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Iowa City City Council candidates are scattered on environmental issues.

By Megan Sanchez [email protected]

Sustainability took the front seat at an Iowa City City Council candi- date forum on Wednesday night, in which many issues garnered most of the discussion. Advocacy groups and Iowa City citizens gathered in City Hall to dis- cuss candidate views on issues such as sustainability, cleaner water, and raising Dubuque Street. The candidates in attendance in- cluded Councilor Susan Mims, Cath- erine Champion, Rockne Cole, King- sley Botchway, and Royceann Porter. Councilor Terry Dickens was absent from the forum but provided a writ- ten statement on environmental is- sues. Iowa City residents will vote on Nov. 5 to fill two at-large seats on the council, with an additional seat open in District B. Dickens and Porter are OPEN FOR BUSINESS the only two candidates eligible for the seat in District B. ‘This agreement once again kicks the can By DAVID ESPO Environmental Advocates, Iowa down the road. We should have already Associated Press City Climate Advocates, Iowa River come to a long-term solution. Iowans are Friends, Iowa Chapter of Physicians demanding that Congress turn its attention WASHINGTON — Up against a deadline, for Social Responsibility, 100 Gran- Congress passed and sent a waiting President nies for a Livable Future, and the from brinksmanship and political games to Obama legislation late Wednesday night to avoid Iowa Sierra Club sought answers for growing the economy and creating jobs.’ a threatened national default and end the 16-day the environmental issues. partial government shutdown, the culmination of Some candidates agreed sustain- — Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa an epic political drama that placed the U.S. econ- ability — an ongoing commitment in omy at risk. the community — is a prominent is- The Senate voted first, a bipartisan 81-18 at sue. However, Mims is unsure of how ‘Washington has pushed the nation’s back midevening. That cleared the way for a final achievable the 100 percent sustain- against the wall — and this is no way to 285-144 vote in the Republican-controlled House ability in the city might be. about two hours later on the bill, which hewed “I think we can certainly be a lead- run a government — not even close. I share strictly to the terms Obama laid down when the er, and I think it’s a fantastic goal,” the urgent concerns of every responsible twin crises erupted more than three weeks ago. she said. “How feasible it is, needs to American about our $17 trillion debt and The legislation would permit the Treasury to be analyzed.” borrow normally through Feb. 7 or perhaps a Cole said Iowa City has some the many fatal shortcomings of Obamacare. month longer and fund the government through catching up to do with some other This was the first round in a long battle Jan. 15. More than 2 million federal workers cities, such as Cedar Rapids, in terms a h e a d .’ would be paid — those who had remained on of sustainability, and Champion said — Rep. Tom Latham, R-Iowa SAee open, 3 See green, 3A

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By Megan Deppe “He’s one of the few gonzo journalists,” Richmond [email protected] said. Gonzo journalists are defined as those who report Jon Ronson, an award-winning journalist, radio objectively but become part of the narrative they are presenter, documentary maker, gave a lecture on telling. This is certainly the case for Ronson, who has Wednesday as part of the University Lecture Com- been on site for many of his stories, some of which he mittee’s commitment to bring unique figures to cam- lectured on. pus. “I’m essentially a humorous journalist out of my Ronson is the author of seven books, including the depth,” Ronson said, describing himself during his New York Times bestseller The Men Who Stare at different adventures. Goats, which was turned into a major motion picture For the majority of his lecture, Ronson focused on starring George Clooney. his experiences writing The Psychopath Test: A Jour- Nathaniel Richmond, a member of the Lecture ney Through the Madness Industry. Writing the book Award-winning documentary filmmaker Jon Ronson speaks about his book The Psychopath Test during Committee, said that Ronson was chosen as a speak- a University Lecture Committee event in Pappajohn Business Building on Wednesday,. He has written er because of his interesting resume. SAee lecture, 3 seven books including bestselling Men who Stare at Goats. (The Daily Iowan/Alyssa Hitchcock)

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Volume 145 Issue 77 I ncumbent stresses job creation Breaking News sTaff Phone: (319) 335-6063 Publisher 335-5788 Email: [email protected] William Casey Coralville City Councilor Tom Gill hopes his past council involvement and focus on Fax: 335-6297 Editor-in-Chief 335-6030 Kristen East jobs will secure an eighth term. Corrections Managing Editors 335-5855 Call: 335-6030 Josh Bolander b y Julia Davis many jobs in construc- different.” Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for ac- Dora Grote [email protected] tion in this region in the Tony Roetlin, Tom Gill curacy and fairness in the reporting Metro Editors 335-6063 last four to five years, and Coralville’s finance direc- of news. If a report is wrong or mis- Quentin Misiag Tom Gill said he believes that’s what getting us out tor, said he believes while City Council candidate Tom leading, a request for a correction or Cassidy Riley his extensive city govern- of this recession,” he said. the city’s debt is “substan- Gill hopes his past council a clarification may be made. Opinions Editor 335-5863 ment ex- “So when you talk about tial,” the council has de- involvement and focus on jobs Zach Tilly perience a recession, there is no voted the necessary time will secure an eighth term on Publishing info Sports Editor 335-5848 will aid recession here because and energy to the issue the council. The Daily Iowan (USPS 143.360) is Jordyn Reiland him in we’re spending our way thus far. • Number of terms served on published by Student Publications Arts Editor 335-5851 pulling out of it.” This past June, Moody’s council: 7 Inc., E131 Adler Journalism Building, Sam Gentry ahead of The issue many cit- Investors Service lowered • Main focus: Job creation Iowa City, Iowa 52242-2004, Copy Chief 335-6063 the oth- izens are concerned the bond rating for the Source: Tom Gill daily except Saturdays, Sundays, Beau Elliot er seven about in the upcoming city, furthering a sever- legal and university holidays, and Photo Editor 335-5852 candi- Gill election is the $279 mil- al-year pattern. university vacations. Periodicals Tessa Hursh dates run- candidate lion debt the city faces. A bond rating portrays postage paid at the Iowa City Post Projects Editor 335-5855 ning for Gill said he believes the the ability a city has to will continue to be dis- Office under the Act of Congress of Jordyn Reiland Coralville City Council and city has been addressing pay its current debts. By cussed.” March 2, 1879. Design Editor 335-6063 securing one of three avail- the debt in a responsible lowering the rating, the Looking forward to the Haley Nelson able council seats. manner by hiring out- firm is stating there is a upcoming city council Subscriptions Graphics Editor 335-6063 Gill is an incumbent, side consultants to rec- higher risk in Coralville term, Gill hopes to contin- Call: Juli Krause at 335-5783 Alicia Kramme having served seven terms ommend further action for investors. ue the legacy of develop- Email: [email protected] Convergence Editor 335-5855 thus far, and he believes he to be taken. “With the Moody’s ment he’s been a part of Subscription rates: Brent Griffiths should have no problem se- Coralville Mayor Jim downgrade and with the over the past two decades. Iowa City and Coralville: $20 for one TV Director 335-6063 curing his eighth. Fausett expressed similar amount of debt that there “I’ve been here 20 semester, $40 for two semesters, Reid Chandler He stressed job creation sentiments regarding the is, there’s obviously al- years, and during that $10 for summer session, $50 for TV Sports Director 335-6063 as a central priority of his debt. ways a need to focus on time my platform has re- full year. Josh Bolander campaign to continue his “I don’t think that the addressing it,” Roetlin mained focused on jobs,” Out of town: $40 for one sememster, Web Editor 335-5829 service to the city. He financial concerns should said. “I think the existing he said. “We’ve put vast $80 for two semesters, $20 for Tony Phan said job creation is part of be an issue, as far as the council has succeeded in amounts of infrastructure summer session, $100 all year. Business Manager 335-5786 the reason Coralville has election is concerned,” he focusing on it, and I think in, and everything that Send address changes to: The Daily Debra Plath rebounded well from the said. “To me, I think the that really it’s a part of has been created in the Iowan, 100 Adler Journalism Build- Classifed Ads/Circulation Manager recession. city is always very fiscally the whole equation and last 20 years, I have been ing, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-2004 Juli Krause 335-5784 “We have created so responsible, and now is no it’s being discussed, and involved in.” Advertising Manager 335-5193 A dvertising Sales Staff Renee Manders Bev Mrstik 335-5792 Production Manager 335-5789 Cathy Witt 335-5794 Heidi Owen coralville election

Debt worries Coralville candidate Top Stories Most read stories on dailyiowan.com from Wednesday. One Coralville City Council candidate said he hopes to act as the ‘messenger’ from the 1. Guest Column: 21-ordinance is a human-rights violation bond market to inform citizens on the city’s debt. 2. Q&A: Mason talks government shutdown, UI apartments, and E-cigarettes 3. Editorial: Law school right to reduce costs b y Rebecca Morin city’s debt. Jim Fausett said a key the debt. 4. Gromotka: Silencing Brother Jed [email protected] He blames most of the solution to paying back “The plans are to make 5. UI receives average grade for vegan options debt on the Iowa River the debt is to continue [the Iowa River Landing] One Coralville City Landing development — with development of the successful,” Roetlin said. Council candidate hopes to a project he advises city Iowa River Landing. “It’s obviously been a focal be the voice of financial rea- officials to do away with. “I would want [the City point for the council over son to the city after interest “My choice would be Council] to continue to many years, and it defi- rates for Coralville bonds to provide the necessary develop the area,” Fausett nitely has come a long way have almost tripled within services, provide for the said. “With Von Maur as than before. It’s kind of a Check out a three-month period schools, provide all these an anchor, and with the gateway to Coralville and “I’m just the messenger things, and dump the Riv- second hotel, and the uni- the metropolitan area.” from the bond market,” er Landing,” Turner said. versity … having its clinic However, Turner be- the DI’s iPad said Chris Turner. “The “The Iowa River Landing there, there is continued lieves the city should bond market is telling is the main risk. It’s too work to be done to bring abandon the project to fo- app for news Coralville, risky.” more business.” cus on the School District ‘You can’t However, one city One manager in the and more pressing mat- borrow official iterated thatIowa River Landing be- ters that affect Coralville on the go any more Coralville’s debt was cre- lieves the area will be residents. money ated throughout many beneficial to the city and “Why can I retire when or if you years, and in 10 years, the create a variety of jobs. I’m young, it’s because want to city will have paid 63 per- “The fact that it’s grow- I can balance my check- borrow, it’s cent of it back. ing, it will provide jobs book, and I didn’t borrow going to be Turner “We look to stress that to the local community,” all kinds of money,” Turn- at a much candidate with the debt, it did not said Bryan Stolz, general er said. “The debt that higher in- occur overnight, and it manager of the Coralville Coralville has — millions terest rate.’ ” isn’t going away over- Marriott. “It’s all opportu- of dollars — I’ll be dead Turner, a University night,” said Tony Roetlin, nity for local community before they pay it off.” of Iowa professor in the Coralville’s finance di- to gain employment and Communication Sciences rector. “There are plans for new businesses to pro- and Disorders Depart- to still borrow a small vide new employment op- ment and a resident of amount for certain things portunities.” G o to Coralville for almost 18 cities are going to borrow Roetlin echoed Fasett’s DailyIowan.com years, did not consider for.” sentiment that the coun- running for the council In contrast to Turner’s cil should continue with for a coralville forum until he read about the views, Coralville Mayor the project to pay back story. metro/ nation N ew bar won’t be The ordinance was implemented access to things such as education, and national security for their request, in 2010. It prevents anyone under affordability, choice for things such the paper reported. allowed the age of 21 from being in a bar past as transportation, and utilization of The documents make it clear that One Wisconsin businessman may 10 p.m. opportunities in the city by residents. the CIA-operated drone campaign relies not be able to establish a new bar The board voted “overwhelmingly” Other Iowa Cities that made the heavily on the NSA’s ability to vacuum up under current Iowa City regulation. to support the existing ordinance. list include Cedar Rapids, Ames, Des enormous quantities of email, phone calls, Josh Hurley, owner of Whiskey The district said in a press release Moines, and West Des Moines. and other fragments of signals intelli- Jack’s Saloon in Madison, wrote to city that progress has been made towards Palo Alto, Calif., took the No. 1 spot, gence, or SIGINT, the newspaper said. officials earlier this month in regards a progressive, healthy, and culturally followed by Boulder, Colo. The NSA created a secret unit known to obtaining a license to create a sim- vibrant urban downtown because of — by Cassidy Riley as the Counter-Terrorism Mission ilar establishment in Iowa City in the the ordinance. Aligned Cell to concentrate the agency’s building that was the site of the Field Iowa City officials released an vast resources on hard-to-find terrorism House, according to correspondence updated report last week said that NSA aids CIA drone targets, the Post reported. released Tuesday. intoxicated-pedestrian calls are down strikes The documents provided by However what would be a bar, 36 percent and criminal-mischief calls WASHINGTON — The National Snowden don’t explain how the bin restaurant, and entertainment venue are down 32 percent. The report said Security Agency has been extensively Laden associate’s email was obtained will not likely be able to qualify for a calls for assault are down 42 percent. involved in the U.S. government’s or whether it was obtained through the license, one city official said. Under District officials said the ordinance targeted killing program, collaborating controversial NSA programs recently the current Iowa City regulation, new has reduced bar patronage downtown, closely with the CIA in the use of drone made public, including its metadata drinking establishments are required but they in turn supported city officials’ strikes against terrorists abroad, the collection of numbers dialed by nearly to be 500 feet away from each other. exemptions to the ordinance. Washington Post reported after a review every person in the United States. Restaurants that close before — by Stacey Murray of documents provided by former NSA Instead, the Post said, its review midnight will only be allowed. systems analyst Edward Snowden. of the documents indicates that the — by Rebecca Morin In one instance, an email sent agency depends heavily on highly tar- I owa City makes by the wife of an Osama bin Laden geted network penetrations to gather Livability list associate contained clues as to her information that wouldn’t otherwise Downtown District Iowa City has been dubbed one of husband’s whereabouts and led to be trapped in surveillance nets that the backs 21-only the best places to live in the country a CIA drone strike that killed him NSA has set at key Internet gateways. The Iowa City Downtown District by Livability, a website dedicated to in Pakistan in October 2012, the The U.S. has never publicly ac- announced Wednesday that following showcasing the best places to live Post reported in its online edition knowledged killing bin Laden associate a vote from the Board of Directors, the and visit. Wednesday night. Hassan Ghul, according to the Post. The board will support the 21-ordinance In its Top 100 Best Places to Live While citing documents provided by Qaeda operative had been captured in and will ask the community to vote “No” list, Iowa City came out at number 46. Snowden — the American is hiding out 2004 and helped expose bin Laden’s on repealing the ordinance on Nov. 5. More than 1,700 cities with popu- in Russia after being granted asylum courier network, a key development in Nancy Potter, the operations lations between 25,000 and 350,000 there — the Post reported that it was the effort to locate binL aden. Ghul then director for the district, declined were examined for the ranking. Res- withholding many details about the spent two years in a secret CIA prison to comment, and Nancy Bird, the idents were issued survey questions drone-strike missions at the request of and returned to Al Qaeda after the U.S. executive director of the district, could about what makes their cities great U.S. intelligence officials. They cited po- sent him to his native Pakistan in 2006. not be reached for comment. places to live. Livability focused on tential damage to ongoing operations — Associated Press THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2013 NEWS 3A

fault off the table. It’s time it desperately needs,” said for the next likely clash the top GOP leadership vote against the legisla- open to restore some sanity to Senate Majority Leader between Obama and the told their rank and file in tion. Significantly, though, Continued from front this place.” Harry Reid, declaring that Republicans over spending advance they would vote Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and The stock market surged the nation “came to the and borrowing. for the measure. In the others agreed not to use higher at the prospect of an brink of disaster” before But for now, govern- end, Republicans split 144 the Senate’s cumbersome the job and those who had end to the crisis that also sealing an agreement. ment was lurching back against and 87 in favor. All 18th-century rules to slow been furloughed. had threatened to shake Senate Republican lead- to life. Within moments 198 voting Democrats were the bill’s progress. After the Senate ap- confidence in the U.S. econ- er Mitch McConnell, who of the House’s vote, Syl- supporters. In remarks on the Sen- proved the measure, omy overseas. negotiated the deal with via Mathews Burwell, the Final passage came in ate floor, Cruz said the Obama hailed the vote Republicans conceded Reid, emphasized that director of the Office of plenty of time to ensure measure was “a terrible and quickly signed the bill defeat after a long strug- it preserved a round of Management and Budget, Obama’s signature before deal” and criticized fellow early today. “We’ll begin gle. “We fought the good spending cuts negotiated issued a statement saying the administration’s 11:59 Republicans for lining up reopening our government fight. We just didn’t win,” two years ago with Obama “employees should expect p.m. Thursday deadline. behind it. immediately, and we can conceded House Speaker and Democrats. As a re- to return to work in the That was when Trea- McConnell made no begin to lift this cloud of John Boehner as lawmak- sult, he said, “government morning.” sury Secretary Jacob Lew mention of the polls show- uncertainty from our busi- ers lined up to vote on a spending has declined for After weeks of gridlock, said the government would ing that the shutdown and nesses and the American bill that includes nothing two years in a row” for the the measure had support reach the current $16.7 flirtation with default have people,” the president said. for GOP lawmakers who first time since the Korean from the White House, trillion debt limit and sent Republicans’ public In the House, Rep. Har- had demand to eradicate or War. “And we’re not going most if not all Democrats could no longer borrow to approval plummeting and old Rogers, R-Ky., said, scale back Obama’s signa- back on this agreement,” in Congress and many meet its obligations. have left the party bad- “After two long weeks, it ture health-care overhaul. he said. Republicans fearful of the Tea party-aligned law- ly split nationally as well is time to end this govern- “The compromise we Only a temporary truce, economic impact of a de- makers who triggered the as in his home state of ment shutdown. It’s time reached will provide our the measure set a time fault. shutdown that began on Kentucky. He received a to take the threat of de- economy with the stability frame of early this winter Boehner and the rest of Oct. 1 said they would prompt reminder, though.

dience — is something all and take a bath in it,” Por- to prevent flooding has of the 100-year flood level, these issues, one advocacy green candidates agreed needs ter said. “It is important been an ongoing topic of plus 1 foot. leader was thrilled at the Continued from front to be addressed. and I would like to learn discussion. There are cur- All but one candidate results of the forum. But many candidates more about it.” rently three proposals on agreed that the 100-year “We have an opportuni- felt they needed to educate Mims noted that al- the table. The first option plan was the best option. ty to actually be progres- this could be aided by bet- themselves on further. though the issue needs to calls for raising the street Porter did not have anoth- sive,” said Martha Nor- ter informing citizens. “Obviously, with being be addressed, getting leg- to the level of the 500-year er idea but simply said she beck, a board member of “I think one thing we someone who is a new- islative support will be a flood plus 1 foot. The sec- does not feel consensus in Environmental Advocates. can do, which is such an comer, I need to do more challenge. ond option, though simi- the city on the issue. “We have some candidates easy fix, is put out an easy research,” Botchway said. “I will tell you the prac- lar, would raise the street “These are major deci- who can push that agen- one-pager on programs cit- “Make sure you hold me tical aspects are going to to the level of the 2008 sions, and additional con- da, and I’m excited about izens can take advantage accountable. This is some- be very, very difficult be- flood, plus an additional sideration needs to hap- that.” of,” she said. “We as com- thing I’m saying I’m going cause the farm lobby is foot. The last option would pen,” she said. munity members [want] to do, so make sure I stand incredibly strong in the raise the street to the level With all the talk on to do a good job, [but we by that.” state,” she said. “Is it an need] access to informa- And another felt she did uphill battle? Yes. Is it one tion.” not know much beyond the we should still fight? Abso- Cleaner water — an practical aspects. lutely.” issue proposed by the au- “Water to me, I drink it Raising Dubuque Street

of interesting situations in lecture the world,” Richmond said. Jon Ronson Continued from front Ronson began and end- Lecture ed the lecture with his sto- ries about his family and Jon Ronson, an award-winning involved meeting with a embarrassing moments he journalist, author, documentary man in Broadmoor, a men- has had with them. maker, and radio presenter, gave tal institution in England, “If you’re going to write a lecture on his experiences as who faked being clinically about absurdities, you a writer Wednesday evening in insane in order to escape have to be willing to put the Pappajohn Business Building. a prison sentence and was your own out there,” he Published books include: unable to leave the facility said. • The Men Who Stare at Goats afterwards. Before wrapping up his • The Psychopath Test: A Journey Ronson noted that the lecture, without giving Through the Madness Industry doctors at the institution away his next project, he • Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson became aware the man said he would travel to Mysteries was not insane but kept Maryville, Mo., in the next him anyway, because they few days to look into the Source: Jon Ronson, author and journalist had diagnosed him as a group Anonymous. psychopath as a result of Ronson said he was un- his actions. sure about what students “He gave a unique per- This, Ronson said, led would take away from his spective, and I think that’s him into explore the con- lecture, but Richmond what the lecture commit- cept of psychopathy and hoped that it would broad- tee is all about — present- how sanity, insanity, and en the students’ perspec- ing things in a new per- eccentricity are defined. tive. spective,” Richmond said. The lecture was greeted with enthusiasm by both students and others alike, despite several technical difficulties and the unusu- al lecture style. “Jon Ronson is as equal- ly great to hear as he is to read,” said Kate Jansen, a UI clinical assistant pro- fessor of family medicine. Students who had little idea of what the lecture would be on found plenty of enjoyment. “I love his sense of iro- ny,” said UI junior Megan Henry. “He was just hilar- ious to listen to because of all his mannerisms.” The Lecture Committee was aiming for an inter- esting experience for the audience, Richmond said. One of the reasons Ronson was chosen as a speaker was because he was not a traditional journalist. “When I read his books, I was made aware of a lot 4A THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2013

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 End 21-ordinance has worked transgender he debate over Iowa City’s 21-ordinance is one of the 21-only ordinance passed. those issues that just won’t die — we keep hav- This report also found a 23.6 percent reduction in Ting the same conversations over and over again. emergency medical responses downtown, a flat re- This latest round of voting, which will occur on Nov. 5, sponse rate off-campus, and a 9.3 percent growth in discrimination was brought about by a petition filed against the law responses across the city. by the owner of the Union Bar and a manager at Mar- It may be tempting to say this change is due to a typing this piece and Mi- tinis. growing prevalence of parties, and there may be some crosoft Word continues to The ordinance prohibits anyone under the age of 21 truth to that. However, this could be caused by other flag “transgenders” in red from being in the bars past 10 pm. The 21-ordinance factors, such as population growth. squiggly underlining as exempts establishments that have music shows past Drinking among students at the university has also something I have spelled midnight and restaurants that receive at least half of declined. The National Collegiate Health Assessment incorrectly. This is just a all sales from goods and services other than alcohol. found that from 2009 to 2013 (no data were collected micro-example of what we Most recently, the Iowa City government released the year the 21-ordinance passed in 2010), the number Brianne Richson can do better as a society; some illuminating data on crime trends in periods be- of UI students who drank alcohol in the past 30 days [email protected] we can accept, we can fore and after the ordinance passed in 2010. fell by 10 percentage points, the average number of acknowledge, we can legiti- We’re not saying that the 21-ordinance directly af- drinks consumed per party has fallen by 20 percentage It may be unfair to the mize, and we can educate fected the changes, and the report itself drew no such points, and risky drinking in the past two weeks fell by spirit and pride of Home- ourselves and others. conclusions, but the information it provides seems to 11 percentage points. coming, but I have always It seems that the ulti- suggest that repealing the 21-only ordinance would As with the police and emergency-call data, this can’t associated being Homecom- mate goal of the transgen- be a mistake. There is little reason to remove an or- be directly linked to the 21-ordinance per se. Society is ing queen and king with der community should be dinance that has been extremely effective at best, or a complex organism — there are always many interre- vapid personalities, a sort for a transgender donning minimally effective at worst, in reducing underage lated events going on that can influence one another. of skin-deep shallowness a Homecoming crown to drinking. Nevertheless, these are all generally positive chang- only embodied more so by not be newsworthy at all, Calls requesting service from the police in cases of es, and the City Council has been reasonable in ex- beauty pageants and cheap because that is the desired intoxication, fights, loud parties, assault, rape, and oth- empting establishments from the 21-ordinance that do tiaras. Whether we want extent of universal accep- er crimes have fallen substantially between the 2007- more than simply profit from getting students drunk. to admit it or not, Home- tance. We are a long way 2010 and the 2010-2013 periods across the University Iowa City’s alcohol situation is a blight upon its coming queens and kings off from that, so for now, Impact Area (which includes downtown). Theft is the otherwise stellar reputation. Eliminating the 21-ordi- often embody that which it’s a pretty big freaking only instance in which calls to the police have risen. nance threatens to undo the past few years of progress is mainstream, that which deal. This isn’t terribly surprising. Opponents of the against the university and city’s drinking problem. is popular. And that is why While a person is obvi- 21-ordinance often argue that drinking will just mi- UNI crowning someone who ously more than her or his grate from bars downtown to rowdier house parties in identifies as both male and gender, society makes gen- other neighborhoods. female for its Homecoming der a systematic part of However, if that were the case, you’d expect calls to YOUR TURN queen is so awesome. daily life. Every basic form the police reporting loud parties to increase, but they’ve Do you think the 21-ordinance has been good for Iowa Transgender people con- of personal identification fallen by 7 percent. In fact, calls reporting crime (ex- City? tinue to face discrimination that enables us to do the cept for theft) around the entire city have fallen since Weigh in at dailyiowan.com. in employment, health care, simplest of things, such education, home ownership, as purchasing alcohol or and in the most basic public pleading with an officer to elements, right down to not get a speeding ticket, the lack of gender-neutral pointedly identifies gender. COLUMN bathrooms. The most recent This is probably not some- National Transgender thing society would ever be Discrimination Survey willing to stray from, but reported that 53 percent of at the very least we can the surveyed transgender accommodate the trans- The lighter side of the shutdown population professed to gender community. experiencing harassment in The National Transgen- public places. Seventy-one der Discrimination survey to mention that it ended into depression to the to unions, and other percent of those who were reported that a mere one- with a useless, tempo- American Revolution), positions which enrich surveyed attempted to curb fifth of people surveyed rary compromise, and through groups such as a small group of Amer- workplace discrimination were able to successfully the general fact that this Americans for Prosperity, ican oligarchs (while by trying to conceal their update all necessary shutdown exposed why distanced themselves also creating widening gender or gender transi- forms of identification and our electoral system is from the shutdown. They and dangerous levels of tion, despite the fact that records to accurately state essentially broken and remained mostly quiet as inequality that further 78 percent of respondents their new or preferred Matthew Byrd undemocratic. the representatives they impoverish low-income expressed an increased genders. Although I am [email protected] Just a whole bundle of helped elect pontificated Americans and erode the level of job performance personally inclined to hope laughs right there, huh? about how this shutdown middle-class, but what- once their transition was and pray that we are more It’s always import- Luckily, this whole was totally awesome. ever). Essentially, they complete. than our driver’s licenses, ant, even in the darkest depressing affair has Other notable rich peo- funded the Tea Party for People should have to because my picture is un- moments, to keep a sense provided one bit of rich ple were more publically pragmatic, not ideologi- hide who they are just to fortunate, it’s the principle of humor. It’s clichéd comedy that can uplift incensed at the actions cal reasons. make it through another of public acknowledgment but true that life can be our weary souls, if only of the GOP Congress. As But now these rich day. It’s time that everyone and accommodation that is hard, cruel, and punish- for a brief moment. a piece in the New York people have seen that gets over herself or himself necessary for the advance- ing, and if you don’t at- Some über-rich cam- Times this past week the politicians they and accommodates the ment of the trans-commu- tempt to mine some sort paign fanciers are having put it, “… the country’s elected are, for all the incessant yearning to be nity’s rights. of levity out of even the their horrible schemes most influential business faults of their basic different that transgender The UNI Homecom- worst of circumstances, blow up in their faces. executives have come tenets, ideologically pure people feel. 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Ohio State quarterback a rushing touchdown and we’ll lose some.” tals. The unit as a whole other dual-threat quar- football Braxton Miller, who dou- against the Hawkeyes. The task won’t be easy, allows just 88.5 yards a terback. Hitchens says Continued from 6a bles as the team’s third- “To sit there and say as all three rushers need game on the ground. this purely from watch- best rusher. Miller has we are going to go into to muscle through Io- Though Iowa hasn’t ing film of Ohio State. accounted for 233 yards this football game and wa’s trio of senior line- faced an offense as po- He’s seen Lynch in actual lar to Iowa’s quick Da- on the ground but has yet not run the ball because backers: Anthony Hitch- tent as Ohio State’s — game play, of course. He mon Bullock and rugged to find the end zone this Iowa is pretty good at it ens, James Morris, and “We haven’t played a helped contain him. Mark Weisman. The two season. is not real,” Ohio State Christian Kirksey. The quarterback like [Mill- Come Saturday, Hitch- Buckeyes have combined Miller, a junior, has running-back coach Stan three have combined for er], I don’t think, since ens and company will at- for 721 yards and 11 technically been Meyer’s Drayton said on Oct. 14. 144 tackles — including I’ve been here,” Hitchens tempt to do that again. touchdowns. only 1,000-yard rusher, “We are going to run the 9.5 for a loss of 24 yards. said — the defense felt “They’re definitely “They’ve got two out- tallying 1,271 yards by football, and we are go- Moreover, the starting confident that an extra tough up front with their standing running backs in foot last season. These ing to trust our offensive front seven Hawkeyes week of film work should running game,” Hitch- the backfield [at all times] three rushers have been line to get engaged. We have combined for 19.5 help with preparation. ens said. “But it starts if you count the quarter- challenged by their are going to trust our tackles behind the line Hitchens compared up front with us, too. We back and whoever they coaches to do what no running backs to play of scrimmage this sea- Miller’s playing style have to be ready with play at running back,” other player has done through contact, and, son, subtracting 49 yards with that of Northern Il- our front four and match Ferentz said, referring to so far this season: score you know, we’ll win some from their opponents’ to- linois’s Jordan Lynch, an- their intensity.”

was a unanimous All-Big Granado and Kelci Mar- “They’re very similar who was one of three play- of Mueller and Dingman, volleyball Ten selection and led shall, senior Jordan to us,” Dingman said. ers on the team last year some of her players re- Continued from 6a the conference with 4.64 Haverly, an All Big-Ten “Breaking down that to play all 33 matches for member quite well how kills per set. team honorable mention wall and taking that fi- the Hawkeyes, and Kari Iowa’s last meetings “[Ariel Turner] was in 2012, and freshman nal step is something I Mueller, who saw action with the Boilermakers different teams, especial- one of the best players standouts Megan Tall- think both of our teams in 21 matches, also echoed and Hoosiers went, and ly their teams, which are the Big Ten has seen in man and Jazzmine Mc- have struggled with.” coaches points about not they are hungry to repli- vastly different. We’re years, so they are still Donald have stepped up Iowa will go into this dwelling on the past. cate their success. really just trying to build trying to figure some to fill the void. year’s matchups without “It’s a new year and “It definitely adds ex- off of what we did last stuff out just as we are,” Indiana went 4-16 in Chante’ Thompson, Katie we’re a whole new team, tra motivation as we week against Michigan.” Dingman said. conference play last year Kelley, and Allison Strau- so I think we should head into this weekend. While Purdue will re- On the other side of and has yet to win this mann, who graduated; come into it just like we We’re not harping on last turn four fourth-year things, Indiana returns season; however, in a however, current seniors would any other match,” year, and we know we senior starters, it will with the nucleus of its conference as competi- Rachael Bedell and Nik- Mueller said. have work to do, but it’s be without former out- team relatively intact. tive as the Big Ten, over- ki Daily have picked up While the outcomes of in the back of our minds,” side hitter standout Ari- While the Hoosiers did all records must be taken where they left off. past matches may not senior Bethany Yeager el Turner, who last year lose seniors Whitney with a grain of salt. Juniors Alex Lovell, play a role in the mind said.

Dierckx. He finished the least two to make it into Hagan also believes that this is a positive for “I played the ITA tennis tournament by falling in the main draw.” that confidence is key for the team moving forward All-Americans there my Continued from 6a the singles round of 16. The team also has a lot him personally and his into the tournament. senior year where my “We had a couple good of momentum after hav- teammates as they adapt “I actually think this partner and I were the fall performances last ing some breakthrough to the new style of play. will be good,” he said. “It’s No. 1 seed,” Wilson said. The team would also year but, I don’t think wins at the Wake Forest “I just want to keep pro- kind of nice that the guys The coaches are bring- like to get some victories that [tournament] was Invitational. gressing,” he said. “I want are used to competing and ing the entire team to the over a tough in-state rival one of them,” Houghton Junior Matt Hagan de- to feel confident in my they’re in that mode. We tournament in hopes of in Drake. said. feated the No. 2 seed An- game.” were gone last weekend, getting tough matchups “It will be a really good But this year is setting thony Delcore in the tour- “I thought that guys are then they had Monday to gain experience. field,” head coach Steve up to be much different nament, and two of the starting to play more the off to relax and Tuesday “Most of them [top 25 Houghton said. “It’s the for them. team’s seniors, Dierckx style we want,” Hough- practice, then Wednesday teams] are sending their best players in our region. Dierckx and fellow and Juan Estenssorro, ton said. “Meaning, be we were back at it so, I top guys. We are send- Oklahoma is a good na- teammate junior Matt notched wins against aggressive. Guys have ac- think it’s good mentally. ing everybody from No. tional team. So are Tulsa, Hagan have already qual- Penn State’s top player. tually seen success in do- We don’t want to lose that 1 to No. 10,” Houghton Nebraska, and others. It ified, and the other eight “[Delcore] is actually ing something new … in focus and intensity, and said. “We will have some will be a really solid field,” will have to earn their a good friend from my terms of wins and losses.” we keep pushing on.” tough matchups all over The last time at spots. hometown,” Hagan said. With a short week at Wilson has his own ex- the place but really get the tournament, the “It’s going to be tough,” “We have always been hand, fatigue does not periences at Tulsa as a experience, and that’s all Hawkeyes struggled, and Houghton said. “I think close. It was good to get seem to be much of a player at Ohio State — a part of the building pro- the only bright spot came they’re each going to have that win for bragging factor. In fact, assistant most notably his senior cess.” from now senior Jonas to win three matches; at rights.” coach Ross Wilson thinks year.

Detroit evens series at 2 By NOAH TRISTER drew a bases-loaded walk 2 and 3, wasting gems by A ssociated Press off Jake Peavy for the first Max Scherzer and Justin run of Detroit’s five-run Verlander. Jackson was DETROIT — Aus- second inning. 3-for-33 with 18 strike- tin Jackson was dropped “I think it just helped me outs in the postseason from first to eighth in the relax,” Jackson said. “That before Wednesday, and batting order, and sud- was the goal. To get me to although Leyland left him denly, the Boston Red Sox relax a little, be patient in the lineup, he changed couldn’t get him out. get a good pitch and let the the batting order. Jackson A revitalized Jackson rest take care of itself.” hit eighth, and with oth- delivered in manager Jim Doug Fister allowed a ers moving up a spot, it Leyland’s revamped lineup run in six innings, and af- made for an odd-looking as the Detroit Tigers built ter blowing a 5-0 lead in order. Hunter hit leadoff a big lead and held on this Game 2, Detroit kept the for the first time since time, beating the Red Sox, Red Sox at bay Wednesday. 1999, and Cabrera was 7-3, Wednesday night to Game 5 will be tonight second for only the third even the AL Championship in Detroit. The Tigers’ An- time in his career — first Series 2-all. ibal Sanchez faces Boston’s since 2004. Torii Hunter had a two- Jon Lester in a rematch of “That was pretty good. run double and Miguel Game 1, which was won by He switched things up, kin- Cabrera drove in two runs Detroit, 1-0. da shake it up a little bit,” after Leyland dropped the Jackson finished with Hunter said. “It gave us a slumping Jackson to eighth two singles and two walks. different mindset. Miggy in the order and moved al- Jacoby Ellsbury had four hitting second, me leading most everyone else up a hits for the Red Sox, finish- off. It gave us a different place following the Tigers’ ing a homer shy of the cycle. mindset to make things 1-0 loss in Game 3. Jackson The Tigers lost Games happen.” SPORTS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2013 For up-to-date coverage of Hawkeye sports, follow us on twitter at @DI_Sports_Desk DAILYIOWAN.COM

FOO TBALL SCHEDULE RELEASED FOR 2018, ‘19 Buckeyes well-grounded The 2018 and 2019 football schedules for the Iowa football team have been released, and it appears as though the Hawkeyes will get some breaks. Iowa will not play Big Ten goli- ath Ohio State during the regular season of either of those years, and it skips a matchup against Michigan in 2018. Iowa will play in Ann Arbor on Oct. 5, 2019. The Hawkeyes will get a crack at new Big Ten members during those years, though, when Mary- land comes to Iowa City on Oct. 20, 2018. Rutgers will also take the trip to Kinnick Stadium the following year on Sept. 7. It also appears as though Iowa has been cemented as Nebraska’s opponent for the annual Heroes game on the Friday after Thanks- giving. It was believed another team would replace Iowa in the Heroes game matchup, played be- tween Iowa and Nebraska on Black Friday since the Huskers joined the conference in 2010. Iowa is 0-2 in those two games, and will travel to Lincoln in the latest installment of the matchup on Nov. 29. — by Ben Ross

Hoops single-game tickets selling brisklY Iowa’s defense has not allowed a rushing touchdown this season. Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer said during his press conference that he wants his team to be the first to do so. (The Daily Iowan)

Less than 24 hours after going on sale, single-game tickets for Urban Meyer issued a challenge to his Ohio State football team when it plays the Hawkeyes: Score a rushing many of the Iowa men’s basketball teams marquee games are close to touchdown. selling out, if they haven’t already. As of Wednesday evening, Boy C dy Goodwin season. “I’m tired of hearing that, man,” he day, 31-24, and did it largely by scoring tickets to Iowa’s matchup against [email protected] said with a smile. Talk of Buckeye running aerially. Michigan on Feb. 8 had sold out, game continued, followed by someone not- But Ohio State (6-0, 2-0) is a different while only single seats remain Urban Meyer stepped up to the podi- ing that Iowa (4-2, 1-1 Big Ten) is the only team from the Chris Leak-led Gators. The for when Iowa plays Notre Dame um on Monday wearing a cream pullover team in the country that hasn’t allowed a fourth-ranked Buckeye team is by-and- on Dec. 3, Minnesota on Jan. 19, while his shades nestled on the crown of rushing score this season. large a run-first squad, and it will enter Wisconsin on Feb. 22, Purdue on his head. He looked refreshed and up-to- “We’ve been in here for two weeks trying Saturday’s game against the Hawkeyes March 1, and Illinois on March 8. date on sleep. He was in a good mood, no- to figure out how to run the ball against boasting the nation’s 11th-best rushing Students can still request tick- ticeable by the way he joked with the me- this defense,” Meyer said. “[Iowa is] the offense. ets via the athletics ticket office, dia. same as it has always been on defense: re- Leading the charge are seniors Jordan or by visiting hawkeyesports.com. The first question asked during his al stout, real firm against the run.” Hall and Carlos Hyde. Hall is the 5-9, Iowa’s first showcase for the weekly press conference with the Ohio That has troubled Meyer but hasn’t sur- 191-pound speedy back while Hyde is a public will be the annual Black State media wasn’t really a question at prised him. Recall that he coached against 6-foot, 235-pound bruiser — a duo simi- and Gold blowout on Oct. 25 at 8 all. Meyer was told — reminded, really Kirk Ferentz’s Hawkeyes in the 2006 Out- p.m. in Carver-Hawkeye. Tickets —that he’s never coached a running back back Bowl, when he was the head man at are $5 for adults and free for who has reached 1,000 yards rushing in a Florida. Meyer’s Gators topped Iowa that See football, 5A University of Iowa students and children. — by Ben Ross

SCHEDULE V-ball hopes for repeat Tennis

MLB Detroit 7,Boston 3 heads to LA Dodgers 6, St. Louis 4

NHL NY Rangers 2, Washington 0 regional Anaheim 3, Calgary 2 The Iowa men’s tennis NBA Boston 99, Toronto 97 team hits the road to the Dallas 92, Indianapolis 85 Intercollegiate Tennis Chicago 96, Detroit 81 Houston 108, Orlando 104 Association regional Portland 99, Utah 92 tournament for the next four days.

By Jack Rossi [email protected] TCHROWBA K THURSDAY After little success at last year’s regional tournament, the Iowa men’s tennis team will try to bounce back Today in Hawkeye Sports: this year with a new assistant coach Oct. 17, 1977 — The Ohio and offensive scheme. State Buckeyes overwhelmed Iowa players celebrate after winning a point against Minnesota in Carver-Hawkeye on Oct. 5. Iowa lost to No. 8 Minnesota, Coming off of a short week, the Iowa football 27-6 during their 3-2. (The Daily Iowan/Tyler Finchum) team left early Wednesday morning homecoming game in Columbus. to travel to Tulsa, Okla., to begin the The lone Iowa score came from Intercollegiate Tennis Association Iowa quarterback Tom McLaugh- The Iowa volleyball team seeks to repeat the success it had last year regional tournament. The Hawkeyes lin, who completed 11 of 24 against Purdue and Indiana. expect to see all the teams from the passes. central region, including such top-25 Throwback Thursday will B y Ryan Rodriguez to turn around and upset See volleyball, 5A teams as Tulsa and Oklahoma along feature a moment in Hawkeye [email protected] No. 12 Purdue the next day. with a few stiff SEC teams. Sports history each week. While it was certainly the The Iowa volleyball team high-water mark for the Iowa at Indiana See tennis, 5A will try to repeat history Hawks’ season, head coach this weekend when it plays Sharon Dingman realizes Oct. 5, 2012 host to Purdue and Indiana that was the past, and if the Bloomington, Ind. on Friday and Saturday Hawkeyes want to have suc- Iowa: 3, Indiana: 1 night. cess again this year, they Date Event Location The Hawkeyes managed must focus solely on what Iowa at Purdue to secure just two Big Ten lies ahead of them. 10/17/13 ITA Regionals Tulsa, Okla. wins last season, coming “We haven’t even thought Oct. 6, 2012 10/18/13 ITA Regionals Tulsa, Okla. against, you guessed it: about last year and what West Lafayette, Ind. 10/19/13 ITA Regionals Tulsa, Okla. Purdue and Indiana. The happened then,” Dingman Iowa: 3 Purdue: 0 10/20/13 ITA Regionals Tulsa, Okla. Black and Gold beat Indi- said. “Well, at least I hav- 10/21/13 ITA Regionals Tulsa, Okla. ana 3-1 and were then able en’t at all. It’s completely

80HOURS The weekend in arts & entertainment Thursday, October 17, 2013

Dancing into contemporary

By Jennifer Hoch [email protected]

The lighting has been set, the colorfully woven cos- tumes have been completed, and the dancers have practiced and practiced (and practiced) the choreogra- phy for the 33rd-annual Dance Gala. The University of Iowa Dance Department’s Dance Gala will open at 8 p.m. today in North Hall’s Space/ Place. Performances will continue through Oct. 26, with a 2 p.m. show on Oct. 20. Admission ranges from $5 to $20. As the costumes and stage lighting are tweaked, the dancers are ready for the production they have been preparing for since the beginning of the school year. The theme for this year’s gala brings in modern ver- sions of the past, employing a contemporary view ex- pressing the range of the human body and showcasing the works of UI faculty and internationally acclaimed choreographers. Student dancer Zachary Bird says this year’s pieces reflect a contemporary theme. “The pieces are created by choreographers who are a part of the contemporary world, danced by dancers who live a contemporary life,” he said. “In this way and many others that make this production, I feel the audience can have easier access to connect to these pieces.” George De La Peña, the head of the UI Dance Depart- ment, said this year’s theme incorporates aspects of the societal addiction to digital technology in the modern world. “It’s contemporary work that is very innovative. Within some of the works is the exploration of digital technolo- gy,” he said. “We’re exploring more ways of using digital technology in dances — their impact on society and us.” The choreographers taking part in this year’s gala in- clude faculty members Charlotte Adams, Eloy Barragán, and Jennifer Kayle. The dances will feature Adams’ “The Secret Life of Gravity No. 2,” which is a construction of her February piece, Barragán’s première of “Bona Cara

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New Movies T oday 10.17 opening this weekend By Ben Verhille music tions Finding an Online Home for Oral Histories, 12:30 p.m., 1117 [email protected] • UI School of Music Presents Johnson County Landmark, with University Capitol Center special guest Matt Wilson, 6 p.m., • “Pairs of Pastores and the Some of the best things Mill, 120 E. Burlington Poetics of Displacement in Virgil’s in life are those that are • UI School of Music Presents Eclogues and Varro’s De Re Rusti- ca,” 530 p.m., 302 Schaeffer hidden in our everyday Christoph Keggenhoff, organ, 730 p.m., Riverside Recital Hall • “Traditional and Contingent lives. Carrie • UI School of Music Presents Pacifism,”I da Bean Scholar Larry And there’s something This is a remake of the classic horror Caroline Krause, piano, 8 p.m., May, 7 p.m., 40 Schaeffer to be said about being hid- tale about a girl named Carrie White University Capitol Center Recital • UI Museum of Art Smart Talk, “Explorations of Light,” 730 den in plain sight. places, but unlike the gar- provided a smell that sent (Chloe Grace Moretz) who is a shy Hall p.m., 240 Art Building West Maybe it’s the direction den, they actually bring me to a faraway land. The outcast at school and sheltered • West Music Metal Drum Clinic by her religious mother (Julianne and Show and Gene Hoglan, 8 you’re facing, or maybe it’s me more. fresh-cracked pepper and Moore). Carrie starts to learn that she p.m., Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn theater because you weren’t look- The management al- grated cheese on top seem can control things with her mind, and • Gemini Karaoke, 9 p.m., Blue • Water by the Spoonful, Main- ing, and nothing exempli- so makes an appearance to be staples on Italian when a prank at senior prom is taken Moose, 211 Iowa stage Series, 8 p.m., Theater Building Thayer Building fies this better than Bar- here. Both the chef and plates, but the quality is too far, she brings terror upon her • Lee Ranaldo and the Dust, 9 p.m., Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington oncini, Ristorante Italiano. general manager came out always a cause for concern. town. Based on the best-selling novel by Stephen King. DANCE Located on Linn Street to talk to the guests during Not here. words • Country Dance and Lesson, 7 near Iowa Avenue, this my visit. A little above my But the size of the ravi- • “Live from Prairie Lights,” Rob- p.m., Eagle’s Lodge, 225 Highway 1 W. Italian specialty restau- level, my Achilles heel of oli, the fullness of ingredi- ert Fernandez and Mary Hickman, poetry, 7 p.m., Prairie Lights, 15 • Dance Gala, 8 p.m., North Hall rant is named after its food is definitely Italian ents inside, that was the S. Dubuque Space/Place head chef, Chef Gianluca food, but those of you with biggest disappointment for • Open Mike, 7 p.m., Uptown Baroncini. a bloodline in Italy would me. With Chef Boyardee Bill’s, 730 S. Dubuque miscellaneous • White Monarchs and Heidi definitely appreciate the being my personal ravioli With experience ranging film Wiren Bartlett Present RUT, 8 from culinary school to ex- conversation. Just make cook, I’ve been used to fully 12 Years a Slave • The Avant-Garde Meets the a.m., Art Building West Levitt ecutive chef status, both in sure it isn’t too busy — he stuffed ravioli. This is not In pre-Civil War times, Solomon Gallery Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor) is a freed American Scene, 1934-1949, 10 Italy, the Baroncinis have might be swamped in the the case. a.m., IMU Black Box Theater • Danielle Ate the Sandwich, 8 black man who is abducted and sold p.m., PSZ, 120 N. Dubuque come to Iowa to bring an kitchen. Baroncini is a little bet- into slavery. He is faced with cruelty authentic flavor using local But enough about the lo- ter with the ingredients in- from his slave owner and struggles lectures • Studio Talks, Digital Connec- ingredients. cation — the food is why I side, the ricotta cheese and not only to stay alive but also to keep I found this location to came here. spinach is vastly superior the ounce of dignity he has left. But when he meets a Canadian abolition- be very calm and enjoyable I ordered the Ravioli con to the taste I normally find ist (Brad Pitt) during his 12th year of F riday 10.18 during the lunch hour, but Ricotta e Spinaci Nella inside the ravioli. There slavery, his life is forever changed. during night, this exquisite Crema di Parmiggiano. just isn’t enough of it to The film is based on the true story music words venue is more formal — I just told them I wanted satisfy me. of Solomon Northup and his fight for •Jazz After Five, with OddBar, 5 • IWP Reading Series, Erez Volk white table cloths and can- the ravioli with ricotta and The highlighted portion survival and freedom. p.m., Mill (Israel), Mark Angeles (Philip- dles on the tables. Try to spinach, my Italian isn’t of the dish was the on- • Somo Presents the Ride Tour, pines), 5 p.m., Shambaugh House CAB 630 p.m., Blue Moose • “Live from Prairie Lights,” Peter take it seriously when you quite so good. ly part that there wasn’t • UI School of Music Presents Bagge, graphic novel, 7 p.m., are eating here; it might be But the ricotta- and enough of. The strongest Kantorei/University Choir, 730 Prairie Lights a special occasion. spinach-stuffed fresh pas- parts of this plate came p.m., IMU Main Ballroom This visit will also be an ta, served in a Parmesan from the taste of the pasta • UI School of Music Presents theater • Birth Witches, 730 p.m., River- experience; my server was cheese cream, was more itself and the sauce. Max Tsai, piano, 8 p.m., Univer- sity Capitol Center Recital Hall side Theater, 213 N. Gilbert more than attentive and than enough to convince Not a place for your pre- • Love Tap and Gone South, 8 • Fictional Murders, Dreamwell helpful, actually bringing me. game, but a place to enjoy p.m., Yacht Club Theater, 730 p.m., Unitarian me extra rolls instead of First impressions came an entire course (or three) • Flatbush Zombies, 9 p.m., Blue Universalist Society, 10 S. Gilbert Grown Ups 2 pretending I didn’t exist. from the appearance and and follow every avenue Moose • Medusa Undone, Gallery Series, Showtimes: 8 & 11 p.m. Thursday and Friday; • Thriftworks, 9 p.m., Gabe’s 8 p.m., Theater Building Theater I mean, unlimited isn’t aromas of the plate. The of conversation you can 5, 8, and 11 p.m. Saturday; 1 p.m. Oct. 19 • Mandatory Crunk Dance Party B spelled out here like other cream of Parmesan cheese imagine. featuring Emtron 3000 and • Water by the Spoonful, Main- The all-star comedic cast from Grown White Zinf, 10 p.m., Mill stage Series, 8 p.m., Thayer Ups returns for a sequel of a summer Theater full of crazy when Lenny (Adam theater • No Shame Theater, 11 p.m., Sandler) has to move his family back • Birth Witches, 7:30 p.m., Riv- Theater Building to the small town in which he grew up. erside Theater, 213 N. Gilbert But this time, the grownups learn a • Fictional Murders, 7:30 p.m., film lesson from their kids when they have Unitarian Universalist Society, • The Avant-Garde Meets the to face the last day of school. 10 S. Gilbert American Scene, 1934-1949, 10 The horror, the horror • UI Theater Gallery Series: Me- a.m., IMU Black Box Theater dusa Undone*, 8 p.m., Theater O ctober TV shows bring all the gory, creepy goodness we can’t Building miscellaneous drink • Water by the Spoonful, 8 p.m., • White Monarchs and Heidi stop watching. of the week Theater Building Wiren Bartlett Present RUT, 8 • No-Shame Theater, 11 p.m., a.m., Art Building West Levitt By Emma McClatchey groaning, blood-soaked to the ground à la Sharkna- Theater Building Gallery [email protected] world of “The Walking do. New show-runner Scott • Drew Carey Standup Show, 730 Dead” (based on the com- M. Gimple knows how to p.m., Englert, 221 E. Washington I wouldn’t consider my- ic-book series of the same orchestrate a proper gore self a dark or bloodthirsty name), the AMC drama fest. person, but there are few takes place in a gritty I have high hopes for S aturday 10.19 things that thrill me more post-zombie-apocalypse season four. Last season’s than watching a zombie world. Led by former Geor- villain, the power-happy music theater take a nice stringy bite out gia Sheriff Rick Grimes and homicidal Governor, is • Saturday Night Music, Dave • Birth Witches, 730 p.m., of a squalling teenager’s leg (Andrew Lincoln), a band of still on the loose, there are Moore, 7 p.m., Uptown Bill’s Riverside Theater or seeing a witch telepathi- survivors wage a continual plenty of walker heads left • Aimee Mann, 8 p.m., Englert • Love the Ghoul You’re With … • The Olympics, 830 p.m., Blue or … A Walk in the Dark, 730 cally flip a bus full of rapist war with the undead “walk- to shoot and characters yet Moose p.m., Coralville Center for the frat boys. ers” — and often the living to kill, and the human con- • Free Bass Dance Party, 9 Performing Arts, 1301 Fifth St. It’s hard to say what as well — in the hope of flicts of the show — partic- p.m., Blue Moose • Medusa Undone, Gallery twisted part of my mind recovering the security and ularly, how far one will go T he Pomatini • Family Groove Company and Series, 8 p.m., Theater B Natty Nation, 9 p.m., Gabe’s • Water by the Spoonful, Main- is attracted to such gris- humanity of yesteryear. in order to protect himself A martini served with pomegran- • Cloudy with a Chance of Tech- stage Series, 8 p.m., Thayer ly scenes. It might be the Despite the famous sus- and his family — remains ate liqueur, generally including no, 10 p.m., Yacht Club Theater thrill of suspense and fear pense of “The Walking enrapturing. The numbers secondary flavorings to create a fruit cocktail beverage. or the satisfaction of seeing Dead,” its season four first don’t lie: Sunday’s episode WORDS DANCE • “Live from Prairie Lights,” • Dance Gala, 8 p.m., Space/ hideous villains brought to episode “30 Days Without garnered 16.1 million view- Primary Alcohol: Pama Liqueur Don Snyder, 7 p.m., Prairie Place bloody justice. But whatever an Accident” began almost ers, a new basic-cable re- and Citrus Vodka Serving Size: 4 oz Martini Glass Lights the draw is, I’m far from the as tamely as its title sug- cord. There’s no telling how MISCELLANEOUS only one subject to it. Zom- gests. Besides the addition many new fans will turn My first experience with a film • White Monarchs and Heidi bies and voodoo are no lon- of some new characters this season. Pomatini came from a shaker, a • The Avant-Garde Meets the Wiren Bartlett Present RUT, 8 much less delicate version of this American Scene, 1934-1949, 10 a.m., Art Building West Levitt ger reserved for campy hor- and on-screen couples — Tune in to AMC at 8 p.m. drink. The specialty of this drink a.m., IMU Black Box Theater Gallery ror films or Michael Jackson who made me fear that my Oct. 20 for episode two, “In- comes from the pomegranate and • Comedy Showcase, hosted by music videos. In fact, they favorite thriller might be fected.” cranberry flavors, the former com- Daniel Frana, 9 p.m., Mill ing from a liqueur, the latter coming produce record-breaking, turning into, as the char- ‘American Horror Sto- from a juice. Emmy-award-winning tele- acter Daryl Dixon put it, ry: Coven’ I chose this drink because while vision. “a damn romance novel” In today’s television out to dinner at Takanami; the S unday 10.20 martinis were half off. I figured that AMC’s “The Walking — the walker fence-stab- world, the miniseries style was enough of a reason to try this Dead,” the most popu- bing and Carl angst were “American Horror Story” drink suggested to me by my server. music a.m., IMU Black Box Theater lar drama on television, all pretty typical “Walking is really in a category of My date also enjoyed the taste of • UI School of Music Presents this drink, so keep that in mind for kicked off its fourth season Dead” filler. its own. Each season offers James Skretta, saxophone, 2 theater the ladies. p.m., University Capitol Center • Birth Witches, 2 p.m., Riverside on Sunday, while “Ameri- Later, a surprise walk- a new, eerie story and set- Recital Hall Theater can Horror Story: Coven” er ambush, the killing of ting, from a house haunted • Medusa Undone, Gallery Series Appearance: Strong red body with • Black Milk, 9 p.m., Gabe’s premièred on Oct. 10 and some spare characters, and by vindictive ghosts to an consistent coloring throughout. • Red Tail Ring, 9 p.m., Mill 2 p.m., Theater B will air its third episode at Rick’s encounter with the oppressive 1960s asylum Served with a garnish, sometimes • Savoy, 9 p.m., Blue Moose • Water by the Spoonful, Main- 9 p.m. Oct. 23 on FX. I hap- realities of zombie head surrounded by murderers, includes lemon and lime shavings. stage Series, 2 p.m., Thayer Taste: The citrus liqueur is danger - words Theater pily ate up past seasons of collection and suicide add- former Nazis, and aliens. ously hidden behind the sour of the • IWP at Prairie Lights, Zeyar these horror dramas, and ed well-worn, though excit- cranberry and pomegranate giving Lynn (Burma), Mahsa Mohebali DANCE last week’s new episodes ing, action to the episode. A you a kick of flavor. (Iran), Casey Walker (Fiction), 4 • Dance Gala, 2 p.m., Space/Place Advice: Make sure you are eating suggest the thrills and revolutionary new concept Go to p.m., Prairie Lights DailyIowan.com with this drink; they are easy to • Was The Word, 7 p.m., Englert MISCELLANEOUS chills of these series have introduced this season was consume and can get out of hand if • Vermeer Vermeer and Music only just begun. the idea of walkers falling for more on october tv you aren’t careful. film Exhibition Series, 3 p.m., ‘The Walking Dead’ through the ceiling to at- •The Avant-Garde Meets the Englert - by Ben Verhille For those new to the tack people or else splatter American Scene, 1934-1949, 10 THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2013 80 HOURS 3B Preaching for the Old Gold Show Choir

By Justus Flair she has thrived by playing cated to producing a specta- “We’re a show choir, but erybody,” Hayes said. “Even [email protected] piano during rehearsals, cle for audiences all semes- we branch out a lot,” Boo- the audience can dance teaching music to the group, ter. throyd said. “There are a lot along in their seats. We Many people would be and assisting with choreog- “Since we’re just starting of solo pieces and a lot of op- don’t try to thin the line of surprised to learn the lit- raphy. out, it’s very different,” said portunity for other people to who can appreciate art.” tle-known group Old Gold is “Show choir has always sophomore Emily Archer. get involved.” actually, well, old. been an underdog thing,” “It’s been fun trying to fig- Following its second per- The Old Gold Show Choir Hayes said. “We want people ure it all out as a group and formance of the semester Music has been restarted on cam- to know we exist as a group do this together; it’s a pretty in December, Old Gold will pus this semester; it dis- again, to be interested and dedicated little group.” hold auditions in January Old Gold Show Choir Concert banded in 2004. The group join.” That devotion has been in the hopes that more stu- When: 6 p.m. Oct. 20 has received plenty of re- For Hayes and Boothroyd essential, because the group dents will wish to partici- Where: IMU second-floor vamping from the original especially, there were plenty is entirely student-led, pate in some capacity. ballroom Old Gold Singers of 1957. of reasons to invest time in which means there must be “Show-choir performance Admission: Free UI sophomore Katie Boo- the group. student responsibility and is open to anybody and ev- throyd led the efforts to “There aren’t a lot of mu- student ownership of their restart the group and has sical-theater opportunities actions. since held auditions, select- on campus, so this is a way “We need good student ed an executive board, and for students to work on their leaders to get [Old Gold] collaborated with the group craft,” said Boothroyd, a going and keep it running on preparing for its first theater major planning to strong,” Hayes said. performance of the semes- pursue a career in musical As a senior, Hayes is zeal- ter coming up at 6 p.m. Oct. theater. ous that the group be firm- 20 in the IMU second-floor Hayes plans on traveling ly established to ensure it ballroom. Admission is free. to New York to work in mu- continues after she gradu- The group will perform in sical theater after gradua- ates. Hayes and Boothroyd collaboration with several tion in May 2014. also expressed the wish to UI a cappella groups, in- “[Old Gold] is almost a di- involve more students than cluding Iowa Agni and Take rect lead-in to what I want just performers. Note. to do in the future,” she said. In fact, one of the pieces UI senior Sydney Hayes “Show choir, like musical the group will perform at was selected to be a member theater but even more so, is the concert was arranged of the Old Gold executive about the spectacle.” entirely by UI flute major board, a position in which The group has been dedi- Emily Duncan. arts & entertainment

Drew Carey to and organized “Drew Carey’s Improv $13 to $15. All-Stars,” a group of improvisational The group consists of three perform standup comedians that performs across the members: Meechy Darko, Zombie Longtime host of the popular country. Juice, and Erick Ark Elliott. The three television game show “The Price is — by Mckenna Paulus formed the group in 2010, when Right” Bob Barker retired, and re- they met each other in the Flatbush placing the host was surely a tough area of Brooklyn, N.Y. task for the producers. New rap from New They are part of a resurgence of However, they found a more than true, lyric driven hip-hop in New capable host to replace him — York York, led by artists such as A$AP Drew Carey. Rappers from New York often Rocky, Joey Bada$$, and Action Carey will perform standup are categorized in the hard-core Bronson. Yet they have clearly set comedy at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the hip-hop genre, which is exactly themselves apart from all rising Englert, 221 E. Washington St. where the Flatbush Zombies fit. talent with high-energy live shows Admission ranges from $42 to $52. However, the members bring a and gripping lyrics. Carey was also host of the well- unique psychedelic side to their Their sophomore mix tape, known comedy skit show “Whose hip-hop while staying true to lyrical BetterOffDEAD, was released in Line Is It Anyway?,” in which he New York roots. September, and it will also lead into earned much of his popularity. Flatbush Zombies will perform a début album from the group is On the side, he is on a comedic at 9 p.m. Friday at Blue Moose, 211 expected to release soon. standup tour across the country Iowa Ave. Admission ranges from — by Mckenna Paulus 4B 80 HOURS THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2013 Using nothing for something by Mckenna Paulus p.m. Saturday at Prairie himself to the test, learn- [email protected] Lights, 15 S. Dubuque St. ing the game and making READING Admission is free. money. In today’s world, many Snyder has spent all of However, caddying only Don Snyder Americans have the fi- his life challenging him- lasted six months a year, When: 7 p.m. Saturday nancial capability to cover self by putting himself so Snyder used the oth- Where: Prairie Lights, 15 S. the bare necessities of life through rigorous scenar- er half to write at home Dubuque and a few material items. ios to become a better and be with his family. He Admission: Free In the case of writer Don man and writer. He grew lived in countries such as Snyder, he found that be- up in Maine at a time in Scotland and Ireland, and ing poor at a certain time which he lasted three the whole time he looked world,” Snyder said. “It of his life helped him hone months on $300 and for and wrote compelling was a privilege.” his craft and, in turn, pro- moved to different coun- stories that he hoped may Some of Snyder’s tal- vided him with incredible tries as he wrote novels “impact one or two peo- ent he was born with, but experiences. and stories. ple.” some he learned. One of “I lived with nothing,” “[Challenging myself] “Being in places where Snyder’s professors at the Snyder said. “My advice came out of necessity,” you are uncomfortable Writers’ Workshop, Ste- to writers is that you he said. “[My wife and I] [keeps] your eyes open,” ven Kapelke, said Sny- have to learn to live with learned to live modestly, Snyder said. der improved his writing no money.” and I learned carpentry A story that developed because of his desire to Snyder graduated as a way to pay our bills.” out of caddying in Scot- learn. from Colby College and While working jobs to land was Walking With earned an M.F.A. in the make money, Snyder was Jack, in which his son Iowa Writers’ Workshop able to write in his free joins a pro golf tour and Go to in 1986. He has complet- time. One of the jobs was Snyder caddies for him. DailyIowan.com ed a book about his son, caddying in Scotland. His “It gave me the chance for the rest of the Walking With Jack, and son had always wanted to walk beside him for a he will read from it at 7 to be a golfer, so he put little bit more time in this story THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2013 80 HOURS 5B

“Once pieces go up on saying she is particularly GALA stage, the excitement lev- excited about how far the Dance Gala Continued from 1b el gets higher. The focus dancers have come. This 2013 and performance pres- year, Linder will partici- ence of the dancers comes pate in guest artist Bak- When: 8 p.m. today through ?!?!,” and Kayle’s recon- out,” Adams said. “We’re er-Tarpaga’s “How does Saturday, 2 p.m. Oct. 20, 8 p.m. struction piece “A Million nervous and excited; they th!$ app work? lol feels Oct. 23-26 Fools on Fire.” really start to bring their like I’m mi$behaving.” Where: North Hall Space/Place Adams has been a part best to the stage at this “I usually can’t say that I Admission: Ranges from $5 of the Dance Depart- point, and the hours of like every work, but that’s to $20 ment since 1998 and has rehearsal begin to really true this year. Everyone worked in the gala since pay off.” performing is so talented, 1999. Her piece this year This year’s featured and there is a wide range said. “The costumes re- is a follow-up work from choreographers include of works,” Linder said. “It’s flect that to the audience her dance “Secret Life of Simone Ferro, a UI alum- physical, funny, provoca- containing pockets and Gravity,” which incorpo- na whose reconstruction tive, and there are some areas for notes to commu- rates the ability to strive piece of the 2007 work cool dance moves.” nicate with the audience.” in life through the pitfalls “Magnetic Field” will fo- Margaret Wenk-Kuchl- De La Peña said the along the way. cus on the physical rela- bauer and Juliana Waech- community engagement The dance focuses on tionship of a couple, fea- ter, two costume coordina- and attendance has been the concept of fighting turing a duet, and Grant tors for the gala, prepared fantastic in years past for gravity and floating away Wood Fellow Esther Bak- for the production by the gala. The New York from Earth and contains er-Tarpaga’s “How does stitching together the City native has been im- elements of suspension. th!$ app work? lol feels fabrics that complement pressed by the attention Adams has incorporated like I’m mi$behaving,” a the contemporary theme, that the gala has gained aspects of digital technol- première piece that re- each costume including throughout the years. ogy, using photographer flects the addiction to dig- modern elements to re- “We’re in full on Alex de la Peña and in- ital technology and social flect that of the dance. pre-performance mode, fe- corporating the marriage media in which dancers “The message of the verishly running through of the visual components use their digital devices. choreography is all the programs this week,” to complement the dance, UI student Lauren about words — secrets he said. “The dancers are adding further depth to Linder celebrates her and things that we don’t very excited; they’re doing the piece. third year in the gala, know,” Wenk-Kuchlbauer great work.” 6B 80 HOURS THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2013 A local witches’ brew

Birth Witches is a tale of love, loss and witches. (The Daily Iowa/Wanyi Tao) by Isaac Hamlet [email protected]

Halloween is just on the horizon and the idea of witches might summon images of black cloaks, pewter cauldrons, and malicious cackling. With this imagery in mind, most will find it easy to forget those accused of witchcraft hundreds of years ago. Birth Witches will open at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Riverside Theater, 213 N. Actors run through the play Birth Witches at their dress rehearsal at the Riverside Theater Gilbert St. Performanc- on Wednesday. (The Daily Iowa/Wanyi Tao) es will continue through Nov. 3, with 2 p.m. mat- what you’re seeing on inees on Sunday. Admis- stage.” Birth Witches sion ranges from $15 to The challenge is no $30. less daunting for the ac- When: 7:30 p.m. Friday through The play, set in Lon- tors who are the first to Nov. 3, with 2 p.m. Sunday don, deals heavily with inhabit their characters performances the rise of doctors, a po- and have no other per- Where: Riverside Theater, 213 sition that was relatively formances to draw from. N. Gilbert new in 1606. These new “It’s rewarding and Admission: Ranges from $15 doctors demanded that terrifying,” said Ron to $30 they be allowed into the Clark, the actor portray- birthing room, a place ing the priest in the play. traditionally reserved “The only guidelines are Given when and where for midwives. In this the work on the page and the play takes place, it’s conflict, many midwives the other collaborators easy to imagine it being were accused of witch- that, in this case, have overwhelmingly dark, craft. been inspiring.” but it is not without “I’ve always been inter- It’s through the effort lighter moments. ested in the witch hunts of those both on and off One being the love sto- and the insidious nature stage that Fawcett’s vi- ry at the center of the of fear,” said Jennifer sion is able to come to play. Fawcett, the playwright. life. “Even though we’re “[And] how people have “The play deals a lot speaking in old English been persecuted because with conflicting ideas,” and dressed the way they of their fear of the un- said Leda Hoffmann, the were hundreds of years known.” play’s director. “It has ago, you’re still watching Being a new produc- parallels with modern two people fall in love 20 tion, Fawcett worked politics and birth today.” feet away from you,” Jol- closely with the cast and In spite of the setting’s ly said. crew to ensure the best high-tension climate, The cast and crew want possible transition from one of the play’s central the audience to leave the print to the stage. characters, Meg, contin- theater with something “When it’s a new play, ues to pursue her goal of to think about. the material is untested. becoming a traditional “I think plays need to I’m able to see how the healer. end with some hope look- director and actors ap- “The play is really a ing toward the future,” proach the material and coming-of-age story for Fawcett said. “My hope is offer help,” Fawcett said. Meg,” said Dorothy Jolly, that [the audience] will “Theater is a collabora- who portrays the char- think of the connections tion, a step-by-step pro- acter. “She can be fierce [to the present] and have cess. We continued to re- and even confrontational gone on an emotional fine the scenes and make when she sees something journey with the charac- adjustments until we got as not fair.” ters.” THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2013 7B 8B THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2013

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. Daily Break — Eleanor Roosevelt the ledge today’s events This column reflects the opinion of the author and not the DI Editorial Board, the Publisher, Student Publica- • 2013 Iowa Regent Institutions Disability • “Live from Prairie Lights,” Robert Fernandez tions Inc., or the University of Iowa. Awareness Summit, 10 a.m., 2520D University and Mary Hickman, poetry, 7 p.m., Prairie Lights, Capitol Center 15 S. Dubuque • Senior Tech Zone, 10:30 a.m., Iowa City Public • Open Mike, 7 p.m., Uptown Bill’s, 730 S. Library, 123 S. Linn Dubuque • Roundtable Discussion, “Also a Brilliant Rocket • “Traditional and Contingent Pacifism,” Ida Scientist; Why We Still Have to Talk About Women Bean Scholar Larry May, 7 p.m., 40 Schaeffer in Science,” noon, 304 EPB • Country Dance and Lesson, 7 p.m., Eagle’s • Analytical Chemistry Seminar, “Sources of Lodge, 225 Highway 1 W. Saccharides in Marine Aerosol,” Jennifer Schmidt, • UI Museum of Art Smart Talk, “Explorations of T hey Call Me Chemistry, 12:30 p.m., C29 Pomerantz Center Light,” 730 p.m., 240 Art Building West • Studio Talks, Digital Connections Finding an • UI School of Music Presents Christoph Keg- ‘Danger’ Online Home for Oral Histories, 12:30 p.m., 1117 genhoff, organ, 730 p.m., Riverside Recital Hall University Capitol Center • UI School of Music Presents Caroline Krause, • “Danger is my middle • Engineering Library Xpress Class, Inside piano, 8 p.m., University Capitol Center Recital Hall name.” — Aloysius “Dan- PubMed, 2:30 p.m. and 5 p.m., 2001C Seaman • West Music Metal Drum Clinic and Show and ger” Snuffleupagus Center Gene Hoglan, 8 p.m., Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn • “Danger is my first • ECE Graduate Seminar, 3:30 p.m., 3505 • Water by the Spoonful, Mainstage Series, 8 name.” — Danger “Jon” Seaman Center p.m., Theater Building Thayer Building Robert Smith • Graduate Seminar, 3:30 p.m., 2229 Seaman • Dance Gala, 8 p.m., North Hall Space/Place • “Danger is my us- Center • Danielle Ate the Sandwich, 8 p.m., PSZ, 120 ername.” — DANGER@ • Professional Seminar, 5 p.m., W10 Pappajohn N. Dubuque ChristianMingle.Com Business Building • Gemini Karaoke, 9 p.m., Blue Moose, 211 Iowa • “Danger is my code- • “Pairs of Pastores and the Poetics of Dis- • Lee Ranaldo and the Dust, 9 p.m., Gabe’s, 330 name.” — Special Agent placement in Virgil’s Eclogues and Varro’s De E. Washington Artie Dinklestein Re Rustica,” 530 p.m., 302 Schaeffer • “Harvey Danger is my • LGBTQ Patient and Family Education and dropped name.” — A group- Support Group, 5:30 p.m., 2520B University ie who once banged three Capitol Center submit an event members of Harvey Danger • UI School of Music Presents Johnson County Want to see your special event appear here? • “Danger is my mother’s Landmark, with special guest Matt Wilson, 6 p.m., Simply submit the details at: maiden (that is, “family”) Mill, 120 E. Burlington dailyiowan.com/pages/calendarsubmit.html name, which is now my middle name, as my pa- rental figures strenuously desired to maintain its presence despite simul- taneously subscribing to unwarranted and outdat- ed-yet-traditional patri- lineal surnaming process- es.” — Matthew Danger Frischherz, Ph.D. • “My middle name, Danger is.” — Yoda Danger Yodaspecies • “Danger is an abbrevia- tion of my name.” — David Anger • “Danger is my con- firmation name.” — Sally 8-9 a.m. Morning Drive 6-8 The Fuzz Fix Draper 10 -Noon Joe’s time 10-11 The Chrysanthe • “Danger is now your Noon-2 p.m. Sports Block middle name.” — Dave Hill, world’s greatest hypnotist • “After my exploits on Easter Island, my last name means ‘danger’ to the Rapa Nui people.” — Ed- Thursday, October 17, 2013 mund Fluffybottom horoscopes by Eugenia Last • “Danger is my middle name. And my last name. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Talk matters through if something And my first name. And my concerns you. You are better off finding out exactly where you nickname. And the name of stand in a relationship than you are overreacting about some- my father.” — Danger “Dan- thing you aren’t sure about. Keep your life simple and your ger” Danger Danger Jr. For more news, visit questions direct. Love is on the rise. A ndrew R. Juhl thanks Erik S. John- www.dailyiowan.com TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Talk matters through if something son for collaborating on today’s Ledge. concerns you. You are better off finding out exactly where you stand in a relationship than you are overreacting about something you aren’t sure about. Keep your life simple and your questions direct. Love is on the rise.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Offer help and suggestions to those showing uncertainty or confusion. Don’t limit yourself to one vo- cation. Consider what you enjoy doing and what you are good at, and look for a position that suits your criteria. A change regarding a relationship looks positive.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Offer help and suggestions to those showing uncertainty or confusion. Don’t limit yourself to one vo- cation. Consider what you enjoy doing and what you are good at, and look for a position that suits your criteria. A change regarding a relationship looks positive.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Embrace the things you enjoy doing most. Love is on the rise, and romance should be part of your evening plans. Don’t let someone’s negativity drag you down. Take care of your responsibilities early, and enjoy the rest of your day.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Embrace the things you enjoy doing most. Love is on the rise, and romance should be part of your evening plans. Don’t let someone’s negativity drag you down. Take care of your responsibilities early, and enjoy the rest of your day.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Say what’s on your mind. Keeping the peace can be stressful if nothing improves. Do whatever it takes to spend time with people who build you up instead of knocking you down. Repeat what’s worked for you in the past.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Say what’s on your mind. Keeping the peace can be stressful if nothing improves. Do whatever it takes to spend time with people who build you up instead of knocking you down. Repeat what’s worked for you in the past.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Plan to have some fun, but don’t take a risk when it comes to physical situations, challenges, or activities. Love is highlighted, but showing off isn’t likely to go according to plan. Stick close to home, and fix up your space.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A sudden change someone makes is likely to upset you. Don’t let your emotions take over. Stay calm, and use your reason, common sense, and experience to get your way. Protect your assets.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Form an alliance with someone you work with or want to do business with in the future. Listen care- fully, and learn. Positive results will unfold if you share experience and maintain equal control of the situation and the possibilities.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t spend money on unnecessary items or activities. The focus should be on earning money, not spending. Look for deals that will help you raise your assets or will lead to greater earning potential. Expand your knowledge and your friendships.