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Black voters focus on jobs

Dorms off limits for campaigns UI officials say residencehall solicitations violate school policy.

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Members of the Black Student Union make blankets in the African-American Cultural Center on Oct. 24. (The Daily Iowan/Joshua Housing)

Local African Americans said they are most concerned with the economy and education.

By Cassidy Riley Cassidy-Riley@uiowa.edu

Among the many issues concerning the general population as the presidential election approaches, two jump out specifically for local leaders in the African American community: the economy and education.

With African American unemployment rates nearly double the national average, local officials said the economy is front and center for good reason.

“Addressing jobs, this issue of creating more jobs, is what African Americans are looking for in a candidate,” said Anthony Ferguson, the president of the University of Iowa Black Stu-

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Forget the book under your pillow and studying through osmosis — experts agree a simple good night’s sleep can help deliver that “A” on tomorrow’s test.

Researchers at the University of Iowa, and across the nation, are now taking the science a step further and investigating the power of naps.

“A lot of our long-term coding of memories are encoded in sleep,” said Mark Dyken, the director of the UI Hospitals and Clinics Sleep Disorders Center. “Maybe the power nap will allow them to

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Labor-union support helped propel President Obama to victory in 2008. And though one expert said union membership has recently “decreased dramatically,” local union members said they are continuing grass-roots efforts to encourage support for campaigns.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average percentage of union members in Iowa decreased from 11.4 percent in 2010 to 11.2 percent in 2011.

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First in a five-part series: Follow along as The Daily Iowan looks in-depth at five different voter demographics and the issues important to them in this election.

• Monday: African Americans • Tuesday: Latinos • Wednesday: Asians • Thursday: Women • Friday: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

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Efforts to influence University of Iowa students to vote have been seen around campus, with representatives occupying places from the Pentacrest to the IMU. But with reports of campaign material being slipped under doors in residence halls on campus, some think the push has gone too far.

Residents of more than one dorm said they received a flier promoting early voting under their doors last week. The campaign material featured an image of President Obama, accompanied by a description of how to vote.

However, UI officials say solicitation in this manner is in violation of university policy. According to UI election resource policy, political campaigns and events must be sponsored by a recognized UI student organization. Also, the placement of campaign material — even “get out the vote” material — underneath or on doors in the residence halls is in violation of policy.

UI Dean of Students David Grady wrote in an email that the University Democrats, College Republicans, and the Campus Greens have all been provided with this information, as have representatives of the Obama campaign.

Grady said in the statement the consequences for distributing campaign material in a manner against UI policy could include legal action.

“Individuals could be issued a campus-trespass warning,” he said in a statement. “If the trespass warning is ignored, the individual could be arrested.”

For Hillcrest resident Brigid Ryan, the flier wasn’t too much of an

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

Local congregations from various religions meet throughout the week to focus on their faiths. But how much do their religions affect their everyday lives, including their election choices?

Some experts said religion plays an important role in a person’s vote, but issues unaffected by any faith or scripture —such as the economy or job creation — can also have a significant influence.

The Public Religion Research Institute released a report last week detailing various religions’ roles in voting for the presidential election. The study explored many statistics, including voter percentages within a variety of religions.

The report’s breakdown showed 23 percent of likely supporters of President Obama are unaffiliated

with a religion, followed by black Protestants with 18 percent.

Among likely voters for GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney are white evangelical Protestants with 37 percent, and both white Catholics and white mainline Protestants with 19 percent.

Whether someone chooses to vote based on religion differs from person to person, the experts said.

University of Iowa religious-studies professor Diana Cates said voting for a candidate based on religion comes down to what issue is the most important to the voter.

“The biggest difference it makes is for some people, religion is about the social and moral values,” she said. “They focus on lifting people up, protecting human rights. In some cases, people are focused on maintaining the traditional form of the family, which brings

in the issues of abortion and gay marriage.”

UI associate professor of political science Cary Covington said hebelieves people do not have to define their political stance based on their religion.

Age may also determine which voters cast their ballots based on religion. Older voters tend to identify more with religion, while younger people are becoming increasingly unaffiliated with religion.

“What’s important is that religion taught [older voters] what’s right and wrong, and they can’t separate it from the issues,” Cates said.

Dan Cox, one of three researchers who conducted the Public Religion Research Institute survey, said religion does play a role in voting, although other issues such as job creation and the economy may influence voter’s decisions as well.

OWI. John Finan, 18, 4132 Burge, was charged Oct. 25 with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Joseph Filskov, 18, Northlake, Ill., was charged Oct. 26 with possession of a controlled substance and PAULA. Patrick Galvin, 18, Chicago, was charged Sunday with public intoxication, possession of a fictitious driver’s license, and simple assault.

Francisco Garcia, 24, Muscatine, was charged Sunday with OWI. Jordan Gorrell, 19, Westchester, Ill., was charged Oct. 26 with PAULA. Steven Hanzlovic, 22, 420 N. Clinton St., was charged Oct. 25 with keeping a disorderly house.

Alexis Harvey-Paulsen, 18, Oswego, Ill., was charged Oct. 26 with public intoxication.

Yasin Hegazi, 21, 725 Emerald St. Apt. D24 was charged Oct. 27 with public intoxication.

Sebastian Jefferson, 20, Montour, Iowa, was charged Oct. 25 with OWI and driving with a suspended/canceled license.

Olivia Jimenez, 22, 544 Elkhorn Trail, was charged Oct. 26 with suspended/canceled license.

Peter Johnson, 19, 529 S. Lucas St., was charged Oct. 27 with keeping a disorderly house.

Carl Johnson, 51, 1121 S. Gilbert St. was charged Oct. 22 with fifth-degree theft.

Sha-Juan Johnson, 21, address unknown, was charged Sunday with public intoxication, interference with official acts, and disorderly conduct.

Tabitha Jones, 28, 924 Hudson Ave., was charged Oct. 25 with obstructing an officer.

Zachary Kowalski, 18, 943 Rienow, was charged Oct. 26 with public in-

toxication.

Chad Leonard, 19, Dallas Center, Iowa, was charged Oct. 27 with presence in bars after hours.

Dayna Mack, 24, 556 West Side Drive, was charged Sunday with OWI and driving with a suspended or barred license.

Andrew Malley, 18, 3207 Burge, was charged Oct. 27 with PAULA. Mohamad Mammad, 21, was charged Oct. 27 with possession of drug paraphernalia.

Lauren Mancuso, 21, 335 S. Clinton St. Apt. 2534, was charged Oct. 26 with public intoxication Austin Marcolina, 20, 406 S. Gilbert St. Apt. 916 was charged Oct. 27 with keeping a disorderly house.

Ian McBrearty, 19, Coralville, was charged Oct. 26 with PAULA and possession of a fictitious license.

Robert McClendon, 39, 924 Hudson Ave., was charged Oct. 25 with interference with official acts and assaulting an officer.

Cole McKenzie, 20, 302 S. Gilbert St. Apt. 1222, was charged Oct. 26 with keeping a disorderly house.

Fred McNeal, 59, address unknown, charged Oct. 23 with fourth-degree theft.

Nicholas Mirr, 18, 710 E. Bloomington St., was charged Oct. 26 with OWI. David Mulac, 20, 410 E. Market St., was charged Oct. 26 with PAULA. Dylan Payne, 20, Loves Park, Ill., was charged Oct. 27 with public intoxication and interference with official acts.

Patricia Renken, 19, 101 Hawks Ridge Dr. Apt. 1212 was charged Oct. 25 with presence in bars after hours.

Shelby Ritsema, 18, Oswego, Ill., was charged Oct. 26 with PAULA. Raquel Roos, 20, Vernon Hills, Ill., was charged Oct. 26 with presence in bars after hours.

Religion in voting • 79 percent of likely Romney voters identify as white Christians • Only 39 percent of likely Obama voters identify as white Christians, with the majority identifying as black Protestants • Approximately half of Americans say that the political candidates have religious beliefs that are different from their own Source: Public Religion Research Institution survey

“In the current election, with the economy taking center stage, religion is taking a supporting role,” Cox said. “What we see is religion does matter, but you definitely need to understand religion never moves [people of a certain faith] in one direction.”

Blotter Joseph Adam, 28, Bettendorf, was charged Oct. 27 with public intoxication.

Tyler Albert, 21, Coralville, was charged Sunday with public intoxication.

Thomas Bartlett, 22, Durant, Iowa, was charged Oct. 27 with public intoxication.

Andrea Bastien, 18, 717B Mayflower was charged Oct. 20 with public intoxication.

Cale Bierman, 21, 14 N. Dodge St., was charged Oct. 27 with keeping a disorderly house.

Quentin Blazicek, 21, Cedar Rapids, was charged Oct. 27 with OWI, possession of a controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Elijah Briggs, 31, 4241 Anderson Ave. S.E., was charged Oct. 25 with driving with a suspended/canceled license.

Nathan Brown, 20, 130 E. Jefferson St. Apt. 9, was charged Oct. 27 with presence in bars after hours.

Vincent Bubacz, 18, Chicago, was charged Sunday with public intoxication.

Nicole Burge, 22, 24 N. Lucas St., was charged with keeping a disorderly house.

Adam Bush, 30, 4373 Camino Del Rio, was charged Sept. 20 with criminal trespass causing injury.

Andrew Cubon, 18, Melrose Park, Ill., was charged Oct. 26 with PAULA. Pamela Daniel, 58, Kalona, was charged Oct. 27 with OWI. Rachel Derham, 19, 406 S. Gilbert St. Apt. 927, was charged Oct. 27 with keeping a disorderly house.

Freddie Doyle, 34, 128 Arabian Court, was charged Oct. 25 with driving with a suspended/canceled license.

Adam Edelman, 24, 1030 E. Court St. Apt. 6, was charged Oct. 27 with

Benjamin Roth, 20, 302 S. Gilbert St. Apt. 1222, was charged Oct. 26 with keeping a disorderly house.

Natalie Runneals, 18, Cedar Rapids, was charged Sunday with PAULA. Martinez Salamanca, 23, 914 Benton St. Apt. 24, was charged Sept.

30 with possession of drug paraphernalia.

Michael Schulz, 19, 732 N. Dubuque St. was charged Oct. 27 with public intoxication.

Jennifer Scott, 32, 802 E. Washington St., was charged Sunday with keeping a disorderly house.

Annalise Seda, 18, Cedar Rapids, was charged Sunday with OWI. Gage Shellady, 18, 505 E. Burlington St. Apt. 18B, was charged Oct. 26 with PAULA. Regan Sieperda, 20, 433 S. Johnson St. Apt. 9, was charged Oct. 25 with unlawful use of a driver’s license and presence in bars after hours.

Colton Storla, 19, Cedar Rapids, was charged Sunday with OWI. Michael Styler, 21, 420 N. Clinton St., was charged Oct. 25 with keeping a disorderly house.

Coleman Rhatigan, 20, 623 E. Jefferson St. Apt. 4, was charged Sept.

30 with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Vernon Varner, 70, 14 Brickwood Circle N.E., was charged Oct. 27 with fifth-degree theft.

Alan Warda, 21, Des Plaines, Ill., was charged Oct. 26 with public intoxication.

Matthew Wilken, 27, Clarksville, Iowa, was charged Oct. 27 with second-degree burglary and public intoxication.

Faris Zahrah, 18, Chicago, was charged Oct. 27 with public intoxication and interference with official acts.

correction In the Oct. 25 story “Iowa soccer will say farewell to polarizing careers,” The Daily Iowan incorrectly reported that the Iowa soccer team would honor five seniors during the team’s Senior Day on Sunday. The Hawkeyes honored six; senior defender Gabrielle Ainsworth should have been included. The DI regrets the error.

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Both campaigns try to address this issue not only for the sake of African Americans but for the country as a whole. President Obama hopes to achieve further economic growth through strengthening the middle class, investing in innovation, and raising taxes for the richest Americans. GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney plans to cut taxes, government regulation, and spending.

“We want people to stick with us because we’re head-

soliciting Continued from 1 intrusion.

“It doesn’t really bother me,” she said. “It was just about early voting.”

Maddie Sherman, Krista Stillmunkes, and Rebecca Robinson — all residents of Slater — also found the fliers on their floor sometime last

unions Continued from 1 “As long as the union movement has been around, it’s pretty much in line with Democrats, while Republicans are more [management] friendly,” said Justin Holmes, a University of Northern Iowa political-science assistant professor. “[Democrats] have lost a huge number of union members, but they maintain the same percentage; it’s just a smaller group.”

Some unions expressed disagreement with Obama’s free-trade agreements, but the chairman

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ed in the right direction,” said Elizabeth Purchia, the Iowa press secretary for Obama for America.

Purchia said Obama has accomplished a lot in the past four years; the economy is getting better, she said, and he only needs more time.

But Iowa GOP Chairman A.J. Spiker said he doesn’t believe Obama really is focused on jobs.

“The biggest thing we can do is get people back to work,” he said. “Romney is clearly the better choice because his No. 1 focus is jobs and the economy.”

Second to the economy, many African Americans are concerned about the quality of schools and limited access

to higher education because of economic hurdles.

Dedric Doolin, the president of the Cedar Rapids chapter of the NAACP, a nonpartisan and issue-focused group, said education is so critical to a successful society in today’s world because so many jobs require good education.

“If we don’t educate our community, we’re going to have some problems,” he said.

Nationally, there is a large gap in education between African Americans and whites. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, there is a 19 percent gap between the number of whites and blacks who earned a bachelor’s degree or higher in 2011.

Sue Dvorsky, the chairwoman of the Iowa Democratic Party, said Obama knows the concern about the unemployment rates as well as public education.

“President Obama is uniquely qualified to speak to the issue,” Dvorsky said.

“He really does understand [because] good public education is the path he took.”

Since taking office, Obama has invested in Pell Grants and allowed states a way out of the No Child Left Behind legislation in order to create their own reform plans.

Romney advocates for parental choice in school selection for their students.

He would require failing schools to provide a list of

alternative schools to parents. In terms of higher education, Romney wants to simplify the financial-aid process and reduce the amount of federal money put into colleges.

Despite what both campaigns might say to address the issues, some say they haven’t noticed an attempt by the Romney campaign to reach out to the black community specifically.

Julianna Pacheco, a UI assistant professor of political science, said African Americans overwhelmingly identify with the Democratic Party. She doesn’t believe Romney has been reaching out to the African American community very much in

order to campaign efficiently.

“Both campaigns have a limited amount of resources, and they’re going to use those resources strategically,” she said.

Pacheco said it is easier to mobilize voters who are already on a candidate’s side rather than persuade voters to change their opinions, and this is what both candidates are trying to do. “[Romney is] going to take his resources to where he thinks it’s going to make a difference,” she said. “[Obama] is trying to mobilize [African Americans] and get them out to vote.

He needs to let them know this election is just as important as the last one.”

week. They also said they weren’t particularly bothered by it.

Elizabeth Purchia, the Iowa press secretary at Obama for America, said the distributors of the fliers were volunteers for the organization.

“They were enthusiastic volunteers who were asked not to do it again,” she said in a statement.

UI political-science Associate Professor Tim

Hagle said the odds of any action being taken against the group distributing the material were low.

“There’s an advantage of doing it this close to the election,” he said. “By the time anything gets done about it, it won’t matter anymore.”

Though if the UI does decide to take action, he said, an outside group could be banned from the

campus as well.

“From a campaign’s perspective, this is just a literature drop,” he said. “They might not be aware of the university’s regulations.

But the university is definitely concerned with random people on the floors.”

Quentin Marquez, the co-head of the UI College Republicans, said while it was important to spread the message to get the vote out, it’s important to make

sure that groups stay within university policy.

The Iowa Democratic Party, whose name was listed on one of the fliers, did not respond to requests for comment as of Sunday evening.

Ryan Burkett, a UI junior who lives off campus, said the campaigns — especially for Obama — are extremely prominent.

“I see the Obama peo-

ple everywhere,” he said.

“They basically raided the Pentacrest.”

Though Burkett encourages each party to voice their support for early voting, he said he thinks the effort should be nonpartisan.

“It’s important for everyone’s voice to be heard and to encourage early voting,” he said. “But leave the party out of it.

Just focus on the idea.”

in providing the manpower to make calls and knock on doors.

According to officials, unions are focusing on the same efforts they did in 2008, especially in a battleground state such as Iowa. Those efforts include knocking on doors and encouraging members to reach out to friends and family for support.

“We have boots on the ground in every battleground state,” said Galen Munroe, a spokesman for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. “It helps [supporters] identify with each other, and drives home the message more when someone is a union member, blue collar

or breadwinner of a middle class family.”

The chairman of the Johnson County Republicans agreed that face-toface get out the vote efforts are important, especially this year when there is “so much saturation” of political ads. He also said Republicans draw support from other groups to counter union support after not having the same level of organization in 2008.

“Face-to-Face, door-todoor type stuff is more productive than anything,” Bob Anderson said. “The state party has its efforts, and the Second Amendment people, pro-life supporters, and the Tea Party each help get out the vote.”

Anderson believes that Republicans can better reach union members due to the economy, and certain candidates such as 2nd Congressional District candidate John Archer can appeal to union members.

“Union bosses typically support Democrats, but often times you’ll find rankand-file members are not headed where bosses are headed,” he said. “Union laborers will look at the job situation and the economy and not necessarily follow the direction of union bosses.”

One union official disagreed with this stance, saying Republican’s continual support for tax cuts undermines its can-

didate’s appeal to union members.

“We’ve had these tax cuts since 1980 — where are the jobs?” said Gary Dunham, principal officer with Teamsters 208.

Union officials and Republicans agree so-called grass-roots or ground efforts are necessary to help break through the huge number of political ads this year. Holmes agrees these types of efforts by campaigns have been proven to be more effective.

“No one is going to watch an ad, and go, ‘Oh my gosh, I have to vote now,” but if someone shows up on your doorstep, it’s been proven you’re more likely to vote,” he said.

Union Membership Union membership averages for Iowa from 2010-2011.

• 2010- 11.4 percent • 2011- 11.2 percent Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

of the Johnson County Democrats believes this position will not hurt Obama’s appeal to union members.

“I don’t think free-trade agreements will cut significantly into Obama’s support,” Terry Dahms said. “Unions are still supportive … and very helpful

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ver the course of the next week, The Daily Iowan Editorial Board will publish its endorsements for the major candidates and issues directly affecting our readership. As a part of the Editorial Board, along with the Opinions page editor, I will forgo the usual editorial that runs in this space in order to better explain the lengths the board took in the recent past and continues to take through this week to make sure our endorsements best affect our readership and the Iowa City area.

Each endorsement published in the coming days contain a weight of commitment not only to the eligible voters who read this paper but also contains a massive amount of consideration for all people and issues in Johnson County, Iowa and the nation as a whole. We, as a board, did not come to these decisions as mere students but as functional members of a national and local community, so that we may persuade already informed constituents.

Perceived bias constantly consumes the informed reader, as any critical thinker looks for the silent persuader between the words of a written body of work. Though no person, nor work, can truly be without bias, the Editorial Board vowed to set aside any previous bias toward a political affiliation to endorse candidates and issues that bring about

the most positive consequences for the Iowa City area.

The process for endorsing a single candidate or issue began with a straight vote among the entire board members. After both sides presented indepth analyses, providing empirical and anecdotal evidence to back each argument, vigorous but controlled open debate ensued among the board’s members. Discussion for each issue did not cease until the entire board came to a general consensus on each issue.

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POLITICAL COMMENTARY

Congressional politics: A potential gridlock While media coverage of the upcoming election has primarily focused on the significance of the presidential race between President Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney, the outcomes of Congressional races will ultimately be more consequential from a governance perspective.

As we have seen through the Obama presidency, without Congressional support, it is impossible for a president to implement his policy goals. With the presidential contest neck and neck, it is not evident which, if either party, will have a down-ballot advantage, making it difficult to predict the outcome of many close Congressional races. This is significant because whether the president-elect will be able to govern as promised during the campaign will largely depend on the makeup of Congress.

The successive presidencies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama offer an interesting case study on the shifting behavior of Congress.

Under President Bush, particularly in the aftermath of 9/11, Congress acquiesced to a large number of the administrations’ agenda items.

While Senate Democrats in particular became more oppositional during Bush’s second term, their use of the filibuster was still only half that of GOP senators under Obama’s first term.

In sharp contrast to the Congressional submission under Bush, Obama faced historically unprecedented obstructionism from Republicans in both the House and Senate. This raises questions about the extent to which Obama’s failure to turn around the economy as promised can be properly blamed on a dearth of executive leadership rather than the oppositional tactics of Republican representatives.

Political observers have widely noted the unprecedentedly dogmatic opposition Republicans have mounted against virtually all agenda items of the Obama administration. Following the 2010 midterm election in which

the Republicans regained control of the House of Representatives, gridlock reached its highest level in history, and Congressional popularity fell below 10 percent, the lowest level in history. In this hyper-partisan environment, many Republicans appeared to abandon longstanding policy positions and principles seemingly for the sake of contrariness.

The behavior of Congressional Republicans has been particularly dangerous on economic issues: the U.S. credit downgrade, for example, was solely based on the GOP-manufactured debt-ceiling crisis. And while this behavior is unquestionably dangerous to the interests of the United States, it is interesting to consider whether this behavior will be viewed as a historical aberration or whether this type of partisan obstruction will become the new normal.

Much of this problem stems from increasing ideological rigidity among political parties; according to the Brookings Institute, the parties are at their

most ideologically extreme since post-Civil War Reconstruction. Moreover, representatives have moved so far from one another on the ideological spectrum that the most liberal Republican senator is no longer less conservative than the most conservative Senate Democrat; what this means is that there is no overlap or common ground between the parties, further disincentivizing bipartisan compromise.

The increasingly adversarial political paradigm unquestionably affects governmental efficiency, and such implacable opposition likely also has the effect of alienating Americans who see the parties as too extreme and dysfunctional to put any trust in.

America already boasts a low voter turnout rate, and it is hard to imagine that the current gridlock and historic hyper-partisanship does anything but further decrease political enthusiasm.

Alexander Nourafshan University of Iowa law student

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Women’s vote important

By McCullough Inglis Anne-inglis@uiowa.edu

When Michelle Obama campaigns today for her husband’s re-election, she will also embody the choice that faces women voters on Election Day. A recent poll by the Associated Press suggests Mitt Romney has erased Obama’s lead among women voters and that the erasure has to do with Romney’s perceived strength on economic policies.

The uncertain truth of that belief aside, the economy is not the single issue of this election, and women, along with everyone else, cannot lose sight of that.

Women’s health and social issues such as equal pay, abortion and birth control are fated to change if a Romney administration takes power, and the policies coming from the White House would look drastically different on women’s issues than in an Obama presidency.

According to Romney’s

campaign website, the Republican candidate believes “the right next step is for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v.

Wade.” Likewise, if elected president, he promised to end federal funding for Planned Parenthood, an organization he called an “abortion advocate”; in actuality, it provides substantive health care to one-in-five American women over the course of their lives.

In an obvious appeal for the women’s vote, a ’60s-esque video of Ann Romney cooking on “The Rachael Ray Show” coupled with cookie-cutter headlines litter the “Women for Mitt” page. In the video, she shows fans how to make “Mitt’s favorite meatloaf cakes.”

Certain truths speak for themselves.

The women’s vote can make the difference in this election. More women should be aware of the implications Romney’s policies produce when taken seriously and at face value. The right to choose, substantive health care, and equality are all up for grabs: That is the lowest tier, and this nation deserves better than the lowest tier.

letters to the editor Romney will outperform Obama This election is basically a philosophical choice. Do you want bigger government, more staggering spending, and continued outrageous debt? Both political parties have not restrained their spending causing a “runaway train” of future indebtedness.

Big government has become a monstrosity, which is too big, too bureaucratic and too sluggish to be effective. Can you name the things that government does both effectively and efficiently? The government cannot and should not be all things to all people, and should not be the country’s problem solver of all issues. If you are a voter who bases your political affiliation strictly on social issues, those will not be relevant if our country implodes.

If we want a country that is strong and vibrant economically, we must look beyond our own self-interest by stepping back, and thinking of what is good for the stability of our country.

Gov. Mitt Romney will outperform President Barack Obama on all the things, which will bring back our country.

Naomi Swanson Coralville

Police blotter letter ‘dumbfounding’ Your recent letter (“Take down the blotter,” DI, Oct. 24) about removing the police blotter was truly dumbfounding.

The ability to retrieve past offenses should be seen as a discouragement not to become one of the logged names. Let’s make a deal — after one year, let’s clear sex offenders’ records of offenses and stop making university expenditures public.

On top of that, your “Dear Abby” style post weakens your whole argument; you see, I’ve got this

friend with this problem — right.

Why don’t we all just learn to take responsibilities for our own actions? Oh, and sharing our toys, that’s another important one.

Shon J Thim

Don’t become dependent I urge women concerned about the federal government’s role in reproductive rights to make direct contributions to organizations of their choice rather then expecting the federal government to fund and manage these private issues on our behalf with tax revenue.

You may or may not like the policies of the current administration, and I believe Romney will be moderate on reproductive issues, but policies can change with future administrations and it is a slippery slope to become dependent on the government for such important, personal issues.

Judy West

Sandusky costumes shameful

The University of Iowa must be so proud of the students who dressed as Jerry Sandusky for the Penn State game. I’m all for teasing visiting squads, but this was overthe-top. Where was the concern for the victims, about whom this is all about? Shame on any student for even thinking of this, let alone a Big Ten school.

Also, the fan who said to the departing Penn State team, “Good luck in your bowl game” seems to overlook the fact that no one even close to this team was involved in the tragedy. Wake up, Iowa.

Oh yes, losing the game by such a large margin, should have those students asking other questions, of much-closer people.

Dr. Marshall L Goldstein

Editor’s note: According to KRUI, UI spokesman Tom Moore said the individuals in costume were not UI students.

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News naps Continued from 1 encode the data better.”

Experts have proven that sleep allows the brain to form connections and make memories, and a lack of sleep inhibits memory formation. In other words, experts recommend getting a good night’s rest before a big test.

At this year's Society for Neuroscience conference in New Orleans, scientists presented more research to back that up.

“Sleep plays an important role in learning and memory processing,” according to the abstract from Human Long-Term Memory: Encoding and Sleep. “Growing evidence suggests that sleep deprivation degrades behavioral and neural capacity to encode new memories.”

At the UI, researchers are looking specifically at the power of naps and memory formation.

“What we are interested in is what helps college students learn better,” said Professor Karla McGregor, a co-principal investigator of the study.

The study involves three groups, randomly assigned, all taught new words. One group takes a nap after the lesson, another plays a non-verbal video game, and the last group plays a verbal video game. So far, results show benefits for both the nappers and the non-verbal video gamers.

McGregor believes

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Naps Experts agree sleep is not only vital to life but also necessary to memory formation.

• Officials recommend adults sleep seven to nine hours a night.

• A nap should last around 30 minutes.

• The body naturally slows down at around 3 a.m. and 3 p.m., famously called the siesta period.

Source: Mark Dyken, director of the UIHC Sleep Disorders Center

there are two possibilities on why there were benefits in both of the quiet groups. One is that something special happens in the brain during sleep.

Another is that quiet is key.

“One possibility is that it isn’t sleep per se that matters — rather it’s that being quiet allows you freedom from interfering information,” she said.

Dyken recommends only 30-minute naps — enough sleep to refresh a body but not enough time to enter deep sleep.

McGregor noticed something else in her research.

“College students need more sleep than they’re getting,” she said after looking at the self-reported sleep statistics students gave.

On average, the subjects of the study reported getting an average of 6.5 hours of sleep. However, there was a range from 1 to 10 hours.

“Most of us are sleep-deprived in our modern society. There are lots of reasons young people are sleep-deprived,” Dyken said. “Often times when you’re younger, you push yourself to the limits.”

Even knowing how sleep affects memory, many UI students don’t plan to make many changes to their sleep and study patterns.

UI sophomore Neal deBuhr averages about three to four hours a night and rarely takes a nap.

“I’d like to [get more sleep], but I’ve got a really full schedule,” he said.

UI freshman Diamond Denney averages around six hours a night, and she takes a daily nap.

“I usually try to get more sleep [before a test],” Denney said. “I just feel I’m going to perform better if I’m not tired during the test.”

Dyken stressed the importance of sleep, especially for students.

“I think you need just as much sleep [in college], and I think they’re getting the least sleep,” he said.

Experts agree, though, that if you can’t get a full night sleep, a nap is a good option.

“Sometimes, you have to nap,” Dyken said. “I think it’s probably a smarter idea than sleep deprivation. But it doesn’t supplant regular sleep.”

UI receives nod from bike group The University of Iowa received an honorable mention for the Bicycle Friendly University designations administered by the League of American Bicyclists, according to a university press release.

“The designation will give us some great guidance on becoming a more bike-friendly campus,” Liz Christiansen, the director of the UI Office of Sustainability, said in the press release. “While we hoped for a higher designation, it was an honest evaluation of where we are today. It’s an honor to be included in the listings. By submitting the application, it shows that we have the interest and desire to make this a safe, accessible environment for cyclists.”

UI officials have made several efforts in recent years to promote and support bicycling on campus, including the formation of the Bicycle Advocacy Group, the creation of the bike.uiowa. edu website, and the increase in bike-related events on campus, the release said.

UI officials plan to start offering a bike-repair course and form a bike-advocacy student organization, among other things, over the course of the next year, the release said.

— by Kristen East

More sharrows coming The city of Iowa City is in the process of adding sharrow markings on Gilbert Street this week.

According to a press release, officials will also add markings to locations with ones already in

Bikes are locked up around downtown Iowa City on July 16. (The Daily Iowan/File Photo) place on Dodge, Market, Jefferson, and College Streets. The project will be completed next week.

City officials believe the changes will improve its bicycle-friendly status from the League of American Bicyclists when it reapplies in February.

Iowa City has a bronze ranking, and according to the release, officials hope to upgrade to silver status.

— by Jordyn Reiland

Murder trial continued The trial of a man charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of the owner of Broadway Apartments has been continued, according to online court documents.

Courtney White was charged in October 2011 with the Class-A felony in connection with the death of John Versypt. White was charged a week after the trial of Charles William Curtis Thompson was ruled a mistrial. Currently, a third man, Justin Marshall, has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with Versypt’s death.

White’s trial was scheduled for Jan. 9, 2013, but a conference is set for Friday to determine a new date. Marshall’s trial is currently scheduled for Jan. 22.

— by Brent Griffiths

Man charged with stalking

A Buffalo Grove, Ill., man has been accused of stalking.

According to an Iowa City police complaint, Daniel Jason, 28, 583 Cobblestone Lane, was charged Oct. 14 with stalking.

Jason allegedly started contacting the victim on June 8 and has continued by various forms of communication including email, Facebook, and leaving two voice messages on her employer’s voice message system for her, the complaint said. The victim has a protective order against Jason.

If the alleged stalking is found to be true, it would be his third since May 5, 2008.

Third or subsequent offense of stalking is a Class-C felony punishable up to 10 years in prison with a fine up to $10,000.

— by Quentin Misiag

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Game Recap

wildcats leave hawks reeling

(Above) Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter avoids a tackle from Iowa defenders Christian Kirksey (20) and Joe Gaglione (99) at Ryan Field in Evanston, Ill., on Oct. 27. (The Daily Iowan/Nicholas Fanelli) (Right) Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter celebrates after scoring his first rushing touchdown against Iowa at Ryan Field in Evanston, Ill., on Oct. 27. Colter rushed for 166 yards and 3 touchdowns in the Wildcats’ 28-17 victory. (The Daily Iowan/Nicholas Fanelli)

Iowa entered Ryan Field looking to prove its weak performance against Penn State was a fluke. Instead, the Hawkeyes played just as badly for the first three quarters against Northwestern, falling into a 28-3 deficit before a late rally. Iowa’s defense couldn’t stop Wildcat quarterback Kain Colter or running back Venric Mark, and a mistake-prone offense couldn’t keep up.

BREAKDOWN IOWA

BOX SCORE

NORTHWESTERN

RUSHING YARDS 122 349

PASSING YARDS 214 84

NORTHWESTERN 28, IOWA 17 NORTHWESTERN 7 7 14 0 28 IOWA 3 0 7 7 17

FIRST QUARTER

Northwestern — Colter, 5-yard run (Budzien kick), 11:26 Iowa — Meyer 40-yard field goal, 4:37

SECOND QUARTER

Northwestern — Colter 2-yard run (Budzien kick), 11:44

YARDS PER PLAY 4.3

THIRD QUARTER

7.3

Northwestern — Colter 4-yard run (Budzien kick), 12:58 Northwestern — Jones 47-yard pass from Colter (Budzien kick), 10:43 Iowa — Vandenberg 1-yard run (Meyer kick), 0:22

SACKS 0 3

FOURTH QUARTER

YARDS PER RUSH

Iowa — Vandenberg 1-yard run (Meyer kick), 6:37

3.0 7.1

INDIVIDUAL STATS RUSHING Iowa: Bullock 22-107, Weisman 9-21, Vandenberg 9-(-6).

Northwestern: Colter 26-166, Mark 16-162, Trumpy 2-28, Jones 1-9.

PASSING Iowa: Vandenberg 24-38-214-0-0.

Northwestern: 6-9-80-1-1.

RECEIVING Iowa: Martin-Manley 7-46, Bullock 5-41, Davis 3-30, Fiedorowicz 3-23, Cotton 2-23, Weisman 2-20, Smith 1-16, Hillyer 1-15.

Northwestern: Lawrence 2-15, Mark 2-11, Jones 1-47, Prater 1-6, Fields 1-5.

BY THE NUMBERS

564 33 8

Rushing yards Iowa has allowed in the last two games.

The number of points by which Iowa has been outscored in the first halves of games this season.

Times punter John Weinke has downed a kick inside the 20-yard line, out of 10 attempts.

‘

QUOTED They were so quick and elusive with the ball, I don’t even see why they would have tried throwing on us.

‘

— Cornerback Micah Hyde

‘

It’s not what you want. I’m down right now. But we can stay together and keep working, or we can sit and look for sympathy — which we’re not going to get.

— Linebacker James Morris

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NORTHWESTERN 28

IOWA 17

‘We’ve got to play better. That’s it. There’s nothing else to say.’

— Quarterback James Vandenberg

(Top right) Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter rushes against Iowa safety Tom Donatell at Ryan Field in Evanston, Ill., on Oct. 27. (The Daily Iowan/Sumei Chen) (Bottom right) Iowa running back Mark Weisman is tackled by four Northwestern defenders at Ryan Field, in Evanston, Ill., on Oct. 27. Weisman rushed for 21 yards on 9 carries against the Wildcats. (The Daily Iowan/Sumei Chen)

GAME BALLS IOWA

RB Damon Bullock The sophomore played for the first time in more than a month after suffering a concussion. He looked sharp in his return, catching five passes and using his speed to get outside for decent gains. Bullock finished with 107 rushing yards and added 40 through the air.

NORTHWESTERN QB Kain Colter

The junior scampered away from Iowa defenders all afternoon and accounted for all four Northwestern touchdowns — three on the ground and one on a deep pass.

KEY PLAYS • On the first play of the second quarter, Iowa punter John Weinke downed a kick on the Northwestern 1-yard line, pinning the Wildcats against their own end zone and providing a field-position advantage for the Hawkeyes. But on the next play, running back Venric Mark took a handoff up the middle and burst through the defense for a 72-yard gain. Northwestern scored a touchdown a few minutes later.

• The Hawkeyes started the second half with a three-and-out and lined up to punt from their own 27.

But the protection broke down, Wildcat Tyris Jones blocked the punt, and Northwestern recovered. The Wildcats scored a touchdown on the next play, making the score 21-3 and ending any realistic hopes of a comeback.

THUMBS UP

James Vandenberg’s accuracy. It wasn’t a virtuoso performance by any means. But Iowa’s senior quarterback looked more comfortable and on-target than he has recently. He hit receivers on deep comeback routes, and his stats would have looked better had his receivers not dropped some long passes.

THUMBS DOWN

Run defense. Colter and Mark each made the Hawkeyes look extremely slow on their way to 160-yard rushing performances.

Iowa was caught out of position repeatedly, seemingly confused by the Wildcats’ zone-read plays. And even when they were in position, Hawkeye defenders couldn’t tackle the elusive runners.

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Indie-Rock Song or Something I Dreamt?

1. “Endless Ladder” 2. “Ate My Teeth” 3. “Leaf House” 4. “Fascist, Germane” 5. “How I Made My Millions” 6. “Laughing With a Mouth of Blood” 7. “Nice Astronaut” 8. “Car Accident Victim (with Groceries)” 9. “Fun Times in Babylon” 10. “A Rather Disappointing Levitation” 11. “Time Lapse Punch” 12. “The Sparrow and the Medicine” 13. “Dropped Passes and Other Major Failures” 14. “Weed Party” 15. “Lousy Pharaoh” 16. “A Day in the Graveyard II” 17. “On a Neck, On a Spit” 18. “A Tubful of Nachos” 19. “Ambling Alp” 20. “Mail Order Bride’s Head (Reprise)” 21. “Superman as Minimum Wage Mason” 22. “Putting the Dog to Sleep”

- Will Hartman provides solutions, as well as a pretty sweet playlist: Songs = 1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 12, 14, 17, 19. Dreams = 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 18, 21. Neither = 20. Both = 16 & 22.

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24 5:30 Iowa Magazine, human-interest stories from the UI 6 UI Civic Engagement Panel, Sept. 29 7 Iowa Summer Music Camps Percussion Faculty Concert, June 21 8:30 Edgar Varese in the Gobi Desert, composition by Paul Elwood performed by Dan Moore and the Iowa

Percussion Ensemble 9 Iowa Football with Kirk Ferentz, host Gary Dolphin and the Iowa coach review the previous and preview the upcoming games, produced by Hawkeye Athletics 9:30 Daily Iowan TV News 9:45 Iowa Now, news features from the UI 10 Iowa Football with Kirk Ferentz, host Gary Dolphin and the Iowa coach review the previous and preview the upcoming games, produced by Hawkeye Athletics 10:30 Daily Iowan TV News 10:45 Science and Religion, Evolution and the Wonder of Life Lecture, “The Divine Handiwork: Evolution and the Wonder of Life,” Owen Gingerich, Sept. 23

horoscopes

Monday, October 29, 2012

by Eugenia Last

ARIES (March 21–April 19) A change in the way you feel about your looks, image, and love life will result in an overhaul. Aggressive action will be productive and bring positive results.

There is a financial gain heading your way. Opportunity knocks — open the door.

TAURUS (April 20–May 20) Quickly size up your situation when dealing with partners, colleagues, or peers, and make your move. Don’t hesitate, or you may be put in an uncompromising position. Use your intuition coupled with your knowledge and expertise to move forward.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) Observation and keeping what you know to yourself will be what’s required if you want to get ahead. Don’t ruffle feathers or exaggerate a situation that could start a feud that suggests you meddled. Focus on love, self-improvement, and staying out of trouble.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) Don’t sit back waiting for things to come to you. Embrace change and adventure. Open your mind to new hobbies, people, and places. Indulge in a creative endeavor that you can share with someone you love. Take action.

LEO (July 23–Aug. 22) Being less opinionated and more perceptive will help keep the peace with friends, your lover or family members. Making alterations at home that support the needs of those you reside with will pay off. Love will get you what you want; criticism won’t.

VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22) You have the discipline and the upper hand, so let everyone know what you want. Use your skills to persuade others to see things your way. Don’t argue when what is needed is finding solutions. A simpler lifestyle will help get you back on track.

LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) Put more time and effort into mastering your skills and improving what you have to offer, who you are, and the image you present. Love is highlighted, but recognizing who is sincere and who isn’t will be difficult.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) Spend more time on the relationships you have with partners.

Open your mind to suggestions made by someone who comes from a different perspective or has experienced difficulties that you have not. A creative venture will pay off.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21) Lie low, spend very little, and listen attentively to what others say. Making your changes based on what you already know works through the observations you’ve made. Love is in the stars, and sharing your feelings will lead to a closer bond.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19) Home, family, and striving to reach your professional goals will take top priority. You will make gains through an unexpected and unusual source. Good fortune is within reach; it will allow you to follow a dream.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20–Feb. 18) Present your plans and ideas for the future, and you will get an enthusiastic response and the help you need to move forward. Love is highlighted, and a promise can be made that will make your home life better and your future less stressful.

PISCES (Feb. 19–March 20) Finish what you start. Contracts, settlements, and legal matters will favor you. A change in a partnership will be a force play, but in the end, it will be to your benefit. Being different will show your leadership ability.

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IOWA 3, NORTHWESTERN 2

Field hockey rallies, upsets ’Cats

By Cody Goodwin cody-goodwin@uiowa.edu

Iowa’s Sarah Drake had no idea where the ball was going to land. She was more focused on moving it correctly.

Meanwhile, Karli Johansen wound up and placed the ball right on Drake’s stick. The ball ricocheted off, nicked Northwestern defender Charlotte Martin, and flew into the goal.

The overtime goal, with which Drake was credited, completed a 3-2 comeback for No. 12 Iowa (13-5, 4-2), handing No. 8 Northwestern (16-3, 4-2) just its third loss of the season.

“I knew I had to keep the ball alive when Karli threw it into the circle,” Drake said. “I just tried to distract the goalkeeper and my defender, and the ball went into the net.”

The Hawkeyes were down, 2-0, to the Wildcats 10 minutes into the second half. Northwestern, known for its potent offensive attack, had both of its goals on just four shots at that point.

Iowa’s morale was seemingly low, and the Northwestern defense frustrated the Hawkeyes for much of the game.

Iowa’s own offense couldn’t get clear penetration all game until a counterattack in the 45th minute caught Northwestern off guard. Senior Jessica Barnett carried the ball downfield and slid it past the opposing backline to freshman standout Natalie Cafone.

Cafone maneuvered clear of the goalie and scored the first Iowa goal, beginning the march back for Iowa’s sixth come-from-behind vic-

Iowa’s Danielle Peirson defends against Northwestern at Grant Field on Sunday. The Hawkeyes defeated the No. 8 Wildcats in overtime, 3-2. (The Daily Iowan/Juan Carlos Herrera) tory this season.

“We really needed to get on the board,” the freshman said. “We planned on leaving everything on the field.

It was Senior Day, so we wanted to get the win for our seniors.”

While a freshman broke Iowa’s scoring drought, senior Drake took over from there, scoring the latter two goals.

Drake’s first goal came just over two minutes after Cafone’s. Her physicality helped her fight through a stingy Northwestern defense, creating enough space for the equalizing goal.

Drake’s second goal came during the sudden-death extra period.

But with the win came a lot more than just the end of the regular season. Iowa played the role of spoiler during Sunday’s victory,

knocking Northwestern from a possible No. 1 overall seed in this week’s Big Ten Tournament.

The victory also kept the Wildcats from sharing the Big Ten regular-season title with Penn State and snapped an eight-game Northwestern winning streak. But head coach Tracey Griesbaum said momentum was the biggest benefit from the win.

“I thought we played a complete game,” she said.

“That was something we had been looking for, stringing two halves together. I’d say it was just a bonus we got to play a bit of overtime.”

The statement Iowa made — it was the Hawkeyes’ first victory over a top-10 team since Nov. 6, 2008 — was more than a win that will send ripples through the conference. Instead, it was a

OHIO STATE 3, IOWA 0

Volleyball struggles again The No. 20 Ohio State Buckeyes overpowered a depleted Hawkeye volleyball lineup on Oct. 27.

By Carlos Sosa carlos-sosa@uiowa.edu

The Iowa volleyball team’s losing streak reached six this past weekend with a loss in straight sets (25-17, 26-24, 25-12) to No. 20 Ohio State.

The Buckeyes flexed their muscles in Iowa City and the power behind their shots continually shook Iowa’s defense.

Ohio State outside hitter Mari Hole registered 14 kills against Iowa.

“Our defense needed to be better,” team captain Bethany Yeager said. “[Hole] is a great player, but we definitely didn’t play her well.”

Hole wasn’t the only Buckeye to stump the Hawkeyes at the net — Mariah Booth (11 kills) and Kaitlyn Leary (14) helped Hole punish the Iowa defense with every shot they took.

“Speed was one thing we had to adjust to,” junior Rachael Bedell said. “We got frazzled on where the ball was going and how to move our block on defense.

[Ohio State] has a very fast offense, and we just didn’t adjust enough.”

Much of Iowa’s struggles came on the defensive end, where Ohio State’s hitters kept finding holes to place the ball. It seemed that even when there weren’t any holes, the Buckeyes aimed their shots at Hawkeye bodies.

The Buckeyes out-killed Iowa, 55-28.

Head coach Sharon Dingman said the Buckeyes, who bested then-No. 4 Nebraska on Oct. 26, are “probably a top-15 team.”

The Buckeyes’ .348 hitting percentage wasn’t the only thing that beat the Hawkeyes — Iowa doomed

Iowa’s Erin Leppek moves to spike the ball during the game in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday. The Hawkeyes lost in straight sets to 20th-ranked Ohio State. (The Daily Iowan/Ian Servin)

‘We got frazzled on where the ball was going and how to move our block on defense. [Ohio State] has a very fast offense, and we just didn’t adjust enough.’

- junior Rachael Bedell itself with another bad start. The Hawkeyes began the match very slowly and fell behind, 12-3, in a matter of minutes.

“We definitely came out slow in the first set,” Yeager said. “We weren’t mentally locked in. In the second set, we started playing well, but we couldn’t hold on to it.”

The Hawkeyes challenged Ohio State in the second set. Iowa went pointfor-point with the Buckeyes behind good serving and passing. That allowed Bedell to commit a set-best 7 kills.

“The second set was huge emotionally,” redshirt freshmen Alli O’Deen said. “We wanted to close the set, and because we didn’t, I think that was the heartbreaker.

We didn’t use the momentum from the second set, and that’s why we struggled in the third set.”

Bedell was the lone

bright spot for an offense that only showed up for one set. She registered a teamhigh 13 kills while hitting .400 for the match.

Another notable appearance for Iowa was Iowa City native O’Deen, who made her first career start.

While she didn’t register a kill, she kept her composure on the court in an attempt to help her team compete.

“The team was there for me on the court,” O’Deen said. “They were guiding me throughout the whole match. [Playing against Ohio State] showed me what I need to work on for this week.”

Go to dailyiowan.com to see an exclusive photo slide show of this past weekend’s Iowa volleyball action.

game solely for themselves, proving that they can beat the nation’s top teams.

“It’s really important,” Griesbaum said. “We now know that we can play at this high level, and for longer stretches than we had throughout the season …

We needed this win.”

Go to dailyiowan.com to see more photos from the Hawks’ win over Northwestern.

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Sports rowing Continued from 12 Hallman said.

“The team is really enjoying this season and the change,” she said. “We’re working hard. There’s a really high bar, and we’re doing our best to reach what [Pritzker] has set for us.”

He has placed a greater emphasis on fitness and conditioning. The Hawkeyes have started running the dreaded Carver-Hawkeye Arena stairs and have practices with more intense rowing-machine routines.

commentary Continued from 12 quarterback Kain Colter sprinted out of the pocket all game and ran away from linebackers, who couldn’t tackle him.

“Eliminating big plays is one of our goals, because they make it hard to win,” linebacker James Morris said. “You can’t make those mistakes.”

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Sophomore Hallman said the work feels more efficient and translates better to the river than it ever did under former head coach Mandi Kowal, who held the position for 18 years before resigning following a lawsuit from a former athlete who claimed she was injured under her coaching.

“For the first time, I think we’re getting things done,” Hallman said.

Junior teammate Louise Bensz agrees that, although the transition to new leadership has been difficult, it has ended in results in the three regattas the team has raced in the fall.

“We’re so ready to see some progress. We know we’re in a better place than we were last year, and we’re going to keep moving forward,” the senior said. “This year we’re really focused on improving from last year, and that’s a big motivation for us.”

The Hawkeye rowers said they feel more confident going into the spring season than they ever have — and even more prepared for the annual home race on the Iowa River.

Feeling more competitive against other Big Ten teams such as Minnesota and Wisconsin made Pritzker’s first

Head of the Iowa even more special for the rowers.

“We look forward to this race every year,” Bensz said. “And especially this year. To have everyone’s family here to see us do well, better, and the support from the university is really awesome.”

Officials assembled a “Jumbotron” scoreboard on the banks of the river, and even Herky appeared to interact with the hundreds of fans who crowded City Park on Sunday.

Mike Miller, a family friend and fan of Iowa varsity rower Katy Kroll, said the turnout this year as impressive and the team’s

It was clear almost immediately this season James Vandenberg and the offense were going to struggle — that Morris and the defense would have to keep the team in games. It’s almost as clear now that they can’t do that against competent, wellcoached quarterbacks.

A defensive line that had been a pleasant surprise has faded, getting almost no pressure in the last two weeks and fail-

ing to keep Colter in the pocket.

And that means the Hawkeyes don’t have anything they can rely on every week. The team’s last two opponents have played with quick tempo, hurrying to the line every play to keep the defense on its heels.

And Iowa can expect to see that the rest of the season, starting next week against an Indiana offense that is the Big Ten’s sec-

ond best this season.

“They’re going to see what Northwestern did on us,” cornerback Micah Hyde said. “So we’ve got to be ready to stop it … It’s just preparation. We’ve got to come out stronger.”

The Hawkeyes need to improve in a lot of areas in order to find two more wins and make a bowl game. For half the season, it didn’t look like the defense was one of those areas.

It does now.

soccer Continued from 12 Wisconsin didn’t allow any of the 607 people in attendance to breathe easy, though, scoring at 70:38 to cut the deficit to 1. But key stops by the Iowa defense and a pair of saves by freshman goalkeeper Hannah Clark were enough to survive.

“It’s very nerve-racking, and maybe we got into protecting the lead a little bit,” Rainey said. “But we ended the game mostly in [Wisconsin’s] half, which is the best way to kill off a game.”

Lacasse said the atmosphere was hectic on the field during the final minutes of the game with several months of hard work hanging in the balance.

“There are so many emotions going on down the stretch that we just had to stay calm and settle down,” she said. “We had

football Continued from 12 The Hawkeyes again used too much time at the end of the first quarter, when they were ready to go for it on fourth down. The penalty forced Iowa to punt.

Strangest of all was the third and final delay of game for Iowa, which came with two minutes left on

Iowa forward Cloe Lacasse dribbles downfield during Iowa’s game against Wisconsin at the Iowa Soccer Complex on Oct. 27. (The Daily Iowan/Tessa Hursh) to just keep playing our game.”

The Hawkeyes will enjoy a short break before heading to the league playoff for a matchup with top seed and national No. 4 Penn State on Wednesday. Not many people out-

side of the program will pick Iowa to walk out of Bloomington with the title, but it didn’t matter to the players after beating the Badgers this weekend.

They were happy to just be given another chance.

“There was a lot of pres-

the clock. In its hurry-up offense, Iowa committed delay of game. The infraction pushed Iowa back to third-and-9 and resulted in a turnover on downs.

Ferentz said the numerous delay penalties happened because the clocks on Ryan Field were hard for his staff and players to see.

“The placement is unusual,” he said. “It’s very different at both ends. I thought at least in two of those situations we had

enough time to get the ball snapped.”

The opportunities for Iowa’s offense to find its rhythm in the remaining four games are dwindling, but the Hawkeyes themselves said it isn’t time to fret, not yet.

“No, I’m not worried,” wide receiver Keenan Davis said. “We have work to do. But we were starting to move the ball at the end there. We’re going to get better.”

Schrulle finishes 2nd in Big Tens

but her high finish at the Big Ten championships will probably improve her chances.

— by Levi Lynott

sports Men’s cross-country finishes 10th The Iowa men’s cross-country team nabbed a 10th-place finish at the Big Ten meet on Sunday.

Unlike the women, who also finished in 10th, the men’s squad didn’t have a top-10 finisher.

Senior Nick Holmes scored the top Hawkeye spot in the 8,000-meter race, crossing the finish line in 24:33.8 for 31st place.

Another 20 harriers finished before Hawkeye sophomore Ben Witt, who placed 51st (24:54.9).

But a large pack of close-together Iowa runners followed: Jon Michael Brandt placed 61st (25:06), followed by Caleb Wilfong in 68th (25:16). Anthony Gregorio (25:27) and Taylor Soltys (25:29) took 73rd and 75th, respectively.

Cameron Rieger took 87th with a time of 25:50, and Sam Chaney rounded out the Hawkeyes with a 90th-place finish (26:00).

Wisconsin took the team title after boasting the second, third, sixth, and seventh harriers.

Wisconsin’s team score was 33, while the Hawkeyes tallied a 267.

The Hawkeyes beat out one team, Nebraska, which finished with 333 points.

— by Molly Irene Olmstead

Iowa women’s cross-country runner Mareike Schrulle took second place at the Big Ten championships on Sunday with a time of 20:17. Schrulle finished behind Michigan State’s Sara Kroll, who crossed the finish line just four seconds before her.

The Hawkeyes took 10th place at the conference championships with junior Megan Ranegar taking 50th place (21:19) and senior Nicole Benson right behind (21:19). Kelsey Hart took the 54th position (21:35), and she was followed by the three Iowa freshman that have been thrust into the lineup.

Cindy Saliba finished 71st with a time of 22:06, Lisa Gordon came in five runners later, in 76th place (22:21), and Courtney Martin wound up the meet for the Hawkeyes finishing in 77th place (22:27).

The meet was hosted by Michigan State.

The Spartans won the women’s meet.

The team was without an injured Kayla Beattie, who had the best finishes for the Hawkeyes in early season meets. Anderson said Ranegar has also been battling illnesses.

It remains to be seen if Schrulle will get the opportunity to run in the NCAA Midwest Regional as well as the NCAA championships

Men’s tennis fares well in invitational The Iowa men’s tennis team didn’t let a few first-round losses in the Northwestern Invitational slow it down.

Both doubles pairs shared the title of Doubles Flight A co-consolation champions after their wins on Oct. 27. Joey White and Dominic Patrick won (8-3) to advance to the finals in their half of the consolation. White and Patrick defeated Ben Brocker and Matt Wareti of Toledo (9-7).

Andres Estenssoro and Chase Tomlins advanced to their consolation final after winning (8-6).

Estenssoro and Tomlins won their final (9-7), defeating Javier Varela Hernani and Gleb Sklyr of Marquette.

Iowa had success in the singles game as well. Estenssoro advanced to the final of his half of the Flight B consolation bracket after a 2-6, 6-4 (11-9) win.

Patrick advanced to the finals of the Flight A singles bracket after winning (6-1, 6-1) against Terence Weigand of Toledo. Patrick lost his following match to Vukasin Teofanovic of Marquette (7-6, 1-6, [10-6]).

— by Kevin Glueck

sure on us coming into this game, and I think we handled it well,” Dalrymple said. “We came out with a win and achieved one of our goals: to make the Big Ten tournament.”

improvements are evident, even from the shore of the river.

“I’m not afraid to get a little goofy and to cheer for the Hawkeyes,” Miller said. “They’ve been working so hard this season, and they deserve to have people come out and support them, especially as they improve.”

Even the men’s club rowing team has noticed a change under Pritzker, even though the first year head coach doesn’t directly handle any the Recreational Services team.

Club President JC Gillett said the Head of the Iowa and the Iowa City rowing community has been growing since he started rowing with the club in 2010.

“Our relationship [with the collegie team] is growing a lot,” Gillett said.

“Steve has been nothing but wonderful. We’ve talked, and he offers suggestions to help our team, which is a separate team, to help us out … he’s always helped us out, and that’s making things better.”

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NORTHWESTERN 28, IOWA 17

COMMENTARY

Iowa clawed in Evanston

Defense turns porous Iowa’s defense has been shredded two weeks in a row, which leaves the Hawkeyes with nowhere to turn.

By Sam Louwagie samuel-louwagie@uiowa.edu

Vandenberg said. “They’re going to score points. You’ve got to get 7 when you get those opportunities, and we didn’t do that well enough in the first half.”

Northwestern set up another scoring opportunity for itself early in the third quarter when the Wildcats blocked a punt deep in Iowa territory. Linebacker James Morris appeared to miss a block on the play.

“It didn’t help,” Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz said of the play. “Anytime you give up a blocked punt, the odds of you coming out on top really diminish … We didn’t communicate well enough, and they had a guy get free.”

On just the fourth play of Iowa’s first possession — a drive usually scripted before the game by coaches — the Black and Gold were flagged for delay of game.

The Iowa football team’s formula for winning games was clear six games into the season: stay close using a surprisingly stout defense, and let a bumbling offense find a way to score late to take the lead.

It happened in the season-opener against Northern Illinois. It happened against Michigan State, and it almost happened against Iowa State.

Well, what now?

Iowa’s defense has collapsed in the last two weeks. Penn State picked it apart through the air on Oct. 20, and Northwestern played Road Runner to Iowa’s Wile E. Coyote in Ryan Field on Oct. 27.

The result has been a team completely unable to compete with Big Ten opponents. The Hawkeyes have scored a pair of late garbage-time touchdowns in each of their last two blowout losses.

According to that early season formula, Jordon Cotton’s kick return against Penn State or James Vandenberg’s 1-yard plunge against Northwestern should have put Iowa right back in the game.

But the Hawkeye defense has joined the offense in a race to the bottom.

It was ranked second in the Big Ten four weeks ago. It’s seventh today. Iowa allowed 564 rushing yards in the last two weeks, dropping to eighth in the conference in rushing defense. Quarterbacks Matt McGloin and Kain Colter knocked the team’s pass efficiency defense down to ninth in the conference.

McGloin found receivers downfield all game against a secondary that couldn’t cover them. Northwestern

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Northwestern’s Demetrius Dugar knocks away a pass intended for Iowa’s Keenan Davis at Ryan Field in Evanston, Ill., on Oct. 27, 2012. (The Daily Iowan/Nicholas Fanelli)

The Iowa offense was its own worst enemy, dropping passes and committing delay-of-game penalties in a loss to Northwestern.

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Iowa’s 28-17 loss to Northwestern on Oct. 27 wasn’t as close as the score appeared. Iowa showed poor clock management in both halves and made too many miscues on offense.

Quarterback James Vandenberg went 24-of-38 for 214 yards through the air. His 63 percent completion rate was 7 points higher than his season average. Running back Damon Bullock returned to the lineup and rushed for more than 100 yards on 22 carries behind an offensive line with two new starters.

But the Hawkeyes only managed two touchdowns — and the offense itself was the biggest reason for the few scoring opportunities.

Despite racking up 107 yards, Bullock wasn’t able to break free from a pressing Wildcat secondary for a big play. His longest run was for 9 yards. No receiver had a catch and run longer than 20 yards.

Iowa didn’t get in the end zone until 22 seconds remained in the third quarter. Both Hawkeye touchdowns came on 1-yard quarterback sneaks from Vandenberg, perhaps proving the oldest play in the book is the most reliable for Iowa’s struggling offense.

“We didn’t execute on drives that we moved the ball well,”

Log on to dailyiowanmedia.com/live to read more stories written from the Ryan Field press box in Evanston, Ill.

IOWA 2, WISCONSIN 1

HEAD OF THE IOWA

Soccer holds off Badgers, moves on Rowers Close Lacasse had a goal upbeat on and an assist as Iowa defeated Wisconsin, 2-1, new coach Oct. 27 to qualify for the Big Ten Tournament.

The Iowa rowing team thrived in head coach Steve Pritzker’s first Head of the Iowa regatta on Sunday.

By Tom Clos Thomas-clos@uiowa.edu

Indiana lost to No. 25 Ohio State, 5-0, on Oct. 26, so the task was simple for the Iowa soccer team on Saturday.

Option one: defeat Wisconsin and head to Bloomington, Ind., for the Big Ten Tournament next week. Option two: lose and watch the league event from Johnson County.

Thanks to their best player, the Hawkeyes are packing their bags.

Sophomore forward Cloe Lacasse had 2 points, including the game-winning goal a little less than five minutes into the second half, and Iowa held off the Badgers, 2-1, on Senior Day at the Iowa Soccer Complex.

The victory put the Black and Gold into a tie with the Hoosiers for the eighth and final spot in the conference tournament with 12 points each. Because the Hawkeyes’ beat Indiana, 1-0, on Sept.

21, Iowa won the tiebreaker and the right to play another day.

“This is huge,” head coach Ron Rainey said. “I’m proud of how we practiced without control of the situation, and then once [Indiana lost], we played well.”

By Molly Irene Olmstead molly-olmstead@uiowa.edu

the visiting keeper’s legs to put the Hawkeyes up, 2-0, just 4:55 into the second-half.

“Getting two goals gave us a bit of a buffer, which was nice,” Dalrymple said.

“Especially since these conference games tend to always be close.”

It’s a new era for the Iowa rowing team.

The Hawkeyes’ first varsity 8 boat finished the Head of the Iowa course 22 seconds faster than last year’s boat..

And the B boat was 22 seconds faster.

And the C boat was 30 seconds faster.

A 2011 finish of fifth, ninth, and 14th place in the varsity 4 became a third, sixth, and seventh in 2012.

First year head coach Steve Pritzker has changed the Iowa program, and the result showed on the banks of the Iowa River on Sunday. Fans lined both banks and stood on the Hancher, Park Road, and IMU bridges to watch 10 teams row the Hawkeyes’ home river.

Pritzker is doing “an amazing job” in his first season, veteran rower Laura

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Iowa sophomore Cloe Lacasse and Wisconsin freshman Brianna Stelzer fight for the ball at the Iowa Soccer Complex on Oct. 27. Iowa defeated Wisconsin, 2-1. (The Daily Iowan/Tessa Hursh)

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In the final minutes of a slow-starting first half, Lacasse dropped a ball inside the box that was sent through traffic and into the net by senior midfielder Dana Dalrymple.

The underclassman wasn’t done.

Lacasse wove between several defenders before freeing herself and sending a swift kick from 20-yards out through