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Dwight pitches solar power

Former Iowa and NFL player Tim Dwight and Sen. Rob Hogg, D-Cedar Rapids, talk about solar-power opportunities in Kinnick Stadium on Tuesday. The solar-power panels on campus would provide more efficient energy and more jobs on campus. (The Daily Iowan/Tessa Hursh)

Former Hawkeye football player Tim Dwight advocates for solar-power expansion at UI.

By Eric Clark eric-clark@uiowa.edu

The worldwide initiative to “go green” by expanding solar power has hit the University of Iowa via a former Hawkeye football star.

Tim Dwight, a member of the Iowa Solar/Small Wind Energy Trade Association, has teamed up with Sen. Rob Hogg, D-Cedar Rapids, and Kimberly Dickey, the president of the Iowa Renewable Energy Association, in an effort to bring more solar-energy infrastructures to the UI. “I played in this stadium, and I want to power this stadium,” Dwight said during a press conference at Kinnick Stadium.

UI students Andrew Woronowicz, a representative of the UI Sierra Student Coalition, and Allison Kindig, an industrial engineering major from Cedar Rapids, also advocated the proposal on Tuesday during a press conference.

“It is a necessary change we must make to move beyond unsustainable sources of energy,” Woronowicz said.

Hogg will introduce the proposal, which will call for $3.1 million in funds to bring more solar power to the UI. The solar facilities would produce approximately $100,000 worth

The change allows for more flexibility in expanding sidewalk seating. nathaniel-otjen@uiowa.edu

The Iowa City City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to pass an ordinance implementing changes to the sidewalk-café policy in downtown Iowa City, and most local business owners say they’re pleased.

The City Council approved two items pertaining to sidewalk cafés. The first took sidewalk cafés out of the City Code and put them in an administrative code. The second had two parts — adding an administrative policy on how to handle the current sidewalk cafés and flexi-

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bility to expand sidewalk cafés in planters outside the Pedestrian Mall.

“It’s just another way of expanding upon the synergy of downtown Iowa City,” said Jim Mondanaro, the owner of Micky’s Irish Pub & Grill, 11 S. Dubuque St. He proposed the ordinance for sidewalk cafés.

Micky’s focused its efforts on expanding cafés into parking areas. Because the parking section of the ordinance was not discussed or passed Tuesday, Micky’s won’t be able to move forward with finding staff for its plans with outdoor dining yet.

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Obama to head to UI President Obama will visit the University of Iowa on Friday for a grass-roots campaign event.

Campaign officials announced Tuesday that Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and Jill Biden will hold the event on the Jessup Hall lawn.

The event is open to the public, but a ticket is required for admission.

The event will start at 5:20 p.m. Friday, and tickets are available through the IMU Box Office or local Obama for America offices, and access will begin at 1 p.m. Tickets are available starting at 9 a.m. today.

UI spokesman Tom Moore could not confirm as of Tuesday evening whether any university buildings would be closed before or during the event. Details are forthcoming, he said.

This will be the president’s second visit to the UI this year.

Obama visited the university on April 25 and spoke to a crowd of more than 5,000 community members in the Field House.

— by Kristen East

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Council tweaks sidewalk café rules

By Nate Otjen

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Board wrestles with funds The school board wants to prioritize elementary schools over a new high school.

By Lauren Coffey l-n-coffey@uiowa.edu

Nate Hayward, Andy Stockman, and Nick Glasgow drink on the patio at Bo-James on Tuesday. The Iowa City City Council approved two items pertaining to sidewalk cafés Tuesday. The first took sidewalk cafés out of the City Code and put them in an administrative code. The second added an administrative policy on handling current sidewalk cafés and flexibility to expand sidewalk cafés in planters outside the Pedestrian Mall. (The Daily Iowan/Juan Carlos Herrera)

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In the midst of planning for the Iowa City Community School District’s new high school, school board members said they want to shift their focus — and funds — to addressing the more immediate needs of elementary schools instead.

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METRO Council again OK’s payday rules

The Iowa City City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve the second consideration of the payday-lending ordinance.

The ordinance requires payday-lending institutions to be at least 1,000 feet away from churches, schools, and daycares, among other places.

Payday lenders allow people to take out short-term loans between paychecks and pay the business back with interest after they receive their next paycheck.

Many people consider them to be predatory lenders because they charge interest rates that are too high to pay back in the time they are due and people’s debt can easily spiral out of control until it’s unmanageable.

The council unanimously approved the first consideration of the ordinance on Aug. 21.

Several cities throughout the state such as Des Moines, West Des Moines, Clive, and Ames have all recently passed ordinances restricting payday lenders’ services.

Credit unions and banks will not be regulated, because delayed deposit services will not be affected under this ordinance.

An ordinance requires three votes on the issue in order to pass with one more vote left on this issue in order for it to become law.

—by Nate Otjen

Robbery suspect pleads not guilty

A man who is charged with first-degree robbery in connection with a Breckenridge Court trailer park shooting pleaded not guilty during his arraignment Tuesday, according to online court documents.

Undercover Division of Narcotics Enforcement agent Daniel Stepleton shot Demarco Dudley, according to a press release about the shooting, twice in the arm during the raid on Aug. 16.

Another man, Ivan Hardemon, was killed during the raid.

Dudley’s brother Norman Dudley is accused of a controlled-substance violation that occurred days before the raid.

His trial is set for 9 a.m. Nov. 6.

Demarco Dudley pleaded guilty Tuesday and his pretrial conference and trial have not yet been set.

— by Brent Griffiths

2 injured in semi crash

Two were injured after a crash on Interstate 80 Tuesday.

According to an State Patrol report, a Fedex ground tractor and double trailers were eastbound on the highway when the driver lost control and the semi-truck entered the ditch and struck several trees.

The driver and co-drivers were transported to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics; the names are being withheld until the families have been notified.

According to the report, the accident remains under investigation.

— by Jordyn Reiland

Council OKs disorderly house change

The Iowa City City Council approved the first consideration of an ordinance Tuesday night that, if approved, would alter the way police officers cite tenants of a disorderly house in Iowa City.

Councilors approved the ordi-

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Subscriptions Check’n Go, located at Highway 1 West, one of several payday loan businesses in Iowa City, is shown on July 17, 2012. (The Daily Iowan/Juan Carlos Herrera)

nance on a 7-0 vote.

The ordinance had passed its first test at the City Council meeting on Aug. 21, but the council made some changes, so it was up for first consideration again.

The ordinance makes a disorderly house a municipal infraction that will allow the police to issue a civil citation to all of the tenants involved. The ordinance also provides that having a disorderly house can be a basis for a rental sanction.

Currently, police officers cannot issue a criminal complaint if no one will answer the door. The level of penalty varies on police discrepancy.

City Councilor Jim Throgmorton said he thinks it’s crucial that the wording in this ordinance be “clearly articulated in ordinary language.” City councilors said they will work to make this information clarified to the public.

The ordinance is now up for a second consideration at the next City Council meeting. It takes three votes to pass an ordinance.

— by Nate Otjen

Another charged in robbery

Another man has been charged in conjunction with a Sept. 1 robbery at the intersection of Burlington and Johnson Streets.

According to Iowa City police complaints, Dante Yance, 19, was charged Sept. 1 after he allegedly took part in the early morning robbery.

The complaints said officers were dispatched to the intersection after receiving a report of between four and six black males robbing another black male. The officers arriving at the scene made contact with Yance, whom the victim of the robbery identified as one of the suspects who allegedly tried to rob him, according to the complaint.

Yance allegedly threatened to physically harm the victim and also allegedly began to pat him down and take items that belonged to him. The complaints also said independent witnesses said Yance was physically involved in the robbery.

Yance is charged with second-degree robbery, a Class-C felony, and rioting, an aggravated misdemeanor.

— by Matt Starns

on numerous occasions, according to online documents. An opinion that was shared by a UI panel report, which found that Juweid “did not work within the bounds of that required collegiality.”

UI President Sally Mason then followed the panel’s recommendation and fired Juweid from tenured faculty.

The hearing on Geist’s protective order is set for Sept. 10 at 3 p.m.

— by Brent Griffiths

Wahls to address Dem Convention

Zach Wahls, an Iowa City resident who has made waves across the nation for his support of gay rights, will speak Thursday at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. “I’ll be talking about love, respect and what makes a family,” Wahls told the Des Moines Register on Tuesday night.

Wahls — a former University of Iowa student and a former Daily Iowan employee — wrote about his upbringing in the book My Two Moms: Lessons of Love, Strength, and What Makes a Family.

Wahls first stepped into the public spotlight when he gave a three-minute speech in front of the Iowa House Judiciary Committee on Jan. 10, 2011, speaking against the passage of House Join Resolution Six.

and Trust suffered a loss of $188.26.

Forgery is a Class-D felony.

— by Matt Starns

Man charged with harassment

An Iowa City man was charged Aug. 30 after he allegedly threatened to kill his wife and two other people.

According to an Iowa City police complaint, Carlos Spencer, 1607 Hollywood Blvd., was charged when officers responded to his residence after police received a report of a verbal fight between a male and a female. The complaint said Spencer had left the scene when officers arrived.

When the officers arrived, according to the complaint, Spencer had allegedly called the female and told her he intended to drive to Mexico and kill two people, then return to Iowa City to kill his wife.

Spencer is charged with first-degree harassment, an aggravated misdemeanor.

— by Matt Starns

Man faces charges after chase

A hearing on a protective order against a former University of Iowa professor has been set.

Associate Dean Lois Geist had previously filed a motion against former Professor Malik Juweid.

She alleged Juweid harassed her

A Coralville woman was charged with two counts of forgery Aug. 24 after she allegedly deposited two forged checks.

According to a Coralville police complaint, Sharvez Brandon, 21, allegedly deposited two checks at Hills Bank and Trust, 1009 Secon St., via ATM. The checks were deposited June 29 and July 2, according to the complaint.

The complaint said the checks were written on the closed account of Brandon’s boyfriend.

Brandon allegedly crossed out her boyfriend’s name and wrote in, by hand, her name above.

According to the complaint, one check was to be paid to the order of “me,” and one was left blank in the “pay to the order of,” field.

Both checks were unsigned, the complaint said.

According to the complaint, the forged checks totaled $550.

Brandon was allegedly recorded on video surveillance making the deposit. She admitted to depositing the checks and knowing they were forged, the complaint said.

The complaint said Hills Bank

A Sioux City man faces numerous charges after allegedly leading police on a chase Sept. 3.

According to a series of complaints by the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, Cole Huisenga, 19, was charged after officers arrived at 12:19 a.m. to 800 Oakcrest St. after receiving a report of a man with a knife.

The complaints said Huisenga was located in the 700 block of Oakcrest Street, where officers identified themselves to him and he allegedly took off running while holding the knife. Officers instructed Huisenga to stop, according to the complaints, but he did not. The complaints said he was located roughly three blocks away without the shorts he had previously been wearing.

Huisenga had allegedly removed the shorts during the chase. The shorts, according to the complaints, contained several stolen items.

The complaints also said Huisenga appeared intoxicated and provided a breath test result of .160. Huisenga also allegedly damaged numerous vehicles in the area of Oakcrest Street in attempt to gain access to them.

Huisenga is charged with four counts of third-degree attempted burglary, carrying weapons, second-degree criminal mischief, and five counts of third-degree burglary.

Second-degree criminal mischief is a Class-D felony.

— by Matt Starns

Tuesday with interference with official acts causing injury, OWI, and possession of marijuana.

Noah Dolezal, 25, 20 Data Drive, was charged Aug. 4 with driving with a suspended or canceled license.

Julius Griggs Jr., 37, address un-

known, was charged Monday with fifth-degree theft and criminal trespass.

Jacob Hunley, 19, 937 Rienow, was charged Aug. 31 with public intoxication.

Spencer Mooney, 23, 810 E. Burlington St., was charged May 1,

2011, with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Manuel Rios, 27, 1150 Briar Drive, was charged Tuesday with OWI. Gerhard Schmidt, 62, Coralville, was charged Aug. 31 with littering and illegal dumping.

Hearing on ex-prof set

—by Kristen East

Woman charged with forgery

BLOTTER Khader Abdi, 21, 2401 Highway 6 E. Apt. 3435, was charged Mon with fifth-degree theft.

Tylermichael Ahlden-Eckhardt, 20, 712 E. Market St. Apt. 2, was charged Sunday with presence in a bar after hours.

Jonathan Corcoran, 22, 2718 Wayne Ave. Apt. 8, was charged

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Ryan stumps in CR

By Cassidy Riley Republican vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan on Tuesday accused President Obama of “kicking the can down the road,” leading to the failure of the American economy.

Ryan addressed an enthusiastic crowd at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, discussing job creation, the national debt, as well as the economy.

The speech came on the heels of major announcement regarding the country’s debt.

“We just heard about an hour ago that our government eclipsed the $16 trillion mark in our national debt,” Ryan said. “This is a serious threat to our economy [and] of all the broken promises from President Obama, this is probably the worst one.”

The Wisconsin congressman made reference to GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s five-point plan to create a stronger middle class by emphasizing increasing production and exportation of goods to other countries, reducing government spending, and reducing taxes for all Americans.

“We want to restore our right to rise in America,” Ryan said. “That is the American dream.”

But Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, issued a response this afternoon denouncing Ryan’s claims.

“Paul Ryan’s false attacks and attempts to mislead Iowa voters showed the two drastically different campaign approaches and the two fundamentally different economic visions in this election,” Harkin said in a press release. “At this week’s convention, President Obama

Magic Bus makes return

By Madeline Savoie madeline-savoie@uiowa.edu

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Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan shakes hands with supporters during a campaign stop at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday. The event focused on the slogan, “Are you better off now?” (The Daily Iowan/Ian Servin) will lay the foundation for an economy built to last.”

Harkin said the Romney/Ryan plan would cripple the economy even further with a $5 trillion tax cut for the wealthiest Americans that would ultimately result in a raise in taxes for the middle class or a rise in the national debt.

The Obama campaign also responded to Ryan’s speech in a statement by contending Ryan is the last person who should be talking about the economy.

“He was a rubber stamp in Congress for the policies that turned surpluses into deficits, putting two wars on the credit card, voting for a prescription-drug benefit without paying for it, and fighting for tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans when they weren’t asking for them,” Danny Kanner, an Obama campaign spokesman, said in a statement emailed to The Daily Iowan.

Elizabeth Purchia, the press secretary of Obama’s Iowa campaign, said the president has already done a lot to help the economy by ending the war in Iraq.

She admits the economy is not healed yet but that Obama has the better plan to fix it than Romney.

Obama has a plan to reduce the deficit by $4 trillion over the next decade. He plans to extend middle-class tax cuts and eliminate loopholes for the wealthiest Americans, Purchia said.

“Obviously, there is a lot more work that needs to be done but we are headed in the right direction,” Purchia said. “[President Obama] understands the need to have a strong middle class.”

Still, Iowa GOP chairman A.J. Spiker said the president has failed the nation by allowing the debt to climb as high as it has under his administration.

“By allowing the national debt to pass $16 trillion after promising to cut the deficit in half, President Obama has failed not just the young people whose future he has mortgaged, but the entire nation,” Spiker said in a press release. “It’s past time for the new direction and new leadership that Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan will bring to the White House.”

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The bus is back in business — the Magic Bus that is.

The Magic Bus is back after a yearlong hiatus.

Last year, the tailgating venue was unable to attain a permit to operate because the city had created stricter regulations for game-day vendors.

But the bus will no longer operate as it once had.

The tailgating bus has set up camp in Coralville outside Backpocket Brewing, a new microbrewery located in the Iowa River Landing Jake Simmons, the Backpocket brewmaster, said that because of the new location, the Magic Bus will not be a part of the tailgating scene anymore. The Magic Bus will instead operate at the brewery every Friday night before game days, starting Sept. 14.

Allen Miller, the president of the Iowa City Ducks Rugby Club, which sponsors the Magic Bus, agreed with Simmons.

“It’s going to be completely different,” he said. “I don’t even know if tailgating will be the right word anymore.”

The Friday night Magic Bus events will have local bands playing each week. None are booked yet.

The previous $15 cover fee, which included drinks, will now be $5 at the Coralville location, which will go toward the Magic Bus. This fee will not cover drinks, which will be sold by the pint

by Backpocket.

“It’s going to be a different kind of monster,” said Jeremy Freerks,

the social chairman of the Ducks Rugby Club. “We want to keep the Magic Bus alive.”

Simmons said that as a former University of Iowa student and former Magic Bus tailgater, he is glad Backpocket can help keep the tradition alive as well as promote the new brewery.

The brewery and Magic Bus affiliation began with Simmons, who said he knew some guys on the rugby team.

“They needed a spot for the location, and we had a spot for them,” Simmons said. “It just went handin-hand.”

As previously reported in the DI, the Melrose ordinance that took Magic Bus off the tailgating map prohibited vendors from selling alcohol and limited the available space on Melrose Avenue. Vendors must also pay a $75 per-

mit fee to sell their products.

Iowa City City Councilor Connie Champion said the ordinances implemented last year aimed to curb the abuse of alcohol near the stadium in consideration of the residents who live near there.

Among the ordinance issues was skepticism about the Magic Bus’s fundraising efforts, Champion said.

“There was something kind of off about the Magic Bus,” she said. “They said they were not for profit, but they were under a for-profit organization.”

Freerks said the cover fees went to paying for the band and beer and the remainder of the proceeds went to charities.

“There are people who have been coming to the bus for years,” Miller said.

“They support our vision of charitable events.”

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Applaud constructive behavior from College Republicans The University of Iowa College Republicans will set up shop on the Pentacrest every Monday and Tuesday in September as part of a wider push by the College Republican National Committee to increase participation in college communities. The program’s goal is to increase on-campus awareness, recruit new members, and, most importantly, register students to vote.

“We want students to vote in Iowa City because this is a battleground state, and in most cases, they live here nine months out of the year,” said Kelsey Boehm, the head of the UI College Republicans, to The Daily Iowan in August.

This active push to register voters represents a valuable campus service and is a welcome departure from the College Republicans’ typically inflammatory recruitment efforts epitomized by its annual spring event known as “Conservative Coming Out Week.”

In April 2011, the College Republicans launched its controversial weeklong celebration of conservatism by imploring those kindred spirits keeping a low profile in left-leaning Iowa City to “come out of the closet.”

The message was received quite poorly by many, including members of the local LGBT community, who argued that revealing one’s conservatism did not involve the same degree of personal risk as revealing one’s sexuality.

“We feel that this use of ‘coming out’ is being used to sensationalize and provide satire to the College Republican cause,” the University of Iowa’s Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Allied Union wrote in an April press release.

Though members of the College Republicans, including former President John Twillmann insisted that Conservative Coming Out Week was sincerely named, one night’s tongue-in-cheek “Animal Rights Barbecue” belied the organization’s penchant for mischievous witticism.

So, while the charges of bigotry leveled by some against the College Republicans may have been overblown, it should be said that the group’s annual attempt to get its opponents’ collective goat is harmful to civil discourse, blatantly condescending, and very, very smug.

Attempts to boost voter registration, however, are admirable regardless of the party affiliation or past behavior of the registrars. This is doubly true when such programs focus on young voters, who are typically less likely to participate in the political process than their older counterparts.

In the 2008 general election, only 61 percent of young voters (ages 18-29) were registered to vote, and only 51 percent actually voted, though that number was higher in Iowa and among young people with some college education.

This year’s general election will be competitive, particularly in swing-state Iowa, where President Obama and Mitt Romney are polling in a statistical dead heat.

Young voters have the unique opportunity to make a distinct impact on the future of the country if they are effectively informed and mobilized.

We believe that every politically minded group on campus, including the University Democrats, should join in the push to register voters and maximize political participation among students at the University of Iowa.

Despite their divisive recent past, the College Republicans is leading the way this fall by taking the commendable step of moving beyond antagonism for the time being in favor of proactively encouraging civic responsibility. The group should not be alone in its fight.

We give credit where credit is due, and we hope to see the College Republicans remains a positive, constructive force on campus.

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Are we better off?

Republicans ask the question, “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” If you don’t think we are better off, then vote Republican because the Republicans are going to take you back there. But if you think going back to Bush is a bad idea, then vote for the Democrat and let the recovery continue.

The Republicans dug a very deep hole, and it’s going to take a long time to undo the damage they did to America. I don’t think you’ll find anyone who will trade where we are to go back to where we were four years ago.

Marc Perkel

RE: ‘Greeks can lead UI to better reputation,’ Sept.

4, 2012

The UI doesn’t HAVE a bad reputation. Being on a list of places that are fun to party at doesn’t mean that everything else on

campus is worthless. And, if it is, then our admin needs to get off their butts and fix the rest of the problems, rather than crack down harder on some kid having a beer. toastermuffins

Of course numbers have gone up.

Keeping the minors out of the bars was the greatest thing to happen to the greeks in the last 10 years. Join a sorority/fraternity so you have an older person to hook you up with alcohol or take you where the alcohol is.

And don’t start with the “greeks are dry” stuff. The houses may be (yeah, right), but the people aren’t.

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How does this explain the increase in participation across the country? Perhaps it has to do with the millions of dollars raised in philanthropic events, priceless personal connections to be made, and the real friendships that last a lifetime. Realistically, yes, greeks party (let’s not

forget that all of these chapters were founded on the premise of being “social organizations.”

Yes, they drink. But what’s the difference between walking down South Johnson and finding a random party and attending a social event between greek houses?

Believe it or not, every party held between greek chapters is documented, and the university knows they are happening. The guest list is documented, the presence or absence of alcohol is documented, the location is documented. It’s not like the movies that you’ve seen and are basing your comment on. caitcomments

RE: ‘Tilly: UI’s inconsistency with reality,’ Aug. 31, 2012

The first interest of this university, or any university, should be to prepare its students for the academic challenges of a

21st-century global economy, not to instead try to be a substitute parent looking out for what the university feels promotes the “well-being” of its students. value123

Back in the day, the Pentacrest was transformed into a shantytown to protest apartheid and divesture of university assets in institutions doing business with South Africa. Now, 30 years later, Iowa is in a similar position with [Anheuser-Busch]. By taking money from the company so that it can use the name and images of the university to promote its product, the school is complicit in selling beer and encouraging drinking. Now, after the deal has been inked, Mason has buyer’s remorse about the use of the logo? How disingenuous. She had this plan all along. Accept the money and later on wring your hands about it. One more example of how Iowa will never be a world-class institution with her at the helm.

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Practice safe biking

By Sri Ponnada sriharshita-ponnada@uiowa.edu

City officials want to renew Iowa City’s Bicycle Friendly Community designation this winter, and they are enthusiastically hoping to move up from the town’s current bronze level to a silver-level designation.

This would signal Iowa City as a more bicycle-friendly city. However, is Iowa City really that “bicycle-friendly?”

As reported by The Daily Iowan, city planner Kristofer Ackerson notes various improvements in the city’s bicycle substructure, such as the newly implemented two-way traffic on Washington Street downtown, the addition of bicycle racks around the area, and the elimination of moped parking on these bike racks. He also proudly cites the addition of Dodge Street’s shared-lane arrows.

Fortunately or unfortunately, local bicycle enthusiasts have identified errors in these new implementations.

Michael Chamberlain, the owner of the Broken Spoke and sponsor of Think Bicycles, a Johnson County coalition promoting bicycle culture, told The Daily Iowan in an interview that he was frustrated by the incorrect placement of “sharrows,” or the arrows indicating a shared bike lane, on the street.

“The thing about sharrows,” he said, “they’re supposed to say this is a

good route, this is a safe route — but on Dodge, you’re riding in the gutter.”

As mentioned on the report card issued to the state of Iowa by the League of American Bicyclists, Iowa City needs to develop a complete-streets policy to accommodate all users on the road — especially bicyclists. A lot of trips on the university campus and downtown can be made by bike, and with many students along with residents using this form of transportation, the more safety the better.

When more than 50,000 persons in America were injured in bicycle accidents only two years ago, it isn’t such a bright idea to paint the picture in our city’s citizens’ minds that Iowa City is perfect for bicyclists.

There are still many things to be done — the city still does not even have that many proper bike lanes.

Ackerson promises to put our roads on a “diet,” to turn the four-lane roadways into three and designate the extra lanes as bike lanes. That plan, along with the others he has in mind, sounds absolutely great, but until we see these new changes made, Iowa City residents should take care to make sure they are being extra safe when using the city’s roads for biking.

4 years on, Obama message challenge differs

By Michael Oreskes Associted Press

We campaign in poetry, Mario Cuomo used to say, but we govern in prose.

That was how the thenNew York governor explained the gap between his soaring speeches and the more prosaic product of his government, when the springtime of campaign hopes succumbed to the winter of governing discontent.

That was a generation ago. But it is a pithy summary of Barack Obama’s challenge as he goes before his convention this week.

There are a lot of very angry people in the country, out of work or living on less. But anger is not the dominant political sentiment among the voters likely to swing this presidential election.

It is, instead, disappointment.

“There’s absolutely a

sense of disappointment among a large subset of Democrats,” said David Segal, a former Rhode Island state legislator who now runs an organization that lobbies for Internet freedom and civil liberties.

The Romney-Ryan team astutely recognized the discontent and tried to package the sentiment at the Republican convention last week. The purpose was to peel away voters who were proud of their vote for Obama four years ago and are disappointed now by the state of the country he has been leading ever since.

“The president hasn’t disappointed you because he wanted to,” Romney said in his acceptance speech. “The president has disappointed America because he hasn’t led America in the right direction.”

Guest Column

Choose to put compromise over party I was elected to the United States Congress as a Democrat in 1974, serving a predominately Republican district in northwest Iowa.

I served 12 years, and during that time, Republicans and Democrats still worke together.

Some of my closest Congressional friends were Republicans, including Chuck Grassley, Cooper Evans, Jim Leach, and Tom Tauke. We advised each other on legislative matters, and we all voted for what was best for the nation, rather than

what was best for just our political party.

Things have changed in Congress, across the nation and even in Iowa.

Although there always have been extremely liberal Democrats and extreme right-wing conservative Republicans, neither of them controlled their parties.

Today, there is little difference in the Democratic Party, but it should be clear to everyone that the right-wing Tea Party conservatives have influenced Republicans to

such an extent that their agenda has taken over the national party.

It should also be clear that today’s Tea Party-affected Republicans are helping the super rich take over the nation to the detriment of everyone else. As a result of the Bush tax cuts benefitting primarily the wealthy, the 400 richest families in our nation today have more wealth than the bottom 185 million citizens — more than half of our entire population. Warren

Buffet has pointed out that he pays taxes at a lower rate than does his secretary. Taxing people and corporations according to their ability to pay is now a joke in our country.

We have a huge budget deficit. It can be addressed by increasing taxes for those of us who can afford to pay or by further penalizing the great majority of our people by cutting programs that benefit them.

Consider this: The top individual income-tax rate was cut from the 75

percent when I was in Congress to today’s 35 percent, and a multitude of deductions were added for wealthy individuals as well as corporations.

And this: All but 13 Republican members of the U.S. Congress have signed a written pledge not to increase any taxes — corporate or individual. Iowa Republican congressmen have signed the pledge. Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley is one of the 13 who has not signed.

We have a choice in

the coming election. We can vote for candidates and political-party members who sign pledges in support of America’s corporations and wealthy persons while cutting programs for the people, or we can elect persons who will work together to have government by and for all the people.

We did it when I served in the ’70s and ’80s and it can be done again. The choice is easy for me; I hope it is for you.

Berkley Bedell Spirit Lake, Iowa

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Continued from 1 future high school should be taken from the School Infrastructure Local Option Tax fund to be used for more pressing, current issues.

“It can be concluded there will be a new high school … there’s a need for it,” board member Sarah Swisher said. “But we need to set a priority for elementary schools.

As long as we keep [tax] money for expensive, large projects, we can’t help the

cafes

Continued from 1 The City Council informally voted 4-3 to remove the section regarding street cafés in parking spaces for the formal meeting and to add a lottery to planter cafés if necessary.

The item will be discussed at the council’s next meeting, Sept. 18.

solar

Continued from 1 of electricity per year. The proposal calls for 1,240 kilowatts of solar electric power to be installed at the UI in 2013.

The proposal would cut approximately $100,000 in current electricity costs and create up to 20 fulltime jobs for up to eight weeks.

Dwight said the energy trade association has been in existence since January 2011, and it not only

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elementary schools.”

The funds saved for the new high school would contain $14.9 million in unreserved money. If the board decides to reallocate those funds, they would be free to be used for other is-

sues, such as being used to install air conditioning in the elementary schools or to build new roofs.

“I would be pleased to see [the funds used] in the elementary schools,” board member Marla Swesey said. “Those elementary-school kids are our first priority; we should direct our money over there first.

We need to use money to get some of those air-conditioning problems and really help the older aging schools. That’s where I stand.”

If the funds remain allocated as they are, they will continue to be saved for the new high school, which does not yet have a

set date for beginning construction.

Some board members discussed a compromise, with having the fund reallocated and using bonds to help fund the new high school or other major projects.

“It may make sense to bond because of interest rates are low,” board member Jeff McGuinness said.

“My wife will tell you I have problems borrowing money to spend when I already have money. If we have $30 million by 2015, 2017, but we don’t need a high school that soon, I don’t see the benefit of keeping that. … I change my mind daily, but today, I’d be for unallocating it.”

An issue that concerned most board members was spending money wisely.

“We’ve got to bring up our current buildings upto-date,” Sally Hoelscher said. “We can use our current capacity at each school before building a new one. I do think we’ll have a third high school, we just need to be fiscally responsible for when it’s built. I’m glad to see [building a new high school is] in the long-term plan.”

Superintendent Steve Murley warned the board members that even if they did unallocated the funds, it wouldn’t be enough to take care of every need.

“The electrical service

will be extensive work,” he said. “It would cost $10,000 for electrical infrastructure to put in a $300 air conditioner. I want to caution you, I don’t know what it’s going to cost to have air conditioning in every classroom.

If you unallocated money, it will not cover all the existing facilities.”

The board members said they knew not all existing problems in the schools would be able to be fixed.

“We have to prioritize our needs,” Swisher said.

“We may not be able to fix every crack, every spot. We don’t want you to put all the problems in a bag and fix them all.”

City officials supported the ordinance.

“I absolutely support the idea of making the downtown an even more vibrant place for people to live and work,” City Councilor Jim Throgmorton said.

He said nearly 30 business owners could be affected by the changes.

Though one city official says the timing of this ordinance being passed could affect how soon businesses take advantage of

the new law.

“Given the short period left in this season, I’d be surprised if we see a lot of applications,” Assistant to City Manager Geoff Fruin said.

The owner of the Brown Bottle, 115 E. Washington St., supports the ordinance but has some reservations. “[My husband and I] definitely enjoy having sidewalk cafés in the downtown area,” said Gina Landau, who owns the Brown Bottle with her

husband. “It enhances the downtown to sit outside and enjoy the beautiful weather.”

Landau wasn’t, however, in favor of the ordinance using parking spaces to create sidewalk cafés.

This will be discussed at the next meeting.

“We’re not excited about the ordinance taking up parking spaces for outdoor cafés,” she said.

City Councilor Connie Champion said the ordi-

nance will be a welcome change in Iowa City.

“I support it because it’s an adventure,” she said.

“It’s good to try something new; I’m not afraid of change. I think anytime you can bring in anything exciting, it’s good for the downtown.”

She thinks almost every business was in favor of the ordinance downtown, but she is also frustrated with the hesitancy of the council on the issue.

“Getting people to agree to something, as I’ve said before, is almost impossible,” Champion said.

Eight community members spoke on the ordinance last night to the City Council, with the majority speaking in favor of it.

“It’s like anything,” Mondanaro said. “… Until you see it and see it in action … it’s hard to wrap your head around it. It’s time to see this work.”

promotes the use of solar energy by citizens, it also lobbies for policy in the government.

“It’s our future — it’s about job creation, investment, energy, and security,” he said. “Why wouldn’t we want to harness energy straight from its source?”

Dwight noted that the United States installed 1.8 gigawatts of solar energy last year. In comparison, Germany installed 7.5 gigawatts, 1.8 of which came in June.

“This industry is exploding,” Dwight said. “We’re starting to break this down so it can be econom-

ical for every Iowan to use solar energy.”

Hogg said the $3.1 million price tag is a small chunk of the state’s projected $321 million cash surplus.

“We have the money,” he said. “This is a very good long-term investment.”

Dickey said the money saved by the proposal would create enough funds for 12 full-tuition scholarships for in-state students.

“Solar energy is Iowa’s newest farming industry,” she said. “All we need to do is look at existing rooftops where we could put the so-

lar panels.”

The proposal would place solar-energy equipment at numerous UI facilities, including the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Complex, Kinnick Stadium, the new Hawkeye football indoor practice facility, the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center, and the Beckwith Boathouse.

The proposal would eliminate nearly 1,500 tons of carbon-dioxide pollution each year. It also works towards the goal of creating 20,000 new clean-energy jobs set

by the coalition of Iowa Renewable Energy Jobs 2020. The coalition seeks to save Iowans more than $1 billion in energy costs per year by 2020.

“Solar power works to

create jobs, reduce energy costs, and meet our obligations to the environment and future generations,” Hogg said. “Let’s turn solar power into Hawkeye power.”

Possible Elementary Improvements • Air conditioning in each school • New roofing systems • New boilers • Possible additions for overcrowding Source: Iowa City School School Board

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TAURUS April 20–May 20 Show your feelings, and embrace change. Follow your heart. Romance is in the stars, and being true to the one you love will bring stellar results. A trip or socializing will lead to a better understanding of what you can achieve.

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CANCER June 21–July 22 Take time to assess your situation at home and your relationships with friends and relatives. Choosing the people you want to work alongside or to help will be crucial if you want to achieve specific results. Express your plans elaborately.

LEO July 23–Aug. 22 Don’t leave anything to chance. Finish what you start to avoid complaints. A change of location or trying something new will help to ease your stress. Take care of any pressing health or family matters. Added responsibilities are apparent.

VIRGO Aug. 23–Sept. 22 Do whatever it takes to improve your position personally, financially, or professionally. You will have options, and you must compare where different choices will lead. Don’t underestimate someone vying for the same position or goal.

LIBRA Sept. 23–Oct. 22 Think big, but don’t let impulse overrule common sense. Not everyone will agree with you. Put more effort into domestic changes that will help keep everyone around you content. Avoid anyone trying to pressure you.

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PISCES Feb. 19–March 20 Tie up loose ends and tend to personal money matters. Creative accounting can help you save more. Don’t let an emotional issue spin out of control. Make love, not war.

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Which former Hawkeye will have the best rookie season in the NFL? Three Daily Iowan sports staffers debate which former Hawkeye will have the best results during their rookie NFL season.

Marvin McNutt, Philadelphia Eagles

Iowa was among some of the more popular schools during the NFL draft in April. Six Hawkeyes were selected in total, marking the third-straight season in which at least six Hawkeyes heard their names called.

The group of Hawkeyes headed to the NFL included former standout wide receiver Marvin McNutt, who was drafted in the sixth round by the Philadelphia Eagles. The Missouri native set numerous records during his tenure at Iowa, and left campus as one of the best — if not the best — receiver in Iowa football history. McNutt holds Iowa records for receiving touchdowns in a career (28), receiving yards in a season (1,315), and receiving touchdowns in a season (12).

Unfortunately, the sixth-round draftee was not able to secure a roster spot in training camp.

However, the Eagles decided that McNutt was too valuable to cut loose and signed him to the practice squad.

The practice squad has a reputation as a death sentence for NFL players.

But many players have gone on to have successful NFL careers after spending time on the practice

squad, including former Defensive Player of the Year James Harrison.

The Eagles decided to keep just five wide receivers on the active roster, leaving the door open for McNutt to eventually see time on the field.

Moreover, the Eagles receiving corps doesn’t necessarily have the best track record of health. Jeremy Maclin and DeSean Jackson have each completed just one full season of 16 games. McNutt is one injury away from landing a spot on the active roster.

McNutt’s physical stature makes him a prototypical target in the red zone.

In fact, many experts were shocked at the fact that McNutt lasted until the sixth round of the draft.

When looking for a former Hawkeye to make a noticeable impact this season, keep an eye on Marvin McNutt.

– Ryan Probasco

Riley Reiff, Detroit Lions

No former Hawkeye will have a bigger impact in the NFL this season than offensive lineman Riley Reiff.

Reiff will come in and begin the revamping of a stale Detroit offensive line. He will be a breath of fresh air for Matthew Stafford and whatever running back the Lions are able to dig up that week.

The knock against the former Hawkeye entering the draft was that his

arms were too short for a left tackle, but seeing him open up holes for a revolving door of Iowa running backs throughout his career shows that the potential is definitely there.

There is a reason the Detroit Lions selected the Parkston, S.D., native with the 23rd overall pick, and it begins and ends with current Lion left tackle Jeff Backus.

Backus, who was drafted by Detroit in 2000, has been the topic of much debate in the Motor City throughout his career.

Each year, furious fans are ready to run him out of town, and they have begged the organization to bring anyone else in to take his spot for almost a decade. Now that the former Michigan Wolverine is almost 35 years old, no time seems more suited to find a successor than now.

Enter Reiff.

Reiff is starting the season listed behind Backus on the Lions’ depth chart, but don’t be surprised if he is in the starting lineup by Week 8. Backus has trouble against any sort of functional pass rush and will take the heat in Detroit each time Stafford hits the ground. Also, a look at Detroit’s schedule shows that the Lions will face the 49ers, Vikings, and Bears — teams with elite pass rushers — in the first half of the season.

This spells trouble for Backus.

Reiff will be the most successful Hawkeye rookie

because he’ll receive more playing time than his former teammates in the big show. Combine that and the low expectations the left-tackle position has maintained for over a decade in Detroit, and you have one successful firstyear player.

— Tom Clos

Jordan Bernstine, Washington Redskins

Jordan Bernstine isn’t expected to make a lot of noise this year as a rookie.

But he has the potential to.

The Des Moines native was one of the first free agents to be signed by the Washington Redskins after being the final pick in their 2012 draft. He had previously shown strong versatility with the Black and Gold, playing both

safety and corner for Iowa.

This ability to adapt will be Bernstine’s biggest benefit this upcoming season.

He already displayed his supreme athleticism during the preseason. He accounted for 8 tackles, deflected 2 passes, and even picked one off in the Redskins four preseason exhibitions. This surprised Washington, but in a good way.

Bernstine’s ability — one Redskin insider, Brian Tinsman, called it “intriguing” — will come in handy more than likely during what looks to be a rebuilding year for the Washington secondary.

The only two defensive backs who have guaranteed positions on the ’Skins are corners DeAngelo Hall and Josh Wilson.

Consider the time Bernstine has already spent

underneath both of those veterans, absorbing all of their knowledge, watching their every move. There’s no doubt whether he has gotten better.

Then you have to take into account the wideopen competition at the safety spots for Washington. Madieu Williams and Brandon Meriweather are more experienced, snagging the leadership tags, but if Bernstine proves himself, there’s no doubt he’ll get playing time.

Compared with both Riley Reiff (get ready to consistently ride the bench all year) and Marvin McNutt (good luck getting playing time behind Jeremy Maclin and DeSean Jackson), it’s clear that Jordan Bernstine will be Iowa’s strongest NFL rookie this season.

— Cody Goodwin

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Continued from 10 back from that,” Ferentz said. “Because it’s easy to go in the tank when you miss some [that] you feel like you can make.”

Meyer didn’t just bounce back from one missed kick.

He had a down season

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Continued from 10 ant, that that’s the key and what it tells them to do and then doing a great job with that.”

Hoke, the former San Diego State head coach, is used to the West’s alternative offensive style and feels a little more exposed to the Falcon’s tactics than other teams.

He stressed that his Wolverines will have to

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Their success on the field, though, is topped by their friendship off it.

“I would say they’re my best friends,” Mitchell said. “We’re very close with one another. We’ll talk to each other about anything and everything.”

It doesn’t stop there.

They admit they do everything together, too. They go grocery shopping. They watch movies. They study as a group.

They even take the same flight home during the summers. The three agreed it’s nice to have a familiar face on the plane coming home.

“It’s not just a field-hockey thing,” Lesiak said.

“We hang out, but it’s by choice.”

It was the sport, though, that brought the women

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last year, missing 6-of20 attempts. But Ferentz said he’s made significant strides since then.

“He’s a much more mature player than he was a year ago or two years ago … So we are not only confident he’s going to be a good player this year, we are counting on that.”

Empty trophy cases irk Hawkeyes Every time Iowa players enter the Hayden Fry Football Complex this week, they’ll see a poster on the glass door. It shows Iowa State students rushing the field last September after the Cyclones beat the Hawkeyes in triple

overtime.

It’s an unusual move for the program. But Iowa is searching for any edge it can get after losing all its “trophy games” last season. The Hawkeyes lost to Minnesota for the second year in a row and dropped games against Iowa State and Nebraska last season.

“The one on the glass

door outside has maybe never been there,” quarterback James Vandenberg said. “Obviously, we have four empty trophy cases right now, and we talk about that a lot.

That’s just another way to raise awareness.”

The Hawkeyes will have the chance to fill up one of those empty cases on Sat-

urday. But Ferentz said the Iowa-Iowa State game is about more than a trophy.

“Obviously, it’s big. I think it’s great for the entire state,” he said. “Especially [because] we don’t have any pro football teams in our state… It’s a big game for everybody, I think, border to border.”

tighten up on defense and play technically sound on the line to stop the multiple-faceted Air Force offense.

“The things they’re doing are really good and really affective,” Hoke said. “You’ve got to be such a disciplined defense of doing your job. I think they’re talent level is very good.”

Boilermakers to start TerBush because Irish O-line is ‘outstanding’ Purdue (1-0) head coach

Danny Hope said that Caleb TerBush will start against Notre Dame (1-0) on Saturday, even though Robert Marve got the nod against Eastern Kentucky in the season-opener.

Hope said that Marve didn’t do anything wrong, however. The Irish matchup is just a big one, and the Boilermakers need to be right on point with their signal caller.

“Caleb has 13 games as a starter under his belt, and that’s the first time

we’ve been in that position in a long time,” Hope said.

“I thought throughout the course of training camp that he out-performed the other quarterbacks from an execution standpoint.”

TerBush didn’t throw an interception for the final four and a half games in 2011, and keeping the turnover margin low will be crucial for Purdue this weekend. Hope said he feels good about TerBush’s ability to “manage the offense” and keep a good de-

meanor on the gridiron.

Hope called the Irish offensive line outstanding, and the front will be the Boilermakers’ biggest challenge on game day.

He said his athletes need to control what happens across the line of scrimmage and their ability to stand up to the O-line will be a big “difference-maker.”

Hope said he’s been reviewing film from Notre Dame’s 50-10 victory over Army last week.

“They’re very, very good on their offensive line,” Hope said. “They’re big, and strong, and athletic, and experienced, and mature, and just an outstanding offensive line.”

together. As they slowly started to trickle out of their New Jersey school, they unintentionally followed each other.

Lesiak was the first to head west. Her father, Michael Lesiak, studied for his Ph.D at Iowa State and urged his daughter to look to the Midwest for school.

She was hesitant at first, saying she “didn’t want to come all the way out here.”

But, the senior fell in love after a visit. The campus was beautiful, and the team atmosphere was great, she said.

“It was my home away from home,” she said.

After her freshman campaign for the Black and Gold, Lesiak was aware of Mitchell looking at Iowa for school and sport. Lesiak made herself available to answer any questions Mitchell had.

There was no player-on-player recruiting, Lesiak said, but Mitchell said her older friend already attending Iowa

Corrine Allen waits for the inbound pass during a pressure drill at practice on Tuesday at Grant Field. Allen is one of three members of the Hawkeye field-hockey team who attended the same New Jersey high school. (The Daily Iowan/ Joshua Housing) played a huge role in her picking her school.

“She had told me how much she liked [Iowa].

That influenced me to take a visit,” Mitchell said.

“Once I got here, it was an easier decision, knowing that I already had a friend here.”

Lesiak will graduate in the spring. Mitchell will be gone the next year. Allen will be the lone Eastern Regional grad left on the

current Iowa roster — this is something she doesn’t like to think about, even if it’s inevitable.

“I’ll definitely miss them,” she said, with a hint of dread in her voice.

“I have other close friends on the team, too.”

Without a break in the conversation, Mitchell turned her head, smiling confidently.

“But we’re irreplaceable.”

Young setter learns the trade Freshman setter Anne Yanda apprentices this season under team captain Nikki Dailey.

By Carlos Sosa carlos-sosa@uiowa.edu

Nikki Dailey was the lone setter on the Iowa volleyball team last year as a sophomore.

She was asked to play setter in every practice and every game. She started all 33 matches and was ninth in the Big Ten in assists, recording 1,152.

This year, however, she has company and someone to help navigate the offense in freshman setter Anne Yanda.

“Anne has a very high volleyball IQ,” assistant coach Ben Boldt said.

“What she needs to improve on his her first-step quickness. She’s got to be able to get there and deliver the ball to her hitters.”

Yanda has played sparingly in the Hawkeyes first seven games but has been able to give Dailey breathers when needed.

Over this past weekend, in the Golden Grizzly Invitational, she played in two games and adequately relieved Dailey. Yanda recorded 17 assists in her two games.

Stats aren’t the measure for Yanda in her first year, however. She will be expected to learn the intricacies of not only the Iowa offense but also the grueling competition of the Big Ten. “It’s hard when you’re

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Iowa volleyball player Anne Yanda sets the ball during practice in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Tuesday. Yanda is learning under junior captain Nikki Daily, who was the Hawkeyes’ only setter last season. (The Daily Iowan/ Rachel Jessen) running a 6-2 to get into your groove right away because you’re constantly going in and out,” Yanda said about the style of offense Iowa employs. “I love being able to come on the floor and making an impact right away.”

In her first tournament for Iowa, she displayed how the two setters could benefit the team over the next two years. She played in three games during the opening weekend in addition to her minutes last weekend, recording 24 assists while only playing in six sets.

“We expect everything out of Anne that we do of Nikki,” Boldt said. “We need someone who is going to deliver a consistent ball to our hitters. Our offense has to run at a high efficiency. That should be their goal for our offense.”

One way both players will be able to efficiently run the Hawkeye offense

is by watching the other compete from the sideline.

Yanda will compete this year primarily as Dailey’s backup, but both will benefit from time on the bench.

“Now, I feel if I’m playing, it’s because I’ve earned it, not because it’s handed to me,” Dailey said. “And if she is playing, it’s because she earned it, and it challenges me to work harder. I think that creates a healthy balance with who is going to play and who is going to do the learning.”

Dailey is one of the most competitive players on the team. Her drive, however, has been resurrected from last season with the presence of Yanda in practice because she has someone to compete against.

“Last year, I didn’t have competition [in practice] until halfway through the season,” Dailey said. “Having her here is refreshing

because we can talk strategy. She understands the stresses of the setter position. I feel like we’re a team because we’re both setters.”

Yanda is still getting acclimated to the college game, but she has gotten over the freshman jitters.

With two tournaments under her belt, Yanda has just six games remaining before Big Ten play.

The Hawkeyes’ conference is arguably the best in the nation, with six teams currently in the top 25. She will need to continue learning from her more experienced teammate to prepare for the powerhouse league. “[Nikki] is so good at so many things that I need to work on,” Yanda said.

“Every rep she has, she makes sure that it’s a hittable ball. Being able to sit out and just watch her is interesting to see how she talks with her team.”

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IOWA NOTEBOOK

Kicker slips but doesn’t slip up

BIG TEN NOTEBOOK

Mich. moves on

The Wolverines are ready to rebound from a tough season-opening defeat; Purdue to start TerBush against Notre Dame.

By Molly Irene Olmstead Molly-olmstead@uiowa.edu

Holder John Wienke was amazed that Meyer could drill such a long kick while taking a tumble.

“I was kind of shocked, because Mike fell down,” he said on Tuesday. “I remember him kicking it, and then I saw him wipe out and land on his back. I looked, and I saw it went over the upright, and I just put my hands in the air. It was a good field goal.”

Meyer made 4-of-5 kicks against Northern Illinois. He barely missed a 40-yarder in the second quarter, but otherwise performed well in the face of swirling winds. Head coach Kirk Ferentz said Meyer wished he had a perfect day — and that it “made it a little interesting” that he missed once.

But Ferentz was impressed by the way his placekicker responded to the miss.

“The highlight of the whole thing was the way he bounced

Michigan head coach Brady Hoke said the Wolverines “put the last game to bed” once they returned to Ann Arbor at 5 a.m. Sunday. The squad (0-1) hopes to find victory against Air Force (1-0) on Saturday to redeem Michigan’s 41-14 loss to No. 3 Alabama on Sept. 1.

The nation is buzzing with doubt about the Michigan program and whether the Blue and Maize deserves to sit at the top of the nation’s rankings. But Hoke said he doesn’t think the negative air is going to affect his athletes’ confidence.

“I think our guys are mature enough to understand that that was one of 12 guaranteed opportunities we have,” he said. “And we have 11 left…Our seniors have been through seasons and understand that you have to get ready every week.”

The team shifted its focus quickly toward Air Force following the loss.

Hoke said there is definitely a transition to be made this week before the Wolverines can challenge the Falcons’ triple-option offense.

“The timing of everything, from your look teams to how you’re going to play blocks, the misdirection,” Hoke said.

“It’s something that your kids have to focus back in on what’s really import-

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Iowa kicker Mike Meyer attempts a field goal against Northern Illinois at Soldier Field in Chicago on Sept. 1. Meyer had four field goals, including a one of 50 yards, in the Hawkeyes’ 18-17 victory over the Huskies. (The Daily Iowan/Adam Wesley)

A clutch field goal capped off a good performance on Sept. 1 for kicker Mike Meyer, who earned a Big Ten special-team Player of the Week award.

By Sam Louwagie samuel-louwagie@uiowa.edu

Mike Meyer didn’t even get to see the ball sail through the uprights.

He lined up on the slippery Soldier Field turf for a crucial 50-yard field goal in the fourth quarter on Sept. 1. As he kicked the ball, his left foot didn’t plant in the grass. It slid out from underneath him, and Meyer fell to the ground.

“I slipped a little, yeah,” he said after the game. “I could only see the top of the post, but I saw the ball coming back around and then I saw Casey Kreiter jumping up and down.”

It was the second kick the Dubuque native has made from 50 yards, it tied for his longest. It made him the co-Big Ten special-team Player of the Week. And it pulled the Hawkeyes within striking distance of a Damon Bullock touchdown run of a victory.

Traveling tennis Hawk aces game Jersey trio stays tight Last year’s ‘most improved’ men’s tennis player, Jonas Dierckx, hasn’t stopped polishing his game — not even when he’s at home in Belgium.

The Iowa field hockey’s Eastern Regional trio shows strong chemistry dating back to their prep days.

By Kevin Glueck kevin-glueck@uiowa.edu

Junior tennis player Jonas Dierckx traveled around 4,326 miles over the summer just to run, condition, and reach the semifinals in three of 10 tournaments.

Dierckx was simply returning home in an effort to continue to improve. And reaching semis when competing against Association of Tennis Professionals opponents is a good way to start.

Last season, he was named the team’s “most improved player” at the end of the spring by the Iowa coaching staff. Dierckx went 9-4 in singles tournament play, compared with 3-6 his freshman year. He also earned a berth in the semifinals of the Big Ten indoor championships in October 2011.

“I learned a lot from my freshman year,” he said.

“During matches, I was nervous, and I learned how to handle that.”

During his freshman campaign, the Belgian played mostly in the No. 5 and No. 6 positions in singles. As a sophomore, he played a majority of his matches at the No. 2 and No. 3 positions. He even competed in the No. 1 position for two matches.

“When the coaches play you

By Cody Goodwin cody-goodwin@uiowa.edu

Iowa junior Jonas Dierckx practices at the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Complex on Tuesday afternoon. Dierckx, who spent the summer training at his home in Belgium earned the team’s “most improved” award last season. (The Daily Iowan/Jessica Payne) at No. 2 or No. 3, it’s a good thing for your confidence,” Dierckx said. “You showed that you’re a good player and they trust you.”

Head coach Steve Houghton noted the jump Dierckx made in singles last year, particularly against better competition.

“Freshman year, he was in and out of the lineup,” Houghton said. “He responded really well to playing guys who were a lot stronger than whom he played before.”

It wasn’t always easy moving up into higher positions for Dierckx. He said he felt a big difference in level of talent he faced when comparing his sophomore season to his freshman year.

“I learned a lot from it. I won a lot of good matches. I lost a lot of good matches,” he said. “Even though I lost, I felt like I learned a lot.”

He did well in the doubles game, too, going 5-2 in doubles tournaments. He and one of his doubles partners, then-freshman Matt Hagen, won their first four matches in Big Ten spring season. His doubles campaign climaxed at the Big Ten indoor championships, where he and Hagen won the Flight B doubles main draw title.

Assistant coach Steve Nash believes they are a good combination because of how they complement each other mentally and physically. He noted that Dierckx is calm on the court when playing doubles but knows when to challenge his partner.

Dierckx will try to build on his summer; he went back home to Belgium for the second-straight year to train and play in tournaments in preparation for the next college sea-

son.

“I worked a lot on my conditioning and ran a lot,” he said.

“I think it is important to start practices fit.”

He said the tournaments he competed in against worldclass opponents have helped him not only keep his game up to par but also constantly evolving.

“There are a lot of players [in Europe] who play professionally on the tour,” he said. “The level is pretty high there.”

Houghton believes that the summers Dierckx has spent in Belgium will help contribute to his level of play while at Iowa.

“He really went hard at it as far as playing tournaments,” Houghton said. “I think he would agree that it gave him a lot of confidence.”

Sophomore Corinne Allen found a strong sense of comfort when she decided to be a Hawkeye.

She was nervous about the college transition. She was uncertain about how she’d fare on a quicker field-hockey pitch. She wasn’t playing the high-school game anymore.

But the anxiety was quickly put to rest.

Some of Allen’s best friends were there to help.

“It was pretty cool,” Allen said about teammates junior Kelsey Mitchell and senior Geena Lesiak.

“Knowing that they were going to be with me through college is pretty cool … I looked up to them in high school, too.”

All three attended Eastern Regional in Voorhees, N.J., where they claimed two consecutive New Jersey Group IV state championships, in 2007 and 2008. These two were in the midst of 12-consecutive titles — the New York Times heralded the Vikings as a field-hockey dynasty.

The years of playing together has developed a strong on-field chemistry among the tree. Lesiak said she knows where each of her longtime friends is on the field during game situations. They’re used to each other’s style on the pitch, creating favorSee hockey, 8