HOMERE C ES HELLER RICK HELLER WAS FORMAlly INTRODUCED AS IOWA’S NEWEST BASEBALL coACH M0NDAY. SPORTS TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 THE INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILYIOWAN.COM 50¢ City seeks trash alternatives The landfill is about 400 acres. That is approximately the size of 53. IMUs The landfill takes in 400 tons of garbage a day. A pile of garbage is seen at the Iowa City Landfill on Monday. Iowa City officials will review various proposals for diverting garbage from the landfill. (The Daily Iowan/Wanyi Tao) The proposal to transport some of the city’s waste to an ethanol plant will be considered along It will reach capacity in with other ideas using new technology to handle the trash. By ROBERT CROZIER cost Iowa City roughly $3 million, the have until Sept. 12 to submit their [email protected] DI has previously reported. plans to either process the waste on- 20-25 years Landfill Superintendent Dave Elias site, transfer it away, or some combi- As landfill repairs near completion, said he expects the repairs to be com- nation of both, a July 11 press release Iowa City officials will now entertain pleted in August or September. said. if Iowa City continues proposals exploring new technologies “We’ve had a couple of different The request for proposal process is that promise to divert garbage from proposals … come directly to staff … in conjunction with Gershman, Brick- the facility and extend the time before which have piqued our interest, and in ner, & Bratton Inc. of Fairfax, Va. its current waste- it reaches its capacity. One Maryland order for us to proceed with detailed “We can’t necessarily just pick some- company may have an early lead in the discussions, we have to follow our city one and move ahead with a multimil- considerations. procurement policies,” he said. lion dollar project without it being an disposal practices. The repairs were necessary after Interested parties must attend a open and transparent process that a fire damaged a large portion of the conference Thursday in which they 400-acre landfill in May 2012, which will tour the landfill, and they will SEE WASTE, 2 VICE PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH VP hopeful stresses changing times Schools’ By QUENTIN MISIAG futures up [email protected] While the University of Iowa and the State University of New York-Buf- in air falo stand nearly 750 miles apart, the two face six similar threats. Just ask Joseph Brennan. The Iowa City School The current associate vice presi- Board will discuss the dent for university communications at SUNY-Buffalo is one of three finalists steering committee’s vying for a new role as the UI’s vice recommendations during president for Strategic Communica- tion. tonight’s meeting. A “bad” economy, loss of trust, chang- ing demographics, increased compe- By KRISTEN EAST tition in the higher-education arena, [email protected] unsustainable financial models on a national scale, and in particular, new Ahead of tonight’s technological ways for interpersonal meeting, one Iowa City communication are collectively put- School Board member ting the idea of a true college educa- said many questions tion at risk, Brennan said. remain unanswered And in almost every state, colleges Joseph Brennan, the associate vice president for university communications at the State University of New after the Facilities see fewer traditional-age students York-Buffalo, speaks at the University Capitol Center on Monday. Brennan is one of three candidates that the UI Steering Committee walk through their halls and across is considering for the position of vice president for Strategic Communication. (The Daily Iowan/Mariah Green) presented two recom- their lawns. We’ll have to wait until mendations for the Dorau 2035 for those numbers to return to a future of the district’s board member sense of normalcy, he said. dent debt, Brennan said it’s time the approaches undertaken at Buffalo. schools. Refuting what he called the all-too- nation’s schools return to the top of “We’re living in an age of partisan “I think there’s a lot of questions common concept of a college graduate global academia standards. skepticism, gridlock in Washington … working as a coffee-shop barista strad- To do that at the UI, he said, may SEE SCHOOLS, 2 dled with thousands of dollars in stu- take some notes of some unorthodox SEE VP, 2 WEATHER DAILY IOWAN TV ON THE WEB INDEX HIGH LOW • SCAN THIS CODE CHECK DAILYIOWAN.COM FOR HOURLY OPINIONS 4 90 72 • GO TO DAILYIOWAN.COM UPDATES AND ONLINE EXCLUSIVES. FOLLOW CLASSIFIED 7 • WATCH UITV AT 9 P.M. @THEDAILYIOWAN ON TWITTER AND LIKE US DAILY BREAK 6 Mostly sunny, light winds. SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE CONTENT. SPORTS 8 2 NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013 waste The Daily Iowan CONTINUED FROM FRONT Volume 145 Issue 26 BREAKING NEWS STAFF will show us if there are Phone: (319) 335-6063 Publisher other equally qualified Email: [email protected] William Casey 335-5788 proposers that would be Fax: 335-6297 Editor-in-Chief interested,” Elias said. Kristen East 335-6030 Iowa City senior civil CORRECTIONS Managing Editor engineer Daniel Scott Call: 335-6030 Josh Bolander 335-5855 listed the plasma arc Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for ac- Metro Editor technology being consid- curacy and fairness in the reporting Quentin Misiag 335-6063 ered in Marion as one of news. If a report is wrong or mis- Opinions Editor possible alternative. leading, a request for a correction or Zach Tilly 335-5863 Elias said a green- a clarification may be made. Sports Editor house company and the Cody Goodwin 335-5848 University of Iowa Oak- PUBLISHING INFO Arts Editor dale power plant have The Daily Iowan (USPS 143.360) is Emma McClatchey 335-5851 both expressed an inter- published by Student Publications Copy Chief est in harvesting the gas Inc., E131 Adler Journalism Building, Beau Elliot 335-6063 landfills emit. Iowa City, Iowa 52242-2004, Photo Editor Elias and Scott both daily except Saturdays, Sundays, Callie Mitchell 335-5852 noted Maryland compa- A pile of garbage sits in the Iowa City Landfill on Monday. (The Daily Iowan/Wanyi Tao) legal and university holidays, and Design Editor ny Fiberight, which pro- university vacations. Periodicals Haley Nelson 335-6063 poses to sort Iowa City’s tion plant his firm built man Milster, the princi- higher use for that en- postage paid at the Iowa City Post TV Director trash and cart all the or- in Virginia. pal engineer of the UI ergy then burying it un- Office under the Act of Congress of Josh Bolander 335-6063 ganic material to an eth- “We have an active Biomass Fuel Project. derground.” March 2, 1879. Web Editor anol plant it’s converting project, with financing To date, the proj- The landfill takes in Tony Phan 335-5829 in Blairstown, around 25 … so we went out to a ect has been unable to about 400 tons of gar- SUBSCRIPTIONS Business Manager miles west of Cedar Rap- variety of folks looking strike a deal to construct bage every day and has Call: Juli Krause at 335-5783 Debra Plath 335-5786 ids. for a waste supplier,” the pipeline, he said. an annual operating Email: [email protected] Classifed Ads/Circulation Manager “We expect Fiberight he said, noting that the “If [Fiberight’s plan] budget of approximately Subscription rates: Juli Krause 335-5784 to be one of the main Blairstown facility will proves up technically $7 million, Elias said. It Iowa City and Coralville: $20 for one Advertising Manager proposers … [It] would be the company’s first and financially, it’s an will reach capacity in 20 semester, $40 for two semesters, Renee Manders 335-5193 be the one that we have commercial conversion alternative to burying to 25 years if Iowa City $10 for summer session, $50 for Advertising Sales Staff had the most discussions plant. our waste,” Milster said. continues its current full year. Bev Mrstik 335-5792 with,” Elias said. The UI Biomass Fuel “And I think, as we move waste-disposal practices. Out of town: $40 for one sememster, Cathy Witt 335-5794 By recycling the recy- Project will not submit forward, we need to look “We want to take ad- $80 for two semesters, $20 for Production Manager clables and converting a proposal because Iowa for places to put our vantage of the time now summer session, $100 all year. Heidi Owen 335-5789 the organics into fuel, City’s request concerns municipal solid waste because we’re not going Send address changes to: The Daily Fiberight’s process can incoming trash, where- other then a hole in the to have to be focusing Iowan, 100 Adler Journalism Build- recover about 75 percent as the UI project wants ground. And we bury a on construction and re- ing, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-2004 of a city’s trash, company to pipe the inflammable lot of energy when we pairing and dealing with CEO Craig Stuart-Paul gas landfills emit to the do that … making trans- fire-related issues,” he said, citing a demonstra- Oakdale plant, said Fer- portation fuel is a much said. TOP STORIES Most read stories on dailyiowan.com from Monday. nan’s broad experience 1. Downtown ‘Building Change’ program showing progress downtown VP has created a lot to think V ice President for Strategic 2. Gesell’s team advances in Prime Time playoffs CONTINUED FROM FRONT about. Communication History 3. Coleman shines in Prime Time playoff opener Jean Florman, the di- rector of the UI Center • Tysen Kendig left the UI post in December after accepting a similar role at and angry bloggers,” he for Teaching, liked Bren- the University of Connecticut.