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November 9, 2011 Newspaper •Dailyiowan.Com • Television 50¢ THE INDEPENDENT DAILY N EWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2011 NEWSPAPER •DAILYIOWAN.COM • TELEVISION 50¢ EDITOR’S PICKS: • The UI has more women than men, but the gap between the sexes is smaller here than at FOUR MORE YEARS Ferentz many other American colleges. Page 4 • Best-selling author Chuck Klosterman will read from his mum on book The Invisible Man tonight at the Iowa City Public Library. Page 7 Paterno • Injuries continue to drag on the Hawkeye football team’s defense. Page 12 Kirk Ferentz declined to comment Tuesday when he was asked about embattled Dems set to retain Penn State Coach. Joe control of Senate Paterno. DES MOINES, Iowa — Democrat Liz Mathis won a special Senate By JORDAN GARRETSON election, allowing Democrats to [email protected] cling to their narrow majority in that chamber. Kirk Ferentz was terse on Tuesday when Mathis drew just over 55 per- asked about Joe Paterno and the recent cent of the vote Tuesday in Linn events at Penn State. The County’s District 18 to defeat Iowa coach instead chose to Republican Cindy Golding. Her steer the conversation back victory leaves Democrats in con- toward his team’s game trol of the chamber, 26-24. Saturday against Michigan Democrats have used their Matt Hayek reacts to winning re-election to the City Council at the Mill on Tuesday. Hayek won his at-large seat with State. Senate majority to block a series 60 percent of the vote; Michelle Payne, Jim Throgmorton, and Rick Dobyns also won seats. (The Daily Iowan/Adam “I’ve really been more of Republican efforts ranging Wesley) focused on what we’re doing Paterno from cutting business taxes to here, getting through the Head Coach banning same-sex marriage to Tuesday’s City Council election had the third-lowest voter weekend and then turning tightening laws on abortion. our sights to Michigan State,” Ferentz said. Senate Majority Leader turnout in the past 30 years. “So that’s really kind of where my thoughts Michael Gronstal says the win will allow Democrats to continue By ASMAA ELKEURTI Johnson County Auditor’s web- with 65 percent. UI Professor have been. [email protected] blocking what he calls extreme site show Mayor Matt Hayek Emeritus and one-time City “The only thing I can really say is, ‘What won 60 percent of the vote in Councilor Jim Throgmorton can anyone say right now?’ ” proposals. The lone incumbent in this There also were a number of the at-large race. MidAmerican ran unopposed for the District The New York Times reported Paterno’s year’s Iowa City City Council other elections in Iowa on Energy employee and part- C seat. He won 95 percent of 46-year tenure as the Nittany Lions’ head race easily won re-election on Tuesday, including in Sioux City, time University of Iowa stu- the vote. coach is expected to end soon — “perhaps Tuesday night. He’ll be joined Cedar Rapids, and Des Moines. dent Michelle Payne won the “We worked hard for almost within days or weeks” — in light of the on the council by two newcom- other at-large seat, netting 38 six months to get to today,” scandal involving a former assistant coach Branstad cool to ers and one former city coun- percent of the ballots cast. Hayek said. “So many people who allegedly sexually abused at least cilor. UI Clinical Professor Rick eight boys. gas tax Unofficial returns from the Dobyns won the District A race SEE HAYEK, 3A SEE PATERNO, 3A AMES — Iowa must first look for cost savings and efficiencies in government before it considers increasing the gas tax to pay for the state’s deteriorating roads and bridges, Gov. Terry Branstad Foundation said Tuesday. “These are trying times for 3 with UI ties many Iowans, and before we ask has good year them to pay a higher fuel tax, we must find more efficient ways to utilize our current resources,” The UI maintains higher Branstad told IowaPolitics.com win council seats outside a meeting of the Iowa than national average Transportation Commission, a endowment gain of 28.2 seven-member board that over- sees the Iowa Department of percent. Transportation. By CHASTITY DILLARD — IowaPolitics.com [email protected] The University of Iowa’s endowment programs exceeded the national average CORRECTION during fiscal 2011, according to a prelimi- nary report. In the Nov. 8 article “Dobyns, Nationally, university and college Soboroff face off for City Council; endowments saw an average increase of Throgmorton runs unopposed” 19.8 percent in fiscal 2011, according to the the DI incorrectly reported candi- preliminary report created by the National date Jim Throgmorton supported the potential floodwall on Taft Association of College and University Speedway. Throgmorton did not Business Officers and the Commonfund say he supported the floodwall. Institute. The DI regrets the error. However, University of Iowa officials said their endowment gains for the fiscal year saw a hike of 28.2 percent — a combi- nation of contributions to the UI and the DAILY IOWAN TV UI Foundation. To watch Daily Iowan TV go online Despite the rise, the report suggests at dailyiowan.com. institutions will have to wait a while to regain losses from the 2008 to 2009 credit Raj Patel gives a speech on his loss in the City Council election at Takanami on Tuesday. (The Daily Iowan/Jacklyn crisis. Couppee) Tiffani Shaw, the chief operations officer for the UI Foundation, said the foundation By ASMAA ELKEURTI winning City Council seats, Council for the next four is very pleased with the returns. [email protected] years.” there are three new members “We just had a very good year,” she said. of the University of Iowa com- Before Tuesday night’s elec- Former University of Iowa “The market is always going up and down, tion, only one member of the student Raj Patel hoped to munity in city government. but over the long term is the way that we UI community was represent- make history by becoming the Payne, who takes classes invest money.” ed on the council. Councilor first student to take a seat on part-time at the university, Gifts to an endowment fund are invested Mike Wright works at the the Iowa City City Council in said she feels she can represent based on the foundation’s asset allocation. Main Library. He chose not to each year, approximately 5 percent of the INDEX decades. students as a city councilor. run for re-election this year. endowment, or $50 million, is spent by the Classifieds 11 Sports 12 Patel’s electoral hopes were “I think it’s exciting I’m Dobyns, a UI clinical profes- UI according to donor intent. Crossword 8 dashed Tuesday night when he going to be able to be a repre- sor of family medicine, was Shaw attributed the good performance Opinions 6 narrowly lost the race for one sentative of the students at the running for the second time; to a diversified asset-allocation strategy — of two at-large City Council university as well as the non- his run in 2007 was unsuccess- meaning the foundation invests endowed seats. However, despite Patel’s traditional students,” said WEATHER ful. With Throgmorton — who monies in numerous sources. loss, the university will be well- Payne, who works at MidAmer- is a professor emeritus of And both the UI and the UI Foundation ican Energy. “I’m going to do HIGH LOW represented on the new coun- urban planning — Dobyns’ win continue to maintain an endowment level my best to represent all stu- 37 27 cil. puts two UI faculty members Cloudy, windy, 80 percent chance of With Michelle Payne, Rick dents and the Iowa City com- first snow, then rain. Dobyns, and Jim Throgmorton munity while I’m on the City SEE ELECTION, 3A SEE ENDOWMENTS, 3A 2 - The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Wednesday, November 9, 2011 News dailyiowan.com for more news BETWEEN ROCK AND A CLIMB PLACE The Daily Iowan Volume 143 Issue 98 BREAKING NEWS STAFF Phone: (319) 335-6063 Publisher: E-mail: [email protected] William Casey . 335-5788 Fax: 335-6297 Editor: Adam B Sullivan . 335-6030 CORRECTIONS Managing Editors: Call: 335-6030 Emily Busse . 335-5855 Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for Sam Lane. .335-5855 accuracy and fairness in the report- Metro Editors: ing of news. If a report is wrong or Hayley Bruce .. 335-6063 misleading, a request for a correc- Alison Sullivan . .335-6063 Opinions Editor: tion or a clarification may be made. 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