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CHASING THE DREAM TWO DANCERS. ONE WORLD-CRUSHING INJURY. TAKE A LOOK INTO THE LIVES OF UI DANCE STUDENTS. 80 HOURS. THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2015 THE INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILYIOWAN.COM 50¢ The food truck that ‘wood’ A new food truck rolls into Iowa City. By BILL COONEY [email protected] The newest food truck to hit the streets of Iowa City brings with it a wood-fired flavor and a vintage flair. Provender is owned and operat- ed by local chef Chris Grebner; it was hand-built in North Carolina last year. It consists of a wood-fired brick oven placed on the chassis of a 1941 Dodge pickup. Illustration by Joshua Housing The truck made the trip to Iowa for its Iowa City Farmers’ Market May 2 to hungry crowds. Provender will work the market and be avail- able for catering services, said Dee- Ann Grebner who works Provender with husband Chris. OrderUp finds “We’re available for catering, but I don’t know if we’ll be parking and vending on the street,” Grebner said. “I think we’re trying to stick to events like the Farmers’ Market and catering jobs.” a niche Provender has an ever-chang- OrderUp continues to expand in both businesses and delivery items. ing menu that could feature pizza, burgers, and — for the Farmers’ By GRACE PATERAS doms, gum, and over-the-counter medicines via its online Market — breakfast foods. [email protected] partnership with OrderUp. Parked near the intersection of This type of toiletry delivery is unique to OrderUp in Iowa City. Washington and Gilbert Streets, rderUp has expanded its reaches beyond burgers and sushi. Also from the Den, students can now get a “finals pack” of snacks the line for Provender stretched O Customers begin by logging in online or on their mobile delivered to them thanks to Order Up drivers. well into Chauncey Swan Park and app. Then, they find the business they want to order from and The Study Break special opened for customers to order online hadn’t changed much all morning, choose something to order before waiting for OrderUp’s delivery on Wednesday and has had one order as of that date. Grebner said. drivers to pick up the orders and bring it to the customer’s door. The Study Break special is $12.95 before sales tax and delivery “We’ve been getting hit pretty In addition to local restaurants that paired up with OrderUp — fees. It includes a 12 oz. Red Bull, a 20 oz. bottled drink, a candy hard. It’s awesome,” she said. “It’s a food ordering and delivery service — one local business decided bar, a bag of chips, a Cliff Bar, and a pack of gum, all to the cus- great to see this on our first day to offer other items to customers as well. tomer’s choosing. out here. It’s really encouraging.” The Den, 123 E. Washington St., has worked with OrderUp for “[OrderUp is] not a big part of our business, but it’s just another Part of the draw to Provender is its about three weeks, supervisor Craig Spencer said. thing we can offer to our customers,” Spencer said. unique, vintage look, said customer Along with candy bars, soda, chips and other snacks, the Den offers toiletry items such as deodorant, razors, con- SEE ORDERUP, 7A SEE PROVENDER, 3A Students still wrestle with debt Hockey By CARLY MATTHEW [email protected] dreams of Despite smaller tuition and fees, more resident students are graduating with debt than nonresidents. University of Iowa sophomore Marie arena Hafner grew up in Bettendorf always knowing exactly where she wanted to By CORY PORTER attend college. [email protected] Hafner could imagine herself in the UI’s psychology and pre-medicine pro- The city of Coralville is one step clos- grams and even attending graduate er to building the Iowa River Landing school here. Arena, a 7,000-seat sports arena in the One remaining question, however, Iowa River Landing. was how exactly she would pay. While city officials Because her father was an accoun- are excited about the tant, she said, she understood the finan- project, the University cial burden college would place on her of Iowa student hockey family. Still, she saw college expenses organization sees the as a hurdle she inevitably would have construction of the are- to climb in order to fulfill her dream of UI sophomore Marie Hafner talks about her tuition in the Main Library on Monday. Hafner pays around $7,000 per year for her na as their potential becoming psychiatrist. tuition at the UI. (The Daily Iowan/Courtney Hawkins) ticket to the big show. Acri “It feels like you have to borrow so you “It’d be a massive UI hockey president can get the job you want and so you can $11,000 for her each school year, also Hafner said. “I haven’t necessarily step,” UI Hockey Presi- pay the loans off,” Hafner said. through a federal loan, which she said thought that far ahead. dent and junior Robert Hafner is an Iowa resident, an Honors they expect she’ll pay back one day. Though Hafner’s $8,000 per year Acri said. “We’re lucky to get probably a student, and an Old Gold Scholarship She mostly thinks about her loans, resident tuition and fees may look hundred people at our games, and most winner — an institutional scholarship she said, when it’s “FAFSA time” and in small beside $26,000 nonresident tui- of them are just walking through the valued at $5,000 per year. the summer when she’s trying to pay off tion, she isn’t the only resident accu- [Coral Ridge] Mall and will just stop by In addition to her scholarship, Hafner interest her loans accumulated. mulating debt. for five minutes or so and watch us.” borrows about $7,000 in federal stu- “I have quite a while to go, but [grad- dent loans per year. Her parents borrow uate school] is going to cost even more,” SEE DEBT, 7A SEE HOCKEY, 3A WEATHER DAILY IOWAN TV ON THE WEB INDEX HIGH LOW CLASSIFIED 7B 81 63 • SCAN THIS CODE CHECK DAILYIOWAN.COM FOR HOURLY DAILY BREAK 6A UPDATES AND ONLINE EXCLUSIVES. FOLLOW Mostly cloudy with scattered • GO TO DAILYIOWAN.COM OPINIONS 4A thunderstorms. • WATCH UITV AT 9 P.M. @THEDAILYIOWAN ON TWITTER AND LIKE US SPORTS 10A SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE CONTENT. 80 HOURS 1B 2A NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2015 BIKING TO WORK The Daily Iowan Volume 148 Issue 184 BREAKING NEWS STAFF Phone: (319) 335-6063 Publisher 335-5788 Email: [email protected] William Casey Fax: 335-6297 Editor-in-Chief 335-6030 Jordyn Reiland CORRECTIONS Managing Editors 335-6030 Call: 335-6030 Dora Grote Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for accuracy Tessa Hursh and fairness in the reporting of news. If a Metro Editors 335-6063 report is wrong or misleading, a request Nicholas Moffitt for a correction or a clarification may be Chris Higgins made. 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This week is Bike to Work week, which is where Iowa City, Coralville, University Heights, for summer session, $50 for full year. Quentin Misiag Johnson County, Think Bicycles of Johnson County, the University of Iowa, and local businesses and organizations will host a series of meals, rides, and events to encourage people Out of town: $40 for one sememster, $80 Graphics Editor 335-6063 to ride their bikes instead of driving their cars. (The Daily Iowan/John Theulen) for two semesters, $20 for summer Kristen East session, $100 all year. TV News Director 335-6063 Send address changes to: The Daily Iowan, Dora Grote 100 Adler Journalism Building, Iowa City, TV Sports Directors 335-6063 Iowa 52242-2004 Chelsie Brown Jalyn Souchek Advertising Manager 335-5193 Web Editor 335-5829 Renee Manders Tony Phan Johnson County works Advertising Sales Staff Business Manager 335-5786 Bev Mrstik 335-5792 Debra Plath Cathy Witt 335-5794 Classifed Ads/Circulation Manager Juli Krause 335-5784 Production Manager 335-5789 with Wisconsin Heidi Owen By BEN MARKS al exchange between sibly use to develop our ing and how they’re deal- [email protected] the two counties, first poor farm,” Supervisor ing with it, and honestly thought of last year by Mike Carberry said. “You what I found was at times Early this week, coun- Supervisor Rod Sullivan take that model they’ve it was like looking in a ty officials from Iowa when he attended a Lo- used with the lessons mirror,” he said. and Wisconsin sat down cal Food Summit where they learned and try to After the trip Pulkra- together to discuss jails, the keynote speaker was incorporate that into one bek said he has some local food, homelessness, Kyle Richmond, a Dane that will work for John- ideas he’ll be discussing police, and housing.

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