THE INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 The Daily Iowan Tuesday, June 5, 2007 dailyiowan.com 50¢ INSIDE UI gears up for bird-flu crisis Panel passes on Indianapolis Star Hogan Background check In the second installment of BY ASHTON SHURSON THE DAILY IOWAN an exclusive five-part Q&A series, new men’s basketball UI Provost Michael Hogan coach Todd Lickliter talks confirmed Monday that he is about growing up and not one of the coaching in hoops-crazed five finalists for Indiana. Sports, Back Page the UI presi- dency. “People have Flag at half-staff asked if I’m one of the people The flag will be lowered to coming through half-staff today next week, and in honor of I’m not,” Hogan Hogan Professor said. “That’s all UI Provost Emeritus I’m going to Stephen S. Fox, say.” who died on From June 11-15, the final candidates will visit the May 31. He university for the last round of served at the interviews and meetings with a university from September variety of campus leaders and 1965 until his retirement students. from the psychology depart- ment on May 16, 1997. SEE HOGAN, PAGE 3 Wesley Cropp/The Daily Iowan Organ-donation The avian influenza virus H5N1 has garnered more attention from the UI in recent months, with university officials using the Pandemic TIMELINE OF THE UI Influenza Preparedness Task Force, created in 2006. The task force hopes to present an updated plan to the provost by the end of the month. law updated The ever-evolving strain has claimed the lives of more than 180 people worldwide in the last four years, according to the World Health PRESIDENTIAL- UI law Professor Sheldon Organization. Kurtz led a committee to SEARCH SAGA redraft Iowa’s law on organ • June 2006: UI President David donations. Metro, Page 2 UI researchers and administrators convene in preparation Skorton leaves the UI for Cornell University. for the possibility of a bird-flu outbreak. • November 2006: The state Board of Regents votes 6-2 to Beyond could be used as a template for major education and research Fethke. The plans would also be BY ZHI XIONG reject the four finalists and to perfectionism THE DAILY IOWAN other colleges around the enterprise, and employer.” brought to the state Board of disband the search committee. nation, noting the unique struc- The task force operates under Regents and other state univer- UI researchers link the need In a race against the quickly • December 2006: The UI ture of a public university and state and federal guidelines, sities for further discussion, Faculty Senate and Staff Council to be fault-free to some eating mutating avian influenza virus its relation to other local and utilizing the Centers for Dis- Atchison said. vote “no-confidence” in the behaviors. Metro, Page 7 H5N1, a team of UI physicians state entities. ease Control and Prevention, After the CDC held its first regents. and administrators has joined full-scale drill in January, the “You begin to imagine how the state health department, • January 2007: New search the international community in this institution will carry out its UI task force followed suit with committee begins quest for preparing for a possible world- and reports from the World Finkbine student responsibility as a public insti- its own four-hour exercise in president. wide outbreak. Health Organization. fees on par tution,” said task force head April, using a scenario in which • May 2007: Committee hold The Pandemic Influenza Pre- The UI pandemic task force is bird flu — carried by an inter- off-campus interviews. Chris Atchison, an associate Think students’ cost for a paredness Task Force, created due to present an updated plan national student — spread • June 11-15: Five final candi- round of golf in Iowa City is in January 2006 by UI Provost dean of the UI College of Public to the provost at the end of the through the campus. dates will visit the UI for the a little steep? Judging from Michael Hogan, is hashing out a Health. “It’s also the state’s month, which will be forwarded last round of interviews. other Big Ten schools, you detailed plan of action that major health-care provider, to interim President Gary SEE AVIAN, PAGE 3 might be surprised. Sports, Back Page Art ’round the District, world IOWA WORKS TO STOP Iowa Children’s Museum highlights Indonesian art and teachers life. Arts & Culture, Page 5 EXODUS OF PHYSICIANS Hitchcock lives agree on The state has an average net gain of doctors each year, Is Iowa City prepared for but some medical areas are hurting. bird flu? Opinions, Page 4 pay hike dailyiowan.com BY JONATHAN VAN DYKE The School District’s teachers THE DAILY IOWAN For photos, video, audio, Paul Abrams has plenty of reasons to stay in blogs, and more, check us will see at least a 5 percent Iowa. The second-year UI medical student rec- out online at: ognized that the Hawkeye State is a wholesome dailyiowan.com increase. place for settling down. BY BRIAN STEWART “I think the majority of people want to stay in Tape of new Iowa and at least look for opportunities,” he THE DAILY IOWAN said. coach Iowa City School District teachers will see a But a recent study issued by a task force con- Go online to check out part guaranteed 5 percent increase in pay for the 2007- sisting of members of the UI Carver College of one of DI’s four-part video 08 school year, as well as a new pay scale, now that Medicine and UI Hospitals and Clinics recom- mends Iowa conduct further research into why series with new Iowa the district and the Iowa City Education Associa- so many physicians are leaving the state each basketball coach Todd tion have reached an agreement. Barb Henke, the education asso- year. Lickliter. ciation’s chief negotiator, “We need to continue to retain more doctors announced on Monday that the who train in the state,” said Roger Tracy, the UI WEATHER district negotiated a three-year assistant dean of financial affairs for Statewide agreement with the group that Clinical Education Programs. Mostly uses a mathematical formula The study shows that between 1980 and sunny, light based on district growth to deter- 2005, the number of Iowa physicians has breezes, mine pay increases. Teachers will increased 54 percent, against a population 20% chance receive an estimated 5.27 percent Henke growth of 2 percent. Each year between 1996 of T-storms hike; they are guaranteed a mini- and 2005, Iowa’s workforce saw an average of © mum of at least 5 percent, Henke negotiator 336 physicians added and an average of 265 72 22 C 54 12 C said. who left the workplace — a net gain of 71 physi- © Association members overwhelmingly approved cians per year. the new pay increase (96 percent of the vote). Sev- For those leaving, though, more than 60 per- INDEX enty percent of district teachers who are members cent left for relocation rather than retirement of the organization were eligible to vote, though the or other reasons, a cause for concern among the Arts 5 Opinions 4 raise will affect all teachers in the district. task force. Classifieds 10 Sports 12 Crossword 6 SEE TEACHERS, PAGE 3 SEE DOCS, PAGE 3 2 - The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Tuesday, June 5, 2007 News dailyiowan.com for more local news The Daily Iowan Volume 139 Issue 2 BREAKING NEWS STAFF Law prof fixes organ law Phone: (319) 335-6063 Publisher: E-mail: [email protected] William Casey. .335-5788 BY MICHELLE SCOTT language changes to make the document as an effort to make Fax: 335-6184 Editor: Jason Brummond. .335-6030 THE DAILY IOWAN stipulations clear. such important information CORRECTIONS “It was a very intensive easier to understand. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE Managing Editor: Call: 335-6030 Brittany Volk. .335-5855 Other state legislatures are process,” Kurtz said. “I am very proud of the work considering new laws control- UNIFORM Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for Metro Editors: For example, the previous act the students got to do,” Kurtz Erika Binegar. .335-6063 ling the use of deceased individ- accuracy and fairness in the reporting did not distinguish what pur- said, adding that two students ANATOMICAL GIFT of news. If a report is wrong or mis- Ray Mattson. 335-6063 uals’ organs because of the pose the deceased accompanied him to visit Opinions Editor: efforts of UI College of Law Pro- leading, a request for a correction or a individual intended for her or Culver when he signed the ACT clarification may be made. Jon Gold. .335-5863 fessor Sheldon Kurtz with the Sports Editor: his organs; uses include measure into law. • Strengthened language to pro- Iowa law. PUBLISHING INFO Charlie Kautz. .335-5848 transplantation, therapy, Another change allows family hibit others from “attempting to The Uniform Anatomical Gift The Daily Iowan (USPS 143.360)is Arts Editors: research, and education. Nei- members to halt donations, override an individual’s decision Act was originally drafted in published by Student Publications Inc., Soheil Rezayazdi. .335-5851 ther the original nor the 1987 even if an individual agreed to make or refuse to make an Vanessa Veiock. .335-5851 1968, and Kurtz was appointed E131 Adler Journalism Building, Iowa update explained which use during her or his lifetime to anatomical gift.” Copy Chief: principal writer of a 10-person should take priority, but the make such a gift. Kurtz said City, Iowa 52242-2004, daily except • Acknowledges that a donation Saturdays, Sundays, legal and universi- Beau Elliot.