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A growing gender gap in young voters Women rally for the left as more men embrace conservative ideals. Jami Martin-Trainor Executive Editor
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Veteran nonprofit to auction Caitlin Clark, Lisa Bluder signed basketball The organization works to combat PTSD and suicide ideation by creating outdoor hunting, fishing, and walking trips and is completely funded through donations. NEWS | 5A
An election defined by immigration Immigration is a top issue for voters in the narrowing race to the Oval Office. Nationally and in Iowa, candidates’ stances on the southern border are a high priority for voters as they plan to cast their ballots on Nov. 5. EPI | 6A
Rita McCarthy is voting for Vice President Kamala Harris because she is worried about losing individual rights and freedom in America. “There’s a lot at stake for women,” she said. Caleb Killing-Matthews plans to vote for former President Donald Trump, partially because he disagrees with the social stances of more progressive candidates. “They’re forgetting the rest of the population,” he said. Both McCarthy and Killing-Matthews are current students at the University of Iowa, learning to navigate an increasingly polarized political climate that has pitted young men against women. As a hotbed for political activity, college campuses across the U.S. showcase this gender divide in political ideology. Historically, voters under 30 have been a solid voting block for the Democratic Party. In 2020, almost 60 percent of voters aged 18 to 29 cast ballots for President Joe Biden, according to Pew Research Center. Recent data, however, suggests the tides have shifted. Polls from The Wall Street Journal show a majority of men under 30 prefer Trump to Harris in office. Women under 30 have only shifted farther to the left, with data from the Harvard Youth Poll showing 50 percent of white women and 70 percent of non-white women preferring Harris as the next president.
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IC’s Black Angel: a century of love, loss, and lore Addie Deal stays with Iowa After committing to the Hawkeyes in March of 2024, and after a whirlwind of program changes, five-star combo guard Addie Deal remains fully committed to Iowa women’s basketball.
The Black Angel is a bronze monument turned black shrouded in eerie folklore, with legends of curses and fated love stories spanning over a century.
Emma Jane News Reporter
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One hundred years ago, Teresa Dolezal Feldevert died, her ashes
laid to rest beneath a statue that has since become an icon of dark romance and superstition in Iowa City. The Black Angel of Oakland Cemetery, commissioned by Fel-
devert in 1913 to honor her late son and husband, has sparked myths of curses, fated romances, and claims that the statue — which was originally bronze — darkens in color every Halloween.
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The Black Angel is seen at the Oakland Cemetary in Iowa City on Oct. 1. The angel has been at the Oakland Cemetary since 1913.
Some say touching its feet brings death, while others believe a moonlit kiss near the statue can seal a tragic fate or a lifelong bond, depending on the storyteller. However, Matthew O’Brien, a paranormal investigator and founder of Iowa City Ghost Hunters, said the true story of Feldevert — a grieving mother and pioneering physician — is often lost in the lore. “I do get the feeling that the mother, Teresa, is not at peace,” O’Brien said. “I believe she’s upset because of the death of her son.” Born in Strmilov, Bohemia, in 1836, Feldevert was a practicing doctor who later trained as a midwife. She immigrated to Iowa City with her son Eddie Dolezal in the late 1800s when he was a toddler. They lived in Iowa City until 1891, when Eddie, then 18 years old, died of meningitis. Heartbroken, Feldevert commissioned a monument resembling a tree stump, symbolizing the severed family line, to mark Eddie’s grave at Oakland Cemetery. This monument still stands next to the angel. After her son’s death, Teresa married Nicholas Feldevert and moved to Oregon. When Nicholas died in 1911, she returned to Iowa City and commissioned the Black
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Muscatine man revived after 45 minutes by eCPR program Ken Platt is among the first to be successfully treated with the newly launched program. Emma Jane News Reporter
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After suffering cardiac arrest in March, Ken Platt’s heart stopped for 45 minutes — a span that typically marks the end of life. But thanks to a groundbreaking eCPR program, the 65-year-old got a second chance. When Platt awoke with chest pain and quickly lost consciousness on March 9, first responders asked
his wife, Kaitlynn Platt, where to take him. Living in Muscatine and knowing Ken Platt’s history with a pacemaker and defibrillator from a previous heart attack, Kaitlynn Platt chose University of Iowa Health Care, where he had been treated before. “If we would have went anywhere else, we probably wouldn’t be having this interview,” Kaitlynn Platt said. Ken Platt’s heart first stopped during the ambulance ride to
UIHC, but paramedics were able to revive him. After arriving at UIHC, his heart stopped again, and defibrillation was no longer effective. Kaitlynn Platt remembered a doctor delivering devastating news: All efforts had failed, but there was one last option. “I said try whatever you can, please, because we haven’t even been married a year yet,” Kaitlynn Platt said. “I couldn’t lose my best friend.”
The crucial intervention was extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or eCPR, an advanced procedure combining traditional CPR with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, also known as ECMO. This life-support technique temporarily takes over heart and lung function during cardiac arrest, keeping blood circulating to vital organs and delivering oxygen to the
ECPR | 3A