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Pregame — Meyer Kicks Doubts Aside: Daily Iowan Reader, October 19
Also inside: UI groups target young voters, Rec center may expand, Soccer suffers crushing defeat to Huskers.
Pregame: Meyer kicks doubts aside
It’s 40 degrees at Spartan Stadium on Oct. 13. It’s raining. The wind blows across the uprights, and the turf is slick with mud.
Iowa placekicker Mike Meyer stands past the 50-yard line, looking at the spot — right on the 42-yard line — where the ball will be snapped. He looks at the neon yellow goal. He takes a breath. He shakes his arms.
“It’s going right down the middle,” he thinks.
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The snap. The crunch of pads. Meyer runs, counting his steps. He feels the ball come off his foot.
It sails between the uprights.
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Iowa jumps ahead of Michigan State, 19-16, and stays alive in double-overtime. Minutes later Iowa intercepts a Spartan pass and wins.
Meyer, during his junior year, has blossomed into a specialist nominated to three season-award watch lists and a placekicker who’s earned eight weekly honors over the course of six weeks.
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Study finds disinterest in young voters, UI campus groups disagree
Nationally, younger voters are seen as being unenthusiastic towards the general election, but students on the UI campus say excitement is abundant on campus.
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Johnson County Auditor spent more than $60,000 without Supervisors’ approval
Johnson County Auditor Tom Slockett recently spent more than $60,000 on new electronic equipment, a much more costly purchase than the Board of Supervisors approved last year.
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UI Rec Center experiencing growing pains
About 900,000 visits were made to the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center last year.
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Expert: Discrimination trial for UI employee could have national impact
Teresa Wagner is suing Carolyn Jones, former dean of UI College of Law, over a belief that her conservative political affiliations were the reason she was denied a job.
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Obama and Romney differ on wars, spending
The differences in the presidential candidates’ policies will take center stage during Monday’s debate.
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Soccer suffers crushing overtime loss to Huskers
The Iowa soccer team's postseason chances took a major blow as they fell in devastating fashion to Nebraska, 2-1, in overtime on Thursday.
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Editorial: Candidates’ differences on Defense funding
As it stands, there are three possible alternatives for the future of American defense spending: Mitt Romney’s deficit-inflating spending increase, President Obama’s plan for a measured reduction in defense costs or draconian sequestration cuts.
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