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Field hockey falls twice No. 22 Iowa fought hard against No. 10 Northwestern and No. 3 Michigan but lost to both over the weekend. Head coach Linda Cellucci said the team needs to start getting some wins if the players want to have a chance at postseason. Sports, 8 Ped Mall shooting suspect gets additional charge Lamar Wilson has been charged with criminal gang participation, a Class-D felony. Court Wilson documents stated Wilson allegedly committed murder and other crimes on Aug. 27 on the Ped Mall in association with a gang. News, 2 Fake Facebook ‘likes’ busted by UI research Researchers at the Univer- sity of Iowa discovered a flaw in Facebook’s security Farooqi that allows “collusion networks” to offer fake “likes” Ben Smith/The Daily Iowan in return for access to accounts. Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa, speaks during the Johnson County Democrats Barbecue at the Johnson County Fairgrounds on Sunday. Numerous gubernatorial candidates attend- “When they change this flaw, ed and spoke at the event. this is going to impact legitimate applications as well, so we need BY MOLLY HUNTER Iowa is focused on regaining control of the Io- who are shocked at what leadership in the Re- to find solutions that aren’t going [email protected] wa Legislature and Governor’s Office. publican Party has been taking steps toward,” to impact the current work flow of “I think we’ve seen a worst-case scenario of he said. Facebook, and without changing The need for a Democrat comeback in Iowa how bad things can be under a Republican-con- Taylor said the Johnson County Democrats the infrastructure,” said a member was the theme at the Johnson County Demo- trolled Legislature,” Taylor said. are prepared to do their part to get Democrats of the research team, Shehroze crats’ barbecue and fundraiser in Iowa City on Ross Wilburn, a candidate for the Democrat- elected. Farooqi. News, 3 Sunday evening. ic gubernatorial nomination and former mayor “I think there’s been a big push in the [Io- “It’s a challenging time, but it’s also an excit- of Iowa City, said it’s not just Democrats who wa Democratic Party], to their credit, to try to Soccer may have a shot ing time to be a Democrat,” said Christopher are unhappy with the recent decisions made by bring a lot of the county parties together so that at Big Ten Tournament Taylor, the head of the Johnson County Dem- Republicans at the state level. there’s a sharing of best practices,” Taylor said. Iowa soccer defeated Purdue 2-1 ocrats. “There are independents, and Greens, and on Sunday, putting the team a step Taylor said every Democratic county party in other parties and some moderate Republicans SEE DEMOCRATS, 2 closer to the Big Ten Tournament. The team will face off against Ne- braska on Wednesday in a critical game to determine their position for the remainder of the season. Local event focuses UI team gets Sports, 8

Al Ritmo celebrates cultural differences on domestic violence NASA grant The Association of Latinos Moving Ahead put on a party to celebrate Local groups host ‘In Her Shoes’ to promote awareness of A University of Iowa research team led by Professor Latin American roots and cultural Craig Kletzing has been awarded a $1.25 million grant differences. The event included domestic violence. from NASA. The team, with four others, will use the grant food, dancing, and other traditions to conceptualize plans to explore how the sun affects BY JULIA DIGIACOMO space and the environments around [email protected] the planets. Kletzing, who is currently in Japan, plans on returning later this In light of Domestic Vio- month. lence Awareness month, an The five teams will compete for a Watch Daily Iowan TV event Sunday afternoon ed- $165 million grant to actually imple- Tune in for campus and ucated community members ment these plans under NASA’s Ex- city news, weather, and on the numerous facets affect- plorer Program mission. They have 11 Hawkeye sports. Watch LIVE ing individuals and families in Kletzing months to complete their plans, and every day at 8:30 a.m. at domestic violence situations. a proposal will be chosen in 2019. If the team wins this daily-iowan.com. The event, “In Her Shoes,” grant, it will be the single largest grant ever awarded to was facilitated by the Do- researchers at the university. WEATHER mestic Violence Intervention The report has to show that the team can build all Program and the Johnson the materials, such as data-collecting instruments get a County Coalition Against launch, and stay on time and within their budget. HIGH LOW Domestic Violence. Kletzing and his team’s grant proposal, Tandem Recon- 61 43 “In Her Shoes” used an in- nection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Sat- teractive simulation to pro- ellites, will focus on the sun’s magnetic field and how it Chance of frost early, then mostly sunny, breezy. mote awareness and to give affects the Earth. participants an opportunity Ben Smith/The Daily Iowan In 2003, twin events called the Halloween Storms oc- INDEX to understand the possible Sandy Vopalka and LaTasha DeLoach participate in an activity called “In Her curred because of these cusps. The aurora could be seen circumstances and barriers a Shoes” at the Iowa City Public Library on Sunday, Oct. 15. as far as Texas, and all kinds of devices were affected, CLASSIFIED 7 person experiencing domes- including GPS signals, radio waves, and airlines. Planes OPINIONS 4 tic abuse may encounter. It pital, clergy, friends and DVIP Director of Com- were warned to fly low to avoid excess radiation. DAILY BREAK 6 sought to provide insight for family, emergency shelter, munity Outreach Alta Me- NASA has a current mission called MMS that studies the the 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 and more. The 15 or so par- dea-Peters said the charac- magnetic openings when they occur. Four spacecrafts are SPORTS 8 men who have been affected ticipants gathered were also ter cards and situations are circling the globe right now, finding the openings when by domestic violence. given one of eight character based on true stories from they happen. The UI team will supplement this mission by There were 17 stations cards that influenced their survivors. studying the magnetic effects closer to Earth. representing various plac- decisions throughout the es or people such as a hos- simulation. SEE IN HER SHOES, 2 — by Brooklyn Draisey 2 NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2017 Volume 149 A CENTERED LIFE The Daily Iowan Issue 71 BREAKING NEWS STAFF Phone: (319) 335-6030 Publisher...... 335-5788 Email: [email protected] Jason Brummond Fax: 335-6297 Editor in Chief...... 335-6030 CORRECTIONS Grace Pateras Call: 335-6030 Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for Managing Editor. . . . . 335-5855 accuracy and fairness in the Katelyn Weisbrod reporting of news. If a report is Creative Director. . . . 335-5855 wrong or misleading, a request for Gage Miskimen a correction or a clarification may be made. 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Nate Boulton, rural are not as divisive as McGuire. erywhere,” she said. “We answers.” particularly neighboring D-Des Moines, said he was they may seem. “I’ve been all over west- have to go listen to peo- Weiner spoke for many counties. involved in those efforts “People like my parents in ern Iowa, I’ve been all over ple where they are, listen when she said, “It’s time for “We need groups to … when he went door-knock- Columbus Junction and Wa- northern Iowa and south- to what they’re struggling us to start taking the offices [make] themselves avail- ing for two days during Phil pello just south of here are ern Iowa; I’ve been around with, and tell them why the back one by one.”

man Aastha Chandra said Director Dee Dixon. she said. IN HER SHOES she found the simulation to “During that period DVIP serves eight coun- CONTINUED FROM FRONT be eye-opening. where we’re having discus- ties with a 24-hour crisis Chandra navigated as a sion, people are able to hear hotline, emergency shel- character who was disabled each other’s stories,” Dixon ter, counseling, medical “They’re real-life expe- and eventually had to return said. “It’s so enriching and advocacy, legal advocacy, riences from all over the to her abuser three times important for people to un- child-support services, country,” she said. before being killed. derstand that if they have and more. It also provides For example, Medea-Pe- “I was aware that there experienced domestic vio- community education and ters said, one of the char- were many avenues avail- lence, they’re not alone, and training. acter cards is of a woman able for people in these situ- if they haven’t, then they “If you don’t have some- who is learning English as ations to get help,” Chandra likely know somebody who body you feel like they can a second language. She said said. “But I didn’t realize has. We’re all a part of that trust or someone who can that language is an import- how they could actually be solution.” support you or validate ant thing to consider when detrimental, not help at all, Dixon said they host the you, by all means — call us. discussing navigating the or make their situations simulation for the commu- We have a 24-hour hotline,” system. worse.” nity, law enforcement, ed- Dixon said. “We can help The community members’ Chandra said her char- ucators, social workers, and you navigate. You don’t role in the simulation was to acter felt as though she more. have to know what you make choices for their char- couldn’t go to child protec- “While reading these want to do next to make acters despite the adversity tive services out of fear of cards, you’re able to have that call. We just want to that arose. Each choice had losing her child. some insight into the chal- listen. Because we’re going various positive or negative After the simulation, a lenges on someone’s journey to believe you. We’ll help repercussions. discussion was facilitated trying to free themselves walk you through what you University of Iowa fresh- by DVIP Assistant Executive from domestic violence,” want to do.” UI takes aim at neurofibromatosis The Stead Children’s Hospital holds a symposium on neurofibromatosis for families and patients.

BY JORDAN PROCHNOW tumors, along with varying ef- team,” Fisher said. “I really enjoy pathological similarities to how [email protected] fects, including scoliosis, learn- taking care of our folks from a humans react to this disease. ing disabilities, blindness, and surgical standpoint.” While there is currently no On Oct. 14, the University of hearing issues. Those with the Fisher, Sieren, and others af- cure for neurofibromatosis, Iowa Stead Family Children’s disease have a one in two chance filiated with the clinic present- there are many available ways to Hospital held a neurofibroma- of passing along the disease to ed throughout the symposium, treat side effects and to increase tosis symposium in conjunc- their children. discussed various areas of ex- quality of life with the disease. tion with the Children’s Tumor While neurofibromatosis is pertise. “There’s no magic bullet to Foundation. a relatively rare condition, af- The Children’s Hospital cure everything,” Fisher said. The event took place in the fecting 1 in 3,000 people, it oc- Neurofibromatosis Clinic is “But treatment is still possible.” Kinnick Press Box, and partici- curs more than cystic fibrosis, nationally affiliated, part of the Some of the treatments pants discussed treatment op- Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Children’s Tumor Foundation, discussed throughout the tions for side effects, genetics and Huntington’s disease com- an organization specifically symposium included surgical that cause the condition, and bined. dedicated to neurofibromatosis procedures such as removing how scoliosis presents itself in “We have a very diverse team, research and treatment, allow- neurofibromas (nerve tumors) the disease. The event allowed and [neurofibromatosis] is a ing for increased research and and spinal alignments, while patients and families with the very diverse disease in how it awareness of the complicated others involved an increase in condition, along with the gen- presents itself,” said Jessica Sie- disease. genetic testing and imaging to eral public, to learn more about ren, a UI assistant professor of In January 2016, the UIHC earlier catch the disease. the genetic disorder as well as radiology and biomedical engi- received a multiyear grant from Neurofibromatosis Clinical a chance to tour the new Chil- neering. the Children’s Tumor Foun- Director Pamela Trapane said it dren’s Hospital facilities. Because neurofibromato- dation, in accordance with the is important to be aware of any The Children’s Hospital has sis manifests itself in different Synodos For NF1 program. Re- abnormalities an individual is the only comprehensive clinic ways on an individual level and searchers on Iowa’s team are experiencing in order to moni- and pediatric genetics clinic in its symptoms vary, UI Clinical collaborating with teams in Ar- tor symptoms over time and cre- which to treat the disease in the Assistant Professor of surgery izona, South Dakota, and Min- ate treatment plans over time. state. The name refers to three Mark Fisher said, a team ap- neapolis, using a pig to witness “For all people, knowing your types of genetic disorders: NF1, proach is needed to provide pa- how NF1 symptoms begin to own body is important,” she NF2, and schwannomatosis. tients with the most beneficial manifest, as well as to improve said. “For most of us, we know The condition causes the for- care. imaging practices. when a pain we’re having isn’t mation of benign or malignant “It’s an honor to be part of the The model will also show right.”

Criminal-gang-partic- of a criminal from Iowa City. The police have also two gunshot injuries and one death. street gang and said the men charged in the shoot- No University of Iowa students were ipation charge added committed mur- ing, as well as the victims, had, or known to be involved in the incident. der, attempted have, criminal histories. Court documents from Sep- to murder charge murder, and Wilson is also charged with tember said Wilson will use Iowa’s Authorities have charged Lamar intimidation with three counts of intimidation with a “Stand Your Ground” defense in Wilson, who faces a first-de- a dangerous dangerous weapon, two counts of his upcoming trial. That law allows gree-murder charge in connection Wilson weapon for the attempted murder, and one count people to use deadly force to protect with a shooting on the Pedestrian benefit of or at the direction of or in of first-degree murder. Wilson will themselves in the event that they Mall in August, with an additional association with any criminal street face life in prison without parole believe they are in imminent danger. charge of criminal gang participa- gang.” if convicted of the first-degree Wilson’s trial is scheduled for tion, a Class-D felony. Police previously said the murder charge, according to court Nov. 7. He is being held on a $1.75 Court documents filed Oct. 11 shooting was not a random act and documents. He has pleaded not million bond. state that Wilson “did actively that the incident was between two guilty to the charges. participate in and is a member known “groups,” one of which was The shooting incident resulted in — by Andy Mitchell THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2017 NEWS 3 ARTS & CULTURE Cultures without borders The Association of Latinos Moving Ahead puts on an annual multicultural event to celebrate Latin American traditions.

BY SALMA RIOS Ahead. This year is special as well as Argentinian cook- Brazilian Moves Dance university. learn about the Latinx cul- [email protected] for Al Ritmo — it marks the ies. Company from Des Moines UI student Brenda Herre- ture, as well as about the 12-year anniversary of the Performances by differ- performed a dance routine, ra performed three songs at countries of Latin America,” As midterms week final- event. the event, which concluded she said. “It will provide a ly comes to an end, there In Al Ritmo, people of ‘It will provide a time for community with a dance. time for community mem- seems to be no better way to different cultures and na- The purpose of Al Ritmo bers, students, and faculty celebrate than with a party. tionalities gather and learn members, students, and faculty to socialize, is to boost cultural aware- to socialize, and it will give At least that’s what the coor- about each other’s ways of and it will give people a chance to dance and ness by sharing the different people a chance to dance dinators of the multicultural life. traditions of Latin American and to just have fun.” event Al Ritmo de Latino- The event took place on to just have fun.’ countries. Members of the univer- america believed while put- Oct. 14 in the IMU Sec- Alexandria Ramirez, a sity and the Iowa City com- ting together the event. ond-Floor Ballroom and — Alexandria Ramirez, second-year undergrad and second-year undergrad and munity can learn a lot from Al Ritmo is a celebration featured foods from differ- event planner for the Latino Association the event planner for the an event such as this. They of Latin American roots ent restaurants, including Latino association, said Al can learn about different and cultural differences empanadas from the Lost ent groups around campus along with a performance Ritmo serves many purpos- cultures and hopefully open and is put on by the Asso- Cuban, frijoles, rice, and and the state of Iowa were by Dance Revolution, a new es. their minds to new cultural ciation of Latinos Moving horchata from El Taquito, also part of the event. The student organization at the “It will allow people to identities and people. UI researchers root out fake 'likes' The team found ‘collusion networks’ supplying fake likes to some accounts and collaborated with Facebook to eliminate them.

BY BROOKLYN DRAISEY er software used to, in this changing the infrastruc- ity, but none worked. They platform,” a Facebook spokes- One demographic that [email protected] case, act as a decoy network ture,” said Shehroze Farooqi, created an initial drop in person said in a statement to would certainly benefit from to gain information from a UI Ph.D. student and mem- activity, but the researchers CBS News. “Meanwhile, we are likes are businesses, UI busi- A Facebook security flaw, attacks on information sys- ber of the research team. wanted to completely stop investigating different tech- ness student Claudio Teke- discovered by University of tems such as Facebook. Many different types the collusion networks, Fa- niques that could be used to gen- li said. Iowa researchers, can lead After they had analyzed of countermeasures were rooqi said. The countermea- erate inauthentic likes in smaller “Especially in today’s to the misrepresentation of the collusion networks, the tested to analyze how much sure that finally worked was volumes. We will take the appro- world, social media is super how popular a post is. researchers collaborated priate action to help ensure that popular to get to your audi- UI and Lahore University with Facebook to create a set connections and activity on our ence with what you’re trying of Management Science re- of countermeasures to test ‘Facebook wanted to collaborate in a way service are authentic.” to sell,” Tekeli said. searchers found a flaw in on the networks. The only that we would work together to shut down Farooqi noted that while When posts generate a Facebook’s security allowing problem, researchers said, researchers did find the col- large number of likes, they collusion networks to offer was finding a solution that these collusion networks.’ lusion networks, they can’t could appear at the top fake likes in return for ac- wouldn’t disrupt the rest of — Shehroze Farooqi, UI research team currently make any real con- of someone’s feed, which cess to accounts. They found the social-media platform. clusions about who wants would help businesses more than 1 million likes “When they change this these extra likes and why. promote their products, from these networks. flaw, this is going to impact of a blow they dealt to the blocking the networks’ ac- “I’ve been asked about who UI graduate student Gar- The process took almost legitimate applications as collusion networks. cess server. wants these likes, but we can’t rett Danelz said. two years to complete. The well, so we “Facebook wanted to col- The countermeasures re- say anything definite about “They would use these first half was spent planning need to find laborate in a way that we mained in place until April. that right now,” he said. “That’s likes to make their prod- the study and collecting solutions that would work together to shut Then Facebook started im- something we would like to in- uct or their business the data, which they did by aren’t going down these collusion net- plementing its own plans vestigate in the future.” more visible to peo- creating their own “honey- to impact works,” Farooqi said. to shut down the collusion Farooqi said people have ple,” Danelz said. “A lot of pot” Facebook pages to find the current The team employed networks. been asking him about every- businesses can also gener- the collusion networks and work flow of countermeasures such as “We have addressed the activi- thing from Russian connec- ate a profit depending on learn about them. Facebook, access-code restriction and ty described in this research, and tions to people who want to get how visible you are to the A “honeypot” is a comput- Farooqi and without rate limits, which curb activ- we are no longer seeing it on our famous. general public.” 4 THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2017 Opinions COLUMN Weinstein highlights abuse of power

She goes because she feels Sadly, stories such as this as though she has to; he has happen all of the time. Young some kind of commanding people are taken advantage power over her. The young of in order to “earn their woman walks into the room place.” These victims tend to find Harvey Weinstein in to have little to no power in a robe. In no way do I believe their respected fields; they that being asked to come in tend not to say anything. on a Saturday and being sex- Perhaps even more unfor- LUCEE LAURSEN ually harassed are compara- tunate, when they do say [email protected] ble workplace infractions. I something, nothing seems am explaining that in both to happen. Take Bill O’Reil- of these instances, there is ly’s story as an example. He We can all remember a someone who is being taken was accused of sexually ha- time in which we felt help- advantage of. No matter the rassing numerous women; less, a time in which we circumstances, it is not ethi- Fox News pulled him off thought we had no other cally right to take advantage the air because sponsors of option but to do what we are of others; we cannot stand his show started to pull out. told. For some, it may have for it. But it was not until Fox was been when your new boss Weinstein has more than faced with losing money that asks you to come in short no- 30 accusations of sexual ha- it made the decision to re- tice on a Saturday; for more rassment against him dat- move O’Reilly. than 30 women, it was when ing back to the early 1980s. So, this says to young Harvey Weinstein cornered Weinstein’s predatory ways people, or people at all who and sexually harassed them. has been the butt of a run- are taken advantage of or We all know the feeling of ning joke in Hollywood. At used in unethical ways, that feeling trapped into doing the 2013 Emmys, as Seth they will not have a voice. It something by someone in MacFarlane introduced the would be easier for a compa- power. nominees for Best Support- ny to settle with you out of Now, picture this. A young ing Actress, he joked, “Con- court or to threaten to take woman’s biggest dream is gratulations, you five ladies you off the job than it would Robert Gauthier//MCT to become a movie star. She no longer have to pretend to be for it to remove the high- Harvey Weinstein and Michelle Williams talk during the 84th-Annual Academy Awards show at the Hollywood and struggles to find work; she be attracted to Harvey Wein- er-up employee. This is not Highland Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 26, 2012. relentlessly searches for stein.” The crowd erupted always the case, but more a big break. Weinstein, a in laughter. Woman after often than not, it is. For us, it is far too easy to society we must truly take a you they are being taken ad- Hollywood giant, approach- woman came forward and As a generation, we have feel like we are trapped. We second and remember that vantage of, say something. es her and casts her in an spoke out about their expe- grown up seeing young peo- do not have a way out when it is never okay to take ad- Take notice. We must be upcoming feature film. He rience with Weinstein, yet ple being taken advantage something like this hap- vantage of others. So next better; it is unacceptable to later asks the young woman for 30 years little to nothing of, with little to no reper- pens. I do not want this to time, if friends or family treat each other in an un- to come to his hotel room. happened. cussions for the harasser. continue to be the case. As a members or coworkers tell ethical regard.

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Fear. My first meeting with Belin-Blank Center cofound- erosity and trusted us to be inno- their descendants — as well as because of those initial gifts. gratitude, manifested through David Belin and Myron and Jac- er, David Belin (Belin’s wife, vative and groundbreaking, and new gifts from other equally The Blank Honors Center nev- stewardship of the philanthro- queline Blank occurred nearly Connie, had been deceased they conveyed their gratitude generous and gracious philan- er would have been built, and py, is powerful and can change 30 years in the past, but the for about a decade), my fear for our efforts. Their visionary thropists. the Belin-Blank Center would the world, one student and one memory of that primal emo- immediately was replaced gift, which created the UI Be- Throughout the past three not exist, without that initial teacher at a time. tion remains strong today. Of by admiration. I appreciated lin-Blank Center for Gifted Edu- decades, the Belin-Blank philanthropy. course, fear is a product of the their gracious and genuine at- cation and Talent Development, Center has grown programs I acknowledge our found- —­ Susan Assouline (1975 unknown, and to my knowl- tention to me and the center’s freed us from the constraints and services for students and ers every day. Now deceased, B.S., 1988 Ph.D.) edge, I had never met a mil- staff — and their belief in our of convention, a hallmark of teachers. Iowans are at the their generosity lives on; their The Myron and Jacqueline lionaire, let alone a millionaire mission of empowering and education, and inspired us to core of our programming, gifts to this campus have af- N. Blank Endowed Chair in whose generosity was to lead serving gifted and talented develop a trailblazing model for but we serve students from fected tens of thousands of Gifted Education directly to what would become students, as well as their teach- service and program delivery around the country and the young people and their teach- the University of Iowa Col- my life’s work and passion. ers and families. for talented students and their world. We’ve been competi- ers and will continue to do so lege of Education Director The moment I met My- The Blanks and Belin were teachers. These innovations tive in our efforts for founda- for decades to come. That’s the Belin-Blank Center for ron and Jacqueline Blank, philanthropists who recognized led to additional gifts from the tion, state, and federal grants, the power of philanthropy. Gifted Education and Talent along with their friend and what we could do with their gen- original founding families and which were made possible Fear is a useless emotion, but Development

GUEST OPINION GUEST OPINION — VOICES OF PHILANTHROPY Vote Mazahir Salih Art of philanthropy alive at Hancher Sandy Boyd, the president of Iowa and the University of for City Council emeritus of the University Iowa. of Iowa and our dear friend, As Hancher’s executive has long said Hancher Audi- director, one of my favorite I’m writing in support for all others. Through torium is the largest class- things is sharing with our of Mazahir Salih’s cam- her leadership position room on campus. I’ve always donors the stories of how paign for an Iowa City City at the Center for Worker been inspired by that notion, we have collaborated with Council at-large seat. Justice and several local and it has motivated me to departments across cam- The preservation of af- boards and committees, raise funds for the many pus. Some of our recent fordable housing in Iowa Salih has proven that programs at Hancher that successes have included City is a crucial issue, es- she’s trustworthy and change lives. partnerships with the UI pecially during this City experienced in advocat- Our work inspires the Colleges of Engineering, Council election. In re- ing for communities that lives of elementary, mid- Public Health, and Nurs- cent years, many local have not had much rep- dle-school, high-school, and ing; the UI Center for Mac- low-income housing units resentation in our local University of Iowa students ular Degeneration; rhetoric (such as Rose Oaks and government. She is genu- — as well as people of all classes; the English Depart- the Ellis Avenue rooming ine — no political postur- ages throughout our wid- ment; African American house) have been demol- ing or fake compassion — er community, region, and Studies; and more. Donors ished or reallocated to and her energy is always state. love to know that we are serve wealthier residents. inspiring. All of this in- We believe it is essential working together on cam- Economic development dicates to me that her ac- to find ways to engage with pus to enhance student suc- Olivia Sun/The Daily Iowan shouldn’t be considered tions on City Council will our donors and make sure cess. And they are delighted successful if it’s at the ex- align with the community they feel part of whatever we to hear about our efforts to the late John Strauss, and privilege to work at Hanch- pense of low-income res- work and activism that are doing. Donors also ap- create a better future for others, and I have learned er and at the University of idents. Salih has shown she’s committed herself preciate our efforts to reach Iowans with partners such so much about the power Iowa — and to help con- unyielding commitment to to thus far. out to communities in Iowa. as the UI Office of Outreach of philanthropy from them. nect artists, audiences, and this principle by fighting I encourage everyone to Collaboration and engage- and Engagement. There’s nothing better than philanthropists as we seek to for affordable housing and take this opportunity to ment are the keys to creating I have had the good for- sharing stories and bringing change lives and build a deep a livable wage. support such an influen- transformational experienc- tune of connecting, in so big dreams to fruition with sense of community. Salih has long been a tial candidate and vote for es that can change lives. Our many ways, with committed friends and donors. driven voice for the Suda- Salih on Nov. 7. donors help us create those University of Iowa donors Hancher is a special place, — Chuck Swanson (1975 nese community of Iowa experiences and build con- such as Dick and Mary Jo supported by very special B.B.A., 1976 M.B.A.) Executive City and a dedicated ally — Hannah Russell nections between the people Stanley, Susan Strauss and people. It is my honor and Director Hancher Auditorium

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Women’s golf falls behind in Chapel Hill Harriers take 1st, 9th in Peoria The Iowa women’s golf team finished 18th in a loaded field at the Ruth Chris Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Hawkeye cross-country finishes the regular season strong at the Bradley Pink No. 6 Duke (33-under) won the tournament, which Invitational in Peoria, Illinois. included 12 teams in the Golfweek Top-50 rankings and six in the Top 25. No. 2 Alabama (30-under) BY HANNA MALZENSKI came in second place, and South Carolina (18-under) [email protected] finished third. Kristin Glesne led the way for the Hawkeyes, finish- Iowa cross-country ended ing 7-over and tied for 55th. its regular season strong by Elisa Suarez and Jessica Ip both carded 11-over, taking on the Bradley Pink In- splitting 71st place. Shawn Rennegarbe followed in vitational in Peoria, Illinois, on 85th place, shooting 16-over. Oct. 13. As a team, the men won Making her college début, freshman Stephanie Her - the 8,000-meter Red Race (84 zog carded 26-over and tied for 93rd. points), and the women finished “It was a really tough day for our team,” head coach ninth in the 6,000-meter Red Megan Menzel said in a release. "We did not finish, Race (204). and it is disappointing. I take full credit for our poor “Our goal was to come here performance this week. We had three weeks to pre- and battle for a title,” head coach pare, and for whatever reason, we were not ready. As Randy Hasenbank said in a a coach, I need to do a better job to get them ready. release. “While it’s only a regu- This team is better than this, and we need to bounce lar-season meet, we still have a back and finish the fall with a strong showing in lot of young guys that need to Atlanta.” learn to compete. They did that The Hawkeyes will try to bounce back in two today.” weeks at the Fall Collegiate on Oct. 27-29 in Atlanta. Three Hawkeyes in the men’s division finished in the top 20: — by Sean Bock sophomore Nathan Mylenek David Harmantas/The Daily Iowan placed first with a personal-best Madison Waymire (right) and Andrea Shine run up a hill at the Hawkeye Invitational Cross Country meet on Sept. 1. 24:25.2, junior Daniel Soto fin- ished 12th at 24:59.6, and not Lakes), No. 12 Bradley (Mid- in Iowa’s top 10 in the 6,000. Gonzalez and sophomore Julie far behind was junior Bailey west), No. 14 Marquette (Great “Andrea Shine was just terrific Hollensbe. Waymire was Iowa’s Hesse-Withbroe in 16th with a Lakes), and No. 15 St. Louis [on Oct. 13],” Hasenbank said in second-best finisher, ending personal-best of 25:05.4. (Midwest). a release. “We talk about being 24th with a time of 21:36.8. Gon- “That front runner is crucial,” Other notable results for fearless out there, and she is not zalez placed 35th at 21:49.2, and Hasenbank said in a release. the men were Brandon Cool- afraid to stick her nose in there Hollensbe placed 46th at 22:00.3, “He gets us off to a good start, ey (25:19.3), Luke Sampson and compete. She’s fun to watch.” a personal-best. but it still takes five for the team (25:24.8), Karson Sommer The women finished ahead of With the regular season fin- score.” (25:42.2), and Daniel Murphy three regionally ranked Midwest ished, the Hawkeye harriers will The men finished in front of (25:46.1), all personal bests. teams: No. 3 Missouri, No. 9 Kan- try to continue the momentum eight regionally ranked compet- On the women’s side, junior sas State, and No. 14 Illinois State. in the competitive postseason, itors, including No. 7 Nebraska Andrea Shine ran strong, finish- Other strong contributors which will start in Bloomington, (Midwest), No. 8 Missouri (Mid- ing second with a personal-best for the women included seniors Indiana, at the Big Ten meet on west), No. 11 Oakland (Great 20:47.3. Her result puts her ninth Madison Waymire and Marta Oct. 29.

wanted to start the game,” said from 2-0 to 2-2, and then 4-2 back After the two losses, it’s now FIELD HOCKEY sophomore Sophie Sunderland. to 4-4,” Birch said. “We know that or never for the Hawkeyes. CONTINUED FROM 8 “The beginning of both halves, there were a lot of mistakes we “Our backs are against the we didn’t capitalize within the made, and we can’t let ourselves wall now,” Cellucci said. “We first few minutes, so that’s dis- drop off or not keep up the in- need to get some wins to extend head coach Lisa Cellucci noted appointing.” tensity. It demonstrated that we our season into the postseason. there were some shortfalls. Sunderland scored 1 of Iowa’s kept letting them get 2 on us; it [Urgency is] something we’ve “What really hurt us was stick- 4 goals, but the Hawkeyes found was always two minutes after the been talking about, and I think to-stick passing and just being themselves behind early. first goal, so we were like, ‘The it’s something our young team able to keep the ball on the field, Northwestern came out next two minutes really count,’ is finally understanding. We and we need to keep working on strong, scoring 2 goals in the but we didn’t stick to that." need to compete for 70 min- our team defense,” she said. nine minutes. For the rest of the No team could squeak out utes. [The team] just showed a On Oct. 13, Iowa faced off first half, Iowa had to fight back a final goal in regulation, so lot of grit. We talked about it at against Northwestern, and it to tie up the match before half- the game headed to overtime, halftime and readjusted and re- didn’t pan out as the coaches time. The second half followed where the Hawkeyes let the focused, and we really put Mich- had planned. The final score was almost the exact same narrative. contest slip in the fifth minute, igan under some serious pres- 5-4 in Northwestern’s favor. “We thought we had really when Wildcats scored, ending sure in the second half. It’s just “We didn’t come out like we good resilience, coming back the game at 5-4. unfortunate.” 6 THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2017 THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2017 SPORTS 7

performance, but [Sunday] they “I thought we competed SOCCER were determined not to leave VOLLEYBALL so well for the first set,” head CONTINUED FROM 8 Indiana without points. We CONTINUED FROM 8 coach Bond Shymansky said are very determined to get into in a release. “We just need to the Big Ten Tournament and close it out there at the end In the first 10 games, she extend this season together.” second set, while Minnesota when we get the chance. I took 18 shots; she matched As good fortune would have had a .412 attack percentage thought we carried that mo- that total in the last five. it, even though the Hawkeyes’ with 17 kills and only 3 errors. mentum over into the second Purdue might have been schedule still lacks a Big Ten The beginning of the third set pretty well, but the wheels knocked down after Stuenkel’s tournament date, they con- set mirrored much of the first. came off in one rotation. We goal, but that didn’t keep them trol their own destiny. Due to Both teams went point-for- gave up 9-straight points. You from dragging the game out. a postponed Nebraska game point to start out the match, but can’t do that against any team. In the 87th minute and earlier in the season, both Io- with a 7-1 run, Minnesota took Whether you are playing the after a storm of Boilermak- wa and Nebraska currently the lead. The Gophers strung top team in the league or the er shots, Kylie Hase put the have played one fewer game together points to take the third bottom team, you are going Boilermakers on the board than the rest of the Big Ten. set, 25-15, and seal the match. to lose a set doing that, but I and her opponents on edge. This means Iowa has 3 more The Gophers held the think what we really lost was Luckily, Iowa defend- possible points left to gain com- Hawkeyes to a .079 attack per- our momentum.” David Harmantas/The Daily Iowan ed for three more minutes pared with the rest of the Big Ten. centage in the third set. While some defense was Iowa’s Claire Sheehan spikes the ball during the Iowa/Nebraska volleyball and gained a much needed 3 It’s an advantage the Hawkeyes For the match, freshman strong for the Hawkeye, Shy- match on Oct. 7. Nebraska defeated Iowa, 3-0. points, putting the Hawkeyes need to snag this week. outside hitter Claire Sheehan mansky said it’s still a point of ninth in the Big Ten — a far This is the week the Hawkeyes and senior middle blocker Jess emphasis moving forward. just kind of faltered and lost up last time really killed us, cry from the cellar but still distinguish themselves as either Janota led Iowa with 9 kills “We didn’t get our back- our mojo [Sunday].” and she hit .000 today, so that one spot away from being spectators nor participants at apiece. Janota had a .389 attack side swing going well enough, Also, shutting down key was really good. But when you in the Big Ten Tournament. this year’s fast-approaching Big percentage, while the rest of and some of that was because parts of the Minnesota defense are a top-five caliber team, you “I continue to be impressed Ten Tournament. The Hawkeyes the Hawkeyes hit below .200. we had trouble passing,” Shy- was important, but by keying have other options.” with this team’s ability to show and Huskers will have a criti- Blocking was key for the mansky said in a release. “We on a single player, it presents The Hawkeyes will return to resiliency along this tough Big cal matchup at the Iowa Soccer Gophers — they recorded 13 keep looking for answers. We opportunities for other oppo- Carver-Hawkeye for their next Ten season,” head coach Dave Complex at 7 p.m. on Wednes- as a team. Meanwhile, junior are using a lot of players in the nents to emerge. slate of contests, taking on Illi- DiIanni said. “After [Oct. 12], day. Iowa will then host Wis- outside hitter Taylor Louis had lineup and subbing people in “We set out to shut down nois on Friday and Northwest- they were disappointed not to consin on Saturday, also at the 2 solo blocks for the Hawkeyes trying to give us a spark or ig- Jasmyn Martin,” Shymansky ern on Saturday. (Both begin have taken advantage of a good Iowa Soccer Complex at 7 p.m. and had 3 of the team’s 8. nite our team. In the end, we said in a release. “That match- at 7 p.m.) MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2017 DAILY-IOWAN.COM Sports @DI_SPORTS_DESK

HAWKEYE UPDATES Beathard named 49ers' starter Former-Hawkeye C.J. Beathard Field hockey comes made his regular-season NFL début Sunday in San Francis- co’s 26-24 loss to Washington. Beathard entered the up short ... twice. game with the 49ers down by Beathard 14 and almost Iowa field hockey falls to Northwestern and Michigan over the weekend. led them to a comeback win. He went 19-of-36 for 245 yards, throwing a and an . He also ran the ball once for 14 yards. Following Beathard’s perfor- mance, San Francisco head coach Kyle Shanahan named the rookie the starting . Iowa adds Marion commit Blair Brooks, a wide receiver from Marion, announced his commitment to Iowa not only in football but also in track and field on Oct. 14. Brooks will walk-on the football program and join Hawkeye track and field on a scholarship. Through eight games this season, Brooks has 37 catches, 545 yards, and 9 . He is the reigning long-jump and high-jump state champion in Class 3A. Men's basketball returns Iowa men’s basketball will host its annual media day today at 2:30 p.m. Follow along on Twitter as Sports Editor Adam Hensley (@A_Hens83) and Assistant Sports Editor Pete Ruden (@PeteyRuden) cover the Hawkeyes’ event, live tweeting and providing analysis of the upcoming season.

AP TOP TEN Two top-10 teams lost during this weekend’s slate of games, providing yet an- other top-10 shakeup in the Associated Press poll. 1. Alabama (61) 2. Penn State David Harmantas/The Daily Iowan 3. Georgia Iowa field hockey player Ellie Holley crashes to the ground during the match against Michigan on Sunday at Grant Field. The Wolverines defeated the Hawkeyes, 3-2. 4. TCU 5. Wisconsin 6. Ohio State BY TAYLOR MCNITT into the net on a chaotic cross to score the first of Io- “We obviously have a great bounce-back ability, it’s 7. Clemson [email protected] wa’s 2 goals. “In the first half of the season, we were just the situation you don’t want to be in,” Birch said. 8. Miami coming out slow against teams. We know that we “You don’t want to be 3-0 like that against Michigan, 9. Oklahoma 10. Oklahoma State Despite “resilience” and “grit” being on the lips of have to start out strong against teams and stay strong, but I think it shows great resilience and grit that we the players, coaches, and fans, that doesn’t change the and we have to dictate tempo.” can try to pull it back. Three-two definitely doesn’t fact that No. 22 Iowa field hockey recorded two losses And Iowa generally did, keeping the game score- show how the game should have gone for us, but next this past weekend, 5-4 against No. 10 Northwestern less against arguably its toughest opponent yet for the time, next week for sure, we’re definitely going to and 3-2 against No. 3 Michigan. first 24 minutes. But once Michigan broke the ice, the show how Iowa can perform.” DI'S TOP HAWK Both contests featured competitive games, but Io- Wolverines scored again in the 26th minute and again For seven frenzied minutes after Birch’s goal, with wa could not finish. seven minutes after that. All of them crushing Iowa’s near-miss shots and lost opportunities, Iowa was un- On Sunday, Iowa came out to the field ready to fighting spirit at the time until the buzzer ran out in able to equalize the score for an overtime opportunity prove itself against Michigan. The Hawkeyes did, but the first half, with Michigan leading 3-0. to pull out a win. too late to pull out a win. Iowa didn’t stay down, though. Freeman’s goal There’s no question that Iowa had a good showing Andrea Shine “We knew we had to come out right away against got the Hawkeyes on the board in the 42nd min- in both games once everything was on the line, but this team because we knew they were really good,” ute, and in the 63rd minute, Katie Birch made the said freshman Nikki Freeman, who slapped the ball score 3-2 and gave the Hawkeyes a fighting chance. SEE FIELD HOCKEY, 5

Junior Volleyball’s cross-country Hawk soccer keeps intensity Each Monday the Daily Iowan tourney hopes alive picks the top individual Hawkeye performance of the weekend. Shine finished second in the Iowa wins one and loses one on its trip to Indiana and is 3 falters in 6,000 meters at the Bradley Pink Classic. points shy of a spot in the Big Ten Tournament. Her time of 20:47.3 is a personal best and also good enough for ninth place all-time in the Hawkeye loss to No. 6 women’s cross-country program.

QUOTE OF THE DAY Minnesota “Our backs are against the wall Iowa volleyball struggled in now. ” its rematch with Minnesota BY ANNA KAYSER — field hockey head [email protected] coach Lisa Cellucci Iowa was swept by No. 6 Minnesota for the on Iowa’s second time this season in its first Big Ten urgency rematch. The Hawkeyes fought the Gophers point-for- moving point in the first set, which forward featured nine ties and four lead changes. Iowa held a 22-19 lead be- STAT OF THE DAY Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan fore a 6-1 Minnesota run gave Iowa’s Natalie Winters guards Southern Utah’s Ally Thimsen at the Iowa Soccer Complex on Aug. 31. The Hawkeyes defeated the Gophers the first set. the Thunderbirds, 8-1. Both teams recorded attack C.J. Beathard is first Shymansky percentages under .200 in the Iowa quarterback to BY JORDAN ZUNIGA significance to Sunday’s game. nior Karly Stuenkel helped first set, a testament to the complete a pass in an [email protected] As has been the case with ice Iowa’s lead with a goal in defenses. NFL regular-season all eight of their wins, the the 79th minute to make the The Hawkeyes took that momentum into the game since Mark Vlasic Iowa (8-6-1) advanced 3 Hawkeyes scored first on Sun- match 2-0. She has heated up second set, starting out strong with a 7-3 lead. in 1991. points closer to its goal of day when a Corey Burns cross recently and now has 4 goals However, two momentum-changing challeng- making it to the Big Ten met Natalie Winters’ head to on the season, all of them es led to Minnesota scoring 11-straight points Tournament after a 2-1 vic- give them an early 1-0 lead. coming in the last five games. to take the lead, 18-9. Iowa battled back, but it tory over Purdue in West La- It was the first non-pen- Her spike in perfor- wasn’t enough; Minnesota took the second set, fayette on Sunday. The win alty-kick goal for Win- mance may be an effect 25-18. followed a 2-1 loss in Bloom- ters and her first regis- of her taking more shots. Iowa recorded a .216 attack percentage in the quarterback ington, Indiana, on Oct. 12, tered point since Sept. 8. 1st which added a great deal of In the second half, se- SEE SOCCER, 7 SEE VOLLEYBALL, 7