VP forums Paul Allvin, a UI vice president for Strategic Communications candidate, stressed his experience with crises on Monday. METRO, 2 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2009 LICENSE TO SERVE Summit license on line Bar employees say they will fight the expected license-renewal denial. By NICOLE KARLIS [email protected] The third Iowa City bar to fight for its liquor-license is set to face the Iowa City City Council next week. The Summit filed a license-renewal application last week, and it will go before the City Council on Nov. 17, said City Clerk Marian Karr. The bar clocked in with a 1.925 PAULA- per-police-visit ratio. Iowa City Police Hargadine Chief Sam Hargadine police chief GEORGE POTERACKI/THE DAILY IOWAN has recommended the The world’s most advanced driving simulator, NADS-1, runs a test at the National Advanced Driving Simulator on Monday. Inside NADS-1 is an entire car with council deny Summit’s license, noting a 360-degree projection screen surrounding it. NADS-1 accurately reproduces motion cues for acceleration and braking maneuvers, movement across the 10 S. Clinton St. bar’s ratio is one numerous lanes of traffic, and response to different road surfaces. of the highest in the city. Under new criteria, the chief must recommend such a denial if a bar exceeds a ratio of one PAULA per visit. Simulator tests local bus drivers But the bar’s managers are calmly accepting their fate. “We’re going to be denied,” said gen- A study will look into how sleep-aids affect bus drivers working late shifts. eral manager Tom Lenoch. “There is nothing we can do about it until the state decides if this law is equal and By PARKER SMITH fair … Our future depends on what [email protected] happens to Et Cetera and Fieldhouse.” S a new Cambus driver, Bill Weets got the SEE SUMMIT, 3 dreaded late-night shift. During his first semester on the job, lack of A seniority forced the now UI senior to drive the Saferide route, which runs until after 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. Applications “I had class for like seven hours that day,” said Weets, who has worked for the UI Cambus service for two years. “By the end of my shift, I’d been up for 18 hours.” Weets is one of the bus drivers recruited for a for law study looking into the effects of sleep aids taken by drivers who work odd shifts. Funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation, school rise the UI’s National Advanced Driving Simulator — a self-sustaining member of the UI’s College of Engi- The economy and neering — is conducting the study.The facility receives GEORGE POTERACKI/THE DAILY IOWAN grants from government agencies and contracts with A semi containing a bus simulator sits in the parking lot of the National recruiting efforts are private companies to conduct state-of-the-art research. Advanced Driving Simulator on Monday. The facility has enlisted Cambus employees, school-bus drivers, and city bus drivers to take part in simulations likely the cause. SEE SIMULATOR, 3 inside the semi. By REGINA ZILBERMINTS DAILYIOWAN.COM Check out a video feature of the driving simulator. [email protected] Future lawyers beware: Competition is increasing. Application Aggressive Q&A with Mason numbers at the UI College of recruitment Law are up. To attract more Compared with applicants, UI College this time last of Law officials: year, they’ve • Are taking more trips Mason on cuts, student services • Sending more letters risen by 53 per- The Daily Iowan sat Without an increase in the We’ve already put in out some change, in other cent — a huge to top students to down with UI President general fund, or a tax place, as I outlined for the words going back and increase that is encourage them to con- Sally Mason to discuss increase for state appropri- Board of Regents, a great asking again, and that’s mirrored at law sider the UI how the budget reduction ations, how can you guar- plan for the first $34 mil- not my intention to do schools around • Making return visits to schools where they’ve plan is progressing and antee those reductions lion of that, so we’re more that, it’s going to go back the country. seen interest what it means for staff won’t be permanent or than halfway there. And I the way it was. It’s the and students. Source: Collins Byrd, law school won’t be needed? think through, again, DI: What do you say to biggest single- DI: How can assistant dean of admissions Mason: Well, we’ve careful management, we the average student who year jump since you assure already started working can manage down the is looking at this and say- Collins Byrd, staff and fac- on a budget plan moving rest of this and not ulti- ing, “Well, I might have to the law school dean of admissions, ulty that reduc- forward to take into mately, long-term, have to pay this extra $100 this arrived at the UI in 2005, and it tions to their account the fact that we cut into things. This auto- year, and I might have to comes after a 10 percent decrease in retirement bene- are roughly $65 million matically reverts back by pay 6 percent next year, applications last year. fits will be thinner, leaner this year the action the board took temporary? than we were a year ago. in 20 months. And with- SEE MASON, 3 SEE LAW SCHOOL, 3 DAILY IOWAN TV INDEX WEATHER DAILYIOWAN.COM To watch Daily Iowan TV, go online at dailyiowan.com or tune Arts 5 Opinions 4 Check out photos of Spotlight Iowa City focus Nancy Purington, an accomplished into UITV. The 15-minute newscast is on Sunday through Classifieds 11 Spot light 6 59 34 local artist who is inspired by the Mississippi River. Also, see a video interview with Thursday at 9:30 and 10:30 p.m., with reruns at 12:30 and Crossword 10 Sports 12 15C 1C UI President Sally Mason. Mason discusses what budget cuts mean for the UI’s 1:30 a.m. and 7:45 and 8:45 a.m. the following day. long-term progress. 2 - The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Tuesday, November 10, 2009 News dailyiowan.com for more news The Daily Iowan Candidate knows crises Volume 141 Issue 97 BREAKING NEWS STAFF Fires, hostage situations coached VP candidate. Today’s candidate Phone: (319) 335-6063 Publisher: E-mail: [email protected] William Casey. 335-5788 Sandra Conn’s Editor: By HOLLY HINES the university’s varied sto- national news, in addition to Fax: 335-6297 [email protected] ries. He did similar tasks for video footage. previous experience: Kelsey Beltramea. 335-6030 CORRECTIONS the Make-a-Wish Founda- Johnny Cruz, the Univer- Managing Editor: • Chief creative officer and vice Call: 335-6030 Kurtis Hiatt . 335-5855 Paul Allvin knows how to tion as its director of com- sity of Arizona director of president for external affairs at deal with a crisis. Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for Metro Editors: munications, he said. media relations, wrote in an the University of Alberta Alyssa Cashman . 335-6063 A candidate for the UI accuracy and fairness in the report- At Monday’s public forum e-mail that the university • Assistant vice president of Clara Hogan . 335-6063 vice president for Strategic ing of news. If a report is wrong or in the Pappajohn Business will not comment on Allvin’s university relations and Brian Stewart . 335-6063 Communication position, he Building, he answered ques- candidacy. misleading, a request for a correc- Opinions Editor: director of public relations at tion or a clarification may be made. said he has helped officials tions submitted anonymous- The vice president for Shawn Gude . 335-5863 communicate with the pub- Michigan State University PUBLISHING INFO Sports Editor: ly from an audience of Strategic Communication’s • Assistant vice president of Ryan Young . 335-5848 lic during two roughly 70 people. responsibilities will include, The Daily Iowan (USPS 143.360) is public affairs at published by Student Publications Arts Editors: large rural One audience member among other things, helping Melea Andrys . 335-5851 fires, one of Indiana University Inc., E131 Adler Journalism Building, said many “regular Iowans” the UI gain recognition for Iowa City, Iowa 52242-2004, daily Jake Jensen . 335-5851 the longest • President and CEO of a full- Copy Chief: feel UI officials are overpaid its successes and improving time marketing communica- except Saturdays, Sundays, legal and prison- relationships with universi- Beau Elliot. 335-6063 in relation to the current tions firm in Chicago university holidays, and university hostage situa- budget crisis. Allvin ty stakeholders, according to Design/Graphics Editor: • Taught English, humanities, vacations. Periodicals postage paid Kurt Cunningham. 335-6063 tions in the job description. responded saying he would and journalism at at the Iowa City Post Office under the Photo Editor: American his- convey to the public how Tim Paschkewitz, a grad- Act of Congress of March 2, 1879. tory, a crip- various universities Amy Oleson . 335-5852 Allvin university officials are uate student in chemistry SUBSCRIPTIONS Web Editor: pling gas out- • A graduate of Northwestern VP candidate “earning their paychecks,” and member of the search Tony Phan. 335-5829 age, and one University and the University Call: Pete Recker at 335-5783 noting research universities committee, said he feels E-mail: [email protected] Business Manager: of the worst of Louisville are at the forefront in adding the position would be Debra Plath.