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BY LILLIAN POULSEN the new mandate among a 100 outdoors unless all people [email protected] slew of mitigation efforts is- over the age of two are wear- INSIDE Mask mandate sued in a proclamation to re- ing masks. Starting today, masks will duce the number of positive The number of Iowans Search committee names be required in large-group COVID-19 cases and ease the in the hospital because of announced issued in Iowa settings in the state, the first strain on hospitals. The proc- COVID-19 has skyrocketed in The search committee tasked statewide mask-requiring lamation will remain in effect recent weeks. A record-break- with selecting the next head The governor's proclamation requires measure Iowa Gov. Kim Reyn- until 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 10. ing 1,135 Iowans were in the Hawkeye was announced by the olds has issued since the start The proclamation bans all hospital Tuesday, according to Board of Regents on Tuesday. The mask-wearing for gatherings of 25-plus of the pandemic. social, community, leisure, the state’s coronavirus dash- 19-member committee will hold people indoors and 100-plus people In a press conference on and sporting events with more its first meeting in December, Tuesday, Reynolds announced than 25 people indoors and SEE MASKS, 2 with a date and time yet to be outdoors. announced. Included on the committee are representatives from the regents, employee and graduate student unions, the two NATIONAL POLITICS student-government body pres- idents, faculty senate president, and representatives from eight colleges.

THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2020 AMPLIFY 5 I'm the During First-Generation week, the DI talked with fourfirst students who are Amplify the first in their family to go5 to college.

AngelineWhat does being a Bestfirst-generation college student mean to you? Being a first-gen student means having resilience, going through something that not everyone can relate to and coming out with a skill that not everybody has.

What’s something that you’re proud of that you’ve accomplished during your time at the University of Iowa? I am the clinic coordinator for Mobile Clinic at IC Compassion. It’s one of our first monthly clinic sites. It will be for immigrant and Along came Kamala refugee populations. After the 2020 race for the presidency was called, Sen. Kamala Harris was elected the first Black and South-Asian What does being a first-generation collegeJosh student mean toParbs you? Being the first in your family to take a step into the academic world. You know, kind of advancing the education that you had in high school and kind of like pushing the envelope more than your parents and your grandparents and things like that have in the past. American woman to hold the vice presidency, encouraging women in Iowa to fulfill their dreams in leadership. What’s something that you’re proud of that you’ve accomplished during your time at the University of Iowa? I think one of my favorite things that I’ve done is that I’ve actually published a children’s book about promoting healthy habits between children, and their families, and things like that. And I think that’s really been kind of a function of attending the University of Iowa.

MauricioWhat does being aSandoval first-generation college student mean to you? What it means to me is doing something you want to do, not just for your parents but for your community. For me, I had to move countries just to start from the beginning, and I was able to build myself up from nothing. That’s what it means to me, being able to put pieces together from a foundation and being able to build up from there.

What’s something that you’re proud of that you’ve accomplished during your time at the University of Iowa? So many things, but I think the greatest thing is just being able to apply my knowledge into the research I’m doing. I’m able to apply what I’m learning in class into actual practical research.

What does beingBhavana a first-generation college student Sirimalle mean to you? I think it means being someone who is incredibly independent, and having to navigate college on their own without much family support. I think it also kind of shows how incredibly determined one has to be to be a first gen.

What’s something that you’re proud of that you’ve accomplished during your time at the University of Iowa? I think the biggest accomplishment is I know I wanted to do science and pre-med since I was probably in middle school and high school, but I never knew how to get there, or even the process, and my first and second year I figured out kind of like the process — what I have to do, how I have to get there, and just all the resources available for me to succeed. So, I think that’s my biggest accomplishment in terms of figuring out how to get to my goal.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Internal Committee What is Amplify?

Sarah Watson Bailey Cichon Mary Hartel Lillian Poulsen Amplify is the Daily Iowan’s community within our audience, and provide an op- Alexandra Skores Kate Doolittle Elijah Helton Julia Shanahan section, focusing on topics and features portunity for our readers to engage with surrounding culture within the Iowa City the DI. Cesar Perez Austin Hanson Hannah Pinski Jenna Post community. It looks to heighten voices AMPLIFY:Shivansh Ahuja Kelsey Harrell Ally Pronina MichaelFirst-Genera Merrick - tion Hawkeye Week In honor of First-Generation Week, the Daily Iowan highlighted four First-Gen Hawkeyes and their accomplishments during their time at the University of Iowa 3

Iowa City downtown businesses prepare for cold weather The City of Iowa City and the Kate Heston/Daily Iowan Iowa City Downtown District has Johnston County Supervisor RoyceAnn Porter holds a sign supporting Joe Biden while talking to other attendees of the Biden-Harris event. Patrons celebrate the Biden Harris released a $25,000 grant program presidential victory in Mercer Park on Sunday. Porter organized the event. available to eligible downtown restaurants and businesses BY ALEXANDRA SKORES leadership roles. Harris, the legislature .Iowa has yet to elect [email protected] second Black woman and first a person of color to a statewide South-Asian American elected office. North Liberty City Council- to the U.S Senate in history, has The daughter of immigrants 10 or, RaQuishia Harrington has served since 2017. Come 2021, from both India and Jamaica, been told all her life that she Harris will be the first Black Harris has been inspired by could be anything she wanted and South-Asian American stories of her own parents and to be. As a local politician and a woman to serve as the United their situations in her own life. proud woman of color, she had States Vice President. Phoebe Jean-Pierre, a visit- just witnessed the glass ceiling Harris campaigned through ing assistant professor in the shatter this weekend with a Iowa on her own bid for the UI College of Law, said she was woman of color being elected presidency, but dropped out filled with happiness at the to the highest branch of office of the race in December. In the news of Harris’ new role, due within the United States’ gov- Hawkeye State, women who to the last four years having Veteran roster key for ernment. look to Harris as inspiration been detrimental in her point Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Ca- often do not see others who of view. For Jean-Pierre, a child Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/TNS men’s basketball lif., was elected to the vice look like them in Iowa politics. of immigrants, Harris’ story res- Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris addresses the nation after joining In what is sure be an unpredict- presidency, igniting a flame In 2019, there were just four President-elect Joe Biden in being named the victors in the presidential able season, the Iowa Hawkeyes do election on Nov. 7, at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware. have the players to get them through for women to seek out more lawmakers of color in the state SEE KAMALA, 2 it, and that all starts with Big Ten Player of the Year Luka Garza. ONLINE 2nd District race see-saws One precicnt in Lucas County reported test data instead of actual results on election night. Once corrected, it changed who led the race for Iowa's 2nd Distrct.

New Iowa City Police Department policy dis- courages stops for minor traffic violations A new Iowa City Police Depart- ment policy implemented at the end of October is now discouraging police officers from stopping residents based only off of minor traffic and pedestrian violations that pose no immediate threat to public safety. . Go to dailyiowan.com to read the full story.

Left: U.S. Congressional candidate Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks poses for a portrait Nov. 3. Miller-Meeks held an event at Riverside Casino in Coralville. (Kate Heston/Daily Iowan) Tune in for LIVE updates Right: Democratic candidate for Iowa's 2nd Congressional District Rita Hart is seen posing for a portrait during her backyard tours on Oct. 24. (Raquele Decker/Daily Iowan) Watch for campus and city news, weather, and Hawkeye BY NATALIE DUNLAP tifies statewide elections. A human error was reported at one al races in the nation this year, and we sports coverage every day at [email protected] On Tuesday after an updated vote precinct in the county, which changed want to make sure we get it right,” Io- dailyiowan.com. The race for Iowa’s 2nd Congres- count from a precinct in Lucas County, the front runner in Iowa’s 2nd Congres- wa Secretary of State Paul Pate said on sional seat continues to see-saw more in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, sional District race for the second time. Tuesday in Lucas County. “As I’ve said than a week after Election Day, and Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks Miller-Meeks currently leads with 49.92 many times, election night results are results may not be clear until Nov. 30, led by just 40 votes over Democrat Rita percent of the vote. always unofficial.” when the Secretary of State’s Office cer- Hart. “This race is one of the closest feder- Julie Masters, the Lucas County au- SEE 2ND DISTRICT, 2 2 NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2020

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Periodicals postage Peyton Downing The alley between S. Dubuque Street and S. Linn Street in Iowa City is seen on Tuesday. paid at the Iowa City Post Office Politics Editors under the Act of Congress of Caleb McCullough, Julia Shanahan March 2, 1879. unfolded on Nov. 6, in Jasper was preparing for the canvass hand count will take place at the Visuals Editor 2ND DISTRICT County. In that instance there set to happen the following Russell precinct. Katie Goodale CONTINUED FROM FRONT was a human error in data en- day. Pate said in the press confer- SUBSCRIPTIONS Call: Juli Krause at 335-5783 Assistant Visuals Editors try, which tipped the votes in “Software used for reading ence the tentative plan is to do Hannah Kinson, Ryan Adams favor of Hart by 162 votes. machine cartridges represent- the county-wide recount by ma- Email: [email protected] Subscription rates: Sports Editor ditor said it was determined on Remarkably, these small ed all precincts as reporting chines in the morning on Nov. Austin Hanson Nov. 9 afternoon, that the Russell changes in voting totals because on election night due to some 12, and if that goes smoothly, Iowa City and Coralville: $30 for precinct results were not report- of errors at precincts have— test information that was al- to start the hand recount of the one semester, $60 for two Assistant Sports Editor ed on election night. Instead, test twice now—changed the front ready in the computer that Russell precinct in the after- semesters, $5 for summer Isaac Goffin data — not election night data — runner in the race separated by wasn't voided, wasn't taken noon. session, $60 for full year. Pregame Editor was in the system and reported a few dozen votes. out,” Masters said. “The test Kevin Hall, the Secretary of Out of town: $50 for one Robert Read for that precinct. Pate said human errors hap- results were reported instead State’s communications direc- semester, $100 for two semesters, Copy Editors The numbers have been cor- pen, but the system of checks of the actual results from the tor, wrote in an email to The $10 for summer session, $100 all Elijah Helton, Katie Ann McCarver rected on the Iowa Secretary of and balances was working in precinct.” Daily Iowan that Lucas County year. TV News Director State website. Pate ordered an Iowa’s election process. He ac- Masters took responsibility already scheduled their official Send address changes to: Bailey Cichon audit of the affected precinct knowledged that because this for the misreported informa- canvass for the morning of Nov. The Daily Iowan, Managing TV Director and requested a countywide re- race is so close, the public is tion. She said a county-wide 10, and that state law requires 100 Adler Journalism Building, Harley Atchison count of all results. more interested in the race. administrative recount will be the counties to complete their Iowa City, Iowa 52242-2004 TV Sports Director A similar story previously This error was discovered on done by machines in all pre- canvass by the end of the day on Kade Overton reported by The Daily Iowan Monday while Lucas County cincts, and that an additional Tuesday. BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager Advertising Sales “Hard won. Not Done.” campaign Debra Plath...... 335-5786 Bev Mrstilk...... 335-5792 hosted by 50-50 in 2020. Advertising Director/Circulation Production Manager Harrington said this news for Juli Krause...... 335-5784 Heidi Owen...... 335-5789 Harris solidifies the power of women and what they are capa- ble of. As a woman of color in a government position, Harrington says women are scrutinized and critiqued within their roles. Alexia Sanchez Garcia, a Uni- versity of Iowa graduate and Harris supporter has watched the “transformative moment in history” unfold before her eyes. During her tenure as the president of Iowa City’s League of United Lat- in American Citizens, Sanchez Garcia has spoken at campaign events in fall of 2019 for Harris’s presidential run. She currently interns in Washington D.C. doing legislative research as a Running Start congressional fellow. Katie Goodale/Daily Iowan “[Harris] is shifting our image Alexia Sanchez Garcia poses for a portrait at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 2. into something we have never seen before,” Sanchez Garcia said. California and graduated from represented part of her as an “It’s only a catalyst for future lead- KAMALA Howard University, a historically Asian-American. ers.” CONTINUED FROM FRONT Black university. She graduated “It's the politics,” Aqui- Harris had made a few stops in from the University of California no-Nemecek said. “I like that she Iowa City over the last year in her onates with her as someone she with her law degree. Soon after, was given a chance, and I want own run for the Democratic nom- can identify with. she would begin her career in the every girl to dream that some- ination for president. She joined Jean-Pierre’s work focuses Alameda County District Attor- day, it could be them. That's what Biden’s campaign in August as his heavily on immigration, health, ney’s Office. I'm hoping, as an example, that running mate. and media — three areas she an- Harrington, a North Liberty she was there. If it happens that “Women of color and Black ticipates the next vice president city councilor and the Iowa City they're going to be confirmed, women are held to a different will make a priority amid a pan- special and underserved pop- I want them to make the Asian standard,” Sanchez Garcia said. demic and calls for change. ulations recreation supervisor, group proud.” “We need to ensure that we are “Kamala Harris brings a said that she felt an instant relief Aquino-Nemecek said that being equal and equitable to peo- unique perspective as someone when hearing the news of the she cried at the news of President ple — little girls will see that and with a diverse background,” Jean- Biden-Harris campaign winning Trump not returning for anoth- take note. If we are more harsh Pierre said. “She might just see the 2020 election as a woman and er term. She said she hopes that to [Harris], it only validates the issues that Biden does not see. It’s person of color. Harris will hear the thoughts and fears that they have.” hard to see problems that don’t “It was one thing to see Presi- opinions on the other side. Harris was also a member of affect you.” dent Obama — but as women, we “Of course, I want women to Alpha Kappa Alpha, a sorority Royceann Porter, the first Black fought and worked so hard to get be a part of the politics, no mat- that at Howard University. woman elected Johnson County into any position and be listened ter what party they are in, their Kristen Young, a member of supervisor, said at a rally on Nov. to,” Harrington said. voices need to be heard,” Aqui- the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority 7 that Harris' vice presidency mir- In 2008, President Barack no-Nemecek said. “Because we at the University of Iowa, said she rored steps others, including her- Obama was the first Black man need our voices heard. [Biden and met Harris at an event last year self, were taking. to be elected president. His oppo- Harris] are just more progressive, during the Iowa caucus cycle. “It’s a wonderful thing, very nent, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and I just want them to some- Harris’ tenure as the 46th Vice wonderful because of the simple ran with the first female Republi- times hear the other side.” President will bring many histor- fact–I’m a first, in Johnson Coun- can for the vice presidency — for- The year 2020 brought ma- ic firsts for the nation. For wom- ty, I’m a first. I’m the first African mer Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. ny firsts to the table for women. en of color in politics and all over American woman to run for a Emma Aquino-Nemecek, The 100th anniversary of the 19th Iowa, this holds a special place in county seat, and I won. So I know president of the Linn County amendment, establishing the their hearts. what it is to be a first, and for her Republican women, said in an right to vote for American wom- “It’s just inspirational,” Young to pave this way for us and all the interview with the DI, that de- en, was celebrated in August said. “To know that there truly is young ladies that can look up to spite Harris not being her ideal 2020, with events at the Univer- nothing that we can’t do.” her, it’s a beautiful thing.” candidate for the 2020 election, sity of Iowa being held over the Mary Hartel and Julia Shanahan Harris grew up in Oakland, she liked seeing someone who last year in partnership with the, contributed to this report.

be seated to consume food and Inspections and Appeals — UIHC Hospital Epidemiolo- MASKS drinks. the Alcoholic Beverage Divi- gist Jorge Salinas wrote these CONTINUED FROM FRONT Only two spectators per sion will enforce regulations at public health measures were athlete or participant are per- restaurants and bars. needed months ago. board. mitted to attend youth indoor Iowa City Mayor Bruce “I thank the Governor for “These trends cannot con- sporting events. Masks are Teague implemented a mask starting to implement public tinue, and it’s critical that all now required to be worn by mandate on July 21 and re- health measures. However, Iowans do everything within employees and customers at newed it on Sept. 14, joining given the severity of the situa- their power to stop the spread businesses that provide per- other cities in pushing back on tion, we need additional mea- of the virus now,” Reynolds sonal services, including sa- the governor’s guidance. sures in place immediately,” said. “The virus is spreading lons, tattooing, and tanning. This proclamation was put Salinas wrote. “The mitigation easily between people as they Reynolds also encourages em- in place to combat the rise in measures being implemented gather together in groups or ployers to have more people the number of hospitalizations are more appropriate for when go about their normal activi- working from home if possible. because of COVID-19 in Iowa, the incidence is low to try to ties, especially when preven- This doesn’t apply to schools Reynolds said. keep it that way.” tative measures like masking where more than 25 students “The overall increased pa- Reynolds said Iowa has the and social distancing aren’t may be gathered in hallways or tient volume is stressing our capacity to test 6,000 peo- being followed.” classrooms or religious gath- health-care system and it is ple per day through the State Groups of individuals who erings, she said. putting our capacity at risk,” Hygienics Lab — based in attend events listed in the If Iowans don’t follow Reynolds said. “While beds are Iowa City — with Test Iowa. proclamation together are guidelines for masking, social still available for patient care, On Monday the lab hit an all- limited to eight people, unless distancing, and number of staffing them is becoming time high and ran 6,203 tests they live in the same house- individuals, they will receive a increasingly challenging as through the Test Iowa lab. hold, and all groups must re- simple misdemeanor charge. some health-care workers may From Nov. 1 to Nov. 7 there main six feet apart. This ap- City police departments will be sick, in quarantine, or car- were 160,146 Iowans tested, plies to bars and restaurants, be helping to enforce, Reyn- ing for other family members. which is about 23,000 per day, where patrons are required to olds said. The Department of In an email to The Daily Iowan, Reynolds said. THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2020 NEWS 3 IC biz preps for cold weather Collaborating with the City of Iowa City, the Iowa City Downtown District has released a $25,000 grant program available to eligible downtown restaurants and businesses looking to upgrade their patio and outdoor dining spaces.

maximum of $1,750. Bird said and receive the grant, as this last longer obviously for the this funding is entirely from program is a pilot of sorts for weather that we have here in the downtown district– they future years and extending the Iowa,” Milian said. “We just did had hoped to receive addition- patio season, and they would a lot of work ourselves, which I al funding, but Bird said that like feedback on how to im- think she really liked, and a lot didn’t come to fruition – so prove this initiative as well as of people liked that as well.” they decided to use their own plans for recovery in 2021. Milian said with the grant funding instead. City of Iowa City Fire Mar- money, she’s added additional Applications for the grant shal Brian Greer has been in- furniture, an outdoor televi- will be accepted until Nov. 30, volved in the program, as he sion, large heaters, fire pits, unless all of the money has said he has been providing awnings to help block wind, been awarded by that date — a safety guidelines to restaurants as well as different elements likely scenario Bird said. looking to implement addi- of decor to attract customers Bird said she thinks restau- tional heating devices or archi- to the space. On the first foot- rants will see continued patio tectural structures. ball game of the season, she usage and customer flow if Greer said he is primarily opened the airy back porch for they are able to implement ad- working as a liaison between game-watchers. ditional elements to their spac- the restaurants and the City “We’re very happy with the es that provide comfort in the of Iowa City, as he will receive space and I'm very, very grate- cooler temperatures. restaurants’ renovation plan ful to downtown Iowa City and “The intent is really to en- submissions and coordinate Nancy for coming to check courage people to continue to with them regarding building it out, she had heard that we come down and utilize either,” materials and the feasibility of were doing this and she was Bird said. “The picnic tables their plan. like, ‘this is awesome,’ and we Grace Smith/The Daily Iowan that are out there, they want to “I'll get [their proposed ren- applied for the loan and we got Micky’s Irish Pub in Iowa City is seen on Nov. 5. ICDD has created a winterization program to award restaurants with grant sit down and eat out, or to go ovation drawings] sent around it so I'm so, so happy,” Milian money to purchase patio equipment including heaters, extra lighting, and wind blocking tents. to the patios as a source of as a to whoever I need on our site said. BY CLAIRE BENSON establish two main goals, both for those who want to continue place to pick up or sit down and to come up with an answer Milian said she is hopeful [email protected] long term and short term, long to come downtown and for the eat your meal.” whether ‘yes, this will work or that with this grant money and term and short term, includ- restaurants this year. It's be- Bird said the grant program no, we can't use those materials the opportunity to upgrade With temperatures begin- ing shifting the patio season coming increasingly hard to do provides downtown restau- in this instance, but, you know, their patio space, Mammita’s ning to fluctuate, the Iowa to a year round format and that and we want to make sure rants with an opportunity to here's some other stuff you can will gain back customers and City Downtown District has supporting local restaurants that we can help them.” prevent a sharp decrease in rev- use,’” Greer said. revenue that were lost in the partnered with the City of Iowa during a difficult economic Bird said restaurants look- enue over the winter months. Mammita’s Coffee Shop past year due to COVID-19. City to introduce a grant pro- period. ing to apply for this grant must “It's another tool for restau- owner Jacqueline Milian recent- “Before COVID, everybody gram and patio winterization “We've always had in our first propose their renovation rants to help them remain ly applied for and was awarded was just sitting here and it guide for downtown district strategic plan goals of mak- plans to the City of Iowa City, open,” Bird said. “It can sup- funding from the grant pro- was super, super busy,” Milian member restaurants and busi- ing sure that Iowa City is a and if those plans are ap- port sales over the course of a gram. Milian said Bird ap- said. “Everybody always told nesses looking to better equip four-season center so that proved, they are able to apply month or two and recognizing proached her and recommend- me what a great vibe this place their patio spaces for winter there's always something hap- for the grant and access the that the sooner you get some- ed that she apply for the grant was, and that's what my hope weather. pening in the winter,” Bird financial and community- re thing up and established, you program as she had heard Mil- is, to gain kind of back what I Iowa City Downtown Dis- said. “We want to strike that sources associated with it. can continue sales.” ian was looking to renovate the lost with COVID and be able trict Executive Director Nancy over time. We're trying to sup- Bird said the grant program Bird said the downtown dis- patio space at her shop. to give it to the people of Iowa Bird said the grant program port continued social distanc- is made up of a pool of $25,000, trict would like to follow along “So, she had heard that I City on the outside, not just on helps the downtown district ing and healthy environments with each business receiving a with restaurants that apply for was trying to make the patio the inside.” Third-party candidates lose ground A close race and high stakes kept third-party platforms from gaining any traction in the 2020 election. However, while there are fewer third-party voters, the minor parties still hope to see growth. BY LAUREN WHITE 19,586 votes, and The Green well nationally, earning almost toral college is engineered, like, California, and they won long as the country carries on [email protected] Party, 3,068 votes, had two of 19 percent of the vote. Theodore it is almost impossible for a that state's 55 electoral votes, with the winner-takes-all system. the highest vote counts for Roosevelt ran as a progressive third-party candidate to win. that is a good start, because a “Some states are experiment- Though 2020 election results third-party presidential candi- party candidate and got 28 per- Shelley said it would need ma- western regional candidate can ing with systems like ranked are still being finalized, the per- dates in Iowa, with Kanye West cent of the popular vote and 88 jor fragmentation of the major be quite recognizable,” Shelley choice, but as long as Americans cent of voters who voted for a falling between them at 3,203 electoral votes in 1912. parties, because of the winner- said. “If anything, it can keep are taught to vote for the per- third-party presidential can- votes statewide, according to the So, while recent years show a takes-all system. others from getting to 270.” son, not the party, such reforms didate is already much lower Iowa Secretary of State’s website. decrease in third-party voting, “Hypothetically, if there was a Deeth said the two-party ma- will have a hard time advanc- this year than in 2016, largely Elizabeth Retikis, a fourth- the past has shown that these serious third-party effort out of, jority system is the default, as ing,” Deeth said. because of the perceived high year UI student, said she is a campaigns have not always stakes of the election and slow registered Libertarian but vot- gone unheard. growth of third-party plat- ed for Joe Biden and Sen. Joni Rick Stewart, the Libertari- forms. Ernst in this election, saying an candidate for U.S. Senate in Third-party candidates got 8 she didn’t think Libertarian Iowa, said there is an increased percent of the total vote in Io- candidates could win. interest in the Libertarian Par- wa in 2016, a number that went “Statistically, Libertarians ty because people are growing down to 2 percent in 2020. This don’t win,” Retikis said. “While tired of the two-party system, isn’t unusual for a close race, that is my party and I don’t but people are not aware of the Johnson County Democrat and align with Democrats or Repub- candidates and platforms of political observer John Deeth licans, I go on my gut based on minor parties. said. the election.” “I was the loser who did the “In both 2000 and 2016, you Mack Shelley, political-sci- best,” Stewart said. “I was the saw the popular-vote loser ence department chair at Iowa guy who spent less than $5,000 win the election, and after an State University, said third-par- but got more votes than any election like that voters tend ty candidates have trouble gain- other independents. I got 2.3 to take the consequences of a ing traction in major elections. percent of the vote.” third-party vote more seriously “If an election is seen to be Stewart received 36,897 votes, and are more inclined to cash a relatively close in general, or about 2.2 percent of the vote, in president-choosing vote rather seen as a life or death situation, the 2020 election. than a protest vote,” Deeth said. those are circumstances that The first Libertarian to run In 2016, the third-party mar- the third-party vote will be low,” for statewide office in Iowa was gin was larger than the differ- Shelley said. Ben Olsen in 1978, who received ence between President Trump Shelley said there was a major 0.45 percent of the vote. Stewart and Hillary Clinton, and Deeth independent campaign by Ross said that. given enough time to said people kept that in mind Perot, a billionaire industrialist grow, he thinks the party can be Kate Heston/The Daily Iowan this year. who had the money to fund his a major player in the races. The University Heights City Hall in Iowa City was a polling location for the 2020 General Election on Nov. 3. Many The Libertarian Party, with own campaign, in 1992. Perot did Because of how the elec- University Heights residents voted here. 4 THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2020 Opinions COLUMN We don’t need more luxury apartments Iowa City should focus on creating affordable housing that students can actually live in. BY HANNAH PINKSKI [email protected] Iowa City seems to be focusing more on As college students begin building luxury apartments than creating spaces searching for apartments for next year, affordability and most of us can use. proximity to campus are top priorities. But Iowa City’s al for Iowa City’s Riverfront students who have a job is Daniel McGregor-Huyer/The Daily Iowan luxury apartments mean stu- Crossing Complex to install a $13,880 a year, or about $1,157 RISE at Riverfront Crossing is seen on Oct. 26. dents often have to sacrifice height extension, making the a month. This means the av- one of those criteria. building eight instead of four erage college student can only Another option for student services (especially when the The UI should consid- Questions like “who am stories tall. In addition, the afford around $347 to spend housing that the UI could schedule isn’t always reliant, er creating more apart- I living with?” and “which Edge was built this past sum- on rent each month. consider is creating its own and the buses get full). ment-like complexes in the landlords seem the nicest?” mer across from the Voxman However, rent at buildings apartment complexes, similar For example, Cornell Col- heart of campus, but make fill the minds of students as Music Building, providing such as Rise at Riverfront to other colleges. lege has a three-story build- them similar to the size of they spend hours researching luxury condos available for Crossing can cost between Mayflower Residence Hall ing called Wilch Apartments residence halls instead of different apartment websites. rent. $899 to $1,259 per person for already provides the concept and a building called 10th smaller buildings like Cornell However, every student Instead of investing in lux- a two bedroom and bathroom of this idea with having sin- Avenue Apartments that can does. It would not only pro- seems to have the same pri- ury apartments with ameni- unit. In addition, a rental con- gle and double rooms avail- house a variety of different vide a more affordable hous- orities when searching. What ties like a fitness room and ar- do at the Edge starts at $2,850 able with a bathroom and sizes of rooms that include ing option, but also bring in are the biggest concerns? cade, Iowa City needs to focus per month for a two bedroom kitchen. However, the one a kitchen with appliances, more money to the UI. Something affordable and on creating more affordable and bathroom unit. downside is that it’s locat- common room, and wireless Instead of investing in close to campus. complexes for UI students. Buildings similar to these ed off campus with about internet. luxury apartment buildings, On the contrary, Iowa City According to financial can cost students paying a 20-minute walk to down- However, both buildings Iowa City and the UI should seems to be focusing more on experts, they recommend $10,000 a year for rent — town Iowa City. are only open to upperclass- consider creating more af- building luxury apartments college students spend no something which most cannot While the UI provides men, and the application fordable options for students than creating spaces most of more than 30 percent of their afford. This is also without Cambus services, many stu- process uses a lottery system, to live in. We’re not look- us can use. monthly income on rent. factoring in utilities such as dents prefer to be closer to because they are in high de- ing for a fancy gym or study For example, the Iowa City Studies show that the water, electricity, and Wi-Fi, campus instead of relying up- mand but can house only a rooms — we just want some- City Council gave approv- median salary for college which adds to the cost. on university transportation handful of students. thing we can afford to live in.

COLUMN COLUMN Take a religion class Mental-health emergencies The University of Iowa has a plethora of courses you can take need better management to help you understand the people you share this world with. BY SIGNE NETTUM The University of Iowa ture” in high school where Reforming the police reponse to mental-health crises shoudn’t [email protected] offers non-major religion we viewed it through many be a controversial or partisan issue. classes and they all bring a different lenses: a historical My favorite fall semester different angle to man reli- textbook, a series of short BY ALLY PRONINA such as a stun gun. the highest it has been since activity? Picking classes for gions, not just Christianity. stories meant to teach read- [email protected] The department, specifical- the Affordable Care Act. More next semester. The day the We have intro to Bud- ers lessons, before finally cir- ly where the officer was from, people with mental illnesses schedule builder opened, I dhism, sports and religion cling back around, holding it The oversight of mental needs reform. Police Com- would be able to afford help if crafted about seven different which I’m currently taking), with religious connotations. health is, once again, leading missioner Danielle Outlaw of this issue gets solved. schedules because I could and Quest for Human Des- The class inspired me to look to the politicization of an issue the officer’s department said In 2019, 73.7 percent of un- not settle on just one. tiny (which pulls from both at all fables, stories, and re- that should not be politicized. her department lacks a men- insured Americans said this Sadly, being a double ma- the Bible and 2001: A Space ligious events with the ques- Walter Wallace, an African tal-health unit and coordina- was due to the cost. If the cost jor means I have little space Odyssey) among many oth- tion of “How did this phe- American with bipolar disor- tion of police calls with spe- of healthcare decreased, more for electives in my schedule er courses that each take a nomenon come to be? What der, was shot by a police officer cialists. people who need it, including these next few semesters. So, piece of a sacred text and inspired this to be told, both after pointing a knife in the Mental-health units and those with psychiatric illness- I have a request for students form a whole class around orally and in Scripture?” middle of a mental-health cri- psychologists who could join es, would be able to afford it. who are indecisive about the topic. College is a place for stu- sis. Police asked Wallace to put officers when someone with a Funding for mental-health classes, electives, and gen ed Taking a religion class dents to expand their knowl- the knife down before pulling mental illness is committing a treatment and research has classes. can be just as explorative as edge in areas they have not the trigger. crime could give law enforce- been declining for years. Take a religion class. a science or literature class. explored before. With the Police officers have the right ment better solutions for these Increased funding would I’m serious. Whether It should provide insight many classes provided at the to defend themselves and oth- situations. improve and increase access you are a devoted Catholic, into a topic that you either UI, there should be some- ers. It is like- to treatment. an Easter-and-Christmas have an interest in or know thing for everyone to enjoy ly how their If there were Christian, an atheist, a Bud- nothing about. Why should and learn. department annual men- dhist, or someone who is studying a religion be taboo Take the sports and re- taught them Making it so people with mental illnesses tal-health curious but does not have a if you don’t follow that reli- ligion class, taught by re- to respond can receive treatment before hurting anybody is screenings, label in religion — taking a gion? Why can we not treat ligious studies Professor to these sit- more people religion class does not need it as something to delve into Kristy Nabhan-Warren. I uations. Law both a logical and empathetic solution. who need it to correlate with your per- like an English major taking played sports in my child- enforcement would find sonal religion. In fact, tak- a science class because they hood, and I grew up around shouldn’t be demonized for There are also other solu- out they need services. Both ing a class about a different find it interesting? Christianity. The description handling impossible situations in the wake of reform would help people who need religion, or from a different This topic has always been of the class caught my eye, tions, such as this one, accord- discussions. Iowa City is cur- it receive services before the angle than church or Sun- a subject I wanted to explore which read that, “Students ing to their training. rently considering a proposal need for law enforcement to day school, can expand your outside of a church. I took a will read academic articles as Many police officers serve, to give cards to people with get involved occurs. spiritual horizon. class called “Bible as litera- well as popular news reports protect, and risk their lives for disabilities to help identify Another solution is to make that demonstrate the ways both people of color and with themselves to police. sure people who are at risk for that sport has taken on reli- disabilities. They deserve ap- While it’s easier said than mental illness get screened gious elements and has even preciation, respect, and love done, making it so people with and services, if needed. Pri- become a ‘religion’ for some instead of hate. Just like peo- mental illnesses can receive mary care doctors can flag individuals and groups.” ple of color and with disabili- treatment before hurting any- patients who need further I had not considered the ties should not suffer because body is both a logical and empa- evaluation by mental health connections between sports of bad cops, neither should thetic solution. It is also, unfor- care providers. Collabora- and religion, and how many good cops. tunately, not happening right tive care demonstrates better sports were treated with the However, any loss of life now. The National Institute of mental-health outcomes than same amount of devotion as a is tragic. My heart breaks for Mental Health estimates 40 per- standard management. religion. We did not just cov- both Wallace and his family. cent of people with schizophre- It’s not right Wallace got to er Christianity, so it opened The lives of people of color nia and 51 percent with bipolar the point of pointing knives at my mind to other cultures as and those with mental-health disorder do not receive treat- others before receiving help. well as sports culture. issues matter. The police offi- ment in a one-year period. It’s not right the officer had to So, please, take advantage cer had options to respond in a According to a study by choose between his and Wal- of what we have at this uni- way which would not have re- Mental Health America, the lace’s life. Let’s benefit both Jenna Galligan/The Daily Iowan versity. You might not get sulted in Wallace’s death while percentage of uninsured groups by fixing mental health The Old Capitol is seen on March 12. the same chance again. also keeping everyone safe — adults with mental illness is care in America.

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Sarah Watson Executive Editor THE DAILY IOWAN which has been serving the Uni- GUEST OPINIONS must be arranged with the Opinions versity of Iowa, Johnson County, and state of Iowa commu- Editor at least three days prior to the desired date of publica- Peyton Downing Opinions Editor nities for over 150 years, is committed to fair and accurate tion. Guest opinions are selected and edited in accordance Elijah Helton Senior Columnist coverage of events and issues concerning these areas. In with length, subject relevance, and space considerations. The Ally Pronina, Signe Nettum, Hannah Pinkski, Yassie Buchanan, Yujun Cai, Adam Engelbrecht an ever-changing media landscape, the DI realizes that an DI will only publish one letter per author per month. No adver- Columnists often contentious political climate – paired with the wide- tisements or mass mailings, please. COLUMNS, CARTOONS, and OTHER OPINIONS CONTENT reflect the opinions of the authors and are not spread dissemination of news – can cause contentious necessarily those of the Editorial Board, The Daily Iowan, or other organizations in which the author may be involved. discussions over some stories. Although these discussions READER COMMENTS that may appear were origi- are essential to democracy – and reiterate the importance nally posted on dailyiowan.com or on the DI’s social media Sarah Watson, Alexandra Skores, Peyton Downing, Elijah Helton Editorial Board of the freedom of expression – the DI takes great lengths platforms in response to published material. Comments EDITORIALS reflect the majority opinion of the DI Editorial Board and not the opinion of the publisher, Student Publications Inc., to ensure that our social-media presence is free of discrim- will be chosen for print publication when they are deemed or the University of Iowa. inatory remarks, and inaccurate representations of the to forward public discussion. They may be edited for length communities we ardently serve. and style. THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2020 AMPLIFY 5 I'm the During First-Generation week, the DI talked with fourfirst students who are Amplify the first in their family to go to college.

What does being a first-generation collegeJosh student mean toParbs you? Being the first in your family to take a step into the academic world. You know, kind of advancing the education that you had in high school and kind of like pushing the envelope more than your parents and your grandparents and things like that have in the past.

What’s something that you’re proud of that you’ve accomplished during your time at the University of Iowa? I think one of my favorite things that I’ve done is that I’ve actually published a children’s book about promoting healthy habits between children, and their families, and things like that. And I think that’s really been kind of a function of attending the University of Iowa.

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ARTS CULTURE80 HOURS Dancing in a digital era This year, the University of Iowa Dance Department will host their annual Dance Gala through an entirely virtual set of performances. The dances will focus on the collective experiences of life during quarantine.

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BY PARKER JONES for the first time ever. COVID-19 pandemic. Miracle Adjustments also had to be regulations. worked in collaboration with [email protected] The gala itself will consist of worked closely with graduate made to the dances themselves “I had to readapt due to seven dancers who will perform a combination of live-streamed students Auden Lincoln-Vo- because of the gala’s virtual COVID-19, and in doing that I the piece. Myers noted that the With energetic but flowing short films broadcast over the gel, who directed the film, and format. UI Dance professor took all the partnering away, we, virtual format of the gala is par- movement, colorful yet casual course of the week, all from the Ramin Roshandel, who com- Armando Duarte has been in- the dancers and I, reconfigured ticularly impactful on the local costumes, and a theme sur- UI Dance Virtual Concert Ven- posed the film’s score, and said volved with the Dance Gala for the entire material,” Duarte artistic spirit of the UI and Iowa rounding familiar struggles re- ue. she thinks the gala itself has more than 28 years and served as said. “[The gala] shows the possi- City. sulting from the COVID-19 pan- Despite varying consequenc- expanded rather than been con- the lead choreographer of Anem- bility of adaptation and creativ- “I'm excited to share these demic, this year’s annual Dance es that come with a virtual gala, stricted by its digital format. ones: 600 feet under 6 feet apart, an ity in its best possible way; we new works with our community Gala will be one that anyone the choreographers and dancers “Nothing can replace the abstraction of the original work are constantly required now to by honoring the artists who con- can find solace and inspiration have been persistent in provid- feeling of watching live bodies Mar, first performed in 2014 by adapt and readapt and readapt tributed their talent, hard work, in — through an entirely virtual ing the best performances they performing on stage — that’s Brazilian dance troupe UAKTI, and readapt.” and commitment to this new format. can within pandemic restric- something really unique and and based on “Metamorphosis In spite of changes this year, way of sharing their artistry,” From Nov. 13 to Nov. 27, tions. has a certain energy and spark I” by composer Philip Glass. the Dance Gala remains one of Myers wrote in an email to The dance enthusiasts and casual Visiting Assistant Professor to it that’s just not possible vir- The piece was originally in- the Dance Department’s lon- Daily Iowan. “While we are liv- viewers will be able to tune in- of Dance Stephanie Miracle cho- tually,” Miracle said. “But there tended to feature partnered gest and most impactful perfor- ing in this unprecedented time to the University of Iowa’s 39th reographed Hyperdistanced — a are other things that are really dancers in order to represent mances. during a global pandemic, po- Dance Gala, titled In Motion, short film that will be shown possible virtually, for example, the constant motion of life un- Assistant Professor of Con- litical polarization, and the mo- where performers will present during the gala that explores the every seat in the audience is es- der the sea, however, Duarte temporary Dance Melinda Jean bilization of a racial revolution, six pieces choreographed and world of separation and limit- sentially the same — we all get to had to make many changes to Myers, who served as the main we are learning and unlearning produced by UI Department ed proximity that many people see the same vantage point; we make it safer for the dancers and choreographer behind the gala’s as individuals, and collectives — Dance faculty in a virtual format have experienced during the all get the best seat in the house.” audience because of COVID-19 short film something we could do, together.”

Iowa City musician Christine Moad, known as Miss Christine, finds comfort Advocating through song in writing songs about the tumultuous year of 2020. Her newest single, “Truth BY MEGAN CONROY news of Floyd’s death and wrote back and not use my music to is made up of Moad, Los An- in Song,” details the events of the year [email protected] the song in half an hour. change the country for the bet- geles-based drummer Jazz Moad’s song covers the topics ter.” Robertson, Nashville-based leading up to the presidential election. The year 2020 has been a of racial justice, climate change, “Truth in Song” was Moad’s guitarist Ellen Angelico, and tumultuous year for the U.S., transgender rights, and health way of protesting since she Nashville-based organist John she said. Moad said she intends to con- between the COVID-19 pan- care. Unbridled emotion is ev- didn’t feel comfortable enough Pahmer. “These things affect all of tinue writing songs of this na- demic, social injustice, and the ident in the song as she sings to attend protests during the Moad recorded the piano us, especially climate change, ture as the year comes to a close. general election. For musician lines like, “We’re running out COVID-19 pandemic, she said. part at Flat Black Studios in Io- which we saw with the derecho “Music is so powerful and Miss Christine, her ability to of time,” and “Land of the free, create music has helped her get yet so many die, just trying to be through the year. true to what’s inside.” “I’m really grateful that it’s “Truth in Song” follows Miss even possible to make music Christine’s 2019 debut album, [in any] way,” Moad said. “If I Conversion, a collection of in- couldn’t do that, this year would die rock, new wave, blues, and be even more trying.” soul-influenced songs about A 28-year-old Northern Io- gender, personal strength, rela- wa native, Christine Moad has tionships, and politics, accord- spent the past decade of her life ing to a press release for the new songwriting. single. At age 17, she moved to Bos- “For me, I’ve been marching ton to attend the Berklee College with Black Lives Matter and pro- of Music, where she graduated testing since 2015 in Nashville,” with a degree in electric bass Moad said. “The George Floyd performance. killing was a big awakening for a Before her spring tour lot of white people, but for me, I was canceled because of the was like, ‘How have you not seen COVID-19 pandemic, Moad’s this? This injustice has been go- life revolved around touring the ing on for 400-plus years.’” country. Now that she’s found Moad was a volunteer for herself back in Iowa living in a the Bernie Sanders campaign more permanent situation on a in 2016. She traveled between farm outside of Iowa City, she’s states to canvass and protested been able to focus on her own at the DNC in Philadelphia. In- music. spiration for her music comes The songs she’s written so from meeting people on tour far this year have all touched on and getting to hear their stories. the issues she finds to be most Not having the ability to do that pressing in the U.S., and those has been very difficult for her, Shadow Fox Photography that make up her latest release she said. Photo of Christine Moad. are no different. “Seeing all of these people feel Her newest single “Truth in this pain, and seeing that play Crafted on Zoom, Moad said wa City, but everything else was in Iowa,” Moad said. “I hope that gets people to hear these things Song” was released on all major out to the present day, having she got to work with some mu- recorded from the musicians’ from this song, listeners can get in a different way,” she said. streaming platforms on Oct. 30. conversations with those people sicians she had been hoping homes. the urgency of all of these issues “I hope it can open some oth- The song details the events that really puts it into perspective,” to work with since college but The song came from a place being past the point of being er eyes to what’s going on and shaped 2020. Moad said she she said. “From all the touring hadn’t had the chance to un- of frustration about all of the able to put it out of sight, out of what we can all do in our own sat down immediately after the that I’ve done, I just can’t sit til “Truth in Song.” The band injustice because of the country, mind.” communities to create change.” THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2020 80 HOURS 7 WEEKEND EVENTS THURSDAY 11.12 FRIDAY 11.13

ART DANCE • MEET THE ARTISTS ONLINE: MARCIA WEGMAN & HAL IDE, • 39TH ANNUAL DANCE GALA, 8 P.M., DEPARTMENT OF DANCE, ONLINE EVENT 5 P.M., IOWA ARTISANS GALLERY, ONLINE EVENT THEATER • PRESENTED BY THE THEATRE DEPARTMENT: A PLANT, THEATRE DEPARTMENT, ONLINE EVENT • PRESENTED BY THE THEATRE DEPARTMENT: SEVEN NEOS ON THE BRINK OF MEDIOCRACY, 8 P.M., ONLINE EVENT SATURDAY 11.14 SUNDAY 11.15

THEATER MUSIC • PRESENTED BY THE THEATRE DEPARTMENT: ESSENTIAL WORKERS: • FAMILY FOLK MACHINE MINI CONCERT, 3 P.M., ONLINE EVENT A PORTRAIT, 8 P.M., THEATRE DEPARTMENT, ONLINE EVENT THEATER LITERATURE • PRESENTED BY THE THEATRE DEPARTMENT: ESSENTIAL WORKERS: • IOWA CITY POETRY: THE POWER OF “I”: WRITING FROM EXPERIENCE, A PORTRAIT, 8 P.M., THEATRE DEPARTMENT, ONLINE EVENT 12:30 P.M., ONLINE EVENT DAN CE G A L A

YOUR WEEKEND PLAYLIST THIS WEEK IN STREAMING POST-ELECTION PIANO Exhausted after spending the past week waiting for election results? DI Arts has got you covered with some soft and relaxing piano melodies to finally ease your mind.

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Distant Call Patric Edmundsson Single Dreamland Alexis Ffrench Dreamland Cinnamon Blank & Jones Single Our Home Akira Kosemura True Mothers (Orig- The Crown: Season 4 inal Motion Picture Soundtrack) BY PARKER JONES as well as the details of her divisive Walk With Us - For Alexis Ffrench Single [email protected] reception. The season will also focus on Prince Charles, played by Josh Black Lives Matter If you haven’t seen The Crown yet, O’Connor, and his budding romance Longing Kari Bin Spotify - Piano & Chill the hype over the newest season with young Lady Diana Spencer, who might make you want to. will be played by Emma Corrin. The Waltz Between Us Tonie Green Spotify - Piano & Chill The series has won a multitude of With ten episodes, the fourth sea- awards already, including a Golden son began filming in late 2019 and The Gift Joep Beving Prehension Globe for Best Drama Television Se- finished just before the pandemic Claire de lune Claude Debussy, Alexis Claire de lune ries in 2017. It will return to Netflix on began. Screenwriter and playwright Weissenberg Nov. 15. Fans have waited eagerly for Peter Morgan will return as showrun- the extravagant series’ fourth season ner, and Benjamin Caron and Julian Healah Dancing (feat. Keaton Henson Romantic Works to premiere since the third season’s Jarrold will continue as the directors Ren Ford) release almost exactly a year ago. of the upcoming episodes. Based on the award-winning play The plot will focus more heavily on 3 Etudes de Concert, Franz Liszt Transcendental - Daniil The Audience, the Netflix Original the divide between Queen Elizabeth S. 144: No. 3 in D-Flat Trifonov Plays Franz drama chronicles the life of Queen and the rest of her family, covering Elizabeth II from her coronation all even more captivating events in Brit- Major “Un sospiro” Liszt the way to the late 20th century. The ish royal history: the births of Prince Cloud Postcards Luis Alvarez Single newest season will cover the increas- William and Prince Harry, the Falk- ingly divided royal family during the lands War, Michael Fagan’s break-in Leave Me Dimitri Stockl Single late ‘70s and early ‘80s, and will see at Buckingham Palace, Lord Mount- Preludium Karin Borg Single the return of Olivia Colman as Queen batten’s funeral, and more. Elizabeth. Season Four of The Crown is expect- Evolutionistically Yours Jozef Gatysik Single The season will also introduce Gil- ed to be a dramatic and scintillating lian Anderson as Britain’s first female experience, and just as riveting, if not Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, more, as the first few seasons.

REVIEW OF THE WEEK: Borat 2

BY MADISON LOTENSCHTEIN dent Mike Pence in order film are all pure genius. er. For example, when Bo- ways have to pick on the [email protected] to ascertain Kazakhstan’s As with most of his mov- rat reads a Facebook post South? There are plenty placement with the ‘win- ies, Cohen dresses up as that claims the Holocaust of racists where I’m It’s been 14 years since ning’ countries. In the some outrageous charac- isn’t real, he is saddened from, and far more Kazakhstani journalist, prior movie, Borat had ter in his wild attempts to because it was his coun- across the U.S., but I Borat Sagdiyev (played made a laughing stock piss off the public, while try’s “greatest achieve- digress. by Sacha Baron Cohen) of his country, and after also making the people he ment.” He then goes to a Borat’s plot may be SACH A B graced us with his pres- serving 14 years in the interviews/interacts with synagogue and meets two far fetched at times, con- AR O ence on the screen. Re- gulag, was sent abroad to look like fools — and rac- women who survived the sisting of scenes that N C O leased in late October, the redeem the great country ist fools at that. Holocaust who tell him would be omitted H E second film of the Borat of Kazakhstan. Several of them are that the Holocaust did in- from this column N

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ican Regime for Make Bene- the meal of Borat’s daugh- ond Borat film serves sons, this scene, in my commentary on T fit Once Glorious Nation of ter, Tutar. She in turn as a commentary on an- opinion, was created be- America’s cultural Kazakhstan, proves that serves as the next gift for ti-Semitism, racism, po- cause of the disgusting climate makes Americans are (and can the Vice President, and litical strife, and Ameri- amount of Holocaust de- Borat worth be) just as dumb as they wackiness ensues. can narrowmindedness. nial on the internet. the watch. were in the 2000s, when My face hurt after I tend to roll my eyes My one critique falls on the last film was released. laughing at the ridiculous at the exhausted phrase the fact that some of the In the film, Borat re- scenes and poorly-timed “political commentary,” filming took place in the turns to the U.S. to pres- jokes. The writing, im- but in reality, we needed South. As a Midwestern- ent a gift to Vice Presi- prov, and timing of the this movie more than ever, I get it. But do we al- 8 THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2020

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Across 1 “___ a rough night”: Macbeth 47 Car mentioned in the Beach Boys’ 5 Miss on TV “Fun, Fun, Fun” 10 Falafel bread 48 Bluish hue 14 Black-tie affair, maybe 50 Place to count sheep? 15 ___ Jackson Jr., “Straight Outta Compton” star 51 Cry while doing a stunt … or a hint to 2-, 16 God whose name is an apt anagram of “rose” 7- and 12-Down 17 “___ pass” 56 California’s ___ Woods 18 Schemes 57 “Good job!,” south of the border 19 Sign on for another tour 58 Classic Monopoly token 20 Kind of position 60 Item on a hotel pillow 22 Beast of burden 61 Match 23 Bands at weddings 62 Simplicity 24 Was a passenger 63 Requests 25 To the ___ degree 64 Attempts in basketball and target practice 26 “Ugh!” 65 Put away 27 Cpl. or sgt. 28 Something to take and “make it better,” Down 1 “The freakin’ weekend is here!” in the Beatles’ “Hey Jude” 2 Something the ancient Egyptians used for 31 Duke’s N.C.A.A. div. keeping time 33 Cockpit measurement: Abbr. 3 “Regrettably, that’s the case” 34 Architect Frank 4 Leaves for dinner? 35 Beats by ___ (audio brand) 5 Soda 36 Hide ___ hair 6 Caribbean natives, e.g. 37 Not awarded by accident, say 7 Vessel found drifting without a crew 39 London lav 8 1995 gangster comedy with John Travolta and 40 Honda division Rene Russo 42 Invasive plant? 9 “___ queen!” (“Fabulous!”) 43 Celebrity gossip show with an exclamation 10 Jeopardy point in its title 11 Woman in a Sherlock Holmes story 45 Falls (over) 12 Audience unlikely to applaud THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2020 SPORTS 9

guard Connor McCaffery, BASKETBALL and junior forward Joe Wi- CONTINUED FROM 10 eskamp — all of whom have been key players in the past. There’s a strong possi- Though he could have en- bility that many of Iowa’s tered the 2020 NBA Draft, road games will be played Garza decided to stay in Io- in fan-less arenas, which wa City for his senior year could make the Hawkeyes a after averaging 23 points tougher opponent for home and nine rebounds per teams. game last season. “I think that's a fair “I think he's already prov- observation — maybe it en that he can handle that would,” McCaffery said. game in and game out,” Mc- “But you could argue that Caffery said. “I don't think we'd be better off on the he has to be any better in road being that we have that area. I think what he a veteran club. So, there's has to be is better in all ar- two ways to look at that. I eas of his game. So just tak- think what you just hope is ing the natural progression that this group knows and from his junior to his senior understands what we have year, OK, what can he be to do night in and night better at. Well, it's impossi- out to beat our particular ble to work any harder be- opponent, and if we lose, cause he works. His feel for that we're mature enough low post play is unmatched. to evaluate what needs to Defensively, I think you saw be corrected, make those a dramatic improvement corrections, and be better from his sophomore year the next time we play.” to his junior year. I think he The Big Ten has not an- could improve there even nounced what fan atten- more.” dance at men’s and wom- McCaffery said Garza en’s basketball games will is the vocal leader on the look like in the 2020-21 sea- team. Other players Mc- son. The conference has not Caffery mentioned as being released its men’s or wom- Shivansh Ahuja/The Daily Iowan leaders were senior guard en’s basketball schedules Iowa forward Luka Garza lays the ball up during a men’s basketball game between Iowa and Maryland at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Jan. 10. Jordan Bohannon, junior yet either.

is very focused and has put SKOPEC everything out there, since CONTINUED FROM 10 it’s her last year. She is fairly quiet but has the confidence to work hard and isn’t afraid success, but the unique cir- to do so. She really sets the cumstances haven’t clipped standard for other athletes her drive, motivation, and on the team.” passion for running. With the cross-country “Training has been similar season coming to an end, to what it usually is,” Skopec Skopec has begun to prepare said. “Workouts replace the for a potential track season meets, and we have been do- this spring. ing more time trials too.” “Cross country ends in Skopec’s teammates have early November,” Skopec also helped make this season said. “The workouts for track feel as normal as possible for are typically shorter, and a her. lot more interval workouts.” “It has been tough because The NCAA announced on we can’t do as much in-per- Sept. 23 that cross country son stuff,” Skopec said. “We could begin competing Jan. try to stay in touch over the 23, with championships on season with Zoom calls with March 15. The NCAA noted the team.” that part of its membership Head cross country coach has raised concerns about Randy Hasenbank has been conducting the cross coun- impressed with Skopec’s try and track and field sea- mentality during this most sons simultaneously, howev- Jenna Galligan/The Daily Iowan unusual fall. er, as runners competing in Iowa distance runner Gabby Skopec rounds the corner at the front of the pack in the women’s 3000m run during the fourth annual Larry “She has really turned it both sports could easily get Wieczorek Invitational at the University of Iowa Recreation Building on Jan. 17. on,” Hasenbank said. “She burnt out, injured, or more.

opportunities to be aggressive a sophomore from Nebras- chance to break,” Alam said. March, so it was tough be- Sunday bonus match, losing TENNIS because our game styles really ka-Omaha, Ben Starman. He “[The coaches] kept talking ing out there and competing to Nebraska-Omaha sopho- CONTINUED FROM 10 clash.” was able to move through to me about the mentality of again for the first time in a more, Julian Kenzlers, 6-3, 6-4. In the semifinals, Dixit each set pretty easily, finish- bouncing back, and I made while,” Snezhko said. “Men- “I think [Jarvis] had been during practice leading up to played Ben Lott, a former ing him off by a 6-4, 6-2, mar- sure to keep that in the back of tally, I started off the match playing a couple more tour- the match. Drake University player who gin. my mind for the next match.” kind of slow, and then I ended naments than I had, so he “I have a hard time playing is an assistant coach for its After the disappointing loss Snezhko remained on up using my mental tough- has some matches under his against my friends, and I al- men’s tennis team. Lott took to his teammate in the quar- the other side of the bracket ness to get through the tough belt, and being my first good ways have, but I just tried to down Iowa sophomore Oliver terfinals, Alam bounced back during the event, beating a times.” matchup in a while was kind tell myself that there are no Okonkwo in the champion- in his Sunday bonus match three-star recruit from An- The Plymouth, Minnesota, of tough,” Snezhko said. friends on the court,” Dix- ship of an event in early Octo- and defeated Cacciatore in a keny, Iowa, Will Blevins, in native then went on to face a “[Kenzlers] had a little bit less it said. “I just tried to make ber and did the same against 10-7, tiebreaker in the third his first match. He won the Drake competitor of his own, firepower than Reid, so it was sure that I was playing on my Dixit, 6-1, 6-2. set. first set in a 7-4 tiebreaker and Reid Jarvis, where he came up basically me dictating play, terms the whole time, and I Alam won his first match “[Dixit’s] serve that day was the second set, 6-4. short, 7-5, 6-3. Snezhko was and I just didn’t execute well did not want to give him any of the tournament against really good, and I barely had a “It was my first match since unable to bounce back in his enough and it slipped away.” Sports WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2020 THE MOST COMPLETE HAWKEYE SPORTS COVERAGE IN IOWA DAILYIOWAN.COM HAWKEYE UPDATES Luka Garza named Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year Iowa men’s basketball player Luka Garza has been named the 2020-21 Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year, the conference announced Monday. Hawks lean on Garza Garza and fellow Hawkeye Joe Wi- The Hawkeyes can lean on their experienced roster throughout what figures eskamp were named to the 10-player to be an unpredictable 2020-21 season. Preseason All-Big Ten Team, with Garza being a unanimous selection. Iowa and Illinois were the only teams to have multiple players recog- nized on the list. The 2019-20 Big Ten Player of the Year, Garza dominated last season as a junior. Garza The Washington, D.C., native was named National Player of the Year by six national outlets after averaging 23.9 points, 9.8 rebounds, and 1.8 blocks per game last season. Garza also earned consensus first-team All-American status and was the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar award winner as the center of the year. The 6-foot-11, 265-pounder av- eraged 26.2 points per game in 20 conference games last season, becoming the first player to average at least 26 points in Big Ten play since Purdue’s Glenn Robinson in 1994 (31.1 ppg). Garza scored 20 or more points in a school-record 16 straight games, the longest streak by any player in the Big Ten since 1987. Garza’s 740 points on the season broke the program’s 50-year- old single-season scoring record. Garza opted to return for his senior year as a Hawkeye rather than entering the NBA Draft. Wieskamp was a third-team All-Big Ten player for Iowa last season. As a sophomore, he ranked second on the team in points per game (14) and rebounds per game (6.1). The Musca- tine, Iowa, native ranked first in the Big Ten in free throw accuracy (.856). Nichole Harris/The Daily Iowan Iowa center Luka Garza dunks the ball during a men’s basketball game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Nebraska Huskers at Carver-Hawkeye arena on Feb. 8. Go to dailyiowan.com to read more. BY ISAAC GOFFIN credibly com- level, but at the at all. They move it, they [email protected] petitive, Iowa We're much deeper, subtantially deeper. same time it share it, they communicate men’s bas- won't change with each other.” With daily COVID-19 ketball head — Fran McCaffery, Iowa Basketball Head Coach in terms of As was the case in testing and the uncertainty coach Fran our ability to 2019-20, everything the of how many games might McCaffery share the ball. Hawkeyes do during the be played, Iowa men’s bas- said at a press conference on the court at practice as It's a very unselfish group. 2020-21 campaign starts ketball may have to adjust Monday. lineup combinations could You've got a lot of guys with senior center Luka to changes on the fly more McCaffery is pleased vary throughout the season that can score, a lot of guys Garza, who was the 2019- often than ever before. that he has a lot of differ- and individual games. who want to score, a lot of 20 Big Ten Player of the Though the 2020-21 sea- ent options to look to, and “We're much deeper, guys who can carry a team Year and is 2020-21 Big son is looking unpredict- he said that starts with his substantially deeper,” Mc- on any particular day. But Ten Preseason Player of Iowa softball appoints new able, what No. 5 Iowa does experienced players. Mc- Caffery said. “We've got I have seen no selfishness the Year. Director of Operations have is a veteran roster. Caffery hasn’t been putting veteran guys coming back at all in terms of, ‘I want to The University of Iowa’s softball Practices have been in- the same units of five out who have produced at this get mine.’ It's not like that SEE BASKETBALL, 9 team has a new Director of Oper- ations. According to head coach Renee Gillispie, University of Buffalo alumnus Matthew Meyer will serve as Dixit shines in Iowa softball’s Director of Operations. Skopec running for finishline Meyer has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and is The Hawkeye's senior running season stacks up men’s open working toward a master’s degree in Higher Education Administration. a bit differently with no fall sport. Prior to his arrival at the Uni- Three Hawkeyes competed versity of Iowa, Meyer worked in in a men’s open tournament the University of Buffalo’s athletics department. Most recently, Meyer in Des Moines over the worked as Buffalo softball’s Di- weekend. rector of Operations. Meyer was also Director of Buffalo Softball Managerial staff from 2013 to 2017. Go to dailyiowan.com to read more.

AP MEN'S BASKETBALL POLL 1. Gonzaga 2. Baylor Shivansh Ahuja/The Daily Iowan 3. Villanova Iowa's Nikita Snezhko hits a backhand during a men's 4. Virginia tennis match between Iowa and Nebraska-Omaha at the HTRC on Jan. 25. 5. Iowa BY WILL FINEMAN QUOTE OF THE DAY [email protected] Jenna Galligan/The Daily Iowan “You don’t want that to Iowa distance runner Gabby Skopec competes in the women’s 3000m run during the Hawkeye Invitational at the University Three Hawkeyes took the court at a Universal be taken away from our of Iowa Recreation Building on Jan. 11. Tennis Rating prize money event in Des Moines building.” this past weekend. BY LAUREN SWANSON was named team MVP twice. Freshman Peter Alam and Sophomore Nikita [email protected] Despite her extremely successful high school ca- Snezhko each won one match to advance to the – Iowa offensive reer, Skopec always knew she wanted to move on quarterfinals of the main draw and freshman lineman Mark This season has definitely not been what senior to bigger and better things. Rudra Dixit ended the weekend with a semifinal Kallenberger Gabby Skopec had in mind for her last year as a Skopec continued to find success as a runner finish after winning two matches. on the Floyd of Hawkeye runner. post-high school at the University of Iowa. Dixit came into the tournament with the low- Rosedale. The Big Ten Conference voted to postpone all Throughout her college career, Skopec has est Universal Tennis Rating out of the Hawkeyes fall sports to a later date on Aug. 11 — cross coun- achieved a number of notable feats. She placed that competed and faced the hardest draw. He try included. The conference later amended its 20th in her first collegiate event at the Hawkeye won his first match against Nebraska junior Pat- STAT OF THE DAY original stance, allowing its 14 football teams to Invitational, and finished 18th at the Mayflower rick Cacciatore, 6-4, 7-5. compete this fall while the other sports remain in Day Open in 2017. “I have a big serve, and I have a very aggres- limbo. She also manufactured a second-place finish sive game style, so against him, I was just trying So, there won’t be any races for Skopec to run in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Tom Botts to make sure that I was always on offense,” Dixit this fall. Invitational and placed fourth in the three-mile said. “I didn’t want to give him a chance to feel 128 A native of Coralville, Skopec honed her athletic at the Bradley Intercollegiate Championships in comfortable.” Receiving yards talents early in her high-school career at Iowa City 2018. Dixit then went on to face Alam in the quar- West. In 2019, Skopec competed at the Notre Dame terfinals and was able to defeat his teammate Iowa tight end She was the Mississippi Valley Conference Invitational. in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3. Dixit said Alam was the Sam LaPorta has, Cross Country Athlete of the Year, and a two-time COVID-19 has put a hold on Skopec’s long run of only player he hadn’t faced in competitive sets first team all-conference honoree. She also placed leading the team. fourth at the Iowa state cross country meet and SEE SKOPEC, 9 SEE TENNIS, 9