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Soccer seniorswave good-byeNine Hawkeyes will closetheir soccer careers whenIowa takes on Ohio StateOct. 21 at the UI SoccerComplex. Sports, 1B

Brownback saysbye byeThe Kansas senator isexpected to announce hisdeparture from the presiden-tial-nomination race today.State, 2A

Not quite Dr.QuinnThe UI features two high-powered female physiciansThursday night. Campus,4A

Iowa veterans’care may be lackingOfficials said the state lagsbehind others, includingWisconsin. State, 4A

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By Ben FornellTHE DAILY IOWAN

Andy Baumert will leadthe state Board of Regentsthrough its transition periodto a new exec-utive director,Regent Presi-dent MichaelGartnerannouncedThursday.

Baumert,who current-ly serves asone of threestate rela-tions officers for the regents,will assume the post of inter-im executive director whenGary Steinke leaves at theend of the month.

The move follows Steinke’sannouncement on Oct. 2 thathe would leave the boardstaff for a position with the

Gartnerregent president

By Matt NelsonTHE DAILY IOWAN

With their voices chantingand echoing against the build-ings of the Pedestrian Mall andagainst the rising wind, support-ers of the ninth “Take Back TheNight” rally marched throughdowntown Iowa City in a state-ment against domestic violence,rape, and abuse.

Nearly 100 men and womengathered on the Pentacrest forthe event Thursday night, bear-ing signs, calling for an end toabuse, and asking for support intheir efforts to eradicate vio-lence.

“It’s an action. It’s about tak-ing back our streets, our homes,

our relationships, our class-rooms, and saying we deserve tobe safe,” said Monique DiCarlo,the director of the Women’sResource and Action Center.

Organizers of “Take Back theNight” rallies trace their historyto a 1976 assembly of women inBelgium. Attendees of the Inter-national Tribunal on CrimesAgainst Women marched withcandles to protest violenceagainst women worldwide.

Two years later, the first rec-ognized Take Back the Nightmarch took place in San Francis-co.

Revived by volunteers in 1998,DiCarlo said, the “Take BackThe Night” rally focuses on rais-

ing awareness of domestic vio-lence and abuse and creatingsupport for the victims of suchacts, as well as reminding peoplethat, though the acts usuallytake place behind closed doors,they affect the community atlarge.

“There is communitywide con-cern with assault on women,”DiCarlo said. “It’s everyone’sresponsibility to face theseissues.”

In response to the sexualassaults that have plagued IowaCity, WRAC has worked with theUI to provide programs witheducation on healthy relation-ships and self-defense, as well asnew initiatives for men looking

to stand up in support of victimsand survivors.

Speaking for the Rape VictimAdvocacy Program, DirectorKarla Miller advocated bothstrength in support of victimsand survivors of abuse andassault and love in support ofthose affected.

“We can be kind, and we cantake care of each other,” she said.

The event also drew supportfrom the UI police; Crime Pre-vention Specialist Brad Allison,accompanied by his son anddaughter, addressed the crowdabout efforts to make the cam-pus safer.

By Samantha MillerTHE DAILY IOWAN

Robert Sallis was the “mas-ter pimp” of the prostitutionbusiness Naughty by Nature,prosecuting attorney AnneLahey declared in her closingstatement on Thursday.

And the jury agreed.Sallis was found guilty of

ongoing unlawful criminalconduct after approximatelytwo and a half hours of delib-eration by a six-man, six-woman jury.

“[Sallis] was the master-mind of the business,” Laheysaid. “He was the CEO.”

The decision reached atthe Johnson County Court-house affirms the state’s casethat Sallis was the head ofthe prostitution ring, whichoperated between the fall of2004 and the spring of 2005.

Lahey contended through-out the three-day trial thatthe 49-year-old controlled hisprostitutes through a “reign ofterror,” consisting of constantphysical and verbal abuse.

Natalia Salazar/The Daily IowanParticipants in Take Back the Night rally on the Pentacrest on Thursday. They paraded downtown, handed out self-defense whistles, and proposed new ideas to prevent abuse against women in Iowa City.

By Shajia AhmadTHE DAILY IOWAN

UI freshman Yihan Sun knowsthat the changing colors of theleaves and the chill in the air arehints of the colder months ahead.

Native Iowans, she said, havewarned her about the winter sea-son. Uneasily, she is waiting for acoat to arrive in the mail.

Her parcel will make the same

Ben Roberts/The Daily IowanUI freshman Yihan Sun, from Tianjin, China, approximately 75miles from Beijing, is experiencing the United States for thefirst time in her life this year. Sun says she is not sure if she willstay in Iowa after completing her degree. “Maybe I will travelsomewhere else for my second degree,” she said. “Maybe in abig city.”

Welcome Freshmen YIHAN SUN

By Clara HoganTHE DAILY IOWAN

Friends of UI junior MelissaBrendes remember her as a pas-sionate person and a gracefuldancer.

“She was one of the most dedi-cated people you’ll ever meet,”said UI freshman Abby Koch,

who was on the Linn-Mar HighSchool dance team with Brendes.

Brendes, a Marion native, diedThursday after a car accident onHighway 22 near Lone Tree. Atapproximately 6:22 a.m. Thurs-day, the 20-year-old was crossingthe highway but failed to yield toDaniel Coblentz, a 68-year-oldKalona man. Coblentz struck

the right side of Brendes’ car,and both vehicles went into theditch, according to reports.

Both were transferred to the UIHospitals and Clinics. Coblentzwas injured. Reports showed thatBrendes was wearing her seatbeltat the time of the accident.

Koch said the situation is sur-real to the people who knew

Brendes and that no one couldhave fathomed something sotragic and random happening.Her parents have been friendswith Brendes’ parents since theywere in high school, making thetwo girls close from an early age.

Brendes was two years older,and Koch always thought of heras a “big-sister type,” she said.

“I’ve known her since I wasreally little,” she said. “I couldalways go to her and know she’ddo anything for me. I remembergoing over to her house with mysister, and playing dress up, andhaving sleepovers all of thetime.”

Yihan SunAge: 19Major: BiologyHometown: Tianjin, ChinaHis semester so far: One of themost surprising things, Sunsaid, is the freedom in theclassroom: “One day, I pickedup the courage to talk with myprofessor, and then I realized,it’s easy — it’s nothing!”

Getting fresh(men)This week we caught up withour five freshmen profiled inSeptember’s DI. Check backnext month for another update.

Friends mourn student’s deathFriends share memories of 20-year-old Melissa Brendes, who died after a car accident Thursday.

SEE DEATH, 3A

Regentsget

interimexec

Regent PresidentMichael Gartnerannounces AndyBaumert will be

appointed interimexecutive director.

SEE REGENTS, 3A

Sallisguilty

SEE GUILTY, 3A

Adjusting to themidterms & cold

Coat’s in the mail.

SEE FRESHMAN, 3A

Take back night, rally criesThe regular event draws support from community against violence and abuse.

SEE NIGHT, 3A

House fails tooverride healthvetoThe Democratic-controlledHouse failed to stopPresident Bush’s rejection ofa popular children’s healthbill. Nation, 5A

In the Oct. 17 article “Bendinggenres,” the DI incorrectly identified Spooner Oldham as MikeCooley. The DI regrets the error.

On Wednesday, the DI incorrectlyreported that Republican presiden-tial-nomination candidate RudyGiuliani advocated a $50,000 cap onnoneconomic damages in civil lawsuits. Giuliani mentioned thatTexas had implemented a $250,000cap, but he did not recommend aspecific nationwide limit. The DIregrets the error.

In the timeline for the Oct. 18article, “Another Hawkeye

charged,” the DI incorrectly report-ed the name of one of the Hawkeyefootball players charged with acrime since July. It was incorrectlyreported that Anthony Brown wascharged for unauthorized use of acredit card on Aug. 19, when infact receiver Anthony Bowmanwas charged. The football teamcurrently has no player namedAnthony Brown on its roster. TheDI regrets the error.

By Patrick LarkinTHE DAILY IOWAN

Troubles with fundraisingand a weak Iowa Straw Pollshowing likely doomed Republican Sam Brownback’scampaign, said a UI political-science faculty member.

“We’re getting into crunchtime,” said Associate ProfessorTim Hagle, noting Brown-back’s fundraising woes. “Ifhe’s not going to do well inIowa,” he’ll have a hard timenationally.

Brownback will bow out ofthe 2008 presidential racetoday, the Associated Pressreported Thursday.

The U.S. senator fromKansas will hold a press con-ference today at 3:45 p.m. inTopeka, where he is expectedto announce his withdrawal.

An Oct. 7 poll by the DesMoines Register rankedBrownback seventh amongRepublican voters in Iowa,with 2 percent of the vote.

“It’s not that he didn’t knowhow to fundraise,” said GregBaker, the UI College Republi-can chairman.

The race has four front-run-ners, listing off Republicanpresidential-nomination candi-dates Rudy Giuliani, FredThompson, John McCain, andMitt Romney.

“Brownback put a lot ofmoney into the Straw Poll,”Baker said. “Second place isreally what he needed to get,”because Giuliani and McCaindidn’t participate in the poll.

Federal reports from Oct. 15show Brownback had only$94,653 on hand as of Sept. 30,

compared with fellow socialconservative Mike Huckabee’s$651,300. To put the sums inperspective, Republican candi-date Rudy Giuliani had $16.6million and Romney had $9.2million as of the most recentfiling period.

“Long-term, this could workto his advantage,” Hagle said,suggesting that Brownbackmay give the presidential raceanother shot later in hiscareer. “He’s not an old guy.”

Hagle said a run for

governor of Kansas “mighthave influenced [Brownback’s] decision” to withdraw. Brown-back is expected to run for theposition in Kansas in 2010,when his Senate term is up.Experience as governor couldbenefit him, Hagle said.

“Giuliani can say, ‘Hey, I’verun something,’ ” Hagle said.“Maybe Brownback is thinkinghe’ll have that.”

Baker expects Brownbackwill endorse another candi-date, though he has “no clue

who,” he said, recalling his sur-prise at former Republicancandidate Tommy Thompson’srecent decision to endorse Giu-liani.

Hagle said Huckabee andRomney were potential candi-dates for Brownback toendorse, because they’re bothsocial conservatives likeBrownback, though he pointedout that Fred Thompson isanother possibility.

E-mail DI reporter Patrick Larkin at:[email protected]

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1. Another Hawkeye charged2. Giuliani takes aim at Dems3. Hawks see O-line revival4. The real Iraq: from 12 former Army captains5. Proposal for mandatory health insurance a sick joke

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By Dean TreftzTHE DAILY IOWAN

Following state Republicans’decision to move up their cau-cus date from Jan. 14, 2008, toJan. 3, Iowa Democrats’ cau-cus is still up in the air, andmany county caucus plannersare eying several days.

At issue are disagreementsover how to stave off otherstates moving up their presi-dential-nominating contestsand keep Iowa’s caucuses atthe forefront of national poli-tics. The state DemocraticParty’s Central Committeewould have to vote to changethe date from Jan. 14.

Iowa political leaders large-ly agree that any decision byDemocrats will likely comeafter New Hampshire’s possible decision to move upits primaries.

In previous years, Iowa’s

caucuses came eight daysbefore the New Hampshireprimary. In 2008, if NewHampshire moves to Jan. 8 asmany suspect, Iowa’s Democ-ratic caucuses could precede itby either three or five days.

Five days ahead of NewHampshire is “not as good aseight, but it’s better than noth-ing,” said former Iowa Democ-ratic Party Chairman DaveNagle, who supports movingthe date to Jan. 3.

“The only thing that made[Jan.] 5 better was it gave us,as the ones who have to put onthis caucus as a party, moretime after the holidays,” saidChuck Laudner, the executivedirector of the RepublicanParty of Iowa.

Laudner said that Republi-cans were more sure thanDemocrats that New Hamp-shire would move its primar-ies to Jan. 8, which allowed his

party to make its move.The earlier change by

Republicans allows localprecinct and county organizersmore time to find locationsthat are available on Jan. 3,Laudner said.

“We don’t want to wing it,”he added.

Don Foor is organizingLouisa County’s Democraticcaucuses, and thanks to theturmoil, he is keeping hisoptions open.

“Basically, I have not lockedin [precinct locations] just tobe on the safe side,” said theformer Louisa County Democ-ratic chairman. While he ispreparing for Jan. 14, heknows the call could cometelling him to set up morethan a week earlier.

Foor said it will be “thetoughest caucus yet” to plan.

Several Democratic officialsexpressed regret that they

may have to change their cau-cus date at all.

“I really dislike the Jan. 3date that the Republicanshave chosen,” said RickMullin, a Democratic CentralCommittee member fromSioux City.

He said he’d rather keep theJan. 14 date, but if NewHampshire moves before that,he would prefer Jan. 5. “Satur-day is much more civilized,”Mullin said.

As a former county chair-man, he knows what it takesto organize a caucus.

“I had to come up with 48locations each time, and nego-tiating with schools and otherentities was interesting,”Mullin said. “I sure am gladI’m not a county chairman thistime.”

E-mail DI reporter Dean Treftz at:[email protected]

2 UI profs receiveESL grant

Two UI faculty membersreceived a $1.8 million grant fromthe U.S. Department of Educationfor a program that aims to fundcertification of 33 teachers inEnglish as a Second Languageeducation around the state.

Despite its long name, ReachingEnglish Language Educcator ViaAdvanced Networked CollegiateEducation’s goal is simple: to keepup with Iowa’s swelling immigrantpopulations.

Leslie Schrier and MichaelEverson, both associate professorsof curriculum and instruction, areworking together on the program.

Schrier, the principal investiga-tion for the project, said in arelease that only a few ESL certifi-cation programs are sprinkledacross the state, and the programwould provide long-distance edu-cation to train more professionals.

Everson said in the release thatthe project is also a tool to remedyhigh dropout rates among minori-ties who must learn English.

The project would use a web com-munication program called BreezeMacromedia to provide distanceeducation, according to the release.

— by Zhi Xiong

Slockett sentencingdelayed again

The sentencing for JohnsonCounty auditor Thomas Slockett hasbeen delayed for the second time.

Slockett, 69, pleaded guilty in Julyof operating a vehicle while intoxi-cated. The longtime Johnson Countyauditor was originally set to be sen-tenced for the serious misdemeanoroffense on Sept. 7. The sentencingwas rescheduled for Thursdaybefore being delayed once again.

In June, Slockett was pulledover on Dubuque Street after fail-ing to yield to pedestrians, accord-ing to police reports. He was slur-ring his speech and had poor bal-ance. He had a .133 blood-alcoholcontent level, according to police.The legal limit in Iowa is .08.

A new date for the sentencinghas not yet been set.

— by Samantha Miller

Cesar Aldana, 24, 2401 Highway 6E. Apt. 2001, was chargedWednesday with OWI.Crystal Hawkins, 22, 2254 S.

Riverside Drive Apt. 25, wascharged Thursday with assaultcausing injury.Charles Knight, 20, 435 Clark St.,

was charged Sunday with posses-sion of marijuana.Jesse Minor-Nidey, 22, 420 KimballRoad, was charged Sept. 28 with

possession of marijuana.James Nye, 47, Coralville, wascharged Thursday with driving whilebarred.

Panel grants rezoning The Iowa City Planning and

Zoning Committee met on Thursdayto discuss an application from theCrossing development to grantrezoning of 45.04 acres of landlocated east of Camp CardinalBoulevard and south of KennedyParkway.

There were no speakers from theaudience, no discussion, and theproposal carried.

The land from the InterimDevelopment Office Research Parkwill be used for a medium-densitysingle-family subdivision, as well as office commercial development.

The committee also examined arequest by Prime Ventures

Construction Inc. to adjust six con-struction limit lines in the GalwayHills Part Four residential subdivi-sion.

Those speaking on behalf ofPrime Ventures repeatedly pointedout its addition of 38 evergreenand 32 deciduous full-grown treesto the formerly bulldozed site, aswell as its consideration of othersensitive features — critical slopesfor example.

Those opposed said there had notbeen enough communicationbetween the company and residents,as well as enough space already forthe 1,200- to 1,500-square-footproperties.

— by Kelli Shaffner

Supervisors pass farmrestriction

The Johnson County Board ofSupervisors moved one step clos-er to placing a maximum acreagerestriction on farmstead splits onThursday morning.

The amendment, which passedits first reading at during thesupervisors’ Oct. 11 meeting, 3-1,would limit the property separatedfrom the farm to a maximum offive acres.

“I’m confident with movingahead,” Supervisor SallyStutsman said. “I think it gives adirection for the community. Itshows them what the boardwants.”

Supervisor Pat Harneyexpressed doubts about therestrictions, citing the loss of taxdollars as just one of the reasonshe’s opposed to the measure.

“I think it’s going to be justanother hoop to jump through,and I don’t think it’s to the benefitof the county,” he said.

Supervisor Larry Meyers,absent from last week’s meetingbecause of illness, voted in favorof the measure, saying, “I thinkthis five acres is a real goodstep.”

Passed 4-1, the restriction stillhas to go through another consid-eration next week before it is offi-cially approved.

— by Shawn Gude

File photo/The Daily IowanSen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., speaks to supporters of his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination at the Wig & Pen Pizza Pub on March 26. Brownback, who refers to himself as the tortoiseof the campaign in comparison with his opponents, discussed topics ranging from immigration, abor-tion, and the war in Iraq.

Dems’ caucuses up in airOne official said the 2008 Democratic event will be ‘the toughest caucus yet’ to plan.

Brownback to quit raceThe Kansas senator has scheduled a press conference for 3:45 p.m. in Topeka today.

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Natalia Salazar/The Daily IowanMarchers gather on the Pentacrest to rally against domestic violence, abuse, and rape on Thursday.Speakers at the event included UI police Officer Brad Allison and Rape Victim Advocacy Program DirectorKarla Miller.

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Waiting for a Chinese coat

She said that as they grewup, Brendes became the kind ofleader who wanted the best forthe entire dance team.

One of Koch’s best memoriesfrom the dance team with Bren-des was when they won theregional conference title hersophomore year.

“If she wanted something,she would do everything in herpower to get it,” she said. “Shehad so much natural talent that

you don’t see in a lot of people.”Laura Schmucker, a student

at Kirkwood Community Col-lege, graduated with Brendes.They were both captains of theirhigh-school dance team.

“We were all really close,” shesaid. “We always had a lot of funbeing sarcastic with each otherin a playful way. When it cameto personal matters, we werealways very real with eachother. We definitely understoodeach other.”

Brendes was majoring in

English and communicationstudies at the UI and was amember of Delta Gamma sorority.

Chapter President NatalieMcManus said Brendes was acherished member.

“We were always honored tocall her a sister,” she said.“We’ve been with each other atthe house all day for support.”

Schmucker said the last timeshe saw “Melski” — the nick-name she dubbed Brendes inhigh school — was a month agowhen she was home in Marion.

She said she is grateful nowthat she decided “on a whim” tostop by her house.

She talked with Brendes, herparents, and her boyfriend,William Marchino, for about anhour.

“We had spent so much timepracticing in that basement,”she said with a quivering voice.“She always had such a gor-geous presence on the dancefloor and, really, in any room.”

E-mail DI reporter Clara Hogan at:[email protected]

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Iowa Association of Indepen-dent Colleges and Universities.

Gartner said Baumert is alogical choice for the position.

“For an interim, you wantsomeone who knows howthings work,” he said. “He’svery enthusiastic.”

Steinke said, who noted thatBaumert is a friend of his, saidthat though Baumert’s currentposition has little to do with hisrecent appointment, he feelsBaumert is well-suited to leadthe board staff.

“He’s had a lot of experienceworking in the regents’ system,and he gets along with every-one he meets,” Steinke said.

Born and raised in Nebraska,Baumert graduated from theUniversity of Nebraska-Lincolnwith a degree in journalism.After working for five years inradio news, Baumert moved intothe private sector and eventual-ly took a job with the Iowa Pork

Producers Association. He hassince been involved with lobby-ing, policy development, andcommunication in positions atthe National Cattlemen’s BeefAssociation and Land O’ LakesDairy.

“If it’s something I can do to

help the regents though thistransition, I’m glad to,”Baumert said. His annualsalary for fiscal year 2006 was$84,237. He will be paid$125,000 in his new position,Gartner said.

The 20-year Iowa residenthas worked for the regentssince September 2004, and hesays he expects to return to hiscurrent position once a perma-nent replacement for Steinkecan be found. He is currentlystationed at Iowa State Uni-versity and, according to theregents website, serves as aprimary legislative and public-affairs contact for the board.

Gartner said in an e-mail tohis fellow regents thatBaumert will have the fullauthority of executive directorand will be integral in helpingRegent David Miles in findinga new executive director.

E-mail DI reporter Ben Fornell at:[email protected]

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The prosecution maintainedthat this abuse caused thewomen to fear for their lives,further coercing them to workunder Sallis.

“There came a point whereclearly their actions were notvoluntary,” Lahey said.

Defense attorney PatrickIngram disputed this, con-tending that not only were thewomen’s actions voluntary butthat they were in fact willingaccomplices to the crimebecause of their prostitutionfor Naughty by Nature.

The cornerstones ofIngram’s closing statementsultimately rested on the lackof physical evidence providedby the state, and what healleged were unreliable wit-nesses because of past crimi-nal records.

“The state presented youwith liars and thieves to maketheir case,” Ingram said.

He questioned the credibilityof the states’ witnesses for theirconvictions in “crimes of hon-esty,” such as theft and forgery.He further attempted to dis-credit witness testimony bypointing out contradictionsbetween previous depositionsand statements given duringthe trial.

“If someone lied under oathonce, they will do it again,” thedefense attorney said.

He specifically focused onIsaak Reed, or “the one wear-ing the lovely orange suit,” asIngram identified the youngman, referring to his prisongarb.

Reed was one of the onlywitnesses for the state toattest to seeing money trans-ferred from the prostitutes toSallis, contradicting testimonyfrom previous state witnesseswho said they never saw themoney exchanged.

“There is a reason he’swearing that orange suit,”Ingram said. “He’s not only athief and criminal but not avery smart one at that — hehas managed to contradict theother witnesses.”

Ingram inferred that Reed,who was uncooperative in pastdepositions, decided to ulti-mately take the stand onlybecause he was offered a dealby the prosecution.The defensealleged that this was a factorthat played into the testimonyof many of the state’s witness-es.

The prosecution main-tained that no witnesses wereoffered any deals.

A date for sentencing hasnot yet been set, but Salliscould face up to 25 years inprison and $10,000 in fines forthe conviction.

E-mail DI reporter Samantha Miller at:[email protected]

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journey the biology major madethree months ago: from Tianjin,China — a city of 10 million, 75miles southeast of Beijing — toIowa City, her new home.

As an international student,Sun may be in a different catego-ry than her peers, but she sharesthe same mid-semester struggles.

“I don’t know — it’s just beencrazy,” she said about herexams, throwing her hands upin the air in defeat.

At the desk in her ground-floor Hillcrest room, Sun sortedthrough index cards filled neat-ly with rows of formulas andequations in preparation for herchemistry midterm.

Above her desk, tacked ontothe bulletin board, a periodictable of the elements lies inclear view. Roman letters andnumbers on the chart sharespace with Chinese characters,symbolizing the mergerbetween two languages, two cul-tures, and two continents.

Despite a hectic midterm

week, Sun said adapting to col-lege coursework and life hasn’tbeen as hard as she initially sus-pected. Principles of Chemistry Iis by far her favorite class.

“I love chemistry — it’s justamazing,” she said. “It involveseverything you meet in yourdaily life. I’m always curiousabout the world around me.”

Preparing for chemistryexams, learning about the U.S.government in her political-sci-ence class, and crunching num-bers in Calculus I have left littletime to take part in other activi-ties, Sun lamented. But hertwice weekly trip to Pet CentralStation, 114 S. Clinton St., totame feral cats remains a priori-ty, and she said she hopes to getinvolved in more service proj-ects in the coming months.

In the meantime, she isn’t shyabout sharing her culture. Shevolunteered to participate in across-cultural project for anadvanced intercultural commu-nication course.

UI senior Courtney Frankpartnered with the freshman onthe class assignment. WithSun’s help, Frank said, she

hopes to learn more about Chi-nese culture.

“I don’t have any worries —I’m more excited about meetingher and getting my questionsanswered,” Frank said.

Sun admits that she is a bithomesick and said she tries to callher parents in Tianjin every fewdays. When coursework loses itsappeal and she wants to relievestress, Sun said, she works out,listens to Chinese music, or talksto her Chinese friends.

“Just speaking in Chinesemakes me feel better,” she said.

While she teaches othersabout Chinese culture, Sun saidshe still has many things tolearn about American culture.The self-proclaimed pumpkin-pie enthusiast said this will bethe first year she that she willexperiences Halloween, a holi-day she’s only heard rumorsabout back in Tianjin.

“What do you call thosethings?” Sun asked, referring tojack-o-lanterns. “Pumpkinlanterns?” she said, laughing.

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“What has occurred in thiscommunity is terrible — I wantyou to know we’re doing every-thing we can on this,” he said.“We stand united.”

He acknowledged that theNite Ride program was still inits pilot stages but said hehoped to expand the programand encouraged the womengathered there to use it.

The event also featured theIowa City Radical Cheerlead-ers, nine women led by Femi-nist Majority LeadershipAlliance President NatashaBullock-Rest, protesting vio-lence with “progressive ideas,”she said, regardless of sex.

“This is not an isolated prob-lem,” she said. “Everyone needsto be talking about theseissues.”

E-mail DI reporter Matt Nelson at:[email protected]

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Andy BaumertBio• Graduated from theUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln with a degree in journalism.• Has worked in radio news,for the Iowa Pork ProducersAssociation, the NationalCattlemen’s Beef Association,and Land O’ Lakes Dairy.• Baumert was appointed tothe Board of Regents staff in2004, and he expects toreturn to his position at IowaState University when a per-manent replacement is found.

Source: Baumert, state Board ofRegents

BOARD OF REGENTS

After fewer than three hours ofdeliberation, accused

prostitution-ring head Robert Sallis was convicted of ongoing

criminal conduct.

By Kathleen OlpTHE DAILY IOWAN

First, Jennifer Niebyl wasdiscouraged from a medicalcareer by her father. Then aYale University professor toldher to stay away from the fieldof obstetrics and gynecology.Finally, she was rejected fromColumbia University.

Today, she is the head ofobstetrics and gynecology atthe UI Hospitals and Clinics,becoming the first female tohead any department at theworld-renown hospital in 1988.

“My father told me medicinewasn’t a suitable career for awoman,” she said. “But Ithought if my husband coulddo it, then I could.”

Niebyl joined Susan Winck-ler, chief of staff of the U.S.Food and Drug Administrationfor Health and Human Ser-vices, to launch the travelingexhibit on women and medi-cine on Thursday night at theMedical Education and Bio-medical Research Facility.

The UI is one of 60 schoolsacross the country that hasbeen awarded the exhibit bythe National Library of Medi-cine. It features the strugglesof American women to accessmedical education, as well aswork in medical specialties.

Niebyl recalled early strug-gles in her profession.

“We took a woman once, andit didn’t work out,” she remem-bered hearing from the obstet-rics and gynecology depart-ment at Columbia. “We don’twant to make that mistakeagain.”

Niebyl said although womenare making advances in medi-cine, some areas still needimprovement, such as gaining

surgical positions and achiev-ing tenure track.

“Women are in the pipeline,”she said. “They haven’t beenpromoted enough yet.”

Winckler assisted Niebyl incontributing to the women’sefforts. She graduated from theUI with a pharmacy degree in1992 and joined the FDA in2006.

“Women and men bring dif-ferent perspectives to medicalpositions,” Winckler said. “Amix is good.”

She said she sees this withher role at the FDA concerningsimple things such as vegeta-

bles, citing her male colleaguewho wanted to get rid ofbagged lettuce, but she saidthe convenience factor playeda huge role for women.

“It might be four more min-utes I can spend with mydaughter,” she said. “A womanthinks about things differently.”

When Winckler’s motherwent to school, she was one offewer than five women whograduated with a degree inpharmacy in 1954.

During the 2005-06 academ-ic year in the United States,those graduating with phar-macy degrees were 68 percent

women and 32 percent men,according to the AmericanAssociation of Colleges ofPharmacy.

At the UI, this year’s first-year Carver College of Medi-cine class of 148 studentsincludes 66 women, around 45percent of the total first-yearmedical students.

“We’re moving to a profes-sion without pigeonholing orstereotyping a specific genderrole,” Winckler said. “We bringa different perspective to medi-cine.”

E-mail DI reporter Kathleen Olp at:[email protected]

By Ben TraversTHE DAILY IOWAN

The Coral Galleria shoppingcenter, an in-the-worksCoralville development, may notbe opening its doors as quicklyas some may hope.

Early reports showed thatdevelopment has begun on the$12 million to $15 million proj-ect, but Coralville city officialssaid that may be premature.

“The final plot of land has notbeen approved by the city,”Coralville City Attorney KevinOlson said. “It is not on the CityCouncil’s agenda.”

The city is negotiating withHigh Development Co. of CedarRapids and has been for sometime, he said, but barringapproval of the land plot, con-struction may not begin untilthe spring of 2008.

The developer has not appliedfor TIF assistance or tax rebates,Olson said.The only city fundinggoing to the project is needed topay for the new railroad cross-ing, an agreement the city hashad with the railroad companyfor some time.

Work on the infrastructure ofan extension of James Street forthe shopping structure was setto begin this week, but weathermay have caused delays, saidDarryl High, the CEO of HighDevelopment. A meeting isscheduled with the Coralvillecouncil next week to discuss theproject, and High said he hopesto submit final plans for the gal-leria in two to three weeks.

The proposed structurewould feature numerous build-ings with two main retailstructures, a hotel with 90-110rooms, and restaurants, Highsaid. The retail buildingswould be approximately135,000 square feet, approxi-mately one-tenth the size ofthe Coral Ridge Mall.

Jim Kessler, an official withthe Coralville Planning andZoning Commission, said theCoral Ridge North shoppingcenter, which is under-construc-tion, is closer to the proposedsize of the Coral Galleria. CoralRidge North has 139,400 squarefeet of retail space he said.

Jeff Davidson, the Iowa Cityplanning director, said that

when the Coral Ridge Mall wasfirst constructed, it became aregional commercial center forthe community. He said the

Coral Galleria is a continuationof that retail buildup.

“A few areas in Iowa Cityused to be [regional] centers,”Davidson said. These areashave become neighborhoodcenters since then, he said, andare experiencing success intheir niche in the businesscommunity.

Davidson said he does notexpect any direct competitionbetween the new developmentand Iowa City businesses.

Olson said business develop-ment in Coralville is growingbut not as quickly as it was twoor three years ago.

Davidson said a proposedplan to extend Highway 965from its intersection with High-way 6 to Melrose Avenue hasbeen in the works for some time.But Iowa City has no plans tobegin the project any time soon.The owner of the land wouldneed motivation, such as thedevelopment of the Coral Galle-ria, before official plans could bemade, he said.

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By Shajia AhmadTHE DAILY IOWAN

Because his office handles closeto 5,000 benefits claims a year,veterans service officer DonaldTyne said he sometimes has toturn away those who seek help.

“The workload has been soimmense,” said the Linn Countyveterans officer. “We’ve had awar going on since 2003, and wejust can’t do this anymore.”

The veterans come to hisoffice, Tyne said, because theymay have limited access orimproperly trained officers intheir own counties.

Nationwide, an inordinateamount of claims are being filedby returning Iraqi andAfghanistan veterans, saidJohn Dorrity, a national servicedirector for the National Associ-ation of County Veterans Ser-vice Officers. Seventy-five to 90percent of all veterans’ claims— county and federal benefitsto health, unemployment com-pensation, and more — origi-nate in county veterans offices.

The high numbers of recentclaims, compounded with poorlyfunded and staffed veteranscounty offices, Tyne said, arehurting veterans and delayingtheir benefits and rewards.

“I may file a claim, but it istaking a year or two,” he said.“We’re tired of hearing [fromstate-elected officials] thatthere’s not enough funding —it’s time to put veterans first.”

Tyne is working with severalveterans and their advocates topetition the state to train andplace county veteran-serviceofficers in all of Iowa’s 99 coun-ties. Almost 4,300 veterans livein counties without officers —about 2 percent of Iowa’s veter-ans, according to the IowaDepartment of Veterans Affairs.Tyne said 46 of Iowa counties,including Johnson County, onlystaff their offices part-time.

The much-needed funds, said

Tyne, would provide countyoffices with better outreach pro-grams to educate veterans abouttheir benefits, providing themwith better services.Dorrity saidit is ultimately favorable forcounties to help veterans andfile more claims — more moneyis then spent in the county.

James Knudsen, a VietnamWar veteran who served for 15months overseas,said he is work-ing on the petition with Tyne.Knudsen said he still suffersfrom post-traumatic stress disor-der and exposure to AgentOrange, which has left him withseveral medical problems.

Knudsen filed for his seconddisability claim in June 2007,butdue to the heavy traffic of claimsin recent years, the Marion resi-dent doesn’t know if and whenhe’ll receive his benefits.

Rep. McKinley Bailey, D-Web-ster City, a member of the Veter-ans Affairs Committee, saidthough Iowa is slowly makingprogress, its state funds are notcomparable to other states such asWisconsin — where service offi-cers are mandated in each county.

Iowa opened its Departmentof Veterans Affairs only 10 yearsago, Bailey said. New staffemployees and better trainingfor staff are the top priorities forthe improving the infrastruc-ture of the veterans services inthe state, but funding, he said,remains a major problem.

Despite the large number ofIraqi war veterans claims, thelargest group remains seniorveterans, those 65 and older,Dorrity said.

Knudsen said the weak infra-structure and representationmakes him think governmentofficials no longer care about vet-erans like him.

“I feel like we were forgottenwhen we came home, and nowwe’re being forgotten again,” hesaid.

E-mail DI reporter Shajia Ahmad at:[email protected]

Natalia Salazar/The Daily IowanJennifer Niebyl (second from left), the head of the UI obstetrics and gynecology department, speaks withwomen in the Hardin Library at the exhibit Changing the Face of Medicine on Thursday. Earlier, Niebyl gavea speech at the Medical Education and Research Building on the increasing role of women in medicine.

NEW SHOPPING MALL HITS DELAYThe $12 million to $15 million

project will be around one-tenth the size of the Coral Ridge Mall.

Women make stridesin field of medicine

Vet care inIowa faulted

By Kim Gamel and QassimAbdul-Zahra

ASSOCIATED PRESS

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s leadersgrappled Thursday over thedeath sentences for three for-mer Saddam Hussein regimeheavyweights — including thenotorious enforcer known as“Chemical Ali” — amid warn-ings the hangings could enflamesectarian violence and derailefforts at reconciliation.

But any serious delays in car-rying out the executions alsorisk backlash from the victimsof Saddam’s attacks, includingKurds who faced a brutal crack-down in the 1980s that led tothe death sentences.

The bind grew more difficultas Sunni leaders pressed todelay the hangings, saying theycould incite violence and cripplealready fragile bids to improveties between Iraq’s rival groups.

A court last month upheldthe genocide and war-crimesconvictions against the threeformer regime insiders fortheir roles in the “OperationAnfal” campaign againstautonomy-seeking Kurds inthe 1980s that claimed morethan 100,000 lives.

Baghdad’s attacks — includingthe use of poison gas in the Kur-dish town of Halabja — came tosymbolize the cruelty of Saddam’sgrip on power and brought thenickname “Chemical Ali” to one of

the masterminds, Saddam’scousin Ali Hassan al-Majid.

The others sentenced wereformer Defense Minister Sul-tan Hashim al-Tai and Hus-sein Rashid Mohammed, for-mer deputy operations directorof the Iraqi armed forces.

The court ordered the hang-ings to occur within 30 days.They were put off until the endof the holy month of Ramadan,which ended earlier this week.

But U.S. and Iraqi officialssaid the men remained in U.S.custody Thursday amid a swirlof legal questions and growingworries about the fallout.

Iraqi President Jalal Tala-bani, who opposes the deathpenalty, said he would not signoff on the execution as techni-cally required by Iraq’s Consti-tution. As a Kurd, Talabani’srefusal carried special cloutbecause of strong Kurdishdesire to settle scores with Sad-dam’s henchmen.

The trial brought emotionaltestimony from relatives of vic-tims and survivors who told talesof being forced from their homesand surviving horrific attacks,including the poison cloud thatengulfed Halabja in 1988 and leftmore than 5,000 people dead.

By Zhi XiongTHE DAILY IOWAN

Congress’ failure to overridePresident George W. Bush’s vetoof a plan to give an additional$35 billion to a national chil-dren’s health-insurance pro-gram drew a swift responsefrom a group of supporters col-lected by Iowa for Health CareThursday.

Around a dozen supporters ofthe bill convened at the IowaCity Post Office, 400 S. ClintonSt., with signs and banners in avigil lamenting the 273-156vote, which was 13 short of thenecessary two-thirds majority.

Iowa for Health Care is organ-ized by the national ServiceEmployees International Union.

“It’s a step in the wrong direc-tion,” said Brian Flaherty, thechairman of the Johnson CountyDemocrats.

Flaherty, a volunteer firefight-er in Coralville, said he cannotafford health insurance.

The Democratic-led Congress’plan originally passed 256-159last month. The bill would haveincreased tobacco taxes to gen-erate $35 billion over a five-yearperiod, bringing 10 million morechildren to the State Children’sHealth Insurance Program.

More than one in 10 childrenlacked health care in 2006, anincrease from the previous year,according to the CensusBureau’s latest statistics.

The program was created in1997 to help millions of kids inan insurance gap where parentsmake too much to qualify forMedicaid but not enough toafford private coverage. Using aportion of federal funds, individ-ual states were responsible fordesigning health-coverage plans

and packages.Iowa’s two children’s insur-

ance programs are IowaCareand Hawk-I, or Healthy andWell Kids in Iowa. Hawk-I offerssuch services as dental care,vision screening, and inpatientcare. At present, 37,000 childrenin the state are covered by theseprograms.

Republican Rep. Steve Kingwas the only Iowa congressmanto vote against the bill, and hesuggested an alternative mean-ing for the acronym SCHIP onthe House floor: “Socialized Clin-ton-style Hillarycare for Illegalsand their Parents.”

King and other opponents ofthe bill criticized it for providinghealth care for children of illegalimmigrants. But after the Per-sonal Responsibility and WorkOpportunity Reconciliation Actof 1996, only refugees, alienswith asylum, and those whosedeportation is withheld are eligi-ble for Medicaid and SCHIP.

Iowa for Health Care recentlyled a rally in Sioux City toprotest King’s vote.

“This is typical of George

Bush and [King] voting his way,but this is Iowa’s children we’retalking about,” said AndrewMertens, the communicationsdirector for Iowa for HealthCare. “It’s unfair for legislatorsto use [illegal immigration] as awedge.”

SCHIP covers approximately6 million children nationwide.Bush originally proposed anextra $5 billion to the program,which would reportedly make500,000 more children eligible —not enough to cover the current8.7 million lacking insurance.

Gina Schatteman, a UI associ-ate professor of exercise science,said she saw the effects of spottycare and insurance in ruralTexas, where she once workedfor emergency-medical services.

“I saw children with asthmaget taken to the hospital in anambulance because they could-n’t get albuterol,” she said, refer-ring to a medication that dilatesthe airways during asthmaattacks.

Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa,whose district includes IowaCity, said he will pursue an

extension of SCHIP until Nov.16, which would buoy the Hawk-I program for another month.

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By David EspoASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Chalk upanother veto victory for Presi-dent Bush.

The Democratic-controlledHouse failed on Thursday tooverride his rejection of a polit-ically popular children’s healthbill, and the White Houseinstantly called for compro-mise talks on a replacement.

“As long as the bottom line isthat 10 million children arecovered. That’s nonnegotiable,”responded Speaker NancyPelosi, D-Calif. She pledgedthat new legislation would beready within two weeks, andwithin hours, key lawmakersmet to consider changes in thevetoed measure.

The maneuvering followed a273-156 vote that left support-ers 13 short of the two-thirdsmajority needed to prevail in abruising veto struggle betweencongressional Democrats and apolitically weakened Republi-can president.

It was Bush’s third veto ofthe year. He has yet to be over-ridden, although Democratssay they will succeed in doingso on a water-projects bill thatwill soon go to the White House.

“We won this round,” saidWhite House spokeswomanDana Perino, despite anaggressive advertising cam-paign on the insurance bill byDemocratic allies that wasaimed at GOP lawmakers.

Democrats cited public opin-ion polls that showed over-whelming support for a health-care expansion and they pre-dicted some Republicanswould pay a heavy price at thepolls for sticking with Bush.

At a cost of $35 billion overfive years, the vetoed measurewould have added nearly 4million uninsured children tothe insurance program. It pro-vides coverage for those whoare not poor enough to qualifyfor Medicaid, but whose

families cannot afford privatehealth care.

“You either stand with ourchildren, or you stand againstthem,” said Rep. Jim Clyburnof South Carolina, a member ofthe Democratic leadership.“There is no in between.”

Critics said the bill was astep toward socialized medi-cine, that too many adultsbenefited, and that despite anexplicit prohibition, it wouldallow children of illegal immi-grants to gain coverage.

Democrats do “not want alow income children’s plan,”said Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich.

“They want what HillaryClinton called for in 1994, thefirst step toward government-run insurance for all,” he said.As first lady, she unsuccessful-ly pushed a plan for universalcoverage.

Within an hour of the vote,both sides were staking outtheir ground for compromisetalks.

Perino said Bush wants to“take care of poor childrenfirst” and was willing to spendmore than he has proposed.Going one step further, seniorcongressional Republicans saidit might be possible to covermore lower-income adults, aslong as the states first enrolled90 percent or 95 percent oftheir eligible children.

Not long after Perino spoke,key House and Senate Democ-rats, joined by two SenateRepublican supporters of thevetoed bill, met to considerrevisions.

While Pelosi made insuring10 million children a nonnego-tiable demand, Democratic offi-cials were looking at possiblechanges in at least two areas.

One would attempt toaddress the GOP claim thatillegal immigrants couldobtain coverage, while alsoassuring that the eligible chil-dren without birth certificatesare not turned away.

Robin Svec/The Daily IowanMembers of Iowa For Health Care hold a vigil outside the Iowa City Post Office after Congress failed tooverride President Bush’s veto to expand the SCHIP program on Thursday. The bill would give states federal money to provide health insurance for children whose families are not eligible for Medicaid butcannot afford private health coverage.

Who lacks healthinsurance?• The number of uninsuredchildren increased from 8 million (10.9 percent) in2005 to 8.7 million (11.7 percent) in 2006.• Iowa, Minnesota, Hawaii,Wisconsin, and Maine had thelowest uninsured rates in thenation• 34.4 million — U.S.-born residents without insurance in2006, a 0.4 percentage pointincrease• 12.6 million — Foreign-bornresidents without insurance in2006, unchanged percentagefrom 2005

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Aug. 28news release

Looming executions split IraqWORLD

House failsto overridehealth veto

Locals reject Bush vetoCongress could

not overturn thepresident’s veto

to increase fundingfor a national

program to providehealth-care cover-age for children.

The crunch of fresh apples fromthe orchard, the sweet smell of realhot chocolate being brewed by someadorable barista, and the sound ofbones shattering as yet anothermotorist fails to yield to cyclistscompose the melancholy collage offall for me.

Rainy fall days, the kind whereyou can see soft clouds of breathrising from the mouths of loverswalking down the sidewalk withcups of java warming their mit-tened hands as fat drops of waterplop around them, let the nostalgiaand tenderness of cloudy days driftsoothingly into routine. Suddenly,curling up in an armchair on aFriday afternoon, lighting a fewcandles, andstroking thehead of theGrizzly bearhide that coversthe tiled portionof your dormroom takesprecedent overall socialendeavors. Thisis a story forthose melancholy dreamers who settheir alarm clocks to the soothingbops of Miles Davis, floss daily, andsometimes shudder at the thoughtof their spirits lifting too high thatit would break the thrilling lull oftheir daily October cry. I won’t boreyou with politics or controversialissues or a wildly interrupted entryfrom my journal. In the short nar-rative that follows I aspire toweave, in beautifully tangled pas-sion, every theme targeted in theChicken Soup series. It is a colle-giate commentary: On Love, OnParenting, On Teaching andLearning, Overcoming Obstacles, AMatter of Perspective, A Matter ofAttitude, On Death and Dying, OnAging, On Living Your Dream and,lastly, Eclectic Wisdom.

I present to you: Chicken Soupfor the Depressed as Hell Fall Soul.

Martin hovered over the JavaHouse urinal for the fifth time inthe last seven hours. His pee hadtaken up the distinctly bold andaromatic flavor of the MexicanAltura he was so accustomed toexcessively drinking this time of theyear. He had three tests in two daysand had just started laboriouslytrudging through the first 12 chap-ters of Plato’s Republic when he felta tug at his heart’s strings. Martinwas alone. Not just alone in spiritbut genuinely alone in all physicali-ty. His roommate had demanded achange of space when Martin’s Halohabits failed to change even withthe onset of school and early morn-ing classes. He was a geek, a gamer,a lover of the digital divine, andthere was nothing that could changethat. Or was there?

It was in the midst of this thoughtthat he noticed a girl gazing queerlyat him from the top of her high-risemonitor of a Dell Inspiron. He quick-ly looked away, took a sip of hisheavily sugared coffee, and returnedto playing the flash version ofExcitebike he had downloaded froma warez site. He watched her out ofthe corner of his eye as theEurotrash diva walked toward him,her fishnet stockings and rippedjean skirt pulling at his carnaldesires, impossible to hide in a placeas eclectic as the Java House.Impossibly, she sat down next to himand crossed her arms. He pretendednot to notice but couldn’t fake it any-more when she leaned in and said ina low voice that was vaguely mascu-line, “I see you.”

“Excuse me?”“I see you,” she repeated again in

a more soothing tone.“What the hell are you talking

about?”“I see you.”“Yeah I know, I get it. I see you

too.”The UI student life mentor put

two hands on his shoulders andsaid again, this time more slowly,peering into his lonely autumnsoul, “No … I … see … you.”

Martin Ebling broke down. Theweight of his freshman year of col-lege came crashing down upon histender outcast soul, and he wept infishnet girl’s arms. Martin was nolonger lonely. That night as hestabbed the Halo energy swordthrough RageBallz69, he yelled tri-umphantly into his headset, “I seeyou!”

The power of words is immense,but the power of recognition is infi-nite. I hope you enjoyed my story ofloss and redemption. As with allChicken Soup stories, it is entirelyfictional and made to make thosewithout a soul feel like there mightbe one rattling around inside.DI columnist John LaRue will write you a personalized

Chicken Soup, in exchange for your immortal soul. E-mail him at:

[email protected].

JASON BRUMMOND Editor • BRITTANY VOLK Managing Editor • JONATHAN GOLD Opinions Editor • EMILEIGH BARNES, DANNY VALENTINE Metro Editors

ERIK HOVENKAMP, JEFF SHARP, ROB VERHEIN, NATE WHITNEY Editorial writers


Against. Ithink it’s reallygoing to hurtdowntown.”

On the Spot

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Bill GanskeUI sophomore

Do you plan on voting for or against the 21 ordinance?If I vote, it’ll

be for the ordinance.”“

Phil YoungUI senior

Against it.We had the rightto be in the barsas freshmen andsophomores.

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Seth BuntingUI junior

I’m planningon voting to keepit at 19.”“

Tessa RolandUI freshman

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Beginning Monday, UI students will have the opportunity to registerand vote simultaneously in advance of the Nov. 6 city election. As mostpeople are well-aware, this election will also decide the fate of a proposedordinance banning anyone under the age of 21 from the Iowa City bars.In preparation for the vote, anti-ordinance organizations have formed atthe UI and have collected enough signatures to establish satellite votinglocations at several campus sites, including the Main Library and ahandful of dorms. Students are notorious for their lack of turnout in anygiven election, but the satellite locations will, the organizers say, boostthe student vote.

Atul Nakhasi of the Student Health Initiative Task Force, an organizationon campus opposed to the ordinance, hopes that more than 2,000 studentswill vote in the election. By having satellite locations available at dorms typ-ically occupied by students either unregistered in Iowa City or not registeredat all, Nakhasi thinks easily accessible voting stations will lead to greaterstudent turnout. “My goal is to have the 21-ordinance defeated by Oct. 26,”Nakhasi said, referring to the last day of satellite voting on campus.

The same-day registration advantage at the satellite locations should

certainly increase the odds of preventing the passage of the ordinance.Instead of having to register almost two weeks in advance, then find thecorrect polling station on Election Day, students can accomplish both in justminutes throughout next week. Though the satellite voting can be accessedby any Iowa City resident, its clear intent is to corral unregistered UI stu-dents who are opposed to the ordinance but not likely to vote otherwise. Theidea of early voting will, hopefully, inspire students to continue exercisingtheir civic duty in the future. While this particular vote has clear conse-quences if students do not vote, perhaps the outcome of this issue — howev-er it turns out — will instill in all UI students the potential importance oftheir individual vote in every election.

In securing the satellite voting stations, students have demonstratedtheir ability to energize their peers. Hopefully, those organizations will con-tinue their efforts next year in the Iowa caucuses and general election. If allstudents placed the same value in choosing our elected leaders as UI stu-dents do in choosing their right to $1 you-call-its, our opinions might be bet-ter represented in Des Moines and Washington, D.C. With any luck, thevoter drive for the Nov. 6 election is just the beginning.

SCHIP increase targetshaves, not have-nots

President Bush wanted to increasefunding for the children’s health insuranceprogram by $5 billion. Congress wanted$35 billion. That’s too much of a differ-ence in funding, too many questions leftunanswered. Hence the veto.

According to the Urban Institute,almost 60 percent of children eligiblefor SCHIP already have private cover-age. The Congressional Budget Officereports the figure is 77 percent for chil-dren targeted by Congress’ proposedexpansion.

Why is Congress targeting familiesalready covered?

And what does that mean exactly? Itmeans that as proposed, the governmentis essentially recruiting people to switch

from paying for health care out of theirown paycheck to having you, the taxpayer,foot their health care bills. A family of fourearning $56,500 can switch from respon-sibly paying for their own health care tohaving SCHIP — a.k.a, you — picking upthe tab.

Pro-SCHIP-expansion politicians arequick to mention statistics for the unin-sured but fail to mention that many peo-ple choose not to have insurance. Manypeople willfully take a gamble on not get-ting sick or injured, and would ratherspend their money on eating out, deliverypizza, DVDs, and iPods. That is a reality,folks, politicians won’t admit that, andsomehow, we’re to have SCHIP sympathyfor people capable of paying for their owninsurance?

Mike ThayerCoralville

Commentary

The confirmation hearings for attorney general nominee Michael Mukaseybegan Wednesday with the sober pronouncement by Judiciary CommitteeChairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., that, if confirmed, Mukasey would inherita Justice Department facing its gravest challenge since the “Saturday NightMassacre” of Watergate infamy. Then it quickly turned into a ceremonial waltz,with members of both parties swooning as Mukasey delivered informed, con-cise, and responsive answers. The senators’ reaction was understandable, giventhe conspicuous difference between Mukasey’s testimony and the chronic eva-sions of Alberto Gonzales. But senators shouldn’t be surprised if, as attorneygeneral, Mukasey adopts many of the same positions as his predecessor —albeit with more reasoned and legally sound justifications.

Mukasey’s stated respect for the rule of law came across as a refreshingdeparture from the Bush administration’s record. His familiarity with SupremeCourt decisions on the rights of enemy combatants suggested a recognition thatthe rulings should be respected. His acknowledgment of the need for and desir-ability of consultation and collaboration between the executive and legislativebranches sounded almost radical, given the administration’s past practice.When asked if he believes Congress has the right to ban torture, he replied,“Yes, I do, and it has.” He gave exactly the right answer when asked what rolepolitics should play in law-enforcement decisions: “Partisan politics plays nopart in either the bringing of charges or the timing of charges.”

The bar for Mukasey’s success was set low on this first day of hearings. Fewsenators attempted to get beneath the surface of the judge’s compelling but

often incomplete answers. It’s worth noting that administration officials — fromthe president on down — have given similar answers before in public, while pri-vately contradicting them. Mukasey’s unblemished reputation as a judge andhis courageous decision to demand that U.S. citizen and alleged “dirty bomb”plotter Jose Padilla be given a lawyer are reasons to believe that his public dec-larations will prove meaningful.

Still, Mukasey will undoubtedly take conservative legal positions that willas often as not support the president’s agenda. At least twice, Mukaseyinvoked the Supreme Court case of Hamdi v. Rumsfeld to remind senators ofthe president’s right to detain indefinitely an enemy combatant captured onthe battlefield. While seemingly sincere in embracing intrabranch coopera-tion (“Unilateralism across the board is a bad idea.”), Mukasey also said thatthere were powers that the president is authorized to exercise without priorapproval from Congress. (He wasn’t asked what those powers were.) In anexchange with Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., Mukasey argued that becauseof “very scant” case law, the executive may have tremendous flexibility ingathering intelligence, with far fewer restrictions than in a criminal investi-gation.

Mukasey is clearly well-qualified and displays a breadth of knowledge and adeep-seated sense of integrity that can only be a benefit to the beleaguered Jus-tice Department and the nation. The Senate should confirm him promptly —and with eyes wide open.

This editorial appeared in Thursday’s Washington Post.

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Arts&Culture“I just want to drink beer and play Atari.”Substitute “Atari” for “Halo,” and you’ve constructedthe mindset of almost every collegiate male on campus. The band that penned those oh-so-deeplyrics will play the Picador, 330 E. Washington St.,with Treaty of Paris and Inept today at 9 p.m.

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The Thursday 8 p.m.time-slot battle between “Grey’sAnatomy” and “TheOffice” threatens todivide fans who enjoyedthe ability to watch theshows back-to-back lastyear. But after weighingthe pros and cons ofeach, Thursday nightaddicts can still have thebest of both shows — bytaping “The Office” andpressing the play buttonimmediately afterMeredith wraps up hertraditional moral lessonmonologue.

Here’s DI reporter ClaireLekwa’s reasons to endyour night with “TheOffice”:

5. After the stale, slow-moving relationship drama ofthis season’s “Grey’s,” youradrenaline can rush watchingPB & J (Pam Beesly andJim) finally unite after seasons of anticipation, andDwight and Angela break offtheir secret romance as aresult of a tragic frozen-catincident.

4. Somehow, it seemsdoubtful whether anyone onthe “Grey’s” medical teamwould have the audacity tohold a pizza boy hostage.Such is the incredulity of theemployees at Dunder Mifflin.

3. The squeamish can settletheir stomachs after the sur-gical blood and guts ofSeattle Grace Hospital. Butwatch out for those chaffingnipples.

2. Even though advancedmachinery allowed Drs. Sloanand Webber to reconnect thenerves of a patient’s tongue,Dwight Schrute can sell morepaper than a computer. Sotake that, technology.

1. Admit it — you know youalways end up crying at theend of “Grey’s,” so a fresh,hour-long round of MichaelScott hilarity could really doyou some good after a long,hard school week.

CLAIRE LEKWA

By Jarrett HothanTHE DAILY IOWAN

The UI Museum of Art isnormally filled with silentlyreflective patrons, but not onOct. 21. The “Music at theMuseum” series, a union ofmelody and art engineered bythe UI School of Music, will fillthe gallery with an afternoonof Baroque arias and sonatas.The free performance is opento the public, beginning at 2p.m.

UI School of Music lecturerShari Rhoads, the concertorganizer and a musical contributor, beams with excitement when asked aboututilizing this previouslyuntapped venue.

“This event is specialbecause it is a relativelyunused space at the Museum ofArt in terms of concerts,” shesaid. “The pieces that we areperforming for these concertswere composed for small,intimate spaces instead of themassive auditoriums that werebuilt in America to accommo-date everything from a sporting event to a tractorpull.”

The Oct. 21 concert is thesecond in a series of six at themuseum. This one focuses onmusic of the Baroque period;harpsichordist Rhoads will joinaccomplished UI School ofMusic oboist Mark Weiger andsoprano Susan Bender fromthe University of Wisconsin-

Stevens Point. The ensemblewill combine famous workspenned by such composers asHenry Purcell and GeorgeFrideric Handel.

The concerts, which continuethrough the remainder of theschool year, will involve UI stu-dent musicians as well.

“For many of the concerts,

there are collaborations amongfaculty and students,” Rhoadssaid. “This gives the studentsan opportunity to perform withprofessionals and gain experi-ence on another level. For us, itis joyful to stand side by sidewith our students and makemusic with them.”

The concert series will spana variety of genres. The Nov. 11concert will offer madrigalworks from the 16th century,provided by some of the Schoolof Music’s premier musicians.In February, a version of Handel’s opera Julius Caesarwill be recreated featuring achamber orchestra.

Attendees should enter theMuseum of Art through thenew permanent entrance,

located on the east side of thebuilding. This entrance leadsdirectly into the Museum’sNancy and Craig Willis Atri-um, where the concerts arestaged.

Rhoads hopes the transfor-mation of the museum into amusic venue will spawn atrend campuswide.

“I haven’t had the chance toperform in the Old Capitol.That would be fantastic,” shesaid. “I also would love to doMozart operas in the park onthe Shakespeare Stage. And ofcourse, whenever PresidentSally Mason calls, I’ll be readyto bring her the very best wehave to offer.”

E-mail DI reporter Jarrett Hothan at:[email protected]

By Nathan LeyTHE DAILY IOWAN

In 1939, it was housed in anold Quonset hut. In time, it wouldspawn the International WritingProgram and the NonfictionWriting Program. It would playhost to such faculty members asRaymond Carver, John Cheever,T.C. Boyle, John Irving, and KurtVonnegut. Eventually, the IowaWriters’ Workshop would becomethe most prestigious andrenowned creative-writing mas-ter’s program in the UnitedStates. And for the next year, youcan appreciate its history at theA Community of Writers: Writingat the UI exhibit housed in theOld Capitol Museum.

When I first walked in thebasement of Old Capitol, the rick-ety doors from that first Quonsethut stared straight back at me.To the left was Flannery O’Con-nor’s M.F.A. thesis, The Gerani-um, and to the left hung a blown-up picture of Paul Engle andRobert Frost presiding over aclassroom of prospective writers.

Down the hall and to the right,an exhibit highlights other writ-ing programs at the UI. Besidesthose mentioned above, theTranslation Workshop, the Play-wrights’ Workshop, and the Cen-ter for the Book all began in IowaCity. Pictures as well as old man-uscripts, drafts, and letters adornstands made to look like Quonsethuts. Typewriters and stackedbooks decorate the walls andfloor. Rolls of paper acting astimelines run along the walls,and at one end rests an old tele-phone with the ability to playreadings by specific authorswhen the correct number isdialed.

Guiding me through thisquasi-time capsule is author andguest curator Jennifer New. Hav-ing written two “visual” books(Drawing from Life: The Journalas Ar and Dan Eldon: The Art ofLife), she has respect and appre-ciation for the history of a presti-gious program and its effect onthe history of the UI.

Leading me out of the Quon-sets, New walked me to the finaland perhaps most interestingroom of the exhibit. She called itthe process room and for goodreason.Walking in, it seemed rel-atively simple:An old desk at one

end,a small case next to it, a backwall covered in small photos.

The desk is a representation ofthe one belonging to former Writ-ers’ Workshop Director Engle.The desk wasn’t actually his, butthe typewriter, mail scale, andchair were all owned and used bythe poet. In fact, Engle’s presenceis felt throughout the exhibit inold pictures, letters, and poemswritten on scratch paper — andrightfully so. He is credited withthe reputation the program hasattained by recruiting talentedyoung writers, much like ansports coach, and it paid off.

“Paul Engle should get aposthumous medal from theCoast Guard for all the lives hesaved,” is a quotation from Von-negut describing Engle’s rela-tionship with “starving artists”on one wall of the exhibit.

The small photos on the backwall were, however, the mostintriguing aspect of the room forme.New wrote to former and cur-rent members of the writing pro-grams and asked for pictures oftheir work areas. The photosshow entire rooms where thewalls are covered in post-it notes,simple desks with computers,

and one so plain it is merely abed and pad of paper.

The last thing New showed mewas one of the framed pictures onthe wall. A Vonnegut painting ofone of his characters, infamousscience-fiction writer KilgoreTrout, dominates one wall. Onthe side is a note Vonnegut wroteto then-Director Frank Conroy.“Dear Frank Conroy — Maybeyou can find space in the work-shop to hang this as my acknowl-edgment of my spiritual debt toIowa City, which was the majorepiphany of my entire existence.— Cheers.”

And with that concise state-ment, Vonnegut summed up theimportance of the exhibit.

E-mail DI reporter Nathan Ley at:[email protected]

Lindsey Walters/The Daily IowanA poster advertising a Donald Justice poetry reading in Shambaugh Auditorium on Oct. 5, 1999, hangson a display Thursday in the Old Capitol Museum as part of the A Community of Writers: Writing at theUI. The exhibit will be on display for the next year on the Old Capitol basement.

Music at the MuseumLeo La Fosse Baroqueinstrument collection

When: Oct. 21, 2 p.m.Where: The UI Museum of Art

Admission: Free

Other Writing EventsWhile the main exhibit ishoused in the Old CapitolMuseum’s lower level, smallerdisplays set up outside theSenate Chamber will rotatethroughout the year. Upcomingevents include the following: • Nov. 4, 1:30-3 p.m.: SailingInto Iowa, a one-woman showby Maggie Conroy• Nov. 8, 3-4 p.m.: Gallery Talk,“Judge a Book by Its Cover”• Nov. 15, time TBA: UI Centerfor the Book’s Brownell Lecture,“Poetry in Place and Practice:American Readers and the Usesof Verse”• Nov. 29, 3-4 p.m.: GalleryTalk about the graduate-schoolapplication process for writersand a question-and-answer session with current graduatewriting students.

Classical music as an exhibition The UI School of Music looks to add to the ambiance

by performing a series of eclectic concerts at the UI Museum of Art this year.

Writing from the prairieA new exhibit at the Old Capitol Museum showcases artifacts from Kurt Vonnegut, John Irving, Paul

Engle, and other writers that explains the history behind the programs that have come to define the UI.

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) —A suicide bombing in a crowdwelcoming former Prime Minis-ter Benazir Bhutto killed atleast 126 people Thursdaynight, shattering her celebrato-ry procession through Pak-istan’s biggest city after eightyears in exile.

Two explosions went off neara truck carrying Bhutto, butpolice and officials of her partysaid she was not injured andwas hurried to her house. AnAssociated Press photo showeda dazed-looking Bhutto beinghelped away.

Officials at six hospitals inKarachi reported 126 dead and248 wounded. It was believed tobe the deadliest bomb attack inPakistan’s history.

Bhutto flew home to lead herPakistan People’s Party in Jan-uary parliamentary elections,drawing cheers from supportersmassed in a sea of the party’sred, green and black flags. Thepolice chief said 150,000 were inthe streets, while other onlook-ers estimated twice that.

The throngs reflected Bhut-to’s enduring political clout, butshe has made enemies of Islam-ic militants by taking a pro-U.S.line and negotiating a possiblepolitical alliance with Pak-istan’s military ruler, PresidentGen. Pervez Musharraf.

An estimated 20,000 securityofficers had been deployed toprotect Bhutto and her caval-cade of motorized rickshaws,colorful buses, cars and motor-cycles.

Authorities had urged Bhuttoto use a helicopter to reduce therisk of attack amid threats fromextremists sympathetic to theTaliban and Al Qaeda, but shebrushed off the concerns.

“I am not scared. I am think-ing of my mission,” she had toldreporters on the plane fromDubai. “This is a movement fordemocracy because we areunder threat from extremistsand militants.”

Last month, Bhutto told CNNshe realized she was a target.Islamic militants, she said,“don’t believe in women govern-ing nations, so they will try toplot against me, but these arerisks that must be taken. I’mprepared to take them.”

Leaving the airport, Bhuttorefused to use a bulletproofglass cubicle that had been builtatop the truck taking her to thetomb of Pakistan’s foundingfather, Mohammed Ali Jinnah,to give a speech. She squeezedbetween other party officialsalong a railing at the front androde high above the street.

Mukasey won’t say ifwaterboarding is illegal

WASHINGTON (AP) — AttorneyGeneral-nominee Michael Mukaseyrefused to say Thursday whetherhe considers waterboarding a formof torture, frustrating Democratsand potentially slowing his confir-mation to head the JusticeDepartment.

In an increasingly testy secondday of hearings before the SenateJudiciary Committee, Mukaseyalso said he is reluctant to supportlegislation protecting reportersfrom being forced by courts toreveal their sources. TheDemocratic-led panel has approvedthose protections, which PresidentBush has threatened to veto.

Mukasey, a retired federal judgewho has ruled in some of thenation’s highest-profile terror trials,repeatedly avoided discussing thelegality of specific interrogationtechniques — including forced nudi-ty, mock executions and simulateddrowning known as waterboarding.

To comment would be irresponsi-ble “when there are people who areusing coercive techniques and whoare being authorized to use coercive

techniques,” Mukasey said.“And for me to say something

that is going to put their careers orfreedom at risk simply because Iwant to be congenial — I don’tthink it would be responsible of meto do that,” Mukasey said.

Autistic hiker foundalive in W.Va. woods

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Anautistic hiker lost for four days hasbeen found alive and reunited withhis family, a spokesman for thesearch effort said Thursday after-noon.

The spokesman, ChrisStadelman, provided no details onJacob Allen’s condition or how the18-year-old was found. A news con-ference was planned for Thursdayevening.

Allen wandered away from hisparents Sunday afternoon in theMonongahela National Forest.Hundreds of volunteers and trainedprofessionals had been combing thewoods, calling for him to come tothem for candy bars, ice cream, andother food.

Allen had no food or water withhim, but Stadelman had said therewere natural water sources in thesearch area, which consists of approx-imately 10 square miles of often steepand brush-covered terrain.

Overnight temperatures droppedto as low as 38 degrees on thenights Allen was missing. He waswearing hiking boots, a long-sleevedT-shirt, a wind jacket, and windpants.

Astronauts on drinking defensive

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) —This weekend as the seven astro-nauts relax before Tuesday’sblastoff into space, the beer will becold and waiting at crew quartersat Kennedy Space Center. No onewill monitor how much they drink,no breath tests given. “We’re all

professionals,” says Scott Kelly,the commander of the last spaceshuttle mission in August.

While the outside world wasaghast at a medical report a fewmonths ago suggesting two casesof drunkenness just before launch,the men and women who flyNASA’s space shuttles are indig-nant.

“It’s just such an absurd thing tothink that someone would even dothat,” said Kelly, a Navy command-er. “I don’t have the words todescribe how ridiculous this wholething is.”

He and others agree there’s noharm in having a beer a day or twoout, and he did just that. Duringthe three days before liftoff, theshuttle crew is in semi-isolation atdorm-style quarters or at thebeach house where astronautsenjoy barbecues with their spous-es.

Kelly’s co-pilot, CharlesHobaugh, a burly Marine colonel,readily admits he’s no teetotaler.But he says that coming intolaunch, his drink of choice is skimmilk.


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Susan Walsh/Associated PressSen. Ben Cardin, D-Md. (right), shakes hands with Attorney General-nominee Michael Mukasey (left) onCapitol Hill Thursday as Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., looks on, following Mukasey’s second day of testifying before the committee on his nomination.

Shakil Adil/Associated PressPeople assist the injured at the scene of a bomb explosion at a procession of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Karachi on Thursday. Two explosions went offnear the vehicle carrying Bhutto, killing at least 126 and wounding at least 248. Party workers and police said Bhutto was unhurt.

By Sam MartinTHE DAILY IOWAN

For a group of Hawkeyes onthe soccer team, waving good-bye won’t be easy this week-end.

“It’s sad,” said goalie LindseyBoldt. “I’m not ready to walkaway yet. I want us to make theBig Ten [Tournament] and doall the things that we’ve beenworking so hard for during thepast four years. It’s kind ofemotional saying goodbye tothis place.”

Boldt is one of nine seniorswho will take the field at theIowa Soccer Complex for thefinal time this weekend, as theHawkeyes finish out theirhome schedule with matchesagainst Penn State Friday andOhio State Oct. 21.

“It’ll be hard, not seeing thesame women every day for fouryears,” said defender Abby

Gierke. The group has beenthrough a lot together —countless practices, lengthybus rides and road trips, toughlosses, empowering wins, and acoaching change halfwaythrough their collegiatecareers.

By Brendan StilesTHE DAILY IOWAN

If the Iowa football programhasn’t already sent “ThankYou” cards to whoever decidedthis year’s Big Ten schedule, itought to.

Two weeks ago, theHawkeyes were at one of thelowest points of the Kirk Ferentz era, while Saturday’sopponent, Purdue, was undefeated, ranked, and stillconsidered by many to be a

sleeper to win the Big Ten.As Iowa prepares to play

the Boilermakers at Ross-AdeStadium on Saturday, theHawkeyes are coming off theirbiggest win in a while, beatinga then-ranked Illinois team atKinnick Stadium, 10-6.

Purdue, on the other hand,looks very vulnerable after los-ing 23-7 to Ohio State and 48-21 to Michigan. But given thetype of competition Purdue hasfaced, as well as the experience

the Boilermakers brought backthis season, coach Kirk Ferentzknows his team has a big chal-lenge facing it in WestLafayette, calling the opponent“vintage Purdue.”

“This is a good footballclub, a lot like Indiana, a lotlike Illinois in that it has gota ton of veterans back,” hesaid. “[The Boilermakers]have got about nine starterson each side of the ball froma year ago, and then they’vegot their specialists back,too.

“Purdue has done what ittakes to win through theyears.”

Hawkeyes face ‘vintage Purdue’

By Ryan YoungTHE DAILY IOWAN

As the weekend approaches,blood is curdling inside theveins of several Hawkeye field-hockey athletes. The NittanyLions are coming to town.

In a friendly rivalry builtaround similar playing styles,two NCAA Final Four throw-downs, and countless convertedKeystone State natives — bothpast and present — love hasbeen both lost and foundbetween the two storied field-hockey programs.

And for the 10 Pennsylvani-ans listed on Iowa’s 18-womanroster, a bittersweet reunion isscheduled to be held on GrantField this Saturday, with BigTen Network crews and cam-eras hoping to capture eachsmile and scowl in the battle forbragging rights.

Since the inaugural matchupin 1981, the Hawkeyes leadPenn State in the all-timeseries 21-17-2.

“It’s always a really big deal,especially for us from Pennsyl-vania, every year,” junior for-ward Caitlin McCurdy said, a

native of Mountain Top, Pa.“We know a lot of players fromPenn State, and we haveplayed with them for years. Iwould say that is mostly what[the rivalry] fuels on.

“It was a great game we hadagainst them last year, and itdidn’t really go as we had hoped,”she added, referring to theHawkeyes’ first showdown withthe Nittany Lions in 2006, which

ended in a 1-0 road loss for Iowa.The two didn’t meet again

until the championship game ofthe Big Ten Tournament after afifth-seeded Hawkeye squadeliminated top-slotted Michi-gan and Ohio State. Avengingits previous defeat, Iowashocked Penn State by winningthe conference title with a 2-1showing.

Familiar foe for Hawks

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V-ball to take onSpartans, Wildcats

Losers of its last fourmatches since upsetting No.11 Michigan on Sept. 28, theHawkeye volleyball teamhopes to buck the losing trendagainst Michigan State (11-9,2-6) and Northwestern (10-9,1-7), beginning Friday in EastLansing.

Iowa’s road uniforms willget more use over the laststretch of the season — eightof Iowa’s last 12 matches areon the road, after 11 of thefirst 19 were held in Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

To overcome the road-heavyschedule, the Hawkeyes needto continue their dominance inthe blocking department, out-swatting its last five opponents,and 14 of 19 this season.

Junior Laura Kremer leadsthe net defense with 102 totalblocks, followed by freshmanAimee Huffman’s 60. Kremer’s1.42 blocks per game is goodfor fifth in the conference.

In the back-and-forth, four-game loss to Wisconsin onOct. 13, Kremer notched 18kills with a .385 hitting per-centage and 10 total blocks.Fellow juniors Catherine Smaleadded 14 kills and Emily Hizamustered 26 digs.

— by Eric Mandel

Rowers head toBoston

The Iowa rowing team willtravel to the largest two-dayboat race in the world thisweekend.

In their second race of thefall season, the rowers willcompete in the Charles River inthe Head of the Charles Regattaon Saturday and Oct. 21 inBoston.

“It’s fun to be at; it’s a spe-cial regatta,” Hawkeye coachMandi Kowal said. “This groupis excited to go to Boston.”

Iowa will have two boats inthe 8’s. Saturday, the Hawkeyeswill have a boat in the club8’race, and they’ll have one inthe championship 8 on Oct. 21.

“We’re going to row hardfrom start to finish,” Kowalsaid. “I expect us to row faster[than at the Head of the Rockin Illinois].”

The Head of the Charles inunlike any other race in rowing,featuring thousands of specta-tors coming from around thecountry. This year will be the43rd running of the race.

“It’s special. There’s peoplewatching from bridges, foodvendors; it’s a festival,” Kowalsaid. “For the athletes, it’ssomething special to experi-ence and enjoy.

“There’s no other race likethis.”

— by Mike Brownlee

Swimming and DivingIowa vs. Minnesota, 4 p.m.,

Field House poolVolleyball

Iowa at Michigan State,5:30 p.m., East Lansing, Mich.Soccer

Iowa vs. Penn State, 7p.m., Iowa CityWomen’s Tennis

Midwest Regionals, AnnArbor, Mich.

HAWKEYE SPORTS

College FootballLouisville at Connecticut,

7:30 p.m., ESPN

Before I get started, Iwould just like to thankKirk Ferentz for not beingJoe Tiller, who’s probablyhappy he’s not John L.Smith (for now).

In case you don’t under-stand my gratitude, here’sthe gist: Tiller blows faststarts at Purdue, and Smithused to waste those evenfaster at Michigan State.(Notice, Smith isn’t aroundEast Lansing anymore, andTiller is under heavy criti-cism).

Fact is, Ferentz is in amuch better situation. Tillerhas a veteran club thatspent one week rankedbefore getting walloped byOhio State at home andembarrassed in the BigHouse by Michigan. Ferentz,on the other hand, will be —and should be — allowed tobuild up a young team that’ssuffered a multitude ofinjuries on both sides of theball.

Senior send-offNine Hawkeye seniors willplay their final home gamethis weekend at the IowaSoccer Complex: • Lindsey Boldt, goalkeeper• Kelsie Full, forward• Abby Gierke, defender• Claire Goldenberg, defender• Melisa Kaetterhenry, forward• Kim Lewis, defender• Megan Love, defender• Ashley Schlueter, midfielder• Sarah Stephenson, defender

Robin Svec/The Daily IowanIowa defensive linemen Mitch King (center) and Kenny Iwebema (right) lunge toward Illinois quarterback Eddie McGee (left) during thefourth quarter of the Iowa-Illinois game in Kinnick Stadium on Oct. 13. The Hawkeyes look to build on their skid-stopping win overIllinois when they travel to Purdue on Saturday.

Julie Brayton/The Daily IowanHawkeye forward Caroline Blaum runs through a drill during field-hockey practice at Grant Field on Thursday. The fifth-rankedHawkeyes will face No. 9 Penn State at home Saturday at 3 p.m.

Hawkswill flyPurdue has more

weaknesses deffensively thatIowa can exploit.

IOWA (3-4, 1-3) VS. PURDUE (5-2, 1-2) 11 A.M., ROSS-ADE STADIUM, TV: ESPN2, RADIO: KXIC 800 AM

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COMMENTARY

Last waltz for 9soccer seniors

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GRADUATING HAWKEYES

Hawks go for 2 in a row

By Jonathan GrovesTHE DAILY IOWAN

Men’s swimming coach MarcLong believes today’s homemeet with Big Ten powerhouseMinnesota meet can act as akey building experience for hisyoung team, which has 14freshmen this season.

“That half of the team is a bitof a question mark,” he said.“But we’re looking long term,toward the end of the season,four years down the road.”

Minnesota will compete inIowa City at 4 p.m. today. It isthe 10th-ranked men’s swimming and diving team inthe country but suffered a season-opening home loss to

eighth-ranked Florida. Nation-ally renowned Gopher JonRoberts is a heavy favorite towin the breaststroke.

Despite the tough competi-tion, Long feels that higher levels of talent provide a betterlearning environment for histeam.

“We could have built [ourschedule] to be 5-0,” he said.“It’s good to start off this way.”

The Hawkeyes have a youngteam of freshmen that wereextremely successful in highschool, as well as in last week’sseason opener at Wisconsin.Freshman Conor Dwyer tookhome two victories in the 200and 500 freestyle last week inMadison, while senior Dragos

Agache led the team as a wholewhen he took first in the 100and 200 breaststroke.

With the Hawkeyes compet-ing for the first time in the

Field House pool this season,Long doubts whether the homefacility will give the team a distinct advantage.

“The pool is unique,” Longsaid. “The Minnesota teamcomes from a nice pool, but itwon’t make them swim slower.”

Starting their home Big Tenseason today, the men’s teamwill begin its building processtoward the 2008 NCAA championships and beyond.

With the Hawkeyes anxiousto compete in front of familyand friends, Long said he isexcited to see his new talenthave another learning experience.

“There is a lot of developingtalent,” Long said. “It’s anotherstep in the process.”

E-mail DI reporter Jonathan Groves at:[email protected]

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ON THE LINE:MATCHUPS JASON BRUMMOND,

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(26-30)

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(31-25)

BRENDAN STILES,SPORTS REPORTER

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to see our “expert” opinions on all things college football.NOTE: ONTHELINE GAME PICKS ARE CHOSEN BY WEDNESDAY EVENINGS.

Iowa at

Purdue

PURDUE —Last week

wasn’t a signof things to

come.

PURDUE —Everyone I pickloses; trust me,

it’s for the better.

IOWA —Have you seen

Tiller’s “wanted”posters?

IOWA —This game

determines theremainder of

Iowa’s season.

PURDUE —Shaky second-

ary doomsHawks.

IOWA —Portrait of

Dorien: Gray,as Hawks run

Wilde.

IOWA —Continuation ofthe turnaround.

Florida at

Kentucky

FLORIDA —Wildcats can’tpull off two bigupsets, right?

FLORIDA —And that’s thebottom line,’cause Stone

Cold SAID SO.

KENTUCKY —I’m 56.3 per-cent confident

in this pick,approximately.

FLORIDA —Gators well-rested, whileKentucky isemotionally

spent.

KENTUCKY —Woodson for

Heisman.

FLORIDA —Urban renewal

comes toBluegrasscountry.

KENTUCKY —Florida’s

emotional weekaffects its

game.

Michiganat

Illinois

MICHIGAN —I really don’tlike Illinois.

MICHIGAN —You could buy135,000 pizzas

with RonZook’s new

salary.

MICHIGAN —Leman shouldgo by Jeremy.“J” isn’t cool.

MICHIGAN —I’m not ques-

tioning my boy,Mike Hart.

MICHIGAN —I wish

someonewould beat the

Wolverines.

ILLINOIS —Urbana renewalbreaks out thechampagne.

ILLINOIS —Home-fieldadvantage.

Auburn at

LSU

LSU —Tigers hope to

get back inchampionship

hunt.

LSU —No, but seri-

ously, a girl isbeating me atOTL. I suck at

life.

LSU —Gee, I think I’ll

take Tigers.Cajun tigers

that is.

LSU —“Death Valley”+ night game =

never betagainst LSU.

LSU —Tigers bounce

back.

LSU — Walksoftly and carry

a Red Stick.

LSU — Out forrevenge.

MichiganStaat

Ohio State

OHIO STATE— Even DickBeals can’t

motivate theSpartans

(Google it).

OHIO STATE— Buckeyesare overrated,but MSU is awhack squad.

OHIO STATE— And the

nuts move toNo. 1 bydefault.

OHIO STATE— Mark

Dantonio’sreturn to

Columbus won’tbe pleasant.

OHIO STATE— Big Tenbelongs toOhio State.

OHIO STATE —Columbus says

goodbye toSpartanlifestyle.

OHIO STATE —Buckeyes like it

on top (of rankings

that is).

Miamiat

Florida St.

FLORIDA ST.— Iowa could

maybe beatthese teams in

arrests andfootball.

FLORIDA ST.— Only

because Nataliepicked Miami.

FLORIDA ST.— I wonderwhat LarryCoker does

now onSaturdays …

FLORIDA ST.— I’m grateful

“Da Bears”have Devin

Hester,however.

FLORIDA ST.— Hurricanesare in chaos.

FLORIDA ST.— You canTallahassee,but you can’tTall it much.

MIAMI — Justedges by.

Tennesseeat

Alabama

TENNESSEE— Saban

doesn’t haveany big wins

this year.

ALABAMA —If the Tideloses, I’m

uninviting themto my birth32-24day party.

TENNESSEE— Fulmer or

Saban, who doI hate more?

ALABAMA —Phil Fulmer andTuscaloosa are“not like that.”

ALABAMA —Sweet home

Alabama.

ALABAMA —Bad tidings for9-essee. Makethat 8-essee.

But not 10-essee.

TENNESSEE —Wants to keep

the winningstreak going.

Cal at

UCLA

UCLA —Which bear is

best?

CAL —UCLA lost to

NOTRE DAME!OMG!

LOL!!!!!!!!!

CAL —You say Bruins,

I saw Bears.Toe-may-toe,toe-mah-toe.

CALIFORNIA— UCLA lost

to friggin’Notre Dame.AT HOME!!!

CAL —Seriously,

UCLA lost toNotre Dame.

UCLA —Bears in hiber-nation; season

Bruined.

CAL — Caltakes the goldin this game.

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AALLCCSS LLIINNEESSCCOORREE Game 5Boston 101 000 230 — 7 12 1Cleveland 100 000 000 — 1 6 1Beckett, Papelbon (9) and Varitek; Sabathia,RBetancourt (7), RPerez (8), Mastny (8) andVMartinez. W—Beckett 2-0. L—Sabathia 0-2. HR—Boston, Youkilis (2).

NNAATTIIOONNAALL FFOOOOTTBBAALLLL LLEEAAGGUUEE AMERICAN CONFERENCEEast W L T Pct PF PANew England 6 0 0 1.000 230 92Buffalo 1 4 0 .200 65 118N.Y. Jets 1 5 0 .167 105 154Miami 0 6 0 .000 128 182South W L T Pct PF PAIndianapolis 5 0 0 1.000 164 88Jacksonville 4 1 0 .800 100 58Tennessee 3 2 0 .600 94 72Houston 3 3 0 .500 133 136North W L T Pct PF PAPittsburgh 4 1 0 .800 132 47Baltimore 4 2 0 .667 110 100Cleveland 3 3 0 .500 167 183Cincinnati 1 4 0 .200 126 156West W L T Pct PF PAKansas City 3 3 0 .500 90 103San Diego 3 3 0 .500 137 119Denver 2 3 0 .400 75 136Oakland 2 3 0 .400 116 128NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast W L T Pct PF PADallas 5 1 0 .833 203 144N.Y. Giants 4 2 0 .667 154 134Washington 3 2 0 .600 101 69Philadelphia 2 3 0 .400 100 82South W L T Pct PF PACarolina 4 2 0 .667 123 110Tampa Bay 4 2 0 .667 108 87New Orleans 1 4 0 .200 79 136Atlanta 1 5 0 .167 79 131North W L T Pct PF PAGreen Bay 5 1 0 .833 142 107Detroit 3 2 0 .600 117 155Minnesota 2 3 0 .400 101 90Chicago 2 4 0 .333 118 149West W L T Pct PF PAArizona 3 3 0 .500 128 136Seattle 3 3 0 .500 104 102San Francisco 2 3 0 .400 63 102St. Louis 0 6 0 .000 73 159Sunday’s GamesTampa Bay at Detroit, 12 p.m.Atlanta at New Orleans, 12 p.m.Tennessee at Houston, 12 p.m.Arizona at Washington, 12 p.m.New England at Miami, 12 p.m.Baltimore at Buffalo, 12 p.m.San Francisco at N.Y. Giants, 12 p.m.Kansas City at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati, 3:05 p.m.St. Louis at Seattle, 3:15 p.m.Minnesota at Dallas, 3:15 p.m.Chicago at Philadelphia, 3:15 p.m.Pittsburgh at Denver, 7:15 p.m.Open: San Diego, Green Bay, Carolina, ClevelandMonday’s GameIndianapolis at Jacksonville, 7:30 p.m.

NNAATTIIOONNAALL HHOOCCKKEEYY LLEEAAGGUUEEEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division W L OT Pts GF GAPhiladelphia 5 1 0 10 25 10N.Y. Islanders 4 3 0 8 19 22New Jersey 3 4 0 6 18 24Pittsburgh 2 3 0 4 18 20N.Y. Rangers 2 4 0 4 13 15Northeast W L OT Pts GF GAOttawa 7 1 0 14 26 17Boston 4 2 0 8 20 15Toronto 3 3 2 8 29 31Buffalo 3 2 0 6 24 16Montreal 2 2 2 6 14 17Southeast W L OT Pts GF GACarolina 4 1 1 9 21 11Tampa Bay 3 2 0 6 15 15Washington 3 3 0 6 13 17Florida 3 4 0 6 17 19Atlanta 1 6 0 2 14 30WESTERN CONFERENCECentral W L OT Pts GF GADetroit 5 2 1 11 27 22St. Louis 4 1 0 8 18 9Chicago 3 3 0 6 11 12Columbus 2 2 1 5 12 11Nashville 2 4 0 4 18 21Northwest W L OT Pts GF GAMinnesota 5 0 1 11 14 8Colorado 4 2 0 8 21 18Calgary 3 2 2 8 25 25Vancouver 3 3 0 6 18 21Edmonton 3 4 0 6 17 22Pacific W L OT Pts GF GAAnaheim 4 4 1 9 22 24Dallas 3 2 2 8 19 18San Jose 3 3 1 7 16 19Phoenix 2 4 0 4 14 18Los Angeles 2 6 0 4 23 34Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss orshootout loss.Thursday’s GamesAtlanta 5, N.Y. Rangers 3Boston 5, Tampa Bay 1Philadelphia 4, New Jersey 0N.Y. Islanders 5, Washington 2Ottawa 4, Montreal 3Toronto 3, Florida 2Calgary 4, Los Angeles 3Edmonton 4, Phoenix 2Detroit 4, San Jose 2Today’s GamesColumbus at Buffalo, 6:30 p.m.Carolina at Pittsburgh, 6:30 p.m.Colorado at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.Los Angeles at Vancouver, 9 p.m.

TTRRAANNSSAACCTTIIOONNSSBASEBALLAmerican LeagueBALTIMORE ORIOLES—Assigned 2B-SS EiderTorres, OF Val Majewski and OF Adam Stern out-right to Norfolk (IL).BOSTON RED SOX—Sent LHP Daniel Haigwoodoutright to Pawtucket (IL).DETROIT TIGERS—Named Dick Egan specialassistant to the general manager, Jim Olandermajor league scout and Scott Pleis national cross-checker.NEW YORK YANKEES—Announced Joe Torre willnot return as manager.TEXAS RANGERS—Announced C GuillermoQuiroz refused an outright assignment and becamea free agent.National LeagueCINCINNATI REDS—Announced C RyanJorgensen cleared waivers, refused an outrightassignment and became a free agent. Re-signedMark Berry, third base coach; Billy Hatcher, firstbase coach; Brook Jacoby, hitting coach; Dick Pole,pitching coach; and Mike Stefanski, bullpen catcher,for the 2008 season. Announced Tom Hume,bullpen coach, will not be offered a contract and PatKelly, bench coach, has been reassigned within theorganization.HOUSTON ASTROS—Assigned C Hector Gimenezand OF Mike Rodriguez outright to Round Rock(PCL).MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Named Sally Andristvice president-human resources and office manage-ment and Joe Zidanic vice president-controller.

Robin Svec/The Daily IowanMembers of the UI men and women's swimming teams practice at the Field House pool on Tuesday.The Hawkeyes will compete against Minnesota today and hope to make up for a loss in their first meetagainst Florida with a predominantly freshman team.

Swimmers face Gophers The Iowa men’s swimming will host 10th-ranked Minnesota today. Coach Marc

Long sees the meet as a building block leading to the NCAAs.

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Heading this season’s Nit-tany Lion attack are junior for-ward duo Jen and BritneyLong — no relation — both ofwhom are well-known foes forthe Iowa team. Britney Longstands as Penn State’s top scor-er with nine goals, while JenLong leads in assists (10).

Midfielders Allison Scolaand Kiersten Wood, in additionto senior Mallory Wiesen, arealso familiar faces for theHawkeye squad.

“You love ’em, but you want tobeat ’em really bad,” Iowa juniorback Roz Ellis said, who addedthat the rivalry is especially

exciting for her because shegrew up a half-hour drive awayfrom the State College campus.

But Saturday’s matchup hasmuch larger connotations out-side of friendly vendettas. Fortwo teams who compare simi-larly in speed, as well as offen-sive and defensive strategies,executing basic fundamentalsholds the greatest weight indetermining the victor.

An Iowa loss could put theNo. 5 Hawkeyes out their sec-ond-place standing in the BigTen, sitting evenly with PennState in the rankings.

It would also blemish Iowa’sso-far perfect home record.

“They play a lot like we do, soit’s going to be like us playing

against our own playing style,”sophomore back MeghanBeamesderfer said. “I mean,nobody wants to lose on herhome turf. We have a lot ofpride in Grant Field.”

With so much on the line, arethe Hawkeyes going to comeout with a swagger facing theirold schoolmates?

“I hope not just because we’retrying to approach each gamefor what it’s worth,” eighth-yearcoach Tracey Griesbaum said.“I don’t care if they’re from Cal-ifornia; [this game] is biggerbecause of the impact it couldhave on both Penn State’s sea-son and Iowa’s season.”

E-mail DI reporter Ryan Young at:[email protected]

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Frankly, I think Iowa’sgoing to pull the upset.

Two weeks ago, I wasconvinced the Hawkeyeswere in for a spanking. Butlet’s face it, the highestquality win for theBoilermakers was atMinnesota. Or was it homeagainst Notre Dame? Youknow, I do hear CentralMichigan is a force to bereckoned with, even if I-AANorth Dakota State smokedit, 44-14.

You get the point. Purduecan handle pancakes, butdecent teams take morethan a Tums to sit well intheir stomachs.

As if Iowa should’ve beenscared anyway — the lasttime Purdue beat Iowa was2003, and the Hawkeyesare 4-1 against Tiller’sBoilers since ’02.

Somehow, the spreadoffense Purdue runs justdoesn’t snipe the Hawkeyedefense’s soft spots the way

Northwestern’s or IowaState’s have in recent histo-ry. Iowa seems to havePurdue’s number, much likethe aforementionedWildcats and Cyclones havethe Hawks’.

I guess the best way totypify the Boilermakers isto say they’re like one ofthose kids in eighth-gradegym class when everybodyhas to run the timed mile.

You know the type I’mtalking about, they stuffedthemselves silly with theirfrozen Italian lunch andthey’re not the brightestbulb in the box. So, theysprint out to the lead, onlyto huff and puff before col-lapsing like a whoopeecushion down the home-stretch.

But I shouldn’t be so hardon Tiller’s squad; it didimprove on its last-in-the-Big Ten total defense from ayear ago — now it’s onlyninth … I guess it prefersbaby steps.

Iowa, meanwhile, isranked third in the Big Ten,and it’s not like the

conference is stacked withclosely talented defenses.The Boilermakers give up92.5 more yards per gamethan the Hawkeyes. Iwouldn’t call that a slimmargin.

Any way I slice it, it justlooks like the weights areshifting in Iowa’s favor foran upset this weekend —quarterback Curtis Painter,along with Tiller, is fallingout of favor (or so therumors go), Purdue could-n’t stop an offense ofmarshmallows, and, forwhatever reason, theBoilermaker spread offenseis an imitation theHawkeyes can spot like afood critic cries fake butter(another kind of spread,get it? It’s funny.)

So when quarterbackJake Christensen doesn’tget sacked Saturday, don’tbe too surprised, becauseit’s not just Iowa improving,it’s Purdue’s pushover pres-sure.

E-mail DI columnist Alex Johnson at:[email protected]

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In their two losses, the Boiler-makers ran for a combined totalof 43 yards on the ground. Inaddition, junior quarterbackCurtis Painter had one of hisroughest days during lastweek’s loss to the Wolverines.While he did complete 17-of-28passes, he only threw for 113yards, the lowest total of hiscareer.

It’s no secret that Purdue is atits best when attacking defensesthrough the air, but one playersees the Boilermakers unbal-anced offense as a benefit.

“They pass a lot, which is goodfor us because if we can shutdown that pass, they’re not usedto running as much as otherteams,” junior defensive tackleMitch King said. “That’s whatwe kind of want them to do,because we thrive on stoppingthe run. If we can shut downthat pass and then make themrun, I think we have a good

chance to win.”Knowing the talent Purdue

has on offense, the Iowa offenserealizes it will need to build onits performance against Illinois.The Hawkeyes were effective insome areas last week from anoffensive perspective, but theyunderstand more will neededthis time around.

“We were in the red zone fourtimes against Illinois. There’s noreason we can’t come out ofthere with more points, obvious-ly,” sophomore quarterback JakeChristensen said. “Their offenseis going to pose a big threat toour defense, and we have to beable to control the ball and putmore points on the board.”

The all-time series betweenthe Big Ten foes series swingsoverwhelmingly in Purdue’sfavor, 44-32-3, but recent historyhas sided with Iowa.

The Hawkeyes have won fourof the past five contests againstthe Boilermakers, including thelast three. Last season, Iowatook Purdue to the woodshed

with a 47-17 win in Iowa City.The contest was the Hawkeyes’most recent Big Ten victoryprior to last week’s gameagainst the Fighting Illini.

To say this game is critical forthe Hawkeyes would be anunderstatement. In order tobecome bowl-eligible for the sev-enth-straight season, Iowa hasto win three of its final fivegames. The remainder of theteam’s schedule would lookpromising for the Hawkeyesshould they reach the .500 markthis weekend, in sharp contrastto returning two games underas they were after falling toPenn State.

“The only important thingreally is what we do these nextfive weeks, what kind of stridescan we make, are we going tokeep pushing for it,” Ferentzsaid. “If we do, hopefully, it’ll endup in the winning column, butthere are no guarantees.”

E-mail DI reporter Brendan Stiles at:[email protected]

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Following a 3-12-4 season in2005, head coach Carla Bakerresigned. Ron Rainey and anew staff came on board, andthe team doubled its win totalwith a 6-11-2 record in 2006.

The Hawks are 6-4-4 thisseason, including a record-set-ting eight-game unbeatenstreak. With two Big Ten winsso far, the team has matchedits conference win total fromthe past four seasons.

“We got to experience thegood and the bad, so we reallyappreciate when we havesomething good going for us,”said defender Claire Golden-berg. “I told Abby the other day,I wish we would’ve come inwhere our freshmen just camein this year. It’s just a greatatmosphere, a complete 180.We’ve got great players, andeveryone has a great attituderight now.”

Rainey said the group of sen-iors made his transition toIowa City an easy one.

“They had a coaching changekind of midstream in theirfour-year careers, and theyworked tremendously hard,” hesaid. “I really appreciate whatthey’ve done in difficult cir-cumstances. Whenever there isa coaching change, there’salways a lot of unknowns thatgo into it, but they respondedvery well.”

Rainey believes this year’sseniors have not only bridged thegap between two different coach-ing staffs, they also have set asolid foundation for the growth ofthe soccer program at Iowa.

“Like we said going into theseason, it’s not just about thisyear,” he said. “It’s about fiveyears from now, it’s about 10years from now, when this sen-ior group here can say, ‘Wewere there, we were the nexusof change.’ And that’s prettyneat to be a part of that.”

The Hawkeyes enter today’s7 p.m. matchup with PennState coming off of a pair ofheartbreaking overtime losseson the road to then-No. 8 Pur-due and Indiana, two of the BigTen’s top teams.

It won’t be any easiertonight.

Penn State, which has wonnine-straight Big Ten champi-onships, is ranked eighthnationally and brings a 5-0conference record to Iowa City.

“It’s always exciting to play ateam that’s dominated ourleague for more than a decade,”Boldt said. “They’re a goodteam, but we’ve been playingwell against good teams, andhopefully we can do it again onFriday.”

For more than a handful ofHawkeye seniors, there wouldbe no better way to go out.

E-mail DI reporter Sam Martin at:[email protected]

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BIG TENBuckeyes-Wolverinesback to a noon start

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Afterplaying later in the day than everbefore a year ago, Ohio State’sannual regular season-ending show-down at Michigan on Nov. 17 will

have a traditional noon kickoff, theBig Ten and ABC announcedThursday.

The game between top-rankedOhio State and No. 2 Michigan lastyear started at 3:30 p.m., the latest it has kicked off in the 103 meetings. The Buckeyes won,

42-39.After years of starting around

noon, this year’s game returns tothat time slot.

The No. 1-ranked Buckeyes (7-0,3-0 Big Ten) and No. 24 Michigan(5-2, 3-0) are currently tied for theBig Ten lead.

Purdue defense softHawks hungryThe Hawkeyes seek their fourth-consecutive victory over

Purdue when they square off with the Boilermakers in WestLafayette Saturday.

Robin Svec/The Daily IowanIowa running back Albert Young clutches the ball after receiving a five-yard screen pass from JakeChristensen during the third quarter against Illinois on Oct. 13 in Kinnick Stadium. The Hawkeyes will tryfor their second-straight win Saturday at Purdue. Hawks face Penn St.

With Pennsylvania natives counting for the more thanhalf Iowa’s field-hockey player inventory, the No. 5

Hawkeyes aim to secure bragging rights facing a familiarPenn State opponent on Saturday

The Hawkeyes gear up for a bout with No. 8 Penn State,while nine seniors prepare for their final home games.

9 have last home match

‘It’s always exciting to play a team that’s dominated our league for more than a decade.’

— Lindsey Boldt, goalie

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NEW YORK — After all hehad accomplished — four WorldSeries titles, 12-straight yearsin the playoffs, almost certainentry into the Hall of Fame —and after all the indignities,this was one Joe Torre wasn’tgoing to stand for.

He wasn’t going to take apay cut from the New YorkYankees, even though he stillwould have been the highest-paid manager in base-ball, and he certainly wasn’tgoing to prove himself all overagain.

Torre walked away Thurs-day, turning down a $5 million,one-year contract — $2.5 mil-lion less than he made this sea-son, when the Yankees failed tomake it past the first round ofthe playoffs for the third-straight year.

“A difficult day,” generalmanager Brian Cashman said.“He will always be a Yankee.”

Bench coach Don Mattingly isthe leading contender to replaceTorre. Yankees broadcaster JoeGirardi, the NL Manager of theYear with Florida in 2006, isanother top contender. Tony LaRussa and Bobby Valentinealso could be considered.

Most Yankees fans could seethis day coming.

After losing the first twoplayoff games to Cleveland,owner George Steinbrennersaid he didn’t think Torrewould be asked back if theYankees didn’t advance. NewYork hasn’t won it all since2000.

Torre took a morning flightto Tampa, Fla., to meet for anhour with Steinbrenner, hissons and team management.Torre listened to the offer andsaid it wasn’t acceptable. They

shook hands and Torre headedhome.

Torre declined to speak to agroup of reporters gathered out-side his house in suburban Har-rison. His wife, Ali, arrived afew minutes later and said theirtime in New York had been fun.

“It’s always difficult to saygoodbye,” she said, “but there’salways hello.”

The 67-year-old Torre, whomade the playoffs every yearwith the Yankees, scheduled anews conference for today. Heindicated last week that hemight be interested in manag-ing elsewhere.

New York’s offer included $3million in bonuses if the Yan-kees reached next year’s WorldSeries and an $8 million optionfor 2009 that would havebecome guaranteed if New Yorkwon the AL pennant.

Torre just completed a $19.2million, three-year contract.

The Chicago Cubs’ Lou Piniellawas the second-highest paidmanager at $3.5 million.

“Under this offer, he would con-tinue to be the highest-paid man-ager in major-league baseball,”team President Randy Levinesaid. “We thought that we neededto go to a performance-basedmodel, having nothing to do withJoe Torre’s character, integrity, orability. We just think it’s impor-tant to motivate people.”

It appeared to be an offerdesigned to be rejected. ScottBoras, the agent for Yankees starAlex Rodriguez, said playerswould have interpreted anacceptance by Torre as weakness.

“It is difficult, near impossi-ble, to accept a salary cut,”Boras said. “Successful peoplecan afford their principles.They understand if they acceptthe position, there is a greatrisk the message to all underhim is dissatisfaction.”

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MADISON, Wis. — Wiscon-sin quarterback Tyler Donovanquickly noted what’s gone wrongin the Badgers’ two-straightlosses.

“We’re not playing how weknow we can play,” Donovansaid. “It is back to establishingthe run and being able to takeour shots when they come to usin the passing game.”

Wisconsin started 5-0 beforelosing 31-26 at Illinois and 38-7at Penn State. P.J. Hill and therest of the Badgers’ runningbacks weren’t a factor in eithergame. Wisconsin only gained214 yards in 65 attempts.

But part of the reason therunning game struggled wasthat Wisconsin fell behind earlyin each game, trailing Illinois17-0 midway through the secondquarter and 24-7 to Penn Stateat halftime.

“We’ve got no one to blamebut ourselves,” offensive coordi-nator Paul Chryst said. “Wedon’t want to be a team that isone dimensional.”

Chryst said the defensesrespond once they have to relyon the passing game.

Wisconsin also hasn’t beenable to gain much on first down

on the ground. In their last 29first-down rushes, 10 of themwent for 2 yards or fewer.

That has forced the Badgersto go to the air earlier and makeup longer distances.

“When you can get ahead ofthe chains, it is a whole differentgame,” Chryst said. “Consisten-cy in the run game, you alwaysstrive for that. We need to getthat back.”

What’s more, opposingdefenses say they’re awarethey’ll be happy to stop them atleast half the time because theBadgers are built to be a powerrunning team.

“We knew they were going tobe able to get 6 or 7 yards here orthere because they have a greatpower running team,” PennState linebacker Dan Connorsaid. “We knew as long as wedidn’t give up a big (play) we’dbe OK.”

Donovan, the fifth-year seniorwho is 7-2 in nine career starts,knows its a struggle to rallyfrom an early deficit, especiallywithout veteran wide receiversLuke Swan and Paul Hubbard,who are injured. But he said thepassing game has to be effectiveif their rushing attack isstopped.

By Michael MarotASSOCIATED PRESS

INDIANAPOLIS — WhenLenny Moore watches PeytonManning, he sees a little bit ofJohn Unitas on every play.

The deliberate steps, thehunched shoulders, the wayManning carries himself on thefield. It’s pure Johnny U., almostdown to the legendary two-minute drill.

So perhaps it’s fitting that thetwo greatest quarterbacks in theColts’ history are linked in theteam’s record books. Manningneeds three touchdown passes tobreak Unitas’ franchise record(287), a number some people,including Moore, contend doesnot necessarily make Manningthe better player.

“I’m happy for Peyton and Imean that in all sincerity,” saidMoore, a Hall of Fame runningback who played with Unitas inBaltimore. “As a former player, Itruly admire his ball playing. …

“But Peyton Manning is noJohnny Unitas. The game haschanged tremendously over theyears, and if the game wasplayed the way it is now, whatJohnny U. would have done isunbelievable.”

What Unitas did then is stillamazing.

Of the top 10 quarterbacks in

yards passing and the top sevenin TD passes, Unitas and FranTarkenton remain the only ves-tiges to the pre-merger days.

Too young to watch Unitasplay live, the 31-year-old Man-ning still recalls his father,Archie, citing Unitas as hisfavorite quarterback because ofhis ability to run the hurry-upoffense and produce heroiccomebacks.

It became the model for Pey-ton’s era. He now relies on theno-huddle as his base offense,changes plays at the line ofscrimmage — like Unitas usedto in the huddle — and incorpo-rates his teammates in muchthe manner Unitas did.

Back then it was revoluation-ary. Now it’s trendy.

Even the offensive compo-nents have a familiar look. Uni-tas relied on an array of Hall ofFame teammates such asMoore, John Mackey, and Ray-mond Berry, while Manning’ssupporting cast has includedMarvin Harrison and EdgerrinJames, the franchise’s newcareer leaders in receiving andrushing.

Manning credits Unitas for“defining the position” for futuregenerations. He once offered towear a pair of Johnny U’s trade-mark black high-tops as a trib-ute after Unitas died Sept. 11,2002. The NFL said no.

Manning nears Unitas Badgers loserushing feeling

Torre rejects pay cut, leaves Yankees

Amy Sancetta/Associated PressNew York Yankee manager Joe Torre is carried off the field by BernieWilliams (left) and Roger Clemens after clinching the 2000 WorldSeries by beating the New York Mets, 4-2, in Game 5 at Shea Stadiumon Oct. 27, 2000. Torre walked away on Thursday, turning down a $5million, one-year contract, $2.5 million less than he made this season.

Michael Conroy/Associated PressIndianapolis Colt quarterback Peyton Manning drops back to throwagainst the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the first quarter inIndianapolis on Oct. 7.

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LARGE two bedroom near UIHC/ Law. Busline. Laundry. $560. (319)594-0722.www.HiloManagement.com

FINKBINE LANE- Near UIHC and Law Building- two bedroom, one bath, H/W paid, dishwasher, microwave, on-site laundry, on busline. Cats and small dogs okay for additional fee. $595. SouthGate, (319)339-9320, www.s-gate.com

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902 N.DODGETwo bedroom. Free parking.

Laundry. Cats okay.Near campus. H/W paid.

$665/ month.(319)354-8331

127 IOWA AVE., above Atlas, two bedroom, H/W paid. (319)337-7524.

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ONE bedroom, Eastside, close to downtown. Parking, laundry on site. $560, heat and water paid. Call Lincoln Real Estate, (319)338-3701.

ONE bedroom, $505. Efficiency, $485. Near law and UIHC. H/W paid. Available now.(563)506-1489.

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AVAILABLE now. Efficiencies starting at $448/ month. West-side IC. Parking, A/C, busline. jandjapts.com(319)338-7058.

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A cute efficiency, one person, own kitchen and bath, parking, yard. No pets. Reference. $410. By Iowa River and Power. (319)331-5071.

$675. Spacious one bedroom. Ellis Ave. Hancher/ Hospital area (west side). Hardwoods, H/W paid, off-street parking. No smoking/ pets. Available now. (301)943-6812 or(319)321-1903.

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NOW AVAILABLE2-3 bedroom, 1-2 bathroom units from $995. Westside units avail-able close to UIHC.

Call (319)631-2659.

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A few units left!1 & 2 bedrooms at great prices!

EFFICIENCY and four bedroom house. Close-in, pets negotiable. Available now. (319)338-7047.


AD#426. 2, 3, and 4 bedrooms on Johnson, two bath, C/A, D/W, deck, W/D facilities, no pets. Close to campus, flexible lease, parking. Call M-F,9-5pm. (319)351-2178.

AD#209. Efficiency, one, and two bedrooms in Coralville. Quiet area, parking, some with deck, water paid. W/D facilities. Possible flexible lease. Call M-F, 9-5pm, (319)351-2178.

409 S. JOHNSON1, 2, or 3 bedroom.Close to campus.

Free parking. Laundry.$650- $850/ month plus utilities

(319)354-8331

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1 bedroom- $320 and up.2 bedroom- $450, Oxford.3 bedroom- $550, Oxford3/4 bdrm- houses $900 & up.(319)331-1382, (319)936-2184.

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APARTMENTFOR RENT

SPRING sublease. 1 bedroom, 5 room house. New. Iowa Ave. $490 parking/ balconies/ 3 bath-room. Heat/ gas. Contact [email protected]

ROOMMATE to share five bed-room, three bathroom house with three gals and one guy. Two blocks to downtown. A/C, dishwasher, W/D. Free off-street parking. (319)341-9385.

FREE RENT/ UTILITIES!!Includes light healthcare/ house-keeping in exchange. Male quadriplegic seeks responsible roommate with flexible schedule. PERFECT opportunity forhealthcare students. 10 minute bus ride from campus. Need clean driving record and subject to background check. Potential for additional compensation. References PLEASE.Contact TJ. 319-358-6358

COUNTRY LINING 5 bedroom, garage, barn, Inter-net. No lease. $325.(319)541-6244.

BEDROOM in ranch style home. Close to campus. No smoking. (309)368-5699.

AVAILABLE immediately. One bedroom in two bedroom. Pri-vate bathroom. $392.50/month includes water/cable. Near cam-pus! (563)505-9608.

ROOMMATEWANTED

CORALVILLE. Non-smoking re-sponsible female student to share condo. Laundry, close to bus route. $325. (319)362-7909.

ROOMMATEWANTEDFEMALE

ROOMS downtown location, across from dorms. $300, all utilities paid. Call Lincoln Real Estate, (319)338-3701.

ROOMS at 424 S. Lucas, units 6 & 9. Share kitchen, bath-rooms, laundry. Parking. Rent ranges from $385 up to $405/ month. All utilities, cable, Inter-net included. On-site manager. Available now. www.buxhouses.com(319)354-7262

QUIET, close, furnished- $385, full bath $450. In private home, $400- $500. Utilities paid.(319354-8118.

PRIVATE room on busline with shared bathroom and kitchen. Free parking, on-site laundry, utilities, cable. Less than one mile from campus. $275/ month. Call (319)337-8665.

LARGE room on S.Johnson. Quiet, A/C, non-smoking, no pets. Refrigerator. Parking. S.Johnson. After 6pm,(319)354-2221.

LARGE sunny room. Hardwood floors, close-in, kitchen privi-leges. Quiet responsible person. No pets. No smoking, refer-ences. $300- $350. (319)354-0836; (319)331-5071.

AVAILABLE now. Dorm style rooms, $235- $245/ month, wa-ter paid. Call (319)354-2233 for showings.

ALL utilities included; cats wel-come; wooded historical setting;www.gaslightvillagerentals.com

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AUTO SERVICE

PROMPT JUNK CAR REMOVAL. Call 338-7828.

AUTO PARTS

2000 Volvo S80 Loaded, 95,000 miles. $7200/ obo. (319)400-5139.

1998 BMW 740il. Black, loaded, all options, V8. Power, perform-ance and luxury. 28 mpg/ high-way, 155k, $12500. (319)430-1236.

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WANTED! Used or wrecked cars, trucks or vans. Quick esti-mates and removal. (319)679–2789.

CASH for Cars, TrucksBerg Auto

4165 Alyssa Ct.319-338-6688

BUYING USED CARSWe will tow.

(319)688-2747

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730 E.Jefferson$65/ month

(847)486-1955

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SPRING BREAKFUN

Moy Yat Ving Tsun Kung Fu.(319)339-1251

HEALTH &FITNESS

TWIN bed, computer, coats, earrings, necklaces, books, sew-ing machine, dresser and more. (319)321-6330.

MISC. FOR SALE

WANT A SOFA? Desk? Table? Rocker? Visit HOUSEWORKS.We've got a store full of clean used furniture plus dishes, drapes, lamps and other house-hold items. All at reasonable prices. Now accepting new con-signments.HOUSEWORKS111 Stevens Dr.338-4357

PILLOW-TOP twin mattress set,still in wrapper with warranty,$90. (319)551-6130.

MATTRESS set, full size,P-top brand new, still in pkg.Sell for $100. (319)551-6130.

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16X30 Commercial Condo Units. 1610 Willow Creek Drive, IC $325. 358-6911.

CAROUSEL MINI-STORAGELocated 809 Hwy 1 Iowa City

Sizes available: 5x10, 10x20, 10x30.354-2550, 354-1639

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GOLDEN RETRIEVER purebred puppies!!!!

6-weeks-old. Excellent bloodlines.

$150, males$200, females

Anamosa. (319)560-9059.

PETS

SELMER BUNDY alto sax for sale. Price negotiable.(319)338-6664.

MUSICALINSTRUMENTS

ANTIQUE SHOWSycamore Mall

October 19th & 22ndMall hours.

(319)656-3174

ANTIQUES

IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISHwith an experienced,

T.E.F.L. certified teacher.All languages, levels,and ages welcome.

Call Melanie (319)512-9366.

TUTORING

MATURE responsible woman available to clean your home. Barb, (319)626-9191.

WORK WANTED

NOW HIRING:We are looking for an experi-enced all-around person.Bartending, serving, and helpingin the office. This is a full-timepositions. Weekends and holi-days are a must. Apply in person between 2-4pm.

University Athletic Club1360 Melrose Ave.

NOW HIRING:Dinner/ BanquetServers needed

All shifts available.Apply in person between 2-4pm.

University Athletic Club1360 Melrose Ave.

FRESH FOOD CONCEPTSis hiring:

-Sous Chefs-Restaurant Chefs

Brian- 541-5440, Jim- 631-0437

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6 Red Cedar Chamber OrchestraPerformance from Old Capitol7:30 Piano Sundays Concert fromthe Old Capitol9 Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new College of Public Health9:30 Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new Biodiversity Building10 Chinese Student & Scholars Association Mid-Autumn Festival

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• North Korea: Policy, Modernity, Fan-tasy — International Conference, 9 a.m.,1117 University Capitol Centre

• English Conversation Group, 10 a.m.,Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn

• Groundbreaking Ceremony for theCampus Recreation and Wellness Center,10 a.m., Gibson Square

• Book Babies, 10:30 a.m., Public Library• Tippie College of Business Sandage

Speaker Series, Wendy Gady, 10:30 a.m.,Bedell Entrepreneur Learning Laboratory

• “Java Blend,” The Pines, noon, JavaHouse, 2211⁄2 E. Washington

• Center For Teaching, Teaching Con-tent by Encouraging Commitment: A Cel-ebration of Service Learning at Iowa,poster session at 2 p.m., lecture at 4 p.m., OldCapitol Senate Chamber

• An Endangered River Runs ThroughUs, 3 p.m., Main Library

• Floating Friday, American StudiesLecture Series, “Oaxacan Wood Carvingsin the American World of Fine Art,”Michael Chibnik, 4 p.m., 704 JeffersonBuilding

• Latino Heritage Month: Film Screen-ings, Latina/o Graduate Student Associa-tion, 5-7:30 p.m., 357 IMU

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• Rock and Roll Jam Session, 7 p.m.,Kandyland, 928 Maiden Lane

• Cirque-Works’ Birdhouse Factory, 7:30p.m., Hancher

• Public Dance, 7:30 p.m., Eagles Lodge,225 Highway 1 W.

• The Long Christmas Ride Home, 7:30p.m., Riverside Theatre, 213 N. Gilbert

• Afro/Cuban Drum and Dance Ensem-ble, 8 p.m., North Hall Space/Place

• A Perfect Wedding, University The-atres Main Stage Production, 8 p.m., The-atre Building Mabie Theatre

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AP pollRecord Points Previous

1. Ohio State (50) 7-0 1,599 32. South Florida (11) 6-0 1,503 53. Boston College (1) 7-0 1,448 44. Oklahoma (1) 6-1 1,399 65. LSU (1) 6-1 1,331 16. South Carolina 6-1 1,247 77. Oregon 5-1 1,177 98. Kentucky 6-1 1,098 179. West Virginia 5-1 1,090 810. California 5-1 1,065 211. Virginia Tech 6-1 951 1212. Arizona State (1) 7-0 948 1413. USC 5-1 932 1014. Florida 4-2 865 1315. Kansas 6-0 664 2015. Missouri 5-1 664 1117. Hawaii 7-0 551 1618. Auburn 5-2 488 2219. Texas 5-2 348 2320. Tennessee 4-2 339 2521. Georgia 5-2 279 2422. Texas Tech 6-1 241 NR23. Cincinnati 6-1 194 1524. Michigan 5-2 189 NR25. Kansas State 4-2 107 NR

Others Receiving Votes: Penn State 95, Virginia 85,Illinois 75, Boise State 37, Alabama 27, WakeForest 18, Wisconsin 18, Rutgers 18, Clemson 9,Connecticut 7, Florida State 6, Maryland 6, AirForce 4, Brigham Young 2, Troy 1.

USA Today pollRecord Points Previous

1. Ohio State (56) 7-0 1,495 32. Boston College (1) 7-0 1,383 43. South Florida (3) 6-0 1,320 54. Oklahoma 6-1 1,288 55. LSU 6-1 1,173 16. Oregon 5-1 1,077 87. West Virginia 5-1 1,007 98. South Carolina 6-1 997 129. California 5-1 983 29. USC 5-1 983 711. Virginia Tech 6-1 982 1012. Arizona State 7-0 936 1313. Kentucky 6-1 874 1814. Florida 4-2 726 1415. Kansas 6-0 705 2016. Hawaii 7-0 558 1617. Missouri 5-1 519 1118. Texas 5-2 396 2219. Auburn 5-2 372 2520. Georgia 5-2 282 2321. Texas Tech 6-1 232 NR22. Tennessee 4-2 193 NR23. Cincinnati 6-1 192 1724. Virginia 6-1 184 NR25. Penn State 5-2 128 NR

Others Receiving Votes: Michigan 127, Wisconsin 82,Boise State 61, Illinois 59, Kansas State 42, Rutgers25, Purdue 19, Florida State 16, Maryland 15,Alabama 13, Wake Forest 12, Louisville 9, Clemson9, Brigham Young 8, Michigan State 8, Connecticut7, Fresno State 2, Wyoming 1.

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Page 6CThe DI sits down with quarterback JakeChristensen for the weekly Q&A.

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By Charlie KautzTHE DAILY IOWAN

Don’t let senior Purdue receiverDorien Bryant’s bad rep fool you.

Throughout his career, critics havechallenged his size (too small), hisleadership (too emotional), and hisattitude (too negative).

Truth is, one look at the numbersthrough seven weeks this season willtell you three sure things aboutBryant — he’s tough, he’s talented,and Purdue will do just about any-thing to get his hands on the football.

“They say I’m not tough enoughbecause I’m 177, 178 pounds, but I’llknock you in the mouth,” Bryant saidat Big Ten media day in August. “AndI’ll do it every game.

“… People talk about me and say Ihave an attitude. But the attitude, tome, is toughness. I’ve always been thesmallest guy, so I’ve had always hadto knock somebody in the face a cou-ple times here or there and let himknow I’m here.”

And so far this fall, Bryant has oneagain proven he will knock mouths,bulldoze linebackers, or dance aroundcornerbacks will relative recklessnessand ease.

Currently second in the Big Ten inreceptions and all-purpose yards,Bryant has found the end zone sixtimes this season, including five con-nections with senior quarterbackCurtis Painter.

Also the Boilermakers starting kickreturner, the fourth-year wideout’s10.5 yards per catch average is out-done only by his astounding 29.7yards per return average on specialteams.

Hooking up with Bryant for 503 ofhis 1,903 passing yards heading intothe team’s contest with Iowa on Sat-urday, Painter said before the seasonthat the duo’s on-field bond has grownmore potent with age.

“We’ve had basically a season and ahalf together and then basically all ofthe off-seasons,” Painter said. “All thatwork, the more work you can get with aplayer, especially a player like Dorien,is going to help out. I feel like we arevery comfortable with each other andvery confident in each other.”

The work paid off in helping the

Boilermakers jump out to five-straight wins to start the year, includ-ing a 52-6 stomping of Eastern Illinoisand 14-point win over Minnesota.

But sobering back-to-back losses toOhio State and Michigan in the lasttwo weeks have Bryant’s biggest pre-season worry — being average —coming to fruition.

Standing at 5-2 and reeling fromthe 27-point loss in Ann Arbor, theBoilermakers will have their firstchance to rebound at home thisweekend. Struggling to balance a little power running with a heavydose of downfield passing in recentweeks, Bryant hopes that a veterangroup of seniors will help overcome bumps in the road for theBoilermakers.

“I feel like this is the most matureand leadership-heavy team that I’ve

been on since I’ve been at Purdue,” hesaid.

Painter, who ranks 13th in thenation in passing yards, seconded theSwedeboro, N.J., native’s belief aboutteam leadership.

“Looking back a couple years ago,that was something we really had anissue with,” Painter said. “This year,we have a good foundation. The seniors left us with a very good foundation from last year.”

Trying to stop the two-game slide infront of a home crowd this weekend,Bryant’s confidence and athleticattributes will be a huge key in help-ing prevent a disappointing finish tohis college career.

“I just want everyone doing theright things because I just don’t wantto go 8-6,” Bryant said. “This team istoo good to just be average.”

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Not too small and not ‘average’Say what you want about Purdue wideout Dorien Bryant’s lack of size. His no-nonsense attitude and ridiculous statistics through seven games this season have silenced critics

and demonstrated why he’s one of the Big Ten’s best.

Paul Sancya/Associated PressPurdue wide receiver Dorien Bryant (9) scores on a four-yard touchdown reception as Michigan cornerback Tony Woolfolk (29)defends during the fourth quarter in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Oct. 13.

‘People talk about me and say I have an attitude. But the attitude, to me, is toughness. I’ve always been the

smallest guy, so I’ve had always had to knock somebody in the face a couple times here or there and let him know I’m here.’

— Dorien Bryant, Purdue wide receiver

PURDUE BOILERMAKERS



By Alex JohnsonTHE DAILY IOWAN

Not only did Iowa linebacker MikeHumpal amass 18 tackles against Illi-nois, and make 2.5 of those for loss, anddid all that plus a fumble recovery, butNo. 44 found himself honored as BigTen Defensive Player of the Week.

Oh, and he was named nationalDefensive Player of the Week, landingthe senior a spot on the 2007 BronkoNagurski Trophy Watch List.

“Getting the awards is nice andeverything, but that’s not the reasonwe’re playing the game,” Humpal said.“I’m sure that if we had lost the game, Iprobably wouldn’t have gotten eitheraward, so it’s just a tribute to the rest ofthe guys on the team as well — offense,defense, and special teams — andeverybody just doing his job.”

But the reality is that Humpal is amajor player in the defensive successthe Hawkeyes have had.

“He just brings so much energy,”defensive end Ken Iwebema said. “Youcan just tell he loves playing the gamejust like everybody else. He’s a high-energy guy, he’s always in a good moodin the huddle.

“Whether we’re down by 20 or up by20, it doesn’t matter — he’s just one ofthose guys you can count on just to geteverybody going.”

Before the 6-3, 242-pounder knockedIllinois helmets to the turf for in hishit-fest, the Illini averaged 30.2 pointsand 261.2 rush yards per game.

After the New Hampton, Iowa,native lined up Illini like an 18-countcarton of eggs, Rashard Mendenhalland Company limped away from Kin-nick Stadium with a scant six pointsand just barely 50 percent of the team’srushing average, totaling 137 yards onthe ground.

However staggering the numbersmay be, they didn’t come as a shock toteammates.

“I wasn’t amazed at all — that’sHump,” Iwebema said. “He’s always

around the ball. I didn’t know it was 18tackles, but I did realize toward the endof the game, I was hearing his namecalled a lot — it was good for us, it wasgreat for him, Big Ten Player of theWeek, I’m proud of him.”

With the absence of the other Mike— Klinkenborg — Humpal demon-strated superb awareness and flew tothe ball, lifting himself into third placeamong the Big Ten’s leading tacklers.He now boasts 73 overall stops, behindonly J Leman at 81 (Illinois) and SeanLee with 75 (Penn State).

In conference games only, Humpal issecond in the Big Ten with 50 tackles,just a pair behind Lee.

“Ever since Klink’s gone down,[Humpal] has kind of realized he has tostep it up a little bit because he’s play-ing there in the middle,” fellow line-backer A.J. Edds said. “Regardless ofwho the middle backer’s going to benext to him, he’s not going to be nearlyas experienced as Klink or [Humpal].

“He realized early on he was going tohave to take more of a burden upon hisshoulders, and he has done a good jobof kind of taking that load and kind of

moving forward, and it showed this lastweek against Illinois — he’s doing agood job.”

Humpal also has two forced fumblesand a sack on the year. But it’s not justhis stats that show his integral role inNorm Parker’s defensive unit — Iowa’snext-best tackler in ’07 is a cornerback— senior Adam Shada is second on theteam with 47 tackles.

“With those guys being out, I felt likeI had to take a little bit more responsi-bility to kind of make sure we gotthings going in the right direction onthe defense,” Humpal said. “I haven’treally changed the way I’ve played oranything like that. I’ve heard peoplesay the numbers have changed, and itlooks like I’m playing to pick up slack,but I’m not trying to do anything extra

special or anything like that.”Humpal, since Klinkenborg’s

absence because of an injury, has beenthe anchor of a defense that ranksthird in both total defense (301.9 yardsper game) and first downs allowed(111). Ohio State and Penn State arefirst and second in both. Iowa rankssecond in the Big Ten in red-zonedefense as well — the Hawkeyes allowopponents to score just 63.2 percent ofthe time, trailing only Ohio State.

“He’s played extremely well all sea-son long,” head coach Kirk Ferentzsaid. “I think with [Klinkenborg] beingout, maybe he picked it up even anoth-er notch, but he’s really doing a greatjob for us.”

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A defensive mainstay COVER STORY: MIKE HUMPAL

A repaired right kneeand 73 tackles in 2007

have landed seniorlinebacker MikeHumpal on the

Bronko NagurskiTrophy watch list.

Lindsey Walters/The Daily IowanMike Humpal takes down Juice Williams after a four-yard run during the first quarter at Kinnick Stadium on Oct. 13. Humpalhad a career-high of 18 tackles against the Illini, topping his previous personal best by five.

‘I haven’t really changed the way I’ve played or anything like that. I’ve heard people say the numbers have changed, and it looks

like I’m playing to pick up slack, but I’m not trying to do anything extra special or anything like that.’

— Mike Humpal, senior linebacker



By Brendan StilesTHE DAILY IOWAN

For Curt Merz, football never grewon him. If anything, he grew on foot-ball.

Growing up around 25 miles fromTimes Square, one of the reasons Merzgot into football was because of his size.

“Looking back on it, because I was abig kid in school, I was almost forcedinto going on the football team,” hesaid. “I didn’t start until I was a sopho-more in high school, and the more Iplayed, the more I liked it.”

Merz was set to go to Princetonbecause he achieved solid grades in theclassroom to complement his footballskills. But that plan changed when For-est Evashevski was out recruiting inMerz’s home state of New Jersey.

After his parents met Evashevskiover dinner, they persuaded Merz totake the scholarship he was beingoffered at Iowa. He moved to Iowa Cityand right away experienced a cultureshock.

“I had never been west of theDelaware River,” he said. “The MiddleWest is so much different from the EastCoast, city-wise. I had to adjust a little,but we had a bunch of kids from big

cities — Chicago, New York — so wekind of gravitated toward each other.”

The one thing about Merz that stoodout to Evashevski was how multi-tal-ented he was on the football field playing both offensive and defensiveend positions for Iowa.

“Curt was an exception because hewas both great on offense and great ondefense,” Evashevski said. “He was bigand tough. He was a good football player both offensively and defensively,because that’s what you had to play inthose days.”

As a Hawkeye, Merz was a memberof the 1958 squad that is still the mostrecent in school history to win the RoseBowl. Looking back on everything lead-ing up to Iowa’s victory over Californiain the 1959 Rose Bowl, he said it wasthe time of his life.

“We played in a lot of big stadiums,but the Rose Bowl was really a hugegame back then,” Merz said. “We wentout there a couple of weeks early forpractice and stayed, and the wholeexperience is something I’ll rememberand treasure forever.

“When you’re 20 and you’re put inthat environment, even though you’refrom the city, it kind of takes yourbreath away.”

When his Hawkeye career ended,Merz originally went to Winnipeg toplay in the Canadian Football Leaguefor two years before signing with theAFL’s Dallas Texans, who later becamethe Kansas City Chiefs.

As a member of the Chiefs for sevenseasons, Merz had the chance to startat left guard on an offense led by Hallof Fame quarterback Len Dawson. Healso had one of the game’s premiercoaches at the time in Hank Stram.

“Hank Stram was like ‘Little Caesar,’ ” Merz said. “He was in chargeof everything, a micromanager.He wasn’t really that big, but he was incharge, and he let you know that hewas in charge at all times.”

For Merz and the Chiefs, it all cametogether during the 1966 season. Afterwinning the AFL championship gameover Buffalo, Kansas City earned theprivilege of playing in the first everAFL-NFL World Championship Gameagainst Green Bay.As the game becamemore mainstream, it earned a muchmore familiar name, the Super Bowl.

Although the Super Bowl wasn’tnearly as big then as it is now, Merzrealized just how big a deal the gamewas going to be when the Chiefstouched down in Los Angeles.

“The first hint that I really got onhow big the game was and I was anoffensive lineman at the time was thatthe reporters wanted to talk to offen-sive linemen, which never happens,”Merz said. “Reporters would talk to theoffensive linemen, and I would get callsfrom back in New Jersey, from myhometown paper the Newark Star-Ledger, because a Jersey boy wasplaying in the first Super Bowl.

“That was the cruxt of you realizingjust how big a deal this was going tobe.”

Pulling off what would have been thebiggest upset in pro football historywasn’t meant to be for the Chiefs —they lost to the Green Bay Packers, 35-10.

“I think Green Bay was a betterteam, bottom line,” Merz said. “Ithought we could stay with them offen-sively, and for a good part of the game,we did. Our defense, I don’t think, wasas good as it should have been.”

Merz retired from football in 1969and eventually entered the world ofradio, where he spent 30 years as a DJ— 15 years in Kansas City and 15 inSpringfield, Mo., where he now resides.

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Ex-Hawkeye in 1st Super Bowl



By Charlie KautzTHE DAILY IOWAN

DI: Looking at the touchdown pass toBrandon Myers last weekend againstIllinois, it looked very similar to a playyou ran against Indiana, in which youmight’ve missed him on an open routenear the end zone. Was that the samecall?

Christensen: Yeah. Same type ofplay. Obviously, I missed it against Indi-ana, so we worked on it the week afterthat, and it showed. It worked out wellfor us on Saturday.

DI: The team is hopeful that you’llget Tony Moeaki back this weekend, butdo you feel like something has clickedbetween you and Brandon in the lastfew games?

Christensen: Oh, I don’t know. Ithink both of them are very capable. IfTony is cleared to play, you’ll probablysee both of them in there quite a bit.

Brandon’s obviously shown a lot of goodthings, so it’s going to be hard to justreplace him right away — we’re goingto have to keep him in the game plan.

DI : Is there anything you do differently after a win from what youdo after a loss? Maybe relax a little bit rather than think about the frustrations of losing?

Christensen: You know, you don’t sitaround and talk about it with your fam-ily — what you could’ve done, whatcould’ve happened. Obviously, you don’tthink about it, you sleep a lot better.Just the feeling of relief and happinessthat doesn’t come with losing.

DI: You mention your family. Withyour father playing as a quarterbackhimself, to what capacity do you stay intouch with him during the week?

Christensen: I talk to all my family.My dad, my mom, my brother. Same asevery other college kid.

DI: Obviously, you weren’t starting inthe win over Purdue last year, but doyou feel like there are a lot of positivesto take heading into this week, especial-ly considering most of the personnel isthe same?

Christensen: I think so. I think ourdefense did a great job last year holdingthem down. And we scored obviouslyscored points early and often. The goalis to do that every week, and it’ll be nodifferent this week.

DI: Will you look at last year’s tape tohelp prepare for this week?

Christensen: We’ll look at every-thing. Every team likes to do their cer-tain things against certain teams, and[Purdue] obviously change it up againstcertain teams in the following season.We’ll take everything into account.

DI: Did you learn anything from theweek of the Penn State game that willhelp you better prepare for another

tough road environment this week?Christensen: You have to start

fast and get the crowd out of the gameanytime you’re on the road. Offensive-ly, you want to take that first driveand do something with it. You eitherget points on the board or pin themdeep, so you start the field-positionbattle in the first half and don’t getbehind the eight ball.

DI: Was establishing the run in thefirst half the big difference in the Illi-nois game?

Christensen: I think so. It made[the Illini] stay balanced. They couldn’tsit back and just play coverage — theirsafeties had to get involved. That obvi-ously opened up [Paul] Chaney andthat opened up Brandon with the run.Anytime you can run the ball well, ithelps a lot.

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Under center with Jake

Robin Svec/The Daily IowanHawkeye quarterback Jake Christensen searches for an open receiver during the second quarter of Iowa’s game versus Illinoisat Kinnick Stadium on Oct. 13. Christensen passed for 182 yards, including a 20-yard touchtown to Brandon Myers, giving theHawkeyes a winning score of 10-6.

For this week’s Q&A, the DI sat down with sophomore quarterback JakeChristensen, who is fresh off his fourth career win in eight starts at Iowa.



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This Week’s LinesHome team in caps

DI’s Big Ten Power Rankings1. Ohio State2. Michigan3. Illinois4. Purdue5. Penn State6. Indiana7. Wisconsin8. Michigan State9. Iowa10. Northwestern11. Minnesota

Northwestern (4-3, 2-2) vs. Eastern Michigan (2-5)Today, 6 p.m., ESPNUThe Wildcats look to extend their winning streak tothree when they step out of conference to play EasternMichigan. This nonconference battle will be played atFord Field in Detroit, with the Eagles designated as thehome team. Last week, Northwestern rallied from a35-14 deficit to beat Minnesota in double overtime,49-48. Eastern Michigan is 0-1 versus the Big Ten,losing to Michigan, 33-22, on Oct. 6.

Penn State (5-2, 2-2) at Indiana (5-2, 2-2)11 a.m., ESPNAfter starting their conference slate with back-to-backroad losses, the Nittany Lions regained their swaggerafter ripping through both Iowa and Wisconsin athome. Penn State returns to the road seeking a winover an Indiana team that got blasted, 52-27, last weekat Michigan State. A win for the Hoosiers makes thembowl-eligible for the first time since 1993. Consider thisa trap game for the Nittany Lions — they host top-ranked Ohio State next week.

Northern Illinois (1-6) at Wisconsin (5-2, 2-2)11 a.m., Big Ten NetworkTwo weeks after being ranked fifth nationally and hold-ing the nation’s longest winning streak, back-to-backroad defeats have dropped Wisconsin out of the Top25 entirely. This week, the Badgers are back at CampRandall and are also stepping out of conference toplay a Northern Illinois squad that comes into Madisonwith a 1-6 mark. The game is part of a home-and-home, with Wisconsin traveling to De Kalb, Ill., in2009.

North Dakota State (6-0) at Minnesota (1-6, 0-4)11 a.m., Big Ten NetworkAs if it wasn’t already bad enough for the GoldenGophers. After blowing a three-touchdown lead in a lossto Northwestern, Minnesota steps out of conferenceplay to host a North Dakota State squad that it only beat10-9 last season. The Bison come in as one of the topFCS squads in the country, ranked second nationallybehind only Northern Iowa, and they’ve already beatenCentral Michigan by 30 points this year.

Michigan State (5-2, 1-2) at No. 1 Ohio State (7-0, 3-0)2:30 p.m., ABCEven with a completely different look, the story lineremains the same in Columbus. Thanks in large part toLSU and California losing last week, the Buckeyes findthemselves where they spent all of last season, rankedNo. 1 in the country. This week, Ohio State will play itsHomecoming game against a Spartan team coming offan enormous win. One major story line is the return ofMichigan State head coach Mark Dantonio, who wasthe Buckeyes’ defensive coordinator during their 2002national-championship season.

No. 24 Michigan (5-2, 3-0) at Illinois (5-2, 3-1)7 p.m., ABCAfter losing its first two games at home, Michigan hasreeled off five unanswered wins and has re-emerged inthe Top 25 for the first time since losing the opener toAppalachian State. The Wolverines look to remainunbeaten in Big Ten play when they travel toChampaign to play an Illinois team coming off a dis-heartening loss at Iowa. Expect Mike Hart to play onSaturday for Michigan, even with an injured ankle hesuffered last week in the Wolverines’ 48-21 victoryover Purdue.

Odds ’n’ Ends

Ohio State tops first BCS poll of 2007

The initial BCS rankings for 2007 came out on Sunday, and atthe very top, they look exactly thesame as the 2006 rankings. As aresult of LSU and California bothlosing last week, Ohio State was thehuge beneficiary, and the Buckeyesmoved up to the top spot. OhioState had the grasp on the No. 1position for the entire regular season a year ago before losing toFlorida in the BCS national-champi-onship game.

Ohio State was followed in thisweek’s BCS rankings by No. 2 South Florida and No. 3Boston College, which are alsounbeaten.

Stat of the Week While Ohio State is the only Big

Ten team that is currently bowl eli-gible, there are seven other squadsin the conference that would bebowl eligible with victories thisweek; Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,Michigan State, Penn State, Purdue,and Wisconsin are all 5-2 going intoSaturday’s games.

Albert Young inchingcloser in Iowa recordbooks

If he gets 57 yards rushingagainst Purdue on Saturday, Iowasenior running back Albert Youngwill move past Fred Russell forfourth all-time on the Hawkeyes’career rushing list. Young sits at2,704 career rushing yards in anIowa uniform. The Iowa career rush-ing record is held by Sedrick Shaw,who had 4,156 yards from 1993-96.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Purdue has scored 17 points infour of Iowa’s last six victories overthe Boilermakers, including the lasttwo meetings between the schools.

• Iowa quarterback JakeChristensen and Purdue

quarterback Curtis Painter each had 17 completions in their

games last week.• The number of times Purdue haslost at home since Joe Tiller tookover the coaching reins in 1997.• The number of career rushing

touchdowns posted by Iowarunning back Albert Young.

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THEY SAID WHAT?

I don't know crap about kicking, you guysknow that, or punting.

— Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz,when asked about

Hawkeye punter Ryan Donahue

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