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WHAT’S INSIDE: Almost 100 people were charged by local law enforcement over the weekend, many of them with alcohol-related offenses. Page 2A

The wonders of cider vinegar

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Another Hope House resident charged Iowa City police arrested a resident of the Hope House after he allegedly escaped and assaulted his girlfriend.

Robert Alan Wofford Jr., 26, was charged Sept. 15 with third and subsequent domestic assault and absence from custody.

According to reports, Wofford allegedly struck his girlfriend on the face, right arm, and left breast, causing bruising, before fleeing.

Wofford’s failure to return to the Hope House marks the second since spring, following an incident in which a man charged with involuntary manslaugher escaped the facility. He was later apprehended.

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Early voting ballots available Early voting ballots are now available for the Oct. 11 Iowa City primary.

The Johnson County Auditor’s Office will be open for voting during regular business hours, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and Oct. 8 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Satellite voting will be available Sept. 28 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Burge and 4 to 7 p.m. at Hillcrest.

Requests for a ballot by mail are available to print on the Johnson County auditor’s and should be addressed to the Auditor’s Office, 913 S. Dubuque St., Suite 101, Iowa City, Iowa, 52240, according to a press release.

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Paul Rasch prepares to bottle some apple cider at Wilson’s Orchard on Sept. 15. The previous evening, Wilson’s Orchard hosted an event featuring local musician Dave Zollo along with food from the Pit. (The Daily Iowan/Christy Aumer)

An orchard owner says the apple cider changes weekly depending on the apples used.

Rasch said apple-cider vinegar is used as a health tonic to heal minor body ailments including indigestion and stomach pain. It calms the stomach and can be used for weight loss and lowering blood pressure.

“It has a role for us in our daily lives and healthy diets,” Rasch said.

When producing the vinegar, he follows a series of crucial steps. First, a blend of fresh apples must be cleaned, grounded, and squished to produce unfiltered apple cider. The cider is unclear because of the pectin and soluble fiber in the apples.

“A good apple cider must be sweet, tart, and have tannins,” Rasch said. “Without them, it lacks a little bit of character.”

Rasch said the apples will foster the components in the next couple of weeks. The better the sweet cider, the better the vinegar. The sweet cider naturally turns to hard apple cider over time through a process called fermentation — bacteria eating sugar and converting it to alcohol. Once hard cider is created, “mother” — a bacteria culture — is introduced.

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Taking a gulp of apple-cider vinegar, Paul Rasch said living long starts with living well and the vinegar plays a significant role.

“I had a grandma who lived to be 99 and drank a quarter cup every day, so it must work,” said the owner of Wilson’s Apple Orchard.

This season, the orchard has begun marketing homemade apple-cider vinegar, primarily for its supposed health benefits.

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DES MOINES — Some Iowa credit-union officials said they’re pleased with Iowa caucus contender Rick Perry’s call to repeal sweeping regulations on the financial industry.

At a stop in Des Moines last week, the Texas Republican called for President Obama, who signed Dodd-Frank into law, to put a six-month suspension on all of the law’s pending regulations.

“One of my top priorities that I’ll share is to repeal this onerous Dodd-Frank regulatory legislation,” Perry said in Des Moines last week. “ …

And it’s no wonder that banks and credit unions are afraid to lend money, because it’s the onerous regulatory climate that’s killing the jobs, that’s killing this economy.”

That promise was met with

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One local credit union leader said new federal regulations pushed forward by Democrats in Congress

A recent Iowa Supreme Court decision could tear a $3 million hole in Iowa City’s budget.

A July 29 court ruling will allow apartment owners wanting to reduce taxes to switch to a co-operative housing classification in order to pay residential tax rates. If apartments, which normally fall under a commercial property classification, switch to residential, they’ll pay 50 percent less taxes.

This could mean millions of dollars in revenue decreases for every Johnson County localities, which would call for rebudgeting and possible cuts in services.

“We anticipate that many and most eli-

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Iowa caucus candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks at the Iowa Credit Union Convention on Sept. 16 in Des Moines. (Associated Press/Charlie Neibergall) applause from leaders of Iowa’s credit unions, who said their industry has been plagued with over-regulation leading up to and following the economic collapse of 2008.

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The 20-year-old will put out a tape of his freestyle rap in November.

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Bobby Hanaford

Bobby Hanaford gazed out the back-seat window during a family road trip.

Full of pent-up emotion, a flood of words came to him during the daydream.

He didn’t write the words down, but Hanaford’s ideas stuck with him, and thanks to freestyle rap, he has a constant outlet for that expression.

“The ultimate release from reality is free-styling and art in general,” the 20year-old musician said.

“Art’s kind of like a gasoline tank for people to kind of refill their soul.”

Hanaford plans to release a mixtape of his music in November. A network of close friends encourage Hanaford’s growth and confidence in his music.

His first freestyle experience wouldn’t have happened without a little help from his best friend since the first grade, Phil Tobias, and rock icon Bob Dylan.

The first beat he ever freestyled to was “Like a Rolling Stone” while hanging out with Tobias one day in high school. “[Hanaford’s] trying to talk about real issues, not like other rappers about how much money they make or how many girls they get,” Tobias said. “[Since he started], he’s got-

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Bobby Hanaford sits in his room on Sunday. (The Daily Iowan/Yichen Xu)

ten smarter with his music, smarter with his lyrics.”

Deon Randall, one of Hanaford’s main musical influences, agrees with Tobias about the soul Hanaford puts into his music.

“He was good at it, just right off the bat,” Randall said. “You can just hear the passion behind him and the emotion. He’s putting a bit of himself into his music, which is different from what most people do.”

Being different hasn’t always been easy for Hanaford, although those around him see it as a gift.

“I wasn’t always teased, but I wasn’t understood by all of the kids [in high school],” Hanaford said. “I just stayed to myself and didn’t talk very much, so people we really weirded out by how different [my

music] was, weirded out in a good way.”

Sam Rzepnicki, Hanaford’s manager and close friend, said that Hanaford is very emotional, and he tries to encourage Hanaford to use the love and hate he gets from his peers to foster his talent.

“As far as college is concerned, he needs to be around a student body, because he needs immediate feedback,” 23-year-old Rzepnicki said. “A lot of people try to sit on their records, but he just puts it out there right away.”

When they met around three years ago, Rzepnicki and Hanaford formed an instant bond. Rzepnicki said he feels like an older brother to Hanaford and will be there for him anytime he needs anything.

“If he said he needed me in Iowa today, I’m there,” Rzepnicki said.

The distance between Barrington, Ill., where Rzepnicki lives, and Hanaford’s current home in Iowa City is not a setback in their musical collaboration. When Hanaford has new ideas, Rzepnicki brings his portable studio to Iowa City and they set up shop and make music at Hanaford’s home.

In addition to producing a mixtape for November, Hanaford wants to start playing shows in Iowa City so he can share his talent and love for music with listeners.

Most importantly, Hanaford wants to keep making music — he calls this aspect of his life an addiction.

“Whatever you love in this world just do it,” Hanaford said. “It doesn’t really matter if you make it. If you love something, you’re not losing.”

was charged Sept. 17 with possession of marijuana and public intoxication.

Keith Garnant, 24, 406 N. Van Buren St., was charged Sept. 17 with OWI. Michael Gasser, 23, Bettendorf, was charged Sunday with possession of an open alcohol container in public.

Adrienne Gibbs, 20, Dubuque, was charged Sept. 16 with presence in a bar after hours.

Russell Goss, 41, 424 S. Johnson St., was charged Sept. 16 with fifth-degree theft.

Camillia Gould, 19, 1435 Prairie Du Chien Road, was charged Sept.

17 with driving with a suspended or canceled license.

Owen Grace, 19, 702 N. Dubuque St., was charged Sept. 16 with PAULA and possession of a ficticious driver’s license.

Vincent Guolfo, 18, 1038 Slater, was charged Sept. 16 with PAULA and possession of a ficticious driver’s license.

Paul Hansen, 19, 10 N. Johnson St., was charged Sept. 17 with PAULA and possession of a ficticious driver’s license.

Luvenia Harris, 39, Coralville, was charged Sept. 17 with public intoxication.

Christopher Herrig, 20, Dubuque, was charged Sunday with public intoxication and public urination.

Shawn Janke, 24, Des Plaines, was charged Sept. 16 with public intoxication.

Jason Johns, 30, 1929 Delwood Drive, was charged Sept. 16 with public intoxication and fifthdegree theft.

Kyle Kemps, 22, 400 N. Clinton St. Apt. 3, was charged Sept. 17 with public intoxication and disorderly conduct.

Kindra, 18, 332B Ryan Mayflower, was charged Sept. 16 with PAULA. Julia Kinne, 20, Lisle, Ill., was charged Sunday with possession of an open alcohol container in public and PAULA. David Knight, 20, 24 E. Court St. Apt. 520, was charged Sept. 16 with PAULA. Kyle Larson, 24, 353 S. Gilbert St. Apt. 2211, was charged Sept.

16 with public intoxication.

Molly Lersten, 20, 815 E. Washington St., was charged Sept. 16 with presence in a bar after hours.

Colt Martin, 19, Mount Vernon, was charged Sept. 16 with public intoxication, possession of marijuana, possession of an open

alcohol container in public, and PAULA. Michelle McCracken, 19, 815 E. Washington St., was charged Sept. 17 with PAULA. David McCullough, 30, 808 Westwinds Drive Apt. 4, was charged Sunday with public intoxication and possession of an open alcohol container in public.

Hayley McCullough, 20, Keswick, was charged Sept. 15 with presence in a bar after hours.

Alexander Menage, 20, Moline, was charged Sept. 17 with PAULA. Kevin Miller, 19, 626 S. Van Buren St. Apt. 1, was charged Sunday with public intoxication.

Ean Mills, 28, Coralville, was charged Sunday with disorderly conduct.

Oliver Moeller, 22, 2209 I St., was charged Sept. 17 with domestic assault with injury.

Lauren Negaard, 19, 313 S. Gilbert St. Apt. 2021, was charged Sept. 16 with presence in a bar after hours.

Michael Oliphant, 24, 725 Emerald St. Apt. D14, was charged Sunday with fifth-degree theft.

Sean Orton, 19, Montpelier, Iowa, was charged Sunday with interference with official acts.

Stephanie Pace, 24, 1912 Muscatine Ave., was charged Sept. 16 with OWI. Daniel Payne, 21, 408 S. Dodge St., was charged Sept. 17 with keeping a disorderly house.

Katie Petry, 19, 305 S. Summit St., was charged Sept. 16 with PAULA. Samantha Polton, 20, 300 Bradview Court, was charged Sept. 15 with presence in a bar after hours.

John Porada, 22, Morton Grove, Ill., was charged Sept. 17 with possession of an open alcohol container in public.

Margaret Porada, 21, 629 S. Johnson St. Apt. 5, was charged Sept. 17 with an open alcohol container in public .

Daniel Porter, 23, 2103 Keokuk St. Apt. 9, was charged Sept. 17 with disorderly conduct.

Ryan Preston, 25, 418 Brown St. Apt. 12, was charged Sept. 17 with OWI. Michael Ramirez, 18, 122 Hillcrest, was charged Sept. 16 with PAULA. Varun Reddy, 28, Hilliard, Oh., was charged Sunday with possession of an open alcohol container in public.

Shahab Robertson, 29, 702 S. First Ave., was charged Sept. 16 with public intoxication.

Nicholas Robles, 19, Cicero, Ill., was charged Sept. 17 with PAULA. Michelle Roe, 29, 313 Cherokee Trail, was charged Sept. 16 with fifth-degree theft.

Rosengarten, 20, Mikala Madison, Wis., was charged Sept.

17 with possession of a ficticious driver’s license.

Isaac Rowner, 22, West Hempstead, N.Y., was charged Sept. 17 with possession of an open alcohol container in public.

Zachary Ryan, 19, Moville, Iowa, was charged Sept. 17 with PAULA. Olivia Salow, 19, Earlville, was charged Sept. 17 with PAULA. Megan Schaper, 18, 1100 N. Dubuque St. Apt. 526D, was charged Sept. 17 with PAULA. Lisa Schilb, 20, Moline, was charged Sept. 17 with public intoxication.

Peter Schmeiser, 21, 4 Wendram Bluff N.E., was charged Sept. 17 with public urination.

Steven Shredl, 20, 333 S. Gilbert St. Apt. 2111, was charged Sept. 10 with possession of marijuana.

Nicholas Smallwood, 29, Davenport, was charged Sept. 17 with public intoxication.

Kurtis Smith, 26, 234 Cayman St., was charged Sept. 17 with assault on police/fire/emt personnel.

Eric Stephens, 21, 201 Hawk Ridge Drive, was charged Sept.

16 with public intoxication.

Brian Strenk, 18, Oak Forest, Ill., was charged Sept. 17 with PAULA. Trenton Snyder, 18, Naperville, Ill., was charged Sept. 17 with public intoxication.

Taylor Tannebaum, 20, 804 Iowa Ave., was charged Sept. 16 with PAULA. Melanie Thier, 18, 2263 Quadrangle, was charged Sept. 16 with interference with official acts, public intoxication, and obstructing a police officer.

Jeffrey Turner, 23, Dubuque, was charged Sunday with public intoxication.

Kelly Uhrik, 20, 629 S. Johnson St. Apt. 5, was charged Sept. 17 with possession of an open alcohol container in public.

Joseph Velazquez, 26, address unknown, was charged Sept. 15 with violating a no-contact, domestic-abuse protective order.

Jared Watters, 19, Ames, was charged Sept. 17 with PAULA. Cory Woods, 20, Davenport, was charged Sept. 17 with public urination.

BLOTTER Cindy Baldwin, 46, 910 Kirkwood Ave., was charged Sept. 16 with fifth-degree theft.

Sophie Berman, 20, 201 E. Burlington St., was charged Sept.

16 with presence in a bar after hours.

Lucas Bernhard, 22, 619 S. Johnson St. Apt. 6, was charged Sept. 16 with public intoxication.

Evan Blodgett, 18, Decorah, Iowa, was charged Sept. 16 with possession of a schedule-1 controlled substance.

Cortez Branigan, 21, Silvis, Ill., was charged Sunday with possession of Marijuana.

Brenton Bult, 37,16 Trevose Place, was charged Sept. 16 with fifth-degree theft.

Rachel Cantu, 19, 815 E. Washington St., was charged Sept. 17 with second-degree burglary.

Lorraine Chebon, 31, Columbia, Md., was charged Sunday with public intoxication.

Kendal Cosgrove, 20, 626 S. Van Buren St. Apt. 1, was charged Sunday with public intoxication.

Nathalie Crisostomo, 23, 2458 Lakeside Drive Apt. 5, was charged Sept. 16 with fifthdegree theft.

Brock Crivaro, 20, 301 Hawk Ridge Drive Apt. 3214, was charged Sunday with PAULA and possession of an open alcohol container in public.

Robert Cullen, 21, Clinton, Iowa, was charged Sept. 16 with public urination.

Justin Day, 20. 633 S. Dodge St. Apt. 1, was charged Sept. 16 with PAULA. Gianna Dilla, 19, Carol Stream, Ill., was charged Sunday with PAULA. Angela Dunne, 18, Naperville, Ill., was charged Sept. 17 with public intoxication.

Morgan Elwood, 27, Cedar Rapids, was charged Sept. 17 with fifth-degree theft.

Adriana Espinoza Castro, 20, 2401 Highway 6 E. Apt. 3601, was charged Sept. 17 with driving with a suspended or canceled license.

John Fahey, 20, 221 E. Fairchild St., was charged Sept. 17 with fifth-degree theft.

Celso Fernandez-Chavez, 33, Muscatine, was charged Sept. 17 with driving while barred.

Krista Frandsen, 51, 719 Huntington Drive, was charged Sept. 16 with OWI. Maggie Frerichs, 21, 620 Westwinds Drive, was charged Sept. 17 with fifth-degree theft.

Jamal Gaines, 21, Bartlet, Ill.,

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“It kind of looks like snot,” said Jack Neuzil, who supplies Wilson’s Orchard with fermenting materials.

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unfairly punish local lenders as well as big Wall Street lenders.

“We’re painting everyone with the same brush, and that’s probably not a good thing,” said Jeff Disterhoft, president and chief executive officer of the University of Iowa Community Credit Union. “That’s a knee-jerk reaction, to paint everyone with the same brush size when Main Street lenders such as ourselves weren’t responsible or involved in a lot of the ails that contributed.”

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gible structures will be reclassified to take advantage of tax treatment,” said Iowa City Mayor Matt Hayek. “That will cause a serious pinch in the city budget.”

Iowa City stands to take the biggest hit, potentially losing $3 million in revenue, because Iowa City receives 45 percent of local property-tax revenue — nearly three times the 17 percent Johnson County receives, said Johnson

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He said the culture has been passed down in his family for generations. He received it from his mother about 40 years ago, and she received it from her mother before that.

“You just put it in a jar, and it keeps the culture going,” Neuzil said.

Rasch said production for the vinegar takes about

four months, but the taste and quality increases with age. The vinegar currently on the market was started two years ago. He said customers can buy an 8.5ounce bottle for $4.50 and a 17-ounce bottle for $6.50.

For Rasch, compared with other apple goods, the vinegar is the best.

“I like cider, I like apples,

and I like apple products, but I like apple-cider vinegar the most,” he said. “It is the one product of apples that lends itself to craftsmanship, and I think the real craft of vinegar making has been lost.”

Barb Schintler, Wilson Orchard’s retail manager, said she thinks the product will be a popular buy

amongst customers with the increasing interested in health conscience products.

“It is a local product that offers a different taste than commercially bought vinegar that I think people will like,” Schintler sad.

Rasch said they are in the very early and experimenting stages of applecider vinegar but hope to

market different varieties of the product in the near future.

“We are interested in messing around with the product. Currently, we are experimenting with edible crab apples,” Rasch said.

“We are looking into garlicand herb-infused vinegars and making vinaigrettes.”

2010, the Dodd-Frank Act was intended to place strict regulation and oversight on financial institutions.

And while officials agreed regulation is necessary when it comes to bigger banks, they can be taxing on smaller credit unions.

“It’s very hard for small credit unions to have these resources to comply,” said Pat Jury, president and chief executive officer of the Iowa Credit Union League.

“And we’re very consumerfocused and consumer-centric institutions, so we aren’t able to comply and there is a threat for the small institutions, where the CEOs have to do the marketing and the janitori-

al work and regulatory compliance, that it gets to be so much that it gets to be where they have to make a decision on where their priorities are.”

Disterhoft said the industry has also been deeply wounded by overregulation resulting from legislation in the late 1990s which placed what Disterhoft and Perry described as an “arbitrary” 12.25 percent business lending cap on credit union’s total assets.

As a result, the Credit Union National Association is lobbying for legislation that would raise the member business-lending cap to 27.5 percent for well-capitalized credit unions.

Disterhoft said raising the cap could result in $13 billion of additional lending across the country that would create an estimated 140,000 jobs across the country — at no cost to taxpayers.

Ultimately, Disterhoft said, the regulations are hurting both nonprofit credit unions — many of which have reached or are close to reaching their lending cap — and their consumers.

“While it may seem like a great thing to add more checks and balances and regulation, ultimately it’s the consumers that pay for their regulation for the price they pay on loans,” Disterhoft said. “It’s not a

good thing for the people we serve, because it’s ultimately the consumers that pay the cost of that and in today’s times that’s tough.”

But some maintain even more regulation is needed.

“Perry’s campaign pledge to repeal Dodd-Frank is more proof that his campaign puts the interests of big banks and Wall Street corporations ahead of the interests of everyday people and a fair economy that works for everybody,” said David Goodner, an Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement organizer.

“We need stronger and more effective public oversight of big-moneyed corporate interest groups, not more deregulation. Deregu-

lation and lax enforcement is what got us into this mess into the first place, and it’s time for national leaders from both political parties to stop kowtowing to corporate power and start putting communities before corporations and people before profits.”

During his 30-minute speech last week in Des Moines, Perry touted his support of tax exemptions for nonprofit Texas credit unions and offered other fixes.

“We need to consider alternatives, such as freeing up lending credit unions to help provide for Main Street, creating jobs, income, the tax revenue, that’s what you have to do,” Perry said.

County Board of Supervisor, Rod Sullivan.

Hayek said the reduction in property taxes has the potential to be extremely crippling because the city receives two-thirds of its revenue from property taxes.

“We don’t have a lot of room to maneuver,” he said.

“Taxes are already high, and I think it’s realistic to assume there will be cuts in service.”

The change in budget and funding allocation for Iowa City will ultimately have to be decided by city councilors, but officials said adjustments will have to be made by nearly all Johnson

County entities.

Second in line are Iowa City schools — the School District could potentially lose $2 million.

“It’s a huge revenue loss.

It’s not just the city,” said City Councilor Mike Wright. “It’d be the School District and the county.

What I hope that cities across the state will do is push the legislators to change the law.”

With the economy in a slump, this new change comes at an unfortunate time.

“This is coming at a particularly bad time because the state of the economy has already affected local

government budgets,” Hayek said. “We are facing a period of austerity even without this change in tax treatment.”

With the exception of public safety, the city has been unable to add positions because of a lack of funds. Even when employees retire or switch jobs, their positions are left open in an attempt to work with economic difficulties, Hayek said.

As for specific cuts in government, officials say it’s too soon to tell, but certain speculations can be made.

“I don’t know if taxes would necessarily go up.

My guess is there might be different fees,” Wright said.

“The point of the fact is it’s pretty difficult to quickly replace a $3 million hit in your budget. There would have to be cuts in services as well.”

And officials believe that this tax cut will mostly benefit landlords.

“I’d be shocked if very many landlords lowered rent. I’m sure there are some truly decent people who will, but unfortunately I think they’re going to be in the minority,” Wright said. “But I’d love to be proven wrong.”

And Sullivan agreed.

“The only thing that

could change for tenants is they may be writing their checks to a different entity,” he said.

With this new legislation, city officials expect an increase in the number of to co-op apartment requests within the next few months, Hayek said.

“We’ll learn a heck of a lot more as winter approaches and the numbers we have and the calculations we’re making will crystallize,” he said. “We’ll have a much better sense of what our options are and how things are shaping up.”

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Patel’s resignation in best interest of all parties Regardless of the who-fired-whom-or-forced-whomto-resign drama, university student and candidate for City Council Raj Patel was acting in both his and the University of Iowa Student Government’s best interests when he resigned from his position as UISG’s City Council liaison.

The UISG needs someone most inclined to serve its explicit platforms.

Though it is understandable, perhaps even commendable, that Patel wishes to retain his former position in the student government, his interests have shifted away from those of the student body — and if they haven’t, they should have.

The position of council liaison is vital to the student government’s initiatives. As UISG Vice President Brittany Caplin explained, one of the liaison’s primary responsibilities is to be present at every Iowa City City Council meeting.

“The liaison is a non-voting member, but you sit at the table during work sessions, and you give your opinion and you participate,” she said.

But, she said, it’s also a very open position. During his tenure as council liaison, current UISG President Elliot Higgins sent a letter proposing the council to consider lowering the fine for being underage in a bar after 10 p.m.

“That was of his own initiative,” said Caplin.

Though Higgins’ proposal illustrates that a liaison acting on his own accord can benefit students, the conditions are different in regard to Patel. As he continues his campaign for City Council, his interests should shift to that of Iowa City as a whole. The UISG council liaison should represent the students, a demographic that predominantly consists of four- to fiveyear residents.

“He’s representing the students,” Caplin said. “So the issue is, which role does he say he is while he’s out campaigning?”

The platform on which Patel is running (promoting sustainability and safety; accentuating downtown’s economic and entertainment vibrancy) does not necessarily conflict with UISG’s specific ambitions (establishing an off-campus housing website; reforming the current Iowa One Card system; encouraging various sustainability and safety programs). But in the eyes of the student government, the particular policies officials wish to advocate are better off in the hands of UI student Cody Graham, the newly named liaison. He had been attending City Council meetings under Patel until the candidate’s resignation.

The time commitment of the position is considerable, especially when coupled with a full UI course

load, and even more so if one is actively campaigning.

Caplin estimated that Patel was paid for approximately 15 hours every week, a number that does not include the time spent catering to the many other responsibilities of the position. For example, the UISG council liaison is a participating member of the executive board. The executive board has a planning meeting once every week. There are other necessary commitments, as well.

“The idea is, you go to the meetings, are available to any students who want to speak to you, and you have to attend all of our planning meetings,” Caplin said.

This exact scenario has taken place in the recent past. In September 2009, the 2009-10 UISG endorsed City Council candidate Jeff Shipley, who was acting as the council liaison at the time. Shipley did not resign from his position, and he did not win the election.

Some U.S. states have made it illegal for a current office-holder to run for another elected position (though they likely do not include paid student-government positions). In Arizona, HB 2425 dictates that “[e]xcept during the final year of the term being served, no incumbent of a salaried elective office, whether holding by election or appointment, may offer himself for nomination or election to any salaried local, state, or federal office.” The provision holds exceptions for those who take an unpaid leave of absence.

On a national scale, Texas Gov. Rick Perry continues to collect his $150,000 salary while touring the country running for president. This is a conflict of interest and can easily be viewed as hypocritical.

In Patel’s case, a refusal to resign from his position would probably not have been hypocritical — much of his platform is consistent with the UISG’s — but one should not be representing the students when campaigning for a position to represent the entire city. The priorities of the two demographics are far from homogenous. In the wake of the 21-ordinance vote, it was estimated that 80 to 90 percent of the “Yes” votes came from “predominantly student precincts.” The final tally had “No” garnering 53 percent of the votes.

Patel’s resignation was in the best long-term interests of both Patel and the UISG. He should spend his time gauging the interests of the entirety of those he wishes to represent. The UISG now pays someone who has little incentive but to push the student government’s stated agenda.

Everybody might not be happy, but everyone is better of because of it.

Your turn. Should Raj Patel have resigned as council liaison?

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Bad call by DI This is in regard to the article titled “Game Over Not Quite” printed on Sept. 16 and written by Seth Roberts. I would like to convey my absolute disgust and dismay at not only the content of the article but particularly the

vulgar and inappropriate language.

As parent and Hawkeye fan whose child (age 10) closely follows Hawkeye sports, I am disappointed that such a negative message with an incredible use of inappropriate language would be printed. As my child inquired

about what a “faggot” is, I was appalled that The Daily Iowan would print such material.

In the future I would request that you be more cognizant of your audience and understand that true Hawkeye fans come as every age and thus the language should be as such. Your message

of disappointment could have been conveyed without such badly chosen words. Whether the words were a direct quote or not, it is unnecessary and unprofessional for the DI to associate itself with such opinions and vocabulary.

Emily Brust UI alum

JOE SCHUELLER joseph-schueller@uiowa.edu

“Get the facts. Fight the smears.”

This call to action, within a dark and demanding web design with bold text, is the headliner for the Obama 2012 re-election campaign’s newest endeavor AttackWatch.

Within its interface, one can “help fight the attacks” by reporting offenses and categorizing their origin, with choices ranging from a television segment or radio program to a personal email a blog, even a rumor. The new website is a throwback to two other efforts by the president and his campaign staff.

The 2008 web campaign Fight the Smears had the same concept but with a focus on the “lies” of the McCain-Palin campaign. In 2009, the controversy of “flag@whitehouse.gov,” where the president’s staff requested people to “flag” others’ comments about the president failed and became defunct soon after it launched.

Will the president ever learn? He obviously didn’t consider the history of efforts like this. President Richard Nixon’s “enemies list” in 1971 contributed to his impeachment hearings and eventual resignation. His administration compiled a list of its political enemies and focused tax audits upon them and any of their associated businesses in an attempt to humiliate them. The list was unveiled to the public eye during the Senate’s hearings on Watergate, which only added fuel to the fire of the national scandal.

There is an “attack file” on the 2011 website that attempts to discredit the assertion that the new federal healthcare law is granting optout waivers to corporations that are political supporters of the president. In reality, it is doing exactly what the campaign is trying to dismiss.

Over half of the people that are affected by the waivers belong to unions, whose leaders supported the law and negotiated an exemption from the “Cadillac tax” on high-end plans until 2018.

Another portion of the site is dedicated to the president’s efforts to eliminate outdated regulations in order to improve the business climate. He did, no doubt, produce an executive order that required federal agencies to review regulations to weed out the ineffective ones. This is very commendable and should definitely make a difference if done correctly.

The only problem with the campaign’s claims is that Republicans agree with him on this issue, and the Tea Party types are the ones who pressured him to do this to begin with. The “attacks” that they list on the site only reaffirm the truth that his executive order wasn’t followed through on until Republicans demanded that they should. Shortly after the signing of the executive order, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it was going to issue stricter regulations on carbon emissions, which brought criticism from Congressional Republicans.

Playing political games that distract people from the real issues will get us nowhere. It is things like these that make independents unsure about whether he deserves to be reelected.

A recent poll conducted by the Terrance Group concluded that approval rating among Iowa independents has dropped 10 percentage points since November of last year, down to a new low of 38 percent.

Independents in Iowa helped Obama win the caucuses in 2008 and later carry the state in the general election.

The president needs to get his act together and begin to truly work with the Republicans in the House to put the economy back on the right track. This will not only make Congress a working institution again but will do a service to the economy and the American people.

Putting Americans back to work the right way is something that shouldn’t be a Democratic issue or a Republican issue, but something that they can come together on without a new McCarthyism of snitching on your neighbor for disagreeing with the party in the Oval Office.

Enough is enough.

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Thank God for Nebraska fans DEAN TREFTZ dean.treftz@gmail.com

Damn, do I hate Nebraska fans.

They have to be the most obnoxious group of slackjawed knuckle draggers this side of Fenway. I understand it’s been a couple of years since Earl put in new gas pumps, so they gotta talk about something, but, c’mon, Eric Crouch graduated nearly a decade ago.

Like some deranged former prom queen, it is perpetually 1997. They’re still

pretty, and Tommy Osborne still wants to go all the way with them.

After a while you start to wonder if the old joke about the “N” standing for “Nowledge” might actually be a compliment, because then it would no longer stand for “Nebraska.”

Sure, if I’m forced to, I’ll admit Nebraskans aren’t the inbred version of Ned Flanders I enjoy imagining them to be, but that’s what sports are for. You get to dress up in your colors and joyously call for concussions upon their quarterbacks, locusts upon their crops, and STDs upon their inordinately unattractive sexual partners. For a time, we can lay down the yoke of reason and prudence to

become the petty, provincial morons we all deeply want to be.

But this off-leash philosophical park isn’t quite enough, is it?

Try as I may, I can’t blame Nebraska fans when I get pissed remembering that I hadn’t finished puberty the last time we weren’t in some kind of war.

I can’t help but sometimes feel that around 40 percent of this country is nothing but rednecks who miss the Cold War so much when they have sex, missionary of course, they pretend they’re Slim Pickens riding that apocalyptic Abomb in Dr. Strangelove.

That last paragraph was a complete load of crap, but

sweet Jesus did it feel good to write.

Fantasies like that fall apart as soon as I remember the varied, compassionate people I’ve met from that 40 percent. This kind of visceral hate always melts away under scrutiny.

My smug, dickish, highschool assertions that God was merely a tool for those who couldn’t handle the idea of oblivion evaporated under the works of such writers as Aquinas and Dostoevsky. The idea of a God who could know just how weak and pathetic you were in your heart of hearts and forgive you nonetheless felt so uplifting, necessary, and human, my old beliefs just seemed

kind of sad.

Similarly, calling pro-lifers “fascists,” as I’ve seen done must’ve felt great, but if you stop to consider that they fully believe a fetus is a child, their ethical decision transforms from an unwarranted infringement on women’s rights to an extremely uncomfortable choice of life over liberty.

Unfortunately, working against these tribal instincts requires you to realize just how little of the world you understand. As ideologies fly from their pigeonholes and become filled with people with other aspirations than your oppression, you have to start considering where they come from and how

that affects their points of view.

The political landscape (in most areas) becomes incredibly complicated and nuanced, and your thoughts start to sound like, “I guess I support that.

Well, I don’t really know about that — OK but what about —” People seem so damn sure of themselves, and you start to wonder if this is some sort of lowlevel insanity.

Ultimately, on days when your better angels don’t feel like putting up a fight, you just want to crawl back into your cocoon of bullshit narratives and hatreds and huddle in their seductive comfort for a little longer.

Thank God for Nebraska fans.

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Ride-alongs aid students

By MADISON BENNETT madison-bennett@uiowa.edu

Some University of Iowa students have taken a ride in an ambulance on a Friday night. But students who are part of the UI Emergency Medical Service group haven’t had any Everclear.

The UI emergency medical student interest group provides the opportunity for students to experience medical emergencies in the field, a program that has expanded to include the Johnson County Ambulance Service.

“Riding along in ambulances allows students to get a taste of the real world, what medical emergencies are actually like,” said Steve Spenler, the director of the Ambulance Service.

In fact, ride-alongs are now a main focus of the group.

Last fall as an effort to bolster student interest, the group partnered with the Ambulance Service, which provides emergency service for all of Johnson County’s 620 square miles.

For most Emergency Medical Service members, riding along only confirms they want to be a paramedic. But ride-alongs can show students other medical paths, said Becky Loyd, a field supervisor for the Ambulance Service.

“We adapt all the time,” she said. “You’re never prepared for fully absolutely everything, and sometimes students may see a something during the rides that they’re more interested in.”

The Emergency Medical Service reserved a block on Friday nights for students to observe medical emergencies in an ambulance during an eight-hour block. Around a dozen students participated in the

Field supervisor Becky Loyd talks about the equipment in the Johnson County Ambulance Service’s new ambulance on Sunday.

(The Daily Iowan/Anthony Bauer) ride-alongs.

The group caters to any student with even a slight interest in the medical field. Their hope is to provide training and insight into the field with CPR training, expert presentations, and socials.

This year, the group is also working to collaborate with the Iowa City Fire Department and the University of Iowa police in an effort to expand the fields in which interested students can participate and observe.

Ride-alongs started last year with Johnson County, but leaders of the 2-year-old student group said they are focused on growing and strengthening the group.

“Our primary goal is training new members getting them CPR certified and CPR teaching certified,” said Adam Misfeldt,

team commander of the UI emergency medical student interest group. “And most importantly, building new membership.”

Along with opportunities to shadow emergency physicians in the UI Hospitals and Clinics emergency center, members of the group also assist with other UI organizations.

“Many of the executive board members are CPR training certified, so we have a pretty large presence in RedWatch and Health Iowa,” said Eric Wilson, the operations director for UI emergency medical student interest group.

“The ultimate goal in a few years is to be the firstresponders to campus emergencies,” Wilson said.

“But that’s in the distant future, five or six years from now.”

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METRO Man charged with assault, possession of a fake ID According to a complaint by Iowa City police, 19-year old Anthony Salazar was observed early on Sept. 17 on the 400 block of South Gilbert Street crossing the street and punching another male in the head, knocking him unconscious. Salazar then allegedly began to throw punches at two other individuals.

Iowa City police responded and placed Salazar under arrest.

According to the complaint, Salazar was allegedly highly agitated and intoxicated. He allegedly said the other males started the altercation.

Salazar then reportedly presented to officers a false Wisconsin ID and information. A search by officers produced a valid Iowa ID. Salazar then consented to a breath test, which showed his blood alcohol content to be 0.251, according to reports.

Possession of a fictitious driver’s license is a serious misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in prison and a fine of $1,875.

Assault causing bodily injury is also a serious misdemeanor and carries the same punishment.

— by Matt Starns

Man faces numerous charges Johnson County deputies arrested a man after he allegedly endangered his child during a fight with his wife.

Chad Tyree, 32, Lone Tree, was charged Sept. 16 with domesticabuse assault, willful injury causing bodily injury, and endangerment/no injury.

According to a complaint, Tyree allegedly attacked his wife during an argument about employment when she wife was holding their 3-month-old child.

Tyree allegedly bit the victim, then grabbed her around the throat with both hands, strangling her. He then allegedly threatened her with a knife, swinging it at her. Tyree told the victim that he would kill her if he had to go to prison, the complaint said.

Reports say Tyree was under the influence of alcohol while he

committed the assault.

Willful injury causing bodily injury is a Class-D felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of $7,500.

Domestic-abuse assault second offense is an aggravated misdemeanor punishable by up to two years in prison and a fine of $6,250.

Child endangerment without injury is also an aggravated misdemeanor.

— by Matt Starns

Coralville man faces slew of charges Police arrested a Coralville man after he allegedly broke into a home on Newton Road over the weekend.

Jarvis Woods, 49, was charged Sept. 18 with second-degree burglary, second-degree robbery, second-degree theft, two counts of assault causing bodily injury, possession of marijuana, fourthdegree criminal mischief, and interference with official acts causing bodily injury.

Woods was apprehended after Iowa City police officers responded to a fight in progress at a Newton Road, where Woods allegedly forced entry into an apartment.

Woods was inside the apartment when the alleged victims came home, the complaint said.

One of the alleged victims confronted Woods, who then allegedly tried to return a stolen laptop to the victim so that the victim would let him leave.

Woods allegedly grabbed one of the victims by his lanyard and choked him with it, punching him in the face. Woods then allegedly slammed the victim’s head into a Porta-Potty outside the residence.

— by Matt Starns

Crash kills North Liberty teen Early on the morning of Sept.

17, a personal-injury vehicle crash occurred in the 2000 block of I Street. A vehicle driven by Tyler Joe Fetters, 19, of North Liberty was westbound on I Street and was traveling at a high rate of speed when it collided with a parked vehicle.

Iowa City police responded to

the scene of the crash, along with the Iowa City Fire Department and the Johnson County Ambulance Service.

Both Fetters and his passenger were removed from the vehicle by fire personnel, after which they were brought to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics emergency center.

Fetters died of fatal injuries.

The passenger was treated for injuries that authorities do not believe to be life-threatening.

The Iowa City police reconstructionist is investigating the cause of the crash.

— by Matt Starns

Man charged with controlled-substance possession University of Iowa police have charged a man with possession after he allegedly swallowed marijuana.

Nathan Huisenga, 18, of Marion was charged Sept. 17 with possession of a controlled substance.

According to a complaint from the UI police, police observed Huisenga driving around the UI President’s Residence parking lot and stopped him after he pulled up to the residence’s garage.

Police said Huisenga’s vehicle smelled of burnt marijuana. When asked if he was smoking marijuana, Huisenga allegedly denied it, saying his friends had smoked in the car earlier.

The complaint said Huisenga consented to a search of his vehicle, which produced no drugs. The responding officer then asked to look in Huisenga’s mouth, according to the complaint. Huisenga’s mouth was allegedly full of ashes.

Huisenga then admitted to eating a “roach,” or the butt of a marijuana cigarette and to smoking marijuana in the vehicle.

He then allegedly produced a prescription pill bottle out of his underwear which, he said, contained marijuana.

Possession of marijuana is a serious misdemeanor punishable by up to eight months in jail and a fine of $1,000.

— by Matt Starns

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Delving into gender indentity Issues such as gender and preferred names were discussed at a transgender workshop Sunday.

By BRITTANY TREVICK brittany-trevick@uiowa.edu

Members of the transidentified community can’t be defined by checking a box on a piece of paper.

“I feel like people don’t trust that I know who I am,” said stef shuster, a coorganizer of the TransCollaborations group. shuster was referencing past encounters with people who continually ask their name instead of accepting the first answer. shuster is one member on campus who would like to better educate those about the trans-identified community through events, which open the communication about issues the community faces. The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Resource Center held its first transgender workshop, “Communicating with a Transgender Population Workshop,” on Sunday.

The dozen participants discussed issues such as gender categorization, neutral gender bathrooms, the use of preferred names, and the role schools have in integrating transgender students into the educa-

tional process. shuster said one of the biggest issues facing the trans-identified community is the breaking down of assumptions.

“It’s not just in our community, it’s a society issue,” they said. “I look at pop-cultural references, and there is a lot of problematic stuff.” shuster said the common representation of a transgender is that of a male to female, white, middle- to upper-class citizen who is usually dealing with the feeling of being in the wrong body.

“The trans community is so much broader than that,” they said. shuster said transgender workshops have occurred for five years, and they help dispel myths in the transidentified community.

“I think there [are] a lot of myths in our society regarding who trans-identifed people are,” they said.

“So, at a basic level workshops are an important part in dispelling myths and getting information out there.”

Preston Keith, the manager of the Resource Center, said the discussions help inform the public about trans-identified people.

Veronica Hamly shares her opinion with the participants in Communicating with a Transgender Population Workshop in the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center on Sunday. (The Daily Iowan/Ya Chen Chen) “[The workshops] are open to the public so they are exposed to the issues of what’s going on,” he said. “[The workshops] are cooperative so we get reactions from the community to build a central idea of what transgender is and issues

Deserving nothing, getting everything Alexander Maksik of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop will read from his book You Deserve Nothing at Prairie Lights.

By LUCY TRANKINA lucy-trankina@uiowa.edu

Alexander Maksik is interested in absolute truths in his writing. Fellow writers say he uses this theme to expose characters. “[Many] authors shy away from things such as sex scenes and feel uncomfortable,” said Anthony Marrow, a peer of Maksik’s.

“He’s not afraid of that.

That’s what makes his novels so explosive. It gives the writing depth and truth.”

At 7 p.m. today, Maksik, the University of Iowa Provost’s Postgraduate Writing Fellow, will read from his novel You Deserve Nothing at Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque St., as part of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop reading series.

The novel is about an international school in Paris and is told from three different perspectives, that of the teacher and two students.

“I’m interested in numerous viewpoints,” Maksik said. “There are always numerous sides to every story.”

Characters are the most important aspect of the narrative for him, but, he said, he does not want to dive into the pasts of his characters. Instead, he writes in the present and does not concern himself with what has shaped the characters. He builds on their present viewpoints and how they process the world.

Longtime friend Merritt Tierce believes this idea makes Maksik’s writing fascinating.

“The reader is only given the action, and the mystery is left up to you,” Tierce said. “It makes the story richer, and I get pleasure thinking about why characters do what they do.”

Maksik emailed the manuscript of the novel to Tierce late one night, hoping she could help him edit the work in progress. She only planned on reading the first couple pages but ended up finishing the whole thing at 3 a.m.

“I don’t usually read like that, but it was that gripping,” Tierce said. “It sucks you in.”

The book provides a juxtaposition of public versus private selves and the classroom versus the real world.

“The book’s themes are universal,” Tierce said. “It displays how you are supposed to live your life, but more than that, it’s about why reading matters. It touches you and reminds you that reading is important.”

This tale explores a controlled classroom environ-

ment and what changes when the people interact outside that space.

Marrow had a similar reading experience to Tierce’s when he read You Deserve Nothing. He finished the book in three days while moving across the country.

“Alexander does more with one sentence than is normally done with a paragraph,” Marrow said. “He is careful with language, and he has great respect for what words can do.”

A relationship between the teacher and one of his students drives the plot in the novel. The racy element is something Maksik’s fellow writers admire about the piece.

“I have great respect for that,” Tierce said. “Anything that people don’t want to talk about needs to be talked about.”

they face.”

Keith decided to host the workshop after the Resource discerned an Center increased interest in learning about transgender issues.

“We received a lot of emails and phone calls from people who felt lost

and wanted to know more,” he said.

Veronica Hamly, a participant in the workshop and a senior at the University of Iowa, said she wished more people had shown, but she was glad she attended as workshops

that discuss these issues help to familiarize people with the trans-identified community.

“I wanted to make sure the trans community was represented here,” she said.

“I’m glad I was able to make it.”

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Obama magic fading

President Obama gestures as he speaks on his American Jobs Act legislation on Sept. 14 at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C. (Associated Press/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

By MARTHA IRVINE Associated Press

CHICAGO — The young people in the ad look dissatisfied and pouty. Barack Obama’s voice and the words “winning the future,” from one of his old campaign speeches, echo in the background.

“You’re LOSING my future,” says one young man.

The ad, which has aired during sportscasts, reality TV shows, and late-night comedy programs popular with younger people, was produced for the College Republican National Committee. It is an attempt to play on the fears that haunt college students, that they won’t find jobs and will be living with less than their parents did.

Their fears aren’t exclusive to their generation.

But given that it seems to taken hold in a voting bloc that helped elect Obama with a wave of hope and change, there could be an opening for Republicans, unless the president can find a way to get young people fired up again.

“People are taking out $100,000 in debt, and they’re graduating next year,” says Nick Haschka, a 25-year-old M.B.A. student at Northwestern University.

Haschka voted for Obama in 2008 and remains a strong supporter. “I think he’s doing the best he can in these circumstances,” he says.

He knows others have been less patient.

That’s been confirmed by recent polls, which show that young voters’ support for the president is waning.

It’s true even on campuses such as Northwestern, one of many where Obamamania began to take hold four years ago, when young voters supported the president by a 2-1 margin.

“I don’t really think he can make a difference now,” says Charlotte Frei, a 24-year-old doctoral student at Northwestern who’s studying transportation engineering. She voted for the president in 2008 and will probably do so again, though she’s not very enthusiastic about it.

Others worry that apathy could cause a lot of young voters to sit this one out.

“It’s unfortunate — but I think the last election was an exception,” says Aubrey Blanche, a senior at Northwestern. She soon will graduate with a degree in journalism and political science.

Like many others, she has “no idea” where she’ll get a job.

Young Republicans see an opportunity.

Even at the University of Chicago, a short walk from the Obamas’ home in Hyde Park, members of the small local chapter of College Republicans are feeling empowered to engage students in conversation as the fall term begins.

“The jobs issue is a major accelerant,” says Jacob Rabinowitz, a sophomore who is the group’s vice president.

In a recruiting video, Zach Howell, the outgoing chairman of the national College Republican group, says his party offers “real change” and “hope,” playing off the themes of Obama’s last campaign.

The group’s ads are edgy and catchy — and a good start, says political scientist Richard Niemi.

“Throwing back a candidate’s words at him or her is a tried-and-true method,” says Niemi, a professor at the University of Rochester in New York.

“But you’ve got to have the candidate to go with it.”

That’s where it gets tricky for Republicans because young voters tra-

President Obama listens as a community member asks about healthcare reform in the backyard of Jeff and Sandy Hatfield Club in Des September 2010. (The Daily Iowan/File Photo)

ditionally have leaned heavily Democratic.

In the 2012 race so far, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, with his libertarian leanings, is among those with a small but loyal legion of young followers. Jon Huntsman, the former Utah governor, has attempted to make a play for young supporters, calling them “Generation H.” Jacob Engels, a 19-yearold business student at Valencia College in Florida who is a delegate in the Republican straw poll later this month, is a Huntsman supporter. Though Huntsman hasn’t made a strong showing in early polls, Engels calls him the “pragmatic choice” because he’s less conservative on issues such as the environment and gay marriage.

That would make Huntsman more palatable to his college peers, he says.

Larry Berman, a political-science professor at Georgia State University, says the president needs to find ways to inspire young people to vote for him, not just against his opponent.

He says the president might, for instance, find a different job for Vice President Joe Biden and choose a new running mate that would appeal more to the younger crowd.

The president also is likely to make more appearances on college campuses, as he did when he recently

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took his jobs plan to the campus of Ohio State University.

“He can’t win Ohio and other key swing states without a dramatic turnout of young voters,” Berman says.

Perhaps most important, “I think he’s got to fight,” Berman says. He suggests a re-election campaign speech like the one President Franklin D. Roosevelt made in 1936 in which he said of his detractors, “I welcome their hatred.”

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The health law GOP loves Regulations spark debate

By RICARDO ALONSOZALDIVAR Associated Press

WASHINGTON — It’s a massive health care entitlement with unfunded future costs of more than $7 trillion. Many conservatives are still upset at the way it was rammed through Congress.

But when the Republican presidential-nomination candidates were asked last week asked if they would repeal the Medicare drug benefit, they said no way. After all, Republicans created it.

Republicans want to pull the plug on the health-care overhaul they call “Obamacare,” but that law is arguably less a deficit driver than the Medicare drug plan they are defending.

Debt and deficit are the focus of the Republican Party as the 2012 campaign moves through the nominating process and looks ahead to the general election. Yet the reluctance of GOP candidates to renounce a costly entitlement program that voters like shows how politics can come into play when critiquing the federal ledger.

Passed by a GOP-led Congress in 2003 under President George W. Bush, the prescription program is immensely popular with older people, faithful voters who lately have been trending Republican.

Medicare recipients pay only one-fourth of the cost of the drug benefit.

Because there’s no dedicated tax to support the program, the other threefourths comes from the government’s general fund. That’s the same leaky pot used for defense,

law enforcement, education, and other priorities.

It’s regularly refilled with borrowed dollars that balloon the deficit.

Although the healthcare law costs far more than the drug benefit, it’s paid for, at least on paper.

It includes unpopular Medicare cuts as well as tax increases on insurers, drug and medical device companies, upper-income people, and even indoor tanning devotees.

Asked last week at the Tea Party debate if they would repeal the prescription program, GOP candidates would hear nothing of it.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry said he would not, even though he said he’s concerned about its cost.

Cracking down on waste and fraud might be the answer, he suggested.

“I wouldn’t repeal it,” said former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. He said he would restructure Medicare, but not for those now in the program or nearing retirement. The re-engineering supported

by House Republicans this year and praised by Romney at the time would give future retirees a voucherlike payment to buy insurance from a range of private plans.

Texas Rep. Ron Paul noted that he’d voted against the prescription benefit but said repeal “sure wouldn’t be on my high list. I would find a lot of cuts [in] a lot of other places.”

Budget hawks scoff.

“I’m an equal-opportunity critic here,” said David Walker, a former head of the Congressional watchdog agency. “I think the Republicans were irre-

sponsible for passing the Medicare prescription program in 2003, and I think the Democrats were irresponsible for passing” Obama’s health overhaul.

As comptroller general the Government of Accountability Office for most of the past decade, Walker used his position to call attention to the nation’s long-term budget problems at a time when the debt wasn’t front-page news. He now leads the Comeback America Initiative, a nonpartisan group promoting fiscal responsibility.

“There was no attempt to offset the cost of the Medicare prescription bill,” Walker said. “It’s fair to say that at least there was an attempt to pay” for the health law through a mix of spending cuts and tax increases.

How big is the hole left by the prescription program? Over the next 75 years, its $7.5 trillion “unfunded obligation” exceeds the $6.7 trillion gap attributable to Social Security.

“When they were designing the new healthcare law, the experience of the Medicare prescription bill was very much in their minds,” said Robert Bixby, the executive director of the Concord Coalition, a nonpartisan group advocating fiscal discipline.

“They didn’t want to have another unfunded expansion.”

Experts can debate whether future Congresses will suspend Obama’s cuts and Medicare whether the long-range cost of extending coverage to more than 30 million uninsured will outpace the revenue to pay for it.

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As the reactions of the GOP candidates at the debate demonstrated, no one is seriously considering repeal of the prescription program.

Thanks to taxpayers, approximately 90 percent of older people now have affordable access to medications that help keep them out of the hospital.

Roughly two-thirds of those are enrolled in Medicare’s benefit; many others are in former employers’ prescription plans.

Ironically, repealing Obama’s overhaul would take away the most important improvement to the program since it was created. Obama’s law gradually eliminates the dreaded coverage gap known as the doughnut hole. Millions of people will each save thousands of dollars as a result.

Republicans like to point out that the cost of the prescription program is well below original estimates.

They attribute that to competition among the private insurers providing the benefit.

While competition is part of the story, experts say it’s not the only reason.

The shift to cheaper generic drugs among people of all ages has been a powerful contributor. That may not last forever. The trustees who oversee Medicare’s finances warn in their latest report that spending on drugs will rise more rapidly in the future.

Said Walker: “Basically what’s happening is we’re mortgaging the future of our children and grandchildren and borrowing the money from China.”

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IOWA CITY — Grundy Center farmer Mark Buskohl lugged two reusable grocery sacks full of paperwork to a Cedar Falls meeting with Republican state lawmakers in February to illustrate the weight of regulatory burdens on his 3,000-head hog farm.

The sacks contain detailed manure management and pork-quality records he’s required to file with the state. Buskohl, who has been farming for more than 30 years, is seeking regulatory relief.

“I think we’re very fortunate here in Iowa to have lower unemployment rates,” he said, referring to the state’s 6 percent unemployment, compared with just more than 9 percent nationally. “One of the main reasons I see is because of a strong agriculture industry.

I think too many regulations will hinder that.”

The complex maze of government red tape has become the target of both Iowa lawmakers and White House hopefuls.

Republican presidentialnomination candidates target the Environmental Protection Agency as a jobkiller. President Obama echoed that frustration during his jobs speech last week, suggesting regulatory reform could save “billions of dollars” in the next few years.

The issue is key at the state level, as well. Statehouse Republicans this week proposed a set of rule

and regulatory reforms they hope to pass during the 2012 session.

“From the presidential campaign to Congress and now finally even the White House is beginning to talk about the serious effect rules and regulations have on small businesses, entrepreneurs, and job creators,” said state Sen. Merlin Bartz, R-Grafton.

But Davis County farmer Garry Klicker, who raises beef cattle and grows corn, soybeans, and hay on 120 acres of land near Bloomfield, said lax regulations on industrial hog farming are “ruining the life and lifestyle in rural Iowa.” He said rapid expansion of confined-animal feeding operations has placed 17,000 hogs within 4 miles of his home, surrounding him on all sides.

“Just about anything they do, if the wind’s coming in the wrong direction, I’m going to get smell from one way or another,” said Klicker, a member of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, an outspoken grass-roots group that lobbies against “factory farms.”

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His best Secondary changes blossom Stanzi imitation IOWA 31, PITTSBURGH 27

James Vandenberg’s performance in Iowa’s historic comeback against Pitt was laced with Ricky Stanzi-esque magic.

By JORDAN GARRETSON jordan-garretson@uiowa.edu

Iowa cornerback Shaun Prater tackles Pittsburgh’s Ronald Jones on Sept. 17 at Kinnick Stadium. Prater forced two fumbles in the Hawkeyes’ 31-27 win. (The Daily Iowan/Rob Johnson)

After Iowa State exposed the Hawkeyes’ secondary, Iowa responded with significant changes to its lineup, and it paid off against Pittsburgh.

By SAM LOUWAGIE samuel-louwagie@uiowa.edu

Jordan Bernstine sat in a hotel room with strep throat in Ames on Sept. 10 and watched Iowa lose to Iowa State. The fifth-year senior said his temperature was 103 degrees.

His fever eventually cooled.

But against Pittsburgh on

Women’s tennis rolls The Iowa women’s tennis team had a successful weekend in the three-day Gopher Invitational in Minneapolis, winning four titles.

The Hawkeyes turned in strong performances against competition from Bradley, Gustavus, Iowa State, LSU, Missouri, WisconsinMilwaukee, and Wisconsin. Iowa’s freshmen helped the team go 245 in singles play and 10-4 in doubles over the course of the weekend.

Freshman Ellen Silver defeated Minnesota’s Julia Courter (6-4, 60) to win her bracket. Fellow first-year Hawkeye Morven McCulloch posted a 3-0 record in the event.

Senior Sonja Molnar coasted past Wisconsin’s Nicky Stracar (61, 6-2) to take the title in her

Man’s tennis has some success The Iowa men’s tennis team competed in its season-opener at the Purdue Invitational in West Lafayette, Ind., on Sept. 16-18.

Performances by freshman Matt Hagan and senior Chris Speer highlighted the weekend for the Hawkeyes.

The doubles team of Hagan and sophomore Chase Tomlins advanced to the final of Flight B before falling to Arkansas’ Michael Nott and Mike Ward.

Hagan also won his first two singles matches in Flight B of singles competition.

Individually, Speer lost his first match to drop him into the Flight B consolation bracket.

Sept. 17, in the words of teammate Shaun Prater, Bernstine “brought a lot of fire” to the Hawkeye defense.

Iowa State quarterback St e e l e Ja n t z s hr edded Iowa’s secondary with 279 p a s s i n g y a rd s a nd four touchdowns. The Hawkeye coaching staff responded by making significant changes to the unit’s starting lineup,

bracket, and she paired with freshman Shelby Talcott to win the Koivu Doubles Flight Championship. The Hawkeyes beat Nicky Stracar and Alaina Trgovich of Wisconsin in the final match, 8-4.

Christina Sophomore Harazin picked up the consolation championship in the McNabb Singles Flight by beating Iowa State’s Marie Chartier (7-6, 1-0).

Most of Iowa’s losses came by default; senior Cassandra Escobar had to withdraw from three matches, giving victories to players from Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa State.

The Hawkeyes’ next action starts on Sept. 30 at the Wildcat Invitational in Evanston, Ill. — by Conrad Swanson

Once there, he won five-straight matches in the tournament’s final two days to claim the bracket title, including a win in a third-set tiebreaker in the final.

Speer also won the Flight C doubles championship with sophomore Joey White.

Iowa head coach Steve Houghton said he was pleased with his team’s performance.

“The good really outweighed the bad this weekend,” Houghton told The Daily Iowan.

“We were right where we wanted to be this weekend, and our guys took advantage of the opportunities they were given.”

— by Ryan Murphy

and one of those moves was to insert Bernstine at strong s afet y i n pl ac e of j uni or Collin Sleeper.

The move paid off — the Des Moines native recorded eight tackles — two for a loss — and provided aggressive run support in his first career start. On Pittsburgh’s first possession of the game, Bernstine drew cheers from the Kin-

nick Stadium crowd when he stopped running back Ray Graham with a ferocious hit.

Head coach Kirk Ferentz singled out Bernstine for postgame praise for the second time this season, and his teammates said the energy he brings helps the whole

James Vandenberg couldn’t find a rhythm for nearly three quarters on Sept.

17.

Pittsburgh’s defense didn’t relent. Inconsistent protection and constant pressure spurred by aggressive blitz schemes rarely let Iowa’s junior quarterback get comfortable in the pocket — and when he did, his passes routinely sailed out of his receivers’ reach.

Then came the game’s final 18:11, and he couldn’t be stopped.

Over that span alone, the Keokuk, Iowa, native was Vandenberg 17-of-20 for 217 yards and quarterback three touchdowns, and he also ran another score in himself while leading Iowa to its largest comeback victory in school history, a 31-27 triumph over the Panthers in Kinnick Stadium.

The 21-point comeback Vandenberg engineered had a Ricky Stanzi flavor to it.

Think back to the former Iowa and current Kansas City Chief quarterback’s flair for the dramatic in 2009: Performances such as Iowa’s 28-point fourth-quarter outburst to beat Indiana or the come-frombehind efforts against Wisconsin and Michigan State.

Actually, Vandenberg seems to share many of Stanzi’s traits.

He waited his turn behind Stanzi for the last three years. He watched him in practice. He observed and mimicked Stanzi’s near-legendary dedication in the film room. He studied what made Stanzi

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IOWA 2, NO. 23 ILLINOIS 2 (2 OT)

Soccer ties Illinois After two overtimes, the Hawkeyes and the No. 23 Illini remained deadlocked in the Big Ten opener.

By BEN WOLFSON benjamin-wolfson@uiowa.edu

The Iowa soccer team battled with Illinois for 110 minutes on Sunday, but neither team could capitalize as the game went into double-overtime.

The Hawkeyes (8-0-1, 00-1 Big Ten) ended up with a 2-2 draw with the No. 23 Fighting Illini (6-2-1, 0-01) in both teams’ first conference game of the season.

“I told the team, ‘Hey sometimes you end games with ties,’ ” head coach Ron Rainey said. “Maybe that was the deserved result, but both teams left it out there. That was a fun game, and I don’t see how anybody at that game couldn’t be entertained through the 110 minutes.”

The Hawkeyes’ offense got off to a quick start

Iowa midfielder Morgan Showalter and defender Caitlin Brown fight with Illinois’ Jannelle Flaws for the ball on Sunday at the Iowa Soccer Complex. Iowa tied the No. 23 Illini, 2-2. (The Daily Iowan/Jackie Couppee) when senior defender Morgan Showalter sent a free kick into the Illinois box in the 10th minute.

Sophomore Alex Melin capitalized by heading the ball through the defenders and past Illini goalkeeper Stephanie Panozzo for her fourth goal of the season.

Only two minutes later, Melin threatened again as she fired a shot off the crossbar from 20 yards out.

The ball ricocheted right to freshman Cloé Lacasse, who took the rebound and put it in the back of the net.

Lacasse now has 10 goals on the year and needs just five more to tie the Hawkeyes record for goals in a season, which was set by Sarah Lynch in 1999.

The young striker had a scary moment in the second half, however. Lacasse

was thrown to the ground by an opposing defender and smacked her head on the ground. She came up limping and was taken out of the game but later returned.

With her continued success, she said, she realizes more and more teams will approach her physically in hopes of slowing down Iowa’s offense.

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NO. 12 IOWA 10, MISSOURI STATE 2

Field hockey cruises The Iowa field hockey team defeats Missouri State, 10-2, on Sunday.

By NICK SZAFRANSKI nicholas-szafranski@uiowa.edu

Offense was the only thing on the mind of the Hawkeyes on Sunday.

No. 12 Iowa defeated Missouri State, 10-2 at Grant Field, improving their record to 7-1 on the season.

“We’ve been focusing on just doing the role that is needed for a play instead of just running into your position,” head coach Tracey Griesbaum said.

“We just need to share the ball a lot and just do what needs to be done for that play. It’s been the emphasis this past week, and we accomplished that pretty well.”

Eight different players scored for the Black and Gold. Junior forward Sarah Drake and sophomore forward Marike Stribos each had a pair of goals for the Hawkeyes.

“We made a lot of change when we were on the field,” Stribos said. “We took in a lot of information, we changed our game, and that’s what made our offense really successful.

Our finishing was really good, like passing outside of the goalkeeper and dumping balls in the circle.”

FOOTBALL CONTINUED FROM 1B defense. Prater, for example, called Bernstine a “major presence.”

“I’m telling you, Bernstine’s a freak,” cornerback Micah Hyde said. “He’s going to make plays. He’s going to support the run.

That guy’s something else.”

Bernstine’s arrival wasn’t the only change to the Hawkeye secondary.

After being named honorable mention all-Big Ten last season at cornerback, Hyde spent the off-season and the season’s first two games playing free safety.

But after junior cornerback

SOCCER CONTINUED FROM 1B “There are more scouts out there, and we just have to adapt to that,” Lacasse said. “It will turn out being a positive outcome, because I’ll just get better.”

The Hawkeyes took a 2-0 lead into halftime, but Illinois came back in a span of less than two minutes after the break.

In the 67th minute, a chip shot by the Illini’s

VANDENBERG CONTINUED FROM 1B a good quarterback and an even better leader.

By all accounts from Vandenberg’s teammates, he’s followed that example and grabbed a strong hold of the leadership spot vacated in Stanzi’s absence.

“He’s a leader,” junior receiver Keenan Davis said. “Nobody ever doubts him. He never doubts us.

During practice you can even see it — he just comes out, and he leads.”

Iowa forward Sarah Drake shoots against Missouri State at Grant Field on Sunday. Drake scored twice in No. 12 Iowa’s 10-2 victory over the Bears. (The Daily Iowan/Adam Wesley) Missouri State got on the board first, however.

The Bears capitalized on an early lapse in Iowa’s defense and scored at the four-minute mark. Iowa surged from then on, outscoring the Bears 9-1 for the remainder of the game. The Hawkeyes had 32 shots on goal compared with Missouri State’s nine.

“We weren’t surprised when Missouri State started coming at us really hard,” Drake said. “We had to nail our individual skill and be able to move the ball and maintain possession.”

The Hawkeyes are on a six-game win streak after losing to now-No. 1 North Carolina in the Big

Ten/ACC Challenge on Aug. 28. During the streak, Iowa has outscored its opponents, 32-6.

“Each [position], we have a couple of people that step up,” Stribos said. “I felt it in warm-ups; we were ready to go. The energy was there; everyone was 100 percent focused in … I had a good feeling.”

Sunday was the first time Iowa has scored at least 10 goals in a game since a 12-0 win against St. Louis on Sept. 19, 2009.

The Hawkeyes will kick off Big Ten play this weekend when they host Michigan State (3-5) at 3 p.m.

Friday and No. 7 Penn State (5-3) at 1 p.m. Sept.

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Drake said it’s crucial for the Hawkeyes to carry their momentum into league games.

“It has been something we have been talking about,” the junior said. “All of the schools we play, we have a target on our back. It gets bigger and bigger every game we win. We have to thrive on the pressure, and every team wants to beat us now that we have the second-best possible season we can have going into conference play.

“This is the exact position we wanted to be in going into Big Ten play.”

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Greg Castillo was repeatedly targeted by Jantz and the Cyclones, Hyde moved back to his old position to replace him.

Hyde has always maintained he feels just as comfortable at safety as at corner. But back at his old position, he intercepted his first two passes of the season — including one in the fourth quarter that sealed the win.

Ferentz admitted Hyde might be better off at cornerback. “ I g u e s s y o u co ul d make that argument,” he

said. “We didn’t have a lot of choices in the spring.

We felt we would get a look at [Hyde as a safety].”

Sophomore Tanner Miller filled the hole at free safety and recorded seven tackles.

The secondary shuffling wasn’t a perfect solution.

Iowa still allowed 285 yards through the air.

Pittsburgh successfully targeted a gap down the right sideline between Miller and Prater numerous times, including for touchdown plays of 66 and 30 yards.

But Bernstine and Hyde were significant difference-makers for the Hawkeyes. And while the pass defense allowed

Jantz to thrive late in last week’s game, it tightened up and shut down Pittsburgh’s offense in the fourth quarter.

Prater said the lineup changes were beneficial and praised his teammates’ versatility.

“It definitely helped out,” he said. “In football, you always have to m a k e c h a n g e s. M i c a h can play either safety or corner. Same with Bernstine.”

Hyde suggested an even wider range of possibilities.

“Next week, I could be back at free safety, or I could be on the D-line,” he said. “It doesn’t matter. I don’t know what they plan on doing, but they’re coaches for a reason.”

Jenna Carosio got past Hawkeye goalkeeper Emily Moran.

Just over one minute later, Illinois’ Shayla Mutz headed the ball in to tie the score at 2.

“I wouldn’t say [this game] was a letdown, but it is upsetting we couldn’t hold up 2-0,” Showalter said. “Illinois is a good team, and we need to respect the way we play.”

Showalter also said she hopes the rest of the teams in the Big Ten notice

Iowa’s result. Iowa went 17-2 in conference play in 2010, but Showalter said the team is much improved this year and thought the Hawkeyes made a good impression on Illinois.

“I think they’ll look at it maybe shocked — and I hope they do,” Showalter said about Big Ten teams looking at the Hawkeyes’ game against Illinois. “We came out 2-0 on Illinois quickly; it just proves — if we can hold out and actually pull through — we can

win against teams that are ranked high.”

Despite not being on the team last year, Lacasse has similar beliefs. “[Today] wasn’t the outcome that we wanted, but I think people are going to realize the true potential the team has this year,” she said. “[Teams] are going to realize this is a new squad this year, and we’re going to have a big effect on the Big Ten.”

Stanzi also helped instill a rare degree of unflappability in Vandenberg.

When he was asked after the historic comeback if he was nervous when Iowa was down 24-3, he grinned.

“I think I would have been, until I met Rick Stanzi,” he said. “I think he really helped me with that through the years.”

Even when the Hawkeyes faced a 24-3 deficit late in the third quarter, Vandenberg’s confidence never wavered in the huddle, teammates said.

“He kept us composed,” Marvin McNutt said.

“He doesn’t panic. I don’t get it,” Davis said. “That dude, he comes out ready to play. Every down.

“That gives us all the confidence, because we go out there ready to make plays because we know he’s going to be able to throw them.”

Something else he seems to have in common with Stanzi? Extremely high standards for his own play and a tireless work ethic that tries to ensure that those standards are met.

Yes, Vandenberg finished 31-of-48. Yes, he threw for a

career-high 399 yards. Yes, the four touchdowns he accounted for were also a career-best.

But he also admitted that for three quarters, he struggled and was confused

by Pittsburgh’s defensive schemes.

“I know I have a long ways to go,” he said. “We can’t rely on that just in the fourth quarter … I’m very confident that as soon as we turn on the film, there’s going to be a lot of mistakes on my part and the offense as a whole that kind of kept us from clicking earlier on.”

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The Iowa volleyball team picked up four wins at the Columbia Invitational tournament in New York City on Sept. 16-17. The Hawkeyes defeated St. Francis (N.Y.), 3-0, and Columbia, 3-1, on Sept. 16, then claimed the tournament title when they took down Binghamton, 30, and St. John’s, 3-1, on Sept. 17.

The tourn a m e n t increased Iowa’s win- Dingman ning streak to head coach seven matches and brought the team’s season record up to 10-3 at the end of nonconference play.

The Hawkeyes’ match against St. Francis lasted only one hour and 15 minutes; Iowa brought down the Terriers in straight-sets, (25-19, 25-21, 2516).

Iowa had to fight harder against Columbia (25-19, 2125, 25-21, 25-20) after the Lions took the second set from the Hawkeyes, but the Black and Gold came out on top for the second tournament win.

The Hawkeyes then defeated Binghamton, (25-20, 25-15, 2516) in another quick game, but struggled more against St. John’s. They lost the second set again, but came back to claim the match, (25-21, 18-25, 25-21, 25-18).

“We played with a lot of confidence [Sept. 17],” head coach Sharon Dingman said in a release after the St. John’s match. “We’ll always take a win, especially when playing four games in two days, but this win was really nice.

“We looked confident and composed, and we played really well.”

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FIRST DOWNS 27 20

RUSHING YARDS 78 137

PASSING YARDS

A comeback for the ages.

399 285

Iowa used 21 fourth-quarter points to complete the largest comeback in school history and beat Pittsburgh, 31-27.

COMP-ATT-INT 16-29-0 25-38-0

KICK/PUNT RETURN YARDS 5-86 / 0-0 5-99 / 3-2

AVERAGE PUNTS

The Hawkeye offense floundered for nearly 45 minutes, landing the Hawks in a 24-3 hole late in the third quarter. Iowa appeared on its way to its second-straight loss until switching to a no-huddle shotgun offense, in which James Vandenberg flourished. The junior quarterback led four-straight scoring drives.

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The fourth ended with the second of two touchdown passes to Kevonte MartinManley, finally giving Iowa the lead with 2:51 left. Micah Hyde came up with his second interception of the day on the ensuing Pittsburgh drive and the Hawkeyes were able to run the remaining time off the clock.

5-38.6

FUMBLES-LOST 1-0 5-1

PENALTY YARDS 8-85 4-37

TIME OF POSSESSION 33:07 26:53

BOX SCORE IOWA 31, PITTSBURGH 27 Iowa 0 3 7 21 31 Pittsburgh 10 0 14 3 27 First Quarter Pitt — Street 66-yard pass from Sunseri (Harper kick), 6:35 Pitt — Harper 37-yard field goal, 1:27 Second Quarter Iowa — Meyer 22-yard field goal, 8:57 Third Quarter Pitt — Saddler 30-yard pass from Jones (Harper kick), 6:27 Pitt — Carswell 4-yard pass from Sunseri (Harper kick), 3:11 Iowa — Vandenberg 1-yard (Meyer kick), 1:16 Fourth Quarter Pitt — Harper 24-yard field goal, 12:09 Iowa — Davis 14-yard pass from Vandenberg (Meyer kick), 9:55 Iowa — Martin-Manley 25-yard pass from Vandenberg (Meyer kick), 6:19 Iowa — Martin-Manley 22-yard pass from Vandenberg (Meyer kick), 2:51

INDIVIDUAL STATS RUSHING — Pittsburgh, R. Graham 22-97, Sunseri 11-25, Jones 1-17, Davis 1-1, Saddler 1-1. Iowa, Coker 23-86, Vandenberg 8minus 8, Bullock 1-4.

PASSING —Pittsburgh, Sunseri 23-33-255-2, Jones 1-1-30-0.

Iowa, Vandenberg 31-48-399-1.

RECEIVING — Pittsburgh, Street 7-138, R. Graham 6-50, H. Graham 4-39, Gonzalez 3-13, Shanahan 2-11, Saddler 1-30, Carswell 1-4. Iowa, Davis 10-129, McNutt 8-112, Coker 5-15, Martin-Manley 4-76, Herman 2-42, Derby 2-25.

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Iowa wide receiver Kevonte Martin-Manley leaps for the ball to pull Iowa within 3 points of Pittsburgh on Sept. 17 in Kinnick Stadium. Martin-Manley had four receptions for 76 yards and two touchdowns in Iowa’s 31-27 come-from-behind win. (The Daily Iowan/Rob Johnson)

‘Despite all our rough spots, despite our deficiencies right now — our inexperience, whatever it may be — to push through and still win the game, have the guys feel good about themselves afterwards, that’s something a growing team really needs. You need that.’

— Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz

‘That’s a young guy right here, and he’s family. To see somebody grow up, it’s phenomenal. It’s a great feeling.’

— Iowa receiver Keenan Davis on redshirt freshman Kevonte MartinManley’s performance

Fans react with mixed emotions as the referee questioned an Iowa touchdown during the Hawkeyes’ 31-27 win over Pittsburgh on Sept. 17 in Kinnick Stadium. (The Daily Iowan/Rob Johnson)

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Iowa running back Damon Bullock tries to reach the end zone in Iowa’s 3127 win over Pittsburgh on Sept. 17 at Kinnick Stadium. Bullock picked up 4 yards on the carry, but didn’t score. (The Daily Iowan/Adam Wesley)

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The number of points Iowa scored in the game’s last 16:16.

Iowa’s record in its last 24 nonconference home games.

The number of fumble recoveries in Broderick Binns’ career after the senior recovered one Saturday.

The number of Iowa passing yards on Sept. 17, the second-most by a Kirk Ferentz-coached team.

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Facing a 24-3 deficit with 3:11 remaining in the third quarter, the Iowa offense had given Hawkeye fans little reason to expect a comeback. Keenan Davis leaped to snag a throw from James Vandenberg near the sideline, but officials ruled that Davis was out of bounds before making the catch. The call was overturned after officials looked at a replay and saw that the junior receiver managed to land in-bounds. The play sparked the Hawkeyes, and they scored their first touchdown of the game a few plays later, then reached the end zone on their next three drives as well.

The Panthers attempted to reclaim the lead after Kevonte Martin-Manley’s second touchdown put Iowa up 31-27, but they were forced to start their final drive at their own 9-yard line.

Quarterback Tino Sunseri led Pittsburgh as far as its own 37-yard line, but Sunseri’s sixth pass of the drive ended up in the wrong hands. Hawkeye cornerback Micah Hyde made a leaping play to intercept Sunseri’s underthrown ball with 1:41 left in the game. From there, Iowa was able to run out the clock and seal the victory.

IOWA GAME BALL KEENAN DAVIS After some fans maligned him for his dropped pass in the third overtime of last week’s loss, the first-year starter responded in a big way. The Cedar Rapids native set career highs in receptions (10) and receiving yards (129) for the second-straight week, and scored a touchdown.

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Iowa cornerback Shaun Prater runs toward the locker room after Iowa defeated Pittsburgh on Sept. 17 at Kinnick Stadium. Iowa trailed the Panthers by 14 points going into the fourth quarter, then scored three touchdowns to win, 31-27. (The Daily Iowan/Rob Johnson)

Pittsburgh running back Ray Graham is tripped up during the Hawkeyes’ 31-27 win on Sept. 17 in Kinnick Stadium. Graham rushed for 97 yards on 22 carries for the Panthers. (The Daily Iowan/Adam Wesley)

Iowa defensive lineman Dominic Alvis sacks Pittsburgh quarterback Tino Sunseri on Sept. 17 in Kinnick Stadium. The Hawkeyes took Sunseri down three times during the afternoon. (The Daily Iowan/Rob Johnson)

Iowa quarterback James Vandenberg runs for a first down against Pittsburgh on Sept. 17 in Kinnick Stadium.

Vandenberg also rushed for a touchdown in the Hawkeyes’ 31-27 win over the Panthers.

(The Daily Iowan/Adam Wesley)

Iowa’s linebacker Tom Donatell screams after tackling a Pittsburgh ball carrier on Sept. 17 in Kinnick Stadium. (The Daily Iowan/Rob Johnson)

SCHEDULE Sept. 3 Iowa 34, Tennessee Tech 7 Sept. 10 Iowa State 44, Iowa 41 (3 OT) Sept. 17 Iowa 31, Pittsburgh 27 Sept. 24 Iowa vs. Louisiana-Monroe Oct. 8 Iowa at Penn State Oct. 15 Iowa vs. Northwestern Oct. 22 Iowa vs. Indiana Oct. 29 Iowa at Minnesota Nov. 5 Iowa vs. Michigan Nov. 12 Iowa vs. Michigan State Nov. 19 Iowa at Purdue Nov. 25 Iowa at Nebraska

Iowa linebackers James Morris and Tyler Nielsen tackle Pittsburgh running back Ray Graham on Sept. 17 in Kinnick Stadium. Morris led the defense with 13 tackles. (The Daily Iowan/Rob Johnson)

PITTSBURGH GAME BALL RAY GRAHAM Entering as the nation’s leading rusher after two games, Graham was kept under 100 yards rushing (97 yards on 22 carries) but also contributed to the Panthers’ passing game. Graham caught six passes for 50 yards, accounting for 147 all-purpose yards.

THUMBS UP — DEFENSIVE CHANGES Kirk Ferentz shuffled around his secondary, starting Jordan Bernstine and Tanner Miller at the safeties while moving Micah Hyde back to corner. Hyde intercepted two passes, and Bernstine may have been the best Hawkeye defender on the field. Dominic Alvis also looked comfortable making the move from tackle to end, recording a sack and forcing a fumble.

THUMBS DOWN — SLOW-STARTING OFFENSE Iowa’s offense was anemic for the better part of three quarters, finally scoring its first touchdown of the game with 1:16 remaining in the third quarter. James Vandenberg and the Hawkeyes did manage a historic comeback, but Iowa can’t count on scoring 21 fourth-quarter points in every game.

LOOK AHEAD Iowa will challenge a team with significantly less talent than Pittsburgh when it meets Louisiana-Monroe on Saturday in Kinnick Stadium. One might assume it could be an easy day for the Hawkeyes, but remember the last time Iowa faced an opponent from the Sun Belt conference? A 1-2 Arkansas State squad gave the 4-0 Hawkeyes all they could handle on Oct. 3, 2009. Arkansas State scored 14 fourth-quarter points but fell short as Iowa won, 24-21. The Hawkeyes will look to put LouisianaMonroe away much sooner.

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ON THE TACKLE GANG

“

Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn’t have as many monuments to unveil.

— Kin Hubbard

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ANDREW R. JUHL andrew-juhl@uiowa.edu

Ask your local Ledge writer: Q: What was your greatest musical discovery?

A: My harmonica.

It was in the closet behind my baseball cards the whole time.

Q: What’s the best form of birth control?

A: Insulting a woman’s weight and hair on the first date.

Q: Are you stubborn?

A: I refuse to answer that.

Q: What is your favorite sex position?

A: “Having.”

Q: What is your favorite piece of literature?

A: Moby Dick, page 47. The lower third — including the back.

Q: If you had only one week to live, would you be afraid?

A: No, if I had only one week to live, I would be an infant.

Q: Would you wrestle a monkey for charity?

A: I’d wrestle a monkey for any reason you gave me.

Q: Which political party do you support?

A: The Inaugural Ball.

Q: How do you like your eggs cooked for breakfast?

A: By a naked supermodel.

Q: What is your sexual orientation?

A: North-northeast.

Q: Do you ever answer questions with questions?

A: Why would anyone ever do that?

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horoscopes

Monday, Sept. 19 — by Eugenia Last

ARIES March 21-April 19 Get out, have fun, and meet people. Interacting and taking on challenges will introduce you to new options. You have to participate if you want to be in the game. Your charm will help you attract attention and get your way.

TAURUS April 20-May 20 A walk down memory lane will be eye opening.

Trust your experience, not your heart, to lead you in the right direction. Meeting face-to-face will help you resolve a problem. Don’t allow a change at work cause you to make a mistake.

GEMINI May 21-June 20 Get rid of dead weight and move in a direction more suitable to your current needs. Do something about boredom before it takes over and causes trouble. A change of scenery will inspire you to strive for higher goals. Let your intuition guide you.

CANCER June 21-July 22 You will be emotional about institutional matters, secret affairs, and government agencies. Try not to show it. It’s easier to get your way if you are masterful of mind. Let your excellent memory work to your advantage and you will excel.

LEO July 23-Aug. 22 You need a new audience or at least a change of environment. Your energetic and flamboyant nature will attract attention. Take part in a challenging event — you’ll make an impression.

Love is in the stars, and socializing will reap rewards.

VIRGO Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Changing your objectives will be tempting if you become emotionally involved in what’s going on around you. Rethink the outcome and your strategy before you make a move. You can win by using your head, not your heart.

LIBRA Sept. 23-Oct. 22 Communicate with friends, relatives, and neighbors to solve a problem that is causing uncertainty. Profits can be made if you downsize or make a change to your assets. A residential change will improve your situation and ease your stress.

SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Put money into property or another long-term investment. Call in a favor if it will help you get something you want.

A change of location will give you a new lease on life. Participate in a physical challenge to discover something about yourself.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Your high energy and determination will help you express concerns and desires with confidence. Put time and effort into building assets and improving possessions. A change to your residence will benefit you professionally. Use your charm.

CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Don’t let emotions keep you from concentrating on gathering information and taking care of personal business that will stabilize your financial future. Make a decision regarding knowledge, responsibility, and demands being made.

AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Enjoy what you have, but don’t take it for granted. Physical health should be highlighted. Children and seniors will have an effect on your future. Make a promise to follow through, and you will find success. Love is in the stars.

PISCES Feb. 19-March 20 You cannot change others, so change the way you deal with them. Don’t ride an emotional roller coaster. Set your standards, and stick to them. A professional opportunity will come through someone from your past. Reconnect with old peers.

— Andrew R. Juhl welcomes any of your questions and he thanks the readers who submitted these.

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• English Conversation

logue Society, 5:15 p.m., 335 IMU

Group, 10 a.m., Iowa City Public

• River City Toastmasters, 5:30 p.m., Gus’, 2421 Coral Court,

Library, 123 S. Linn • Ida Cordelia Beam Visit-

Coralville

ing Scholar Ilya Kaminsky

• ZUMBA, 6 p.m., Unitarian

will hold a discussion via the

Universalist Society, 10 S. Gilbert

Virtual Writing University

• Playwright and director

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pent Speak and Dark Horse,

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10:30

• Toddler Story Time, 10:30 a.m., Iowa City Public Library • Book Babies, 10:30 a.m., Iowa City Public Library • Wilderness Medicine

6:30 p.m., 172 Theatre Building •

“Live

from

Prairie

Lights,” Alexander Maksik, 7 p.m., Prairie Lights, 15 S. Dubuque

Interest Group Meeting, 12:30

• Archaeological Institute of

p.m., 1117 Medical Education &

America’s National Lecture

Research Facility

Program and International

• Hand and Foot, 1 p.m., Senior Center, 28 S. Linn • Jazz After Five, 5 p.m., Mill, 120 E. Burlington • Coralville Farmers’ Market, 5 p.m., Aquatic Center, 1512 Seventh St. • “Does Terrorism Have Religion? From 9/11 to Norway Attacks,” Intellectual Dia-

Programs, “The Archaeological Exploration of Sikyon: A Comprehensive Approach to the Study of a Greek City-State,” Yannis Lolos, University of Thessaly, 8 p.m., W151 Pappajohn Business Building • Open Mike, with J Knight, 8 p.m., Mill, 120 E. Burlington • One Night Stand, 9 p.m., Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn

UITV schedule 2 p.m. University Lecture Committee, Paul Farmer, worldwide leader in global-health and social-justice issues, Aug. 24 3:30 “Acquired Brain Injury: Prevention, Outcomes, and Challenges,” James Torner, UI Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, Aug. 25 4:30 2011 2011 Distinguished Alumni Awards Celebration, honoring achievement, service, faculty/staff, young alums, and friends, June 11 6 Book Festival Music, Michelle Lynn, July 17 7 University Lecture Committee, Paul

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Farmer, worldwide leader in global-health and social-justice issues, Aug. 24 8:30 “Acquired Brain Injury: Prevention, Outcomes, and Challenges,” James Torner, UI Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, Aug. 25 9:30 Daily Iowan Television News 9:45 UITV Summer Movies, UITV students produce a series of movies about the UI this past summer 10:15 Daily Iowan Television News 10:30 University Lecture Committee, Paul Farmer, worldwide leader in global-health and social-justice issues, Aug. 24