The Daily Iowan - 05/02/11

MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011

THE HUNT IS OVER Obama: Qaeda head bin Laden dead Downtown Iowa City became a stage for celebrating news that bin Laden had been killed.

By NINA EARNEST AND ALISON SULLIVAN daily-iowan@uiowa.edu

Local residents and University of Iowa students celebrated Sunday night after learning United States troops had killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Many learned through social networking site that President Obama would make an impromptu address to the nation regarding a national-security issue, prompting many to turn on their TVs. Those

across the world then heard Obama say that after nearly a decade, the U.S. military launched a “targeted attack” Sunday on a compound in Pakistan that had killed bin Laden.

“On nights like this one, we can say to the families who have lost loved ones to Al Qaeda’s terror, justice has been done,” Obama told Americans.

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Crowds gather outside the White House in Washington early today to celebrate after President Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden.

Obama: Bin Laden killed by U.S. team

By JULIE PACE AND MATT APUZZO Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden, the glowering mastermind behind the 9/11 terror attacks that murdered thousands of Americans, was killed in an operation led by the United States, President Obama said Sunday.

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President Obama reads a statement to photographers after making a televised statement on the death of Osama bin Laden from the East Room of the White House on Sunday.

A small team of Americans killed bin Laden in a firefight Sunday at a compound in Pakistan, the president said in a dramatic late-night statement at the White House.

A jubilant crowd gathered outside the White House as word SEE OSAMA, 3

City to eye plans PROVOST SEARCH Gupta praises UI’s research, values for downtown Faculty members asked Gupta to Downtown Iowa City and Riverfront Crossings are key areas to revitalize Iowa City’s economic opportunities, officials say.

By ALISON SULLIVAN alison-sullivan@uiowa.edu

Iowa City business owners know what they want.

Now, it’s up to city councilors to decide on their own plans before the two groups collaborate on the future of

downtown.

The Iowa City City Council will discuss downtown plans at a work session this evening, focusing on such key issues as student housing, parking, and mixed-use spaces.

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By NINA EARNEST nina-earnest@uiowa.edu

University of Iowa provost candidate Yash Gupta says he intends to stay at the UI if he is selected for the position.

Gupta, the current dean of Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business, fielded questions about his numerous job changes

in the past during a public forum April 29. He is the second of three candidates for the UI’s provost position.

H. Glenn Penny, a UI associate history professor, stressed the importance of seeing plans to completion.

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Audit: Monitor recruiting NCAA requires audits of the Athletic Department every four years.

By ARIANA WITT ariana-witt@uiowa.edu

An internal audit of the University of Iowa Athletics Department recommended that department officials increase their monitoring of on- and off-campus NCAA recruiting activities.

The UI Office of Internal Audit conducted an audit on March 24 and distributed it to nine university and state officials, including UI President Sally Mason and Athletics Director Gary Barta.

The audit showed the university did not have record of 49 percent of 52 coaches’ recruiting trips over the last year. Further, documentation of 29 percent of the trips began after a coach had left.

Mary Curtis, the associate athletics director for human resources and compliance, said the issue was the only one discovered during the routine audit of the department. She said she believes the problem could be attributed to a turnover in staff last

summer who share the responsibility of organizing the recruiting information.

“Often, coaches are just making a paper trail, and that’s what they are required to do,” she said.

“They create lots of documents, and the auditors are saying they think monitoring would be strengthened if we linked to specifics in terms of recruiting.”

The UI requires all faculty and staff in each department put in a formal trip request for the business they conduct.

Under the recommendations from the audit committee, officials are expected to have all recruiting information documented in the university’s travel software.

Regent Jack Evans, the head of the state Board of Regents’ audit committee, said administrators have so far agreed to the recommendations.

“The internal audit function is a very robust function in the regent system, and there were a number of audits done, not just in the

Athletics Department,” he said. “I think this problem can be corrected with the recommendations.”

The audit named Curtis and Fred Mims, the associate director of athletics for student services and compliance, as responsible for implementing the recommendations. Mims and Curtis are expected to report to the regents this summer to follow up on the changes.

In the past, Evans said, the regents have seen what they would like to see from the Athletics Department’s travel and recruiting records.

Tom Kakert, the recruiting analyst for hawkeyereport.com, said specific information — such as the athlete for whom a coach is traveling — can sometimes be difficult.

“If a basketball coach is going out to an event, he or she is probably going to see 10 or 20 kids who a school might be interested in a given day,” Kakert said.

Coaches often report an intention to see one athlete

Internal Audit of the UI Athletics Department Recommendations: • Compliance office should be updated and information conveyed to coaches and staff regularly • Travel requests should only be approved when all information is obtained • All travel information should be paired with recruiting records • Management should frequently monitor recruitment trip records Source: UI Office of Internal Audit

and actually see another because of a scheduling change while traveling, Kakert said. Coaches often attend tournaments or campuses without a specific prospect in mind.

He said he understands the need to monitor recruiting but knows there are challenges.

“Coaches have to do what they have to do, which is recruit kids,” Kakert said.

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METRO METRO Daily Iowan TV wins awards Daily Iowan Television won 14 awards from the Iowa Broadcast News Association, including three first place finishes.

The awards ceremony took place April 30 in Des Moines.

Daily Iowan TV took the top spot in political coverage as well as “overall excellence in weather coverage” by Ashleigh Coran and the farm and agribusiness category for a “Pumpkin Shortage” piece

by Leandra Verink.

The news staff placed second in Overall Excellence, and Shannon McDonald won second prize for Overall Excellence in Reporting.

Photographer Christy Aumer also won second place for her online feature “Boogie Woogie Pianist.”

Staffers placed in the top three places in spot news coverage,

news photography, political coverage, newscasting, and general reporting.

— by Nina Earnest

The reported victim told police Tiea took the phone from her when she tried to call 911, and officers responded after receiving an open phone call, hearing the woman tell someone to stop.

The woman also told police Tiea pushed her into the wall.

Tiea and woman have been in a relationship for four years and are living together, according to complaints.

— by Hayley Bruce

Iowa City police arrested a local man after he allegedly threatened to kill his girlfriend and her dog.

Michael Tiea, 20, was charged April 27 with domestic-abuse assault with intent, false imprisonment, interference with official acts, and obstruction of emergency communication.

According to complaints, Tiea and the alleged victim were fighting about the status of their relationship when he allegedly threatened to kill his girlfriend and her dog with a knife if they tried to leave their apartment.

Fire causes $75,000 in damages The Iowa City Fire Department is investigating the cause of a fire that occurred early Sunday morning.

According to a press release, the Iowa City Fire Department

responded to a fire at 434 S. Johnson St. at 3:17 a.m. with three engines and a ladder truck, 14 firefighters, and a battalion chief.

Officials said the porch and front door of the two-story house were on fire when they arrived, and firefighters brought the fire under control in 20 minutes.

The release said all people evacuated the house prior to the firefighters’ arrival, and the fire was reported after a smoke detector alerted an occupant.

The fire was completely extinguished after 40 minutes, according to the release, and there were no injuries.

Crews remained on the scene for approximately two and a half hours; the estimated damage is $75,000.

— by Hayley Bruce

Elliott Full, 40, 117 N. Van Buren St., was charged Sunday with public intoxication.

Amanda Furh, 20, 601 S. Gilbert St. Apt. 633, was charged April 29 with presence in a bar after hours.

John Gerl, 19, 935 Slater, was charged April 29 with PAULA. Matthew Golden, 19, 943 Rienow, was charged April 29 with PAULA. Cole Guillien, 22, Marion, was charged Sunday with possession of marijuana.

Kaley Hansen, 20, 310 N. Lucas St., was charged April 29 with disorderly conduct and public intoxication.

Leland Harris, 27, Cedar Rapids, was charged April 30 with public intoxication.

Ryan Hendrick, 19, Polk City, Iowa, was charged Sunday with public intoxication.

Jsaqua Jackson, 20, 1053 Cross Park Apt. B, was charged April 28 with fifth-degree criminal mischief.

Sha-Juan Johnson, 19, address unknown, was charged April 30 with trespass.

Julia Kane, 19, Cedar Rapids, was charged April 28 with fifth-degree criminal mischief.

Rhianna Kelling, 26, 605 Woodside Drive Apt. 15, was charged Sunday with OWI. Brian Kress, 20, 363 N. Riverside Drive, was charged April 30 with public intoxication.

Jonathan Krystinak, 19, 1002 E. College St. Apt. 3, was charged Feb. 1 with presence in a bar after hours.

Przemyslaw Kucharski, 35, Chicago, was charged April 29 with possession of an open container of alcohol in public.

Tyler Lammer, 21, 902 N. Dodge St. Apt. A9, was charged April 28 with public intoxication, interference with official acts, and possession of marijuana.

Jordan Langel, 20, Luxemburg, Iowa, was charged April 30 with PAULA and possession of an open container of alcohol in public.

Eric Lindsey, 19, Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, was charged Sunday with presence in a bar after hours.

William Lundy, 19, Oak Lawk, Ill., was charged Sunday with public intoxication.

Michael Maienza, 20, River Forrest, Ill., was charged April 29 with PAULA.

Ermin Maslic, 20, Urbandale, Ill., was charged April 30 with public intoxication.

Jordan Mayo, 19, Cedar Falls, was charged April 29 with PAULA. Michael McCullum, 26, 1053 Cross Park Ave. Apt. G, was charged April 29 with driving while barred.

William Mcilwaine, 19, 353 S. Gilbert St. Apt. 2210, was charged April 28 with public intoxication and possession of a fake driver’s license/ID. Abe Mitchell, 50, 1928 F St., was charged April 28 with driving while barred.

Oliver Moeller, 21, 2209 I St., was charged April 28 with driving with a suspended/canceled license.

Steven Nisley, 21, Kalona, was charged Sunday with public intoxication.

Jessica Olson, 20, 221 E. Fairchild St. Apt. 2, was charged Sunday with presence in a bar after hours.

Eric Osgood, 52, 716 E. Burlington St. Apt. 10, was charged April 30 with smoking in prohibited areas.

Cody Palmer, 19, Cedar Rapids, was charged April 29 with possession of a fake driver’s license/ID, and PAULA. Tessa Perley, 18, Metamora, Ill., was charged Sunday with disorderly conduct, public intoxication and obstruction.

Timothy Person, 21, 227 S. Johnson St., was charged April 29 with keeping a disorderly house.

Dylon Polcik, 21, 307 E. College St. Apt. 1825, was charged Sunday with keeping a disorderly house.

Michael Powers, 19, Chrystal Lake, Ill., was charged April 30 with public intoxication.

Casey Rains, 18, 543 Elkhorn Trail, was charged April 30 with OWI. Zachary Rubin, 19, Naperville, Ill., was charged April 29 with PAULA and possession of a fake driver’s license/ID. Theresa Sexton, 45, 445 Highway 3 W. Apt. 20, was charged Oct. 25, 2010, with possession of prescription drugs and fifth-degree theft.

Austin Shively, 21, 2801 Highway 6 E. Lot 147, was charged April 29 with assault.

Peter Simon, 18, 1321 Burge, was charged Nov. 29 with public urination and possession of a fake driver’s license/ID.

Nathan Smith, 19, West Liberty, was charged April 30 with presence in a bar after hours.

Nicolas Steinberg, 19, E419 Currier, was charged April 29 with possession of a fake driver’s license/ID and PAULA. Meghan Stubits, 19, 410 Rienow, was charged April 28 with PAULA. Brian Sulak, 22, Western Springs, Ill., was charged April 30 with smoking in prohibited areas.

Brendan Sullivan, 20, Chicago, was charged April 30 with public intoxication and public urination.

Elijah Switzer, 18, N152 Hillcrest, was charged April 29 with possession of a fake driver’s license/ID and PAULA. Marcus Tatum, 20, Kihei, Hawaii, was charged April 30 with PAULA. Joseph Taylor, 25, 2406 Catskill Court, was charged Sunday with assault causing injury and public intoxication.

Michael Thompson, 34, 2835 Brookside Drive, was charged July 20 with OWI and driving with a suspended/canceled license.

Joseph Upchurch, 18, 724D Mayflower, was charged April 29 with public intoxication.

Terrian Wilborn, 35, address unknown, was charged April 30 with assault, interference with official acts, and violation of a nocontact order.

Andrew Williams, 19, N335 Currier, was charged April 29 with unlawful use of an authentic driver’s license/ID, obstruction, and PAULA. Matthew Williams, 20, 315 S. Johnson St., was charged Sunday with keeping a disorderly house.

Shumpei Yamaki, 37, West Branch, was charged April 29 with interference with official acts, possession of marijuana, and OWI. Megan Zande, 19, 1526 Burge, was charged April 30 with possession of a fake driver’s license/ID and public intoxication.

Man faces many charges

POLICE BLOTTER William Andre, 19, 1032 N. Dubuque St., was charged April 29 with public intoxication.

Sean Arnold, 31, Cedar Rapids, was charged April 25 with possession of drug paraphernalia.

Taylor Biagi, 20, 131 E. Davenport St. Apt. 5, was charged April 30 with smoking in prohibited areas.

Alison Blanken, 19, Huntley, Ill., was charged April 29 with PAULA. Kevin Blassingill Jr., 37, North Liberty, was charged April 30 with driving while revoked.

Danan Block, 18, Cedar Falls, was charged April 29 with PAULA and unlawful use of an authentic driver’s license/ID. Conor Brennan, 19, 940 Slater, was charged April 29 with PAULA and unlawful use of an authentic driver’s license.

Terrence Brennan, 20, N219 Hillcrest, was charged Sunday with presence in bar after hours and unlawful use of an authentic driver’s license/ID. Dylan Brown, 27, Chicago, was charged April 30 with OWI. Michael Concannon, 19, 321 Slater, was charged Sunday with public intoxication.

Cody Davidson, 21, West Branch, was charged April 29 with OWI, interference with official acts, and possession of an open container of alcohol in a vehicle.

Victoria Davis, 18, Gurnee, Ill., was charged April 29 with PAULA. Heather Den Tandt, 33, 1131 Third Ave. Apt. 6, was charged April 28 with fifth-degree criminal mischief.

Jenna Dhooge, 20, Cedar Rapids, was charged April 29 with disorderly conduct and public intoxication.

Matthew Dilger, 19, Tinley Park, Ill., was charged Sunday with public intoxication.

Katlyn Dorau, 20, 313 S. Gilbert St., was charged April 29 with presence in a bar after hours.

Tyler Dunlap, 22, Swisher, was charged Oct. 9 with assault and third-degree criminal mischief.

Tyler Evans, 23, 320 E. Burlington St. Apt. 4, was charged April 30 with keeping a disorderly house.

Kristen Fijal, 18, 1431 Burge, was charged April 30 with PAULA. Colleen Foran, 22, Chicago, was charged Sunday with possession of stolen property.

Stutsman to run for state House Johnson County Board of Supervisor Sally Stutsman said she plans to run for an Iowa House seat in the 2012 election.

Stutsman plans to run in House District 77, a new district that includes a larger portion of

Johnson County than in years past.

The area, which includes a lot of rural land, “reflects more of what Johnson County is all about,” said Stutsman who is in her fifth four-year term on the Board of Supervisors.

“It’s a good district,” she said.

— by Katie Heine

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UI senior Manee Gonzalez (left) and UI junior Kristianne Stenoien celebrate the announcement of the death of Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden outside the Summit on Sunday.

MAZHAR ALI KHAN/ASSOCIATED PRESS

In this 1998 photo, Osama bin Laden speaks to the journalists in Khost, Afghanistan; the photo was made available on March 19, 2004.

A person familiar with developments said on Sunday that bin Laden is dead and the United States has the body.

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spread of bin Laden’s death after a global manhunt that lasted nearly a decade.

“Justice has been done,” the president said.

President Former George W. Bush, who was in office on the day of the attacks, issued a written statement hailing bin Laden’s death as a momentous achievement.

“The fight against terror goes on, but tonight America has sent an unmistakable message: No matter how long it takes, justice will be done,” he said.

Few details were immediately available of the operation that resulted in death, bin Laden’s although the president said none of the Americans involved were harmed.

The development came just months before the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centers and Pentagon, orchestrated by bin Laden’s Al Qaeda, that killed more than 3,000 people.

The attacks set off a chain of events that led the United States into wars in Afghanistan, and then Iraq, and America’s entire intelligence apparatus was overhauled to counter the threat of more terror attacks at home.

Al Qaeda was also blamed for the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa that killed 231 people and the 2000 attack on the USS Cole that killed 17 American sailors in Yemen, as well as countless other plots, some successful and some foiled.

A senior administration official says Obama gave the final order for U.S. officials to go after bin Laden on April 29. The official said a small team found their quarry hiding in a large home in an affluent suburb of Islamabad. The raid occurred in the early morning hours Sunday.

Obama spoke with Bush and former President Bill Clinton Sunday night to inform them of the developments.

The attacks a decade ago seemed to come out of nowhere, even though Al Qaeda had previously damaged American tar-

gets overseas.

The terrorists hijacked planes, flew one of them into one of Manhattan’s Twin Towers — and, moments later, into the other one. Both buildings collapsed, trapping thousands inside and claiming the lives of firefighters and others who had rushed to help them.

A third plane slammed into the Pentagon, defacing the symbol of America’s military night. A fourth crashed in rural Pennsylvania after passengers overpowered the hijackers and forced it down — before it could hit its intended target in Washington.

Obama struck a less than boastful tone in his brief announcement, although he said the death of bin Laden was “the most significant achievement to date in our nation’s effort to defeat Al Qaeda.

“His death does not mark the end of our effort,” the president said.

“There’s no doubt that Al Qaeda will continue to pursue attacks against us. We must and we will remain vigilant.”

Moments after he spoke, American officials cautioned that the events could lead to heightened threats against the United States.

REACTION CONTINUED FROM 1 Many University of Iowa students went out downtown to celebrate — some screaming chants, carrying flags, and wearing American-theme jackets. The scene showcased firecrackers and honking cars.

“No other country can do this because we’re No. 1,” said UI junior Kristianne Stenoien with a cheer.

This type of joyous reaction was on display throughout the world Sunday night and into early Monday morning.

Cameras flashed as television crews captured gleeful crowds chanting and cheering outside the White House gates while, in New York City, masses flooded Ground Zero.

Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter buzzed — “Osama Bin Laden” and other related phrases were high among Twitter’s trending topics Sunday night. A number of students said they found out about bin Laden’s death through Facebook.

Studying in the Main

Library, UI junior Audra Gahn said she found the announcement “kind of scary” and said she thinks it’s something that’s going to “cause consequences.”

“It’s pretty crazy,” said Gahn, who was in her sixth-grade keyboarding class when the planes hit the World Trade Center. “I don’t pretend to know a lot [about the subject], but the one thing you do know, the one name you do know, is Bin Laden.”

Greg Hamot, the director of the UI Center for Human Rights, said he was left “speechless” by the news.

“It’s a huge symbolic event,” said the professor of education. “It’ll vibrate throughout the world.”

Tim Hagle, a UI political-science associate professor, said time will tell how the event will affect U.S.-Middle East relations.

“If we had gotten Osama bin Laden several years ago, within a couple years of 9/11, when it was sort of a more immediate kind of thing, it would have had a tremendous impact,” he said.

But Hagle said the confirmation could still provide a morale boost for

U.S. military operations in the Middle East and families of the victims of 9/11.

Harb Harb, the president of the Arab Students Association, said the event could spark a new chapter in American foreign policy.

“Right now, we’re in a situation where we can move forward from the tragedies in the past and work towards improving relations that can benefit both the U.S. and the Middle East,” he said.

However, the U.S. State Department has put embassies on alert and cautioned Americans abroad of possible reprisal attacks, according to the Associated Press. The department said there is “an enhanced potential for anti-American violence.”

“We will need to be more vigiliant, because there could be a lot of people who supported or admired bin Laden or Al Qaeda who will feel a heightened need to strike out at the U.S. if they can,” said UI law Professor Adrien Wing.

Brian Lai, a UI associate professor of political science, said bin Laden’s real power in Al Qaeda began to wane some time ago.

“He mostly was just sort of an inspiration to them, but he had no real effect on any of their daily operations,” Lai said.

Lai said the United States has been planning for bin Laden’s death for some time and was prepared to ramp up security in the event of his demise.

Al Qaeda was also blamed for the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa, killing 231 people and the 2000 attack on the USS Cole in Yemen, the Associated Press reported.

President Former George W. Bush congratulated Obama on Sunday night, according to the AP. “The fight against terror goes on, but tonight America has sent an unmistakeable message: No matter how long it takes, justice will be done,” Bush said in the statement.

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Tenure shouldn’t fall victim to regents’ budget struggles

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The adult in the room WILL MATTESSICH william-mattessich@uiowa.edu

After tireless years of research, at least six years’ worth of teaching, and immeasurable preparation and planning, the best and the brightest in the professorial sphere are granted the holy grail of teaching: tenure.

Yet tenure is under scrutiny again just a month after the University of Iowa updated its tenure-evaluation procedure and just moments after the state Board of Regents approved the revamped (and much-improved) system. Regent Craig Lang, questioning how tenure at the three regents’ universities compounds school expenses, said tenure offers virtual lifelong job security while weighing the importance of professors with different lengths of experience equally.

Regardless of budgetary shortfalls, however, it’s important to maintain the tradition of tenure. Tenure shields critical professors from retribution and helps to maintain an independent academia; if the regents do examine Iowa’s tenure policies, it should only be to ensure that tenure review has sufficient teeth to keep professors on their game.

The regents are examining tenure policies, as evidenced by a vote last week to establish more stringent guidelines for review. Under the current system, tenured faculty undergo yearly evaluations by departmental officers and peer reviews every five years. Some regents, however, want more.

“When we are trying to reduce costs of the universities, and you have 60 percent of expenses on auto pilot … it’s not the best way to increase efficiency of the university and promote the environment of learning,” Lang told the regents on April 28.

Operating costs at the UI come out to more than $618 million per year — which sounds weighty until one considers that, in 2009-10, the UI added $6 billion to the state’s economy. The university also saw its assets increase by 9 percent in that time.

The UI expends only 48.7 percent of its total budget on paid salaries, and just 39.1 percent of that is on faculty (all faculty — not just tenured professors). In the fall 2010 semester, there were 1,596 tenure-track faculty at the UI, and in 2010-11, the total number of tenured professors at all three regents’ institutions was down to 2,719.

According to the UI Operations Manual, there are numerous instances under which tenured professors may have their status removed. One of these circumstances is “[f]inancial exigency … defined as a financial crisis that exists or is imminent and that, if not corrected” by termination of tenured faculty, threatens the livelihood of the university. If the UI were in such dire straits as some are suggesting, there are policies that regents can invoke.

No data are available regarding how many faculty members per year are denied tenure or demoted from tenure status. In this respect, there is a certain air of irrevocable job security. The new protocols should address any issues; if not, the regents would be justified in requesting higher standards for continuation of tenure.

The regents are misrepresenting their financial crunch as a direct result of badly managed public university budgets. But tenured professors’ salaries are not the problem here. Given that the regents have approved a 5 percent increase in UI tuition for the 2011-12 year, and a 5 percent increase in board and room costs, it is patently ludicrous for members to seek further sacrifices from the UI. Tenure should not be an untouchable subject, but in light of the UI’s recently updated system coupled with net asset increases over the years, the regents should seek out other sources of over-spending, like administrative positions and salaries, for review.

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Letters Cooperation necessary to save American future A popular paraphrase of Abraham Lincoln’s Lyceum address says, “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”

Let’s face it: the United States is faltering. Millions of hard-working families are struggling, the unemployment rate is at 9 percent, the national debt is skyrocketing, we are engaging in what seems to be perpetual involvement in the Middle East, and our elected officials resort to the tactic of blaming everything on the other party.

We have seem to forgotten the lessons from the past.

Many times in its 231-year history, America has been brought down to her knees — and every time, she has gotten back up through strong leadership and cooperation among our people. Could this be the time she doesn’t?

Half of the time I turn on the news, it is speculation on who is going to run for the GOP in 2012 and analyses on the president’s re-election strategy. The next election is not what’s at stake here. Nor is it little political victories that are meaningless in the long run or making sure that the interest groups’ agendas are fulfilled. Our petty political differences don’t mean anything in the grand scheme of things.

What is at stake is the future of this country.

We are all Americans, and how we choose to proceed is vital. We need to put aside the

blame game, make the cuts that are necessary, and bear the burdens in order to save this union from the brink of collapse once more. If not, we will be the next Rome, the next Greece, or the next USSR. Is that the way America should go down in the history books?

Brett Wallace UI freshman

Branstad’s two-year budget is cynical politics I am concerned about Gov. Terry Branstad’s duplicitous budget practices. He was elected saying that he would end budget gimmicks, yet that is exactly what he is up to. His insistence on a two-year budget has nothing to do with providing a stable government but instead is designed to cut valuable public services.

Over the last 12 months, state revenues have increased by more than 4.4 percent, and that will likely continue, but if the governor can lock in a twoyear budget now, with the current low (albeit improving) revenues, he can save money for all sorts of things — including giving more tax breaks to his friends in high places. This is even more obvious considering that, just two weeks ago, he line-item vetoed two portions of a bill that would have provided tax relief specifically for people making fewer than $45,000 a year and a small-business tax deduction. At the same time, he left in that same bill a tax-relief fund that will be created without designating the recipients of such a fund.

To top it off, 1,500 teachers’ jobs are at risk because of a

proposed underfunding of education. We need to stop voting in elected officials who hurt the budget by giving tax cuts to large corporations and the super-rich while at the same time crying “Budget crisis.”

Joe Nehring North Liberty

DI ’s use of profanity is unprofessional I’m wondering why the recent discussion about civil discourse hasn’t had more people questioning the professionalism of The Daily Iowan itself. I was a bit irked to see that a publication written mostly by aspiring journalists used, in numerous articles, the “f-word.”

I honestly don’t have any problem with profanity myself, but come on. You know that any real newspaper wouldn’t actually print the “mother of dirty words,” as Ralphie from A Christmas Story might say.

Even the Huffington Post used “F***” when reporting the story.

It’s bad enough that every DI article contains at least one blaring grammatical error and that a tiring amount of attention is still given to the 21-ordinance. If you don’t want the profession completely taken over by bloggers then, please, remind us that it’s still a profession.

Liz Schorsch UI sophomore

Education reform mustn’t focus on teachers As someone who has worked with students in and out of the

classroom in Michigan, Hawaii, and Iowa since 1970, I want to thank The Daily Iowan for writing about the visit to City High by Iowa’s new Department of Education Director, Jason Glass. Glass, like so many “consultants” and other educational “experts,” focuses on how we can improve teachers.

We have good teachers in Iowa. Our last wave of educational reform brought us the No Child Left Behind Act, with its focus on test scores. As teachers know, the irony of No Child Left Behind is that millions of kids have been left behind when they enter kindergarten: children who come from homes with insufficient nutrition or medical care; drug/alcohol/sexual abuse; violence; homeless children; or families continually moving. Children who have never been read to, who live where television and videos are blaring continuously.

These kids start school behind middle-class kids and, even with the overwhelming efforts of teachers and teacher’s aides, many of these kids never catch up. We need to quit trying to reinvent the education wheel and come to terms with the reality of millions of kids who need much more help.

They need help before they begin going to school, and they need a lot more individualized help once they’re in school. This is all going to cost money, but so have all the programs that the “education consultants” have come up with since I first started teaching in 1970.

Gary Sanders Iowa City resident

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Being funny isn’t “presidential.”

But once per year since 1920, presidents have cracked jokes to an audience and listened to their own roasts at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. This year, President Obama’s speech at the dinner was laden with jokes mocking his challengers for the presidency, which enabled him to campaign by subtly trivializing issues, many espoused by major candidates, that aren’t worth more than a laugh.

The correspondents’ dinner is organized by the White House Correspondents’ Association, a body of journalists that represents the interests of the reporters and new organizations covering activities in the executive branch. The dinner is attended by employees of these news organizations, as well as by members of the executive branch, potential candidates, and party officials.

Presidents attend the dinner to maintain healthy relationships with the people who report on them.

Obama used it as a stump speech, albeit a differently styled speech than the standard campaign fare.

Some issues in political discourse are so trivial that politicians don’t want to discuss them for fear of lending them credence. The old practice was to ignore these issues to avoid lending them legitimacy, but in the age of the blogosphere, 24-hour news cycles, and ideological talk-show hosts, avoiding these issues doesn’t work.

The “birther” movement was just such a topic. Since 2007, a dedicated group of individuals has challenged Obama’s citizenship with a complete lack of evidence, and avoiding the issue only made the birthers louder. The unique thing about the correspondents’ dinner is that it’s acceptable for the president to trivialize issues, which allowed him to directly address the birthers without raising their profile.

The birth-certificate issue never should have been a serious one. At the correspon-

dents’ dinner, it was given its rightful place in the public discourse: the butt of jokes.

Obama came to the podium to a montage of famous movie scenes and a large flashing copy of the president’s “long-form” birth certificate, and he made various jokes about prominent birthers and about Fox News.

Obama used the dinner as an opportunity to assault public birther Donald Trump’s legitimacy.

And it worked.

Trump’s face said it all. During the jokes aimed at him, he scowled, not once cracking a smile under heavy mockery. During most of the speech he delivered, Obama was smiling — but during the jokes about Trump his face was stern. Later, Obama made a joke about Michele Bachmann being born in Canada, saying, “this is how it starts, Michele.” When he delivered the lines about Trump and Bachmann, Obama seemed to have the air of a family patriarch disciplining unruly youngsters. His goal: presenting himself as the adult in the situation. And it was successful.

Later, Trump responded to the president on a phone interview with Fox, saying he felt he was targeted because he was polling so well. (A classic case of Donald Trump proclaiming victory for himself, which only works in the media game — he can’t proclaim himself the president.)

Obama’s speech at the dinner raised a point that Iowans should consider in the upcoming caucuses.

Near the end of the speech, Obama made several serious remarks about soldiers fighting abroad and the victims of the natural disasters in Alabama. These remarks bring to light the fact that faux issues have no place in our political discourse, and in the upcoming caucuses, Iowans should keep that in mind.

Candidates will try to gain an edge in any manner they can, and the attacks on Obama will be fast and numerous. Many of them will address real flaws that the president has.

Many of them will simply be hot air. Iowa voters need to differentiate between the issues that matter and baseless attacks to win political points, because fixing those problems is no laughing matter.

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PROVOST CONTINUED FROM 1 “We just had one provost issue an ill-advised strategic plan and leaving us to clean up the mess,” Penny said, referring to former Provost Wallace Loh’s departure to head the University of Maryland after two years here. “Why would we want to do that again?”

While hurrying out the door following the forum, Gupta said he intends to stay at the UI if he is chosen to be the university’s second-in-command.

“That’s it,” Gupta said after the meeting. “I’m done if I come.”

After his speech to an audience of roughly 90 people in the Bijou, Michael Barron, the UI director of Admissions, asked why Gupta chose to leave Johns Hopkins — which Gupta had identified as an example of a well-run institution.

“If you’re having a wonderful career at one of the best-run institutions in the country, and yet you have a reputation for moving to areas of need and helping to reposition those institutions, what precisely attracted you to this one?”

Barron asked.

Gupta said he felt Johns

DOWNTOWN CONTINUED FROM 1

“We need a more specific plan,” said city planner Jeff Davidson. “There are all these things that are sort of happening in light of the 21-ordinance.”

Business owners met last week to discuss their goals for downtown.

Self-Supported The Municipal-Improvement District Committee discussed a plan to “beautify” downtown. The project includes increasing taxes on downtown businesses to fund the hiring of a downtown manager who will handle projects and draw in new businesses.

Business owners and the city have collaborated on some plans.

Karen Kubby, the owner of Beadology Iowa, 220 E.

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Provost finalists Candidates announced so far: • P. Barry Butler, UI interim provost • Yash Gupta, dean, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School • Third candidate announced Tuesday Source: UI press release

Hopkins had an affinity with the UI because of its achievements in research.

He said he was also drawn to work in a public university and cited the UI’s landmark achievements in equality in granting some of the first law degrees to underrepresented minorities.

“These are about the values,” he said. “And these values are something that’s important to me.”

Before becoming the founding dean of the Carey Business School, Gupta served as the dean of three separate business schools, including the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business.

His longest tenure as dean, at the College of Business and Administration at the University of ColoradoDenver, lasted seven years.

“You need diverse experi-

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Washington St., said the plans for local business owner Marc Moen to transform the bar space Vito’s into retail and office space is just one example of a parallel initiative between the city and businesses.

By removing a bar and opening up the building to more use, the city is able to improve the value of the area, and business owners

ences to solve different challenges that go along with it,” Gupta said about his job variety.

According to Businessweek, Gupta raised more than $55 million as part of a campaign at Marshall, but observers at the school and experts said his job hunt — he was then a candidate for the presidency of University of Arizona — could have hurt fundraising efforts.

“It made more sense not being a dean than being a dean,” Gupta told *Businessweek* in 2006. “Whenever you’re a candidate elsewhere, it creates a lot of tension.”

During his presentation, Gupta emphasized the importance of internationalization and interdisciplinary study in higher education In his presentation, based on a “New Normal” theme — taken from what he called a “fascinating phrase” from the UI’s strategic plan — he stressed the need for teaching, research, and service learning across department boundaries.

He also addressed the UI’s financial and enrollment projections as well as growth in diversity.

“There are big issues,” Gupta said. “And the big issues cannot be solved by one single discipline.” can expect more foot traffic.

“A lot of it just depends on developers, but certainly, we need to figure out what our vision is and get any rules or make zoning change to be more restrictive to get that vision to take place,” said City Councilor Susan Mims.

Businesses and city councilors said both entities have worked together, and collaborating on downtown plans will only increase that effort.

Bill Nusser, the owner of Hands Jewelers, 109 E. Washington St., said that as an owner of one of the oldest retail stores downtown, this is one of the most exciting times he has seen for the area. But continual communication between the city and business owners is key, he said.

“What makes this different is it’s wide-ranging and … it’s the most proactive thing that’s happened,” he said. “A lot of things have

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Bike day Bikers compete in the 34th-annual Old Capitol Criterium on Sunday in Iowa City. The Criterium is divided into various categories, and the winners from these categories get cash prizes.

DAILYIOWAN.COM Log on to check out a photo slide show. been reactive. This is actually planning in action.”

As officials look forward to the future of downtown, Davidson said, there are other cities he has looked to in defining what he hopes for Iowa City.

Des Moines’ East Village, one of the communities officials looked at, has the increased private market in the area as well as a healthy workforce housing sector, office spaces, and the niche retail in the area — all things Iowa City is capable of having, David-

son said.

And private sector interest is important, said Peter Orazem, an Iowa State University economics professor.

“If it’s the city investing, chances are the answer is no, but if it’s some kind of partnership with a developer who’s interested in doing that, then it’s likely to be more sensible,” he said.

Though officials are looking to other cities on how to improve, Iowa City is not in a bad spot, Orazem said,

noting that Ames looks to Iowa City as an example as it fixes up its downtown.

But not every downtown business owner feels as optimistic about the collaboration between city and business owners. Benjamin Chait of the Chait Galleries, 218 E. Washington St., said the city ultimately has its agenda.

“When the city wants to do something, it is going to do what it wants,” he said.

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Misleading Song Titles: • “Breadfan”: To be honest, I’m not entirely sure what the title of this song indicates. A fan of bread? A device for fanning bread? A fan MADE of bread? In any case, now I want Panera.

• “Can’t Buy Me Love”: Throughout the song, Mr. McCartney seems to be bribing a woman to say she loves him. Maybe a better title would be “Can’t Buy Me Love But Can Buy Me a Suitable Facsimile.”

• “Aqualung”: Someone has yet to satisfactorily explain to me how scuba gear relates in any way to a crazy homeless pedophile in a park.

Am I being too picky here?

• “God Save the Queen”: After careful consideration, I’m pretty sure the Sex Pistols were being ironic. This means the guys have a leg up on Alanis Morissette.

• “Mellow Yellow”: This song is NOT about the delicious citrus-flavored soda manufactured by Coca-Cola.

Rather, it has something to do with flying, women named Saffron and Frontine, and electrical bananas. So …

I’m guessing weed?

• “Walk Like a Man”: OK, but also sing like a girl?

• “Wee Wee Hours”: Did you know that “wee” can also be a synonym for “small” or “late”?

For the longest time, I just thought this song was about a guy with prostate issues.

• “Here’s Where the Story Ends”: Well, OK, but what’s the deal with the remaining three minutes and 30 seconds of the song, then?

• “Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow”: Er … actually, this song is EXACTLY what it sounds like. Forget I mentioned it.

— Brad Quinn wished he had heard that song before this last winter.

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Monday, May 2, 2011 — by Eugenia Last

ARIES March 21-April 19 Use any obstacle that stands in your way as a motivator to reach your goal. Work quietly behind the scenes, where no one will disturb or deter you. Know in your heart that you are on the right path, and be relentless in your pursuit.

TAURUS April 20-May 20 Secret information will help you make an important decision. The work you do now will pay off. Take care of any paperwork or dealings that involve government agencies and financial or medical institutions.

GEMINI May 21-June 20 You will face complications regarding money matters. Don’t get involved in joint financial ventures or with anyone who is unpredictable. Keep your finances a secret. Questions will be asked if you are too vocal.

CANCER June 21-July 22 Children or older relatives will put unreasonable demands on you. Get the whole family involved so you aren’t stuck with the brunt of the responsibilities. A good partnership can develop professionally.

LEO July 23-Aug. 22 Stick to what you know and do best and follow through with your promises. A sensitive issue at work must be avoided. Love is highlighted, and an affectionate evening should be planned.

VIRGO Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Visit with friends you don’t get to see very often, and you’ll discover something that can alter the way you move forward professionally. The opportunity to pick up additional skills will prove effective toward future advancement.

LIBRA Sept. 23-Oct. 22 A relationship problem will develop if you or someone you are dealing with is indecisive or cannot make a commitment. A financial boost will help ease your anxiety and pay overdue bills. Get your personal paperwork in order.

SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21 You’ll be pulled between work and family. An opportunity to advance is apparent. Avoid a conflict by taking your work home and putting in a late night. Balance will be the key.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Mix business and pleasure, and you will come up with a workable situation that allows you to get everything done and have a good time. Put a little pressure on the right people, and you can manipulate an investment or debt owed to you.

CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Be careful what you reveal. Someone will be listening intently, looking for any opportunity to misinterpret or meddle in your affairs. Expect delays while traveling and unexpected alterations in your plans due to someone’s miscalculation.

AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Problems from your past will surface. Face whatever comes your way before it has time to fester and turn into something too difficult to handle. Be responsible with your personal finances.

PISCES Feb. 19-March 20 Be honest and direct but don’t give away information that isn’t necessary. The less others know about your personal and professional affairs, the better. Taking on additional responsibilities will enhance your reputation. Be creative when dealing with emotional matters.

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Rock climbing becomes a family passion The boys accompany their parents on climbing trips around the country in addition to practicing at home and in the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center.

By BEN WOLFSON benjamin-wolfson@uiowa.edu

Isaac Pyle leans over and helps younger brother Owen Pyle into his harness, meticulously double-checking every knot.

The 11-year old helps fasten the rope to the harness and then stands back, preparing to spot Owen as he climbs on the 52.5-foot rock wall in the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center.

Owen, deep in concentration, quickly scampers up the wall, while his body contorts and stretches in order to find desirable rocks on his route to the top of the wall.

As Owen climbs to about halfway up the rock face, Isaac calls out encouragingly to his 7-year-old brother.

“Come on, buddy, nice job,” Isaac yells. “Nice, Owen, keep it up.”

For the Pyle brothers, climbing is something they’ve been doing frequently the past few years.

Father Joe Pyle became interested in climbing four years ago after his brotherin-law introduced him to it.

It has evolved into a family activity.

“Both [Joe’s] kids are active in the [new rec center] youth climbing program,” said Dave Patton, the assistant director of the center’s climbing wall. “I’ve known Joe for two years, and his whole family

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lifestyle revolves around [outdoor] kinds of stuff … both [Owen and Isaac] are totally into it and certainly some of the better climbers for their age group.”

The Pyles have a rockclimbing wall — built by Pyle — set up in their garage, but they often go to the new rec center several times per week.

“Usually, we don’t get to see very many climbing gyms, and this one is the only one that is close to our house [in Solon],” Owen said. “It’s totally perfect; the fun part is to climb really high and then jump down.”

Isaac said that he enjoys climbing because it builds character.

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Seven-year-old Owen Pyle comes down after making it to the top of the climbing wall in the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center on April 12. His 11-year-old brother Isaac Pyle (not pictured) belays him.

Because the brothers are home-schooled and Pyle owns a window-washing company, this leaves a lot of time for climbing.

The family will often head out for day trips around Iowa to such places as Pictured Rocks near Monticello, Palisades State Park, and Indian Bluff.

The Pyles have also taken extensive vacations to climb across the nation, including trips to Colorado, Arkansas and Kentucky.

“For a while, we were trying to figure out what to do as a family together, well all enjoy being outside,” Joe Pyle said. “Together as a family we can go and rock

climb; it’s a great familybuilding experience.”

That experience has turned into a permanent fixture for the lives of the Pyles, and they relish the opportunity to strengthen their bodies and be active outdoors. “[Isaac and Owen] are dedicated, and they realize it takes a lot of practice to get good at [climbing],” Patton said. “They’ve turned it into a family outing, and that’s really cool to see.”

This is the first article in a five-part series on interesting youth in Iowa City. Check back tomorrow to learn about a 7-year-old go-cart racer.

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Eleven-year-old Isaac Pyle belays his brother Owen (not pictured) at the climbing wall in the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center on April 12. The Pyle family has made trips to Colorado, Arkansas, Kentucky, and around Iowa to pursue climbing.

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Iowa’s Graham Valdes clears a 2.05 meter high jump at the Drake Relays at Drake Stadium on April 30.

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‘Everybody wants to be a little faster, everybody wants to throw a little farther, jump a little higher. I think this group is doing an outstanding job of competing at their best.’

— Iowa head women’s track and field coach Layne Anderson

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Runners prepare for the distance medley race at Drake Stadium during the Drake Relays on April 29.

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Iowa senior Bethany Praska hugs Erin Jones (left) and Tiffany Hendricks (right) after winning the sprint medley relay at Drake Stadium on April 30.

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Runners compete in the 100-meter hurdles at Drake Stadium on April 30. The attendance that day was around 14,504.

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Iowa senior captain Tiffany Hendricks competes in the women’s 4x400 meter relay at the Drake Relays on April 29.

Hawkeye freshman Lena Placzek competes in the distance medley at the Drake Relays on April 29. Placzek, from Poznan, Poland, placed third in the 2010 Polish Cross-Country Nationals.

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“Whatever happened in the past is behind me. Now, all that’s on my mind right now is trying to make the Vikings a Super Bowl team.”

Fewer than 30 picks later, the Kansas City Chiefs took quarterback Ricky Stanzi 135th overall in the fifth round. The National Football Post ranked Stanzi as the sixth-best quarterback in this class.

“I didn’t pay a whole lot of attention to the predictions or where you may go,” Stanzi said in a conference call. “I have just tried to work hard throughout the whole process and let teams get to know me.

Wherever you end up, you join that team, and I am just very excited about that opportunity.”

Among the six players, Sash may have been the biggest surprise. Not that he was selected — but how long it took. Picked by the New York Giants 198th overall, the Oskaloosa native was the sixth-to-last pick of the sixth round. Sash chose to forgo his senior season at Iowa to enter the draft.

“This guy has good size, he runs good enough,” said Marc Ross, the Giants’ director of college scouting. “He is not your top-flight athlete, but the guy has a feel for the game — instinctive, excellent ball skills.

“We hope he will play special teams for us. He has that kind of toughness about him, reckless with his body. So we really like that about him.”

In a typical NFL off-season, numerous undrafted free agents may be invited to rookie mini-camps. But amid the current lockout, undrafted free agents cannot be signed.

That means the likes of ex-Iowa punter Ryan Donahue — ranked by some as the best player at his position in this class — are in limbo.

Donahue told The Daily Iowan last week he would probably get a part-time job to “keep myself afloat,” but his focus would continue to be on his training and trying to make it in the NFL. “What I’m going to do is keep training and keep performing my craft, trying to excel,” he said. “I have to keep going at it.”

ley and the record-breaking 4x800 team.

Thode placed second in the 1,500-meter race after running an outstanding mile leg in the distance medley relay. Wieczorek said Thode became “a hero” for the Hawkeye fans with his effort at the Relays.

Matt Byers said he wasn’t pleased with his throws in the javelin, but he continued to show that he has a strong hold on the top

spot in the Big Ten. While Byers’ best throw at Drake placed him fourth overall, he was the top finisher among Big Ten athletes.

Also throwing at Drake were Wisconsin’s Rob Dehn and Derek Steinbach and Ohio State’s William Lauricella, who rank second, third, and fourth in the Big Ten. Byers’ best mark was over 18 feet better than that of Steinbach’s, who placed ninth at Drake.

The throws group also got a solid effort from Matt Banse in the hammer. The sophomore threw a personal-best of 199 feet, 2 1/2 inches. “[The personal best] was only [by] 3 inches, but I’ll take it,” Banse said. “That’s just a stride toward what I want to be throwing in two weeks [at Big Tens]. I think it’s a great way to end this part and go into the championships.”

marks the best back-toback finishes at the conference championships in school history.

Brant was named to the all-tournament team — he and Guthrie were the only players in a 54-man field that shot even par or better for the tournament. Brant’s runner-up finish is the best by an Iowa golfer at the Big Ten championships since Brad Klapprott won the tournament in 1992.

“I think we played great competition, and that’s just going to help us be mentally tough and physically ready to play [at NCAA regionals],” Brant said. “Once we make it to the national championship, we’ll be ready to play there.”

India and Hopfinger fin-

ished tied for 13th and 17th place, respectively. India carded 295 over four rounds to finish 7 over, and Hopfinger was 8 over.

Junior Barrett Kelpin shot a 302 in the tournament to finish tied for 28th, and Brad George carded 314 in tying for 49th.

“We struggled a little bit this week, but all in all, it was a decent finish,” India said. “The golf course played tough all week, and we did a decent job of staying in the present.”

Despite finishing behind rival Illinois for the secondconsecutive year, the team saw a lot of positives from the experience as it was paired with the Fighting Illini for all four rounds of play.

“I think whenever you go head-to-head with a top team such as Illinois for four-straight rounds, that will make each one of our players better,” Hankins said. “The overall strength of the Big Ten and competitiveness [we faced in this tournament] gives us confidence for when we face a national field.”

India said, “We’re going to be better [after being paired with Illinois] because of it.

They’re going to be our competition down the road, we saw the mistakes they made and how they pumped each other up and had a good mindset. We learned from them.”

DRAFT

IOWA PLAYERS DRAFTED

CONTINUED FROM 12 couple weeks ago, we looked at each other, and we both knew that was the guy.”

The draft’s second and third rounds proceeded April 29 with no Iowa players chosen. The Minnesota Vikings ended that stretch the next day when they selected Christian Ballard in the fourth round.

Reporters asked Ballard to confirm the accuracy of a report last week by Fox Sports that said he tested positive for marijuana at the NFL Combine in February.

He said it was “confidential,” and he wasn’t willing to talk about it.

“I’ve made mistakes in the past, but I’m going to look to the future. I’m a Viking now,” he said during a conference call on April 30.

MEN'S TRACK CONTINUED FROM 12 Wieczorek said he was again impressed by the performances of Sowinski and sophomore Jeff Thode.

“Sowinski was simply sensational,” he said.

Sowinski ran the anchor leg in both the sprint med-

GOLF CONTINUED FROM 12 Brant, who led the field for two rounds, finished second overall to Illinois’ Luke Guthrie. The junior ended up carding a 288 over four rounds to finish at even par, and Guthrie won by a single stroke.

“I think the key to my performance was putting myself in the right mindset,” Brant said. “When I make the game simpler and have as much fun as I can, everything falls into place and becomes effortless.”

With a second-place finish in the 2010 Big Ten championships and a thirdplace finish on Sunday, this

RD (Pick) Player Team 1 (20) Adrian Clayborn Tampa Bay defensive end 4 (106) 5 (135) 5 (142) 5

Christian Ballard Minnesota defensive end/tackle Ricky Stanzi quarterback Karl Klug defensive tackle

Kansas City Tennessee

(162) Julian Vandervelde Philadelphia offensive line

6 (198)

Tyler Sash safety

New York Giants

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Which Hawk will have best career?

Adrian Clayborn (Tampa Bay, first round, 20th overall) Adrian Clayborn was the first Hawkeye taken in the NFL draft for a reason. He’s the most NFL ready.

As a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he will be the most successful Hawkeye of this draft class.

The nation saw how good Clayborn could be in the 2009 season. He accumulated 11.5 sacks and 20 tackles for loss and completely dominated Georgia Tech’s offense in the 2010 Orange Bowl. He was the anchor of that vaunted Iowa defense.

Although Clayborn’s statistics were down in his senior season, that was more the result of double teams and increased attention than a slip in performance. When he broke free from those double teams, he was still the player who dominated Georgia Tech.

With the Bucs, Clayborn will be able to step in as a starter right away. Tampa Bay tied for 30th in the NFL with 26 sacks last season, and Clayborn will improve that right away. Under a defensiveminded head coach such as Raheem Morris, Clayborn will be able to improve on his weaknesses and be a star for Tampa Bay. Clayborn won’t have to be the focal point of a defense like he was at Iowa. The Buccaneer D-line could end up being formidable. He will play alongside 2010 firstround pick Gerald McCoy and Da’Quan Bowers, picked in the second round of this year’s draft, could also join Clayborn if Bowers’ knee holds up. Those three form a very formidable line for the future of the Buccaneers.

Clayborn absolutely has the talents to be an extremely pro-

ductive NFL player. If he can show the dominance he had during his junior year, he will be a Pro-Bowlcaliber defensive end for many years.

— by Ryan Murphy

Christian Ballard (Minnesota, fourth round, 106th overall) Christian Ballard will have the most immediate effect of any Iowa player drafted this season because he’s in a position to start immediately.

The Minnesota Vikings got a talent who most scouts saw as a second rounder with the 106th pick in the draft — a fourthround selection. Minnesota is filling a need because Pat Williams has stated he’s going to leave once free agency

resumes, meaning Ballard should be able to compete for and get the starting job in a 4-3 defense that needs two tackles.

Now, a starting Ballard will be mentored by Pro Bowler Kevin Williams after he comes back from a four-game, drug-related suspension to start the season — coincidental, because Ballard’s stock may have fallen after a Fox Sports report that he failed a drug test at the NFL Combine.

Compare this situation with Adrian Clayborn’s, who will be successful in Tampa Bay but will have to learn on the job alongside another rookie Da’Quan Bowers. There’s a lot of value to having a good mentor in the

league (see: Aaron Rodgers), which Clayborn will lack in Tampa Bay. As far as Ballard’s failed drug test, I wouldn’t be concerned. In fact, I’d be more concerned about the fact that he knew he had a drug test and didn’t stop taking drugs in time. It’s an odd type of discipline issue more than a character issue. But plenty of former players have failed drug tests and h a d respectable N F L careers a f t e r wards.

Few rememb e r Warren Sapp failed his drug test (with positives of both marijuana and cocaine) before coming into the league, leading to some concern with his potential, but he went on to be on of the greatest players in Buccaneer’s history.

Ballard’s situation is perfect for learning, and that means he’ll mature a lot faster than the other Iowa players.

— by Ian Martin

Ricky Stanzi (Kansas City, fifth round, 135th overall) Nothing against the five other former Hawkeyes who had their names called in Radio City Music Hall over the weekend, but quar-

terback Ricky Stanzi will have the group’s best NFL career.

No other Iowa player steps into such an ideal situation. The Chiefs continue to set themselves up for long-term success after a 2010-11 campaign in which they went 10-6 and made the playoffs. They entered the draft with one of the league’s worst receiving corps, but they bolstered the attack by taking Pittsburgh’s Jonathan Baldwin in the first round.

Plus, Stanzi is pretty darn familiar with Chiefs’ tight end Tony Moeaki: The duo combined for five touchdowns and 503 yards in the 18 games they played together at Iowa. Having four solid targets in Baldwin, Moeaki, Dexter McCluster, and Dwayne Bowe will only help Stanzi.

Being able to fall back on the league’s best rushing offense won’t hurt, either. Kansas City rode Thomas Jones and Jamaal Charles for an NFL-leading 164 yards per game last year, which takes quite a bit of pressure off the quarterback.

Stanzi needs to be patient, much like Aaron Rodgers was in Green Bay, but he can learn quite a bit from Matt Cassell — who did his learning under some guy named Tom Brady — and be ready to take the reins in a few years.

What it really all boils down to is, the Chiefs have tremendous upside — much more than Tampa Bay and Minnesota. Clayborn and Ballard will carve out nice careers for themselves, but they’ll have to do it on their own.

They don’t have the help around them that Stanzi will have in Kansas City. He could do very little and still be the Manzi, so don’t be surprised to see him wearing a Super Bowl ring or two by the time he retires.

— by Seth Roberts

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WOMEN'S TRACK CONTINUED FROM 12 pared with Arkansas, but Iowa’s time this weekend, 3:35.93, is an outdoor school record and the 20th-fastest time in the country — first in the Big Ten. The previous record was 3:36.26, set in 2003.

After the preliminary race, which the Hawkeyes ran in 3:37.83, senior captain Tiffany Hendricks said the Iowa relay runners wanted to knock some seconds off their time.

They shaved off 1.90 seconds, enough to set a school record.

Head coach Layne Anderson said the relay closed the meet out well.

To continue their the momentum, Hawkeyes must take first in the 4x400 at the outdoor Big Ten championships, which Iowa will host on May 13-15.

So while Iowa’s time was fast enough for a school record — and better than Illinois, who holds the 23rd-fastest time in the country — it wasn’t fast enough to win the Drake title.

“Illinois was in there [the final],” Erickson said. “[The Illini] have been close with us all outdoor, so to beat them was pretty good. And we obviously want to win Big Tens, so to get

that time down was looking better.”

Iowa won the sprint medley relay for the first time in the 22 times the Hawkeyes have competed in the event at the Relays.

Hendricks, senior Bethany Praska, and freshmen Erin Jones and Ashley Liverpool had never ran the event together. Breaking the school record of 3:56.42, recorded in 1995, the Hawkeyes ran the medley relay in 3:48.63.

“I think it’s representing that Iowa shouldn’t be underestimated,” Praska said. “… And we’re just putting together a lot of strong individual talent. We’re just that much better.”

The Hawkeyes had other positive finishes throughout the weekend, small sparks in a variety of events, but other than that, they seemed a little overwhelmed. Anderson said he can’t be critical because the team is maximizing its potential.

“Everybody wants to be a little faster, everybody wants to throw a little farther, jump a little higher,” he said. “I think this group is doing an outstanding job of competing at their best.”

10 - The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Monday, May 2, 2011

Rowers shine in Ithaca The Iowa rowing team made a statement on April 30 with three race victories in Ithaca, N.Y.

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Senior Haylie Miller said the Iowa rowing team was heading to the East Coast Races in Ithaca, N.Y. to make teams say, “Whoa, there’s Iowa.”

By winning two races in the morning session and another in the afternoon session of April 30’s competition, the Hawkeyes were able to make a statement in their last racing series before the Big Ten championships Kowal on May 15.

Iowa head coach Mandi coach Kowal said she was pleased with the squad’s performance.

“I think we performed pretty well,” she said. “We didn’t win every race, but we held our composure really well.”

In the morning session of the event, the team competed against Duke and Bucknell, which entered the races ranked sixth in the Mid-Atlantic Region. The winning boat in each race advanced to “winners’ races” in the afternoon, and second-place boats advanced to consolation races.

The Hawkeyes took two of the three races against the Blue Devils and Bison.

The lone boat to finish second was the Hawkeyes’ first varsity 8 team, which finished 4.5 seconds behind the victorious Blue Devils. The boat then placed second again in the afternoon’s consolation races, 7.6 seconds behind Dartmouth.

The second varsity 8 boat won its morning race, defeating Bucknell by 3.9 seconds. The boat rallied to place second in the winners’ race behind No. 17 Cornell. The squad trailed Rhode Island by a boat length early in the race before pulling ahead.

The dominant boat of the day for the Hawkeyes was the varsity 4. In the morning, the boat finished the course in a time of 8:15.4, besting second place Duke by more than 12 seconds. The afternoon session was no different for the Hawkeyes — the varsity 4 claimed the victory with a time of 8:17.9. Second place Cornell finished 12.1 seconds behind Iowa, and third-place Buffalo finished 26.1 seconds after the Hawkeye boat, which is currently ranked sixth in the Central Region — the only Iowa boat to appear in the regional rankings.

Kowal said she was extremely impressed with the performance of the varsity 4 boat.

“It had a very good weekend,” Kowal said. “It pushed through a pretty strong headwind, and had a strong weekend.”

Senior Emily Melvold said the team’s success was key to move up in the national poll in an attempt to qualify for the NCAA championships.

“This and the Big Ten championships are the only two chances for us to move up in the rankings before the end of the season,” she said. “It was really important for us to do well.”

With the regular season in the rear-view mirror, Iowa will begin preparation for the Big Ten championships in Indianapolis.

Kowal said the team’s performance at the East Coast Races gives it some momentum entering the conference championships.

“We have some things to work on, but we left New York in pretty good spirits,” she said. “We got some momentum heading into the Big Tens.”

SOFTBALL Softball drops two The Iowa softball team (26-21, 8-8) was swept

by Big Ten-leading Indiana (34-15, 14-2) in Bloomington, Ind., over this past weekend, dropping the first game of the series, 3-1, on April 30 and getting shut out Sunday in a 5-0 loss.

Iowa couldn’t get anything going on offense, recording just three hits in the two games.

The April 30 game saw the end of senior Stephanie Ochoa’s 14-game hitting streak and junior Katie Keim’s 10-game streak. Sophomore Johnnie Dowling hit her fourth home run of the season, but it was one of just two hits for Iowa in the game.

Freshman pitcher Kayla Massey took the loss, dropping to 12-10 on the season. Indiana pitcher Morgan Melloh baffled Hawkeye hitters, striking out nine batters in the complete-game win.

Melloh was even better the next day, coming within one out of a no-hitter. Ochoa recorded a two-out single in the seventh inning for Iowa’s first hit of the game. Melloh struck out 14 Iowa batters. Sophomore pitcher Chelsea Lyon suffered the loss for the Hawkeyes; she allowed five runs 2 on six hits in 4 ⁄3 innings. She struck out six hitters but dropped to 14-11 on the season.

“We have to get back on the horse,” Iowa head coach Marla Looper said in a release. “There are learning points in every game, every outing, every practice. We have to get back on the horse and put it into action.”

— by Sam Louwagie

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ROWING The Hawkeyes claim three victories at the East Coast Races. 10

THE DAILY IOWAN MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011

NFL DRAFT DRAKE RELAYS

NFL drafts 6 Hawks Six Hawkeyes have destinations for the next step of their football careers.

By JORDAN GARRETSON jordan-garretson@uiowa.edu

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Iowa’s Steven Willey races down the Drake Stadium track before handing the baton to D’Juan Richardson during the preliminary 4x400 meter relay on April 29 in Des Moines. The team placed second in their heat and fifth overall.

Hawks crown 4 Drake champs The Iowa men’s track and field team had many noteworthy performances at the 102nd Drake Relays over the weekend.

By BEN SCHUFF benjamin-schuff@uiowa.edu

DES MOINES — Four Hawkeyes jogged around the outside of the blue oval in Drake Stadium on April 30 carrying white flags with the words “Drake Relays Champion” on them.

Zeke Sayon, Justin Austin, Steven Willey, and Erik Sowinski were completing their victory lap at the Drake Relays — something no Iowa athlete achieved last year.

“I thought it was one of the

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best Drake Relays we’ve had in years,” Iowa head coach Larry Wieczorek said.

Many Iowa athletes had solid performances in Des Moines. The Black and Gold foursome of Sayon, Austin, Willey, and Sowinski won the 1,600 sprint medley on April 30 at the Relays. The Hawkeyes also broke the

school record in the 4x800meter relay on April 29 with a time of 7:23.77, placing second.

The 4x400-meter relay, consisting of Willey, Sowinski, Ethan Holmes, and Chris Barton, posted a season-best 3:07.23 in the event. Iowa finished second behind Baylor, which holds the nation’s second-fastest time this outdoor season.

“At Big Tens, we’ll do pretty well, and regionals, we’ll probably do well,” Barton said. “But if we go to nation-

als, we have got to step up our game a little bit.”

The Big Ten championships are set to take place in Iowa City on May 13-15.

With a number of Big Ten schools competing at the Drake Relays, it appears some Hawkeyes stack up well against their conference foes.

Despite finishing behind Baylor, the Hawkeyes placed ahead of Ohio State (third) and Illinois (seventh) at the Drake Relays.

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After setting a school record for with six players drafted in 2010, Iowa matched that total this past weekend.

Six Hawkeyes — Adrian Clayborn, Christian Ballard, Ricky Stanzi, Karl Klug, Julian Vandervelde, and Tyler Sash — were picked during the 2011 NFL draft. Iowa has now produced 45 draft picks under head coach Kirk Ferentz.

As the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ first-round selection at No. 20 on April 28, Clayborn was the only Hawkeye drafted in the event’s first two days.

Some teams’ questions about Clayborn’s Erb’s palsy and its potential effect on Clayborn his upper-body strength defensive end threatened to slide the 6-4, 285-pounder out of the first round.

But the St. Louis native actually went slightly higher than he was projected by most experts — ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. and Todd McShay slotted him at No. 27 and 26, respectively.

Buccaneer head coach Raheem Morris said he and general manager Mark Dominik had Clayborn near the top of the team’s big board.

“We’re really fired up,” Morris said at a news conference shortly after Clayborn was selected. “When [Clayborn] came here a SEE DRAFT, 9

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Men’s golf finishes third Junior Chris Brant finished second, firing a 288 over four rounds.

By BEN WOLFSON benjamin-wolfson@uiowa.edu

After 72 holes of golf over three days, the Iowa men’s golf team couldn’t overcome Illinois for the second year in a row, and the Hawkeyes finished the Big Ten championships in third place.

The Fighting Illini won the league championship

after firing 1,160 (8-over) and Northwestern finished in second with 1,179.

The Hawkeyes finished two strokes behind the Wildcats (1,181) and had three players — Vince India, Brad Hopfinger, and Chris Brant — finish in the top 20. “[The Illini] played better than us, and they

deserved to win the championship,” head coach Mark Hankins said. “We fought a hard match for second today and almost pulled it out in the end. We shot 1 under as a team today, and overall, I’m pleased with our performance.”

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DRAKE RELAYS

Tracksters have good meet The women’s track and field team had a few successes at the Drake Relays, and now needs to prepare for what could be its most improved Big Ten Championships.

By AMY TIFFANY amy-tiffany@uiowa.edu

Cole wins Chris Street Award

India wins Bolstad Trophy

Departing senior center Jarryd Cole received the Iowa men’s basketball team’s Chris Street Award for the 2010-11 season on April 30.

The award is named for the former Iowa player who was killed in an auto accident in 1993; it is given annually to the player who “best exemplifies the spirit, enthusiasm, and intensity of Chris Street.” Cole also won the award in 2009, and he joins Jess Settles (1994, 1996, and 1999) and Adam Haluska (2005 and 2006) as the only players to receive the honor numerous times.

The Kansas City native and three-time cocaptain started all 31 games for the Hawkeyes this season, and he was second on the team in rebounding (6.3) and field-goal percentage (.568).

Melsahn Basabe was named the team’s Freshman of the Year and Best Rebounder after he became the first Iowa player to post more than 340 points, 200 rebounds, and 40 blocks in a freshman season. Point guard Bryce Cartwright was the Hawkeyes’ Top Playmaker, and averaged a Big Ten-best 6.8 assists per game in conference play. Both Basabe and Cartwright were honorable mention all-league selections.

Iowa City native Matt Gatens received the Black and Gold’s Defensive Player Award, Andrew Brommer and Roy Devyn Marble shared Most Improved honors, and Eric May earned the Hawkeyes’ Academic Award.

— by Seth Roberts

After being recognized for his excellent play all season by winning the Big Ten Golfer of the Week award twice this spring, Iowa’s Vince India can add another award to his trophy case.

India was presented with the Les Bolstad Trophy Sunday after the Big Ten championships.

Named after the late Les Bolstad — who served as Minnesota’s golf coach for 30 years — the award is given annually to the golfer who records the lowest stroke average during the season.

The third-ranked player in the country tallied an impressive 71.08 stroke average during his senior year.

India has had his best individual season as a Hawkeye and has recorded three tournament victories — the Golfweek Conference Challenge, the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate, and the Hawkeye TaylorMade Invitational.

India is Iowa’s second Bolstad winner; former Hawkeye Brad Klapprott won the trophy in 1992 with a stroke average of 74.

“I couldn’t be happier about this,” India told hawkeyesports.com. “This has been a really good year for Iowa golf and for me. It’s a real good cap to my Big Ten career.”

— by Ben Wolfson

DES MOINES — The Iowa track and field team will always focus on putting out a solid 4x400 relay team to close out a meet.

But in the final of the 4x400 meter relay at the 102nd Drake Relays, it looked as if Iowa was moving in slow motion compared with the first-place finisher Arkansas. But the Hawkeyes made some significant progress in the event, finishing fourth.

And maybe it was because on April 29, Iowa blew out the other teams in its preliminary heat.

So when the Hawkeyes weren’t winning the race, it seemed odd and out of place — as though they were running slower than they actually were.

But the 4x400 relay team from Arkansas has the second- and thirdfastest relay times in the country. On April 30, the

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Iowa senior Bethany Praska passes the baton to senior captain Tiffany Hendricks during the 4x400 meter relay at the Drake Relays on April 30. Iowa placed fourth in the event with a time of 3:35.93.

Razorbacks dominated the opposition with their time of 3:28.63, a Drake Relay record. The previous mark was 3:31.00, set in 1987 by Alabama.

The Razorbacks were uncatchable.

“They’re crazy,” Iowa junior Nicole Erickson said.

The Hawkeyes may have looked slow comSEE WOMEN'S TRACK, 9