WHO’S NEXT? The Klinefelter sisters improve to a combined 14-0 career record after two fights on Aug. 27. SPORTS, 1B MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 2010 2 hospitalized after crash Home The two UI students were struck late Friday by a vehicle at Governor and College. football By HAYLEY BRUCE University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Overland Park, Kan. [email protected] with what police described as “incapacitat- Five people were at the Alpha Phi soror- ing” injuries. Both were unconscious but ity house, at 906 E. College St., when they Two University of Iowa students were breathing when police arrived. heard a screech, thud, and scream outside. means $$$ hospitalized after being hit by a car Aug. 27. UI spokesman Tom Moore said Hunter “When I drove my car around, there was According to police, Brittany Lambert is listed in good condition at UI Hospitals a puddle of blood around her head. I came and Christopher Hunter, both 19, were and Clinics. His roommate, Tyler Brogla, in the house and felt sick to my stomach,” Report: $100 million crossing Governor Street at the intersec- who lives in Mayflower with Hunter, said said Tabitha Scott, a UI junior who was a flows into Johnson tion with College Street around 11:55 p.m. the Marion-native is a photography major few cars behind the accident. “It’s engraved when they were struck by a car driven by who is “spontaneous and full of life.” in my mind.” County during each Jamie Ellis, 28. Moore said he could not divulge any Both were taken by ambulance to information about Lambert, who is from SEE CRASH, 3 football season. By MAX FREUND [email protected] The average group that comes to a Hawkeye football game leave Iowa City with more than memories — the fans also depart with their wallets nearly $1,000 lighter. A pilot study by the Iowa City Coralville area Convention and Visitors Bureau and University of Iowa graduate students found that a typical party of three to four people who stay in a local hotel spend an average of $944 on a Hawkeye football weekend. That added up to just over $100 million for the entire home season last year. And officials expect similar results this year. Students and bureau members surveyed visitors during the weekend of the Nov. 7, 2009, Northwestern game and found an average game generates roughly $14.5 million for Johnson County. “I certainly wasn’t surprised by those numbers,” said Josh Shamberger, the presi- dent of the Convention and Visitors Bureau. “Frankly, $100 million is easy to add up to when you look at it in a per-game stand- point. It seemed pretty conceivable to me.” That has many business owners excited. “We are always prepared for the fans who come,” said Leah Cohen, the owner of Bo-James, 118 E. Washington Street. “We start actually about Monday and Tuesday, getting the place stocked.” And with an influx of customers, the staff members need all the time they can get to be prepared. DAVID SCRIVNER/THE DAILY IOWAN Adnan Abdulwahid (left) and Diar Ibrahim shop in the Bread Garden Market on Aug. 26. It was Ibrahim’s dream to come to the United States from Erbil, Iraq, to finish a Ph.D. in geology. Upcoming home schedule The games Hawkeye fans should look for: • Sept. 4 — Eastern Illinois • Sept. 11 — Iowa State New Iraqi students arrive at UI • Sept. 25 — Ball State • Oct. 2 — Penn State • Oct. 23 — Wisconsin • Oct. 30 — Michigan State The UI was one of the first 27 universities to commit to the Iraq Education Initiative. • Nov. 20 — Ohio State By MADISON BENNETT eight Iraqi students are plan- brothers, six sisters, a wife, and at any word he can find. For Source: Hawkeye Athletics [email protected] ning to travel to study at the UI his 3-month-old daughter await the most part, his sentences as part of the Iraqi Education him back home. However, he are well-constructed, any con- Just a few months before he Initiative. Two — Ibrahim and hopes his wife and daughter fusion replaced with excite- SEE FOOTBALL, 3 began classes at the University Adnan Abdulwahid, 31 — will attain visas and join him in ment. He left only his immedi- of Iowa, Diar Ibrahim feared arrived last week. For the next Iowa. Because he is new to the ate family in Iraq — four broth- for his life. six years, Abdulwahid and English language, he spoke ers and two sisters. The 30-year-old Iraq native Ibrahim will work toward with hesitation, constructing In addition to their was convinced it would be Ph.D.s in mathematics and his sentences carefully, so as families, these two men are leav- taken from him if he left his geology, respectively. not to waste words. ing a war zone.Their hometowns Baghdad hotel room. Abdulwahid is from Erbil On the other hand, Ibrahim In pursuit of their education, City, in northern Iraq. Four speaks quickly, as if grasping SEE STUDENTS, 3 UI cuts back on overtime pay The 2008 floods may have caused a spike in overtime pay in fiscal 2009. By EMILY BUSSE versity’s push for cost efficien- “You try to manage overtime for public safety, said Kevin [email protected] cies following massive statewide as best we can because we pay Ward, the UI assistant vice pres- budget cuts in fall 2009. time and a half, which is a sig- ident for Human Resources. Overtime pay for University With fewer staff and services nificantly higher amount,” he But the majority of overtime of Iowa staff decreased by after cutting costs, fewer over- roughly 26 percent in the last said. “I’m not surprised with hours come from the revenue fiscal year. time hours are worked, said UI the budgetary difficulties we’ve of self-sustaining entities Officials said the one-year spokesman Tom Moore. been experiencing that over- including residence halls, ath- DAVID SCRIVNER/THE DAILY IOWAN drop of roughly $1.5 million — Controlling overtime spend- time is coming down.” letics, and the UI Hospitals Hawkeye fans search for apparel before an open from around $5.7 million in fis- ing is a common area of focus A portion of the university’s and Clinics. football practice on April 17 in Kinnick Stadium. cal 2009 to $4.2 million in fiscal for cash-strapped universities, overtime pay comes out of the The Hawk Shop held a large sale to attract patrons 2010 — is likely due to the uni- said Regent Robert Downer. general-education fund, such as SEE OVERTIME, 3 attending the open practice. 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