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Bigger, broader, and more ambitions This year’s Flyover Fest will bring together fashion, politics, and cul- UIHC cancer program ture in a celebration of art in all of its diversity. The festival will tackle a wide variety of issues, including An array of stars, including Old Dominion, the McCafferys, and, of course, UIHC cancer patients, sexism, racism, and homophobia through its weekend events. will put on a Carver show to remember. 80 HOURS Iowa baseball defeats Milwaukee Iowa used its bats to put up an early offensive explosion in a mid- week win over Milwaukee, scoring 11 runs in the first three innings in a 12-4 victory. The Hawkeyes have a big series coming up against Michigan, who is on a 20-game winning streak, so the win over the Panthers brings positive momentum for the Black and Gold. Sports, 6A

Creating eyes for the blind Many diseases can cause patients to lose their natural eyes or need to have them removed. An ocular- ist’s job is to create artificial eyes that resemble the natural eye as closely as possible. UIHC’s Lindsay Pronk is one of only five people in the state who can do this. News, 3A From a college paper to ESPN Wayne Drehs, Matt Bowen, Scott Miller, and Mike Triplett have all Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan made names for themselves in Kristi Foster, Bill Terry, Lindsey Clifford, and Justin Kahler sit in the Stead Family Children’s Hospital on April 16. In 2015, the UIHC began development of a comprehensive and collabo- the field of sports journalism, rative AYA Cancer Program, bridging the services of the Children’s Hospital and the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center. paving their own paths, eventu- ally leading to ESPN. They also have something else in common: BY GRACE PATERAS patients the best care offered on site. The McCaffery family has been a leading force for They’re all Daily Iowan alumni. [email protected] “We’ve always had the services available here, but planning the event and raising awareness for the pro- Sports, 6A the (AYA) program actually allows it to be done more gram. Both Fran, Iowa men’s basketball head coach, On Friday, the country band Old Dominion will quickly, before treatment starts,” said Clinical Assis- and wife Margaret support the efforts of the group in CupcakKe heads to Gabe’s headline at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, and select special tant Professor Bill Terry, the UIHC medical oncologist hopes that it will benefit future patients and families of Elizabeth Harris, better known as guests will join the stage. who leads AYA. youth with cancer. Their son, Patrick, was diagnosed CupcakKe, will hit the bright lights The guests are cancer patients, all enrolled in the Maddie Perry, 20, has Stage 3 T-cell lymphoma. and treated at UIHC four years ago. of Iowa City on Friday as a part of University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics’ new program, Originally from Davenport, the now-Alexis, Illinois, Flyover Fest. The Chicago-native called AYA. resident has been treated at UIHC since her Febru- What is AYA? started reading poetry at church, The Adolescent and Young Adult cancer program is ary diagnosis. She is one of around four patients who and now is a rapper known for her a collaboration between the UI Holden Compressive agreed to take the stage and be recognized. Across the nation, many hospitals and centers are erotic lyrics. 80 hours, 4B Cancer Center and UI Stead Family Children’s Hospi- Friday’s concert is a benefit show to raise commu- creating their own AYA programs. But at UIHC, the tal. AYA’s purpose is to identify patients’ needs, coordi- nity awareness for the care AYA provides to patients Hellerball gets a breath of nate with hospital departments and groups, and find such as Perry. SEE AYA, 2A fresh air With Michigan (winner of 20-straight games) on the horizon, Iowa needed a bounce-back effort IOWA POLITICS after losing its first Big Ten series T-shirts a reminder of of the season. The Hawkeye win over Milwaukee was just that — a breath of fresh air. Sports, 6A sexual, domestic assault Panel mulls Aesculapian Frolics hon- ors medical community The event celebrates the medical RVAP’s annual Clothesline Project reminds the community about school’s faculty and students alike expanding with comedic skits and awards sexual and domestic assault through the use of T-shirts. dedicated to the recognition of outstanding teaching. 80 hours, 7B textbook sales- tax exemption A recently proposed bill aims to Tune in for LIVE updates save students money on course Campus and city news, weather, materials. and Hawkeye sports coverage every day at 8:30 a.m. at BY EMILY WANGEN daily-iowan.com. [email protected]

While university-owned bookstores have been ex- WEATHER empted from charging students sales tax on items, leg- islation in the Iowa House aims to open this exemption HIGH LOW to private retailers. “There’s been some back-and-forth over the years 68 39 about whether [sales tax] should be Mostly sunny, breezy. Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan collected, whether it is being col- T-shirts hang on the RVAP Clothesline Project on the Pentacrest on Wednesday. The project emphasized the effects lected, and I believe that as tuition that sexual assault, domestic violence, and homophobic violence has on victims. costs continue to rise that textbooks INDEX should not be taxed as a small ben- BY MARIA KUIPER mestic assault, homophobic violence, hate crimes, efit to the students that are trying OPINIONS 4A [email protected] and even homicide. to get by,” said the bill’s House floor DAILY BREAK 8B The University of Iowa’s Office of the Sexual Mis- manager, Rep. Bobby Kaufmann, On most sunny spring afternoons, students can conduct Response Coordinator released a report in Kaufmann R-Wilton. CLASSIFIEDS 7B be seen lounging around the Pentacrest. However, 2016 that listed the UI having 123 reported sexual The bill, which is still being formed, House File 2486, SPORTS 6A on Wednesday, students came together to raise assaults, 124 sexual-harassment reports, 107 dating/ was introduced April 11 in the Ways and Means Com- awareness for a darker issue. domestic-violence reports, and 94 stalking reports. mittee and put on the committee’s calendar. If passed, The Clothesline Project is a national event, and The study is 2 years old and, obviously, does not it would provide a sales-tax exemption for private re- Iowa City’s local project is put on by the Rape Victim count unreported acts of violence. tailers in the sale of instructional materials required Advocacy Program. Its main focus is to highlight the unfortunately common acts of sexual and do- SEE CLOTHESLINE, 2A SEE TAX, 2A 2A NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2018 SPACE FOR DANCE Volume 149 The Daily Iowan Issue 178 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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Korn will graduate in May one semester, $60 for two Photo Editors with degrees in dance and health & human physiology. semesters, $5 for summer session, Ben Smith $60 for full year. Lily Smith “The services were always ence, especially when it involves Old Dominion Out of town: $50 for one semester, Design Editor $100 for two semesters, $10 for there,” Terry said. “As we met one of your children … We felt Prior to the show, event pro- Allie Wilkerson AYA summer session, $100 all year. CONTINUED FROM FRONT with patients and looked at it, we have an opportunity because moters donated tickets for pa- Copy Chief Send address changes to: what we found was that the of Fran’s job and the attention tients and their guests. Some Beau Elliot treatment teams are so busy that he gets, to try to spread a were invited on stage, such as The Daily Iowan, Web Editor resources of having many differ- really focusing on the best treat- message about the importance Perry, who will bring her two 100 Adler Journalism Building, Tony Phan ent departments on site makes ment for patients that this was of [the program],” Margaret sisters along to watch the show. Iowa City, Iowa 52242-2004 it stand out. a piece that sometimes wasn’t said. The “No Such Thing as a Bro- BUSINESS STAFF Production Manager The program is for cancer addressed as quickly.” Proceeds from the Hawkeye ken Heart” singers will return Heidi Owen...... 335-5789 patients 13 to 31 years old being Other events, like peer-to- Basketball Tipoff Party at UIHC, to Iowa City, this time as part Business Manager Advertising Manager treated at the Cancer Center or peer meet-ups are held as well. held the last six Octobers, do- of the Happy Endings tour. In Debra Plath...... 335-5786 Renee Manders...... 335-5193 in pediatrics. AYA began in May 2017 and nates to the cause. March 2016, they played at the Classifieds/Circulation Manager Advertising Sales “If you think about it, when has been able to fund one clini- In the first five years, $635,000 IMU. Juli Krause...... 335-5784 Bev Mrstilk...... 335-5792 you’re in college or high school, cal trial. was raised and donated to AYA. Prior to the visit in 2016, lead you’re already stressed [that] ev- There are currently 70 pa- The famous “Franwich” sold singer Matt Ramsey told The ery decision you make is going tients enrolled in the program, at Iowa Applebee’s restaurants Daily Iowan, “College kids have to lead to the rest of your life,” at no additional cost to the during basketball season also a lot of energy, and we love that Terry said. “Decisions about re- patient. The cost is covered by raises money for UIHC pro- … The younger college crowd lationships, and yourself, your philanthropy donors and the grams. is our crowd. We feel at home career. And then you add cancer university. After seeing how a concert whenever we get to play in a col- to this — it puts a big kink in The team behind UIHC’s AYA held at Kinnick Stadium (led lege town.” everything … You already have consists of five core members by The Native Fund to support Old Dominion recently re- a stressful life, trying to figure — Terry, Foster, administrator Iowans in need), Margaret said ceived the Vocal Group of the out what the next steps are, and Justin Kahler, medical oncolo- she thought it would be great to Year award at 2018 ACM awards cancer does not help that in any gist Clinical Assistant Professor see something similar held at in April. way.” Varun Monga, and nurse Lind- Carver. Opening acts for Friday’s Because of the focus on a sey Clifford. Even further, the McCaff- event include Michael Ray and particular age group, AYA is The five coordinate with oth- erys have been involved in the Brandon Lay. able to cater to patient’s needs. ers at the UIHC who interact Coaches vs. Cancer program, a Tickets are still on sale online, Hematology oncology Nurse with patients of AYA partici- fundraiser under the American and doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Practitioner Kristi Foster said pants, including doctors, nurs- Cancer Society that the National Just like Perry’s community young adult patients feel lost in es, social workers, and psychol- Association of Basketball Coach- back at home, whose members the middle, either surrounded ogists. es leads. have sent her cards to offer their by babies or the elderly. But AYA, Margaret said, is support on her journey, Perry AYA tries to help them form Fran and Margaret Mc- special because it is unique to said the concert, and those who connections and build rela- Caffery the UI. support AYA, will make a differ- tionships with others who have “We were trying to spread the ence. something in common with Margaret McCaffery and message of cancer prevention, “I know all this comes togeth- them. husband Fran have been an es- cancer awareness, raising mon- er, a community vibe is going “AYA has so many needs, sential force behind supporting ey for research,” she said. “That on,” she said. “It’s really nice be it medical, psycho, social,” AYA and organizing Friday’s this is a really unique problem, for everyone to take time out of Foster said. “There are so many event. and the people that are in this their day and donate. This con- different things. So we were a When their son Patrick was group of cancer patients aren’t cert is a really good thing not bit overzealous in trying to take diagnosed with thyroid cancer doing as well, and it’s important only for me but other cancer them all on at the same time, at age 14, he went to UIHC for that we get to the bottom of why patients. but we’re trying to do a balanc- treatment. Four years after his that is. ing act and make sure that we’re diagnosis, he has not had any re- “And also to let people know EVENT INFO focusing on each of these differ- currence, Margaret McCaffery if you need help, you can reach ent domains that AYA has huge said. out, you can find us. But also When: 7:30 p.m. Friday needs in.” The new AYA program is es- there’s this great program now UIHC’s AYA program focus- pecially important to their fam- at Iowa.” es on seven areas: clinical trials, ily because it wasn’t something Patrick committed to play on Where: Carver-Hawkeye clinical care, fertility, genetic offered when Patrick under- the Iowa basketball team under counseling, pain and palliative went treatment. his father as head coach. He will Cost: $30-$60 care, supportive services, and “I think whenever you go join his brother, Connor, who survivorship planning. through a life-changing experi- plays point guard.

University and the University of According to a fiscal note According to the legislative TAX Iowa no longer charged sales tax from the Legislative Services agency, the average spend- CONTINUED FROM FRONT on textbooks, required instruc- Agency published April 19, the ing per student on required tional materials, and school sup- sales-tax exemption provided by instruction materials for the plies. The University of North- this bill would have an effect on 2016-17 academic year totaled for courses at postsecondary ern Iowa will follow suit no later the general fund, the Secure and $579.The agency gathered the institutions when purchased by than July after the university Advanced Vision for Education data from a report from the students enrolled in the courses. purchased the UNI Bookstore Fund, and local option sales tax. National Association of Col- Kaufmann said he has re- from University Book and Sup- Agency analyst Kenneth lege Stores. Because of the ceived positive feedback and ply Inc. in March. Ohms described the secure-ed- variance among state sales-tax widespread bipartisan support Hare said he noticed a differ- ucation fund as the “sixth cent” rates and policies, Ohms said for the proposal; it was passed ence in customers but cannot of the 6 percent sales tax in Iowa. he is working from the as- unanimously by the Ways and directly attribute it to the UI The fund pays for school-district sumption sales tax was not al- Means Committee two weeks Hawk Shop’s change in sales infrastructure and property-tax ready calculated into this total. ago. tax, noting that most students relief. Using that average spending The bill could help private did not bring this up. The general fund could see per student with the state sales retailers who at present must While he supports textbooks at least an approximate $1.91 tax of 6 percent, an average charge sales tax on course ma- having a sales-tax exemption, he million loss in fiscal 2019, which student would have paid $34.74 terials. said he does not agree with uni- would drop by fiscal 2023 to at in sales tax, bringing the total “It would be a level playing versity-owned bookstores in- least approximately $1.80 mil- cost to $613.74. field in terms of pricing,” said cluding other items as tax-free. lion. The other two funds would Kaufmann believes the ex- Virgil Hare, the textbook man- In March, the Cedar Rapids also see losses around $381,000 emption would be a wise in- ager for Iowa Book. “[Students] Gazette reported revenue from and $301,000, respectively, in vestment in college students. would see, at least online, the nontaxable sales at the UI was fiscal 2019. “So is it a hit to the budget?” prices are the same, and they’re greater than $31.6 million. The “The general-revenue-stream he said. “Sure, but I think that’s going get get charged that as Hawk Shop, located in the IMU, total is like $7 billion, and sales a hit worth taking when you’re opposed to the 6 percent added.” sells course materials as well as tax itself is the second-largest providing tax relief to students Beginning in 2017, Iowa State apparel and home decor. revenue stream,” Ohms said. who will save some money.”

ent student organization ev- Clothesline Project] makes is things on a nationwide scale.” CLOTHESLINE ery year. Junis said the project awesome,” he said. “When I The hundreds of T-shirts CONTINUED FROM FRONT works with different student first learned about it, I didn’t that portray stories are shown groups to represent the un- realize how huge the exhibit ac- through colors. Red, pink, and derrepresented. This year, the tually was.” orange signify survivors of rape RVAP has been collecting South Asian Student Alliance Nailah Roberts, the RVAP or sexual assault, yellow shows T-shirts, made by local survi- helped put on the event. campus prevention-education survivors of physical and do- vors and victims of violence, for “We partner with many coordinator, said the main thing mestic assault, blue and green 20 years. RVAP works with the groups with different intersec- that was different for this year is indicate survivors of incest or Domestic Violence Interven- tions of violence that show how that there seems to be an overall childhood sexual abuse, pur- tion Program, Monsoon, and marginalized groups are affect- consciousness about the issue of ple shows survivors of attacks Nisaa. Susan Junis, the assis- ed by violence,” Junis said. sexual and domestic assault. based on their sexual orienta- tant director of Prevention and Aman Sharma, the president “A lot of people are curious tion, and white shirts represent Outreach at RVAP, said after of the South Asian Student As- about how this relates to the victims murdered. the project is displayed annual- sociation, said that because his #MeToo movement,” Roberts This exhibition, along with ly, students and citizens of Io- organization is up-and-coming, said. “This is a good sign be- other recent presentations and wa City will want to make and he wanted to be involved with cause people are thinking about demonstrations, are a result donate shirts. activities that were unique. the images they see in the com- of April being Sexual Assault RVAP partners with a differ- “I think the statement [the munity and how that relates to Awareness Month. THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2018 NEWS 3A Pinpointing the climate of change WorldCanvass hosted experts in climate science and the environment to discuss policies in the U.S. and around the world to help the environment.

BY BROOKLYN DRAISEY broken up into three sections, working hard to mitigate their that contribute to floods with global responses to environ- very, very hopeful,” he said. [email protected] each covering a different envi- air pollution, taking a page out the goal of reducing flooding mental challenges. Faculty One thing each speaker not- ronmental topic. of Los Angeles’ book. Around and improving water quality. members Jerry Anthony, Tyler ed was the absence of a silver As Earth Month comes to a The first session featured UI 60 years ago, LA had horrible Just focused on another Priest, and Jerry Schnoor all bullet in fixing climate change. close, many people will return College of Engineering facul- air quality, Carmichael said, avenue of improving Iowa’s weighed in, giving their opin- Changes have to be made in to habits that hurt the environ- ty members Greg Carmichael but Claifornia officials imple- waters: freshwater mussels. ions on how the world’s people many different areas to make ment, but experts are looking and Gabriele Villarini, who mented polic ies that fixed ma- Iowa’s waterways host billions can try to lessen their impact any real impact, Carmichael for ways to sustain the sustain- discussed air quality, atmo- ny of the problems. of these mussels, which filter on the Earth. They agreed that said, and everyone needs to ability trend. spheric rivers, and storm-pat- “We’re committed to many algae and nitrogen out of water cities have the largest impact, buy in. At the University of Iowa tern prediction. Carmichael is of those changes already; we through “eating, peeing, poop- and they’re doing the most to “I think dealing with the International Programs’ last the co-director of the Center just need to make it to a point ing, and puking.” The popula- try to reduce their emission of environment is kind of like WorldCanvass of the season for Global & Regional Environ- where the Earth is in better bal- tion has been depleted by the greenhouse gases. dealing with exercise and di- on Wednesday, leaders in mental Research, and Villarini ance than it is now,” he said. pearl-button business and soil Anthony said Iowa City has ets; there are no quick fixes,” climate science and environ- is the director of IIHR — Hy- Craig Just and Larry Weber, runoff, Just said, and it’s im- been doing well with sustain- he said. “It really is a commit- mental fields came together at droscience & Engineering. both College of Engineering portant to the ecosystem that ability, includng promoting ment to making individual MERGE, 136 S. Dubuque St., to Carmichael said air quali- faculty members, discussed they be brought back to life. alternative modes of trans- changes, making changes at discuss policy approaches to ty in Iowa is pretty good, and water quality in the second “They’re like the canary in portation such as biking and the local level in terms of poli- environmental challenges in right now he’s focusing on two session. Weber covered the the coal mines, and as they go, walking and its plans to reduce cies … then also being vigilant the U.S. and around the globe. of the countries with the worst Iowa Watershed Approach for the health of our rivers and greenhouse-gas emissions. to see that the state and na- “Climate Science and the En- air quality in the world: China Urban and Rural Resilience, streams goes,” he said. “Amazing things have been tional agendas address these vironment: What’s Next?” was and India. Both countries are a program to address factors The final session discussed happening in cities, so I’m issues.” An eye for eyes One of only five ocularists in the state, Lindsay Pronk operates the Ocular Prosthetics Service, creating prosthetic eyes. BY AADIT TAMBE the [natural] eye is the most dif- Roy Behrens, like Eness-Pot- [email protected] ficult part.” ter, also has prosthetic eyes. He Before coming in, Pronk underwent years of surgery on- Lindsay Pronk single-hand- said patients are often nervous ly to be diagnosed with painful edly runs the facility tasked and anxious about what they glaucoma, he wrote in an email with creating artificial eyes at will look like with the pros- to The Daily Iowan. the University of Iowa Hospi- thetic eye, but some patients “When Lindsay makes a tals and Clinics. told The Daily Iowan the result prosthetic eye, she begins with Pronk, who runs the Ocular looks similar to a natural eye. a meaningless piece of plastic Prosthetics Service, is one of Kerri Eness-Potter suffered that has no resemblance to an only five ocularists in the state. from a chronic retina disease, eye,” he said. “But it starts to take There are 228 ocularists who and one of her eyes had been shape very soon, as she slowly are certified by the American through numerous eye surgeries builds the counterfeit eye, using Society of Ocularists. and had lost vision. the simplest artist’s supplies. In Many diseases can cause pa- “It was not working and was the end, the effect is amazing.” tients to lose their natural eyes causing a lot of discomfort,” The best part is to see pa- or need to have them removed. she said. “I was putting a lot of tients realize they look no dif- An ocularist’s job is to create resources in an eye that really ferent from anybody else and artificial eyes that resemble the wasn’t functioning.” to see them walk home happy, natural eye as closely as possible. She now has prosthetic eyes, Pronk said. “Even though I am doing the and she said that because the “It is very meaningful to me same thing every day, every- new prosthetic eyes are so ad- that I make people feel better body’s eye is completely differ- vanced, no one notices them. about themselves and not have ent, so even after 13 years of do- “They actually move when to worry about how they look ing this, I still run into challenges you talk, and people don’t know and live their daily lives with- of painting colors and fitting,” they’re prosthetic unless I tell out having to think about that,” Pronk said. them,” she said. Pronk said. An impression of the eye sock- et of the patient is taken as the first step to creating an artificial eye, she said. That dictates the shape of the eyeball. Next, a wax version of that impression is created to look identical to the original im- pression, she said. The wax version is fitted in- to the eye socket and altered to make sure the shape is correct and has the same front curve, the eye lids are able to open, and looks in the right direction, she said. Once the fitted look is achieved, a mold is made around the wax eye and is cast into the plastic, Pronk said. The plastic shape is the final eye, which is then painted to achieve precision, she said. “From start to finish, this pro- cess takes two days,” she said. “Patients come in, and we start this process on the morning of the first day. The eye is then painted, and patients go home with the eye on the second day.” Pronk creates two eyes per week. She has created more than 700 eyes in the last 13 years. “The painting takes the most time,” she said. “Painting the prosthetic eye so that it matches 4A THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2018 Opinions COLUMN Racial microaggressions still rife, even in class Racism is still prevalent across the nation and here at the UI in everyday life. People need to be educated and aware of what this systemic racial microaggression looks like to prevent it in the future and truly achieve diversity and inclusion in the classroom.

Often, discrimination in the vidual is completely uncalled “Participants indicated that distaste for being the token to On Iowa in which students classroom is either ignored for. It shows the ignorance of they are expected to serve black student because they and faculty can take an online or not even recognized at all. people who might have good as the racial expert in class- recognize the large spectrum course like Success at Iowa This is unacceptable. intentions but still participate rooms and that many faculty of diversity among African and then discuss its impor- I recently had a class in in discrimination and un- fail to effectively facilitate Americans. But instructors tance in various activities and which the lecture was focused equal treatment. By singling discussions related to race often saw them as experts on settings on campus. on the subject of discrimina- out a young African-Ameri- and racism and to intervene every black person. Racial microaggressions tion and equality in the work- can woman during a lecture, in instances of racial micro- “Singling out an African occur every day in class- NICHOLE SHAW place. The teaching assistant the instructor was treating aggressions.” Racial microag- American student to provide rooms, and our campus is no [email protected] had meant to try to help stu- her differently from the rest gressions are defined as “brief the ‘Black’ perspective implies exception. It’s time to recog- dents recognize discrimina- of the students in the room and commonplace daily ver- a universal Black experience, nize this unequal treatment Recent movements such tion in the workplace and how and unfairly asking one per- bal, behavioral, and environ- otherwise referred to as a and become an institution of as #MeToo and Black Lives to eliminate it in the future. son to speak for the entirety mental indignities, whether microinvalidation, a specific tolerance here at the univer- Matter, among others, are a In actuality, she discriminat- of her racial group, asking intentional or unintentional, form of racial microaggres- sity by educating instructors cry for progressive change ed against an African-Amer- her to give us the black per- that communicate hostile, sion that ignores variability and students about subtle against discrimination tar- ican student unknowingly in spective. Occurrences such as derogatory, or negative racial among people of a shared racism that still occurs in ev- geting various minority asking the young woman to these remind me of the igno- slights and insults to the tar- heritage,” the study said. This eryday life. groups. Amid everything that speak to her discriminatory rance people in higher educa- get person or group,” accord- is a prime showcase of racial Students and faculty need appears in pop culture and experiences in front of an en- tion still have about discrimi- ing to 2007 ‘s Racial Microag- microaggressions that is sys- to be educated on what this the news, we sometimes for- tire lecture and describe how nation and inequality. gressions in Everyday Life. temic across the nation and is toxic and systemic racism get about discrimination that those experiences made her A 2015 study of Afri- African-American students home to our very own classes looks like in order to pre- takes on other forms, such feel and what she might do to can-American higher-ed- in a 2017 focus group study in here at the UI. vent ignorance and avoid as unequal treatment in the prevent them in the future. ucation students from the the journal Teaching in High- A possible solution could be discriminating against mi- workplace and the classroom. This isolation of an indi- University of Georgia states, er Education spoke to their a mandatory course similar norities. GUEST OPINION - PHIL WEEK The importance of generosity to the UI UI President Bruce Harreld encourages the university community to reflect on the positive effect of private donations. At this time of year, the work plished. On Phil’s Day, we once dents and their families, research and resources of those who give our generous donors. We have life. We also hope that you turn of the university really blooms. again set aside time to celebrate grants, and private donations back to the university through Phil to thank for all of this. that reflection into action and Students are finishing up papers and thank those who have helped have always been crucial parts the philanthropic spirit. You may Phil’s Day is also about reflect- that you not only remember the and projects, many students are make our UI experience the best of the UI’s funding mix. Today, have benefited from a scholar- ing on how philanthropy plays benefits of philanthropy but also preparing for graduation, and it can be. Let us all reflect on the private giving is playing an in- ship funded by a private donor. an important role in leading a participate in the world of Phil. the calendar is filling up with ma- importance of our private donors’ creasingly important part among You no doubt have learned from good life in general. Especially Phil’s Day is the perfect time to ny exciting concerts, exhibits, lec- generosity and the difference those resources. a professor who has been able to those students who will walk stop and think about how import- tures, and presentations before they’ve made. As UI students, you all ben- to conduct the research he or across the commencement stage ant Phil has been to your life so far the end of the semester arrives. Gathering the resources for us efit from the vision, goodwill, she has shared with you in the in a few weeks, we hope you re- and how you can best show your As we look back at this aca- to achieve the excellence we aim and resources of the people of classroom thanks in part to pri- member how much philanthropy philanthropic spirit in the future. demic year, we should also reflect for in all areas has always been a our state, but you also are able vate support. You certainly have has played a part in your success on how philanthropy has played collaborative undertaking. State to enjoy a world-class education learned in facilities across cam- here at Iowa, setting the stage for ­— J. Bruce Harreld a major role in all we’ve accom- funding, tuition dollars from stu- thanks to the vision, goodwill, pus that were made possible by a great career and community University President GUEST OPINION - PHIL WEEK Celebrating Phil’s Day for everyone The UI celebrates Phil’s Day, recognizing thousands of donors and those who benefit from their kindness. It’s become an annu- be remarkable. Phil also rep- tol Senate Chamber. Chicago in 1991. Today, Ath- Mark has given back to his sional and philanthropic story. al tradition — dozens of resents everyone who bene- Each year, we invite a letico has grown to offer community and to the UI. His dedication to his company volunteers waking before fits from philanthropy. friend of the university outpatient orthopedic re- Most notably, Mark helped and employees, to education, dawn to dress the campus We host our annual Phil’s to campus to speak about habilitation in 11 states and sustain the UI athletics and to serving his patients and in black and gold — all to Day to honor those who give philanthropy. This year’s more than 400 locations and training program by cre- community shines through in celebrate Phil. and celebrate the impact do- featured guest is Mark is a physical therapy and ating the Danny T. Foster all that he does. Who is Phil? At Iowa, Phil nors have on our campus and Kaufman, the founder and athletics training partner Professorship in Athletics Please join us today to cele- stands for the thousands of our people. I hope you enjoy president/CEO of Athletico to organizations at all levels Training Education in honor brate Phil. people — alumni, fans, pa- celebrating Phil today, and I Physical Therapy. — from high-school and col- of his mentor and longtime tients, friends — who make also hope you will join us for Mark graduated from lege programs to profession- UI faculty member. — Lynette Marshall donations to help the Uni- the annual Life With Phil talk the UI in 1986 and opened al sports teams and more. I’m delighted that Mark will President and CEO versity of Iowa and its people at 10:30 a.m in the Old Capi- his first Athletico clinic in Throughout his career, be here to share his profes- UI Center for Advancement

GUEST OPINION Vote Mary Mosiman for state auditor Current Auditor of State Mary Mosiman has the needed experience to protect Iowa taxpayers. Over the last 40 years, experience for the job. That state auditor, she has con- against Mosiman has been a itics, and that is something clear. Choose someone who the State Auditor’s Office person is the current audi- tinued to modernize the of- lawyer for his entire career. Mosiman understands and has a passion for auditing has been led by a certified tor, Mary Mosiman. fice and maintain the office’s He has no experience in ac- has reflected in her work. and accounting. Choose public accountant. For most I have had the privilege of status as a certified public counting or auditing and She has stood up to bad bud- someone with years of ex- Iowans, it makes sense that knowing Mosiman since I accounting firm. That status does not have an education- geting practices, whether perience in the job. Choose the person doing all the ac- was a student in high school, allows the Auditor’s Office al background in account- by Republican or Democrat, someone educationally certi- counting and auditing work back when she was serving to do its work independently ing. It is quite clear that Mo- and has been a watchdog for fied for the office. Choose an for the state would be an as the Story County auditor. without the need to contract siman’s opponent wants to all Iowa taxpayers. That is impartial watchdog for Iowa accountant with a strong Mosiman has dedicated her expensive outside firms for use the Auditor’s Office as a why she stands by the mot- taxpayers. Elect Mary Mosi- auditing background. If the life to protecting taxpayers the important work of audit- steppingstone for higher po- to of previous state auditors man for state auditor. job of the state auditor is to from government fraud and ing the state and protecting litical office, and it will only who were also CPAs: “In God be done with integrity and waste, and her hard work has important government ser- come at a detrimental cost We Trust … Everyone Else efficiency, we need that role benefited the lives of every vices for Iowa taxpayers. to Iowans. The role of audi- We Audit.” — Caleb Bell to be filled by someone with Iowan. Since being elected The candidate running tor transcends partisan pol- In the end, the choice is UI student

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ering the San Francisco 49ers, at a reporter, but hey, that was to. He had been invited on af- “The Daily Iowan helped me he wrote for the Milwaukee ESPN in the Times-Picayune, and now usually his best quote,” Triplett ter contributing to the Chicago a ton. To have that experience Journal Sentinel while playing CONTINUED FROM 6A at ESPN. said. “I think he respected me Tribune as an NFL writer after out of college helped me tre- for the Packers (2001-2002). Triplett has been covering because I had covered a NFL his seven-year NFL career had mendously,” Bowen said. “It In his final two stops with the the Saints since that dread- team.” come to a close. was unique, because I think Washington Redskins (2003- and an escape in their lives, so ful summer that threw both As decorated as Triplett’s It wasn’t the first time that I gave kind of an inside view 2005) and Buffalo Bills (2006), what I was doing still felt im- the team and the entire city career has been, he says some Bowen was nearly paralyzed about football.” he wrote for the Washington portant.” into a state of turmoil. He of his best memories still come by nerves on his first day at When Iowa legend Hayden Times and Niagra Gazette. As a Davenport native, joined ESPN in 2013 during from his days with the DI. a new job. Almost a decade Fry retired as the head football After the NFL, Bowen re- Triplett had worked for the the company’s effort to hire “After an away game at Ohio earlier, he lined up for the St. coach, the DI had the luxury of turned to the Chicagoland Quad-City Times during his a beat writer for every NFL State, all of us who were there Louis Rams across from Troy offering a player’s perspective. area. Still determined to be a high-school days. His college team. In addition to writing, covering it made a commit- Aikman and the Dallas Cow- Bowen, who graduated in 1999, full-time writer, he returned search was directed by a pam- he regularly makes radio and ment to getting back to Iowa boys at Texas Stadium for his played under both Fry and cur- to school at DePaul University phlet that a guidance coun- television appearances across City before the bars closed,” first NFL start. Just like in his rent head coach Kirk Ferentz. to pursue a M.A. in journal- selor had given to him, which ESPN’s wide-ranging platform Triplett said. “I still don’t think 670 The Score début, he even- Bowen, who majored in ism. listed the top-five journalism to talk about the Saints. I’ve faced a deadline pressure tually regained his wits — or journalism, was determined Before arriving at ESPN, schools in the country. Modern technology allows that meant more to me than so he thought. to write professionally regard- where he writes as a NFL In- “When I visited The Daily Io- Triplett to work from New that.” “It took me about four or less of his future in football. sider currently, Bowen wrote wan, I was blown away by the Orleans, setting up his own five plays to say to myself, Because of NCAA restrictions, for the Chicago Tribune, the quality of the paper,” he said. cameras for SportsCenter att Bowen sat on his ‘It’s just football, just play Bowen worked as an unpaid Chicago Sun-Times, and the “They offered me a spot in the segments 1,400 miles away family-room couch football,’ ” Bowen said. “The employee for the DI and even National Football Post. fall, and I left Iowa knowing from ESPN’s headquarters in Mawaiting a phone running back ran to the side- covered the track and field Bowen’s career path is an where I wanted to go. I knew Bristol, Connecticut. Twenty call. His NFL career was over, line, and I hit him as hard as team during the football off- anomaly. Unlike many for- I wanted to write for The Daily years earlier, Triplett was the his last game I could. I launched him. The season. mer athletes in media who Iowan.” first “webmaster” for the DI, check cashed. only problem was he was While in the NFL, Bowen have gained credibility strictly Triplett started as a fresh- a job that required compiling His hands about 5 yards out of bounds continued to write. He was through their former careers, man on the volleyball beat, and all of the articles from that shaking, he when I hit him.” the 198th pick in the 2000 Bowen was always as much of by the second semester, he was day’s paper and posting them answered Bowen’s life since college NFL Draft. The 199th pick a journalist as he was a foot- the assistant sports editor. He onto the emerging World the phone, had been full of contradic- was a guy named Tom Brady. ball player. spent the next couple of years Wide Web. praying his tions; he threw his body In 2002, Bowen recorded “The coolest thing about Io- as an editor, and one of his hir- He was awarded the Bob Bowen vocals would around violently on Sundays his first interception in his wa City for me back then was ings was Wayne Drehs. Roesler Media Award in 2014. respond to but would find time during NFL career. Brady, of course, seeing everyone going to grab Sifting through the DI’s ar- His best career accomplish- the brain signals screaming, the week to write poetry for threw the pass. the DI in the morning,” Bow- chives in search of Triplett’s ment, however, may be the “TALK.” his wife. At Iowa, he played Every city he landed in, he en said. “To have your byline work yields a plethora of nu- stamp of approval he received It was Bowen’s first appear- safety at an All-Big Ten level reached out to the local news- in there, it was pretty special.” anced, thought-provoking col- from Nick Saban during his ance on 670 The Score, the on Saturdays and then wrote paper and asked to contrib- umns. That style was evident time covering LSU at the Chicago sports-radio station eloquently about it in the DI ute. With the St. Louis Rams Go to daily-iowan.com to in college, in his postgraduate Times-Picayune. that so many Chicagoans such for Monday’s paper in 1998 (2000-2001), he wrote for the read Scott Miller’s story. time at the Sacramento Bee cov- “Sometimes, he would yell as him had grown up listening and 1999. Post-Dispatch. In Green Bay,

Heller said. “But on the other main mission is to be that Ben Chally and Colin Kreiter Ben Probst, and Grant Leonard HELLERBALL hand, we saw really good pitching. team to snap the monumen- OFFENSIVE both knocked 2-out singles to all saw action on the mound. CONTINUED FROM 6A So you got to tip your hat there.” tal run. With the three-game CONTINUED FROM 6A the outfield later in the inning to “We knew coming in that Mil- Big Blue is right on the hori- series hosted at Banks Field, a bring the two runs in. waukee could swing the bats, and zon, and that’s something the venue in which the Hawkeyes The pitching staff stiffened in a midweek situation, that’s al- lead definitely did feel good.” Hawkeyes are well aware of; don’t go down easily without a Iowa kept the scoring going up after that inning, allowing ways a concern — getting into a Wednesday was a breath of Michigan comes into this week- fight, there’s a legitimate upset with another run in the fourth, only 2 runs on 7 hits for the slugfest with your young pitchers,” fresh air for Heller and Com- end’s matchup as arguably the energy surrounding the team. and the Hawkeyes scored in ev- rest of the game, though Trevor Iowa head coach Rick Heller said. pany, who had more runs in hottest team in the country. Iowa is 12-3 at home this ery inning until the fifth. Schwecke smacked a 2-run shot “They started out hot, found a cou- the one game against Milwau- “We know they’re on a season, with its three L’s com- Elion kept his hot streak go- over the left field fence with two ple holes, got a couple runs right kee than it did in all three Min- pretty good winning streak,” ing from St. Louis, Indiana, ing, reaching the 4-hit milestone outs in the ninth. Shane Ritter, away, and then it was good to see nesota contests combined. Lorenzo Elion said. “We love and Ohio State. But that loss by the fifth inning. He finished Jack Dreyer, Cam Baumann, Trenton work through that.” “It builds a lot of confidence, that — we love playing for to Ohio State on April 7 was 4-for-5 and coupled that with 2 just seeing guys come around, these type of moments.” the last time the Hawkeyes RBIs and a run scored. finally start swinging well,” Elion is right; Michigan is dropped a game at Banks Field. The Hawkeye pitching was Cropley said. “We’ve been put- on a pretty good win streak Despite snagging a win in different from the last midweek ting good swings on balls, they (the Wolverines are winners of Minneapolis, the Hawkeyes battle, however. Against North- just weren’t falling. It’s good to 20-straight games, to be exact). needed a convincing win. Not ern Illinois on April 17, seven Io- see a few of them fall.” On paper, it’s not shaking up only does it build momentum, wa pitchers combined to throw a The sky wasn’t falling by any to be a complete David-and-Go- but it pushes past losses that 1-hitter in an extremely impres- means — no one was hitting liath match — Michigan is 11-0 much further away. sive showing that highlighted the the panic button — but Iowa’s in conference play, while Iowa A Tribe Called Quest said it progress the staff has made. first conference series loss of hovers one game above .500 — best: “You inhale like a breath Against Milwaukee, the no- the season didn’t come at an but the Hawkeyes aren’t back- of fresh air.” hit bid ended as soon as it start- opportune time. ing down. And that’s just what ed when freshman left-hander “We didn’t have a great week- The players and coaches the Black and Gold did on Trenton Wallace gave up a lead- end at Minnesota offensively,” made on thing clear: Iowa’s Wednesday. off single to Devin Rybacki. THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2018 DAILY-IOWAN.COM Sports @DI_SPORTS_DESK

HAWKEYE UPDATES Iowa Football NFL Draft Guide Josh Jackson, Cornerback Electric bats and a sigh of relief 6-0, 196 lbs. Projected Round: 1 NFL Comparison: Josh Norman Iowa’s bats gave the baseball team what it needed to convincingly top Milwaukee. What the scouts say: “Long- armed ball-hawk who understands how to maximize his length to disrupt the catch and take it away. Jackson could be labeled a “one-year wonder,” but 27 passes defensed in a single season isn’t random. He’s talented but inex- perienced, and he has coverage holes that could be exploited early in his career. Jackson’s draft stock likely took a hit with his average 40 time and unimpressive work in position drills. However, he is armed with route anticipation, ball skills, and NFL length that teams covet in a press-man corner. It may take time, but the tools are there to be an early starter.” — Lance Zierlein, NFL analyst What we say: While Jackson doesn’t have a ton of experience as a starter, the season he had speaks for itself. Leading the country in interceptions and total passes defended doesn’t happen without skill, and Jackson has plenty of that. With arguably the best ball skills in the draft, Jackson can play a big role for any team early in his career.

James Daniels, Center 6-3, 306 lbs. Projected round: 1-2 Player comparison: Chris Chester What the scouts say: “The Iowa guys are always going to be quick and proficient, but you have to Katie Goodale/The Daily Iowan see them tested against power Hawkeye infielder Lorenzo Elion runs for first as Milwaukee’s Jack Kraus, catches the ball at Banks Fields on Wednesday. The Hawkeyes defeated the Panthers, 12-4. because they are usually going to be a little smaller, too. This guy has decent size, and I think he’s got pretty good functional power. He would come in and challenge Hawkeyes romp in offensive explosion Hellerball gets a for best center in our division right away.” — NFC team college scouting director BY PETE RUDEN It started when Kyle Crowl reached first on a sac- What we say: Daniels made the [email protected] rifice bunt that scored Robert Neustrom, thanks to breath of fresh air correct decision to leave school a throwing error on the Milwaukee pitcher. early. Not only is he in for a pay- Iowa baseball’s 12-4 win over Milwaukee at Banks Tanner Wetrich then continued the damage with BY ADAM HENSLEY day (potentially at a first-round Field on Wednesday was, to put it mildly, an offen- a 2-run double, plating Lorenzo Elion and Crowl. [email protected] price), but he’s more than capable sive explosion for the Hawkeyes. After Wetrich scored on a sacrifice fly by Justin of being plugged right into an NFL Despite giving up 2 runs in the first inning, the Jenkins, Cropley brought Grant Judkins in on a sin- Inhale. system. He’s the most NFL-ready Hawkeyes went above and beyond in their counter- gle to left field. Over last weekend, Hawkeye baseball lost its first center in the draft. attack, scoring 11 runs against four pitchers in the Iowa batted around, bringing Neustrom to the Big Ten series in six tries, dropping a pair of games Josey Jewell, Linebacker first three frames to put the game away early. plate for the second time of the inning; he reached in a three-game series against Minnesota. 6-1, 234 lbs. “Just coming out and being focused [was key],” and advanced to second on a dropped ball by the left Iowa tallied just 8 runs in the three games, while Projected round: 5-6 left fielder Tyler Cropley said. “We knew that they fielder, scoring 2 more. getting shut out in one of those contests, and aver- Player comparison: Sean Lee were going to throw a lot of guys at us, and we just Elion finished the inning with a single to right aged 7.3 hits per game over the stretch. What the scouts say: “I like him had the confidence that no matter what guy came field, and Neustrom scored again when Matt Quar- Exhale. a lot. I think he will run faster than in, we were going to be able to do what we did and tel couldn’t handle the ball. Iowa throttled Milwaukee in its midweek game, people think for sure. Give me a guy just hit it around the ballpark.” The Hawkeyes kept it simple to get the big lead taking down the Panthers, 12-4, in a game that with his mindset and instincts, and I Iowa scored 2 in the first and 1 in the second, but early, sticking to the basics. wasn’t in question after Iowa broke a 2-2 tie after the can sell him to a coaching staff even if he’s not as big as they are looking the third inning was the biggest of them all — the “Don’t try to do too much, don’t try to pull, don’t first inning. for. His tape will win them over.” — Hawkeyes scored 8. play a big game today,” Elion said. “The wind was “I knew with the lineup that [Milwaukee] had, we AFC Director of Scouting A good chunk of runs came from Panther field- blowing in, so we weren’t trying to do too much. didn’t want to be in a close situation,” head coach What we say: Jewell is your ing errors. Milwaukee committed 5 errors, 3 of Just play small ball.” Rick Heller said. “To sit back and be able to have a big typical “football guy,” and that’s them in the third. Iowa took advantage of the mis- not a knock on him by any means. cues, scoring half of its runs in the inning on errors. SEE OFFENSIVE, 5A SEE HELLERBALL, 5A Jewell’s instincts will sell them- selves; he’s a guy who has a knack for getting to the football one way or another. Those 132 tackles (while still missing a game) were no joke. WHAT WE'VE WITNESSED Akrum Wadley, Running Back 5-10, 194 lbs. A series reflecting on major stories that have impacted our campus. Projected Round: 5-6 NFL Comparison: Marlon Mack What the scouts say: “Great athlete, but what is his value? He’s pretty dangerous as a pass catch- er, but I don’t know if you can trust From the DI to the ESPN – it all him to protect your quarterback. He’s a skinny rotational running back with some juice. He’ll test great, but I still don’t know if his value is higher than the third day.” — AFC regional scout started at the Sports desk What we say: Wadley is certainly an electric back whose shiftiness and athleticism will allow him to Wayne Drehs, Mike Triplett, Matt Bowen, and Scott Miller all began their careers as sports journalists for be an effective playmaker in the passing game and outside the The Daily Iowan. Since then, they’ve all worked at ESPN and have won awards for their professional work. tackles. However, his small frame may worry some teams and may hurt his production inside the BY ANDREW DONLAN of mine said to me ‘You’re good at this, that he was a freshman. about the DI. “It laid the foundation tackles. Wadley will likely be a No. [email protected] you can do this, but you need to pick a The two ended up being in each oth- for my success, not only as a journalist 2 running back at the next level beat and figure out what you want to er’s weddings years later and are now but as a person.” but has the potential to be a solid s Wayne Drehs paged through write about,’ ” Drehs said. “I never did coworkers at ESPN. change-of-pace back. the Dallas Morning News sports that, I never picked a beat. I just jump When Drehs became DI sports edi- n the early summer days of 2005, page, a featured high-school around and tell great stories, and that tor, he hired Matt Bowen, then a safety Mike Triplett decided to commit Sean Welsh, Guard A 6-3, 306 lbs. football player caught his eye. Over- has worked out.” on the football team and now another Ito a budding relationship with the Projected Round: 7-UFA street. There was something familiar In 2006, Drehs followed a high- ESPN colleague. woman who became his wife. She was NFL Comparison: Austin Blythe about that name. school football team in Alaska, por- “Wayne Drehs is one of the best from the New Orleans area, and he What the scouts say: “Capable David Overstreet Jr. was the son of traying the difficulties of fielding op- writers you’ll ever read, period,” Bow- landed a job with the interior lineman who will likely the late David Overstreet, a running ponents and battling through the total en said. “It doesn’t get better than Times-Picayune to cov- move to the center spot due to back for the Oklahoma Sooners and darkness that affects the state in late that.” er the New Orleans his lack of size and length. While Miami Dolphins who was killed in a fall and winter. The lure of the DI Sports section in Saints. The situation, Welsh isn’t physically weak, car crash in 1984. The younger Over- His 2007 piece, “Ray of Hope,” ex- that era wasn’t just the group of writ- at the time, seemed he doesn’t have the mass and street had become one of the top play- amined the impact of Jason Ray, the ers. Iowa athletics was in a state of ideal. But just two pure power to win one-on-one matchups, and he is best-suited ers in Dallas, modeling his game after man behind a University of North flux. months later, Hurri- for teams who lean on inside his father, whom he barely got the Carolina mascot. Ray, an organ donor, Drehs was there when Hayden Fry Triplett cane Katrina hit. zone running plays. Welsh’s solid chance to meet. was killed in a car accident. “Ray of retired and Kirk Ferentz was intro- Not only did the technique and potential to swing Drehs pursued the lead and wrote a Hope” sought out all of the beneficia- duced as the new head football coach. storm destroy the apartment Triplett from center to guard in a pinch piece that his colleagues wouldn’t have ries of Ray’s organ donations, and the He was there for the change in bas- and his wife were renting, it made him will benefit his roster chances. caught without his knack for finding piece encouraged thousands to sign ketball coaches — Tom Davis to Steve question and later reaffirm the profes- Welsh has decent talent but below a meaningful sports story. That story up as organ donors. Alford. He was there when Dan Gable sion he had decided on when picking a average physical traits, which got him in the door All of those stories won Emmys. retired. All of this, Drehs said, made college more than a decade earlier. could make him a backup who has at ESPN in 2000, Drehs’ journey as a sportswriter be- working at the DI especially exciting. Triplett covered the Saints from San to try to protect his roster spot.” — Lance Zierlein, NFL analyst less than a year after gan when he chose the University of “I spent more time in that news- Antonio for four months, away from What we say: Much like Blythe, graduation. He’s been Iowa at 18 years old. After he visited, room than any other building or any his wife, who lived in New Orleans Welsh’s size and length isn’t any- there ever since. the choice was a no-brainer, he said. other place excluding my home, and during the aftermath of Katrina. thing to get excited about if you’re Uncovering incred- When he arrived on campus, he vis- even then, my home changed every “It was hard to feel sorry for our- an NFL general manager. Still a ible stories buried in ited The Daily Iowan, where he was told year. I may have spent more time there selves when other people were going strong athlete, though, scouts at the Drehs the world of sports has there were openings for the Sports than any place in Iowa City.” through much harder things than we next level can look at his technique defined Drehs’ career. and Metro sections. The sports editor Drehs even met his wife at the DI. were,” Triplett said. “Sports reporting and fundamentals, which are sure to Since he started at ESPN, his work has at the time, Mike Triplett, interviewed In 2013, he was named a UI Dis- in general is not always hard-hitting help a team in some capacity. It also been awarded numerous Emmys and Drehs and assigned him to cover tinguished Alumnus for his work at journalism. But as I visited shelters in doesn’t hurt that Welsh comes from Iowa, which has the tendency to transcended the reach of traditional cross-country. When Drehs protested ESPN. San Antonio, people wanted normalcy produce solid NFL linemen. sports writing. his assigned beat, wishing instead to “That place is incredibly special to “Early on at ESPN, an older friend cover football, Triplett reminded him me and it always will be,” Drehs said SEE ESPN, 5A 80HOURS The weekend in arts & entertainment Thursday, April 26, 2018

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DI MISCELLANEOUS Seeking: A Parisian woman, recently divorced. Juliette Binoche plays Isabelle • FLYOVER FEST, DREAM THE FUTURE: A FASHION EXPERIENCE, 9 P.M., 281 N. LINN in Let the Sunshine In, our aforementioned divorced Parisian painter. While she is looking to give love another shot, she encounters incredibly flawed men FILM whom she can’t help but fall in love with. First a banker, who just so happens to be married, an actor, who of course has his own issues to sort through, and a • JUROR SCREENING: ALISON S.M. KOBAYASHI, 3 P.M., FILMSCENE fellow artist, who is unsurprisingly afraid of commitment. For those wary of the standard rom-com fare, don’t worry. The movie promises to be much more than AYLOR MAC T your average, everyday chick flick. SATURDAY 04.28 — By Claire Dietz MUSIC • TWIZTID, 6 P.M., YACHT CLUB • TAYLOR MAC, A 24-DECADE HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSIC, 7:30 P.M., HANCHER • ARIMA EDERRA & CHIKA, 8:30 P.M., YACHT CLUB DANCE LIT PICKS • I OUGHTA WRECK: ANNIHIL8 // 3V3 BREAKDANCE BATTLES, 7 P.M., IMU THE MERRY SPINSTER, BY MALLORY ORTBERG SECOND-FLOOR BALLROOM Mallory Ortberg is best known for their work on the part surrealist, • B.F.A. DANCE CONCERT, 8 P.M., SPACE/PLACE 7:3 part satire, part dark humor website that was “The Toast.” Unfortunately, 0 P HER .M., HANC the website has since been left to gather digital dust in the archives THEATER — by Natalie Betz of the Internet, but that doesn’t mean that the people can’t continue • EARS ON A BEATLE, 7:30 P.M., RIVERSIDE to get its doses of surreal, wonderful, strange, and wild humor of • A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, 8 P.M., MABIE THEATER Mallory Ortberg in their daily lives. The Merry Spinster retells the classic fairytales we have all grown up with and loved with all our hearts. But DI MISCELLANEOUS now, Ortberg takes them, and respins them to become something • PODCASTING 101, WORKSHOP WITH SHE’S ALL new and dark that will satisfy the coming generation. Including FAT, 10:30 A.M., MILL elements like psychological horror and strange emotional ties, Ortberg • CLIMATE X FASHION: SOLUTIONS, 12:30 P.M., is creating a new bath of fairy tales for a new generation of readers both young and old who are MERGE, 136 S. DUBUQUE trying to come to terms with this very, very strange thing we call life. And what better way to do • 116TH-ANNUAL FROLICS, 7 P.M., ENGLERT ID TO GE SA T B EY E that then with fairy tales, retold in weird, dark, horrifying ways. H TT T E FILM R — By Claire Dietz • QUEER FASHION & STYLE: STORIES FROM THE HEARTLAND, 1:40 P.M., IOWA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 123 S. LINN • FATTITUDE, 3:10 P.M., IOWA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY • PAN’S LABYRINTH, 11 P.M., FILMSCENE ALBUM PICK

WORDS Bishop Brigg’s Church of Scars • DECOLONIZING POP CULTURE, 2 P.M., MILL Before releasing an album, Bishop Briggs had more than 80 million streams on Spotify SUNDAY 04.29 from her hits “River” and “Wild Horses.” She also had a single featured in the latest Fifty Shades 8 P NE MUSIC .M., FILMSCE of Grey movie. Briggs released her début album, Church • PHI MU ALPHA SPRING RECITAL, 3:30 P.M., VOXMAN STARK of Scars, on April 20, featuring her popular OPERA STUDIO singles as well as several brand-new tracks. • SKILLET, WITH FOR KING & COUNTRY, 7 P.M., US CELLULAR CENTER, 370 FIRST AVE. N.E., CEDAR RAPIDS Briggs’ powerful vocals carry every song, even • UI SYMPHONY AND CHAMBER ORCHESTRAS, 7:30 P.M., in the beginning of ballads such as “Hi-Lo VOXMAN CONCERT HALL (Hollow)” and “Water,” on which she sings softly before belting during the chorus. Her THEATER strong voice booms with intense emotion • EARS ON A BEATLE, 2 P.M., RIVERSIDE until the bass drops and electronic beats take over. However, her style isn’t the typical EDM WORDS music but instead a unique mixture of typical pop music with an edge because of the singer’s hefty belts. • PATRICIA HAMPL, PRAIRIE LIGHTS, 15 S. DUBUQUE • COMEDIAN KATE BERLANT, 8 P.M., IMU HAWKEYE ROOM The majority of her songs, as I said earlier, are more intense, such as “Water,” a power ballad that erupts into a chorus echoing Briggs’ desperation. The song revolves around her revealing FILM her attachment toward someone she loves. However, “Tempt My Trouble” and “Dream” are more • 12TH-ANNUAL SCREENDANCE FILM FESTIVAL, 11:30 A.M., upbeat tunes scattered throughout the album that provide a fun contrast. FILMSCENE Overall, Briggs’ first album showcases her undeniable talent and different twist on the • THEY SAID TO GET BETTER, 8 P.M., FILMSCENE stereotypical pop song.

DI Song pick: “Dream” MISCELLANEOUS — by Natalie Betz • HOLLYWOOD BABBLE-ON, , 7 P.M., ENGLERT THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2018 80 HOURS 3B New Play Festival graces the UI stage Next week, UI playwrights will have their pieces showcased in the New Play Festival. The annual event especially highlights M.F.A. students, whose works will be full produced throughout the week.

BY ELLY WOODS At this job, she got curious about [email protected] playwriting, Orta said. “It’s very similar but differ- Beginning April 30, UI play- ent,” she said. “Poetry is soli- wrights will see their works tary. It’s just you and the po- produced in the annual New em, and then you put it out in Play Festival. The festival will the world. Theater is like, you include round tables, read- can’t put it out unless you’re ings, and full productions of collaborating with others.” students’ plays. Shoe was inspired by events The festival was started in in her life, she said, and she the 1970s, right around the began to use writing as ther- time that the M.F.A. program apy. The story chronicles a was becoming one of the best daughter’s journey to escape in the nation, said festival di- an unhealthy relationship rector Art Borreca. with her mother. She said she There will be four full pro- wanted to make a mean and ductions in the week, which horrible character but didn’t will be attended by guest play- want her to be the protagonist. wrights who will gather to give The setting draws from her feedback on the plays. The experience, taking place in her guests are usually friends of the parents’ hometown in Texas. program and come from differ- “In the rewriting process ent academic departments and this semester, one of the big professional theaters. things for me was: How do I Borreca said the Theater clarify this title so that it reso- Department has a large focus nates in the appropriate way,” on new works, and the festival Orta said. is a way to make the produc- Another third-year M.F.A. tions and workshops of plays student, Scott Bradley, is on a public show. Plays are meant his eighth festival, combining Shivansh Ahuja/The Daily Iowan to be staged, he said. undergraduate and graduate Iowa’s Adrienne Jensen hits a backhand against Ohio State at the Hawkeye Tennis Complex on March 25. The Buckeyes swept the doubles point and won “I can safely say this: I’m ex- years. An actor, director, and the match, 6-1. cited to see this group of grad- playwright, he spent around satire written in verse, as well speare’s character John Falstaff happen if Falstaff was given the are consuming the United uating writers all having their 20 years in New York after as sword fighting. He said he and the play Henry IV. In throne, he said. His inspiration States right now,” Bradley work produced in the same graduating from the UI before was excited to experience the Shakespeare’s plays, Falstaff is came after the 2016 presiden- said. “But I wanted to find a festival,” he said. coming back to get an M.F.A. dynamic energy that would a immoral glutton and a thief, tial election, he said. framework that would hold Marisela Treviño Orta, a Bradley said the play, A consume the department for Bradley said, but he never “I really felt it was import- those complexities that gave third-year M.F.A. student, will Kingdom Jack’d, will be light- seven days. gains too much power. A King- ant to respond to the social me enough distance to allow a be the first playwright show- hearted and include political The play is based on Shake- dom Jack’d explores what would and political upheavals that fresh perspective.” cased, on April 30, with her play Shoe. Orta received a master’s degree in San Francisco in po- NEW PLAY FESTIVAL etry before discovering her true passion, playwriting. While When: April 30, May 5, in California, she found an on times vary campus job in a local theater Where: Theater Building writing poetry, doing photogra- phy, props, and programming. Cost: Free-$5 4B 80 HOURS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2018 Away from pop-up tunes From poetry through rap, Elizabeth Harris — best known by her stage name “CupcakKe” — keeps it true to herself above all.

BY RHIANA CHICKERING came out. I am on tour now, the second verse,” Harris said. [email protected] and I have 20 dates in a row, “I like to take [my] time, and I so I’m really booked now, [so] like to put a lot of thought and Growing up in Chicago, I am very grateful.” effort into my music instead of Elizabeth Harris wrote poet- Harris recently released her writing just anything within ry based on the struggles of third and most exciting album 30 minutes.” living in the city. She was of- yet. Ephorize consists of songs During the Flyover Festival ten bullied at high school for rap fanatics will dance and this weekend in Iowa City, not having as many clothes party to. crowds may witness Harris as her peers. With its outstanding pro- perform some of the songs “I started out doing poetry duction and extremely honest in her discography. Even when I was about 13 in church- lyrics Ephorize marks another better, interacting with the es,” she said. audience “[When I was] and hearing 14, someone told ‘The truth is everything, so I try to put a lot of their voices me, ‘Why don’t truth in it, and life experiences is just the best sing por- you switch it to tions of her rap?,’ so at that way to get good songs.’ songs are time, I turned what Harris to rap and never — Elizabeth Harris, “CupcakKe” loves most looked back.” about per- CupcakKe will perform at great music success for Har- forming, giving audiences Gabe’s, 210 Iowa Ave, at 10:30 ris. Even she says Ephorize something to look forward p.m. on Friday, along with mu- is more exciting and takes a to. sical artist Haus of Eden. lighter tone than her previous “Every performance is al- Since then, Harris has discography. “[My previous ways different in its own way,” taken the name “CupcakKe” albums] were more stern and Harris said. “I [particularly] and begun posting music on serious, [but] this one is more like when I make the crowd her Facebook page, where light,” she said. moan during ‘CPR.’ ” Contributed her first songs received Even though the tone more than 1,000 views, mak- of Harris’ music slightly ing her life exciting and of- changed, her creative pro- ten overwhelming. cess and vulnerability have CupcakKe’s “sex-positive remained. music” has caught the atten- “The thought process and tion of hip-hop fans across feelings I put into [my music] the nation, even prompting and sharing my life experi- outstanding reviews from ences [with people] is what I magazines, such as Rolling love about creating music,” Stone, which declared her sec- she said. “The truth is every- ond studio album S.T.D one of thing, so I try to put a lot of the best rap albums of 2016, truth in it, and life experienc- and The Fader, which consid- es is just the best way to get ered CupcakKe to be one of good songs.” the 21 rappers to be excited Her thought process illus- about. Candid lyrics with trates just how much feeling one-liners elicit shock-hu- and care she dedicates to her mor, but beyond her raun- music. Rather than writing chy verses, CupcakKe values a mediocre song in 30 min- honesty, delving into her utes or so, Harris takes her thoughts and experiences. time to create a high-quality “[My career] has changed a catalogue. lot,” Harris said. “[I] created “I might write a verse with- [more] albums, a lot of inter- in an hour, then come back viewers want to interview me, and write the hook a couple [I received] a lot more book- days later, then come back in ings since the album [Ephorize] another couple days and do Contributed THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2018 80 HOURS 5B

nel strategist for Flyover, FLYOVER said she got involved af- CONTINUED FROM FRONT ter witnessing the fashion events that were a part of the festival. After a show, Designers in the Midwest she offered feedback to im- have woven together glitz, prove the experience, and lights, and fabric to create she eventually was invited the ultimate fashion state- to produce the events. ment — inclusiveness. “It was an incredible ex- For the past two years, perience that created the the Flyover Fashion Fest has opportunity for me to get helped to bridge the gap be- to know so many more peo- tween those who see them- ple outside of the universi- selves in the fashion world and ty circle,” Seay wrote in an those who are still under-rep- email to The Daily Iowan resented. This year, the event “At the time, I was doing a will be bigger and more ambi- lot diversity and inclusion tious than ever before. work with the university, so Coming to Iowa City this naturally when the concept weekend, Flyover Fest is a for Flyover was born, I saw fashion, politics, and cul- it as a chance to join a hard- tural festival that celebrates working team and continue art in all of its diversity. to invest in this communi- It was created as a plat- ty’s inclusion efforts.” form for underrepresented Incorporating concerts, groups to express their cre- film screenings, dance re- ative ideas and share their citals, and public discus- stories. sions, Flyover offers a di- Simeon Talley, the creator verse amount of talent. The of the event, conceived the festival will tackle a wide Iowa Fashion Project in 2015 variety of issues, includ- as a way to connect designers ing sexism, racism, and and help establish the fashion homophobia, Talley not- scene in Iowa. The project ed that the Flyover team Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan later evolved into the Flyover members needed to stay Models perform during the Flyover Fashion Festival on May 5, 2017. Fashion Fest, which focused compassionate while wor- on challenging the main- kng with visiting artists. celebrated on a broader stream fashion business. “This year, there’s a par- platform.” “The fashion industry ticular, specific challenge in Community is an ex- is notorious for excluding the work that we’re trying tremely important factor to certain types of people, to do, with being thought- Flyover Fest, which is why whether it would be on ful with what we say, how Talley hopes Iowa City res- race, body type, [or] physi- we say it, and how people idents will come together cal ability,” Talley said. “We perceive us in what we’re through attending the var- think that should change, trying to do,” Talley said. ious events. and we wanted this festival “We recognize that we’re “Hopefully, this event to be a way to be a force for dealing with a lot of artists builds a community of folks good and be an advocate to who have dealt with injus- who are invested in making change those things.” tice, discrimination, who at things more inclusive and The theme of this year’s times experience hate.” representative,” he said. festival is “Dream The Fu- Talley said they are proud “You’ll be exposed to ideas ture,” putting a huge em- of the artists they brought and artists in a provocative phasis on creating a better for the event. and thoughtful way that future for marginalized “A lot of the folks we’re might compel you … we live artists. bringing in are doing such in pretty politically fraught “It’s kind of a way of interesting work in their times. This is an event that hopefully sparking a con- respective fields,” he said. can kind of replenish, re- versation on what we want “They are engaged in elevat- store your soul. You’ll find the future to look like,” ing [and] working to pro- people who want to be in Talley said “The vision and mote conversations. These that space with you as well.” the dream we have for the are people who might not Seay echoed his message. future as a festival is one be super big names or folks “What Flyover is doing is that’s more inclusive and you might not recognize really cool, not just for Iowa more representative.” immediately, but they’re City, not just for Iowa, but Kyra Seay, the operations really interesting. They’re for the entire Midwest,” Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan director and the omni chan- doing work that should be Seay said. A band performs before the Sex and Ice Cream Fashion Show during Flyover Fashion Week on May 5, 2017. 6B 80 HOURS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2018 Taylor Mac & the fluidity of genius Finding his footing in drag, Taylor Mac will perform a larger work this weekend at Hancher

BY JOSH BALICKI From drag performances performer to such an extent history from the margins [email protected] at the Slide — a now defunct that the performance gains a being told, and on the other gay club — to performing tra- sense of reality. hand, we are never allowed Taylor Mac melds various ditional theatrical Western “One of the aspects of du- to forget the dominant nar- modes of performance, which canon off-Broadway, Mac dis- rational performance Mac is rative.” has garnered consistent praise played an unprecedented form most interested in is the in- There is no passive spec- in the greater artistic commu- of gender fluidity. evitability of the actors and tator in A 24-Decade History of nity. His originality and versa- In Shakespeare’s A Midsum- the audiences starting to fall Popular Music; the audience tility has culminated in honors mer Night’s Dream at Classic apart,” Buckley said. “That is plays a crucial role in a larg- such as MacArthur Fellowship, Stage Company in 2012, Mac precisely when we are most er, more intimate spectacle. Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Dra- reinvented the role of Puck by vulnerable to each other.” Mac affirms this by saying, ma, NY Drama Critics Circle introducing a sense of malle- Decades in the making, A “We are making a 24-decade Award, among others. ability and restlessness in the 24-Decade History of Popular history of popular music; it is He was raised by his moth- character. His ability to rep- Music has solidified a place in a radical fairy realness ritual er in Stockton, California — a resent all gender expressions the storied history of dura- sacrifice … The audience is the community he describes as a was also seen in his perfor- tional performances. As a Pu- sacrifice.” Contributed predominately white and ho- mance of Brecht’s The Good litzer Prize finalist, A 24-De- Buckley attended the pro- mogenous in their values. Mac Person of Szechwan. cade History of Popular Music is duction in New York City, cled potato-chip bags, chess cade History of Popular Music. had never seen an out homo- The Young Ladies Of offers a 246-song epic of profound which was the only time it boards, and a leprechaun hat. During the performance, Mac sexual of any gender or expres- an autobiographical account depth and precision about was performed in its dura- “Each element of the cos- continually confronts domi- sion until he attended an AIDS of his father. Set in 1952, Lt. our country. tion. She said the ritualism tume is going to have histor- nant heterosexual constructs march. An overarching theme Robert Mac Bowyer plac- Buckley said Mac began the enhanced the numerous par- ical significance,” Buckley such as the nuclear family. By of his work: simultaneously es an ad in an Australian show by remarking that they ticipatory elements of the said. “The costumes are out- doing so, he makes room for building community while it newspaper asking for corre- were performing on unseated performance. rageously spectacular as cre- a wide variety of expressions is falling apart comes from his spondence from ladies. Mac Native land by saying, “We Her favorite participatory ations, but each element of and relationships. experience at said march. combines the enumerable have a lot of history on our element took place during the the costume has meaning.” “Mac takes issue in the Mac will perform a segment of letters his father received back, and we have to figure World War I decade, when the MacArthur- and Tony-win- show with the way in which of his larger work A 24-Decade with his original music and out how to deal with it.” whole audience was “blind- ning designer Mimi Lien cre- gay men and lesbians have History of Popular Music at 7:30 script. By juxtaposing the His response was to hand folded as if we were physically ates a streamlined set that been precariously but clearly p.m. Saturday at Hancher. hyper-masculine military life over his prized ukulele to a disabled during the war and uses the entire performance normalized into the culture While the audience members of his father against his own, Native performer to open the with a partner, we fed each space. The flexibility of the set to a certain extent,” Buckley may not get all 24 hours, they Mac provides the audience a show. This gesture forced the other grapes — therefore, the provides a visually interactive said. will get a glimpse of the mas- way into witnessing his lin- audience to grapple with the performance activity is on and multifaceted spectacle. sive, episodic performance. eage. historical injustices. the body of the participant as “There is a real palpable Mac started out his artistic After these theatrical suc- “[Mac] is still prefacing much as it is on Taylor Mac,” sense of artists as community EVENT INFO career performing as a drag cesses, Mac delved into du- and repeatedly reminding Buckley said. in the room in a way that was queen in small gay clubs and rational performance — a audience members that there Mac has popularized an for an outsider really remark- When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday bars. UI Assistant Professor long-standing tradition ad- is a history of injustice, op- unpolished aesthetic. Repur- able — there was evidence of Jennifer Buckley said the caba- opted by the vanguard realm pression, and slaughter that posed, everyday materials it everywhere,” Buckley said. ret performances were vital in of theater over the past de- is integral to our country’s make up the bulk of his cos- “Mac created this large and Where: Hancher shaping his ability to break the cade. Buckley said that along history,” Buckley said. “On tumes designed by Machine diverse community that to- fourth wall with his audiences with marking the passage one hand, we are having a tre- Dazzle. For example, in the gether made the work.” Cost: $10-$36 as well as deliver consistently of time, durational perfor- mendous amount of fun see- 1850s decade, Mac wears a The radical fairy stands as in chaotic environments. mances tax the body of the ing this sometimes invented costume made up of recy- marker for identity in A 24-De- ICDocs returns for the 15th year BY TROY ALDRICH fessional filmmakers, Jean- an awards party at 8:15 p.m. body progressive nonfiction Livingston, a former ICDocs production The Innocents. [email protected] Paul Kelly and Alison S.M. Saturday. filmmaking technique. director, said in a press re- Kobayashi’s most recent Kobayashi. The festival is now in “You have a narrow and lease. work, “Music is Magic,” is ICDocs is a festival put The festival will split its 15th year and hopes to exciting window of opportu- The judges, Kelly and Ko- a 14-minute piece that was on by University of Iowa screenings between Adler continue introducing lo- nity through festivals to see bayashi, both have an exper- released in 2016. The art- students that features 34 and FilmScene, 118 E. Col- cal audiences to nonfiction the best and most exciting tise in nonfiction, short-film ist has a large collection of nonfiction short films and lege St. Screenings will take filmmaking. The short films work that is being made in production. Kelly received short nonfiction films that two screenings featuring place today through Satur- being judged must be fewer film, and ICDocs is no ex- many awards and national have risen in popularity af- work by two Canadian pro- day and will conclude with than 30 minutes and em- ception,” filmmaker Jason attention following the 2014 ter 2012. THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2018 80 HOURS 7B Fun & frolics from the med school Hosted by the Carver College of Medicine Student Government, the 116th-Annual Aesculapian Frolics will head to the Englert on Saturday.

BY MATTHEW KINNEY tion, and organization leader. Along with the Annual Frol- [email protected] The event culminates with ics, the medical school’s Stu- awards for best band and best dent Government has had a The 116th-Annual Aesculapi- skit. The bands and skits are busy year, hosting a technolo- an Frolics will head to the En- judged by the medical school’s gy fair, putting on Crista Ga- glert, 221 E. Washington St., at Office of Student Affairs and la, and raising money for the 7 p.m. Saturday. The event is Curriculum. Skits in the past university’s Dance Marathon. hosted by the Carver College have ranged from parodies All students at the UI are wel- of Medicine Student Govern- of the presidential election to come to attend meetings and ment and consists of comedy spoofs of popular songs. various events put on by the skits and musical events put At last year’s event, Hope organization. on by students. Richards, residency class of UI junior neurobiology ma- The event is a celebration 2020, was awarded the M3 jor Hunter Twedt, who has at- of the medical school’s facul- Resident Teacher of the Year tended the last two Aesculapi- ty and students alike, and it is Award. Colleen Stockdale and an Frolics, sees them as a great dedicated to the recognition of Abbey Hardy-Fairbanks were creative outlet for students. outstanding teaching by facul- finalists for the M3 Teacher of “The last two Frolics I’ve ty and medical residents. Each the Year Award. been to have been a blast, and Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan medical-school class performs With busy schedules, a it was inspiring to see all of People enter the Englert for comedian Margaret Cho’s standup performance during Mission Creek Festival on April 6, 2017. a comedic skit followed by hectic end of the year for these medical students having the presentation of teaching students, and many medical such a great time,” Twedt said. medical students to celebrate Twedt said. “It’s definitely a awards. Each medical class, rotations being outside of Io- “The music was great, but for the end of the year. unique experience that every- M1 through M4, competes to wa City, the event is tricky to me, the skits were the best part. “Seeing these skits and one should attend, regardless EVENT INFO be winner of either best skit or plan. In the end, the event is a You really do get to see another songs performed in full lab of interest in the medical field.” When: 9 p.m. Saturday best band. way to bring everyone in the creative side that isn’t always coats and scrubs is hilarious The event will start at 7 Awards at the event will college together for one night there in the medical field.” to see, and I think the whole p.m., and tickets are available Where: Englert, 221 E. Washington be given out for outstanding to celebrate the hard work and As a member of Medicus on event is a great victory lap for for $10. Tickets for the event teacher, tutor, faculty, resi- dedication they’ve displayed campus, Twedt thinks that the all the hard work these stu- can be purchased online or by Cost: $10 dent, staff, student organiza- over the year. annual Frolics is a great way for dents put in during the year,” phone at the Englert. 8B THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2018