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NATIONAL POLITICS First-in-nation status uncertain after caucuses Delays in reporting caucus results Monday night added new energy to critics calling for a change in the system and left many questioning the first-in-the-nation status of the .

BY CALEB MCCULLOUGH University of Iowa political-science have long been concerns, the transpar- cupy now. released a joint statement Tuesday crit- [email protected] Professor Frederick Boehmke said ency of the caucuses was attacked in Meyer said he would like to see Iowa icizing the handling of the situation. the caucuses have been under intense 2016 after Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., keep its caucuses if it remains first, but “For almost half a century, candi- After a night of confusion and un- criticism for years, narrowly lost to former Secretary of he’d prefer to switch to a primary if Io- dates for the highest office in the land certainty, the results of the 2020 Iowa but Monday’s events State . Discrepancies wa is no longer first in the nominating have come to Iowa to present their caucuses had yet to be announced as added new energy to between caucus results and delegate process. visions for America to Independents, dawn broke Tuesday, throwing into the calls for changes to appropriation were reported at several “One of the reasons that we have Republicans and Democrats alike… question Iowa's future as the first-in- the process. Critics of precincts, and Sanders supporters ac- clung tenaciously to the caucus is be- We know how important it is that our the-nation presidential-nominating the caucuses have said cused the party of being biased toward cause it meant that we were first in constituents came together last night contest. they are inaccessible, Clinton. the nation,” he said. “And that gave us to participate in what should be a trust- As the chaos unfolded across nation- Boehmke discourage participa- Kurt Meyer, the chair of the Tri- a remarkable amount of attention and worthy and efficient process, and this al TV, social networks, and local-media tion, and are not reflec- County Democrats in northeast Iowa, press, national and international… If deserves to be done right,” the state- outlets, critics sounded the death knell tive of the national Democratic Party. said if Iowa loses its first-in-the-nation we lose first-in-the-nation status, I sus- ment said. of Iowa’s decades-old tradition. The “I think it places Iowa’s status as status over Monday’s events, it will like- pect there’s going to be increased pres- In an email from Loebsack Commu- political world still roiled in crisis Tues- first in the nation in further jeopardy,” ly transition to a primary. A primary is sure to go to a primary.” nications Director Joe Hand, Loebsack day over delayed Iowa caucus results Boehmke said. “It was already under more open and inclusive, he said, and The three Democratic U.S. represen- was quoted saying he supports keeping and compromised reporting-process pressure after 2016, and before that.” the caucuses are unnecessary if they tatives from Iowa — , integrity. While accessibility and participation don’t have the unique position they oc- , and — SEE STATUS, 2 How the Iowa caucuses derailed

The caucus results released at 4 p.m., after candidates took off for New Hampshire and a 12-hour media hole filled with caucus process stories instead of who did well or poorly in Iowa. Here’s what we know happened. BY SARAH WATSON [email protected]

fter more than a year of campaigning and breathless media coverage following as many as 25 presidential hopefuls across Athe state, Iowa didn’t show the nation results of its first-in-the- nation nominating contest until 4 p.m. Tuesday — a full 21 hours after caucuses began. Even then, just over half — 62.7 percent — of precincts were reporting results, which showed former South Bend, Indiana May- or and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., leading support in the state. At 11:30 pm, an additional 8 percent of precincts were reporting with similar results. In interviews with a dozen county chairs, precinct captains, and cau- cusgoers, several reported their caucuses ran unprecedentedly smooth up until it was time to report results. When some precinct captains’ apps failed to send results, the plan B for reporting final tallies to the state party — a phone line — became over- loaded with calls from precinct chairs reporting results to the state party. The delay in statewide results resulted from a series of problems that arose on caucus night, Iowa Democratic Party officials and volunteer organizers said, including a glitching new reporting app and inconsis- tencies between multiple reporting metrics, lengthening the manual verification process. Now, Nevada Democratic caucus officials have said they’re striking the use of the problematic app, just three weeks ahead of their state’s Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan caucuses. Supporters of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., hold up cards during the caucus at Des Moines Precinct 62 in the Knapp Center on Monday. The caucus head count reached 849 people, leaving 127 individuals needed for the candidate to be declared viable. SEE DERAILED, 4 INSIDE Buttigieg edges Sanders Caucuses 3 concern in partial caucus results With 70 percent of Iowa precincts now reporting caucus-night results, disability Hansen highlights inclu- Pete Buttigieg leads the Democratic ticket in the delegate count. sion at VP for Student Life forum advocates Sarah Hansen, the second finalist for the position of UI vice president Some Iowans say the for Student Life, noted the im- portance of well-being, relation- caucuses in their current ship-building, and inclusion in her form are not accessible presentation for the position at the IMU on Tuesday. enough to those with disabilities. Hawkeyes prepped for road challenge at Purdue BY RYLEE WILSON Big Ten teams have had a signif- [email protected] icant advantage when playing at home, and the Hawkeyes will be At a shopping-mall caucus site in north- on the wrong side of it against the Boilermakers. Purdue beat ern Des Moines, many Iowans caucused a top-10 Michigan State team by for the first time at the satellite caucus lo- 29 at home just last month, now cation designed to be inclusive of caucus- it is Iowa’s turn to embrace that goers with disabilities — but some disabil- challenge. ity advocates say measures taken by the SPORTS, 8 Iowa Democratic Party did not do enough to accommodate those with disabilities. Reforms passed by the Democratic Na- tional Committee in 2018 required all state caucuses and primaries to have an absen- tee voting option, or otherwise take signif- icant steps in accommodating those with Tune in for LIVE updates disabilities and expanding accessibility. Watch for campus and city news, Wyatt Dlouhy/The Daily Iowan Reyma McDeid, executive director of weather, and Hawkeye sports Pete Buttigieg speaks to an audience at the Bell Center in Des Moines after Iowans finished caucusing on Monday. the Central Iowa Center for Independent coverage every day at 8:30 a.m. Living, hosted a satellite caucus location in at dailyiowan.com. BY JULIA SHANAHAN Mayor Pete Buttigieg is leading his Democratic contend- Des Moines. [email protected] ers with 26.8 percent of state delegate equivalents, fol- “We had a boatload of folks with us yes- lowed closely by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., — who won terday who had never caucused before, More than 24 hours after the Iowa caucuses, the Iowa the most support in the raw body count during the first particularly members of the deaf com- Democratic Party released just under three-quarters of Io- and second alignments of the reporting precincts. munity, who had never caucused before,” wa’s precinct results in two waves on Tuesday. The early tallies show that former South Bend, Indiana SEE RESULTS, 2 SEE CAUCUSES, 3 2 NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2020 Volume 151 MONDAY NIGHT LIGHTS The Daily Iowan Issue 84 BREAKING NEWS STAFF Phone: (319) 335-6030 Publisher...... 335-5788 Email: [email protected] Jason Brummond Fax: 335-6297 Editor in Chief...... 335-6030 Marissa Payne CORRECTIONS Managing Editors Call: 335-6030 Brooklyn Draisey Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for accuracy and fairness in the Kayli Reese reporting of news. 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Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan Out of town: $50 for one Arts Editors Attendees wait for the arrival of former Vice President during a watch party at the Olmstead Center at Drake University on Monday. Hun- semester, $100 for two semesters, Josie Fischels, Madison Lotenschtein dreds of people attended the event to hear Biden speak on the results of the caucus. $10 for summer session, $100 all Graphics Editor year. Haley Triem Send address changes to: TV Sports Director “It is not the fault of Iowa, it of the caucuses. lawsk said, which provides a The Daily Iowan, Kade Overton STATUS is the Do Nothing Democrats Hotels, restaurants, and big influx of cash to local TV 100 Adler Journalism Building, CONTINUED FROM FRONT TV News Director fault,” he wrote. “As long as I other local businesses all see and radio stations. Iowa City, Iowa 52242-2004 Emily Callahan am President, Iowa will stay a boost during caucus season, According to a FiveThir- where it is. Important tradi- said David Redlawsk, the Uni- tyEight project tracking TV BUSINESS STAFF Iowa as the first nominating tion!” versity of Delaware Political advertising in each state, ad Business Manager Advertising Sales contest, but he encouraged an Changing Iowa’s status Science and International buys in Iowa media markets Debra Plath...... 335-5786 Bev Mrstik...... 335-5792 investigation into why the re- could have an impact on Io- Relations Department chair. have reached $48.8 million as Advertising Director/Circulation sults were delayed. wa’s economy as well. NBC Redlawsk studies the Iowa of Tuesday, the highest of any Production Manager Juli Krause...... 335-5784 Heidi Owen...... 335-5789 President Trump tweeted News reported in January that caucuses and wrote a book state. Tuesday sympathetic to the the caucuses were expected to called Why Iowa? on their his- “Obviously if Iowa were state of Iowa, but pointing bring in $11.3 million in eco- tory. not first, I’m pretty sure none fingers at Democrats for the nomic activity for the city of Campaigns also flood the of that would be happen- not sure the magnitude, but effect as well, if they weren’t bungled results reporting. Des Moines in the week ahead state with advertising, Red- ing,” Redlawsk said. “... I’m certainly it would have some here spending the money.”

several bus tours through ru- al Biden supporters decided to RESULTS ral counties since September, move to her camp, growing the CONTINUED FROM FRONT making stops in more rural number of Klobuchar support- counties than his opponents ers to earn two delegates. who tended to focus on larger Jeremy Dumkrieger, Dem- The Iowa Democratic Par- towns in western Iowa. ocratic Party Chair in Wood- ty did not report results on Stella Perlowski, 17, caucused bury County, said about one- Monday night immediately with her mom on Monday third to half of the people who after the caucuses because of night, supporting Biden during showed up at his precinct were inconsistencies in reporting the first alignment at Callanan brand new voters. Sanders from caucus sites across the Middle School in Des Moines. won Woodbury County by a state. The state party released After Biden did not reach vi- wide margin, receiving 1,211 results at 4 p.m. Tuesday with ability, Perlowski moved to delegate equivalents followed 62.7 percent of Iowa caucus Buttigieg, where her mom was, by Biden receiving 871. During precincts reporting. The state but said it was an independent the time of the partial results, Party released a second wave decision. about 30 of 44 of Woodbury of results at around 11:30 p.m., She said Buttigieg support- precincts reported results. inching the share of precincts ers pitched the former mayor’s “Woodbury has a lot of reporting up to 70.82 percent. electability, saying Buttigieg working-class neighborhoods, Sanders followed behind Butt- has a better chance of beating you know, a lot of working igieg with a state delegate President Trump in a general people and union people, and equivalency of 25.2 percent election than Sanders. he won Woodbury [in 2016] and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, “[The caucus process] was too, so it wasn’t a big surprise,” D-Mass., came in third with very enjoyable, I liked it, but it Dumkrieger said. 18.4 percent. Former Vice Pres- Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan was intense,” Perlowski said. ident Joe Biden placed fourth Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during the Iowa City Climate Rally at the Graduate hotel on Jan. 12. Sanders She said there were a lot of Amy with 15.4 percent of the state discussed his climate policies, the impact of climate change, the Green New Deal, and the dangers of climate Klobuchar supporters who delegate equivalents. inaction in the government. tried to win her support after The other 30 percent of pre- the first alignment. The Minne- cincts that haven’t reported ty just released state delegate released a statement empha- with 31,428 Iowans standing sota senator wasn’t viable after results account for almost a equivalents, which are calcu- sizing that the partial results in his corner during the first the first alignment until sever- third of Iowa’s precincts, with lated based on a formula from indicate that the Vermont alignment while 27,515 showed locations that haven’t reported the Iowa Democratic Party. senator had more people sup- up for Buttigieg. scattered throughout the state. Each caucus site reports a cer- porting him at the caucuses Buttigieg’s support so far Three western Iowa counties tain number of state delegate than any other Democratic comes primarily from rural and had 100 percent of precincts equivalents. With the party re- candidate. suburban counties. The former reporting, with one eastern Io- leasing more than one metric With Sanders following South Bend, Indiana mayor • • • • • • wa county and two central Io- measuring how the candidates Buttigieg closely in his number was able to win more county WEDNESDAY wa counties also reporting 100 stacked up on caucus night, of delegates, the rankings could delegates without having the percent of its precincts. more than one campaign can change after the rest of the pre- highest number of Iowans To increase transparency in claim a victory. cincts report their results. turning out for him on caucus DOUBLE the caucus process, the Iowa In an interview with CNN Buttigieg gained the most night. The Buttigieg campaign WHISKEY Democratic Party released re- after the first wave of partial support from Iowans from spent a lot of time retail poli- $ & sults in three different metrics results were announced, Butt- the first alignment to the sec- ticking in rural counties in the — a raw total of caucusgoer sup- igieg said the data amounts “to ond alignment, gaining 3,943 weeks leading up to the caucus- BIG 32oz. port, a second reshuffling called a remarkable victory for our supporters, according to the es. BUSCH the final alignment, and the campaign’s vision and mes- incomplete results. Sanders Buttigieg made 162 stops in 3 final state delegate equivalents. sage,” while a senior adviser gained 1,344, but had more Iowa since launching his cam- In previous years, the par- from the Sanders campaign support in the raw body count, paign in April 2019. He had

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BY ANNIE FITZPATRICK versity, equity, and inclusion. timely responses, which is a she said. engaged with students who dents, faculty, and staff, and [email protected] She said that ensuring com- priority of hers in terms of UI Student Government come from a multitude of back- overall relationship-building mitment from directors and communication. Director of Justice and Equity grounds. across campus. Her extended At the second public forum leaders in the Provost’s Office Hansen said anyone in the Isabela Flores, a student lead “Relationship building is re- experience, she said, makes her in the search for a new Vice to increase inclusivity would al- division should be positioned in the Latino Native Ameri- lationship building,” Hansen well-equipped to reach these President for Student Life, fi- so increase connections among to advocate for students, not can Cultural Center, voiced responded. “It requires time, goals. nalist Sarah Hansen promised students, faculty, and staff. just the vice president, in order concerns about how whoever investment, and getting to “As the division that has con- to fully commit to students in She also said that engaging to maintain relationships with assumes the position will hold know individuals.” tact with virtually all students terms of learning opportuni- in conversation and expanding students and see progress on the dominantly white Presi- Hansen said her goals as vice at some point in their careers, ties, relationship building, and “resilience programs” through campus. dent’s Cabinet — UI president president for Student Life sur- I think that we are positioned inclusion, if selected. the creation of campus-wide “Our community is not equi- Bruce Herreld's core group of round learning opportunities, to ensure that we’re supporting University of Iowa students, messaging surrounding table and inclusive if students advisers and vice presidents experiences and exposure for the development of these rela- staff, and faculty gathered in well-being could meet student don’t experience it that way,” — culturally accountable and a diverse community of stu- tionships,” she said. the IMU Room 166 on Tuesday needs. to hear Hansen discuss the im- One of Hansen’s core be- portance of inclusion within liefs is that relationships are the student community, which essential in building trust and she said she understands addressing students’ needs. In through her current role as order to develop relationships, manager of strategic programs faculty and staff must engage in the Provost’s Office. in conversations with people “I have a lot of knowledge of all backgrounds and view- about the division, about the points in order to support a UI, a commitment to those culture of well-being, she said. things,” Hansen said. “I have a “Trust is an essential ele- history of change-making and ment of leadership, so our staff change that lasts.” has to feel trusted that they are Fostering a sense of belong- experts in their area, and they ing among students and cre- have to be able to trust the VP ating a culture of experience, to go to that person with any mentoring, and care is among issue,” she said. Hansen’s priorities for the po- In a question from the search sition, she said. For example, committee for the Provost’s Of- she said that closing opportu- fice, Hansen was asked about nity gaps and expanding expe- the 2019 #DoesUIowaLoveMe riential learning opportunities movement on social media and for students at the undergrad- how she planned to be proac- uate and graduate levels will tive rather than reactive to stu- promote integrative learning. dent issues. “Our job is to constantly be Her initial reaction to this aligning and in a relationship social-media movement was with our friends on the aca- sadness for students and their demic side so that we can really experiences in relations to the and truly align across the cam- UI’s lack of inclusivity, Han- pus,” she said. sen said. In situations similar Ryan Adams/The Daily Iowan Hansen also highlighted her to this, she said, students are Candidate for the role of Vice President for Student Life Sarah Hansen speaks during a forum at the IMU on Tuesday. Hansen graduated from the initiatives of well-being and di- asking for compassionate and University of Iowa with a bachelor's in education and a master's in sociology. New pharmacy building opens doors to students The College of Pharmacy's new home — largely funded by state appropriations — has now opened its doors to students.

BY ELEANOR HILDEBRANDT new building on the first day Peters said. “The [new] lab providing such a high-quality and hospital pharmacy to train group of friends and I were [email protected] of the spring 2020 semester spaces are a lot more inclusive education and research pro- students along with more lab sitting in the PODS on [Jan. 31] — the project has been in the and are more similar to how gram in very unfavorable con- space and technology-friendly and we were eating lunch, and After spending a year and a works since College of Phar- we will be practicing when we ditions,” Letendre said. classrooms. it felt like we were practicing half in an old, outdated build- macy Dean Don Letendre be- are pharmacists.” He said the old building was Pharmacy Associate Profes- pharmacists. It was a surreal ing, second-year pharmacy gan his tenure at the Universi- Letendre said he wanted among the worst facilities for a sor Ethan Anderson arrived at experience compared to what student Kyla Peters stood in ty of Iowa. a new facility built because College of Pharmacy across the the UI three years ago and has we had had before.” the brand new College of Phar- Peters said the new building he believed students were an country. No one believed the already seen the benefits of the However, Letendre said his macy building Tuesday morn- is more spacious than the old afterthought when the old new facility would be built, Le- new facility on research and main love of the new facility ing, beaming at how the new facility, which reaps its bene- Pharmacy Building was built tendre said, but he persevered in laboratories within a few involves accessibility. facility was already bettering fits. in 1961. even through the halting of weeks. “This was built to enrich stu- her education. “There’s a lot more study “One of things that struck plans by the 2008 flood. “We are all moved in, but dents’ experiences for all stu- The College of Pharmacy space available so you’re not me when I first interviewed at “From 2007 to 2010, I wasn’t we’re still finding the right dents,” he said. “… If you have welcomed students into its trying to cram to find a table,” Iowa in 2007 was [how] you’re quiet,” he said. “I was criss- workflow still,” he said. “We the intellectual capacity to crossing the state, meeting have lab meeting areas in the pursue one of the two rigorous with legislators to begin the back. It’s really nice to come programs we have, and you are process of garnering legisla- in [to these spaces] and throw physically disabled, we want tive support for our new facil- things up on [screens] and be you to come to Iowa because ity. During that time frame, I in here for long experiments, we are going to take good care went to 96 counties ... When I especially when they are 12 or of you.” visited with a legislator, I did 18 hours long. This is a very He outlined the ramp fea- so with a pharmacist in that unique future ... I’m stay- tures in lecture rooms that community. Every pharmacist ing here [at the UI] for a long go to the very front as well in this state recognized our while.” as how labs are tailored for deficiencies in our educational Between these additional wheelchairs. The elevators also facility.” lab spaces and the inclusion open on both sides, Letendre In September 2010, the state of large windows and various said, so anyone can just pass Board of Regents approved study spaces on every floor, through. the UI’s initial plans for a new Peters said it was hard to pick With this new building and Pharmacy Building, Letendre her favorite part of the new fa- all of its features, Letendre said. According to the non- cility. said he was excited for cur- partisan Legislative Services The College of Pharmacy rent, future, and past students Agency, the General Assembly set up Professional Organi- to embrace their new facility. has appropriated $66.3 million zation Development Societ- “We also hope this will be- since fiscal 2015 to the building ies, or learning communities, come a destination spot in out of the $96.3 million budget. to create peer mentoring for the future for alumni, regard- This was the largest ap- students in all years of the less of when they graduated,” propriation by the state for a pharmacy programs, Letendre he said. “We are so proud we building by a factor of two- said. now have the premier facility Emily Wangen/The Daily Iowan and-a-half in the state’s histo- “[The natural light] impacts in the U.S. and maybe even The laboratory space of University of Iowa Pharmacy Associate Professor Ethan Anderson is seen during a ry, he said. my mood,” she said. “I’m much the world. This is going to be media tour of the Pharmacy Building on Tuesday. The Pharmacy Building opened its doors to students this Letendre said the new build- happier here … I personally our home for many decades to semester. ing has a mock community really like the PODS area. A come.”

tism or other forms of neuro- tle kitchen fires as they pop Teagan Roeder was a precinct having an accessible elec- still excluding entire popula- CAUCUSES diversity.” up and ignoring the wildfire chair at the UI’s Field House. tion,” Roeder said. tions of people," McDeid said. CONTINUED FROM FRONT The DNC had concerns outside.” Roeder, who is on the autism McDeid said she does not “With a primary option, vot- about the accessibility of the According to Matte, spectrum, said the event with believe the causes can be tru- ing early, voting by mail, vot- Iowa caucuses, so the state around 300 requests for ac- 490 people was overwhelm- ly accessible to all Iowans in ing from home are options McDeid said. “As heart- created satellite caucus loca- commodations were made, ing and left the caucus early, their current form. that open up the possibility warming as it was to facili- tions in order to increase the though she said there would tainting his view of the cau- “Ultimately, [the caucus] for many voters to partici- tate a caucus that attracted amount of precinct options have been more requests for cuses overall. is not a process that works pate, much more than we see people to engage in a process available to caucusgoers. if there was a longer window “As an individual on the for 21st Century Iowa — it’s from caucuses.” they had never participated Anne Matte, the communi- for requests. autism spectrum, with all the in before, that’s really heart- cations and outreach director Matte said she suffers from chanting all the yelling, all the breaking to me.” for Disability Rights Iowa, severe migraines, and had people gathered up into one McDeid said she designed said that the Iowa Demo- trouble getting accommoda- room all trying to figure out the caucus to be inclusive, cratic Party opened requests tions at her precinct location what's going on people are rather than accessible, which for accommodations on Jan. in Des Moines. trying to keep the motivation places the burden on caucus- 14, and the Republican Party “I worked to advocate for up,” Roeder said. “It's noisy, goers to ask for accommoda- opened its accommodation people with disabilities at my it's heated, it's argumenta- tions. requests on Jan. 16. caucus site, where I request- tive. And that's not an envi- “An inclusive event very in- Matte said the two-week ed a darkly lit room and was ronment for people like me.” tentionally centers disability window Iowans had to re- given a brightly lit room with Roeder said he does not in the planning of the event quest accommodations at windows to the hallway,” think the Iowa caucuses — making sure the venue is precinct sites was not an ad- Matte said. “I was eventually should continue in their cur- wheelchair accessible, mak- equate time frame. able to use the dark library rent state, and that a primary ing sure the bathrooms are “This method of doing in- for a friend of mine who has system would be more acces- ADA compliant,” McDeid dividual accommodation re- agoraphobia who was also at sible to voters. said. “Taking it a step fur- quests is not enough," Matte the caucus, but they did not “It’s disappointing to me ther, making sure that a quiet said. “It is not a systemic adequately provide my ac- that the Democratic Party Ryan Adams/The Daily Iowan room is available for people enough addressing of the is- commodation.” would value the money we A caucusgoer walks into Phillips Hall on Monday. Those who could not who might experience au- sue — this is putting out lit- University of Iowa student get from the caucuses versus make it to their caucus location participated in the satellite site. 4 NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2020 A YEAR OF CAUCUS RULE CHANGES Feb. 18, 2019 The Iowa Democratic Party proposed a new delegate- selection plan, which included changes to result reporting, locking in viable groups, and added a virtual caucus option.

Aug. 30, 2019 The Democratic National Committee spiked Iowa Democrats’ virtual caucus plan, citing security concerns.

Sept. 20, 2019 The DNC approved the Iowa Democratic Party’s new delegate selection plan, which outlined a new satellite caucus process just four and half months ahead of the Iowa caucuses. Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan Supporters of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., hold up cards during the caucus at Des Moines Precinct 62 in the Knapp Center on Monday. The caucus head count reached 849 Feb. 3 people, leaving 127 individuals needed for the candidate to be declared viable. 7 p.m. 1,678 Democratic caucus wrapped up. results was due to “inconsisten- sites across the state closed DERAILED By 10 p.m., amid reports the app cies” between reporting metrics, New changes expedited process their doors and began the CONTINUED FROM FRONT was malfunctioning, Paone said the Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy for some precincts deliberative caucus process. Scott County Democratic Chair tex- Price released a statement Tuesday ted him to hold off on calling the Io- morning that faulted a coding issue Not everything ran poorly, howev- Linn County Democratic chair wa Democratic headquarters so she in the reporting app for the delay. er. In interviews with several county 10:26 p.m. Bret Nilles said he counted up the could turn in the results en masse in He said the app was reporting ac- Democratic chairs and precinct cap- Iowa Democratic Party three measures of caucusgoer sup- the morning. curate results, but was spitting tains, many said the initial caucus port at his precinct Monday night, But, he’d already called the par- out partial numbers of precincts, was run the smoothest it’s ever gone. spokesperson Mandy McClure entered in the results on the Iowa ty, and waited on hold for an hour forcing the state party to verify pre- The real trouble began after everyone wrote in an emailed prepared Democratic Party’s smartphone app, while he cleared up his precinct site. cincts manually. left their caucus sites, when it came statement that the app used and hit send without a hitch. He also took a picture of his caucus “As part of our investigation, we time to report results to state head- to report results was not He made it back to the Linn Coun- worksheet and sent it on to the Iowa determined with certainty that the quarters. hacked and did not shut ty Democratic Party headquarters at Democratic Party via email. underlying data collected via the Woodbury County Democrat- down, but that there were about 9:15 p.m., where he found out Other than the app misreporting, app was sound. While the app was ic Chair Jeremy Dumkrieger said inconsistencies between other precinct chairs in his county Paone said any other problems at the recording data accurately, it was he couldn’t download the app early three result-reporting didn’t go through quite as smooth of caucus site were easily fixable. reporting out only partial data. We in the day. So, he decided early he metrics. a process. “The app was definitely the main have determined that this was due would phone-in the results to the Io- Other precinct chairs brought reg- problem,” he said. to a coding issue in the reporting wa Democratic Party. istration papers and initial results to system. This issue was identified His caucus wrapped up by 8:30 10:30 p.m. a centralized location where Nilles What’s the app? and fixed. The application’s report- p.m., but he waited on hold with the Candidates began addressing and other Linn County Democratic ing issue did not impact the ability Democratic Party for half an hour supporters despite a lack of volunteers set up camp. Some pre- The app was created by Shadow, of precinct chairs to report data ac- while boxing up results. cinct chairs had tried to download Inc., a Washington-based company. curately,” Price said. “We’ve been hearing all day from decisive caucus results. Most the app over the weekend or that day, Records from the Iowa Ethics and The Iowa Democratic Party used everybody up here that this is the Democratic hopefuls gave but experienced troubles using it to Campaign Disclosure Board show a reporting app in 2016, but with smoothest-run caucus we’ve ever vague statements thanking report results. the Iowa Democratic Party paid only needing to report one metric, had, and everyone’s really impressed supporters, and said they He said there were two camps of $63,000 in two installments in No- and an easier log-in process than with it. It’s just that one reporting were looking ahead to New people having trouble — those who vember and December for the com- the new app, Nilles said the report- app,” he said. “If that app would’ve Hampshire. couldn’t log in to the app, and those worked, everybody would’ve been who weren’t sure if their results singing praises.” successfully sent to the Des Moines He said additional training, bigger 11:30 p.m. headquarters. caucus sites, more precinct locations, Buttigieg appeared to claim He said most caucuses in Linn ‘We’ve been hearing all day from everybody up here and changes to how caucusgoers re- a winning result out of Iowa, County — home to Iowa’s second that this is the smoothest-run caucus we’ve ever had, corded their presidential preference tweeting “Iowa, you have largest city, Cedar Rapids — were helped expedite the caucus process. shocked the nation. By all wrapping up before 10 p.m., but re- and everyone’s really impressed with it. It’s just that one sults reporting took between some- Results buried in process story, but indications, we are going on reporting app. If that app would’ve worked, everybody better accurate than too quick to New Hampshire victorious. times an hour or an hour and a half. “I could tell something was go- would’ve been singing praises.’ ing on because a majority of people Dumkreiger said while he thought — Jeremy Dumkrieger, Woodbury County Democratic Chair Feb. 4 were walking in with their phones the results of the Iowa caucuses 1 a.m on speaker phone, and music coming would likely be overshadowed by the from those speaker phones,” Nilles pany to develop the app to report ing process in 2016 was much sim- delay in reporting, he believed that Iowa Democratic Party said. “They were on hold for an hour secure results for the caucuses. pler than in 2020. reporting the results accurately the Chair conducted or an hour and a half.” According to Federal Election For the 2020 caucuses, the Iowa first time would actually be a bigger a brief conference call with Iowa City Precinct 8 Chair Janice Commission filings, multiple pres- Democratic Party released three benefit to the party than reporting reporters. He said the party Weiner, an Iowa City city councilor, idential campaigns and Democrat- metrics of support instead of just wrong results and then correcting was manually verifying all didn’t have any problems with re- ic groups have also paid Shadow one — the first alignment (the ini- themselves. precinct totals, and expected porting via the app, she said. Howev- for donation shepherding and text tial tally of supporters), the final This isn’t the only time the Iowa results to be released later in er, as a backup, she sent an emailed messaging software development. alignment (the number of support- caucuses have had trouble reporting the day. photo of her caucus results sheet to Pete For America, the principal ers in camps reaching 15 percent results. the Iowa Democratic Party to con- campaign committee for Butti- of attendees in a precinct), and In 2012, the Iowa Republican Party firm that they’d received it. She said gieg, paid Shadow twice for a total the state delegate equivalents (the reversed the winner of the Iowa cau- 9 a.m. a Democratic Party official called of $42,500 for “software rights and number of state delegates per can- cuses 16 days after the fact. On caucus around midnight to confirm that her subscriptions.” didate the party expects to send to night, Republican officials called Sen. Price issued an updated results had made it in. Biden for President, former Vice the state convention). Mitt Romney, R-Utah, the winner, news release faulting a Scott County Democratic Party President Joe Biden’s committee, Not only did caucus-site lead- and later said former Sen. Rick San- coding issue in the state’s Vice Chair Toby Paone said he down- paid $1,225, for text-messaging ers need to report those additional torum, R-Pa., won the most support. reporting app and promising loaded the app several days before services, and Gillibrand 2020 paid metrics, but there were extra steps results later in the day. He the caucuses, but the app wouldn’t six times (including twice after her to log into the app as well for se- ‘A little confusion over caucus emphasized that the data accept his designated PIN number. campaign was suspended) for a curity purposes, Nilles said. Result preference cards’ collected was accurate, just When he still couldn’t access the app total of $37,400. Five of those pay- reporters needed a specific email slow to verify. by 5:30 p.m. on caucus night, Paone ments are marked as “software” tied to their precinct so no one else New this year, the Iowa Democrat- said he called the Iowa Democratic and one as “fundraising consult- could access that precinct, while ic Party implemented caucus prefer- Party, and officials told him to call ing.” previous years required just a pre- ence cards, where caucusgoers would 3:45 p.m. in with the results after his caucus After first insisting the delay in cinct code and a PIN number. write down their presidential prefer- Price addressed reporters ences in order to create a paper trail in Des Moines just before if results were questioned. releasing partial results, The Scott County Democrats vice where he apologized for the chair, Paone, said there was some confusion over those new preference result delay. cards, such as where people should “We hit a stumbling block on sign their names, but overall, he said the reporting of the back end the caucus went very smoothly. of the data,” he said, “but we “My caucus actually went really well,” know this data is accurate.” he said. “Of the nearly 294 people at my precinct, nearly 65 people switched parties or were new caucusgoers.” 4 p.m. In Iowa City, Deeth said some Iowa Democratic Party camps at the IMU weren’t fully in- released partial results with formed of the rule changes, leading 62.7 percent of precincts to several people leaving before the reporting. final alignment — a problem he be- lieves many faced across the state. “I just saw basically all the [former 11:30 p.m. Vice President Joe] Biden people all A second wave of results the [senator from Minnesota Amy] came in, with 70.92 percent of Klobuchar people, just turn in their precincts reporting. cards and left. They just wanted to Elijah Helton contributed get their vote counted for their can- reporting. didate because they saw right away, they were not even close to viability, Ryan Adams/The Daily Iowan and they didn’t want to make a sec- Supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., encourage others to join their group during a democratic caucus at Iowa City West High ond choice,” Deeth said. “And that School on Monday. made the caucus math complicated.”

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Email [email protected] with story ideas, press releases, or reader comments. THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2020 5 Opinions 20 OUT OF 20 The cauc-tastrophe: Why the caucuses are gone Between the collapse on Monday and the fact that we already had a bad system, the Iowa caucuses as we know them are over. Because there weren’t any we’re symbolic. And with the still has a litany of problems on compare to 60 percent of Amer- The caucuses probably could authorized results from the Io- national media already onto the the merits. icans. Especially for the racially have survived one of these two wa Democratic Party on caucus State of the Union address and The best argument in support diverse Democrats, Iowa isn’t problems. night, when I was writing my impeachment proceedings, our of our state’s first-in-the-nation very representative. It could have been the case column, I had to rely on un- moment is over. caucuses is gone now. Even Caucuses are an hours-long that after the November elec- official reports from the New It changed campaign strat- with all of the quirks, shortcom- event on a weekday, which ex- tion, the party sat down and York Times, which had reporters egy, too. Buttigieg declared ings, and accoutrement, we had cludes those who can’t afford to decided to make the Demo- across the Hawkeye State inde- victory because he had to; his one good reason to support our get a babysitter or take off work. cratic caucuses more prima- pendently tracking precincts. entire campaign hinged on way of doing things: Iowa is Also, many precinct locations ry-like as the Iowa Republicans According the Iowa Demo- doing well in Iowa to gain mo- competent. are inaccessible for those with already have. There have been ELIJAH HELTON cratic Party, this is all because mentum. He had little to go on, Iowa caucusgoers are diligent physical disabilities. plenty said about the need for [email protected] of its new app used by precinct but he had to gamble and hope and deliberative. We’re smart The most incriminating flaw reform in publications from Well, that didn’t go well. chairs to report totals. But af- he was right. and earnest. We travel an hour of caucusing is its public nature. the Times and Vox to local out- The total failure on Monday ter that didn’t work, its phone- You and all your friends can see lets such as The Gazette and the night may have marked the based back-up system was also how each other is making your DI. If things had gone smooth- last-in-history, first-in-the-na- botched. presidential-nomination deci- ly Monday, keeping Iowa first tion Iowa caucuses. Even a cautious trickle of re- sion, which would be a major while changing our system There are two separate rea- sults would have been fine. Late ‘After all the chaos, where are we? red flag to an international ob- would be plausible. sons for why that’s the case. election nights are nothing new Not heaven, that’s for sure.’ server if we weren’t in a West- It also could have been the While neither disaster would in America. Slow is understand- ern imperialist country. case that we had improved the end the the presidential-nomi- able, silence is not. And the counterargument caucuses before the app blew nation tradition individually, the Frustration aside, there’s a As for the other end of the re- to hear a speech from a candi- against private voting — that up. One could imagine the pri- impact of them together is prob- major impact on the Democrat- sults chart, Biden gets a relative- date who isn’t even in our favor- caucuses are about persuasion, mary calendar going off with- ably enough to move the Hawk- ic nomination because it was so ly soft landing after his skydive. ite “just to hear them out.” We’ve and that scrappy atmosphere is out a hitch until, for example, eye State off the top of the presi- screwed up. His underperformance got been doing this for nearly 50 just part of the Iowan way of do- Indiana in May. Sure, the sna- dential-nomination schedule. Whoever actually won Iowa convoluted in all the confusion, years. It’s our thing. We got this. ing things — is largely gone now fu would be newsworthy and — and it appears it was either unfairly sparing him from what And now we don’t got this. too. My fellow Daily Iowan opin- some Hoosier Democrat would The disaster of the night independent Sen. Bernie Sand- should have been a week of get- Of course, Iowans them- ions staffer Kalen McCain wrote get fired, but it wouldn’t alter ers of Vermont or former South ting dragged. selves aren’t to blame for the a column about how the new vi- the way party and the rest of I wrote a column on Monday Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Butt- In short, the Iowa results cauc-pocalypse. But it doesn’t ability rules imposed by the Iowa America would view the race about the two key takeaways igieg — doesn’t get their mo- didn’t matter like they should matter whose fault it is now be- Democratic Party undermine overall. from caucuses: the left was ment of glory. because of the party’s ineptitude. cause we just lost our thing. this aspect of the process. Iowa was too important to strong, and former Vice Presi- Iowa isn’t special because we There was already plenty of mess up this badly, but we did. dent Joe Biden was exceedingly have a lot of delegates to send The disaster of the system pressure statewide and nation- The disaster of the future And whatever the future of the weak. That verdict held up after to the party convention (we’re ally to reform the caucuses, and presidential primaries looks partial results were announced only 1 percent of the U.S. popu- Even without Monday’s the indictments are damning. After all the chaos, where are like in four year, Iowa probably Tuesday, but that’s not the point. lation). Iowa is special because meltdown, the caucus system Around 90 percent of Iowans we? Not heaven, that’s for sure. won’t be at the front. COLUMN COLUMN The Olympics banned protests Understanding link between The decision from the International Olympic Committee is an outdated and unproductive method to handle demonstrations. your physical, mental health The two can affect each other, especially when one goes ignored. chologists are in-house, Mental-health screenings are where they are able to work required for that. Would that with patients and providers. treatment their mind? Many of the patients pre- Critics of this idea might al- senting to medical clinics are so argue people with physical experiencing mental-health illnesses can find treatments systems, and whether these themselves if needed. Sure, KALEN McCAIN symptoms are caused by a but it would be nice if on top [email protected] physical or mental illness, of their mental and physical The Olympics just changed, psychologists can often be problems, they would not and not for the better. ALLY PRONINA helpful.” need to worry about finding Last month, the Interna- [email protected] Mental and physical illness- care. tional Olympic Committee iStock Mental and physical illness es can affect a person simulta- Plus, not everyone in that issued a three-page press re- are often talked about as sep- neously. Psychologists should situation is going to admit, or lease declaring its stance on Although Rule 50 was im- in the same year to protest the arate concepts, but this is not always, not just often, be inte- even realize, they need men- Olympic Charter Rule 50: the plemented to “to protect the nation’s invasion of her coun- as simple a division as some grated. tal-health services. Oncology controversial policy which neutrality of sport,” as though try two months beforehand. think. Critics might argue this patients might argue their holds that “no kind of demon- such a thing has ever existed, The same concept applies at People with terminal phys- would make health care too lack of energy and lack of in- stration or political, reli- the committee has instead less international levels, with ical illnesses may experience expensive. A research report terest in activities is a result gious, or racial propaganda taken the political side of the trend of kneeling during depression. For example, pan- from psychologists Linda of cancer. New mothers say is permitted” at the Olympic those in power. Olympic pro- the national anthem being ic-attack symptoms are both Carlson and Barry D. Bultz crying and being irritable re- games. The document artic- tests are a tool that can be sparked by Colin Kaepernick mental and physical, with contradicts this concern. sults from a lack of sleep and ulated how guidelines would used much more effectively and carried over into Ameri- someone experiencing a rac- “Studies of cancer patients’ the stress of taking care of a be implemented for the 2020 by the oppressed than by their can soccer by Megan Rapinoe. ing heart, sweating, and trou- perceptions of needs find that newborn. Yet, all these peo- Tokyo games, noting that oppressors. Even if the committee has ble breathing. they feel under-served in ma- ple’s symptoms could actually such expressions would not The timeline of Olympic neutral intentions of keeping I spoke with Emily Kroska, ny areas, including the provi- be caused by a mental illness be tolerated in the field of protests traces back to the the Olympics and sporting clinical assistant professor in sion of treatments for these such as depression. play, in the Olympic Village, pre-television 1906 Olympics, writ at large from being divi- the University of Iowa Psycho- high levels of psychological Not everyone who has a or official ceremonies such as in which Irish long jumper sive, the apolitical approach is logical and Brain Sciences De- and emotional distress,” the physical illness has a mental those for the opening, clos- Peter O’Connor scaled the idealist at best. “Demonstra- partment, to learn more. report said. one as well, though it could ing, and medals. flagpole and hoisted the Irish tions” are not equivalent to “We don’t have data to in- The case of euthanasia is happen. People in these situa- These guidelines are con- flag to replace the British flag “political, religious, or racial dicate causality, but there is a good hypothetical. What if tions should have their mental trary to the highly political that had been raised in its propaganda,” and by ban- quite a bit of data suggesting someone living with severe health checked and given op- history of the Olympics. On place. ning the former at the games, the two [physical and mental physical problems wanted to tions for mental-health treat- top of the inherent national- The 1968 black power salute the committee has, far from health] are related,” Kroska end their life via euthanasia? ment if necessary. ist undertones of the games, by Tommie Smith and John avoiding conflict, taken the said. “I have studied how child- they’ve historically been in- Carlos on the medal stand side of the status quo. hood trauma impacts mental separable from propaganda came four years after the pas- Demonstrations are not health, somatic symptoms, as of other time periods. sage of the Civil Rights Act, propaganda just because well as problematic or risky The 1936 Olympics were broadcasted to a still deeply they’re political, they’re in health behaviors. If persistent, held in Nazi Germany discriminatory America. By fact a reality check on literally risky health behaviors can lead during that nation’s use of using their Olympian status state-run propaganda. to long-term negative physical an “Aryans-only” policy for as a platform, the sprint- In the face of an increasing- health consequences.” its competitors. Cold War- ers were able to broadcast a ly outspoken generation, insti- Fortunately, psychologists era games were fraught with message that was not politi- tutions such as the committee can work at medical clinics political commentary from cal propaganda, but a reality must either accept the political which treat physical illnesses. both sides, as the games were check against insufficient ra- mantle that comes with point- “Integrated care is one seen as a means of proving cial progress. ing a global spotlight or cede model of incorporating psy- communism or capitalism The same is true of Czecho- control of the spotlight to chologists into medical sys- as a superior way of life. The slovakian gymnast Věra someone else. Anything less, tems … that is becoming in- 2008 games were seen as a Čáslavská, who turned her and the committee risks find- creasingly more common, key to human-rights reform head from the Soviet flag ing itself on the wrong side of especially in VA health-care Wyatt Dlouhy/The Daily Iowan in China. during her medal ceremony history once again. systems,” Kroska said. “Psy- The Psychological and Brain Sciences Building is seen on Jan. 24.

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BY RILEY DAVIS UIHC in its search for a part- sity hospital. [email protected] ner, Gunasekaran said, which “They will first be treated found it to be an intriguing in the hospital, where they Notable for its medical pres- opportunity. would go ahead and assess ence in Iowa City, University of “So many of our patients the need, and then the rehab Iowa Health Care was a simple that are at UIHC need rehab hospital would be the step choice for Encompass Health’s services after they leave here,” after it to help [patients] get partner in the creation of its Gunasekaran said. “Encom- back their function and begin first rehabilitation hospital in pass does a great job creating relearning the skills that they the state of Iowa. a facility and specializing in lost,” she said. UI Hospitals & Clinics CEO helping people rehabilitate Patients get three hours of Suresh Gunasekaran said En- with the appropriate physical therapy a day, five days a week, compass received approval for therapy and other support ser- Carnel said. This can include a certificate of need last sum- vices that are so important.” physical, occupational, or mer, which provided evidence Another appealing aspect speech therapy, occasionally of a lack of rehabilitation ser- of the partnership was the fact utilizing all three for specific vices in the area, and so it be- that doctors at UIHC will work situations such as a stroke. All gan brainstorming the project. at the new hospital, he said. patients are given an individ- Encompass Regional Pres- “[Employing] our physicians ualized treatment plan to best ident Troy DeDecker said the can ensure that we’re using the fit their exact needs, she said. ribbon-cutting ceremony for latest clinical practices to make The ultimate goal for the new the rehabilitation hospital will sure that patients that came hospital is to get patients back take place in May 2020 and, if from our hospital and other to the lives that they had before everything goes well after the hospitals do really well there,” their debilitating illnesses and opening, specialty programs Gunasekaran said. “There’s a injuries, Carnel said. Katie Goodale/The Daily Iowan will begin development. great opportunity to put the Encompass hopes that this University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is seen on Sept. 17, 2018. According to UIHC spokes- best of both worlds together.” hospital will spread the compa- person , the build- Hillary Carnel, associate di- ny’s recognition throughout the rently unavailable, he added. and skilled nursing facilities the university that haven’t been ing and equipment will alto- rector of media relations and state and grow its relationship “Most of the patients that provide them as well, they just able to get that service before, gether cost $27 million, with marketing events at Encom- with the university, DeDecker need the type of program that don’t provide the intensive lev- we can get them back home the expense split evenly be- pass, said a majority of the re- said. It aims to provide reha- we are building are currently el of therapy,” DeDecker said. into their community, and liv- tween UIHC and Encompass. habilitation hospital’s patients bilitation access to Iowa City’s going to other types of services “I think, for us, if we can pro- ing a productive life — that’s a Encompass reached out to will also come from the univer- population as the service is cur- like skilled nursing facilities, vide a service to patients from success.” denies Mollie Tibbetts murder suspect’s motion to suppress evidence No new trial date has been set yet for Cristhian Bahena Rivera, who has been charged with first-degree murder in UI student Mollie Tibbetts’ death.

BY KAYLI REESE depose new witnesses. ry appeal to ask the Iowa Su- tinuance, saying that there is [email protected] Defense attorneys al- preme Court to review Yates’ no basis for further delay, as the so asked the Iowa Supreme ruling on their evidence-sup- state has complied with its obli- The Iowa Supreme Court Court to review a decision pression motion. gations in the case. State pros- had denied a request to re- made following an evi- The Iowa Supreme Court ecutors also argued that de- view a motion regarding an dence-suppression hearing in also stated in its Tuesday fil- fense attorneys were informed evidence-suppression hearing November regarding whether ing that it denied the state’s months ago that the defense for Cristhian Bahena Rivera, or not Bahena Rivera’s rights request to strike the defense’s did not intend to depose any of the man accused of killing were violated at his arrest and request due to overlong attach- the state’s witnesses. University of Iowa student questioning in August 2018. ments in their documents. Bahena Rivera’s trial was Mollie Tibbetts in 2018. Statements made my Ba- According to court docu- scheduled to start Tuesday According to court docu- hena Rivera between the two ments filed in January by Ba- until the defense filed these ments filed Tuesday by Iowa times he was read he Miranda hena Rivera’s lawyers, Chad requests. The trial date has not Supreme Court Justice Ed- rights — the first time he was and Jennifer Frese, they ar- been rescheduled. ward Mansfield, the court also given an incomplete read- gued a motion of continuance Bahena Rivera was charged denied the defense’s request ing — but all other evidence should be granted for this trial with first-degree murder in to put court proceedings on collected at the time could be because denying the motion Tibbetts’ death after she was the case on hold. used in trial, according to the would “prejudice defendant killed while on a run on July 18, The defense previously filed ruling from Eighth District and substantially deny his 2018 in her hometown of Brook- documents asking for a delay Judge Joel Yates. right to a fair trial.” lyn, Iowa. He was arrested after in the trial to allow for more Bahena Rivera’s attorneys The state filed a resistance to leading law enforcement to her time to review evidence and had requested an interlocuto- the defense’s motion for a con- body on Aug. 21, 2018.

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eye is well established at this country of Great Britain “Since our freshman year, The change in culture has getting started, ready to fol- BURVILL point in her career, but she’s in mid-April at the British the team has come together been noticeable as seven in- low the example swimmers CONTINUED FROM 8 still adding to it. Swimming Championships and learned what it really dividual school records are like Burvill have set in front “She’s still got a lot of with hopes of qualifying for means to be a team,” Fluit held by current Hawkeyes, of them. swimming left,” Iowa head the 2020 Summer Olympic said. “When we lose, we lose one by freshman Millie San- For its final tune-up prior pletely different swimmer coach Marc Long said. “I games. together, and when we win, some. to the Big Ten Champion- when I’m in a suit, which know it’s a long season, Fellow senior Allyssa Fluit we win together. Everyone The program is in good ships, Iowa will welcome the provides another boost of but really we’re just getting believes that she, along with plays a part in what we’re hands. While the senior men’s and women’s teams confidence. Also, knowing started. Now, we’re getting Burvill, has been instrumen- doing. It’s healthy to have class preps for its final races, from Western Illinois to that it’s the peak meet of the into the fun stuff.” tal in changing the culture a competitor and especial- a staggering 25 freshmen — the Campus Recreation and season lets you go all out.” Long also noted that Bur- of the Iowa swimming pro- ly have a competitor that is across both the men’s and Wellness Center at 6 p.m. Burvill’s legacy as a Hawk- vill will swim in her home gram. your best friend.” women’s teams — are just Friday.

gle-digit victories by coming up schedule. BASKETBALL with stops when it needed them. Big Ten leading scorer and CONTINUED FROM 8 That won’t be as easy in ene- national player of the year can- my territory. didate Luka Garza earned a spot McCaffery attributed his on the Wooden Award Late Sea- “I really like their team,” team’s ability to lock in at the son Top-20 list. Joe Wieskamp McCaffery said. “I think they end of games to his players is a finalist for the Jerry West have a lot of different pieces knowing the situation. Award, given to the top shooting that make them difficult to pre- No matter the score or num- guard in the country. pare for. They’ve got some guys ber of fouls committed, the Garza’s accolade does not who are shooting the ball well. Hawkeyes have shown they come as a surprise. The Wash- There was a stretch where they understand each other with the ington native leads the confer- weren’t. Now, they’re shoot- game on the line. ence with 23 points per game ing the ball really well, which Without the crowd on its and has received plenty of na- changes everything with re- side, Iowa will attempt to tap tional recognition. gard to Williams, and Haarms, into a new level of late-game he- Wieskamp, however, quietly and [Evan] Boudreaux.” roics if need be. ranks ninth in the conference The challenge of playing on “All five guys have to be on the with 15.1 points per game. the road in the Big Ten means Io- same page,” McCaffery said. “I “I think [Garza] has gotten wa will have to keep playing the think it comes down to, in this a lot of the talk, and rightfully defense that has helped it win case, a smart group that’s men- so — his numbers are off the recent games down the stretch. tally tough and is connected.” charts,” McCaffery said. “I think In Iowa’s last four home con- Also on Iowa’s side are two on a national level, people know tests — including games against players who have found their who [Wieskamp] is. NBA guys Shivansh Ahuja/The Daily Iowan ranked Michigan, Rutgers, and way onto prestigious lists mid- know who he is. We certainly Iowa guard Joe Wieskamp dribbles during a men’s basketball game between Iowa and Rutgers at Carver- Illinois teams — it pulled of sin- way through the conference appreciate him.” Hawkeye Arena on Jan. 22.

cially,” senior Pat Lugo said. all of Iowa’s 2018-19 cam- WRESTLING “It’s an individual sport. It paign with knee and shoul- CONTINUED FROM 8 definitely affects the team der injuries. if one guy’s injured. Like The senior has come this past weekend, we had back this season 20 pounds Austin DeSanto was al- DeSanto sitting out, but you heavier and full of fresh so injured recently. The know, everyone’s just doing perspective. All-American hurt his knee what they do, doing their “I’ve had to learn,” Kemer- during his match against job, and the team will han- er said. “You might wrestle a Penn State’s Roman Bra- dle itself, and the winning certain way, but let’s protect vo-Young Jan. 31. will handle itself. Just go out ourselves, because we’re Subsequently, DeSanto there and have fun.” getting older now. We’re in did not travel to East Lan- Redshirt freshman Tony the grind. You got to protect sing with the Hawkeyes for Cassioppi isn’t feeling the your body. You don’t want their dual against Michigan pressure, either. to be wrestling every match State on Sunday. Iowa has a do-your-job of your career hurt. “We’ll find out more [on mentality, and he empha- “That’s a whole side of it DeSanto]. Preliminary stuff sized that. people might not even think is, we don’t have to ampu- “Scoring wise, yes [inju- of when they get here. It’s tate,” Brands said joking- ries affect the team], but it just staying on top of your ly. “He’s handling it good; doesn’t really matter,” Cas- rehab or being proactive, he’s been in the room. He sioppi said. “We’re staying wrestling smart, and not didn’t make the trip with us, in our match. We’re focused putting yourself in danger- because it wouldn’t make on our match. Spencer Lee ous situations.” sense to put the guy on a bus could get tackled by a fan Time for the Hawkeyes to for 14 hours with that type and dragged off the mat for get healthy is limited. Iowa of thing.” the 125-pound match, but has three matchups against Despite the uncertainties that doesn’t matter. I still No. 22 Michigan, No. 13 injuries have brought, the have to go out there and Minnesota, and No. 11 Okla- Hawkeyes are still confi- wrestle at heavyweight.” homa State over the next dent they can compete with In addition to their can- three weeks. anybody. do attitude, the Hawkeyes Postseason wrestling be- “No, I don’t think [injuries have experience dealing gins with the Big Ten Cham- put pressure on the rest of with injuries. pionships on March 7. the lineup], not for me espe- Michael Kemerer missed Sports WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2020 THE MOST COMPLETE HAWKEYE SPORTS COVERAGE IN IOWA DAILYIOWAN.COM

HAWKEYE UPDATES Kemerer named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week Iowa senior Michael Kemerer Hawkeyes prep for Purdue has been named Big Ten Wres - tler of the Week, the conference announced Tuesday. Kemerer climbed to the top of Big Ten teams have had a significant advantage when playing at home, and the Hawkeyes will be on the 174-pound national rankings the wrong side of it against the Boilermakers. following a pair of wins over the weekend, including an 11-6 decision against then-top-ranked Mark Hall of Penn State on Jan. 31. His win against Hall helped lead Iowa over the Kemerer Nittany Lions, 19-17. Kemerer followed up that performance with a 13-3 major decision against No. 23 Layne Malczewski of Michigan State on Sunday. The Big Ten honor is the third of Kemerer’s career and the third for Iowa this season. Aus - tin DeSanto earned the award Dec. 3, and Alex Marinelli was recognized Jan. 3. Iowa returns to the mat Satur - day at No. 22 Michigan.

Wieskamp named Jerry West Award finalist The Naismith Memorial Bas- ketball Hall of Fame announced on Tuesday the 10 finalists for the 2020 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award, which includes Iowa sophomore Joe Wieskamp. Wieskamp is the second Hawkeye in four years to be a fi- nalist for the Jerry West Award, joining Peter Jok in 2017. The Muscatine, Iowa, native ranks second on the team in scoring with 15.1 points and 6.2 rebounds per game. He has drained Shivansh Ahuja/The Daily Iowan 26 3-pointers during Big Ten Iowa guard Joe Wieskamp dribbles during a men’s basketball game between Iowa and Rutgers at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Jan. 22. The Hawkeyes defeated the Scarlet Knights, 85-80. play this sea- son to lead the conference and BY PETE RUDEN the Boilermakers at Mackey Arena today just as difficult. is averaging Wieskamp [email protected] “Intense atmosphere,” Iowa head coach Fran Mc- IOWA-PURDUE INFORMATION 17.8 points in 11 Big Ten games, Caffery said. “One of the best in college basketball, so which is fourth best. Home teams run the Big Ten. it’s always a tough place to play.” Wieskamp has scored in dou- • Who: No. 17 Iowa vs. Purdue ble figures in 13 straight games Teams playing at home in the conference hold a re- Purdue’s roster boasts players like Trevion Wil- and has improved his scoring cord of 139-31, and Purdue has been one of those domi- liams, Eric Hunter Jr., and Matt Haarms, who have • Where: Mackey Arena, West average by 4.4 points since Dec. nant teams when playing in West Lafayette. heated up at times in the past month. That makes Io- Lafayette, Indiana 9. Wieskamp is second in the The Boilermakers own a 9-2 mark at their home are- wa’s one-game road trip to West Lafayette even more Big Ten in free throw percent - age (.840) and sixth in 3-point na, including a 29-point victory over a top-10 Michigan challenging. • When: Today, 6 p.m. accuracy (.385). State squad on Jan. 12. • TV: Big Ten Network Wieskamp was named to the Purdue will attempt to make Iowa’s matchup against SEE BASKETBALL, 7 Preseason All-Big Ten Team and has posted three double-dou- bles for the Hawkeyes this season. The award is named after Hall of Famer and 1959 NCAA Final Four MVP Jerry West. The honor Burvill is in its sixth year and recog- nizes the top shooting guards in Division I men’s college basketball. Iowa wrestling In March, five finalists will be presented to Jerry West and poised for the Hall of Fame’s selection committee. The winner will be presented at the College Basketball Awards Show in Los Angeles on April 10. No. 17 Iowa returns to action battles injuries final stretch on Wednesday at Purdue. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. at Mackey Are- Two Hawkeyes have been in and out of the lineup recently with DIVISION I WRESTLING injuries, but that isn’t deterring Iowa’s winning mentality. at Iowa RANKINGS

1. Iowa Hannah Burvill has been a 2. Penn State standout for Iowa in the pool 3. Ohio State since her freshman year, and 4. Arizona State 5. Minnesota she is ready to go out on a high 6. Wisconsin note as a senior. 7. Oklahoma State 8. Northwestern BY CHRIS WERNER 9. Princeton [email protected] 10. Nebraska Hannah Burvill made waves immediately as a freshman when she climbed into the pool at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Cen- QUOTE OF THE DAY ter for the first time back in 2016. After her first collegiate meet, Burvill was “What’s our credit named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week. Later that season, she set the Iowa school re- for the Big Ten cord in the 100-free at 49.20 and was a mem- Network? That ber of three record-setting relay teams. In the three seasons since, Burvill has ac- $50-plus million? quired three more Hawkeye records, besting each of her own marks multi- What’s the credit ple times. we get for that?” Her current 100-free record stands at 48.65. She also has the Iowa crown in the 50-free ­—Iowa wrestling (22.54), 100-back (53.27), and head coach 200-free (144.42.) Tom Brands on She set new records this wrestling as a Burvill Shivansh Ahuja/The Daily Iowan year in the 50 and 100-free, both revenue sport Iowa’s 133-pound Austin DeSanto wrestles Ohio State’s Jordan Decatur during a wrestling dual meet between No. 1 Iowa times coming at the Minnesota Invitation- and No. 4 Ohio State at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Jan. 24. No. 2 DeSanto defeated No. 18 Decatur by technical fall in 5:59, al Dec. 4-7. Her record in the 200-free still and the Hawkeyes defeated the Buckeyes, 24-10. stands from the Big Ten Championships two STAT OF THE DAY years ago. Her 100-back time is from the 2019 BY AUSTIN HANSON igan State. Big Ten meet. The Iowa-Penn State austin [email protected] “Murin’s good,” head coach Tom Brands said. Burvill’s best performances have come wrestling dual averaged “He wants to go, and we got to be smart. We’re when the stakes were the highest, swimming Iowa wrestling has looked nearly unstoppable going to do the right thing. We’re going to be to her then-best time in the 100-back and this season. The Hawkeyes are 10-0 and have won conservative when it’s time to be conservative 100-free during last year’s postseason. There by an average margin of 28.7 points per dual. with those types of situations. We’re going to be is no reason to think that she won’t break her One opponent Iowa hasn’t completely van- moderate when it’s time to be moderate. Then records again this time around. 342,955 quished this year has been the injury bug. when it’s time to be aggressive, and when our “Having confidence coming off of a taper The first Hawkeye to go down with an injury medical team is comfortable with the safety lev- is a big mental step for preparation,” Burvill was Max Murin. The All-American hasn’t wres- el, then we’ll be aggressive.” said. “I love suiting up, and I feel like a com- viewers on the telecast tled outside of practice since Jan. 18. He’s missed duals against Ohio State, Penn State, and Mich- SEE WRESTLING, 7 SEE BURVILL, 7