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THE INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 The Daily Iowan WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 2006 WWW.DAILYIOWAN.COM 50¢ Students in the American Indian and Native Studies Program are pushing the UI for more faculty members and Regents graduate teaching assistants, among other items to name search panel BY SAM EDSILL THE DAILY IOWAN The hunt for UI President David Skorton’s replacement will begin after the state Board of Regents selects search-committee members at their Thursday meeting in Cedar Falls. And, despite campus leaders’ requests, the group will likely be smaller than the 23 mem- bers they asked for, Regent Robert Downer said on Tuesday. “The number originally proposed [by the regents] was 17,” he said. “I think there may possibly be some additions. My preference would have been a bit larger.” Faculty, staff, and student leaders proposed the larger committee in February, with requests to give a faculty member and a regent equal power as co-heads. SEE REGENTS, PAGE 8A Matt Ryerson/The Daily Iowan Nicole Leitz (center) meets with Christine Nobiss (right) and Oliviah Walker at the Latino Native American Cultural Center on Monday. The three are Iowa City petitioning for increased funding for the American Indian and Native Studies Program. downloaders Native Studies calls for support spark ire of BY MARGARET POE ‘Instead of [the program] progressing, it’s actually cerned students. THE DAILY IOWAN “I couldn’t agree with them declining. There aren’t enough faculty to really support it.’ more,” he said. Many students in the UI Amer- Kutzko, who is also a mathe- industry ican Indian and Native Studies — Marisa Moore, a staff adviser to the UI American matics professor, has led the ini- Program are worried about their Indian Student Association tiative to increase diversity in his BY WESLEY CROPP academic fates. own department, where a quarter THE DAILY IOWAN “We’ve just been getting by, by of the graduate students are of the skin of our teeth, for a while Indian — her relatives belonged the UI population. Though the minority descent. By actively Former UI student Molly Alsager and her now,” said Christine Nobiss, a to the Plains Cree and Saulteaux group is small, the members are recruiting these students, his roommates found themselves at the forefront Canadian graduate student tribes — wrote and distributed a determined to voice their con- department’s minority represen- of a battle between college-age downloaders enrolled in the certificate pro- letter last month to UI diversity cerns. Marisa Moore, a staff advis- tation has skyrocketed. This suc- and recording-industry giants bent on dismiss- gram. officials to raise awareness about er to the UI American Indian Stu- cess could be mimicked to bring in ing the perception that music can be down- Part of the Division of Interdis- American Indian issues. At the UI dent Association and a UI alum American Indian students cam- loaded without punishment. ciplinary Programs, American Student Government’s Student said the lack of instructors is wor- puswide to support the Native “We had a total of 730 songs, Indian and Native Studies has Assembly meeting on Tuesday, UI rying. Studies program, which relies on and we got sued,” she said this two core faculty members and freshman Jennifer Delgado pre- “Instead of [the program] pro- a contingent of interested stu- week shortly after her case approximately 30 students sented the letter and gathered gressing, it’s actually declining,” dents. was settled for $3,700. “I was enrolled, its coordinator said. signatures. A meeting May 8 will she said. “There aren’t enough “I don’t think it’s a good excuse shocked and felt singled out, Despite the UI’s much-touted further address the students’ con- faculty to really support it.” to say it’s difficult,” Kutzko said. because everyone downloads commitment to diversity, students cerns, said Phillip Round, the After receiving the letter writ- “It needs to be done.” music.” say, the program has never flour- coordinator of the program. ten by Nobiss, Philip Kutzko, the Lauren Rabinovitz, the director The fine, and a mandatory ished. According to fall 2005 Regis- director of the Office of Graduate of the Division of Interdiscipli- written agreement never to download or share files again Nobiss, who is ethnically half- trar’s Office statistics, American Ethnic Inclusion, immediately nary Programs, has met with the Alsager Hungarian and half-American Indians make up 0.5 percent of planned a meeting with con- SEE NATIVE STUDIES, PAGE 5A SEE LIMEWIRE, PAGE 8A former UI student UI to be strict on apparel The university announces that Hawkeye items will only be made in factories that practice fair labor BY LEE HERMISTON ologist David Parker’s display and of factories deemed fair to workers by THE DAILY IOWAN lecture Tuesday,titled, “Child Labor, the Worker Rights Consortium — a Human Rights, and Public Health.” nonprofit group that conducts similar In an eighth-floor hallway in the And while the event only coinci- work at campuses across the country. UI Hospitals and Clinics, a series of dentally fell on the same day UI In a statement, Skorton said the photographs adorn the white walls. President David Skorton adopted decision “represents an important step In stark contrast to the colorful the underlying principles of a “des- in our continuing efforts to ensure that books and videos found in the near- ignated-suppliers program,” the no products bearing the university’s by children’s resource center, the name or logos are manufactured under black-and-white pictures depict a message was the same — support- ing fair labor practices is a human- conditions that exploit workers.” darker, more sinister scene. It also comes as a victory for Stu- The subjects in the photos are rights ideal worth fighting for. The UI’s freshly announced pro- dents Against Sweatshops, which children, dirty and malnourished recommended that the UI take on laborers who work in foul, potential- gram is an attempt by the university to ensure that its licensed apparel is the initiative in October. ly dangerous environments for 10 to “We’re satisfied, for now,” said 12 hours a day for next to nothing. produced in factories agreeing to Ed Bornstein/The Daily Iowan group member Ned Bertz. “It’s a pos- Living in underdeveloped coun- practice fair labor laws, officials said. Physician David Parker’s photographs are displayed on the eighth floor of the UIHC on itive step forward for the university.” tries throughout the world, they The decision will consolidate produc- Tuesday. Parker has been studying the effects of labor on adolescent bodies, and he has were the subject of visiting epidemi- tion of UI apparel to a smaller number SEE CHILD LABOR, PAGE 5A traveled to Morocco, Bangladesh, and India to photograph different types of child labor. HEAT WAVE MUMPS CAMPAIGN MIGHTY WHITE INDEX 72 22 C Dwyane Wade looked up, saw With more than 1,200 cases of The overwhelmingly majority — Arts 7A © © it was the fourth quarter, and mumps reported in the state, local around 94 percent — of the faces of Classifieds 5B Mostly cloudy, Crossword 8B 45 7 C decided it was time to punch officials are expanding their planning. Iowa City police officers are white. 50% chance of Opinions 6A rain/T-storms in. 1B 2A 4A Sports 1B 2A - The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Wednesday, May 3, 2006 NEWS The Daily Iowan Volume 137 Issue 193 Assessments’ value debated BREAKING NEWS STAFF Phone: (319) 335-6063 Publisher: BY ERIKA BINEGAR funds the approximately 10- “They’re an important part of professor, said some experi- E-mail: [email protected] William Casey. 335-5788 Fax: 335-6184 Editor: THE DAILY IOWAN year-old assessments, the only evaluating a faculty member’s enced educators pay less CORRECTIONS Jennifer Sturm. .335-6030 cost to students is a few min- ability to teach,” the tenured attention to evaluations than Managing Editor: As the semester nears an utes of their time. But those in professor said. their novice counterparts. 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