SPOTLIGHT IOWA CITY LESSONS LEARNED Chef Regina Miller whips up fresh, Inconsistencies against Arkansas State inventive meals for the 40 girls at the will help Iowa revamp for Homecoming Alpha Phi house. METRO, 6 following a 24-21 scare. SPORTS, 12 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2009 SEXUAL HEALTH UI police harness With a stork & STUDENT POWER hair stylists By SAM LANE [email protected] Informed hair stylists and a funny-looking stork mascot may be the key to educating women on unintended pregnancies and con- traceptives. The Iowa Initiative, which aims to reduce the rate of unin- tended pregnancies in Iowa and the nation, is employing those unique tactics in its new research program. Both nationally and in Iowa, roughly half of pregnancies among women ages 18 to 30 are unintended. The Iowa Initiative Research Program, based in Des Moines, has five projects, with some underway and others set to begin in the upcoming weeks. One of the projects involves experts training hair stylists to pick up client cues SEE INITIATIVE, 3 ROB JOHNSON/THE DAILY IOWAN Car sales UI junior Jade Hankes works as a dispatcher for the UI police on Sept. 30. To become a state-certified dispatcher, a person must complete six months of training. As a trainee, Hankes has the same responsibilities as a regular dispatcher. go clunk Many campus police departments ON THE WEB Student employees To watch a UI student dispatch- Universities allow er at work, head to September auto sales employ students. dailyiowan.com students to work in their police By REGINA ZILBERMINTS responsibilities and certifica- departments: plummet after the [email protected] tions as her full-time col- • University of Northern Iowa: 14 never worked as a dispatcher leagues. • Iowa State University: around 100 highly popular before. Jade Hankes swiveled in The department employs • Indiana University: 75 Her rigorous training federal program. her chair, 10 flat-pannel com- 15 paid students. Hankes, • Michigan State University: more includes a 40-hour state certi- puter monitors mounted in who started her job on Aug. 3, than 200 fication course. She must By MICHELLE BORYCA front of her. is the only student dispatch- Source: University police departments manage the dispatch center [email protected] Each screen carried a dif- er. in the basement of the Uni- ferent image. Students The English major said she versity Capitol Centre, Car dealers have hit a road walked between classes on a saw the job opening when she including alerting police offi- She said the job gives her a bump one month after the end feed from a UI building. A transferred from the Univer- cers to 911 calls, fire alarms, unique view of the campus. of the popular Cash for Clunk- map of Iowa City kept track sity of Northern Iowa this and building alarms. “You’re more aware of the ers program. of patrol cars. Service semester. And she must learn the danger and consequences. Of Auto sales plunged 41 per- requests updated on a screen “I applied, and interviewed, preferences of individual offi- things that are illegal, things with every incoming call. and got the job,” she said with cent nationwide in September, cers — like who prefers 10- you didn’t even know were The junior, manning the a shrug. the first month after the federal code and who likes plain Eng- illegal, you find out,” Hankes controls, is UI police’s newest Members of Hankes’ family Car Allowance Rebate System’s lish — so they don’t yell at said. student dispatcher, and her have been involved with law discount incentives came to a job comes with all the same her. enforcement, but she has SEE INTERNS, 3 halt after processing nearly 700,000 clunkers. SEE CLUNKERS, 3 Larger Disability Summit returns bership organization in the The Disability Summit will include a United States. national guest speaker and UI students “I think the No. 1 thing that will create a truly welcoming for first time. environment for students, facul- By ERIN PHILLIPS Summit today ty, and staff with disabilities is a good line of communication,” [email protected] from noon to 3:45 Imparato said. p.m. in Currier The UI held its first summit Not every disability comes Hall’s Van Oel with a wheelchair. in December 2008 as a one- Multipurpose time event for administrators, From mental illness to hear- Room. ing loss and learning difficulties, said Tiffini Stevenson Earl, a The event will compliance specialist in the hundreds of UI students live host featured Imparato every day with a disability, but Office of Equal Opportunity speaker Andrew speaker and Diversity. ROB JOHNSON/THE DAILY IOWAN many go unnoticed. Comedian Ronnie Jordan performs as part of the Homecoming festivities Monday Imparato, the But after unexpectedly receiv- In an attempt to raise aware- at the IMU. Jordan, a native of Atlanta, has performed at many college campuses president and ing a rush of support, the Dis- ness about the stigma associated around the nation. Other Homecoming events include Friday afternoon’s Hawk CEO of the American Associa- ability Planning and Action with having a disability, the UI Block Party and the Homecoming parade. tion of People with Disabilities, will host its Second Disability the largest cross-disability mem- SEE DISABILITIES, 3 DAILY IOWAN TV INDEX WEATHER 59 41 To watch Daily Iowan TV, go online at dailyiowan.com or tune into UITV. The Arts 5 Opinions 4 Mostly cloudy, windy, 90% chance of rain/T-storms. 15C 5C 15-minute newscast is on Sunday through Thursday at 9:30 and 10:30 p.m., Classifieds 11 Sports 12 with reruns at 12:30 and 1:30 a.m. and 7:45 and 8:45 a.m. the following day. Crossword 8 2 - The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Tuesday, October 6, 2009 News dailyiowan.com for more news The Daily Iowan Getting out the blood Volume 141 Issue 72 BREAKING NEWS STAFF Phone: (319) 335-6063 Publisher: E-mail: [email protected] William Casey. 335-5788 A friendly annual competition helps save lives red droplet by droplet. Editor: Fax: 335-6297 By KATHRYN STINSON Kelsey Beltramea. 335-6030 CORRECTIONS [email protected] Calling all Managing Editor: Call: 335-6030 Kurtis Hiatt . 335-5855 Greek letters and donors, units of Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for Metro Editors: Alyssa Cashman . 335-6063 accuracy and fairness in the report- vibrant T-shirts over- blood needed: Clara Hogan . 335-6063 whelmed the IMU’s second- • Automobile accident, 50 ing of news. If a report is wrong or Brian Stewart . 335-6063 floor ballroom as students units misleading, a request for a correc- Opinions Editor: tion or a clarification may be made. lined up to donate blood at • Heart surgery, 6 units Shawn Gude . 335-5863 the annual Homecoming • Organ transplant, 40 units PUBLISHING INFO Sports Editor: The Daily Iowan (USPS 143.360) is Ryan Young . 335-5848 blood drive. • Marrow transplant, 20 units Arts Editors: The UI Homecoming published by Student Publications Source: Mississippi Valley Blood Center Inc., E131 Adler Journalism Building, Melea Andrys . 335-5851 Committee sponsored the Iowa City, Iowa 52242-2004, daily Jake Jensen . 335-5851 Copy Chief: event, hoping for approxi- except Saturdays, Sundays, legal and ON DAILY IOWAN TV Beau Elliot. 335-6063 mately 100 donations from university holidays, and university UI students. But by late Watch a video report on UI Design/Graphics Editor: blood donors on vacations. Periodicals postage paid Kurt Cunningham. 335-6063 afternoon the blood drive at the Iowa City Post Office under the Photo Editor: JULIE KOEHN/THE DAILY IOWAN dailyiowan.com. had exceeded that number, Act of Congress of March 2, 1879. Amy Oleson . 335-5852 with donors giving around UI sophomore Jon Rice leans back while giving blood during a blood SUBSCRIPTIONS Web Editor: drive in the IMU second-floor ballroom on Monday. The drive was one Tony Phan. 335-5829 150 pints of blood, said said helps to save lives and Call: Pete Recker at 335-5783 of the events going on for Homecoming this week. E-mail: [email protected] Business Manager: Jennifer Ruggio, the rewards her with Home- Homecoming Committee’s Debra Plath. 335-5786 coming participation points Subscription rates: Classified Ads Manager: sports night and blood ‘I’m not a big fan of needles. But I can grin and for her sorority. Iowa City and Coralville: $20 for one Juli Krause. 335-5784 drive coordinator. semester, $40 for two semesters, $10 Advertising/ Circulation Manager: bear with it for 30 minutes to help another “I’m not a big fan of nee- for summer se ssion, $50 for full year. “The turnout has been dles,” she said. “But I can Pete Recker. 335-5783 really great and consis- Out of town: $40 for one semester, Advertising Sales Staff: person; it’s worth it in the end.’ grin and bear with it for 30 tent,” she said. “It really $80 for two semesters, $15 for Renee Manders. 335-5193 minutes to help another Bev Mrstik. .335-5792 picked up around the summer session, $95 all year. — Serena Everhar, UI sophomore person; it’s worth it in Send address changes to: The Daily Cathy Witt . .335-5794 lunch hour.” the end.” Iowan, 100 Adler Journalism Building, Day Production Manager: The event was cospon- toward the annual Home- person can be nervous when Heidi Owen. 335-5789 In order to supply the Iowa City, Iowa 52242-2004. sored by the Homecoming coming greek competition. giving blood, said Janie Night Production Manager: UIHC, as well as the Council and the Iowa Val- At the end of Homecoming Hughes, a blood collector for Bob Foley.