BLACK & BLUE. 80 HOURS. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2016 THE INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILYIOWAN.COM 50¢ REGENTS MAY MOVE ON From the Board of MAIN LIBRARY Regents New dorm may be named The state Board of Regents will decide whether to approve funding to expand the Main Library. after Catlett The new Madison Street residence hall will likely be named after Elizabeth Catlett, pending approval at today’s state Board of Regents meeting. When Catlett graduated from the Univer- sity of Iowa in 1940, she did so in style as one of three M.F.A. recipients, becoming the first woman and the first African-American to do so. Soon, she could join Adelaide Burge and Kate Daum on a list of women who have had residence halls named after them. Burge was a UI dean of women, and Daum was a director of nutrition at UI Hospitals & Clinics. The UI administration requested that the Madison Street dorm, which is under con- struction, be named in honor of Catlett at the regents’ meeting on Wednesday. Catlett’s work as a sculptor and print- maker often focused on the female experi- ence and motherhood, said UI Senior Vice President for Finance and Operations Rod Lehnertz. “Elizabeth Catlett’s achievements stand as a testament to the excellence of education in the arts at the University of Iowa and as an inspiration to today’s students and those who will attend the University of Iowa for generations to come,” he said. In a statement released by the UI Office of Strategic Communication, Lena Hill, a UI professor of English and African-American Studies and senior associate to the presi- UI President Bruce Harreld listens during a regents’ meeting on Wednesday. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress) dent, also expressed excitement about the historical significance behind the residence hall’s potential name. “Not only may UI students soon live in a By MARISSA PAYNE | [email protected] residence hall named after a woman who was not allowed to live on campus because It’s a great mix of both museum and library he state Board of Regents’ Property of her race, but they might also live with her and Facilities Committee on Wednes- art: the truest testament of her contribution sciences, and in fact currently has the First Tday agreed to recommend to the re- to our legacy of creative excellence,” she said. gents that they approve a $50 million mod- The regents are expected to approve ernization plan for the University of Iowa the name at today’s meeting, according to Folio of William Shakespeare on display. The Main Library as part of the regents’ five-year the statement. state-funded capital plan. — by Marissa Payne folio is on the national tour, [with] one loca- Improvements to library would include, tion in every one of the 50 states. perhaps most notably, an expansion of the Li- brary Learning Commons project. Prof outlines free speech — Rod Lehnertz, UI vice president for “It serves all UI students, faculty, staff, and the public as well as the state,” said Rod Leh- UI Professor Todd Pettys, the H. Blair Finance & Operations and Joan V. White Chair in Civil Litigation, SEE LIBRARY, 2A posed a question to the regents at Wednes- day’s meeting: “What are the rights of free speech on universities?” Pettys discussed the differences in the First Amendment policies between those that govern K-12 schools versus those that apply to universities. The UI is not governed Meals on the go get new home by the same doctrine as say, a middle school, because at the college level, a campus more accurately represents how society clamps A new food truck opens for business on the T. Anne Cleary Walkway. down on perceived breaches in freedom of expression, Pettys said. By ADDISON MARTIN What is frowned upon and punished, re- [email protected] gardless of First Amendment policy, is an entity’s failure to protect speech. Pettys cited Meal swipes can now get you tacos out “fighting words” (speech directed at a person of a food truck. that is likely to evoke a violent response) and A brand-new University of Iowa “threats” (statements intended to make the Housing & Dining food truck opened its victim believe they will have harm brought windows to students on Tuesday. The upon them) as the broadest categories of un- truck, located on the T. Anne Cleary protected speech. Walkway, is a new way for the UI to re- Regardless of the perceived breach in free duce strain on the usual marketplaces expression, Pettys said, the impulses to in- and give students a quick and easy way terfere are strong. to use their meal swipes. But, he said, that interference can be dif- “We’ve been talking about it for about ficult when the channels by which someone two or three years now,” said Michael Gra- can be prosecuted for a violation of free ex- ham, a chef with Housing & Dining. “Last pression are extremely narrow. year, when we saw the admission num- — by Charlie Peckman bers and the number of extra students, it became a real solution to a problem.” Although the black-and-yellow truck is brand-new and not nearly as large as Regents ponder social-justice B.A. the marketplaces in Burge and Hillcrest, The regents may approve a new Bachelor it offers lunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., the of Arts program in social justice. This degree busiest time for the two dining halls. UI senior Sarah McCreary orders lunch from the Street Hawk Food Truck on the T. Anne Cleary Walkway on Wednesday. The food would fall under the Department of Gen- truck accepts Flex meal swipes. (The Daily Iowan/Karley Finkel) SEE FOOD, 2A SEE REGENTS, 2A WEATHER DAILY IOWAN TV ON THE WEB INDEX HIGH LOW CLASSIFIED 7B CHECK DAILYIOWAN.COM FOR HOURLY 82 65 • SCAN THIS CODE DAILY BREAK 6A • GO TO DAILYIOWAN.COM UPDATES AND ONLINE EXCLUSIVES. FOLLOW OPINIONS 4A Partly cloudy, breezy, 40% chance of • WATCH UITV AT 9 P.M. @THEDAILYIOWAN ON TWITTER AND LIKE US 80 HOURS 1B rain/T-storms late. SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE CONTENT. 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Advertising Manager 335-5193 erations. “Much of the “I think that more ren- Renee Manders work that goes on in ovations will draw more Advertising Sales the building also ben- students in, because with Bev Mrstik 335-5792 efits communities and anything that’s new, it au- [the] state.” tomatically draws more Because of its proxim- attention,” she said. “They ity to the Pentacrest, UI will want to continue com- administrators chose the ing back to use the new Main Library as the top features of the library.” FOLLOW US ON TWITTER priority in the capital With recent additions Regent Patricia Cownie speaks during a regents’ meeting on Wednesday. UI Senior Vice plan, Lehnertz said. to the library such as the President for Finance and Operations Rod Lehnertz proposed Elizabeth Catlett as the name @THEDAILYIOWAN “It’s a building that is Learning Commons and for the new residence hall during the meeting. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress) constantly used, espe- a gallery space, Lehnertz cially on our undergrad- said the UI continues to a collection and a storage the museum near the uate side of the campus,” draw more people into facility for books but rath- Main Library.