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A SECOND CHANCE UI student Chase Thurman’s recovery from a nearly fatal car accident two years ago can’t keep him from achieving his goals. On Oct. 4 Chase ran a 24-mile race through the Grand Canyon, despite 11 pieces of metal in his body holding him together. BY KIT FITZGERALD | katherine-fitzgerald@uiowa.edu There is a certain chaos at the University of Iowa Campus Recreation & Wellness Center climbing wall on Monday nights. Ropes hang down like vines and climbers ascend, fall, and ascend again while belayers — those who hold the ropes at the bottom and let out slack for the climbers — chatter below. In the middle of this cluster of activity, UI student Chase Thurman is focused on certifying two top-rope climbers. Friends call out to Chase and he greets them by name before quickly returning to the two climbers. He goes over knots, belaying form, and other tips with friendly expertise. At one point, a siren goes off somewhere in the Rec. While most heads swivel to look for the source, Chase does not flinch. It’s clear the wall is a special place for the 22-year-old. Surrounded by friends and rock climbing, Chase looks happy and healthy here. One wouldn’t even realize he has 11 pieces of metal in his body holding him together. ••• The two climbers Chase is certifying belay for each other, and Chase takes a small break. He shakes out and massages his knee. It feels wobbly, he tells me that Monday. He asks if I want to feel it. I decline. I ask what his plan is if his knee doesn’t feel better by tomorrow, when he gets on a plane to run the Rim2Rim on Oct. 4. Let’s hope it’s better by then, he jokes. The Rim2Rim is a 24-mile run through the Grand Canyon. Chase is running the route, climbing a total of 7,260 feet, with his doctor and another runner with a knee injury. Fellow climbers wish Chase luck as they pass by, and one teases him that it might be too dangerous. Chase laughs and says he wouldn’t do it if it wasn’t dangerous. Chase does have limits. He rubs his leg and thinks about what it would take for him not to run the Rim2Rim. “If I can’t move my knee the morning of the run, then I won’t do it,” he says. “But there’s not a lot that would keep me from running it.” That Thursday, despite a wobbly knee, Chase completed the Rim2Rim in 10 hours, beating the support vehicle. He posted on his Instagram a simple piece of advice: “Get out. Get lost. And be found.” ••• “Click.” “That’s the last thing I can remember, is hearing the distinct “click” of the seat belt. And then I woke up three days later in the hospital.”
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Iowa smacks Indiana on the road
PHOTO BY DAVID HARMANTAS DESIGN BY LILY SMITH On Jan. 13, 2017, Chase was driving from his paternal grandparents’ house to his maternal grandparents’ house in Macomb, Illinois. He needed to return his grandma’s car before heading back to the UI. His paternal grandma leaned her head out the door and told the then-20-year-old to be safe and buckle up. “Click.” Chase remembers nothing of the following events, but he has pieced together recollections from first responders, doctors, and loved ones. He was driving along the familiar roads of his hometown when, while crossing an intersection, a gray SUV T-boned his grandma’s yellow Volkswagen Beetle at 90 mph.
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Pate runs for re-election to refine initiatives Secretary of State Paul Pate is running for re-election to continue work on the voter ID laws.
The Hawkeyes’ 42-16 dismantling of Indiana was a lot of things. It showcased how powerful Iowa’s offense can be when performing at its best, and it moved Iowa to No. 19 in the AP Poll. After a successful road trip, the Hawkeyes seek to make Homecoming memorable with a win over Maryland.
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Public unions face statemandated vote Several UI bargaining units face a round of recertification votes today through Oct. 29 after a state law change. BY AADIT TAMBE
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hopes to continue his work on Iowa’s new voter-ID law, an address-confidentiality program for survivors of violence, and voter engagement. “The mission’s not done,” he said. “There are so many things that we’re in the middle of that need to have continuity.”
Several University of Iowa bargaining units face elections in the next two weeks to be recertified as the bargaining units for their respective employees — the first such elections these units have faced since a 2017 law changed the collective-bargaining rights of Iowa’s public employees. The vote will be held today through Oct. 29. In order to be recertified, units need a 50 percent plus one vote; every eligible employee who does not vote is considered a no vote. The Campaign to Organize Graduate Students, the bargaining unit for graduate students, is one of the units up for recertification. Other such units include four American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees units: Blue Collar, Clerical, Security, and Technical. The elections started when Iowa’s collective-bargaining law changed in 2017 under then-Gov. Terry BransSzech tad, making it mandatory for all public-sector unions to recertify when their contracts expire. The Iowa Public Employment Relations Board, which oversees the recertification elections, promotes cooperation between the government and its employees, said Amber DeSmet, an administrative
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Hawkeye air attack proves powerful
Led by Nate Stanley and his 6 touchdowns against Indiana, Iowa’s offense showed that it has turned a corner since the game against Iowa Stanley State. The offense has averaged 462 yards over the past four games, and Stanley has thrown 10 touchdowns in the last two.
Upon impact, Chase broke a rib, a foot, and a hand. More seriously, he punctured both lungs, suffered a traumatic brain injury, and a compound fracture of his femur. He also had contusions on his heart and spleen. His injuries were so severe, a helicopter had to fly him to the nearest hospital. Chase’s grandpa was at the scene of the crash after getting a phone call about a crushed bug that Chase later described as a “metal coffin.” The grandparents called Chase’s mom, Meg Thurman, and said he probably wouldn’t make it.
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elianna-novitch@uiowa.edu Secretary of State Paul Pate is running for re-election because he believes it’s important to have continuity in the work he has begun. The 60-year-old Republican candidate is running for a third term against Democratic challenger Deidre DeJear. If re-elected, Pate
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PATE CONTINUED FROM FRONT Pate, a Kirkwood Community College graduate, also owns a small asphalt paving company in Marion. He and his wife, Jane, live in Cedar Rapids and have three children and five grandchildren. Pate served as a state senator, representing Linn, Delaware, and Buchanan Counties, for six years beginning in 1989. He was first elected as Iowa’s secretary of state in 1994 and then served as mayor of Cedar Rapids in 2001. In 2015, Pate returned to the Secretary of State’s Of-
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fice 20 years after he was first elected to the position. One of the largest initiatives Pate has championed is the voter-ID law. The new law requires voters to bring identification to the polls beginning in 2019 in an effort to secure elections against suspected fraud. The Secretary of State’s Office provides free state IDs for registered voters in case Iowans don’t have valid ones. Pate implemented a soft rollout of the law for the November midterm elections. At the polls this year, voters will be asked to show IDs before they vote, but they aren’t legally required to do so until 2019 and can sign an oath
stating they are who they say they are. “I felt that it was my role as commissioner of elections to get in front of [voter-ID legislation] and make sure that we’re listening to what Iowans said,” Pate said. “Polling showed about 70 percent of Iowans wanted a voter ID. My interpretation was because they felt they wanted to ensure the integrity of what their vote is.” Pate cited a poll from the Des Moines Register that reported 69 percent of Iowans support a voter-ID law. Some — including student leaders at Iowa’s regent universities — have criticized the law saying it will disenfranchise vot-
ers, but Pate said that hasn’t been the case. “This year we had over 40 special elections and a primary. The primary was the highest in our history for absentees. There were no major issues at all,” he said. “Did everyone bring an ID? Probably not, but that is why we did a soft rollout. I think each election cycle gets us closer to where people get it and do it.” Pate’s office also implemented online voter registration. Within five months of the 2015 program’s launch, 10,000 Iowans had registered to vote online, according to the office’s website. Pate said that under his watch, Iowa has seen a record number
of active registered voters. According to the office’s website, the number of active registered voters is more than 2 million. “We’ve got room to grow, but when you compare us to the other states, Iowans take their voting seriously,” he said. Another initiative that Pate hopes to continue to promote if re-elected is the Safe at Home program, an address-confidentiality program for survivors of violence. The program provides survivors with a substitute address so their real one is kept confidential. They can
use the substitute address for mail-forwarding service and confidential voter registration and absentee voting. Pate said that the program has approximately 500 participants right now. If re-elected, Pate said, he hopes to continue to educate people on the voter-ID law, make voting more accessible, and increase election participation. “Those initiatives need to be followed through,” he said. “We’re making good progress, and we want to keep it on that path.”
are eligible to vote in this election, she said — anyone who is a teaching assistant or a research assistant, for example. The elections are not funded by the government, she said, so COGS pays for it out of the organization’s dues money. That cost the organization almost $2,000, she said. “It is really frustrating because we didn’t ask for this election,” Szech said. “No graduate students asked for us to be recertified.” The 2017 law change has been detrimental to COGS’ membership, she said.
“We no longer collect dues through payroll [the way] unions usually do,” she said. “On July 1 [2017], the law changed so we could no longer [collect dues through payroll], which meant we had to come up with our own system of collecting and managing dues …” Szech said this was challenging because COGS is a volunteer-run organization. “Students don’t realize that they are no longer dues-paying members, because it was always automatically deducted from their payroll,” she said. “We
had to talk to every single member to get them to rejoin. It took a lot of time to do that.” Paying dues is not mandatory for members, Szech said. Although all graduate students who work on campus are members of COGS, only students who volunteer pay dues. These students then become voting members. “When we go through contracts, for example, the members get to vote on those proposals,” she said. “They basically get to have a stronger voice.” In this election, COGS’ contract is at stake. Szech
said this contract between COGS and the UI allows guarantees graduate students certain protections from the university. COGS is worried about students not voting at all in this election, Szech said. “But the way it is set up, if you don’t vote, it is the same as voting no,” she said. “It’s not a democratic election. Our hardest problem is getting what’s at stake. Most people don’t understand that they are in our unit and they are expected to vote …” The UI has communicated to eligible members via email and by posting no-
tices on bulletin boards, informing them about the vote as directed by Iowa Public Employment Relations Board, UI spokesperson Jeneane Beck said in an email to The Daily Iowan. “Communication with eligible voters in the COGS bargaining unit, as well as other eligible voters in different bargaining units, has been done as explicitly directed by [the board],” she said. “For the employer to communicate any additional information could be viewed as interference with the recertification election.”
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Sanders urges voters to elect Republicans in midterms In a visit to Iowa four days after President Trump spoke in Council Bluffs, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says the state economy would be ‘devastated’ with Democrats in office. BY SARAH WATSON
sarah-e-watson@uiowa.edu DES MOINES — White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders praised a slew of Iowa Republican candidates and told a crowd of approximately 1,000 attendees “good people have to stand up” in a visit to Des Moines on Oct. 13. She was the featured speaker at the second Harvest Festival, a major fundraiser for Republican incumbent Gov. Kim Reynolds. Sanders has been the press secretary in the Trump administration since July 2017. She directed the campaign of her father, Mike Huckabee, for the GOP presidential nomination in 2008 and 2016. The White House press secretary came to Iowa just four days after President Donald Trump touched down in Council Bluffs Oct. 9 for a campaign rally. There, Trump highlighted a White House decision to expand access to 15 percent ethanol fuel to year-round. He also claimed numerous times that Democrats would take away ethanol, a grain alcohol that
can be blended with gasoline and used in motor vehicles. At the Iowa State Fairgrounds on Oct. 13, Sanders praised Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who presided over the Senate Judiciary Committee consideration of now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. “Elections have consequences,” she said. “In nowhere is this more apparent than in the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh. The way Democrats acted was disgraceful, and it showed that we absolutely should keep Republicans in the state and in Congress.” Before Sanders spoke, Grassley ascended the stage and said, as voters go to the polls, to “remember Kavanaugh,” which received a standing ovation. On Oct. 6, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., headlined a major Iowa Democratic Party fundraiser. He gave a grave message to Democrats to take the moral high ground ahead of the midterms. Sanders ended her speech telling a story about her and her father attending a Holocaust museum. In the comments of a guest book, she wrote, “Why
didn’t anyone stand up?” She said Reynolds was a candidate who is “standing up” and “putting herself on the line.” Republican candidates touted a number of accomplishments, including a $127 million budget surplus and the second-lowest unemployment rate in the nation. Reynolds’ opponent, Democratic candidate Fred Hubbell, argues the surplus came at the cost of decreased funding to government services and points to a 2018 ALICE report that found 37 percent of Iowa households struggle to achieve financial stability. Reynolds, who, when asked at an Oct. 10 debate between her and Democratic opponent and Des Moines businessman Fred Hubbell, whether she would commit to weekly news conferences, replied, “I do them all the time.” Reynolds takes questions at events on her public schedule, which is released every week. She hasn’t hosted a YouTube streamed press conference since Sept. 5, when her and acting Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg held a conference based on early literacy.
Thomas A. Stewart/The Daily Iowan White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks at the second Harvest Festival in Des Moines on Oct. 13. Sanders was the keynote speaker. Her predecessor, Terry Branstad, now the U.S. ambassador to China, traditionally hosted weekly Monday news conferences with Statehouse reporters. Reynolds kept to that schedule before this summer but continues to take questions at events.
In several instances, Republicans praised Reynolds’ performance in the debate on Oct. 10. “She’s been on the job for eight years at this level, and she has been accessible to the media for the past eight years, so she’s used to answering questions, she’s used to [being] chal-
lenged on her positions and then defending them,” Gregg said on Oct. 13. She hopes to keep her seat come November. The most recent Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll between the two candidates fell within the margin of error.
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County report outlines revenue, progress The Board of Supervisors’ annual State of Johnson County report was released on Oct. 11, addressing changes and advancements across Johnson County’s offices and departments. BY CALEB MCCULLOUGH
caleb-mccullough@uiowa.edu The Johnson County Board of Supervisors released the annual State of the County report in a meeting on Oct. 11, which focused on the supervisors’ goals over the past year. The report covers information on the finances of the county for fiscal 2018, running from July 1, 2017 to June 30. Johnson County Supervisor Mike Carberry opened the meeting by outlining the four priority goals of the supervisors for the previous year: developing the Crisis Intervention Team, supporting local food, developing a plan for the Historic Poor Farm, and addressing poverty in the county. “I’m pleased to say that we’ve made very good progress on all four of those priority items,” Carberry said. Carberry said the budget showed $104,312,037 had been collected in revenue. Property taxes were the highest source at 54 percent of revenue. County expenses totaled $100,551,387, with the largest expense being public safety and legal services at 23 per-
Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan Supervisors Mike Carberry, Kurt Friese, Janelle Rettig, and Lisa Green-Douglass listen to public comments during a Johnson County supervisors’ meeting on Oct. 9, 2017. cent. The report covered numerous elected officials and departments in the county and outlined any advancements the agencies had made. Supervisor Lisa Green-Douglass, covering the county auditor, said the
Auditor’s Office purchased new voting equipment that is easier and more convenient for voters and for the county. In addition, the office developed an online payroll service that will allow employees to view pay statements online, reducing the amount of pa-
per the county uses. “We’re doing our part toward ‘paperless-ness,’ ” Green-Douglass said. Sustainability was a common theme among the departments outlined in the report. It showed a number of county departments and of-
fices conducting more business electronically, trying to cut back on paper. The county also installed solar panels at the Ambulance Service & Medical Examiner Facility and introduced an electric-car charger at the County Administration
Building. The Planning, Development, and Sustainability Department is another area that focused heavily on environmental concerns. The department ran the “Solarize Johnson County” program, which saw 1.16 megawatts of solar energy installed in 181 houses across the county. “[Planning & Development] is doing a great job on climate change, and everyone can get involved,” Supervisor Janelle Rettig said. Another highlight of the report was a reduction in the daily average of inmates at the county jail, from 91.5 in 2016 to 88.5 in 2017. Rettig said most of the decrease is due to the jail-alternative program, which provides treatment for individuals with mental-health issues who would otherwise have gone to jail. Other departments covered in the report included Public Health, Mental Health/Disability Services, Human Resources, and Social Services. “We’re always open to questions about this report or anything else,” Carberry said at the close of the meeting.
UI alum named History Teacher of the Year In the classroom, UI alumna Kimberly Meller-Angus ties the past to the present. This strategy has led Meller-Angus to be recognized as the 2018 Iowa History Teacher of the Year. BY KINSEY PHIPPS
ment to #MeToo. “If they don’t see the connection, the class won’t matWhile student-teaching ter,” Meller-Angus said. “I in Bath, England, in 2006, make sure that kids underKimberly Meller-Angus was stand that the past isn’t really asked to teach a unit on Nathe past, it’s still occurring. It tive Americans. The students just takes a different form.” were so enthralled with teMeller-Angus has been pees, Meller-Angus decided teaching full-time since 2006, to bring them outside during starting at Clear Creek/Amathe next lesson to teach them na School District. In 2013, how to build one. she moved to Ankeny School UI alumna District, where Meller-Angus she works now. is the 2018 She teaches Iowa Histoeighth-grade ry Teacher of American ‘I make sure that kids understand that the the Year. The history and award is preninth-grade past isn’t really the past, it’s still occurring. It Global Studies sented by the just takes a different form.’ Gilder Lehrat Northview man Institute Middle School, — Kimberly Meller-Angus, history teacher of American she said. History. Though she According to the institute’s “I realized in college, es- teaches history now, Mellwebsite, teachers must have pecially after taking psychol- er-Angus had experience three years’ experience in ogy classes, that I wanted to teaching many different subthe classroom and plans to teach social studies because I jects during her time in Bath, teach for at least one more, think I could hook people and including P.E., special educademonstrate dedication to help them really enjoy it,” she tion, and psychology. Teachteaching American history, said. ing abroad taught Meller-Anshow evidence of creativity In her classroom today, gus to prepared for anything and imagination in the class- Meller-Angus is committed that may be thrown her way, room, and effectively use to “hook” her students in she said. primary sources such as oral history. She is committed to A 2006 UI graduate, Mellhistories, artifacts, and his- tying the past to the present er-Angus holds degrees in toric sites to engage students by, for example, comparing history, psychology, and with American history. Rockefeller to Amazon and secondary education. In adUsing students’ passion the women’s suffrage move- dition, she has an American kinsey-phipps@uiowa.edu
and excitement to surround her teaching practices is just the kind of teacher she is, said Nancy Langguth, the associate dean for teacher education and student services in the College of Education. “She’s brave and competent at the same time,” Langguth said. “That’s a real powerful combination.” Meller-Angus’ heart wasn’t in history at first, she said.
Sign Language certification and Honors through the College of Education. She didn’t always know she wanted to teach, however. It was only after tutoring children at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics and taking educational psychology with UI Clinical Professor Mitchell Kelly that she found
her passion for teaching, she said. “She is a delightful, bright, happy, and honorable person. She was great to fun in class, and I was not at all surprised to hear she had been selected as Teacher of the
Year,” Kelly said in an email to The Daily Iowan. “Kimberly was a superstar in every sense of the word, and I am just really happy for her and the students who have the opportunity to learn from her.”
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Making room for reading is rewarding
2020: Will Cory Booker’s better angels fly him to the White House? Among a crowded list of prospects, the New Jersey senator has hit the ground running for president.
Though our schedules are cramped, it’s good to make time for reading because that makes us better in a number of ways.
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taylor-newby@uiowa.edu Midterms are grinding by with half-failed attempts in offering students much solace. Grades are heavy, and schedules heavier. With a rapid, busy season approaching, it makes sense for students to hunker down and take the brunt of a crowded schedule with diligent planning — leaving little room for leisure. But what proves to reap benefits for students and their schedules is when they allow themselves room in their day to read leisurely. Though the idea is almost unbearable at this point in the semester — as course loads leave reading feeling like it’s more of a job than a joy — studies show that the benefit of setting aside the stress of studying and picking up a novel is incredibly helpful in a wide array of areas. Reading in our free time allows us certain skills that might seem obvious — things such as building a broader vocabulary, honing a skill in solving problems, and gaining general knowledge. Along with that, the mental stimulation that occurs when we’re reading keeps our brains active and engaged for periods of time — and that active engagement is incredibly beneficial for our minds. In the act of reading, we relieve stress and develop better memory in having to recall information about the characters or people we are reading about. But what surpasses common belief is
that through reading, we are made into better, more compassionate people when we put aside ourselves and pick up the story of someone else. Whether it be indulging in a novel or opening up a memoir, reading about the experiences of another person is a gateway to discovering the depth of compassion, the complexity of culture, and the wonders of adventure. Reading allows us a particular insight into humanity, and we benefit in our relationships because of it. Although it seems like it might be a stretch, we are better people when we read. And what may come as a surprise is that more college-age students are reading than you might expect. I asked 150 students anywhere between 18 to 22 years old if they read for fun, and 133 of them said yes while 17 responded no. That is 87 percent of those whom I asked. All of them are full-time students — many of whom are involved in groups, clubs, part-time jobs, or other extracurricular activities. Of that number, 101 of them seek their leisure reading in novels and memoirs and 32 of them take to online publications and articles. With that, scrolling through stories doesn’t have to look a certain way. Especially when chaos erupts in the middle of the semester and course loads are overwhelming. But setting aside anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour to read something — anything — can grow us in ways we couldn’t have otherwise imagined. And though the material of what we read is bound to differ in story, purpose, or context, the experience remains the same. It takes us outside ourselves and brings us into grounding perspective — it helps us grow and become better.
Thomas A. Stewart/The Daily Iowan New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker speaks to Democratic supporters in Des Moines on Oct. 6. He was the keynote speaker at this year’s Democratic Fall Gala. American political psyche while simultaneously maintaining a definite progressive bend. It’s a balancing act, but it’s a part he’s willing to play.
Is Booker going to run? ELIJAH HELTON
elijah-helton@uiowa.edu Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., has been running for president for quite some time. As a young, charismatic African American, he’s drawn his fair share of comparisons to former President Barack Obama. Just like the then-Senate candidate, Booker’s speech had a theme of unity in 2016. “Love recognizes that we need each other, that we as a nation are better together, that when we are divided we are weak, we decline, yet when we are united we are strong,” Booker proclaimed to audience members feuding over their party’s nominee, not to mention their sheer disdain for the Republican candidate Donald Trump. The junior senator from New Jersey seeks to heal the
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Without a doubt. He’s visited our state of Iowa (“first in the nation”) and South Carolina (a measly fourth), neither of which are the usual move for a former mayor of Newark, New Jersey. Speaking of his mayoral stint, Booker has been carefully constructing his public image since taking that office in 2006. He attracted the attention of TV host Conan O’Brien in 2009 when O’Brien took a comedic shot at the Newark health program. The “feud” took off when Booker put O’Brien on the no-fly list at his city’s airport. Booker hammed it up with the decree “Try JFK, buddy.” While 2009 might have been all fun and games, Booker has been trying to be JFK ever since. And if he’s going to be the next Kennedy, he needs to get out of the Senate
chamber and into the Oval Office.
Is Booker going to be nominated? As with any other candidate reviewed for 20 Out of 20, the answer is maybe. But I’m going to give him an edge as one of the Democratic frontrunners for one main reason: balance. In his public life, Booker expresses a wide range of emotions from hopefulness and zeal to disgust and anger. To whatever degree he’s just politicking for the masses, he has made a point of being a key leader of the resistance. As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee — a position he entered alongside another speculated 2020 hopeful, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif. — he was one of the most vocal in the recent confirmation hearings of Brett Kavanaugh. But Booker has kept a largely positive outlook in contrast to his committee diatribes. He prioritized a sense of moral high ground in his aforementioned visit to Iowa earlier this month.
He has plenty of competition both to his left and his right on policy. His road to the top of the ticket will be paved by his appeals to humanity.
Is Booker going to beat President Trump? Assuming the Republicans stick with their incumbent, a Booker vs. Trump battle in 2020 would certainly showcase a contrast of styles. A contrast that, if executed well, has strong potential to work in Booker’s favor. Booker probably can’t win in a landslide, however. It’s difficult to see his Oxford degree and veganism inspiring the same coalition as someone like former Vice President Joe Biden. But Booker can strike up votes among the growing constituency of those frustrated by the current president’s antics. “Let’s get back to normal” seems like a pretty solid talking point for the Democrats in 2020, pair that with Booker’s empathy, and it might just be enough to turn the White House blue.
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CHANCE CONTINUED FROM FRONT After being rushed to Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois, doctors gave Chase a 35 percent chance of survival and told the Thurmans if their son did live, he would probably lose his leg. Several operations later, Chase not only lived, but he kept his left leg despite the severity of the compound fracture on his femur. “The impact alone would have killed an average person,” said Emily McVeer, administrative coordinator of orthopedics at Blessings Hospital. But Chase is a clear exception. Over the past year and a half, Chase has undergone eight surgeries and several smaller operations. He spent 22 days in the hospital and eight months moving from wheelchair to crutches to a cane. The recovery process was more frustrating to Chase than it might be for most because he had been active all his life. He cycled, ran triathlons and marathons, wrestled, and was involved in ROTC. Contributed He told me a story of when From left to right, Randy Moore, Jeremiah Moore, and Chase Thurman pose during their 24-mile run through the Grand Canyon on Oct. 4. The run took the trio 10 hours to complete, but he was 16 years old and went Chase says he could have done it in six. scuba diving in the Cayman Islands with his mom. They were Thomas, Chase’s best friend. over? Or am I going to take test after his accident. Faced He’s constantly interacting entirely, and even though he only allowed to dive down to “It was tough for him to not tragedy and turn it into a tri- with the possibility of never with people; if he’s going still couldn’t walk unassisted, 60 feet. Immediately, he went live the life he knew.” umph?” Meg said. living the same active lifestyle somewhere for lunch, he’ll he decided he was going to cyto 112 feet. The lowest point came 10 The physical recovery clearly as before, Chase struggled grab a friend first. He’ll skip cle coast to coast. “The instructor was pissed,” weeks after the crash, when came more naturally to Chase with doubt. a run if someone asks him “It was six months after he said and laughed. Chase tried to walk his dog a than it does others. Soon af“I went through a lot of to climb instead. Almost ev- the accident,” Meg said and That was the kind of life little farther than usual. He ter he could walk unassisted, rough patches where I asked, erywhere he goes, he knows laughed. “He came home and Chase lived. Chase began ‘If there is a God, why would someone. said ‘Mom, I think I need to “We called rebuilding him- He do this to me?’ ” Chase While recovering, Chase take some time off school to him Chase the self, training on wrote down on the back of a discovered just how import- bike across America.’ Like … Lion,” Meg his stationary pamphlet for my reference. ant people are in his life. He what?” said. “Whatever bike. McVeer “But after coming to terms said he could have never reOn June 3, 2018, Chase he put his mind said Chase was with how impossible it was covered without the support left from Santa Monica Pier. to growing up, ‘We called him Chase the Lion. Whatever he unusually moti- that I was still alive, my doubt system of his loved ones. Not He rode his bike 3,453 miles, he was going turned into resolve.” just friends and family, but camping along the way. He put his mind to growing up, he was going to vated. to make it hap“When most Thurman said the accident former school administrators ended in Grand Central Stapen.” people are re- ended up being the proof and ex-girlfriends alike rallied tion in New York City 54 days make it happen.’ Despite a covering from Chase was looking for. to support him. He said it was later. Thurman called it a pil— Meg Thurman, Chase’s mom rapid physical the same [inThe SALT worship band inspiring how people came grimage. recovery, Chase juries] that he begins, but after pointing out together. “It was happy and sad and was frustrated did, we need to the people he knows in the Chase said he is now much wonderful,” Chase said. “I with what he considered to be grew tired and had to sit down ask them to push more. With band to me, Chase is distract- more intentional about his re- mean, I was by myself, I didn’t slow progress. To go from such on the side of the street, where Chase, it was the opposite,” ed by an ROTC miscommu- lationships with those around know anyone. I had a lot of an active lifestyle to nothing he broke down, wondering if McVeer said. “We had to tell nication in a group chat and him. He wants to make con- time to think about what hapwas jarring, he said. this was going to be his life. him to slow down.” spends much of the sermon nections that count. pened to me and all the people “His recovery didn’t allow “He had to have a tipping Only five months after the writing down his personal “He was a nice guy,” Chase in my life.” for the physical life he was point where he needed to de- crash, Chase completed a thoughts about religion. said about the barista and Chase smiles, remembering used to,” said UI student Josie cide, am I going to let this take sprint triathlon. His foot was “I’ve questioned a lot of laughed. “Think I could pull the strangers in Arizona who still broken. Doctors said he teachings in church in a way off those tattoos?” bought him lunch after hearshouldn’t have been able to that makes people who go ••• ing his story, his friend who walk. [to SALT] feel weird,” Chase Chase has a theory: Ev- unexpectedly met up with him Chase’s father, Dr. Lance wrote. “Through my ques- ery person inevitably thinks, in Washington, and his dad Thurman, said Chase often tioning, I’ve learned a lot that “What if I ran a marathon?’ or and dad’s friend cycling along fights through pain. In high confuses me, but more that ‘What if I traveled the world?’ ” with him when he hit Illinois. school, Chase broke his leg affirms that I believe the Bible Most people have this thought “We laughed,” Thurman while wrestling. Chase knew to be true.” but think it would be crazy to said. “We did a lot of laughing.” he was hurt but not knowing ••• actually do it. ••• about the break, he tried to run Chase can’t stand small talk After his accident, Chase A few weeks ago, Chase sprints with his team. Only anymore. He used to tolerate thinks it would be crazy not to showed up at the wall with a leg then did he begin to suspect it but now he wonders why do it. brace that stretched from his the extent of his injury. waste the time? Why not have While in the hospital, some- mid thigh to mid calf. During “It’s a lot of grit and deter- real conversahis bike ride mination,” the elder Thurman tions? across the counsaid. While we try, his knee had ••• get coffee, filled with fluid, The Englert is packed on Chase asks for and he had to Sept. 20, a Thursday night, for the barista’s get it drained, ‘When you live through something no one he told me. the SALT Company’s weekly name and how worship service. Even though he likes the Leg brace and could have lived through, you can push he has only been to SALT twice job. Chase’s all, Chase was as through [pain].’ this semester, Chase interacts All-American cheery as usual with almost every person he look of flanwhile belaying — Chase Thurman sees. Thomas says this is typi- nel, jeans, and and calling incal behavior. a baseball cap structions to Before his accident, Chase doesn’t exactly a climber. He viewed church and SALT as mesh with the barista’s ear- one brought Chase a cycling might have made a quick repart of his routine, a way to rings and tattoos, but they kill magazine. He read a story covery, but his body still takes stay connected with his values two or three minutes talking. about people who rode their more wear and tear than it used Contributed and religious upbringing. His People have always been a bikes across the entire coun- to. Not used to being held back, Chase described the Volkswagon Beetle as a “metal coffin.” faith was put to the ultimate source of energy for Chase. try. He skipped the “what if” Chase fights through the pain. “When you live through something no one could have lived through, you can push through [pain],” Chase said. “You just have to keep going.” While on his biking journey, the screw in his knee would sometimes dig too far and hit a nerve. He said it felt like a knife in his kneecap. Despite the pain and longterm risks of such a high level of physical activity, he continues to push himself. His parents sometimes worry, but they said there’s no stopping him. “It was unnerving for quite some time. But when you see your child succeeding and the joy in their voice and their face ... all of that [worry] goes away,” Meg said. “... None of us are guaranteed a tomorrow.” To Chase, he’d rather be in pain than stand still. When he was confined to bed rest, Chase was at the mercy of flashbacks, mood swings brought on by his head injury, and the maddening doubts that his life would ever return to normal. Chase said if he doesn’t keep setting these goals and achieving them, he’ll go crazy. “I can prove to myself that Contributed I’m still one piece. That I’m Chase balances on his bike on the Oklahoma border on June 23 during his 54-day ride across the country. still Chase.”
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Not your typical Hawkeyes
Iowa steamrolled Indiana, 42-16, thanks to the hot hand of quarterback Nate Stanley, who threw for 6 (yes, 6) touchdown passes. The Hawkeyes surpassed 400 yards of total offense for the fourth-straight game, and found themselves at No. 19 in the AP Poll.
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Clockwise from top left: Iowa running back Mekhi Sargent carries the ball during the Iowa/Indiana football game at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana on Oct. 13. (Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan) Indiana wide receiver Ty Fryfogle catches a touchdown pass. (Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan) Iowa tight end Noah Fant catches a touchdown pass. (Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan) Iowa tight end T.J. Hockenson catches a touchdown pass. (Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan) Indiana quarterback Peyton Ramsey scores a touchdown after running past Iowa defensive back Jake Gervase. (Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan) Iowa fans cheer after a Hawkeye win. (Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan)
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FOOTBALL CONTINUED FROM 10 Looking at the playmakers, Iowa’s potential was always there, and after Iowa’s 42-16 beatdown of Indiana in Bloomington, it’s clear the Hawkeyes have grown up. “Year 2 of the offense, you got to look at what Brandon Smith is good at doing, what I’m good at doing, what Easley is good at doing, Noah Fant, you know they can block and go out and run routes and catch the ball,” wide receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette said. “It’s just everybody is experienced. It’s Year 2 of the offense. [Offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz] knows what he’s got in his hands
Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan Iowa quarterback Nate Stanley points to a defender against Indiana at Memorial Stadium on Oct. 13. The Hawkeyes waltzed, 42-16.
COLUMN CONTINUED FROM 10 But this season, Iowa averages just 3.94 yards per carry. Technically, that mark is a step up from last season, in which the Hawkeyes averaged 3.8 yards per touch. But in the past 10 seasons, Iowa’s averaged 4.1 yards per carry. During that same span, the Hawkeyes averaged 26.8 points per game. In 2018, the Hawkeyes are averaging 5 points more, coming in at 31.8 per game. That’s the highest scoring Iowa team since 2002 (37.2 points
per game). Only three Iowa teams have scored more than 30 points per game in the past 15 seasons. The secret — well, it’s not really a secret anymore — to Iowa’s offensive success lies in the man behind the center. Really, during Iowa’s last four games, the offense has flipped a switch. First, it was Northern Iowa. The passing game looked sharp for the first time all season, and honestly, the first time since Iowa hung 55 points on Ohio State on Nov. 4 last season. Then it was on to Wisconsin. Stanley threw for 256 yards, a pair of touchdowns,
and (at the time) put up his best passer rating of the season (155.3). Then the bye week happened, and questions surrounded the offense — would it be rusty or come out swinging? Stanley and Company came out with a knockout punch, putting up 48 points and 420 yards of offense against Minnesota. Now, a week later, the offense hasn’t skipped a beat. Hawkeye fans haven’t seen this sort of offensive strength consistently, especially under offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz’s helm. But here we are. Point being, this offense
hasn’t stopped moving the ball and putting up points in the past four weeks, and it starts with Stanley’s play. Sure, Stanley’s had a few head-scratching mistakes (his interceptions in the last two games were poor decisions), but aside from those two plays, he’s been throwing the football better than ever — he did win the Walter Camp Offensive Player of the Week award after all. Running an offense that’s averaged 31.5 passing attempts over the last four games isn’t exactly Iowa football per se, but it works, and it gives Iowa all its momentum heading deep into conference play.
and what he can dial up.” In its last three wins, Iowa has outscored its opponents, 128-61. There hasn’t been any sign of the Hawkeyes playing down to the level of their opponents. When Iowa gets out to a big lead, it doesn’t let teams crawl back in. Right now, Iowa has demonstrated its ability to keep its foot on its opponent’s neck, causing problems for opposing defenses. “We’re trying to be a championship-level football team,” Hockenson said. “I think when you get up on a team, you step on the gas, and that’s what we’re trying to do. Whether or not we’re doing that right now, we’re trying, and we’re not going to change the game plan.”
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Offense blooms in Bloomington Iowa’s offense has taken noticeable strides forward since last season and the beginning of 2018.
Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan Indiana linebacker Reakwon Jones takes aim at Iowa quarterback Nate Stanley at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington on Oct. 13. It wasn’t the Hoosiers’ day — 42-16 not their day.
BY PETE RUDEN
peter-ruden@uiowa.edu When Iowa football has taken the field in October, one thing has been abundantly clear — its passing offense has found a new level since the early season struggles. The Hawkeyes have put up a combined 90 points over the past two weeks and have been menaces on the road, putting up more than 40 points in each of their past three road contests dating back to last season. The offense averaged 311.5 yards per game through the first two competitions, then raised that mark to 462 in the last four games, breaking the 400-mark in each of those games.
The increase in damage has correlated nicely with the performance of quarterback Nate Stanley. He threw only 1 touchdown in his first two games but tossed 10 in his last two contests, 14 in his last four. “Any good player is going to work through any challenges he has,” Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz said. “It just looked like he was pressing too much, maybe trying to be too perfect … He’s a guy who is a perfectionist, so I think he’s starting to relax a little bit and just enjoy the game a little bit more. We just got to encourage him a little — you’re a college football player for crying out loud, enjoy it a little bit.” Stanley isn’t the only one who has shown improvement.
COLUMN
New era for Hawkeye football underway Ten passing touchdowns and 90 points in the past two games — what sort of Hawkeye offense is this? One that’s set up for success.
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The Iowa Report Card Offense
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Well, 46 points is good. Six passing touchdowns is also good. Throw in 497 yards of total offense, 159 rushing yards, two runners with at least 59 yards, and you’ve got a rock-solid offensive performance. Oct. 13 was Iowa’s best offensive outing this season, top to bottom. Quarterback Nate Stanley spread the ball around in the passing game, sharing the love with nine receivers — a total team effort.
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adam-hensley@uiowa.edu Think back to the last time an Iowa quarterback won Walter Camp Offensive Player of the Week recognition. Still thinking? Let’s make the question broader. When was the last time any offensive player received Walter Camp Offensive Player of the Week honors? Never. Never in the history of Hawkeye football has an offensive player, let alone a quarterback, received the title of Walter Camp Offensive Player of the Week until Nate Stanley did on Sunday. This right here, my friends, is a new breed of Iowa Hawkeye football — welcome to uncharted territory for a Kirk Ferentz team. Stanley threw 6 touchdowns in Iowa’s 42-16 beatdown of Indiana on Oct. 13, and I can say that his per-
The offense — namely the receivers — gained plenty of experience through the course of last season and halfway through this one. Entering 2017, no wide receiver had recorded a catch for the Black and Gold other than Matt VandeBerg, who is no longer with the team. Tight end Noah Fant only had 9 receptions for 70 yards and a touchdown, and T.J. Hockenson had yet to play a snap. Now halfway through the season, the Hawkeyes seem to be a cohesive unit capable of cooking up a big play at any moment.
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Indiana moved the ball pretty consistently against Iowa, but the Hawkeyes made plays with their backs against the wall. A lot of the Hoosiers’ output came on dink-and-dunk passes, and Iowa really only gave up one big play — a 32-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter. But the defense held Indiana’s run game to just 67 yards on 25 attempts (2.7 yards per carry for the math whizzes out there). But Iowa did snag 2 interceptions. Geno Stone’s tipdrill pick in the end zone was an excellent momentum killer, silencing a fluid Hoosier drive.
Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan Iowa running back Mekhi Sargent cuts for daylight against Indiana at Memorial Stadium on Oct. 13. formance was the best I’ve seen out of a Hawkeye quarterback in a long, long time. I’ve seen some outstanding quarterbacks in Hawkeye uniforms, such as Brad Banks, Drew Tate, Ricky
Stanzi. But those teams thrived on a strong running game. This Hawkeye team doesn’t. Ferentz and the rest of the team will tell you Iowa is —
still — a grind-it-out, runfirst team. And that’s fine in theory, because a solid running game sets up the passing game for success. SEE COLUMN, 9
Special Teams
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Ihmir Smith-Marsette letting a kickoff bounce inside the 10-yard line? Bad. Ihmir Smith-Marsette picking up the ball, running across the field, and eventually hurdling a kicker for a gain of 60 yards? Very good. Kyle Groenewig had a 35-yard return, Devonte Young took a kickoff 24 yards, and Miguel Recinos was a perfect 6-for-6 on extra points. ’Twas a good day for the special teams.