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Victims say they are dissatisfied with the police response to landlord’s alleged peeping.

By Nick Hassett nicholas-hassett@uiowa.edu

Almost a week after an Iowa City landlord was arrested and charged with spying on several of his tenants in their showers, some residents criticized the police response.

“None of us feel safe at night,” said Ruth Lapointe, a resident of one of the apartment buildings owned by Iowa City landlord Elwyn Miller.

“We haven’t been given any extra security. [The police] could be doing more.”

Miller allegedly used holes in the showers to peep on female tenants.

One woman reportedly plugged up one of the holes with cotton balls, and after noticing they were on the floor, went outside her room and saw Miller climbing down from the attic.

She then called the police. Miller was charged with invasion of privacy.

Saba Hafeez, another tenant of the complex, said she wasn’t completely satisfied with the charge Miller faces.

“There was just one count [of invasion of privacy], but there were five victims that we know of,” she said. “Our landlord got the minimal charge.”

Hafeez said she is considering a class action lawsuit against Miller.

Iowa City police Lt. Doug Hart said the investigation into Miller is ongoing.

“We have identified several other potential victims and are working toward determining if additional charges can be filed,” Hart said in a statement.

Hart also said the police have

Early voting continues at the Johnson County Auditor’s Office on Monday. (The Daily Iowan/Juan Carlos Herrera)

During the final day before the election, political parties and activists push to get more voters out to the polls.

By Stacey Murray stacey-murray@uiowa.edu

Time’s up.

With the election’s arrival following more than a year of relentless fundraising, debating, and campaigning, Democratic and Republican politicians and volunteers alike are pushing for the final votes in hopes of shifting Iowa’s swing-state status into the blue or red.

In the 2008 election, then-Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., won Iowa, earning 53.9 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the Johnson County vote.

Four years later, Republicans and Democrats pound the pavement leading up to the closing of polls, either hoping for a change or hoping for a repeat.

Sue Dvorsky, the head of the Iowa Democratic Party, stopped in Iowa City at Johnson County Supervisor Rod Sullivan’s home Monday as Democratic volunteers continued to rally support for politicians at the state and national level.

Sullivan’s home served as a pit stop for the roughly 80 volunteers who have walked door-to-door over the final four days of the Get Out the Vote campaign.

“It’s another step in trying to make sure we make it as easy as possible for our volunteers to access support,” Dvorsky said.

The campaign pushed volunteers to educate the remaining voters, reminding them to turn in absentee ballots and to form a voting plan.

Students with the University of Iowa’s College Democrats are taking part in the campaign, pushing locals to venture to the voting booths.

“Our biggest part is to make sure everyone who supports President Obama gets to polls on Tuesday,” said Katherine Valde, the president of College Democrats.

But where there’s blue, other people see red.

Kelsey Boehm, the president of UI College Republicans, looks forward to the election, hoping to see positive results after a year’s worth of efforts.

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A volunteer administers a ballot at the Johnson County Auditor’s Office on Monday. (The Daily Iowan/Juan Carlos Herrera)

Campus voting locations There are 24 voting precinct locations in Iowa City, a few of which are located in University of Iowa buildings.

• Quadrangle Residence Hall, 100 Quadrangle • Main Library, 125 W. Washington St. • Karro Athletics Hall of Fame, 2425 Prairie Meadow Drive

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Sandy affects some locals Local groups are offering help to those hit by Hurricane Sandy.

By Tierra Simpson tierra-simpson@uiowa.edu

• Obama watch party, Johnson County First Avenue Club, 1550 S. First Ave. • Romney Watch Party, Coralville Holiday Inn, 1220 First Ave., Coralville • Loebsack Watch Party, Jersey Grille, 5255 Jersey Ridge Road, Davenport • Archer Watch Party, Archer for Congress Headquarters, 311 W. Kimberly Rd, Davenport Sources: Johnson County Auditor’s Office, campaign officials

“We’re really happy with the amount of work we’ve done locally and nationally, and we’re excited to see where our work gets us,” she said.

Boehm isn’t alone in her optimism.

Diana Navarrete wasn’t initially concerned when she heard about Hurricane Sandy.

But when the storm hit her home in New Jersey, it left her family without electricity for five days and disconnected from other family members.

“Many people didn’t take it that seriously,” said Navarrete, a former University of Iowa student who is currently living in New Jersey. “We thought it was going to be like Hurricane Irene. But it was really bad.”

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Burglaries up in Iowa City Officials said the recent rash of crime is ‘unusual.’

By Brent Griffiths brent-griffiths@uiowa.edu

After two break-ins in a local neighborhood over the weekend and previous incidents on the University of Iowa campus, officials are asking people to be proactive in trying to avoid future incidents.

One Iowa City police official said one of the reasons for the recent wave in crime is the increase in the number of people carrying such expensive items as cell phones and laptops.

“People are carrying around expensive things they wouldn’t have several years ago,” Iowa City police Sgt. Denise Brotherton said. “… The iPad and the $400 cell phone in the $400 purse …”

Brotherton said the incidents were not related, but the robberies over the weekend were out of the ordinary, given their location.

“It’s more unusual for it to happen out there,” she said. “Usually it happens in the downtown area,

but we seem to go through a rash of burglaries in neighborhoods every year.

It goes to show you it can happen anywhere.”’

According to Iowa City police records obtained

by The Daily Iowan, burglary/breaking and entering has increased over the last three years. There were a reported 305 cases in 2009 compared with the 362 reported cases in 2011. As of Nov. 1, there have been 354 cases of breaking and entering.

Dave Visin, an associate director of the UI police, also characterized the recent spike as “unusual” and agreed with the idea of increased expensive technology as one of the reasons for the recent crime increase. He also said police will continue to alert students when they learn of threats near or on campus.

Students had varying reactions to the recent Hawk Alert and incidents on campus but generally said they will be more cautious and take better note of their surroundings.

“I feel safe … but I will be cautious where I place my phone,” UI sophomore Adam Friesth said. “I can’t

By Cassidy Riley Cassidy-Riley@uiowa.edu

In a world in which phones and Apple products update every few months, the University of Iowa’s student information records system is 30 years overdue for an upgrade.

For the past 30 years, admissions, financial aid, billing, student records, and academic advising have all kept records on students in those given areas on what is called a mainframe system. Under the mainframe system, each of these offices had its own records, and it was difficult for the four offices to interact and share records as well as add new information to the system.

At an impressive price tag of approximately $5.6 million, the UI has developed a new student record system called MAUI (made at the University of Iowa). UI officials say this new system will benefit both students and these

Iowa City Police Chief Sam Hargadine is in the running for the same position in a St. Louis, Mo., suburb.

The Columbia, Mo., native was in St. Charles two weeks ago for an interview but emphasized no job offer has been made. He said he currently has family in the Jefferson City and St. Louis areas. St. Charles is roughly 25 miles northwest of St. Louis and

control what other people do, but I can control how I carry [my phone] and where I put it.”

One student said the recent cases have made her nervous when she walks home to her apartment at night. She has said since the alerts, she makes sure to find someone to walk with or talk to someone on the phone.

“I live in an apartment, and walking back when it’s not it makes me wonder if I’m safe or not,” UI sophomore Maddy Drisi said.

Another student said, since the crimes, he no longer carries his laptop with him when he

goes to the library, and he ensures he walks in a group.

“Usually, I need my laptop when I do my homework, but I would rather be safe then have my backpack stolen,” UI freshman Jack Koziol said. “I would rather have someone take my bag and a couple of books than my whole bag and $2,000 worth of technology.”

Brotherton said the best way to avoid the incidents is to be proactive, but if people are confronted, it’s best to choose safety or personal items.

“Choose personal safety over property, and just give it away,” she said.

offices. By mid-December, it is anticipated that the mainframe system will be phased out and MAUI will be fully live.

“Project MAUI creates a single integrated system of student information,” said Michael Noel, senior IT director and codirector of Project MAUI. Noel said with this new system, new software will be added so that students will eventually be able to register for classes on their phones as well as add and drop classes for up to nine weeks.

Project MAUI began in 2006, and parts of it have slowly been activated, most of it unnoticeable to students. In November 2011, ISIS 2.0 created the most noticeable changes thus far. ISIS 2.0 looked just like the original ISIS, but it added some new features, such as the “what if ” option for the degree audit and the new search options for courses.

On the faculty end, Thomas Kruckeberg, a senior associate registrar and functional leader of Project MAUI, said MAUI makes it a lot easier for records to be managed and takes less time to add new programs tocourses.

“It allows us to let departments more effectively look and manage what courses they have and offer you the most courses,” he said. “It’s really built to give maximum effectiveness.”

Kruckeberg said with the old system, it was difficult for departments to add new courses. Officials had to write down what course they wanted and the course description by hand, and then the registrar had to approve it, double-check the wording with the department, and then type it into the mainframe system. “[With MAUI], if too many students are signing up for a course, [the department] can know right away and add another section right away,” he said.

Kruckeberg said all they would have to do is type into the MAUI system what course they are adding and the description. The registrar is then notified through MAUI and can verify there is a faculty member and location for the course and it appears on ISIS instantly.

Beth Cole, director of systems in the Office of Financial Aid, said MAUI

will make communication with students far more efficient in the Financial Aid Office.

“We are going to more of an automated email communication system with the students,” she said.

“We’re [currently] relying on the post office, but we’re thinking in today’s world, electronic communications is the way to go.

It’s faster … it goes directly to the students and their families. You’ll get it almost real time.”

Cole said settings will be coded into MAUI so that the system will recognize when certain things come up in the Financial Aid Office that students need to be aware of. Automatic email notifications will be sent out instead of postcards in the mail.

“MAUI has been good for our offices … it forced us to think about everything we do and try to make it better,” she said.

“Anything that is better work-wise for us is better for the students. If it takes less work, we’re going to be faster for you. We consider ourselves to be a service office, and anytime we can provide faster service, it’s a win-win situation.”

two hours from Jefferson City.

“Both [Iowa City and St. Charles] are geographically similar. The populations are very similar, both have a river running through it,” Hargadine said.

“There are many commonalities between the two cities.”

Beginning his career at the age of 18, Hargadine has spent 30 years in police work, 20 of which were with Columbia police before retiring as captain. He called his August 2005 move to Iowa City a perfect opportunity that came along at the time. His current

annual salary is $139,610.

“This is another opportunity that may or may not occur,” Hargadine said about the position in St. Charles. “I have not applied anywhere else prior to this.”

According to the St. Charles Patch, Hargadine is one of the three remaining candidates. The St. Charles interim Police Chief Lawrence Stulce and Bloomington, Ill., Police Chief Randall McKinley are also vying for the position. More than 45 people applied for the job, which was vacated in April.

St. Charles police officials did not immediately return phone messages Monday evening.

Hargadine’s career in Iowa City has reached beyond the city’s limits, including assisting Cedar Rapids and Burlington in their police-chief searches. If he decides to leave Iowa City, he said, he will miss the people who make up the police force the most.

“The officers here are incredible,” he said. “If I could take all 80 of them with me, I would.”

— by Quentin Misiag

possession of drug paraphernalia and Sept. 29 with possession of a controlled substance.

Meaghan Peterson, 21, 321 S. Linn St., was charged Oct. 14 with false reports to law enforcement.

Leon Shivers, 42, 60 Regal Lane, was charged Nov. 3 with simple assault and public intoxication.

Benjamin Sloat, 20, 102 Clapp St., was charged Sunday with public intoxication and disorderly conduct.

Leondardil Sula, 21, 961 Miller Ave Apt. 4, was charged Nov. 3 with interference with official acts and public intoxication.

Emily Secrest, 18, 101 Hawk Ridge Drive Apt. 1102, was charged Nov. 2 with unlawful use of authentic driver’s license/ ID of another, PAULA, and presence in the bars after hours.

Kerry Smith, 30, 2550 Bluffwood Circle, was charged Oct. 31 with OWI. Antonio Deonta Townsend, 22, 2441 Whispering Meadow Drive, was charged Nov. 2 with public intoxication.

Adriana Trillo, 24, West Branch, was charged Nov. 2 with driving with a suspended or canceled license.

Shane Wallace, 25, 2400 Shady

Glen Court, was charged Nov. 2 with driving while license revoked and no ignition interlock device when required.

Dakota Washington, 20, 2211 Muscatine Ave., was charged Nov. 2 with fifth-degree theft.

Dwayne White, 25, Coralville, was charged Nov. 2, with OWI and driving while license revoked.

Lindsay Widdel, 21, Rock Island, was charged Nov. 3 with public intoxication.

Oliver Williamson, 20, Burlington, was charged Nov. 3 with public intoxication.

BLOTTER Brandi Brink, 24, 1000 Oakcrest St. Apt. 209, was charged Nov. 3 with OWI. Justin Cole, 19, 629 E. Jefferson St., was charged Sept. 29 with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Jessica Dickman, 18, 2255 Quadrangle, was charged Nov. 1 with presence in the bars after hours.

Sarah Dickman, 20, 305 S. Summit St., was charged Nov. 1 with presence in the bars after hours.

Alex Intlekofer, 19, 629 E. Jefferson St., was charged Sept. 24 with

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landlord Continued from 1 been assisting tenants of the apartment complexes owned by Miller and that they have referred the victims to legal outlets.

“We are in the process of making contact with all current tenants of property owned or managed by Mr. Miller,” he said. “Tenants are being provided information on how to search for potential ‘peep’ holes. We have been also assisting in looking for them.”

Greg Bal, the supervising attorney at UI Student Legal Services, said he couldn’t say, because of privacy concerns, whether victims had sought help from the organization, but he advised any students

voting Continued from 1 AJ Spiker, the chairman of the Iowa GOP, said as the Republicans continue to knock on doors — he estimates volunteers have knocked on 20 times more doors in the last four days than during the entire 2008 election — they prepare to see results.

hurricane Continued from 1 Although Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast hundreds of miles away, a number of UI students have felt the effects of the storm locally.

According to the UI Office of Registrar, in the fall of 2011, 158 students from New York were enrolled at the UI. UI sophomore Theo Coyne’s friends and family members felt the wrath of of the storm.

“All of my friends’ [apartment buildings] in Manhattan are all pretty much destroyed,” said Coyne, who is originally from New York. “I was concerned, but they all seem to do all right. But they knew this was coming, so they all were pretty well prepared. I’m just all they’re all OK.” UI freshman Adam Ja-

Miller’s Properties Accused landlord Elwyn Miller owns three apartment complexes: • 1024 E. Burlington St. • 637 S. Lucas St. • 639 S. Lucas St. Source: Johnson County Records

of another building owned

by Miller about what had happened.

“That, I think, is messed up,” she said. “The cops are taking their sweet time.”

As for what victims can do now, the path is not quite clear.

“Obviously, they can go to the police,” Bal said.

“And they may be able to file a civil case, though it depends on the facts for each case.”

But for some of the victims, the experience has left them shocked.

“I never would have thought anything if this hadn’t happened,” Lapointe said. “I felt violated.”

Hafeez was still reeling from the event.

“You hear about things like this, but when it happens to you, it really hits you,” she said.

thinking about taking legal action to talk with the

service.

“This is the first case

of this kind that I’ve seen here,” he said. “It doesn’t

happen often.”

However, Lapointe said she was not contacted directly by the police.

“The notification was to put a business card in our mailbox,” she said, referring to how police officials contacted the tenants. “We didn’t even know what it was for until we talked to other people in the apartment.”

Lapointe said she was the first to tell residents

“The GOP is going to deliver the state of Iowa to Romney,” he said.

On a national level, Republicans are confident in GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s ability to take Iowa’s electoral votes.

“Mitt Romney is going to win Iowa on Tuesday, and the state that launched Barack Obama’s historic run for the White House will politely ask to have its vote

back,” said David Kochel, a strategist for the Romney campaign.

Not only does Spiker believe Republicans will take Iowa in the presidential election, he said that Iowa’s state government will see an increase in Republican victories.

“We feel very good on the Iowa Senate, and it looks like we’ll take majority there, along with the House,” Spiker said.

Despite the GOP’s con-

fidence, Obama’s campaign remains hopeful for the election.

“We feel really good about the state of the race,” said Elizabeth Purchia, the Iowa press secretary for Obama for America.

While the various campaigns and volunteers express confidence in the election, a few local residents don’t exude the same confidence.

“I’m dying of anticipation,” said Iowa City res-

ident Alisa Meggitt. “I’m so worried that Obama’s not going to win.”

But Colleen Thompson, also an Iowa City resident, hopes to see a change in the Oval Office.

“This is our chance to get back to basics,” she said. “I’m excited to maybe get a change of policy.”

Aside from excitement and anticipation, two students at the University of Iowa see a close race — with an unwritten end-

ing.

“I think it’s a big election, especially because of [Hurricane Sandy] in the last couple of days,” UI freshman Taylor Stecklein said.

“The candidates definitely have a lot to deal with.”

While Stecklein sees candidates entering office with a slew of issues to tend to, Amber Severson, sees a question mark.

“I feel like it’s going to be close,” she said. “It really could go either way.”

“Sandy was an interesting case,” a Des Moines meteorologist Jeff Johnson said. “It’s kind of a hybrid storm. You can compare it to Katrina’s strength. But it has weakened considerably.”

State climatologist Harry Hillaker said Iowa would not be affected by the storm.

“This one is much too far east to impact Iowa directly,” he said.

While Iowa will not feel any effects from the storm, some local groups have been collecting items to assist those affected. “[Johnson County Republicans] have been collecting items and forwarding them to relief agencies,” said Bob Anderson, the head of the Johnson County Republicans.

However, some groups plan to take more action once the election has ended.

“It would take some organization to pull some-

thing together for Hurricane Sandy, and we just don’t have time right now,” said Terry Dahms, the head of Johnson County Democrats. “After the election, we’ll think about doing something for the victims of the hurricane.”

UI’s Global Health

Studies Program will host its Fall 2012 Global Health Studies Workshop on Thursday and Friday.

People who attend will be educated about natural-disaster concepts and new approaches to disasters.

In the meantime, Navarrete plans to prepare herself for any future di-

sasters. When they went to stock up before the storm, many items were sold out.

“I wasn’t really prepared,” she said. “I had like two candles, and then I had to walk and find other candles. We’re going to have to buy lamps, a lot of batteries, and candles.”

The properties of Elwyn Miller are shown on South Lucas Street on Monday. Miller allegedly used holes in the showers to peep on tenants; and is charged with invasion of privacy. (The Daily Iowan/Juan Carlos Herrera)

Disaster workshop UI workshop covers the issue of natural disasters. The expert panel will discuss: • 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean • 2010 floods in Pakistan • 2010 earthquake and cholera in Haiti • The nuclear-plant meltdown in Japan.

Source: UI International Programs

cobs, who is originally from Yorktown, was able to reach his parents after the storm, but could not contact his uncles and cousins in Long Island because of the loss of power.

“My parents are fine, and they tell me the rest of my family is fine,” he said. “[It’s important] to call them and make sure they’re OK.” Officials say Hurricane Sandy was an unusual storm.

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Election Day is finally upon us after more than a year of endless politicking and a mind-numbing onslaught of campaign ads and stump speeches.

The Daily Iowan Editorial Board strongly urges all members of the community to vote.

Above, you will see how the board voted on every issue, based on a sample ballot from the Main Library Precinct 5 polling sta-

tion — from the president to the Johnson County justice center.

After months of hard work and vigorous discussion, the board rests on its decisions and relies on the electorate to make its own choice in the election.

For more information, check out the Editorial Board’s endorsements online at dailyiowan.com. And remember to get out and vote, whether you agree with us or not.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR / ONLINE COMMENTS A vote for Obama ‘reckless’ It has been said that if you’re not a socialist at 20, you have no heart, and if you’re a socialist at 40, you have no head.

Here’s something that’s true.

As worthy as are the president’s domestic and economic goals, there is no logical way to pay for them. Taxing the “rich” more aggressively won’t close the deficit, nor will any other of the president’s economic schemes.

The United States simply cannot afford what it wants to have.

Trillion-dollar deficits into eternity cannot continue forever; Like Greece, at some point, we won’t be able to sell enough bonds to repay those that are maturing, let alone partially fund the government’s redistributive programs.

Trillion-dollar deficits seem to not affect our lives today, but at some point in the not-too-distant future, when investors won’t buy our bonds because they won’t like the credit risk, life in the United States will more resemble Southern Europe than the country that we know today.

Deferring pleasure is a drag, but sometimes it must be done to avoid far worse pain.

A vote for President Obama is a vote for reckless economics.

Mike Norton UI alumnus

Elect Stutsman and Schwab The 2010 census brought legislative redistricting because of the residential growth in our community. I have been honored to serve Coralville, western Iowa City, Penn Township, North Liberty, and Tiffin.

This growth has created a new Iowa House District (77) for North Liberty and Tiffin. This gives voters an opportunity

to elect Sally Stutsman to the Iowa House of Representatives.

We also have an opportunity to elect Dick Schwab for the newly configured House District 73, which serves the northern Johnson County (Solon) area and Cedar County.

Politics aside, both Stutsman and Schwab are hard workers, and even more importantly, they will listen to you. Please support Stutsman and Schwab for Iowa House.

Dave and Lynette Jacoby Coralville

Religion in politics Does religion play a role in our politics? Religiously informed beliefs have influenced American politics from the founding of the nation. However, in recent years, the idea to keep the influence of religious belief out of the public sphere has become quite popular.

There is a major flaw with this idea. Stephen L. Carter writes: “Efforts to craft a public square from which religious conversation is absent, no matter how thoughtfully worked out, will always in the end say to those of organized religion that they alone, unlike everybody else, must enter public dialogue only after leaving behind that part of themselves that they consider the most vital.”

Why is this so? Consider what religion ultimately is. Religion “is a set of beliefs that explain what life is all about, who we are, and the most important things that human beings should spend their lives doing” (Keller, p. 15).

It may not be an organized religion but a “master narrative,” a view about the meaning of life and how it should be lived. Some might call this a worldview. But, everyone, even the most secular pragmatist, has these ultimate beliefs that are assumptions of

faith and that inform and guide their lives.

In essence, people who call for the exclusion of religion from politics, no matter how well intended, are actually saying that it is OK for them to come to the political table informed by their particular brand of religious views, but I am not allowed to come with mine.

Len Brooks Iowa City resident

RE: ‘Daily Iowan Endorsement: Vote no for Johnson County justice center’ Many who urge a “yes” vote on the Justice Center (as do all of those who urge a “no” vote) find things they don’t like about one aspect or another of the proposal. Some suggest a delay. Or, because that is not really an option less than a week before confronting the ballot, a semi-commitment to oneself to vote “yes” in the future, when more of the objections have been resolved, while voting “no” now in order to gain that extra time.

Nicholas Johnson

Thank you Daily Iowan. Yours is a thoughtful and nuanced analysis of the issues involved.

One has only to consider the cost overruns and inefficiencies of the Joint Emergency Communications Center to realize that the county can’t be counted on to be considerate of our pocketbooks when the real income of the middle and working classes is declining.

Maria Houser Conzemius

It seems implausible to me that people would pray for peace and

justice, and then turn around and vote for mass incarceration in Johnson County. Please vote no on the jail referendum. Not this jail — not in this community.

Donald Baxter

RE: ‘Daily Iowan Endorsement: Vote yes on judicial retention’ As the Enlightenment and Age of Reason came to be and spread c. 1600 to 1776, in Western nations, it successfully challenged absolutist religion and the divine right of kings, it also brought forth on this continent freedom of thought and conscience through the founding of representative government rooted in the free exchange of ideas and individual rights in the proposition that all are created equal.

And back then, there was a last and dying move by religious and royal absolutists via repressive means and even violent persecution to conserve what they insisted absolutely was God’s established natural order (their own) that all must obey and be held fast.

Thus so, there were in Europe and Colonial America 80,000 witch trials (and this does not include spontaneous assaults by mobs and individuals) and 35,000 burnings at the stake.

There should be little wonder why the word “god” is left totally out of the Constitution and that there is a prohibition of enacting any law in regard to religion.

We once again see a last insane tantrum from those who want to stop to boot off others — the desperate last fire of fury that cannot be allowed to consume anyone, judges included.

There’s something called an election that occurs today. Just saying.

(Though something on the order of 15 or 25 or 27 percent of Americans have already voted, so Election Day seems a bit more like post-Election Day, or You-Haven’t-Voted-Yet?/ Whatever-Have-You-BeenDoing-Besides-That-Meth/ Prescription-Drug-Thing Day?, or TuesdayTake-the-Kids-to-Soccer-Practice Day, or I’m-a-College-Undergraduate-So-I-Thought-It-WasWear-Khaki-Shorts Day. Seems-Like-Yesterday Day.) Though I thought it was Use-A-Hyphen-MoreThan-Seems-Possible Day, which only leaps around every four years. Luckily.

Unluckily, unfortunately, un-something or otherly, Hawkeye football games seem to come around every week or so.

This has been a tough football season for Hawk fans, especially those dreamers who thought Iowa could win 10 games and James Vandeberg was the second coming of Tom Brady. Or Drew Brees.

Or Eli Manning. Or, you know, whatever. (To use everybody’s favorite word these days.)

(Those fans probably also believe that one day, they’ll win the lottery, even though the odds are better that one day, they’ll land on Mars.) And Hawkeye fans have started getting chippy, to use a word that a former DI colleague and now radio star likes to employ.

The target of Hawkeye fans’ ire has become coach Kirk Ferentz, mostly, it appears, because he makes a cool $3.7 million a year and is coaching a sub-.500 team. (No matter that there is no public, taxpayer money going to Ferentz’s salary. For that matter, no taxpayer money is going to the Iowa Athletics Department, which is one of the few such departments that is self-supporting. At least, that’s what has been reported.)

What’s interesting bout Ferentz is that he once worked for Bill Belichik, the New England Patriot

coach who has embraced the Oregon Duck offense, that 21st-centruy warpspeed, hurry-hurry-hurry, no-huddle, no-cuddle, notime-for-you-on-defenseto-change-your-playersand-change-your-schemes offense, because we intend to score a metric ton of points. (Not to go back to Hyphenation Nation or anything. Or for that matter, to sound European with that metric-ton stuff, because if you sound European, the Mitt is going to come down on you like — well — a metric ton of bricks.)

Remember a ton of Hawkeye points? Well, some of you, probably not.

We say Chuck Long to you, and you say, Chuck who?

Is he one of those guys up on Mount Rushmore?

(That was an awesome movie, dude.)

(Chuck Long, where have you gone? — a nation turns its lonely eyes to you Yes, that’s a Paul Simon line, Mrs. Robinson.).

Ferentz, meanwhile, sticks to the 18th-century offense that saved Vienna from the Turks. Which is great, because who wants to speak Turkish? Especially, apparently, Ferentz.

(Though maybe it’s the 17th-century offense that saved Vienna. In the proverbial mists of time, mostly you come out with wet hair.)

No offense to the Turks, of course, who have a fine language, culture, and literature; but how well do they play American football?

But for Iowa football, it’s a shade bit too bad that it’s no longer the 18th century.

Speaking of the 18th century, that’s probably the era Mitt Romney feels most comfortable with.

Just going by the things he says. Or another, thing, women couldn’t beat him at the polls.

Of course, when you have a lot of money, any era seems comfortable.

Funny thing about money.

Speaking of money, reports say that the campaigns of President Obama and the Good Ship Mitt have spent $6 billion on this election. If they had stuck those bucks into the federal budget, we wouldn’t have a deficit.

Just saying.

Yeah, I know. We have better odds of landing on Mars.

Which is where the Hawkeye offense seems to have landed. I mean, it doesn’t seem to be anywhere around here.

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Vet tech Kristene Lake performs laser therapy on her dog, Levi, 14, at Best Friends Veterinary Care on Monday.

Laser therapy is a noninvasive treatment to reduce pain and inflammation and speed healing. (The Daily Iowan/ Tessa Hursh)

Three stink bugs have been found in various areas around Iowa, including Johnson County. The bugs are classified as an agricultural pest. (Contributed/Robin Pruisner, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Stewardship)

New local vet turns Asian stink bug to laser therapy pests discover Iowa Laser therapy is a welcome relief to pets, offering pain relief and healing at a new local veterinary care clinic.

By Brianna Jett Brianna-jett@uiowa.edu

By all accounts, Levi is old — 14 years is a long time for a dog. In fact, he’s two years older than he should be.

But thanks to a little red laser, Levi will be able to resume to relatively normal activities for an older dog.

“I thought I was going to have to euthanize him two years ago,” said Kristene Lake, Levi’s owner.

The Best Friends Veterinary Care clinic opened its doors to four-legged patients Monday.

Common to many elderly animals, Levi is riddled with arthritis. However, because of other medical conditions, he is unable to safely take inflammatory medicine — leaving him in great pain.

“We had to look at alternatives,” said Lake.

The alternative was found in Class IV Deep Tissue Laser Therapy.

Laser therapy is used to reduce pain, inflammation, and help speed the healing process. A beam of light, similar to a laser pointer but much stronger, penetrates tissue and creates a biological reaction called “photo-bio-modulation.” Used correctly, laser therapy is completely safe.

“It’s safe and painless if you use it correctly,” said Lake, who is also a veterinary technician.

For the animal, the process is easy. All they feel is a soothing warmth — Levi falls asleep to the massage. Depending on the setting, the therapy can last as little as four minutes.

However, not everyone is convinced of the healing power of laser therapy.

“The problem is there is a lack of controlled studies,” said Jan Hawkins, an associate professor of large-animal surgery at Purdue University. “There’s really not a tremendous amount of proof.”

He noted, though, that he doesn’t believe there is any harm.

Kim Vercande, the veterinarian of the Best Friends Veterinary Care in Iowa City, installed a laser-therapy machine at her new clinic, where Levi will continue to receive laser therapy. She agreed the only danger lies with improper use.

“The main concern is if you don’t use it properly you can cause a burn,” she said.

The burn would be similar to sunburn. The key is to keep the laser moving, have training, and understand what is being treated, Vercande said.

“Everyone who uses it should go through a training process,” she said.

Laser therapy was used on humans long before it was used on animals, Lake said.

“Everything is slower to come to the animal world,” she added.

Vercande said laser therapy for animals is quite new to the Iowa City area, but she hopes to help many locally loved pets with the red light.

“I’m excited about the new therapy and being able to treat pain without medications,” she said.

Similar to Levi’s case, not all animals can handle medications. Often, there are side effects, or,

Pet Clinic A local veterinary clinic is making use of a laser-therapy machine to reduce inflammation and pain and speed healing in animals.

• One machine can cost between $20,000 and $30,000 • One treatment costs roughly $45 • There is a 5 percent discount for buying numerous treatments.

Source: Ellen Bradburn, veterinary assistant, and Kim Vercande, veterinarian of the Best Friends Veterinary Care

for feline friends, there are simply fewer good options. Vercande is hopeful that if used correctly, laser therapy can enable a reduced dependency on medications, if not completely replace them.

“You may be able to get them completely off the medications,” she said.

Luckily for Levi, the laser has been incredibly helpful.

“It’s made a huge difference,” Lake said. “He’s getting by just on the laser.”

There is a hefty price tag, though; the laser unit cost between $20,000 and $30,000.

For those seeking treatment, the cost varies greatly.

“It depends on the nature of the condition,” veterinary assistant Ellen Bradburn said.

Bradburn said each treatment could cost around $45, depending on how often and what is being treated.

Levi might feel it’s worth it, though.

“He’s a pretty important part of my life,” Lake said.

Experts say the stink-bug populations could number in the hundred thousands in Iowa in coming years.

By Nick Hassett nicholas-hassett@uiowa.edu

Though the brown marmorated stink bug has only been sighted a few times in Iowa, experts say the bugs could expand rapidly and create a serious problem for farmers and homeowners.

The stink bugs are classified as an agricultural pest. They are native to Asia, particularly China, Japan, and Korea, though they have recently appeared in the United States.

“They’re easy travelers,” said Robin Pruisner, the state entomologist at the Iowa Department of Agriculture. “They can crawl into a box and move to other areas. So we don’t know if [a particular bug] was born here or traveled.”

Pruisner said department officials have found three bugs in various areas around Iowa, with Johnson County being one of the areas, though estimates of the current stink-bug population were virtually impossible to make.

James Lacina, the environmental health coordinator for the Johnson County Public Health Department, said it hasn’t received any calls about stink bugs yet, but officials will investigate the issue if it is brought to their attention.

Pennsylvania faced a similar invasion in the early 2000s, which

caused severe damage to apple and peach crops in the state, and there were still reports of damage in 2010.

Matt O’Neal, an assistant professor of entomology at Iowa State University, said the bugs cause damage to plants and crops by sucking out the insides, destroying seeds and other material inside.

“You often don’t see feeding damage until months later,” he said.

“It causes apples to rot from the inside out.”

Pruisner said if the stink-bug population grows, it could affect corn and soybean crops in particular, two crops prevalent in Iowa.

Stink bugs don’t only affect crops. They can also be a very smelly nuisance to homeowners.

“When the winter comes, stink bugs like to find a cool, protected place and hibernate,” Pruisner said. “But if they crawl into houses, they may stay active.”

Pruisner said she has not heard of any more than one in Iowa houses as of yet. But even one can create an odor if stepped on.

“They have a very distinctive odor,” she said.

“People report a burnt rubber type of smell.

It’s a very bizarre smell combination that can be pretty upsetting to homeowners.”

Unfortunately for homeowners, the bugs can get so numerous as to require pest-control intervention.

“There’ve been re-

Stink Bugs The brown marmorated stink bug has been sighted in two Iowa counties: • Scott County • Johnson County Source: Iowa State University Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic

ports of people removing bucketfuls [of stink bugs] from their homes,” O’Neal said.

“Many insecticides just don’t seem to be effective.”

Pruisner said females average around 250 eggs in a lifetime, and that with varying environmental conditions there can be between one and six generations of stink bugs in a year.

O’Neal said the number of stink bugs could expand rapidly.

“If they get established, there could be hundreds of thousands of stink bugs in Iowa,” he said.

As for how a stinkbug problem could be combated, O’Neal said it depends.

“The real ‘silver bullet’ for invasive species is to use importation,” he said.

“That is, going to where the species is native, and finding a natural enemy that only attacks the invasive species, and releasing it here. In some cases that resulted in dramatic decreases [of the invasive species], but it doesn’t always work.”

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• “We’ll get tough on China.” = If those naughty Commies don’t stop their inhumane working practices, we’re gonna go borrow our trillions of dollars from somebody else. Then they’ve see the errors of their ways.

• “We will end the war in Afghanistan.” = We don’t know what the hell to do with that situation, either. Why are we even there? Oh … right.

• “If Republicans would simply work with us and not against us …” = If Republicans would just admit that we’re right …

• “Americans are better off today than they were four years ago.” = Nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah, we killed Osama.

• “Obamacare does NOT have death panels.” = ObamaCare does NOT have death panels … yet. We’re waiting for the second term to roll those out.

• “We will preserve Social Security and Medicare.” = Friggin’ old geezers and useless deadbeats better vote for us or else.

• “We saved the American auto industry.” = You have us to thank for the new GMC Canyons and Chevy Colorados — the least fuel-efficient small pickups on the road, according our Department of Energy, which we also love pouring money into. ISN’T OUR NATION’S ENDLESS MONEY SUPPLY AWESOME?

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ARIES (March 21–April 19) You should travel, regardless of distance, to enjoy the company of someone you share an interest with or who can contribute to what you are working toward. A change in your financial situation is apparent, and a personal investment will pay off.

TAURUS (April 20–May 20) Give-and-take will be necessary if you want to maintain balance at work or in a partnership. Don’t let emotions run wild. Use your imagination wisely to differentiate what you have to offer. Put pressure on anyone holding you back.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20) Choose your friends and colleagues wisely. You will be prone to getting involved with someone who withholds information or is vague. Love is in the stars.

Networking will bring about both personal and professional opportunities.

CANCER (June 21–July 22) Mingle with people who are into the same things you are. A creative hobby will bring about various options that will enable you to explore new avenues, pastimes, and lifestyles. Don’t let a jealous relationship stand in your way.

LEO (July 23–Aug. 22)The people you are closest to will be the most difficult to deal with. Keep an open mind, and schedule interesting activities. A personal change will do you good.

VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22) Don’t mix business with pleasure. Avoid anyone looking for an argument or trying to pressure you into something you’d prefer not to do. Overreacting, overspending, and overindulging will end up ruining your personal plans.

LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) Getting rid of clutter will serve a purpose. The help you give by donating items you no longer use will benefit someone who can offer you insight in return.

Exploring a creative idea will lead to prosperity. Love is on the rise.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) Depression will set in if you let emotional issues concerning a relative or friend get to you. Try to separate what you do from those having a negative effect on your emotional wellness. Let your creative imagination lead to positive output.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21) Take a close look at any deal being offered, and you will find a way to slant it in your favor. Use your charm, or even a little innocent manipulation, and you will be able to make changes that will improve your life.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19) You can pick up information that will help you advance if you are disciplined and attentive. Focus on consistency and responsibility, and you will win favors and the support you need from someone in a high position.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20–Feb. 18) Don’t question others or volunteer information that is likely to be used against you or to defeat you. Put more effort into your home, family, and financial situation. You will also find a way to excel in a new and interesting direction.

PISCES (Feb. 19–March 20) Sit back and see what transpires. Secure your position by observing what others do. Stick to basics when discussing your plans; the less you share with others, the better you will do. For now, it’s best to be secretive about your plans.

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DES MOINES — President Obama walks on stage after being introduced by first lady Michelle Obama during his final 2012 campaign event in downtown Des Moines on Monday. (Associated Press/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

One last frenetic push for voters

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ever urgent as the clock ran down, Barack Obama’s and Mitt Romney’s teams pressed voters Monday to get to the polls while thousands who were already there waited in long lines for their final chance to avoid the Election Day crush.

“I thought I’d come today to beat the rush tomorrow,” 24-year-old Britnee Luke, a Romney supporter from Columbus, Ohio, said in a line where she had stood for more than an hour Monday morning. “Oh, well.”

That line — more than 1,000 murmuring voters winding in a maze through a former department store on Columbus’ west side — was just one of the many scenes where some of the 2012 presidential campaign’s final acts were playing out across the country.

For a race viewed as neck-and-neck nationally, that transition from a focus on early votes to the arduous final task of mobilizing millions for Election Day is meaningful. Although the campaigns have prepared for both phases of voting, Obama is viewed as having

the early vote edge overall, while Romney’s team is confident it will receive more Election Day votes.

Ohio is a particularly pivotal state for both candidates. Virginia, Florida, and Iowa are crucial, too, and volunteers scoured neighborhoods and looked for stragglers they might convert.

The lines in the former Kohl’s store moved at a healthy clip, although most voters who arrived by 9 a.m.

EST didn’t walk out into the traffic-snarled parking lot for at least an hour. John Laudeman shuffled along, looking up at the ceiling in boredom: “I’m trying not to think about it.”

While it was all business in Columbus, in Cleveland the atmosphere was festive.

Music blared across the street from the county elections board office. Hot-dog vendors, campaign button sellers, even the Rev. Jesse Jackson sought to woo the crowd. The line curled around the corner until the early voting deadline arrived at 2 p.m., when security turned away latecomers.

DeVonte Anthony, a student at Cuyahoga Community College and an Obama backer, fought the traffic

Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (right) takes the stage with wife Ann before speaking at a campaign event at the Verizon Wireless Arena on Monday in Manchester, N.H. (Associated Press/David Goldman) and a snarled parking lot near the elections board to vote early with five family members. “We all came out today so we don’t have to wait in line tomorrow.”

More than 30 million people had already voted in 34 states and the District of Columbia, either by mail or in person.

Both candidates were staging last-minute events in Ohio, urging voters in person — and in Obama’s case, with rocker Bruce Springsteen — to vote.

Elsewhere Obama was working to turn out Afri-

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can-American voters with actor Samuel L. Jackson and comedian Chris Rock doing interviews on radio stations.

The last grueling days of the campaign were stoking the emotions of its footsoldiers. Iowa Democratic Party Chairwoman Sue Dvorsky started weeping Monday as she entered the Iowa City home of Rod Sullivan, a friend and Obama volunteer.

“This is more than an election for us,” Dvorsky said. “This is a very personal matter. We really have all been together in this.”

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igan State and Wisconsin, even though over shadowed by their top-5 counterparts, are locks for the tournament. The Spartans haven’t missed the dance since 1997. Similarly, Wisconsin has made it to the tournament every year since 1998.

While all five teams will make the tournament, the Big Ten hopes for its first championship since Mateen Cleaves led the Spartans over Florida in the 2000 final.

Come March, the Big Ten Tournament will resemble the ACC and Big East tourneys of past

CrossCountry Continued from 10 her preparation for a meet at this point in the season. So the graduate student doesn’t seem to be nervous despite the implications the meet has to offer.

“I don’t look at it as my last race for Iowa,” she said. “I try to just look at it as another race, and if I don’t put too much

Estenssoro Continued from 10 ities are beautiful compared to what I could have back home [in Bolivia]. I really like the fact that I’m at such a nice campus.”

Estenssoro has also taken a liking to something else Wichita State didn’t offer: American football.

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years. The grueling competition will only improve the Big Ten’s top teams for a run at the national championship.

With three Final Four hopefuls, the Big Ten can solidify its return to prominence in college basketball.

— by Carlos Sosa

surprise teams that add competition in the conference. And it will remain highly competitive this season. Expect to see several ACC teams still working in March, because this conference is full of teams that expect to make the NCAA Tournament come spring.

— by Levi Lynott

Year in, year out, the ACC is consistently in the discussion for the best men’s college basketball conference, and 2012-13 is no different.

With powerhouse programs such as North Carolina and Duke blazing the path, it is difficult to argue against the dominance of the conference. Accompanied by the Maryland Terrapins,

these three teams have won five of the last 12 NCAA championships, beginning with Duke’s title run in 2001.

This year, the Blue Devils reeled in two highly sought-after freshmen in Rasheed Sulaimon and Amile Jefferson. Duke is also returning some key players, notably Mason Plumlee, Seth Curry, and Ryan Kelly.

Their main rivals, North Carolina, have captured a couple solid recruits of their own in J.P. Tokoto, Joel James, Brice Johnson, and Iowa native and former Linn-Mar graduate Marcus Paige — who will likely start for head coach Roy Williams.

The ACC is a grinding, competitive conference for NCAA basketball, and there are always several

Big East

pressure on myself and stay relaxed, I feel like it will work out.”

Hawkeye senior Nicole Benson iterated that the team isn’t changing anything this late in the season before the regional meet.

Benson also seemed confident in her teammate’s chances for a berth in the national meet.

“It’s very likely that [Schrulle] will get atlarge points [for the NCAA championships],” she said.

As the season began,

the team seemed very optimistic and motivated about a team berth in the NCAAs. But as the season wore on, the team has become depleted because key runners were shelved with a variety of injuries.

Kayla Beattie, the team’s top runner in the early part of the season, was red-shirted after suffering several different injuries. And that was just the beginning.

Megan Ranegar hadsbeen hampered by an Achilles injury that wasn’t allowing her to

run at her highest level in recent meets. Benson was also battling injuries. As a result, team scores have suffered more and more as the season has worn on.

“It hadn’t been a lack of fitness,” Anderson said. “It’s just been a lack of putting everyone together to form a good meet as a whole.”

But recently, the team has seemed to re-establish a healthy core group of runners. Even though an NCAA championship berth for the team seems unlikely, Anderson be-

“My first time at a football game was here,” Estenssoro said. “I love it; it’s a really nice experience. I’m a fan of the football team even though we’re struggling.”

The junior hasn’t been academically eligible this semester because of a lack of credits transferring from Wichita State, but that hasn’t affected how he’s practiced this fall.

“There’s nothing I can

do; it’s not the fault of my coaches,” he said. “I just have to keep moving forward and practicing hard and do my job.”

One of those things that help push him in practice is tussling with his brother every day.

“It’s really competitive sometimes,” Andres said.

“We have fun, but I always try to do better than him, and he always tries to do better than me.”

Head coach Steve Houghton says that Juan Estenssoro has the right personality to handle sitting out a semester.

“He was disappointed to find out he couldn’t play this semester, but I think he’s handled it well as anyone else could handle it,” Houghton said.

“He’s a very self-motivated guy … he knows he needed to make significant improvements.”

ACC

In the last five NCAA Tournaments, the Big East has had either the most teams in or at least tied for the most teams.

In 2011, the conference sent a record 11 schools to the tournament, including eventual national champion Connecticut.

The last year the Big East didn’t have the most teams in the tournament

BOX SCORE Continued from 10 to the fact that the team is attempting a number of short passes. Just 26 of Vandenberg’s 86 thirddown pass attempts have moved the chains for Iowa.

Rushing yards per game allowed: 2007 — 122; 2012 — 148 Opponents have run all over the Hawkeyes lately. Iowa has allowed 631 yards during their threegame losing streak. They gave up 564 of those just to Penn State and Northwestern.

The 2012 Hawkeyes are allowing more than 148 rushing yards per game, which is 26 more than the 2007 defense. That team’s defensive line had Bryan Mattison and Mitch King, who combined for 13.5 sacks. It had a pair of freshman, Adrian Clayborn and Christian Ballard, who later emerged as stars.

The 2012 unit has been less effective, both in run stopping and pass pressure. Iowa has recorded just 10 quarterback hurries and 10 sacks this sea-

Iowa wide receiver Jordan Cotton scores on a 47-yard touchdown reception against Minnesota in Kinnick Stadium on Sept. 29. Cotton has averaged 28 yards per return, compared to Johnson-Koulianos in 2007, averaging fewer than 24 yards per game. (The Daily Iowan/Adam Wesley) son. In 2007, the Hawkeyes had 14 hurries and 27 sacks.

Iowa’s lack of pressure this season has allowed several quarterbacks to calmly pick the defense apart.

Yards per kick return: Derrell Johnson-Koulianos, 2007 — 23.7; Jordon Cotton, 2012 — 28.0 Special teams are one area where the Hawkeyes are

better now than they were five seasons ago. Jordan Cotton has provided Iowa a boost in the kick-return game, averaging 28 yards per return and taking one for a 92-yard touchdown.

Iowa’s return man in ’07, Derrell Johnson-Koulianos averaged fewer than 24 yards per game and never broke one for a score.

This year’s Hawkeyes

have also gotten much more consistent placekicking. Mike Meyer has made 15-of-18 attempts, and all 19 of his extra points, this season. He was named a Lou Groza award semifinalist this week.

In 2007, Iowa switched back and forth between Daniel Murray and Austin Signor, who combined to make 10-of-16 kicks.

They each missed a pair of extra points.

across the road from the south entrance of Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Lot 33 (just east of Carver-Hawkeye Arena), hospital parking ramps 3 and 4, and Lot 65 — also known as the Finkbine Commuter Lot — will all be open exclusively for basketball attendees.

Those parking before or during the early stages of the women’s basketball game will be able to park for free. The lots

will charge $5 beginning at 6:30 p.m. for those attending the double-header or just the men’s basketball game.

Those planning on parking the night before for Iowa’s 11 a.m. football game on Saturday against Purdue will have to wait until 7:30 p.m. on Friday to park their vehicles, although location-assigned parking passes will be honored as labeled.

— by Ian Martin

Field goals made: 2007 — 10/16; 2012 — 15/18

hawkeye Sports Parking on Friday The ritual of parking the car for a Saturday football game on Friday evening will have some provisions this week with a basketball double-header scheduled for Friday night.

The night of hoops commences with Iowa women’s basketball facing Northern Illinois at 5:30 p.m. in Carver-Hawkeye Arena and finishes with the men’s team taking on Texas-Pan Amer-

ican at 8 p.m. or 30 minutes after the conclusion of the women’s game.

Anyone attempting to park for the basketball games will have access to four lots and two parking ramps.

Lot 43, located west of Kinnick Stadium and next to the Recreation Building, will have room for both football and basketball patrons. The same situation will occur at lot 75, located next to the Banks Baseball Stadium and

was 2007, and the conference still had a Final Four representative in Georgetown.

While this season is a potential up year for both the Big Ten and ACC, one must think the Big East will be the top conference come Selection Sunday.

The preseason AP top25 puts four Big East squads in the initial rankings — including No. 2 Louisville — and three more teams receiving votes. Considering the 15-team league is a gauntlet that’s incomparable with any other conference slate in college basketball, Big East teams typically have high Rankings Power Indexes and strength of schedules on their tournament résumés. There’s also the intangible of the always

rough but ultimately positive Big East Tournament to toughen teams up for the postseason.

Yes, the conference has lost West Virginia for this season and beyond, but it still has one more goround with Syracuse and Pittsburgh wearing the Big East patch.

The Big Ten and ACC, personally, seem top heavy. While the ranked teams all seem like sure bets to make the tournament, the middle types could be mediocre. An NIT bid next March could satisfy squads such as Minnesota, Purdue, and Clemson. Meanwhile, some teams in the bottom half of the Big East will pack their bags for the NCAA Tournament.

— by Ian Martin

lieves that the Hawkeyes can put together their best meet yet.

“I hope to see some seasonal bests or lifetime bests for our girls on Friday — that’s a reasonable goal,” Anderson said. “I really think we can give some teams a

run.

“I feel like the seven girls we have running right now are all in good shape. The bodies seem to be doing as good as they have been all year.”

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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

The Box Score, Week 11

Point/Counterpoint

Feeling a lot like 2007

Toughest hoops league?

College basketball begins on Friday, with nearly every top25 team, and Iowa, playing their first contests. Our Daily Iowan sports staffers debate which conference is the toughest going into the 201213 season.

Big Ten

(Left) Iowa quarterback James Vandenberg passes the ball during the game against UNI in Kinnick Stadium on Sept. 15. (The Daily Iowan/Rachel Jessen) (Right) Iowa quarterback Jake Christensen throws a pass to receiver Trey Stoss for a gain of 6 yards in the third quarter against Penn State on Oct. 6, 2007, at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa. (The Daily Iowan/File Photo)

By Sam Louwagie samuel-louwagie@uiowa.edu

The Box Score is a weekly segment in which a Daily Iowan football reporter uses statistics to contextualize Iowa football’s performance over the course of the season.

It has been five years since Iowa last had a record below .500. It has been five years since the Hawkeyes failed to qualify for a bowl game. This year’s Iowa football team has reached the first mark, and it is in serious danger of matching the second.

Things have not been this bad in

Kinnick since 2007. Here’s a look at how this year’s team compares with that one.

Starting quarterback’s rating: Jake Christensen, 2007 — 116.9; James Vandenberg — 107.3 Jake Christensen was Iowa’s quarterback in 2007. His career ended the next year with a benching and a transfer.

James Vandenberg’s statistics this year have been as bad as Christensen’s, if not worse. Christensen finished 2007 with a passer rating of 116.9. Vandenberg is sit-

ting at 107.3. He would need to throw 13 touchdown passes without an interception the rest of the way in order to match Christensen’s touchdown-to-interception ratio.

A third-down comparison is especially revealing. Christensen had a third-down passer rating of 113.6, which is bad. Vandenberg’s is 91.2 — a drop from 117 on first downs and 116 on second.

And while this year’s Hawkeyes are completing more passes and throwing for slightly more yards per game than the ’07 team did, they’re gaining fewer yards per attempt through the air. This speaks See Box Score, 8

Finally at Iowa, Estenssoro is happy to be a Hawkeye Juan Estenssoro has become acclimated with everything at the UI, from the larger campus to American football.

See point/counterpoint, 8

Harriers head to regional Mareike Schrulle could qualify for the NCAA CrossCountry Championships this weekend.

By Kevin Glueck

By Levi Lynott

kevin-glueck@uiowa.edu

It took two years to get here, but junior Juan Estenssoro is happy that he’s finally found himself at Iowa.

Last August, Estenssoro transferred from Wichita State, where he spent his first two years playing tennis for the Shockers. Estenssoro had wanted to attend Iowa, but he was not accepted when he first applied.

Estenssoro, originally from Bolivia, said he has long wanted to play college tennis in the United States. He traveled to Denver to take intensive English classes after graduating from high school. There, he met Iowa men’s tennis assistant coach Steve Nash, who had flown in to watch the Bolivian play a match.

“They wanted me and gave me an offer,” Estenssoro said. “I pretty much accepted, but they couldn’t send me the papers to sign until I passed my English test.”

Potential UI students must pass a 30-minute writing test, 45-minute reading test, 30-minute listening and note-taking test, and a 15-minute oral interview to be accepted.

The UI College of Liberal Arts and

Over the last decade, the Big East has been without a doubt the best conference in college basketball. But last year, that all changed.

Prominent freshmen began to pop up all over the Big Ten. Indiana’s Cody Zeller and Michigan’s Trey Burke proved to have instant success on the court. But now that each player is a year older and their teams a year wiser, it could mean big things for the Hoosiers and Wolverines.

In the AP preseason poll, three Big Ten teams were ranked in the top 5: No. 1 Indiana, No. 4 Ohio State, and No. 5 Michigan. Each team has Final Four aspirations and fields players capable of taking them to the land of a national championship.

What’s even more interesting about the three squads is that they each have a Player of the Year candidate going into the season.

Indiana’s Zeller, whose older brother, Tyler Zeller, was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers, is considered by many experts to be the front-runner for Player of the Year. Michigan point guard Burke and Ohio State forward Deshaun Thomas are each projected to have very strong seasons.

All in all, the Big Ten has five teams ranked in the preseason top 25. Mich-

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in Spanish,” Andres Estenssoro said and laughed. “We talk about the same things like tennis and engineering. It’s a good combination.”

Juan Estenssoro has encountered quite a change of scenery when he moved from the 330-acre Wichita State campus to the 1,900-acre campus of the UI. “I didn’t need buses to go from one class to another one. Everything was very near,” he said. “The school facil-

The Iowa women’s cross-country team will run in what will likely be its last race as a whole unit on Friday, when the harriers head to Springfield, Mo., for the NCAA Midwest Regional meet.

Although the team will most likely not go to the next round — the national NCAA meet — there is still hope that the Hawkeyes’ best runner could be given an individual ticket to run at the championships.

Mareike Schrulle, the second-place finisher at the Big Ten meet on Oct. 28, could gain entrance to run at the national meet as an individual if she can put together a good race this weekend.

“She’s among the best 20 runners [in the country],” head coach Layne Anderson said. “If she runs how she has been, I like her chances of moving on to the next round in Louisville.”

Schrulle, a native of Germany, isn’t trying to change anything in

See Estenssoro, 8

See cross-country, 8

Andres Estenssoro, Alejandro Rios, and Juan Estenssoro practice at the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Complex on Aug. 28. Juan Estenssoro transferred to Iowa in August from Wichita State. (The Daily Iowan/File Photo) Sciences website states that students whose first language is not English must “study without being hindered by language problems, understand class lecture and discussions, and participate successfully in class discussions.”

Estenssoro’s younger brother, Andres Estenssoro, is also a student at the UI and fellow tennis player. While they went to school together back in Bolivia, this is the first campus where they’ve had class together.

“When we’re together, we just talk to each other because we’re talking