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Herky the Hawk celebrates 70th birthday UI mascot Herky the Hawk celebrated his 70th birthday since he was originally drawn by University of Iowa journalism instructor Dick Spencer in 1948.

Hawks snag a win on night game No. 1

Iowa picked up a 38-14 win over Northern Iowa in its first night game of the year. The Hawkeye offense finally stepped up, and the defense continued to prove itself. It wasn’t against a team that’s the same caliber as Wisconsin, but the Hawkeyes shone once again under the lights.

Mill presents The Great Satan

The Feed Me Weird Things Series partnered with FilmScene’s Late Shift at the Grindhouse to bring Everything Is Terrible’s The Great Satan film to a local audience on Sept. 13. Go to daily-iowan.com to see the full story and video.

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Democratic Party leaders aim to energize base Ahead of midterm elections, Democratic leaders stessed urgency at the grassroots level to elect Democrats to office.

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David Harmantas/The Daily Iowan Herky the Hawk celebrates with the Iowa cheerleaders against Northern Iowa at Kinnick on Sept. 15. The Hawkeyes defeated the Panthers, 38-14.

BY JOSIE FISCHELS

josie-fischels@uiowa.edu The third floor of the University of Iowa Main Library was filled with black and gold balloons on Sept. 14 thanks to an exhibit set up by the UI Libraries Special Collections and University Archives to celebrate Herky the Hawk’s 70th birthday. The Hatching Herky exhibit, curated over the summer by recent UI graduate Chloe Waryan, was made possible by a collaboration between the UI Libraries and the Athletics Department, along with the donations of original sketches of Herky by Jane Roth and Merrill James Hutchinson, Jr.

Roth and her mother have donated a total of 48 original drawings of the mascot to the University Archives over the years. Roth’s father, Frank Havlicek, worked with Herky’s creator, Dick Spencer, when the idea for the mascot was first imagined in 1948. “Those original drawings were given by Dick to my father, and I didn’t want them to sit in a box,” Roth said. “I wanted them to be preserved and shared through the university, and that’s why I donated them to Special Collections.” Hutchinson was called on to reimagine Herky when he was a senior at UI in 1973. In the April 17, 1973, issue of The Daily Iowan, he said he had re-

IOWA POLITICS

Hawkeye football needs to clean up penalties

If Iowa wants to beat Wisconsin when it comes to Kinnick on Saturday, it needs to cut down on penalties. The Hawkeyes saw laundry on the field 10 times in their win over Northern Iowa. Wisconsin may have one loss, but Iowa can’t afford to make the same mistakes in its Big Ten opener.

BY JULIA SHANAHAN AND SARAH WATSON daily-iowan@uiowa.edu

in scholarships from Miss Iowa and $3,000 from Miss America. “I was in complete shock when they announced my name,” she said. “The women I competed with in Iowa are some of the most accomplished women I have ever met. They are scholars, advocates, leaders in their communities, and some of my dearest friends. I was honored, excited, and speechless when my name was called.” Excited and hopeful about the competition, Hughes-Shaw traveled to At-

The Iowa Supreme Court recently heard arguments from representatives of Iowa landowners in a case regarding the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline, which runs underneath 343 miles of Iowa. Lawyers representing the Sierra Club and Iowa landowners argued that acquiring land under eminent domain when the pipeline was under construction violated the Iowa Code and the Iowa and U.S. Constitutions. Under Iowa Code, the Iowa Utilities Board can grant companies the right to complete an underground pipeline on land without permission from the owners when the board determines the land is “suitable” and the project is “in the public interest.” Wallace Taylor, an attorney representing the Sierra Club and Iowa landowners, said in court Sept. 12 it did not qualify under public use. “The Legislature has not specifically defined the term of public use,” Taylor said. The 1,172-mile-long Dakota Pipeline began pumping oil a little more than a year ago from the Bakken oil fields in North Dakota through South Dakota and Iowa to a terminal in Illinois. Its construction has faced heavy criticism from Native American groups, environmentalists, and

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Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan Miss Iowa 2018 Mikhayla Hughes-Shaw poses for a portrait on June 22.

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BY ALEXANDRA SKORES

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Watch for campus and city news, weather, and Hawkeye sports coverage every day at 8:30 a.m. at daily-iowan.com.

Dakota Pipeline case More than a year after the Dakota Access Pipeline began pumping crude oil under Iowa, a lawyer argued the company illegally used state-approved authority to bury the pipeline on people’s land.

Shine wins Woody Greeno gold

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Miss Iowa flows with ‘unforgettable experience’ Court hears After the Miss America event, Mikhayla Hughes-Shaw will continue on her year of service for the state.

Iowa cross-country runner Andrea Shine took first at the Woody Greeno Invitational, hosted by Nebraska. It was the second-consecutive race Shine has won, and in addition to the victory, she and the rest of her teammates got a glimpse of the course that the Big Ten Championships will use.

drawn Herky to be more “strong, aggressive, and determined.” Hutchinson donated his artwork to the University Archives in 2016, where it was also arranged for display for Herky’s 70th birthday celebration. “Today, we are so grateful that those sketches reside here in the University Archives,” UI Librarian John Culshaw said. Exhibit curator Waryan worked closely with University Archivist David McCartney over the summer to organize the event, searching through the archives for documents, early sketches, and other

A UI student competed in the 2018 Miss America pageant as Miss Iowa, and though she didn’t win the title, she left with what she described as the experience of a lifetime. Just last semester, Mikhayla HughesShaw was walking around the University of Iowa campus, ordering coffee at the Java House and being a typical college student. Now, she will return to the UI in the fall of 2019 for her senior year as the Miss Iowa winner with $11,000


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