Carver–Hawkeye Arena its steel balconies and sub-par acoustics, along with columns that obstructed views. When demand was high for Hawkeye basketball, bleachers were placed behind the baskets, allowing some 15,000 to attend games. Season ticket sales skyrocketed during the highly successful tenures of head coaches Ralph Miller and Lute Olson, and support for a new arena gradually increased. Following approval from the Iowa Board of Regents, construction of Carver–Hawkeye Arena began. On December 6, 2008, Iowa set the national collegiate wrestling dual meet attendance record as 15,955 fans packed the arena for Iowa-Iowa State match. The previous record of 15,646 was set
The Hawkeye Initiative A series of commentators had discussed the absurdity of the "Strong Female Superhero Pose" in 2011 — 2012, with some photographic gender-swapped recreations produced. The Hawkeye initiative page lists four blog posts on its 'Origins' page, including the suggestion of the specific formula by comic artist Noelle Stevenson in late 2012. The first such gender-swapped image was drawn by the comic artist Blue. The reason behind choosing Hawkeye in particular (though in the case of poses that involve more than one female character, Captain America and other well-known Avengers are also used) is due to the fact that Blue's first