‘If it don’t come from love, Iowa Soul Festival celebrates all in African it ain’t gonna work.’ culture. 80 Hours. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2013 THE INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILYIOWAN.COM 50¢ Tuition freeze may be extended By MEGAN SANCHEZ Wednesday, President tuition for a second year sibility — a responsibil- much more than simply dent debt and affordabil- [email protected] Bruce Rastetter stated in a row for the first time ity between the Board of maintaining the freeze. ity,” he said. the regents will meet to- since 1975. Regents, the Legislature, “We also propose that Last year, the regents CEDAR FALLS — Uni- day with the Legislative Rastetter emphasized and the institution,” he part of that 4 percent will asked for a 2.6 percent in- versity of Iowa students Fiscal Committee to re- that college affordabili- said. go to on-time graduation crease in funding, which al- may not see their tuition quest a 4 percent funding ty would continue to be The requested 4 per- and funding for the uni- lowed for a freeze in tuition go up for another year. increase for fiscal 2015 a high priority for the cent increase — which versities to ensure that that began this past summer. At the state Board that would allow the re- board. amounts to about $19.6 we actually continue to of Regents meeting on gent universities to freeze “[It is] a joint respon- million — consists of address the issue of stu- SAEE TUITION, 3 21-votE UIHC shifts to iPhones Group to support 21-only The Partnership for Alcohol Safety has chosen to support the 21-ordinance when it goes up for a vote in November. By ABIGAIL MEIER [email protected] Iowa City could possibly be rid of an ordinance that keeps underage pa- trons out of local bars after 10 p.m., but one local group has chosen to support its continuance. At its meeting Wednesday, the Part- nership for Alcohol Safety decided to support the 21-ordinance when it goes up for a vote on Nov. 5. “The group indicated that the 21-or- dinance is a matter of public policy that is effective,” Mayor Matt Hayek said. “It made sense to support it.” Kelly Bender, the campus-commu- nity harm reduction initiatives coor- dinator, said that since the ordinance Chief medical information officer and otolaryngology surgeon Douglas Van Daele uses a UIHC-issued iPhone on Wednesday. (The Daily Iowan/ Tyler Finchum) SEE 21-vOTE, 3A University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics have transitioned almost all inpatient caregivers from pagers to iPhones. Go to dailyiowan.com to read the full story. Mysterty shopper ISU enrollment exceeds UI’s may come Iowa State University surpasses the University of Iowa in enrollment ENROLLMENT FIGURES for the first time since 1979. These figures show enrollment for all students. By ABIGAIL MEIER Black denotes UI and red denotes ISU. [email protected] By SHIANNE GRUSS of 30,000 in 2007 and has leveled off to re- Iowa City officials have decided to [email protected] main steady since. 2013 move forward with the Mystery Shop- UI President Sally Mason said at the re- 31,065 per Program downtown. The rivalry between the University of Io- gents’ meeting that increases in enrollment This program is intended to help wa and Iowa State University shifted off of occurred simultaneously with the 2008 33,241 businesses with liquor licenses pass the football field and into the record books flood and forced the university to focus on compliance tests. on Wednesday. enrollment management. 2012 At the Partnership for Alcohol meet- For the first time since 1979, ISU has “Enrollment management works,” Mason ing Wednesday, members decided to reached a higher total enrollment than the said. “That’s the good news, and it’s been 31,489 investigate further the potential for UI. very good news for us.” implementing this program in order to “The growth is exciting, but it’s daunting, UI spokesman Tom Moore said the uni- 31,040 improve the downtown bar and restau- too,” ISU President Steve Leath said at the versity is waiting for the completion of the rant experience. state Board of Regents meeting Wednesday. New West campus residence hall and recov- 2011 Bonnie Weldon, the owner of Sneak This fall’s total enrollment on the Ames ery from the 2008 flood to evaluate whether Peak, 3460 Highway 1, said she could campus is 33,241 — a 2,201 increase from enrollment should continue to hold steady 30,893 help businesses practice passing com- last year and the university’s fifth year of or grow. pliance checks without actually fining record enrollment. Darin Wohlgemuth, interim director of 29,887 them if they fail. ISU also saw its largest freshman class the Office of Admissions at ISU, said there “Our goal would be to try to train all ever with 6,089 students. The university is no competition between the two univer- 2010 employees so that they card everyone enrollment has grown each year since 2007. sities. 30,825 to avoid the charge of underage fines,” The UI’s total enrollment this fall was “Our goal is to tell students about Iowa she said. 31,065, compared with 31,498 last year. 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