FLYOVER, 80 HOURS The Daily Iowan THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2018 THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILY-IOWAN.COM 50¢ News To Know A concert recognizes new Bigger, broader, and more ambitions This year’s Flyover Fest will bring together fashion, politics, and cul- UIHC cancer program ture in a celebration of art in all of its diversity. The festival will tackle a wide variety of issues, including An array of stars, including Old Dominion, the McCafferys, and, of course, UIHC cancer patients, sexism, racism, and homophobia through its weekend events. will put on a Carver show to remember. 80 HOURS Iowa baseball defeats Milwaukee Iowa used its bats to put up an early offensive explosion in a mid- week win over Milwaukee, scoring 11 runs in the first three innings in a 12-4 victory. The Hawkeyes have a big series coming up against Michigan, who is on a 20-game winning streak, so the win over the Panthers brings positive momentum for the Black and Gold. Sports, 6A Creating eyes for the blind Many diseases can cause patients to lose their natural eyes or need to have them removed. An ocular- ist’s job is to create artificial eyes that resemble the natural eye as closely as possible. UIHC’s Lindsay Pronk is one of only five people in the state who can do this. News, 3A From a college paper to ESPN Wayne Drehs, Matt Bowen, Scott Miller, and Mike Triplett have all Lily Smith/The Daily Iowan made names for themselves in Kristi Foster, Bill Terry, Lindsey Clifford, and Justin Kahler sit in the Stead Family Children’s Hospital on April 16. In 2015, the UIHC began development of a comprehensive and collabo- the field of sports journalism, rative AYA Cancer Program, bridging the services of the Children’s Hospital and the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center. paving their own paths, eventu- ally leading to ESPN. They also have something else in common: BY GRACE PATERAS patients the best care offered on site. The McCaffery family has been a leading force for They’re all Daily Iowan alumni. [email protected] “We’ve always had the services available here, but planning the event and raising awareness for the pro- Sports, 6A the (AYA) program actually allows it to be done more gram. Both Fran, Iowa men’s basketball head coach, On Friday, the country band Old Dominion will quickly, before treatment starts,” said Clinical Assis- and wife Margaret support the efforts of the group in CupcakKe heads to Gabe’s headline at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, and select special tant Professor Bill Terry, the UIHC medical oncologist hopes that it will benefit future patients and families of Elizabeth Harris, better known as guests will join the stage. who leads AYA. youth with cancer. Their son, Patrick, was diagnosed CupcakKe, will hit the bright lights The guests are cancer patients, all enrolled in the Maddie Perry, 20, has Stage 3 T-cell lymphoma. and treated at UIHC four years ago. of Iowa City on Friday as a part of University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics’ new program, Originally from Davenport, the now-Alexis, Illinois, Flyover Fest. The Chicago-native called AYA. resident has been treated at UIHC since her Febru- What is AYA? started reading poetry at church, The Adolescent and Young Adult cancer program is ary diagnosis. She is one of around four patients who and now is a rapper known for her a collaboration between the UI Holden Compressive agreed to take the stage and be recognized. Across the nation, many hospitals and centers are erotic lyrics. 80 hours, 4B Cancer Center and UI Stead Family Children’s Hospi- Friday’s concert is a benefit show to raise commu- creating their own AYA programs. But at UIHC, the tal. AYA’s purpose is to identify patients’ needs, coordi- nity awareness for the care AYA provides to patients Hellerball gets a breath of nate with hospital departments and groups, and find such as Perry. SEE AYA, 2A fresh air With Michigan (winner of 20-straight games) on the horizon, Iowa needed a bounce-back effort IOWA POLITICS after losing its first Big Ten series T-shirts a reminder of of the season. The Hawkeye win over Milwaukee was just that — a breath of fresh air. Sports, 6A sexual, domestic assault Panel mulls Aesculapian Frolics hon- ors medical community The event celebrates the medical RVAP’s annual Clothesline Project reminds the community about school’s faculty and students alike expanding with comedic skits and awards sexual and domestic assault through the use of T-shirts. dedicated to the recognition of outstanding teaching. 80 hours, 7B textbook sales- tax exemption A recently proposed bill aims to Tune in for LIVE updates save students money on course Campus and city news, weather, materials. and Hawkeye sports coverage every day at 8:30 a.m. at BY EMILY WANGEN daily-iowan.com. [email protected] While university-owned bookstores have been ex- WEATHER empted from charging students sales tax on items, leg- islation in the Iowa House aims to open this exemption HIGH LOW to private retailers. “There’s been some back-and-forth over the years 68 39 about whether [sales tax] should be Mostly sunny, breezy. Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan collected, whether it is being col- T-shirts hang on the RVAP Clothesline Project on the Pentacrest on Wednesday. The project emphasized the effects lected, and I believe that as tuition that sexual assault, domestic violence, and homophobic violence has on victims. costs continue to rise that textbooks INDEX should not be taxed as a small ben- BY MARIA KUIPER mestic assault, homophobic violence, hate crimes, efit to the students that are trying OPINIONS 4A [email protected] and even homicide. to get by,” said the bill’s House floor DAILY BREAK 8B The University of Iowa’s Office of the Sexual Mis- manager, Rep. Bobby Kaufmann, On most sunny spring afternoons, students can conduct Response Coordinator released a report in Kaufmann R-Wilton. CLASSIFIEDS 7B be seen lounging around the Pentacrest. However, 2016 that listed the UI having 123 reported sexual The bill, which is still being formed, House File 2486, SPORTS 6A on Wednesday, students came together to raise assaults, 124 sexual-harassment reports, 107 dating/ was introduced April 11 in the Ways and Means Com- awareness for a darker issue. domestic-violence reports, and 94 stalking reports. mittee and put on the committee’s calendar. If passed, The Clothesline Project is a national event, and The study is 2 years old and, obviously, does not it would provide a sales-tax exemption for private re- Iowa City’s local project is put on by the Rape Victim count unreported acts of violence. tailers in the sale of instructional materials required Advocacy Program. Its main focus is to highlight the unfortunately common acts of sexual and do- SEE CLOTHESLINE, 2A SEE TAX, 2A 2A NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILY-IOWAN.COM | THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2018 SPACE FOR DANCE Volume 149 The Daily Iowan Issue 178 BREAKING NEWS STAFF Phone: (319) 335-6030 Publisher. 335-5788 Email: [email protected] Jason Brummond Fax: 335-6297 Editor in Chief. 335-6030 CORRECTIONS Grace Pateras Call: 335-6030 Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for Managing Editor. 335-5855 accuracy and fairness in the Katelyn Weisbrod reporting of news. If a report is Creative Director. 335-5855 wrong or misleading, a request for Gage Miskimen a correction or a clarification may be made. 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Korn will graduate in May one semester, $60 for two Photo Editors with degrees in dance and health & human physiology. semesters, $5 for summer session, Ben Smith $60 for full year. Lily Smith “The services were always ence, especially when it involves Old Dominion Out of town: $50 for one semester, Design Editor $100 for two semesters, $10 for there,” Terry said. “As we met one of your children … We felt Prior to the show, event pro- Allie Wilkerson AYA summer session, $100 all year. CONTINUED FROM FRONT with patients and looked at it, we have an opportunity because moters donated tickets for pa- Copy Chief Send address changes to: what we found was that the of Fran’s job and the attention tients and their guests. Some Beau Elliot treatment teams are so busy that he gets, to try to spread a were invited on stage, such as The Daily Iowan, Web Editor resources of having many differ- really focusing on the best treat- message about the importance Perry, who will bring her two 100 Adler Journalism Building, Tony Phan ent departments on site makes ment for patients that this was of [the program],” Margaret sisters along to watch the show. Iowa City, Iowa 52242-2004 it stand out.