WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2011 Bracing for frosh surge The College of Liberal Arts plans to hire around 35 new tenure-track faculty members next fall. By CAITLIN FRY [email protected] Officials plan to accommodate continu- ally increasing enrollment at the Univer- sity of Iowa, though they don’t know yet how big next year’s jump will be. For starters, they intend to add 200 beds in the dorms and hire 35 new tenure- track faculty in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Roughly 16,800 poten- tial students have sent ZOEY MILLER/ THE DAILY IOWAN applications this year, a 9.1 A snowplow preparts to dump snow into a truck near City Hall on Tuesday. The snow will be transported to the Iowa City Bus Barn near Highway 6, across from percent increase from the the Iowa City Municipal Airport. Local trucking companies are still hauling truckload after truckload of snow away from downtown after last week’s storm . 15,400 applications received by February 2010. Applications will contin- ue coming in until April, Barron Snow fun, snow business and officials will know admissions director expected enrollment num- bers in May. “Obviously, we are a place that is attrac- An official says the UI could go over its $120,000 snow-removal budget. tive to students,” said UI Director of Admis- sions Michael Barron. “But how many we By ALLIE JOHNSON DAILYIOWAN.COM Nearly a week after a mas- McGowan, the owner of Leif will ultimately offer admission to and who [email protected] Log on to check out a sive blizzard, trucking compa- McGowan Trucking. will enroll is uncertain.” photo slide show of nies continue to haul truck- He said the extremely cold The liberal-arts school plans to hire Fewer than 2 miles outside continued snow clean-up. load after truckload of snow temperatures are making around 35 tenure-track faculty members downtown Iowa City, a moun- away from downtown. And things difficult. to provide enough courses and seats in tain of snow at least 10 feet ON DAILY IOWAN TV they still have a week to go. “It’s getting interesting,” each class for students, said Helena tall and the length and width Jerry’s Hauling, Leif McGowan said. “The longer it Dettmer, the associate dean for under- Log on to watch a of a college classroom is form- McGowan Trucking, and takes, the colder it is, piles graduate programs and curriculum. Offi- ing. And growing by the hour. Daily Iowan TV feature on clean-up efforts. Finnegan Trucking have been like this get real hard, and it’s cials said they don’t yet know the cost of Every five minutes Tues- working to remove as much hard on equipment and on the additional faculty. day morning, another full snow as possible from Iowa the snowblowers.” “The college is working on determining how dump truck pulled up and Outside City Hall, five waited City streets. The companies use 10 many additional sections, classes, and labs we added to the mound in a field in line at 7 a.m. for workers “We’ve got bulldozers down trucks at a time, starting at will need,” Dettmer wrote in an e-mail. outside Iowa City’s “Bus on smaller tractors to fill there pushing the pile higher In addition to academic accommodations, Barn,” 1200 Riverside Drive. them with more snow. and higher,” said Leif SEE SNOW, 6 University Housing has been monitoring SEE ENROLLMENT, 7 Barta discusses Apartments Downtown lawsuit grows Some former tenants have joined negative news the pending class-action suit, sharing their sides of the story. The athletics director said he’s By JOSH QUINNETT as backups if lawyers for looking for ‘closure’ after the [email protected] the defendants eliminate any current petitioners. recent athlete hospitalizations. An Iowa City attorney One plaintiff, University who filed a lawsuit against of Iowa senior Molly Burke, Apartments Downtown By ALISON SULLIVAN to the said she decided to join the [email protected] said he now has the ideal recent hos- case when Apartments pitalization number of plaintiffs. The recent high-profile, Downtown charged her of 13 foot- Christopher Warnock and negative attention directed $350 after someone broke ball play- his client, Michael Conroy, at the University of Iowa filed the original petition on down her front door. ROB JOHNSON/THE DAILY IOWAN ers. The football program has been Dec. 22. They alleged the “I was like, ‘What?’ ” said Iowa alum Dara Eifler sits in her apartment on Tuesday. Eifler is part instant Burke, a former Daily Iowan difficult, espeically in the era requirements listed in the of a class-action lawsuit against Apartments Downtown. She was negative Barta reporter.“That doesn’t really of social media and the Inter- Iowa City rental giant’s sued by Apartments Downtown for back rent and damages and still publicity athletics director make sense. Why do I have net, Athletics Director Gary lease violate numerous sec- received bills after the court ruled in her favor. resulted to pay for the door?” Barta said on Tuesday. tions of Iowa Code. from what he described as An employee at Apart- He addressed the Ath- Though Warnock said he the media’s mentality of only needs one representa- ments Downtown, who er’s door was vandalized. In er bad landlord,” Warnock letics Department’s recent getting infomation fast in tive plaintiff for the case to would not give her name that situation, the employee said. “But after hearing the string of public incidents the Internet era, even if be certified as a class because she was not author- said, the homeowner would at the UI Faculty Senate stories from these tenants, “facts be damned.” action, he’s added five to ized to comment on behalf of be liable for the door. meeting Tuesday, saying the list and has received the company, compared “I was under the impres- it’s outrageous.” the national media and the inquiries from nearly 50 Burke’s incident to a situa- sion that Apartments public reacted too quickly SEE SENATE, 6 others, who could be used tion in which a homeown- Downtown was just anoth- SEE APARTMENTS, 6 DAILY IOWAN TV INDEX WEATHER BUY THIS PHOTO To watch Daily Iowan TV go online at dailyiowan.com or tune Classifieds 10 Spotlight 3 HIGH LOW Looking to purchase great work by into UITV. 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E-mail: [email protected] William Casey . 335-5788 Fax: 335-6297 Editor: the man, who then pushed The investigation over the “We have a lot of infor- Brian Stewart . 335-6030 was injured and CORRECTIONS her, prompting her to grab past week and a half: mation, and things are Managing Editor: the dogs and run to her coming together, and hope- Call: 335-6030 Clara Hogan . 335-5855 taken to UIHC • Jan. 29: Rescuers respond apartment. fully, we’ll have a resolution Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for Metro Editors: to a fire at 421 S. Dodge St. following the The unknown person soon,” Steva said. accuracy and fairness in the report- Emily Busse . 335-6063 • Feb. 3: Police release sketch Sam Lane . 335-6063 appeared to be a transient, All 12 residents of the ing of news. If a report is wrong or Jan. 29 blaze. of “possible witness”; build- misleading, a request for a correc- Regina Zilbermints . 335-6063 she told building were displaced but Opinions Editor: ing is turned over to owner tion or a clarification may be made. officers. uninjured. Shay O’Reilly . 335-5863 By HAYLEY BRUCE • Feb. 7: Police search for a Iowa City Several residents and PUBLISHING INFO Sports Editor: [email protected] person with a dog in relation police neighbors said the night of The Daily Iowan (USPS 143.360) is Jordan Garretson . 335-5848 to the fire Arts Editor: Detective the incident that they had published by Student Publications Twenty minutes after • Feb. 8: Investigators wait on Inc., E131 Adler Journalism Building, Josie Jones . 335-5851 D.J. Steva heard “loud bangs” residents reported a suspi- lab results before determin- Iowa City, Iowa 52242-2004, daily Copy Chief: said the moments before the build- cious fire at an Iowa City ing a cause of the fire except Saturdays, Sundays, legal and Beau Elliot. 335-6063 apartment complex on Jan. woman and ing went up in flames, but university holidays, and university Photo Editors: Possible Rachel Jessen . 335-5852 29, a woman who lived in her dogs Source: Police and fire officials officials won’t confirm the vacations. Periodicals postage paid lived at 421 witness cause until they receive lab at the Iowa City Post Office under the Brenna Norman . 335-5852 the building told police she Design Editor: saw a stranger with her S. Dodge St. results. Act of Congress of March 2, 1879. witness,” he believes the Laura Mihelich . 335-6063 dog that she’d left in her Apt.