MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2009

SPORTS LOCALLY, Work- no lag in beer sales study Hawks win Big Ten aided opener Despite dropping the doubles point, the Iowa women’s tennis team pulled off a 4-3 victory over Minnesota on Sunday in its The new $200 first Big Ten dual meet of the billion in stimulus season. 1B funding may give Iowa locks up No. 4 seed the UI’s The Iowa women’s basketball work-study pro- team will be the No. 4 seed in this gram some relief. week’s Big Ten Tournament. 1B

NEWS By ANNA LOTHSON UI department [email protected] hears praises Out of the $53 billion set aside in the federal stimulus The UI’s communication package for education, work- sciences and disorders study programs will receive a department has received a $8.9 hefty $200 million — an alloca- million grant to study hearing tion many expect to pave the impairments in children. 4A way for more UI students in the universitywide program. Know your campus Based on financial need, the The Art Building West has more work-study program at the UI always has more applicants to it than meets the eye. 2A than the number of available jobs, said Cindy Seyfer, an asso- Iowa legislators on ciate director of the Office of Iowa money Student Financial Aid. “Work-study may become Iowa legislators discuss BENJAMIN ROBERTS/THE DAILY IOWAN more popular over the next year stimulus-package spending in People enjoy beer at a house party on Feb. 28. While beer sales are down across the nation, Iowa City consumption remains steady. as employers are looking at the state. 5A ways to crunch budgets,” she getting neglected as locals said, noting that last year 1,757 Despite economic turmoil across the country, beer keeps shift towards higher quality UI students were enrolled in ARTS & CULTURE the program and nearly 1,200 bringing in the bucks locally. brews when the option are so far this year — a number He’ll be Bach is available. she expects to rise. By MARY HARRINGTON ing to data from the Bureau of lated community where the Composer J.S. Bach died 259 “Less but better is the “It encourages those students to [email protected] Economic Analysis. It was the income of college students is years ago, but the Bach Festival trend right now,” said Doug work as opposed to taking out more first time in half a century not really going to change aims to show his musical Iowa City drinkers may be Alberhasky, the “Bier Guy” loans,”she said. that alcohol did not appear to much at a time like this,” UI Last year’s numbers showed influence is still felt today. 7A upgrading rather than cut- and store manager at John’s be recession-proof. economics professor Gabriele Grocery, 401 E. Market St. a savings of $2.6 million for the ting down on beer consump- Yet Iowa City seems to be Camera said. OPINIONS “We’ve really seen our cus- university, because the federal tion during an economic immune to the booze decline. Although the drop in tomers pushing us into the government covers 50 percent recession. Local liquor stores and gro- drinks is not happening of the wages a student earns. Co-op to charge direction of the better stuff.” National alcohol sales cery markets did not experi- locally, a different trend “It’s always a program that One local business is dropped an unprecedented ence the nationwide trend in seems to be sneaking up on Hy-Vee grocery stores in people have a lot of faith and implementing an incentive for 9.3 percent during the last recent months, employees said. some store shelves. Area dis- Johnson County are seeing respect for,” Seyfer said. “It’s its patrons to stop using plastic quarter of 2008, with a major- “[Iowa City] is a college tributors say cheap cases of another trend. working to cover the costs of and paper bags. 6A ity of the drop in beer, accord- town, so it’s a relatively insu- domestic beers are sometimes SEE BEER, 3A education, and that’s something ASK THE DI to be commended.” SEE WORK STUDY, 3A Have a question or a curiosity? Want to know the fastest way to get to the newly opened