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ELECTION 2016 NOT SO FAR AWAY Cruz An Iowa law graduate introduces a Daily Iowan photographer to the refugee crisis in Greece. departs 2016 race By MITCH MCANDREW [email protected]

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, whose anties- tablishment rhetoric and evangelical appeal secured an Iowa caucus victory in February, has dropped out of the 2016 presidential race. “I said I would continue on as long as there is a viable path to victory,” Cruz told a crowd of supporters in Indianapolis Tuesday night. “Tonight, I’m sor- ry to say, that path has been foreclosed.” The announcement comes after he suffered Cruz a crushing loss against senator Donald Trump in the Indiana primary, effectively removing all doubt whether Trump will be the Re- publican Party’s presidential nominee. Despite Cruz’s recent attacks on Trump, the real-estate mogul secured 53.2 percent of the vote in Indiana, Children in the refugee camp near the Macedonian border flash peace signs in Idomeni, Greece. The camp holds nearly 15,000 refugees from countries including Syria, Afrghanistan, and Iraq. trouncing Cruz’s 36.7 percent, accord- (The Daily Iowan/ Mary Mathis) ing to preliminary results. Trump won By MARY MATHIS | [email protected] all of the state’s 51 delegates. Cruz went after Trump on Monday, calling him a turned my face to the bus window, sob- asked me the only words she knew in English: “pathological liar,” a “narcissist,” and a bing silently, hoping the Syrian refugees “The borders … open?” I just shook my head and wouldn’t see me from their seats across the peered outside to the barren landscape, continu- SEE CRUZ, 3 aisle.I How was I, a privileged 19-year-old Amer- ing to wipe the tears from my eyes. ican girl, supposed to answer one, who had just SEE GREECE, 6 DO YOU SAY: ‘LOSING THE FAITH IN HUMANITY’ ... ? A diet I LOST IT. ­— SARA MONTESINOS, VOLUNTEER of more CONGRESS than grass By ANNA ONSTAD-HARGRAVE [email protected]

The world now knows writer Walt Hogg pushes early voting at UI Whitman was one of the first advocates for the paleo diet, thanks to journals re- By MARIA CURI cently rediscovered through an online [email protected] database after being misattributed for more than 150 years. The main goal of Sen. Rob The journals were Hogg, D-Cedar Rapids, on uncovered when Uni- Tuesday was simple: Get out versity of Iowa grad- the vote. uate student Zachary Hogg, who is vying for the Turpin compared an Democratic spot to go up advertisement in the against Sen. Chuck Grassley New York Atlas under for the U.S Senate, was on the the name of Mose Vel- Turpin Pentacrest Tuesday morning sor with a handwritten graduate student encouraging students to vote note from Walt Whit- early for the 2016 Democrat- man. He discovered the ic primary before leaving for two were nearly identical. the summer. “Let the main part of the diet be Early voting started for rac- meat, to the exclusion of all else,” es for less competitive local Whitman wrote in Manly Health ballots such as Johnson Coun- and Training, a nearly 47,000-word ty Board of Supervisors, in ad- journalist series. dition to the congressional and Mose Velsor was one of many pseud- Legislature races. onyms Whitman used and is the reason The ability to vote early is a the journals were missing for so long, key instrument in Hogg’s goal Turpin said. to “uplift” democracy, because “It’s the idea of personal perfect- it increases flexibility to vot- ibility, health, vigor, daily happiness, ers, he said. The 49-year-old and connection with your happiest said he would like students Sen. Rob Hogg, D-Cedar Rapids, talks to a student on the Pentecrest on Tuesday. Early voting in Iowa will continue till June 6. (The Daily Iowan/Ting Xuan Tan) self,” he said. to vote before they leave for Turpin noted that Whitman’s sug- summer. The primary election the administrative inconve- The last primary in Johnson cording to the Johnson County gestions in Manly Health overlapped is on June 7. nience natural to Election Day County was held in June 2014 Auditor’s Office. with some of what he wrote in Leaves of Hogg also said it decreases and encourages people to vote. and 3,376 ballots were cast, ac- SEE HOGG, 3 SEE WHITMAN, 3

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Production Manager 335-5789 Send address changes to: The Daily Iowan, Heidi Owen 100 Adler Journalism Building, Iowa City, Advertising Manager 335-5193 Iowa 52242-2004 Renee Manders Ding nears graduation, reflects Advertising Sales Staff Bev Mrstik 335-5792 By KENDREW PANYANOUVONG global internships to leader- Cathy Witt 335-5794 [email protected] ship experiences in student organizations,” he said. “But As Jeffrey Ding prepares to what I value most are the part ways with the Universi- people at the UI who sup- ty of Iowa he reflected on the ported me, kept me ground- “amazing opportunities” he’s ed and believed in me.” received while at the UI, which UI senior Laura Wang include being awarded four said she and Ding lived next distinguished recognitions. to each other when they UI senior Ding will pur- were freshmen living in sue a Master of Philosophy Daum. Ding was a UI Pres- degree in international rela- idential Scholar at the time, tions at the University of Ox- the highest reward the uni- FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM ford in England with support versity grants to incoming @DAILY_IOWAN of the Rhodes Scholarship. first-year students. Jeffery Ding reflects on his time at the UI on Tuesday. UI senior Ding will The scholarship is tout- “He’s very accomplished. pursue a degree at the University of Oxford in England with the support of a ed as “the oldest and best- But I can’t say I’m very Rhodes Scholarship. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert) known award for interna- surprised. He’s super-hard- tional study, and arguably working and also very gen- “Oh, man. I remember presentation Tuesday. the most famous academic uine,” she said. “He’s done a wanting so badly to get out After graduation, Ding award available to Ameri- lot, but I never got the feel- of here for college, but now will intern at Perseus Strat- can college graduates.” ing he does anything for the that I’m graduating, I wish egies, a law firm specializ- Ding was one of 32 Ameri- recognition. I’m really glad I could stay longer,” he said. ing in international human cans chosen as a Rhode Schol- it’s really paid off for him.” For most of his senior rights, followed by another ar representing the United Ding will walk away year, Ding had been study- internship opportunity with States in 2015. Nearly 90 from the UI with numer- ing and interning abroad the U.S. Embassy in Dakar, scholars were selected world- ous degrees, including a in Beijing with the support Senegal, before heading to wide from among a competi- B.A. in political science, of the Boren Scholarship at England in the fall. tive pool of applicants. economics, and Chinese. Peking University. There, Ding shared some final ad- After presenting at the Ding is also a recipient he studied economics and vice for UI students as his time Iowa City Foreign Relations of the Udall and Truman international relations, in as a Hawkeye nears an end. Council on Tuesday, his re- Scholarships, as well being addition to working on re- “Search out people who search and expertise on Chi- named a Boren Scholar. search on China’s national are doing cool, interesting nese foreign policy, he took Born in Shanghai, China, oil companies and their in- things, and engage with time to share some parting Ding grew up in Iowa City. fluence on foreign policy. them and their interests,” thoughts; he will graduate As he finishes up his last “I think he’s quite far- he said. “Be wary of the in fewer than two weeks. days on campus, Ding said sighted. He’ll achieve many singular story and seek out “The UI has provided me initially the UI wasn’t part things,” said Ling Wang, a friends, teachers, and men- with so many opportuni- of his plan for after high visiting Chinese scholar who tors who help you develop ties from research grants to school. was in attendance at Ding’s into a many-sided person.”

ARTS AND CULTURE Delving into 20-something By ISAAC HAMLET rie Lights, 15 S. Dubuque, when sitting down to write, ing is when people are addict- [email protected] will welcome Iowa Writers’ he hadn’t intended to even ed to an intellectual experi- Workshop graduate Tony write about 20-somethings. ence that makes you want Margaux Weisman can Tulathimutte to read from He just knew he wanted to to skip work and skip having point to the exact line from his début novel. write something that would kids just to finish the book.” Private Citizens that had “It’s kind of tough to de- be important. By having such a varied her hooked: “Undergrad scribe,” Tulathimutte said. “It’s not an autobiograph- swath of characters, the book Linda, her tea-drinking, “If I describe the plot it ic novel, but it deals with could find its way to readers Deleuze-reading, sweat- sounds like an episode of things I’ve experienced,” he who might identify with its pants-wearing college room- ‘Girls’; it’s a book about four said. “I wanted to reconcile cast in unexpected ways. mate … all inked up like 20-somethings living in a with my own life and the “I don’t know why it’s some community mural, city in America, dealing with book ended up having to be so thrilling to come across high-waisted shorts like den- 20-something stuff.” its own justification.” something that mimics the im diapers. It was so depress- Each of these four char- Tulathimutte wrote the fabric of real life so specif- ing when women depoliticized acters exists in a different book in a sort of disjointed ically,” Weisman said. “But themselves with hot pants.” realm of social privilege. fashion, composing bits of it regardless of who you are, The moment made her Henrik is a Standford gradu- separately before starting to you feel like you know all of laugh out loud and prompted ate who’s never really had a tug them together as he be- these characters.” her to immediately share the comfortable middle-class life. gan to figure out how they fit passage with her husband. Linda struggles with the way with one another. “I pretty much knew I women are treated by society. Despite this seemingly WORDS was interested from the first Cory is an idealistic woman scattered method, he tried Event: Tony Tulathimutte reading, page,” Weisman, editor for supported by her rich father, to create a “raristic,” not just the book, said. “As an editor, and Will is an Internet-dwell- a good book, but a book that Private Citizens I respond more to voice. Ev- ing Asian-American. was good page to page. Where: Prairie Lights, 15 S. Dubuque ery sentence is paced with Privilege is an “unavoid- “It’s important to me that When: 7 p.m. Thursday humor and nuanced insight.” able subject of interest” it’s fun,” Tulathimutte said. Admission: Free At 7 p.m. Thursday, Prai- for Tulathimutte. In fact, “My favorite experience read-

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Gateway is finally coming supposed to begin construction after major bridge would stay in place while the than $40 million. A previous estimate put flooding in Johnson County in 1993, but the new one is being constructed. the price of the project at $52 million. After years of planning, the construction city ultimately decided not to go through “We would want to restore traffic Others construction companies who of a massive flood mitigation project to with the project, with officials thinking fully by August 2018,” she said. “The gave submitted bids for the project were elevate Dubuque Street and the building of similar flooding was highly unlikely to bridge will be a two-year project.” United Contractors Inc. from Johnston, Iowa, a new Park Road bridge will finally begin. happen again in the near future. Peterson Contractors Inc. from Ames Construction Inc. from Burnsville, At its meeting Tuesday night, the Iowa Then the 2008 flood happened, Reinbeck, Iowa, was the company Minnesota, and C.J Moyna & Sons Inc. from City City Council voted 7-0 to award a prompting the city to reconsider, and recommended by Public Works and Cedar Rapids. contract authorizing the mayor to sign, and officials decided to go through with Engineering to take on the ambitious The Gateway Project is expected the city clerk to attest, a contract for the the Gateway Project. project. The construction company’s bid is to take up the majority of the 2017 construction of the Gateway Project. Melissa Clow, the special adminis- projected to save the city more than $10 construction season. The Gateway Project was initially trator on the project, said the existing million with an estimated cost of more –by Gage Miskimen THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2016 NEWS 3

stands young Americans do HOGG want to make a difference CONTINUED FROM FRONT in their communities but are turned off by the “gar- bage” from our political sys- The most important is- tem over the last 12 years. sue Hogg hopes to address “If we can get this young if elected to the U.S Sen- generation of Americans ate is environmental sus- involved, there is noth- tainability, which he said ing we can’t accomplish,” is what personally moti- Hogg said. vated him to run. UI senior Trent Seubert Hogg also wants to work said he believes his gener- on creating an economy that ation doesn’t get involved works for all Americans and because they don’t believe in reaches full employment. the system. He also thinks it’s “To me, it’s a matter of so- because people are unaware cial justice that every young of the impact smaller ticket American be in school, races have on everyday life. training, or have a job op- “This election, though portunity,” Hogg said. not as sexy the presidential Additionally, Hogg wants one, is still impactful to the to enact campaign reform community,” Seubert said. not just in how they are “Mental health, housing, being financed but also in and transportation all come the culture of modern cam- into play in today’s election.” paigning. He believes nega- Kristin Wildensee, a vol- tive attack adds and sound unteer for supervisor candi- bites are “not just irritating dates Kurt Friese and Jason to the people involved, but Lewis, understands voting A Rob Hogg supporter stands on the Pentacrest holding a sign in favor the state senator on Tuesday. Hogg spoke to students and others, encouraging them to vote early. (The Daily Iowan/Ting Xuan Tan) it’s doing long term damage in this election signifies re- to our democracy.” al change to the issues that sprawl. Wildensee, who fairness and mass transit Friese’s campaign slogan, rectly to Wildensee’s imme- As a father of three young affect her most. attended the Hogg event, is obtained before urban “stop pouring concrete on diate concern of “ending up adults, Hogg said, he under- One of these is urban said she wants to ensure sprawl continues. good farmland,” spoke di- with nothing but cars.”

ping out on Feb. 10, a day ponent of the renewable fuel tee. Bob Vander Plaats, lead- Chairman Jeff Kaufmann ing his campaign. CRUZ after the New Hampshire standard, warning that he er of the Family Leader, also called for Iowa Republi- Iowa radio-show host CONTINUED FROM FRONT primary, in which she on- could be “very dangerous” to supported Cruz prior to the cans to come together in Steve Deace, however, did ly garnered 4.1 percent of the state. Iowa caucuses. hopes of keeping Dem- not speak about a united votes. Iowans did not heed the At the GOP District ocrats out of the White party and instead tweet- “serial philanderer.” Cruz earned the ire of call, and instead propelled Conventions on April 9, House in November. ed he would not support Last week, Cruz also many Iowa establishment Cruz to a Feb. 1 win with Cruz allies strategically “The only movement I’m a the GOP front-runner. announced his vice-pres- Republicans in the run-up 27.6 percent of the vote. snagged 11 out of 12 avail- part of is the #NeverHillary “I won’t congratulate idential running mate, to the caucuses. Iowa Gov. In addition, Rep. Steve able slots for delegates to movement #UnitedIowa,” Trump for winning any Carly Fiorina. Fiorina ran Terry Branstad in late Jan- King, R-Iowa, endorsed the national convention. Kaufmann tweeted follow- more then I’d congratu- for the GOP presidential uary called for Iowans to Cruz and also was co-chair- Now, with Cruz out, ing Cruz’s announcement late Saladin for capturing nomination before drop- oppose Cruz, a staunch op- man of his national commit- Republican Party of Iowa that he would be suspend- Jerusalem,” Deace said.

glish professor at the Grad- coveries during those years, said. “He was beginning However, he said, the demic journals,” he said. WHITMAN uate Center of the City Uni- but everyone now knows those poems at just the attention will probably “I’m delighted that Walt CONTINUED FROM FRONT versity of New York, said he about this particular dis- time he was writing Man- “fade in a few days.” Whitman Quarterly Re- agreed with Turpin’s as- covery because we recent- ly Health, which is a kind “What is crucial for view and the Univer- sessment of Manly Health. ly became an online-only of hymn to the male body.” those of us involved in sity of Iowa are on the Grass, a poetry collection “There’s a kind of health- open-access journal,” Fol- Folsom said it is grati- publishing the journal cutting edge of demon- Whitman spent most of nut thing about Leaves of som said. fying to see the amount is that we have demon- strating the potential for his professional life writ- Grass already,” Reynolds He said most of Whit- of attention that Turpin’s strated the power of new digital platforms in ing and rewriting, revising said. “This series sort of man’s poetry focused on discovery has gotten. open-access online aca- scholarly platforms.” it numerous times until codifies it and expands on male bodies. Manly Health his death. it, giving us a real regimen.” appeared around the same Turpin said that in Man- Turpin published Whit- time as Whitman’s Cala- ly Health Whitman advo- man’s Manly Health in the mus poems, he said. cated for daily bathing, UI’s Walt Whitman Quar- “Those poems explored growing a beard, eating terly Review, which has male-male affection and lean meat, and wearing been published at the uni- have come to be read as comfortable shoes — all of versity for 33 years, Editor the first articulation of which he attributed to a Ed Folsom said. gay identity and the first healthy lifestyle. “We have published a lot creation of a diction of David Reynolds, an En- of important Whitman dis- male-male love,” Folsom

Don’t dump movement continues By KAYLYN KLUCK clothing, housewares, for the event. [email protected] and electronics in good The Sustainability Of- condition will be giv- fice is also looking for In the rush to move out en to Goodwill and the additional volunteers of the dorms next week, Habitat for Humanity to help with the event, students might throw ReStore. Likewise, food, and students can sign out many unwanted hygiene products, and up through a link on its items, but the University cleaning supplies will website, Becker said. of Iowa Office of Sustain- go to the Johnson Coun- “Find some time during ability is asking them ty Crisis Center. your finals schedule; to consid- Instead of being put in it’s a nice break and the er putting a landfill, McCrory said, volunteers will be both these ma- the items will go to stu- collecting the bins from terials to dents and community the lobby and also staff- better use. members who need them. ing the trucks,” McCrory Students “I just really encour- said. “Ideally, we like to are en- age students moving have two or three volun- couraged out of the dorms to take teers for each shift.” to donate McCrory a minute,” he said. “If Becker said events instead of interim coordinator there’s something you such as this help the throw away don’t want, please donate university reach its sus- furniture, it instead of dumping it. tainability goal of 60 food, clothing, and other Your item will help some- percent waste diversion unwanted items through one else.” from landfills, as well the annual Donate Don’t Amanda Bittorf, the as promote mindsets of Dump waste-reducing ini- marketing director for UI sustainability, and in a tiative. Starting on May Housing & Dining, said college town in which 10, donation bins will ap- the process of donating students have money to pear in dorm lobbies, and will be easy and students buy new things, it can trucks will be parked out- will only have to fill out a be easy to just throw side of Burge, Hillcrest, little paperwork. things away. and Mayflower to collect “It really simplifies “We have such a con- items students would oth- things for students who sumer culture,” Becker erwise throw out. wouldn’t otherwise want said. “Sometimes, we George McCrory, the to drive out to Goodwill, don’t think about what interim coordinator for or Salvation Army, or happens to our trash the event, said Donate any other secondhand once it leaves our pos- Don’t Dump began in shop,” Bittorf said. session, especially with 2010 and has since ex- While Donate Don’t stuff that’s viable. People panded. Dump is primarily for can still use that.” “In 2014, the effort col- students moving out of Becker believes all lected more than 5,000 the dorms, those living sustainable acts, such as pounds of materials, in- off-campus can drop off volunteering for Donate cluding futons, fridges, items as well, or give Don’t Dump, have great- clothes, and food,” Mc- them to Iowa City’s an- er implications to them. Crory said. nual Rummage on the “It might seem kind of This year, volunteers Ramp sale. trying to spend a couple will be on hand from “Anyone from around hours of finals week doing 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. from campus can come donate something like this, but it May 10 to May 13, and what can be donated,” does have a contribution from 8 a.m. to noon said UI junior Elana to a greater future of sus- on May 14. Furniture, Becker, the lead intern tainability,” she said. 4 THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2016

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Opinions — FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION COLUMN EDITORIAL Harreld’s glass Cut UI administrative salaries

tuition hike is slated to affect University of Iowa On Monday, the Editorial Board criticized the perhaps students in the upcoming academic year. This shady contracting by the regents that may have led to the house Acomes after the state Board of Regents requested resignation of Regent Mary Andringa in April. It involved more than $8 million in additional funding from the Leg- a multimillion-dollar furniture contract that bypassed a sentiment that seemed to be islature and only received $6 million. law requiring the university to seek bids for contracts for echoed by a large majority of What does this mean for students? The obvious: A large more than $25,000. Instead, the massive deal went un- the crowd. number of UI students will inevitably have to take on heftier opposed to a furniture manufacturer for which she also Issues ranging from the student loans. This will increase the already heavy median serves on the board. loophole that would ex- debt load for them, which currently sits just shy of $30,000 This comes on the heels of the UI deciding not to par- clude university students for most graduating seniors. This puts Iowa just above the take in the Johnson County minimum-wage increase, from the recent raise in the national average of college-student debt at $28,950, accord- which positions 2,700 student workers’ paychecks below the Marcus Brown minimum wage for Johnson ing to the Institute for College Access and Success. local minimum wage. At a Just Living Theme Semester [email protected] County to the plight of fac- In an interview with The Daily Iowan, UI President Planning Committee on Monday, Supervisor Rod Sullivan ulty living on the brink of Bruce Harreld said about an impending tuition hike:“It’s walked out after Harreld dodged a question on the matter. President Bruce Harreld, poverty because of the pay already planned, it’s already in the system. A small in- These open-planning forums were also scheduled amid alongside the Just Living disparity between adjunct crease. I’m actually speculating and will be arguing for the pressure and chaos of the ending semester, which has Theme Semester Planning and full-time employment a more dramatic increase going forward. I mean, we’re at students and faculty questioning how much Harreld ac- Committee, engaged in a were raised with little to the bottom of our peer group. We can raise our tuition well tually values the input of the university community he is panel discussion that quickly no actual plans to remedy more than $1,000 and still be in the bottom of the Big Ten supposed to lead. Yet he remains steadfast in his claim to digressed into a cringe-wor- them. By trying to confine in terms of in-state tuition.” commit to his position and its academic implications. thy gauntlet Monday in the the issue to the scale that Harreld’s logic is there, in some aspect. The UI main- Students should not be forced into more debt as the Old Capitol. The aim of the suited the members, the tains an in-state tuition that is the ninth cheapest of the consequence of state frugality and administrative fiscal discussion was to discuss the panel unwittingly revealed Big Ten universities. But should the ramifications of the mismanagement. If Harreld wants to posture himself as progression and application the paradox of promoting fiscal scarcity plaguing the university be burdened by stu- a member of the academic community and continue the of this semester’s social-jus- social justice in a system dents, who are already stretched thin, knee-deep in loan façade of working in the best interest of faculty and stu- tice theme and how it could that perpetuates cultures debt? The Daily Iowan Editorial Board thinks not. dents, and not in the interest of financial gain, then ad- be further implemented. It of inequality, elitism, white Financial scarcity at the university remains a problem ministrative salaries should be cut in conjunction with the quickly became apparent supremacy, and patriarchy and a problem that must be dealt with. But tensions are high tuition hike. You cannot tighten the belts of those you lead amid the shouting from the inherent in the very foun- between the administration and just about everyone else. while you feast alone. audience that perhaps the dations of institutions of president and the committee higher learning. As produc- opened themselves up to a tive as panel discussions dialogue they were not ade- and dialogue can be, the quately prepared to address. reactions from the audience COLUMN As previously stated, this made it clear that action is semester’s theme is “Just what is being demanded, Living,” which has inspired not more discussion. the university to try to com- It is commendable to try Why Republicans should bat issues of social justice to engage with the commu- through numerous media on nity and student body, but campus, such as 139 courses one does not get to speak offered with the intention of on an issue without becom- fight against Trump pairing with the theme and ing the subject of the same gallery exhibitions, among scrutiny. This was a lesson others. However, this theme Harreld has appeared to the White House.” Crazy sastrous for any number If Trump — by most has presented a unique issue have learned the hard way though the headline may of reasons. However, the counts a candidate who and calls into question an in- with many accusations of seem, the column makes group of people for which does not fit into any party stitution of higher learning’s malfeasance being directed sense for many reasons. it could quite possibly be besides possibly fascism — responsibility to combat the at him and his reluctance For example, as Will the most disastrous is is elected through the Re- very issues it perpetuates by to speak on his own stew- wrote, “Trump would be Republicans themselves. publican Party, he endan- virtue of its nature. ardship of the university. the most unpopular nom- Given that Trump’s ide- gers its ability to persevere. The panel at times ap- Despite what could be an Joe Lane inee ever, unable to even als do not necessarily Yes, this may all be a peared to form a defensive earnest attempt at enacting [email protected] come close to Mitt Rom- agree with conservative bit drastic, but the truth huddle with Harreld to the substantial change to the ney’s insufficient support ideals, Trump’s presiden- is when a party elects a side, head in hand, prefer- campus environment, the Donald Trump is on among women, minori- cy could serve to diminish leader who doesn’t fit its ring to deflect angry inter- result was the slow crum- the brink of receiving the ties, and young people.” the overall attractiveness platform, it runs the risk of jections from the crowd to bling of a glass house. Republican presidential The point, however, isn’t of the Republican Party. losing what makes that par- the panel. At one point it The university cannot try nomination. It’s an al- that Trump is unlikely If the GOP puts Trump ty what it is. As long as the was suggested to stop field- to tackle issues that extend most unavoidable fact af- to win; it’s that if he does in the Oval Office, the GOP is tied to Trump, it will ing questions for the sake far beyond the confines of ter Texas Sen. Ted Cruz win, he could permanent- party is effectively say- have a difficult time attract- of the dialogue. Although the campus, and have in dropped out of the race ly tarnish the record of ing that his principles ing moderates and not just well-intentioned, the intend- fact been festering in this Tuesday night. the GOP. In many ways, are consistent with its for this election. If Trump ed conversation about social country as a whole for cen- As FiveThirtyEight, Trump’s very nature is in own. The positions of xe- ends up in the White House, justice brought to the sur- turies, without first being the popular statistics direct opposition of the nophobia, hatred, and ig- the Republican Party will face issues the university’s prepared to address issues site run by maven Nate conservative ideals his norance that Trump has forever be known as the par- own perceived failings when on the university itself. Do- Silver, outlines, Trump alleged party created. used to rise to political ty that put him there. it comes to accountabili- ing so makes any attempt has reached 85 percent of Oddly enough, the re- prominence could infil- So unless John Kasich ty to students and faculty. at change appear disingen- the delegates needed to sponsibility to ensure trate the White House tandem can miraculously After observing the panel, uous and ultimately serve achieve the nomination. Trump is never referred and stain the 162-year hinder Trump’s chances UI junior Brad Pector went to make the process more As it stands, Trump is to as “Mr. President” may history of the party. of candidacy works, the so far as to say that it was difficult, because you can- just 190 delegates short fall on the Republican While several news Republican Party may “incredibly hypocritical that not build on the trust of the of the nomination. Party itself. sources have tried to imag- be running ads against he is trying to engage in this community when you hav- In fact, last week, the As opinions writers ine “Trump’s America,” its own candidate. In an conversation,” which is a en’t earned it yet. 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The totals are the funds raised between Jan. 1 to March 31. Cash on hand is the amount the candidate currently has. DISTRICT 1 PAT MURPHY ROD BLUM TOTAL RECEIPTS: $55,782 / CASH ON HAND: $88,477 TOTAL RECEIPTS: $291,173 / CASH ON HAND: $1,273,400 1. Carpenter’s Legislature Improve- 1. Elloine Clark (Dallas), $13,500 ment Committee United Brotherhood 2. House Freedom Fund, $5,620 of Carpenters and Joiners, $2,500 3. Rusmira Blum (Unity Point 2. American Congress of OB, GYN Health), $5,400 PAC, $2,000 4. Conceptual Design Solutions (Tan- 3. American Dental Association, $1,500 ner Blum), $2,700 4. Kay Brigid, Cedar Rapids $1,000 5. McCoy Group, $2,700 2 5. Thomas Patterson, Des Moines, $700 DAVE LOEBSACK MONICA VERNON TOTAL RECEIPTS: $151,743 / CASH ON HAND: $640,794 TOTAL RECEIPTS: $335,052 / CASH ON HAND: $774,631 1. Jay Pritzker $5,400 1. Emily’s List, $16,681.05 2. Emily Weitz $5,400 2. Poloma Partners (Donald 3. American Federations of Teachers Sussman), $10,800 COPE $5,000 3. Int’l Association of Bridge, 4. American Optometric Association Structural, Ornamental DISTRICTPAC $5,000 & Reinforcing Iron 5. SHORE PAC $5,000 Workers, $10,000 4. International Brotherhood of Electrical Works PAC, $10,000 CHRISTOPHER PETERS 5. Richard D. Holland (Retired, Omaha) $5,400 Has not filed with the FEC meaning he has not raised or DISTRICT 3 spent in excess of $5,000 DESMOND ADAMS MIKE SHERZAN DAVID YOUNG JIM MOWRER TOTAL RECIPTS: $23,540 / CASH ON HAND: $2,644 TOTAL RECIEPTS: $224,440 / CASH ON HAND: $956,096 TOTAL RECIEPTS: $224,440 / CASH ON HAND: $956,096 TOTAL RECIPTS: $291,911 / CASH ON HAND: $437,635 1. Desmund Adams Total 1. Kyle Selberg, senior vice president 1. Wine and Spirits Wholesalers 1. William and Emily Weitz of Des Receipts: $23,540 Cash on of business development at Cam- of America, Inc. PAC, $6,000 Moines, $8,100 Hand: $2,644 bridge Investment Research, $2,700 2. Doug Bruce, president of Os- 2. Joshua Bekenstein, managing direc- 2. Tim Urban, president of the 2. James Ruff of West Des Moines, mundson Mfg. Co. in Perry, tor at Bain Capital, and Anita Beken- Urban Development Corpo- $2,000 Iowa, $5,400 (max) stein, $5,400 ration in Des Moines: $2,500 3. William Reynolds, national cam- 3. National Automobile Dealers 3. Christopher Carrera, partner at 3. Fred Hubbell, Owner of paign director for the Service Em- Association PAC, $5,000 Carrera, Willowbridge Capital Hubbell Properties in Des ployees International Union, $1,700 4. Union Pacific Corporation LLC., and Emily Chen, $5,400 Moines, $1,700 4. Robert Thomas of Scott, Arkan- Fund for Effective Govern- 4. American Association for Justice 4. Brian Erickson, senior sas, $1,000 ment, $5,000 PAC, $5,000 vice president of Broker- 5. Mary O’Keefe, retired senior vice 5. Speaker Paul Ryan, R, Ohio, 5. Midwest Region Laborers Political age Services with Knapp president and chief marketing (through leadership PAC), $5,000 League PAC, $5,000 Properties Inc. in West Des officer at Principal Financial Moines, $1,500 Group, $1,000 5. Valeska Buie, vice president of Keystone Electrical Man- ufacturing Company in Des 4 STEVE KING Moines, $1,000 TOTAL RECIPTS:$149,043 / CASH ON HAND: $172,781 1. Michael and Cheryl Wells, KIM WEAVER $10,800 for total household JOE GRANDANETTE 2. American Bankers Associa- TOTAL RECIPTS: $14,753 / CASH ON HAND: $15,345 tion, $6,000 Has not filed with the FEC DISTRICT1. Jean Lloyd, Jones, $1,750 3. Peter Ricketts, $5,400 meaning he has not raised or RICK BERTRAND 2. Charlotte Hubbell, $1,000 4. Build PAC of National Associa- spent in excess of $5,000 3. Grundy County Democratic tions of Home Builders, $5,000 Has not filed with the FEC Central Committee, $300 5. National Association of Con- meaning he has not raised or 4. Mary Louise Petersen, $250 venience Stores, $5,000 spent in excess of $5,000 5. Richard Lloyd Jones, $250 S E N A T E PATTYJUDGE ROBHOGG CHUCKGRASSLEY TOMFIEGEN TOTAL RECIPTS: $213,802 / CASH ON HAND: $209,946 TOTAL RECIPTS: $58,858 / CASH ON HAND: $40,647 TOTAL RECIPTS: $992,040 / CASH ON HAND: $4,974,854 TOTAL RECEIPTS: $10,095 / CASH ON HAND: $26,117 1. 1. James Shaw, San Antonio At- 1. 1. Edward Chrabaszcz, $2,700 1. Good Neighbor Committee, 1. Peter Travers, $500 torney and wife Anna, $10,800 2. 2. Lin Hongshan, $2,700 $34,876.46 2. Dennis Smith, $250 2. 2. David Stern, former commis- 3. 3. James P Hayes, $1,000 2. Grassley Hawkeye Fund, sioner of the NBA, and wife Di- 4. 4. Trudy Holman Hurd, $1,000 $27,254.31 anne, $10,800 5. 5. Donald Marquardt, $1,000 3. The Richard Norman Company, 3. 3. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., $21,295.61 $10,000 (through leadership PAC) 4. Michael and Cheryl Wells, 4. 4. Jill June, former CEO of $10,800 BOB Planned Parenthood of the Heart- 5. Maxwell & Associations, $10,000 land, $5,400 KRAUSS 5. 5. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., Has not filed with the FEC mean- through leadership PAC), $5,000 ing he has not raised or spent in excess of $5,000

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EKO (pronounced “Echo,” named after the gas station heat their baby formula. One woman said her baby was GREECE that the refugees camped around) outside of Polykastro. throwing up after drinking the milk. We were horrified. CONTINUED FROM FRONT EKO held approximately 2,000 people. Drew scribbled down another need: pots. I asked him how he put little things into perspective I heard coughing, babies crying, but despite the 4,000 when he sees so many in need. He gave me a stream-of-con- refugees in the camp, a disconcerting silence. At this In March 2011, conflict broke out in Syria, becoming sciousness response: “When we’re doing these projects, point on the recording device, you can hear me trying to an all-out civil war by 2012. And soon after, the eyes we’re constantly considering: OK, the people at this gas get Drew’s attention. I had noticed a man scrambling up of the globe were riveted on stories of fleeing refugees station need new floors for their tents because their tents a thin tree to manually saw off the branches at the top heading to seek a safer existence in Europe. They were are leaking mud through. Well, they may need new tents, for firewood. Drew was unfazed. escaping a fallen infrastructure in the government, but what they really need is to not be in a refugee camp. Some refugees at Cherso told us they didn’t want our A Daily Iowan photographer took this route to document a small portion of camp life for refugees. economy, and health care, along with the violence and So do we give them new floors? Or do we focus our efforts help improving conditions, they wanted to be out of the bombings that have killed 470,000 people, according to elsewhere? By giving them new floors, are we kind of en- camp. I asked Drew later how he comes back from days the Syrian Center for Policy Research. abling the people who have put them in this situation? Or like the one we had just experienced. He didn’t have an My own journey came about because as a young are we enabling the people who continue to make this a exact answer for me. journalist, I wanted to be witness to events that to me political issue over a humanitarian issue? Maybe.” “I don’t know … people differ. I have friends here who seemed so cataclysmic in terms of the human condition. I asked him about his faith in humanity. He laughed will ask me how to deal with this, and maybe it’s some I knew it was a big story. And I had an angle: An Io- slightly and said, “Let’s pick that up later.” We got out sort of defense mechanism to sort of numb yourself to wa law-school graduate whose parents are friends with of the car and headed toward the hospital where Lee, a what’s going on.” mine worked in the camps in Greece. I set out to chase Canadian journalist who normally lives in Jerusalem, But I saw Drew stare at the ground when a persistent down Drew Craig, a 29-year-old field coordinator for had offered his translator skills to the people in the hos- middle-aged man told him he couldn’t live like this any- the nongovernmental organization Lighthouse Relief in pital. The doctors and nurses didn’t speak Arabic or En- more, and I saw Drew stand silently for an hour while northern Greece, where thousands of Syrians fleeing vi- glish, so communication was often flawed. Lee spent the we waited for a ride from the only Lighthouse van run- olence had arrived. entire day telling patients when to take medication, or ning … I didn’t see numbness at all. The Cedar Rapids native was hard to track down, his that their arm was broken, or that they needed to stay Sara Montesinos, a Lighthouse volunteer from Barce- parents, Jim and Debbie Craig, had only spoken with in the hospital because their child was still sick. lona, asked me, “Do you say losing the faith in humanity him twice in the few months [in English]?” I nodded. She he had been in Greece. Drew replied: “I lost it.” and I had been acquaintanc- Back at Park Hotel, I had more es throughout the years, but YOU CAN NOT EXPLAIN HOW BURNT PLASTIC SMELLS. YOU time to discuss with Drew his I never expected the two of us plans and how he will continue would cross paths so far away, CAN NOT EXPLAIN HOW F**KING COLD IT IS. to help the refugees. The stream under these conditions. of consciousness returned. Drew’s infinitely deep voice YOU CAN NOT EXPLAIN THIS. “I can probably only stay un- contrasts with his smaller til next month,” he said. Drew stature, and he’s recognizable ­— SARA MONTESINOS, VOLUNTEER has law-school loans to pay off by his facial hair. Drew stands and is living on funds that are mostly with his arms across his chest, his body sort of I asked Drew again about his faith in humanity. “I dwindling. “This is a difficult thing [being a humanitar- gliding as he walks with purpose. see the best and worst in people,” he responded. Every ian], and you hear about people who are burnt out and Before the camps, Drew graduated from the Univer- morning, Drew went to Park Hotel, a small inn seem- some that I’m sure regret going into this field, but even sity of Iowa College of Law in 2013. During law school, ingly in the middle of nowhere, to coordinate with other when it’s difficult to see an impact on a larger scale than he worked for the Iowa Office of the Attorney General in NGOs and volunteers for the day. just the one person you’re handing baby formula to, as 2011 and the State Appellate Defender in 2012. Hoping “[The volunteers] are sleeping in tents, haven’t showered someone who’s interested in the development and coor- to effect change abroad, he joined Defense for Children for days, are spending [their] own money and fundraising dination of these programs, I’ll do this as long as I can.” International in Ramallah, a Palestinian city in the for the refugees,” Drew said. “And every day they’re going Drew doesn’t exactly know what his future holds, but West Bank, as a legal intern in 2012. into camp, doing whatever they can to help.” as he gains experience in crisis situations and his career But he had left his legal life behind him, at least for And then he pointed to the policymakers “on the oth- progresses, he said he may want to move back into the the moment. Now, halfway across the globe, he seemed er side” — his perspective was they have little empathy policy realm of things to try to make changes in the sys- more somber than I had remembered him. He seemed with a situation they have not experienced. tems responsible for responding to crises. deep in thought. No wonder, I guessed. I first saw him in Despite the efforts of the volunteers, along with pro- “I wouldn’t be much good as a policymaker if all I Polykastro, Greece, on March 14, when he picked me up tests in the camps, the borders remained closed. knew was the Capitol building,” he said. at the bus station. I was jubilant to see a familiar face “It’s very easy to discuss closing borders when you’re I got a chance to speak with Sara again. Sara worked after being in Lesvos for two days, photographing refu- sitting in Europe, and all you have to do is order a ship to with Lighthouse in Lesvos and then as an independent gees coming ashore. But Drew? It seemed as if he was go stop boats that you’ll never have to see and affect peo- volunteer in Idomeni. When we talked, she sat down entirely preoccupied. I soon learned why. ple you’ll never have to talk to, despite the fact that your next to me, bundled up in a ton of layers, crossed her “You’re just going so much that you don’t really think conduct might have had something to do with why those legs over the couch, and placed her ashtray down on her about details,” Drew told me later. Small details such as people are getting on a boat to begin with,” Drew said. dirty rain boot. Sara was small, but so mighty. eating and sleeping. I was with him for three days and Later in the week, I accompanied Drew and two vol- I asked her how she got here — to the middle of the saw him consume three small bakery items. He barely unteers to another refugee camp in Cherso, run by the refugee crisis in Greece — from working a desk job in slept; rather, he answered calls, emails, and texts until Greek military. Drew wanted to assess the needs of the Spain. She told me people can either make money at a the late hours of the night. Then he woke up early the people in this camp because he thought they seemed to regular job or go out and meet people and try to make next morning to get supplies for the camp he worked have been underserved by the government. sense of this “f**ked up world.” with that day. To me, it seemed like an incredible pace. Before we gained access, I saw a middle-aged man in A few days ago, she said, she saw a grown man crying a red shirt holding the hand of his daughter, who looked because he and his three kids were living in a tent full Northern Greece to be about 6. They approached a soldier. The man was of water and mud. panicky and tried to explain in broken English that the “That could be my father,” she told me. Drew picked me up in a massive white van with the little girl needed an eye doctor. The soldier spoke to him “There are some things you can not explain,” she said. words “lighthouserelief.org” printed in black on the side. The harshly and shouted, “I’m not a doctor.” I stood about “You can not explain how burnt plastic smells. You can not van was full of supplies, bags, and a makeshift bed. Drew 15 feet away, a shock and awe moment for me as I real- explain how f**king cold it is. You can not explain this.” and a couple other volunteers had slept in the van a couple ized no eye doctor was available to help this little girl. of nights while trying to find a place to stay near the camps. One of her eyes stared straight ahead. The other eyeball The only time Drew had for me to interview him was seemed to roll around on its own axis. The father stood while he drove, but he wasn’t entirely focused on my in disbelief, then quietly took his daughter’s hand and The story is the first in a two-part series about questions. After telling me he felt as if he were living walked away. in a bubble in America and that he needed to get out, We entered the camp. Initially, the guard insisted on the refugee crisis. It will continue Thursday with a he paused to say, “Oh thank god, they got firewood here accompanying us, but Drew kicked into diplomacy mode, story about how the Arab-American community … this is awesome. They haven’t had any firewood for and the guard backpedaled. is responding. so long.” It was freezing outside when we arrived at Women warmed plastic bottles over an open fire to

1. Children in the Idomeni, Greece, refugee camp near the Macedonian border play with a stroller for entertainment. There were nearly 15,000 refugees in mid-March in Idomeni, Greece. 2. A Syrian girl looks straight to the camera with her baby sister in Idomeni, Greece. 3. A young boy in the Idomeni refugee camp resells goods he bought from a nearby town in Greece. 4. Teenage refugees giggle and hide their faces as they drag firewood from a pile brought to the EKO gas station by volunteers. 5. Drew Craig of Lighthouse Re- lief talks to refugee children of EKO refugee camp near Polykastro, Greece. 6. A young Syrian girl is wrapped in a space blanket to keep warm while a volunteer brushes her hair behind her ear in Skala Sikaminias, Lesvos. 7. Two girls hold each other in Skala Sikaminias, Lesvos, while they look out on the Aegean Sea, which they had just crossed with nearly 70 other refugees in a blow-up boat. The refugees were from Iraq, fleeing because of the violence and bombings that had destroyed their homes. (Mary Mathis/The Daily Iowan) THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2016 NEWS 7

IT’S VERY EASY TO DISCUSS CLOSING BORDERS WHEN YOU’RE SITTING IN EUROPE, AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ORDER A SHIP TO GO STOP BOATS THAT YOU’LL NEVER HAVE TO SEE AND AFFECT PEOPLE YOU’LL NEVER HAVE TO TALK TO. —­­ DREW CRAIG, REFUGEE CAMP COORDINATOR

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Iowa’s Lake Kwaza sets up her blocks before the women’s 4x100 meter relay during the 2016 Drake Relays on April 29. (The Daily Iowan/Brooklynn Kascel)

mium pass-protecting pect quite a bit out of its coming season. SCHERFF position, similar to cen- now second-year guard “You always want to CONTINUED FROM FROM 12 ter,” Renner said. “You next season, and Scherff get your body stronger can get by with a guy sounded like he’s up for and faster,” he said. who’s maybe not pass the challenge. “We’re trying to play Even so, according to blocking extremely well It’s now the middle faster, play smarter, so Pro Football Focus, you’re getting Scherff gave up ‘To win the division and go to the playoffs, some of the vets said, into the play- just 2 sacks this book … meeting season. He was ‘Don’t get used to it.’ You gotta take advantage the new guys also only assessed of those opportunities you get.’ and just getting for just three pen- ready for the alties this year, a — Brandon Scherff , guard season.” solid statistic. “He still doesn’t have snap after snap if he’s of the off-season, and Follow @JordyHan- the great change of di- getting movement in the Scherff has been busy sen for Iowa football rection that some guys running game.” in the weight and film news, updates, and do, but guards not a pre- Washington will ex- room, preparing for analysis.

State’s starting pitcher “She mixed speeds re- able to convert. That has SOFTBALL — fresh- ally well; her change-up seemed to be the sto- CONTINUED FROM 12 man Sa- was super-effective, and ry of the season for the vannah she kept their hitters Hawks. Sanders off-balance,” Iowa state Iowa will close out its top of the fourth in- — pitched head softball coach Sta- regular season, and prob- ning. This led Looper to seven cey Gemeinhardt-Cesler ably its last three games make a pitching change, scoreless told Cyclone TV. “She with a series against first bringing in Erin innings, stayed within herself, Minnesota. It won’t be Riding and then Shay- notching and sometimes that’s an easy fight. la Starkenburg. Riding 5 strike- Gemeinhandt hard to do as a fresh- “Minnesota is a good lasted less than an in- outs. The head coach man.” team,” Looper said in a ning, while Starkenburg Hawkeyes Iowa had an opportu- release. “They are No. finished out the game, managed nity to score in the top 2 in our conference and allowing just 1 hit. only 4 hits, and Sanders of the seventh with three one of the top-ranked Meanwhile, Iowa walked 4. runners on but wasn’t teams in the country. They are a going to be a tough team to face, IOWA STATE CYCLONES (5) IOWA HAWKEYES (0) but we don’t ever back 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E down from anyone. It’s IOWA STATE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 our senior weekend and our alumni weekend. We 0 2 0 3 0 0 X 5 8 1 IOWA need to send our seniors out on a high note.” PLAYERS AB R H RBI BB SO PLAYERS AB R H RBI BB SO GOMEZ, 2B 4 0 1 1 0 0 PRATT, RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 Follow @Marioxwil- BINGHAM, LF 2 0 1 1 1 0 TAYLOR, SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 liams for Iowa softball CAPPAERT, DP 2 0 1 0 1 0 MISEL, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 news, updates, and anal- CHAIREZ, PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 GYERMAN, CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 ysis. MCFARLAND, CF 3 1 1 0 0 0 HOFFMAN, C 2 0 0 0 1 0 ANTILLON, SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 KILIAN, 3B/DP 2 0 0 0 1 2 CAUDLE, RF 2 1 0 0 1 0 KURTZ, 3B/DP 0 0 0 0 0 0 WOOLPERT, 3B 2 1 1 0 0 0 FRITSCH, 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 SCHEFFERT, 1B 3 0 2 2 0 0 SCHMIEDERER 3 0 2 0 0 0 DUKES, PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 HANSEL 0 0 0 0 0 0 HILDRETH, C 2 0 0 0 0 0 REPOLE, DP 1 0 0 0 2 0 KONZ, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 ERICKSON, 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 SANDERS, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 WIEGAND, SP 0 0 0 0 0 0

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PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SO PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SO SANDERS 7.0 4 0 0 4 5 WIEGAND (L, 7-12) 3.1 5 4 4 2 0 RIDING 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 STARKENBURG 2.1 1 0 0 1 0

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Hawk hoops to face interest in early November,” Iowa head round of the NCAA Tournament to Gonzaga. coach Fran McCaffery said. “Games of It will be just the second meeting Seton Hall this magnitude are helpful in a number between the two schools; Iowa beat Another piece of the 2016-17 Iowa of ways, and we’re excited to be included Seton Hall, 85-63. on Dec. 29, 1982, in basketball schedule has fallen into place. in the event again this year. We played a the Rochester Classic. The Hawkeyes will play Seton Hall in very good Marquette team on the road The game will be televised on either the Gavitt Tipoff Games, an event that last year in this event and look forward the Big Ten Network or an ESPN channel. includes eight games during the first full to hosting a talented Seton Hall team in Maryland, Wisconsin, Purdue, week of the season. The Pirates will come November.” Northwestern, Ohio State, Rutgers, and to Carver-Hawkeye on Nov. 17. Seton Hall made the NCAA Tourna- Minnesota were the other Big Ten schools “The Gavitt Games is a special event ment last season and won the Big East invited to participate in the event. that helps spark college basketball Tournament. The team lost in the first — by Jordan Hansen 10 THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2016 Daily Break the ledge This column reflects the opinion of the author and not the DI Editorial Board, the Publisher, Student Publica- tions Inc., or the University of Iowa.

Amazing, but true (but not)

• It is a closely held secret by Olive Garden’s upper management, but if you recite the entire Gettysburg Address while a server shreds Parmesan over your food, the meal will be tastier than anything ordered directly off the menu.

• There’s a 1-800 number that, if you call it, state your name, address, and a time, then a sitting U.S. senator is required to come over to your house, quietly prepare you a meal, and eat it with you while listening to your grievances. This number is (understandably) unpublished, but free-to-call, so feel welcome to start guessing.

• Each year, more than 300 Americans die playing high- stakes competitive pinball.

• The real reason college wrestlers wear mouth guards is to keep the number of sweaty, spontaneous make- KRUI out sessions manageable. programming • Bob Kane and Bill Finger were inspired to create the WEDNESDAY character of Batman after 8 A.M.-9 THE MORNING getting super high and today’s events 9 NEWS AT NINE listening to the Beatles’ song • Household or Must be a Duck, Iowa New Play Sonnets, translator Carl Skoggard, 7 p.m., Prairie 9:30 A.M.-11 UWIN “Blackbird” on repeat for Festival Reading, 1:30 p.m., 172 Theater Building Lights, 15 S. Dubuque several hours. • Campus-Wide Strategic Planning Open Forum, • Brass Extravaganza, 7:30 p.m., Riverside 12 NEWS AT NOON 2:30 p.m., IMU Second-Floor Ballroom Recital Hall 1-2 OFF THE IVY • Eating lots of beets can • Hawkeye Big Band, 4 p.m., Trinity Episcopal • Wolfe Violin Studio Performance, 7:30 p.m., 2-3 THE NFL change your urine’s color to Parish Hall 320 E. College University Capitol Center Recital Hall 3-4 LITTLE ASIAN IN IOWA pink or even red, but don’t be • Allison Offerman, oboe, 5:30 p.m., University • Jessica Lu, bass, 8 p.m., Music West Atrium 4-5 ROUND RIVER RADIO scared: It’ll taste even better Capitol Center Recital Hall than usual. • Undergradate Playwrights Readings, Iowa 5-6 NEWS AT FIVE New Play Festival, 5:30 p.m., 172 Theater Building 6-8 PAT’S PICKS • Strategic Planning Open Forum, 6:30 p.m., Van 8-9 HYPE NATION Andrew R. Juhl is the Allen Lecture Room 2 10-12 A.M. HYBRID MOMENTS anagrammed nom de plume of • The Act of Killing, Owl of Minerva, 7 p.m., 101 Becker Julie Andrews. • “Live From Prairie Lights,” Walter Benjamin

Wednesday, May 4, 2016 horoscopes by Eugenia Last

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Present what you know and who you are with dignity, courage, and pizzazz. Sharing thoughts with someone who is knowledgeable will clear up any misconceptions or confusion. A joint effort will help you reduce your overhead. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Stay focused on what’s important. Finishing what you start will make a difference in how others view you. A chance to try something different will bring out a new skill or attribute you didn’t know you possessed. Love is featured. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Review the past to ensure you don’t make the same mistake twice. You have options, and with a little ingenuity, you will be able to recognize what is legitimate and what is not. Trust your intuition to guide you when dealing with relationships. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Taking a different approach in regard to how you use your skills will pay off. Avoid unpredictable people who may be using emotional tactics to manipulate a decision you have to make. Trust in what you see, not what you hear. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A change will do you good. Energetic activities that allow you to show off will attract interest. A colleague or relative may put up a fuss if you resist their ideas. Decide what’s best for you instead of giving in to others. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t jump into a fast-cash scheme when you should be putting your money into building your personal assets. Research and gathering firsthand information will help you avoid a costly mistake. Do what feels right to you. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Planning a trip or event with friends or rela- tives is favored. Make necessary changes in your relationships with the people who mean the most to you. Use your emotional insight to back up the decisions you make. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Be open to unusual ideas and concepts. Make an effort to improve your relationships with the people you deal with. An unexpected opportunity will lead to greater insight and import- ant lifestyle changes. Make romance a priority. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Listen to what’s being said, but make your decisions based on facts. Bring about the changes that will help you head in the right direction. Don’t take part in gossip. Avoid people who tend to meddle and interfere. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Sidestep anyone who is using emotional manipulation to bring about changes that aren’t to your benefit. Focus on protecting what you have worked so hard to achieve. Call in a favor if it will put an end to a bad situation. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Hard work will pay off. Make professional changes that will allow you to use both your physical and mental skills. An old idea or plan can be put into play now. Express your feelings to avoid being misunderstood. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t let yourself be goaded into an argu- ment. Bring about changes in a discreet manner. Someone from your past will help you make your dreams come true. Romance is on the rise, and it will improve your personal life.

The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences. — St. Augustine THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2016 11 SPORTS WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2016 FOR UP-TO-DATE COVERAGE OF HAWKEYE SPORTS, FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AT @DI_SPORTS_DESK DAILYIOWAN.COM

IOWA STATE 5, IOWA 0 Softball stumbles yet again

The Iowa softball team fell to Iowa State Tuesday.

By MARIO WILLIAMS [email protected]

For the third year in a row, the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk series Trophy will stay in Ames. The Iowa softball team lost to Io- wa State, 5-0, the last time the two in-state schools will face each other in any sport this season. While the final score of the series ends up in a tie, the trophy will stay in Ames. Iowa softball has lost five games in a Former Iowa lineman Brandon Scherff works out with the Washington Redskins. Scherff was the No. 5 overall pick in the 2015 NFL draft. (The Daily Iowan/Washington row, and its record Redskins/Rachel Westergard) drops to 13-36. Elizabeth Wiegand got the start in the circle for Iowa and Looper was attacked early. It head coach was a scoreless first inning for both rivals, but Iowa State quickly changed that. Scherffbuckles up In the second inning, the Cyclones had two singles, a double, and a sac- rifice bunt, and two Hawkeye errors gave them an early 2-0 lead. “Unfortunately, we ran into two for new season outs at third and busted our own bubble early on,” Iowa head coach Former Hawkeye(The Daily Iowan/Margaret Brandon Kispert) Scherff speaks about his first year in the NFL. Marla Looper said in a release. “We got something going there at the end, but it just wasn’t enough. By JORDAN HANSEN | [email protected] strength and conditioning coach Chris Doyle. It was a tough environment to play “He got me to do things I never thought I could do,” Scherff in, but we had our opportunities, Washington’s first-round draft pick Brandon Scherff has had said. “When it comes to getting you ready for the NFL, there’s no and we just didn’t take advantage a busy year adjusting to life in the NFL. one who does it better than Iowa.” of them.” He was moved from offensive tackle, his position in college, Scherff made the Pro Football Writers of America All-Rookie Iowa State rode the momentum to guard during the first few weeks of training camp. In ad- team and was widely hailed as a massive success. He was also and scored 3 runs on 4 hits in the dition to switching positions, he also had to learn an entirely one of the most consistent players on the team, missing exactly new playbook after spending the previous five years master- one snap in his 17 starts. SEE SOFTBALL, 9 ing the Hawkeyes’. Pro Football Focus’ Mike Renner said Scherff graded out as Washington made the playoffs, and Scherff got a taste of some- one of the top guards in the league. thing rare in the NFL — postseason football. While Washington “Scherff is definitely a very good run blocker, and I think the lost in the first round, it was a successful year for a franchise scheme they run in Washington is perfect for him; it plays to a coming off a 4-12 season in 2014. lot of his strengths,” Renner said. “He’s only going to get better “We started to finally put the pieces together and started play- with more time, and he’s just a freakish athlete.” ing together,” Scherff said. “To win the division and go to the There are, however, some things for Scherff to work on. playoffs, some of the vets said, ‘Don’t get used to it.’ You gotta There were a few pass-blocking issues at Iowa, and Ren- Medleys take advantage of those opportunities you get.” ner says they have carried over a bit. The transition has been nearly seamless and much of that credit, he says, goes to the Iowa coaching staff, especially SEE SCHERFF,9 spark SEE FOOTBALL, 7A

IOWA 10, WESTERN ILLINOIS 4 Hawks By CONNOR SINDBERG [email protected]

Although the Iowa track and field teams didn’t perform at their Hawkeye bats finally awaken best at the 107th Drake Relays, they provided some excitement by By JAKE MOSBACH winning both the men’s and wom- [email protected] en’s sprint medleys. Competing first, the women’s After scoring only 6 runs squad of Lake Kwaza, Elexis Guster, the entire weekend against MonTayla Holder, and Mahnee Watts Kansas State from April finished with a time of 3:52.62 pulling 29 through Sunday, the of- away from Texas and Purdue in the fense finally returned for final 200 meters. the Hawkeye baseball team Nearly 20 minutes later, the men’s against Western Illinois on team was in the same position. The Tuesday night. team of Vinnie Saucer Jr., Christian The Hawks took down the Brissett, Mar’yea Harris, and Carter Leathernecks, 10-4, in their Lilly finished with a time of 3.18.53, final home midweek contest dominating the race by a 4.52-second of the season, bringing their margin over second-place Illinois. record to 21-21. The two medley wins mark the 53rd The offensive revival was Drake Relay title for men and 21st for a welcome sight for Hawk- the women. eye head coach Rick Heller. Before the men took “We were hoping that with to the track, Brissett the nice night tonight we said, watching the would swing the bats better, women win motivated and we did up and down the the male runners to be lineup,” he said. “The bottom at their best. of the order had hits and a “It was really mo- couple RBIs, but we had a tivating; we saw the Brissett lot of guys that had hits … it girls go out in the cold sprinter was good to see.” and do the same thing, Senior Nick Roscetti led Iowa outfielder Joel Booker and first baseman Tyler Peyton celebrate at the end of the Iowa-Western Illinois game at Banks so we knew that we the 10-run performance. Field on Tuesday. The Hawkeyes defeated the Leathernecks, 10-4. (The Daily Iowan/ Alex Kroeze) would have to win,” he said. The Sherman, Illinois, na- Iowa’s back-to-back medley wins is tive turned in a 2-for-4 tributor for the Black and simple approach,” Neus- Despite Cole McDonald the second time in program history showing with 3 RBIs. After Gold Tuesday night, bring- trom said after raising his starting on the mound for the teams have accomplished that, an uncharacteristic slump ing in 2 RBIs on a 3-for-5 average to .303. “We just Iowa, senior right-hander the first time coming in 2011. earlier in the season, Ro- performance. made sure every at-bat Luke Vandermaten earned “Winning back-to-back sprint med- scetti has brought his av- Neustrom, who was was the best we could do … the win (2-0) after reliev- leys, we’ve done it before, but today erage back up to .333 on named the Big Ten Fresh- that’s all it took I guess.” ing McDonald in the third it was awesome, because it was with the year. man of the week a little The bulk of the Iowa runs inning. Vandermaten went groups that are young,” Iowa Director “Everyone got good more than a month ago, said came in the fifth, with three three innings, allowing just of Track and Field Joey Woody said. swings off today,” Roscetti that perhaps he and his Hawks crossing the plate. A 2 hits and striking out 3. He should be excited because the fu- said. “We just tried to stay teammates were overthink- Mason McCoy double, Luke “Our pitchers did a great ture is bright, especially for the men’s within ourselves, and tried ing their plate approaches Farley single, and Jimmy job of not giving up any free side. The winning medley squad will not to do too much. We tried against Kansas State over Frankos groundout plated bases,” Heller said. “We only return everyone next season. to drive the ball the other the weekend. runners in the inning. had three free bases on the On the women’s side, the combi- way, and just keep to our Against Western Illinois, The other Hawkeye runs entire game, and we were nation of youth and upperclassman approach.” the Hawks got back to ba- came in pairs, with 2 in the able to take advantage of leadership will try to get the job done Freshman Robert Neus- sics. third inning, 2 in the fourth, quite a few free bases that trom was another key con- “We just got back to our and the final 2 in the sixth. they gave us.” SEE TRACK, 9