The Daily Iowan MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2019 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILYIOWAN.COM 50¢ INSIDE 8 UI Health Care employee’s death ruled a homicide Iowa City police say the death of JoEllen Browning, the director of operating budgets for UI Health Care, is being investigated as a homicide after authorities were dispatched to her home on the morning of April 5. Gustafson, Bluder sweep Naismith Awards Iowa senior Megan Gustafson and Hawkeye head coach Lisa Bluder proved to be one of the best tandems in women’s college basketball over the weekend, sweeping the Naismith Awards. While the awards are great indi- vidual achievements, they are also reflective of the team. UISG election results to be announced today UI Student Government election results will be announced at 5 p.m. today in the IMU Hubbard Com- mons, according to UISG elections commissioner Sidney Martinez. Ignite Iowa, with presidential and vice-presidential candidates Noel Mills and Sarah Henry, ran with 21 senatorial candidates. Inspire UI, led by Alexia Sánchez and Madhuri Belkale, ran with 20 senatorial candidates. The third party, UI charge party, is led by candidates Dady Mansaray and Adiu Arou. Two independent candidates and several constituency senators were up for election as well. Go to dailyiowan.com for coverage of the results. 3 Roman Slabach/The Daily Iowan Iowa City police work on the scene of what authorities are labelling a homicide investigation on Sunday on Green Mountain Drive. BY GAGE MISKIMEN by one neighbor who lives on the same street as the residence. [email protected] Browning home. Browning, 65, reportedly lived in the tan, two-sto- Iowa City police public-information Officer Derek ry home with her husband, Roy Browning Jr. She was JoEllen Browning, the University of Iowa Health Frank said that there is no suspect in custody. the director of operating budgets for UI Health Care; Walk it Out celebrates Care employee whose death over the weekend Iowa Police say emergency responders were dispatched she also earned a bachelor’s of business administra- 10 years of multicultural City police are investigating as a homicide, was de- to 114 Green Mountain Drive on April 5 around 6:59 fashion scribed as “the nicest person you could ever know” a.m. and upon arrival, discovered Browning in the SEE HOMICIDE, 2 The 10th Walk it Out: Multicultural Fashion Show celebrated different cultural groups on April 6 with performances of traditional and modern dance in customary cloth- NATIONAL POLITICS ing, taking the audience around Survey reports the globe with drum beats, twirling skirts, and waving flags. on satisfaction 5 O’Rourke stresses climate change, unity with campus 2020 Democratic presidential-nomination candidate Beto O’Rourke climate at UI ended his second Iowa tour with an Iowa City town hall. UI community members report varying degrees of satisfaction with campus climate depending on their identities and UI program supports background, data show. young gifted, students Gifted high-school students are aided in their early transition to BY MARISSA PAYNE the UI through the Bucksbaum [email protected] Early Entrance Academy in partnership with the College of While members of the University of Iowa commu- Education. nity report being satisfied overall with the campus climate, recently released UI data show community Brodarzon turns to NCAAs, members who identify as part of a marginalized pop- ulation report lower satisfaction with the campus en- future after Big Tens vironment. Jake Brodarzon has brought The UI collected data via email and through listen- plenty of energy ing sessions from faculty and staff, undergraduates, to the Iowa men’s and graduate and professional students in spring of gymnastics team 2018 for its first-ever set of campus-climate surveys during his time to gauge how people of different identities and back- as a Hawkeye. grounds experience the UI. After completing Faculty responded at the rate of Brodarzon his last Big Ten 33 percent, while staff responded at Championships, a rate of 21 percent. Nineteen per- he will begin to focus on nationals and his future in the medical field. cent of undergrads and 35 percent of Katie Goodale/The Daily Iowan graduate and professional students Beto O’Rourke addresses the crowd during a campaign event in the IMU Second Floor Ballroom on Sunday. responded to the survey. O’Rourke is running to secure the Democratic nomination for president. UI sociology Assistant Professor Bruch Sarah Bruch, the director of the Social BY EMILY WANGEN voting rights. and Education Policy Research Program at the Pub- [email protected] Following his prepared remarks, O’Rourke lic Policy Center and the co-chair of the UI Charter answered questions from audience members Committee on Diversity, said most campus-climate Tune in for LIVE updates Standing atop a platform in the IMU, for- on a variety of issues including sexual assault, surveys nationwide receive a response rate in the 20 Watch for campus and city news, mer Rep. and 2020 Democratic presiden- judicial nominations, and why voters should percent range, suggesting the UI’s survey offered a weather, and Hawkeye sports tial-nomination candidate Beto O’Rourke support him. representative assessment of the campus climate. coverage every day at 8:30 a.m. called for unity in a campaign stop on Sunday. “We’re not going beat this challenge and “In terms of representativeness, we did an analysis at dailyiowan.com. During his address to an audience of about overcome this challenge unless we do it to- to look at the demographic characteristics of those 200, O’Rourke called for a united front among gether,” O’Rourke said while answering a people who took the survey compared to the popu- parties in order to find solutions to such question from Kansas City resident Kent lation,” Bruch said. “And for the most part, all survey large-scale problems as immigration and cli- Duffy on why voters should support him. samples are representative of our population.” mate change while laying out ideas for how he will address education debt, health care, and SEE O’ROURKE, 2 SEE SURVEY, 2 2 NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2019 MISSION POSSIBLE Volume 150 The Daily Iowan Issue 133 BREAKING NEWS STAFF Phone: (319) 335-6030 Publisher. 335-5788 Email: [email protected] Jason Brummond Fax: 335-6297 Editor in Chief. 335-6030 CORRECTIONS Gage Miskimen Call: 335-6030 Managing Editors Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for accuracy and fairness in the Katelyn Weisbrod reporting of news. 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Digital Editor The Daily Iowan, Aadit Tambe 100 Adler Journalism Building, Copy Chief Separate from the finding expression at 22 percent for resources centers, and [resi- Iowa City, Iowa 52242-2004 SURVEY that some faculty have consid- undergrads and 17 percent for dence hall living-learning com- Beau Elliot CONTINUED FROM FRONT ered leaving, discrimination graduate and professional stu- munities] for their inclusive BUSINESS STAFF Production Manager Heidi Owen. 335-5789 was reported among nearly 50 dents, and racial/ethnic identi- and welcoming atmosphere, Business Manager Advertising Manager percent of faculty and staff re- ty at 17 percent and 14 percent. but how these resources are not Debra Plath. .335-5786 Renee Manders. 335-5193 Despite the overall satisfac- spondents. In listening sessions, un- well-supported through fund- Classifieds/Circulation Manager Advertising Sales tion with the campus climate, • Age was the most common dergrads discussed the impor- ing, staffing, or messaging,” the Juli Krause. 335-5784 Bev Mrstilk. 335-5792 around 40 percent of faculty type of discriminatory expe- and staff said they have serious- rience for faculty (24 percent) ly considered leaving the UI in and staff (27 percent) the last 12 months. • For faculty, gender identity faculty and staff causes an undergrads, and graduate and “That’s a number that really or gender expression was the issue for recruitment and re- professional students — culmi- gets our attention, when think- second most common type (23 ‘These are a new way of looking at ... how tention, negatively affecting nated in the UI’s creation of the ing about retention,” Bruch percent) student engagement and sup- 2019-21 Diversity, Equity, and said. • For staff, political ideology do the people who live, work, and study port. Inclusion Action Plan. Departmental climate is one was the second most common Those students also said Assistant Provost for Faculty of the most prevalent reasons type (18 percent) here experience our campus.’ they would like to see more Diane Finnerty said the UI will people consider leaving, she According to the findings, events, programming, and use climate-survey data as a noted.