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years 25For The Kids In the 25 years of Dance Marathon, the largest UI student organization has raised more than $27 million to fight pediatric cancer.

BY ALEXANDRA SKORES | [email protected]

The UI Dance Marathon on Feb. 1-2 celebrated 25 years of dedicating its time to pediatric cancer awareness. This past weekend, dancers, leadership, and the commu- nity were moved by the stories, songs, and remembrance of those who lost the battle. UI Dance Marathon, the largest student organization on campus, encourages students, faculty, and staff to engage in a 24-hour on-one’s-feet event to raise money to support children with pediatric cancer and their fam- ilies. The 25th anniversary brought in slightly more than $2.96 million, the second highest total in the group’s his- tory, right behind 2018’s more than $3 million. Dance Marathon Executive Director Charlie Ellis said the total at the end of the 24 hours represented way more for the student organization, because it had a year’s worth of hard work and dedication from everyone in- volved. “With fundraising for an organization like [Dance Marathon], you come across a unique line of people that believe ‘the year can be defined by a number,’ ” Ellis said. “We know we are doing so much more than just raising money to affect the families and need to look past the fundraising point, whether it was exponentially above or below. [Dance Marathon] is doing so much for the kid- dos and their smiles.” In all 25 years of UI Dance Marathon, the organization has raised more than $27.5 million. Participants were motivated through new additions SEE DANCE, 2

Dance Marathon graduate Anson Broadus sits onstage during Dance Mar- athon 25 at the IMU on Feb. 2. Broadus graduated from being diagnosed with an aggressive rhabdoid tumor on his forehead at just 3 months old and celebrates his golden birthday on Feb. 6. (Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Prayer service for Gerald Belz to be held today Trial set for man accused of killing Mollie Tibbetts The Newman Catholic believe his death to be The trial of Cristhian Poweshiek County. mented immigrant who was body was found. Student Center will hold weather-related. Bahena Rivera, who has Authorities charged Bahe- a farm hand at Yarrabee Bahena Rivera’s trial a prayer The service will be held in been accused na Rivera with first-degree Farms, has pleaded not had originally been set to service today the main chapel at the New- of slaying UI murder after he reportedly guilty to first-degree murder. begin April 16. Prosecutors for UI stu- man Center, 104 E. Jefferson student Mollie confessed to following According to an affidavit proposed a July 29 date, and dent Gerald St., at 7 p.m., a news release Tibbetts in Tibbetts and abducting her from the Poweshiek County then Judge Joel Yates decid- Belz, who said, and members of the UI July 2018, while she was on a run on Sheriff’s Office, Bahena ed on the September date. died Jan. and Iowa City communities has been set July 18 near Brooklyn, Iowa. Rivera led authorities to a If convicted, Bahena Rive- Belz 30. Officials are welcome to attend. Tibbetts for Sept. 3 in Bahena Rivera, an undocu- cornfield where Tibbetts’ ra faces life in prison. 2 NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2019 Volume 150 RETIRING A CHAMPION The Daily Iowan Issue 93 BREAKING NEWS STAFF Phone: (319) 335-6030 Publisher...... 335-5788 Email: [email protected] Jason Brummond Fax: 335-6297 Editor in Chief...... 335-6030 CORRECTIONS Gage Miskimen Call: 335-6030 Managing Editors. . . . 335-5855 Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for accuracy and fairness in the Katelyn Weisbrod reporting of news. If a report is Marissa Payne wrong or misleading, a request for Visual Arts Director a correction or a clarification may Lily Smith be made. News Editors PUBLISHING INFO Kayli Reese The Daily Iowan (USPS 143.360) is published by Student Publications Brooklyn Draisey Inc., E131 Adler Journalism Building, Sports Editor Iowa City, Iowa 52242-2004, daily Pete Ruden except Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, legal and university holidays, and Asst. Sports Editor university vacations. Periodicals Pete Mills postage paid at the Iowa City Post Opinions Editor Office under the Act of Congress of March 2, 1879. Marina Jaimes SUBSCRIPTIONS Politics Editor Call: Juli Krause at 335-5783 Sarah Watson Email: [email protected] Arts Editor Subscription rates: Naomi Hofferber Iowa City and Coralville: $30 for one semester, $60 for two Asst. Arts Editor semesters, $5 for summer session, Joshua Balicki $60 for full year. Photo Editors Out of town: $50 for one semester, Nick Rohlman $100 for two semesters, $10 for Katina Zentz summer session, $100 all year. Send address changes to: Copy Chief The Daily Iowan, Beau Elliot 100 Adler Journalism Building, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-2004 BUSINESS STAFF Production Manager Heidi Owen...... 335-5789 Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan Business Manager Advertising Manager DJ Big D gets emotional after receiving the Champion Belt during Dance Marathon 25 in the IMU on Feb. 2. DJ Big D retired this year; he has per- Debra Plath...... 335-5786 Renee Manders...... 335-5193 formed at Dance Marathon since its first year in 1994. Classifieds/Circulation Manager Advertising Sales Juli Krause...... 335-5784 Bev Mrstilk...... 335-5792

This year’s anniversary ed Hawkeye football players those kids is truly amaz- DANCE kept many of the previous Landan and Levi Paulsen. ing,” she said. “No matter CONTINUED FROM FRONT years’ traditions alive with Dance Marathon lime cap- how big or how small, the the famous haircuts for dona- tain Natalie Paulson said fact that you get to see it in Bill that would end tion, “kiddo” graduation, and the energy the graduation person provokes an emotion to this year’s Big Event, such as “Dancing In Our Hearts” vid- brought to all of the dancers in you that is so overwhelm- additional accessibility goals, eo to commemorate the 235 will stick with her. ing that you can’t even put it tenure advances a new campaign called Shape children who are no longer “When you go through the into words.” Your Impact, and new leader- alive. entire 24 hours — even more For more photos of the Big After being reintroduced in ship positions focused on var- The many who received for leadership — and you see Event, go to page 6 or daily- ious parts of the organization. haircuts For The Kids includ- the fact that you have helped iowan.com. the Iowa Legislature, a bill Public Relations Chair Lilly taking aim at professor tenure Boenker said a lot of the chang- es this year with accessibility advanced out of subcommittee. were focused on the mental and physical health of the dancers. BY EMILY WANGEN “I just think it’s really import- [email protected] ant that this year they put a lot of emphasis on self-care and A bill in the Legislature that aims to end tenure mental health, as someone who for professors at Iowa’s three public universities has suffers from mental illness my- cleared one legislative hurdle after a Senate education self,” she said. subcommittee approved it Jan. 30. The full Senate Edu- Shape Your Impact was used cation Committee will need to approve the bill before it throughout the year to moti- moves on to the Senate. vate participants to define their The bill, SF 27, states that faculty can be terminated effect in the organization and on grounds that include but are not limited to “just take an active role. cause, program discontinuance, and financial exigen- “However their impact may cy” at Iowa State University, the University of Iowa, look, they can shape it beyond and the University of Northern Iowa. belief,” Ellis said. “No matter The Senate Education Committee is set to meet Feb. what shape it may be, we want 4, but SF 27 was not on the agenda as of the morning you to shape your impact hard- of Feb. 2. er than before.” Sen. Brad Zaun, R-Urbandale, reintroduced the bill Many changes for the 25th Jan. 15 after it died in committee two years ago. He al- anniversary derive from the so sits on the subcommittee that approved it, with Sen. new positions, such as the out- Jerry Behn, R-Boone, and Sen. Zach Wahls, D-Coralville. reach director and campus-re- Wahls previously told The Daily Iowan that he does lations director. not believe the bill will advance very far, and he will en- Campus-Relations Director courage legislators to vote against it. Sierra Jones said the committee The state Board of Regents, which oversees the three missions are to bring in more public universities, has lobbied against the bill with student organizations to col- four declarations. The Iowa State Education Associa- laborate with Dance Marathon. tion and the American Federation of State, County and “Moving forward, I see Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan Municipal Employees Iowa Council 61 have also lob- [Dance Marathon] a bigger part (From left) Alexandra Anderson and Alex Anderson dance during Dance Marathon 25 at the IMU on Feb. 2. “We’re bied against the bill. of what it means to be a Hawk- roommates with the same name,” Alex Anderson said. “We met on the Facebook group and wanted to be room- No groups have voiced support for the bill through a eye,” she said. mates. Now, we are doing Dance Marathon as a team.” lobbyist declaration. Local CBD store faces legal gray area Your CBD Store opened in Iowa City in January, serving natural treatments for a wide range of health conditions. Local law enforcement says it’s illegal.

BY CALEB MCCULLOUGH since beginning the treat- federally under the 2018 farm sion, one UI student finds the treat anxiety. She takes it in is, said she was attracted to it [email protected] ment in August 2018. bill, but state law still prohib- product helpful in reducing addition to traditional anxiety because she wanted a natural Ramker said her stores its their sale without a canna- anxiety symptoms. medication. way to treat her anxiety. The products that line the have had a lot of success since bis-dispensary license. Sophomore Lanie Smith Smith, who uses the product “It’s just really calming,” she walls of Your CBD Store, opening her first store in Dav- “Any cannabinoid, which is said she began using canna- once or twice a week depend- said. “It’s not something that 264 Scott Court, are used by enport in October 2018. what CBD is, if it’s not distrib- bidiol oil in December 2018 to ing on how severe her anxiety gets me high or anything.” customers to treat a slew of “It’s amazing,” she said. uted with the approval of the health issues. There’s only one “Right now, we’re getting a lot state and purchased and pos- problem — the product they of repeat customers.” sessed by somebody who has a use isn’t technically legal. Physicians, chiropractors, card or permit from the state, The store sells products and pharmacists refer people then it’s illegal to sell and/or that contain cannabidiol, a to Ramker’s store, she said. purchase,” Frank said. product derived from can- Her customers use CBD to State law requires indi- nabis that contains little or relieve a wide range of con- viduals to obtain a medical no THC, the main chemical ditions, including anxiety, ar- permit before purchasing the in cannabis that causes the thritis, and high blood sugar. product, and there are only “high.” Cannabidiol products at five dispensaries in the state The local CBD Store, which the store come in numerous approved to sell it. opened its doors in January, forms, including tinctures, “All of this is very new, so is owned and operated by Re- gummies, capsules, lotions, people are still trying to figure becca Ramker of Davenport. and even pet products. The out what the legality is and She operates five CBD stores products are sourced organ- what enforcement is going to across eastern Iowa and plans ically from a hemp farm in look like,” Frank said. to open a sixth in Bettendorf Colorado. Ramker said she hasn’t in February. Even with the reported faced issues from law enforce- Ramker began her journey success of the products, Iowa ment with any of her stores, in the CBD business after her City police public-informa- and she hopes the legal status daughter-in-law found that tion Officer Derek Frank said of cannabidiol will be cleared the product helped suppress the product is illegal under up soon. her regular seizures. Ram- state law. “There are still a lot of gray ker said her daughter-in-law Hemp products containing areas,” she said. “I can’t wait would usually have a couple less than 0.3 percent THC, until it’s all black and white. It seizures a month, but she which includes the cannabi- just depends.” Alyson Kuennen/The Daily Iowan hasn’t had a major seizure diol products, were legalized Even with the legal confu- Your CBD Store is seen on Feb. 3. The Iowa City location is part of a nationwide company. THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2019 NEWS 3

IOWA POLITICS Resolution proposes lower student-loan rates A concurrent resolution in the Iowa Senate advocates limiting interest rates on student loans.

BY JULIA DIGIACOMO tion Department. Currently, interest rates on of the legislature; however, ate, Zaun said, the resolu- tually made some progress [email protected] “My resolution that we federal student loans range it differs from a bill in that tion will be sent to Speaker with student debt. But you would all vote on is head- from 5 to 7.6 percent, de- it does not require the gov- of the House Nancy Pelosi still have a majority of stu- A state Senate concurrent ed to U.S. Congress to say, pending on the type of loan. ernor’s signature and isn’t and Senate Majority Leader dents at [public university] resolution is moving its way ‘Stop overcharging our stu- A subcommittee unan- enforceable by law. Mitch McConnell. institutions … graduating up through subcommittees dents,’ ” Zaun said. “The imously recommended Zaun explored the idea of “Resolutions are a strong with loan payments.” before potentially being bottom line here is our fed- passing the resolution on creating a bill to limit inter- way to send a message to The issue of student sent as a resounding mes- eral government is making Jan. 29. Zaun said he thinks est rates on student loans, Washington, D.C.,” Zaun loans is picking up steam in sage from the Iowa Senate money off of our students.” the resolution will have no but discovered that state said. “I’m hopeful that other Washington as well. On Jan. in support of limiting stu- The resolution rec- problem getting through senators don’t have juris- legislatures throughout the 30, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, dent-loan interest rates. ommends limiting stu- the Senate and will likely diction over the subject. In- U.S. will do the same.” introduced a bill known as The resolution introduced dent-loan interest rates to continue to gather biparti- stead, he hopes a resolution Sen. Zach Wahls, “Transparency in Student on Jan. 14 by Iowa Sen. Brad no more than 2 percentage san support. with full bipartisan support D-Coralville, who served on Lending Act.” The bill aims Zaun, R-Urbandale, advo- points higher than the cur- A concurrent resolution will make an impression on the subcommittee review- to improve information re- cates limits on loan interest rent prime-interest rate, is a written motion that is the members of Congress. ing Zaun’s resolution, said garding student loans for rates from the U.S. Educa- currently around 5 percent. adopted by both chambers If approved by the Sen- he voted for the resolution parents and students. If and hopes that it passes. passed, it would disclose However, he thinks that an- the annual percentage rate other higher-education bill for federal student loans to proposing an end to uni- borrowers. versity tenure, which Zaun “Over 90 percent of stu- worked on, would work dent loans are originated counterintuitively by rais- and guaranteed by the fed- ing salaries and raising tui- eral government,” Ernst said tion costs for students. in a Jan. 30 news release. “It’s The concurrent resolu- critical that prospective stu- tion outlines a greater prob- dents and their families have lem with student debt in access to necessary informa- Iowa. It states that the av- tion about these loans when erage statewide debt for all considering their lending 2017 university graduates in options, and that’s exactly Iowa was $29,859, ranking what this bill does.” the state as 20th for highest level of debt in the nation. Sen. Herman Quirmbach, D-Ames, said tuition at uni- versities has risen far faster than inflation over the last few decades, which has ac- counted for the increasingly burdensome debt. He referred to education presentations that univer- sity leaders gave to lawmak- ers last week. In those, the UI estimated that 55 percent of graduates graduate with debt. The figures are 59 per- cent at Iowa State Universi- ty and 66 percent at the Uni- versity of Northern Iowa. “So college costs, tuition Brian Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan costs have been rising,” The State Capitol is seen on April 29, 2018. Quirmbach said. “We’ve ac- 4 THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2019 Opinions COLUMN COLUMN Kamala Harris isn’t right Beat the Arctic for the black community with a wall The presidential candidate’s controversial past serving in California’s criminal-justice Why not build a wall on the northern border system may negatively affect her bid for the White House in 2020. to keep out illegal Arctic wind immigrants? Of course, it could be that il- legal immigrants aren’t at the bottom of everything, including your vastly annoying cousin. It could be robots. Dear Robot-phobic: What do you against robots? What have they ever done to you? Dear Phobia-guard: We have nothing against ro- BEAU ELLIOT [email protected] bots. Some of our best friends are robots. Doc-sans: Well, OK, we’ve never actually I heard you were leaving. met a robot. Outside of a ran- How come you’re still around? dom right-winger here, a ran- Dear Not Left: dom right-winger there. Better to be around than to We will note, without a shade be a square, as they say in some of schadenfreude, that the fa- circles. mous (or infamous) robot hotel We were contemplating a in Japan recently “fired” half the winter vacation, as one does robots and replaced them with in the depths of January, when real, live humans. (Not human winter is a dull glaze on a clear beans. Or lima beans. Or green mind. We were going to visit peas.) Turns out, the robots northern Saskatchewan, fig- weren’t up to the task of run- uring that after a week or so ning a hotel. And all this time, up there, Iowa would seem we thought humans weren’t up balmy and spring-like. It’s a to the task of running a hotel. mind trick that requires no Zen Dockers: David Harmantas/The Daily Iowan whatsoever. Or common sense, Do you wear Dockers? Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., addresses a rally at Old Brick on Oct. 23, 2018. probably. Dear Dreamland: But, as life so often works out, What are Dockers? Seems to On the regressive side, Har- In 2015, according to the gressive support of the people Mother Nature said: Ha-ha-ha- be a gap in our education. (Don’t ris has consistently shown Sacramento Bee, she didn’t sup- in her time as district attorney ha-ha. Mother Nature loves to tell anyone.) support for convicting African port the statewide requirement from 2004-11. Since her term as laugh. At us. And, so, the Arctic Dear Gapper: Americans, even when evidence for police agencies to adopt attorney general through 2016, Circle kindly moved in here and But what are you going to do suggests or cements their inno- body cameras — instead, she Harris has stayed silent on a lot turned the Paris of the Prairie about illegal immigrants? You cence — unless the media pub- supported the decision that of public issues that specifically into the Point Barrow of the keep dodging the question, not lish the controversial evidence each department should deter- target the black community. Prairie. to mention the Wall. and scathing review of her mine what technology to use to In 2016, Harris “opposed a So here we are, huddled in a Dear Wall: actions in enabling wrongful practice ethical policing. bill to require her office to - in North Face sleeping bag (good Pretty easy to dodge a wall. conviction of African-American On the other hand, the Har- vestigate shootings by police, to minus-40, which might not We thought the German Army NICHOLE SHAW defendants. Just one of those ris-led California Attorney Gen- and she declined to weigh in on be enough) and drinking up the proved that in World War II be [email protected] accounts was the death of in- eral’s Office was the first agency state ballot measures to legalize world’s supply of hot cocoa. And dodging the Maginot wall (tech- A New York Times column re- mate Kevin Cooper, whose tri- to adopt a statewide initiative recreational marijuana and to listening to radio report closings nically, the Maginot line). We cently pointed out the contro- al was “infected by racism and for implicit-bias training and reduce penalties for nonviolent right and left. Maybe in the cen- guess we could ask the French versial nature of California Sen. corruption,” University of San body-camera program, ac- crimes,” according to a January ter, too. In Michigan, the state how they feel about a wall and Kamala Harris’ background Francisco law Professor Lara cording to a 2015 agency news Politifact article. decided to close all nonessential illegal immigrants. (Well, invad- on criminal-justice issues after Bazelon wrote in a Times opin- release. In this aspect, Harris In this look into Harris’ government operations. Includ- ing army, but how much more Harris announced her bid for ion column. Cooper requested has displayed a somewhat pro- criminal-justice background, ing the State Capitol. illegal can immigrants be?) the 2020 presidency, condemn- DNA testing to prove his in- gressive stance on particular is- I would argue one thing is for Which tells you how much Or we could ask Native Amer- ing her for being regressive. The nocence, but Harris opposed sues. Her “Back on Track” 2005 sure: Harris is not a progres- Michiganers (we think ther’s icans how they feel about illegal column’s visibility brought an the request. Only after a Times program prevented recidivism sive front-runner for the 2020 such an animal, or vegetable, immigrants. awareness to Harris’ law career opinion column exposed the for nonviolent, first-time -of presidential election. Rather, or mineral) value their govern- Or we could ask the chief in California as district attorney unfair case did Harris reverse fenders, which could be seen as she is a candidate whose tough- ment. Maybe any government. Trumpster how he feels about and attorney general. her position. progressive. on-(black-)crime history might Doc-amania: illegal immigrants. Oh, we know The most vocal of Harris’ Harris also supports the But do those programs really appeal to some, but otherwise This cold snap is all the fault what he says in public or on critics have come from the Af- three-strikes law, which gives outshine her history of sanc- demonstrates a history of en- of illegal immigrants. You lib- Twitter. But, according to re- rican-American community, individuals convicted twice or tioning the disproportionate abling disproportionate incar- erals have to put an end to your ports, his business empire has which surprised some, because more of a serious violent crime incarceration and conviction of ceration of African Americans. wide-open-border policy or who been involved in hiring such Harris is an African-American or drug crime a sentence of life black individuals in the Califor- When you vote in 2020, be knows what chaos will occur. immigrants. Then firing them woman. in prison. The law dispropor- nia Justice Department? sure to know the candidates’ Dear Mania-finder: when the practice comes to Delving deeper, I found that tionately affects black prison- “My whole life, I’ve only had stances and history in politics, as You’re right. Dig deep into light. Harris has a complex back- ers 12 times more than whites one client: the people,” Harris well as the kind of change they’ve anything that goes wrong, and But, details, details. Build ground in politics and criminal in incarceration rates, accord- told a crowd of thousands of already put forth in their respec- you’ll find illegal immigrants at the Wall. Nothing much will justice, with a mixture of regres- ing to Justice Policy Institute, supporters gathered in front of tive communities. Harris may fault. Including an Arctic deep change but the symbolism. And sive stances that have “terror- further demonstrating to her Oakland City Hall. belong to the Democratic Party, freeze. the symbolism screams, Make ized” the black community and history in enabling the dispro- In retrospect, her record but she definitely isn’t the “pro- Package that into a slogan, America White Again. progressive initiatives that aim portionate incarceration of Af- doesn’t really support this im- gressive” leader she claimed to and you could be elected presi- That train left the station long to help nonviolent offenders. rican Americans. age. We have only seen her pro- be in her announcement speech. dent. Someone has. ago. GUEST OPINION: THE DOCTOR IS IN How you can take on your common cold Getting a cold during winter is almost guaranteed, but a better understanding of the illness can help keep it from interfering with your daily life. Winter means a lot of things more complicated, especially Once one of these viruses Therefore, coughing when long as two weeks in some your hands well can also help to a lot of people — holidays, for those living on their own spreads to a healthy person, it you have a cold is more com- cases. That is a pretty long prevent colds in the first place warm drinks, bitter cold that for the first time. gets inside cells in the upper monly due to the increased time to be sick, but, unfortu- and keep them from spreading makes you count the minutes To understand the treatment, airway and starts to irritate mucus in your nose and ac- nately, there is nothing that to others. It is also important to until spring, and so much it is important to more clearly those areas. Your body re- tually has nothing to do with can speed it up. A common be cautious and call your prima- more. For many in health care, define the common cold. Colds sponds by making more mu- your lungs. misconception is that antibi- ry-care provider if you develop a though, winter means cold and are caused by viruses that infect cus in an attempt to flush the This is how the illness otics will help, but antibiotics fever or are concerned by your flu season. The Centers for Dis- cells of the upper airway, main- virus out. We perceive this as works, but what do we do only work against bacteria, symptoms. It never hurts to ask ease Control and Prevention ly your nose and throat. They congestion and a runny nose. about it? The short and some- not viruses. a professional. estimates that adults get an spread from person to person As the body makes more and times frustrating answer is While you may not be able During these winter average of two to three colds both through the air and through more mucus, some of it drips nothing. Your body’s immune to shorten the illness, there are months, it’s rarely a question each year. Each of us knows direct contact. Coughing, sneez- down the back of your throat system is perfectly designed things you can do. Drinking of if you will get sick, but when. the cough, sore throat, and ing, talking, shaking hands, irritating the lining. When to clear this virus on its own lots of fluids and using over-the- congested nose that define the touching a door handle — each your throat gets irritated, — you just have to give it time counter medications can tem- — Steven Leary common cold. Knowing how of these actions can spread the your body triggers a cough to work. The average cold can porarily relieve the cough, sore Second-year student to treat it, however, is a little virus to another person. to try to remove that irritant. last seven to 10 days and as throat and runny nose. Washing UI Carver College of Medicine

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL No. 13 Iowa - 81 Penn State - 61 Hawkeye women bounce back at Penn State No. 13 Iowa women’s basketball struggled in its loss to Michigan on Feb. 1, but the team crushed Penn State on Sunday afternoon.

BY PETE MILLS to keep up. [email protected] Sunday was the nation-lead- ing seventh time Gustafson Megan Gustafson wasn’t the has posted more than 30 points only one rebounding on Sun- this season. This, paired with day afternoon in State College, 11 boards, gave her yet anoth- Pennsylvania. er double-double to add to her No. 13 Iowa women’s basket- NCAA-best total. ball (17-5, 8-3 Big Ten) grabbed Iowa had a lot of cleaning a rebound-win over Penn State up to do after its 9-point loss to (10-11, 3-7 Big Ten), following a Michigan on Feb. 1. The Wolver- tough loss at Michigan on Feb. 1. ines shocked the Hawkeyes by The Hawkeyes had their way outrebounding them 44-23. Io- with the Nittany Lions in the wa also struggled to defend the complete win. Iowa grabbed 3-point shot, allowing Michigan an early 34-24 lead in the first to convert 46 percent of its shots quarter and never looked back, behind the arc. eventually putting a 20-point The matchup against Penn conference win on their season State, though, was far clean- résumé, 81-61. er. Iowa turned it around and Forward Hannah Stewart — grabbed 16 more boards than who has been unstoppable since Penn State and held the Nitta- the team’s win over Rutgers on ny Lions to 16.7 percent from Jan. 23 — grabbed a career-high 3-point range. 14 rebounds in the victory. She Although Penn State has and Gustafson gave Penn State struggled throughout con- a rough contest in the paint, out- ference play, there have been scoring Penn State by 34 points bright spots. Forward Alisia down low. Smith —­ one of the team’s “I was proud of the way the rising leaders — grabbed a Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan team responded, especially on team-high 7 boards and tallied Iowa forward Hannah Stewart gestures during the Iowa/Michigan basketball game at Carver-Hawkeye on Jan. 17. The Hawkeyes defeated the boards,” Iowa head coach Li- 15 points. Especially since she the Wolverines, 75-61. sa Bluder said in a release. was pitted against arguably the Guard Makenzie Meyer has best post players in the Big Ten college-basketball marathon. State],” Bluder said in a release. season but looked like her old self in the Hawkeyes remained calm struggled to find her shot this (if not the country), it gives the A unique opportunity is in “Hopefully, we can come out and State College. Additionally, Stewart and got the job done. season but shot 60 percent from Nittany Lion faithful a future to front of the Iowa women this redeem that.” gained that career-high number in They have the opportunity to the 3-point line and put up 18 look forward to. week, because they get a rematch The game against Penn State boards against Penn State. do much of the same in the re- points for the Hawkeyes. No road wins come easy in the against Michigan State, which may have woken up vital parts of If Iowa proved anything match against Michigan State This all translated to a com- Big Ten. A win against any team gave the Hawkeyes a rough loss the Hawkeye offense just in time in the win, it’s that it can rally on Thursday, and the Hawkeyes manding day for the team. in the conference yields momen- in the first meeting. for crucial games down this stretch. after tough losses. Frustration need to summon the same ener- When it can score from all over tum, which is something Iowa “Defensively, it was a not Meyer, for example, has lost a can often ensue after a road gy they gave in their victory over the floor, it is nearly impossible will need in this stretch of the good performance [at Michigan lot of her 3-point dominance this loss to a conference rival, but Penn State.

and his 3-point percentage is the same minutes. Kriener KRIENER double his 2017-18 output. also has the second-highest CONTINUED FROM 8 Granted, Kriener’s minutes block percentage (3.6) out of have increased from 10.4 last Hawkeyes in that 300-minute season to 13.9 this year, but group. he’s made the most of his time Overall, Iowa’s defense has till Feb. 21, and during that on the court and demonstrat- improved since last season. season he only managed two ed he’s one of the Hawkeyes’ The Hawkeyes have given up games with at least 10 points. most underrated players. roughly 6 fewer points per All across the board, his The forward has the third- game this season, and both numbers are up from Year best box plus/minus (6.5) out overall field-goal percentage 2 to 3 — a sign that growing of any Hawkeye with legit- and 3-point percentage are confidence can lead to on- imate playing time (at least down for opponents in the court improvement. 300 minutes this season). 2018-19 season. Kriener’s points and re- That’s a higher rating than It’s been a complete team bounds per game have in- all of Iowa’s starters except effort to turn it around, but creased since last season, Joe Wieskamp. He also holds Kriener has played an inte- his field-goal percentage has the second-highest defensive gral part in Iowa’s resur- jumped more than 1 percent, plus/minus of Hawkeyes in gence.

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Photo by Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan Iowa topped Michigan convincingly, 74-59, beating a top-five team for the first time since 2015.

BY PETE RUDEN said. “We lost two in a row, and we really didn’t want it to be three. The Hawkeyes showed earlier in the season they had the po- [email protected] Fans were starting to hate on us a little bit, thought we couldn’t de- tential to compete with most teams in the Big Ten, but they have fend. But we showed that we can defend [Feb. 1] as well as score.” struggled when facing the top-tier teams. Iowa’s win over No. 5 Michigan on Feb. 1 was its first win over Michigan entered the game allowing only 56.1 points per Last season, Iowa didn’t have any wins resembling a massive a top-10 team in Carver-Hawkeye since 2015, and it came at a per- game — the best in the Big Ten and second in the country. The upset, but that has changed in 2019. fect time for the Hawkeyes. Hawkeyes countered that stellar defense with impressive offense, “I saw it on film, and I saw it last coming last year as well — I Coming off a two-game losing streak against No. 6 Michigan becoming only the second team to score 70 points on the Wolver- can see why [Iowa is] 17-5 right now,” Michigan head coach John State and Minnesota, Iowa bounced back for a 74-59 victory over ines this season. Beilein said. “[I was] laughing at people when they were going into the Wolverines in impressive fashion. Iowa became the scary defensive team, forcing Michigan to this year and they weren’t being ranked as one of the top teams in “It was a huge comeback win for us,” freshman Joe Wieskamp shoot just 32 percent from the field. our league.” Kriener’s game booming in Year 3 Ryan Kriener’s spike in production in his third season is no fluke — he is a key piece in Iowa’s arsenal.

BY ADAM HENSLEY points off the bench and grabbed a [email protected] career-best 10 rebounds. “Ryan did a terrific job of stepping Fewer than seven minutes into up and being that guy,” Garza said. Iowa’s 74-59 upset win against No. “He helped us so much. His scoring, 5 Michigan on Feb. 1, forward Lu- his rebounding, his defending — he ka Garza picked up his second foul, did a lot of good things for us. It’s forcing him to head to the bench. always satisfying to know when you In came Ryan Kriener. go to the bench for fouls, you’ve got A few minutes later, with Iowa someone who can come off the bench, down by 3, Kriener set a screen, and help, and do great things.” moved without the ball, and Throw in an assist and a perfect camped outside the 3-point arc. The 1-for-1 from behind the 3-point arc, Hawkeyes flipped him the ball, and and Hawkeye fans got a glimpse at Kriener knocked down his first shot just how dynamic the Spirit Lake na- of the game, tying the contest. tive can be. “Whenever you see that first shot “He was phenomenally import- go in, your confidence skyrockets,” ant,” Iowa head coach Fran Mc- Kriener said. “You hit your first 3, and Caffery said after the game. “But he that means they’ve got to respect you is that every game. We need him. It’s a lot more on the perimeter, and that been exciting to watch him just con- opens up your driving game.” tinue to grow with his confidence. That would be a theme all game And getting a double-double against long, as Kriener continued to make Michigan says a lot.” his mark offensively as well as lock “Confidence,” something both down an Iowa defense that held McCaffery and Kriener noted fol- Michigan to its third-lowest scoring lowing the win, has boomed for the output of the season. third-year Hawkeye. Kriener scored Kriener has gone from a player at least 10 points in six of Iowa’s who can potentially make an impact 22 games this season (that’s good off the bench here and there to a for- for more than one-fourth of the ward who can change the outcome Hawkeyes’ contests). Iowa is 5-1 in of games. those games as well. In the Hawkeyes’ biggest win Last season, Kriener’s first dou- since taking down No. 1 Michigan ble-digit performance didn’t come State in 2015, Kriener tallied his first career double-double. He scored 15 SEE KRIENER, 5

Ryan Kriener - sophomore year to junior year Kriener’s minutes have risen this year, and so have his numbers. 2017-18 season 2018-19 season

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FIELD GOAL 55.1 % PERCENTAGE 56.3 %

3-POINT 20% PERCENTAGE 40% Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan Iowa forward Ryan Kriener keeps the ball from Michigan center Jon Teske in Carver-Hawkeye on Feb. 1. The Hawkeyes took down the No. 5 ranked Wolverines, 74-59.