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The Daily Iowan MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2017 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILY-IOWAN.COM 50¢ Iowa Politics News To Know Dems resolute on comeback Democrats in Iowa — at least those in Johnson County — seem to have come to a consensus: It’s time to rebound. 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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Design Editor Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan Out of town: $40 for one semester, David Calderon A person walks past the Belin-Blank Honors Center on Sunday. The Honors Center is connected to Daum and offers classes and quiet study spaces. $80 for two semesters, $20 for summer session, $100 all year. Copy Chief Send address changes to: Beau Elliot able to be deployable; to go Miller’s special election to just as concerned about safe The Daily Iowan, Web Editor DEMOCRATS out and help knock doors, the Iowa House in District drinking water and habitat 100 Adler Journalism Building, Tony Phan CONTINUED FROM FRONT to go out and help make 82. for hunting and fishing and Iowa City, Iowa 52242-2004 phone calls, to help candi- “In a district that Don- quality schools,” Boulton BUSINESS STAFF Production Manager dates in neighboring coun- ald Trump carried by 20 said. Heidi Owen. 335-5789 Janice Weiner, an Iowa ties so that we can start to percent, we won a special It’s important to en- Business Manager Advertising Manager City resident and member spread the wealth,” Weiner election there for Phil by 10 gage with Democrats even Debra Plath. .335-5786 Renee Manders. 335-5193 said. percent,” Boulton said. “It’s in counties that are over- of the Johnson County Dem- Classifieds/Circulation Manager Advertising Sales ocratic Central Committee, She said the party did a about engaging voters.” whelmingly red, said can- Juli Krause.