New Coach

ANCHOR LEDE--- With their 3rd coach in just 4 years, the Iowa hawkeyes basketball team ushered in a new era on Sunday, with mixed reactions. Reporter Brandon Hurley went over to Carver Hawkeye Arena to see what went down.

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Empty seats and fans exciting the arena early were a common site for the hawkeyes last season with coach Todd Lickliter at the helm. The hawks set an all-time high for losses in a season, going 10 and 22 and nearly all those loses were blowouts and low scoring affairs.

But in comes new head coach Fran McCaffery from Siena and his run and gun attack.

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I Think it was a good hire...It will take time.

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But how much time? Some fans are waiting for the success to come back right away.

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A year or two down the line.... Better athleticism then last year, the team's improving and I like the pace they are running with.

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The Hawkeyes averaged just under 10 thousand fans a game last year, ranking near the bottom of the big ten, and a new hire is sure to excite the crowd.

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More excitement, more enthusiasim to carver get more students here. I think Fran can do that, I think Fran's a good coach to be honest. I think he'll get the program right back on the map.

TAG- With all this optimism and hopefulness, the hawkeyes did open the McCaffery era Sunday disappointing fashion though, falling to the South Dakota State Jack Rabits 79-69 immediate success can't be expected right out of the gate, but there will be progress from game to game. And if the fans continue to support this new coaching staff, success may come sooner then you think. For the University of Iowa, I'm Brandon Hurley





---By the way Charles, I could not figure out how to cancel out the background music and band. I searched everywhere and even went on youtube and nothing worked. If we could go over this in class sometime after break that would be great.

Bed Bugs Story

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Anchor Lede- THEY SEEM AS IF THEY ARE EVERYWHERE THESE DAYS, POPPING UP IN THE LEAST LIKELY OF PLACES, IN YOUR BED, ON YOUR CLOTHES, EVEN ON YOUR ALARM CLOCK. YES, I AM TALKING ABOUT BED BUGS, AND FOR THE PAST YEAR WE HAVE SEEN AN UNUSUAL RISE IN REPORTED CASES THROUGHOUT THE STATE. REPORTER BRANDON HURLEY HAS MORE ON THE STORY.

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It was about in November... around the same time as now....... Well my girlfriend spent the night, and she noticed the next day that she had bites, all along her side.

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THESE BITES TYPICALLY SIGNAL THAT THERE ARE INDEED, BED BUGS LIVING IN YOUR BED, EVEN THOUGH MOST PEOPLE WOULD ASSUME THESE LITTLE RED BUMPS TO BE ACNE OR NORMAL BUG BITES.
BED BUGS DON'T TRANSMIT ANY DISEASES, BUT IT IS VERY HARD TO GET RID OF THEM. VACUUMING DOESN'T HELP, AND EVEN POWER OUTLETS PROVIDE ENOUGH WARMTH FOR THESE TINY CRITTERS.

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She had told me that her brother had the same problem at his apartment.

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BED BUGS TEND TO LIVE WHEREVER HUMANS GO. THEY TRANSPORT FROM PLACE TO PLACE BY LUGGAGE, CLOTHES AND EVEN COUCHES.

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He told me I should buy a bed bug mattress cover

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THESE MATTRESS COVERS SUFFOCATE THE BED BUGS AND PREVENT THEM FROM SPREADING ANYWHERE. THEY RUN ABOUT 40 DOLLARS.

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My apartment and her apartment cost about 4 or 500 dollars each.

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ANOTHER TATIC TO ATTEMPT TO GET RID OF THEM IS TO DRY ALL CLOTHES AND SHEETS AND OVERHEAT THEM. THOUGH THE BEST WAY TO EXTERMINATE THEM IS TO BUY A STEAM CLEANER AND GO OVER EVERY PROBLEM AREA.

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EVEN THOUGH THEY DO LIKE WARM AREAS, THEY DON'T LIKE IT TOO WARM. ONCE IT GETS TO 120 DEGREES IT WILL ELIMNATE ALL BED BUGS AND ALL OF THE EGGS. SO YOU BUY THE STEAM CLEANER AND THEN YOU JUST STEAM DOWN YOUR WHOLE MATTRESS. BOTH SIDES, MAKE SURE YOU GET THE CREASES VERY, VERY WELL. FLIP IT ON THE SIDES AND THEN YOU DO THE SAME WITH THE BOX SPRINGS... AND MOST LIKELY, THIS WILL GET RID OF ALL YOUR BED BUG PROBLEMS. SO IF YOU HAVE BED BUGS, CHECK YOUR MATTRESS. FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, I'M BRANDON HURLEY.