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2 | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2019 Stanley grows as Hawkeye career evolves Iowa quarterback Nate Stanley has grown from a backup his freshman year to a signal-caller who could become one of the best statistical in Hawkeye history.

BY PETE RUDEN of close games last season, but [email protected] Stanley said the losses to such teams as Penn State and Purdue When Nate Stanley first took the helped teach the team how to re- field as a player, he spond. was an unknown. “[My journey] definitely hasn’t Backing up C.J. Beathard — who been straight line,” Stanley said. had led Iowa to an undefeated “There have been ups and downs. regular season the year before — That’s just how it is for everybody. nobody wanted to see him play be- You’re always going to fail, but I cause that would mean Beathard think what determines how suc- was hurt. cessful you can be is how you learn In the third game of the 2016 from those failures and what you season, those fears were realized. take from them.” An 19-year-old freshman with He has also taken strides in his only three college pass attempts leadership. under his belt, Stanley first put his Stanley entered the program unknown potential on full display as a shy freshman, but since against North Dakota State on that year, he has been selected Sept. 17, 2016. to travel to Big Ten media days When Beathard went down twice, became a permanent of- with an injury, Stanley went 2-for- fensive team captain, and served 2 for 45 yards on a drive that set up as a counselor at the Manning Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan Iowa’s final touchdown. Passing Academy this offsea- Iowa quarterback Nate Stanley addresses the media during the second day of Big Ten football media days in Chicago on July 19. His 37-yard pass to tight end son, where he helped develop George Kittle proved to be a sign of I’m sure he’ll put those to good use But Stanley learned from the As a sophomore starter in 2017, the games of quarterbacks rang- things to come. this fall.” player he had sat behind for a year. Stanley threw for 2,432 yards and ing from seventh grade to high- Now entering his final season, After the Hawkeyes finished “I think [Beathard] understood 26 touchdowns, only 1 away from school seniors. Stanley has a chance to statistically with a 12-0 regular season in 2015 how hard it is for somebody to tying Long’s single-season passing Now a more vocal leader, Stan- become one of the best signal-call- and a Rose Bowl berth, and then come in and be in that position,” touchdown record. ley commands the offense. He has ers in Hawkeye history. He’s within Beathard helped the squad to an- Stanley said. “You’re not in your He also threw only 6 intercep- grown more comfortable on and striking distance of Chuck Long’s other bowl game in 2016, the future hometown, you’re battling for a po- tions, a positive sign for Iowa re- off the field, which can be seen in career passing touchdown record. looked blurry. sition — because he went through garding Stanley’s decision-mak- his numbers and in his teammates’ “He was ready to go, and The question wasn’t whether it, too. He did a great job of just ing. respect. we weren’t afraid to let him go Ferentz had found his quarter- mentoring me and helping me get The Menomonie, Wisconsin, “He was real quiet when he came [against North Dakota State],” Io- back — Stanley was the go-to guy through that.” native put up more impressive in, and now it’s night and day the wa head coach said. from the beginning — but rather After a year of backing up numbers in 2018, hurling another difference in how comfortable he “… He’s been out on the field in how the young gunslinger would Beathard, the question marks sur- 26 scores and 2,852 yards. is,” running back Toren Young tough circumstances, so I think all perform in his first full year as a rounding Stanley quickly disap- Not everything has been per- said. “He’s emerged as the leader of those things will benefit him, and starter. peared. fect, though. Iowa lost a number this team.”

3 | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2019 UI student describes her trying times in Sudan during protests

Amani Ali, a Sudanese-American UI student, relates the story of her return to Sudan in the midst of conflict.

BY ANDY MITCHELL 2003. Upon her return to [email protected] Sudan, she said, she was disheartened to see that Sudan has made head- very little had changed. lines worldwide for its year “In 15 years, you think a of protests and the violent country would move for- response to those protests ward with better infra- by the Sudanese interim structure, better hospitals, government. The effects of better everything, but sad- that conflict have been felt ly, that’s not the case for all over the world, includ- Sudan,” Ali said. ing the University of Iowa. The UI student stayed Amani Ali, a Suda- with her extended family nese-American student in Al Haj Yousif, a neigh- attending the UI, said she borhood in the region of traveled across the globe Khartoum North, close to to spend a month in her the height of government home country. It was her protests in Khartoum city, first time back in Sudan the capital of Sudan. Al- since her family moved though she stayed away to the U.S. in 2004, and from the protests, ex- she said her return was a ploding bombs and gun- shock. fire were common in her Ali’s family came to the neighborhood. Emily Wangen/The Daily Iowan U.S. as refugees in the In April, the Sudanese Amani Ali (left) and Salma AshShareef (right) pose for a portrait in the Iowa City Public Library on July 18.

dictator of 30 years, after down, protests started threw explosives, causing time, she thought she was massive protests against again and were met with smoke to fill Ali’s house going to die. ‘In 15 years, you think a country would move rising food costs and fu- violence. and making it difficult to She was shocked to see forward with better infrastructure, better el shortages. A military In May, when Ali ar- see and breathe. The in- how accustomed her ex- hospitals, better everything, but sadly, that’s coup pushed al-Bashir out, rived in Sudan, the pro- ternet blackout kept her tended family had become making way for a military tests against the interim from communicating with to a level of violence that to not the case for Sudan.’ council, which was sup- government were not as her friends in the U.S. for her was completely alien. — Amani Ali, UI student posed to be a transitional violent as they eventually nearly three weeks. Fatima Saeed, a member of government. As negotia- became during the month. When Ali heard gunfire the Sudanese community wake of the Darfur geno- Armed Forces ousted Omar tions for civilian-backed Military and police stalked and explosions rattle the in Iowa City, in a June in- cide, which started in al-Bashir, the country’s democratic elections broke her neighborhood and neighborhood for the first terview with The Daily Io- April 11 May 13 May 14 Then-Sudanese President al-Bashir is prosecuted for his Protestors say security forces Omar al-Bashir is arrested by role in killing protestors during attacked overnight sit-ins that Sudanese army and a three- the uprising, and is charged killed five people including an month state of emergency is with involvement and incite- army officer, according to the declared. ment to kill. Associated Press.

4 | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2019 May 29 June 3 June 30 July 17 Protests continue, and the Protest leaders Sudanese-Americans hold The Sudanese pro-democracy New York Times report- say security forces Millions March rally in Iowa movement and the military ed that 40 bodies were open fire during a City on the Pentacrest in council sign a document that pulled out of the Nile River sit-in, killing over opposition to the killing of outlines a power-sharing after an attack by security 30 people. peaceful protestors. deal, according to the Associ- forces. ated Press. wan described the kind of Studies major. After med- for herself. ern Iowa, said she is ex- environment her young- Sudan has settled with a violence the military and ical school, she hopes to Instead of visiting Su- pected to return in August. er cousins are growing up ceasefire between the in- police inflicted on protest- return to Sudan as a physi- dan this year, AshShareef Back in the U.S., the in. She said her cousins, terim government and pro- ers and people just going cian and help build hospi- took part in one of the thought of friends and some of them as young as testers, Ali fears that the about their day. tals, because proper medi- demonstrations by the family still in Sudan 6, can name all of the guns calm will foreshadow an “They’ve been using cal care is scarce. Sudanese community in weigh on Ali and AshSha- the police use and have even more intense conflict. heavy machine guns to kill Fellow UI senior Salma Iowa City and been taught Ongoing conflict people,” Saeed said. “Some AshShareef did not visit Coralville. the basics of people get burned, some this summer, but travels to She said ‘It’s important for us to keep going, because defending As of July 19, the are thrown into the Nile.” Sudan around every three that while this has been going on for several months themselves. Sudanese pro-de- Ali is a UI premed stu- years, and she saw the lack practically “What if dent and a Global Health of progress over the years they didn’t now, and you know how things lose they don’t mocracy movement do much, it momentum.’ get to go to and the military did have the preschool, — Salma AshShareef, UI student are working toward benefit of what if they finalizing an agree- showing the people of Su- reef. While they’re able to don’t get to go to high ment that will lead dan they were standing in communicate with their school, what if they don’t solidarity. friends until most of them get to graduate college?” to ending tensions in “I took up the mega- return to Iowa City in Au- Ali said. ”They’re still Sudan. The situation phone for the first time gust, they still worry about young, and I don’t think is ongoing, according and started speaking,” their health and well-be- kids should experience to the Associated AshShareef said. “It’s im- ing. that.” Press. portant for us to keep Ali also thinks about the While the violence in going, because this has been going on for sever- al months now, and you know how things lose mo- mentum. I was just trying to encourage everyone.” Iowa City Councilor Mazahir Salih went to Su- dan on vacation early in the summer, and has had limited communication with those in Iowa City. Rafael Morataya, Execu- tive Director of the Center Contributed for Worker Justice of East-

5 | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2019 First-year rural students receive boost through UI program

UI students from sparsely populated areas are learning how to conduct research through the UI Rural Scholars Program.

BY TIAN LIU school year. [email protected] “Before coming to the University of Iowa as a Four years ago, through student, I was not sure I collecting data from the wanted to do … I’m inter- Office of Admissions and ested in the environment, the University of Iowa Hon- but I wasn’t sure whether ors Program, UI chemistry I was able to do anything Associate Professor Scott with that,” Holyoake said. Shaw found that signifi- “[The lab] not only showed cantly fewer small-town me how to really work in and rural students joined the lab but also showed me research groups from 2012- what I want to do, what 14. I am interested in, and a His statistics demon- whole perception of what strated that while 54.9 per- I’m going to do in the fu- cent of science majors were ture.” small-town and rural stu- The year-long program dents, 35.4 percent of stu- starts with basic instruc- dents doing research were tion on what research is. from those areas. Every week, students read Being someone from research papers and meet a rural area, Shaw said, with Shaw to discuss them, spurred him to provide op- he said. Then, in the second portunities to students that semester, the students use Tian Liu/The Daily Iowan he did not have when he the skills they have learned UI chemistry Associate Professor Scott Shaw poses for a portrait in his office in Chemistry Building on July 18. was younger. to begin their own research. Beginning in 2015, with “After the first year is For now, the program dollars each year.” the help of the Admissions over, I got invited back to is funded by the Research He said the biggest ex- Office, he started reaching continue research in the ‘[The lab] not only showed me how to really Corporation for Scientif- pense is time; it takes him out to incoming students lab,” Holyoake said. “I’m ic Advancement through a few hours a week to man- from rural areas every year currently in for the sum- work in the lab but also showed me what I want the Cottrell Scholar Award age the program. But he re- and inviting them to join mer, and I will stay here … to do, what I am interested in, and a whole Shaw received in 2016, he ally likes doing it and would the Rural Scholar Program. next year, too.” perception of what I’m going to do in the future.’ said. The $100,000 research like to expand the program. “[I invited them] to join UI junior Catia Atienza and teaching award that One of the issues is he can my research group for a of Maquoketa, studying in- — Evangeline Holyoake, UI sophomore funded it for three years only accommodate three to year as real scholars to do terdepartmental studies is will run out this year. five students a year. research with me,” Shaw on the pre-dental track, rel- me more comfortable about how research happens, so “It’s the last year I have “I’m hoping sometime said. ished the program. my other science classes as they know how to get into money to do it. I might find next year actually starting Evangeline Holyoake, a “I’m really thankful I did well.” that system, Shaw said. He funding to continue it. It’s to teach a class, a class that UI sophomore from Dec- participate in [the research After participating in the believes students can bene- not really expensive, so I can accommodate 30 stu- orah studying computer program], because it is program, students can see fit from the experience, es- will find a way,” Shaw said. dents at a time and goes science, participated in the taught me about research what happens in the lab and pecially if they want to go to “To support the program, through the basics,” Shaw Rural Scholar Program last …” she said. “It also made understand the structure of professional schools. it requires a few thousand said.

6 | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2019 Opinions EDITORIAL Our generation must choose which future we want to build Now is the time young people must decide if they are going to tolerate a broken world, or if they will stand up and create a better one.

BY DI EDITORIAL BOARD And these aren’t isolat- [email protected] ed incidents. He said some white-nationalist protesters ‘Young people must stand up for an America in The U.S. was founded on are “very fine people.” Before which all people within its borders truly have the ideal that it would be a that, he announced his pres- nation in which “all men are idential campaign by calling the opportunity to secure the rights of “life, created equal.” undocumented immigrants liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”’ Centuries later, Americans drug dealers and rapists. have been handed a question And before that, he entered to live in an open world or a oppression of marginalized past generations have failed mainstream politics by false- closed one. The decisions we communities on campus, to answer: Will the U.S. live ly claiming President Obama make now — in our neighbor- online, and everywhere else. up to this bold statement of was not born in the U.S. This hoods, in our schools, in our This means actively promot- equality? Will now be the is who he is. churches, with our friends, ing equity and inclusion and time at which we live up to The Daily Iowan Editorial with our families, with our embracing — not merely tol- the ideals our Founding Fa- Board believes the presi- politics — will dictate the rest erating — diversity. thers envisioned? dent’s racist sentiments are of the century. The political and cultural It’s on us young people to antithetical to American val- What are we going to do? situation we find ourselves in decide which future we will ues. However, this isn’t just Are we going to sit back and is not one that will be reme- create. about condemning the pres- watch the hateful minority died in a matter of months or President Trump wants ident. Our nation’s wounds retain its seats of power? No. even years. Our generation people of color he doesn’t won’t instantly heal in Janu- Are we going to allow our will confront this fight for like to “go back” to “the plac- ary 2021 or 2025, when he’s future be dictated by those the rest of our lives. We must es from which they came.” out of office. The damage with no investment in the be resolute in rejecting rac- His supporters chant “send done by this era will last a rest of this century? No. ism — especially that which her back” when he mentions lifetime. We’re going to stand up stems from the White House. the names of U.S. congress- Young people must stand and create a world we believe It is not welcome here — not women — all American up for an America in which in. We’re going to create it in Iowa, and most certainly citizens themselves. When all people in its borders truly everywhere from our class- not in our America. confronted with this, he have the opportunity to se- rooms and churches to our accused his political oppo- cure the rights of “life, liberty, dormitories and downtowns. Editorials reflect the majority nents of being racist and re- and the pursuit of happiness.” We’re going to create it with opinion of the DI Editorial Board fused to disavow his hateful We are coming to age in time our friends and families, and not the opinion of the Publish- comments. to choose whether we want with people we don’t like and er, Student Publications Inc., or don’t know. the University of Iowa. The Board Standing against racism members are as follows: isn’t a partisan issue. No ‘This isn’t just about condemning the president. matter your political-party Marrisa Payne, Editor-in-Chief Our nation’s wounds won’t instantly heal in affiliation, this means voting Brooklyn Draisey, Summer Editor down hateful politics at the Elijah Helton, Opinions Editor January 2021 or 2025 when he’s out of office. The ballot box. This means reject- Marina Jaimes, Columnist damage done by this era will last a lifetime.’ ing rhetoric that perpetuates Anna Banerjee, Columnist Illustration by Katherine Snyder 7 | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2019 Sports

Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan Big Ten eyes the playoffs

After missing out the past two seasons, the Big Ten is awaiting another chance at making the .

BY ROBERT READ College Football Playoff. the past two years of the commit- State head coach James Franklin games is something that needs [email protected] Easier said than done. tee’s final four. said at last week’s Big Ten media to be discussed,” Franklin said. The playoffs comprise the top “I think obviously when you’re days. “And I think we’ve got to look “When you play nine conference In a league that boasts person- four teams at the end of the regular left out of the at it all.” games, you’re going to have more alities ranging from Iowa’s Kirk season and the conference-cham- playoffs for two Those discussions range from losses in your conference; mathe- Ferentz to Michigan’s Jim Har- pionship games, as voted on by the years in a row, shortening the nine-game con- matics tell you that.” baugh, unanimity can be rare. playoffs committee. The Big Ten there needs to be ference schedule back to eight to Head coach of the 2018 Big Ten However, the entire Big Ten can had a representative in each of the discussions, and realigning the Big Ten’s two divi- West Champion Northwestern Pat agree on one thing: It’s time to first three years of the playoffs, but discussions are sions. get the conference back into the the conference has been left out in Franklin going on,” Penn “I think the nine conference SEE PLAYOFF, 10

8 | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2019 Iowa trophy games a wild ride in 2019 With its regional rivals on the rise, Iowa football might have to struggle to retain its trophies in its biggest rivalry games in 2019. IOWA WIN PROBABILITY

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Source: ESPN Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan Wisconsin head coach Paul Chryst speaks during the second day of Big Ten football media days in Chicago on July 19.

BY PETE MILLS Trophy from Wisconsin. A week later, Minnesota visits Kinnick to being projected by many as the pseudo-Big Ten [email protected] The Badgers will threaten the conference try to take back Floyd of Rosedale for the first West championship, it is sure to be competitive. with their powerful rushing attack again. Cen- time since 2014. The Gophers’ competitiveness But it will also be circled by the Huskers because Iowa football might have to work harder to ter Tyler Biadasz highlights the offensive line in the rivalry is rising in the third season of of recent history; Iowa has won the game every hold on to the hardware from its trophy games as one of the most talented in his position in head coach P.J. Fleck — the power index proj- season since 2014. this season. the country. Junior Jonathan Taylor is in the ects Minnesota having a 37.2 percent chance to This season could be different; the power With Big Ten rivals on the rise, the team’s Heisman Trophy talks already after putting up win. index has Iowa with only a 48.6 percent chance trophy games are all set to be some of the most 2,194 yards and 16 touchdowns a year ago. Iowa firmly snared the victory over Min- of winning in Lincoln, one of only four games competitive in recent history. Because all of ESPN’s Football Power Index gives Iowa nesota last season, 48-31 in Minneapolis. in which Iowa is the underdog, according to Iowa’s conference rivalry games — Wiscon- a 53.7 percent chance of winning in Madison Then-freshman quarterback Zack Annexstad the index. Iowa edged Nebraska — which sin, Minnesota, and Nebraska — fall in the last on Nov. 9. Much of that is because of the quar- threw 3 interceptions. But he and the rest of went 0-6 to start head coach ’s first month of the regular season, the teams will be terback questions surrounding the Badgers’ the young Gopher squad are a year older; Min- season — by a 3-point margin on Nov. 23. But geared up for the most sought-after games in offense at this point — trans- nesota returns 17 starters this season. Frost believes the team he fielded in the second their seasons. ferred to Florida State in the offseason, leaving “Went from the youngest team in America last half of last year was completely different from With an older roster and veteran quarterback four younger arms behind. year [to] now I think we’re the second youngest, the one he fielded in the first. in Nate Stanley commanding the offense, expe- “We’re going to have one [quarterback] — so we moved up one spot possibly,” Fleck said. “We were certainly further down the road at rience could only help Iowa in the games. we’re going to have four,” Paul Chryst joked at “That doesn’t mean you can’t win. We’re just the end of the season than we were at the begin- But the Hawkeyes face a tough schedule in Big Ten media days. “I like our group … I like young. And close to 80 percent of our team is on- ning,” he said. “Love our attitude in the locker October, and Iowa kicks off its the November what they’ve done, not just this spring and sum- ly freshmen and sophomores, which is exciting.” room right now and the work ethic that they’ve schedule attempting to regain the Heartland mer but really kind of their development.” That only leaves the Heroes Game. What is been showing all offseason.”

9 | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2019 Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan Ohio State wide receiver K.J. Hill gets cut during the Iowa/Ohio State football game in Kinnick Stadium on Nov. 4, 2017. The Hawkeyes defeated the Buckeyes in a storming fashion, 55-24.

both the 2017 and 2018 sea- ship game, and both seasons years,” Big Ten Commis- PLAYOFF sons, Ohio State has been the playoffs shut it out. sioner Jim Delany said. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 throttled in a road game by The rebuff is even more “But I’m not a midlevel conference oppo- noteworthy in the case of sure that the Fitzgerald agrees with Frank- nent, ultimately costing the 2017, in which two SEC strength of lin as far as questioning the Buckeyes — and the confer- teams — Georgia and Ala- schedule or number of league games, and ence — a spot in the playoffs. bama — made the playoffs the confer- he also wants Two seasons ago, it was over the conference cham- ence cham- to see the the 55-24 beatdown in Kinn- pion Buckeyes. The playoffs pionship playoff com- ick at the hands of Iowa, committee not only left out Delany has been ad- mittee reward which finished 8-5. Last year, a conference champion but equately rewarded, in my the confer- personal view.” ence for its Teams throughout the Fitzgerald competitive conference are capable of slate. breaking the playoff drought. “The last couple years, ob- ‘ I’m not sure that the strength of Ohio State is always a candi- viously, our conference cham- schedule or the conference championship date. Michigan has Shea Pat- pion has been shut out of the terson returning at quarter- College Football Playoffs,” Fitz- has been adequately rewarded, in my back, and a long-awaited leap gerald said. “Until we get to a personal view.’ over a Buckeye program now point where we put strength of without Urban Meyer roam- schedule, and then obviously — Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany ing the sidelines is possible. the value back on being a con- The Big Ten West resembles ference champion, as the two as the then-No. 2 team in the a conference champion that Noah Fant being guarded by components that are the most country, the Buckeyes had no had just beaten then-unde- a linebacker: wide open. important, I think we’re going answers for Purdue, losing feated No. 3 Wisconsin. Teams in the always-com- to continue to have that.” 49-20 in the Boilermaker’s “Clearly Alabama and petitive Big Ten still face a The past two seasons have backyard. Purdue finished Clemson have separated grueling nine-game confer- seen the Big Ten beat up on the season 6-7. themselves, and they de- ence schedule. But a playoff one another and ultimately Both seasons, Ohio State serve everything that they’ve team is still an expectation — miss out on the playoffs. In won the Big Ten Champion- earned in the last couple and an overdue one at that.

10 | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2019 Arts & Culture

Emily Wangen/The Daily Iowan UI alum’s exhibit tells migration stories in Iowa, beyond

Micaela Terronez was inspired by her family’s history in Mexican communities in the Quad Cities to create an exhibit exploring the different reasons people choose to leave home.

BY RYLEE WILSON degree in library and infor- The exhibit, Moving Sto- migration stories that ex- form Iowa, it’s students, in Davenport and Holy City [email protected] mation sciences at the Uni- ries: Experiences and Rem- ist beyond my own fam- it’s community members. in Bettendorf. versity of Iowa. In her time nants of Migration is on ily?” she said. “So I went It was a lot of work, but I “That is primarily where Growing up, Micaela Ter- at the UI, Terronez worked display in the Special Col- into the archives, went was really happy with the my family derived from,” ronez was fascinated with as a graduate assistant in lections through August. into Special Collections end product.” she said. “Just like I con- the photographs, objects, the UI Libraries Special Col- Her family migrated from to find things that would Terronez grew up in the nected to those materials and stories her grandpar- lections, spending her time Mexico in the early 1900s. highlight migrant experi- Quad Cities, which she from those areas, I hope ents told about the family’s developing an exhibit to ex- Terronez said the stories she ences. I narrowed it down said possesses a unique that other people connect history in central Mexico. plore the history of migra- heard growing up sparked her to a couple that stood out history of migration. Sec- across the exhibit.” Years later, her interest tion in her hometown of the curiosity about migration. to me the most; there’s a tions of her exhibit focus Terronez hoped to be able in the study of history and Quad Cities and stories of “I took that and I decid- nice variety of different on two historically Mexi- artifacts led her to pursue a migration across the globe. ed: What are these other backgrounds. It’s faculty can barrios, Cook’s Point SEE EXHIBIT, 16

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12 | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2019 Photos: Big Ten media days See the shots from the Big Ten’s annual media days. Go to dailyiowan.com for more. TOP LEFT: Iowa athletics director Gary Barta addresses the media during the second day of Big Ten football media days in Chicago on July 19. (Katina Zentz/The Daily Io- wan) TOP RIGHT: A football is seen during the second day of Big Ten football media days in Chicago on July 19. MIDDLE LEFT: Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz autographs a helmet during the second day of Big Ten football media days in Chi- cago on July 19. MIDDLE CENTER: The press prepares for the Big Ten football media day in Chicago on July 18. BOTTOM LEFT: Members of the media hold cameras up for interviews during the Big Ten foot- ball media day in Chicago on July 18. MIDDLE BOTTOM: Iowa running back Toren Young speaks to the media during the second day of Big Ten football media days in Chi- cago on July 19. BOTTOM RIGHT: Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz speaks during the second day of Big Ten football media days in Chi- cago on July 19.

13 | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2019 14 | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2019 stories. My goal as a librar- her home community and EXHIBIT ian is to first get out to the family. A note from her dis- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11 academic community and played in the exhibit dedi- give accessible resources cates her work to her ances- to explore in her exhibit but also beyond that to the tors who migrated to Iowa the varied reasons people broader community and let and Illinois. choose to migrate. She everyone know that special “I hope that this exhibit designed a color-coded collections and archives are inspires you to explore and map on which visitors can for everyone. They’re not engage with your own mi- display the reasons their just for the academic com- gration stories, however dis- families chose to migrate munity.” tant or near. As my grand- to the U.S. Terronez still resides mother often told me as a “I wanted to go back to in the Quad Cities, main- child: Remember where you that to see the broad struc- taining her connection to came from,” the note reads. ture of migration and how inherent it is to the United States: who we are,” she ‘[Migration] is very inherent to being human said. “It’s very inherent to being human as well. Peo- as well. People have to move for different Emily Wangen/The Daily Iowan ple have to move for dif- reasons, and it’s just part of life.’ Photos and other items are displayed on July 19 as part of the Moving Stories exhibit in the UI Special Collections located in the Main Library. The exhibit, curated by Micaela Terronez, uses a variety of sources to tell the stories ferent reasons, and it’s just — Micaela Terronez of people who have immigrated to America and the impact they have had on their communities. part of life.” Maria Ceballos, a UI graduate student from Co- lombia, designed the art- work to promote Terronez’s exhibit. Cerballos said she wanted the images she cre- ated to reflect the human experience of migration. “We decided that it would be good to show immi- gration as something that brings more than passports to the place people get to,” she said. “[It brings] more cultural knowledge, and di- versity, and language.” After graduating from the UI in May, Terronez started working for Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. Terronez says she plans to continue to work in ar- chives, and she hopes to be able to connect the re- sources in Special Collec- tions beyond the academic community. “That can be a challenge in academic libraries, whether it’s the UI or Knox College,” she said. “There’s always a pressure or a chal- lenge to get past the aca- demic community or even to get to the academic com- munity in sharing those 15 | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2019 The horror, the horror — why so popular? Horror films have always been popular among moviegoers, but what’s causing their recent surge?

BY AUSTIN J. YERINGTON and they aren’t tied to any Creekmur said. “But that’s [email protected] one culture. cheaper and easier than sus- “Every culture has some pense and buildup.” Chilling soundtracks, twist- form of horror. [That is why] The deep, rising tension ed camera angles, and amaz- ghosts exist in every culture; it’s can deeply affect viewers. ing cast performances all con- tapping into something that is The skin-crawling themes in tribute to a great horror movie. unconscious,” Associate Pro- horror movies are one aspect With recent films such as Mid- fessor of cinema Corey Creek- of the genre that can make it sommar and Us, there seems to mur said. “The other kind of ex- stand out from the rest, but be a newfound respect and love planation is they are allegorical, the way filmmakers use horror for the genre. they are tapping into real life as a metaphor or a backdrop to 2017 was the biggest year like racism and sexism.” something so much bigger is for horror ticket sales in his- These tales tell something unique to the style. tory, raking in $733 million that is deeper than crazy ram- “You can use horror as a can- according to Box Office Mojo. pages on unsuspecting college vas to tell a horror story, and at Now with this year’s horror kids. The ones that stick with the exact same time, you’re tell- films, such as Jordan Peele’s people long after the credits ing other stories,” FilmScene Us and It: Part 2, 2019 is set to have rolled strike something Grindhouse programmer Ross Katie Goodale/The Daily Iowan Ross Meyer, the FilmScene head projectionist and facilities manager, poses a portrait at cinema on Oct. 10. be another historical bench- deeper in our psyche. Meyer said. “Whether that’s a mark in the horror box office. “I think the horror movies ‘spoonful of sugar makes the about our society. “There’s The way of showing a re- “So to have some form of But why is that? Is there some- that really resonate with the medicine go down,’ I don’t this step to the left in terms flection of society through escapism is crazy fun,” Meyer thing about this generation public and have sustaining know. But you can’t always fit of what’s [possible] in reali- the lens of horror has been said. “There’s something in- that needs to be scared more power are the ones that are a really on-the-nose metaphor ty, but it’s all taking place in around for years, but because teresting about a roomful of than others? more than the gore and the into all genres of film.” a world that is recognizable of our current political and strangers in the dark together “It’s that testing of your- jump scares,” Bonner said. Films such as Get Out and to us,” Bonner said. “I feel historical feeling of morality, experiencing terror, then the self, of that ‘What’s the worst “What I find disturbing about Jaws are both thrillers, but like there is something really the vehicle of escapism helps relief that comes when the thing that can possibly hap- that [The Exorcist] film isn’t the they say something deeper powerful about that.” the most. terror fades away.” pen?’ ” cinema Ph.D. candi- special effects so much as this date Hannah Bonner said. medical practice that can’t “Even if it’s outside reality, to figure out what is wrong with experience that from a safe this young girl.” distance, to allow myself to be Movies that cause the icy scared, but then I can turn it feeling of fear to crawl down off at the end.” the backs of the viewers don’t Horror movies are built just scare them with a well- on tension, which can come timed jump scares, they build from the situation, such as the a deeper feeling of discomfort snowed-in hotel in The Shining and tension that won’t go away or the political message in after a quick jump occurs. 2017’s Get Out. These situations “It’s easy to make people create a narrative experience jump in a movie — play a loud that many won’t soon forget. sound or something really Tales to scare aren’t new, shocking, and they’ll jump,” TOP HORROR MOVIES OF 2017

1. It — $327,481,748 2. Get Out — $176,040,665 3. Annabelle: Creation — $102,092,201

Source: Box Office Mojo

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