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Some of the vegetarian food options offered at the Hillcrest Marketplace are displayed on Feb. 12 and Sunday. UI vegetarian students are not satisfied with the food that is offered for them in the dorm dining halls. (The Daily Iowan/illustration by Mikaela Parrick) A perceived lack of options in the University of Iowa dining halls may cost vegetarians. By NOELLE ALKHAWAJA just spaghetti or cheese pizza every day.” [email protected] In the last year, University Housing and Dining has tried to find new menu items and dishes to serve to students. Despite attempts to offer a variety of options at the dining halls, vegetarian “I would say that we are always looking for different things to serve,” said Jill students may find themselves at a disadvantage, both health-wise and financially. Irvin, the director of University Dining. “It’s very possible that we have added “I could not survive just eating vegetarian options that were on the menu,” Uni- versity of Iowa senior and vegetarian Chance Lacina said. “It seemed like it was SEE VEGETARIAN, 3

PRESIDENT MASON 1st search forum draws few TRADE By CARLY MATTHEW [email protected] Iowa

Low attendance marked the town-hall-style meeting Monday afternoon that was intended to gather feedback on selecting the next University of Iowa president. farmers “It’s a small turnout, but I think we are very, very early in the process,” said Jean Robillard, the University of Iowa vice president for Medical Affairs and head of the Presiden- tial Search Committee. “I think you often have that with a eye Cuba first forum.” Approximately 20 people attended the forum, which last- By REBECCA MORIN ed just over 12 minutes. [email protected] The meeting was also available for live streaming through the presidential-search webpage. Four people asked ques- Iowa just can’t wait to tions or suggested qualifications for the new president, in- be friends with Cuba. cluding a single online comment. Officials listen to a question in the IMU Main Ballroom on Monday. An open meeting was held to discuss the This past month, Sen. “I didn’t have any expectations when I came here whether qualifications of the next UI president. (The Daily Iowan/Courtney Hawkins) Steve Sodders, D-State this would be crowded or empty or somewhere in between,” Center, filed a resolution Regent Milt Dakovich said. “I certainly appreciate all the members, students, staff, and faculty. in the Iowa Legislature comments.” UI junior Sam Wampler, the speaker of the UI Student supporting an enhanced Robillard hosted the forum in order to allow the UI stu- Government Senate, said he would like the next president trade relationship be- Sodders dents, faculty, and staff to share the qualifications they “be- to be involved with the students through shared gover- tween Cuba and Iowa. senator lieve will be most important in selecting the next president nance similarly to the way he said he felt President Sally The United State of the [UI],” according to a mass email he sent to students, Mason was. has a trade embargo on Cuba. staff, and faculty on Feb. 13. The first was a general forum open to the community SEE PRESIDENT, 3 SEE CUBA, 3

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Tickets: $3 based what they thought day, in which non-Muslim A veil-wearing friend of college students and facul- women will be invited to try Karim’s, she said, has had • Friday: Flowers of ty would be most interested wearing a hijab for a day to objects and insults thrown Faith, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., in, said Muslim Student see what it’s like, then at- at her, while some students IMU River Room Café Association Vice President tend a panel discussion af- once threatened to pour so- Source: UI Muslim Student Noha Karim. terwards. da on Karim while she was Association “I have a lot of friends Although the main pur- praying.

MCAT shakes up exam By GRACE PATERAS will no longer feature the vous because everyone has The reason students [email protected] writing portion. to take the same test,” UI want to pay for addition- Instead, biochemistry, junior Alex Meyer wrote in al help to do well on the The new MCAT will psychology, and sociology an email. “But there is just MCAT, he said, is to look have local medical-school sections will be included on some extra work involved good for medical-school ad- hopefuls taking a test for the test. studying the extra material.” missions offices. double the time beginning The test will take seven Instructors at Kaplan “Med schools are looking in April. and a half hours, which in- Test Prep help students pre- to see whether or not stu- The Medical College Ad- cludes an hour and a half of pare for the MCAT, as well dents can succeed in the missions Test is a national breaks between tests and an as other nationalized tests rigorous of medical schools,” exam that the Association of additional lunch break. The across the nation. Farcy said. “It’s very im- American Medical Colleges new exam is around two Farcy said students who portant to have a strong issues for students wanting and a half hours longer than take the test need to be test score to succeed in med to go into med school. the old test. aware the tests are more school as well.” Some students, such as “The main reason people than a standard science test. From a Kaplan survey University of Iowa junior believe it will be difficult is “It’s not a science test; it’s study of 78 medical schools, Collin Thatcher, said class- because preparation is more a critical thinking test,” he 41 percent of the admissions es in undergraduate school difficult,” said Owen Farcy, a said. “It incorporates science offices said a low MCAT will help on the MCAT. Kaplan Test Prep instructor. that they need to be aware score was “the biggest ap- “[The MCAT is] a compre- “It’s practically double the about [for the real world].” plication killer,” said Russell hensive overview of my en- length of the exam.” Farcy said his firm’s pro- Schaffer of Kaplan. tire college career,” he said. He said with areas added gram charges $2,000 for an The test adjustment, “My classes all will help.” to the test that pre-med stu- extensive training course, according to Thatcher, The test has undergone dents didn’t have to study which includes review of all has both positive and its first content modifica- for previously, it could create content, needed to know for negative judgments. tion since 1991, and the a harder test. the exam. “I think it was a good medical-school association With the new additions Other ways Kaplan offers idea to add the psychology is confident the changes to the tests, students are help to students is through side of stuff,” Thatcher said. will improve tomorrow’s expected to know a broader its study aid books. “People need to know how to physicians. range of topics. Students, such as Thatch- communicate with people. The new test, which will “With the test covering er, use the books to study on But I don’t like the fact that first be issued on April 17, more doesn’t make me ner- their own for tests. I have to study more now.” BLOTTER Shelby Avenarius, 23, 1244 Andrew Hamlett, 29, West Seth Owen, 1113 Franklin St., Cailey Parker, 21, 201 E. Melrose Ave., was charged Liberty, was charged Feb. was charged Monday with Burlington St. No. 1525, was Feb. 13 with selling alcohol to 13 with selling alcohol to driving with a suspended/ charged Feb. 13 with selling minors. minors. canceled license. alcohol to minors. THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2015 NEWS 3

out menu items with ap- the repetition of food choic- unlimited swipes at the ter for a certain number of Burge Marketplace manag- VEGETARIAN peal,” Irvin said. es, not leaving any variety dining halls.” swipes, respectively — even er, wrote in an email. CONTINUED FROM FRONT The issue at hand, she in their nutritional intake. When residing in the UI if the student doesn’t use At an action station, food said, is the difficulty for di- “I don’t want to get residence halls, students the meal plan. is made to order, such as the rectors and kitchen staff to cheese pizza all the time, or must choose a meal plan “Being in the dorms and omelet or stir-fry stations. some vegetarian menu items prepare healthy, yet tasty, just fries, or just fruit,” said giving them access to the having to pay for the meal Despite attempts to offer for this past academic year.” foods in a way that also ap- UI freshman and vegetari- dining halls. plan is unfair if you’re a more options, some vegetar- Some options aren’t open- peals to students. an Ridhi Jani. “I feel like I “It’s terrible,” Lacina vegetarian,” Lacina said. ian students said they feel ly available and have to be “We may get comments have the same thing every said. “If you’re in the dorms, “It’s a waste of money.” more action and thought requested at the counter, periodically from people single day.” you’re forced to buy a meal Mayflower residents can is necessary for University such as veggie burgers. about how much variety we Because of insufficient plan.” purchase a cheaper meal Housing and Dining to ad- According to a 2012 Gal- might have in our vegetari- vegetarian options, Jani If they do not live in May- plan with fewer swipes. just dining halls fairly. lup Poll, around 5 percent of an menu, but no matter how said, she is forced to find flower, which includes a Burge Marketplace has “They should have veg- people identify as vegetari- hard I try, I can’t make what other places to eat. kitchen, students must pur- made ongoing attempts to etarian versions of every an in the . your mom makes,” Irvin said. “I end up eating out a chase a Black or Gold meal offer more variety through menu item — like imitation However, dining officials Some students said the lot,” she said. “I feel like plan — which cost $1,525 opening “more action sta- meat,” Lacina said. “They find it “challenging to put real problem seems to lie in it’s a waste because I have and $1,687.50 per semes- tions,” Anne Harkins, the could easily fix this.”

Linda Stuart Kroon, the “To my understanding, The regents have yet to communications, according as well as the regents and PRESIDENT director of the UI Women’s there’s only one, which seems release the names of the to the Monday release. the institution. CONTINUED FROM FRONT Resource and Action Center, small to me, given the sheer search-committee members. The regents previously Though she was dissat- asked why more staff mem- numbers of staff who work On Monday afternoon, selected Parker Executive isfied with the number of bers were not included in here at the institution in a the regents released the Search in past Iowa State staff members who will be Wampler said he hopes the search panel. wide variety of capacities name of the firm that will University and University appointed to the committee, the new president will The state Board of Re- and are critical to the univer- help conduct the search, of Northern Iowa presiden- she said she appreciated the work on preventing sexual gents chose to have one staff sity’s success,” Stuart Kroon Parker Executive Search of tial searches. opportunities to speak at assault on campus, boost- constituent — either the UI said. “I’d like to see as much . Stuart Kroon, along with open forums. ing sustainability efforts, Staff Council president or a representation as possible.” The firm’s role will be to others who spoke at the On Friday, various UI creating a welcoming envi- designee — in its 21-mem- Robillard noted that the develop criteria for the po- meeting, believes the next governance groups will host ronment for international ber search committee while regents, not the university, sition, evaluate candidates, university president should three similar targeted fo- students, and promoting choosing seven faculty outlined the committee’s facilitate interviews, and be able to relate well to UI rums for students, staff, and diversity. members. membership. participate in follow-up students, staff, and faculty faculty.

level they really do open years, the amount of com- reau board president and it would be agriculture,” cultural, as their country CUBA things up.” modities bought by Cuba a corn farmer, said he Swenka said. “The big- continues to develop. That CONTINUED FROM FRONT But even with the urge, has gone down, though. thinks any Iowa farmer ger picture in opening up is the big thing that will Iowa can’t make the deci- Other countries, such as would welcome an oppor- trade with Cuba is opening affect the masses in agri- sion on its own. Argentina and Brazil, tunity for more enhanced for export masses of agri- culture.” President Obama is trying Brian Latell, a senior re- have begun allowing Cuba trade with Cuba. to normalize relations with search associate with the to use credit to purchase “We did have some ship- the Caribbean country. Institute for Cuban and products — leaving Cuba ments, but with the restric- Cuba imports about 75 Cuban American Studies to take advantage of those tions with how they bought to 80 percent of goods for at the University of Miami, opportunities. it [with cash] created barri- food needs, much of it be- said he believes the em- “The Cubans are certain- ers,” Meade said. “If we can ing agriculture because bargo on Cuba will stay in ly interested in importing reduce restrictions with of inadequate farming in place for a few more years. agricultural goods,” Latell trade, we always feel like that country. Iowa leads This past month in the said, noting that only Con- it’s positive for Iowa and the nation in corn produc- U.S. Senate, Sen. Amy Klo- gress can lift the embargo. the United States.” tion and is second in the buchar, D-Minn., has be- “There is a general move- Cattle farmer Steve Sw- nation in soybean produc- gun trying to raise support ment to facilitate this.” enka, who usually exports tion, which was cited in to lift the Cuba embargo. More than half of his meat across the nation Sodders’ resolution. Not everyone is on board. Americans are in favor and has in the past export- Several state senators Cuban-American Sen. of renewing diplomatic ed cattle semen to Canada and representatives are Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has in relations with Cuba in and New Zealand, said he planning to take a trip the past been verbal in his addition to ending the would like the opportunity to the Caribbean to visit to about restoring relations embargo. According to for more trade. Cuba, along with Mar- with Cuba. a survey conducted by “Naturally, when you shalltown resident Carlos There is a loophole, how- Pew Research Center in expand trade with any Cortés. ever, for Cuba to buy goods January, 63 percent of regions, it just opens up “We’re No. 1 in almost from the United States. Americans support re-es- any market; in this case, every one of those com- Since the early 2000s, tablishing affairs, and 66 modities,” Sodders said. Cuba could pay cash to buy percent want to end trade “We want to show [Iowa’s] American products, which restrictions. a welcoming place, [and] had to be paid for before In that mix are farmers. we want to work with [Cu- the shipment left the port. Russell Meade, John- ba] in case at the federal In the past couple of son County Farm Bu- 4 THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Opinions — FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION COLUMN What’s a Niue? MINIMUM WAGE The interesting thing, as Think Progress points Raise the Iowa minimum wage out, is that Central Amer- ican countries have high- he battle over the minimum-wage increase the proposed increase would be in Iowa as well. er measles-vaccination may never end. This week, Iowa Democrats The increase — which has been lowered since rates than the U.S. We Tplan to move a bill out of committee that the initial proposal — is a modest and reasonable sit at 92 percent; Mexico will provide an increase to hourly minimum wage one when compared with other states. Not only (99 percent), Nicaragua by $1.50 by July 2016. have several other states’ proposed increases been (99 percent), Panama The state’s current minimum wage is $7.25 per put into place, but between those with recent hikes Beau Elliot (98 percent), Belize (96 hour. If the plan is successful, minimum wage will and those with already increased minimum wages, [email protected] percent), Guatemala (93 see an increase of 75 cents on July 1. The next Iowa is falling behind. percent), Honduras (93 75-cent increase would come one year later, mak- There are 29 states that have a minimum wage Remember measles? percent), and El Salvador ing minimum wage $8.75 on July 1, 2016. Before above Iowa’s $7.25. Furthermore, several of these Me, neither. (93 percent). the latest changes to the bill, the goal was set at an states are in the midst of incremental or segment- Remember when Eb- What’s more, it turns increase of $2.85 — placing the minimum hourly ed increases that would push the national average ola-mania swept every out that 108 countries wage at $10.10. further from Iowa’s $7.25. corner of the country, and in the world have better The Daily Iowan Editorial Board supports the But more important than the relative size of it turned out that the out- measles-vaccination rates current proposal for a raise in minimum wage be- the increase when compared with other states’ in- break was thousands of than the U.S. It’s as if cause the moderate increase places Iowa in line creases is the effect the change will have on Iowa miles away, on the oth- Jenny McCarthy fever is with other Midwest states’ minimum wage, and families. er side of a fairly major sweeping every corner of it will help improve the lives of working families According to Iowa Senate President Pam Jo- body of water? Now, Ebola this country (well, at least across the state. chum’s news conference last week, the raise in seems so January, if not our corners aren’t dusty). Iowa has one of the lower minimum-wage rates minimum wage could result in $3,000 more for Io- so 20th century. Think Progress has put in the Midwest. When compared with its Midwest wa working families. This $3,000 additional income So, no wonder we don’t together a small list: Uz- counterparts, Iowa comes up short. Minnesota and is beneficial to not only individuals in the state of remember measles. And bekistan, Niue, Eritrea, Nebraska both have a $9 minimum wages, and Iowa but of course, to the state’s economy as well. vaccines. Democratic People’s Re- South Dakota and Illinois have minimum wages The economic and personal effects of a such a I, at least, have an public of Korea (North above $8. significant income gain for families in the state of excuse: Fox Korea; yes, that North Ko- According to the National Conference of State is benefit enough to be in favor of this legislation. News 5. rea), all at 99 percent. At Legislators, 17 states have increased their min- However, combined with Iowa’s minimum wage Ah, yes, Fox News, the 98 percent, Kyrgyzstan. imum wages from what it was in the early part falling behind much of the country, The Daily Io- cure for measles. Or at Tanzania and Rwanda of 2014 as of Jan. 1. Furthermore, many of these wan Editorial Board confidently supports this least thinking about mea- chip in at 97 percent, and states had hourly rates above not only Iowa’s cur- modest proposal to increase the minimum wage sles. (If you think about Vietnam and Bangladesh rent minimum wage but above the minimum wage incrementally to $8.75. measles too much, you get sit at 96 percent. Gambia all these tiny red spots all (95 percent) and Tajiki- over your brain.) stan (94 percent) follow, Apparently, on or with Kenya, Cambodia, COLUMN around Valentine’s Day, and Burundi each at 93 ran a story about a rape percent. Then the United suspect, and to illustrate States at 92 percent. the story behind the an- Apparently, all those Curtailing the Supreme Court chorwoman reporting, people have never heard ran a photo of President of Jenny McCarthy. How Obama with the cap- do they survive? (Hint: enough women on the rule federal legislation ers didn’t even agree tion “No Charges.” (Yes, They don’t get measles.) court? And my an- gives the nine justices with. Virginia, that President Niue, you ask? What’s a swer is when there are an inordinate amount There is a philo- Obama.) Niue? nine.” In essence, only of power over nearly sophical divide among The Fox News 5 peo- It’s a small (100 square an all-female Supreme 320 million Americans. the nine justices even ple probably thought miles) island in the South Court would satisfy In his older age, today as far as what that was hilarious. You Pacific some 2,400 miles Ginsberg. Thomas Jefferson, an their roles really entail. know, Obama-rape, northeast of New Zealand. Michael Korobov Perhaps she wasn’t author of the Declara- There are justices, in- rape-Obama. I’m still It seems, just looking at a [email protected] 100 percent sober then tion of Independence, cluding Ginsburg, who chuckling. map, to be more or less in as well. grew more and more believe that they should But, in truth, I think area of Tonga and Amer- The concept of “pre- Most business execu- wary of judicial power. use their authority the Fox News 5 people ican Samoa, in the sense gaming,” or drinking tives would be fired for He wrote “to consider to bring about policy probably had measles as that, given the size of the before an event or gath- showing up drunk and judges as the ultimate changes that they be- children and the tiny red planet, Iowa City is in the ering, is certainly not falling asleep during a arbiters of all consti- lieve are right for the spots all over their brains area of . a foreign one for Iowa major event. Yet some- tutional questions is country, regardless of never went away. (Drive there some time students. Apparently, how, one of the most in- a very dangerous doc- the Constitution. Writ- I mean, that’s al- and see just how much in the act is familiar to the fluential decision-mak- trine indeed, and one ing about sexual equal- most as funny as the the area of Detroit Iowa Supreme Court as well. ers in the world gets which would place us ity, Ginsburg wrote Alabama congressman City is.) Immediately after away with it. Americans under the despotism of that “boldly dynamic who recently claimed Niue was also, in 2003, the State of the Union need to start thinking an oligarchy.” I wonder interpretation, depart- that aliens (as in immi- the first nation in the Address, images began more seriously about how he would feel now. ing radically from the grants, not as in flying world to offer free Wi-Fi to surface of Justice how much power the Su- Consider, for exam- original understanding” saucers, but with Ala- to the entire country. Yet Ruth Bader Ginsburg preme Court really has. ple, when the individ- of the Constitution is bama congressmen, you another category in which slumped over in her Many believe that the ual mandate of the sometimes necessary. never know) caused the the United States trails seat, bowing her head Supreme Court has as- Affordable Care Act She is not the only one measles outbreak in the Niue. Hmm. down during the presi- sumed much more au- was brought before the with this outlook. U.S. That would be Rep. Ah, measles. Ah, Amer- dent’s speech. It wasn’t thority in recent years Supreme Court. Rep- Levin offers several Mo Brooks, who is, as icans. Remember when until last week that than it was ever intend- resenting the majority solutions in his book to luck or measles would swept every she revealed that she ed to have. opinion, Chief Justice curtail the authority have it, a Republican. corner, etc.? “wasn’t 100 percent so- Mark Levin, the host John Roberts conclud- of the Supreme Court. ber” during the speech. of a syndicated radio ed that the individual These include enacting By her own admission show, wrote in his book mandate was not consti- term limits for Supreme she just couldn’t resist The Liberty Amend- tutional under the Com- Court justices and al- “the very fine Califor- ments that “the reason merce Clause, but could lowing Congress to over- STAFF nia wine.” the framers did not spe- pass when interpreted ride the court’s opinion This hasn’t been cifically grant to the Su- as a tax. The drafters with a three-fifths vote. JORDYN REILAND Editor-in-Chief the only bizarre state- preme Court the much of the legislation, how- At the end of the day, TESSA HURSH & DORA GROTE Managing Editors ment to come out of broader authority to ever, disagreed. Presi- Supreme Court justices NICK HASSETT Opinions Editor the 81-year-old juror judge the constitution- dent Obama stated that are human, too — and MARCUS BROWN, JACOB PRALL, JOE LANE, KEITH EVANSON throughout her career. ality of federal laws is it was “absolutely not if we grant nine indi- Editorial writers Earlier this month, she that there was a strong a tax increase.” This viduals in black robes PAUL OSGERBY, MARCUS BROWN, JOE LANE, JACOB PRALL, remarked that “peo- sentiment that such a means that the Su- the power to make de- CHRISTOPHER CERVANTES, MICHAEL KOROBOV, KEITH ple ask me sometimes, function was well out- preme Court assumed cisions for all of us, we EVANSON, ERIN MANFULL, CHRIS CLEGG, HANNAH SOYER when — when do you side the authority of the authority to inter- risk becoming the oli- Columnists think it will be enough? judges.” To allow the pret legislation in a way garchy that Jefferson When will there be Supreme Court to over- that the original writ- warned us about. 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And no sensible person subject relevance, and space considerations. do you suggest that “F-Bombs action used in response to sexual will gladly take the spotlight suggests that an assault on for Feminism” or SlutWalk are violence (I would like to point given the chance; while they a woman can be excused on READER COMMENTS that may appear below were originally effective ways to reduce them? out the recent changes the may be radical, they are the ones account of what she was wearing. posted on dailyiowan.com in response to published material. They will be And I’d counter that the “hookup University of Iowa has made, I who make changes for the rest of Even if I needed convincing on chosen for print publication when they are deemed to be well-written and culture” (which has been around applaud them). 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Things learned while cooking in a restaurant kitchen: • If you’re really allergic to on- ions, I’d recommend not being anywhere near any restaurant kitchen ever. • Butter comes in quarter-pound bricks for a reason: That’s the smallest unit you’ll ever need to use. • Garlic makes everything taste better. • Bacon is like garlic, in meat form. • Something doesn’t taste right? More salt. • Still doesn’t taste right? More garlic. • Still doesn’t taste right? More bacon. • Still doesn’t taste right? Screw it; it tastes better this way. • You wouldn’t think it, but it’s possible for someone to send back a well-done steak for being overcooked. • Never eat anything a line cook offers you on a spoon. • Always smell your water. It could be vinegar. • Yesterday’s chowder is tomor- row’s bisque — assuming the immersion blender gets fixed in time. today’s events • Oh, your feet hurt? Sorry, but that’s what the boxed wine is for. • Unless you cut off at least an • College of Education Invited Scholar, “How Gender Measured Group Theory,” Robin Tucker-Drob, 2:30 p.m., inch of your finger, you don’t need Shaped Science and Education,” Rima Apple, 10 a.m., 309 Van Allen to go to a doctor. Suck it up, and N140 Lindquist Center • Microbiology Seminar, Bacterial microcompartments, keep working. • Biochemistry Workshop, “New roles of MRAP2 in the widespread prokaryotic organelles for metabolic optimi- • Culinary schools are for people regulation of energy homeostasis,” Julien Sebag, 12:30 zation,” Tom Bobik, 3 p.m., Bowen Watzke Auditorium who don’t belong in restaurant p.m., 283 Eckstein Medical Research Building • Emeritus Faculty Lecture Series, “Medieval Scribes 8-9 a.m. Morning Drive kitchens. • College of Education Distinguished Speaker and the Absurdity of Music Notation,” Elizabeth Aubrey, 4 Noon-2 p.m. Sports Block • Restaurant kitchens are for Series, “Are Dominant Educational Reforms Really Demo- p.m., 101 Biology Building East 5 p.m. KRUI News people who don’t belong in public. cratic?,” Michael Apple, N140 Lindquist Center 6-7 p.m. Iowa Comedy • Operator Theory Seminar, “Characterizations of SUBMIT AN EVENT 7-8 p.m. Abby and Ian’s Show Andrew R. Juhl thanks Matt Gorman for Rectangular (Para)-unitary Rational Functions,” Izchak Want to see your special event appear here? 10 p.m. - Midnight Into the Void today’s Ledge idea. Lwkowicz, 1:30 p.m., 309 Van Allen Simply submit the details at: • Math Physics Seminar, “Treeability and Planarity in dailyiowan.com/pages/calendarsubmit.html

Tuesday, February 17, 2015 horoscopes by Eugenia Last ARIES (March 21-April 19): Keeping a low profile will make it easier for you to implement the changes you want to make. Reconnecting with someone you have worked with in the past will lead to an inter- esting opportunity. Don’t settle for less than what you are worth. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Problems will result if you let your emo- tions take over, leading to indulgence and poor financial and emo- tional choices. You are best to take a conservative approach to both work and partnerships. Safety must be maintained in all aspects of life. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Share your ideas and plans. Don’t just think about what it is you want to do — take action. Consider a trip if it will help resolve an issue you face or bring you closer to an answer you are searching for. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Legal, medical, and financial matters will surface. Don’t be too quick to invest in someone else’s venture. Offer advice and your time, not your cash. An idea you have should be de- veloped, put into play, and marketed. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Do your own thing, but don’t expect every- one else to pitch in and help. The changes you make may not be welcomed by everyone, but those who oppose you will eventually recognize your reasoning. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Concentrate on your health, diet, and monetary gains. A good healthy lifestyle coupled with a less-stressful financial situation will ward off problems. Don’t look for a quick fix when you should strive for security and greater stability. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You have knowledge and good ideas, but if you become lazy, scattered, and confused, you will make little prog- ress. Focus on whatever will bring you the greatest returns. Use your insight and experience to guide you. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Look in the mirror, and size up your situ- ation. Don’t let anyone manipulate you by making you feel guilty. It’s important to follow your dreams. Re-evaluate a love affair. Don’t lead anyone on. Approaching your job differently will pay off. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Be careful what you say and how you react. A misunderstanding of a personal nature will unfold, leav- ing you with a dispute to deal with. Make positive personal improve- ments instead of trying to change or criticize someone else. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Limit what you are willing to spend or do when it comes to joint ventures or endeavors. You have to have a cutoff if you don’t want to end up in a compromising position. Don’t feel you have to pay someone else’s way. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Ease in to any situation that develops. Listen, observe, and consider all options before you make a move. Use your head, collect information, and summarize the facts carefully. A false sense of security will lead to overspending or overdoing. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You have plenty to offer, but you are best to channel your energy into something that will benefit you, not someone else. Working quietly on your own until you have mastered what you want to present will have the biggest effect. We gave up some of our country to the white men, thinking that then we could have peace. We were mistaken. — Chief Joseph 6 NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Regents choose hospitality industry will run for up several state and national en- U.S. House of Representatives dorsements but declined to name presidential-search as a Democrat in the state’s 1st supporters Monday afternoon. Common Core firm Congressional District, he told He said he has met with almost The Daily Iowan in an interview every county chairman in the The state Board of Regents Monday afternoon. 20-county area, which includes announced it has selected Parker “There are so many industries Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Cedar testing begins Executive Search of Atlanta as the that we’ve innovated, and I think Falls, and Dubuque. search firm in finding the next now it’s time — by Quentin Misiag Testing based on Common Core standards starts this week. University of Iowa president. to innovate Parker has worked with politics,” Patel By KIMBERLY HEFLING AND national and international clients said. IC attorney JULIE CARR SMYTH in executive searches, according to The appointed judge Associated Press the group’s website. announce- At the UI, Parker plans to ment by the Gov. Terry Branstad has filled STOCKPORT, Ohio create a search timeline, identify 29-year-old a local judicial vacancy with an — Sixth-grader Kayla and assess candidates, facilitate Patel resident of Iowa City attorney. Hunter considers herself interviews, and negotiate and democrat Cedar Rapids Last week, Branstad appoint- pretty tech savvy. She provide follow-up communica- who serves ed Chad Kepros as a 6th District has a computer at home, tions, according to a release from as the presi- judge, which covers six counties: unlike approximately the regents. dent of Iowa City-based Hawkeye Benton, Iowa, Jones, Johnson, half her classmates at Parker helped to find new Hotels comes less than a month Tama and Linn. her elementary school. university presidents at Iowa State after he outlined his perceived Kepros, of North Liberty, And it matches up well University and the University of campaign expectations to the DI serves as a magistrate judge, with the one she’ll use Northern Iowa in 2011 and 2012. in late January. a position whose jurisdiction this week to take a new Selecting Parker is consistent He becomes the second Dem- includes simple misdemeanors, test linked to the Com- In this photo taken Feb. 12, 2015, sixth grade teacher Carrie Young guides her stu- with a statement President Bruce ocrat to announce congressional in Johnson County along with mon Core standards. dents through an exercise on their laptops as practice for the the Common Core State Rastetter made at a Jan. 20 press aspirations in the Democrat- private practice work as an Still, the perky Standards Test in her classroom at Morgan Elementary School South in Stockport, conference, in which he said the ic-leaning district in the northeast attorney Bray and Klockau PLC, 11-year-old worries. Ohio. On Tuesday, Ohio becomes the first state to administer one of two tests in En- UI’s presidential-search model portion of the state. On Jan. 15, 402 S. Linn St. During a recent practice glish language arts and math based on the Common Core standards developed by would be similar to that used to Cedar Rapids City Councilor Monica Branstad’s appointment fills exam at her school in two separate groups of states. (AP Photo/Ty Wright) find presidents at ISU and UNI. Vernon unveiled a bid to unseat a vacancy left by Judge Stephen Ohio, she couldn’t even — by Carly Matthew first-term Rep. Rod Blum, R-Iowa. Jackson, who was appointed log on. “It wouldn’t let dents on critical think- eral have decided not Vernon, who was former state as a federal magistrate for the me,” she said. “It kept ing skills, requiring to offer the tests — Sen. Jack Hatch’s lieutenant-gov- Southern District of Iowa — saying it wasn’t right, them to describe their known as the Smarter Patel tosses hat in ernor pick in the 2014 gubernato- which covers 47 counties and is and it just kept loading reasoning and solve Balanced Assessment congressional ring rial election, has already amassed centered in Des Moines. the whole time.” problems. Consortium and Part- over a dozen endorsements Kepros received an undergrad- Her state today will The tests have multi- nership for Assessment Ravi Patel, an eastern Iowa and is weeks from what she has uate degree from Coe College be the first to adminis- media components, writ- of Readiness for Col- entrepreneur with key influence in described will be an aggressive and a law degree from the Uni- ter one of two tests in ten essays, and multi- lege and Careers. Some Iowa’s burgeoning entrepreneurial fundraising campaign. versity of Iowa College of Law. English language arts step calculations needed states are introducing ecosystem and a leader in Iowa’s Patel has already mustered — by Brent Griffiths and math based on the to solve math problems other new state stan- Common Core standards that go beyond just us- dardized tests this year. developed by two sep- ing rote memory. Stu- The Common Core arate groups of states. dents in some states will tests fulfill the require- By the end of the school take adaptive versions ment in the federal No year, approximately 12 in which questions get Child Left Behind law million children in 29 harder or easier depend- for annual testing in states and the District ing on their answers. reading and math in of Columbia will take But there’s been con- grades three to eight them, using computers troversy. and again in high or electronic tablets. The tests have been school. But as Congress The exams are ex- caught up in the debate seeks to rewrite the pected to be more diffi- playing out in state education law, there’s cult than the tradition- legislatures across the debate over whether al spring standardized country about the fed- the tests should be re- state exams they re- eral role in education. quired by Washington place. In some states, Although more than and whether students they’ll require hours of 40 states have adopted are being tested too additional testing time Common Core, which much. Parents in pock- because students will spells out what read- ets of the country have have to do more than ing and math skills joined a movement to just fill in the bubble. students should mas- “opt out” of these stan- The goal is to test stu- ter in each grade, sev- dardized tests. THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2015 SPORTS 7 Eckert becomes ‘hep cat’ No. 2 Virginia holds Iowa’s Jack Eckert couldn’t ask for a better start this season. off Pitt By MARIO WILLIAMS [email protected] By HANK KURZ JR. Associated Press For many heptathletes, it may be arduous to not CHARLOTTESVILLE, only compete in a number Va. — Malcolm Brogdon of events but also make a insists that No. 2 Virgin- mark in those events. For ia’s offensive inconsisten- Jack Eckert, this wasn’t a cy isn’t as big a deal as complication. many seem to think. The Sellersburg, Indi- The Cavaliers strug- ana, native competed in gled to score for long the men’s heptathlon at the stretches Monday night, Sevigne Husker Invitation- but they had their de- al in Lincoln, Nebraska, on Iowa’s Jack Eckert leaps over the bar during the Big Four Duals at the Lied fense to thank for keeping Feb 6-7. He finished fourth Recreation Athletic Facility in Ames on Jan. 24. Eckert finished seventh with Pittsburgh at bay until in the competition, snaring a height of 1.85 meters, and the Iowa men took first in the meet. (The Daily the shots started falling, Pittsburgh forward Michael Young (2) shoots between Virginia forward Mike 5,172 points. Additionally, Iowan/John Theulen) clearing the way for Vir- Tobey (10) and forward Darion Atkins (5) during the first half in Charlottesville, his mark now ranks third ginia’s fifth-straight vic- Va., on Monday. (Associated Press/Ryan M. Kelly) in school history and fourth direction, the senior has Jones said. “The trust has tory, 61-49. in the Big Ten this season. the guidance of Iowa Di- helped a lot with him be- “It’s frustrating when the best start to a season you make the right play In nearly every event, Eck- rector of Track and Field lieving in himself and your shots aren’t falling in program history, first time and time again,” ert achieved a personal Joey Woody and multi- knowing what we’ve been and you can’t seem to get done in the 1981-82 sea- Pitt coach Jamie Dixon best, and if he didn’t post a events coach Molly Jones. doing has been working.” things going offensively, son. said. “Their size at all personal best, he snagged a The heptathlete tries Six of the seven events but at the same time, as Darion Atkins, the positions, I think, is a season best. to train for every event in the men’s heptathlon long as we were getting lone senior on the team, real attribute for them. The senior described his once per week and some- require much speed and stops, we weren’t going said the Cavaliers “have Their size and their feat as a starting point for times more than one power. With this, Jones to be too frustrated with gotten used to” the of- strength and experience what’s to come this season. event in one practice. tries to focus training ourselves,” Brogdon said. fensive struggles. at all spots.” “This was a really good “When you practice for Eckert just on that. “When your offense isn’t “We just have to stay Anthony Gill added 12 indicator that we’re on pace your events, and you do the “We do a lot of jumping going well, you’ve got to poised and not settle for points, and London Per- to do really big things at technical things, you real- and a lot of technical work lean on something, and a good shot but a great rantes had 10 points and the Big Ten meet,” he said. ly have to focus, you can’t in every event,” she said. for us, our identity is de- shot,” he said. 6 assists for Virginia. “It’s a really good stepping- waste any time, and you re- The technique work fense. It works out great And, he said, remem- The Panthers trailed stone for where we are at ally have to make sure you mainly consists of run- for us.” ber what has brought 25-15 at halftime but this point of the season.” take away something from ning technique the multi- Brogdon scored 18 them to this point. scored 10 of the first 15 In past seasons, Eckert every practice,” Eckert events coach believes will points, including the “If we can’t do it on the points after the break to has had trouble in the first said. “You can’t waste days set Eckert and other ath- 1,000th of his career, defensive end, offense is get within 30-25. Jeter three events of the men’s and take days for granted.” letes up for much success. causing coach Tony Ben- just not going to win it had 7 in the burst, and heptathlon — the 60, long Eckert finds his two “We’ve been really work- nett to joke that he needs for us,” Atkins said. he and Artis each con- jump, and shot put. He coaches’ communication ing a lot on approach work, to follow the lead of NFL Jamel Artis scored 20 tributed a 3-pointer. For achieved personal bests key to training him to pure running, and running quarterbacks that reward and Sheldon Jeter 10 the third time, Pitt then in these events and said it become a better athlete. correctly,” she said. “Once their linemen and buy for the Panthers (17-10, went more than five was vital for the remain- “They’re just on the same you do that, you can set watches for the team- 6-7), who got no points minutes without a point. der of the competition. page all the time,” he said. yourself up for a really good mates whose screens he from scoring leader Mi- They missed five free “It has been awhile However, that wasn’t al- performance,” she said. has used. chael Young (13.3 points throws in the drought, since I’ve ‘PR’d’ in those ways the case. Eckert has Woody noted Eckert’s Virginia used a late per game). He fouled out but Virginia had a simi- events,” he said. “It was had three different coaches performance in Lincoln, 8-0 scoring run — and in 21 minutes and took lar dry spell, so the game really nice to get me go- in the span of four years. Nebraska was great, another defense-forced just three shots. None- remained close. ing for the rest of meet.” While this is Jones’ second and he looks forward to scoreless spell for the theless, the Panthers A 3-pointer by Ar- Training an athlete season as Eckert’s coach, see what’s to come. Panthers — to pull away. cut a 10-point deficit to tis pulled the Panthers such as Eckert doesn’t she believes the senior has “He’s on the verge of The Cavaliers (24-1, 3 with just under eight within 36-32, and Cam- come easy. The senior has developed some trust de- doing some big things,” 12-1 ACC) three times minutes to play, but the eron Wright had a chance to focus his attention on a spite a few bumpy roads. Woody said. “We have held Pittsburgh scoreless Cavaliers then reeled off to cut the deficit to 2, but number of events, unlike “He’s had a lot of trou- a couple weeks to tune for more than five min- 8-straight points. he made only the first of many other track Hawks. ble adjusting to a new some things up, but he utes, and they needed all “They keep coming, a pair of free throws with To lead him in the right coaching style every year,” looks great.” three. The victory tied and they keep making 7:54 remaining. 8 SPORTS THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2015 Gymnast Doug Sullivan not just horsing around Iowa junior Doug Sullivan was an afterthought his freshman year; now, he’s one of Iowa’s most valuable assets.

By CHARLIE GREEN to come in and immedi- season. In the Hawkeyes’ [email protected] ately perform routines most recent meet, on with a 15.5 start value. Feb. 14, Sullivan scored At 5-6, 120 pounds, ju- But when Sullivan a season-high 15.150. nior Doug Sullivan may started in the program, In what has been the be the smallest giant you he practiced a routine Hawkeye’s lowest scor- come across. Two years with a lowly 14.1 start ing and most flawed ago, the Iowa men’s gym- value. Now, however, he event lineup, Sullivan nast came to the program starts out at 16.1. has been a rock, averag- with a tough row to hoe. “Doug came in with ing 14.970 for the season. His start values were very little and put him- No one else even sniffs low, he was designated to self up where some of the the 14-point mark, mak- one event, and he strug- top-tier kids would be,” ing the junior an abso- gled through a rigorous Reive said. “It’s tremen- lute necessity for the training program. dous. It’s like a kid crawl- team, which needs all “Doug was like a little ing around the track and the points it can muster boy when he got here,” then being able to sprint on the event. head coach JD Reive. “He in the top 10.” And it’s not just this could legitimately barely Taking the time in season the Hawks have climb the rope.” his freshman season struggled on the horse — Now — three years to prove to coaches he it has been their worst later — Sullivan is eas- was worth a spot on the event for the past few ily the team’s most vital squad, the results began seasons. specialist. to show late in his sopho- Reive and Company He realized in high more campaign. said it’s just a different Iowa gymnast Doug Sullivan competes on the pommel horse at the Black and Gold intrasquad meet in the Field House on Dec. school that he would “Halfway through the animal. 6, 2014. The Black team defeated the Gold team, 253.55 to 251.40. (The Daily Iowan/Valerie Burke) have to focus complete- season, but mostly Big “You take your mind ly on the pommel horse Tens last year,” Sullivan out of the event for a will mean a costly loss His role cannot be re- if he were to become a said. “It finally clicked in second, you fall,” fresh- in points. Concentration placed. successful gymnast, and my head that I was one man Elijah Parsells said. is of the utmost impor- “He just worked really that’s exactly what he of the top guys on horse “You’re always moving, tance. hard every day,” Reive did. and that I could actually so you can’t take your But Sullivan has made said. “You just saw it in Because he is a spe- compete and contend.” eyes off the event for a it look easy so far. He’s his eyes, and he worked cialist, Sullivan has been At that meet, he fin- second.” consistently shown the hard enough to get him- able to put in two-and-a- ished eighth on the pom- It is indeed a mental- determination and fo- self to that point.” half hours each day on mel horse with a 14.800, ly demanding monster of cus to cement his place his event — part of the but Sullivan’s progress an event. Botching any on the team. That place Follow @Charls- reason he has come so was far from over. of the several turns is may not leave him at Green on Twitter for far. This year he has yet to almost an automatic fall. the top of the scoreboard news, updates, and anal- In an ideal world, score below his Big Ten Failing to transition in- with the all-arounders, ysis about the Iowa gym- Reive recruits gymnasts championship mark last to a successful dismount but one thing is sure: nastics team.

a bit of a defining mo- five of the remaining six in the blink of an eye. the rest of the games this MEN’S ment. games, which include “I think we need to fin- year. Whether we do that or The Hawks — who games against Illinois at ish out the season with not is really up to us. I think hold the nation’s No. 55 home and at . all wins,” Uthoff said af- we have the ability to do it, CONTINUED FROM 10 spot in RPI — may have It’s not implausible. If ter being asked about the and I think we can.” to win the rest of their Iowa’s proven anything NCAA Tournament. “This they’re watching. games this season if they this season, it’s that the is a tough loss. I think we’ll Follow @JacobSheyko Either way, the wish to keep their NCAA outlook on the team — bounce back next game. on Twitter for updates, news, Northwestern loss has Tournament hopes alive, and its performance on “We have the ability. We and analysis about the Iowa left the Hawkeyes in or at the very least win the court — can change have the ability to win out men’s basketball team.

Reese’s Senior Bowl last a player is classified as dianapolis, there’s a chance day of April or the first day NFL month. “Davis was already a “top-50 prospect,” that Davis could climb even of May, Davis will likely CONTINUED FROM 10 considered a top-75 draft usually means somewhere higher up the draft boards. make somewhere north of pick entering the week, but in the mid-to-late-second Davis knows this. On $4 million for his first con- ess. Davis’s numbers won’t after this week, he might round, but Mayock believes Feb. 13, he tweeted the fol- tract — which should be jump out of the box score, have cemented himself as a Davis could go late in the lowing: “The difference be- enough for a bigger, nicer, of course, but a look at his top-50 prospect.” first round. Other experts tween a winner and a loser more complete set of drums. film proves he’s much more Even more, NFL media see Davis as a good fit for is a winner plays until he than figures that have come analyst Mike Mayock said both the and wins. So get money.” Follow @codygoodwin to define elite pass rushers. before the Senior Bowl — Funny he mentioned on Twitter for news, up- “When put in one-on-one that Davis “did way more who own the 23rd and 32nd that, because regardless if dates, and analysis about opportunities in Mobile, than that” before adding, overall picks, respectively. he gets drafted on the last the Iowa football team. [Alabama], he was nearly “He played every snap, he So the question sur- unblockable, using his ini- showed athleticism, an abil- rounding Davis isn’t if tial quickness, brute pow- ity to push the pocket and he’s going to get drafted er and natural leverage to get to the quarterback. He — it’s when. And with the shine during drills,” wrote may have elevated himself NFL scouting combine NFLDraftScout.com’s right into the first round.” set to start on Friday at Dane Brugler ahead of the But which is it? When Stadium in In-

no doubt about the Black shut down your oppo- WOMEN’S and Gold’s ability to push nent is a great skill to the pace offensively. have, one the Hawks BASKETBALL have yet to showcase CONTINUED FROM 10 so far this year. Scoring defense — road to conference lead- 2015 Hawkeyes 12th, er Maryland two weeks 2014 Huskers first Free-throw per- ago. But how do this centage — 2015 year’s Hawks stack up While this current against last season’s Big Hawkeye squad is just Hawkeyes 11th, 2014 Ten champs, Nebraska? as deadly on offense as Huskers first A closer look at the num- the reigning Big Ten You’d think a team bers reveals quite a bit. champs were a year ago, that shoots so well It’s Hawkeyes against it could not be any fur- from the filed would the Huskers in the latest ther apart on defense. be better at knocking edition of the Box Score. Bluder likes her down free throws, but teams to play with pace, it’s not really the case a mindset with the Black and Scoring offense — 2015 that by de- Gold. Hawkeyes second, 2014 sign leaves Averaging less than itself open 71 percent from the Huskers second to fast line, the Hawks own Last year saw the breaks in one of the lowest con- top two offenses going the oth- version rates in the head to head for the Big er direc- conference despite Ten title, with Nebras- tion. If the Bluder ranking fourth in at- ka eventually emerging shots are head coach tempted free throws in victorious. The Huskers falling for the league. averaged 75.6 points per the Hawks, they typi- When a team built game, behind only the cally don’t have much on maximizing offense, Hawkeyes, whom they of a problem using the it’s tough to throw defeated. dynamic scorers on the away easy points This year, the roles team to outscore the op- against the elite de- are flipped, with Iowa position. fenses of the confer- boasting the second-best But on a day when ence. offense with 79.3 points they’re not shooting so And when consider- to Maryland’s astound- well? A bit of a different ing that three of Iowa’s ing 82.2. If history is any story. four losses were by 10 indicator, a high-scoring Iowa’s average of al- points or fewer, giving offense is trait shared by lowing 70.1 points per away those easy points almost every conference game puts it less than can really sting you in champion, something the a point behind base- tight games. Hawks have in spades. ment-dwelling Penn And while they’re scor- State and Ohio State for Follow @ryanarod ing at a slightly slow- worst in the Big Ten. on Twitter for news, er clip than last season Is the best defense a updates, and analysis (around 2 points per good offense? Maybe, but about the Iowa wom- game), there should be the ability to physically en’s basketball team. THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2015 9 SPORTS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2015 FOR UP-TO-DATE COVERAGE OF HAWKEYE SPORTS, FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @DI_SPORTS_DESK DAILYIOWANSPORTS.COM

Men’s tennis notches big win

The Iowa men’s tennis team improved its record to 6-1 and gained its first victory Jekyll & Hyde on against a ranked opponent this year against No. 54 Utah on Monday, 4-3. The Hawkeyes finished their trip 2-0 including a win over BYU on Sunday, also 4-3. “It was a great weekend,” senior Matt Hagan said. “A lot of guys stepped up in the hardwood big situations. To leave here with two wins is a huge step in the right direction for the program.” The Hawkeyes dropped the doubles point to the Utes with losses by Hagan and junior Dom Patrick in the No. 1 pairing and freshmen Lefteris Theodorou and Stieg Martens at No. 2. However, singles wins by Hagan at No. 1, Patrick at No. 3, freshman Josh Silverstein at No. 5, and freshman Jake Jacoby at No. 6 sealed the victory for Iowa. The players said a win against a ranked team such as Utah can give the young Hawkeyes a lot of confidence heading into the conference schedule. “Our confidence is very high right now,” Hagan said. “Hopefully, we can continue this success in future matches.” — by Blake Dowson

Iowa’s Matt Hagan hits a forehand against Northwestern at the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Complex on April 13, 2014. The Wildcats defeated the Hawkeyes, 5-2. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert)

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1. Connecticut 2. South Carolina Iowa center Gabe Olaseni and guard Mike Gesell contest a lay-up by Minnesota guard DeAndre Mathieu in Carver-Hawkeye on Feb. 12. The Gophers defeated the Hawkeyes, 64-59. (The 3. Baylor Daily Iowan/Joshua Housing) 4. Notre Dame 5. Maryland 6. Tennessee Iowa has flipped between looking like one of the best teams in the Big Ten and one still looking for answers. 7. Oregon State 8. Louisville 9. Florida State By JACOB SHEYKO obviously not fun right now, but we have had the ball with 19 seconds left down 10. Duke [email protected] to keep staying positive and just go back 3 points. Iowa turned it over. Against 11. Kentucky to work tomorrow.” Northwestern, a last-second heave from 12. Arizona Iowa was 4-1 in the Big Ten with two Iowa head coach Fran McCaffery has Jarrod Uthoff sent a game Iowa had been 13. Iowa wins over Ohio State, then 4-4 with losses repeated it ad nauseam all season long. outplayed in into overtime, in which the 14. Mississippi State to Wisconsin (twice) and Purdue. No matter the result of the previous Hawks made two field goals in five min- 15. Texas A&M The Hawkeyes were once 6-4, fresh off game, he — and the team as a whole — utes. 16. Princeton two dominating wins over Michigan and tries to approach the next game in the “I think we’re pretty frustrated,” Gesell 17. North Carolina Maryland, and now find themselves 6-6 same manner. said. “To lose one on the road we feel like 18. Stanford with losses to Minnesota and, perhaps So when asked following the Hawkeyes’ we needed, we wanted to get, in the way 19. Rutgers the most perplexing, a 66-61 defeat at the sixth loss of the Big Ten season how the we did. It’s frustrating.” 20. Chattanooga hands of Northwestern. team would move ahead from the worst There’s no easy fix, something Aaron 21. Nebraska Iowa has had last-second wins and loss of the year, the answer stayed the White admitted amid his short, clearly 22. Florida Gulf Coast last-second losses. It has blown out some course. frustrated answers following the game. 23. James Madison of the better teams the Big Ten has to of- “Same way after you win two big ones,” But one theme throughout Iowa’s Big 24. George Washington fer and has lost in a similar manner to the he said. “You try to stay grounded. And Ten losses has been a lack of offense. 25. Syracuse same level of teams. you just go back to work. You hold them Iowa has yet to win a Big Ten game The one thing the Hawkeyes haven’t accountable. But you don’t beat them up. this season when it scored fewer than 70 MEN’S AP TOP 25 had this Big Ten season is consistency, They’re as down as anybody because even points. When they score 70 or more, the 1. Kentucky making it nearly impossible to predict though we had two losses, we had two Hawkeyes are 6-0, including wins over 2. Virginia the outcome of any game involving the chances to win. We were in a position to Maryland and No. 24 Ohio State (twice). 3. Gonzaga Hawkeyes. win both games. And that’s sometimes Perhaps that’s what’s been most frus- 4. Duke Then again, nothing about this team more frustrating. We just have to play trating to the team and its fans: Iowa at 5. Wisconsin this season has been predictable. better.” its peak has been so good, and at its low 6. Villanova “It’s the highs and lows of the season,” McCaffery was right. Iowa had chances points has left fans wondering what team 7. Arizona guard Mike Gesell said after the North- to win both games. 8. Kansas western loss Sunday. “It’s how it goes. It’s Against Minnesota, the Hawkeyes SEE MEN’S BASKETBALL, 8 9. Utah 10. Notre Dame 11. Northern Iowa 12. Louisville 13. Wichita State 2015 NFL SCOUTING COMBINE THE BOX SCORE 14. Iowa State 15. North Carolina 16. Maryland 17. Oklahoma Davis draft stock rising Hawkeyes by 18. Arkansas 19. Butler The question isn’t if former Iowa defensive lineman Carl Davis is 20. Baylor going to get drafted — it’s when. 21. Southern Methodist the numbers 22. Oklahoma State 23. West Virginia By CODY GOODWIN 24. Ohio State [email protected] By RYAN RODRIGUEZ 25. Virginia Commonwealth [email protected] Carl Davis has seeming- ly always had a buzz around With the Iowa women’s basket- SCOREBOARD him. Growing up, he banged ball team picking up yet another NCAAM on pots and pans with a wood- win to improve to 21-4 overall and Virginia 61, Pittsburgh 49 en spoon next to his mother cement their standing in second Villanova 80, Seton Hall 54 while she played her church place in the Big Ten, it appears the West Virginia 62, Kansas 61 music on an organ at home. Black and Gold are starting to play Butler 58, Creighton 56 At 7, he replaced the dishes their very best basketball at the with a three-piece drum set. most important time of the year, NCAAW He developed an innate abili- something that bodes well for their Texas A&M 70, Alabama 49 ty to use his hands quickly, of- chances come tournament time. Chattanooga 66, West Carolina 41 ten without looking, a kind of Head coach Lisa Bluder’s Hawks Maryland 75, Michigan State 69 muscle-memory and natural are winners of nine of their last 10, Notre Dame 63, Duke 50 instinct that’s become a pri- with their only loss coming on the mary reason for his still-rising Iowa defensive lineman Carl Davis runs off the field at the end of the first half in TCF NHL draft stock. Bank Stadium on Nov. 8, 2014, in . The Gophers’ dominated the Hawkeyes, SEE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL, 8 NY Rangers 6, NY Islanders 5 Indeed, the former Iowa 51-14 to reclaim the Floyd of Rosedale trophy. (The Daily Iowan/Tessa Hursh) Montréal 2, Detroit 0 defensive lineman — lauded Carolina 6, Ottawa 3 for his playmaking ability, best defensive tackles in the The 6-5, 321-pound Detroit Winnipeg 5, Edmonton 4 strength, and sound tech- country, and after a season native has impressed NFL No. 13 Iowa at Minnesota Calgary 4, Boston 3 (OT) nique — has made waves in in which he collected only 2 scouts and league experts Colorado 5, Arizona 2 the run-up to the NFL draft. sacks and 9 tackles for loss, with both his size and prow- When: 8 p.m. today 3, Minnesota 2 Davis opened the 2014 college he has continued to trend up- Where: Minneapolis football season as one of the ward. SEE NFL, 8 Watch: Big Ten Network