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...Robbie Preston, and sophomore Bobby Latessa all competed in the tournament, which served as the qualifying event for the World University Championships, where wrestlers face some of the world’s best competition. Finalists in the tournament also qualified for the Senior World Team trials in Sioux City, Iowa. “It’s a freestyle tournament,” Preston said. “Not all of the kids from college participate in it, but the ones who want to get better usually do.”Preston, who wrestled at 132.25 lbs., placed fourth...
...suffered at the hands of his father, a construction worker: "During a time when my life was full of stress, terror, and unpredictable cruelty, he [Irish] offered a harbor of love and sanity that I drew on daily." Originally planning to be a veterinarian, he dropped out of Iowa State University's pre-vet program when he could no longer afford it and opened his training business in 1977. His informal work with horses helped him realize the importance of negotiating space with animals, and he has incorporated those lessons into his classes...
...words are foreign, but the humor in it is completely accessible,” says Spillane-Hinks. “[The action] could take place in Iowa; it could take place on the stage of Jerry Springer. The fundamental desires of human pettiness and beauty are universal. Not specific to one place...
...which took place April 7-9—with more “All-American” awards for individual performance than any other team. At the final trial of the competition, the Harvard team prosecuted the kidnapper of a 13-year-old girl. Four judges, including three Iowa Supreme Court justices, presided over the trial. “We presented an excellent case, as did they,” said team co-captain Daniel L. Goodkin ’06. “I’d say we presented the stronger case with the available facts...
...years that followed, I would have to develop a more nuanced view of America. What do I make of it, then, after living there for more than a decade? A few years ago, I taught a composition class at a college in Iowa. Among my students were an immigrant from Guatemala, an Indian who grew up in London, a Japanese-American out of North Carolina, a Philippine-Chinese-American, and several very blond students from the American heartland, including a white supremacist who defended her family's racism in front of the class. This extraordinary mix of students strikes...