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RECORD-BREAKING Dance Marathon raises $1.3 million to support pediatric caner patients. More photos from the 2012 Dance Marathon Big Event on Page 5. THE INDEPENDENT DAILY N EWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2012 NEWSPAPER •DAILYIOWAN.COM • TELEVISION 50¢ WHAT’S INSIDE: SUPER BOWL XLVI: GIANTS 21, PATRIOTS 17 METRO Smokers hit Iowa City police say they’ve arrested a suspect in a weekend assault. Page 2 with fines Dance Marathon volunteers set a fundraising record again this year. Page 3 UI police have passed What do you think of offensive out 183 citations since coordinator Ken O’Keefe leaving the state banned cigs on Iowa? Page 6 campus in 2008. OPINIONS Should the university be respon- sible for promoting human- By CONRAD SWANSON rights organizations. Page 4 [email protected] College Republicans offer few University of Iowa police have cracked constructive ideas. Page 4 down on on-campus smoking since 2008, when the state instituted a ban on smok- SPORTS ing in many public places, including The Hawkeye wrestling squad schools, bars, and restaurants. dealt a blow to Wisconsin Associate Director of UI police Dave Sunday night with a 39-3 win. Visin said enough time has passed for Page 10 students and staff to be “educated” about the law. The men’s tennis team loses to “We’ve given education, signage and No. 73 DePaul over the (Top) Buffalo Wild Wings was busy during the Super Bowl on Sunday, but most of the spectators ignored this field- notified the public,” he said. “Now, we’re weeeknd. Page 8 goal attempt during the game between the Patriots and Giants. (The Daily Iowan/Jacklyn Couppee) going to start enforcing the law and writ- ing citations.” GymHawks fall to Penn State in UI spokesman Tom Moore said UI close match. Page 8 police have responded to slightly more than 1,000 prohibited-smoking calls. Of those calls, 183 resulted in citations. DAILYIOWAN.COM POLL: In 2011, UI police received 424 reports of smoking on campus and issued 146 Is it acceptable to say citations. That’s a significant increase “retarded” in your social compared with the previous year, when circle? police received 200 reports of smoking on campus, 12 resulting in citations. Yes — 49 percent Visin said UI police have received more complaints about smoking from residents (Above) Former Hawkeye Tyler Sash (left) prays before as well as two notices from the Depart- No — 51 percent the start of the Super Bowl against the New England ment of Public Health. Patriots on Sunday in Indianapolis. (Associated “We get more complaints; we make more contacts,” he said. “It’s an inevitable Press/Elise Amendola) response that we’re writing more cita- ON THE WEB TODAY: New England Patriot wide receiver Wes Welker pulls off SEE SMOKING, 5 his helmet as New York Giant linebacker Mathias VIDEO: UI marketing students Kiwanuka celebrates in the background after the Giants’ analyze Super Bowl commer- 21-17 win over the Patriots in the Super Bowl on Sunday cials. in Indianapolis. (Associated Press/Jeff Roberson) PHOTOS: Hawkeye wrestlers, Iowa wind swimmers, gymnasts, and bas- ketball players were all in action over the weekend in Iowa City. energy may PHOTOS: See thousands of Judging the ‘Super’ ads images from Dance Marathon’s drop off 2012 Big Event. By ANNA THEODOSIS [email protected] While the Super Bowl meant Iowa’s growth in wind DAILY IOWAN TV downing beer and chips for To watch a special Dance Marathon many football fans, some Uni- energy will slow over edition of DITV go online at versity of Iowa students used it dailyiowan.com. as a learning experience. 2012 because of the loss The UI’s Graduate Market- of federal tax incentives, ing Association has thrown a Super Bowl party each year caution environmental since 2010, allowing Tippie organizations. College of Business M.B.A. stu- dents to rate the game’s adver- By BAJ VISSER tisements, analyzing each com- [email protected] panies’ marketing techniques. “[Rating the commercials] Iowa is one of the top wind-energy pro- definitely supplements some of The UI’s graduate marketing association threw a Super Bowl party at Iowa’s ducers in the nation, but that may change the things students learn in Karro Athletics Hall of Fame on Sunday. Marketing students watched the in 2012. INDEX the classroom in a fun environ- Super Bowl while ranking the commercials and discussing advertising. (The According to the American Wind Ener- gy Association, Iowa was third in the ment,” said Sara Mouw, the Daily Iowan/Jacklyn Couppee) Classifieds 9 Sports 10 nation for new wind-power installations, president of the group. “[Stu- Crossword 6 with 646.7 megawatts of wind energy and dents] rate the overall ad, rank age cost for a commercial dur- When a commercial with an Opinions 4 282 new turbines constructed in 2011. in categories, and rate whether ing this year’s Super Bowl was M&M dancing to a popular $3.5 million, a $500,000 LMFAO song came on, the “This shows that traditional tax incen- or not people would buy the tives are working,” said American Wind WEATHER product.” increase over last year and the crowd burst into laughter. highest Super Bowl advertis- Energy Association CEO Denise Bode in a The ranking system was set press release. “In hard economic times, ing cost on record. DAILYIOWAN.COM HIGH LOW up on a scale of 1 to 10 in cate- Go online to read a full version we’re creating jobs and delivering clean, 43 28 gories of overall rating and Advertising during the first of this story. affordable electricity.” likeliness to purchase. Super Bowl in 1967 cost only However, she warned of the coming end Fog early, then cloudy turning sunny, $42,000 for a 30-second adver- light winds. According to MSNBC and the Associated Press, the aver- tisement, according to *Time*. 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Dance Marathon: Organizers call Dance Marathon a • Age: 20 accomplishments. Steinhauser said. “And he two-way charity John Blough is a sopho- “My focus is not to get a is also doing his best to get more at the University of • Hometown: Davenport 3. 25 years later: Remembering the 1986-87 • Favorite Pastime: Working out 4.0,” he said. “I don’t want his name out there with a Hawkeye basketball squad Iowa studying entrepre- bunch of different ways. • Favorite Band: Green Day to just memorize and recite 4. Ban the 'r-word' in culture as well as legislation neurial management. But He wants his company to answers. I want to learn as 5. Don't want to talk drug war? Grow up unlike most UI students, Know someone we should shine a light grow.” after he graduates, he much about the business on? E-mail us at : world as I possibly can — Homestyle is growing. hopes to never have a job [email protected]. Blough said he plans to interview.