MONDAY, JULY 24, 2017 THE INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILYIOWAN.COM 50¢ News To Know UI fêtes Dodge in farewell event Georgina Dodge will leave her position as chief diversity officer at the University of Iowa for a job at New chairman of Iowa Democratic Party Bucknell University. named By MOLLY HUNTER | [email protected] Former Democratic party executive Troy Price was chosen as Derek Eadon’s Career Highlights successor as chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party on July 22. · She serves on the national board The Democrats’ state of directors for the Association of central Title IX Administrators. committee chose Price · During her tenure at the UI, after Eadon Dodge served as the chief diversity resigned officer, associate vice president, for medical and Title IX coordinator. reasons. “The road · Before working at the UI for seven Price ahead will years, Dodge spent 14 years at chairman not be easy. Ohio State University, where she We’re facing worked for the Office of Minority opposition at every turn, but Affairs and the Department of I am confident that with the African American and African best volunteers, activists, and candidates, together, we will Studies Community Center. win up and down the ticket,” · Before Ohio State, she served Price said in a statement to a six-year enlistment in the the Des Moines Register. In addition to leading Iowa’s Navy working as an electronics largest LGBTQ advocacy group, technician on communications, One Iowa, Price also worked radar, and meteorological on the presidential campaigns equipment. of former President Barack Obama and former Secretary Ben Smith/The Daily Iowan of State Hillary Clinton, and UI President Bruce Harreld acknowledges Georgina Dodge during a reception on July 20 at Levitt Center to celebrate her career at the UI. After accepting a job at also in the administrations Bucknell University, Dodge’s last day at the UI will be today. of former Govs. Tom Vilsack, D-Iowa, and Chet Culver, o deny people their identities is to de- community for seven years. During those sev- “The legacy of her thoughtful attention [to] D-Iowa. ny them their personhood, Georgina en years, she has lifted us up so much in terms the status of veterans in our community has Price has narrowed his fo- TDodge says. of inclusion and diversity.” made an impact on our reputation,” said Ton- cus to affordable health care, Dodge, the University of Iowa’s outgoing Dodge began working at the UI in July ya Peeples, a UI professor of chemical and bio- economic growth, workers’ chief diversity officer, associate vice president, 2010; before that, she spent 14 years at Ohio chemical engineering and an associate dean rights, and women’s rights. and Title IX coordinator, emphasized the be- State University. for diversity and outreach. “It’s also enabled “The challenges we face as lief to her friends and colleagues as she bid Harreld said Dodge has focused on creating us to do some things in collaboration with spe- a party are real, but together them farewell on the afternoon of July 20 at a the support mechanisms to help first-genera- cialists who work with veterans and faculty we can meet them head on,” reception for her at the Levitt Center. tion college students transition to college and who are doing research in areas that serve the he told the Register. Dodge will leave the UI for a position at be successful. military.” Bucknell University, where she will serve as “Twenty-one percent of our student body are Peeples said Dodge has worked hard to cre- Nine dead immigrants associate provost for diversity, equity, and in- first-generation students today,” he said. “And ate ways for faculty members to get together found in tractor-trailer clusion and as an adjunct English professor. thanks to her, we’re committed to keeping it for workshops and training. Those spaces and Today is her last day at the UI. that way.” groups have been a valued part of Dodge’s A tractor-trailer with an Iowa UI President Bruce Harreld said the occa- The influence Dodge, a Navy veteran, has leadership. license plate was found in a sion was bittersweet. had on how the UI interacts with its veteran “In doing diversity work, we talk a lot about Texas Walmart parking lot on “[Bucknell’s] gain is going to be significant,” population has been especially noteworthy, Sunday with nine dead immi- Harreld said. “She has been a member of our Harreld said. SEE DODGE, 2 grants inside. The plate was registered to Pyle Transporta- tion Inc. of Schaller, Iowa. Nunge and team win Prime Time Incoming freshman Jack Iowa Politics Nunge and junior Brady City eyes Ellingson won the Prime-Time championship game for the Vinton Merchants. Sports, 8 extended- UI program boosts Peters officially set underrepresented students The Summer Health Profes- stay hotel sions Education Program to face Loebsack leads students who are ethnic minorities The Iowa City City Council’s or at a so- Christopher Peters on Sunday announced his candidacy for Iowa’s Economic Development cioeconomic 2nd Congressional District in the 2018 election. He will challenge disadvan- Committee approved a proposal tage to Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa. for the construction of a seven- careers in medical story Element Hotel by 2019. fields. These By MARISSA PAYNE students are Martinez [email protected] often under- program director represented Across from the glistening white exterior of in the medical community. The the University of Iowa Voxman Music Build- director of the UI’s program, ing, the city of Iowa City is readying an empty Denise Martinez, went through lot for the construction of a new extended-stay the same program when hotel. she was an undergraduate Under the Element brand, part of the Marri- student. News, 2 ott family of brands, city officials and develop- ers are preparing a $40.7 million seven-story Johnson County Fair hotel with 92 units that will be located at the begins today intersection of Burlington and Clinton Streets, The Johnson County Fair said Wendy Ford, the city’s economic-develop- begins today and will run ment coordinator. through July 27 at the John- The Element Hotel is set to open in 2019. son County Fairgrounds. The The Hilton Garden Inn is set to open its Io- free fair will feature several wa City location this year, and the Sheraton events and activities, such as Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan is will soon begin rebranding to become a bou- a chicken-throwing contest, a tique Graduate Hotel. BMX stunt show, and fireworks. Congressional candidate Chris Peters, a surgeon, speaks with Bryce Paris, a UI computer-science student, before a campaign event The Iowa City City Council’s Economic De- in the Old Capitol on Sunday. Paris said he attended in order to hear a different perspective on government and he was particularly velopment Committee discussed the hotel pro- interested in Peters’ views on health care. posal on July 21 in City Hall, 410 E. Washing- WEATHER ton St. It will recommend building the hotel to By MADELEINE NEAL that we’re doing different- bigger ground game, and the council. [email protected] ly,” Peters said. “We’re start- more staff. Ben Kinseth, the director of operations for HIGH LOW ing 15 months before the “But what’s more im- Kinseth Hospitality, said the opportunity to 81 63 When Christopher Pe- election rather than seven portant for me as a can- build an extended-stay hotel in Iowa City was ters ran for Congress in months, so that’s a big dif- didate is I’ve had the ex- significant, because the city does not have one. Mostly sunny, light winds. 2016, he earned around 46 ference. We were always perience of doing it once,” “We think it’s a really nice fit also with the percent of the vote. playing catch-up, we were he said. “I’m still nervous Sheraton becoming a boutique-brand hotel, On Sunday evening in chasing our tail for seven up there [on stage], but it’s this Element brand being part of Marriott is INDEX the Old Capitol Senate months, so I think we did not as bad as it was in the a nice fit …” he said. Sheraton was under the CLASSIFIED 7 Chamber, he announced good for the resources and beginning.” Marriott brand prior to Graduate’s acquisition. he will try again to win the time we had.” Matthew Evans, Peters’ There will be retail and office space on the OPINIONS 4 another 7 percent or so. Peters also noted that campaign manager, said first two floors, with 43 residential units on the DAILY BREAK 6 Peters, who served in the previous campaign time is on Peters’s side in third through seventh floors. Seven on-site af- SPORTS 8 the U.S. Army and works was not the most profes- this campaign. fordable units will be available for those at or as a surgeon in Coralville, sional of organizations. “[Time] will help us or- below 60 percent of the area median income, will run against Rep. Dave For the 2018 election, he ganize more; we’ll be able Ford said. Loebsack, D-Iowa, in 2018 said the campaign will be to raise more money, we’ll City Councilor Susan Mims said there is a for Iowa’s 2nd District seat. more professional, con- “There are several things sist of more fundraising, a SEE PETERS, 3 SEE ELEMENT, 2 2 NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM MONDAY, JULY 24, 2017 GUITAR HEAVEN The Daily Iowan Volume 149 Issue 24 BREAKING NEWS Phone: (319) 335-6030 STAFF Email: [email protected] Publisher 335-5788 Fax: 335-6297 Jason Brummond Editor-in-Chief 335-6030 CORRECTIONS Grace Pateras Call: 335-6030 Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for accuracy Managing Editor 335-5855 and fairness in the reporting of news.