U Iowa PolSci prof. Author of Supreme Court Agenda Setting: The Warren Court, Iowa Votes, & Prelaw Advisor. My views not those of the UI. RTs not endorsements.
95 years ago (May 15 1931) the University of Iowa golf team boycotted the Big 10 championships in Ann Arbor Michigan. It was in protest because the prior weekend at a dual meet at a Chicago country club vs Big Ten opponents Northwestern and U of Chicago, Hawkeye golfer George Roddy was prevented from playing because he was black.
Roddy was a senior from Keokuk, a 3 year letterman, Iowa's #1 player for 2 years, and team captain. For decades he held the course record at UI's Finkbine. The previous year, in 1930, he was barred from playing in the Big Ten championships at Westmoreland Country Club in Wilmette IL. After it happened in for a second year in a row, Hawkeye golf coach Charles Kennett announced he would withdraw his entire team over the treatment of his captain.
After graduating with an engineering degree, George Roddy was golf coach at HBCU North Carolina A&T until 1948. He moved to Indianapolis and created the golf program at Crispus Attucks High School. He was twice city golf champion of Indianapolis, 1963 and 1967, when he was well into his 50s.
Hats off to a great Hawkeye!
I'm late in the day for this but IA active voter numbers are up for June: Rs up about 2.3K, Ds up about 4.2K, NPs down 491. Lots of party changes before primary, more D gains than for R, mostly NPs changing to vote in the primary.
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@IndianaFever In one of the clips you see that Clark doesn't even have the ball and seems to know that Cunningham is going to be open and makes the pass as soon as she gets the ball. Amazing court vision.
@Shoq DNC isn't going to put Iowa back in the early lineup, let alone first. IDP needs to go rogue, and be successful, to make their caucuses important again.
@ZitoSalena@KenGardner11 Reporters have asked me about this. I usually start by saying that I can complain about polls all day long. Aside from that, Trump's numbers are regularly low and it seems to have little effect on his support.
@RobSandIA Not sure what the complaint is here. Iowa often has more than two parties represented on the ballot, even those that are not officially recognized parties.
On Memorial Day, I remember Delta Force snipers Gary Gordon and Randy Shughart.
During Black Hawk Down, they inserted into a crash site to save pilot Mike Durant.
Both men died after a prolonged gunfight that saved Durant’s life. Both earned the Medal of Honor.