The Daily Iowan- 11.16.18

The Daily Iowan FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2018

INSIDE The Daily Iowan

PREGAME SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 IOWA VS. ILLINOIS MEMORIAL STADIUM

THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868

DAILYIOWAN.COM

50¢

Tuition hikes likely to be 3 percent for five years Consistent tuition hikes of 3 percent are likely for UI and ISU resident undergrads, the regents announced.

Walkons ONCE KEY CONTRIBUTORS TO HAWKEYE FOOTBALL ON THE FIELD, TYLER KLUVER, DRAKE KULICK, AND KEVIN WARD HAVE NOW TAKEN THEIR TALENTS TO THE PODCAST ARENA.

BY KELSEY HARRELL

kelsey-harrell@uiowa.edu

Hawkeyes go from players to podcasters

Tyler Kluver, Drake Kulick, and Kevin Ward learned a lot during their time as Iowa football players. Now, they’re giving fans a look inside the Hawkeye football program with their podcast, “Washed Up Walkons.” PREGAME

3

Students attending Iowa’s three public universities, those governed by the state Board of Regents, will likely see tuition increases of around 3 percent each year for five years, depending on state funding levels, the regents announced

Thursday.

Regent President Mike Richards provided details at the regents’ Thursday meeting in Cedar Falls of the multiyear tuition model that would lay out a range of tuition inRichards creases for students

in the next five years.

The model was produced following the regents’ Tuition Task Force conversations during the summer of 2017 in which the regents heard from students that last-minute tuition increases made it difficult to plan their finances.

Over the next five years, Richards said, resident undergraduate tui-

tion rates at the University of Iowa and Iowa State University will increase by 3 percent per year if state appropriation requests are funded.

However, if the state does not provide any additional funding, tuition will increase by 3 percent plus the Higher Education Price Index.

SEE TUITION, 2

Hawkeyes honored for military service Seven UI veterans were honored for their service at the Hawkeye Distinguished Veterans Memorial.

Kinnick movie may première in namesake stadium

Before his premature death in 1943, Nile Kinnick won the University of Iowa’s only Heisman Trophy and established himself as a leader on and off the field.

Thanks to a script penned by an Oscar-nominated UI graduate, his story is coming to a big screen near you.

5

Enrollment declining at regent universities

After intentional efforts to manage enrollment growths, the schools governed by the state Board of Regents have seen enrollment drop in the last two years. The regent schools still had their fourth-largest enrollment this year despite the decline.

8

David Harmantas/The Daily Iowan Col. David Nixon of the Iowa Army National Guard receives a Hawkeye Distinguished Veteran’s Award on behalf of Maj. Gen. Warren Lawson at the IMU on Thursday. Lawson played center for the Iowa football team as an undergrad and was the team’s MVP in 1954.

BY KATE PIXLEY

katherine-pixley@uiowa.edu Seven members of the Hawkeye community were honored on Thursday in the IMU for their service in the armed forces at the fourth-annual Hawkeye Dis-

Iowa football seeks to end losing streak

The Hawkeyes have numerous places to improve in if they want to end their first three-game conference losing streak since 2012. A weak Illinois team offers a chance to take a step forward, but the Black and Gold will have to bounce back on offense.

8

tinguished Veterans Memorial.

Evelyn Crary Bacon, Tiffany Baker-Strothkamp, Fred Becker, Scott Daly, Geraldene Felton, Clarence Hamilton, and Warren Lawson were inducted into the 2018 class of the Hawkeye Distinguished Veterans Award.

Though all received the award, their experiences were diverse and their services varied. The honorees served in conflicts from World War I to the war in Afghanistan.

SEE VETERANS, 2

Kid Captain thrives UI athletics with Iowa support revenue falls again Livia Jackson, this week’s Kid Captain, has cyclic vomiting syndrome, which means certain triggers can result in vomit episodes.

UI athletics revenue has decreased despite increased Big Ten support.

BY KATE PIXLEY

katherine-pixley@uiowa.edu

It wasn’t until Livia came to the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital that she was diagnosed with cyclic vomiting syndrome, which means she may vomit numerous times per hour during episodes.

University of Iowa athletics revenue was below expectations for the last budget year with season and individual ticket sales on the decline for men’s sports.

Total athletics revenue was $839,911 less than the budgeted $117.1 million, according to the state Board of Regents’ fiscal 2018 report. The decrease in athletics revenue comes despite increased Big Ten contributions and was particularly visible in men’s sports revenue.

Men’s sports revenue for fiscal 2018 came in at $25.4 million, $2.3 million less than budgeted for that year, according to the report.

Revenue for women’s sports came in $94,747 above what was expected.

Barta Nonrevenue women’s sports, such as rowing and field hockey, had success despite the general decline in athletics revenue.

UI Athletics Director Gary Barta said in a previous interview with The Daily Iowan that the success of nonrevenue sports can be attributed to extensive budgetary planning.

“I always say to our staff, ‘Hope is not a strategy,’ so we always have been planning,” Barta said. “The thing about it is, you can’t just flip a switch. With [nonrevenue

SEE CAPTAIN, 2

SEE ATHLETICS, 2

Hawkeye wrestling hosts home-opener Iowa wrestling had a successful first weekend of action in Kent, Ohio, last week, and now the Hawkeyes are back home. The Hawkeyes will take on Princeton today, and it will mark the first time many Iowa wrestlers compete at Carver-Hawkeye.

Tune in for LIVE updates Watch for campus and city news, weather, and Hawkeye sports coverage every day at 8:30 a.m. at dailyiowan.com.

Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan Kid Captain Livia Jackson displays her trading card during Iowa Football Kids Day at Kinnick on Aug. 11. The 2018 Kid Captains met the Iowa football team and participated in a behind-the-scenes tour of Kinnick Stadium.

BY KAYLI REESE

kayli-reese@uiowa.edu A multitude of tests resulted in no answers for the Jackson family about why Livia Jackson had episodes of extreme vomiting.

2 NEWS

THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The Daily Iowan

SOMEDAY THEIR PRINTS WILL COME

BREAKING NEWS Phone: (319) 335-6030 Email: daily-iowan@uiowa.edu Fax: 335-6297

CORRECTIONS Call: 335-6030 Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for accuracy and fairness in the reporting of news. If a report is wrong or misleading, a request for a correction or a clarification may be made.

PUBLISHING INFO The Daily Iowan (USPS 143.360) is published by Student Publications Inc., E131 Adler Journalism Building, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-2004, daily except Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, legal and university holidays, and university vacations. Periodicals postage paid at the Iowa City Post Office under the Act of Congress of March 2, 1879.

SUBSCRIPTIONS Call: Juli Krause at 335-5783 Email: daily-iowan@uiowa.edu Subscription rates: Iowa City and Coralville: $30 for one semester, $60 for two semesters, $5 for summer session, $60 for full year.

Out of town: $50 for one semester, $100 for two semesters, $10 for summer session, $100 all year.

Send address changes to: The Daily Iowan, 100 Adler Journalism Building, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-2004

BUSINESS STAFF

Sid Peterson/The Daily Iowan UI printmaking students work on a multicolor and layer wood project in the Elements of Printmaking class at the Visual Arts Building on Thursday.

TUITION CONTINUED FROM FRONT The model is not focused on tuition rates for nonresident students, Richards has previously said.

The regents will make the University of Northern Iowa more competitively priced with its peer institutions after state appropriation levels are determined, Richards said.

The timeline for discussing tuition will remain the

VETERANS CONTINUED FROM FRONT Maj. Gen. Stewart Wallace, an Iowa City native and decorated serviceman, gave the opening remarks at the ceremony.

“It’s important to recognize the impacts they have had on the community and enormous sacrifice they have made for our great nation,” Wallace said.

Wallace noted that 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, and that the IMU was constructed

CAPTAIN CONTINUED FROM FRONT Livia, an 11-year-old from Glenwood, Iowa, is this week’s Kid Captain for the Iowa football game against Illinois on Saturday.

“We’re so grateful for everything [the Children’s Hospital] has done for us,” mother Holly Jackson said.

“They helped us get our lives back.”

Before finding out Livia’s diagnosis, she said, doctors thought she might have a sensitive gag reflex and removed her tonsils when she was 2 years old.

When Livia was 5, she underwent a four-hour dental surgery, because frequent vomiting took the enamel from her teeth.

In cyclic vomiting syndrome cases, Holly said, there are calendar kids, who can’t prevent their episodes but know when they’re coming, and trigger kids, such as

ATHLETICS CONTINUED FROM FRONT sports], we sit down, and we do a full review of each sport; we look at their facilities, we look at their budgets, we look at their coaching, we look at all the things that matter to make that program better.”

Iowa is ranked fifth in sports revenue among Big Ten schools, 18th overall, according to USA Today.

Business Manager Debra Plath. . . . . . . . . . .335-5786 Classifieds/Circulation Manager Juli Krause. . . . . . . . . . . 335-5784

Volume 150 Issue 64

STAFF Publisher. . . . . . . . . . 335-5788 Jason Brummond Editor in Chief. . . . . . 335-6030 Gage Miskimen Managing Editors. . . . 335-5855 Katelyn Weisbrod Marissa Payne Visual Arts Director Lily Smith News Editors Kayli Reese Brooklyn Draisey Sports Editor Pete Ruden Asst. Sports Editor Anna Kayser Opinions Editor Lucee Laursen Politics Editor Sarah Watson Arts Editor Naomi Hofferber Asst. Arts Editor Joshua Balicki Pregame Editor Adam Hensley Photo Editors Nick Rohlman Katina Zentz Copy Chief Beau Elliot Production Manager Heidi Owen. . . . . . . . . . . 335-5789 Advertising Manager Renee Manders. . . . . . . . 335-5193 Advertising Sales Bev Mrstilk. . . . . . . . . . . 335-5792

same as it did earlier this year with a first reading in April and a final decision in June.

Richards said the timeline will continue in future years.

This would allow the state Legislature to determine state appropriations levels for the following fiscal years, which begin July 1 each year, and for the universities to cope with any potential midyear budget cuts that legislators make during the session.

Previously, the regents gave a first reading of tuition rates in October and

took a final vote in December. The regents have since strayed from that timeline after midyear budget cuts in fiscal 2017 prompted them to go back on the tuition rate increases they had approved in December 2016, bumping up the 2017-18 academic year rates in June 2017.

“The board’s core mission, above all else, is to maintain the quality of education provided by our public universities and keep them affordable and accessible for every Iowa student who wants to attend,” Richards said.

Compared with past years, Richards said the regents will now focus on looking at tuition revenue, state appropriations, and reallocations in a “holistic” approach to funding the universities because they have different missions, focuses, and programs.

Regent Rachael Johnson, formerly a UNI student, said the issue of predictable tuition has been thrown around since before she became a regent.

“Throughout my time, it has been difficult for students with the midyear increases

and things of that nature because we didn’t know where state appropriations are,” she said. “I think this provides a concrete proposal to move forward with that students and families can plan for, and it will be predictable, and it will be to the benefit of all of our students and the universities as a whole.”

Previous student leaders told the regents in April that tuition increases should not be seen as a revenue-generating device, however, because it becomes more difficult for students to afford their edu-

cation and affects graduation and retention rates.

“As our tuition increases to cover the decreasing contribution of the Legislature, it becomes more difficult for students to afford their education and succeed from the moment they step on campus the first time to the moment they graduate,” former UI Student Government President Jacob Simpson said in April.

Current UISG members did not respond to a request for comment by the time of publication.

to honor those who served. Attendees had the opportunity to view artifacts from World War I, such as a uniform and various military documents.

A plaque bearing the names of the 2018 inductees will be placed in Hubbard Commons, Wallace said.

There are more than 2,260 veterans, dependents, and active-duty members attending the UI, according to the Military and Veteran Student Services website.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds recognized the award recipients by signing an official proclamation.

“You can’t appreciate what a great place [Iowa City] is until you travel the rest of the world,” Wallace said.

Daly, a former Army serviceman, is now a UI assistant professor of chemistry. He used his acceptance speech to thank his coworkers.

“Here at the UI, we have some outstanding staff, both veterans and nonveterans,” Daly said. “It’s been my privilege to teach with these outstanding people.”

Crary Bacon, a former UI student, served in the Army Nurse Corps during the invasion of Normandy in World

War II. Hamilton received a law degree from the UI and eventually became the Iowa attorney general.

Former College of Nursing Dean Felton was honored for her service in the Army Nurse Corps. Felton is credited with creating the Ph.D. nursing program at the UI. MVP center Hawkeye football player Maj. Gen. Lawson served the Army in various locations, including Vietnam.

A former Hawkeye All-American football player, Lt. Becker was also among those awarded in the ceremo-

ny. Becker left the UI to enlist in 1917. He was later killed in action on July 18, 1918.

David Johnson, the grandson of a member of Becker’s unit, accepted the award on Becker’s behalf in place of any surviving family members.

“We couldn’t find any family members at this point, but we’re still looking,” Johnson said. Johnson’s grandfather was wounded in the same battle in which Becker was killed.

Baker-Strothkamp, the president of the Veterans Association at the UI, served two tours in Afghanistan with

the U.S. Army. In her current role, she works to help veterans transition back into civilian life at the UI. “Just the act of showing up and being supportive [can help veterans],” Baker-Strothkamp said. “It’s difficult to transition back to college. Support is deeply needed.”

She is optimistic about the future of veteran support at the UI. “There’s so much to be done, but we’re making improvements and moving forward each and every day,” Baker-Strothkamp said.

Livia.

Her triggers include the smell of garlic, Holly said, so an episode may happen after simply walking into an Olive Garden.

Her episodes can also be caused by over-excitement.

Holly said Livia struggled throughout kindergarten with vomiting, because everything was so new and prompted an episode.

“We couldn’t have a birthday party for her until she was 9,” Holly said. “She would just get so excited.”

Leah Zhorne, the Stead Family Children’s Hospital director of child neurology residency program, has been seeing Livia since she first came to the hospital. She said in cases such as Livia’s, listening to the child and the family to figure out what’s going on is instrumental.

Avoiding triggers is the best way to preventing vomiting spells if possible, she said, but this isn’t a realistic way of treatment.

Livia is on preventative

medication that helps her on a daily basis, Zhorne said, but she also takes medication that can stop an episode if one occurs.

Despite having to deal with the syndrome, Zhorne said, Livia has maintained a wonderful, big personality and is involved in many things at school, including 4-H and school plays.

“No matter what’s going on in their lives, [kids] always manage to find the positive,” she said.

One positive part of Livia’s experience has been during Kinnick Kids Day, in which the whole Jackson family — including Livia’s father, Jonathan, and her three siblings, Lacey, Maxton, and Maverick — got to travel and meet other Kid Captain families.

Livia also decided to deliver items to the Child Life Program at the hospital for kids to use in honor of her Kid Captain week, Holly said.

Homecoming week was

also a wonderful experience for the Jackson family, she said. The theme of the halftime show was heroes, she said, and all the Kid Captains were presented on the field.

“Every time I watch it, I still get chills and tear up a

bit,” Holly said. “The experience is something we will never forget.”

Livia said her favorite part was being in the parade and meeting all of the other Kid Captains. She also was excited to meet a few Hawkeye

football players and loved hearing the stadium cheer for the Kid Captains.

“Kid Captain has been good, because it helps me to know other people care, not just your family that is there for you every day,” she said.

Athletics conference contribution has steadily increased since fiscal 2014, when Big Ten support was $26.4 million, according to regents’ documents. Since then, support jumped 98.9 percent to $52.6 million in fiscal 2018 — up from $36.1 million in fiscal 2017. The amount exceeded the budget “due to additional bowl income distributions.”

The Big Ten formally announced its six-year media-rights deals with CBS,

Fox, and ESPN in 2017 — more than a year after the agreement was made — that is worth a reported $2.64 billion. The conference partners with Fox and ESPN to broadcast football games, and CBS holds rights to broadcast basketball games. “… We have a pretty good Athletics Department, and, actually, their media rights are going up rather substantially with the Big Ten, so we’re reaching in there and grabbing some of that

money to help the academic side of the institution,” UI President Bruce Harreld told the DI in May. “It’s a lot, and all of those are really important.”

The issue of athletics funding the academic side of the institution has come up in recent years, particularly as the state’s regent universities see their budgets cut because of lagging state support. In previous DI interviews, Harreld praised the Athletics De-

partment for its monetary support of UI academics.

Barta told the DI in October the Athletics Department contributes slightly more than $20 million to the central campus, with $12 million going to scholarship support for student-athletes.

“In addition to [scholarship contributions], the most recent addition, we’ve now contributed $4 million over the past couple of years to the general fund, and we plan to do another $2 million

this year, and we will do it as long as we’re able,” he said.

Barta also pointed out hat the Athletics Department is self-sustaining, unlike other university departments that receive student fees and state support.

“The Athletics Department’s budget is self-sustaining, so there are no general-fund dollars; there are no student fees,” Barta said.

“It’s 100 percent generated by fans, and fundraising, and TV revenue.”

Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan Kid Captain Livia Jackson takes a photo with her family and Iowa football head coach Kirk Ferentz during Iowa Football Kids Day at Kinnick on Aug. 11.

NEWS 3

THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Kinnick movie aims for première in stadium Iowa football has become one with Nile Kinnick’s name. The Ironmen will chronicle Hawkeyes who served in World War II.

BY CHARLES PECKMAN

charles-peckman@uiowa.edu For many Iowans, football is synonymous with the name Nile Kinnick, and soon his story will appear on the big screen.

Before his premature death in 1943, Kinnick won the Heisman Trophy (only Hawkeye to do so) and established himself as a leader on and off the field. Thanks to a script penned by an Oscar-nominated UI graduate, Kinnick’s story is headed to the big screen.

The Ironmen, which chronicles the lives of the Hawkeyes who served in World War II, was written

by Iowa writer Tom Lidd and tweaked by Nicholas

Meyer, a UI alum who was nominated for an Oscar for his work on Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

“When I started in the film business, this is something that I always wanted to do,” producer Joe Heath said. “I’ve been pitching it and trying to get it made since 2006 — I guess the big kick-starter that really got the film moving forward was the university working with us to get the première in the stadium.”

Through discussions with the UI, the opening of the film will be held at Kinnick Stadium, with a tangential goal of breaking the world record for a film début’s attendance.

“I was walking by the

stadium in 2011 when they were installing the new JumboTron on the south end zone … I thought, You know, Hawkeye fans can beat the [attendance] record,” Heath said.

Aside from breaking records, Heath said, there will

be a number of messages at the heart of the film.

“We’re in this politically charged atmosphere, and I think [the film] will kind of bring people back to the ground and realize that we don’t have it as bad as we think; you know we’re not

‘The values that he had are the values that Iowans still have – if you look at what we’re doing today like The Wave, that’s something that Nile Kinnick would have been involved with here.’

— Mark Jennings, former UI associate athletics director

thinking about shipping off into World War II anytime soon,” Heath said. “And Nile Kinnick, the man he was, was just kind of this selfless figure and there are some lost qualities in there that I think people will see and hopefully appreciate.”

These qualities also resonated with former Associate Athletics Director Mark Jennings, who said he looks forward to the film’s release.

“The values that he had are the values that Iowans still have — if you look at what we’re doing today like The Wave, that’s something that Nile Kinnick would have been involved with here,” he said.

Jennings said people such as Kinnick define generations of Iowans, and he

hopes that the Ironmen story will inspire future generations as well.

“There’s so much history with Nile Kinnick beyond football, and his name now is on the stadium,” Jennings said. “He chose to give up going into the NFL to serve his country and died there. His grandpa was the governor of Iowa, so he was destined to be a leader in the state.”

Although the film hasn’t started production yet, Producer Matt Zboyovski said they plan on using as many Iowa City residents as possible because it is “an Iowa story, after all.”

“We really look forward to having the Hawkeye students, alumni, and community involved in this project,” he said.

Anthony Vazquez/The Daily Iowan Kinnick Stadium is seen on Oct. 19, 2016. The producers of a new film about Nile Kinnick and the Ironmen Hawkeyes would like to hold the film’s première in Kinnick Stadium.

November 19 thru November 23

26

4

OpiniAns THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2018

COLUMN

POINT/COUNTERPOINT

I’m thankful for Should we buy or sell Black Friday? voter turnout Are the sales the day after Thanksgiving a boon for consumers or a spark for overindulgence?

2018 was a rough political year, but voter engagement and youth mobilization is something everyone can be thankful for.

rity encouragement, campus voter-registration drives, and increased efforts by political organizations, the youth vote skyrocketed. Based on exit polls, voters from the ages of 18 to 29 made up about 13 percent of the overall turnout. Leading up to this election, overnight, it became cool to vote. Taking pride in your civic duty and wearing your “I Voted” sticker was all the rage on Nov. 6.

Here on the University of Iowa campus, every effort was made to “Hawk the Vote,” and it worked. Precincts 3 and 5 in Iowa City largely comprise on-campus students and a small number of off-campus students. In the 2014 midterms, only 499 people voted in Precinct 3, and only 575 people voted in Precinct 5. This year, Precinct 3 notched 778 voters and Precinct 5 901. That’s around a 56 percent increase in both precincts.

UISG Sen. Jocelyn Roof, the chair of the Governmental Relations Committee, was one of the two leaders of the “Hawk the Vote” initiative. What started out as a small plan for voter registration manifested into the collaborative effort found on campus this year. UISG joined with other campus organizations, residence halls, and community stakeholders to create the most efficient registration drive possible. A few of the initiative’s goals were to disseminate information and increase accessibility to increase voter registration and turnout.

With plans to expand the initiative to off-campus housing and coordinate with other in-state schools for the next election, keeping the excitement and voting culture going to 2020 is the main focus now. The incredible turnout this year has increased civic engagement across the board.

We need to be thankful for these results and take this political bright spot and manifest it into continued civic engagement and advocacy. Maybe in 2020, almost all eligible voters will participate if we can keep the energy going.

MICHELLE KUMAR

michelle-kumar@uiowa.edu 2018 has dragged on for what feels like much longer than necessary, but it’s finally November, and the year is winding down. Typically, around this time of year, many of us gather around with those we love and recount what we are thankful for. Even though it can be hard to be positive when it comes to politics, and by no means is the fight for our country over, both parties have a lot to be thankful for. Whether it’s the overhaul of the tax code or keeping the Affordable Care Act in place, respectively, Republicans and Democrats alike have the biggest joint victory of all: record turnouts for the midterm elections, especially with the youth vote.

From both sides of the aisle, the push to vote leading up to midterms was outstanding. For once, voting wasn’t a partisan issue but a cause to rally around and unite us. Of course, there were ulterior and conflicting motives behind the effort, but the effort itself was largely nonpartisan.

Honestly, it paid off. The Associated Press reported that roughly 113 million people voted in the 2018 midterm elections.

This will be the highest turnout total for a nonpresidential election in the last 50 years. These numbers are impressive, given that large portions of people were purged from registrations between 2014 and 2016. There were also numerous concerns across the country regarding voter suppression.

The best part of this outcome has to be the youth turnout, because young people are notoriously bad at showing up to the polls regardless of the kind of election. Among celeb-

LUCEE LAURSEN

lucee-laursen@uiowa.edu

Black Friday is a win-win So yes, Black Friday was started by retailers to boost their sales and probably their Christmas bonuses. And despite what many people have come to believe, Black Friday was not a term that originated from retailers’ first day “in the black.” The term was actually coined in Philadelphia where thousands of people gathered to watch the Army/Navy game the day after Thanksgiving.

And even though there are misunderstandings around how the term Black Friday began, the biggest shopping day of the year has taken off since its birth in the 1980s. And I couldn’t be happier.

Once we all get past the irony that the biggest shopping day of the year is the literal day after we all sit with our families and discuss what we are thankful for, think about the bigger picture here. Black Friday is win-win. Shoppers win because they get crazy good deals, and retailers win because they rake in their highest revenues of the year. In 2017, American consumers spent more than $690 billion on Black Friday.

And it’s not even just about the money. The National Retail Federation reported that in 2017, somewhere between 500,000 and 550,000 people were hired by retailers as seasonal workers. An increase in

jobs, and revenue for retailers means a boost in the economy.

Hurray.

This Black Friday, let’s all put aside our differences, get out there, and shop for those we care about.

ANNA BANERJEE

anna-banerjee@uiowa.edu

Black Friday is dangerous consumerism Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, has long been associated with a number of different ideas in the public.

It serves as the busiest shopping day of the year, despite

some declining turnout numbers in the last year. But while it does play a strong commercial purpose, the pseudo-holiday also is responsible for inciting violence and exploiting workers.

It’s no secret that Black Friday shopping is a dangerous gamble. Riots, stampedes, and fights are all common occurrences that day. According to Black Friday Death Count, a website that provides a count of confirmed deaths and injuries on the holiday, there have been 10 deaths and 111 injuries since 2006. But the more hidden danger is not in stores but rather in the rampant consumerism that leads to the exploitation of industry workers.

The National Retail Federation put the sales total for last year’s Black Friday at $690 billion. With the excess of spending, it is diffi-

BY A.J. BOULUND cult to know whether you’re buying ethically or not.

Fast fashion and similar industries produce dangerous repercussions for both people and the environment: Factories underpay and mistreat their workers as they put out incredibly harmful toxins into the environment. Even online shopping has its dangers.

For example, Amazon, one of the most popular places for online shopping, has a history of putting its workers in awful conditions in order to maintain its business model.

Workers around the world are put in dangerous conditions in order to turn out an $8 T-shirt or new technologies and products.

Because of this, Black Friday is an outmoded consumerist “holiday” that should no longer exist in the modern world.

IN THEIR OWN WORDS

That special moment when Hawkeyes know they belong

There is a special moment for all college students — the exact moment that they know they are content with their university. It is the moment that students realize that they would not trade their college for any other and would go through all the struggles all over again to reach this specific point of triumph. Students at the University of Iowa describe their special moments.

SOAALII MOLIGA

ALEXIS PFEIFFER

LYNDI KIPLE

KAITLYN VOTE

BRANDON McDUFFIE

“Probably my first football game in the stands. We were cheering, and I was like, ‘You know what, this is it.’ I was thankful to be a part of the Hawkeye Nation, especially after we did The Wave.”

“I had a lot of moments: the first time I stepped on campus, going to class for my first time, going to my first football game.”

“I had a meeting with my adviser last spring, and he just told me to go for my dreams, my goals, my dream job, and stop worrying about fallbacks. He was so encouraging, and I knew I was meant to be here at that point and that I was in the right place.”

“The moment that I realized I was meant to be here was when Jerzy Rubach told me I got an answer correct in my History of the English Language course.”

“The moment I was grateful to be a University of Iowa student was when Professor H. Glenn Penny told me, ‘The fool learns from experience, the wise man learns from history.’”

UI senior

UI junior

UI sophomore

STAFF GAGE MISKIMEN Editor-in-Chief LUCEE LAURSEN Opinions Editor Isabella Rosario, Marina Jaimes, Elijah Helton, Michelle Kumar, Nichole Shaw, Taylor Newby, Zach Weigel, Caroline Woods, Braxton Leonard, Anna Banerjee, Collen Mahoney, Zohar Nadler Columnists EDITORIALS reflect the majority opinion of the DI Editorial Board and not the opinion of the Publisher, Student Publications Inc., or the University of Iowa.

OPINIONS, COMMENTARIES, COLUMNS, and EDITORIAL CARTOONS reflect the opinions of the authors and are not necessarily those of the Editorial Board, The Daily Iowan, or other organizations in which the author may be involved.

UI sophomore

UI senior

EDITORIAL POLICY THE DAILY IOWAN is a multifaceted news-media organization that provides fair and accurate coverage of events and issues pertaining to the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Johnson County, and the state of Iowa.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR may be sent via email to daily. iowan.letters@gmail.com (as text, not attachments). Each letter must be signed and include an address and phone number for verification. Letters should not exceed 300 words and may be edited for clarity, length, style, and space limitations, including headlines.

The DI will only publish one letter per author per month. Letters will be chosen for publication by the editors according to space considerations. No advertisements or mass mailings, please.

GUEST OPINIONS that exceed 300 words in length must be arranged with the Opinions editor at least three days prior to the desired date of publication. Guest opinions are selected in accordance with length, subject relevance, and space considerations. Guest opinions may be edited for length, clarity, style, and space limitations READER COMMENTS that may appear were originally posted on daily-iowan.com or on the DI’s social media platforms in response to published material. They will be chosen for print publication when they are deemed to be well-written and to forward public discussion. They may be edited for length and style.

NEWS 5

THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Regents see enrollment drop; UI controls growth Enrollment overall has spiked by 10 percent in the last decade at universities governed by the state Board of Regents, but UI officials have seen success in the last two years in continued efforts to manage enrollment growth.

BY KATIE ANN MCCARVER katie-mccarver@uiowa.edu

Public universities across the United States have witnessed a decrease in enrollment for the last six years, and while many institutions may consider this a threat to higher education, University of Iowa officials say the decline only reinforces the university’s intent to manage enrollment growth.

At the state Board of Regents meeting on Thursday in Cedar Falls, regents heard a report that showed in recent years, enrollment has started to trail off, with a slight decline in the fall of 2017 from the previous year and a sharper drop of 2.8 percent this past fall since 2017.

Overall, four-year public universities in Iowa have seen a 10-percent increase in enrollment in 10 years despite a nationwide enrollment recession.

“Even in decline, this year marks the fourth-largest enrollment in regents’ history,” Associate Chief Academic Officer Jason Pontius said. “A lot of recent articles about enrollment have a note of panic in them. I want to throw in an alternative explanation.”

Pontius attributed the ultimate drop in university enrollment to increased competition for international students from Asia, difficulty in obtaining visas for students in a number of countries, and the growing notion that a rewarding future is not contingent upon a college degree.

“The majority of good jobs are those with a good bachelor’s degree or higher,” Pontius said. “A big challenge for the universities is making sure the B.A. path is available and affordable.”

He pointed out that enrollment of international students has declined,

with enrollment of Chinese students specifically falling 28 percent at regent universities since the fall of 2015.

In addition, nonresident student enrollment fell at the UI by 7 percent in one year, with a similar drop at the University of Northern Iowa and a 2.2 percent increase at Iowa State University.

“It’s hard to get a clear picture of what’s happening,” Pontius said. “International students are down across the board. Out-ofstate students are coming from neighboring states and really populous states.”

While ISU and UNI saw a decrease in resident student enrollment, the report noted, enrollment of that population is up at the UI. Compared with neighboring Midwestern states, Iowa public schools show fairly stable numbers of high-school graduates and several who choose to stay in Iowa.

Although the number of freshmen registered at the UI fell by 4.4 percent in the fall of 2017, Pontius said incoming classes are the primary driver for enrollment. According to the report, the UI has met strategic goals by encouraging and promoting resident enrollment.

“This fall, we got exactly the freshman class we wanted,” Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management Brent Gage previously told The Daily Iowan. “It was the most academically talented class we’ve ever enrolled in the history of the University of Iowa and maintained our diversity.”

UI officials hope to pay more attention to applicants to the university based on data to determine how many incoming freshmen the university needs and predictive modeling that shows early on if highschool students are likely to attend the university.

Katie Goodale/The Daily Iowan Regents listen during their meeting on Sept. 12 in the IMU Main Lounge.

“We are in control,” Gage said. “We feel like it’s the right thing to do, because at the end of the day we want to make graduates, not freshmen.”

As a public institution serving a small-population state, Gage said, the admission process ultimately needs to be transparent and provide as much access to residents as possible. The goal should not be growth, he said, but equality in exceptional education.

UI President Bruce Harreld told the regents in September that size reduction is a way to ensure sufficient resources are allocated per student.

“The University of Iowa growth in the size of our student body is not a strategic priority,” he said.

“Our main pursuit is excellence and outcomes.”

UIHC receives grant to treat opioid addiction The UI gets a $1.5 million grant to train providers on how to treat opioid addicts with medication.

BY JORDAN PROCHNOW

jordan-prochnow@uiowa.edu The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has given the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics a three-year, $1.5 million grant to train providers in treating patients addicted to opioids.

The UIHC Lynch team will use the funding to train providers in a variety of different specialties, such as how to use suboxone, a replacement-therapy drug that helps regulate cravings and withdrawal symptoms.

UI psychiatry Clinical Professor Alison Lynch, the director of addiction medicine at the UIHC, will lead a team of providers in the training.

“One of the things about an addiction is that it takes over someone’s life,” Lynch said. “It affects relationships. It takes a lot of time and resources. It can be totally distracting, so it is hard to do such things as study, work, or take care of responsibilities. As people get started in treatment, they can stop using opioids, they feel ‘normal’ again, and they get their lives back.”

UI psychiatry Clinical Professor Anthony Miller, one of two providers in the

state certified in medication-assisted treatment in the Department of Veterans Affairs, will work with Lynch to provide the training.

He said geographic access to such treatment is vital to Iowans, as well as having enough providers to adequately treat patients.

“It should be available, ideally, in all levels of medical care,” Miller said. “UIHC is sort of the specialty referral center and training hospital, and anything that’s a medical treatment ought to be offered here.

We need to be able to do everything here.”

Medication-assisted treatment requires extensive training for providers.

As specified by the Drug Enforcement Administration, physicians must undergo eight hours of training and then apply to the agency for certification.

“Opioid addiction is in our sphere of influence to be able to do something about and treat, and it should be considered part of general medical practice,” Miller said.

Lynch said the grant money will help to provide medication-assisted treatment at clinics and facilities throughout the state that are in need, including rural clinics and prisons.

There are currently fewer than 200 physicians in Iowa who can prescribe suboxone, she noted.

“As opioid addiction has become more preva-

lent, and with more people dying from opioid overdose, it is important that we help make treatment more available for people who need it,” Lynch said.

“With our grant, we are able to expand the [medication-assisted treatment] services we are offering at UIHC, and we are also providing training and assistance to clinicians in eastern Iowa so they can begin to offer this treatment to their patients.”

Kevin Gabbert, the opioid-initiatives director for the Iowa Department of Public Health, believes medication-assisted treatment has been a big factor in decreasing the number of opioid fatalities recently.

“The number of deaths involving opioids for the first eight months of 2017 was 137,” Gabbert said.

“Comparing the same time frame for 2018, that number was 89. I truly believe it has been a collaboration of efforts.”

Lynch said it is important for college students and young adults to be aware of the dangers of opioid use, because there are many adverse effects associated with the class of drugs.

“Most people who develop a substance-use disorder or addiction started using substances in adolescence or early adulthood, so it is an important thing for students to be aware of,” Lynch said.

November 19 thru November 23

26

6 SPORTS

THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Volleyball eyes two wins in final road trip In the final away matches of the season for Hawkeye volleyball this weekend, the team will try to finish on a strong note.

BY PETE MILLS

peter-mills@uiowa.edu Much is riding on the final two weeks of the regular season for Iowa volleyball.

With the team’s final away trip coming this weekend with matches against No. 12 Purdue and Indiana, the Hawkeyes need to finish the season strong.

As is becoming an annual tradition for head coach Bond Shymansky’s squad, the team is on the cusp of gaining a bid to the NCAA Tournament. That makes the final matches of the season even more important.

With the final four matches of the season coming this weekend and the following one, Iowa needs to gain a lot from full weeks of preparation. “[We’re looking for] four wins,” senior Molly Kelly said. “These next two weeks we play Friday and Saturday, so using the whole week to prepare is huge for us, both mentally and physically.”

This is huge for the Hawkeyes. With personnel changes after the season-ending injury to outside hitter Cali Hoye, Iowa has struggled with consistency. Several players need to step up and help the squad regain much of its chemistry.

“We’re starting to get good rhythm again,” Shymansky said. “Losing Cali Hoye was a tough blow for our team, but Meghan Buzzerio has stepped in and is starting to pick up the slack. Now we need to really ride our senior leadership here when it matters most.”

The team proved this

Megan Nagorzanski/The Daily Iowan Outside hitter Meghan Buzzerio spikes the ball during Iowa’s game against Nebraska at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Nov. 7. The Hawkeyes were defeated, 3-0. resiliency in its 3-1 victory over Michigan State last weekend.

“We want to focus on bringing intensity at the beginning of the set,” senior Reghan Coyle said.

“We did that really well against Michigan State, but we kind of lost it at the end.

We only have four games left. [We are focusing on] putting it all out there and finishing strong.”

This weekend will be the first meeting of the season

between Indiana and Iowa, and it seems poised to be an evenly matched affair.

The Hoosiers are out for blood, having suffered three-straight losses to No. 12 Purdue, No. 3 Minnesota, and No. 7 Wisconsin.

However, Indiana has proven to be fairly strong this season.

An upset-win of topranked Michigan earlier this season is among the highlights for the Hoosiers.

Statistically, Indiana

has had some success. The Hoosiers have blocked pretty well this year, fourth in the Big Ten in blocks per set. Iowa has struggled with teams that block well this season, so this could prove to be a challenge for the Hawkeyes.

Iowa does have experience against Purdue this year. If this weekend’s match is anything like the teams’ first meeting, it will be an exciting bout.

The first match was a

marathon ending after five sets with the Boilermakers snatching the victory. The Hawkeyes gave the Boilermakers everything they had but fell flat in the fifth set despite strong showings from Hoye and Taylor Louis.

Purdue’s Grace Cleveland led her squad with 19 kills and 5 blocks. Sherridan Atkinson also gave Iowa a hard time. She has continued the season in a similar light, putting up an average of 4.15 kills per set,

fourth in the conference.

The Boilermakers have a record that puts them near the top of the Big Ten, but they have struggled lately in quick losses to No. 3 Minnesota and No. 7 Wisconsin.

Hawkeye victories this weekend would give them confidence heading into the last week of the season and could give them the edge they seek in the hunt for an NCAA Tournament berth.

SPORTS 7

THE DAILY IOWAN | DAILYIOWAN.COM | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2018

WRESTLING CONTINUED FROM 8 Connor Corbin (197), and Aaron Costello (285). Two transfers, Austin DeSanto (133) and Pat Lugo (149), will also début. “[I’ve been envisioning this] for like the last 10 years,” Murin said. “I’ve been waiting for this day for a long time, so I’m excited. I need to focus on staying relaxed and having fun.”

Sophomore Spencer Lee, who has experience in the spotlight, has some advice for his teammates as they prepare to make their Carver-Hawkeye appearances.

MEN’S CONTINUED FROM 8 18 on the defensive end of the floor, Iowa forced the Ducks to go just 6-of-18 from deep (1of-9 in the first) and held them to 69 points.

The game resembled Iowa’s contest against Missouri-KC, in which the Hawkeyes held the Kangaroos to just 36 percent shooting from the field.

Iowa kept Oregon to just 37 percent shooting; it had averaged 82.5 points a game in its first two games.

Bol, who left the game for about four minutes with a

“Just relax; take it in, but don’t get too pumped,” Lee said. “It’s easy to get excited with all the fans and kind of go nuts, but then you’re using up energy that you need to use to put on a show for them.”

Lee is one of two topranked wrestlers who will take the mat tonight. Princeton’s Matthew Kolodzik is No. 1 at 149. Lee and Kolodzik won’t have easy matches, though, because they both will take on top-15 opponents.

Lee will wrestle No. 14 Patrick Glory; the two have never wrestled before. Lugo, ranked No. 12, will match up with Kolodzik. He pinned Kolodzik in the 2017 Mid-

lands in 4:38 the last time the pair met.

However, last weekend, Lugo fell to unranked Russell Rohlfing of Cal State-Bakersfield. Brands doesn’t seem too worried about Lugo turning his game around, though.

“I’m not uptight,” Brands said. “I’m not browbeating him. I know that he’s better than that. It’s not necessarily getting your hand raised, it’s how you get your hand raised. It’s not about winning and losing, it’s about the pace and how you compete. I know and Pat Lugo knows that he’s better than he showed in the Cal State-Bakersfield dual.”

Lugo’s loss was the only

one on Nov. 9 in Kent, Ohio.

Murin, Wilson, Corbin, Costello, and DeSanto all made their Hawkeye débuts, and the five new Hawkeyes came away with two wins each. Brands liked the pace, but each wrestler must focus on continuing his success.

“I’ll say this about [Kaleb] Young, about Murin, about guys that looked pretty solid: continue,” Brands said.

“When the competition goes up, continue that. There’s no reason you can’t wrestle that way against the best competition in the country or in the world.”

Cash Wilcke (184) and Young (157) are the other anticipated wrestlers in the Hawkeye lineup.

leg injury before returning, dropped 14 points on 5-of-10 shooting. He made his presence known on the defensive end, however, swatting away 4 Hawkeye shots.

“I think any time you get the chance to go against not only an individual, but a team as good as the other guys in that locker room, it’s something that you look forward to,” forward Tyler Cook said.

“We were looking forward to this challenge, both with defending Bol and the rest of their squad... We’re competitors. We want to come out here and play against the best.”

He wasn’t invincible,

though. Iowa forward Ryan Kriener went to work on Bol down low numerous times and even stepped out to hit a 3 from NBA range at one point.

Kriener reached double figures for the second game in a row, filling the bucket with 11 points and adding 3 boards.

In addition to Kriener’s stellar performance off the bench, Jordan Bohannon added 16 on just 3-of-10 shooting but 9-for-10 from the freethrow line, and Tyler Cook had 9 points and 10 rebounds.

Luka Garza also stepped up, finishing with 12 points and 4 boards and hitting 2 3-pointers.

Iowa started to let the

Ducks crawl slowly back into the game in the second half, going on a field-goal drought of more than nine minutes, but a Garza 3-ball snapped the streak and kept the Hawkeyes on top.

The Hawkeyes don’t have much time to celebrate after upsetting Oregon, however.

Iowa is now in the 2K Empire Classic Championship, and it will face Connecticut, which beat No. 15 Syracuse, 83-76, in the semifinals.

It might not have seemed possible after Iowa gave up 82 points to Green Bay on Sunday, but the 2K Empire Classic is shaping up to be a solid tournament for the Hawkeyes.

WOMEN’S CONTINUED FROM 8 tafson responded with 6 assists as a result.

.620 — Iowa’s shooting percentage through the first two games As a team, the Hawkeyes have shot

consistently well this season. The 62 percent from the floor features a 49 percent mark from 3-point land. This effort has largely been led by senior Tania Davis, who is shooting 44 percent on 3-pointers.

This has made a big difference for the Hawkeyes. When teams attempt to put a lot of attention inside on Gustafson, Iowa has been able to respond this season with strong perimeter shooting. This type of play can make it an elite team.

14 — Total blocks in the first two games Gustafson has stood tall with 7 blocks this season, putting her second in the Big Ten in blocks per game.

Opponents only have 2 blocks against the Hawkeyes. That margin was key for head coach Lisa Bluder’s team last season and is seemingly widening this season.

FOOTBALL CONTINUED FROM 8 1 touchdown, and 2 interceptions. He completed exactly 50 percent of his passes in both games combined.

Stanley said that the current situation is “definitely up there” as far as challenges go, and he’s feeling the pressure — before the losing streak, Iowa had its sights (realistically) set on winning the West and representing the division in the Big Ten title game. Now, it’s about salvaging the season.

“Being the quarterback, it’s a big leadership position,” Stanley said. “I think I put a lot of [pressure] on myself to make sure that I’m doing what I need to do, not only just leading by talking but leading by example as well — just doing everything I can to make sure everyone know that I’m doing my best, doing everything I can to improve and make my teammates better.”

The offensive woes can’t be fully placed on Stanley, though — the Hawkeye offense hasn’t run the ball well all season, let alone during the three-game losing streak.

In the three losses, Iowa averaged just 105.7 yards per game, almost 40 yards fewer than its season-average total.

“Every play starts up front, it starts with us, so we take that personally, just like how we take it personally when

Strong play on the inside for the Hawkeyes has been extremely consistent in the past few years. Experienced veterans in Gustafson and Stewart have been steady. With improvement in shooting and a healthy Davis, this combination looks even more deadly.

Simply put, the Hawkeyes are good.

Central, or any team Iowa faces, for that matter, will have a tall task ahead of it.

The biggest reason is that Iowa plays

Nate gets hit,” offensive tackle Tristan Wirfs said.

Luckily for Iowa, this week’s contest features a date with an Illini defense ranking in the bottom of the Big Ten in rushing yards and touchdowns allowed.

Illinois has given up 2,479 rushing yards and 52 touchdowns this season — both dead last in the Big Ten — and that bodes well for an Iowa team ranking 11th in the conference in rushing yards; Saturday just might be the time when the running game clicks.

“It’s something we’ll keep working at,” Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz said. “I think the guys are working hard at it, and we just haven’t gotten it to the point where we’d like to, and we’ve got two games left, so this would be a great time to get it started.”

With two games left, both winnable contests (at least on paper), the Hawkeyes do have plenty to play for despite fumbling away a chance at a Big Ten championship game.

The Hawkeyes have a shot to win eight games in the regular season, and that could very well result in a warm-weather, solid bowl for the program.

The challenge is to keep everyone focused on the task at hand, rather than reminiscing on missed opportunities.

“You’re always trying to build toward something, and it’s really important,” Ferentz said. “You’re either adding to it, you’re contributing, or you’re taking away from [it].”

as a team, and that is something statistics sometimes can’t demonstrate. One thing to take away from these numbers is that Iowa has a lot of talent, and also that all of the players understand their roles and the best ways to win games.

The first matchups have been successful for Iowa, statistically and otherwise.

For this success to continue against Central and beyond, Iowa must stay true to its physicality and chemistry.

Sports

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2018 DAILYIOWAN.COM

HAWKEYE UPDATES Fant, Hockenson named Mackey Award semifinalists Iowa has lost three games in a row, but its tight ends are still receiving national attention — Noah Fant and T.J. Hockenson were named semifinalists for the Mackey Award, the officials Fant announced Thursday.

Hockenson leads the Hawkeyes with 39 receptions for 615 yards to go with 4 receiving touchdowns and 1 rushing touchdown. Fant has racked up 35 catches for 453 yards and a team-high 6 scores.

Fant and Hockenson each logged more than 100 receiving yards in Iowa’s 42-16 win over Indiana Oct. 13.

Hockenson recorded 107 yards, and Fant posted 102.

The duo shared Mackey Award Player of the Week honors following the victory over the Hoosiers.

Former Hawkeye tight end Dallas Clark won the award in 2002, and Tony Moeaki and Allen Reisner finished as semifinalists in 2009 and 2010, respectively.

Finalists will be announced Nov. 22.

@THEDAILYIOWAN

Hawkeyes defeat ranked Oregon Ducks Men’s basketball stepped up against Bol Bol, as Iowa beat Oregon, 77-69, in the 2K Empire Classic.

BY PETE RUDEN

peter-ruden@uiowa.edu Bol Bol could have been 7-7 like his dad, Manute, but it wouldn’t have helped Oregon in its battle against Iowa on Thursday in Madison Square Garden.

The Hawkeyes showed up under the bright lights of basketball’s cita-

del with their best performance of the season, beating the Ducks, 77-69, for Iowa’s first win over a ranked team since March 2, 2017.

Kriener Iowa started early and didn’t let up. The Hawkeyes went on three runs that were at least 8-0,

including starting the game with an 8-point lead while holding Oregon scoreless.

Eventually, Iowa closed the first half on a 14-4 run, and a lot of it was because of its success from behind the arc. The Hawkeyes drained 8 of their 16 shots from 3-point range in the first half.

“I think we were just moving the

ball really well,” point guard Jordan Bohannon said. “We knew they were a team that gets up into you. They’re pressing you the whole 40 minutes.

We knew we were going to get open shots.”

Their defense didn’t look like it did last year, either. After a dreadful 2017SEE MEN’S, 7

Fourth time’s a charm

Iowa’s offense has been in a funk in its three-game skid, but Illinois’ defense might help right the ship.

Hawkeye baseball signs 11 recruits Iowa baseball head coach Rick Heller has had a busy offseason, picking up 11 signees, he announced Thursday.

The future Hawkeyes include junior-college transfers Dylan Nedved and Jack Guzek, along with nine high-school players: Sean Barnard, Jacob Henderson, Sam Link, Rimmy Nemickas, Andrew Nord, Tyler Snep, Jared Townsend, Jackson Vines, and Peyton Williams.

“We are excited to announce our 2019 recruiting class,” Heller said in a release. “Associate head coach/recruiting coordinator Marty Sutherland did another outstanding job of directing our recruiting efforts. This is not only a talented group of players but an exceptional group on the character/makeup side as well. We addressed most of our needs in the early signing period, but we will Heller likely look to sign one or two more prospects as we see how the season shakes out with our current MLB Draft possibilities.”

The recruiting class includes six pitchers, four position players, and a two-way player.

Weekend Sports Schedule Football (Champaign) • Saturday vs. Illinois — 2:30 p.m.

Wrestling (Carver) • Today vs. Princeton — 7 p.m.

Volleyball (Bloomington & West Lafayette) • Today vs. Indiana — 7 p.m.

• Saturday vs. Purdue — 7 p.m.

Cross-Country (Madison) • Saturday, NCAA Championships — 11:45 a.m.

Women’s Basketball (Carver) • Saturday vs. North Carolina Central — 7 p.m.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan Northwestern defensive lineman Joe Gaziano sacks Iowa quarterback Nate Stanley at Kinnick on Nov. 10. The Wildcats defeated the Hawkeyes, 14-10.

BY ADAM HENSLEY

adam-hensley@uiowa.edu For the first time since 2012, Iowa football has lost three-consecutive conference contests.

2012 was Iowa’s first season with offensive coordinator Greg Davis (sorry for the nightmarish flashbacks, Hawkeye fans), and, six seasons later, the problem remains the same: a stagnant offense haunts the

program, despite a defense keeping the team competitive in each game.

Aside from the shootout loss to Purdue (there was no defense on either side), Iowa has struggled to move the ball consistently. In the three-straight losses, Iowa has averaged a little fewer than 25 points per game. Through Iowa’s first seven games, though, the Hawkeyes averaged 30.6 points per game, topping the 30-point mark four times.

Two top-ranked opponents will wrestle in CarverHawkeye at 7 p.m. today.

BY PETE MILLS

peter-mills@uiowa.edu

”

Heading into the third game of the season, Hawkeye women’s basketball team has enjoyed a significant amount of success.

The team will face North Carolina Central at Carver-Hawkeye Saturday night. It will be a tough game for the Lady Eagles, especially after seeing Iowa’s energetic performance against Western Kentucky earlier this week.

Central will have to overcome some big obstacles if it is going to compete. The Hawkeyes have put up some impressive stats through the first couple games this season — it’s time to take a step back and take a gander at the state of Iowa women’s basketball.

— Iowa 125-pounder Spencer Lee on the CarverHawkeye crowd

STAT OF THE DAY

David Harmantas/The Daily Iowan Iowa wrestler Spencer Lee grapples with Michigan’s Drew Martin at Carver-Hawkeye on Jan. 27. The Wolverines defeated the Hawkeyes, 19-17.

BY SARAH ALTEMEIER

touchdowns

women’s hoops Statistically, Iowa women’s basketball has had great success already this season.

excited with all the fans and kind of go nuts, but then you’re using up energy that you need to use to put on a show for them.

52

SEE FOOTBALL, 7

Hawkeyes battle the By the Tigers in home-opener numbers:

“It’s easy to get

Illinois football ranks last in the Big Ten with 52 touchdowns allowed.

Quarterback Nate Stanley fared well in Iowa’s loss to Purdue, throwing for 275 yards, a touchdown, and no interceptions, but the Boilermakers rank in the bottom of the conference in pass defense.

Against Penn State and Northwestern, teams that rank sixth and ninth in the conference, respectively, in passing yards allowed, Stanley threw for 474 yards,

sarah-altemeier@uiowa.edu

The Iowa wrestling team will take on Princeton in its home-opener today in the teams’ second time in history to meet. The Hawkeyes defeated the Tigers, 36-7, in 2001.

“I think that anytime you have teams coming into Carver-Hawkeye Arena, they want to prove something, and we got to be ready

for it,” head coach Tom Brands said. “There is definitely a surge in the positive direction for Princeton wrestling. We got to be ready to go.”

Six Hawkeyes are likely to wrestle their first match in front of a Carver-Hawkeye crowd. The six include four redshirt freshmen: Max Murin (141), Myles Wilson (174), SEE WRESTLING, 7

13 — Field goals attempted (and made) by Gustafson In the matchup against Western Kentucky a few days ago, preseason All-American Megan Gustafson was nothing short of consistent.

She attempted 13 field goals against the Hilltoppers and converted all 13.

A common tactic teams use is to doubleand triple-team Gustafson. This can also prove to be a problem. In the season-opener, the Hawkeyes often faced this situation. Forward Hannah Stewart came alive, and Gus-

Gustafson

SEE WOMEN’S, 7