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Democratic presidential-nomination candidate Randall Terry speaks in downtown Iowa City on Thursday. Terry is an antiabortion activist who wants to challenge President Obama in the 2012 Democratic caucuses and primaries. (The Daily Iowan/Adam Wesley)

Randall Terry intends to oust President Obama as a Democratic candidate.

By MELISSA DAWKINS melissa-dawkins@uiowa.edu

One Democratic caucus candidate is sidestepping economic and other issues and said abortion is his important topic this election season.

Randall Terry, a 2012 Democratic caucus candidate and longtime anti-abortion activist, stresses anti-abortion

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Randall Terry The presidential Democratic challenger is running on the following platforms: • Outlaw abortion • Phase out entitlement programs • Close the federal Department of Eduation • End the federal income tax • Adopt Augustanian just-war theory foreign policy Source: Randall Terry

policies while on the campaign trail.

“The message for Iowa City is this: We have to stop killing our babies,” he said at a campaign

stop in on Thursday outside City Hall.

While no one came to hear him speak, his message fell on those passing by City Hall.

Many of Terry’s political stances on social issues are typically categorized as ideologically conservative. But while he opposes increased tax rates for wealthy Americans and favors expansion of nuclear energy, he also favors unions and legalizing marijuana.

Terry founded Operation Rescue, a Christian anti-abortion group, and he has been a long-time activist on the issue.

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Prospective University of Iowa students and their parents may be able to have a more accurate estimate of college costs.

A new financial-aid calculator, which colleges must launch nationwide Saturday, will provide students easier ways to calculate costs.

The UI launched the Net Price Calculator on Tuesday.

“It gives our students a full picture,” said Beth Cole, UI director of systems in the Office of Financial Aid. “Everything you should expect to see as a student.”

The calculator was prompted by the 2008 Higher Education Opportunity Act. Colleges that receive funds from Title IV student-aid programs must provide the calculator online.

UI officials spent $4,500 on the software, said Mark Warner, the director of UI Student Financial Aid, and the calculator will likely be an annual expense.

Officials believe the calculator will provide an accurate assessment of

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Officials differ on ed funds The Board of Regents review a 4 percent state appropriation increase.

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The financial-aid net calculator purchased from CollegeBoard cost the university $4,500.

Council to hold hearing on downtown district proposal The Iowa City City Council is scheduled to host a public hearing and the first consideration of the implementation of a self-supporting municipal district Nov 1, according to the council agenda released Thursday.

The district would have a special levy in which businesses would essentially tax themselves.

The money from the tax would go to the marketing and improvement of downtown and North Side Marketplace.

The tax would be $2 for every $1,000 of taxable value. If passed, the tax would become effective in the next fiscal year and last four years, with the possibility of being renewed.

It is estimated the levy would generate $282,000 a year. The University of Iowa also said it will contribute $100,000 because downtown is important to the school.

The proposal has gained approval from 39 percent of businesses in the district. The proposal would be terminated if a protest petition is signed by 40 percent of the property owners with 40 percent of assessed value and is submitted before the proposal passes.

— by Asmaa Elkeurti

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CEDAR FALLS— Some Iowa Legislators have mixed views on their responsibilities to help alleviate the burden of tuition increases on students.

The state Board of Regents discussed tuition increases between 3 and 4 percent for the 2012-13 year in Cedar Falls on Thursday. The varying figures for in-state and out-of-state students are all lower than the increases 5 and 6 percent that occurred during the

2011-12 year. The regents said they accepted the increase but called for support from state legislators.

While several state legislators said officials at the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and the University of Northern Iowa have done their share in cutting costs, other lawmakers say they need to increase their efforts.

“Too much of a shift has been on the students, and we need to move the The state Board of Regents met in UNI’s Maucker Union in Cedar Falls on Thursday. The regents discussed tuition increases between 3 and 4 percent for the 2012-13 school year. (The Daily Iowan/Jacklyn Couppee) SEE REGENTS, 3

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The Irish dark comedy The Cripple of Inishmaan will open today at the Riverside Theatre. (Contributed Photo)

The Riverside Theatre and Cornell College collaborate to present The Cripple of Inishmaan this weekend.

By CARLY HURWITZ carly-hurwitz@uiowa.edu

The set of the Riverside Theatre feels distant from Iowa City this weekend.

The Irish accents emanating from the stage give an impression of being transported around the world to the Aran Island called Inishmaan.

In order to accurately represent the Irish characters in The Cripple of Inishmaan naturally, the actors in the play must achieve near perfect accents.

“It is a very challenging play because it demands an Irish dialect,” said Ron Clark, Riverside Theatre’s resident artist, production manager, and director of the play. “It has a different cadence to it and wouldn’t work without it.”

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Inishmaan will open at 7:30 p.m. today at Riverside Theatre, 213 N. Gilbert St. The performances will continue through Nov. 13, with 7:30 p.m. shows on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. Admission is $15 for youth and students, and $25 to $28 for the general public.

Marketing director Sarah Burkett said Riverside Theatre and Cornell College will collaborate for the ninth time since 1996 on the show. Other collaborative productions include The Diary of Anne Frank, The Long Christmas Ride Home, and the world première of Prosperity, by Keith Huff.

Clark said theater magic occurs when young artists and acclaimed professionals work together. He believes the theater serves as a local presence focused on creating new theater opportunities in Iowa City.

“It benefits our students because they get to work side-by-side with professionals and the professionals get to see the energy and talent they bring,” he said.

Set on Inishmaan in 1934, the Irish comedy has

dark humor. Clark said that during this period, Ireland was not a cheerful place because of economic depression. Audience members will find that the play’s characters create innovative ways to make a living.

One such comedic and innovative character is Johnny Pateen-Mike. He is a local news gatherer and teller who roams around delivering news. He will take any form of payment from half a dozen eggs to a can of peas to a lamb shank.

All the while, Johnny Pateen-Mike lives with his 90-year-old mother, Mammy, played by Corinne Johnson, who is unsuccessful at drinking herself to death.

The story line might be grim, but those involved in production ensure that playwright, Martin McDonagh, has created another masterpiece with The Cripple of Inishmaan. He is considered one of the foremost voices of the Irish theater by fellow professionals.

Clark said that like Shakespeare, McDonagh had four productions running simultaneously on

to build a $90 million College of Pharmacy building and reconstruct the first floor of the Main Library.

UI officials sought approval to hire Shive-Hattery for an estimated $9 million to $10 million reconstruction project of the Hancher parking lots and ramps.

UI officials were authorized to hire a construction manager agent for the Voxman Music Building/Clapp Replacement facility project because the required work exceeded available staffing levels. The agent will help coordinate work for management staff and also increase the number of firms able to work on the project and divide the project into small construction packages.

Vice President of Student Life Tom Rocklin submitted an updated report on the construction of the West Campus residence hall located on Grand Avenue between Hillcrest and Rienow Halls. The hall would house approximately 450 students and be designed for numerous livinglearning communities.

— by Dora Grote

Medical testimony continues in child’s death Several medical officials testified Thursday in the Brian Dykstra second-degree murder trial that the death of his 20-month-old adopted child was due to “nonaccidental trauma.”

Doctors and other medical personnel discussed specifics of the injuries Dykstra’s son sustained while under his care in August 2005.

CAT scan photos were shown and explained to the jury by UI radiology Professor Michael D’Alessandro. D’Alessandro was one doctor who said he believed non-accidental trauma was the cause of the injuries, adding it would take “massive force” to cause the injuries to the child’s brain he observed.

The defense said the injuries were caused by falling down stairs a few days prior to the child’s hospitalization.

The state will continue calling witnesses at 9 a.m. today in the Johnson County Courthouse.

— by Eric Moore

A West Branch man was charged with second-degree theft Monday after he allegedly stole almost $4,000 cash from Campus Towing during his employment there.

Robert Van Ginkel, 50, allegedly stole cash from the business numerous times between Jan. 26 and July 30, according to a complaint filed by the Coralville police. As operations manager, he allegedly stole payments made for tows and impoundments in cash, then removed the tickets for those operations during his bookkeeping procedures.

According to the complaint, Campus Towing began monitoring the cash tickets after becoming suspicious that theft was occurring.

Van Ginkel reportedly admitted to stealing the cash when interviewed by officers, but said he was “only borrowing it,” according to the complaint.

Van Ginkel is charged with second-degree theft of $3,702.26, a Class-D felony.

— by Matt Starns

Dustin Boeckenste dt , 22, 1911 Taylor Drive, was charged Thursday with disorderly conduct and public intoxication.

Sarah Bulmer, 19, 922 E. College St. Apt. D3, was charged Thursday with public intoxication and keeping a disorderly house.

Dominique Conway , 24, 2401 Highway 6 E. Apt. 4407, was charged Thursday with public

intoxication.

Michael Dlima , 25, 2609 Westwinds Drive Apt. 3, was charged Oct. 7 with third-degree harassment and Oct. 14 with third-degree harassment.

Annette Gingerich, 22, Parnell, Iowa, was charged Tuesday with fifth-degree theft.

Micayla Lipcamon, 20, 922 E. College St. Apt. D3, was charged

Thursday with keeping a disorderly house.

Shagun Pradhan, 20, Ames, was charged Aug. 4 with possession of marijuana and malicious prosecution.

Cathe rine Wissing , 48, 1701 Lynncrest Drive Apt. 4, was charged Wednesday with secondoffense OWI.

THEATER • When: 7:30 p.m. today; through Nov. 13 with 7:30 shows Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m.

• Where: Riverside Theatre, 213 N. Gilbert • Admission: $28 adult; $25 student; $15 youth stage by the age of 41. He said he creates iconic characters that naturally draw in audiences.

“I love his dark sense of comedy, vicious comedy,” Johnson said. “He is an outsider who is giving a view of the Irish condition.”

The intimate cast will not disappoint audiences in their representation of a critically acclaimed playwright’s work, promising a show that will entertain.

“It is such a witty portrayal of the human condition. You will laugh, cry, and learn about the humanity that is inherent in all of us, “ Johnson said.

METRO Regents OK UI estate sale The state Board of Regents unanimously approved a University of Iowa request to sell university property Thursday.

The UI will sell approximately 108.85 acres of farmland — located in Harrison County — to the Frank R. Krejci Revocable Trust for $535,808.

Proceeds from the sale will be used by the UI College of Engineering. In 2007, Lavina Thomas gave the estate to the engineering school.

The sale price was determined at a land auction hosted by the Farmers National Co. on Sept. 28.

The UI will pay a 4 percent commission on the sale price to Farmers National for holding the auction and for advertising costs.

— by Dora Grote

Regents approve UI projects The regents unanimously approved a UI request to continue several capital-improvement projects Thursday.

UI officials gained permission

Area man charged with theft

BLOTTER Mark Aprile, 39, 424 S. Lucas St., was charged Thursday with smoking in a prohibited area.

Clinton Askvig, 31, Coralville, was charged Wednesday with simple assault, public intoxication, driving with a revoked license, and third-and-subsequent OWI. Joshua Beard, 30, 2913 Wayne Ave., was charged Thursday with second-offense OWI.

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He said his main agenda is to deflect support away from Obama.

“I can’t defeat [Obama] in the Democratic primary,” Terry said. “But I can cause his defeat in the general election.”

Richard Parker, a professor of Public Policy in the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, said Terry is not a traditional candidate.

“I think he’s a protest candidate,” he said.

By campaigning, Terry said his message has the potential to reach more Americans.

“As the nation’s economy impoldes… the message that we bring will resonate more and more people,” he said.

Terry Dahms, the chairman of the Johnson County Democrats, said he does not support Terry’s candidacy.

“He’s not a viable candidate,” Dahms said. “Democrats don’t really have much time [or] much patience for this.”

Bob Anderson, the head of the Johnson County Republican Central Committee, said he had not heard of Terry’s bid for candidacy.

Terry said he has a specific strategy to spread his position on abortion to the electorate.

“We’re going to show television ads of dead babies,” he said. “Aborted babies.

Graphic, horrifying images on television. On every TV station in Iowa.”

However, University of Iowa political science Associate Professor Tim Hagle said focusing on graphic images can have repercussions.

“Even people who are anti-abortion will often reject that extreme,” he said. “… You even have issues like TV stations that just won’t run those images.”

Supporting a decrease in dependence on foreign oil and opposing a raise in the national debt ceiling, Terry said he thinks he is the best one for the job.

“I do intend to become president of the United States if the people of this country will elect me,” he said. “We’re committed to this for the long haul.”

balance back on the state,” said Sen. Herman Quirmback, D-Ames.

Regent President Craig Lang said the tuition increase is the lowest it has been in several years.

“We pledged to keep tuition at or slightly above inflation,” he said.

But that is highly dependent upon Legislature coming through with the regents’ request of a 4 percent state appropriation increase.

“Reaching out to legislators will be very important

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what a student will pay but have made it clear the assessment is simply an estimate.

“The numbers you get out of the calculator depend on the financial information that is put in,” said Cynthia Seyfer, the director of student employment in the Financial Aid Office.

The calculator asks academic questions about the student such as ACT scores and GPA and asks about parent information, including income and taxes. The calculator also factors in student employment and loans.

Some UI perspective students are taping into the new tool.

Christine Dancel, a senior at Mundelein High School in Mundelein, Ill.,

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to make sure that happens,” Lang said.

The regents asked for a 4 percent state appropriation increase, after having suffered a loss of $144 million in state funding since 2009.

“I would prefer they would have asked for more,” Quirmback said.

“The state ought to be paying a share of the bill.”

And the cuts made in higher education did not satisfy him, he said.

“As the national economy fell into recession, we had to cut higher-education funding, and that was not something I was happy with,” Quirmback said.

“My position is that we ought to put together a plan to restore the cuts in

the past few years.”

Sen. Joe Bolkcom, DIowa City, agreed the state should take more responsibility in funding public universities.

He said universities have been efficient in cutting their spending, pointing to their efforts of leaving positions open after professors retired.

“It is now time for the state to provide adequate resources,” Bolkcom said.

“We have almost a billion dollars in reserve in the state budget, but the question is will [state appropriation for universities] be a priority for us when we go back to work.”

Rep. Erik Helland, RJohnston, said there are quite a few things univer-

sities could do to run more efficiently, including cutting programs in which only one or two students are enrolled or look into the number of faculty and staff they need instead of regents constantly asking the state for more money.

“It’s not that legislators don’t want to help,” Helland said. “We are doing everything we can to make sure students have opportunities. I get frustrated at the regents when they seem content to ask for more and more money instead of finding a way to help students.”

Regent Ruth Harkin agreed a more innovate solution to increasing tuition needs to be found.

said the tuition prices are important factors in selecting what college to go to.

“I heard about the calculator at a college open house, and it sounds pretty efficient,” she said. “It’s a good idea to shed some light to the financial aspect of attending college for students in their search.”

Her mother, Thelma Dancel, intends to use the calculator.

“As a parent, it shows me what I can expect for my child’s tuition, without the assumptions made from general costs that I have heard at open houses and college tours,” she said.

Cole said the UI purchased a financial calculator from College Board and adapted it to meet the needs of the university.

Universities have the option to buy a software from a program or create

their own as long as it meets minimum standards set by the U.S. Department of Education.

Jane Glickman, press officer for the Education Department, said the intended purpose of the calculator is to provide an accurate information to current and prospective students.

“We provide a template they can use based on our federal regulations, but they are free to create their own,” Glickman said.

But there are some requirements, including estimated tuition and fees, estimated room and board, and estimated total price of attendance.

Though the calculator is aimed at first-year undergraduate and transfer students, Seyfer said, all students can use it.

“Our hope is that students will use the calculator to see how affordable school can be,” she said.

“And what they can do to improve their school resources.”

State Board of Regents Tuition increases discussed Thursday include: • 3.75 percent tuition increase for in-state undergraduate students • 4.75 percent increase for out-of-state undergraduate students • 3.8 percent increase for instate graduate students Source: State Board of Regents

“We honestly need to start thinking of a better business model than we have for the regent institutions,” she said. “The simple fact is that our students in the state of Iowa and their families ability to pay is decreasing.”

Net Calculator On Oct. 29, all universities that receive funds from the Title IV financial-aid program are required to post the calculator.

• Estimated books and supplies • Estimated tuition and fees • Estimated room and board • Estimated total price of attendance Source: Department of Education website

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Should the Ped Mall’s smoking ban be lifted past 10 p.m.?

Yes This week, Poll Position released the results of its national smoking poll. Apparently, 52 percent of Americans “frown on” those who smoke cigarettes.

I wonder what the percentage would look like if it only polled those around drinking establishments past 10 p.m.

OK, I understand the no-smoking-in-the-PedestrianMall policy during the daytime. Nobody wants smokers around their children, and children love the downtown playground and water fountains. When my nephews visit Iowa City, they jump on those slides and ladders faster than their parents would jump on a nearby sophomore lighting up a Marlboro.

Smoking around children is a good reason to confront a smoker. Almost everyone can agree on that. But there are plenty of people who confront smokers for bad reasons.

Many people confront smokers because they are concerned about their own health. Those people are idiots.

If you have asthma and go out of your way to get in the fumy presence of a smoker, you’re an idiot. Have your friend do it for you, or better yet, mind your own business and walk away. Besides, there are no studies demonstrating secondhand smoke outdoors is harmful.

Most people confront smokers because they’re on a moral high-horse. Those people are judgmental assholes. Smokers are adults. They are well-aware that it’s bad for them.

Even smokers are more valuable to society than judgmental assholes.

There may or may not be a higher concentration of the latter in IC after 10 p.m., but whatever the case, there will definitely be fewer people who care about whether a person is smoking a cigarette. If you’re standing between Brothers and Union at midnight on a Saturday, you probably aren’t too concerned about secondhand smoke.

The difference in atmosphere between the downtown playground area at 11 a.m. on a Saturday and 11 p.m. on a Saturday are immense. For every 7-year-old girl playing tag on the slides in the morning, there is a 20year-old girl getting dry humped on the bench late at night.

Anywhere there is a reason to expect the presence of children is a bad place to smoke cigarettes. But if you bring your children to downtown IC past 10 p.m. on a

Friday, you have to expect certain things. When collegeage kids drink with one another, they will yell, they will swear, and they will smoke cigarettes.

That’s why there are seldom children in the Ped Mall late at night, and that’s why the smoking ban should be lifted after 10 p.m.

— Chris Steinke No The reality of the Pedestrian-Mall smoking ban has become a part of downtown life in Iowa City. The past decade has been a haze (pun intended) of polarized arguments for and against the ban on smoking in public, and it’s not a debate that will likely ever be settled.

Yet, in any debate, there is a minority and a majority.

This year, for the first time since the question was posed in 2001 by Gallup, the majority of Americans are now answering “Yes” when asked whether or not they support a ban on public smoking. As of July, 59 percent of Americans believe eliminating the smoking in public places is a good idea.

And it is.

With a community and economy so dependent on university presence, Iowa City continues to strive toward clean energy, efficiency, and public health.

City officials have been enforcing the ban on smoking on the Pedestrian Mall for some time now, and there seems to be little buzz (again, intended) concerning the issue. In fact, despite how Iowa City smokers may feel, the ban seems to be working quite well. Regardless of the degree to which the ban has actually been enforced by local police, there have been only six citations in the past month. The ban hasn’t met much active resistance.

It’s clearly a non-issue for most.

The question comes down to an argument of democracy. Proponents of an elimination of the ban downtown would undoubtedly argue that regardless of the majority’s distaste for the habit, barring locals from smoking means the un-democratic violation of personal rights.

What they fail to consider is the fact that the stability of democracy relies on the perpetuation of a fair and equal system of decision-making. When all’s said and done, the question is ultimately, “yea” or “nay?”

For the time being, it seems that America says “yea.”

— Samuel Cleary Your turn. Should late-night smoking be permitted on the Ped Mall?

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Branstad’s plan advances science In my four-year stint as a chemistry lab instructor at an Iowa university, I met students with varying career aspirations and skill levels. My most skilled students wanted to be doctors, research scientists, and pharmacists — careers that often come with six-figure starting salaries.

Few of these students majored in education, a career with a base salary of around $28,000. This outcome is not a coincidence. In

fact, I left my own job as a lab instructor not because I didn’t like teaching but because, with a salary of $25,000 a year, it was not a financially sustainable career choice. I am now in law school. I can personally attest to the idea that low teacher salaries incentivize “those who can” to “do” instead of teach.

At the same time that strong science students are opting out of teaching careers, Iowa has become one of 20 states that will lead the development of the Next Generation Science Standards —

a program focused on developing national science standards to make American students more competitive with their international counterparts in math, science, and engineering.

In order to actually meet these new science standards, Iowa will need strong science teachers. Gov. Terry Branstad’s proposed reform of the teachers’ pay system addresses this problem head-on. It offers a financial incentive (albeit still small) for students who could have otherwise become doctors to become

teachers by raising the base pay of teachers to $40,000 and by creating a tiered system that provides an opportunity for career advancement. If Iowa is serious about increasing student achievement in math and science, reform such as that suggested in Branstad’s plan is imperative. The $100 million to $200 million required to implement this plan will be an investment in our state’s future that will pay dividends.

Laura Elliott ISU alum

Veil of democracy BENJAMIN EVANS benjamin-evans-1@uiowa.edu

I am astonished at how quickly we seem to forget. I am amazed at the rate we auction off our base principles of existence. And yet every time, I am surprised by the murmurs of hypocrisy leaking from the sides of our mouths as we shout democratic values throughout the world.

Not more than a day after Muammar Qaddafi was killed, House Minority Chief Deputy Whip Peter Welch wrote a letter to President Obama demanding Libyan civilians reimburse American taxpayers for liberating their country.

“We believe it is essential that Libya reimburse the American taxpayer for the cost of our participation in the NATO mission,” Welch wrote. “While the National Transitional Council needs time and Libyan resources to establish itself and stabilize the country, we believe reimbursement can be structured with realistic terms and over a reasonable time frame so that it does not impair the success of a free and stable Libya.”

So Libya can shed the shackles of one dictator to be subject to another — but it’s OK because it comes under the veil of democracy. We helped liberate a country from oppression. They called on us, and we liberated them. Tens of thousands of their citizens died in pursuit of freedom from oppression, and we want to cash a check because we helped them? It is an honor to stand up for our principles just as long as we are paid to do so?

The idea that we expect payment for the spread of American values makes us sound like mercenaries, mere guns for hire. Genocide, huh?

Oh, you want to be free from a tyrant, do you?

Do you have oil?

Because I’m not going to scratch your back unless you scratch mine.

You see a woman getting mugged on the street. The attacker

beats her and beats her until she cannot stand, and before you get to her, the attacker gets away with her purse.

You run after him, tackling him, not thinking of yourself, but of justice and injustice, of right and wrong. You take the purse back to the woman and see her on the ground, bleeding and bruised.

What do you do?

You don’t demand she give you the contents of her purse. You take her to the hospital. You take care of her. You make sure she is able to stand.

If she wants to give you a reward, then you can accept it, but do not forget the clear sense of right and wrong you felt surging through your veins as you sprinted after the mugger in the first place.

We should be giving more money. We should be building hospitals, government infrastructure, institutions that provide freer access to global information. Who is opposed to building schools in the Middle East? Schools that allow children to have access to literature, to social sciences, and to history: educating children on the West and giving them another view than those of the fundamentalist regimes.

The end game is where we fumbled the ball in Afghanistan after we helped to liberate them from the Soviets.

This is where we lose allies that we can help, that we can guide. We are not the police of the world, but when we are called upon and we help, we should not hold a country for ransom because we got dirt on our boots.

Why is a Libyan life worth less than an American life? During Katrina, or the Alabama tornadoes, or the floods in Iowa City, no one flinched when it was time to call in FEMA, the Red Cross, or the National Guard. Why would it be any different for a citizen of Libya?

“We hold these truths to be self-evident … the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s god entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind.”

I am astonished how quickly we forget.

Guest opinion

A Paul-Kucinich ticket in favor of America In this time of protest — witness the occupation of Wall Street and the spread to other cities — your attention, please, for a suggestion of ultimate protest.

It would involve two men on Capitol Hill at opposite ends of the political spectrum who like and respect each other. One of them is contending for his party’s presidential nomination.

The pair joined with other House members in filing a bipartisan lawsuit in federal court challenging the constitutionality of President Obama’s actions in Libya. But what makes this pair unique is that you’d have to go out in the District in broad daylight with

a lantern to find their match in plain, unvarnished honesty. When either speaks — and they’re both outspoken — you can take it to the bank that he means what he says.

These nonpareils are Reps. Ron Paul of Texas and Dennis Kucinich of Ohio. I propose that they be encouraged, urged, and badgered into forming an independent candidacy for 2012, either one on top of the ticket. In early 2008, I watched Paul, then also a Republican presidential aspirant, asked in an interview on TV whom he would like to see as president if he himself failed in his quest.

He waited a beat, and replied, “Dennis, I guess,” demonstrating a love of country as opposed to the partisan cronyism for which politicians sacrifice country. He and his similarly principled friend would find ways to adjudicate and mediate their political and philosophical differences in order to save America from its spiral into second-class world status. Each would understand that separately they are powerless to effect real change. Paul is a 100-1 long-shot in the GOP derby.

Kucinich is a lonely populist liberal in his own party.

Consider the built-in advantages of such a ticket.

It appeals to voters from both parties because each party is represented. It appeals to independents because each man is a maverick in his own party. It’s a ticket, a new third-party, that will of necessity develop a platform encompassing the best thinking of liberals and conservatives, letting the chips fall where they may. Let’s remember that Ross Perot garnered an astounding 19 percent of the popular vote in his third-party run.

Be aware also that a strong third-party candidacy will be able to force its way into the all-important presidential debates. Am I writing this wishfully?

Sure. But am I serious? You bet. What’s needed to rescue America from its broken political system is a concept so outrageous on the surface, so seemingly counterintuitive, so shocking that that it cries out for attention.

Can a Paul-Kucinich or Kucinich-Paul ticket win?

Yes. A majority in the Electoral College won’t be needed, only a substantial plurality with neither the Republican nor the Democrat gaining a majority. That would keep the Electoral College process going, and anything will be negotiable.

The GOP remains hardpressed to develop a viable candidate and may not.

Obama has disappointed many who formed his winning constituency, including militant liberals, Latino groups, backers of Hillary Rodham Clinton, and those who expected bolder actions from the White House.

The protesters across the nation foreshadow the opportunity for an allAmerican third party. Let’s make a U-turn from the direction of mediocrity, political correctness, partisanship, and political expedience. Let’s take a daring step to return this country to the path of honest governance in the interests of the entire population.

Norm Vance is a resident of Grand Rapids, Mich.

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Haze, trench coats, & mirage A new play written by a UI Playwrights’ Workshop writer will début in the Theatre Building.

By JULIA JESSEN julia-jessen@uiowa.edu

Private eye. Badass.

Whiskey. These are some of the words that describe Christopher Marlowe’s character in Christopher Marlowe’s Chloroform Dreams.

A play unlike most — it inhabits the dark underbelly of a film-noir world.

The production will take the stage at 8 p.m. Friday through Oct. 30 in the Theatre Building’s Theatre B. “This is a very dangerous world; half of the characters are addicted to drugs, and the other half are gangsters and private eyes,” said Sam Hawkins, the actor who plays Christopher Marlowe. “It’s very dark.”

Hawkins’s character leads the action; the rest of the characters are figures from his past who revolve around him in a hazy dream world.

“I kind of imagine Mar-

THEATER Christopher Marlowe’s Chloroform Dreams • When: 8 p.m. Friday-Oct. 30 • Where: Theatre Building Theatre B • Admission: $5, free for UI students

lowe as sort of this gravitational force that all of these other characters move around,” Hawkins said.

Katherine Sherman, a student in the University of Iowa Playwrights’ Workshop who wrote the play, possesses an obsession with language and uses it to create innovative work.

Her inspiration for the play was sparked by observing the crossover between religious language and the language used to describe drug use.

Many street names for drugs contain words with religious connotations.

“It’s a meditation on ritual, on addiction, on heresy, on love,” Sherman said.

As she began to work on the play, she said, she began to think about the consequences of what would happen if she crosspollinated the different universes and realities

roaming around in her head.

That gave Chloroform Dreams its eclectic atmosphere.

“It’s a collage,” she said.

“It’s a mix-tape. It’s a bunch of stuff put together.”

Kristin Clippard, who Chloroform directed Dreams, said the play has a heavy film-noir atmosphere in a drug-infested, dark, dreamy world.

“It’s a fun and imaginative way of looking at a journey and addiction in the dark world of film noir,” she said.

Directing the play, she said, required a lot of experimenting to make the world seem less realistic and more impressionistic.

“We played a lot with using fedoras, and cigarettes, and bows, and lipstick, and just all sorts of things to really create the lone detective and femmefatale characters,” Clippard said.

Sherman said that audiences will enjoy the play because they will see something far from reality.

“They can expect haze, and they can expect trench coats, and they can expect a kind of collage and mashup,” she said. “And it’s weird.”

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Democrats, Republicans far apart on budget plans

By ANDREW TAYLOR AND DAVID ESPO Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Rival deficit-cutting plans advanced by Republicans and Democrats on Congress’ secretive Supercommittee would both mean smaller-thanexpected cost-of-living increases for veterans and federal retirees as well as Social Security recipients and bump up taxes for some individuals and families, according to officials familiar with the recommendations.

In all, the changes would reduce deficits by an estimated $200 billion over a decade, a fraction of the committee’s minimum goal of $1.2 trillion in savings.

A final decision by the panel on legislation to reduce deficits is still a few weeks off, and given the political difficulties involved, there is no certainty that the six Republicans and six Democrats will be able to agree. two sides The exchanged initial offers earlier this week, and each side swiftly found fault with the others’ proposal in the privacy of the

committee’s rooms as well as in public.

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, noting published reports that Democrats are seeking $3 trillion in higher taxes, said, “This is the same number that was in the president’s budget, the same number that — that they — I don’t know that they found any Democrats in the House and Senate to vote for.”

“I don’t think it’s a reasonable number,” he said.

Boehner also chided Democrats for recommending $50 billion in savings from Medicaid over the next decade, well below what Republicans are seeking.

“Let’s understand over the next 10 years, we’re going to spend $10 trillion on Medicaid. I just think there’s a lot more room there to help find common ground,” he said.

At the same time, Boehner emphasized, “I am committed to getting to an outcome” that clears the committee and Congress. The speaker negotiated privately with President Obama over the summer in deficit-reduction talks that failed to produce an agreement.

At a news conference of her own, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California said she wanted a compromise that was “big, bold, and balanced,” a phrase that Democrats use to convey an insistence on higher tax revenue.

She pointedly declined to embrace what Democrats had presented to the Supercommittee. She called it “Sen. Baucus’ package,” a reference to the Montana Democrat and the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. That ran directly counter to his aides’ statements earlier in the week that he was speaking for a majority of Democrats on the panel — and tacit confirmation that at least two of the party’s members had not signed on as supporters.

While the Republican and Democratic panel members remain far apart, one of the relatively few items in common was a potentially controversial to recommendation change the calculation for annual cost-of-living increases in federal programs as well as the yearly adjustments in incometax brackets.

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Regents OK UI’s health board UI President Sally Mason said the board will be strictly advisory.

By DORA GROTE dora-grote@uiowa.edu

CEDAR FALLS — Health-care issuessuch as potential budget cuts have prompted University of Iowa officials to create the UI Health Care Board of Advisers, officials said.

“The national issues on the health-care front are likely to or could affect the university,” said UI President Sally Mason. “It is simply our way of getting more [information] on some of the tough issues.”

The state Board of Regents unanimously approved a UI request to establish the Health Care Advisory Board on Thursday.

The board will advise

UI Health Care Board of Advisors The Board of Regents approved the creation of a board to advise President Sally Mason and Vice President of Medical Affairs Jean Robillard on: • Health-care strategic, longterm capital, and master facilities plans• Point • Long-term indebtedness • Financial and internal audits • Patient safety and quality • Audit and compliance • Human resources and workforce development Source: Board of Regents

Mason and the UI Vice President for Medical Affairs Jean Robillard on performance improvement, policy issues, and planning activities.

“UI Health Care is a highly complex and a diversified organization,” Mason said. “[The board] would be

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the occasional need to have outside eyes.”

Mason said the new board would only advise, the regents having the final say.

“The key here is that the structure is already set up to be advisory,” said UI spokesman Tom Moore.

“The authority to govern the University Hospitals and Clinics still lies with the Board of Regents.”

Mason said that on the 13-member board, seven people will be from within the university and six from positions outside the UI. Regent President Craig Lange appointed Regents Robert Downer and Nicole Carroll to the board.

“Individuals [on the board are] are high, wellknown, well-respected, and well thought of,” Lange said.

There will be a minimum of five subcommittees focusing on specific elements of UI Health Care

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State Board of Regents President Craig Lang (center) talks during a regents meeting in UNI’s Maucker Union in Cedar Falls on Thursday. The main topic of discussion was the proposed tuition increases of between 3 and 4 percent for the 2012-13 school year. (The Daily Iowan/Jacklyn Couppee) including finance and dent fully informed with “I think this would be a strategy, audit and compli- the changes in health care, wonderful committee,” she ance, quality, safety and and would bring in other said. “Make it really public service, human resources, angles to help with health- and open.”

Mason said it is common and workforce develop- care issues. ment.

Regent Katie Mulhol- among hospitals similar to Moore said the advisory land agreed the new board the UI’s to have an advisory board. board would keep the presi- will be helpful.

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Rodham Clinton blasts Haqqani

By DONNA CASSATA Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said bluntly Thursday that U.S. outreach to gauge the Talibanlinked Haqqani network”s interest in peace talks after more than a decade of war was answered with “an attack on our embassy” in Afghanistan.

Testifying before skeptical members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rodham Clinton defended the apparent contradiction of U.S. pressure on Pakistan to crack down on the Haqqani group, considered a major threat to American forces in Afghanistan, and efforts to engage elements of the network for possible negotiations.

The Obama administration sees a peace deal with the Taliban as critical to ending the war in Afghanistan, now in its 11th year. Rodham Clinton described how the attempt at outreach was largely futile.

“This was done in part because I think the Pakistanis hope to be able to

move the Haqqani network toward some kind of peace negotiation, and the answer was an attack on our embassy,” she told the committee.

She said Pakistan’s intelligence agency asked U.S. officials to meet with a representative of the Haqqani network. She recently confirmed the summer meeting, first reported by the Associated Press.

Then-Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen told Congress last month that the Haqqani network, which is affiliated with the Taliban and Al Qaeda, “acts as a veritable arm” of Pakistan’s intelligence agency. Mullen accused the network of staging an attack against the U.S. Embassy and NATO headquarters in Kabul on Sept. 13 as well as a truck bombing that wounded 77 American soldiers. He claimed Pakistan’s spy agency helped the group.

“These events raise very serious questions about Pakistan’s commitment to work with us to defeat the terrorists that threaten Pakistan and U.S. and

coalition forces in Afghanistan,” said Rep. Howard Berman of California, the top Democrat on the committee. “This behavior must stop.”

The U.S. relationship with Pakistan has reached a low point, because in part of the U.S. raid deep inside Pakistan last May to kill Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and to American complaints about Islamabad’s unwillingness to crack down on terrorism.

Lawmakers have challenged the Obama administration’s request for U.S. taxpayer dollars to aid Pakistan, imposing conditions on financial assistance in various spending bills.

Rodham Clinton said she would send an updated request to Congress next week.

Among the continuing problems, a top U.S. general said Thursday that crossborder radio communications with Pakistan’s military collapsed after the raid that killed bin Laden and are still not consistent or up to what the U.S. would like to see.

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, who directs

day-to-day military operations in Afghanistan, said officials are trying to reestablish military communications along the border, particularly between Afghan and Pakistani units that are facing each other.

Members of the Foreign Affairs committee sought clarity in U.S. policy, with Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., the committee chairwoman, trying to understand both the outreach to the Haqqani network and U.S. calls for Pakistan to get tough with the group.

During her recent trip to Pakistan, Rodham Clinton said if the government in Islamabad is unwilling or unable to take the fight to Al Qaeda and the Haqqani network operating from its border with Afghanistan, the U.S. “would show” it how to eliminate its safe havens.

“So which is it … crackdown or negotiate with the Haqqani network or a little bit of both?” Ros-Lehtinen asked.

“It’s both,” Rodham Clinton said. “We want to fight, talk, and build all at the same time. Part of the reason for that is to test

whether these organizations have any willingness to negotiate in good faith. … There’s evidence going both ways, to be clear.

Sometimes we hear that they will, that there are elements within each that wish to pursue that, and then other times that it’s off the table.”

Days after a whirlwind trip to Libya, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, Rodham Clinton sought to explain U.S. efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan to war-weary lawmakers wondering about the timetable more than a decade after the 9/11 terror attacks.

The United States has about 98,000 troops in Afghanistan and plans to bring most forces home by 2015. It intends to withdraw the 33,000 additional troops that President Obama sent to Afghanistan in 2009 by the end of the fighting season in 2012, 10,000 of them by the end of this year. About 3,000 of those have already left.

Rodham Clinton said the United States is sticking to that timetable for the military, but there will be a civilian U.S. presence after 2014.

Lawmakers also have expressed outrage over Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s recent statement that his country would back Pakistan if it went to war with the United States.

In an interview that aired this past weekend, Karzai told a private Pakistani television station: “If fighting starts between Pakistan and the U.S., we are beside Pakistan. If Pakistan is attacked and the people of Pakistan need Afghanistan’s help, Afghanistan will be there with you.”

He said his government would not allow any nation, including the United States, to dictate its policies.

Hearing the remarks, Rodham Clinton said she asked U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker to find out about Karzai’s comments.

She said Crocker indicated that it was a reflection of the decades-long cooperation between Afghanistan and Pakistan and the comments were “both taken out of context and misunderstood.”

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HALLOWEEN

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A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.

— Yogi Berra

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NATHAN WULF personl7@yahoo.com

I’m Bringing It Back: • Spurs: But cowboy boots are too impractical. I say we put spurs on Chucks so they make that sweet jingly sound when I approach the bars.

• Pogs: Because there needs to be a game to play on the sidewalk in between classes that incorporates my love of small-scale, nonmonetary gambling.

• Moats: I’m pretty sure all burglars are hydrophobic, so moats just make sense from a crime prevention standpoint. (And my bathtub is just getting too small for my pet alligators.)

• Surge: I want to be uncomfortably energetic, plus I have a molar that grew in all crooked that maybe I can rot out.

• Sword fighting: We need an honorable way to resolve bar fights over who can puke farther. And I look great in a musketeer costume. And out of one.

• Rollerblades: Do they really expect me to walk the entire Mall of America?

I didn’t wear these hot pants to walk.

• Lawn darts: If they’re going to ban everything stupid kids have died while using, all Western civilization will crumble. Besides, I need a good set for this new drinking game I’ve invented …

• Naughty limericks: How else are today’s children supposed to learn basic geography? Maps?

That’s stupid.

• Giant stone structures: Anybody can build a house or a “skyscraper.” I need a structure I can both worship and devise conspiracy theories about.

• Cuff links: We need more clothing accessories to stimulate the economy.

Cuff links will bring produce new stores, magazines, and public-access TV shows. Cuff links are good for America.

— Nathan Wulf will pay handsomely for a set of lawn darts. Seriously.

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If we think it’s good, we’ll run it — and maybe contact you for more.

Derek Bristol participates in a punt, pass, kick event hosted by Students in Advertising in Hubbard Park on Thursday. Bristol had a total of 342 feet total in the three phases. (The Daily Iowan/Christy Aumer)

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horoscopes

Friday, Oct. 28 — by Eugenia Last

ARIES March 21-April 19 A lack of funds will motivate you to find new ways to earn more cash. Innovation coupled with your energetic nature and communicative charm will lead to an opportunity to market a service or product that is in demand.

TAURUS April 20-May 20 Emotional deception will leave you wondering what to do next. Don’t let an incident or a betrayal of trust cost you financially.

Too much of anything will lead to mistakes. Protect your heart and your assets.

GEMINI May 21-June 20 A partnership issue will challenge you. Consider both sides of the situation before you make a decision that you will have to live with. A change in your professional direction looks promising, but don’t leave a secure position until you have a solid offer.

CANCER June 21-July 22 Negativity is the enemy. Everyone wants to be around upbeat people who are vibrant go-getters. You have plenty of options available if you become a participant instead of a spectator. Love is on the rise. A partnership can change your life.

LEO July 23-Aug. 22 Domestic concerns will escalate if you don’t accept the inevitable. Get out and socialize, or try something new that will stimulate your mind and spark ideas that can help your current situation. Don’t let someone who is a burden hold you back.

VIRGO Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Travel and take in all the information you can. Listen to advice, and re-evaluate your options. Communication is key and can lead to an opportunity if you are patient, but you must avoid argumentative people who offer nothing but grief.

LIBRA Sept. 23-Oct. 22 Talking to an old friend or lover will lead to an emotional misunderstanding. Take what you have learned in the past, and put this information to work in dealing with your current situation.

SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Don’t let anyone push you into something you don’t want to do. You have to gauge your time and choose your friends carefully so that both work toward positive results. Don’t rule out educational pursuits or offering to work in an institutional environment.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Finish what you start, or someone will accuse you of being lazy or unprofessional. A secret involvement will not be as uplifting as you had once hoped. Short trips will pay off if you gear them toward business or financial gains.

CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Focus on what you can do to help others without taking on too great a burden. An opportunity to make sensible alterations to your domestic scene should be carried out. Someone you have been emotionally connected to in the past will confuse you.

AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Now is the time to make decisions based on what’s best for you. Question a friendship with someone using persuasive tactics to manipulate a decision you need to make. Ulterior motives are likely. You may be best moving forward alone.

PISCES Feb. 19-March 20 Expect to encounter plenty of changes going on around you. Before you jump on the bandwagon, tie up loose ends. Love and romance are highlighted, and they should bring positive results.

Collect old debts, or invest in something you have to offer.

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coaches personal friends of mine. I can give [Ferentz] a call, and he’ll pick the phone up and talk to me.

And for an old truck driver from Lone Tree, I’m pretty proud of that.”

Hawkeye football appears to be more of a religion than sport in the Riggan family, which is emphasized by Jeff Riggan’s son’s names — Hayden and Walker (his wife wouldn’t let him name their second son Kirk). Jeff Riggan said he and his father aren’t the only Hawkeye fans in the family; he thinks his entire family supports the Black and Gold as much as they do.

“The Iowa Hawkeye football program is top-notch,” he said. “So it’s pretty neat to be able to be a part of it.

My family loves it, just as much as [me and my dad].

My family is all the same when it comes to their feelings about Iowa football”

Hawkeye Hauler history The Hawkeye Hauler has been around since 1983, when Mike Riggan’s friend and fellow trucker Ed Huff offered to haul the program’s equipment. Huff became sick two years later and asked Riggan to take over. He soon became obsessed with the truck and its purpose. “[Huff] is the one that came up with the idea originally,” he said. “There are a lot of football teams now that have their own trucks; every team in the Big Ten has one that I’m aware of.”

The truck that Jeff Riggan will drive to Minnesota this weekend is the fifth the family have used in the 26 years they have transported football equipment.

The newest addition to the Hauler family was

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unveiled on Oct. 15 prior to Iowa’s game against Northwestern, and it took its maiden voyage for the team on Thursday night as it drove to Minneapolis for the Hawkeyes’ contest with the Gophers.

Riggan’s only compensation comes in the form of football. He gets to be on the sidelines of every Hawkeye football game, home and away, and receives passes that give him and his guests access to the locker room before the game, at halftime, and after the final whistle.

The Hawkeye players and coaches understand the service Riggan does for their program, and the praise Ferentz gives Riggan is a testament to the appreciation he has for his work.

“It’s a great benefit to us,” the 13th-year coach said. “Those guys take a lot of pride [in the truck]. They drive down to Arizona, Florida for bowl games — they’re unbelievable. Mike Riggan is totally out of his mind, in a good way. You could perform surgery in that truck, it’s so sterile and clean. He’s phenomenal. They don’t have to do it; they take a lot of pride …

Mike goes above and beyond, [and] he drives that thing hard.”

‘It’s something I associ ate with Iowa football’ The truck itself is something to behold.

The side of the trailer is splashed with the Hawkeye logo, and a cartoon Herky wearing Nile Kinnick’s retired No. 24 jersey strikes the Heisman pose

Mike Riggan and son Jeff Riggan stand in front of the Hawkeye Hauler outside Kinnick Stadium on Oct. 22 before Iowa’s football game against Indiana. The Riggans have used the semi to transport Iowa’s football equipment to away games for 26 years, and they perform the service for free. (The Daily Iowan/Anthony Bauer) nearby. Another tribute to Iowa’s only Heisman Trophy winner is more subtle; the outline of an F4F Wildcat airplane — the plane Kinnick was flying when he crashed at sea during World War II — is hidden between Herky and the Tigerhawk.

Iowa’s football field is painted on top of the trailer, a feature Riggan said he guarantees is one of a kind.

Also unique are the truck’s vanity plates — which are no longer possible to obtain for semis — which read “HAWKONE.” A scene of a packed Kinnick Stadium at night is depicted on the back of the tractor. Cheerleaders circle the field holding I-O-W-A banners, followed by Herky waving the Tigerhawk flag.

The officiating crew is gathered at the 50-yard line, waiting for the Black and Gold as they swarm out of the tunnel.

A hawk watches from

high above the stadium, accompanied by ghostly outlines of Nile Kinnick and Sharon Huff, Ed Huff’s wife, who passed away in 2004 after battling cancer.

Riggan said he decided to include the ghosts of the two people because of their affiliation with Iowa.

“Sharon was a very, very close friend of the family,” he said. “Nile Kinnick was the greatest Hawkeye ever, and Sharon was the greatest Hawkeye fan ever. She went to every sporting event — football, basketball, baseball, you name it.”

Below the Tigerhawk on the side of the truck sits the phrase, “It’s great to be a Hawkeye,” followed by the America Needs Farmers logo and logos from every bowl game in which the Hawkeyes have appeared since 2001. Riggan plans on adding every Iowa bowl symbol before the end of the truck’s lifespan, and he said he takes extra pride in

his emblems because they aren’t decals. Everything that appears on the Hauler was painted by Jim Hetzler and his wife, Chris.

Hetzler, who is from Muscatine, has made a name for himself in the world of custom paint jobs.

He received the 2011 Prestigious Painter Award by House of Kolor, a paint company owned by Valspar.

He has worked on all of the previous versions of the Hauler; he said he thinks this one is the best.

“This is heads and tails above the old one we did 11 years ago,” Hetzler said.

“There’s a lot more detail in this one. It took a good four and a half weeks to paint … Recreating the design to large scale was the biggest challenge.”

Hetzler’s work through the years has paid off.

Quarterback James Vandenberg said people such as Riggan and Hetzler play a large role in Iowa’s identity, and the truck has

Field hockey closes regular season

By NICK SZAFRANSKI nicholas-szafranski@uiowa.edu

The No. 11 Iowa fieldhockey team has a game scheduled today against nonconference foe Ball State.

But all eyes will be on the Big Ten scoreboard.

Iowa (13-3, 4-2 Big Ten) sits a half-game behind first place No. 7 Michigan (4-1); the Wolverines will host No. 22 Indiana (2-3) this weekend. Penn State is third at 3-2 with a home game against Michigan State left.

Iowa will play the Cardinals this afternoon in Muncie, Ind., in its regularseason finale.

“We had our two losses back-to-back,” head coach Tracey Griebsbaum said.

“Ever since then, we have showed an increase of our determination and really getting primed to perform.

We were overly anxious before, and now the last five games have been really solid in all aspects. It’s really vital because there can’t be any let-downs.”

The Hawkeyes ride a five-game winning streak into Muncie, including victories against then-No. 18 Indiana, No. 17 Ohio State, and No. 20 Northwestern.

Ball State (3-14) may seem overmatched, but the Cardinals’ home-field advantage could pose a problem for the Hawkeyes.

Iowa typically waters its field at halftime during games, while Ball State usually does not.

“We are going to be play-

ing … [on] possibly on a dry turf,” junior Jessica Barnett said. “That isn’t something we’re used to. We have a target on our back, and they’ll be gunning for us.”

the Hawkeyes out of what would be their first tournament berth since 2008.

That year, the Black and Gold advanced to the Final Four.

The Hawkeyes would flip

“It is really vital,” Gries-

their record from last sea-

baum said. “This Ball State

son with a win against the

game is really vital to our

Cardinals; Iowa finished 3-

development, to our record,

14 in 2010.

and to putting ourselves in

“We have the possibility of turning our record

a position to elongate our season.”

around,” Barnett said. “We

The matchups elsewhere

were 3-14, and we could be

in the Big Ten this week-

14-3, that would be pretty

end will be crucial in terms

incredible if we could do

of what seed Iowa will earn

that.”

Griesbaum said today’s matchup is essential in terms of having a chance to make the NCAA Tournament, which begins on Nov. 12. A loss to Ball State has the potential of knocking

for the conference tourna-

team will row down 2.5 miles of

she’s looking forward to ending

some special changes to the

the Iowa River as opposed to the

the season on her home water,

event improving the viewing and

2.75 miles they raced the last

and the Head of the Iowa is the

everyone’s experience."

ment, which will start on Nov. 3 in University Park, Pa. The Hawkeyes are 11time regular-season Big Ten champions and fourtime tournament champi-

HAWKEYE SPORTS Rowers set for Head of Iowa The Iowa rowing team will host

race her team has been working

She didn’t specify what those

the Head of the Iowa regatta on

time they took the water, the

the morning of Oct. 30. This is the

Head of the Rock in Rockford, Ill.

first race on the Iowa River for

The Hawkeye women will com-

the Hawkeyes this year and the

pete in the varsity 8’s, varsity 4s

about our the Head of the Iowa,”

last event of the fall season.

and pairs. The race is set to begin

Kowal said in a release. “There’s

purchase and a bounce house for

at 10 a.m.

nothing like racing at home, and

children.

The race is shorter than the Black and Gold are used to; the

toward all fall.

changes would be, but a release

“The Hawkeyes, the communi-

Head coach Mandi Kowal said

from the university said there will ty, and our families are excited

this year we will benefit from

be hot chocolate and candy for

— by Conrad Swanson

ons.

“We will make sure we are clicking on all cylinders,” sophomore Kelsey Mitchell said. “We want to make sure we work out all the last-minute kinks. We have to be sure we are bringing our best effort and our A-game to the Big Ten Tournament.”

become synonymous with the Black and Gold.

“I remember seeing the truck growing up,” said Vandenberg, a Keokuk native. “It’s something that I and a lot of fans definitely associate with Iowa football. It’s awesome we have people who support us like that; to drive to the places they drive, through the nights, shows how closely knit our community is with this team. [Getting off the plane and seeing the truck] is awesome. It says that it’s time to go, that we’ve moved our home base down to wherever we may be.

“That’s definitely one of the things we all notice first, is that truck.”

DI Sports Editor Seth Roberts contributed to this article.

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In for the long Hawkeye haul

Mike Riggan’s Hawkeye Hauler sits outside Kinnick Stadium on Oct. 22. Riggan (bottom left) points out the logos of every Iowa bowl game since 2001 that are painted on his truck. Riggan uses the semi to haul football equipment to away games and performs the service for free; his only payment is in sideline passes to all Iowa football contests. (All photos by The Daily Iowan/Anthony Bauer)

The Riggans will break in the fifth in a series of semis they have used to transport Iowa’s football equipment for 26 years.

By BEN ROSS benjamin-d-ross@uiowa.edu

Maybe you have seen it.

On game days, the Black and Gold 18-wheeler can be found nestled near the tailgate lot between Kinnick Stadium and the Bubble.

The trailer reads, “It’s great to be a Hawkeye,” a diesel-chugging celebration of Iowa football past and present. The truck is owned by Lone Tree’s Mike Riggan, and it is used to transport Iowa’s football equipment to and from away games.

And here’s the kicker: Riggan doesn’t charge the university a dime. The 60-year-old Vietnam War veteran doesn’t even claim

BIG TEN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Home sweet for Big Tens Iowa will host the Big Ten indoor championships for the first time in school history, giving the Hawkeyes a chance to close out a successful fall season in front of a home crowd.

By RYAN MURPHY ryan-e-murphy@uiowa.edu

One of the best men’s tennis fall seasons in recent memory is coming to end, and the Hawkeyes now have an opportunity never before given to an Iowa tennis team: The chance to host the Big Ten indoor championships.

The event, which will Houghton begin today head coach at 9 a.m. and runs through Oct. 31, will be held at the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Center.

Iowa head coach Steve Houghton, in his 31st year at the helm of the Hawkeye men’s tennis team, said getting to stay home for such an event is an advantage.

“It’s good for a lot of reasons, but it’s doubly helpful because it’s at the end of the fall season, and our guys are tired of traveling,” he said. “For once, it’s not us that has to do the traveling.”

Senior Will Vasos said getting to play in front of a rare fall home crowd — the team hasn’t played at home all season — will be a great event for the

Big Ten Indoor Championships When: 9 a.m. today through Oct. 31 Where: Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Center

Hawkeyes.

“It’s going to be an awesome experience, and hopefully, we’ll get a lot of fans there,” he said. “It will be a great way to end my career in the fall.”

Senior Chris Speer, who has a fall singles record of 10-2, said the atmosphere will give the Hawkeyes a chance to make a statement.

“We want to end [the fall season] on a good note, and show the team and the university that I and the team are capable of doing a good job out here,” he said.

Doubles play will be held today; the A flight is made up of 16 teams, led by Indiana’s Stephen Vogl and Josh MacTaggart, ranked 25th in the nation. Singles matches will take place Saturday through Oct. 31, with 64 players placed in the A flight. The top seed is MacTaggart, the nation’s No. 55 player and the

reigning Big Ten Player of the Week. Iowa senior Marc Bruche is seeded third, and Vasos is seeded 15th.

Nebraska and defending conference champion Ohio State will not participate — Houghton didn’t say why — but players from each of the other ten Big Ten teams will play.

All 13 healthy Hawkeyes will get an opportunity to play in singles competition. The last Iowa player to win the singles championship at the conference indoor event was Christian Bierich, who claimed the title in 2008.

Houghton pointed at his top two players, Vasos and Bruche, as threats for deep runs in the tournament in both singles and doubles.

“They’ve done a lot of big things this year, and — not to put pressure on them — but they are certainly capable of doing big things in this tournament, and as a doubles team they are too,” Houghton said.

Vasos said the team goal is to end the fall season on a high note.

“As a team, I hope we can all do really well — and I know we can,” Vasos said. “We just have to go out there and do it.”

his service as a donation to the Athletics Department.

“We do this for the football team,” he said. “We bleed the Black and Gold — always have.”

Riggan owns and operates TanTara Transportation Corp., a trucking company in Muscatine that transports metal products across the continental United States. He has 50 trucks in his fleet, and for the most part, they all look the same. But Riggan has one truck that stands out from the rest — his pride and joy.

That is the Hawkeye Hauler.

If the Tigerhawk and the Swarm are part of Iowa football, so, too, is the Hauler. Riggan has sunk hundreds of thousands of

dollars into it — he said the truck itself cost $200,000, and he spends at least $10,000 a year on fuel and upkeep — all for the pleasure of transporting the football team’s equipment.

Riggan said the friendships he and his son, Jeff Riggan, have developed with Hawkeyes over the years have more than paid him back; last week, for instance, he said former kicker Brion Hurley (1993-96) and former All-Big Ten punter Nick Gallery (1993-96) stopped by the truck to chat.

“It’s the memories, the friendships,” Mike Riggan said. “I consider Kirk Ferentz and the other SEE TRUCK, 10

Hawks to try to dunk Spartans Hawkeyes say they’re confident they can shut down Michigan State as they progress in their development.

By TORK MASON tork-mason@uiowa.edu

The Iowa women’s swimming and diving team will enter Saturday’s dual meet with a goal of taking the next step in its development, and the Hawkeyes say they’re confident they can achieve that goal.

Iowa will host Michigan State — a team against which it has fared well in the past — at 11 a.m. in the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center.

The Black and Gold are coming off of a dominating performance at Wisconsin on Oct. 20; the Hawkeyes won 15 of 16 events, and freshman Becky Stoughton broke the Wisconsin Natatorium pool record in the 1,000 freestyle en route a 224-74 victory.

The Spartans, meanwhile, haven’t competed since their 247-215-88 double-dual win over Oakland (Mich.) and Cleveland State on Oct. 8.

But the Hawkeyes say they expect the Spartans to perform well.

“As a team, I think we’re better [than Michigan State],” senior captain Daniela Cubelic said. “They have some strengths that will be harder for us to overcome — their breaststrokers and their sprint freestylers are pretty good.

Those are a couple areas

Iowa (1-0) vs.

Michigan State (1-0) When: 11 a.m. Saturday Where: Campus Recreation & Wellness Center

that we can focus on and try to shut them out in those areas.”

If recent history is any indication, the Hawkeyes may have reason to be confident. The team topped the Spartans in East Lansing, Mich., in October 2010, 175-125, and did it again at the Big Ten meet, 151-86.

Head coach Marc Long said the season is still young, but he wants to see his team’s ability to adapt.

“They’ve been training for a while, and we have the intrasquad and one road meet under our belts,” he said. “Now, it’s time to see them in different situations.”

Diving coach Bob Rydze said his team hasn’t hit its stride yet, but it’s typical for diving squads to not be focused on competition at this point in the season.

This early in the year, Rydze has his divers in their “dry land” program, in which they focus on developing strength and refining their fundamentals.

Because of the fatigue created by the program, the team has worked mainly on its “required,” or basic, dives. The Hawkeyes are just now getting beginning work on their “optional” dives, which are what they perform in competitions.

“We’re not changing anything for any of the dual meets,” Rydze said. “We’ve got our periodization program, and we’re going to stay on that program.”

The meet also marks the Hawkeyes’ Big Ten homeopener, and the Hawkeyes are excited about the opportunity to compete in front of a home crowd.

“Just having a lot of black and gold surrounding you reminds you of what you’re representing, and you think about that during your race,” Cubelic said.

Long said the team always seems more relaxed when swimming in its own pool because there’s a level of comfort that can be found in sleeping in a familiar bed and not having to stray away from routine — and he said the support doesn’t hurt, either.

“It’s always a little bit special to be at home and have your family come in, extra fans, and classmates,” he said. “It’s just more relaxed when we’re at home.”