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After Bryce became sick
A DI staffer’s life changed in a fundamental way when she became the sibling of a terminally ill child. This is the story of how the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital’s Child Life program helped her family get through hard times. ABOVE: The Draisey family stands for a portrait on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. (Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan) TOP RIGHT: Bryce Draisey plays a computer game in his hospital room. Computers offered a different form of entertainment from movies or crafts. (Courtesy of the Draisey family) BOTTOM RIGHT: Bryce and Brooklyn Draisey sit with Jen, one of Bryce’s nurses, on the eighth floor of the hospital. The hospital had a special movie room for patients, and the Draisey family often went there to get out of the room. (Courtesy of the Draisey family)
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Raising the bar
BY BROOKLYN DRAISEY
brooklyn-draisey@uiowa.edu Even before my brother’s heart started to fail, I defined myself by him. I was more obedient than him, did better in school than him, and could do more on my own than him. I wasn’t as good at video games, making people laugh, or being genuine. After he got sick, everyone else began to do the same thing. Being the sibling of a child with an acute illness turns you into a new person. I probably had an advantage since I had always taken care of Bryce, even if I was two years younger, but I still had to relearn how to act around him and others. I had to learn how to be gentle, how to step aside, how to deal with the fact that everyone would always ask how he was doing before they asked about me — not an easy feat for a 9-year-old, but the staff at
Child Life at at the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital helped me get through, along with siblings all over the U.S. On the morning of Feb. 19, 2008, my brother and I went to Willowbrook Elementary School unaware of what the day would bring. While I was in class, Bryce went to the nurse’s office because he couldn’t stay awake. He had been dealing with a virus for a while, and it had made him tired. This time, though, after he went to sleep, his fingers and lips turned blue. Our parents brought him to the emergency room in Des Moines, where they transferred him to the UI Children’s Hospital, an hour and a half away from our home in Altoona. I wasn’t able to see Bryce for a few days after he went to the hospital, so I stayed with my grandmother. All I knew at the time was my brother was
City officials respond to aftermath of $1 million fire The fire at a construction site near Clinton and Burlington Streets on Tuesday was caused by a heater, officials said.
Gender roles influence UI gym culture BY ADRIAN ENZASTIGA | adrian-enzastiga@uiowa.edu “On the first floor, you get your mix between gym bros, which are the guys who clearly work out and seem to know what they’re doing and also the guys who have no idea what they’re doing,” UI senior Matt Buhr said. “It’s interesting because each floor has its own posse.” UI senior Brittany Larson also said she notices a particular difference demographically in where people are and what they’re doing at Campus Rec. “It’s almost always male [weightlifters] in the show areas. If you go to the area where they’ve got the big windows, it’s almost always male,” she said. “[Women] almost always do the more inner concepts. If it’s showboating, it’s definitely male. But as you go up into the cardio, respiratory fitness levels, like running, that’s more of a female aspect.” Larson said many stereotypes are perpetu-
ated in the world of fitness. “With the way society is and the way everybody judges one another, I feel like men have to be muscular and built, which definitely is not true,” she said. “That’s the way people are perceived and pushing it. A lot of women don’t do [weightlifting] because they want to stay petite.” These societal expectations can hinder women’s ability to perform at their best. Certified personal trainer Andrea Parkinson said she makes an effort to be more encouraging of other women. “When it comes to female-to-female weightlifting, it’s more encouragement and talk-up, and there’s no judgment, really. We’ll make improvements, we’ll steadily increase,” she said. “I feel when it’s a female and a man, women get a lot of judgment, or they’re looked down upon for how much they
BY MARISSA PAYNE AND ANDY MITCHELL
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PHOTO: Camille Lazzarotto lifts weights at the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center on Wednesday. Lazzarotto is an athletic trainer at the Campus Rec and works out between the times she has clients. (Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan)
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Burlington Streets, included a physical investigation and interviews. Fire Marshal Brian Greer said the cause of the fire was determined in interviews with construction workers at the scene. According to an email from the city of Iowa City, there was a room on the third floor of the north side of the building that housed
An Iowa Republican Party official will be the newest member of the state Board of Regents later this spring, maintaining the majority-Republican political balance of the nine-member governing board of Iowa’s public universities and special schools. Gov. Kim Reynolds announced new appointments to state governing boards, including regents, on March 1. David Barker, 57, of Iowa City, will replace Regent Larry McKibben, whose term expires April 30. If confirmed by the Iowa Senate, Barker, along with current Regents Milt Dakovich, a registered Republican, and Jim Lindenmayer, who has no party affiliation, will serve six-year terms as regents. Reynolds The appointment keeps the regents’ political balance at five Republicans, one Democrat, and three with no party affiliations. It also maintains the gender balance of five women and four men.
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Iowa men’s basketball takes on Wisconsin in Madison tonight. The Hawkeyes look to avenge an early-season loss to the Badgers and jump out of a two-game losing streak. SPORTS, 6A Ryan Adams/The Daily Iowan Construction workers on Wednesday remove debris in the aftermath of a fire on Tuesday. The construction site is near the intersection of Clinton and Burlington Streets.
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Barker to serve as new regent Gov. Kim Reynolds recently named an appointment to the state Board of Regents.
The culture around building a Into the world of weightlifting: cutoffs, hoodies, and strong body largely how gender rolesis have changed male-domiin gym culture. nated, but there’s a strong female standing in the UI weightlifting community. 80 HOURS, 1B Loud, clanking metal weights shake the ground. Gym goers lift gargantuan-sized plates above their head, threatening to collapse under the intense pressure any second. They wear black or gray jogger shorts, Nike tennis shoes, and a homemade cutoff. Faces contort in a strange mixture of pain, anger, and self-determination. For weightlifters and bodybuilders, the culture around achieving a strong body is often male-centered. While time spent at the gym can serve as an escape from school or somewhere to socialize, “gettin’ swole” is almost always seen as a male-driven world. However, there is a strong standing in the weightlifting community that is female. Walking into the University of Iowa Campus Recreation & Wellness Center, the firstfloor weightlifting area may seem like a boys’ club.
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BY BROOKLYN DRAISEY AND CALEB MCCULLOUGH daily-iowan@uiowa.edu
The Iowa City Fire Department has determined the fire at Hieronymus Square was caused by a heater coming in contact with combustible adhesives. The investigation into the fire, which began Tuesday afternoon near Clinton and