TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015 THE INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILYIOWAN.COM 50¢ Public holds PARTY forth on equity Kingsley Botchway, the ON THE Iowa City School District’s equity director, holds public feedback session for district’s Comprehensive Equity Plan.

By BILL COONEY [email protected] PRAIRIE Around 20 community members The UI revels on as the No. 2 party school in the nation for a second year in a row. packed into a Iowa City Public Library meeting room Monday evening to dis- cuss equity and race in Iowa City schools. Monday’s meeting was an opportuni- ty for members of the public to provide feedback on the School District’s new Compre- hensive Equity Plan, dis- trict Equity and Staffing Director Kingsley Botch- way said. Botchway, also an Io- wa City city councilor, said the number of peo- Botchway ple attending meeting director surprised him. “There was definite- ly a bigger turnout then I expected,” he said. “It’s good people are getting out, looking at this plan, and giving feedback on it.” The Equity Plan outlines steps the School District plans to take to include all students in the learning experience in the district. Issues brought up at the meeting in- cluded discipline in schools, district hir- ing practices, and retaining a diverse teaching staff. Latasha DeLoach, a community pro-

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1. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Reading 2. Center 3. University of Wisconsin-Madison 4. Bucknell University gets new 5. Syracuse University 6. University of California-Santa Barbara head 7. West Virginia University The UI, Education Department name new 8. University of reading director. 9. Tulane University By BEN MARKS [email protected] 10. Colgate University The University of Iowa and the Iowa Department of Education an- nounced on Monday that Deborah Reed will become the new director of the Iowa Reading Research Center. The center was established in 2012 By BILL COONEY sumed at parties at your school?” he said. “The party-school after education reform was passed by [email protected] ranking actually draws on data from five different ques- the Iowa Legislature, and it is part tions we ask students.” of a statewide push to From the madness of the late-night Pedestrian Mall to These questions ask students to rate the popularity of increase students’ lit- endless tailgates as the leaves change colors, it’s not hard hard liquor at their schools, the popularity of beer, perceived eracy before the end of to find a party in Iowa City. popularity of greek life on campus, how much students study, third grade. On Monday, the Princeton Review published its annual and how packed the stadium gets for football games. “She absolutely has ranking of the top-20 party schools in the nation, and for Franek said 97 to 98 percent of students answer the Princ- what it takes to help the second year in a row, the University of Iowa was ranked eton Review’s general questions about their schools online. us advance our litera- as the No. 2 school on the list. Data are collected throughout the academic year, but Franek cy efforts in Iowa,” said The University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign beat out the said the majority is collected from October to February. Staci Hupp Ballard, Reed UI for the top spot in this year’s rating, moving up from No. 5 Fall marks the beginning of the academic year and lots of the communications director in 2014. Completing the top-three finish for the Big Ten was rowdy students. Fall also means the start of a busy football director for the Educa- Wisconsin, rising five spots on the list to take third this year. season for the police, Iowa City police Sgt. Chris Akers said. tion Department. “She The Princeton Review bases many of the 62 different lists “The first three or four months of the school year are our has a lot of expertise in this field; it develops on more than 136,000 responses from college most active period, mostly because of football season starting she’s worked in both general and spe- students during the academic year, said Rob Franek, the up.” Akers said. “There are always exceptions, though; people cial education.” senior vice president and publisher of the Princeton Review. tend to get a little stir-crazy toward the end of the school year.” Christopher Morphew, the execu- The party-school ranking is unique because it draws from Despite the UI’s presence on the top-20 party-school list tive associate dean for Research and five different questions asked, Franek said. in recent years, Akers said, most of the arrests police see Innovation in the UI College of Educa- “The rest of our lists only draw on one specific question asked of students, such as: how much hard liquor is con- SEE RANKING, 3 SEE READING, 3

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Blight may damage corn yield By BEN MARKS Sun blazing down, July’s [email protected] series of torrential down- pours led to temperatures This year, Iowa corn 2 degrees cooler than aver- farmers are facing a threat age. that may cost them a chunk Robertson said the tem- of their yields and could peratures, followed by translate to higher prices at high humidity, have trans- the grocery store. formed the fields of Iowa in- Although it is not as to the perfect place for the scary as it sounds, northern blight, and other diseases, corn blight does do what it to multiply. says, blighting unsuspect- The blight multiplies ing corn before it can so whenever corn leaves are much as blink, killing the wet for six hours or more, leaves and leaving the corn but sunlight drying the A cornfield just outside of Iowa City flashes rows and rows of corn on Monday. Iowa stunted. leaves will kill it. farmers are facing an increased threat of northern corn blight this year, which can This year, Associate Pro- Once it has grown, how- damage yields. (The Daily Iowan/Sergio Flores) fessor Alison Robertson, ever, the blight works by an infecting the leaves of a this year, it has been much has infected a plant; the on- plant pathologist, said the corn plant and killing the worse. ly thing to do is have planes blight is much more preva- healthy green leaf tissue, “It’s one of those things spray it with fungicide. lent than in previous years leaving scars behind that that happens every year “It wouldn’t reduce the and is widespread across aren’t able to photosynthe- when conditions present current number of the in- Iowa. size. If enough leaves are themselves,” he said. “If fected leaves, but it would “It’s the earliest in the damaged, the corn can’t you see right now a lot of help to prevent further in- growing season that we’ve get the sunlight it needs, [crop-dusters] are flying, fection,” said Ed Zaworski, seen northern leaf blight, and the ears will turn out the conditions have been a plant diagnostician at and I’ve been here since stunted. right and have been favor- ISU’s Plant and Insect Di- 2004,” she said. “When the “When the disease is re- able for any fungus that agnostic Clinic. disease comes in earlier, it ally severe, you might lose can affect the yield of the Recently, Zaworski said, means it has more time for 30 to 50 percent of your crop.” officials have seen an in- it to increase.” yield,” Robertson said. Leaf blight isn’t the only creased number of plant Robertson said this is Mark Heckman, the disease rearing its head in samples with the blight be- mostly because of Iowa’s re- vice president of the Corn the damp conditions, how- ing submitted. cent weather. Promotion Board and a ever; Heckman said gray Other than spraying, For northern corn blight, farmer in southeast Iowa, leaf spot has also been an however, the only other op- the perfect weather is wet said he has dealt with the issue. tion is to choose hybrids of and cool. Although it may blight before. While it hap- Unfortunately there isn’t corn that are resistant to not seem like it with the pens every year, he said, a cure for the blight once it the blight. THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015 NEWS 3

needed to change in order BOTCHWAY for the district to retain a CONTINUED FROM FRONT diverse teaching staff. “We have to think about ingrained ideas of ‘compe- gram specialist in the John- tence’ in this community,” son County Social Services Haywood said. “You very Department and a candi- rarely hear a white person date for the School Board, being described as ‘compe- said the poorly defined disci- tent’ for a position, while you pline policy is hurting fami- hear it all the time when lies in the district. talking about a black person; “We have kindergarten- this is setting blacks up for ers getting out-of-school a different experience in the suspensions for acting out,” community than others.” DeLoach said. “This dis- Clair Rudison, a job de- proportionality affects poor veloper at the Evelyn K. families, because you can’t Davis Center in Des Moines afford to have someone come said emotional intelligence and watch your child; you’re is something that needs to going to have to miss work, be considered when hiring which results in lost income. teachers. “If they’re out of school, “Just because someone we’re part of the problem.” might not speak as eloquent- Botchway said he would ly as others does not mean like to see diversity as new they are any less qualified staff is hired throughout for the job,” he said. “As long the district. as they’re putting out quali- “We want the best and ty kids, it shouldn’t matter.” brightest working in this The Rev. Doyle Landry of district,” he said. “That won’t Positive Vision Ministries change as we try to increase said race is an issue that diversity in our workforce.” needs to be discussed and not Iowa City City Councilor Kingsley Botchway speaks in the Iowa City Public Library on Monday. Botchway held an open meeting in which people were able to voice concerns and ask Abby Haywood, a mas- just in the School District. questions about the Iowa City School District. (The Daily Iowan/Sergio Flores) ter’s student in music edu- “There is no account- cation at the University of ability in Iowa City when ask for accountability, that’s Landry said. “Discussion go hand in hand, and people “We talk around race in Iowa, said ingrained ideas it comes to race; when you when people get offended.” about racism and students don’t want to address it. Iowa; we don’t talk about it.”

statement after the rank- We’ll continue to educate “Social life is a big RANKING ing was announced. students about the dan- part of a students time Other rankings: CONTINUED FROM FRONT “We are focused on our gers of high-risk drinking on campus,” Franek students’ well-being re- in order to enhance our said. “Who can be con- Students Pack the Stadium gardless of the ranking,” long-term progress.” sidered a better expert 1. Clemson University Best College Newspaper #19 during football season, he said in the statement. Franek said all of the on college life than a col- 2. Penn State University Best Health Services #17 and the school year in “In the last six years, lists and rankings Princ- lege student? 3. Lots of Beer #14 general, are not alco- binge drinking among eton Review puts out are “That is why we only 4. University of Iowa Lots of Greek Life #12 hol-related. University of Iowa stu- there to help prospective use student data to make 5. University of Conneticut Students Study the Least #15 “I would say the major- dents has dropped 23 undergraduates, as well these lists. We want stu- ity of arrests we see are percent. as their parents, make dents and their parents related to poor decisions “We have more work to decisions about college to take these lists with Iowa was also included on Princeton Review’s: people make,” Akers said. do, but I’m gratified to see by giving them as clear them on campus tours Best 380 Colleges Tom Rocklin, the UI there are fewer students a picture as possible into and be able to engage in Best Midwestern Colleges vice president for Stu- engaging in high-risk student life at a particu- discussion based on cur- Green Colleges dent Life, released a drinking across campus. lar university. rent student opinion.”

The center has been lo- education agency, it didn’t because of new law that starts work. at least one thing will feel READING cated at the Grant Wood have the opportunity to says in the summer of Although the two states like home: the humidity. CONTINUED FROM FRONT Area Education Agency in work with Ph.D. students 2017, students who are are more than 1,000 miles “I’m sure it’ll feel really Cedar Rapids since 2012, who were in the building below grade level in read- away, Reed said, she’s sure similar,” she said. but in April, the center who were working on their ing by the spring of third tion who was on the search moved its offices to the UI own research,” Morphew grade will be required to committee for Reed, said College of Education. said. “[Another benefit is] repeat the grade. the members started in- Morphew said this is proximity to other facul- Reed is still in Florida; terviewing candidates in because one of the re- ty who are working with she won’t arrive in Iowa late May, and hired Reed quirements of the agency’s reading and other teach- City until Aug. 17, the roughly a month later. establishment was that er-education research.” day before she officially One of the reasons she it would always be part- But with the new facili- was selected, Morphew nered with an educational ty comes new projects and said, was because of her institution. challenges, which, Mor- extensive experience with Being at the UI provides phew said, he’s confident university research centers. the center with some ad- Reed will rise to. Previously, Reed was vantages, Morphew said. One of those projects, he a researcher and faculty Among these is the ability said, is a large-scale study member at Florida State to access the college’s grants to examine the efficacy of University’s Florida Cen- office and external funding different summer reading ter for Reading Research, sources, another is the near- programs and reading in- in Tallahassee. by faculty and students who terventions. In addition to a new di- can aid with research. Another of the center’s rector, the center has un- “Prior to last year, when current priorities is read- dergone some other chang- it was located in the area ing literacy in third grade, es as well. 4 THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Opinions — FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION COLUMN EDITORIAL Swimming to Obama’s EPA plan transcends the nebulae political allegiances er readings for the Patriots’ footballs, the higher for the Colts’. resident Obama has set in motion an ambi- these new expectations. States should not allow the This whole flap-a-doodle tious plan through the Environmental Pro- fear of transitioning from the detrimental ener- has gone from Theater of the Ptection Agency to reduce greenhouse gases gy crutches they rely upon to deter to them from Absurd à la Ionesco to sur- and combat climate change Monday with his clean implementing new sources and expanding upon realism to Dali’s clocks drip- power plan. The plan aims to “cut carbon emissions pre-existing ones. ping off tables. from the power sector by 32 percent by 2030” and is The concerns and fear mongering of those op- Beau Elliot Thank God for the USA, a significant step towards moving to a more energy posed to reform cannot be allowed to overshadow [email protected] where nobody ever, ever sustainable future for the country. the potential benefits of making earnest strides to- cheats on taxes or speeds or Obama’s plan not only stresses the need for less reli- ward a cleaner, more sustainable future. Yes, because there are runs a red light. But screams ance on coal and other nonrenewable resources, it also The Iowa Wind Energy Association states that things more important than about psi. addresses climate change both in terms of the present maintaining the trend of clean energy production football (such as Arkansas Thank God the Universe and the corresponding effects predicted for the future. here could result in enough energy to give support Sen. Tom Cotton’s “discov- doesn’t cheat — well, except Of course, this extensive plan is expected to meet to neighboring states, such as Wisconsin or Mis- ery” of a secret nuclear deal for the part where gravity with opposition from those advocating the contin- souri. Furthermore, studies indicate potential re- with Iran), the recent reac- bends light so you don’t ex- ued use of fossil fuels and nonrenewable resourc- ductions in health risks associated with pollution tion to Patriot quarterback actly know where a faraway es, but that does not negate the need for energy caused by coal-powered plants and increases in the Tom Brady’s suspension in star might be several million reform. The individual needs for states, as far as number of jobs in the renewable energy industry. connection to DeflateGate light years ago, because it’s energy production is concerned, are varied, and as The short-term incentives for shifting to renewable seems, well, more than mild- moved since then. such, the plan to accommodate those needs in the resources may not be as appealing as maintaining ly surprising. You just gotta love this life. absence of traditional fuel sources must be flexible. the status quo, but that does not mean such a shift The reaction was Hate A personal note While the plan has increased the desired reduction, will not be worth it in the long term. Brady Day. Who knew a na- My father died recently. states have been given more than ample time to The goal of these measures should not be seen as tion could be so consumed by He was a longtime UI pro- comply with the new standards. States will be giv- a political arm-twisting of the Republican Party or football psi? Especially when fessor of geography. I could en three years to outline their plans to reach these states heavily dependent on nonrenewable energy, so many don’t exactly know regale you with stories about new goals and seven years to adhere to them. but rather a necessary step towards the goals for what psi means. his intelligence and knowl- Iowa’s wind-energy program is already in a great a sustainable country. Climate change is an issue But yes. Outrage. Scorn. edge, his wit, his ability to position to meet reduction goals. According to an that we will inevitably have to face as a country, Derision. One sports-radio make a journey across Ne- Iowa Wind Energy Association report from earli- and failing to do so will only be looked at as a dis- guy even compared Brady to braska utterly interesting, er this summer, the state will have increased its service by future generations. Al Capone. his unflinching contempt for wind-energy production by an average of 635 mega- We cannot allow our inability to see the magni- Really, people? Football psi Jim Crow and the discrimi- watts since 2008 in order to meet its 2030 goal of 16 tude of our present actions to serve as an excuse to and an infamous murderous nation he had witnessed. percent carbon-dioxide reduction. not to enact the changes that will become impera- gangster? Whenever I asked him or Our state demonstrates that it is possible to meet tive in the future. It seems that almost no- my mother what something body, including chief sus- meant, they told me, “Look pender Roger “Gerbil” Good- it up.” You can learn amaz- ell, has read the AEI report, ing things by reading the or listened to any of the phys- dictionary, my father would icists who have weighed in, tell me. You can’t read a dic- on the Wells Report, which is tionary, I’d respond, but as as bereft of science as a cre- with so many other things in ationist classroom. life, I was wrong. I read dic- Not to mention that the tionaries to this day; they are NFL recently “clarified” the amazing. rules on football psi, thus But what I remember best shooting its case in the foot is the times in the high wil- (if cases indeed have feet). derness mountains, his doing So the league office has ac- research, conducting field knowledged that the rules seminars, and hiking, hiking, and chain of command of the hiking. He taught me that no footballs were at the very matter how exhausted, no least unclear. matter how fixated you were So the NFL “convicted” on your fatigue, you always Brady and the Pats of vio- climbed the next ridge to see lating unclear rules that had what splendors lay there, never been enforced before waiting to change your life. (see Aaron Rodgers and Brad Apollinaire might have said Johnson and their famous- it best (excuse my poor memo- ly overly inflated footballs, ry of French and the transla- Johnson’s in the Bucs’ Super tion I read decades ago): Bowl win). “That sister light, the But Brady’s a villain. Peo- Milky Way, ple, and the NFL, seem to “whose whiteness flows ignore that the refs used two from Canaan streams, pressure gauges to check the “Shall we at death not fol- footballs; one had significant- low her, President Obama speaks about his Clean Power Plan on Monday in the White House East Room. The president is mandating steeper greenhouse-gas cuts from U.S. power ly higher readings than the “And swim to further plants than previously expected, while granting states more time and broader options to comply. (Associated Press/Andrew Harnik) other. The NFL used the low- nebulae.”

STAFF LETTERS STACEY MURRAY Editor-in-Chief Inaction on many good ideas currently have no People of color experience forms perpetual cycle that needs to be PAUL OSGERBY Opinions Editor minimum wage chance of seeing the light of day at of discrimination that result in broken. That’s why I applaud our MARCUS BROWN, JACK DUGAN, JOE LANE, PAUL OSGERBY the State Capitol. But that should disproportionate police contact, local elected officials for standing Editorial writers inexcusable not stop us from continuing our as well as discriminatory hiring up and doing the right thing by CHRISTOPHER CERVANTES, CHRIS CLEGG, CHRISTIAN FISCHER, In the last legislative session, fight for a higher minimum wage. practices that disproportionately raising the minimum wage. NEIL FLATTERY, SAMUEL JARVILL, CHRIS HIGGINS, JOE LANE, the Iowa House Republican lead- If state government will not funnel applicants of color into jobs SADIE SANCHEZ, KELIN SILBER Columnists ership refused to debate a Senate even bring it up for debate, paying low, poverty wages. — Greg Hearns bill that would have raised the then we must take action in our As has been stated in previous minimum wage to a paltry $8.75 communities. articles, this causes people to EDITORIALS reflect the majority opinion of the DI Editorial Board and not the opinion of the over two years’ time. have to work numerous jobs and Publisher, Student Publications Inc.,or the University of Iowa. IC needs better Now I’ve heard the business — Patrick Wallace depend on social services just to OPINIONS, COMMENTARIES, COLUMNS, and EDITORIAL lobby’s arguments against it, and scrape by. They have to choose police CARTOONS reflect the opinions of the authors and are not necessarily they play like a sorry tune on a between which bills to pay and I’m not setting aside the racial those of the Editorial Board. worn-out violin. If your business Raising the how much food they will be able problems with Iowa City police. model is based on paying poverty to put on the table today. When However, the problems run much wages and engaging in wage theft minimum wage your everyday agenda is based deeper. It appears our community EDITORIAL POLICY (another issue House Republicans necessary on survival, it leaves no time for police have merged into a paramili- chose to ignore) to turn a profit, community participation. tary force. However, crime continues then maybe you should rethink Over the last couple weeks So when the School Board to be the same. Nothing solved. THE DAILY IOWAN is a multifaceted news-media organization that why you’re in business. there have been some very makes decisions about discretion- The most complaints I hear re- provides fair and accurate coverage of events and issues pertaining to the In reality, a minimum-wage eloquent explanations about why ary busing, boundary changes fer to the use of intimidation and University of Iowa, Iowa City, Johnson County, and the state of Iowa. increase would serve business as we need to raise the minimum or whether Martin Luther King’s illegal or unwarranted searches well as workers. If the minimum wage in Johnson County. As a birthday will be a school day, by our city police. How can they wage were raised to $15, those black resident of Iowa City for these voices are not heard. If do this? They have the support LETTERS TO THE EDITOR may be sent via email to affected wouldn’t stuff that money 42 years, I’ve noticed an uneasy you’re not making enough to of our community leaders, most [email protected] (as text, not as attachments). Each letter must into hedge funds or tax shelters on wave of change in our community afford transportation, live in importantly our county attorney. be signed and include an address and phone number for verification. Letters offshore islands. They would spend over the last decade and a half North Liberty, and work second The police feel they can do what- should not exceed 300 words. The DI will publish only one letter per author per it right here in our community; or so. Statistics show that people or third shift in Iowa City, your ever they want because she has month. Letters will be chosen for publication by the editors according to space buying food for their children, fix- of color across the country were job is in jeopardy every day. If you their backs. It’s time we hold our ing that old car, and maybe even disproportionately affected by the need childcare, you can’t afford leaders accountable. We should considerations. No advertisements or mass mailings, please. saving a bit for a rainy day. most recent recession. it, so you have to depend on the demand better from our police. We Our governor’s recent veto of Here in our Iowa commu- kindness of friends and relatives, deserve better from our police. GUEST OPINIONS that exceed 300 words in length must be arranged the hard-won school-funding com- nities, studies are confirming or the unthinkable, leaving young with the Opinions editor at least three days prior to the desired date of promise is a harsh reminder that what many of us have observed: children home alone. This is a — Tim Nedoba publication. Guest opinions are selected in accordance with word length, subject relevance, and space considerations.

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• Am I really the only per- son who likes further ado? • Why do people claiming to be a mattress, furniture, or car royalty only go insane in ways financially beneficial to their customers? Why ar- en’t there ever any commer- cials where a man wearing a makeshift tinfoil crown and a bathmat as a cape goes “crah- a-zeeeee” tripling MSRP? “HELLO EARTHLINGS. I’m Sam Smith, Suzuki King of Cleveland, and I’ve lost my everlovin’ marbles. I’m selling Suzukis for dollars on the penny. Buy two, and I’ll let you sleep with my dog. I’ve gone insaaaaaaaaaane.” • When you think about it, the word “sweater” is pretty disgusting word for a thing that does what it says. • Most people who are “arachnophobic” are simply overreacting to their own un- comfortable feelings of sexu- al attraction to spiders. • I bet there were at least a few early settlers who were pretty sure bandwagons wouldn’t catch on until ev- eryone else did. today’s events TUESDAY •Whenever you say some- thing is “as pretty as a pic- • Exploring the Demimonde: Sin and Temptation at the • Underground Open Mike, 8 p.m., Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn 1 p.m.-3 p.m. Sports ture,” you should remember fin-de-siècle, Legacies for Iowa: A University of Iowa Museum of • Barrel House String Band, Not from Here, Rainbow Bruce, 3 p.m.-5 p.m. Topics with Damian that a picture is worth a Art Collections Sharing Project, Figge Art Museum, 225 W. Second 9 p.m., Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington 8 p.m.-10 p.m. Yew Piney Mountain thousand words and also St., Davenport 10 p.m.-12 a.m. The KGB that talk is cheap, which • “Let’s Talk Patient Safety: Why culturally responsive care means you’re basically in- matters in patient safety,” noon, Colloton Pavilion East Room sulting whatever you meant • English Conversation Class, 12:30 p.m., 6 Melrose Conference to call pretty, which makes Center you the jerk face, not me. • “Using Learning Analytics and Student Data to Improve FOLLOW US ON Jerk face. Teaching,” Grad Students & Post-Doc Events: Reading and Learning Community, 5 p.m., 1103/1105 Main Library SUBMIT AN EVENT TWITTER. • Monsters vs. Aliens, 10 a.m., Mr. Holmes, 4:20 & 7 p.m., Be- Want to see your special event appear here? Andrew R. Juhl is a total renaissance man yond the Brick: A LEGO Brickumentary, 9:20 p.m., FilmScene, Simply submit the details at: @THEDAILYIOWAN (he’s unvaccinated). 118 E. College dailyiowan.com/pages/calendarsubmit.html

Tuesday August 4, 2015 horoscopes by Eugenia Last ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t let your emotions get the better of you. Set your sights on activities that make you happy. Spending time developing a plan or turning an idea into a reality is recommended. Romance will improve your personal situation. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Make your move once you feel certain of the outcome. Don’t let anyone take over, and take credit for your hard work on a project or plan. Keep what you are working on secret until all the details are in place. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You will impress the people you meet today. Promote your thoughts, and you will persuade others to do the work for you. Your take-charge attitude will pay off. Love and romance will bring positive changes to the way you live. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Dry your eyes. Crying won’t bring about the out- come you are looking for. Stay focused on what’s happening in the present, and don’t dwell on the past. Keep busy, and work on promoting what you enjoy doing most. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Do the things that will help you advance the most, and put everything you have into accomplishing what you set out to do. Financial improvement will be based on who you are with and how you utilize your skills. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Stick close to home and make alterations that will ensure you don’t get accused of not pulling your weight. Ask for a favor from someone who can help you improve your surroundings or your position. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your involvement in activities that require you to partner with someone will open up a host of new opportunities. Positive changes will come about if you reconnect with people you have worked with in the past. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Take the safe route when dealing with others. Keep your personal thoughts a secret, and you won’t be subject to having your words used against you. Work quietly on developing something unique, and take full credit when you are finished. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Pump things up a bit, and take part in something that excites you. Maintaining high energy levels combined with confidence and showmanship will bring you stellar results. Romance is in the stars and will bring about favorable, life-altering changes. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’ll have trouble getting others to see things your way. Go about your business, and put your plans into play. A solitary approach to money matters will help you avoid interference from someone less cautious than you. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Use your knowledge and expertise to bring about changes to the way you earn your living and how you invest what you’ve worked so hard to acquire. A partner will show an increased level of interest in both you and your plans. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t let the changes going on around you cause worry or frustration. Do your job or whatever chore or responsibility you’ve taken on with precision. Combining practicality with uniqueness will attract the interest of someone who can help you advance.

The past is so horribly fast. — Brenda Shaughnessy 6 SPORTS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015

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In fact, even Wiscon- sin’s backup in 2014 al- FOR MORE most finished with 1,000 yards. Now a junior, Co- rey Clement comes off a SPORTS season in which he ran for 949 yards (eighth in FOLLOW US the Big Ten), averaging 6.5 yards per carry. In comparison, Weisman ON TWITTER led Iowa with 812 yards and an average of 3.8. Gor- @DI_Sports_Desk don may have had a his- torically great season, but Wisconsin is optimistic that Clement can be the next great Badger running back. “The starting tailback at Wisconsin … has been a position that’s had a lot Minnesota running back David Cobb dives past Iowa defensive linemen Louis Trinca-Pasat and Drew Ott and safety Jordan Lomax of great players ahead of for a first down in TCF Bank Stadium on Nov. 8, 2014, in Minneapolis. Cobb had 16 carries for 74 yards. The Gophers dominated the him,” Badger head coach Hawkeyes, 51-14, to reclaim the Floyd of Rosedale trophy. (The Daily Iowan/File Photo) Paul Chryst said. “And I think he’s confident that 2014. As a freshman last ries in the Hawks’ back- he can add to that list. year, the Wildcats’ Jus- field, averaging better And I think he’s excited tin Jackson ran for 1,187 than Weisman’s 3.8 yards for that opportunity, quite yards and could be some- per carry from last sea- honestly.” one to watch in 2015. son would go a long way With Purdue gradu- Even with the loss of in aiding C.J. Beathard ating Akeem Hunt (949 Weisman, it looks as if and the passing game. yards last year), North- Iowa has gained some western and Illinois are ground in the running Follow @CharlesGreen the only two schools in game relative to its Big on Twitter for news, up- the conference returning Ten West foes. Whoever dates, and analysis about their top rushers from gets the bulk of the car- the Iowa football team.

wishing they had picked off. She led Brian Joens’ GAME TIME her earlier, proving that Cullen/Joensy’s to a sec- CONTINUED FROM 8 her status as a five-star ond-place finish, serving recruit is legitimate and as the primary scorer leading a championship and often guarding the coaches lauded her for team to victories over ex- opponent’s best offensive basketball IQ, and she perienced college players. player. played with a certain It’s hard to leave off calmness about her — Guard: Lonning Kate Letkewicz, Hannah though she was ready to When Lonning left, Stewart, Carly Mohns, explode at any second. the dynamic uptempo at- Claire Till, Courtney She has yet to play at tack Larson’s squad had Strait, and Disterhoft, the college level, but she all season did as well. but Kastanek gets the still led her team to the Her performance this nod here after averaging Game Time title and did summer showcased that 25.8 points per game. so on a roster lacking a her team’s success came Hawkeye with college ex- from the overwhelming Forward: Megan Gu- perience. nature she and Jennings tafson, Iowa posed while together on Gustafson paired with All-Game Time First the floor. Without Lon- Davis to win the league Team ning, teams could key in title, and she was virtu- on Jennings and smother ally unstoppable as an- Guard: Jennings her ability to create open other athlete who has yet Her team may have shots for teammates. to play in college. bowed out in the semifi- Physically imposing in nals, but Jennings was Guard: Alexa Kas- the paint, the 6-3 Wis- visibly on another level tanek, Iowa consin native grabbed 23 from her peers through- I’m going with a four- rebounds in the champi- out the summer. guard lineup here, sim- onship game. On the sea- Guard: Davis ply because Kastanek son, she averaged 21.2 Davis left coaches was too good to leave points and 14.2 boards.

Iowa’s Whitney Jennings loses the ball after being fouled on June 17 during Game Time action in North Liberty. Jennings’ team, coached by Randy Larson, won, 126-78. (The Daily Iowan/Sergio Flores)

lived up to expectations Center: Adam Woodbury PRIME TIME after missing the first two … he was the only true cen- CONTINUED FROM 8 games with a slight ankle ter in the league, and his tweak. averages of 24.9 points and Standing 6-9 and with 14.6 rebounds per game what Randy Larson calls would suggest that he was both scoring at 26 points “the best pull-up jumper dominant. In a way, I guess per game and rebounding in the Big Ten,” it should he was, but I have to say with 10.9 a game. come as no surprise that something. He has one of the bet- Uthoff scored 17.0 points Woodbury insists that he ter in-out offensive rep- per game on a very casu- put on muscle in the off-sea- ertoires of anybody in the al 57 percent shooting, 38 son, but his tendency to league; in addition to his percent from the 3 zone, float away from the basket magnetic attraction to re- and 92 percent from the in an Iowa summer league bounds, he also shot an charity stripe. He also is somewhat alarming. It’s exceptional 65 percent chipped in 7 rebounds and one thing to use the league on 2-point field goals and 3 assists per game. to work on his midrange 40 percent on more than It should also be noted game, but it’s another to eight 3-point attempts that with his fluid ath- develop the habit of opting per game. Jesperson was leticism and go-go gadget for it rather than posting impressive, but he would length, he can adequately up. Even in the title game, have been a main attrac- guard any position on the he was not so much pushed tion on a different team. floor. In fact, while spend- into the midrange but vol- ing a lot of time in the post untarily camping out there. Power forward: offensively, his defense on Unsurprisingly, he Jarrod Uthoff (Defen- point guard Dondre Alex- scored only 15 points on sive Player of the Year). ander was the deciding under 50 percent from the We could have penciled factor in the champion- floor, and his team lost. Uthoff in to this spot ship game. Therefore, he His stat sheet turned out before the league even is the Defensive Player of decent, but the reality of started. Fortunately, he the Year. his floor game is alarming. THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015 7 SPORTS TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2015 FOR UP-TO-DATE COVERAGE OF HAWKEYE SPORTS, FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @DI_SPORTS_DESK DAILYIOWANSPORTS.COM

Nebraska running back Ameer Abdullah runs in Kinnick Stadium on Nov. 28, 2014. Abdullah totaled 106 yards rushing with an average of 8.2 yards per carry, and Nebraska won in overtime, 37-34. (The Daily Iowan/Alyssa Hitchcock) Big Ten West running dry?

The departure of the conference’s premier backs is good news for the Hawks in 2015.

By CHARLIE GREEN ’s Tevin Coleman rushed for 2,036 yards in more than 2,500 yards and 29 touchdowns as a junior [email protected] 12 games, doing so while battling injuries. The Atlan- — nearly earning him the Heisman Trophy. ta Falcons selected Coleman in the third round of the Both Gordon and Coleman left early for the pros, CHICAGO — Finding a feature running back to re- NFL draft. which is good news for Iowa and its prospects in the place the departed Mark Weisman is a major theme Minnesota’s David Cobb finished the season with West. Last season against the Hawks, Gordon ran for of Iowa’s 2015 off-season and fall camp — a job that 1,626 yards and 13 touchdowns for the Gophers, then 200 yards in Kinnick in their November matchup, figures to go to LeShun Daniels Jr., Jordan Canzeri, landed with the Tennessee Titans in the fifth round. and Coleman tore off a 219-yard performance on Oct. or both. Nebraska’s Ameer Abdullah compiled 1,611 yards 11, 2014, while averaging 14.6 yards per carry. Luckily for the Hawks, they aren’t the only team and 19 touchdowns en route to his second-round se- For the Badgers, the reality is they will likely have replacing their top rusher from a season ago. lection by the Detroit Lions. another premier running back in 2015. The program Four of the top five rushers in the Big Ten came The most notable and decorated of the departures has had a 1,000-yard rusher every season since 2004, out of the West Division in 2014, and they all have is Wisconsin’s Melvin Gordon, whom the San Diego utilizing the ultimate “next man up” mentality at the moved on to careers in the NFL. Chargers drafted in the first round after he ran for position.

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GAME TIME LEAGUE AWARDS PRIME TIME LEAGUE AWARDS Jennings leads Game Alexander tops Prime Time stars for MVP Time awards as MVP Whitney Jennings and Tania Davis stole the show in this Why Dondre Alexander is the MVP, and how Adam summer’s Game Time League. Woodbury’s impressive summer raises eyebrows.

By CHARLIE GREEN ing 36.3 points per game. ing with Jennings By KYLE MANN Compared with last sum- up to expectations in his [email protected] Her aggressiveness in at- when both were on the [email protected] mer, however, he showed follow-up season. He led tacking the lane often col- break, but again, it all more matured, refined, the league in scoring for In this summer’s Game lapsed defenders on her, started with a strong, The Prime Time and well-rounded skills. the second-straight sum- Time League, Kay DiL- creating open shots for high-pressure defense. League is designed to He averaged 21 points, mer with 26.6 points per eo’s young Beat the Book- teammates. Speed, agil- As great as Jennings cultivate competition 6 rebounds, and 6 assists game and reaffirmed his store/Westport team took ity, and pull-up shooting was, Lonning’s relent- among the most talent- as the lead guard for the status as a cold-blooded home the championship in transition made coach less attitude made her ed players in the area, league runner-up, and sharpshooter from the behind incoming Hawk- Randy Larson’s up-tempo even better. Hawkeyes or not. With he also functioned as his outside. Bohannon at- eye freshmen Tania Davis style a nightmare for op- When she left for a the 2015 season in the team’s defensive stopper tempted 79 3s, the most and Megan Gustafson. ponents to stop. basketball trip to Brazil books, these players dis- each week. Despite seem- of any player, and shot 43 But there were plenty She also showed up ev- before her team’s first tinguished themselves as ing ball-dominant at percent. of other stars on offense ery game on the defensive playoff game, the team the best of the best. times, his passing vision There were other off- and defense in the league, end, pres- fell to Alexa Kastanek justified it, and his shoot- guards in play here such especially those who play suring and Company after go- All-Prime Time Team ing percentages don’t as Peter Jok and even for Iowa. Because Hawk- ball-han- ing undefeated in the appear to have suffered. freshman Andrew Flem- eye Ally Disterhoft only dlers on regular season. Point guard: Dondre Shooting 52 percent from ing (best newcomer), but played two games this the perim- The lack of a second Alexander (MVP) is well- the floor and 43 percent to not recognize Bohan- summer, I decided to eter and elite perimeter defender known in the area as a from behind the arc, per- non for his continual leave her off the list. sparking changed the dynamic of former Iowa City West haps no single player torching of the league Here are The Daily Io- the team’s Larson’s Marion Iron, star, and was more valuable to his would be a disservice to wan’s 2015 Game Time strong Jennings as did the increased he proved team. him and his ancestors. awards: transition guard pressure on Jennings to specta- As such, I’m award- offense. to carry the load offen- tors that ing Alexander the Der- Small forward: Paul MVP: Whitney Jennings, Howev- sively. he is still, rick Rose-esque MVP. Jesperson was the un- G, Iowa er, one of her teammates in fact, Someone such as Jarrod sung hero of the sum- had an even bigger im- Newcomer of the Year: among Uthoff may be a better mer; the Northern Io- Jennings lit up the pact for her squad defen- Tania Davis, G, Iowa the best overall player, but Alex- wa forward was one of league from the moment sively. basketball Alexander ander was most valuable the most dominant all- she stepped on the court. This one’s obvious. players point guard to his team. around players trapped The soon-to-be sopho- Defensive Player of the Davis showed all the the area on a lackluster team. His more put her athleticism, Year: Moran Lonning, G, athleticism of Jennings has to of- Shooting guard: team went 1-6 and was ball-handling, and scor- and perhaps even bet- fer. At 6-5 with the build Matt Bohannon lit up ousted early, but Jesper- ing ability on full display. Luther College ter court vision. League of a football player, Alex- the Prime Time League son finished second in She was the league’s Lonning created ander has all the phys- last summer and did an top scorer by far, averag- a nightmare pair- SEE GAME TIME, 6 ical tools to dominate. admirable job of living SEE PRIME TIME, 6