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Left: Georgia State University Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Wendy Hensel speaks during the third UI presidential forum in the Levitt Center for University Advancement April 19. Hensel is the third of four candidates vying for the UI presidential position. (Ryan Adams/The Daily Iowan) Right: Dean of the University of Iowa College of Education Daniel Clay addresses spectators and answers questions at the Levitt Center for Advancement on April 22. Clay is the final of four finalists to become the next president of the University of Iowa. (Shivansh Ahuja/The Daily Iowan) These are the final two stories in a series of profiles on the four finalists for the University of Iowa presidency. The head Hawkeye, slated to be announced on Friday, will oversee a 31,730-student, 25,287-employee institution with a sprawling health care system and a reputation as a writing university.

BY SABINE MARTIN AND KELSEY HARRELL dean of the Andrew Young School of Policy Stud- BY RYLEE WILSON AND KATIE ANN MCCARVER Wednesday, the Daily Iowan asked several College [email protected] ies at Georgia State. Hensel creates a process that [email protected] of Education faculty members to interview about administrators follow and helps them determine Clay, but each sent an emailed statement to the DI Sally Wallace, a dean at Georgia State, describes exactly what each decision was made, Wallace Higher education changed the trajectory of or were not available for interview. her boss, Provost Wendy Hensel as authentic. said. Daniel Clay’s life. Now one of four finalists for Erika Lembke, interim dean of the University of “She’s the real deal,” Wallace, who leads the uni- Not everyone may agree with her decisions, the University of Iowa presidency, Clay recent- Missouri College of Education, worked with Clay versity’s School of Policy Studies, said. Wallace said, but those who disagree know how ly attributed his success in higher education to as a faculty member and department chair during In interviews with The Daily Iowan, faculty and and why the final decision was made. the mentors and donors who supported him as his time at Mizzou. She said her experience work- administrators who work with Hensel describe “She spends a lot of time with decisions, so this a first-generation college student with potential ing with Clay was very positive. her as transparent and as a leader who takes ac- deliberate, transparent, informed decision-mak- but without means. “I enjoyed his straightforward, no-nonsense tion. ing process is something I’d imagine, I know she’d Clay, currently the dean of the UI College of approach. Add to that a great sense of humor and Hensel, Georgia State University’s provost and bring to [the University of Iowa], and it’s such a Education, said in a forum on April 22 that he is a keen vision,” she wrote in an email to the DI. “He senior vice president for academic affairs, tries to benefit in decision making,” Wallace said. uniquely qualified to take on the position of head was driven to not only be a successful leader of our be accessible to students, faculty, and staff. As provost, Hensel helped Georgia State make Hawkeye because he has already been a leader at college, but to develop his own skills to take the If selected as president, Hensel would break out plans for how to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 the university for six years. college forward. of the “administrative bubble,” she told the DI in on campus at the beginning of the fall semester, “College changed my life because it challenged In an email to the DI, Judith Brewer and Brian an interview April 23. Wallace said. Before the pandemic, Hensel started me and expanded my world views in ways that Campbell, the College of Education Staff Council “It's really important to provide time and ac- looking at ways to offer more online courses and were sometimes really uncomfortable, and at the Chair and Past Chair respectively, said they would cess,” Hensel said. “The president's time is super integrate online courses into programs at the uni- time I didn’t understand but now I do,” Clay said support any faculty or staff member’s decision to busy. Provost’s time is really busy, too, so it's not so versity. This work accelerated after the pandemic in the forum. “It introduced me to the arts and the pursue a greater leadership role at the UI. different than what I have now.” started, Wallace said. humanities and sciences.” “The College of Education Staff Council has ap- Hensel is one of four finalists named in the “She’s collaborative, and a lot of leaders don’t Clay is the only internal candidate in the search. preciated Dean Clay’s responsiveness to requests search for the next University of Iowa president, often say, ‘I don’t know’ but Wendy will say ‘I don’t The UI College of Education, which has almost and support for staff in the college by providing which began after current President Bruce Har- know’ when that’s how she feels,” Wallace said. 1,200 students, is ranked No. 48 for best Graduate budget for professional development,” Brewer reld announced his retirement in October 2020. “She’ll come back and say ‘OK we’ve learned this, Colleges of Education by the U.S. News and World wrote in a statement to the DI. Leading a nationally ranked research institu- now we need to take a little bit of a change.’” Report. UI Professor Jodi Linley, chair of the Faculty tion with roughly 53,000 students, Hensel began If selected as the next UI president, Hensel told Prior to becoming dean at the UI education col- Advisory Committee in the College of Education, her position as provost in October 2019. Before the DI that she would start by talking and listen- lege, Clay was dean of the University of Missouri wrote in a statement to the DI that she works with serving in her current position, she served as in- ing to the UI community, similar to how she said College of Education from 2010-16. Before that, he Clay on college-level issues such as budget deci- terim provost, dean of the Georgia State College she makes regular time in her current position did a nine-year stint as a professor in the UI Col- sions and policy communications. of Law, and as the first associate dean for research to speak with people and faculty about their con- lege of Education from 1997-2006. Clay consults the committee whenever he has and faculty development. cerns at Georgia State University. He holds a Ph.D. in counseling psychology and a decision in mind to present the idea to faculty Hensel is deliberate in the decisions she makes an MBA from the University of Missouri. and doesn’t drag out the process, said Wallace, SEE HENSEL, 3 Since the announcement of Clay as a finalist on SEE CLAY, 3

UI COVID-19 NUMBERS Number of self-reported cases for COVID-19 Students: 9 new cases, 3,173 to-date Employees: 3 new cases, 489 A crown with a cause to-date New cases as of April 23, 2021 University of Iowa alum Rebecca Chia has developed a platform as Miss Northern States entitled

Source: UI COVID-19 campus update 'RealizASIANS,' a platform aimed at uplifting Asian voices. BY ALEXANDRA SKORES the Asian community. She cur- [email protected] rently holds the crown of the Princess of America competi- In the closet of University of tion as Miss Northern States. Iowa alum Rebecca Chia, there Standing up on stage, Chia is a bright blue trumpet dress, hasn't always been surrounded Tune in for LIVE with a dazzling open back by women with identities like updates made with sheer edges. For her own. At times, she is the Watch for campus and city many, a dress like that would be only woman of color compet- news, weather, and Hawkeye worn to a ball or formal event. ing on stages in the Midwest. sports coverage every day at To Chia, it’s a dress she has According to Insider, the first dailyiowan.com. worn to win state and national Asian-American woman com- pageant competitions, all while peted in the 1948 Miss America creating a platform to advocate pageant, Yun Tau Zane who for the Asian American Pacific represented Hawaii. Now, Islander community. women like Chia are shatter- 2021 Twenty-two-year-old Chia ing glass ceilings for women is an Asian-American woman of color to be more involved in and recent UI graduate with pageants. degrees in sociology and crim- Originally from Queens, inology. She's been involved New York, Chia currently works in pageantry for 10 years. She three jobs to support herself currently facilitates a platform and the costs of pageants, with looking to uplift Asian voices minimal help from her parents. through RealizASIANS: Ending Her parents originally involved Bias & Uplifting Culture, an op- Chia in pageants, hoping to portunity she uses to speak out find her a new hobby. After 10 on Asian hate crimes and other Ayrton Breckenridge/The Daily Iowan significant forms of racism in SEE CHIA, 2 University of Iowa alum, Rebecca Chia, poses for a portrait on the Pentacrest on Sunday. 2A NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2021

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Copy Editor definitely experience im- Katie Ann McCarver postor syndrome or perpet- Send address changes to: Visuals Director years, however, it’s clear the ual foreigner syndrome,” The Daily Iowan, Katie Goodale hobby stuck. Chia said. 100 Adler Journalism Building, Iowa Pageantry can be upwards Impostor syndrome, be- City, Iowa 52242-2004 DITV News Director of thousands of dollars, in- lieving you are not compe- Bailey Cichon cluding lodging, attire, hair tent or enough to be what DITV Sports Director and makeup, and coaching others want you to be, is a BUSINESS STAFF Tianna Torrejon costs, she said. common thread for indi- Business Manager DITV Tech Directors Chia tries to work long viduals and their identity. 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Chia graduated with a degree in gowns alone costing $500 to “It’s the people that ask criminology and sociology and is the creator of the social initiative Southern Illinois University ditional Asian dishes and $2,000. She has competed in me, ‘Do you speak Korean?’” platform RealizASIANS and is the Princess of America Miss Northern in the fall and continue par- spread awareness on the International Junior Miss, Chia said. “I don’t. I am States. ticipating in pageants. different resources there are International United Miss, from here. It’s just incredi- Despite her fears for her to learn more about Asian America's US Miss, and oth- bly frustrating.” the skillset of a phenomenal ties of color. community, Chia is chan- culture. er local competitions in the In addition to the impos- contestant, they said. “People who preach BLM, neling her feelings into Chia will continue to host Midwest. Chia won Miss Io- tor syndrome she has felt “Rebecca has a natural but don’t extend that to something positive — ad- events that advocate for ra- wa for the Northern Ameri- nearly all of her life, Chia charm and now she is able to Asians are not being sup- vocacy and awareness of cial justice for Asian Ameri- can Miss pageant in 2018. has also seen the issue of walk into a room and imme- portive,” Chia said. “All rac- situations the Asian Amer- cans during her year of ser- “I work hard so I can af- the fetishization of Asian diately captivate the audi- es are not supposed to be ican and Pacific Islander vice as a pageant queen. She ford this hobby of mine,” women become more rele- ence with her poise and her against each other. We are community face. Chia will hopes to use her pageantry Chia said. vant. For Chia, she realized speech,” Bryan said. “When all a minority.” host a virtual event titled platform to continue to After her graduation on many occasions that peo- she speaks, you listen.” "Love Asians like you love raise awareness to the hate from the UI in December ple were thinking about her One of the most striking Advocacy with a crown our food" in May, where she in the world around her, she 2020, Chia now works as a in inappropriate ways. She traits the coaches found plans to teach about tra- said. safety ambassador at the heard comments from men in Chia was the force she Jihye "JJ" Park, gradu- UI Hospitals and Clinics, as about her identity. These brings to anything she puts ate student in the UI de- a server at Oaknoll restau- remarks hurt Chia, but also her mind to. partment of sociology and rant, and a cashier at the encouraged her to persevere Despite the added frus- criminology and former Hoja restaurant, nearly 52 “At the time, I didn’t know trations in her own life as teaching assistant of Chia’s, hours a week, for seven days they were sexually harassing an Asian American woman, said that she has been next a week. me,” Chia said. “I have since Chia said seeing the mur- to Chia throughout the pro- Working hard to have then put it behind me and ders of many Asian Ameri- cess of applying to graduate the glitz and glam, Chia made it a part of my story.” cans in Atlanta on March 16 schools. Park said she had funds most of her pageants Chia said she is fluent in added on to her anger and has seen through Chia's per- on her own in hopes of fur- English, but is conversa- ignited a flame within her to sonal statement to schools thering her platform, Real- tional in Mandarin. She at- continue to raise awareness. the kind of person she is izASIANS, where she advo- tended Chinese schooling in “The amount of Asian and how she remains resil- cates through in-person and elementary school. Eventu- hate crimes has greatly ris- ient and strong in all of her virtual events to showcase ally, she stopped going, but en in COVID,” Chia said. “... endeavors, pageantry in- Asian culture and uplift learned about her culture in There are literally old people cluded. Bicycle Tips: Parking Asian voices. other opportunities. being killed and that easily Park also followed Chia's The challenges she faced could have been my grand- work inside the classroom • Always park in a rack. Growing up early on have sparked her parents. It’s so disturbing.” and ultimately recommend- Asian-American desire to create a platform According to a report ed her for an undergraduate • Lock both wheels and frame to rack. that looks to advocate for from California State Uni- research opportunity in the Chia was surrounded Asian voices — a platform versity, Anti-Asian hate sociology and criminology • Don’t leave your bike for an by people with identities her coaches are proud of. crime in 16 of America’s department for her final se- extended period of time. like her own when she was largest cities increased 149 mester at Iowa. younger in New York, until Fine-tuning pageants percent in 2020. “She is a hard worker — • Going home for the summer? she moved to Cedar Rapids, and maintaining a voice Chia has seen the hurt her and persistent,” Park said. Iowa, in 2005. She remem- community has faced in the Park worked closely with Take your bike or donate it. bers there being one other Excited for passionate last year and noted the hurt Chia, learning about her Asian girl in her first-grade talent, Chia’s coaches, Stel- of Black individuals after passions for race inequality class, and she graduated as la Kontos Hess and Thom- the summer of Black Lives in crime and how that has transportation.uiowa.edu one of six Asians in her class ason Bryan of S&T Pageant Matter killing Minneapolis shaped Chia into working by high school. These expe- Consulting, met with her on resident George Floyd. She toward a master’s in sociol- riences sat with Chia as she Nov. 20, 2020 during a mock believes there should be a ogy. After Iowa, Chia will navigated to the UI for her interview. 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Nominees should provide the following information: • Name • Home Address • Position in the University • Office Phone • Campus Address • Cell Phone • A brief description of why the nominee is interested in being on the SPI Board Ayrton Breckenridge/The Daily Iowan If necessary, an online election will be held Rebecca Chia’s Princess of America Miss Northern States sash and crown sit on the Old Capitol steps on Sunday. Chia is a University of Iowa alum with a May 3-7 at dailyiowan.com degree in criminology and sociology and is the creator of the social initiative platform RealizASIANS. THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2021 NEWS 3A

Hensel said during her April nance should work at the UI. address diversity, equity, and in- HENSEL 19 forum she won't defund or “It was very insightful for clusion concerns. CONTINUED FROM FRONT reallocate funds away from the both of us, I think. Clearly, we're Hensel started the task force UI Police Department if she is thinking about those things in at Georgia State during the “When I feel like they're not the president. She called it “trou- the same way,” Hensel said. summer after protests started reaching out to me, I make sure blesome” that Black Lives Matter Incoming Vice President of in Atlanta, following the murder that I reach out to them so that protesters were tear gassed in the UI Graduate and Profession- of George Floyd in Minneapolis. it's a two-way street,” she said. Iowa City last summer. She said al Student Government Walt She worked with stakeholders “I think that's how you build leaders should address people’s Wang didn’t offer individual- on campus, including the chief trust and create an environment concerns, and plan avenues for ized feedback, but said each of of campus police, to find a way to where you can work together people to protest peacefully to the finalists has emphasized the more effectively police campus. to solve some really hard prob- help avoid situations that end in value they placed on shared gov- The task force created an ac- lems.” police confrontations. ernance. tion plan for Georgia State to Georgia State Dean of the “That's the kind of thing that “We’ve been very happy to be follow, broken down into goals College of Law Leslie Wolf has we need to avoid,” Hensel said. able to meet with them and talk for the fall semester and spring worked with Hensel since 2007. Hensel said she supports a to them on a more personal level semester, which focus on chang- Ryan Adams/The Daily Iowan via AP, Pool Wolf said when Hensel is faced holistic approach to UI campus and get to know them more as a ing university policing, hiring, Attendees speak with Georgia State University Provost and Senior Vice President with a problem, she makes an safety. The holistic approach — a person,” Wang said. promotion, and retention prac- for Academic Affairs Wendy Hensel after the third UI presidential forum in the Lev- accountability plan and follows safety approach that invests in Regan Smock, the recently tices, as well as ensuring conver- itt Center for Advancemen April 19. through. student health and well-being, elected Undergraduate Student sations about diversity, equity, For example: after Georgia centralizes support and resourc- Government president, said she and inclusion continued on she understands the process and more needs to go into the hiring State conducted a Faculty Job es, uses alternative first respond- considers Hensel as an experi- campus. the change that needs to happen and recruitment process beyond Satisfaction Survey in Septem- ers such as mental health profes- enced candidate for the position. An implementation steering in order for us to do our jobs well the data, he said. ber 2020, Hensel worked with sionals and mediators — is one Smock said Hensel talked about committee was then tasked with in higher ed, and that means we Glass also said he understood members of the faculty and ad- of three models created by the how Undergraduate Student meeting those goals. The com- can’t just do what we always do.” where Hensel was coming from ministrators to create next step UI Reimagining Campus Safety Government and the UI Presi- mittee was charged with iden- Hensel said she lived in the in talking about the data behind plans. Committee being presented to dent’s Office will help each other tifying ways to recruit diverse Midwest through her under- graduation and retention and Georgia State does not pro- Harreld to change the approach to communicate to students. faculty and addressing problems graduate education at Michigan reducing the time it takes to vide public access to the job satis- to campus safety, as previously “Before making decisions, faculty reported in a separate job State. She said she applied to the complete a degree. He said the faction report, but in a message reported by The Daily Iowan. she talked about bringing those satisfaction survey conducted presidential position because focus on maximizing tuition to campus summarizing the re- During two 12-hour days issues to students… and then before the protests this summer. she has an affection for the Mid- comes from the financial focus port, Hensel wrote in a message visiting the Iowa City campus, hopefully meeting with city gov- Objectives related to the univer- west and Big Ten institutions. of the university. to campus in April that since the Hensel said she felt welcomed ernment very regularly,” Smock sity senate focus on reviewing Hensel considers the Midwest “I think the important thing is report, Georgia State held listen- and experienced the “Iowa nice” said. “[Hensel] said, it can be the use of student instruction re- as her home despite two decades that they get the degree and then ing sessions reported improve- friendliness at the UI as an out- really easy to forget about the sponses and checking them for at Georgia State University. have a good life and get a good ments with service, mentoring, sider. Hensel said she got to internal constituencies when bias and creating social justice “[The UI] seemed like it was job as a result of the degree,” appreciation and recognition, sneak away from her day full of you're trying to serve the Board programming and pathways for a really great opportunity, and Glass said. “I’m a little less con- faculty recruitment, retention meetings to eat at two Iowa City of Regents.” transcripts. maybe a really good fit,” Hensel cerned about the time to degree, and belongingness, and support restaurants. Hensel hired Georgia State She said although Hensel has said. but I do understand.” for research and creative work. “I really loved how [campus] Associate Provost for Faculty Af- been at Georgia State for more Loren Glass, a UI English de- Hensel hopes to use data on Wolf said Hensel asked all intersected with the city,” Hen- fairs Nicolle Parsons-Pollard in than 20 years, Hensel continues partment chair and member of the time it takes to complete a of the colleges to step back and sel said. “It's in your backyard, July of last year and has worked to look to the future for how the the faculty senate, said overall he degree to improve student suc- take a look to identify what the very vibrant, very exciting. I saw with her on the university’s university can change and im- was impressed by Hensel. cess, something she sees as an university could do to respond students, even with the pandem- COVID-19 response planning prove. Glass said Hensel seemed to immediate challenge if she’s se- to improve retention. ic, out and about.” and responding to social unrest “Oftentimes, when we think have strong accountability and lected as the next president. She “She asked each of the deans UI’s shared governance on campus related to racial in- about a person who’s been personal integrity, and he agreed wants to make sure the UI re- to go through a process within groups met with Hensel during justice. somewhere that length of time with her that being transparent mains a compelling place that’s a their colleges to look at their own her campus visit on April 19. Parsons-Pollard said the Task you think about someone who is and building trust between the destination for students. data and identify how they were Hensel said in an interview they Force for Racial Equality came sort of set in their ways about the different constituencies on cam- “We absolutely should not going to respond,” Wolf said. discussed how shared gover- up with a list of initiatives, which way the institution should run,” pus and administrators. admit a student without com- work well with Parsons-Pollard said. “She’s ex- He said Hensel seemed more mitting to seeing them through the initiatives actly the opposite, you would data driven than the other can- graduation,” Hensel said. “It’s Timeline of Wendy Hensel's career they already think that she’s been here for a didates. Using data in making just a failure of the system, it’s had in place to shorter period of time, because faculty hires can be useful but tragic for the individual.” Hensel graduates from Michigan State Uni- versity, with a Bachelor of Arts degree with Hensel is appointed to an assistant professor Hensel is named interim Hensel is named interim provost highest honors in American public affairs position at Georgia State dean at Georgia State of Georgia State 1992 August 2003 to July 2006 July 2017 to October 2017 July 2019 to September 2019

1995 August 2006 to July 2011 May 2012 to June 2017 October 2017 to June 2019 October 2019 to present Graduates from Harvard Hensel is an associate profes- Hensel is appointed as Hensel is appointed as the As the current Georgia State provost Law School with a J.D. and sor at Georgia State and serves the Georgia State College dean of the College of Law at and senior vice president for Aca- honors and was a teach- on the Association of American of Law associate dean Georgia State demic Affairs, Hensel oversees an ing assistant for legal Law Schools and its board of for research and faculty R-1 public research institution that research and writing from directors during this time development serves more than 53,000 students 1993 to 1994 across several campuses

Clay was one of nine deans by Pam Ries, who is suing the by his comments. percent of faculty surveyed re- who signed a letter calling for university for alleged gender, “I think he has, in some ways, sponding that they thought he Loftin’s removal, according to age, and pay discrimination. convinced me that an internal was qualified for the job. the Kansas City Star. Then 63-year-old Ries led candidate would be really good “I’m not privy to the deci- “Our college was seen as a REACH, a transitional program for the University of Iowa and sion-making process behind leader on campus during that based in the College of Educa- in other ways just shown how that, but to have three very time in terms of communica- tion for students with cognitive much his experience at the Col- qualified women, and then one tion with our students, faculty, and learning disabilities, from lege of Ed has made him a great white man, who looks like an and staff,” Lembke wrote. “Dan 2013-17. leader — a lot of different peo- inside candidate — that was de- had a close relationship with his Ries alleges in the suit that ple and different experiences,” stabilizing for me,” Glass said. academic leadership team and Clay gave her the choice to re- Smock said. “But I think Clay was very good they completely supported ef- tire from her position or be Smock said she appreciated in his speech and questions.” forts to personally connect with fired, though she had received that Clay’s academic experi- During his forum, Clay said students (as an example) during positive performance reviews ence is in the field of education, the biggest challenge he would that time.” from the previous dean, and having worked for two years as face as an internal candidate Shivansh Ahuja/The Daily Iowan praise from UI President Bruce the director of academic affairs would be to assume he already Dean of the UI College of Education Daniel Clay addresses spectators and answers Controversy in ongoing Harreld. for USG. knows everything about the questions at the Levitt Center for Advancement on April 22. legal disputes, business According to the court doc- “Sometimes faculty value university. practices uments, Ries alleges she was teaching second. Teaching “I think the most important munication and approachability fired and replaced by a younger might be a stop on the way to thing for any president is to CLAY and further developing internal In his CV, Clay describes man who was paid more money your tenure or your research spend the first 100 days or so CONTINUED FROM FRONT relationships. himself as having extensive ex- than she had been in the same position,” Smock said. “I think listening — and not listening for perience as a “business found- role. that a big pro for me, especially you to stop talking so I can tell and hear their responses, Linley Leadership at the Univer- er/co-founder and investor.” Ries alleged in the suit that in my old role and having that my story, but listening to learn,” wrote. sity of Missouri The business ventures listed Clay demoted other older perspective, is to have someone Clay said. “He is responsive to feedback on Clay’s CV include co-found- workers in the College of Edu- who values education.” David Cwiertny, professor of and appreciates Faculty Advi- In his campus forum on April ing Intellisee, a UI-based start- cation and replaced them with Loren Glass, president of the Civil and Environmental Engi- sory Committee bringing any 22, Clay spoke about his experi- up company that offers AI younger employees. University of Iowa chapter of the neering, said he would prefer questions, issues, or concerns ence working at the University security products. Clay, who "The University of Iowa cate- American Association of Uni- an external candidate to bring among faculty to his attention,” of Missouri in 2015, when stu- is on the Board of Directors, gorically denies the allegations versity Professors, said although new thoughts and ideas to the Linley wrote. dents protested racism on cam- co-founded the venture with made by Dr. Ries, and is vig- he was impressed with all of university. According to a letter from UI pus for several months, leading Kregel, and several other Iowa orously defending the lawsuit. the candidates, he was more Cwiertny met with the final- Provost Kevin Kregel, Clay was to the resignation of chancellor researchers. We look forward to the presen- impressed by the first three- fi istis as part of a group of faculty reappointed to his dean position R. Bowen Loftin and president He also founded Mizzou tation of the University’s de- nalists that visited campus than with the Office of the Vice Presi- on Jan. 13. He was appointed to Tim Wolfe. Academy, a K-12 correspon- fense in court by the Attorney Clay. dent for Research. serve through 2026. “When I was at the University dence program. According to General’s Office," the university Glass said the rollout of the “I think we should use this In his letter, Kregel said Clay of Missouri, I was there during the Kansas City Star, the acad- said in a statement. candidates reminded some fac- as a chance not to look inter- had achieved recognition as a the student protests, and we emy is currently being sued by The trial is scheduled to be- ulty of the hiring of Harreld in nally. We have a lot of positions campus-wide “thought leader,” had a lot of students in our com- High School Servicos Educa- gin Dec. 13 in Polk County. 2015. Harreld, a non-traditional that have been filled internally, and developed strong external munity from the Ferguson area cionais, a Brazilian education candidate without prior aca- sometimes without searches,” relationships and an enhance- after Michael Brown was killed firm, which alleges that Mizzou Campus leaders demic experience, was the last he said. “I think there’s a lot of ment of scholarly growth and — they were scared, angry, they K-12 violated the terms of its candidate brought to campus worry in the faculty and the productivity. were confused, and they want- contract, and plagiarized con- Regan Smock, president of — speaking in a public forum on staff, and others at the universi- Aeas for further growth for ed to talk,” Clay said during his tent from the company. UI Undergraduate Student a Monday and named the next ty, after the last search, that this Clay addressed in Kregel’s forum. “And our campus leader- Clay is not named as a defen- Government, said that — while president a few days later on is some sort of predetermined letter included furthering com- ship at the time failed to listen.” dant in the suit. initially she was hesitant about Thursday. outcome, and I think some look He is also involved in Clay’s experience as an internal Harreld was largely unpopu- warily at Dean Clay in that re- Timeline of Daniel Clay's career an ongoing lawsuit, filed candidate — she was impressed lar among faculty, with just 1.8 gard.” Clay works as a professor in the Depart- Clay is appointed professor in the Depart- Clay graduates from the College of St. Clay completes his doctorate ment of Psychological and Quantitative ment of Special Education, Rehabilitation, Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota, with a in Counseling Psychology at Foundations at the University of Iowa Counseling and School Psychology at bachelor's in psychology the University of Missouri College of Education Auburn University 1989 1994 1997-2006 2007 - 2010

1991 1994 2006 - 2007 2010 - 2016 2016 - 2021 Clay receives his master's 1997 Clay is appointed assistant pro- Clay teaches as a professor Clay is named dean of the Clay becomes dean of the in Educational and Coun- fessor in the Department of Neuro- in the College of Education University of Missouri Col- University of Iowa College seling Psychology from science and the University of North and Human Services at lege of Education of Education the University of Missouri Dakota School of Medicine Western Illinois University 4A THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2021 Opinions

COLUMN Scavenging helps find books in town With libraries and bookstores closed for in-person browsing, we’re left to treasure hunt our way to find new books around the city.

BY MORIANA DELGADO stores than books found at [email protected] a new bookstore. We reval- ue the copies that others There is a bonding rela- deemed unworthy, and they tionship between the phys- become of value to us. ical copy of a book and its Great books are also hid- unexpected in-person find den in plain sight down- that the internet cannot town. Banana Yoshimoto, replicate. With many lo- author of 90s bestseller cal bookstores closed for Kitchen, and Yasunari Kawa- in-person browsing, and the bata, the first Japanese per- Iowa City Public Library of- son to win the Nobel Prize fering only 15 minute brows- for Literature, sit unattend- ing windows, scavenging ed at the trolley outside Io- has become one of the only wa Books. And the Haunted ways to find books down- Bookshop yard sale offers town. paperbacks for 50 cents and Scavenging, for me, hardbacks for $1, where the means walking down Gil- covers of English classics bert Street and searching bend under the sun, as if de- through the town’s thrift feated by the overwhelming stores, such as Goodwill, etymology of Japan’s own Houseworks, Salvation Ar- name “the origin of the sun.” my, and The Crowded Clos- Nialle Sylvan, owner of the et. Haunted Bookshop, said that That’s how I came across the store doesn’t worry about Kokoro, by Natsume Soseki, the extinction of physical on a dusty shelf at the heart copies of books, even though of Houseworks, sitting next the pandemic has decimated to a Minecraft construction sales of them. handbook. It’s also how I “Books will never be re- found A Silent Cry, by Ken- placed by their online ver- Raquele Decker /The Daily Iowan zaburo Oe, at The Crowded sion,” Sylvan said. “We’re The Haunted Bookshop in Iowa City is seen on Nov. 30, 2020. Closet for $1, and still didn’t not worried about it.” buy it because I was already Stopping by the wooden ite finds so far, You Know You at the end of the day, it’s them) but the vanishing not in terms of their con- reading Soseki. By then, I crates around the city can Are a Lutheran If, a book that the sense of a treasure hunt excitement of acquiring tent, but what they meant realized Japanese literature also offer the sense of trea- lists endless reasons in case that drives us to thrift, not things for one-eighth of its in a time like this. There will was all over the city, and I sure hunt. Outside New doubt takes you over. the lack of unread books price. be a story attached to them. wanted to dive in more. Pioneer Food Co-op, and To scavenge books is to on our shelves (in Japa- In the future, when book- And, although finding With thrifting, we find next to the Trinity Epis- accept the reading experi- nese, the word tsundoku stores reopen, and in-person books in common scenarios treasures in what others copal Church, I found the ence is composed of con- means the acquisition of all browsing at libraries ceases may be lost now, scavenging once held valuable and now first volume of an illustrat- stant interruptions. These kinds of reading materials to be restricted, we will look bridged the lack of that ex- deem as trash. That’s why I ed guide of North America’s books become tokens of our but letting them pile up in back at the books we scav- perience, and it mimicked cherish the books at thrift birds, and one of my favor- thrifting abilities because, the home without reading enged and think of them, something that felt gone.

COLUMN Health care workers take care of us So, it only stands to reason that the state of Iowa should take care of them, too. However, Reynolds took no patients, UIHC was also part such action. of clinical trials that helped UIHC workers should not search for a cure for the virus. have to ask for funding over Currently, UIHC is receiv- and over again from Iowa. We ing extra funding through the should all want our state to federal government’s CARES provide proper funding to our Act, but it is not smart to limit hospitals and its workers who funding to our hospitals once have tirelessly cared for our the pandemic is over, especial- sick lived ones during an ex- ly UIHC. hausting and heart-wrenching One in 10 of COVID-19 pa- pandemic. tients are experiencing long- Nurses across the country term effects. There are also have been experiencing over- multiple virus variants that work and burnout, and UIHC scientists are still keeping an has had to hire more expen- eye on, which means patients sive traveling nurses to fill the will still need the best possible gaps. care. Nurses arguably have one Even if COVID-19 is com- of the most important jobs, pletely eradicated in the near especially during the pandem- future, UIHC has proven to be ic. Nurses are responsible for beneficial for many medical the lives of our family, friends problems that people face. and neighbors. If extra fund- In 2017, UIHC studied how ing could help the hospital to improve treatment for trau- network grant them more matic brain injuries which is reasonable hours, they should a major cause of death in the receive it. U.S. The network did extensive All hospitals and nurses are research on secondary damage important and necessary, but from swelling and brain cell UIHC staff provides so much deaths. for the entire nation, not just UIHC is also home to the Iowa. They provide all kinds of Stead Family Children’s Hos- work for patients of all abilities pital, which is the only compre- Jerod Ringwald/The Daily Iowan and ages. hensive children’s hospital in The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is seen on April 7. As previously reported by Iowa and one of the best in the The Daily Iowan, UIHC has nation. Last year, children from BY JOSIE TAYLOR to keep up with patient care Collective bargaining law over- the cap during a year that has helped Iowans from all 99 45 out of 50 US states and from [email protected] and medical research. hauls in 2017 capped public pummeled hospitals and its counties during the pandem- 20 different countries went to In January, UIHC request- employee base wage increases workers. ic according to Suresh Gu- UIHC children’s hospital. The University of Iowa Hos- ed a 5 percent wage increase, to either 3 percent or the rise The UIHC caregivers union nasekaran, who is the CEO of Time and again UIHC pro- pitals and Clinics network is higher than public employee in regional consumer price then asked Gov. Kim Reynolds UIHC. Putting more funding vides extraordinary care and impressive and a positive force wages are allowed to increase index, whichever is less. While to write an appreciation letter into UIHC would therefore research to our community in Iowa City and to the global under state law, from the state the caregivers union wouldn’t for hospital staff, hoping it benefit all Iowans, not just and many others. The network community. Its health care Board of Regents. The regents be granted the 5 percent, a 1 would encourage the regents people in Iowa City. deserves to be rewarded with workers deserve adequate pay granted a 1 percent increase. percent raise is still well below to increase wages enough. Besides treating COVID-19 proper funding.

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We areAmplify not our diagnosis Living with ADHD can be difficult, but with help from others and open communication, the struggle doesn’t seem as hard.

cause issues with anxiety, de- can lead to many health prob- their doctor every month to get According to the National pression, and eating disorders. lems for people who abuse it. a refill sent into a pharmacy. Institute of Mental Health, the As a result, symptoms that are Abuse of Adderall can cause “I empathize with [students Division of Neuroscience & common with boys are the symp- a person’s nervous system to that abuse stimulants] during Basic Behavioral Science was toms that are turned into stereo- strips itself of dopamine recep- those stressful times,” Warren given $756,314 in the President’s types of ADHD symptoms. tors due to high levels of dopa- said. “I get why you would need Budget for research in fiscal “It’s going to be different for mine in the brain triggered by that extra push, but obviously 2021, compared to the nearly $2 everyone; there’s going to be Adderall. they shouldn’t be used without million total. varying levels,” Warren said. After my diagnosis, Adderall a psychiatrist or a doctor mon- Many people do not fully un- “Not every person you know with was the first prescription I tried. itoring them.” derstand what ADHD is or what ADHD is going to be the same as My experience with Adderall As a student with ADHD, symptoms to look for in them- the next. It’s not a choice. A lot has been a good one but getting other students have asked to selves or their peers. ADHD of people tend to say ‘Well, why started wasn’t easy. It took me a buy my medication from me is not a “one size fits all” illness. don’t you just get your home- few months to adjust to the side and use it. After numerous Every person diagnosed with work done, why don’t you just effects of the medication and times of telling people no and ADHD is going to be different clean your room, or just don’t slowly increase my dosage until I explaining that I cannot simply and everyone’s treatment plan think like that, think like this,’ felt comfortable. Adderall doesn’t go pick up more, those same will be different. but that’s just not necessarily work for everyone, but for my- people still ask me to sell my Ad- As ADHD is talked and possible.” self, it was a relief knowing there derall pills. learned about more, the more For many people, a diag- was a medicine able to help me in “Stimulants are no joke,” likely doctors and families can nosis is hard to accept, Kyle everyday life. said Warren, who has been pre- get people the resources they Votroubek, staff therapist at the “Adderall abuse is a scary scribed stimulants other than need. UI University Counseling Ser- thing. There can be some severe Adderall. “They make your body “I think people have a very vices told The Daily Iowan in an physical/mental consequences feel like crap. They will put you shallow understanding of what email. Many people may feel like for the person who is not pre- through the ringer; you’re not ADHD is,” Warren said. “I think it is their fault and that they are scribed Adderall and takes it going to want to eat, your stom- if it was talked about more in simply not as smart as neuro- without consulting a doctor,” ach hurts, and you just feel off.” depth, then a lot more people typical people. Others, who are Votroubek said. There are side effects from would be diagnosed, and in diagnosed later in life, can feel College is a difficult adjust- medications that never go away. turn, there would be a lot less as though a burden has been ment for everyone, but for a stu- I have had side effects from misuse of stimulants.” lifted off their shoulders. taking Adderall that haven’t Understanding the impact BY MOLLY MILDER told me that I was too sensitive, “Many folks with ADHD in- nearly changed since the first dose I that ADHD has on people and [email protected] I was easily distracted, and I ternalize their struggles with took. Personally, the side effects the symptoms it causes people needed to stop procrastinating. self-blame and this can have that I run into do not outweigh to have would make dealing May is more than mental Teachers told my parents that I severe impacts on their feelings the benefits that I have from with it feel less isolating. After health awareness month for was an intelligent student, but of self-worth and self-esteem,” taking Adderall. Some of these my diagnosis, I felt very isolat- me. May marks the one-year I stopped paying attention too Votroubek wrote. “Many folks side effects I have experienced ed because I did not personally anniversary of my Attention often during class. I would get who are diagnosed with ADHD 1/5 include dry mouth, decrease in know any other women my age Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder overly emotional during intense, later in life, for example, after appetite, and headaches. who had ADHD and it made (ADHD) diagnosis. At age 15, I fast-paced situations, which im- high school, find the diagno- of college students was diagnosed with anxiety and pacted most of my athletic career sis to be a relief because they depression, which led to a tri- in high school. finally recognize the problem say they abuse pre- It can be especially negatively impactful al-and-error process with a vari- After my diagnosis, I learned has not been that they are not scription stimulants to children if people don’t understand their ety of medication combinations. that all of these experiences were good enough but that they have In February 2020, I knew some- actually symptoms of ADHD. different neural structures than dent with ADHD, it can be even neurodiversity and assume that their concerns are thing still wasn’t right. I was di- Seton Warren, senior at the people assumed they have.” more challenging. According to a behavioral issues and the result of bad choices. agnosed with ADHD just a few University of Iowa, also has Along with a diagnosis often 2014 study by Partnership to End months later. ADHD and has used stimulants comes a treatment plan. For me, Addiction, nearly one-fifth of Since I was diagnosed during as a treatment for her diagnosis. this was Adderall. Getting my college students say they abuse — Kyle Votroubek, staff therapist at the beginning of the COVID-19 She shared how ADHD affects diagnosis was overwhelming, prescription stimulants. The UI University Counseling Services pandemic, I did my ADHD her academically, causes her to but to add Adderall into the mix most common stimulant abused testing with a psychiatrist over speak before she thinks in social was a whole other obstacle. The is Adderall. Most of the students Examples of common mis- me feel very alone. It was dif- Zoom. My first meeting was situations, and influences her obstacle was more than simply who abuse stimulants are those conceptions surrounding ficult for me to talk about my timeliness. adjusting to a new prescription, without an ADHD diagnosis, or ADHD include that people with diagnosis with my peers who approximately “I find it extremely difficult but also preparing for how I was prescription. ADHD have control over when didn’t have ADHD because to pay attention,” Warren said. going to be treated by others Between getting a boost to they can and cannot control they would typically respond “I think it kind of contributes to who knew of my medication focus on school, to trying to en- their symptoms, people with with a comment about how I my procrastination. I have a lot use. I knew about the use of Ad- hance a night out, the abuse of ADHD are just lazy, and people couldn’t have ADHD because I of trouble meeting deadlines and derall on college campuses and stimulants on college campuses with ADHD are always hyper- wasn't hyper or didn’t act like getting myself to go places.” knew what this would mean for affects people with ADHD more active. Between these miscon- another person they knew with 4% Many women struggle to get me. than many understand. Adder- ceptions and stimulant abuse, ADHD. an ADHD diagnosis from their Adderall is a mixture of all is a controlled substance and stigmas around ADHD seem “It’s important for us to talk doctors. According to the the stimulant drugs amphet- not a medication you can sim- hard to break. ADHD is not a about as a society for many of adults aged 18-44 National Comor- amine and dextro- ply refill. Someone with heavily researched or reasons,” Votroubek in the U.S. have ADHD bidity Survey Rep- amphetamine, a ADHD must call talked about men- said. “It’s such a lication, approxi- controlled sub- tal illness. common thing that Of that number, mately 4 percent of stance, and we should all be adults aged aware of it. It can 18-44 in be especially neg- the U.S. atively impactful to have children if people ADHD. don’t understand Of that their neurodiversity 38% number, 38 and assume that their percent are women and 62 concerns are behavior- percent are women percent are men. Their ADHD al issues and the result and diagnosis is typically mistaken of bad choices.” for or overshadowed by an- As of today, I am other mental illness. happy to say that I have According to Children reached a spot in my and Adults with Atten- life where I have accepted my tion-Deficit/Hyperactivity diagnosis, and I am ready to 62% Disorder (CHADD), most embrace it. It took me almost percent are men of what researchers know a year to get here, and — as a about women is based on the 20-year-old wom- an hour long. We simply talk- clinical experience of mental an with ADHD ed things through, and he got health professionals who have — it wasn’t to know parts of me. The next specialized in treating women. an easy pro- meeting with the psychiatrist “It’s really difficult for girls to cess. I do was nearly three hours long and get diagnosed. I was 16 years old, not know if included multiple question- which was way too old to get I will still naires, intellectual screenings, that diagnosis,” Warren said. need to be cognitive tests, and distractibili- “Whereas my little brother medicat- ty tests. got diagnosed when he was ed for My diagnosis was difficult for in 4th grade.” ADHD me to fully grasp right away and Just like any other in 20 the idea of telling people I had mental illness, everyone's years, been diagnosed made my anxi- symptoms are not the same. but I have ety even worse. Shortly after my According to an article in Under- comfort in knowing no matter diagnosis, my doctor put me on stood, girls and boys tend to show what happens in the future, my Adderall and began trying out different signs of ADHD which diagnosis will not define me. more medication combinations. causes boys to get diagnosed at a Mental health awareness, I kept my diagnosis and treat- higher rate. Boys tend to exhib- specifically ADHD awareness, ment a secret from most of my it their symptoms externally, is crucial to breaking down the extended family, friends, and such as impulsivity and out- Illustration by stigma of people with ADHD peers for a long time because I ward aggression. Kate Doolittle as being lazy or unmotivated. wasn’t sure how to explain why Girls often exhibit their As a student, daughter, sister, I didn’t exhibit many of the well- symptoms internally, however, and friend, I am proud to say I known symptoms. Growing such as through inattentiveness have ADHD and I am learning up, my classmates and teachers and low self-esteem, which can to live with it every day. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Internal Committee What is Amplify?

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The Hawkeyes advanced the 1969 season, Iowa was GYMNASTICS to NCAA Championships in overpowered by Michigan at CONTINUED FROM 8A Seattle, where they would the 1970 Big Ten Champion- face seven other teams with ships. A national champion- a national championship on Taffe explained that a lot ship foundation is built the line. of the Chicago area gym- Schmitt didn’t go to ei- nasts stayed in close touch Since Iowa’s high schools ther the Big Ten Champion- after the season, and it didn’t sanction boys’ gym- ships or the NCAA Champi- wasn’t until 2000, when nastics in the early-to-mid onships. Jacobson bought Iowa hosted its last NCAA ‘60s, most members of the him a ticket to go to Seat- Men’s Gymnastics Champi- UI men’s gymnastics pro- tle, but Schmitt suggested onships, that a number of gram came from the Chica- that Mike Zepeda go on the the gymnasts came back to go suburbs, including Keith trip instead, even though Iowa City because the pro- McCanless, who went to he wouldn’t compete. Zepe- gram was in contention to Willowbrook High School in da did compete during the become national champions Villa Park, Illinois. regular season as beam spe- again. McCanless was encour- cialist but didn’t finish the Though the Hawkeyes aged to come to Iowa by season because he tore his produced five All-Ameri- Neil Schmitt, a gymnast bicep. cans that year, they finished who competed at Iowa from The gymnasts that could in third place. The highest 1966-68 and would later be- compete showed up ready the program has ever fin- come an unofficial assistant to take the most important ished nationally since 1969 coach for the 1969 team. meet of the season by storm. was second in 1998. Dick Holzaepfel was in- McCanless recalled the In 2009, the UI finally strumental in building up Hawkeyes didn’t do as well paid its respects to its first what would become a na- as they should have in the national champions, when tional championship pro- prelims, but the scores they the Iowa Magazine pub- gram. Holzaepfel coached had qualified for the finals, lished an article headlined the Hawkeyes from 1950-66 which included the top “Forgotten Champions.” and did so again from 1971- three teams. Penn State and McCanless said the story 80. Iowa State were the other was the catalyst that helped Holzaepfel was described two teams in the finals with him and his former team- by former Hawkeye all- the Hawkeyes. mates achieve “celebrity” around gymnast Bobby When it mattered the status because, after the Dickson as being happy, most, Iowa was the na- article’s publication, they go-lucky. Holzaepfel liked tion’s best. As a team, the all got championship rings, to have fun, Dickson said — Hawkeyes won floor, pom- and four gymnasts — Mc- he was more of an organizer mel horse, still rings, and Canless, Bailie, Schmitt, and than coach. high bar. They defeated Don Hatch — were inducted Holzaepfel was an assis- the Nittany Lions, 161.175- into the Iowa Athletics Hall tant coach at Iowa in 1969. 160.45, and Mike Proctor, of Fame. All of them have He was inducted into the who had been shaky in the been invited back to campus Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame past, put them over the top on several occasions. in 1997. with his best routine ever on The most recent such in- After the Hawkeyes fin- parallel bars. vite was in September 2019 ished fourth in the Big Ten McCanless won the indi- at Kinnick Stadium, for the in 1966, Sam Bailie replaced vidual championship in the team’s 50th anniversary. On Holzaepfel as head coach of pommel horse, becoming a bright, warm, and sunny the program. the first Hawkeye to take day during a game against On his first day of coach- home both an NCAA indi- Rutgers, the gymnasts were ing at Iowa, Bailie sat the vidual and team champion- honored in the end zone gymnasts on the floor to Photo by Dick Taffe ship. during a break in the action. read his rules. Dickson and Teammates congratulate Rich Scorza (center) as he comes off the horizontal bar at the NCAA team finals. Dickson took third in still During his nine years as Schmitt weren’t having any rings, fifth in parallel bars, an assistant coach, Schmitt of it. They looked at each college in 1966, was a gym- The 1969 Hawkeyes fea- competition would give the and seventh in all-around. started a private gymnas- other, got up, and took Bai- nast at Penn State. tured a variety of personal- Hawkeyes the assist they Ken Liehr tied for second in tics club and completed his lie by each of his arms. They “Penn State, they weren’t ities. For example, Dickson needed to win a national the pommel horse, round- master’s degree in busi- carried him away, not relin- allowed to have any fun,” started his acrobatic career championship. ing out the three Hawkeye ness administration at the quishing until plopping him Dickson said from his res- when he was young and gymnasts named All-Amer- University of Michigan. He down in the showers with a idence in the Netherlands. performed acrobatics at the The vault to the top icans. then started working for wet thud. “That’s not a joke. I’ve talked UI’s annual Dolphin Show, “That’s when, for the first Hewlett-Packard and is now But after that first day, to a lot of Penn State guys an event that boasted swim- Iowa did not win the Big time that season, all of us living in Colorado, where he Dickson said, everything since then and they weren’t mers and gymnasts per- Ten Conference Champion- hit our routine,” McCanless coaches part-time at a local went great. allowed to go to gymnas- forming acrobatic stunts. ships in 1969, finishing sec- said. “There were no breaks, gymnastics club. In 1967, Bailie guided his tics summer camps, they After winning the 1969 na- ond to Michigan in Ann Ar- minor or major.” Schmitt and Dickson team to a first-place finish weren’t allowed to go to tional championship, Dick- bor on March 22. Back then, the scoring speak via Skype every week, in the Big Ten Champi- clinics, they weren’t allowed son took a circuitous path There was a special NCAA was on a 10-point scale. Mc- even though they are almost onships to qualify for the to have parties and this and and traveled the world as an Championship qualifier on Canless said if there was a 5,000 miles apart. NCAA Championships in that. acrobat and stuntman per- Carbondale, Illinois. “It was just win, win, win, forming comedy routines. The Hawkeyes finished which definitely wasn’t our He retired from acrobatics third at the 1967 NCAA thing.” in 2005 and from comedy Championships, and Mc- For what Dickson de- in 2020 and now lives in the Canless won a national scribed as a fun-loving Netherlands with his wife. championship on the pom- group, Jacobson wasn’t the He was inducted into the mel horse, but Iowa wasn’t type of coach that fit into World Acrobatics Society satisfied with third. the rambunctious team. Hall of Fame as an acrobatic The Hawkeyes believed There was friction for legend and given its Lifetime setbacks in one event kept some time. Achievement Award in 2018. them from winning a na- Then, an old teammate Dick Taffe was on the 1969 tional championship in turned assistant coach went team, and he was also a pho- 1967. against the discord. tographer for The Daily Io- “If you would have elim- “For the guys younger wan. Iowa’s journalism and inated the trampoline in than me, it was really tu- gymnastics programs at- 1967, we would have won the multuous because they had tracted him to the UI. Even NCAAs,” McCanless said. two changes while they were when he couldn’t compete “So that was a key issue.” still in school,” Schmitt said. with the team in his fresh- Iowa finished third again “He wanted to make the man year because freshmen at the 1968 NCAA Champi- team as stable as possible couldn’t compete at the onships after finishing in a with the talent it had. In time, he traveled with the three-way tie for first at the his mind, he knew the team team to take photographs Big Ten Championships. Io- would have a chance for an- for the paper. Post-grad- wa claimed the 1968 Big Ten other successful year after uation, he would go on to Photo by Dick Taffe Championships via playoff. seeing what it had done the work for United Press In- Keith McCanless competes on the pommel horse. McCanless was inducted into the Iowa Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011. Heading into the 1969 two seasons before.” ternational and in public season, McCanless, Dick- Schmitt said the Hawkeyes relations, with his last stop March 21 of that year, so Back in Iowa City, 99 son, and Don Hatch were all slowly adjusted to the Jacob- being at Boston University, the Hawkeyes didn’t miss years after competing seniors. So, the Hawkeyes’ son coaching era, accepting before retiring. out on their chance at a Sadly, I feel that we're in its first season, the championship window was his message despite their With all these athletes national championship. all now just ghosts. program finished out its closing. Nevertheless, Iowa displeasure with the school’s working toward a common From 1948-68, trampo- final season. felt confident that it could hiring decision. goal, the Hawkeyes contin- line counted as an event The 2021 men’s gym- win a national title. During the day, Schmitt ued their success from pre- toward the qualifying — Dick Taffe nastics team that com- Before the 1969 season be- worked part-time for the UI vious seasons in 1969, losing team score for the NCAA peted under the mantra gan, however, Iowa under- and moved inner office guts only to Michigan. Championships. fall, a gymnast could lose of the “final flight,” end- went another head coaching around. At 2:30 p.m., the The Hawkeyes knew they A column published by one whole point, but Iowa ed its season at the NCAA change, as Mike Jacobson moving crew’s truck would had a chance to go the NCAA the Michigan Daily short- didn’t have any of that in the Championships in Min- replaced Bailie in June 1968 drop him off at the Field Championships and bring ly after the 1969 Big Ten finals. Penn State did have neapolis April 16-17, with after Bailie accepted a po- House where he would work a national title back to Iowa Championships stated the some minor breaks. two All-Americans on all- sition with a sports equip- out as if he was on the team, City. members of the NCAA Gym- “It was a great relief,” around. ment firm. pushing the Hawkeyes to A big change to the format nastics Rules Committee Taffe said. The Hawkeyes placed Jacobson, who graduated their highest potential. of the NCAA Championship benefited from removing The team spent the night fifth in the qualifiers April trampoline because it would in the Emerald City con- 16, which was two places hurt Midwestern schools gratulating each other and short of making it to the fi- but help West and East eating dinner in the Space nals and therefore made the coast schools, saying the Needle, enjoying the skyline 1969 team the only national elimination was justified of the city. champions in program his- because it was “expensive It took them some time tory. and dangerous.” to realize they were the first “It has been fun watch- The Hawkeyes became a NCAA champions in school ing this team steadily im- more difficult team to beat history because they won prove right through their with the elimination of it over the first weekend of final season,” Taffe wrote trampoline. They beat the spring break. With most of in an email to The Daily Io- Wolverines by .45 points in the gymnasts not returning wan. “The spirit to press on the qualification meet, even directly back to Iowa City, when you know it's the end though they won only floor one even going straight must have been really hard exercise and side horse out north to Canada, they didn’t to maintain. Those of us on of the six events, one of get to see that news in the the 1969 team are proud to which ended in a tie. Still, Iowa City Press-Citizen until be relics of an earlier time in the Wolverines won the Big about a week later. The Daily the very long history of Iowa Ten meet the next day. Iowan didn’t publish an arti- men's gymnastics. We've Dickson scored more cle about the championship admired this final team for points than any Hawkeye in until April 8 — three days their vastly superior skills the qualifying, Big Ten, and after it happened. and technique compared NCAA meets in 1969, which with those in our era. We're he only recognized recent- Decades later and the sorry to see that this history ly because he was focused “Final Flight” of continued artistic prog- solely on the team score and ress being cut short. Photo by Dick Taffe his all-around score at the With McCanless, Dick- “Sadly, I feel that we're all Bob Dickson on the rings. Dickson was the team co-captain for the 1969 season. time. son, and Hatch gone after now just ghosts.” THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2021 SPORTS 7A

It's not just one person or two people to get the job done. We need four singles wins or a doubles win and three singles wins.

— Current Iowa Tennis player Kareem Allaf

player of all time. has, however, competed in the “That’s my case. I don’t want No. 2 spot instead of the No. 1 to sound cocky or anything, spot for Iowa women’s tennis but the numbers don’t lie.” this year, as freshman Alexa When the 2020 season Noel has quickly risen to the was cut short because of top of the Hawkeyes’ line - COVID-19, both Allaf and van up, surpassing van Heuvelen Heuvelen Treadwell were on Treadwell. historic runs. Van Heuvelen Noel is 22-0 this season. Treadwell was 10-1 in singles, “I’m just trying to stay up and Allaf was 11-2 with a No. there with [Noel] and both 51 national ranking when the lead from the top here,” van 2020 season ended prema- Heuvelen Treadwell said. “It’s turely. not just on one person or two Van Heuvelen Treadwell people to get the job done. We and Allaf both earned All-Big need four singles wins or a Ten honors and received In- doubles win and three singles tercollegiate Tennis Associ- wins.” ation Central Region Senior This week, the Van Heuvel- Player of the Year awards in en Treadwell-Allaf era of Iowa 2020. tennis could end, barring an Allaf has struggled NCAA tournament berth by throughout the 2021 season, either team. posting 7-7 singles and 7-10 Both the NCAA men’s and Ayrton Breckenridge/The Daily Iowan doubles records. women’s tennis tournaments Iowa’s Kareem Allaf returns the ball during a men’s tennis meet between Iowa and No. 14 Illinois on April 9 at the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Unlike Allaf, van Heuvelen feature 64-team fields. Iowa Complex. Treadwell has thrived. She’s men’s tennis isn’t currently currently 14-2 in conference ranked inside the ITA’s top 64. matches this season and The Hawkeye women, how - TENNIS six seasons at Iowa. gles ranking, my overall dou- I am," Allaf said, responding ranks 105th in the ITA’s singles ever, are positioned at No. 41 CONTINUED FROM 8A “Considering where I have bles ranking, and who I have to a question asking if he was rankings. in the ITA’s most up-to-date played in the lineup, my sin- had to play … I would say, yes, the greatest Iowa men's tennis Van Heuvelen Treadwell rankings.

Daviyon Nixon appears DRAFT to be a shoo-in, projected by CONTINUED FROM 8A some to be a first-round draft pick prior to the end of the Five Hawkeyes will be 2020-21 college football sea- drafted son — though many draft ex- perts have since flexed Nixon into a second or third-round Austin Hanson pick since. Smith-Marsette also seems With the NFL Draft slated to be a sure-fire late-round to begin just one day from draft pick, given his explo- now, the professional dreams sive playmaking ability both of some former Iowa football as receiver and a returner on players will be realized, while special teams.

I don't think Cronk, Neimann, or Beyer will be selected in this year's draft.

others’ futures will remain Smith has a good chance to uncertain. be drafted too. His 6-foot-2 Among the Hawkeyes in frame and ability to corral this year’s NFL Draft pool are jump balls make him a great defensive linemen Daviyon red zone weapon for NFL Nixon and Jack Heflin, defen- teams. sive end Chauncey Golston, The recent success of Io- tight end Shaun Beyer, line- wa offensive linemen and backer Nick Niemann, offen- defensive players in the NFL Shivansh Ahuja/The Daily Iowan sive linemen Alaric Jackson will likely help Jackson and Iowa defensive tackle Daviyon Nixon tackles Nebraska's Adrian Martinez during a football game between Iowa and Nebraska at Kinnick Stadium on and Coy Cronk, and wide re- Golston land on NFL rosters Nov. 27. ceivers Brandon Smith and this fall as well. Ihmir Smith-Marsette. I don’t think Cronk, Nie- Cronk’s injury problems Beyer wasn’t the best tight to Sam LaPorta. I don’t think er that wasn’t even the best Of those players, five are mann, or Beyer will be select- may sway teams from spend- end on the Hawkeyes’ roster NFL franchises are willing to at his position on his college likely to be drafted. ed in this year’s draft. ing any draft capital on him. last season — that title goes spend a draft pick on a play- team. Sports WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2021 THE MOST COMPLETE HAWKEYE SPORTS COVERAGE IN IOWA DAILYIOWAN.COM LONE CHAMPIONS Iowa men's gymnastics ended its final season this month, meaning the 1969 Hawkeyes stand as the program's only national championship team.

Contributed photos from Dick Taffe, Design by Kate Doolittle

BY ISAAC GOFFIN representation in the NCAA title case at the UI. And, ever 60 million deficit. [email protected] since the 2020-21 season ended, it always will be. The decision to cut men’s gymnastics can’t erase the pro- The Iowa athletics department announced last August gram’s long history, however. A display at the University of Iowa’s Athletics Hall of Fame that it would discontinue its men’s gymnastics, men’s Men’s gymnastics has been an NCAA-sanctioned sport at includes a trophy in the national championship teams’ sec- swimming and diving, and men’s tennis programs at the the UI since 1922. Throughout its history, Iowa men’s gym- tion that carries a special significance. end of the 2020-21 academic year because of financial trou- nastics has produced 11 NCAA individual champions, 113 A gymnast appears at the bottom of the trophy with two bles brought on by COVID-19. Women’s swimming and div- All-Americans, and 93 Big Ten champions. hands on the ground and his feet in the air. Lettering to the ing was also on the chopping block, but it was permanently It’s been 52 years since the program won the NCAA left of him reads “Gymnastics Champion 1969.” The trophy reinstated in February. Championships at Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Wash- belongs to the 1969 Iowa men’s gymnastics team, which — Athletics Director Gary Barta estimated that, with a ington, on April 5, 1969, but the story behind those trailblaz- before the school became a wrestling powerhouse — won shortened football season and no fans in attendance at ing Hawkeyes will live on. Iowa athletics’ first of 26 NCAA Championships. Kinnick Stadium or Carver-Hawkeye Arena this year, along The trophy is the Iowa men’s gymnastics program’s only with other losses in revenue, the department is facing a $50- SEE GYMNASTICS, 6A

HAWKEYE UPDATES TENNIS PCP Jordan Bohannon to return for sixth season with Iowa men’s basketball How many Jordan Bohannon, the Iowa men’s basketball program’s The end of an era all-time leader in assists (639), drafted Hawks? 3-pointers (364), and games After six years of action, the Elise van Heuvelen Treadwell-Kareem played (143), is returning to the Allaf era of Iowa tennis may be coming to a close. DI Pregame Editor Robert Read Hawkeyes for the 2021-22 season — his sixth with the program. and Sports Editor Austin Hanson Bohannon confirmed on Twit- debate which Iowa football players ter Monday afternoon that he is using the extra year of eligibility will hear their names called this the NCAA is providing to all ath- weekend at the NFL draft. letes because of the pandemic. The Des Moines Register’s BY ROBERT READ Chad Leistikow first reported Bo- AND AUSTIN HANSON hannon’s decision. Per Leistikow, [email protected] Iowa coach Fran McCaffery plans to play Bohannon off the ball next Six Hawkeyes will be drafted season. The past five seasons, Bohannon has been Iowa’s Robert Read point guard (the “1”). But with the combination of CJ Fredrick, I suppose this is where constantly reading NFL mock Iowa’s starting shooting guard drafts comes in handy for me. the past two seasons, entering During the first round of last season’s draft, I hada the transfer portal and the team’s story prepared in case offensive tackle Tristan Wirfs was desire to open up the point guard drafted No. 4 overall by the New York Giants (he ended up spot for Joe Toussaint, Bohannon going 13th to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which worked will spend time at the “2” next out just fine). I don’t think I will be as busy on the first day season. of the draft this year. But plenty of Hawkeyes will still hear their names Go to dailyiowan.com to called between Thursday and Saturday. read more. Ayrton Breckenridge/The Daily Iowan All-American defensive tackle Daviyon Nixon will like- Iowa’s Kareem Allaf returns the ball during a men’s tennis meet between Iowa and No. 14 Illinois on April 9 at the Hawkeye ly be the first Iowa player selected this year. At one time Tennis and Recreation Complex. The Fighting Illini defeated the Hawkeyes 5-2. Nixon was ESPN draft guru Mel Kiper Jr.'s No. 10 over- QUOTE OF THE DAY all prospect, but for whatever reason Nixon’s name has BY WILL FINEMAN ed all its spring sports athletes. cooled off since then. “I’ll need to have [email protected] Allaf and van Heuvelen Treadwell both came to I’d expect Nixon to go sometime in the second or third security with me the UI from international locales. round. After that, it’s a guessing game. This week, the Big Ten men’s and women’s ten- Allaf is from Dubai, UAE, and van Heuvelen Here’s my guess: defensive lineman Chauncey Golston, every step of the nis championships kick off in Lincoln, Nebraska, Treadwell is from East Sussex, England. wide receivers Ihmir Smith-Marsette and Brandon way.” and Madison, Wisconsin, respectively. The two Hawkeyes have also competed in the Smith, linebacker Nick Niemann, and offensive tackle The 2021 Big Ten Championships will serve as No. 1 lineup spots on the men’s and women’s ten- Alaric Jackson will be drafted this year. Those five along the last Hawkeye seniors Kareem Allaf and Elise nis teams for most of their careers, and both of with Nixon being selected would mean six Iowa players ­—Bohannon on van Heuevelen Treadwell ever play. them boast career singles win percentages over 60. were drafted. returning to “We’re just going to go out there and compete,” “We’re actually in a lot of classes together right The predictions on the five players listed above are all Hilton Coliseum Allaf said. “Enjoy possibly the last match or last few now in graduate school, which is different because over the place. Most projections have all of them sprinkled next season matches because you never really know.” we’ve never been in class together,” van Heuvelen throughout rounds four through seven. Some analysts Since they arrived at the University of Iowa, Treadwell said. “So that’s kind of a unique situa- don’t project Smith to be drafted, but I’d figure some team both Allaf and Treadwell have become mainstays tion too.” will pick up on his elite ability to make contested catches. in the Hawkeye men’s and women’s tennis pro- Allaf is the Iowa men’s tennis program’s all-time There are other Hawkeyes who could be drafted, in- grams. leader in combined singles and doubles wins, and cluding running back Mekhi Sargent, defensive tackle STAT OF THE DAY Allaf is currently playing his sixth season of col- van Heuvelen Treadwell ranks third in Iowa wom- Jack Heflin, tight end Shaun Beyer, offensive guard Coy legiate tennis at Iowa. He redshirted during his en’s tennis history in combined singles and dou- Cronk, kicker Keith Duncan, and offensive lineman Cole freshman season and has taken advantage of the bles wins. Banwart. I think all those players will end up in NFL train- extra year of eligibility the NCAA granted all its Allaf has never played below the No. 4 spot in ing camps. But I don’t think they’ll be drafted. spring sports athletes because of COVID-19 this the Iowa men’s tennis team’s lineup at any point Me being wrong is a strong possibility though. So, tune 4 season. during his long career. Excluding 2019, Allaf has into the 2021 NFL draft starting Thursday and follow The Positive COVID-19 tests Van Heuvelen Treadwell is nearing the end of boasted a winning singles record in each of his Daily Iowan’s coverage of the draft. reported by UI Athletics for the her fifth year at Iowa. Like Allaf, she also elected to week of April 19 use the extra year of the eligibility the NCAA grant- SEE TENNIS, 7A SEE DRAFT, 7A Lights, Camera, Activism Cinematic Arts and Theatre Department faculty both presented new series that centered underrepresented voices in the arts. Leaders involved with each program reflected on their work thus far and their hopes for the future.

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year American Studies BY JENNA POST ments,” Amad said. graduate student who attend- [email protected] “It was also part of a much thrilled with the results. ed some of the events, said she broader ongoing commitment Afro House, and graduate stu- ed by Yasmina Price, a Ph.D. “I think one of the things hopes to see more student in- This year, Cinematic Arts in our department that's fo- dents. student in the departments of we really achieved was an volvement next semester. and Theatre faculty at the cused on cinema to really ex- Amad said cinematic-arts African American Studies and impressive range of materi- “I do think that they have in- University of Iowa launched pand people's understandings faculty wanted to focus their Film & Media Studies at Yale als,” Creekmur said. “We had corporated grad students into two new series, “Black Lives of the complexity of African event budget on this series, University. a session on Black Panther, a other panels, but I would like on Screen” and “Borderless,” American cinema in the past, which has allowed them to Next week, Professor of po- very prominent mainstream to see a little more of that,” Av- which aim to showcase diverse present and future.” showcase the work of fellow UI etry and Guggenheim Fellow- feature film, we've had docu- ery said. “I think it’s been really perspectives in the arts. While similar efforts have artists. Amad said the school ship recipient Tracie Morris mentaries, we've got experi- cool to see students engaging Cinematic Arts Associate been made in the past, last used “nearly all” of its speak- will be in conversation with mental cinema, we’ve got in- with professionals in our fields Professors Paula Amad and summer’s protests led to in- er funding for "Black Lives on Joyce Tsai, chief curator of the tersectional films. We had a lot of choosing.” Corey Creekmur said plans for creased diversity program- Screen." UI Stanley Museum of Art, of goals that we were juggling. Like the Cinematic Arts "Black Lives on Screen" began ming across arts programs “A big part of this has been about Morris’ performance One was this range, one was Department, the Theatre De- last summer, partially in re- at the university. The School to really promote the import- of her original poem, "Black bringing creators and schol- partment started a program sponse to the Black Lives Mat- of Music presented “Face Self ant and transformative work Spring." Morris was commis- ars together, and another was focused on diverse stories this ter movement and as a con- / Face Truth: Creative Arts in being done by our colleagues sioned by the department showcasing some local talent, year. “Borderless” is a series tinuation of the department’s Response to Social Injustice,” here at the university,” Amad to write and film her perfor- which is putting it mildly. I of plays made in collaboration and, overall, the university’s and took the steps to address said. mance. mean, it's really outstanding.” with campus cultural houses ongoing diversity, equity, and the lack of diversity in its pro- Last week, “Black Lives on Amad and Creekmur said While the department is and community members. inclusion efforts. gram. Screen” presented the work each guest had full control uncertain of how events will Each play places underrepre- “It was in part, a response to "Black Lives on Screen" is of Associate Professor of Cin- over what they chose to pres- play out next semester with sented voices in the spotlight. the horrific events leading into a highly collaborative series, ematic Arts and experimental ent. The Cinematic Arts de- COVID-19, Amad said she Mary Beth Easley, chair of summer 2020 and was intend- with planning teams com- filmmaker Christopher Har- partment’s job was to give thinks it will continue to host the Department for Theatre ed as an action-based project posed of Black faculty from ris, who showed four of his them a platform, and the rest Zoom webinars so non-local Arts, said she had been look- of support for the Black Lives various departments, students avant-garde short films along- was up to the speakers. Both speakers can still be featured. Matter and racial justice move- and staff involved with the side other short films curat- professors said they have been Katherine Avery, a first- SEE ACTIVISM, 3B 2B 80 HOURS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2021 WEEKEND EVENTS THURSDAY 04.29 FRIDAY 04.30

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Mr. Blue Sky Electric Light Orchestra Out of the Blue Prepare to be properly spooked on man and Robert Pulcini. The duo al- April 29 — Things Heard & Seen will so wrote the screenplay and selected You Make Me Feel Like Leo Sayer Endless Flight make its thrilling premiere on Net- British cinematographer Larry Smith, flix. known best for his work on Eyes Wide Dancing The horror film follows the classi- Shut from 1999, and Only God Forgives The Rubberband Man The Spinners The Rubberband Man/ cally petrifying tale of a young artist from 2013. named Catherine and her husband The cast is fairly star-studded, with Now That We’re To- George, who have just moved into Amanda Seyfried leading as Cather- gether their seemingly picturesque dream ine, and James Norton playing her house in a historic small town in up- husband George. Other members Fail! Rainbow Kitten Surprise Seven + Mary state New York. After a few odd oc- of the cast include Stranger Things Goodnight Chicago Rainbow Kitten Surprise RKS currences, the artist begins to suspect actress Natalia Dyer as a neighbor their new home isn’t as peaceful as it named Willis who acts as a secondary Amamizu Masakatsu Takagi Kagayaki seems. George, however, seems to be love interest for George, as well as ac- Take a Walk Passion Pit Gossamer unaware of the strange happenings tor Alex Neustaedter who stars as an- and in suspiciously close cahoots with other questionable neighbor named the local residents, leading Cather- Eddy. Actress Rhea Seehorn also stars Brazil Declain McKenna What Do You Think ine to sense something amiss in their as a local named Justine, who gives About the Car? marriage as well. Catherine dubious advice on her eerie Based on the 2016 mystery novel All situation. I Just Wanna Shine Fitz and the Tantrums All the Feels Things Cease to Appear by author Eliza- With a mysterious plot and a Gone FELIVAND Nerve beth Brundage, the film is directed by more-than-capable cast and crew, Academy Award-nominated filmmak- Things Heard & Seen will surely be a Brand New Ben Rector Brand New ing couple Shari Springer Ber harrowing experience. REVIEW OF THE WEEK: Shiva Baby BY TATIANA PLOWMAN by as an 8-minute short Although Shiva Baby is fan, I was super excit- moments of the film. [email protected] film of the same name listed as a comedic film ed to see Dianna Agron Her usage of string in- for her thesis project to — a genre it most cer- among those faces. struments to keep view- Shiva Baby is the lat- graduate from New York tainly fits — it also bal- With a runtime of 77 ers on the edge of their est coming-of-age film University’s film and TV ances several sensitive minutes, Shiva Baby is seat is simply to debut on all stream- program. After receiv- topics, such as death, quick, yet engaging, and spectacular. ing platforms. Audienc- ing much praise, she de- in a chaotic yet sub- certain to capture your All in all, es were able to enjoy the cided to further expand tle manner. Seligman attention the entire Shiva Baby

Toronto International her project and create proves that she has an time. I was holding my was one of S H Film Festival fan favor- her first feature-length immaculate talent and I breath during so many the most en- IV A ite beginning on April film. look forward to her next moments as the tension joyable first B A 2. The film focuses on Seligman takes a per- film. built perfectly through watches B Danielle, a bisexual Jew- sonal approach to the Newcomer Sennott dialogue and music. The I’ve had in Y ish college student who film, as many of the couldn’t have captured levels of second-hand awhile. All attends a family friend’s events and characters the essence of a college embarrassment that of the char- shiva with her fami- parallel her life. She student better. Her fa- also come with watch- acters com- ly. There, she runs into herself is a bisexual Jew- cial emotions and subtle ing this film are all too plimented prying relatives and ma- ish woman and added body movements to re- relatable. I found my- each other ny people from different a lot of her own quirks act to different instanc- self laughing, crying, nicely in areas of her life — in- to Danielle’s character, es did not go unnoticed. screaming and cringing the beautiful cluding, unexpectedly, played by Rachel Sen- This film has a killer en- alongside all the charac- world that Se- her sugar daddy. nott. semble cast who all play ters. ligman created. Director and writer I cannot say enough energetic and fun char- Composer Ariel Marx’s Be sure to add it Emma Seligman origi- about how fantastically acters attending the score also helps balance to your watchlist as nally created Shiva Ba- this script was written. shiva. As an avid Glee the comedic and tense soon as possible! THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2021 80 HOUR 3B STUDENT SPOTLIGHT Trombonist named finalist Benjamin Hahn was named a finalist for a solo competition hosted by the International Trombone Association. He’ll compete live at the International Trombone Festival hosted in Columbus, Georgia in July.

BY ABBY MCCUSKER eryone else, they [email protected] were all paying attention to what Benjamin Hahn had an I did. So, I played advantage over other fifth- some tricks on grade trombonists in his pri- them and used the vate school — his lanky arms alternate positions were already long enough and they were all to reach all the sliding posi- like, ‘What’s go- tions. His fascination with ing on? I know the slide and the fun sounds that’s not how this the trombone could create works.’” drew him to the instrument. Trombone be- Twelve years later, his came something passion for playing the that Hahn knew he trombone is as strong as wanted to pursue when he started. after high school. Hahn, a master's student While looking at in trombone performance colleges, he made at the University of Iowa, it a priority to find was named a finalist for the a trombone pro- Larry Wiehe Tenor Trom- gram that he want- bone Competition hosted by ed to work with. the International Trombone He said that his Association. He’ll compete junior year recital in the final round in July at at Western Michi- the International Trombone gan University ce- Festival in Columbus, Geor- mented those pas- gia. sions for him. Music has surrounded “When I stood Hahn for most of his life. up in front of the His siblings all play brass small crowd play- instruments. The musician ing the recital, I said one of the reasons he knew this is where picked trombone was be- I felt at home. This Grace Smith/The Daily Iowan cause it was different than is what makes Masters student studying trombone performance, Ben Hahn, poses for a portrait outside of Voxman Music Building at the University of Iowa. Hahn is a finalist for an the other instruments al- me happy, this is international solo competition organized by the International Trombone Association, and will be playing in the final round this summer. ready played in his house- what I want to do,” hold. His earliest trombone Hahn said. “I kind of always of the competition, he had cises and some mental focus memories come from when knew that I wanted to do to submit a video recording I think a lot of trombone is just a mental exercises, making sure that he transferred to a public trombone, but at that point of the audition piece with a I am mentally prepared for middle school in sixth grade in time was really where I piano. As a finalist, he will game and once you get out there it's nerve- the performance more than and pranked his classmates knew that was what I was perform a new piece, “Blue wracking until you play the first note. That first anything else,” Hahn said. using the instrument. doing and put myself 100 Bells of Scotland,” live for “I think a lot of trombone "We have slide positions percent into it.” the judges at the festival in note is the most important because, once I'm is just a mental game and to play particular notes but Hahn is no stranger to Columbus. playing, I'm having the time of my life. once you get out there it's there are a couple of differ- the solo competition hosted Hahn said that perform- nerve-wracking until you ent slide positions that can by the ITA. He placed as an ing only makes him ner- play the first note. That first be used to play some notes,” alternate the past couple of vous until the first note is — Benjamin Hahn note is the most important Hahn said. “We’re always years before he was named played. After that, he said, because, once I'm playing, taught the easiest ones but a finalist for the 2021 com- the nerves fade away. time I keep my performance but sometimes I just do I’m having the time of my because I had a year on ev- petition. For the first round "I feel like most of the anxiety pretty well in check, some quick breathing exer- life.” The Daily Iowan NEEDS YOUR HELP The Board of Trustees of Student Publications Incorporated, publisher of The Daily Iowan, has three vacancies for STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE This is a one-year term covering the period from September 2021 through May 2022 with an option to serve a second term.

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Contributed If necessary, an online election will be held hope is to diversify our faculty. an open dialogue about inter- Their work will continue into ACTIVISM Until that happens, we will use national and domestic issues next semester and beyond. May 10-14 at dailyiowan.com CONTINUED FROM 1B our guest artist funds to hire through the arts. mentors from the professional “I feel like we've had a lot of ing for a way to collaborate world. We've learned this year conversations in the arts about with the cultural centers on that you can mentor on Zoom, gatekeepers, and who controls campus, when former gradu- so we will continue to use that narratives,” he said. “It's ex- ate student Morgan Grambo platform when it is needed.” citing that [“Theatre Without suggested the reading of a Easley said approximately Borders”] are willing to be like, play written by a female Native 20 percent of the Theatre De- ‘Let's get some young voices in American playwright. From partment’s production budget this.’ And why not go as pretty that idea, “Borderless” was went toward “Borderless.” In much as young as possible with born. addition to “Borderless,” some a public research university?” “Borderless” isn’t always theater graduate students be- Ascher said that arts institu- presented in the typical on- gan working on a project to tions need to move beyond sur- stage format. "I’m Writing to connect theater artists global- face-level representation and You Today" by playwright Ann ly through “Theatre Without into activism by giving under- Kreitman is an immersive au- Borders.” represented writers the oppor- dio journey that takes listeners Robert Ascher, a first-year tunity to tell their own stories. across campus to locations dramaturg MFA student, be- “I think that there is an that are significant to herself gan working to make “Theatre expectation for people who and the larger LGBTQ+ com- Without Borders” a multi-de- control narratives that, well, if munity in Iowa City. Those partmental collective at the they put a Black best friend in behind “Borderless” ensured university this year. He said he this romantic comedy, that will that diverse individuals could hopes to see a larger collabora- satisfy some quota. And that tell their own stories. tion effort next year. doesn't do anything,” Ascher Easley said it is important “Theatre Without Borders” said. “And so, I think when to have diverse voices on all was founded by theater artists it comes to ‘Theatre Without levels of the production to en- Roberta Levitow, Erik Ehn, Borders,’ we want people to sure that their stories are told Catherine Filloux, and Deb- write their lived experience, or correctly, which has involved orah Brevoort following 9/11, to write something that is true bringing in outside profes- with the goal of connecting to them. I think that can speak sionals in some cases. U.S. and Middle Eastern the- volumes.” “I think it is important for ater artists. Now, it continues Between “Theatre Without students to have teachers and to bring artists together from Borders,” “Borderless,” and mentors who share attributes around the world. “Black Lives on Screen,” art- with them, such as race, eth- Ascher said he believes that ists, faculty, and students alike nicity, life experience,” Easley “Theatre Without Borders” have worked to increase repre- said. “Moving forward, our creates the opportunity to have sentation within arts at the UI. 4B THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2021

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