The Daily Iowan- 09.25.18

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The Daily Iowan TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

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Is my prayer just one more prayer? On a trip to Israel with fellow Jewish college students, a DI reporter asked herself, what does it mean to be Jewish? BY MADISON LOTENSCHTEIN | madison-lotenschtein@uiowa.edu After one too many tequila shots, Monica woke up in the same state she had been the night before: drunk. My friends and I noticed her drunken stupor after her purchase of a small drum with “Jerusselm” misspelled on its front. The walk — more like a hungover shuffle — to the stone gates of the Old City was not as quiet or riveting as one might expect, because Monica decided that banging on the drum while singing the “Walmart yodeling kid song” was the proper way to greet the holiest city on Earth, Jerusalem. Birthright, a nonprofit organization, gives a free trip to young Jews around the world to

help them connect with Israel and their Jewish identity. Even as grateful and connected I felt to such a place, I found Monica’s perfect pitch amid the sand-dusted gates of the city to be the most suitable background music for my current place in life. The trip also allows us “cashews” (one parent Christian, the other Jewish) to join the incredible journey. My name is Madison Lotenschtein, and I am a certified cashew. I was born in Hawaii and raised in Iowa. No, I am not Hawaiian, SEE PRAYER, 2

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3 1) Pictured here is me, in the north of Israel, enjoying the old city of Tzfat. Before this smiley photo was taken, a man approached me while playing his ukulele, asking for money (as the devil’s lettuce is expensive in Israel). 2) Our tour guide was pumped for Pride Day in Tel Aviv. He equipped our group with giant rainbow-colored Birthright Israel flags. 3) The Western Wall, where I placed my prayer into the cracks of the wall. 4) The view from our hotel of modern Jerusalem was an unforgettable one. (All photos contributed by Madison Lotenschtein)

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Fewer Presidential hopeful wants to residents, give adults $1,000 per month more space at Mayflower NATIONAL POLITICS

Mail truck catches fire

On Monday, the Iowa City Fire Department responded to a call of a mail truck catching fire on North First Avenue at 2:45 p.m. There were no injuries or damage. Iowa City Fire Marshal Brian Greer said the postal worker driving the vehicle noticed smoke coming out of the front of the vehicle. The postal worker maneuvered the truck into the street and got all the mail out before it caught on fire. Greer said the fire is believed to have started in the engine compartment.

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Hoping to make the jump from a New York business to the White House, Andrew Yang believes a monthly government stipend will replace jobs lost to robots.

Because of enrollment fluctuations, Housing & Dining is adjusting space in Mayflower Hall to allow students to return to on-campus housing. BY KELSEY HARRELL

kelsey-harrell@uiowa.edu

Though he has not previously held elected office, Yang said an early start to his campaign will be beneficial in an interview with The Daily Iowan before a campaign event at

The University of Iowa’s Mayflower Hall is operating at a lower capacity in order to make room for returning students to live on campus. The residence hall is operating at 60 percent capacity. University Housing & Dining can adjust the capacity of a building each year based on the UI enrollment. This year, Housing & Dining converted some of the double rooms in Mayflower to single rooms to give returning students the option of living on campus but having more independence than in a traditional dorm room, said Assistant Vice President Von Stange, the senior director of Housing & Dining. There remains a mix of double and single rooms in Mayflower. The number can change in the future depending on the inStange terest in single rooms as well as an increase or a decrease in the number of first-year students, Stange said. The UI has made an effort to manage enrollment, making such a change possible. According to a February report to the state Board of Regents, the enrollment headcount during fiscal 2018 was 33,564. The enrollment forecast for fiscal 2023

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David Harmantas/The Daily Iowan Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang shakes hands with Harry Zielinski of Iowa City during an appearance sponsored by theUniversity Democrats in the IMU on Monday.

BY EMILY WANGEN AND SARAH WATSON daily-iowan@uiowa.edu

With two years until the 2020 election cycle, former tech executive Andrew Yang has launched his presidential campaign.


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