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iHiiiAJniSml- Iowa City Piress-Citkenn DuaoiniesaCie Street christened after resident governor Story1 SllHHniHIUMBnlBlilBrilBHMfeaAMHMi nn a Eye on Hawkeyes Win gives Hawks end-of-season boost The Press-Citizen Chair sees new directions in research The Iowa football team's 26-17 win over Purdue Saturday all of a sudden has the Hawkeyes thinking about a winning season. It is possible. Iowa (3-5) has three games left: Northern Illinois Saturday, Northwestern on Nov. 13, and Minnesota on Nov. 2Q.

"We've put ourselves in a situation where we can't lose," defensive back Scott Plate said. "I don't want to leave this program with a losing record." Jack Scudder, formerly of NASA's Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. began as a professor in January 1993. His work on the gaseous particles near the sun has attracted international attention. Amitava Bhattacharjee, formerly at Columbia University, began as an associate professor in August.

He is on leave this semester at the Theory and Computer Simulation Center at the National Institute for Fusion Science at Nagoya University in Nagoya, Japan. He returns to UI for spring semester 1994. The department is waiting to hear the results of a departmental review before deciding which area to hire a See PHYSICS2A By Scott Hauser The Press-Citizen Gerald Payne likes to think of what's beginning at the University of Iowa Department of Physics and Astronomy when he thinks about the future. Two' years after a disgruntled graduate shot and killed three professors and a research scientist in the department, new directions for what had been one of the premier programs in the country are evolving, said Payne, chairman of the department. "It won't be the same focus, but it will be similar problems," he said.

"There's always slightly different emphases when different people are brought in." Unlocking sun 's heat secretlC Scientist is good detective 1C Today is the second anniversary of Nov. 1, 1991, the day when Gang Lu, a recent doctoral graduate, shot and killed professors wight Nicholson, Christoph Goertz and Robert Smith as well as researcher Linhua Shan, an academic rival of Lu's. Walking to Jessup Hall, Lu also killed T. Anne Geary, then an associate vice president for academic affairs, shot and paralyzed Miya Rodolfo-Sioson, a student working in the office, before taking his own Payne said the past year has focused on rebuilding, with the hiring of' two new professors: ji EyeonUI Group to send regents letter over materials policy Gerald Payne Physics department chair Witches make the rounds Wisconsin vows action before next home game From news services Letter The decision to draft a letter comes as the UI Faculty Council considers its response to the regents Oct. 20 decision to impose an interim warning policy on UI faculty when sexually explicit materials are used in class.

The Faculty Council meets Tuesday. By Scott Hauser The Press-Citizen A national group worried about the effect the University of Iowa's new warning on sexually explicit classroom materials will have on academic freedom plans to draft a letter to the state Board of Regents today. Robert O'Neil, chairman of Committee A of the American Association of University Professors, said committee members asked him to send the letter to the board after the policy came up at a biannual meeting during the weekend in Washington, D.C. The letter will outline Committee A's -concerns about academic freedom and the policy, but will not be a formal position statement, said O'Neil, the founding of the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression at the Wisconsin chancellor David sAlx At (rAl 'if JJ r-''' if II 7 Ward said he will take action this week to avoid a repeat of Saturday postgame celebration in which 77 fans were injured after Wisconsin defeated Mich igan. His recommendations will be Press-CitizerVAndy Scott Witches Brie Nixon and Leah Goepferd get Halloween treats from Susan Flaherty as they trick-or-treat Sunday along St.

Thomas Court. Letter doesn't stop holiday haunting implemented before. Saturday's game against Ohio State at Madison's Camp Randall Stadium. About 12,000 students rushed the goalposts from as high as row 70 in the northeast corner of the stadium, police said. When the railing went, people spilled into a trough between the stands and a waist-high fence.

At least 69 were injured, seven critically. Eleven remained hospitalized early today, two in serious condition. Student Rebecca Hansen remembers hollering "five" and "four" as the clock ran out. But as others in the stands finished the countdown and began to celebrate, Hansen, 19, began fighting to stay alive. Hansen said the human tide lifted her from a second row seat in section and twisted her around so she landed hard on her back on the asphalt track.

Layers of people were piled on her from the waist down. But her chest was free and she could breathe and yell. Fans partied several minutes before the public address announcer said people were injured Some students complained that police officers kept them from getting to safety. Susan Riseling, chief of the university's police force, said Sunday that a review of videotape showed no evidence that security personnel acted University of Virginia. Marvin Berenstein, regents president, said today it would be inappropriate for him to comment on the concerns of Committee A until he receives the letter.

But he said he has been monitoring debate on the issue on editorial pages of newspapers. Committee A is a standing national committee of AAUP that deals with issues 'of academic freedom and tenure for university professors. The committee has about "20 members. AAUP has about 45,000 members nationwide. O'Neil said last week he thought the UI policy could have a chilling effect on academic freedom.

Regents say the policy is an attempt to balance the rights of students and faculty. Eye on Science Longest shuttle flight ends EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. History (AP) Columbia and its medical research crew swooped through the clear desert sky At 1 4 days, and landed today after 14 days in space 13 minutes, the the longest flight in shuttle history. mission ex- The spaceship and seven astronauts ceeded by al-landed at Edwards Air Force Base at 9:06 most five hours a.m. CST.

the longest Columbia logged 5.8 million miles and shuttle flight to circled Earth 225 times during its journey, Anotner which began Oct. 18. Thousands of spec- Columbia crew tators gathered at Edwards to welcome the get that mark crew home. Iast vear Throughout their long, arduous trip, astronauts were dizzied by spinning chairs and whirling dots, jabbed with needles and dropped by bungee cords. Researchers aren't done with the astronauts, either.

The five men and two women were to be flown to the Johnson Space Center on stretchers today to slow the effects of gravity. Then there are two more weeks of poking and prodding as they undergo the same tests as in orbit. she said, before being cut off by 10-year-old Leah Goepferd, also dressed in black and green witch's garb. "They're cool," Goepferd said. "We're honoring them.

We're friendly witches." "I think (the school district's letter) is a farce," Leah's mother, Bernie, said. Bernie, who helped chaperone a Halloween party at Lemme Elementary School last week, said she thought the letter had little effect on children's choice of costumes. "At Lemme, there were a whole lot of witches and, what do you call them? Well, bloody guys," she said. Not that everyone dressed in forbidden costumes. Four-year-old Katie Kennedy dressed up as a princess because, she said, "I like princesses." For those keeping a strict tally, there were few pumpkins and even fewer carrots.

But, it should also be noted, there were also few frowns and more than a fare share of smiles. "We're just out here to have a good time," Wayne Richenbacher said as he led his son and daughter down the street. They weren't alone. By Jon Yates The Press-Citizen The red tail. The horns.

If Lauren Larson's devil costume was controversial, the bubbly little 3-year-old from Coralville wasn't letting on. "It's been in our family for a while," her father, Steve, said. "It's an old costume. It fits her, too she's a little devil." As the Larsons marched down Seventh Avenue in Coralville Halloween' night, it was apparent they weren't alone in defying a recent Iowa City School District EquityAffirmative Action Committee's letter requesting students avoid dressing in "insensitive" costumes. There were, parents reported, several witches, more than a fair share of devils and a small army of scary monsters.

It was not, as some had hoped and others had feared, a "politically correct" Halloween. "I already had my costume picked out before this whole scandal hit," said 11-year-old Brie Nixon of Iowa City as she prepared to hit the streets as a witch. "We're witches, but we're not supposed to be," Volunteer burnout has Red Cross looking for help Weather Tonight: mostly cloudy. Low in low to mid-30s. Tuesday, cloudy with 30 chance of showers.

High 45 to 50 2C Index: Business Classified Comics Dear Abby Deaths Local Lottery Movies 6D Nationworld 3A 4C Opinion 5A 5B People 1B 2B Puzzles 5C 2C Records 2C 1C Sports 1D 2C State news 3C 3B Television 5B To volunteer For those interested in becoming Red Cross volunteers, officials have scheduled a series of training sessions at the Johnson County Red Cross office, 328 S. Clinton St. The first session, "Introduction to Disaster Services," is a pre-requisite for additional disaster training and will be from 6 to 8:30 p.m. By Jon Yates The Press-Citizen They spent the summer tirelessly helping area flood victims. Now, members of the Johnson County Red Cross say they need help to replenish their ranks.

"We desperately need people," said Grant Wood Area Disaster Services Chair Pat Chavez. "We found out when we had floods that we were very, very low on volunteers. Now, (volunteers) are burned out because they worked so hard during the summer, and we risk losing them, too." According to Chavez, Johnson County has about five active Red Cross volunteers. Ideally, she said, the county should have 20. "Supposedly we're going to have more floods next spring and I think we will," she said.

"We want to have people trained and ready if they do hit." And before they hit. With only five local members, smaller disasters such as home fires can become taxing for volunteers who must constantly worry about when their services will be needed. "The flooding was a huge newsmaker, but a lot of what we do is single family fires which don't always make the news," said Steve Baker, an Iowa City volunteer who serves as a liaison for the disaster program. Baker, who works full time and takes classes at the University of Iowa part time, said he spent 30 to 40 hours a week helping flood victims this summer for the Red Cross because there were so few volunteers. Now, Baker is exhausted and hopes added volunteers will decrease his load.

"The common misconception with the Red Cross is that people need to devote a lot of time and have a specialization to help." Baker said volunteers can spend as little as two hours a week helping. A Gannett Newspaper 1.