and inspiration for bestselling novel For three years, Iowa Writers’ Workshop alum Kiley Reid worked in an office as a re- ceptionist. Now, she’s the New York Times bestselling author of Such a Fun Age, a novel that satirizes the white pursuit of wokeness. Grace Smith/The Daily Iowan Senior Center Coordinator, LaTasha DeLoach, poses for a portrait outside of The Center Senior Center in Iowa City on Monday. DeLoach coordinated an outreach phone bank at the Senior Center where they schedule vaccine appointments for older community members.

BY LILY ROSEN MARVIN in phase 1B, which includes K-12 teachers, first re- ment. [email protected] sponders, and Iowans 65 and older. Although vac- In recent weeks, student interns at the Iowa City cine appointments opened for Iowans in phase 1B Senior center have become a resource for seniors as As more vaccines become available to older Io- on Feb. 1, health officials warned that it could take they navigate a complicated and decentralized ap- wans, University of Iowa student interns at the Io- months to fully vaccinate the group. Officials ex- pointment system in hopes of getting a COVID-19 wa City Senior Center have become a resource for pect all adults to be eligible by April. Older Iowans vaccine. older adults navigating the process. who aren’t digital natives may face barriers if they Johnson County is currently vaccinating people don’t know where to look online for an appoint- SEE VACCINE, 2

WEB University of Iowa Revitalizing South Side business ‘working to develop’ Safety comments in-person graduation op- Advocates move on a self-supported municipal improvement district. tion open to public In a campus-wide email sent on Monday, the University of Iowa announced that staff are Previously open only to campus, working on creating an in-per- the a campus safety committee is son option to celebrate gradu- ation for spring 2021 graduates, accepting public feedback. changing course from earlier plans to hold all-virtual cele- BY DREW SULLIVAN brations. [email protected] The format will allow graduates to celebrate “while practicing The University of Iowa Reimagining Campus the university’s guidelines for Safety committee is now accepting feedback from social distancing and manda- the public about campus security after previously tory face coverings” the update only allowing students, faculty, and staff to provide stated. The UI will announce ad- feedback and view proposals to changes to the UI Po- ditional details by March 19. lice Department. Go to dailyiowan.com to The committee has developed three potential sys- read more. tems. Two virtual town halls were held in February, which were only available to those with a HawkID. Feedback is open until Friday — then the committee plans to analyze feedback and make a recommenda- tion to UI President Bruce Harreld on the path for- 2021 ward for campus safety. As previously reported by The Daily Iowan, the majority of students who attended the town halls fa- vored a holistic model. That model states that UI Po- Jeff Sigmund/Daily Iowan lice Department would only intervene if there were Some of the available units at Pepperwood Plaza are seen on Monday. The plaza is located at Hwy. 6 East. Iowa City. threats of serious harm and would divert service calls to other professionals. BY MARY HARTEL President of the South District Neighborhood Executive Director of the Iowa Freedom of In- [email protected] Association and improvement district Committee formation Council Randy Evans said while making Chair Angie Jordan said during a presentation last the feedback available to all was the right call, the UI Community organizers and business owners week that the purpose of the improvement district is should have opened up feedback to the community are pushing grassroots efforts forward to create a to spur economic growth, to enhance infrastructure, sooner, as alumni, sporting event attendees, and Io- Tune in for LIVE Self-Supported Municipal Improvement District in and create a space to come together to collectively wa City residents could be affected by the change. updates Iowa City’s South Side district, which representa- hold events and increase marketing. “There are people in Iowa City who are on campus Watch for campus and city tives say will “revitalize the community and stimu- “I love that we don’t have to recreate the wheel every day who aren’t students or aren’t employed by news, weather, and Hawkeye sports coverage every day at late business.” with the SSMID,” Jordan said. “One already exists — the university,” Evans said. “All of these people were A Self-Supported Municipal Improvement Dis- the downtown district.” being kept in the dark, and they have a stake in what dailyiowan.com. trict is a tool that communities use to collectively Taking the downtown district’s model and tailor- campus security will look like going forward. They create economic growth and enhance a specific geo- ing it to the Pepperwood Plaza area will be reflective were not being allowed to know what was being dis- graphic location’s livability and infrastructure by and beneficial for the South Side of Iowa City dis- cussed or to offer their feedback.” implementing a SSMID levy on commercial proper- ties within the boundaries. SEE REVITALIZE, 2 SEE FEEDBACK, 2 2A NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2021

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navigate the internet portion March 8, Reynolds said the to call to receive assistance was able to assist one of the one asks,” Sands said. Help VACCINE of [signing up] and the tech- state will launch a 211 number scheduling vaccine. seniors in scheduling their if family members or friends CONTINUED FROM FRONT nology portion.” for Iowans over the age of 65 Meegan added that she vaccine who wouldn’t have who are of the older genera- Meegan said she was able otherwise been able to. tion will ask the younger gen- Senior Center Coordinator to help seniors schedule their “That was really great, and eration.” LaTasha DeLoach said her appointment and answer the the person that I scheduled DeLoach added that young- staff recently participated in COVID-19 screening ques- had no idea how they would er people can help their older an outreach campaign to help tions, provide them with in- have gotten their vaccine, relatives get the vaccine by re- get Senior Center members formation about transporta- so they were super excited,” searching any opportunities signed up for vaccine ap- tion to vaccination sites, and Meegan said. they hear about to make sure pointments. ensure they know the social UI social work practicum they are not scams. “The role that we played distancing protocols for their master’s student Julie Sands, “Check it out first before was really just getting people appointment. who interns at the Senior sending [vaccine informa- that information,” said Pais- Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds Center and assisted with the tion] to an older parent or ley Meegan, UI senior and announced the launch of a vaccine outreach, said young- older family member. And student intern at the Senior COVID-19 vaccination infor- er family members can help check in on them after they Center. “We are able to make mation website last week. It their older relatives by look- have the vaccine,” she said. calls to people and sign them won’t allow Iowans to make ing for vaccine appointments “Just give them a call and up for their vaccine. Everyone appointments directly on the for them. make sure they’re OK because was super thankful for that website but can connect peo- Grace Smith/The Daily Iowan “It’s just basically being that second dose is kind of a and I think it’s also difficult to ple with area providers. By The Center Senior Center is seen in Iowa City on Monday. willing to help when some- whammy on folks.”

that improvement districts do executive director, adminis- ideas for years, Jordan said, have to pay more for the tax, given to business owners, it REVITALIZE not apply to residential areas, tration, organizational plan, and these ideas are consistent it will be worth it. is kind of like an investment,” CONTINUED FROM FRONT which is why the improve- and more, she said. with what the district would “It’s not something that’s Lard said. ment district committee is Businesses within the geo- bring to the community. trict, Jordan said. looking to create the district graphic boundaries of the After the presentation, sev- The improvement district in a commercial area. district can expect to pay their eral community members ex- would encompass the ar- The funds for the improve- property valuation divided by pressed concern with how the ea south of Highway 6, East ment district are generated 1,000 and multiplied by a $5 improvement district would to West between Broadway yearly by a taxable assessed levy rate Bird said, initially for affect affordable housing and Street and Keokuk Street, and value of qualified properties, five years. commercial real estate. ending south of Cross Park Bird said. Right now, she said the Advocates for the district Avenue before Sandusky Av- “So, it’s essentially like a process is in the outreach and said they cannot preserve enue. SSMID tax that will be applied engagement phase with all affordability by investing in The Pepperwood Plaza is against your property valua- property owners and the com- other neighborhoods. the ideal area for the district, tion,” Bird said. mittee is gathering petition Pepperwood Plaza business Jordan said, as it has a lot of For a petition to move for- signatures. owner of JD Beauty Supply underutilized commercial ward, Bird said, it will require The tax would be imple- Tasha Lard said that she sup- and parking areas and is close property owner and Iowa City mented beginning July 1, ports creating the improve- to many residents. City Council approval. 2022, Bird said. ment district. “It is that gateway, it’s that The Self-Supported Mu- Perks of having this Lard said the improvement ideal commercial connection nicipal Improvement District self-supported district would district would be beneficial between the neighborhood organization operates as a include free WiFi, branding, not just for her as a business and more of the commercial 501(c)6, with a board of mem- and wayfinding; an open mar- owner, but it will operate as towards the west,” Jordan bers established and with ket structure to support exist- a tool in uplifting the whole said. agreement with the city, Bird ing cultural markets; cultural South District of Iowa City. The district overlaps a lot said. pedestrian connections; and It would also help with of the City of Iowa City’s plan The proposed budget for collaboration among commu- wayfinding, Lard said, - put for development and supports getting the project established nities, Jordan said. ting Pepperwood Plaza on the further growth, Jordan said. to meet the first year’s plan is The neighborhood has held map. Iowa City Downtown Dis- roughly $122,000, Bird said. consistent meetings to brain- Lard said she believes that trict Director Nancy Bird said Expenses include funding an storm new opportunities and even though businesses may

American students on cam- Mohamed said she is glad said. “Decisions are not just FEEDBACK pus. Black students make up the university is asking for made without campus com- Motorcycle Tips: Parking CONTINUED FROM FRONT 3.1 percent of UI’s enrollment. public feedback. munity feedback.” But according to data released Vice President for Student Hansen said the commit- • University motorcycle permits allow Following George Floyd’s this fall, Black people were in Life Sarah Hansen, who leads tee’s next step after March 5 death, police brutality has 38 percent of documented in- the Reimagining Campus is to compile and analyze the motorcycles, mopeds and scooters to become a forefront debate na- cidents of use of force by the Safety Action Committee, feedback. park in all University motorcycle lots. tionwide. In Iowa City, the Io- UI police. said community feedback is “We have just massive wa Freedom Riders advocate “[The current campus secu- essential. amounts of feedback and [we • Always park in motorcycle lots; led protests to restructure the rity system] harasses African The committee has reached will] look at the themes of that UI Police Department and the Americans constantly down- out to a large audience, in- feedback in order to formulate not bike racks or other areas. Iowa City Police Department. town, whether they are having cluding affinity alumni our final recommendations UI senior Ala Mohamed, a a night out at the bar or they groups, community partners, that will be sent to President • Going home for the summer? member of the Iowa Freedom are going to class,” Mohamed and students, Hansen said. [Bruce] Harreld,” Hansen Take it with you or get a summer permit. Riders, said reform is need- said. “When I look at that sys- “When you are a member of said. “From there, it will really ed because current policing tem, the only thing I am see- a university community, we be a matter of identifying any institutes and practices dis- ing is the police who aren’t have a very strong culture of next steps and what a timeline transportation.uiowa.edu proportionately affect African really catering to BIPOC.” shared governance,” Hansen would be for any changes.” THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2021 3A Opinions COLUMN University bonds one reason for inflated tuition The practice of university-issued bonds has created an unsustainable growth in tuition

BY JACOB MILLER In contrast, it was not the same time, universities their margins, making the If we are to go forward If we do nothing at all, I [email protected] more than two generations are paying for recurring and entire sector considered less with a proposal like this, it fear universities will con- ago that college could be fixed expenses like salaries stable. That point is high- will be important to keep tinue to kick the can of debt We are in a student-debt paid for in grants and money and maintenance which in- lighted by Moody’s Investors in mind the practices that down the road. This will crisis more severe than any someone made from a sum- flate as their campuses ex- Service, which reported that got us here and strive not to leave future generations other in history, and it’s driv- mer job — something akin to pand. 30 percent of universities make the same mistakes. At of our kids and grandkids en by predatory spending a pipe dream for college stu- In essence, selling bonds were showing operation defi- the very least, this should stuck in the same impossible from bonds issued by uni- dents today. to fund higher-education cits in April 2020. include regulating or doing situation college students versities to finance building Tuition and fees have been campus development has The problem of increases away with the use of bonds are finding themselves in projects on campuses. Given on the rise for most colleges created a financial need for in higher-education tuition by public institutions. today. the impact of the pandem- and universities in the U.S. tuition increases because the is multi-faceted. It’s clear ic, it is now more important over the past few decades. amount of money it takes that although there is strong than ever to reconsider how For example, college tuition to keep the university afloat evidence to support the claim we are financing higher edu- and fees estimates for in- and expanding is also in- that university-issued bonds cation from the point of view state residents in the College creasing. have contributed to the in- of institutions and public of Liberal Arts and Scienc- The selling of bonds by creases, the student-debt policy. es at the University of Iowa colleges and universities has problem is not something Research by Louise Seam- have risen from $1,602 in also become more precarious that can be rectified by only ster, a University of Iowa as- 2000 to $4,802 in 2021, an in- given the impact COVID-19 addressing one issue. sistant professor of sociology crease of nearly 200 percent. has had on enrollment and During the 2020 election and criminology and African According to Seamster, a has caused a decrease in there were ample proposals American studies, and col- factor in rising tuition pric- overall federal and institu- to eliminate student debt leagues shows that it would es is the accumulation of tional aid received by univer- (either partially or in full). currently take $75,000 in debt accrued by universities sities. Recently, there have been student-debt cancellation to selling bonds. Universities The dip in funding is po- more serious considerations fully eliminate debt for more are then on the hook for tentially devastating for to eliminate at least $50,000 than 80 percent of Black, the debts they owe as those cash-strapped colleges al- of federal student debt per white, and Latinx families. bonds come to maturity. At ready riding very close to student. Photo Illustration by Raquele Decker.

COLUMN Lawmakers shouldn’t force our hands over our hearts Iowa legislators should not be concerned with students standing and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance daily, especially when there are other crises that need more attention. BY YASSIE BUCHANAN quired to stand and pledge distorting the meaning and to have discussions about the continue to struggle with this fied as having a high number [email protected] their allegiance to the Amer- origin. It’s important to un- true implications of liberty assertion. of COVID-19 cases. ican flag, they should also be derstand the origins of the and justice in this country to- Disparities between mi- While introducing the bill, A bill, sponsored by GOP required to learn about the pledge as well as how it has day and through history. norities and white people in Nordman said, “We don’t state Rep. Carter Nordman, history behind those words. evolved over time. The pledge was written in Iowa are incredibly stark. For pledge our allegiance to a of Adel, passed in the Iowa The original Pledge of Al- In addition, many LGTBQ 1892, a few decades after the example, this is clear looking government. We don’t pledge House requiring public and legiance was written by Min- students and students from Emancipation Proclamation at Iowa’s incarceration rate, our allegiance to a person or some private K-12 schools to ister Francis Bellamy in 1892. underrepresented groups was issued that abolished where 1.7 percent of all Black leader. We pledge our loyal- show the flag and recite the At that time, it was intended Iowans are incarcerated. In ty to an idea, the American Pledge of Allegiance every to be applicable to any nation. contrast, only 0.2 percent of idea.” day. Although many people In the original pledge, there Today, we aren’t asking people to honor white Iowans are. It’s con- I’m not sure what the have concerns, the bill had was no mention of God or the the original pledge because there have been cerning that we are more fo- American idea is, especial- support from both sides with United States. It was not un- cused on children mindlessly ly when legislators seem to claims of unifying the coun- til 1923 that the “United States amendments since distorting the meaning and reciting these words than be more focused on plead- try. of America” was added to the origin. there being any truth behind ing our loyalty to a flag and Having children mind- pledge. “Under God” was also them. micromanaging education lessly recite the Pledge of added later to the pledge by feel disenfranchised in this slavery. This was also right in In addition to the faulty than protecting and sup- Allegiance daily does not President Dwight Eisenhow- country. When encouraging the midst of segregation and origins and meaning of the porting Iowans. The Pledge institute more unity or en- er because of fears of atheist students to recite statements Jim Crow laws, which were pledge, Iowa has more press- of Allegiance is thought to courage critical thinking. It communism. like “liberty and justice for not abolished until the 1960s. ing issues it needs to be fac- be a means of unity and merely drives students to re- Today, we aren’t asking all” daily, we should be rec- There was no such thing as ing. According to the New pride for Americans when cite weightless words that are people to honor the original ognizing how this statement “liberty and justice for all” at York Times COVID-19 tracker, in reality many minorities more than a century old. pledge because there have doesn’t apply to all Ameri- the time the pledge was orig- Iowa is among several other struggle with inequality and If students are being re- been amendments since cans. Students should be able inally written, and today we states who have been identi- injustice.

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Students should be more aware of and Learn about UI literary magazines learn about literary magazines on campus.

BY SIGNE NETTUM various ways I tried to further a position on the editorial Chapbook Prize was a class, nection. But he commented double sided, of flash fiction [email protected] myself after one high school board, and only first-years I went in search of other on the lack of connection in and poems. Other magazines creative writing class. can submit. There is the ex- non-student organization various organizations and publish books once or twice As an up-and-coming New As a bumbling freshman, I ception of the alumni section, publications. I learned my how “having different lit mags an academic year. York Times Best Selling au- knew little about publications where if you have been previ- sophomore year there were collaborate on projects and I found all of these maga- thor — hey, it could happen outside of the campus news- ously published in the maga- three publication classes that events would be super cool zines because I had an inter- someday — I constantly try to paper. Then, I found Ink Lit zine, have been on the edito- had a rotating magazine pub- and would help them gain est in them. When I learned get my foot into the proverbi- Mag, one of the various liter- rial board, or have lived in the lished every spring semester: traction and more readers about the limitations in ma- al door of the writing world. ary magazines on campus. It Writer’s LLC, you can submit Metal mag, Mirror mag, and and members.” ny of them — published once Coming to the University of is a first-year only magazine past your first year. Spect mag published prior to New Moon editor-in-chief, a semester, people stayed Iowa for English and creative which means only first-year Because of these criteria, I the pandemic. Patchwork, Ze- Nicholas Runyon is informed on the editorial board until writing degree was one of the students can apply to hold had to find more magazines nith, and Sanct just had their on the topic of literary maga- graduation — I went out and on campus. The oldest literary publications last semester, zines on campus. He learned started my own: Horizon Mag- review magazine on campus, and Patchwork and Zenith are about magazines from a tour azine. We are a rotating staff Earthwords, now has pub- continuing to pursue further guide, but information about that explicitly hires those lished 40 issues. There is also publications outside of the the organization wasn’t the who have had no prior expe- Fools, a culture and art mag- class. The National Associa- easiest to access. rience within magazines. azine that combines literary tion of Black Journalists puts “I needed to look them People outside of the En- pieces submitted by students out a semesterly publication, up and seek them out to get glish and creative writing and art pieces curated spe- NURU, and another publica- more information,” Runyon community should learn cifically for the pieces. I did tion Black Art; Real Stories said. about and submit to mag- not discover Boundless nor the aims to uplift Black storytell- After being a student on azines. Go outside of your Iowa Chapbook Prize until ers. campus for almost two aca- comfort zone and have peo- my sophomore year. Bound- Simon Richael, a double demic years, he established ple read your work. Maga- less translates pieces into major in English and creative New Moon as a way to devel- zines are always looking for different languages and the writing and journalism and op a new type of distribution. fresh and new pieces to read. Chapbook prize is a Spring mass communications, knew New Moon, unlike the rest Who knows, your piece semester class run by Daniel about literary magazines of magazines on campus, is could end up forever memo- Abigail McDaniel/The Daily Iowan Khalatchi. before coming to campus a once-monthly magazine rialized on campus in a mag- The English-Philosophy Building is seen on Aug. 26, 2020. Once I discovered that the through an older sibling con- that publishes a single page, azine.

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this June, so when you go or have seen Sage Steele on through something like that ESPN … It’s no longer unusual you feel the pressure to do to have women. We are a part Amplifysomething in the health care of this group, and we have field. shown that we belong.” Sports media Although more women are making their way into the sports media field, the fear of being harassed on social not just for men media doesn’t stop. Accord- ing to a 2014 report by the In- tion, there are two reporters as the percentage of women ternational Women’s Media Women in sports media share stories that identify as women out sports reporters has stayed the Foundation, nearly one-third about their experiences in a traditionally of 10 sports reporters in the same since 2012. of female journalists consider print sports section. Women Leah Vann was named the leaving the profession because male-dominated field. are more represented in DITV new Cedar Rapids Gazette Io- of online attacks and threats. sports, as over half of DITV wa football beat reporter in Contributed “I have never once felt BY CHLOE PETERSON leaders in the newsroom.” sports staffers — five out of January, making her the first Leah Vann threatened by any athlete that [email protected] The number of women nine — are women. woman in more than 20 years I’ve had to work with,” Kayser sports media professionals Anna Kayser worked for to be on the sports desk of the “But my heart and soul has said. “But it never really leaves Hawkeye sports were hot in continues to be far below that the DI starting in fall 2017 as Gazette and the only woman always been in sports,” she the back of your mind that if the 1990s. Dan Gable and the of men, and many women a sports reporter. Eventually, on the Hawkeye football beat said. an athlete or a coach or some- Iowa wrestling team won sev- are subject to spurs of doubt in the state. Vann graduated So, she started working at body has your phone number, en NCAA titles, and C. Vivian and harassment by their male from the Medill School of Jour- The Daily Texan her junior year that could happen.” Stringer coached the 1992-93 counterparts. But those wom- nalism at Northwestern with a of college and found a job in While Vann was a prep Iowa women’s basketball team en who have been successful in master’s degree in journalism sports writing with the Globe sports reporter in Colorado, to the most dominant finish in the industry say the challenges in June 2020. Gazette in Mason City, Iowa, she was harassed and stalked program history — the Final were worth it and serve as role “I knew the next step in my after she graduated. She then by a parent of a high school Four of the NCAA Tourna- models for those coming be- career was to be a college foot- moved on to be the sports ed- athlete she was covering. hind them. ball beat writer,” Vann said. itor of the Steamboat Pilot & To- “I think he found me attrac- “I’ve been very lucky to work “And I don’t know if I’m going day in Colorado, before attend- tive,” Vann said. “Which is dis- with editors that made diversi- to stay in college football … but ing Northwestern and getting turbing, since his son is closer ty in the newsroom a priority,” with two years of professional the job she has today with the in age to me than I am to him. Scott said. “Working at the experience and a graduate de- Gazette. So, he did call my office, and Dallas Morning News, and then gree, I knew it was what I was Vann’s hiring was a long tell me that I had a ‘rockin’ time coming. In Scott’s almost body’ and that he would like to USA Today, I’ve always felt like Anna Kayser qualified to do.” our leadership has been very Vann received her under- three decades of take me fishing.” supportive of having diverse she became the sports editor graduate degree in biology at experience as a woman of As more and more wom- voices and editors who tell all and edited the DI’s weekly Fri- the University of Texas at Aus- color in sports media, she’s en slowly trickle into the the stories, so they reflect our day football special edition for tin — her home state — but noticed how the industry has sports-media industry, it’ll audience and the people we the fall 2019 semester before realized halfway through her shifted. become easier for women to are writing about.” graduation. college career that she wanted “Now, I think it’s not at all be widely accepted by athletes, But not all women working “You kind of have to find to be a sports writer instead of unusual to see women in the fans, and other media organi- in sports media have been as your own way,” Kayser said. a doctor. After battling cancer press box or in the locker room zations as professional jour- lucky as Scott. UI graduate “Being with the sports section, as a child, she felt pulled to the interviewing players after nalists. Contributed Kimberly Bates grew up loving you have to deal with things medical world, although it was games,” Scott said. “Just be- But for now, Kayser stresses Roxanna Scott sports, and knew she wanted that the guys don’t have to deal not truly something cause there are more women leaning on coworkers that sup- to work in sports, specifically with a lot of the time.” she wanted to do. who have seen Leslie Visser on port women unequivocally. ment. with Major League Baseball. Kayser noted a specific in- “I was going the sideline of an NFL “I met some of my best As a University of Iowa stu- The summer before her fi- stance in her first year cover- to go to medical game, friends at the DI, when I start- dent and Daily Iowan sports nal year at Iowa, Bates took ing Iowa wrestling — star Iowa school,” Vann said. ed with the sports section,” reporter, Roxanna Scott was an internship with a collegiate wrestler Spencer Lee was side- “I went through a Kayser said. “I found that right in the middle of it. summer baseball team as its lined with kidney stones, and lot of medical those guys always had my Scott, now the sports man- on-field host. She was one of nobody knew if he was going stuff as a kid, back, on everything that aging editor for USA Today, two female interns in a room to be able to wrestle in the up- I’m a cancer happened.” followed Stringer and the Iowa full of male interns. The first coming meet. After Lee made survivor of women’s basketball team to At- day she was with the team, the it into the probable lineup for almost 10 years lanta, where the Final Four was general manager pulled her the meet, she wrote a brief at held. For Scott, it was her first and the other female intern the direction of her editors, experience with national news. aside to talk about something but was scrutinized by a male “At that time, when I start- he found important to only journalist at a wrestling press ed off that season, I did not them. conference. think that was where we’d end “I was accused of only get- “He basically just called me up,” Scott said. “I just remem- ber seeing the coverage on a national level of a team that I I was accused of only getting the had been following all season — it was just surreal to me … internship because I wanted to sleep with the I think it just gave me an idea baseball players. of how to cover a large event, and what the national media was like.” — UI graduate Kimberly Bates And in the 90s, Scott was lucky enough to have women ting the internship because I out for writing to look up to in the DI sports wanted to sleep with the base- that brief,” Kay- section. She worked among ball players,” Bates said. “That ser said. “And the likes of Melissa Isaacson was the first thing that the GM was like ‘You have — who covered the Chicago had to tell me and the only oth- no idea what you’re talking Bulls in its 1990s reign over the er girl intern — that there’s no about or what’s important be- NBA for the Chicago Tribune — flirting, talking to, or sleeping cause you’re a woman.’” and Kris Wiley, Scott’s former with the baseball players.” According to a 2018 re- sports editor. Closer to home, women port of about 75 different “[Wiley], of course, was a fe- sports journalists at the DI also sports-media companies do- male sports editor, and some- recognized some of their ex- ne by the Institute for Diver- one I very much looked up to,” periences are not the same as sity and Ethics in Sport, only Scott said. “... I think it’s not their male peers. 10 percent of sports reporters just having sports colleagues According to a recent survey at the time were women. The to look up to who are female, done by the DI, 72 percent of report also included the fifth Illustration by Paige Ho and who can be your allies and staffers in the DI newsroom consecutive ‘F’ for gender hir- supporters, but also having the are women. In the sports sec- ing practices in sports media,

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Sarah Watson Kate Doolittle Kelsey Harrell Caleb McCullough Hannah Pinski Amplify is the Daily Iowan’s community. It looks to heighten Alexandra Skores Josie Fischels Mary Hartel Molly Milder Ally Pronina community section, focusing on voices within our audience, and topics and features surround- provide an opportunity for our Cesar Perez Katie Goodale Eleanor Elizabeth Neruda Jenna Post ing culture within the Iowa City readers to engage with the DI. Shivansh Ahuja Austin Hanson Hildebrandt Sophia Perez Julia Shanahan THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2021 SPORTS 5A

best we could to stay isolat- WRESTLING ed. We lost [the opportunity CONTINUED FROM 6A to compete for a national championship] last year, so I don't think any of us want to tional championships from do anything that could pos- 1989 to 1992. sibly affect this year. We all “You would do things that knew what we had to do. We were seemingly insane just did what we had to do to get to keep your edge in any way back to competition.” possible, and that’s what Iowa’s return to competi- these guys have been able tion will come this weekend to do,” Brands said. “When in University Park, Pennsyl- it comes down to, ‘Is it gon- vania, at the Bryce Jordan na be you or the other guy?’ Center for the 2021 Big Ten You’ve got to make it you. Big Ten Wrestling Champi- You’ve got to make it be you onships. every time.” Both Lee and Marinelli While Iowa has wres- will enter the weekend com- tled many foes this season, petition as defending Big COVID-19 may still be its Ten Champions at their re- greatest challenger, accord- spective weights, and Iowa ing to 125-pound senior and will kick off the event as the two-time national champion reigning team champion. Spencer Lee. If the Hawkeyes are to re- “I mean, everyone holds peat and reclaim their spot each other accountable, but I atop the podium, they’ll first know most of us just kind of have to shake off the rust did our own thing,” Lee said. they’ve accumulated after 27 Shivansh Ahuja/The Daily Iowan “I'm not saying we avoided days without wrestling a sin- Iowa’s 165-pound Alex Marinelli grapples with Nebraska’s Peyton Robb during a wrestling dual meet between No. 1 Iowa and No. 6 Nebraska at Carver each other but we did the gle opponent. Hawkeye Arena on Jan. 15. No. 2 Marinelli defeated No. 18 Robb by decision, 9-3, and the Hawkeyes defeated the Cornhuskers, 31-6.

VOLLEYBALL CONTINUED FROM 6A solid this season, she has gotten quite a lift from Buzzerio. Playing both setter and tions, some of the things outside hitter, Buzzerio that she has done has just leads her team in kills with been a really nice sur- 121, is second in assists prise.” and digs at 210 and 89, Ortega has made huge respectively, and is third strides defensively in a in blocks with 38. Boil- short period of time as ing those statistics down, well. After averaging just Buzzerio is averaging a four digs through her first double-double with 10 nine matches, Ortega has kills, 17.5 assists, and 7.4 netted a seven-dig average digs per match. in her last three contests. “Me and Bailey’s con- “Bailey has done a great nection has been good the job of stepping up as a past couple of weekends freshman,” junior middle where she trusts me at the blocker Hannah Clayton end of the games to exe- said. “She’s very coachable, cute and score,” Buzzerio she’s very open to feed- said. back, so that’s been helpful Most teams in the Big when it comes to forming Ten use a 5-1 system in that strong bond.” which one setter stays on While Ortega has been the court for the entire Jerod Ringwald/The Daily Iowan Iowa Setter Bailey Ortega celebrates a kill by Outside Hitter Courtney Buzzeiroduring a womens volleyball match between Iowa and Rutgers at She’s very coachable, she’s very open to Xtream Arena on Feb. 20. feedback, so that’s been helpful when it comes match, but Brown truly be- in the Big Ten in assists, up system just to get a lot we needed for this season to forming that strong bond. lieves that the 6-2 system one spot from where they more offense against a with us being so young and is a better fit for Iowa this finished in that statistical higher-ranked defensive having a freshmen setter — Hannah Clayton, UI volleyball player in regards to teammate season. category last season. team than you,” Brown and having a setter that’s Bailey Ortega The Hawkeyes are ninth “[6-2] is usually a great said. “The 6-2 was what going to hit for us."

single round in the history would want to keep it that ing performance at the head coach Megan Men- ever had over break and ZEITLER of the Iowa’s women’s golf way. In those two days, I FAU Paradise Invitational zel said. “The last time then in the first event I CONTINUED FROM 6A program. was really just in the flow where she posted rounds out, she was just able to just felt completely lost … Although Zeitler fired a and I was so centered with of 77, 80, and 82 to finish relax a little bit and allow I knew that 95 percent of final-round 74 to finish at myself, I was so focused near the back of the pack, all those things that she’s that performance came an even-par total and four on the process. I think this carding just two birdies in been working on to shine from my mental side. I actually, I don’t. I just want shots behind the winner, tournament was, mind- the three rounds compared through.” went into the Vegas week to go out there and play the Austria native said not set-wise, probably one of to the 13 she tallied in Las Zeitler echoed Menzel’s with a clear game plan and more golf.’ I was like, ‘I knowing where she stood the best ones I’ve had in the Vegas. assessment, citing a clear- two or three thoughts in don’t really care,’ because I on the leaderboard allowed past few years.” “What happens some- er mental approach for her my swing.” felt so good.” her to play pressure-free Zeitler’s runner-up fin- times is you’re wanting lower scores. Zeitler, her swing Zeitler went on to tally golf. ish at the Rebel Beach In- it so badly when you put “I had a rough start thoughts, and her team- one more birdie in the fi- “That was the first time tercollegiate earned her in the time and the effort in Florida,” Zeitler said. mates will be put to the test nal two holes of round two, I ever [didn’t know where Big Ten Women’s Golfer [that you don’t perform as “Coming back from Flori- again next week in Tucson, turning in a six-under-par I stood],” Zeitler said. “If of the Week and came just well], I think that’s what da, I was really upset. I felt Arizona, at the Wildcat In- 66 — the lowest score for a I had the chance again, I days after a season-open- happened the first week,” like I practiced the most I vitational March 8-9. Sports WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2021 THE MOST COMPLETE HAWKEYE SPORTS COVERAGE IN IOWA DAILYIOWAN.COM

HAWKEYE UPDATES Clark sweeps Big Ten weekly honors

For the fifth time this year, Iowa women’s basketball freshman Wrestlers ready for mat point guard Caitlin Clark has won both Big Ten Player of the Week Iowa’s wrestlers used unconventional methods to stay sharp mentally and physically and Big Ten Freshman of the Week. In her first full campaign as a during their program’s COVID-19-related in-person activities pause. Hawkeye, Clark has claimed 20 Big Ten weekly honors in total — good for a conference record among freshmen. Clark’s five conference player of the week awards are believed to be an NCAA freshman record. Clark garnered her share of ac- colades this week by averaging 26.3 points, 10 assists, and five rebounds per game across three contests. Last week also saw Clark break Iowa’s all-time freshman scoring record in a 93-111 loss No. 8 Mary- land. Clark followed that performance with a 27-point, nine-assist, and five-rebound showing against No. 12 Michigan. The West Des Moines, Iowa, native shot 7-of-12 from 3-point range and 10-of-17 from the floor overall to help Iowa pick up an 89-67 upset win. Clark didn’t disappoint in her last game of the week either, piecing together her seventh double-dou- ble of the season with 18 points and a career-high 14 assists. Clark’s double-double propelled Iowa to an 84-70 victory over Wis- consin in Madison. Her 14 assists also helped her surpass Kathleen Doyle as Iowa’s all-time freshman assists leader.

Shivansh Ahuja/The Daily Iowan Iowa’s 165-pound Alex Marinelli grapples with Nebraska’s Peyton Robb during a wrestling dual meet between No. 1 Iowa and No. 6 Nebraska at Carver Hawkeye Arena on Jan. 15. Iowa women’s basketball fresh- man point guard Caitlin Clark will appear on the DI sports podcast, “The Scoreboard”, BY CHRIS WERNER COVID-19 between Jan. 31 and Feb. 7. State, Northwestern, and Wisconsin were all Friday, March 5 at 11:45 a.m. [email protected] So, without their traditional training options postponed or canceled, however. The show streams on Spotify, available, Iowa’s wrestlers had to resort to drastic “I don’t know how many other sports would Google Podcasts, and Apple measures to stay sharp mentally and physically. take that extra mile and go out and run in nega- Podcasts. While most Iowans and Midwesterners hun- “The guys that wanted to keep up shape did it,” tive-degree weather,” Marinelli said. “I just don’t kered down in February to avoid plummeting Marinelli said. “Typically, starting lineup, a cou- know who would do that, honestly, but we do. We Big Ten Network an- winter temperatures, some Iowa wrestlers bun- ple backups, it’s just the select few that want to want to be national champs. We don’t want to nounces expanded cov- dled up and embraced the frigid air. be great. It was like negative 15 and I wore like skip a beat. We want to go the extra mile.” erage of Big Ten Wres- At that time, the wrestling room was not an four layers and I was sweating but my hands and Much like the wrestlers he’s coaching now, tling Championships option for the Hawkeyes, as they were forced to my feet were freezing. And so, still got in a couple Brands also went the extra mile when he compet- pause all team-related in-person activities on Feb. miles and blew my lungs out.” ed at Iowa under Dan Gable and won three na- For the first time in the station’s 8 after seniors Alex Marinelli and Kaleb Young, The Hawkeyes resumed in-person activities 25-year history, the Big Ten Net- and head coach Tom Brands all tested positive for on a limited basis Feb. 15. Iowa’s duals with Penn SEE WRESTLING, 5A work will broadcast both Saturday and Sunday’s Big Ten Wrestling Championship action. Previously, the Big Ten Network had only brought coverage to wrestling fans on the tournament’s second and final day. Iowa setters settle in Zeitler On Saturday, BTN will broadcast whip-around coverage from 9 a.m. The Hawkeyes have used a two-setter system season with freshman Bailey to 1 p.m., highlighting the best matches of Saturday's first ses- Ortega and junior Courtney Buzzerio splitting time at the position. sion. Then, Session II coverage will makes air from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. BTN’s coverage of the tourna- ment will wrap up on Sunday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Shane Sparks, Jim Gibbons, and history Tim Johnson will anchor coverage of the event remotely, while three- time Big Ten and NCAA champion After a tough week to Bo Nickal and reporter Ray Flores will handle on-site analysis. open the season, Iowa women’s golfer Lea MENS BBALL Zeitler found her form RANKING at the Rebel Beach 1. Gonzaga 2.Michigan Intercollegiate. 3. Baylor 4. Illinois BY CHRIS WERNER 5. Iowa [email protected] 6. West Virginia Last month, at the Rebel Beach Inter- 7. Ohio State collegiate in Las Vegas, Nevada, Iowa 8. Alabama women’s golf’s Lea Zeitler was tied for 9. Houston the lead heading into the third and final 10. Villanova round of competition — and she didn’t even know it. In the three-round event, players QUOTE OF THE DAY were scheduled to complete the first 36 Casey Stone/The Daily Iowan holes on the first day and play the final “Spencer’s very unique. Iowa Outside Hitter Courtney Buzzerio hits the ball over the net during the Iowa Volleyball game against Indiana on Feb. 6 at round the next, but darkness fell before He’s one-of-a-kind. We Xtream Arena. Indiana defeated Iowa 3-2. call him Yoda because he the second round could be completed. can do things with his That meant Zeitler had opponent that is kinda BY WILL FINEMAN strategy she implemented when Orr was sidelined. to leave the course in the [inhuman].” [email protected] Brown decided to go with a 6-2 set with Ortega middle of her best round starting at setter and junior utility player Courtney as a Hawkeye. -Junior Alex Marinelli on his team- Last season, Brie Orr was almost solely in charge of Buzzerio filling in as needed. After 16 holes of her sec- mate Spencer Lee Iowa volleyball’s setting duties as a junior. “I am a big advocate of distributing the load to win,” ond round, the Hawkeye The Eagan, Minnesota, native racked up 783 total Brown said. “With us being more sophomore-fresh- sophomore found herself assists in 2019, good for seventh-best in the Big Ten man heavy, I thought the 6-2 was a better way to cut at five-under-par for the Conference. Orr’s high assist total is especially im- pressure on certain players.” Zeitler round and one-under-par STAT OF THE DAY pressive considering she missed multiple contests Ortega has surpassed expectations early this year. on the tournament. That night, Zeitler with a concussion. She is averaging 21.5 assists per match and 5.37 assists didn’t want to know where she stood, Orr and her fellow seniors — Griere Hughes and per set. The Davenport, Iowa, native has also tallied she wanted to play with a clear mind on Halle Johnston — all opted out of the 2020-21 season, 30 or more assists in two of her last three matches. the last day. leaving second-year head coach Vicki Brown with a “Freshman year, you have an idea of what they are “I was talking on the phone with my 5 decision to make. going to do or what they are capable of,” Brown said. boyfriend [after the first day] and he Positive COVID-19 tests The University of Illinois alumna could continue to “To see her actually step up to a challenge that was a was like, ‘Do you want to know where use the 5-1 system the Hawkeyes enacted when Orr big one of running the offense for three of our rota- you’re at?’” Zeitler said. “I’m like, ‘No, received by Iowa Athletics for was on the floor in 2019-20, or she could use the 6-2 the week of Feb. 22. SEE VOLLEYBALL, 5A SEE ZEITLER, 5A Kiley Reid photographed by David Goddard Contributed

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Iowa City is finally seeing degrees in the 40’s and 50’s and DI Arts is celebrating with some fresh tunes that remind us of spring! Pop in your earbuds, go take a walk, and enjoy!

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Paris Magic Man Before the Waves Wonderwall Oasis (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? Never Give Up On Me MisterWives Single Brighter Than Sunshine Aqualung Srange & Beautiful Cherry Wildflowers Tom Petty Single A Day In The Life The Beatles Love BY PARKER JONES unique direction for the directing duo to [email protected] take after their fame-garnering superhero Changes David Bowie Hunky Dory stretch, which includes Avengers: Endgame Here Comes The Sun The Beatles Abbey Road Next week, Cherry will make its highly and Avengers: Infinity War. anticipated digital premiere, and could For Holland, playing the film’s titu- Would That I Hozier Wasteland, Baby! prove to be one of Tom Holland’s most lar character will likely be a talent show- cumbersome acting ventures yet. case, and give him room to explore darker The dramatic crime film will release themes than what the Spider-Man actor is Tommy’s Party Peach Pit Being So Normal on AppleTV+ on March 12, after a limited usually associated with. The film will also Good Day Sunshine The Beatles Revolver theatrical release that began Feb. 26. Fo- star Ciara Bravo as Emily, Cherry’s love cusing on Cherry, a young man suffering interest, and It actor Bill Skarsgård, play- If I Needed Someone The Beatles Rubber Soul from post-traumatic stress disorder after ing a yet-to-be-named antagonist. The Cave Mumford & Sons Sigh No More a difficult stint as an Army medic, the Reception to the film has been widely story is a troubling journey of bad deci- divided so far. According to the review ag- Loveland Milky Chance Sadnecessary sions and even worse circumstances. As gregator Rotten Tomatoes, it has scored Crash My Car COIN Dreamland he struggles with addiction and a danger- an abysmal 37 percent critic score, but has ous career as a serial bank robber, Cherry a surprising 81 percent audience score. must overcome potentially losing the love With such a large divide, it’s difficult Electric Love BØRNS Dopamine of his life along the way. to predict what the film’s high and low 18 Anarbor Burnout (Deluxe Ver- Cherry is based on Nico Walker’s 2018 points will be. debut novel of the same name, and became Whatever the case may be, Cherry will sion) adapted for the screen by Jessica Goldberg be sure to provide an opportunity for Saturday Sun Vance Joy Nation of Two and Angela Russo-Otstot. Directed by Joe Holland to show off the extent of his act- and Anthony Russo, collectively known ing abilities, and make for an interesting Little League Conan Gray Kid Krow as the Russo brothers, the crime film is a watch nonetheless.

REVIEW OF THE WEEK: Let Me Tell You What I Mean

BY MADDIE JOHNSTON mind and process. What press comes between the on the page, Didion said. I Mean also exposes a her previous work. Let [email protected] makes her essays coalesce page and the reader “like “It tells you. You don’t tell great deal of Didion’s Me Tell You What I Mean is not a certain repetition so much marsh gas.” She it.” self-doubts derived from is a great read for fans In Let Me Tell You What of theme or specific plo- commends writers for un- Didion recalls the life’s disappointments. who have yet to see the I Mean, beloved author tline, but Didion herself. derground papers who say haunting rhetoric at a She writes on when she younger, darker, side of Joan Didion does exactly Her voice, wit, acute ob- what they mean directly. Gamblers Anonymous thought about finishing the critically acclaimed as the title promises. Stat- servation, and self-aware- The book seems to be meeting in her piece “Get- off an old bottle of co- author. ing her opinions is what ness are all forces that Didion’s repossession of ting Serenity,” where ad- deine-and-Empirin fol- Didion does best, and her unite the pieces into a the “I” narrative. She uses dicts spoke in a “subverbal lowing her rejection from opinionated demeanor whole. She speaks on writ- “I” not to inflict her point swamp,” speaking in exact Stanford, and when wouldn’t be as success- ing, on college, on the of view, but to find a voice days since relapses (“1,223 she elected to nev- ful if it weren’t for her news, on Gamblers Anon- that can answer her own nights now”), using words er write a short JO AN shrewd style and sharp- ymous, and in her length- questions. like “togetherness,” “men- story again after D ID ness that fans like myself iest essay, on why Martha Several of the essays, tal thinking,” and Didi- being rejected I O have grown to love. Stewart is the epitome of including “Why I Write” on’s least favorite, “seren- from every ma- N Didion has a way of feminism. and “Telling Stories,” ity.” She wrote about the jor news market sharing her opinions that In the book’s first es- delve into Didion’s devel- situation not through a in the country, and is never imposing, nor say, “Alicia and the Un- opment as a writer. There journalistic lens, or even she addresses the imperious. She relies on derground Press,” Didion is a pervading sense of a bookish lens, but like a mortal humilia- truths and physicalities, criticizes newspapers that self-awareness in each diary entry. tion of every writ- expressing judgments use a pretense of “objec- essay, as Didion speaks I found her description er, “seeing one’s founded on her observa- tivity.” In Didion’s words, in depth about how she of the meeting captivating own words in tions, which have led her for a writer to pretend becomes drawn to write and sad. The darkness and print.” to become a quintessen- they have no bias lends about something –– she the addicts need for “se- Her openness tial pioneer of the narra- the entire venture of news knows to start when an renity,” a word often asso- to talk honest- tive nonfiction genre. writing a certain men- image in her head quite ciated with death, painted ly about these vul- The book, a 12-part essay dacity. She said the idea literally shimmers around a clear picture in my mind nerable moments is collection of pieces writ- that the writer’s attitudes the edges. These images of somewhere I wouldn’t just one of the several ten from 1968 to 2000, is a should remain unadmit- in her mind dictate the ar- like to be. aspects that makes this glimpse into her younger ted in the traditional rangements of her words Let Me Tell You What book a standout against THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2021 80 HOURS 3B ARTS & CULTURE From office job to best selling author For three years, Iowa Writers’ Workshop alum Kiley Reid worked in an office as a receptionist. Now, she’s the New York Times bestselling author of, Such a Fun Age, a novel that satirizes the white pursuit of wokeness.

I would go for walks, and of fire and spirit beneath the that Reid said she hopes will there’s something about be- words on the page. make several on-screen ap- ing able to be in nature and Some of Reid’s “obses- pearances. find a lot of quiet that really sions” throughout her time The author also said she helps me get my thoughts in writing Such a Fun Age were hopes for Emira’s relaxed order in my head. So, I would issues of class and race, personality and effortless say that Iowa was a huge help working with women char- way with children to remain and that it’s just a really nice acters, and “making things evident in the film. place to write and really like as awkward as possible.” Her “I’m very excited to let the foster creativity.” upcoming novel will retain experts do what they do best, Now an alum of the pro- many of these same ideas, and also weigh in to keep the gram with an impressive but she said her interests spirit of the novel alive,” she amassment of short stories grow and take on new forms said. “Both teams are won- and a novel that has attained every day. derful to work with and I nationwide acclaim, Reid has Within the process of can’t wait to see how this sto- continued to write and teach writing her new work of fic- ry is told on screen.” students at Temple Universi- tion, Reid’s process has also According to the Harvard ty. Reid said taking a red pen evolved. In an effort to pro- Review, one of the most al- to others’ work helps her do duce a truly page-turning luring aspects of Reid’s sto- the same with her own. With novel, Reid now writes ev- rytelling in Such a Fun Age, years of experience under erything by hand, with each is her ability to speak on ra- her belt, she offered some paragraph or line on a dif- cial issues without creating advice to young writers. ferent index card which she overtly racist situations. Al- “I think something I wish then lays out and structures though the plot is centered Photo Illustration by Raquele Decker/The Daily Iowan I had learned a little bit ear- as she sees fit. around a more blatantly rac- Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid, cover design by G.P. Putnam’s Sons. ly on is that part of writing “All of my fiction is fair- ist event, racism in the book is being very comfortable ly plot driven, and so, there also manifests in more nu- BY MADDIE JOHNSTON named Emira who takes on for her. She wanted to be the with your writing,” she said. [email protected] a nannying position for a one writing the stories. “When it’s not good, getting white family in the time peri- With her newfound un- it out on the page is the thing So many times, you have this great idea. Awkward situations, racist od prior to her commitment derstanding, Reid ventured that helps you make it better. You go home to write it, and you write it and you’re remarks, and class in Amer- to “a real job.” Not far into into her freshly chosen ca- So many times, you have this ica; these are all aspects of the novel, Emira is accused reer path as a writer. For great idea. You go home to like, ‘Oh God this is trash,’ and that’s, that’s what it modern culture that author of kidnapping the child she three years, she worked as a write it, and you write it and is, at that moment. That doesn’t mean that it will Kiley Reid wanted to explore nannies while the two are receptionist, coming home you’re like, ‘Oh god this is when she began writing her out at an upscale Philadel- to submit her stories to liter- trash,’ and that’s, that’s what forever be that. 2019 debut novel, Such a Fun phia grocery store. The story ary journals and write unre- it is, at that moment. That Age, a fiction novel which escalates as the characters mittingly. She then applied doesn’t mean that it will for- — Kiley Reid both effectively and subtly navigate the situation and to graduate school two years ever be that.” scrutinizes the current forms continue to be faced with in a row. The first year, she Reid also emphasized that is a lot of structuring and anced ways, like through her of racism in America. countless other uncomfort- received nine rejection let- in order for a novel to be sus- list making and orders of educated white character’s Now a graduate from the able situations. ters. But by the second year, tainable, the content a writer events,” Reid said. “...So, off-putting pursuits of “wo- Iowa Writers’ Workshop, After Reid received her Reid got nine acceptances. deals with should be endless- there is some structure to keness,” and the ill-defined Reid has become a New York bachelor’s from Mary- Nestled among this new ly exciting and interesting to it, but sometimes when I go moments of microaggres- Times Bestselling author mount Manhattan Univer- pile of acceptance letters was them. Reid calls this, “follow- into writing a scene, I just sion and ignorance. whose novel has been named sity, she planned to become one from the Iowa Writers’ ing your obsessions,” a man- write everything that I think “There is a really thin line a Best Book of the Year by an actress. Reid said she Workshop, which Reid ul- tra which propelled her to could potentially happen in of balance between depicting NPR, Vogue, The Washington had always liked writing timately decided to accept success with Such a Fun Age that scene. It’s very messy. something that is nuanced, Post, The Chicago Tribune, and but thought of it more as a because of its potential for and continues to be a driving It looks like I’ve had a break- yet familiar. And that’s what multiple others. The novel’s hobby. It wasn’t until after scholarships and stipends, force in her present endeav- down a little bit.” I really look for in writing,” rights have been acquired by graduation, amid one of the its second-year teaching ors. Reid said there’s an as- Along with writing and Reid said. “When you’re read- both Lena Waithe’s Hillman biggest breaks of her acting program, and the quietness pect of heart in writing that teaching, Reid also works as ing something and you say, Grad Productions and Sight career — a $500 paying com- a place like Iowa City has to is always clear to her- an en- the executive producer for ‘Oh my god I never thought Unseen for a film adaptation, mercial, where Reid said she offer to writers. ergy that distinguishes good the film adaptation of Such A about it that way.’ But that’s though the film’s release date felt like Kris Jenner in that “The quiet, the, you know, writing from bad. When one Fun Age. Filming of the mov- exactly how it is, like it’s so remains unannounced. moment –– that she realized the inexpense to living,” Reid is reading a story and can ie takes place in the location accurate that it seems new. Such a Fun Age follows a acting wasn’t the most au- said. “I lived near the grave- tell the author needed to tell of the book, Philadelphia, the Those are the moments that 25-year-old Black woman thentic mode of storytelling yard, and I would write, and it; there is a palpable feeling charming and exciting city I really, really love.” IC small business owners shift to online platforms Iowa-based artists and owners of small businesses have adapted to sell their hand-made products during the COVID-19 pandemic.

BY SABINE MARTIN be hanging out in other peo- other mythical creatures. [email protected] ple’s homes and it will be all “I have seen so many ex- over the United States.” tremely talented artists who Full of nerves, University VanPelt is one of many come and go from Iowa City,” of Iowa freshman Jazsmine Iowa City artists who have they said. VanPelt woke up at 6 a.m. continued to run small busi- As a full-time student, Van- last Friday. They immediate- nesses during the COVID-19 Pelt independently runs their ly checked their sales after pandemic. Their business, business online by packaging launching their small busi- The Grove Village, sells Van and shipping all orders from ness online the night before. Pelt’s original art prints, pins, their parent’s Iowa City home. VanPelt was shocked to see and stickers. “Other than selling art and over a dozen orders from Growing up in Iowa City, being a student, I also have a across the country –and even VanPelt said they have been job outside of selling art, so as far away as Sudan, they inspired by artists that they it definitely can get hard to said. met throughout high school. manage time with all of that,” “I was super nervous, VanPelt said they have worked VanPelt said. but you always have to have for years to find their personal VanPelt said other than enough faith in yourself,” art style. VanPelt’s art is in- their online shop, Twitter and VanPelt said. “It is super excit- spired by nature and includes other social media platforms ing because my art is about to symbols of mushrooms and are helpful to advertise their artwork during the COVID-19 pandemic. If it’s a handmade item, that person is “Social media has been a big influence for my business Ayrton Breckenridge/The Daily Iowan putting their time and efforts into their business. sales. A lot of my purchases Products from The Grove Village sit on a table in the Old Capitol Town Center on Tuesday. The owner of The Grove Village You can feel good knowing the money you spend and people who support me and University of Iowa Freshman, Jazsmine VanPelt, said, “I want to share my art with people and it’s kind of fun.” are from social media,” Van- goes right back into the community. Pelt said wa City, has owned her small said many were canceled or illustrations and whimsical Another artist, Erica Good- jewelry business for the last 12 hosted online this year. calligraphy. — Julie Chapman, owner of Sweet Julie Marie ing, who also grew up in Io- years. “There is really no way to Chapman said she looks Other than jewelry making, compare doing a live event forward to continuing Gooding said she works with with vending at an online to attend art shows after COVID-19 patients several event,” Gooding said. “At a COVID-19. days a week as a nurse at the show, people go there to sup- “I hope to continue growing University of Iowa Hospitals port artists and to purchase and to sell my work at shops and Clinics. things. I think for everyone and boutiques once things “I had someone see some- who makes handmade prod- have opened up,” she said. “I thing I was wearing and they ucts, online is more difficult.” am ready to get back into it for suggested that I try to get into Gooding said independent- my own fun and goals.” a little craft show,” Gooding ly running a small business In January 2020, the U.S. said. “I thought, ‘Why not?’, so calls for a strong support sys- Small Business Administra- I applied and got in.” tem. tion issued a disaster declara- The motto of Gooding’s “I think anyone who is tion in Iowa up until the end business, Artisan Jewelry by wanting to start their own of last year. The declaration Erica Gooding, is “handmade business will have to consid- granted small businesses that with love and a blow torch.” er where they can get help were impacted by the pan- Gooding said she makes jew- from, because it is hard to demic to apply for low-inter- elry out of raw materials and do it alone,” Gooding said. “I est loans. uses techniques to manipu- have met some really amazing Supporting a small busi- late the appearance of them. small business owners who ness helps support a dream, Since the beginning of the are a tribe of support for me.” Chapman said. pandemic, Gooding said she Small business owner Julie “If it’s a handmade item, has made her store website Chapman said she has also that person is putting their more accessible for shop- had to refrain from art shows time and efforts into their ping online and promotes to sell her artwork. Chapman business,” Chapman said. “You Ayrton Breckenridge/The Daily Iowan her products on social media. grew up in Iowa City, and her can feel good knowing the In this diptych Jazsmine VanPelt (left) and Erica Gooding (right) pose for a portrait. VanPelt is a University of Iowa Gooding normally sells her card business, Sweet Julie Ma- money you spend goes right freshman and owner of The Grove Village. Gooding is the owner of Artisan Jewelry. jewelry at art shows, but she rie, includes Iowa-inspired back into the community.” 4B 80 HOURS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2021 STUDENT SPOTLIGHT First light, last hurrah for senior band Rock-influenced band Citrus Sunday will release their first LP, ‘First Light,’ at midnight on March 5.

BY TATIANA PLOWMAN [email protected]

Lead singer of Citrus Sun- day, Travis Siegel, once told The Daily Iowan that an al- bum for the band would rise ‘from the ashes.’ The pandem- ic-born LP entitled First Light will release on March 5 with 12 original tracks surrounding blues, psychedelic and hard rock genres. The rock band is composed of Siegel, drummer Ben Yu- sen, bassist Mitch Wisniews- ki, rhythm guitarist Ethan Adato, and guitarist and background vocalist Kamer- on Morrie Peck-Valdivia. All five members will graduate from the University of Iowa this spring. The band formed three years ago after meeting through Iowa Hillel. When the COVID-19 pan- demic hit, the band lost their rehearsal space at Iowa Hillel, so they moved to Wisniwes- ki’s basement. But, that didn’t stop the band from working harder on new material and continuing to collaborate, even if it was in a different format then they were used to. After months of working Contributed by Citrus Sunday in all different locations, the band was able to come back years. The band released an playing with these guys.” person due to the COVID-19 ence’s attention. wa Campus Activity Board’s together in the same location EP titled ‘Terry’s Revenge’ last Leading up to the release of pandemic, it wasn’t smooth “The name ‘First Light’ website or through the Face- in early January. While ma- fall, but this LP is their first the album, Citrus Sunday has sailing at first, said bassist came after extremely long re- book event. The performance ny of the songs were penned lengthy project. After spend- released three singles in an- Wisniewski. cording days and many other will be filmed at the IMU and throughout the pandemic, ing thousands of hours to- ticipation for the big release. “There was tons of arguing failed attempts,” guitarist and available for UI students to some of the songs were writ- gether not only playing music Beginning on Valentine’s between us as a band, espe- background vocalist Valdivia watch. When the LP is re- ten rapidly before recording. but also hanging out, the band Day, the band released “Fade,” cially because some of the said. leased, listeners can find it “We have known we want- was in agreement that it is no followed by “Run Little Boy, songs we had only written a At the end of 2020, Little on all streaming platforms ed to record an album for over surprise that they all have an run” and “Doctor’s Note” each couple weeks before we start- Village magazine named Cit- including Apple Music and a year,” drummer Yusen said. extremely close bond with one Sunday after. ed recording,” Wisniewski rus Sunday’s EP as one of the Spotify. “COVID sort of threw us for another. Recording the LP at Flat said. “We just wanted to pro- best albums to have been re- “For us, the album and the a loop, but we’ve come back “This started just as some- Black Studios in Lone Tree, duce our best work and not corded at Flat Black Studios. opportunity to have a profes- stronger.” thing fun that we’ve been able Iowa, had its ups and downs waste the time of our wonder- Before the official release sionally filmed show is just Since it’s the band’s final to do for so long and grow throughout the process. With ful engineers.” of the LP on March 4, the the icing on the cake,” lead year all being based in the Io- because of it,” guitarist Adato only a week in mid-January After completing the al- Iowa City community can vocalist Siegel said. “We don’t wa City area, the album signi- said. “I self-taught myself how to record all 12 tracks, and bum’s music, the final step catch a professionally record- know where the road will take fies their journey of working to play and have seen my own one of the only times they had consisted of creating a title ed show of Citrus Sunday us after this, but it has sure together over the past four growth as a musician through been able to meet together in that would capture the audi- through the University of Io- been a great ride.”

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24 Place for a coin 25 Old woman’s home, in a children’s rhyme No. 0127 26 Enlist again 27 Na+ and Cl– 29 Square 30 Tiny fraction of a min. 31 Shrink in fear 33 What dogs do in the spring 34 One of a pair of towel markings 36 Citi Field mascot 37 Drug trafficker, informally 40 City across the Rio Grande from Juárez 41 Drive … or drive mad? 46 Drifted downriver, say 48 Not off key 49 Not drunk 50 Quaint contraction 51 “Stop worrying!” 53 Play defense against 54 Run up, as charges 55 Barely make it 58 Cries of discovery 59 Animated frame 60 Biblical twin 63 Indianapolis-to-St. Louis dir. 64 Female Jedi in “Star Wars”

Across 1 ___ California 57 Side to be considered 5 Frequent sights in Road Runner cartoons 61 “I only got a seventh-grade education, but I 10 Attempt have a doctorate in ___”: James Brown 14 Vegetarian substitute for gelatin 62 Latent … or where this answer goes? 15 “Silence is the most perfect expression of 65 Notable time ___” (line in a Shaw play) 66 Shipping route 16 Philosopher David 67 Burnish 17 Despicable … or where this answer goes? 68 Servius Tullius, e.g., in ancient Rome 20 Paradises 69 Part of w.p.m.: Abbr. 21 Output of Santa’s workshop 70 One-eighty 22 Retort to 4-Down 71 Like some wines and humor 23 Dandies 25 Moving around very nicely, thank you Down 26 Nonstop joker 1 Hon 28 Midday break 2 Like sharp cheddar 32 Merit badge holder 3 Longtime actress co-starring in Netflix’s 35 Nearly forever “Grace and Frankie” 36 What to expect between June and September 4 Schoolyard denial in India 5 Winter hrs. in the Midwest 38 What’s what, in Italy 6 Fünf + drei 39 Sick … or where this answer goes? 7 2017 Pixar hit 42 “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord …,” e.g. 8 Where Paris took Helen 43 “Diamonds” 9 Holiday ___ 44 Habitat for bitterns and herons 10 Heavy scissors 45 ___ walk 11 Possible result of overeating, informally 47 University whose name is also a food 12 Roadies’ loads 49 Levels 13 Texas politico O’Rourke 52 Knuckleheaded act? 18 “Poor venomous fool,” to Cleopatra 56 Is indebted to 19 A hot one is timely