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Results are in for this year’s top Hawks It has been an entertaining year for Hawkeye fans. While the per- formances of some athletes were better than others, two rose to the occasion and were named The Daily Jackson Iowan’s Top Athletes: Josh Jackson and Megan Gus- tafson. Both Roman Slabach/Daily Iowan put up stellar Nontenure faculty participate in a sit-in at the President’s Office in Jessup Hall on Wednesday. Nontenure faculty discussed issues such as higher wages and health care. numbers and were two the best in the BY ANDY MITCHELL ty members on campus. to college leadership. Gustafson country in [email protected] “We are treated as contingent to the mission of the On May 4, Kregel emailed the organizing commit- their respective sports. The stats university when actually we are essential,” Weiss said. tee to recommend forming a committee to address they accumulated in the regular Protests came to University of Iowa President “Our work is important, we care about it and do it the nonbudgetary issues following university policies season and postseason earned Bruce Harreld’s office in the form of a sit-in on well, and now we’re doing it in conditions that aren’t and procedures starting in the beginning of the fall them the honor from the DI. Wednesday. Nontenure-track faculty members occu- sustainable.” 2018 semester. Sports, 6A pied his office in the interest of the university meet- On April 18, Harreld received a letter from the non- “People have had a lot of grievances for a long time, ing a set of demands. tenure faculty organizing committee demanding a but we’ve been relatively isolated or siloed and didn’t Behind the narrative The list of demands include standard yearly pay meeting, and because it was an issue pertaining to know other people have the same issues as us,” said After performing at Iowa City’s raises to keep up with the costs of living, health in- faculty, asked Associate Provost Kevin Kregel to reach Brooke Larson, a visiting assistant professor of lin- Mission Creek Festival, Julien surance, parental leave, and retirement benefits. The out to the group. The letter was co-signed by 205 non- guistics. Baker came out with a new album aimed at creating a narrative full list of demands can be found on the Service Em- tenure faculty. The UI released a statement on the sit-in protest rather than a string of songs. The ployees International Union Iowa Faculty Forward Kregel, along with Faculty Senate President Russ stating, “Adjunct and nontenure track faculty are pieces are vulnerable, detailing website. Ganim and Assistant Provost for Faculty Diane Fin- vital to the University of Iowa’s mission, providing her struggles with depression, Lecturer Elizabeth Weiss, a sit-in protester, said nerty, met with the organizing committee on April 23 relationships, and confronting she is frustrated by the treatment of nontenure facul- and asked the members to direct budgetary concerns SEE SIT IN, 2A problems. News, 3A
It’s win or leave The postseason is finally here for softball. Iowa, the No. 12 seed in Hawk Alert the Big Ten Tournament, heads to Talent to tell tales Madison, Wisconsin, to play fifth- seed Ohio State. It will be key for the Hawkeyes to get a good quits calling start out of Allison Doocy on the mound, who led Iowa to the marks UI senior tournament. The Hawkeyes have shown their potential to play Skyler Knutzen reflects on his time at the UI, where he classroom any team close, and that will be tested today. discovered a passion for storytelling. Sports, 6A phones Hawks look to improve at outdoor Big Tens Since May 4, the Hawk Alert With the Big Ten Championships rapidly approaching, Iowa track system no longer sends and field wants to add to the notifications to classroom successful weekend it had at the Drake Relays. After a week of rest, telephones. the Hawkeyes will be ready to go. The meet is one of Iowa’s final chances to avenge its fifth-place BY TIAN LIU women’s finish and seventh-place [email protected] men’s finish at the Big Ten Indoor Championships, and it has the As of May 4, the University of Iowa Department of talent to do so. Sports, 6A Public Safety no longer sends Hawk Alerts to class- room telephones. Under the previous system, 230 classroom tele- phones received voice notifications when Hawk Alerts were issued, an email sent to students said. “The University of Iowa Department of Public Safety’s top priority is the safety of students, faculty, and staff,” Public Safety emergency-management Tune in for LIVE updates coordinator Floyd Johnson said in an email to The Campus and city news, weather, Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan Daily Iowan. and Hawkeye sports coverage UI senior Skyler Knutzen stands outside the Adler Building on Wednesday. Knutzen, whose passion for storytelling has When the majority of classroom phone calls were every day at 8:30 a.m. at taken him from Panama to New York and back, will travel to Italy this summer. unanswered, it not only slowed the system, it also daily-iowan.com. delayed the system to send voice notifications to the BY AADIT TAMBE newly discovered passion: storytelling. other phone numbers on the contact list. [email protected] “This is when I decided to transfer back to Iowa as a “The classroom phones are an ineffective tool junior and decided that this is what I wanted to do — when it comes to quickly sharing emergency in- WEATHER University of Iowa senior Skyler Knutzen came to I want to go out and tell these stories,” Knutzen said. formation now that nearly everyone carries a cell- the UI to study physical education but instead dis- It is important for other peoples’ stories to be phone,” Johnson said in the email. HIGH LOW covered a passion for storytelling. heard, he said. The purpose of the change, he said, is to help 79 51 “I didn’t have a major when I first came to the “The most important thing about storytelling for Hawk Alert voice messages be delivered more University of Iowa; cinema had bounced around as me is sitting down, and listening to someone, and quickly. Mostly sunny, light winds. 40% chance of an idea but wasn’t necessarily the plan when I first giving somebody the space to tell their story,” he said. “The overall number of voice notifications being rain/ T-storms later came in,” he said. “Just having that opportunity to get to know some- sent are what cause delays in delivery,” he said. At the time, Knutzen was toying around with the one, I feel lucky and privileged.” Before the change was made, Public Safety dis- INDEX idea of studying physical education after being in- At his time at the UI, Knutzen was involved with cussed the change with Faculty Senate leadership and spired by an eighth-grade teacher. Fools Magazine, where he showcased his photography consulted with Information Technology Services. OPINIONS 4A “I thought of going into physical education, but Io- and videography skills. Johnson encouraged people on campus to update DAILY BREAK 4B wa does not offer that program, so I transferred to Io- Knutzen interned in Panama, where he told peo- their Hawk Alert settings to help the system func- wa State and I did that for a semester …” he said. “After ple’s stories for three months. He worked under the tion better. CLASSIFIEDS 5A a semester, I knew that wasn’t the goal or the dream.” former editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post. “The fastest way to receive a Hawk Alert is via text SPORTS 6A He changed his major to advertising. After taking “[It] was amazing, and I had this opportunity to message,” he said. a few video and design classes, his father gave him a just tell stories, and I got back, and I was at home, For most students, the Hawk Alert system has do- camera. He went on a climbing trip with Iowa State, and I had the same passion and drive to keep telling ne a good job for the recent years. where he made a short documentary. This was the stories, and I learned to look at the people around me “It is useful, as far as I noticed,” UI freshman Bing- turning point, he said, and he chose to pursue his SEE KNUTZEN, 2A SEE HAWK ALERT, 2A 2 NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2018 Volume 149 COMING THROUGH CHEMISTRY The Daily Iowan Issue 188 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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competitiveness with our peer change salaries and change ben- an email that in her time, she ministration is giving them the on faculty salary resulted in an SIT IN universities.” efits,” Harreld said. “These deci- helped bring about departmen- runaround. average faculty salary increase CONTINUED FROM FRONT In an interview with The Daily sions are collegiate in nature.” tal changes, including getting “They play the blame game of 2.6 percent for fiscal 2017 and Iowan, Harreld addressed ques- Megan Knight, who has nontenured faculty to vote on with each other and are leading an average staff salary increase tions concerning the discontent been part of the Rhetoric De- departmental issues. us on a chase through the mas- of 2.5 percent for non-bargain- specialized contributions in among nontenure faculty. partment as nontenure fac- Knight said the committee sive UI bureaucracy,” Knight ing staff. teaching, research, or service. “The last thing any of our ulty member for 20 years and members were rebuffed when said in the email. The protesters said they Colleges have and will continue deans want me to do is to actu- works as an associate professor they presented their demands The Office of Strategic Com- planned to spend the night at to address issues that hinder ally wave a wand and actually of instruction, told the DI in on April 23 and said the ad- munication said a recent focus the office if possible.
UI junior Junru He agrees received voice notification with the system. a long time, he didn’t receive way to figure out the issue. HAWK ALERT with Yang, but she has the twice, email notification once, “The notification system it- any updated Hawk Alert no- “For now, I’m mostly us- CONTINUED FROM FRONT problem of receiving too many and also the notifications on self is useful — but sometimes, tification, and he didn’t know ing email and text messages alert notifications. social media.” when an alert is clear later, the the alert had been clear until he together to check Hawk Alert “I had been interfered by It is definitely efficient to get system is less likely to send out checked it online. notifications. It works well,” di Yang said. “The notifications the alert notifications be- the alert notifications, He said, updates,” Xiang said. “There was an event at IMU I Xiang said. “Especially that sent to people’s phones auto- fore. Sometimes it happened but sometime it’s a bit too ma- There was one time he re- really wanted to go that day, so when my phone has no sig- matically raise their awareness, during the class, and some- ny for her. ceived an alert notification it made me really frustrated,” nal in the building, I can still and thus, they would behave times it happened when I was UI graduate student Zhon- about an IMU gas leak, he said. he said. receive email notifications more carefully than usual.” sleeping,” she said. “I always grun Xiang has a few quibbles But after waiting at home for Luckily, he said, he did find a through school WiFi.”
ARTS & CULTURE The philosophy of suffering, from minor to severe Scott Samuelson, a philosophy professor at Kirkwood Community College, releases his latest book.
BY SARAH STORTZ to prove the existence of God,” “They can lead us to philos- Samuelson released his first bringing philosophy to work- different point of view, despite [email protected] he said. ophy because it leads up to the book, The Deepest Human Life, ing-class students,” Samuelson finding them to be taken aback Samuelson took his love for question of Why me?,” he said. in 2014. said. “The book portrays me as a by the topic. philosophy further by receiv- “I look at [suffering] all sorts of “The first book is kind of writer but also as a teacher.” “The next things I find, they Scott Samuelson, a professor ing a doctorate from Emory different ways, but many of the general exploration of philos- Outside of his work, he said, immediately want to talk ex- of philosophy at Kirkwood Com- University. Shortly afterwards, common things is they all em- ophy,” he said. “It tries to do he has an affinity for cooking. periences [related to suffer- munity College, will appear at he received a call about an body some kind of paradox. We so in that it relates to everyday For his next writing project, ing] in their life,” Samuelson Prairie Lights tonight to read his open job position at Kirkwood. can try to remedy the suffering, people’s lives.” he believes can show how the said. “I think we all have a hun- latest book from the University Around this time, he also had but we also have to face it and The book won him the 2015 culinary arts go hand-in-hand ger for finding the meaning of of Chicago Press, Seven Ways of a wife and kids and saw Iowa accept it.” Hiett Prize in the Humanities, with philosophy. suffering.” Looking at Pointless Suffering: What City as the perfect community Although he looks up to “an annual award aimed at iden- “My conception of philosophy Philosophy Can Tell Us about the for his family. several of the great philos- tifying candidates who are in the is focused on how we life,” Sam- EVENT INFO Hardest Mystery of All. “I was passionate to bring ophers, Samuelson said, he early stages of careers devoted to uelson said. “What are we nor- Samuelson’s passion for phi- philosophy to people interested was particularly influenced the humanities and whose work mally doing with our lives? We’re When: 7 p.m. today losophy emerged when he was in it,” he said. “That’s why I love by William James. shows extraordinary promise sitting down and eating. I think 16 years old; he came across the teaching at community college.” “He was a fascinating think- and has a significant public com- that with preparing good food, Where: Prairie Lights, 15 S. five proofs of God by St. Thomas In the book, Samuelson ex- er, but he saw philosophy [as ponent related to contemporary we can learn lessons on prepar- Dubuque Aquinas, immediately becoming plores the concept of suffer- something] on how we could live culture,” according to the Hiett ing a good life.” fascinated with the topic. ing, whether as minor as that a good life,” he said. “He wrote Prize website. For locals coming to the read- Cost: Free “I thought that it was amaz- from migraines or as serious beautifully, and he wrote with a “With the Hiett Prize, the ing, Samuelson said he hopes ing that someone was trying as the Holocaust. lot of humanity.” appreciation in the work was they’ll look at suffering from a Iowa City native wins prestigious opera competition Jessica Faselt, born and raised in Iowa City, wins one of the most prestigious awards in opera at the Met.
BY PAUL ELWELL Faselt obliged and per- taking part in the audition. “Coming from Iowa, she [email protected] formed part of an aria from Each year she participated, has none of the backing ma- the background of the stage. she moved up one spot as a ny others do,” Longoria said. During her sophomore year By the time she was finished, finisher. “Many come from several at the University of Iowa, Jes- the room was silent — even the “Every year, I climbed up generations of opera and sica Faselt took a trip to New workers had ceased their work. a rung on the ladder,” Faselt have lots of experience. Jessi- York City. Faselt, an aspiring The silence broke when ev- said. “It shows perseverance ca came from Iowa Cornfields opera singer at the time, made eryone in the room applauded and constant improvement. It to Metro Glitter.” it a point to visit the Metropoli- her. Faselt had made her Met- made it all the more satisfying.” Fullmer added to the idea tan Opera House, the largest in ropolitan Opera House début. This year, she began at the that Faselt’s familial origins the Americas. Years later, Faselt was on Minnesota District, one of 42 were unusual amongst final- She and her brother went the same stage again, only in- across the United States and ists in the competition. Many to the opera facility early one stead of singing from the back Canada. She then proceeded singers have been raised since day with the intent of getting toward an almost empty room, to the Upper Midwest Region- birth to sing opera, unlike Fa- a backstage tour. They were in she was front and center, ser- al, one of 12. Finally, Faselt selt, who only started during luck and received the final two enading an audience of more had made it back to New York her teenage years. tickets for the day. The tour than 3,000 people, including City, where she competed in “Her parents were complete- group was eventually taken on some of the highest industry the semifinals and finals, be- ly uninformed of what opera the stage itself, but they had professionals. coming one of the audition’s was about,” Fullmer said. “They to remain in the back, because This performance took place five winners. knew everything about raising workers were changing the set at the April 29 Grand Final She won $15,000 and ex- football players, but nothing at the front. Concert, the closing event of posure to some of the best in about opera.” While on stage, the guide the Metropolitan Opera Na- the industry. Faselt lives in Miami, asked if anyone wanted to tional Council Auditions, a Jimmy Longoria, who runs where she has worked as a work at the opera house in competition designed to give the upper-Midwest region studio artist at the Florida the future. Only Faselt raised young opera singers a chance along with his wife, Connie Grand Opera. She has an en- her hand, and the guide asked to be heard and critiqued by Fullmer, says Faselt’s victory is gagement lined up beginning if she was willing to sing for professionals. all the more inspiring due to in August, but it has yet to be Contributed the group. This was Faselt’s fifth year her being an Iowa native. released to the press. THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2018 NEWS 3A ARTS & CULTURE Behind the Music: Julien Baker’s narrative From songwriting to touring, Julien Baker delves behind her music and reflects on her emerging music career.
BY RHIANA CHICKERING She grew up in music’s in- through playing shows and leased by Matador Records, her [email protected] clusive DIY scene in which meeting new people. songwriting has slightly shifted. musicians did not necessarily “I just tried to play as many While she used to create music Julien Baker impressed au- think of music as a career but shows [and] take as many record- without editing or re-recording diJulien Baker impressed au- as something they wanted to ing opportunities [as] I could — it, she now spends more time dience members during her do or needed to do to make most of [these] arose because of honing her music. live performance at this year’s them happen. This nonexclu- friends who had [record] studio “I think songwriting is as Mission Creek Festival with sive DIY scene brings in several time or were putting on shows,” much about knowing when to her discography of emotion- musicians who want to sustain Baker said. “[Playing shows and leave things intact as when to ed- ally striking lyrics. In her most their passion and explore new recording music] frequently it them, so the thing I probably recent album, Turn Out the possibilities around music. enough helped me continue to try to cultivate most is an ability Lights, Baker creates an intri- “Growing up in that culture, meet people who were also just to detect where that balance is,” cate autobiographical narra- I think puts a lot of the agency trying to play and record music, she said. “[This includes] how to tive instead of a simple series into the hands of the individ- and eventually the relationships decide when to preserve some- of songs strung together. ual; it dispels the idea that in that formed from that ended up thing and when to change it Turn Out the Lights begins order to participate in music, being with people who would [and] how to better sift through with the opening of a creak- put on a show, start a band or do me a favor, like put my band the raw material of creativity to ing door, footsteps across a make a record, you have to [go] on a show with a bigger act [or] arrive at a finished product.” wooden floor, jangling keys through certain channels or show my record to someone Baker also expanded her before a solo piano emerg- that there are gatekeepers of who ran a label.” music’s reach and began tour- es, eliciting images of Baker music,” Baker said in an email Although she began playing ing full-time after the full- starting to tell her narrative by to the DI. “Certainly all that is piano in elementary school and length version of Sprained entering a room and sitting at true for music [on] a certain learned piano songs by listening Ankle’s release. Since then, she a piano. The songs that follow scale but having a community to the radio, she never thought has been able to connect with are vulnerable pieces of work of people who made shows, re- about starting a band until she a variety of audiences, hear detailing her struggles with cords, and bands happen with started playing guitar when she their experiences, and be vul- Contributed depression, relationships, and whatever resources were avail- was 12. nerable with them. confronting problems. able to them made it seem like “When I was around 13 or 14 “Touring has been a signifi- These emotive connections into poetic melodies. These Some of the album’s most much more of an attainable years old, I started playing out cant factor in shaping my worl- make Baker’s music career grati- vulnerable verses prompt poignant songs include “Hurt goal to start or be in a band.” with little cover bands, in friends’ dview and broadening my per- fying and meaningful, especially crowds to grasp every lyric Less,” “Sour Breath,” “Claws in The emerging musician de- garages, at your usual cof- spective,” she said. “Performing when people take her music and and attempt to make sense Your Back,” and “Even.” The scribes her experience in the fee-shop gig in Memphis,” Baker live music requires a lot of so- find comfort in it. of their emotions as they sing heart-rending “Hurt Less” is music industry as being un- said. “When I was in high school, cial interaction, but in a unique “Though there is something along with her. a honest ballad in which Bak- orthodox. Unlike other mu- I started a band called The Star way, it creates an intimate space gratifying about creating a song “To me, part of being an art- er sings about a time when sicians, Baker did not “shop” Killers, later called Forrister, that that is shared between relative or a piece of art that I am proud ist is honing the skill of recog- she would not wear a seat belt her record by pitching demo played horseshoes and basement strangers — getting to partici- of, [but] I think the true reward nition that allows us to identify because she did not see the CDs to record labels in an ef- venues pretty regularly. We pate in that every night and be that makes it seem meaningful and appreciate the poetic or purpose of saving herself from fort to receive a record deal, started stringing together DIY surrounded by a new environ- or worthy to me is seeing some- artistic value and beauty in the an accident. Later in the song, nor did she complete writ- tours with other bands we’d met ment and exposed to new people one else take that art and derive seemingly normal or usual,” she thinks about the person in ers’ rounds in which a group from other towns and did that all and hearing their experiences some comfort or joy or under- she said. “[Part of my role as an the passenger seat who loves of songwriters take turns through college, and that’s how I has taught me a lot about listen- standing from it,” Baker said. artist is] to find what makes [an her and helps her through her singing their songs. Instead, started touring.” ing, making space for other peo- A major factor in Baker’s idea or experience] significant pain — an important reason to Baker credits her success to Since her debút full-length ple’s stories, and the value of be- relatable lyrics is her ability and use it to communicate a wear a seat belt. the honest relationships built album, Sprained Ankle, was re- ing vulnerable with each other.” to turn daily life experiences story or an emotion.”
ARTS & CULTURE Beckoning voids, answering poetry A.j.k. o’donnell, an activist and poet, is set to share her new poetry collection in Iowa City this weekend.
BY JOSHUA BALICKI and disapproval, Andrew stood experiencing what was happen- students and the rich literary the Crevice Holds, investigates of an individual who is forced to [email protected] their ground and stepped out on ing as if it were them,” o’donnell history in Iowa City was in- the mentality and survivorship handle the stripping of identity. the other side as a stronger advo- said. “I wanted people to taste valuable for her progression as Writer and activist a.j.k. cate, demanding visibility,” the what it felt like to have every- an artist. She also worked as a o’donnell, who has written two Colin Higgins Foundation said. thing stripped from you.” columnist at The Daily Iowan topical and poignant poetry O’donnell began writing the The collection successfully while she was at the UI. collections, advocates for the second collection, This Void breaks the fourth wall. O’don- She is working on two novels queer community and blazed Beckons, during the 2016 pres- nell deconstructed the barriers and a collection of poetry. Her the campaign trail with Hillary idential election. While work- between the reader and the nar- forthcoming début novel, What Clinton. O’donnell will read ing on the Clinton campaign, rator when writing the book by from her second poetry collec- o’donnell collaborated with peo- asking herself, “How do I teach tion, This Void Beckons, at 7 ple who both advocated for and humanity what goodness is?” p.m. Saturday at High Ground challenged her views. The answer comes in the form Café, 301 E. Market St. These conversations on the of an archetypal journey — one Her hometown of Omaha campaign trail inspired por- that is both crucial and univer- bridged the gap between urban tions of This Void Beckons. sal to the human narrative. The and rural for o’donnell. The dis- O’donnell used her artistic plat- book stands as a metaphor for illusionment associated with form to start a dialogue on top- the world we inhabit, providing moving frequently as a young ical issues such as social justice readers a way into the lives the adult inspires a strong sense and gender equality. oppressed and misunderstood. of place in her work. She docu- “[This Void Beckons] is a po- O’donnell threads the concept of ments her experiences as a queer etic and artistic self-help book intersectionality throughout the youth in her first poetry collec- that is not meant to be hinged book by observing modern life tion, Nicoteane and Other Fool- on the artistry as much as it is and interrogating the dominant ish Mistakes. These memoir-po- on the message,” o’donnell said. historical narrative. etry pieces provide a “unique “The artistry is an added bonus “[This Void Beckons] in- foundation of understanding that the reader can experience cludes every possible reader in the flux of place and time.” on a deeper and emotional level, some form whether it is by spir- Shortly after high-school whereas the book itself is more ituality, color of skin, or gender graduation, o’donnell received of a structured guide.” identity,” o’donnell said. “Spiri- the prestigious Youth Courage The way o’donnell uses the tuality in the book means there Award from the Colin Higgins page both sonically and struc- is someone outside ourselves Foundation. As an advocate for turally in the collection show- that binds us that is intersec- the queer community, o’donnell cases the depth and precision tional solidarity.” founded the Coffee Talk Pro- of her artistry. Her minimalist O’donnell wrote portions of gram for queer youth and served poetry allows readers the op- the book in the High Ground as the events coordinator for the portunity to create themselves Café while attending the Uni- Queer Nebraska Youth Network. on the page. versity of Iowa. She said the “Facing harassment, denial, “I wanted the reader to be social camaraderie between UI 4A THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2018 Opinions COLUMN Treating health as a right is fundamental to the American Dream Problems in the health-care system are better understood through stories, including my own.
lives affected by issues in the Health reporter Sarah Kliff One cause of emergen- news, their real-life problems wrote an article for Vox last cy-room costs is the Emer- don’t vanish when the head- week profiling Jessica Pell, a gency Medical Treatment lines do. New Jersey woman who was and Active Labor Act. Basi- I recently learned this billed $5,751 after she cut her cally, the 1986 law requires an firsthand when my dad be- ear in a fall and went to the ER to accept patients, even came unemployed and — for emergency room. if those patients are unable the first time in my life — I “It’s for the ice pack and to pay for treatment. The ELIJAH HELTON was scared to get sick. Our bandage. That is the only tan- unintended consequence of [email protected] family had always received gible thing they could bill me the law is higher costs, which health insurance through my for,” Pell said about the exor- are necessary because any- As someone who writes dad’s job, but now we were bitant charge. thing from face cuts to heart a lot about politics and pol- on our own. What if mom got She had health insurance, attacks can come crashing icy, I’m familiar with how sick? What if my sister was in but it only paid $862. She through the door at any the news rotates through an accident? What if I needed had a reasonable concern, a minute. Because health-care different hot-button topics. medicine? Thankfully, we’ve damaged organ. She wasn’t providers have to be ready to Fengzhao Xu/The Daily Iowan An event happens or a bill is managed to get our family on at fault for the injury; she treat everyone regardless of UIHC is offering different events to celebrate National Hospital Week From proposed for the Policy of the a temporary plan, but it isn’t fainted into a table. And all payment, ERs have to raise May 7-11. They are doing an online scavenger hunt, a staff appreciation Week. Politicians and pun- ideal. Hopefully, my dad’s job Pell got was some supplies I prices for everyone to pick up event on Wednesday. dits will argue their side and search continues progress- could’ve picked up from CVS the slack. shout their rebuttals to all ing so we can settle into a for just a few bucks. So, what now? I’ve been low Americans. According to peace of mind was under dissenting opinions. Usually, more permanent plan. Pell’s story and high price a politics nerd for years, Gallup, 56 percent of us be- siege. Without my health, I nothing changes. We move I’m lucky that my family may be extraordinary, but forming and reforming my lieve the government should wouldn’t have much of any- on to whatever the new Pol- hasn’t experienced a major this shouldn’t even be in the opinion that universal and provide health-care coverage thing else. Perhaps that’s icy of the Week is. medical emergency during realm of possibility for the comprehensive health care is for all. why proponents of a govern- Guns, taxes, gay rights, our time in insurance lim- richest nation in world his- the best way to fix the above But beyond all the num- ment plan assert health care foreign affairs, and climate bo. But there are countless tory. In fact, outrageously ex- problems. And yes, higher bers and punditry, I never is a right. I mean, what’s the change come and go from the Americans with stories like pensive medical bills such as tax bills to eliminate medical understood how good it was point of liberty and the pur- media spotlight, and they’ll mine with way worse out- hers aren’t that unheard of in ones seem like a fair deal to to never worry about po- suit of happiness if life is just be back again. But for the comes, even with insurance. the United States. me and millions of my fel- tential problems until my a stack of hospital bills?
POINT/COUNTERPOINT Prom dress sparks debate on cultural appropriation A white high-school student’s prom photos went viral, with critics calling her decision to wear a Chinese-style dress cultural appropriation.
dren dressed up as the titular ly matter if it is offensive to she admired the dress. In an there were some Chinese and movie character Moana, and some people. interview with the Washington Chinese-Americans who were it was also a subject of contro- Perhaps if she explained in Post, Daum said, “I thought it offended by Daum’s choice, but versy when Black Panther was her original tweet where the was absolutely beautiful … it re- they are the ones who should released. style of dress originated from ally gave me a sense of appreci- have led the discussion, not a Cultural appropriation is a or why she wore it, or merely ation and admiration for other bunch of white teens. difficult hurdle to approach hashtagged #culturalappre- cultures and their beauty.” Being Indian myself, the head-on. One of the main ciation, it would have been From what I saw, it wasn’t question of cultural appropri- WYLLIAM SMITH problems behind it is, when more positively received. MICHELLE KUMAR Chinese or Chinese-American ation frequently comes up. [email protected] [email protected] you appropriate someone’s Think of it like citing a people getting mad — it was Should you really be wearing a Intent doesn’t change culture for the mere fact that source on a paper. If you Criticism of dress is white teenagers. This brings bindi to Coachella or covering impact it “looks cool,” you then re- don’t do that, it is considered overblown about the question of how yourself in henna? Probably duce that culture to nothing plagiarism, but if you do, and who should discuss cul- not, but it isn’t offensive with- High-school senior Keziah more than a gimmick. you aren’t stealing. Instead, Typically, prom is an excit- tural appropriation. Including out malicious intent. At most, Daum was met with backlash Many people are asking you’re borrowing something ing and happy experience for white voices is important to it deserves an eye-roll. More on Twitter for wearing a Chi- why she can’t wear the dress, and then giving credit to the high-schoolers. Unfortunately progress and normalize the often than not, I am amazed nese-style dress to prom. but the real question is, why original source. for Keziah Daum, it wasn’t. topic. However, I don’t see when people are willing to While high-school student did she wear it? With all the Personally, I have no prob- She became the target of In- how they can be the authority learn about my culture through Keziah Daum had no ulteri- gorgeous prom dresses out lem with the girl wearing the ternet social justice. on what is offensive when and experience in a respectful way. or motive for wearing a tra- there, why did she choose dress. Of course, it’s not my I think we can all agree cul- to whom regarding this issue. It shows that people are really ditional Chinese dress, the this one? culture she is appropriating. ture appropriation is wrong, If we want to genuinely trying to understand. Internet exploded, calling I realize this girl had no But ultimately, we live in a but should this girl really be progress the conversation on Cultural appropriation is her out for cultural appro- intention of making any- time where whitewashing is attacked for thinking some- cultural appropriation, we need a tricky topic. But we need to priation. one upset; she didn’t tag the treading all over other cul- thing was pretty? She wasn’t to listen to minority communi- look at the circumstances sur- Cultural appropriation is photo with any mean or rac- tures. When appreciating wearing it as a costume, using ties rather than becoming the rounding the situation before a loaded term that has con- ist comments, she merely another culture, people must it to make fun of the Chinese spokesperson for them. This we react. More so, we need to stantly been thrown around tweeted “PROM.” But in the realize that there is a slippery culture or displaying any ma- will create a sustainable and take a step back and listen to lately. It came up when chil- end, her intent does not real- slope to appropriating it. licious intent. It’s as simple as healthy conversation. I’m sure the community that is affected.
GUEST OPINION Fetal-heartbeat law devalues medicine and women UI Carver College of Medicine students and an alumna speak out against Iowa fetal-heartbeat law.
For most of our childhoods Gov. Kim Reynolds in strong erations whether to continue the entire state, and the people mammograms, and contra- entire women’s health-care growing up in the Midwest, opposition to Senate File 359: or end their pregnancies. No of Iowa deserve better. ceptive care. system in Iowa. the Iowa we called home was An Act Prohibiting and Re- matter what their choice, we According to the American We cannot afford to pass We urge our representa- a swing state proud of its in- quiring Certain Actions Relat- connect with our patients as College of Obstetricians and more draconian, restrictive tives to oppose this dangerous vestments in education, was ing to a Fetus and Providing human beings first through Gynecologists, Iowa ranks legislation that devalues med- legislation. Let doctors be doc- welcoming to refugees from Penalties. In face of its pas- respect and support. second to last in number of icine and devalues women. tors. Trust Iowa women, who around the world, and was sage, we urge other Iowans to No doctors should have to OB-GYN physicians per capita While independent, wom- in turn trust their physicians, the third U.S. state to legalize do the same. practice in an environment of women. The only OB-GYN en-centered facilities such the to provide sound, scientific, marriage equality. We used to For every woman seeking an in which doing their jobs and residency in the state is at risk Emma Goldman Clinic still ex- and safe medical care. proudly tell friends the Uni- abortion, the law now requires caring for patients is a crime. of losing accreditation. ist in Iowa City, a nonexistent — Melissa Palma, M.D. versity of Iowa had a historic doctors to perform an abdom- The bill in question grants The state of essential wom- public-transportation system and graduate of the UI Carver number of women, eight to be inal ultrasound to detect a women legal immunity for en’s health-care services was between rural and urban areas College of Medicine exact, in the inaugural medi- fetal heartbeat. If a heartbeat seeking an abortion, but it already decimated by then- of the state means women for- — Sarah Gross, M.D. candi- cal-school class of 1870. is detected, which could be as does not offer the same pro- Gov. Terry Branstad’s rejec- go essential health care. date and president of Medical We are now ashamed to early as six weeks into a preg- tection for physicians. tion of more than $3 million As medical professionals, Students for Choice at the UI admit the Iowa governor just nancy, the physician cannot The medical-student com- in Medicaid funding in 2017. we cannot turn our backs Carver College of Medicine signed the most restrictive an- perform the abortion. munity, the UI Hospitals & That choice closed four of 12 on our patients. Abortion is — Deepika Raghavan, ti-woman law in the country. Working in primary-care Clinics OB-GYN Department, Planned Parenthood clinics, health care. It is a common Hannah Pope, M.D. candi- As citizens, as physicians clinics, we have counseled and the state Board of Re- particularly in southwest surgical procedure backed dates and co-presidents of the and physicians-in-training, countless women who careful- gents are strongly opposed to rural Iowa, robbing wom- by evidence-based medicine. American Medical Women’s and as Iowans, we submitted ly weighed the complex social, SF 359. This bill is detrimental en of vital preventive health This law doesn’t put patients Association at the UI Carver our opinions to the Office of financial, and medical consid- to women’s health care across services such as Pap smears, first. It could destabilize the College of Medicine
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side, Reno Tuufuli has also JACKSON TRACK had a superb outdoor sea- GUSTAFSON CONTINUED FROM 6A CONTINUED FROM 6A son in the field. The pair’s CONTINUED FROM 6A success is imperative for a top finish this weekend. 48 tackles (34 solo) and forcing a their best athletes to perform Briana Guillory has al- free throws (183), free throws fumble. He also blocked a field as well as they possibly can. ready won two Big Ten titles attempted (227), and dou- goal in Iowa’s win over North “This is the best we have in her time at Iowa. She won ble-doubles (28). Texas. Jackson played his best looked this entire season,” the 400 meters at the indoor The double-double machine when Iowa faced the toughest Director of Track & Field Joey championships and also fin- also holds the school record for competition. In a loss to Wiscon- Woody told Hawkeye Sports. ished second in the 200. As both men and women for most sin in Madison, Jackson snagged “Everybody is feeling healthy, a freshman in 2016, she won double-doubles in a career with 2 interceptions and returned and both the men and women the 200 and was named Big 55, and that number is sure to both for scores. He was the first have had great workouts over Ten Freshman of the Year. increase next year. player in Big Ten history to re- the last couple weeks.” According to the U.S. Track While Gustafson unques- turn 2 interceptions for touch- Since Woody became the & Field and Cross-Country tionably had the best season of downs in the same game. director in 2015, the women’s Coaches Association, the any women athlete this year, Later in the season, when Io- team has taken home five Big men and women both rank in she was in the conversation for wa upset No. 3 Ohio State, the Ten titles. the top 40 in the nation head- best the best player in women’s Hawkeye defense ate Buckeye Iowa has three athletes in ing into the Big Tens. The college basketball. quarterback J.T. Barrett alive, the top 10 in the country: Iowa women are 29th in the A finalist for several ma- and Jackson did the bulk of the Laulauga Tausaga is fifth in country, and the Iowa men jor awards, Gustafson led the damage and made arguably the the discus, Jahisha Thomas are 38th. NCAA in points per game, best play of the season. is ninth in the long jump, Though the Big Ten is field-goal percentage, and field Jackson intercepted a trifecta and Will Dougherty is 10th filled with formidable foes goals, along with being named of Buckeye passes, and his final in the decathlon. and many teams that rank a unanimous All-American and come came with added style Tausaga has broken ahead of Iowa in the nation- Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan All-Big Ten selection. points — a one-handed, falling school records in both the al rankings, the Hawkeyes at Iowa’s Mar’Yea Harris (left) and Ohio State’s Drelan Bramwell compete in Not to mention, she was voted backwards interception on an shot put and discus this out- their best are just as talented the final leg of the men’s 4x400 relay during the 2018 Drake Relays at by the media as the Big Ten Player end zone heave from Barrett. door season. On the men’s as anyone. Drake Stadium in Des Moines on April 28. of the Year. Perhaps the highlight In 2017, Jackson was a unan- of her year was Iowa’s final game imous Consensus First Team in the Big Ten Tournament. All-American, a first-team by her top hitter, Allie Wood. has competed with some of It starts with Ohio State The Hawkeyes might have player for the Associated Press, SOFTBALL Wood was also named to the the top teams in the nation. tonight. If Iowa can outplay fallen to Minnesota, 90-89, but AFCA, FWAA, Sporting News, CONTINUED FROM 6A All-Big Ten second team on It has victories over tourna- the Buckeyes, then it will face Gustafson put on one of the best Walter Camp, College Sports Wednesday. She is hitting ment top-seed Michigan, No. Northwestern, and Iowa tal- performances ever by a Hawk- Madness, CollegeFootballNews. .306 with a .369 on-base per- 6 Arizona State, and No. 17 lied a win against the Wild- eye basketball player. com, ESPN.com, SBNation. nament, and Doocy was just centage. Baylor. If the Hawkeyes head cats in April. If the Hawkeyes In that game, Gustafson put com, USA Today, and Phil Steele. named to the second-team “We need to focus on into the tournament with the top Northwestern, they have up an eye-popping 48 points Jackson, now a member of the All-Big Ten roster. making adjustments and mentality that they can beat a chance at playing two while grabbing 15 rebounds, Green Bay Packers’ secondary, “We need to attack balls following the process,” anyone, they have a chance to games Sunday for a Big Ten setting Iowa’s single-game heard his name called in the sec- defensively, while taking Wood said. “I think there be a dark horse. Championship. points record. ond round of the NFL Draft after care of the ball,” head coach was a time this season when “There’s a confidence “Go enjoy it,” Looper said. It certainly was a fantastic many expected him to be a lock Marla Looper said. “Offen- we stopped making adjust- that collectively, as a team, “Enjoy the game. Enjoy the season for Gustafson, but the in Round 1. Regardless, his time sively, we need to hit good ments and we started strug- we have,” Wood said. “If we opportunity to be in the Big incredible part about it is the at Iowa was one for the record pitches. In the circle, we gling, especially at the plate present ourselves as the big Ten Tournament. Enjoy the fact that she will be back next books, and his performance was need to pound the zone and and on defense.” team that we are, then we opportunity to compete for a season, which means the days good enough to earn the honors get ahead of hitters.” Although the team has been can go out there and beat championship. It’s one week- of some Hawkeye records are of the DI’s top male athlete. Looper’s views are echoed inconsistent, Looper’s squad anyone.” end to win a championship.” likely numbered. THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2018 DAILY-IOWAN.COM Sports @DI_SPORTS_DESK
HAWKEYE UPDATES Iowa to run Ladies Football Academy on June 9 Hawkeye athletes of the year Football season doesn’t start for another four months, but now is the time that women can Josh Jackson and Megan Gustafson earned praise throughout the year from The Daily Iowan sports desk. sign up for the eighth-annual Ladies Football Academy, hosted by Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz and members of his team, while simultaneously raising money for the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital. Participants will have the opportunity to take part in a spe- cial Iowa football experience. In addition to meeting their favorite players and coaches, campers will participate in different drills throughout, experience the locker room atmosphere, and swarm Kinnick Stadium as “Back in Black” by AC/DC plays. The event has donated $1.8 million to the Children’s Hospital, which is the only nationally ranked hospital for pediatric care in the state of Iowa. Sign ups are available at iow- aladiesfootballacademy.com.
Softball Hawkeyes earn Big Ten Honors Seniors Allie Wood and Chey- enne Pratt and sophomore Allison Doocy were recognized by the Big Ten on Wednesday; Wood and Doocy were named to the All-Big Ten second team, while Pratt took home the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award. Doocy has been a force on the mound this season, playing a big role in Iowa’s run to the Big Ten Tournament. She has struck out a team-high 186 opposing batters in 183.2 innings, also leading her squad with a 1.83 ERA and 4 shutouts. Wood leads the Hawkeyes at the plate, boasting a .306 batting Josh Jackson Megan Gustafson average. She also ranks first on the team in RBIS (21), home runs (5), doubles (8), and triples (2), to The Daily Iowan’s Top Male Athlete The Daily Iowan’s Top Female Athlete pick up her first All-Big Ten honor. Pratt has played in all 51 of Iowa’s games this season and BY ADAM HENSLEY BY JORDAN ZUNIGA leads the team with a perfect [email protected] [email protected] 1.000 fielding percentage. The No. 12 seed Hawkeyes open play in the Big Ten Tournament Leading the nation in interceptions and passes defended has to be The Iowa women’s basketball team had quite a year. It finished 24-8 today against fifth-seed Ohio State good for something, right? and made it back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2014. in Madison, Wisconsin, where the Josh Jackson’s defensive heroics during his 2017 campaign earned A large part of its success was due to junior center Megan Gustafson. winner will face No. 4 seed North- him the recognition as The Daily Iowan’s top male athlete. She was coming off a stellar sophomore campaign, which meant ex- western in Friday’s quarterfinals. Jackson only appeared in eight games during his sophomore season, pectations were high for her entering the season. totaling 10 tackles. With the departure of All-American Desmond King, She not only met those expectations, she vastly exceeded them. There the Hawkeye secondary looked for someone, anyone, to step up and fill is no question Gustafson was the best player on her team, leading Iowa in those shoes. Jackson delivered. points, rebounds, blocks, field-goal percentage, and free throw percentage. It didn’t make much sense when The Texas native snagged a school-record-tying 8 interceptions, re- In addition to her leading the team in numerous statistical catego- Desmond King fell to the fifth round turned a pair of those picks for 6 points, defended an NCAA-best 26 pass- ries, Gustafson now holds the Hawkeye single-season records in points of the 2017 NFL Draft. es, and broke up 18. He made his presence felt all over the field, notching (823), rebounds (411), field goals (320), field-goal percentage (67.1), After a fantastic junior season in which he ranked second in the coun- SEE JACKSON, 5A SEE GUSTAFSON, 5A try with 8 interceptions, the former Thorpe Award winner kept opposing quarterbacks from throwing his way for the most part in 2016. But somehow, King fell in the draft. He proved the teams that passed on him wrong in his rookie season, racking up 76 tackles and 4 sacks, while intercepting a pass from Hawkeyes look Dak Prescott and returning it for a Softball hopes to touchdown. That’s why teams should be ready for Josh Jackson. Although he didn’t to improve at fall as much, Jackson slipped to the second round of the 2018 NFL Draft after being widely expected to go in find its dark horse the first. Jackson also recorded 8 picks in Iowa softball enters this weekend’s Big Ten Tournament as the worst outdoor his junior year at Iowa, leading the country in interceptions and total seed, but the Hawkeyes have shown they can compete with anyone. passes defended (26). With similar abilities and Big Tens incredible ball skills, teams need to take note of what King did last year and prepare for Jackson to do Looking back at Iowa’s Big Ten something similar. Throw Micah Hyde into the mix history, there is another chance for along with King and Jackson, and it’s probably best for opposing success. quarterbacks to locate the former Hawkeyes in their pre-snap reads. BY ANDREW DONLAN — Pete Ruden [email protected]
QUOTE OF THE DAY The Iowa track and field team has had an out- door season marked with meet victories and out- standing personal-record performances. Regard- “It was way too less of where the Hawkeyes place in the Big Ten hard for a 9-hitter Championships this weekend, those performanc- second baseman, so es will still be noted. But the season won’t be as special without high I ended up changing finishes at the Big Tens in Bloomington, Indiana. that. It was a little After all, the squad has the relay teams and indi- distracting. viduals to compete with the best in the conference. ” In their last meet, the Drake Relays, the men took home their second-consecutive Hy-Vee Cup — Iowa second baseman Mitchell by taking first. A top finish followed by a weekend Boe on changing of rest should bode well for the team’s confidence his walk-up song heading into Bloomington. from “15th and Shivansh Ahuja/The Daily Iowan Despite an impressive indoor season, however, the 1st” by Gucci The Hawkeyes form a huddle before the game against Purdue on Sunday at Pearl Field. the team faltered at the Big Ten Indoor Champi- Mane and Waka onships. Going into the event, the Flocka Flame BY JAMES GEERDES ed Michigan. The Buckeyes beat Michigan, 10-1, team hoped to win a title either on [email protected] forcing a mercy rule in 5 innings. the men’s or women’s side. In the But now that it’s the postseason, none of the end, the women finished fifth, and It’s win or go home. past matters for Iowa. the men finished seventh. STAT OF THE DAY Iowa softball enters the Big Ten Tournament “Everything that has happened this season is Still, the Hawkeyes had im- Iowa softball ranks last as the 12th and last seed today, and it will face out the door,” sophomore pitcher Allison Doocy pressive performances by Jahisha in the Big Ten in eight fifth-seed Ohio State. said. “None of it matters. We will keep moving Mylenek Thomas, who won the triple jump categories: batting average, And the odds are not in Iowa’s favor. Ohio forward this weekend.” and long jump, and the men’s dis- slugging percentage, on-base State has a 34-13 record this year. It is also 14-8 Iowa needs to make some changes if it hopes tance medley relay team. The team, consisting of percentage, runs scored, in the Big Ten. Iowa, on the other hand, is 20-31 to make a run in the tournament, both offensive- Nathan Mylenek, Chris Thompson, Carter Lilly, runs batted in, doubles, overall, 6-16 in the conference. ly and defensively. Iowa ranks last in batting av- and Michael Melchert, came from behind to cap- home runs, and walks. The Hawkeyes are also coming off a four- erage in the Big Ten, as well as second-to-last in ture Iowa’s first-ever title in the event. game losing streak. Last weekend, Iowa suffered fielding percentage. Iowa’s pitching, with Doocy In order to place better than fifth and seventh in three-straight losses to Purdue, the No. 11 seed at at the helm, has guided the team into the tour- the outdoor championships, the Hawkeyes need the Big Ten Tournament. Ohio State is coming LAST off a dominant performance against top-seed- SEE SOFTBALL, 5A SEE TRACK, 5A 80HOURS The weekend in arts & entertainment | Thursday, May 10, 2018 s, just as fiery eturn re’ r i BY TROY ALDRICH | [email protected] n F o Local musicians will be performing the music of Bob ’s Dylan at the Englert Friday night. Artists include Brian el Johannesen, David Zollo, Kevin “BF” Burt, Greg Brown, e The Recliners, Elizabeth Moen, and Ingrid Streitz. h SEE DYLAN, 3B W is h T ‘
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This concert will be performed at The Englert Theatre on Friday, May 11, at 7 p.m.
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MUSIC • TOOT TOOT THURSDAY, 6 P.M., GABE’S, 330 E. WASHINGTON • WHEN PARTICLES COLLIDE, 8 P.M., YACHT CLUB, 13 S. LINN • AN EVENING WITH KEVIN GORDON, 8 P.M., MILL, 120 E. BURLINGTON • END OF THE YEAR BANGER, 9 P.M., BLUE MOOSE, 211 IOWA • IZZY DUNFORE, 10 P.M., GABE’S T H T UR ER SD GL WORDS AY, 8 P.M., EN • OPEN MIC AND MORE, 7 P.M., UPTOWN BILL’S, 730 S. DUBUQUE • JAY PHAROAH, 8 P.M., ENGLERT, 221 E. WASHINGTON
FILM • TULLY, 2:30, 7:15, & 9:30 P.M., FILMSCENE, 118 E. COLLEGE • THE DEATH OF STALIN, 3:30 P.M., FILMSCENE • YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE, 6:15 & 8:30 P.M., FILMSCENE
FRIDAY 05.11 E YEA TH R BA OF N D GE EN R After a unexpected divorce, Deanna (Melissa McCarthy) drops her role as a MUSIC stay-at-home mom and enrolls in college. Known as Dee Rock on campus, • HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS, 6 P.M., GABE’S Deanna becomes immersed in the college life. Tension begins to mount when • THIS WHEEL’S ON FIRE, 7 P.M., ENGLERT Deanna infiltrates her daughter’s (Molly Gordon) friend group. Life of the • THE RUSH CLEVELAND TRIO, 8 P.M., WILDWOOD, Party is directed by Ben Falcone, who made his directional début in another 4919 WALLEYE S.E. DRIVE • HALFLOVES, 8 P.M., MILL McCarthy film, Tammy (2014). • TOXIC WOMB, PRAXIS, ACCIDENT TIME, 9 P.M., GARDEN ROOM, 117 E. WASHINGTON • CEDAR COUNTY COBRAS, 9 P.M., BIG GROVE, 1225 TULLY E S. GILBERT S O • BLACK STORK & ASHER BROWN, 9 P.M., TRUMPET T O H M U E BLOSSOM, 310 E. PRENTISS RS LU DAY, 9 P.M., B DANCE • UI YOUTH BALLET AND COMMUNITY DANCE SCHOOL SPRING CONCERT, 7:30 P.M., SPACE/PLACE
WORDS • CERTIFICATE IN WRITING CAPSTONE READING, 5 P.M., PRAIRIE LIGHTS, 15 S. DUBUQUE
FILM • TULLY, 4, 6:30, & 9 P.M., FILMSCENE • GRACE JONES: BLOODLINE AND BAMI, 4:30 & 7 P.M., FILMSCENE • THE DEATH OF STALIN, 9:30 P.M., FILMSCENE NITY DA MU NCE OM SC C H D O N O SATURDAY 05.12 L A T S E P L R I L N
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• DANA T & KAREN MEAT ALBUM RELEASE, 8:30 U P.M., GABE’S Tully is a comedy-drama written by UI graduate Diablo Cody and directed by Jason • YOUNG CHARLES DÉBUT ALBUM RELEASE, 8:30 P.M., MILL F Reitman. The duo is known for their Academy Award-winning indie filmJuno (2007). R E • DAVID ZOLLO, 9 P.M., SHAKESPEARE’S, 819 S. ID C Tully centers on a pregnant Mother named Marlo (Charlize Theron) as she takes care A LA FIRST AVE. Y, P of autistic son Jonah and daughter Sarah. When her baby is born, affluent brother 7:3 CE/ 0 P.M., SPA (Mark Duplass) hires a night nanny (Mackenzie Davis) to watch over her children. DANCE Marlo and Tully begin to form an unbreakable bond. Tully is playing at FilmScene. • SUNSET SALSA, 5 P.M., PED MALL PLAYGROUND
— Joshua Balicki WORDS • THIS VOID BECKONS, 7 P.M., HIGH GROUND CAFÉ, 301 E. MARKET • JIM NORTON: KNEELING ROOM ONLYS, 8 ALBUM PICK P.M., ENGLERT beerbongs & bentleys, by Post Malone FILM After Post Malone pranked his fans, saying his album • HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE, 10 A.M., FILMSCENE would be released earlier this year, the audience was • TULLY, 11 A.M., 1:30, 4, 6:30, & 9 P.M., FILMSCENE skeptical about the next release date. But he kept his word, • GRACE JONES: BLOODLIGHT AND BAMI, 12:30, 3, and beerbongs & bentleys was officially released on April & 8 P.M., FILMSCENE 27, with his hits “rockstar,” “Psycho” featuring Ty Dolla $ign, CITY THEN A • THE DEATH OF STALIN, 5:30 P.M., FILMSCENE A ND W N and “Candy Paint.” Several tracks showcase other artists, IO O W including Nicki Minaj, G-Easy, YG, 21 Savage, and Swae Lee. Throughout the album, Malone sings and raps about DI MISCELLANEOUS heartbreak and dealing with fame. Similarly to “I Fall Apart,” • IOWA CITY THEN AND NOW, 2 P.M., IOWA a raspy ballad he released on his previous album, his song CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 123 S. LINN “Stay” has a similar tone. “Stay” discusses a problematic relationship that he knows won’t work out, yet he still cares S about the other person. While Malone’s lyrics aren’t always A
T U uplifting, he includes a mix of upbeat and slower melodies. “Rich & Sad” has a fun rhythm with R D more melancholy lyrics about losing someone despite having money. SUNDAY 05.13 Y A Y R , A 2 R P IB Song pick: “Rich & Sad” .M L ., IO LIC MUSIC WA PUB CITY — by Natalie Betz • STICK TO YOUR GUNS, 6:30 P.M., BLUE MOOSE • SENSES FAIL, SHARPTOOTH, BAIN-MARIE, 7 P.M., GABE’S
WORDS • BUTT SKETCH COMEDY DUOS, 7:30 P.M., LIT PICK GARDEN CLUB KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, BY DAVID GRANN FILM Killers of the Flower Moon documents the Osage Nation • TULLY, 12:30, 3, & 5:30 P.M., FILMSCENE discovering oil on its land in Oklahoma during the 1920s. The • GRACE JONES: BLOODLIGHT AND BAMI, 1, 6, & people’s newly found affluence is a point of envy for neighboring 8:30 P.M., FILMSCENE people. A chain of mysterious and violent murders of Osages • THE DEATH OF STALIN, 3:30 P.M., FILMSCENE occurred on their native land. The director of the recently founded • HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE, 8 P.M., FILMSCENE FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, assembled a team to uncover the man behind the murders. As a New York Times Bestseller, Killers of the Flower Moon was a finalist for the National Book Award and was named a best book of the year by numerous media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, Time, and Entertainment Weekly.
— Joshua Balicki THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2018 80 HOURS 3B No pyramid schemes, but a Pharoah ‘Saturday Night Live’ alum and standup comedian Jay Pharoah will visit the Englert this weekend.
BY ELLY WOODS Pharoah’s first standup frustration could be sanc- [email protected] comedy special came out tioned into something that in 2015 on Showtime, “Jay was sanctioned by society in This weekend, the Englert Pharoah: Can I Be Me?” He the form of these carnivals,” will host standup comedian Jay has also appeared in movies McLeod said. Pharoah, an actor, impression- such as Ride Along, Get a Jamie Porter, member of ist, and rapper well-known for Job, and Top Five. Iowa City improv troupe Pa- his time as a cast member of Pharaoh is known for perback Rhino, said she think “Saturday Night Live.” his impressions of Barack people like impressions be- Englert Marketing Direc- Obama on “Saturday Night cause they point out people tor Aly High said big names Live,” where he was a cast who have characteristics that who one wouldn’t usually member for six seasons, are unique and identifying. see in Iowa always make from 2010 until 2016. He has “It is a trait in someone for a good show and always also done impressions of that the viewer has also no- draw a good crowd. She said Kanye West, Denzel Wash- ticed to be unique about the his show will likely draw a ington, and Will Smith. person, so an impression is lot of “Saturday Night Live” “Saturday Night Live” tra- enjoyable to watch because fans and will be good for the ditionally uses impression- the impression exaggerates college crowd. ists to poke fun at political a characteristic that the “People are always really figures and social icons. The viewer has also noticed to be excited to see their favorite trend started in medieval true,” Porter said in an email comedian, musician, writer, times, when peasants were to The Daily Iowan. “That or artist right at home with- permitted to have an annual exaggerated truth is what out having to drive to a mar- carnival in which they poked makes impressions so funny ket like Chicago or Madison,” fun at the kings, queens, and and enjoyable.” High said in an email to The higher powers, said UI com- Porter said she looks up Daily Iowan. “There’s also an munications Professor Kem- to comedians such as those extra cool factor in seeing brew McLeod. on “Saturday Night Live,” these artists in a really inti- “That was built into the noting that they have been Contributed mate theater of just over 700, system as a release valve, a big influence on her and not a big arena with 10,000 where a lot of the anger and other members of her team. Porter said. “I would say it ate about comedy. I think Jay so successful. He is a master at other people. Plus, people just frustration at being subju- “It is one of those shows was a major influence at least Pharoah was a major reason impressions, and that was one love seeing someone they’ve gated by kings and being that makes what we like to on a portion of why I became the six seasons of ‘Saturday of his strongest skills that he seen on TV live.” the peasants, that anger and do look so fun and glorious,” so interested in and passion- Night Live’ that he was on were had on the show.”
The lineup consists of all moved here to attend the Writ- mean a great deal to Zollo. Harmonica Player. This provides a change of DYLAN Iowa-based musicians: Jo- ers’ Workshop, and I grew up “The three songs we are Burt’s take on Dylan’s mu- pace for the theater and al- CONTINUED FROM FRONT hannesen, David Zollo, Kev- working at Prairie Lights.” playing are just great songs,” sic will give the audience an lows it to stay true to its roots: in “BF” Burt, Greg Brown, Zollo has a few different Zollo said. interesting perspective. His local musicians. The Recliners, Elizabeth music projects he is working Zollo and Johannesen will own mission reflects some “We are here to serve the Producers of original mu- Moen, and Ingrid Streitz. on, both solo and as a band. perform a few tunes togeth- of the same ideas Dylan ex- community with national art- sic claim a wide variety of in- Zollo, Burt, Moen, and Stre- His band, Middle Western, er as well. They have a his- pressed in his original music. ists, while feed interest with fluences; in the popular-mu- itz all played the event’s in- is still touring its first al- tory of playing together, as “I’m hitting this mark at a what’s happening locally,” sic world, few are mentioned augural year; joined by Wil- bum, When Your Demons Zollo and his band have per- good time, because as a so- Andre Perry, talent buyer at as often as Bob Dylan. The liam Elliott Whitmore and Are Underground … and formed behind Johannesen ciety, we’re coming back to the Englert said in a previous Englert will host a tribute to Iris DeMent. You’ve Got to Dig Them Up. when he plays locally and in wanting something that’s re- interview with the DI. the artist’s music for the sec- The idea originally came Zollo also plans to leave to the studio. al,” Burt told The Daily Iowan The large stage will be no ond year in a row on Friday: about to celebrate Dylan’s tour Italy and Switzerland One of the other artists, during an interview in Febru- stranger to any of the musi- “This Wheel’s on Fire.” 2016 Nobel Prize. Kevin Han- in July. Burt, has also gained trac- ary. “We’re starting to be OK cians playing on Friday night. “You can’t call yourself a ick, a vocalist for The Reclin- “Anytime we can bring tion in the national scene with somebody that could be However, when local artists songwriter if you don’t claim ers, originally organized the awareness to the writing, it’s in the last year. He received perceived as a nice person. venture outside of state lines, Dylan as an influence,” Brian event in 2017. The event is a good thing,” Zollo said. three awards at the 34th-An- That’s not a thing that’s out the venues don’t always hold Johannesen said, one of the also a fundraiser for the Iowa The local musician also nual International Blues there that much.” up to their home base. musicians playing on Friday City UNESCO City of Litera- discussed the pleasure of Challenge in Memphis, Ten- The performance at the En- “For local artists, I’m not night. “I didn’t get to go last ture nonprofit organization. playing Dylan’s music. While nessee: First Place Solo/Duo, glert also falls between many playing stages like that all the year, but it sounded as if it “Stuff like this is very im- he doesn’t generally cover his Best Solo/Duo Guitarist, and large acts that have stopped time,” Johannesen said. “It’s a was a blast.” portant,” Zollo said. “My father influencer’s tunes often, they the Lee Oskar Award for Best to play at the historic stage. top-of-the-line stage.” 4B THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2018