‘IT DOESN’T GET MUCH BIGGER THAN THAT’ Comedy star Aziz Ansari will perform fresh material for a sold-out crowd this Friday in the IMU. 80 HOURS THE INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 THurSday, May 9, 2013 NEWSPAPER •DAILYIOWAN.COM • TELEVISION 50¢ UI installs hearing system Restaurant checks questioned Several downtown business owners believe there should be greater support for restaurants when police conduct alcohol-compliance checks. By KRisten east [email protected] Pending further discussion, the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division may host a town-hall meeting in Iowa City this summer to address the problems local restaurants face with alcohol-compli- ance checks. The Partnership for Alcohol Safety, a joint committee between Univer- sity of Iowa and Iowa City officials, discussed ideas for increasing com- munication about alcohol-compli- ance checks during its meeting on Wednesday. When it comes to the randomized checks, several business owners in downtown Iowa City agree A hearing loop receiver sits in B111 College of Medical Laboratories Building on Wednesday. B111 is the first room on the UI campus to have this technology. (The that restaurants deserve more sup- Daily Iowan/Sarah Sebetka) port. Hearing-lOOP TECHNOLOGY Kelly Bender, the UI community The University of Iowa is making plans to expand new harm reduction initiatives coordinator, Dots show locations of future hearing-loop locations. said that it’s important for the com- technology that helps the hearing impaired on campus. munity to create a standard about re- New Hancher Auditorium sponsible beverage service at bars and restaurants. By Cassidy Riley that they would wear headphones “There’s some really legitimate con- New Art [email protected] with and a speaker would speak Building cerns,” she said. “Someone who works into a microphone connected to a at a bar is going to have more expe- The University of Iowa has plans transmitter sending signals to the rience checking IDs. Restaurants … in the works to install hearing-loop FM system device. N their employees don’t have the benefit ew ad Pappajohn Biomedical ton R o technology in several buildings The UI has installed this new Discovery Building of that kind of practice.” around campus, and while more hearing loop technology in the The state Alcoholic Beverages Di- expensive than older technology, B111 Medical Laboratories. The in- vision holds town-hall meetings oc- official say the quality is worth it. stallation cost was roughly $10,000 casionally throughout the state, and By simply switching a hearing one time. Personal FM systems can UIHC Medical Bender said she and officials there aid or cochlear implant to the “T” cost more than $500 each. Alumni Auditorium have discussed the prospect of holding setting, the hearing-loop system Jim Henderson, assistant dean New one in Iowa City. Residence Hall will send the sounds in a room di- of the Carver College of Medicine, The town hall would focus on dis- rectly to the hearing aid or implant. said he thinks the cost is worth the cussion with Iowa City restaurants in School of In the past, the UI has relied on benefits. Music particular, but everyone would be wel- personal FM systems. Traditional- “If you have four or five people come to attend, Bender said. ly, a person with a hearing impair- ment would have an FM system sEE heaRing, 3A sEE CoMplianCe, 3A Midamerican to invest $1.9 billion in iowa wind energy Officials mull justice center’s future Gov. Terry Branstad announced the largest economic investment in Iowa history Wednesday The soonest the issue could afternoon in Des Moines. MidAmerican Energy will return to the ballot would be invest $1.9 billion in Iowa for March 4, 2014, but one official 656 new wind turbines, which will increase Iowa’s wind said it might not be likely. capacity to 1,050 megawatts by end of 2015. By Quentin Misiag Branstad, who spoke at the [email protected] American Wind Energy Associ- Branstad ation Windpower Conference in governor Just 6 percentage points was all that Chicago on Monday, welcomed stood between a now-failed bond refer- the record-breaking investment in Iowa. endum and the construction of a new “MidAmerican Energy’s proposed project will Johnson County justice center Tuesday be the largest economic development investment evening. in the history of the state, bringing needed jobs Collecting 13,648 votes with 54 per- to Iowa, as well as significant economic bene- cent voting in favor of the plan, the ref- fits,” he said during a video press conference. erendum was unsuccessful in obtaining Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds said the project would the 60 percent supermajority needed to create approximately 460 construction jobs over pass. A collective 7,394 ballots were cast a two-year period and an estimated 48 perma- to approve the project, while 6,226 voted nent jobs. However, the location of those jobs will to deny the measure. depend on the sites selected for the turbines, Despite the drastic drop from the No- which have not yet been determined. vember election, Johnson County Au- Deputy Mark Moses surveys the Johnson County Jail hallway in 2009. (The Daily Iowan/File Photo) President and CEO of MidAmerican Energy Bill ditor Travis Weipert said he remains Fehrman said the project, which also requires pleased with turnout of the estimated he said. “Would we have liked 100 per- and it now falls onto Sheriff Lonny approval from Iowa Utilities Board, could reduce $65,000 to $70,000 special election. cent turnout, of course. But we’ve got to Pulkrabek, the Auditor’s Office, and future rates for customers by as much as $10 “We were really happy with even adapt to the campaigns.” million per year. 13-14 percent of this special election,” Weipert said many questions remain, sEE vote, 3A — by Brent griffiths insidE WEATHER dAily iowan Tv Classifieds To watch daily iowan Tv: 8a HIGH LOW • scan this code Crossword 4a 68 48 • Go to dailyiowan.com Opinions 6a • Watch UiTv sunday-Thursday Cloudy, 80% chance of rain/T-storms. 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