MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2017 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILY-IOWAN.COM 50¢ NATIONAL POLITICS NATIONAL POLITICSNATIONAL POLITICS News To Know Title IX changes? Iowa shrugs Betsy DeVos announced Title IX changes on Sept. 7, but Iowa schools will not make major changes based on her statement, and will continue to uphold the principles of the policy. BY ISABELLA SENNO Title IX prohibits gender-based discrimination in any Monique DiCarlo, the University of Iowa sexual-mis- [email protected] educational institution or program that receives feder- conduct response and Title IX coordinator, said that al funds. The Education Department’s Office of Civil framework set a precedent; schools won’t completely U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced Rights released a “Dear Colleague Letter” in 2011, which backtrack on Title IX protections even if federal changes on Sept. 7 that the Department of Education will recon- broadened the scope of Title IX and provided guidelines sider its interpretation of Title IX. on handling sexual misconduct. SEE TITLE IX, 2 Hawks defeat the Mean Green Iowa finished its noncon- ference schedule unde- feated after a 31-14 victory over North Texas on Sept. Off the roof for a cause 16. Photo Page, 7 Fundraisers for Ronald McDonald House Charities were encouraged to face their fears in Over International Cyclo- cross stars win in IC the Edge downtown on Sept. 14 and 15. Cyclo- cross made its return to Iowa City, and it did not dis- appoint fans; van der Poel they saw Mathieu van der Poel and Katerinaˇ Nash take home victories. Van Der Poel of Netherlands finished with a 43-second lead for the men’s title, and Nash of Czech Republic outraced an American for the women’s. Sports, 8 Hawkeyes remain undefeated — for now The Hawkeyes moved to 3-0 after a win over the Mean Green, but the game was closer than the last time the teams faced off in 2015. The Hawks take on Saquon Barkley and the Nittany Lions on Saturday for the Big Ten opener, and they will have their hands full. Sports, 8 Column: Hawkeyes Ben Smith/The Daily Iowan have their work cut Daily Iowan reporter Molly Hunter prepares to rappel down the side of hotelVetro at a Ronald McDonald House Charities event on Sept. 15. Those who wanted to participate paid $25 for a spot on the rappel list. out for them A win is a win, but Iowa BY MOLLY HUNTER ing skyward, on my way home from class. cording to the company’s website. football needs to iron [email protected] People who raised $1,000 for the Ronald McDonald “People face their fears every day when they stay at the out the creases before House Charities of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois House in our family rooms when their children are sick, its game against Penn State. The Hawkeyes were I was 158 feet off the ground and shuffled off the top had the chance rappel over the side of 13-story hotelVe- and asking our fundraisers to face their fears was just a inconsistent, and the game of hotelVetro. As I started to descend, my name drifted tro, 201 S. Linn St. perfect fit,” said Barbara Werning, the executive director lacked flow. Sports, 8 up to me. Ronald McDonald House partnered in the rappelling of the McDonald House Charities. On the afternoon of Sept. 14, almost 24 hours earlier, with Over the Edge, a “special-events company that pro- Volleyball wins big I’d been one of the ant-sized people stopped below, star- vides signature events for nonprofit organizations,” ac- SEE EDGE, 2 in D.C. Iowa volleyball went un- defeated UI, students this past Cycling up a community weekend at the American Iowa City’s Jingle Cross closes with spoof races and the Sheehan Volleyball Cyclocross World Cup. wrestle with Classic in Washington, and outside hitter Claire Sheehan was named MVP. The team is now preparing to start its tuition cost daunting Big Ten schedule. Sports, 3 Higher enrollment means higher Movie review: It could tuition revenue and financial-aid have been better: a review on the remake of the new - is a concern for nonresidents. est horror film adapted by Steven King’s creepy clown BY EMILY WANGEN novel It. [email protected] daily-iowan.com. As enrollment has generally spiked and tuition revenue has risen at the University of Iowa, for some — particularly nonresidents — concerns remain that financial aid may not be enough to cover the costs of tuition increases. According to a report published by the UI Office of the Watch Daily Iowan TV Provost, 54.4 percent of the university’s undergraduate Tune in for campus and students were nonresidents in the fall of 2016. The higher city news, weather, and nonresident enrollment numbers declined in the most re- Hawkeye sports. Watch LIVE cent incoming class, however — the UI announced Sept. 7 every day at 8:30 a.m. at its Class of 2021 comprises more resident students, with 58 daily-iowan.com. Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan percent of students being from Iowa. Clif Pro Team’s Katerinaˇ Nash of the Czech Republic celebrates while crossing the finish line during the Women’s World Unlike other public universities across the U.S., the UI Cup cyclocross race at Jingle Cross at the Johnson County Fairgrounds on Sunday. Sunday began with kid's events, a does not have reciprocity agreements for tuition adjust- Speedo race, and a dog race, followed by the women’s and men’s World Cup races. ments with other states. Tuition-reciprocity agreements WEATHER among regions and individual states allow students to BY SARAH WATSON and someone asked us if we attend schools out of state at a lower tuition rate, and HIGH LOW [email protected] LuLo Maxx’s Doggy Cross, were racing him.” Gilman because the UI does not have any such agreements, only a new event, had dogs and said. “She said, 'Oh, go sign those classified as Iowa residents are able to pay a lower 70 61 As the final day of Jin- their owners racing over up, it’s a race,' so we brought tuition rate. obstacles, crawling under him over, and we raced him, Financial aid can be broken up into four categories: Mostly cloudy, 60% chance of rain, gle Cross came to a close, light east wind. Mathieu van der Poel and barriers, and owners rolling just like that.” federal, institutional, state, and private Kateřina Nash walked away over the finish line. The Grinch made an ap- sources. Cathy Wilcox, the director of INDEX victorious in the World Cup Former Hawkeye wres- pearance at the Race the operations in the Student Financial Aid Race, thousands of specta- tler Thomas Gilman, who Grinch event. The notorious Office, said most of the aid comes from CLASSIFIED 6 tors stowed away their cow- attended the festival to sup- Christmas humbug sat smil- the federal level through grants and OPINIONS 4 bells, and officials handed port wrestling coaches com- ing on his tricycle and waved loans and also through the federal work- out trophies. peting in the Fat Tire divi- long green fingers behind study program. Wilcox also noted that DAILY BREAK 5 The morning before the sion of amateur races earlier him at the kids lined up on students tend to not receive as much aid SPORTS 8 Cyclocross World Cup race, in the day, said he saw an their bikes. Needless to say, Schmidt from the state due to the funding model. spectators competed in a opportunity to bring his dog the Grinch finished close to “Our office has developed what we call the cost of edu- number of family-friendly out for some fun. last. cation,” Wilcox said. “This is mandated by federal financial races such as Doggy Cross, “We brought Kizer out Another race leading up to aid as to what we can use in determining the cost.” Race the Grinch, and the today because we’d seen Single Speedo Spectacular. dogs out here the other day SEE CYCLOCROSS, 2 SEE FINANCIAL AID, 2 2 NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2017 A NIGHT OUT Volume 149 Issue 51 Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan A referee counts down toward a pin as a wrestler tries to break free during Zeke’s Night Out at Gabe’s on Sept. 15. Zeke’s Night Out featured live wrestling, burlesque, and music. coordinator at Simpson College, process where complainants deconstructing and then recon- TITLE IX describes as 50 percent plus a can find some resolution,” she structing a sort of very tangled CONTINUED FROM FRONT feather. said. complex set of events for which Peggy Fitch, the vice presi- Iowa schools handle sexu- there is rarely an eyewitness, dent for student development al-misconduct cases several and many times memories are are passed down. and Title IX coordinator for ways under Title IX, especially dulled by the situation, whether “I think we’re committed to Central College, said the stan- when it comes to who hears the it’s alcohol or time …” he said. Title IX, and committed to our dard has served the school well. cases that run the gamut from If schools do not comply with policies and procedures, and “It’s really important to have a single adjudicator with a legal Title IX protocols, their accesses committed to continuing to an institutional process that background, which the UI uses, to federal aid could be cut, but review those policies and pro- is completely separate from to Simpson’s panel drawn from private institutions may have a cedures and the way that we a legal process, because it’s trained faculty.