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thrifty A faded navy-blue Marc Anthony sweater for only 99 use that for making skirts and sewing my own stuff, along crop top and using the excess fabric as a matching head- cents, a Tommy Hilfiger jacket originally $40 now practi- with embroidering sweaters I find. It’s very rewarding to band. cally free, or maybe a 1980s racquetball tournament T-shirt finish up my creations.” “I like turning free T-shirts into ‘THOT’ T-shirts,” Selk from Pennsylvania. Hidden on chaotic clothes lines are se- A majority of Selk’s closet consists of clothes altered by said. “If you get a free T-shirt, cut it up. That’s what I did to cret wonders. From ripped flannels to old jeans, practically her design. It contains customized pieces, the majority of my On Iowa T-shirt.” Foranything canthose be found in an Iowa City thrift store. withwhich were initially a thrifty purchases.frugalWith a fashionT-shirt turned crop top, Selk then throws on a With such shops as Goodwill, Salvation Army, Rag- “I get almost all my clothes from thrift stores,” Selk said. jean jacket, and now wears an outfit no one could purchase stock, Revival, Savvy Boutique, Stuff Etc., Second Act, and “Anything with a midseam, like T-shirts and stuff, you can on the shelves. Crowded Closet at their disposal, thrift shopping is an always cut and resew, which is something I think people The resale industry is on the rise. According to a 2018 re- available option for University of Iowa students and many should be more into. It’s not scary at all to sew and do your port from Thredup, resale distributors grew by 49 percent other members of the community. own work.” from 2017 to 2018, which is 24 times faster than retail. Al- sense,There are a variety of reasonsthere people practice thrift. Selk are said muumuus can be aeasily found variety at thrift stores most half of the resale market of is made up of clothing and Some do it for moral and environmental reasons, and and provide a lot of fabric to create a new item. apparel, or in other words, thrift. many more just want to make that super-cheap, one-of-a- “You can make skirts out of them; headbands, you can Sheila Davisson, owner of Revival, gave a few reasons as kind find to add to their wardrobe. cut them up,” she said. “It’s a lot cheaper and better for to why the resale industry is so successful in Iowa City. UI freshman Sophie Selk seems to be a seasoned veter- the environment, and there’s nothing wrong with these “A college town has always been very open to the idea. an when it comes to being thrifty, and she even makes her clothes. It’s dope as hell and very rewarding.” There’s always been a lot more attention given to how fore in U.S. politics thriftown clothes from her finds.shops Tolocated create her original pieces, Selk first traces lines inwith you’re shoppingand and the choices you’re making; it’s a com- “I shop both in Goodwill and Stuff Etc.,” she said. “A lot chalk where she wants to cut. She often ends up slicing off munity that really supports that,” Davisson said. “They’re aroundof times, I get big sheets of fabric in theIowa linen section, and I the sleevesCity of T-shirts. She then trimsfor more, making it aarea also in a stage of life where resi they’re honing their style- and SEE FASHION, 4B DESIGN BY NAOMI HOFFERBER On the web On the air Events calendar dentsGet updates about localand arts & Tunestudents in to KRUI 89.7 FM at 5 p.m. on toWant your hone event to be printed in Thetheir Daily Iowan entertainment events on Twitter Thursdays to hear about this weekend and included in our online calendar? To submit a style@DailyIowanArts at a lowin arts & entertainment. cost. listing, visit dailyiowan.com/pages/calendarsubmit. 6B

ACT commits money to fund Iowa City schools program The Iowa City School District has received a three-year $310,000 commitment from ACT to bring the AVID program to all secondary schools in the district. The program equips its partner schools with resources to encourage students to go to college.

Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS Business courses now Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley studies his notes before the confirmation hearing of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Sept. 4 in Washington. offered to pharmacy students The UI College of Pharmacy has Iowa’s two Republican senators will have Grassley and the Justice Department view Whitaker’s teamed up with the Office of Health Care Leadership Educa- new roles in the Senate this session. appointment as constitutional, but the senator said a tion to provide business courses for pharmacy students, helping BY DI STAFF process for a permanent replacement should begin in the to give them a competitive edge [email protected] next few weeks. after graduation. Iowa’s senators (both Republicans) in Washington BY JULIA SHANAHAN porary position. Go to dailyiowan.com to climbed the ranks in Republican leadership on Wednes- [email protected] “Within a few weeks, the president ought see the full story. day. to have a nominee up here,” Grassley said. Iowa’s senior senator, Chuck Grassley, was unanimous- Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, told re- “It’s bad for the Justice Department to have ly nominated for Senate pro tem. The position puts him porters in a press call that he is unsure if 20 acting people, so the shorter we have an third in line of succession for the presidency, following acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker is acting attorney general, the better.” 6A the vice president and the speaker of the House. being considered for a permanent position Whitaker was appointed as the acting but said President Trump is in his consti- SEE SENATORS, 2A tutional rights to appoint him to the tem- SEE WHITAKER, 2A

Iowa seeks to bounce Sweet success: UI Law students back on the ground Iowa has a backfield full of potential in Ivory Kelly-Martin, Toren Young, and Mekhi Sargent, aid local but the running game hasn’t lived up to it recently. Heading chef tops taste test into a matchup with Illinois, the Hawkeye offense wants to im- prove on the mark it set against Executive chef Barry Greenberg secured first place in immigrant Northwestern. the Minor’s Flavor Expedition Recipe Contest, winning 6A a $10,000 grand prize and a trip to France. community

The Safe Futures group works with the immigrant community to aid in legal matters.

BY ANDY MITCHELL Hawkeye hoops heads to [email protected] New York City Coming off a home win against A team of University of Iowa law students, operat- Green Bay, the Hawkeyes will hit ing in the College of Law’s legal clinic, has worked to the road for the first time this season to face their toughest bring security to the immigrant community in Iowa competition of the noncon- City, Coralville, and beyond during a time of uncer- ference schedule. When Iowa tainty. arrives in New York, Bol Bol and Safe Futures has worked since the 2017 spring se- the No. 13 Oregon Ducks will be mester with undocumented immigrants in the area waiting. to plan certain aspects of their life, including financ- es and childcare in the event one or both parents are detained or deported. Third-year law student Amber Mahoney said the members plan for any aspect their clients would not be able to control after deportation. Tate Hildyard/The Daily Iowan This semester, the group works with six clients; UI Executive Chef Barry Greenberg poses for a portrait on Monday. Greenberg recently topped there is a waiting list for next semester. Tune in for LIVE updates Minor’s Flavor Contest and won $10,000 and a trip to Lyon, France. Allison Goertz, who has been with the project Watch for campus and city news, weather, and Hawkeye sports since the beginning, said that before the group was coverage every day at 8:30 a.m. BY RYLEE WILSON and recipe development for the three uni- founded, tensions and uncertainty were rising con- [email protected] at dailyiowan.com. versity dining marketplaces, as well as ca- cerning the future of immigrants around the coun- tering and special events. try. In the Iowa City area, immigrants were being A University of Iowa chef put his skills to In addition to keeping university dining urged to quickly sign documents called “power of the test in a national recipe contest and is services running, Greenberg has enjoyed attorney” documents. now tasting sweet success. success in professional cooking compe- Goertz said people were signing these documents As the UI executive chef, Barry Green- berg keeps busy, overseeing production SEE CHEF, 2A SEE IMMIGRATION, 2A 2A NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2018 Volume 150 The Daily Iowan Issue 63 BREAKING NEWS STAFF Phone: (319) 335-6030 Publisher...... 335-5788 Email: [email protected] Jason Brummond Fax: 335-6297 Editor in Chief...... 335-6030 CORRECTIONS Gage Miskimen Call: 335-6030 Managing Editors. . . . 335-5855 Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for accuracy and fairness in the Katelyn Weisbrod reporting of news. If a report is Marissa Payne wrong or misleading, a request for Visual Arts Director a correction or a clarification may Lily Smith be made. News Editors PUBLISHING INFO Kayli Reese The Daily Iowan (USPS 143.360) is published by Student Publications Brooklyn Draisey Inc., E131 Adler Journalism Building, Sports Editor Iowa City, Iowa 52242-2004, daily Pete Ruden except Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, legal and university holidays, and Asst. Sports Editor university vacations. Periodicals Anna Kayser postage paid at the Iowa City Post Opinions Editor Office under the Act of Congress of March 2, 1879. Lucee Laursen SUBSCRIPTIONS Politics Editor Call: Juli Krause at 335-5783 Sarah Watson Email: [email protected] Arts Editor Subscription rates: Naomi Hofferber Iowa City and Coralville: $30 for one semester, $60 for two Asst. Arts Editor semesters, $5 for summer session, Joshua Balicki $60 for full year. Pregame Editor Out of town: $50 for one semester, Adam Hensley $100 for two semesters, $10 for summer session, $100 all year. Photo Editors Send address changes to: Nick Rohlman The Daily Iowan, Katina Zentz 100 Adler Journalism Building, Copy Chief Iowa City, Iowa 52242-2004 Beau Elliot BUSINESS STAFF Production Manager Heidi Owen...... 335-5789 Business Manager Wyatt Dlouhy/The Daily Iowan Advertising Manager Debra Plath...... 335-5786 Renee Manders...... 335-5193 In Danforth Chapel on Wednesday, Beck O’Brien reads the names of transgender people who have died this year. The Trans Day of Remem - Classifieds/Circulation Manager brance Vigil is an annual event that has taken place across the world since 1999. The event concluded with attendees writing messages Advertising Sales Juli Krause...... 335-5784 Bev Mrstilk...... 335-5792 on Post-It notes that were later turned into a collage to be displayed at the LGBTQ Resource Center.

though the people were be- followed.” uations. immigrant community fac- Iowa City, it is a national IMMIGRATION ing scammed or exploited. The power of attorney is “We’re trying to coun- ing the same fears she sees issue. CONTINUED FROM FRONT “I just don’t think peo- a legal document that al- sel and walk with clients in Iowa City, motivated her “Even before Trump, our ple were prepared for the lows a person to act on an- through a really fearful to join the group. immigration system has amount of change that oc- other’s behalf. Because the scary thing that we’d all Group member Evan Mc- not been humane for some without being counseled on curred so quickly,” said Car- document holds that kind rather not think about, but Carthy was drawn to this time,” McCarthy said. “I what the agreements mean. rington Buze, who was a so- of power, one of the objec- at the end of the day, we do initiative because of his in- think one of the cruelest Additionally, signees were cial worker before going to tives of Safe Futures is to want to be prepared for,” terest in immigration law; things that has come out of being charged large sums of law school. “Where people put a limit on what that doc- Goertz said. he plans to be an immigra- the newest administration money for documents that were forced to go into crisis ument can do. Goertz said Elizabeth Urena said that tion lawyer in the future. is that so many people are the Safe Futures team could mode rather than having a the group tries to limit that being from the Los Angeles He said the climate that living in fear and that there write up and obtain for plan or a regular course of power by writing the docu- area, where there is a pres- necessitates Safe Futures’ is no certainty in almost any free. Mahoney said it felt as action that was historically ments to reflect specific sit- ence of an undocumented existence is not unique to situation.”

France, in January. cal restaurant while in high he said. their hands as well, compet- educational aspects of cook- CHEF Minor’s, a food company, school. He has worked at the “I usually get my ideas ing as a team in the annual ing competitively. CONTINUED FROM FRONT challenged chefs to create UI for 26 years and said he from things I’ve either seen Riverside Culinary Classic “The fact that we’re able an original recipe using uses skills learned on the or eaten before, or that I’ve and Top Chef Iowa City. to do that with the support Minor’s products. Green- job to help him succeed in read about,” he said. “It Catering chef Anne Wat- of our department is great,” titions, winning several berg won the award for his competition. kind of depends on what son said competition pro- he said. “That ability to try awards in both recipe de- pork carnitas tarts recipe, a “I do these recipe con- I’m in the mood for when vides an opportunity to new things and expand our velopment and live cooking dish using a corn husk tart tests for fun, basically. It’s I’m developing a recipe. create outside the normal own horizons and bound- events. base and pork carnita meat, a good opportunity to keep I happened to be cooking confines of university din- aries are what we’re always Recently, he won first topped with sauce, fresh your skills sharp,” Green- pork that week that I was ing. looking for.” place in Minor’s Flavor Ex- corn, pumpkin seeds, and berg said. “I write recipes developing that recipe, and “[Competition] is always Greenberg said he has no pedition Recipe Contest, cilantro. In a press release, here quite a bit, so I’m used fresh corn was really popu- an opportunity to flex your plans of slowing down any- taking home the $10,000 Minor’s said the dish won to the process. I know logi- lar when the recipe was due, creative muscles when no time soon. grand prize and a trip to because of its bold flavors cally what’s going to work so I had a lot of fresh corn one’s telling you what you “I never say no to a com- watch the b’couse d’or live and imagination. and what’s not, so I’ve been flavor in there.” have to make, with no mon- petition,” he said. “… Any- cooking competition — a Originally from Con- successful.” Greenberg isn’t the only ey limitations or dietary time you’re around other competition he called “the necticut, Greenberg found Fresh flavors and current member of the UI’s culinary limitations,” she said. competitors and other pro- major leagues of profes- his passion for cooking trends are central to Green- staff entering competitions. Retail chef Michael Gra- fessional chefs, it’s always sional cooking” — in Lyons, working as a busboy at a lo- berg’s recipe development, Several other UI chefs try ham also said he enjoys the valuable.”

Senate Finance Committee He noted that the Fi- Lisa Murkowski was elect- was the only contested “I want to thank my col- SENATORS chairmanship. nance Committee would ed for a yearlong term as leadership seat in the Re- leagues for the tremen- CONTINUED FROM FRONT Grassley said in a confer- be an attractive option for vice chairwoman in 2009. publican Conference. dous opportunity to repre- ence call Wednesday that him in order to work on Murkowski forfeited her First elected to the Sen- sent them in leadership,” he’s still unsure whether free-trade agreements and seat when she lost a pri- ate in 2014, Ernst is serv- Ernst said in a prepared The position of Senate he will leave his current “tax-fairness initiatives.” mary challenge in 2010 and ing her first term in the statement. “The Senate pro tem is traditionally position as chairman of Grassley is a senior didn’t resume it after she Senate. Ernst sits on the Republican Conference is held by the longest-serving the Senate Judiciary Com- member of the Finance eventually won the same Committee on Armed Ser- strong and will only get member of the Senate from mittee to fill Hatch’s spot Committee and chaired it 2010 Senate race with a vices, the Committee on better the more we work the majority party. After as head of the Finance from 2001 to 2010. write-in campaign. Environment and Public together. I seek to serve nearly 38 years, Grass- Committee, which has ju- Grassley wasn’t the only Former Sen. Kay Bailey Works, the Committee on as a strong voice in lead- ley will be second only to risdiction in the areas of senator from Iowa to as- Hutchison served as chair- Agriculture, Nutrition and ership while also bring- Democrat Patrick Leahy in taxes and revenue sources. cend in Republican leader- woman of the Republican Forestry, and the Commit- ing new ideas and a fresh length of service. “Within a few days, I’m ship. Policy Committee from tee on Small Business and face to the team. Wheth- Grassley will be officially going to cover all the bas- Joni Ernst was elected to 2007 to 2009. Administration. er I am fighting for our elected by the full Senate es that need to be covered, become the vice chairwom- The position puts her as Majority Leader Mitch service members and our on Jan. 3. which includes talking an of the Senate Republi- the fifth-ranking member McConnell, R-Ky., and country’s global interests The previous senator to to colleagues who are af- can Conference. of Republican leadership Minority Leader Chuck or finding solutions to ru- hold the title was Sen. Orin fected by my decisions,” She’s the first wom- in the U.S. Senate. She de- Schumer, D-N.Y., will re- ral America’s challenges, I Hatch, R-Utah, who will re- Grassley told reporters on an elected to Republican feated Nebraska Sen. Deb tain their spots as head of seek to make Iowans and tire. He is also vacating the Wednesday. Senate leadership since Fischer for the spot, which the parties in the Senate. all Americans proud.

the Attorney General Succes- “[Trump] is entitled to get WHITAKER sion Act, Schor said, which rid of people, but he still has CONTINUED FROM FRONT states that if the attorney gen- to follow procedures,” he said. eral is absent or resigns, then UI law Professor Andy Gre- the power would fall to the wal said even with Grassley attorney general after Trump next in line. In this case, that holding the position of chair- asked Attorney General Jeff would be Session’s deputy, man of the Senate Judiciary Sessions to resign. Whitaker’s Rod Rosenstein, who has been Committee, he doesn’t hold a appointment has been con- vetted by the Senate, unlike substantial amount of control troversial because he will take Whitaker. over the Whitaker appoint- over supervision of Special “No president has ever do- ment. Counsel Robert Mueller’s in- ne this before, and that tells “The Senate as a whole can vestigation, which Whitaker you a lot about what’s going say, ‘We want to investigate has opposed. on,” Schor said. — we want to see the memos Grassley referred to a The Federal Vacancies Re- that are written and that he’s 20-page document released form Act of 1998 states that not ethically conflicted,’ ” Gre- Wednesday by the Justice the president can appoint a wal said. Department’s Office of Legal temporary, high-ranking offi- Whitaker received a law Counsel that said Trump’s cial until a permanent official degree and M.B.A. from the appointment of Whitaker as is vetted by the Senate and put UI, where he also played foot- Erik Mcgregor/Pacific Press/Zuma Press/TNS legitimate. The opinion also in place. Trump took advan- ball as an undergraduate and Thousands of New Yorkers join a coalition of grassroots organizations in New York City in a massive stated that it was a rarity for tage of this act, appointing participated in the 1991 Rose demonstration on Nov. 8 in Times Square to denounce new acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker. someone to be appointed to Sessions’ chief of staff to at- Bowl. the position without being torney general. The attorney general’s role tion, and he wrote an opinion Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, “As acting attorney gener- confirmed by the Senate. Schor said the act was under Sessions was to over- column for CNN in 2017 con- said in a statement last week al, Matt Whitaker is a steady Drake law Professor Mi- passed so that in the case of an see the special counsel’s Rus- tending that Mueller’s investi- that Sessions should be com- hand that will provide good chael Schor said he thinks the emergency, the Office of the sia investigation, a role from gation was “going too far.” His mended for “prosecuting the leadership and judgment and appointment is unconstitu- Presidency can act quickly to which Sessions recused him- comments have drawn crit- largest number of violent will ensure that the United tional, but that there are rea- fill a vacant seat. In this case, self despite criticism from icism from Democrats, who offenders and firearm defen- States Department of Justice sonable arguments on both Trump created the emergency Trump. have called for Whitaker to dants in our nation’s history,” upholds the highest standards sides of the aisle. himself when he asked Ses- Whitaker has long been a recuse himself from the inves- then adding that Whitaker is of the rule of law,” Ernst wrote The appointment violates sions to resign, Schor said. critic of the Russia investiga- tigation similar to Sessions. a man of integrity and value. in the statement. THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2018 NEWS 3A UI professor focuses on sustainability of business Joseph Sulentic, a UI associate professor and former race-car driver, will teach a new course for undergraduates in the spring of 2019 focusing on the environmental impacts of business.

BY KATE PIXLEY students getting certificates [email protected] in sustainability,” she said. “This seminar sounds like a Joseph Sulentic says the great first step toward [en- best part of his job is seeing couraging] sustainability how his students progress, practices in business.” both in business and as hu- Sulentic, an Iowa native man beings. who earned a B.A. from UC- Sulentic is an associate LA in 1984, started his first professor at the Pappajohn business while in college. Entrepreneurial Center in “I knew that I wanted to the Tippie College of Busi- go to Europe and go race ness. He will teach a class in cars, so I knew I had to start the spring of 2019 that will a business to fund that,” he make students more aware said. of the connection between While working for a For- business and environmen- mula One team in Europe, talism. Sulentic noticed Ferrari “One of the main things brand clothing and noted that I learned in school was that he had never seen that this concept of externali- type of apparel in the United ty, relating to all the things States. Sulentic decided to that happen because of our begin importing the cloth- actions,” he said. “I want ing to the U.S. everyone to be aware that Sulentic moved back to everyone, whether an indi- the U.S. after a few years vidual or a company, should of racing cars in Italy and be responsible for cleaning headed to Iowa City at the up after themselves.” urging of a friend. The one-semester-hour While in Iowa City, Sulen- seminar will take an in- tic began working toward an tersectional approach to M.B.A., which he earned in understanding of modern 1987. entrepreneurship, focusing Sulentic eventually sold on economic, social, and en- his clothing company and vironmental issues faced by began looking for new op- companies today. portunities. He contacted a “One of the critical issues former professor of his who businesses face today is that suggested that Sulentic be- of sustainability — how to come a professor himself. most effectively acquire Sulentic began teaching in and use scarce resources the Entrepreneurship Cen- while limiting their overall ter in 1990. Since then, he Shivansh Ahuja/The Daily Iowan environmental impact,” the has won a Collegiate Teach- Associate Professor Joe Sulentic stands in the Pappajohn Business Building on Wednesday. course description says. ing Award and was nomi- UI freshman Julia So, a nated in 2016 for a Presi- “I would just say [my fa- glia said. noting that filling up a tank “It is easy for me to get out business major, said that dent and Provost Award for vorite part is] just his overall Sulentic said his expe- of gas costs much more than of my comfort zone,” he said. while she hadn’t previously Teaching Excellence. teaching styling and how he rience will aid him in in- the price displayed on the “I always viewed [trying new heard of the course, she be- UI senior Nick Battaglia, cares individually about all structing the new course, pump. things] as an adventure.” lieves it to be a step in the one of Sulentic’s students, students and breaks it down right direction. said he appreciates his ap- so we feel more than just a “I know a lot of business proach to teaching. piece of the puzzle,” Batta- Speaking of apps for that …

A company called Speeko recently launched an app that serves as a customized public-speaking coach for users.

BY JOSIE FISCHELS build a tool that really gets them excited to take [email protected] that first step.” The app works by first listening to the user Nico Aguilar was a University of Iowa under- speak. Field-Thompson said Speeko then takes graduate when he suffered an anxiety attack the recording and shows the user how they while giving a speech in a rhetoric class. scored based on six different metrics. With His experience later prompted him to de- that, the app suggests vocal exercises similar velop Speeko, a voice-analytics company that to what an average speech coach would use. serves as a speaking coach for users who want “We look at how you speak, your word choice, to improve their vocal delivery. Aguilar and his your energy level, and give you guidance, and team launched the app in October. feedback, and critical self-awareness to help “It’s taken me years to overcome that [fear], you improve,” Aguilar said. and that journey has changed my life and Bree Neyland, the UI Speaking Center di- opened countless doors for me,” Aguilar said. rector and rhetoric lecturer, said the biggest “With Speeko, we’re trying to bring that same challenge students face when it comes to public breakthrough to everyone through technology.” speaking is overcoming fear. Aguilar partnered with classmate and best Neyland said the Speaking Center often en- friend Anthony Pham to develop Speeko over courages students to record themselves and the course of note what they two years. are doing well Today the to improve their compa- public-speak- ny has five ing skills. members: ‘It’s taken me years to overcome that [fear], and “That way, cofounders they can keep Aguilar and that journey has changed my life and opened doing those Pham, Will things and feel Field-Thomp- countless doors for me. With Speeko, we’re that they have son, Chief trying to bring that same breakthrough to some mastery Data Officer already,” she Cameron everyone through technology.’ said. “It makes Faeber, and it much less in- Chief Oper- — Nico Aguilar, Speeko cofounder timidating.” ating Officer Aguilar said Nicole Cook. Speeko breaks down a user’s plan to improve Together, the team recently worked to be one by providing customized coaching lessons. of 10 companies selected by Techstars, a global The app provides a visual of the user’s record- startup accelerator that provides teams with ing to show how long they stay within target workspace and access to a mentor network for levels of the six individual metrics such as a three-month program. More than 2,200 com- Intonation and Pace. The app also includes panies applied. coaching on calming nerves, such as breath- Pham said Speeko seeks to aid public speak- ing exercises. ers by providing a highly accessible tool that “More than 70 percent of people want to im- encourages users to practice. prove their communication, but only a slight “The No. 1 thing experts say you should do to few ever do anything about it,” Pham said. “It’s overcome this fear is practice, and that’s a big because they don’t know where to take the first barrier for people, especially students,” Pham step. We want Speeko to be that first step. We said. “We want to lower that barrier. Everyone want to be there wherever communication is is comfortable with their phones, so our goal is happening.” 4A THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2018 Opinions COLUMN COLUMN All politics is loco, according to Plato California burns with But he was Greek. As Shakespeare said in his best shrug-off line. It’s Greek to me. Trump’s insensitivity Thanks for the comic relief. find a single strand of Jesuit DNA. The starters were getting fa- We are going to guess that tigued. See the World Series. popular opinion would say no. A recent tweet by President Trump about the spreading Dear Doc Grammar: Except, of course, if the mass wildfires in California was completely ignorant and insensitive All politics aside, what are killer’s name is Saudi Arabia. your feelings about Zorro? And the mass killer’s victims are to the realities of the disastrous situation. Dear Zorro: named Yemenis. To which side should we put Dear Doc Grammar: politics? And wasn’t Zorro sup- What is your feeling about BEAU ELLIOT posed to be some hero of the Descartes and his famous dic- [email protected] people against some Central tum? Does it still apply? American evil landowner or Dear Dictum: Dear Doc Grammar: governor or something? And be- What’s with all the Jesuit-like What about those elections? cause it was all Disney or some- questions? We keep looking for Were they great or what? thing, Zorro was played by some Jesuit-like in our favorite grocery Dear Life on Hold: random gringo? And because the store’s beer cooler, but we can’t What. U.S. supported right-wing rulers find it. So we had an election, and that in Central America because they We think (therefore we sweet was fun — so much fun that some were anti-communist, Zorro al- potato) that Descartes was a darn places are still having elections. ways turned out to be the presi- good writer when he covered Florida comes to mind, but dent’s son in disguise? Hawkeye football, but once he then, Florida has a history of We might be mixing up Zorro wandered into branding theory, having so much fun with elec- with real life. It happens. That’s he got all mixed up. (That’s the tions that they go on for days. not so bad as mixing up Hawk- second time the phrases “mixed And days. And daze. eye football with real life. up” and “Hawkeye football” have Also, Arizona decided to go Of course, there are some occurred in the same sentence. into extra innings. Maybe it was wags who contend you can’t re- Maybe it’s a pandemic.) something about the D-Backs ally mix up Hawkeye football, Dear Doc Grammar: not making the postseason and because the Hawkeyes have do- What are your real, true feel- Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/TNS not getting to play an 18-inning ne a pretty fine job of mixing up ings about the election? Jessica Sijan, whose family lost everything in the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, sorts donated clothes game, like the Red Sox and football all by themselves. Dear Real, True: for evacuees in a parking lot in Chico, California, on Tuesday. Dodgers. Maybe not. You never Dear Doc Grammar: We wonder if there could be know with human beings. That’s Can we as a people govern real, false feelings. Just given proved an expedited request for have said that the true cause what makes them so interesting. ourselves? the times. a major disaster declaration for of the wildfires is not known, Then there’s Georgia, where Dear Guv: The man with the cauliflower the state of California. Despite but what is undeniably true is they’re tussling over whether In a word, the Brothers Koch mind is quite proud of his ef- his attempts to make amends, that climate change has played to count all the votes or just the don’t think so. They could give forts to elect Republicans. Albeit his initial response of criticism a huge role. As the president of ones for the Republican gover- you a billion or so reasons. in deeply red states with Senate shouldn’t be forgotten, and he the United States, it is expected nor candidate. It’s Georgia. (Yes, we realize that was more elections. And he probably did should be held accountable for that posts about a major current The Republican governor can- than “a word.” When people say help some (to the tune of one or his ignorance and insensitivity. disaster are accurate and have a didate was also the state official “in a word” these days, they’re lit- two Senate seats). But not quite The tweet is astoundingly sound foundation when being in charge of running elections, erally being figurative.) to the point of being bestest, NICHOLE SHAW ignorant, because of the mis- exposed to a nation’s constitu- so you’d be forgiven for thinking Dear Doc Grammar: greatestest, victory-est ever, as [email protected] leading statement “There is ents. By posting this misleading that Georgia acts as though it’s Do mass killers deserve to he put it. Or words to that effect. no reason for these massive, information, Trump once again still part of the Soviet Union. have funerals? In whatever language. Destructive wildfires contin- deadly, and costly forest fires misleads millions who don’t Dear Doc Grammar: Dear Deserving: Our basic thought about elec- ue to blaze through California, in California except that forest do their own fact checks. This You mean Georgia is not still Hmm. That one probably tions, and life in general, goes: spurred on by the Santa Ana management is so poor.” reduces a deadly disaster to an part of the Soviet Union? takes a Jesuit to answer. We have Love means never having to winds and low precipitation, Even more astounding is the insensitive game of pointing Dear Knot: searched our souls, and we didn’t say you’re Zorro. killing 42 people from just one irony of Trump’s tweet. Much, if fingers rather than supporting fire being referred to as the not most, of the forest manage- a community during such hor- Camp Fire in and near Para- ment in California falls under rific times. COLUMN dise, California. This is now the the responsibility of the federal Even more alarming is the deadliest and most destructive government. Therefore, it is the president’s initial insouciant known fire to date in California. federal government’s responsi- response to the destruction and Two women made history Nov. 6; only In this time of destruction, bility to maintain the land and loss that has blazed through loss, and fear, communities keep it from being susceptible the state. This is blatantly seen have come together despite to fire. In fact, the federal gov- when Trump brazenly threatens one received national attention for it. the odds being stacked against ernment owns 45.8 percent of to defund California because of them. However, recent criti- the land in California, accord- its alleged mismanagement of Successful candidates in last week’s election prove that America is cism of forest management ing to a 2017 Congressional funds. If he were to actually do from President Trump has Research Service report. The this, Trump would inevitably attracted to candidates who did not run on polarized platforms. overshadowed the show of her- region in which the Camp Fire increase the deadliness of for- oism by the community and has occurred started in the forest est fires because there would appeal to media focused on media have an article praising shed a negative light on the offi- reserves right outside the town be less funding to prevent and showcasing candidates with Ocasio-Cortez every day, but cials who are doing their best to of Paradise in Butte County, manage disastrous fire spread. agendas polar opposite to the Re- right-leaning sources also have save people and salvage towns. which is owned by the federal Before posting an emotionally publican-led executive branch. breaking news on her, usually This tweet is ignorant and government, according to a Cal- charged, ignorant, and insensi- Finkenauer got her start in pol- referring to something she has astounding in its insensitiv- ifornia Sun map. tive tweet on Twitter that affects itics as a page for Republican Jim said that lacks knowledge. Her ity. Immediately afterwards, So really, if Trump’s tweet millions of people who have Nussle, a Republican representa- background in economics and Trump experienced backlash had any merit, he would attri- been terrorized by a natural di- tive for the district. After gaining international relations from from celebrities, social-media bute the fault of the deadliest saster, he must check his facts. experience, Finkenauer decided Boston University could not help users, and scientists. Trump at- fire in California’s history to the After all, the spread of mis- MARINA JAIMES to run on her own and was elected her answer why she refers to Is- tempted to remedy the situation mismanagement of the federal information and fake news is, [email protected] to the Iowa House of Represen- rael as the occupier of Palestine, by praising the first responders government. ironically, what you campaign tatives and again in 2016. She an- to which she answered that she in another tweet and finally ap- Scientists across the board against, right, Mr. President? On Nov. 6, both Abby Finke- nounced her run for U.S. House was not an expert in geopolitics. nauer of Iowa and Alexandria in May 2017 and was successful in Even as of midterm elections, Ocasio-Cortez of New York getting the attention of voters. Ocasio-Cortez was still unable to DOUSING THE FIRE made history by becoming two Ocasio-Cortez rose to fame explain how she would fund all of the youngest women to be when she defeated incumbent of the programs she was promis- elected to the U.S. House of Rep- Rep. Joe Crowley in the New York ing, despite numerous opportu- resentatives. At 29 years old, two Democratic primaries. She is a nities to provide an answer. Democratic women proved that member of the Democratic Social- There’s a reason candidates they were ready to to fight for the ists of America and made head- such as Ocasio-Cortez overshad- values of their constituents. The lines as the bartender from the ow those such as Finkenauer. difference? One earned her place Bronx ready to take on Congress. Finkenauer, who has champi- through a stellar résumé and re- Before her spot in Congress oned bipartisanship and civility lentless work. The other tested was secured, Ocasio-Cortez as a campaign promise, is not norms on how far left Demo- knew she would be victorious in radical enough to gain national crats were willing to go. her race. All of America was confi- attention. Even though “over- Finkenauer, who has been dent in her victory, as her district coming polarization” is the solu- overshadowed by a news cycle was historically Democratic in a tion to every question on today’s focused on a proud Democrat- known blue state of America. Oc- political climate, both left and ic-Socialist, also became one of asio-Cortez was able to campaign right only showcase the worst the first two women to repre- such a miniscule amount that she to offer even though candidates sent Iowa in the House of Rep- spent time in other parts of the such as Finkenauer have proved resentatives. It was not an easy country to work for other Dem- that they can flip seats. feat, but Finkenauer managed ocratic candidates; her seat was If Democrats hope for anoth- to turn a red district blue by un- hardly earned. Even before her er blue wave in 2020, they should seating incumbent Republican election in 2018, she campaigned prioritize moderate candidates Rod Blum. on behalf of Kansas Democrat and take responsibility for the She is proof that sensible James Thompson. polarization they’ve pinned BY BRAEDYN DOCHTERMAN Democratic candidates do not It seems that left-leaning against President Trump.

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The 7-2 center has deadly offensive game for someone in his position — he possess- es the handles of a guard, sol- id shooting ability, and can Chris Kalous/The Daily Iowan also score in the paint with Iowa’s Tyler Cook controls the offense against Green Bay in Carver-Hawkeye on Sunday. The Hawkeyes defeated the Phoenix, 93-83. ease. Through Oregon’s first two games, Bol averages 17.5 playing against the best … [Bol] ly have their hands full, be- za and fellow forward Tyler zou-KC, Iowa has shot 83 points, 12 rebounds, and 3.5 is a great player. I’ve seen him cause Oregon is potent from Cook each scored 17 points, times at the stripe. blocks per game while shoot- throughout high school, seen all over the court. Overall, the and both did their damage “[We’re] taking advantage ing 46.4 percent from the field him at camps when we were Ducks shoot the ball well, es- down low. of how the defense plays us,” and 33 percent from deep. younger, and he’s a tremen- pecially from 3-point range. Garza’s output remained Cook said. “[We] stay aggres- “I’ve always been the type dous player.” Granted, it’s just two games consistent throughout the sive, drive the ball inside, feed it of guy who gets excited with McCaffery will have a tough into the season, but Oregon game, but Cook’s second-half inside … teams tend to foul us. those matchups,” Hawkeye decision to make come game is shooting 43.8 percent from explosion led the charge; he We get in the bonus, and we try post Luka Garza said. “In high time on who will guard the downtown. scored 14 of his points in half to take advantage of that.” school, I played against DeAn- Duck’s mismatch, but he said For Iowa, the Hawkeyes’ No. 2 once Iowa made it a pri- After Iowa takes on Oregon, dre Ayton, Wendell Carter, I during his Tuesday teleconfer- best bet is to feed the post. ority to feed the post. the Hawkeyes will finish the 2K played every name you see in ence that the Hawkeyes won’t In Iowa’s win over Green As a result, the Hawkeyes Classic with a matchup against the NBA now. I’m ready for isolate a single defender to try Bay on Nov. 11, a heavy dose shot 45 free throws in the either Syracuse or Connecticut that. I’ve always been a guy to to cover the do-it-all center. of post offense propelled the win. Combined with the on Friday. That game will be at take on those challenges. I love The Hawkeyes will definite- Black and Gold to victory. Gar- season-opener against Miz- 3:30 or 5:45 p.m.

mode for three-days straight, talent. The men will swim to swim against Nebraska be- p.m., and the finals will begin SWIMMING which we haven’t been able to against two Big Ten teams fore Big Tens ever. It will be at 6 p.m. each day. CONTINUED FROM 6A see yet,” Iowa head coach Marc that rank in the top 25: Min- cool to face them in our home After the invitational, the Long said. “We are looking to nesota (No. 20) and Purdue pool, because I know they Iowa men’s team will not really learn a lot about what’s (T-25). The Iowa women will have been tough competition see any action until after The Hawkeyes welcomed 11 happening, when and how we also face two tough Big Ten for us at the end of the season. winter break. The women, newcomers this season. The are racing, and how we are pre- competitors in Nebraska and It will be nice to get a taste of though, will compete against meet will be some of the swim- paring. Ultimately, we want to No. 16 Minnesota. the tough competition now.” Iowa State in Cy-Hawk du- mers’ first time competing in a step up and win these events. “Something we are excited Action will begin today and al in Campus Rec on Dec. 7. three-day event, and the coach- We will learn in a competition about is swimming against continue through Saturday Both the women’s and men’s es want to see what they can do. setting a lot about this team.” two Big Ten teams at our invi- at the Campus Recreation & squads will travel together “We have a lot of newcom- This will be a good com- tational this year on the wom- Wellness Center. The prelimi- during winter break to do ers. As coaches and as a team, petition for both the men en’s side,” senior Devin Jacobs naries will start at 10 a.m., div- some training away from the we get to see them in that race and women to show off their said. “I haven’t had the chance ing competition will start at 1 cold weather in Iowa. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2018 DAILYIOWAN.COM Sports @THEDAILYIOWAN

HAWKEYE UPDATES Iowa men’s hoops picks up two signees Running game hopes to reboot Patrick McCaffery and Joe Toussaint have officially signed a National Letters of Intent to After a bad week on the ground, Iowa’s running backs and offensive line work to get better. join the Hawkeye basketball program, head coach Fran Mc- Caffery announced Wednesday. Patrick McCaffery was a first team All-State his junior year, averaging 19.9 points per game and 6 rebounds. He averaged 13.8 points and 5 rebounds as a sophomore. He led Iowa City West to a state title in 2017, as well as runner-up finishes in 2016 and 2018. He will join brother Connor McCaffery on the Hawkeye roster while playing for his father. “It has been a dream of mine to be a Hawkeye and play for my dad. and now I am one step closer to that,” Patrick McCaffery said in a release. “I have a good relationship with all the current players already, and I can’t wait to get on campus and work with all of them.” Patrick McCaffery was a mem- ber of the USA Basketball 3-on-3 Youth Olympics that traveled to Brazil. He was invited to the USA Basketball U18 Trials. “One of his strengths is his versatility,” Fran McCaffery said in a release. McCaffery “He’s doing so much more off the dribble, and his 3-point shot is getting better. I think his complete skill set is going to be beneficial to our team.” Toussaint averaged 22.5 points, 4.7 boards, and 1.7 assists for Cardinal Hayes High in Bronx, New York, helping it to its first Catholic High School Athletics Association city championship at the AA level since 1990. He averaged 5.4 points, 3.4 Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan assists, and 3 rebounds at the Iowa running back Mekhi Sargents runs against Northwestern at Kinnick on Nov. 10. The Wildcats defeated the Hawkeyes, 14-10. Nike Peach Jam. Toussaint was also chosen to compete at the BY ANNA KAYSER Pangos All-American Camp and team,” running back Mehki Sargent said. “I feel three have all seen playing time during every NBPA Top 100 Camp with Patrick [email protected] like we practice hard, we’re detailed in practice, game, creating a question about lack of consis- McCaffery. we’re hustling, but the football game’s not going tency. However, Sargent said, that hasn’t been “I love Joe’s game; he’s a Iowa’s running game needs only 336 more net to be perfect. I feel like to be better; it’s running the case, and the coaches giving them an equal competitor,” Fran McCaffery yards to surpass last season’s total, but it must the ball overall as a unit.” number of carries during the games has helped. said in a release. “Joe can perform better than it did against Northwestern. Following that Michigan State disaster, Io- “I think it’s a matter of us being a little bit score, he’s quick, defends, and But if Northwestern is as bad as it gets for wa’s running game turned it around the next more cohesive and trying to — we’ve got to push loves moving the ball. His speed Iowa’s running game, then this season isn’t too week (against, ahem, Illinois) to record 191 yards this thing through,” head coach Kirk Ferentz is at another level. He’s special. bad. on 38 carries. said. “It’s kind of like our team overall; we’ve just Joe can really push the tempo and is incredibly unselfish, but For a team that has built a legacy around its As the Hawkeyes go to face the Illini on the got to push this thing through and do things a he can also score.” running game, 64 yards gained is a low point for road this year, there’s a need to turn around little bit better.” the season, especially when it lends its hand to both the running game and the entire team to The offensive line is another key group that a three-game losing streak. However, in 2017, break the skid. That comes from work both on has taken it upon itself to fix the running game. Allaf finishes fall season things were a lot worse. and off the field. Sargent said there wasn’t a problem with ranked 73rd Against Michigan State on Sept. 30, Iowa’s “We’ve been watching film, just cleaning up a lack of gaps for the running backs against running game only collected 19 net yards on 25 all the mistakes,” Sargent said. “I feel like we Northwestern, but regardless, the offensive line Iowa tennis junior Kareem carries. Running back Akrum Wadley had 17 of could do really a better job than what we were is working to get better. Allaf concluded the fall those carries for 30 yards, and his low produc- doing; that’s going to come. We have a young “Every play starts up front, starts with us, season at tion was a low point. running-back group.” which we do take that personally, just like we the Oracle Now, with the low sitting at a comparable Iowa’s rotation of running backs includes take it personally when Nate [Stanley] gets hit Fall National high of 64, the new trio of Hawkeye running three sophomores: Sargent, Ivory Kelly-Martin, and stuff like that,” offensive tackle Tristian Champion- backs have a chance to turn it around quickly. and Toren Young. Wirfs said. “We’ve just got to do better, be bet- ships with a “[Northwestern is] a really good football For the season, excluding injuries, those ter.” No. 73 nation- al ranking. Allaf won Allaf 11 matches Iowa to host during the fall, including seven straight in October. He picked up The Battle of the gold at the Central Region- Hawkeye als in October, winning six matches in a row, with two coming against ranked opponents. Birds in the Garden Invitational He was also named Iowa’s Male Athlete of the Month in Iowa takes on the Oregon Ducks at Madison Square Garden in October. Iowa swimming/diving will host New York City for the 2K Empire Classic. the Hawkeye Invitational this

weekend; it will be the first time QUOTE OF THE DAY since 2015 that the Hawkeyes “I was pretty have put on the event. excited. Tyler BY TANNER DESPLANQUE Cook’s been asking [email protected] for a dunk in Iowa swimming/diving will host the Hawk- traffic..” eye Invitational this weekend for the first time since 2015.ww — Iowa men’s The meet is a preliminary for the Hawkeyes basketball to see how they can handle a big meet before forward they host the men’s Big Ten Championships in Nicholas late February. Baer on his Teams that will compete in the swimming dunk against events are Minnesota (M/W), Missouri State Green Bay (M/W), Grand Canyon (M/W), South Dakota (M/W), South Dakota State (M), SMU (W), Pur- due (M), and Nebraska (W). The competitors in STAT OF THE DAY the diving events are Omaha, Wisconsin, Mich- Nicholas Baer leads Iowa igan State, Northern Iowa, and Kansas. This invitational will be a true test for the men’s basketball in plus- Hawkeyes, because it is the first time all sea- minus off the bench with son for them to compete at a three-day event. a mark of plus-30. The Iowa men also want to get some revenge on Chris Kalous/The Daily Iowan Minnesota after a close loss earlier this season. Iowa’s Luka Garza shoots a jumper against Green Bay on Sunday in Carver-Hawkeye. The Hawkeyes defeated the “We lost a close one to Minnesota earlier this Phoenix, 93-83. Iowa will next face No. 13 Oregon in New York on Thursday. year, and we hope to improve on that,” senior Michal Brzus said. “We should be racing some BY ADAM HENSLEY After facing Mizzou-KC and Green Bay, Oregon of our best times of the season. This will help us [email protected] presents Iowa with its biggest challenge so far, if not to do our best to compete and come out with the for the entire nonconference schedule. win this week. We also have some great fresh- Iowa basketball is only two games into the season, “I think you have some decisions to make when men on the team, and we can’t wait to see what 30 and its first real test looms already — 8:15 p.m. to- you schedule a tournament like this,” said head they can do at this meet.” plus-minus day, when the Hawkeyes clash with the No. 13 Ore- coach Fran McCaffery. “We want to take our team gon Ducks in the 2K Empire Classic. SEE BASKETBALL, 5A SEE SWIMMING, 5A 80 Hours The weekend in arts & entertainment Thursday, November 15, 2018

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A faded navy-blue Marc Anthony sweater for only 99 use that for making skirts and sewing my own stuff, along crop top and using the excess fabric as a matching head- cents, a Tommy Hilfiger jacket originally $40 now practi- with embroidering sweaters I find. It’s very rewarding to band. cally free, or maybe a 1980s racquetball tournament T-shirt finish up my creations.” “I like turning free T-shirts into ‘THOT’ T-shirts,” Selk from Pennsylvania. Hidden on chaotic clothes lines are se- A majority of Selk’s closet consists of clothes altered by said. “If you get a free T-shirt, cut it up. That’s what I did to cret wonders. From ripped flannels to old jeans, practically her design. It contains customized pieces, the majority of my On Iowa T-shirt.” anything can be found in an Iowa City thrift store. which were initially thrifty purchases. With a T-shirt turned crop top, Selk then throws on a With such shops as Goodwill, Salvation Army, Rag- “I get almost all my clothes from thrift stores,” Selk said. jean jacket, and now wears an outfit no one could purchase stock, Revival, Savvy Boutique, Stuff Etc., Second Act, and “Anything with a midseam, like T-shirts and stuff, you can on the shelves. Crowded Closet at their disposal, thrift shopping is an always cut and resew, which is something I think people The resale industry is on the rise. According to a 2018 re- available option for University of Iowa students and many should be more into. It’s not scary at all to sew and do your port from Thredup, resale distributors grew by 49 percent other members of the community. own work.” from 2017 to 2018, which is 24 times faster than retail. Al- There are a variety of reasons people practice thrift. Selk said muumuus can be easily found at thrift stores most half of the resale market is made up of clothing and Some do it for moral and environmental reasons, and and provide a lot of fabric to create a new item. apparel, or in other words, thrift. many more just want to make that super-cheap, one-of-a- “You can make skirts out of them; headbands, you can Sheila Davisson, owner of Revival, gave a few reasons as kind find to add to their wardrobe. cut them up,” she said. “It’s a lot cheaper and better for to why the resale industry is so successful in Iowa City. UI freshman Sophie Selk seems to be a seasoned veter- the environment, and there’s nothing wrong with these “A college town has always been very open to the idea. an when it comes to being thrifty, and she even makes her clothes. It’s dope as hell and very rewarding.” There’s always been a lot more attention given to how own clothes from her finds. To create her original pieces, Selk first traces lines with you’re shopping and the choices you’re making; it’s a com- “I shop both in Goodwill and Stuff Etc.,” she said. “A lot chalk where she wants to cut. She often ends up slicing off munity that really supports that,” Davisson said. “They’re of times, I get big sheets of fabric in the linen section, and I the sleeves of T-shirts. She then trims more, making it a also in a stage of life where they’re honing their style and

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FILM • BEAUTIFUL BOY, 2:30, 5:30, & 8 P.M., FILMSCENE 118 COLLEGE • THE PICTURE SHOW: THE BIG BAD FOX & OTHER TALES, 3:30 P.M., FILMSCENE • SUSPIRIA, 5 P.M., FILMSCENE • FREE SOLO, 8:15 P.M., FILMSCENE At Eternity’s Gate is a biopic about the famous artist Vincent Van Gogh (Willem Defoe). In the days leading up to his death, Van Gogh feverishly attempts to create a THEATER new way of painting. The film made its début this summer at the Venice International Film Festival. • THE PRICE, 7:30 P.M., RIVERSIDE THEATER, 213 N. SUSPIRIA GILBERT — Joshua Balicki

LITERATURE • “LIVE FROM PRAIRIE LIGHTS,” KRISTIN CHEN, 7 P.M. PRAIRIE LIGHTS, 15 S. DUBUQUE THIS WEEK IN MUSIC HISTORY

Nov. 15, 1965: The Rolling Stones makes its U.S. TV début on the American musical FRIDAY 11.16 variety show “Hullabaloo” and performs “Get Off Of My Cloud.” Nov. 16, 1968: Led Zeppelin plays its first-ever show in northern England, at the MUSIC Manchester College of Science and Technology. • CHINESE ART SONG RECITAL, 3:30 P.M., VOXMAN RECITAL HALL Nov. 17, 2003: Britney Spears becomes the youngest singer (21) to have a star on • JON MCLAUGHLIN & MATT WERTZ, 8 P.M., MILL, 120 Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. E. BURLINGTON • JEFF AUSTIN, 9 P.M., GABE’S Nov. 18, 1976: Richard Hell and Voidoids début at CGBG’s New York. Richard Hell is • COOLZEY, MC ANIMOSITY, DJ JOHNNY SIXX, 9 P.M., often credited with fathering punk fashion. YACHT CLUB • SOULSHAKE, 10 P.M., GABE’S Nov. 19, 1964 : The Supremes becomes the first girl group in history to have a UK No. 1 single with the single “Baby Love.” Nov. 20, 1962 : Gail Ann Dorsey (bassist and vocalist for David Bowie, Tears for Fears, FILM and Gwen Stefani) is born. • LATESHIFT AT THE GRINDHOUSE: THE CLOVEHITCH — Maleaha Brings Plenty KILLER, 10:30 P.M., FILMSCENE OVEHITCH CL K E IL H LE T R THEATER • THE PRICE, 7:30 P.M., RIVERSIDE • THE END OF CAROUSELS, 8 P.M., THEATER BUILDING THEATER B STUDENT FASHION

Name: Jess Roy

LITERATURE Year: Senior • “LIVE FROM PRAIRIE LIGHTS,” BARRY PHIPPS, 7 P.M. PRAIRIE LIGHTS What's your fashion style?: I think it’s kind of a combination of a lot of things. I like to draw from sporty kinds of things and things that are in trend. Right SATURDAY 11.17 now I’m into the checkered print, cute socks, and interesting pieces of jewelry and belts to pull the look together. MUSIC How has your fashion changed • URT TRAVIS, BRENT WALSH, MAKARI, ZEALOTS, over the years?: I used to be SLEEPWELL, 5:30 P.M., GABE’S a lot more feminine in the way • ALSARAH & NUBATONES, 7:30 P.M., HANCHER that I dress, but now I try to pull • DEAD LARRY, CYCLES, 9 P.M., YACHT CLUB both masculine and feminine STE BAR pieces into my look. I’ve also • DJ BROCKYOU, 10 P.M., GABE’S LE BE CE R become a lot more colorful over the years. My hair is green now, and I like to change the color a lot. A huge thing that changed FILM for me was framing my face, and falling in love with how my face • THE PICTURE SHOW: FREE BIRDS, 10 A.M., looks; I used to hide a lot behind FILMSCENE long hair. • THE CLOVEHITCH KILLER, 10:30 P.M., FILMSCENE How often do you change your hair color?: I usually change it THEATER every month or so. I had bright red hair last, and next I think I’m • THE PRICE, 7:30 P.M., RIVERSIDE Thomas A. Stewart/The Daily Iowan going for cobalt blue. • THE END OF CAROUSELS, 8 P.M., THEATER B

DI MISCELLANEOUS ALBUM PICK • CELESTE BARBER, 8 P.M., ENGLERT, 221 E. WASHINGTON Imagine Dragons’ Origins Imagine Dragons dropped its fifth album featuring 15 new songs, only about a year after its last album, Evolve. With SUNDAY 11.18 the large collection of songs, the band members are able to follow their typical rock structure while adding songs that E B FRE IRDS push their traditional formula, making the music easy to play on the radio. The album MUSIC follows the message of discovering oneself, • ANDY COOK JOUR, 9 P.M., GABE’S which is always endearing. The booming choruses drip with energy, making each song exciting. “Zero” will be featured in the second FILM Wreck it Ralph movie, possibly making it • THE PICTURE SHOW: FREE BIRDS , 10 A.M., the next “CAN’T STOP THE FEELING,” by FILMSCENE Justin Timberlake. The song is upbeat and fun, but the lyrics describe loneliness. The song “Love” involves a choir of people singing about how we all need to care about each other as human beings. It’s a sweet song with a hopeful tone, making for a truly enjoyable track. The songs’ use of electronic music and heavy drum THEATER beats adds a unique element. • THE PRICE, 2 P.M., RIVERSIDE

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a cashmere sweater resale is ous rainbow-colored accessories. quickly and sold at low prices ion is responsible for 92 million working conditions are terrible FASHION way more accessible than buy- On a hunt for some new re- is often made in countries with tons of waste going into land- — often they get very sick from CONTINUED FROM 1B ing it brand new.” galia to add to the wardrobe, UI less restrictions and regulations fills each year and is the- sec working with certain chemicals. Walking into the Iowa City freshman Simon Reichel, who on working conditions. ond-largest consumer of water Sometimes, they literally die trying different things out, and Goodwill, racks and racks of considers himself to be a novice CNN reported that on Nov. among industries. because conditions are so poor. thrift is great way to do that.” clothing, some seemingly an- thrift shopper, scoped the racks 24, 2012, a clothing factory in UI junior Sal Goedken uses Thrifty shopping is a great way Revival offers resale, vintage, cient and others relatively new, of the shop. Dhaka, Bangladesh, caught fire, a capsule wardrobe, owning a to not actively contribute to fast and new clothes. According to hang in rows, each marked with “Most of its clothes look pret- killing 117 people and injuring limited amount of clothing to fashion.” Davisson, her store buys new a colored tag, indicating if the ty thrifty, but a lot of [Ragstock] 200. Workers in the factory combine into a variety of outfits. Goedken makes appearances clothing that is ethical and sus- fabric is on sale or not. Most all is also really ‘high-end fashion’ were producing clothing for “I only own a very small wearing eccentric hats, brightly tainable, but also a good price. pieces are under $10, and brand- right now. The costs are not H&M, Walmart, Kohl’s, and J.C. number of articles of clothing,” colored jackets, and fun, tex- She said Revival is trying to cut name clothing will often slip in thrift-friendly for people who Penney. Months later in Dha- Goedken said. “They’re all sta- tured boots. Her mere presence back on supporting fast fashion. between lesser known brands. are being thrifty,” he said. “$6, ka, another factory producing ple pieces that you can mix and is a fashion statement while re- Davisson also said the con- Selk said she uses the store that’s great, and then you’ve got clothing collapsed, killing 1,100 match, and then every three maining environmentally and stant movement among college to get clothing basics for a low this $30 pair of overalls. What? people, according to BBC. months, I replace them.” ethically aware. students contributes to the pop- price. It’s so sad.” Following the building col- When replacing her clothes, “I am interested in feeling ularity of thrift and resale. “If you need a black camisole, Reichel ended up purchas- lapse, the organization Fashion she usually donates or sells good about myself and feeling “There’s always movement. if you need a gray cardigan, like ing a pair of gold and white Revolution began, advocating her old ones and replenishes confident,” she said. “To me, There’s always a new crop of the things that every woman striped dress pants. For $15, he for changes in the fashion in- her wardrobe by online thrifty confidence doesn’t have a- sea people moving into town, learn- should own, being thrifty could described the price as “reason- dustry, including focusing on shopping. The focus of her cap- son or certain style, it’s what- ing about our store; you have be the best way for that,” she able-ish.” protecting workers and com- sule wardrobe revolves around ever I think will make me feel people moving every year,” she said. Fast fashion, the rapid turn- pensating them fairly. clothing that is ethically pro- really good about myself when I said. “When people have limit- In the middle of downtown, over of styles and different Fashion can also have envi- duced, she said. wear it. I haven’t owned a plain ed funds, I think thrifting and in Ragstock, customers browse clothing lines from popular ronmental effects. According “A lot of people who make white T-shirt, [in] like, ever. I’m making your own clothes make the selection of funkily patterned chains, can pose human-rights to a June report from the U.N. clothes for fast fashion are not just a bit more eccentric than things more accessible. Buying button-down T-shirts and vari- risks. Clothing that is produced Environment Program, fash- paid enough,” she said. “Their that; I’m a bit more vibrant.”

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT Band weaves dreams, instruments UI student Brendan Higgins details the inspiration that led him to form the band Waverly with his friends.

BY MARK ZOLETA “We are a few malleable boys ments on each of the tracks,” be in a state of expressive free- dle-school jazz band. He later electronic bass and fewer gui- [email protected] who know how to dream,” he Higgins said. “We all wrote the dom that I’m not normally in.” took part in many jam sessions tars,” Higgins said. “Makes you said. “And we know how to play chords and lyrics to two or three To him, playing music with and a band in high school called want to dance. Imagine that the A typical band has each mem- instruments. We’re going to songs and came together to his bandmates is also a way to Kastaway before playing piano whole world is on fire. Except ber play a specific instrument. weave these dreams into songs flesh them out. It’s like musical connect through mutual states and other instruments with there’s one thing that’s not on Local band Waverly, however, is using instruments, and you’re chairs with instruments instead of mind. Waverly. fire right now. And that’s the DJ. a four-man group of jacks-of-all going to like them.” of chairs.” “Whatever state of minds Waverly’s album, Fledgling, He’s just playing this song, and trades. University of Iowa se- Waverly formed two years The band’s influences come we’re in, whatever our emotions was released last year, and the you’re like, ‘Oh man, the world’s nior Brendan Higgins describes ago in the dead of July, and each from contemporary psychedel- are like at this point, wherever band will produce tracks that on fire, and we’re all going to what his band is like while he track the members create is ic bands such as Tame Impala, we are in the spectrum of emo- are vastly different compared die,’ and you notice this DJ and drives a fork through hot-sauce- filled with variety. MGMT, and Pond. tion,” Higgins said. “We just with the début. you’re like, ‘Wait a second … I covered quiche. “We play different instru- “We listen to people who align in this one space through “It’s a bit more upbeat, more can dance.’ ” are just trying to do different sound.” things,” Higgins said. “Just peo- His first instrument was the ple that experiment with tradi- clarinet. FAST FACTS tional song structures. Pond is “What inspired me to join Hometown: Mundelein, this Australian psych-rock band band in fourth grade was Squid- that is a conglomeration of dif- ward from Spongebob Squarep- Year in School: Senior ferent musicians who would ants,” he said. “When all of the Age: 21 switch off different instru- students went to band they ments. We were like, ‘Hey, if were like, ‘Hey, here’s a bunch of Top artist he listens to: Connan Mockasin they can do that, so can others’.” instruments; you want to learn Dream place to live: San Diego A musician, writer, and something?’ I said I wanted to member of Student Video Pro- learn the clarinet and be like Dream place to work: A24 as a filmmaker ductions, Higgins describes his Squidward.” Favorite place for a late-night bite: Estella’s creativity as cathartic in all of Though Higgins quit clari- the media in which he works. net a year later, the following Favorite movie: Puppet Master Roman Slabach/The Daily Iowan “If you’re writing something, exposure to music enabled him Last song stuck in his head: “Killer Queen” (Queen) Psychedelic rock band Waverly band members are Ian Gongalez (left), Bren- it can stem from something to switch to percussion and the dan Higgins (middle), and Ethan Fagre (right) in Iowa City on Nov. 13. personal,” he said. “It’s the same school band, eventually leading Instagram: @internet_brendan with music. It’s a way for me to him to play drums in his mid- THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2018 80 HOURS 5B Succeeding in the publishing ring Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate Lucy Silag discusses how she started working for Amazon Publishing.

BY ADRIAN ENZASTIGA licist working at Amazon, is There, she worked at a local best day of my life, and I or set up interviews,” Si- and work with us.” [email protected] one of those. bookstore for three years, was so excited.” lag said. “I set up a lot of Silag offered some ad- New York resident Silag which is how she got into Silag was also a TA for a events, go to a lot of book vice to current students. The Iowa Writers’ Work- sat in the comfort of Java publicity. After college, she Rhetoric Department class, festivals. It can be a little “If you’re interested in shop has paved the way for House, slowly sipping an moved to New York to work and she is still nostalgic overwhelming, especially books and writing, just countless great and suc- iced coffee. She was in Io- in publishing. about the three years she after working at smaller read as much as you can, cessful authors, poets, and wa City for a brief visit and Silag headed to Iowa in spent at the UI. places. What’s really ex- and try to read pretty creative entrepreneurs. made time to reflect on the 2009 for the Writers’ Work- “I just loved living here. citing about Amazon is widely, so try to read out- While typically produc- Workshop’s impact on her shop. It was amazing to have time that it’s very collaborative; side your comfort zone,” ing authors and poets, the career. “I was reading so much to write,” she said. “I really there are a lot of chances she said. “I think that Workshop has also pro- She received an un- Y.A. at that time. I want- loved my experience being to be a leader.” will really serve you well duced people entering the dergraduate degree from ed to try to write some; it a TA. I thought it was really Silag encouraged stu- in your future in working other side of the writing the University of Califor- seemed like it’d be really fun to work with students.” dents to consider a career with publishing or books field. Writers’ Workshop nia-Santa Cruz with a ma- fun,” she said. “I started Silag is an example of in publishing after college. and reading.” graduate Lucy Silag, a pub- jor in women’s studies. writing a Y.A. novel, and the versatility of a writing “I’d love to see UI grads She also recommended I ended up selling it as a degree. After receiving an come work at Amazon. I that students stay in touch trilogy. That’s how I transi- M.F.A., she moved back to think it’s just a fantastic with their professors and tioned to wanting to come New York with her hus- place to work,” she said. “I TAs. over to Iowa.” band, where she returned know a lot of UI students “Just stay connected. Her parents and siblings to the publishing industry. are interested in writing I still have students who had all attended the univer- “I was working for Pen- and creative writing, and will reach out to me. I’m sity, so she was set on get- guin Random House, which maybe they want to be an very happy to support ting in. is the largest global pub- editor. Amazon is grow- folks,” she said. “I would “At that point, I hadn’t lisher of trade books,” she ing, so we always have a lot say just take advantage of yet sold my book, but I was said. “I turned 35, and I was of different openings, and that as much as you can, dreaming about selling it,” like, ‘I need a new adven- it would just be really cool and don’t be shy about it.” Silag said. “I applied to Io- ture,’ so I got a job at Ama- to see some UI grads come wa for the M.F.A. program, zon Publishing. It has been and it was the only place I so much fun, but it has been applied to. I didn’t know the biggest company I have what we were going to do if ever worked for.” I didn’t get in.” On the PR team for Ama- Silag said that the Writ- zon Publishing, Silag helps ers’ Workshop asks for a to publish literary fiction large writing sample from and nonfiction books. applicants. “We are a publisher in- “I wrote three short sto- side Amazon, and we pub- ries. I treated it as if it lish all kinds of books. We was a job,” she said. “I just are a full-service publisher,” wrote the stories, and edit- she said. “We have editors, ed them, and got feedback and we work with agents to from anyone who would buy manuscripts from writ- read them, family mem- ers.” bers, friends, and just tried The job requires lots of to make them as good as travel, she said, which is her Adrian Enzastiga/The Daily Iowan they possibly could be. I was favorite part of the job. Lucy Silag poses in Java House on Nov. 1. just dying to go there, and “As a publicist, it’s my job when I got in, it was like the to get our authors reviewed UI alums now ‘Love’ LA via Netflix Orignal Series Actors Chris Witaske and Paul Rust reflect on their time at the UI and how college prepared them for Hollywood.

BY ADRIAN ENZASTIGA people, and that can start in porter all four years of [email protected] Iowa City,” he said. “If you college,” he said. “I would make yourself open to new like to say congratulations Making it big in Hol- experiences and meeting to Dance Marathon on 25 lywood may seem like a new people, you can end up years. I think that’s one of faraway dream to most. working on some really cool the coolest things. It makes Whether it be work in the things and collaborating me very proud to be a Hawk- middle of the spotlight, be- with people.” eye.” hind the camera, or in the For example, Rust spent Rust said he moved to LA writers’ room, the Los An- almost each of his Friday right away because he had geles movie industry may nights performing at No fostered relationships with seem grueling and impossi- Shame. people living there. ble to step into. “I met a lot of my friends “I drove out with a friend; For University of Iowa and people who I see every it was very very scary. The alumni Chris Witaske and day out here in Los Ange- first few months I lived in Paul Rust, their passion les,” Rust said. “It was ev- Los Angeles, when I was for theater and the cine- erything I dreamed college lying in bed, I would run matic arts have led to them would be: creative people, through my mind reasons to starring on the Netflix creating art on the week- to stay in Los Angeles, try- original show “Love,” which end, and then I also don’t ing to keep myself grounded released its third and final have to worry about going there,” he said. “It can be re- season in March 2018. The out to a party.” ally tough, because in addi- show follows a couple’s Witaske also reflected tion to trying to make your journey from their relation- on his college days and his way in a new city, you’re also ship’s start. experience in the fraternity trying to understand what Rust co-created the show Phi Gamma Delta. you’re going for, and it can with his wife, Leslie, and re- “I got my name in The Dai- be very very difficult.” nowned Hollywood comedy ly Iowan one time for having After moving from Chica- producer Judd Apatow. In a disorderly house because go to LA around five years addition to being a writer I threw a party that got out ago, Witaske also dealt with and producer, Rust was also of hand,” he said. “I made a sense of unknown. chosen to co-star alongside my parents very proud. It “When you first get out Gillian Jacobs in a lead role. was my senior year; I lived here, you’re really kind of He graduated from UI in a party house. We used to starting over. You kinda get in May 2004 with a ma- throw huge parties.” a clean slate,” he said. “It jor in cinematic arts and Witaske is also grateful helped that I had done stuff two minors in theater arts for the education and life- in Chicago meeting peo- and communications. He long friends he made at UI. ple, networking, meeting moved to Los Angeles just “There are large sections the casting directors. It’s a three months later. of college that I don’t re- whole long process; you re- Witaske was a series reg- member, but I had a great ally just gotta throw yourself ular, playing Rust’s best time. Iowa City is so fun, in. You could be a writer’s friend on the show. He what the hell do you expect?” assistant. That’s how a lot of graduated in 2005. Instead he said. “I love Panchero’s people get their start.” of heading straight to LA as and I miss the Airliner piz- Rust said that there were Rust did, he joined the im- za. I got a great education. so many great things he prov scene in Chicago. I’m still friends with all my learned at the UI, one of “It was nice because I buddies from college, and them being that “values can already had a bunch of im- we keep in touch. I have re- be placed on a spectrum.” As prov experience in college,” ally fond memories of my with most college students, Witaske said. “It was easier, time in Iowa.” it was a time of significant then, for me to transition to Witaske said he loved growth and change. the world of improv comedy being on the improv group “I was taught by a lot of in Chicago, because of all Lightning in a Bottle with great people at the Universi- the stage time I got in Iowa, Nick Westergaard, Megan ty of Iowa, people in the Film which is so important when Foster in Iowa City, which Department and the Theater you’re an actor or perform- performed at the Green Department really couldn’t er. Getting up in front of an Room and venues such as have been more supportive, audience is crucial.” the Mill. This involvement and my life would be total- Rust credits his success was part of what allowed ly different if I didn’t have in Hollywood to the connec- him to flourish after college, those four years of educa- tions he made in college. He he said. tion,” Rust said. “It’s about said the people he met then Besides Lightning in a the actual work itself. The have become lifelong part- Bottle improv, Witaske was focus is on how I can be cre- ners. very dedicated to another ative and how I can deepen “The best thing some- student organization. what I am trying to say. I body can do is get involved “I was a proud Dance am so grateful that that’s in a community of creative Marathon dancer and sup- the value that I was taught.” 6B NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2018 Distilling writing advice from 61 authors Caroline Meek publishes Project Canvas, a book written by 61 teen and young-adult authors from all around the world.

BY ADRIAN ENZASTIGA on elements of writing or what [email protected] it’s like to be a writer. It would be good to use in a classroom or When it comes to storytell- creative-writing club because ing, the more voices the better. you can use a chapter per les- UI sophomore Caroline son.” Meek is a cofounder and the She described Project Can- editor-in-chief of Project vas as “professional but very Canvas, a book written by 61 relatable.” Some of the young teen or young-adult authors authors chose to interview old- from 15 to 28 years of age. The er authors for their chapters, so book teaches techniques and there are mature perspectives strategies for being a strong as well. teen writer. It has chapters on Meek came up with the idea character building and how to for the book almost two years write a good villain, and it even ago, in December 2016 with includes a chapter dedicated her kindergarten friend, Olivia to slang in the writing commu- Rogers, who now attends Kan- nity. sas State University. Meek is an English and cre- “I grew up writing a lot, and I ative-writing major on the realized that I wanted to share publishing track and works as what I’ve learned. My friend an office assistant at the Dey and I decided to write this House, home of the Iowa Writ- book,” Meek said. “We saw a lot ers’ Workshop. She wrote the of writing advice coming from editor’s note and one chapter. authors who we really loved, The book will be officially but we also wanted something released today and be available that came from people like us. on Amazon for $16.99. The book We don’t know how to write is self-published. about everything, so we got “We chose to self-publish some of our friends togeth- because it was such a commu- er. Somebody knew how to nity-based project, and there write the chapter on character were so many people involved,” building, and somebody knew Meek said. “We really wanted how to inspire you when you to have the experience of put- weren’t motivated to write.” ting all the pieces together our- It soon expanded to authors selves and being able to direct from all around the world. the project in the way we want Every young writer wrote at it to go. I think the freedom least one chapter for a final that we had with being able to 327-page, 71-chapter book writ- put it all together made it more ten by 61 authors who come special because we did all the from 13 countries and six con- editing. That was the goal, in tinents. No two authors are the end, to give these writers from the same city. Many of the Adrian Enzastiga/The Daily Iowan experience writing and pub- international authors also con- Caroline Meek poses with her book, Project Canvas. Meek is the editor-in-chief of the project. lishing. I’m really glad that we tributed to editing and format- were able to be so hands-on ting. Meek said the organizers it just spread all over. We just are willing to throw resourc- kind of like a canvassing of Canvas, it would be to inspire with it.” were able to bring together got a lot of people interested.” es at you and be a mentor for the writing community. Proj- people to tell their stories and Meek said the book is geared the young authors together Meek thanked many of her you.” ect Canvas worked to gather go out and do something, to toward beginning and amateur via Facebook and other online teachers and advisers for their Meek said the title of Project these opinions from all over the find a community and just writers — or anyone who needs sources. help with Project Canvas, in- Canvas was especially import- world to put together this one show people that their stories inspiration. “This global network, so- cluding Christopher Mayer, ant to her. resource.” are worth telling,” she said. “It’s also geared toward ed- cial media, and online writing who wrote the forward of the “Canvas is what artists use The book was an interna- “Everyone is passionate about ucators and people who are communities, the blogging book. to put their work on. This book tional-community effort. Meek something, everyone knows running a nonprofit or a class- community, the Twitter com- “So many mentors and peo- is a platform for writers to put said she also hopes to partner something about something, room for creative writing,” she munity — it’s where a lot of ple have given me advice and their stories on,” she said. “We with nonprofits in the future. that’s why this got started. That said. “It’s split up into such writers congregate,” she said. motivation,” she said. “There wanted to bring in the idea of “If I had to boil down the passion all put together is really short chapters and units based “We tapped into that, and then are so many people here who inspiration and art. This was mission statement of Project powerful.” Schools receive $310,000 ACT commitment Iowa City schools have received a commitment from ACT to bring a program to all secondary schools in the district that will give resources to help encourage students to go to college.

BY KINSEY PHIPPS The Iowa City School campuses, Shumacher said. [email protected] Foundation, a program that The application will target raises money for the district the School District’s efforts to Funding from a national through different sponsors find students who may bene- testing service will help Iowa and events, searched for a fit most from the course, she City schools create a culture partner in funding the expan- said. that officials hope encourages sion of AVID. Schumacher In the future, the district all students to pursue higher said the foundation contacted will expand AVID to all mid- education. ACT with a proposal of what dle schools and a few more ACT granted the Iowa the district needed to fund elementary schools. Over the City School District a three- the program and where spe- course of the next three years, year commitment totaling cifically the money would go. there will be a sophomore-, $310,000 for the district to ACT responded by giving junior-, and senior-level AV- implement the Advancement the district $310,000, extend- ID elective added as well, Via Individual Determina- ed over three years. Schumacher said. tion Program to all second- Most of ACT’s three-year With AVID, teachers create ary schools in the district. commitment will fund pro- lesson plans that incorporate Schools partnering with the fessional development for Writing, Inquiry, Collabora- nonprofit gain access to a teachers to be able to meet tion, Organization and Read- host of resources, profession- the needs of the students, ing, said Renee Person, the al development for educators, Schumacher said. The rest AVID district director for the and continued support to will pay for materials and an district. encourage college and career AVID membership to use the “One of the things we have readiness among students. nonprofit’s resources. noticed is when we create After incorporating AVID “We are just really pleased those [Writing, etc.] lessons, into the curricula at Kirkwood with the support from ACT. we use more nonfiction les- Elementary in 2016, district Often when you look at sons students can relate to,” officials decided to expand grants, it’ll be a one-year to Kirkwood Elementary Princi- the program to more schools. get it off the ground, but pal Anita Gerling said. “When AVID gives schools the tools to those recurring costs are they see themselves learning prepare students for life after there,” Schumacher said. “We and they are interested in high school, creating a col- are just really pleased that we the topic, students are much lege-going culture, said Diane know for the next three years, more engaged.” Schumacher, the School Dis- we will have the support to Promoting a growth-mind- trict director of curriculum, continue promoting and im- set and letting students know instruction and testing. plementing the program.” college is an option for them “Whether students elect In the fall of 2019, an AV- is the main goal of bringing to go on to college or not is ID elective will be offered to AVID to the district, Person completely up to them, but we incoming freshmen at each said. want them to have that option high school in the district. “Far too often, students and not get to the end of high There will be an application who are at-risk don’t even school and feel like that door process and criteria to iden- see college as an option,” she has been closed for them,” tify those with lower GPAs, said. “We are closing that ac- Schumacher said. potential first-generation col- cessibility gap, and we want To expand the program, the lege students, and students to continuously grow our School District needed fund- belonging to groups that are teachers and support them in ing, Schumacher said. underrepresented on college supporting our students.”