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SOPHOMORE READY TO STEP UP Experience in this summer’s Game Time League has fueled Trisha Nesbitt’s confidence about the upcoming Iowa basketball season. SPORTS, 10 FRIDAY, JULY 23, 2010 UI bit short of energy goals The goals could now be complete by mid-2011, one official says. By TRISHA SPENCE [email protected] It’s the flood’s fault. All fingers point to the 2008 flood as the reason the University of Iowa has fallen short of each of its three energy- saving goals documented in the Energy ALEX CRIDER/THE DAILY IOWAN Conservation and Management Strategic Andre Echols, a West High teacher, stands inside the Procter & Gamble manufacturing plant on Thursday. Echols is working for the firm as part of the 2010 Plan. Real World Externship for Math and Science Teachers. He will take the problem-solving skills he learns and incorporate them into his curriculum. By July 1, the UI should have saved $3.5 million to $4 million, decreased ener- gy use by 10 percent, and increased renewable ener- Some teachers making it ‘real’ gy by 15 percent over 2003, according to the 2007 plan. Mowery The Iowa teachers will bring real world experience back to their classrooms. Instead, the UI was able to save around $2.5 mil- director of utilities By LISA BRAHM ducting research to be included DAILYIOWAN.COM lion, decrease energy use and energy 2010 Real World management [email protected] in their fall curriculum. The Check out a video interview Externships for by 8 percent, and increase progam’s goal is to provide stu- with Andre Echols, Iowa City renewable energy between Andre Echols’ summer vaca- dents with examples of how West math teacher, who is Math and an estimated 11 and 13 percent, judging working with Procter & Gamble tion is far from lounging pool- they could use their math and Science by past performance, said Glen Mowery, side. science skills in the real world. this summer. Teachers the director of utilities and energy man- The math teacher at West “I’ve been in the education ounce count in each product High, 2901 Melrose Ave., is arena since college; having the Some businesses involved: agement for UI Facilities Management. bottle — keeping each shampoo “I am confident we would have met the using his weeks away from the opportunity to experience some- container at exactly 12 oz., for • Ace Hardware, Mount goals set if we hadn’t had a major flood on classroom to partake in a learn- thing outside of that allows me instance. Vernon ing work experience at Procter to prepare [the students],” said In its second year, the six- • Alliant Energy, Cedar & Gamble that will not only Echols, a University of Michi- week program is part of the Rapids, Marshalltown, and SEE ENERGY, 3 benefit him but also his stu- gan graduate. Iowa Math and Science Educa- Dubuque dents. Going into his fourth year of tion Partnership and is funded • Genencor, Cedar Rapids This summer, teachers such teaching, he is using the sum- by a $106,000 grant from the • Lee County Conservation, as Echols across Iowa are part- mer to analyze data in graphs Iowa Department of Economic Montrose nering with local businesses and charts — much like those Development with help from • Pella Corp., Pella through the 2010 Real World he teaches his students to use Alliant Energy, which donated Source: Iowa Mathematics and Science Meeting of Externships for Math and Sci- — at Procter & Gamble, 2200 Education Partnership ence Teachers. The educators Lower Muscatine Road. His study the establishments, con- work helps keep consistent the SEE MATH & SCIENCE, 3 the political Archaeologists minds This is the 27th-annual dig RAGBRAI meeting summer meeting for the Society for UI archaeologists will kick off their Political Methodology. third year in RAGBRAI. By GRACE SAVIDES By CATHRYN SLOANE DAILYIOWAN.COM [email protected] [email protected] Check out video interviews For Burt Monroe, this weekend in with the RAGBRAI-ready On Sunday, Team Team Archaeology. Iowa City means interacting with some Archaeology’s “Birdman” of the smartest people in the field of will fly — or at least, bike. political science. The RAGBRAI team “I’m a little worried that “We get a view into the cutting edge of from the University of Iowa I didn’t train enough,”he HAORAN WANG/THE DAILY IOWAN the discipline,” said the Pennsylvania will be clad in yellow, said with a small laugh. Team captain John Hall works in the Office of the State Archaeologist on Thursday. State University professor. orange, and green jerseys, In RAGBRAI’s 38 years, Hall works as a GIS technician in the Geospacial Program. He is also the head of the Along with around 60 graduate stu- decorated in the center it has drawn hundreds of 2010 Team Archaeology RAGBRAI committee and one of the riders for the event. dents, Monroe is one of the 100 professors with the special seal of the thousands of riders from all who have traveled from across the country “We have about 30 or 40 Office of the State Archae- over the world. and world to attend the 27th-annual sum- people who work here at ologist — an anthropomor- Three people from the RAGBRAI mer event for the Society for Political the office,” he said. “Anyone Methodology. phized bird petroglyph Office of the State Archae- Key Facts About Team Archaeology called Birdman. who is interested in riding ologist, along with a mem- • Third-consecutive year As the team’s third week- can ask to be part of the SEE CONFERENCE, 3 ber of the Des Moines State of participating long RAGBRAI quickly team.” Historical Preservation • Four riders, two-person DAILYIOWAN.COM appr.oaches, Team Archae- The team will set up edu- support crew Office, will ride as a part of Check out video interviews with political ology captain and cational booths along the • Members will man booths and researcher John Hall finds Team Archaeology, said scientists from this year’s political route, in Sioux City, Quim- educate people about archaeology methodology conference. the event has come faster State Archaeologist John Source: John Doershuk, state archaeologist than he may have expected. 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The 5-minute summer Classifieds 8 Spotlight 2 90 72 online event calendar and we’ll publish it there and on the Daily Break page. update is on Sunday through Thursday at 9:30 and 10:30 Crossword 6 Sports 10 32 C 22 C To submit a listing, visit dailyiowan.com/pages/calendarsubmit p.m., with reruns at midnight and 8 a.m. the following day. 2 - The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Friday, July 23, 2010 News dailyiowan.com for more news The Daily Iowan Volume 142 Issue 34 BREAKING NEWS STAFF Phone: (319) 335-6063 Publisher: A hit with the youth E-mail: [email protected] William Casey . 335-5788 Editor: Fax: 335-6297 Brian Stewart . 335-6030 Stu Mullins spends his time at United Action for Youth’s youth center CORRECTIONS Managing Editor: Call: 335-6030 Clara Hogan . 335-5855 passing on his passion for music. Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for Metro Editor: Nora Heaton . 335-6063 accuracy and fairness in the report- By RYAN ROCCAFORTE Opinions Editor: [email protected] ing of news. If a report is wrong or Mitchell Schmidt . 335-5863 misleading, a request for a correc- Sports Editor: Back when he still had tion or a clarification may be made. Jordan Garretson . 335-5848 hair, Stu Mullins felt a bit PUBLISHING INFO Arts Editor: uneasy about working with The Daily Iowan (USPS 143.360) is Eric Andersen . 335-5851 kids every day, but 22 years published by Student Publications Copy Chief: Inc., E131 Adler Journalism Building, Beau Elliot. 335-6063 later, helping Iowa City’s Photo Editor: youth through music has Iowa City, Iowa 52242-2004, daily except Saturdays, Sundays, legal and Brenna Norman . 335-5852 become his niche. Web Editor: university holidays, and university The youth-center coordi- Tony Phan. 335-5829 vacations. Periodicals postage paid Business Manager: nator at Iowa City’s Unit- at the Iowa City Post Office under the ed Action for Youth spends Debra Plath. 335-5786 Act of Congress of March 2, 1879. Classified Ads Manager: a majority of his day SUBSCRIPTIONS Juli Krause. 335-5784 befriending the 30 to 50 Call: Juli Krause at 335-5783 Circulation Manager: kids who stop by daily, but E-mail: [email protected] Juli Krause. 335-5783 he finds most pleasure in Advertising Manger: Subscription rates: Renee Manders. 335-5193 his passion for music at Iowa City and Coralville: $20 for one Advertising Sales Staff: the center. semester, $40 for two semesters, $10 Bev Mrstik. .335-5792 “The music studio is a for summer se ssion, $50 for full year. Cathy Witt . .335-5794 really great conduit to Out of town: $40 for one semester, Day Production Manager: work with kids,” Mullins $80 for two semesters, $15 for Heidi Owen. 335-5789 summer session, $95 all year. Night Production Manager: said. “You get to view their Send address changes to: The Daily Bob Foley. 335-5789 feelings through their art ROB JOHNSON/THE DAILY IOWAN Iowan, 100 Adler Journalism Building, and share that with them. Stu Mullins sits in the recording booth at Iowa City United Action for Youth center on Thursday.