THE VOLUME 128,COSMOS ISSUE 5 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2016 CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA FIGHTING THE FLOOD Students flocked to the Cedar Rapids downtown area to prepare for Tuesday, Sept. 27's flood. Photos courtesy of, top left, Bridget Moore and, rest, Niles George. Continued on pg. 2. INSIDE THE COSMOS NEWS 2 SPORTS 6 FEATURES 7 DIVERSIONS 8 INCOMING TALENT CLIMBING PRO ALUMNI REUNITE INDEX P. 4 P. 6 P. 8 2 News Friday, September 30, 2016 Coe-mmunity aids city with flood THE COSMOS 2016-2017 STAFF Lisa McDonald and place 25,000 sand- Editor-in-chief bags, Lyftogt said. Students and faculty The flood crested at 22 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF helped empty buildings feet Tuesday, Sept. 27. Lisa McDonald and fill sandbags at the With the flood now Cedar Rapids Public receding, downtown COPY EDITORS Library, Czech Museum, bridges are slowly being Lisa McDonald Czech Village and Newbo reopened for use. Rachel Deyoe from Friday, Sept. 23 to According to KCRG Sunday, Sept. 25 before and KCCI, the majority ASSISTANT LAYOUT the city quarantined of buildings in low-lying EDITORS Allison Bartnick downtown in preparation areas escaped with only Rachel Deyoe for the flood. flooded basements be- Mai Fukuhara The National Weather cause of the temporary "Saturday night, I ran into Service originally predict- flood walls. someone I knew from town. She PHOTOGRAPHERS ed on Thursday, Sept. 22 The City of Cedar said that she'd met many people Amanda Bourne the Cedar River would Rapids Flood Information who had gotten help from Coe Morgan Rasmussen crest in Cedar Rapids at page states the evacuation students, and how impressed about 24 feet, raising fears area will be lifted by noon and thankful they were. STAFF WRITERS of another 2008 flood. today, but encourages I was here in 2008, and I re- Rachel Deyoe Director of Commu- only business owners and member that cleanup is really Bridget Moore nity Engagement Kayla residents access the area messy, smelly, and time-con- Yuan Chai Lyftogt used emails to in order to reduce conges- suming. Luckily the extent of Mai Fukuhara connect Coe students and tion. the flood has been contained Allison Bartnick faculty to sandbagging Linn County Senior this year!" efforts. Public Health Nurse -Jane Nesmith, SPORTS EDITOR In total, the Coe com- Heather Meador said res- Assistant Professor of Rhetoric Rick Webb munity helped fill, deliver idents only need to worry GUEST WRITER Cara Lindell RECIPE CONTRIBUTOR Nina Wilson TREASURER Rachel Deyoe "I wanted to help some of the local FACULTY ADVISOR "It's a testament to how caring and Shawn Harmsen people for the flood because I know strong of a community the Kohawk how devastating it is to be in a flood. My family is. Cedar Rapids has been great previous experiences with devastations to us, and we needed to give back in CONTACT US [email protected] is from the earthquake in Nepal where some way: so the campus' support Phone: 319-299-8646 many of their houses were destroyed." these last few days has been incredibly Fax: 319-399-8031 -Uzir Thapa, '17 humbling." -Andy Cheng, '17 Friday, September 30, 2016 News 3 Unlike in 2008, left, the Sept. 27 flood, right, did not reach above Coe Road, leaving the Physical Plant unaffected. At the time of the 2008 flood, Struve had not yet been renovated into the Com- munication Center. Photos courtesy of, left, Rod Pritchard and, right, Bridget Moore. about obtaining a teta- nus vaccine if they had an open wound exposed to the flood waters, and haven't had a vaccination in over five years. If this is the case, Meador said, vaccinations can be obtained at Linn County Public Health. Lyftogt said more in- formation on city cleanup will become available in Students, above left, sandbag at the Babi Buresh House Sept. the coming days. Students 23. Volunteers, above right, fill sandbags in front of the Na- looking to help should tional Czech and Slovak Museum & Library Sept. 24. only did the city have less keep an eye on their Photos courtesy of Bethany Lehman. email for updates, Lyftogt warning in 2008 in which added. to prepare, but heavy Until then, Foundation rains caused a flash flood Students, left, 2 is looking for volun- to occur on top of the helped sandbag at teers to help answer 211 flood. the Czech Village flood-related calls, and The resulting 31.12- on Sept. 24. Catholic Worker House is foot crest on June 13, Photo courtesy of looking for volunteers to 2008 reached the Physical Angela Ziskowski. help with childcare. Con- Plant on the northwest tact Lyftogt for details. edge of campus. The flood knocked out Flooding in 2008 the city-wide steam plant. Students, left, "The city is much, Pritchard said instead of helped sandbag at much, much more pre- reinstalling the system, NewBo City Mar- pared than it was in city entities set up private ket on Sept. 25. 2008," said Secretary systems. Coe College Photo courtesy of of the College Rod teamed with St. Luke's Lynda Barrow. Pritchard. Hospital for their new Pritchard said not steam system. 4 News Friday, September 30, 2016 Students ready for Cultural Show Mai Fukuhara three years old, she went Staff writer to the recording studio Haesol Kim will per- with her parents. Students from conti- form a traditional and After that, Vierling nents around the world contemporary mix Tae- started singing in a will come together to per- kwondo-dance routine school band before start- form at the 43rd Cultural with group Dynamic KJA ing her own band named Show Saturday, Oct. 1. during the Cultural Show. Twins. This group per- Exchange students formed at weddings and Selina-Sophie Vierling Photos by Mai Fukuhara. parties. ('19), from German, and However, Vierling said Haesol Kim ('19), from singing is hobby, not a South Korea, will per- full-time job. After grad- form in this event. uate school, she would teacher or university pro- Korea, and she thinks it Vierling and her like to be a high school fessor of English. is an important thing that friend, American student Kim is part of the three different countries’ Emilio Ayala, will per- group Dynamic KJA. people will participate in form as a duo under the This group will perform a the performance. name Multi-family. Vier- traditional Korean dance Though Kim is study- ling will sing while being called Kockdugaksi-nori ing business administra- accompanied on guitar by and a Taekwondo-dance tion while here in Amer- Ayala. They will perform mix to Korean-pop songs. ica; back home in South German and American Kockdugaksi-nori is Korea she studies hospi- songs. usually performed by tality management. Vierling said she elementary school stu- Currently, Kim said would like to tell a mes- dents in school festivals. she plans to attend gradu- sage that emphasizes The dance includes cute ate school then become a community. No matter movements and playing headquarters manager for the countries' differences, the traditional Korean a franchise restaurant. Vierling said, music can Selina-Sophie Vierling will pipe instrument, danso. The Cultural Show create a shared commu- sing German and Ameri- Kim said she would will be Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. in nity. can songs with the group like to showcase tradi- Sinclair Auditorium. When Vierling was Multi-family during the tional Korea and modern Cultural Show. Coe-mmunity Coming next week Camera Due to the flood, next week's issue of Hannah Wiles ('17) reads from "The the Coe Cosmos will feature coverage Pearl" during the Pizza and Publi- of the Consent Week events that cation party hosted by the Writing occurred this week. Center Sept. 22. Photo by Amanda Bourne. Friday, September 30, 2016 News 5 Summer flooding affects archives, theater Lisa McDonald aware of the potential The Aug. 11 flood Editor-in-chief issue, Jack said, and the covered the archives Though the 22-foot other floods were quickly in standing water flood Sept. 27 did not noticed and dealt with. about four inches reach Coe College, the The worst flood oc- deep. Physical Plant campus's George T. curred the night of Aug. personnel will need Henry College Archives 11. to evaluate if the and Audiovisual Theater “[Head of Circulation] carpet should be experienced unrelated Sandy Blanchard called replaced. flooding in June and me and said it was rain- Photo courtesy of Jill August. ing, and I called security Jack. "Overall we were and asked them to check incredibly lucky," said Di- the archives,” Jack said. rector of Library Services “Matt [Miller] from se- Jill Jack. curity called me and said Jack said even though the archives were flood- to prevent molding. They history "not just of Coe, the worst flood reached ing. I called Sandy and cut holes in the bottom but events worldwide." about four inches in the asked her to come back of the bookcases to pump Researchers from all archives and over six to campus to check the in heat, and ran floor fans over the United States inches in the theater, only archives while I came up and lowered the tempera- and Europe have come to one archival piece will from Iowa City.” ture in the archive vault Coe to use the William L. need to be sent out for When Jack arrived, and theater. Shirer Papers collection. conservation repairs. the archives were already Jack said this is the Coe alumnus Shirer (‘25) The first flood oc- ankle-deep in water. first time in years the is famous for his journal- curred June 22, Jack said, Jack, Miller, Blanchard archives and theater have ism covering Mahatma and was discovered early and ADA Coordinator flooded.