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The Gray HawkNEWSLETTER OFTHE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RETIREES ASSOCIATIONVolume XXII Issue 4 (5 pages) https://uira.org.uiowa.edu December 2018UIRA Programs for December & BeyondMeet UI President Bruce HarreldMonday, December 3, 2018, 1:00 pmLevitt Center for Advancement, Park RoadUniversity of Iowa President Harreld will meet with UIRA members to share his perspectives on thepast year and what the coming year holds for The University of Iowa. His presentation will be held atthe Levitt Center for Advancement, which is west of Hancher Auditorium.Park in the northeast corner of lot 55 (Hancher lot) in the section of the lot closest to the Center forAdvancement and Hancher. UI Parking will not be ticketing cars in this part of the lot during this time.We'll include a parking map with the reminder email next week.Fake News and Alternative FactsJean Donhanm, PhD, retired professor of library studies at UNIWednesday, January 16. 1:00 p.m.Schwab Auditorium at the Coralville Public LibraryIn 1985, media theorist Neil Postman predicted that we are set to fall prey to “amusing ourselves todeath” by confusing news and entertainment. More about the Donham event in the January Gray Hawk.Program Reports: October and NovemberEighty members spent an informative afternoon ofOctober 25 with UI Senior Vice President forFinance and Operations Rod Lehnertz as he spokeabout the Transformation of the University as itemerges from the flood and the nearly 1.2 billionin construction projects recently completed orunderway. He gave us a look at the projects underconstruction: the Brain Sciences building on IowaAve; the new pharmacy building on the Quadrangledormitory site; and the Kinnick north end zonerenovation. Projects in the planning stages include:Stanley Museum of Art to be built on BurlingtonRecently discovered fresco from Art Building

The Gray Hawk, December 2018, Page 2Street south of Main Library; the Finkbine Golf Club; and an entrepreneurial innovation center in theoriginal art building, which was saved because it had housed Grant Wood's studio. After flood watersreceded from the basement of the art building, wall frescoes, such as the portion shown on page 1, werediscovered. They had been hidden behind drywall.Dr. Chris Okiishi informed and entertained 100 folks on November 15 in a captivating 90-minuteprogram about the current American commercial theater. He began by explaining different types oftheaters including Broadway, off-Broadway, regional, university, road houses, local professional, andcommunity. He gave tips on where to buy tickets and what sites to avoid. He then detailed his must-seesand showed video clips and indicated what, in his opinion, you might want to avoid. He also gave hisTony predictions! Many attendees asked for copies of Chris' slides, so we’ll be sending those out byemail. Chris will be teaching a Senior College course next semester, Musical Theatre's GreatPerformers, Decade by Decade.December Greetings from UIRA President Sue OttoIt’s hard to believe that we are nearing the end of this year and that it will soon be 2019. However, Ican’t resist telling you all that I got an early Christmas present from, of all places, HyVee. LastSeptember I bought some Gustare Vita (which translates “enjoy life”) Italian pasta at HyVee; and, asusual, they scanned my fuel saver card. Unbeknownst to me, I had been automatically entered into theirSay Ciao to Italia contest that had asits main prizes a trip to Italy for twoand an Italian Vespa scooter. (By theway, for those of you who don’t knowany Italian “vespa” is Italian for‘wasp’, and Vespa scooters do have avague resemblance to wasps in bothshape and sound.) About a month ago,I got a call from Tony at HyVeetelling me that I had won the Vespa—a red one. I’ve never won anything ofthis magnitude before and I couldn’thave been more surprised! Well, ittook a number of weeks for thescooter to be shipped to Iowa City,and all the moped safety coursesended in October and won’t resumeuntil spring. Therefore, since I have no experience riding motorbikes of any kind, the Vespa will bespending the winter in my garage. Ciao for now, my Vespa!I hope you’ve been attending the great UIRA programming that Emil and his committee have arranged.Next up is President Bruce Harreld, who will present his perspectives on the past year at Iowa. This isalways an interesting talk and President Harreld has done this since his arrival at Iowa, making it a newUIRA tradition. If you miss this one, there will be more excellent events next year.I wish you a wonderful Holiday Season and I will see you in 2019!

The Gray Hawk, December 2018, Page 3UIRA Special Interest GroupsThe Gray Hawk Steppers meet every Tuesday morning at 9:15 at the Coral Ridge Mall and walkaround the mall until approximately 10 a.m. Members interested in joining this group should contactBeverly Robalino at Beverly-Robalino@iowa.edu.International Events and World Politics: It's happening! Out there in the world. It's crazy, or hopeful,or confusing, or provocative. But what does it mean? What's the background story? How does it fit intoa larger picture? Let’s share perspectives on the world we live in. We meet on the first Thursday of eachmonth (September through May), from 1:30-3:15 p.m., at Hills Bank (Muscatine Ave branch); firstconference room on your left as you enter. We welcome your input! Get more info from convener PhilKlein@uiowa.edu. Here are the articles for the December 6 meeting.Why I Have Hope in the Face of Human Extinctionby David Korten, MBA & PhD Stanford University Graduate School of Business, formerfaculty at Harvard Business School, author of Agenda for a New EconomyAround the world, people are realizing the current path will lead only to disaster, andthey’re beginning to ask the hard questions about what to do next . A transformation toecological civilization is both possible and essential to the future of 1/03/why-i-have-hope-face-humanextinctionWhere the caravan really came fromby Shikha Dalmia, senior policy analyst at Reason Foundation, a nonprofit think tankadvancing free minds and free marketsThe U.S. is responsible, at least in part, for the mess in these countries. We ought to besending planes to evacuate their residents — not greeting them with boots and -caravan-really-came-fromThe Abolition of Nuclear Abolitionism?by Stephen F. Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian studies and politics at New YorkUniversity and Princeton UniversityUS-NATO missile-defense installments near Russia now have the capacity to launchintermediate-range“cruise”missiles. Not surprisingly, Moscow began developing its ownnew version of such mp-inf-treaty/Why are right-wing populists winning everywhere?by Noah Millman, senior editor at The American ConservativeThe common thread is changes in material conditions that drive people to acute anxietyabout order — accelerating urbanization, the collapse of village and family hierarchies, aglobal collapse in the power of labor relative to capital — and an acute distrust of theauthorities that claim to maintain htwing-populists-winning-everywhere

The Gray Hawk, December 2018, Page 4The Gray Hawk Writers have been meeting fortnightly since April 1999. We read aloud what we havewritten, encourage one another, and offer friendly critique. In 2014 we published an anthology,Yesterdays. Our storytelling and writing styles are quite diverse; there are many pathways that can befollowed when writing. Visit us as a guest; you may decide you would like to join the group. Everyonehas a story to tell. Email John Hudson at JohnBoswellHudson@gmail.comEmeritus Faculty Council LecturesMagic and Adultery in Medieval EnglandKathleen Kamerick, HistoryThursday, Dec. 6, 4 pm, 101 Biology Building EastWelcome New UIRA MembersJohann CutkompLee KirschCarol KirschElizabeth (Liz) PurdyCarol StarkAnesthesiaCollege of PharmacySpouseOphthalmologyPathology

The Gray Hawk, December 2018, Page 5BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2018-2019(year term on board expires)Sue Otto(319) 321-0121Emil RinderspacherDiane MartinKris CanfieldMichael BarronJean HoodDiana HarrisPhil KleinDean BorgRichard SaundersCharles DaytonLois LembkeBenny HawkinsBilly TownsendPresident (2020)sue-otto@uiowa.eduPresident Elect (2021)emil-rinderspacher@uiowa.eduSecretary (2020)Treasurer (2019)Past President (2018)Archivist (ex-officio)The Gray Hawk Editor (2021)Webmaster (ex-officio)Director (2018)Director (2018)Director (2019)Director (2019)Director (2020)Director (2020)The UIRA Board of Directors meets at 1 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month (except Julyand August) in the Buffet Room (427) of the Levitt Center. Visitors are welcome.

the Levitt Center for Advancement, which is west of Hancher Auditorium. Park in the northeast corner of lot 55 (Hancher lot) in the section of the lot closest to the Center for Advancement and Hancher. UI Parking will not be ticketing cars in this part of the lot during this time. We'll include a parking map with the reminder email next week.