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Monday, July 23, 2007 dailyiowan.com 50¢ INSIDE IOWA WILDLIFE Third Loving the purple reign woman reports assault Buzzer beater decides final BY STEPHEN SCHMIDT THE DAILY IOWAN A controversial buzzer beater in the closing seconds of the Another woman reported an Prime Time championship assault early Sunday morning, helps ex-Hawkeye Darryl the third such incident in the Moore’s team to an exciting last week — and all three cases season-ending victory. share similar circumstances. Sports, Back Page The police said they received the report of the assault on a 24- year-old woman at 3:42 a.m. on Freeman wins the 800 block of East College Street. The woman was walking MVP, again alone when a man came up Iowa guard Tony Freeman behind her, knocked her to the wins his second-consecutive ground, and put his hand under Prime Time league MVP her dress, police said. After the award Sunday night in North woman struggled, her assailant Liberty. Sports, Back Page escaped west on College Street. According to the police log of the incident, there were “people running after [the] man” as he Farm sense fled the scene. There is a correlation The description of the suspect between hearing loss in released by police lists him as a farmers and work-related white male in his 20s, 5-7 in Ben Roberts/The Daily Iowan injuries, according to a new height, with short, dark hair that UI study. Campus, Page 2 A young purple martin sits outside one of many large housing units designed especially for the bird at Evan Gingrich’s farm on July 6. may have been shaved, wearing The purple martin is somewhat peculiar in that it will only dwell in man-made structures in the United States. In the winter, the birds jeans and a black buttoned-up migrate to Brazil, where they are considered pests. shirt with flowers on it at the time Baked goods for of the assault. “There’s a lot of bad info and a ‘They respond to you; they kids With an old tale about the purple lot of bad housing,” said Walters, SEE ASSAULT, PAGE 3 An Iowa City Hollywood who has been assisting the are interested in you. martin debunked, ‘landlords’ of Kalona Amish with their efforts Video employee holds a sale They talk to you.’ to raise money for the to court the bird. Starlight StarBright Children’s purple martins find themselves Fascination with the purple — Jim Walters, Johnson County martin — known for its aerial Foundation. City, Page 2 Songbird Project President focused on conservation and fun. acrobatics and throaty gurgling — is far from isolated to rural Although the species is not U.S., Iran to BY EMILY GROSVENOR with that theory now debunked communities. More than 1 mil- endangered, the birds that breed THE DAILY IOWAN by a number of studies, Kalona lion North Americans have set and nest east of the Rocky Moun- confer on security Amish are setting a new stan- up housing on their properties tains rely solely on humans for Evan Gingerich cups a baby dard for housing the bird locally for the species, according to the their habitats — and their num- in Iraq purple martin in his hand. In his — one based on conservation of Purple Martin Conservation bers have been constantly declin- The United States and Iran eighth year of courting the bird, the species and the sheer joy it Association. ing since the 1970s. have set a date for ambassa- the father of seven has attracted brings. A member of the swallow fam- Still, they are as picky as they dor-level talks in Baghdad on 42 mating pairs to his homestead Gingerich and Jim Walters, the ily, martins are large birds with are needy. the deteriorating security situ- just south of the Kalona Cheese president of the Johnson County shimmering indigo feathers. But “The [bird] houses fill up first, ation in Iraq. Nation, Page 7 Factory. Songbird Project, hosted a purple- the special hold the purple mar- then they go for the gourds,” said For decades, rural Iowa farm- martin information stand at the tin has on humans has less to do Gingerich, an Amish business- man, describing the two types of ers have played “landlord” to pur- Johnson County Fairgrounds with looks than a fierce devotion purple-martin dwellings he owns. Official takes ple martins, once thought to eat July 21 to educate locals on how to aiding a bird that actually blame for up to 2,000 mosquitoes a day.But to court the finicky bird. needs help. SEE BIRDS, PAGE 3 passport snafu The current passport mess is rare among government foul-ups: A top federal offi- cial has publicly taken the Journalists describe blame and expressed regret. The roast of the town Nation, Page 7 reporting in Haiti Butts won’t be easily crushed Nine Haitian journalists visit Iowa City to The campus smoking ban is little more than a fig leaf. study some aspects of American journalism. Opinions, Page 4 BY SHAJIA AHMAD ‘It is a permanent THE DAILY IOWAN struggle to not Curing health As nine Haitian journalists care explored the foundations of end up being American journalism during a Michael Moore’s Sicko offers visit to Iowa City over the week- influenced and an engaging, if uneven, cri- end, they brought with them corrupted.’ tique of our health-care sys- their own perspectives on the tem. Arts & Culture, Page 5 trade. — Yves Patrice Merisier, Small headphones filtered an Radio Galaxie journalist interpreter’s voice as the visit- dailyiowan.com ing professionals, who spoke Creole, French, and Spanish — States during the visitors’ but limited English — listened stay. For photos, video, audio, to UI journalism Associate Pro- Unlike in the United States, blogs, and more, check us fessors Frank Durham and journalism education is limit- out online at: dailyiowan.com Lyombe Eko discuss the “cul- ed in Haiti, said Valéry Numa, ture” of the UI School of Jour- a journalist for Vision 2000, a nalism, its students, and the radio station in Haiti’s capital, WEATHER system of law and ethics for Port-au-Prince. The first pro- File photo/The Daily Iowan American journalists in the fessional school was built in Cafe del Sol co-owner Steve Dunham empties roasted coffee beans to cool on June 22, 2006. Cafe Mostly Adler Journalism and Mass 1974, Numa said, though most del Sol is a local organic coffee roaster that supplies the Farmers’ Market, New Pioneer, and some cloudy, 40% Communication Building on journalists get their training local restaurants with free-trade coffee. chance of July 20. in the field. T-storm The Council for Internation- Haiti, a country with close to 9 million residents, is located on Going to the market BY BRIAN STEWART Farmers’ Market for the first © al Visitors to Iowa Cities — a time this year. part of the UI International the western side of Hispaniola, a Over the past five THE DAILY IOWAN Vicki Mildenstein, who co- 81 28 C 63 17 C Programs and the U.S. Depart- Caribbean island that is also weeks, The Daily © Caffeine, along with the noble ment of State International home to the Dominican Repub- Iowan has brought owns the business with Stephen readers an intimate, task of providing others with a Visitor Leadership Program — lic. Ninety-five percent of the Dunham, said they decided to slice-of-the-Iowa- jolt, is just part of daily life for INDEX sponsored the visit, which population is black, while a begin selling at the market to minority is either multi-ethnic City-Farmers’-Market life, down to the employees of Cafe del Sol — a lasted five days. A number of today’s oh-so-good last bite. test the public’s reaction to their Arts 5 Opinions 4 or white, according to the CIA Coralville coffee-roasting compa- translators helped the group Continue to satisfy your appetite with product. Sports 12 World Factbook. Classifieds 10 discuss the state of journalism these six vendors, along with 70 oth- ny that joined the list of season- Crossword 6 in both Haiti and the United SEE JOURNALISTS, PAGE 3 ers, every Wednesday. Bon appétit! long vendors at the Iowa City SEE FARMERS' MARKET, PAGE 3

2 - The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Monday, July 23, 2007 News dailyiowan.com for more local news Farmers’ hearing loss, injuries linked The Daily Iowan Volume 139 Issue 35 BREAKING NEWS STAFF A UI study says ‘hearing impairment Phone: (319) 335-6063 Publisher: E-mail: [email protected] William Casey...... 335-5788 Fax: 335-6184 Editor: is the strongest predictor of an injury.’ Jason Brummond...... 335-6030 CORRECTIONS Managing Editor: BY SAMANTHA MILLER From those 7,000 farmers, Call: 335-6030 Brittany Volk...... 335-5855 THE DAILY IOWAN 473 were culled for the control Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for Metro Editors: group — those who hadn’t been accuracy and fairness in the reporting Erika Binegar...... 335-6063 Farmers are eight times more hurt on the job in the previous of news. If a report is wrong or mis- Ray Mattson...... 335-6063 Opinions Editor: likely to be killed on the job year — and 431 who had been leading, a request for a correction or a clarification may be made. Jonathan Gold...... 335-5863 than other workers in the injured for the case group. Sports Editor: United States — a statistic that These farmers filled out self- PUBLISHING INFO Charlie Kautz...... 335-5848 can be attributed to hearing assessments of their hearing, The Daily Iowan (USPS 143.360)is Arts Editors: loss, according to a UI study. which the study examined to published by Student Publications Inc., Soheil Rezayazdi...... 335-5851 University officials, however, derive any correlation between E131 Adler Journalism Building, Iowa Vanessa Veiock...... 335-5851 Copy Chief: stress that preventive gear the factors, Sprince said. City, Iowa 52242-2004, daily except Saturdays, Sundays, legal and universi- Beau Elliot...... 335-6030 could help muffle loud noises “No matter what the injury, Design Editor: and decrease health risks. having a hearing impairment is ty holidays, and university vacations. Maggie Voss...... 335-6030 The study, released in Febru- the strongest predictor of an Periodicals postage paid at the Iowa Graphics Editor: ary, examines the correlation injury,” she said. City Post Office under the Act of Dylan Salisbury...... 335-6030 between hearing loss and Barbara Gienapp, a UI Hospi- Congress of March 2, 1879. Photo Editor: tals and Clinics audiologist, said SUBSCRIPTIONS Ben Roberts...... 335-5852 occupational injuries for Web Editor: farmers, using self-assessments that in her experience, farmers Call: Pete Recker at 335-5783 — particularly older ones who E-mail: [email protected] Tony Phan...... 335-5829 as a basis to analyze the link. Business Manager: “Farmers have a lot of hear- have worked with equipment Subscription rates: Debra Plath...... 335-5786 for some time — certainly expe- Iowa City and Coralville: $20 for one ing loss and a lot of injuries, so Advertising Manager: rience hearing loss. And, she semester, $40 for two semesters, $10 we wanted to see what Cathy Witt...... 335-5794 said, she could see how hearing for summer session, $50 for full year. Classified Ads Manager: correlation, if any, was there,” damage could potentially lead Out of town: $40 for one semester, Cristine Perry...... 335-5784 said Nancy Sprince, the study’s to accidents. accident and four times more sound emitted from the $80 for two semesters, $15 for summer Circulation Manager: head and a UI occupational- “If [the hearing damage] is session, $95 all year. Pete Recker...... 335-5783 and environmental-health likely in an accident involving machines, Sprince said. Day Production Manager: bad enough, [farmers] may not “We usually suggest that professor. machinery than were farmers Send address changes to: The Daily Heidi Owen...... 335-5789 hear such things as warning without hearing aids, Sprince there should be some way of Researchers gathered the Iowan, 100 Adler Journalism Building, Night Production Manager: sounds, noises that show some- said. engineering out the noise with Bob Foley...... 335-5789 study’s data by drawing 7,000 Iowa City, Iowa 52242-2004. thing may be wrong with the Gienapp said farmers can soundproofing,” she said, adding subjects randomly from a larger equipment, or someone holler- wear hearing protection — such that since some hearing loss can pool of 89,000 farmers who were ing at them,” said Gienapp, who as ear muffs and ear plugs — to be prevented, it would help participating in the Agricultur- is also the UIHC Audiology lesson the likelihood of damage, alleviate occupational injury. al Health Study — an investiga- Clinic’s director. though she said she expects few “The main message to take CORRECTION tion of the effects of The study found that farmers farmers do. home here is that farmers environmental, occupational, with hearing aids — and there- There are also devices that should always wear their hear- In the July 20 brief, “UI, Chinese school reach Olympic agreement,” dietary, and genetic factors on fore significant hearing damage can be placed on farm equip- ing protection,” Sprince said. The Daily Iowan incorrectly reported that the agreement was reached the health of the agricultural — were five times more likely to ment — such as caps on tractors E-mail DI reporter Samantha Miller at: July 19, the date of the news release. The agreement was actually population. be injured in an animal-related — that muffle the decibels of [email protected] reached in November 2006. The DI regrets the error. Baking up some good deeds A Hollywood Video employee uses money from bake sale to help a children’s foundation. BY ASHTON SHURSON THE DAILY IOWAN While Hollywood Videos across the country are collecting money to donate to children’s hospitals, one employee in Iowa City is taking an extra step to help the foundation. Kelly Laughlin, an Iowa City resident and shift leader at Hollywood Video, 1101 S. River- side Drive, decided to hold a bake sale at the video store on July 21 and use the money to donate to the Starlight Star- Wesley Cropp/The Daily Iowan bright Children’s Foundation — Hollywood Video employee Kelly Laughlin sells baked goods as part of the Starlight Starbright Children’s an international organization Foundation, which helps to purchase media items for seriously ill children in children’s hospitals in Iowa City that uses donations to help seri- and across the nation. Laughlin ran the bake sale for more than four hours on July 21 at Hollywood Video. ously ill children. In addition, customers at Hol- few star donations, she is “It helps normalize their day passed out fliers and coupons at lywood Video — which has been hoping for more. and gives [the children] a nor- Hawkeye football games and associated with the foundation The money will be used to mal activity that makes the hos- other events to increase for more than four years — create entertainment rooms or pital seem less like a threat to awareness. could donate a “star” or $1 until “Fun Centers” with TVs, video them,” said Gwen Senio, a certi- With the Starlight Starbright today, and all the proceeds will games, and other attractions for fied child life specialist at the UI Foundation, the video-rental store and Game Crazy — a go to the foundation. children’s hospitals and Children’s Hospital. pediatric units across the video-game rental store — also “I believe all people need To raise money, Laughlin sold some sort of entertainment in country. sponsor the cookies, brownies, peanut-but- their lives. If they’re in the The UI Children’s Hospital Hollywood Video Starlight hospital, they don’t have that was on the waiting list for a fun ter treats, banana-split muffins, Sites, or entertainment rooms entertainment, and the founda- center as of March, and it and more. And this wasn’t the at hospitals. There are currently tion provides that to them,” received a mobile cart that con- first time she has tried to help four in the country. Laughlin said. tains a video game system and a the foundation. E-mail DI reporter Ashton Shurson at: Although the store has had DVD player this spring. The 26-year-old has also [email protected] POLICE BLOTTER

Barry Apland, 39, 3560 York Place, offense OWI. charged July 19 with driving with a 18 with driving with a was charged July 21 with driving Atanacio Frausto, 20, 614 S. suspended/canceled license. suspended/canceled license. with a suspended/canceled license. Johnson Apt. 1, was charged July Randy Lucia, 46, address unknown, Timothy Pisarik, 20, Mount Vernon, Nico Beckermann, 18, 4529 Wonick 21 with PAULA. was charged July 21 with his third- Iowa was charged July 20 with Lane N.E., was charged July 20 with Stacy Horn, 20, Lisbon, Iowa, was and-subsequent public intoxication. PAULA. OWI and driving with a revoked charged July 19 with driving with a Daniel Magrini, 19, Long Grove, Ill., Jessica Pringle, 21, 4707 Chandler license. revoked license and OWI. was charged July 21 with the unlaw- Court, was charged Sunday with Michael Bouska, 24, 625 Fourth Anthony Horton Jr., 22, Chicago, ful use of the driver’s license/ID of public intoxication and interference Ave., was charged July 19 with pub- was charged July 20 with simple another/aiding and abetting. with official acts. lic intoxication. assault. Michael Marchik, 29, Tipton, Iowa, Alfonso Reid Jr., 34, Oskaloosa, Heidi Christensen, 19, Fruitland, Sean Hosseini, 20, 101 Washington was charged July 19 with third- Iowa, was charged July 21 with OWI. Iowa, was charged July 20 with Park Road, was charged July 20 degree theft. Ashley Roberts, 22, 406 E. PAULA. with PAULA. Ellen Michaels, 21, 619 Orchard Washington St., was charged July Patrick Clark, 46, address unknown, Carl Johnson Jr., 22, 1911 Taylor Court Apt. B, was charged July 19 21 with public intoxication. was charged July 21 with second- Drive, was charged July 20 with with possession of marijuana and Michael Stouter, 19, Keota, Iowa, degree criminal mischief and public interference with official acts and keeping or permitting use of a was charged July 21 with PAULA. intoxication. public intoxication. controlled substance in a structure Nathan Tefft, 30, 1212 Highland Fatuma Deo, 22, 2560 Sylvan Glen Erskine Johnson, 27, 1006 Oakcrest or vehicle. Court Apt. 4, was charged July 21 Court, was charged July 20 with Apt. 110, was charged July 20 with Patrick Moran, 46, address with OWI. public intoxication and simple public intoxication. unknown, was charged Sunday with Suzanne Udhen, 20, Moline, Ill., assault. Jordan Johnson, 18, 1922 Grant public intoxication. was charged July 20 with public Kristian Doerrfeld, 20, Swisher, Wood Drive, was charged July 20 Kim Neel, 29, 619 Orchard Court intoxication. Iowa, was charged Sunday with with PAULA. Apt. B, was charged July 19 with Sanuel Wiesenfeld, 22, 418 E. OWI, driving with a suspended/can- Clayton Knight, 21, 55 Regal Lane, possession of marijuana . Church St., was charged Sunday celed license, and PAULA. was charged July 20 with public Jessica Olson, 22, 1102 Hollywood with disorderly house. William Dulin, 27, 1500 Lower intoxication. Blvd. Apt. 15, was charged July 20 Jessica Williams, 24, 355 Camden Muscatine Road, was charged July 4 Jenna Lammers-Woodworth, 20, with driving with a suspended/can- Road, was charged July 21 with OWI. with disorderly conduct. Mount Pleasant, Iowa, was charged celed license. Kyle Windstrom, 18, 2820 Lisa Farr, 46, 402 Crestview Ave., July 21 with PAULA. Jeffrey Norman, 52, 1501 Brookside Drive, was charged July was charged July 21 with second- Ivy Lightfoot, 29, Cedar Rapids, was Brookwood Drive, was charged July 20 with fifth-degree theft.

The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Monday, July 23, 2007 - 3 dailyiowan.com for more local news News Life as a hill of beans JOURNALISM FROM ABROAD FARMERS' MARKET air-roasting machine. Gentzsch to see if he was inter- Despite keeping the produc- ested in working with the coffee- Reporters struggle in Haiti CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 tion small, the company still sup- roasting company last summer. “At this point in time, we don’t plies coffee to a large number of He said he “liked what he saw” have a storefront,” Mildenstein clients — both farmers’ market in the company and decided to said. “So far [the reception from patrons and local businesses. In work there full-time. the public] has been very good.” addition to the Iowa City mar- Although the company deals Keeping with the standards of ket, Cafe del Sol is a vendor at with a large clientele base, he the market, Cafe del Sol locally the Cedar Rapids, Davenport, said, he still enjoys the Farmers’ roasts every batch of coffee and Sycamore farmers’ markets. Market customers. beans — which are fair-trade, The business, now in its 19th “I love dealing with the peo- organic, and imported from all year, also sells its products at the ple,” he said. “There are so many over the world. New Pioneer Co-ops in Iowa City great characters in Iowa City “When the coffee comes in to and Coralville and to several who come and shop at the farm- us, it’s in burlap bags, and local restaurants. ers’ markets.” Since May, Gentzsch has they’re green [coffee] beans,” Mildenstein said that Cafe del served as the face of Cafe del Sol said William Gentzsch, who rep- Sol is continuing to expand, and resents the company weekly at at the Iowa City market, selling it is looking toward opening a the Farmers’ Market. “They the company’s nearly 20 vari- haven’t been roasted — nothing eties of roasted coffee beans. retail store, and possibly a drive- has been done to them.” Recently, the company began through coffee kiosk, by the end He noted that Cafe del Sol offering gourmet teas. of the year. then cleans the beans, removing He became involved with the “We’re really moving for- any that do not meet its stan- business through a friendship ward,” she said. “We have a real- dards, before the roasting begins. with Mildenstein. ly, really good product, and “We roast them in eight- “I taught her daughter violin,” [we’re] attempting to make the pound batches,” Gentzsch said, he said. “I love coffee. I have for business bloom to a greater adding the batches always several years, and I always liked audience.” remain small and are roasted to her coffee.” E-mail DI reporter Brian Stewart at: order using a specialty Mildenstein approached [email protected] Ariana McLaughlin/ The Daily Iowan Gilbert Martin (right) translates from French as Valéry Numa (middle) discusses The Daily Iowan and American journalism with fellow Hatians Immacula Louizi Saint-Cima (left) and Yves Patrice Merisier (far right) on July 20. During their visit, sponsored by the Council for International Visitors Purple martins’ majesty to Iowa Cities, the Hatian journalists also discussed ethics. BIRDS purple martins, Walters said. of sleepers, a song Walters likens politics in their country. Each often, negative images of Haiti “When I first got them, my col- to a “babbling brook.” JOURNALISTS agreed that denying gifts and are portrayed in America, but CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 leagues would talk about ‘Jim’s For Gingerich, the coming of the CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 social interaction with govern- they said they would like to be martins,’ ” he said. “Now, it’s ‘our martins and their pleasant indus- ment officials is part of a univer- involved in presenting another Attracting the shimmery blue- martins.’ ” Most of the visitors agreed sal ethic for journalists, he said. side by focusing on Haiti’s rich try allows him to revel in the wax- feathered fliers proves exasperat- Together,Walters and Gingerich they face several constraints Haiti has only two daily news- culture. ing for some, with many would-be host an increasingly popular pur- ing and waning of the seasons. when practicing journalism in papers, both published in Don Kirchner, a Council for landlords waiting years to wel- ple-martin workshop in March at “They get here in spring, and their home country, including French, Merisier said. Because of International Visitors volunteer come a single pair. But the wait the Iowa Clothing Center, 1162 they just play house for a while,” limited training, restricted the low literacy rates — 53 per- who hosted the journalists for pays off. Larch Ave., Kalona, to help locals Gingerich said. “Then they get access to information, and inade- cent — radio serves as a more dinner at his Coralville home With its bubbly, incessant chirp learn how to accommodate the down to business.” quate salaries. In Haiti, the poor- practical means of communica- during their stay, said the meet- and its affinity for human contact, bird. est country in the Western ing allowed the guests to learn Although they reside in shared tion, especially in Port-au-Prince, martins are the “chatty Cathys” “It’s no longer as hard as it once Hemisphere, the reporters and where some 40 radio stations about Americans, another goal of among migrating birds. was to attract them,”Walters said. colonies, the purple martins’ broadcasters said accepting broadcast. the program. “They respond to you; they are Interfering with the birds’ lives efforts to build their nests are far favors from government officials Despite some differences in Despite the differences interested in you. They talk to may seem counterintuitive, but from communal. The martins gen- and sources is often a tempta- media consumption, both parties between the two countries, the you,” Walters said. the “landlords” who achieve mogul erally look after their own, he said. tion. agreed that the role of journal- journalists expressed their Walters has helped set up mar- status do regular checks, chang- “They don’t really help the “It is a permanent struggle to ists as watchdogs for the govern- appreciation for U.S. culture. tin houses around Johnson Coun- ing nests, and evicting pests, such not end up being influenced and “Because of so many ethnic neighbor,” he said. “They just enjoy ment was important to the pro- ty, including a homemade condo as mites. corrupted,” said Yves Patrice fession. groups, America is really like a perched at the Finkbine And those who find success having the neighbor around.” Merisier, a journalist for Radio “Our work is to make people mosaic and cosmopolitan,” groundskeeper’s office. become audience to a dawn sere- E-mail DI reporter Emily Grosvenor at: Galaxie. aware of their reality, to not Numa said. “We like the open- And people obsess about their nade that could wake the heaviest [email protected] Eko, who specializes in media accept their position in poverty, ness of Iowa City and the open law and ethics, spoke with the and to demand that civil society society we are finding here.” journalists about the ethical does more,” Numa said. E-mail DI reporter Shajia Ahmad at: Woman reports attack problems they face when covering The journalists said that [email protected] the attacker then reached under ASSAULT her dress before fleeing when ‘When things like this hap- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 she began to struggle. pen in your neighborhood, The suspect or suspects in the The assault is one of several July 14 assaults also had a simi- you become frightened, that has happened in or around lar descriptions to those on Sun- you become concerned.’ the College Green neighborhood day morning — a white male in in the past several months, his early 20s, around 5-8 in — Nancy Carlson, which has Nancy Carlson, a rep- height, and wearing a baseball neighborhood representative resentative from the neighbor- cap. hood, worried. activity log, which contained no The police are aware of the “When things like this hap- information about the assailant, pen in your neighborhood, you similarity between the incidents only described the assault as become frightened, you become on July 14 and Sunday morning, “sex offenses except rape.” concerned,” she said. Iowa City police Lt. Jim Steffen Police could not provide any The assaults could hurt one of said, but further investigation is more information on the assault the neighborhood’s main draws needed before a surefire connec- Sunday evening. to residents — its proximity to tion can be made. There were 14 assaults on downtown. Meanwhile, police received a women by strangers reported to “A lot of people walk, this is report of another assault — the Iowa City police during the the reason a lot of people live which had occurred in the early 2006-07 academic year. Includ- here,” Carlson said. “I don’t morning of July 21 at the Shera- ing Sunday’s assault, a total of know if the neighborhood can do ton Inn, 210 S. Dubuque St. — five more assaults have been anything about it.” at 6:41 p.m. on Sunday, accord- reported since that time. Sunday’s assault comes after ing to an update on the Iowa E-mail DI reporter Stephen Schmidt at: two similar cases were reported City police report. The daily [email protected] in the early morning hours on July 14. In both of the July 14 inci- dents, the assaults were direct- ed at women who were walking alone in the area of College Green Park, with one occurring at approximately 12:40 a.m. on the 100 block of North Dodge Street, and the other reported at 2:40 a.m. on the 900 block of East Burlington Street. In each instance, the woman was forced to the ground, and

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JASON BRUMMOND Editor • BRITTANY VOLK Managing Editor • JONATHAN GOLD Opinions Editor • ERIKA BINEGAR Metro Editor IMRON BHATTI, MASON KERNS, ROB VERHEIN, KATHLEEN WATSON, NATE WHITNEY Editorial writers alimony EDITORIALS reflect the majority opinion of the DI Editorial Board and not the opinion of the Publisher, Student Publications Inc., or the University of Iowa. GUEST OPINIONS, COMMENTARIES, and COLUMNS reflect the opinions of the authors and are not necessarily those of the Editorial Board. The War on Terror is all the rage these days. I’m almost surprised there isn’t a 24/7 War on Terror cable chan- EDITORIAL nel yet. The programming lineup would be delicious: Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff could host a talk show during which he could talk about his hunches while years-old footage of Osama bin Laden is looped in the background. Or maybe Giving cigarettes the push a “Jeopardy”-theme show all about the War on Terror trips your trigger. We’ll “As of July 1, smoking will be prohibited on the University of Iowa cam- ban — as it is —is poorly thought out and almost entirely cosmetic. call it “Wheel of Destruction!” pus within 25 feet of all campus buildings, including parking ramps, What we mean to point out by citing these factors is that the university’s I would so rock it. enclosed parking facilities, and athletics facilities.” This information was commitment to a healthy environment is a straw man in this argument. No Never have more politicians and sent in a campuswide e-mail last month It goes on to explain that the moti- one is challenging the fact that cigarette smoke — both first- and second- commentators vation behind the policy is the university’s commitment to providing a hand — is a serious risk factor for several serious health conditions. The conflated so many healthy and supportive environment because smoking is “the No. 1 health question is not whether tobacco smoke is dangerous. But how much more unique disputes risk in America today.” does it truly protect the faculty, staff, students, and visitors to move the into a greater con- The officials do not cite their source for the ranking of health risks, but it smokers another 25 feet away? This ban does nothing more than move flict. Well, at least is true that the American Heart Association and the American Cancer smokers away from the buildings. The burden is put upon the smokers since the Soviet Society have both acknowledged cigarette smoke as a risk factor for coro- themselves to move farther away and upon everyone else to enforce the Union fell. nary heart disease and cancer respectively. Both groups have also reported rules by “politely informing” anyone who does not comply. As a result, the Granted, it’s that another controllable risk factor for these conditions is diet. There is no university has found a way to celebrate its commitment to a healthy envi- unfair to say word in the e-mail as to whether the UI also intends to ban fatty food-serv- ronment by making a policy change with no cost or sacrifice to itself. If the there are no con- nections between ice options from campus or remove sugary sodas from the soda-pop UI is truly committed to our health, we hope that it finds alternative ways many of the cur- ANDREW machines. to contribute to our overall health and welfare. Instead of promoting this rent violent strug- SWIFT The e-mail also asks us to politely inform visitors of the smoking policy if ineffectual new “ban” — which is continually and visibly flounted — the gles across the we see someone violating the 25-foot rule. So, the smokers on campus are university could promote its otherwise excellent antismoking resources, globe. All of them told to move farther away while the rest of us are asked to police the activ- quit lines, and health programs. Simply pushing smokers around will have causes stretching back far into ity on their behalf. There is no mention of a specific penalty for those who change nothing, but getting more smokers into the numerous anti-tobacco the past. I wouldn’t fault anyone for violate the rule, but the truth is that this is very difficult to enforce, even programs available in both the UI and the community could result in fewer failing to realize that, given the atro- with the good-citizen soldiers who politely inform the rule breakers. This smokers to push around. cious performance of media in the last seven years. But it’s certainly true that many of these disputes have ori- gins in European colonial and imperi- al adventures and that many of the LETTERS TO THE EDITOR belligerents are radical Islamists. may be sent via e-mail to But still, I can’t help but think we’re [email protected] (as missing the one defining link. The text, not as attachment). Each smoking gun that ties it all together is letter must be signed and out there, somewhere. And, surprise! include an address and phone It’s in Iraq. number for verification. Letters Then again, it’s also in weekend should not exceed 300 words. vacation spots such as Afghanistan, The DI reserves the right to Algeria, Chechnya, Gaza, Indonesia, edit for length and clarity. The Lebanon, Pakistan, the Philippines, DI will publish only one letter Somalia, and pretty much everywhere per author per month. Letters else. It’s on the flags of Mozambique will be chosen for publication and Hezbollah, and the coat of arms of by the editors according to Zimbabwe and East Timor. It’s the space considerations. No ubiquitous example of its kind, and it advertisements or mass mail- recently celebrated its 60th birthday. I speak, of course, of the most infa- ings, please. mous gun in the world: the AK-47. GUEST OPINIONS that Mikhail Kalashnikov, the developer exceed 300 words in length of the iconic assault rifle, has the dubi- must be arranged with the ous distinction of indirectly causing Opinions editor at least three hundreds of thousands — perhaps days prior to the desired date millions — of deaths. It’s impossible to of publication. Guest opinions calculate the weapon’s actual number are selected in of victims, given its ubiquity. It’s actu- accordance with word length, ally quite impressive: Microsoft Word subject relevance, and space recognizes the gunmaker’s last name. considerations. But more depressingly, when I began typing in “AK-47” in my Google toolbar, the second suggestion read “AK-47 for sale.” It’s going price — $600 — surprised me. Indeed, that $600 figure is ridicu- lously high, considering that you can buy an AK for less than $50 in many parts of the world. Furthermore, col- lectors everywhere could scavenge insurgents’ territories or barter a cou- ple of cigarette packs on the streets of some of the world’s more exciting cities for an impressively large arsenal COMMENTARY of the vaunted gun. A friend tipped me off to a July 15 video clip from the New York Times’ website that is off the unintentional comedy charts. During a ceremony in Moscow, Biltim Chingono, the Zimbabwean defense attaché in Political trench warfare Russia, gave the following remarks. “In the AK, I see freedom. I see justice. I see democracy. I see self-determination. I see nationhood. And I also see a peace broker.” You can’t make this stuff up. Kalashnikov himself told a heart- warming story about a meeting with a shows no signs of ending minister from Mozambique. The minis- ter told him to “come to our country, and you shall meet a dozen black-haired And so the jousting continues. For months, the White House has resis- that argument has enough merit to discourage lawmakers from taking boys named Kalash in every village.” ted Congress’s attempts to compel administration officials to testify about this route. Kalashnikov then delivered the the controversial U.S. attorney firings in 2006. Congress’s propensity to let But that doesn’t mean Congress should drop its pursuit. We continue to punch line: “I think this is flattering, subpoenas fly has been matched only by the administration’s hair-trigger believe the administration has been too stingy in sharing information provided I don’t have to pay reaction of trying to block them by invoking executive privilege. The two with Capitol Hill. The White House, as it has promised, should make offi- alimonies.” Charming. sides have thus far failed to strike a compromise; as a result, Bush admin- cials available for questioning, but it should drop its insistence that the Clearly, wherever armed conflict is istration officials, most notably former White House counsel Harriet Miers questioning be done off the record and without a transcript. If lawmakers present, the AK-47 is as well. The and current chief of staff Joshua Bolten, find themselves threatened with arms industry is hugely profitable, are truly serious about getting information — rather than milking the sit- and it’s hard to find a more successful criminal contempt for following the president’s orders to snub congres- uation for all its political worth — they should drop their more question- sional demands. If Congress were to make good on the threat, it would product then Kalashnikov’s model. able tactics. If all else fails, Congress could consider other, less constitu- probably try to direct the U.S. attorney in the District of Columbia to lodge The United States, while not a man- tionally troubling options, such as filing a civil suit in federal court so that ufacturer of the AK, is no saint when the contempt charges in federal court here. a judge could decide whether the administration was properly invoking it comes to the global arms trade. It is Last week, the White House said it would never let that happen. As widely known that President Ronald legal justification, it dusted off a 1984 Justice Department memorandum executive privilege. But we hope it doesn’t get that far. There’s a long history of accommoda- Reagan armed the mujahideen fight- that concludes that allowing Congress to order around a federal prosecu- ing the Soviets in Afghanistan — men tor would violate the separation of powers, permitting Congress to usurp tion between the two branches on these kinds of matters without dragging who would later form the backbone of a role the Constitution clearly assigned to the president. The Clinton the third branch into it. Al Qaeda. But the small arms given to administration relied on similar logic in a 1995 legal opinion. We believe This editorial appeared in Sunday’sWashington Post. these “freedom fighters” — as Reagan infamously called them — pale in comparison with the high-tech ON THE SPOT weaponry America distributes throughout the world. Terrorism is a distinct threat, but What do you think would be the most effective deterrent for smoking on campus? focusing solely on killing armed fight- ers will not prevent more from emerg- “They should “ I think the “ Enforcement.” You can’t stop ing. The central goal should be to start with big most effective “[people from] always deprive the AK — and those tobacco. deterrent would smoking 100 who wield it — spaces from which to ” be education. percent. operate. Instability draws terrorism, ” ” and America has done nothing to sta- bilize global order. In that sense, our strategy in the War on Terror is dan- gerously naïve. It is, sadly, the real smoking gun. Ryan Wright John Westefeld Leslie Ray Amit Saraf E-mail DI columnist Andrew Swift at UI graduate student UI professor UI student UI graduate student [email protected].

Head over to blogs.dailyiowan.com/arts The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Monday, July 23, 2007 - 5 to read about DI Tori was inside playing blogger Louis Virtel’s dress-up for an US Weekly nightmarish outing at photo shoot, Perez [Hilton] a Tori Spelling was still nowhere to be found, barbecue in Santa “and I was officially antsy. Monica, Calif. ” ARTS&CULTURE th er an life fun r MUCH OF HAIRS g PRAY I S OVERSIZED a the her : oine, the hairdos, John Travolta. L Luck ily, the film do esn’t skimp on fun, either. disappointments to straight- way Bynes delivers her hilari- THE U.S. up downers. ously naïve lines right on cue, Hairspray, on the other for example, or the love-struck hand, sinks its catchy little gazes Christopher Walken (as hooks into you from the first Wilbur Turnblad) bestows notes of the opening number, upon his wife. “Good Morning, Baltimore,” Much has been made of and remains as buoyant as Edna Turnblad as played, in SICK SYSTEM the hairdos sported within till drag, by John Travolta. His the closing credits. fat makeup rather bizarrely Michael Moore’s Sicko gives the U.S. health-care system Tracy Turnblad (newcomer restricts his face when he FILM REVIEW Nikki Blonsky) lives above speaks, and his entrance into a compelling checkup but fails to prescribe a by Anna Wiegenstein her father’s joke shop in 1962 the film is somewhat marred Baltimore and only wakes up by the strange and nearly Hairspray in the morning so she and her incomprehensible accent he definitive cure for a score of diseases. best friend, Penny Pingleton adopts. Things improve, When: (Amanda Bynes), can rush thankfully, and by the closing 12:25, 3:15, 6:45, 9:35 p.m. home after school to tune into number we’re ecstactic to see 1:15, 4:30, 7:10, 9:45 p.m. “The Corny Collins Show.” Edna take center stage, span- Where: Despite her plus size, Tracy’s gly dress and sassy attitude Sycamore 12 got a wicked set of dance in place. moves that she just knows Credited as both director Coral Ridge 10 could make her part of the so- and choreographer, Adam #### out of ##### called “nicest kids in town.” Shankman, who’s racked up After learning a bit about far more credits as the latter movement from her new (ranging from She’s All That “You gotta think big to be black friend, Seaweed (Elijah to the musical episode of big!” Kelley, who needs a vehicle “Buffy The Vampire Slayer”), FILM REVIEW So says Wilbur Turnblad to for his movie-star charm keeps the film moving spryly by Paul Sorenson his daughter, Tracy, consoling ASAP), she’s off to integrate along, bouncing from one her as she weeps over the the station — but only if she giddy dance number to the Sicko unfairness of being a teenag- can break through the slen- next. This new incarnation er. Though the implied joke der, platinum-blonde wall cre- may lack some of the bite of When: Publicity photo isn’t the nicest — it’s a com- ated by Velma Von Tussle John Waters’ original 1988 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 p.m. With his fifth feature-length documentary, Michael Moore unveils ment on Tracy’s size, duh — (Michelle Pfeiffer) and her film (though the inclusion of Where: the flaws of the U.S. health-care system. Sicko, like most of Moore’s the line sums up everything daughter Amber (Brittany the “Corny” show’s once-a- Sycamore 12 films, fascinates and irritates people in equal measure. that works about Hairspray. Snow). month “Negro Day!” still got 1 ### ⁄2 out of ##### It’s big in talent, melody, and, Success for a big, broad a gasp from the audience), most importantly, heart. musical such as this rests but trading sarcasm for What a relief it was to exit mainly on its cast and just sweetness guarantees Hair- I’m reluctant to call simple, trademark Moore wit documentary short, and with- the theater after Hairspray, how willing it is to surrender spray a warm place in the Michael Moore’s films docu- (a Star Wars-esque scroll of out even a whisper of the feeling happier than I was two entirely to the glossy, well- heart. mentaries. He doesn’t choose pre-existing conditions is par- other side of socialized medi- hours prior. It’s a sensation coifed world of the film. By the time the film careens anything specific as his cam- ticularly memorable), but in cine, we’re left with nothing that’s been lacking in multi- Thankfully, as led by the into the final showstopper, I era’s target — he lines up vic- the film’s first chunk, there’s but a whitewashed bandage. plexes this summer, both with utterly charming Blonsky, was fully prepared to believe tims, such as gun culture and really nothing to smile about. It may not be his intention, franchise films (Spider-Man this group of actors came the cast as it proclaimed, “you bad presidents, usually In the world according to but here Moore only gives Bill 3, Pirates of the Caribbean, ready to play. Though no one can’t stop the beat!” underlined with the corporate Mike, profit-pushers plant, O’Reilly another chance to Harry Potter) and standalone person spends vast amounts Why would I even want to? exploitation of, well, the rest fertilize, and maintain our tattoo him as a left-wing flicks (Transformers, Evan of time on screen, enthusiasm E-mail DI reporter Anna Wiegenstein at: of America. Throw in some health-care system. Without “blame America first” Almighty) ranging from shines in small doses — the [email protected] emotionally manipulative an overload of statistics or spokesman. music, touching anecdotes, expert factual backup, Moore Luckily for Moore, the well- folksy humor, tenuous facts, convinces the viewer through publicized excursion to Cuba and gutsy personal confronta- stories of the miserable elevates the third act to an tions, and you got yourself a Everyman. If these insured incredible high note. Having MONDAY RECIPE Moore … um, we’ll call it people, separate from the 50 seen almost all of his great • 2 avocados Slice avocados in half. Cut lemon into four pieces. “video essay.” million Americans without stunts, from the pink Sodomo- 1 • ⁄2 lemon Remove seeds and smash Squeeze into mixture. It may sound like a criti- any health insurance, endure bile’s drive through gay • 1 tomato cism, but if his new film Sicko this much pain, then surely protests to the Columbine vic- 1 until creamy. Add Kosher salt. • ⁄2 tablespoon proves anything, it’s that something must be wrong tim K-Mart bullet return, I’m Kosher salt Peel tomato and dice. Mix all together, and enjoy there’s no filmmaker like with the system. nearly positive that Sicko’s is HOMEMADE • 3 fresh Add tomato to avocado with tortilla chips or as a Moore. But then, as if too bummed- his best. Seeing neglected green onions mixture. spread. At his best, his work offers out himself, Moore takes us 9/11 volunteer rescue workers a unique view into the often- on a world tour to compara- make it to Guantánamo Bay GUACAMOLE silenced world of the under- tively prove how much we (which, according to the mili- privileged and the ignored, suck. For more than half an tary, provides excellent health letting his subjects display hour, we see how Canadians, care to detainees) and end up their inconvenient humanity. Brits, and Frenchies are over- receiving fine care in a main- At his worst, Moore hogs the whelmingly better off with land Cuban hospital is satis- camera or resorts to cheap government-assisted pro- fying emotionally, politically, tricks (yes, we know: Bush grams. It’s often funny but and intellectually. The subject isn’t brilliant, but not every- rarely effective. In fact, it of America’s revered “heroes,” thing he says is a misnomer). keeps a very good movie from the placement in the alleged Thankfully, Sicko returns being a great one. most evil country on Earth, Moore’s focus to regular peo- Sicko is made for Ameri- and the day-and-night differ- ple, and while it isn’t as topi- cans, after all, and even if ence of treatment all add to cal or incendiary as Fahren- France is humorously better Moore’s most significant film heit 9/11, it promises to leave (the government will do your illustration. more scars — with the health- laundry for you? Hilarious!), a With this, Moore leaves care system finally paying the quick glance at foreign sys- Sicko a bit incomplete, but at bill. tems only provides a thin least the body parts beside Though it unfortunately view of some people who seem the severed, world-traveling opens with a Bushism, it happy. I’m sure there’re fingers are in fantastic shape. quickly leaps to the normal enough London health horror E-mail DI reporter Paul Sorenson at: folk. We see a hardworking, stories to fill at least a [email protected] insured middle-class couple succumb to bankruptcy through medical bills. We wit- ness tales of children and spouses suffering, even dying, through HMO and insurer negligence. It’s marked by

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Monday, July 23, 2007 DRIVE, HE SAID horoscopes — by Eugenia Last ARIES (March 21-April 19): Make whatever changes are required with your invest- ments. Money is heading your way, and the promise of a contract or settlement looks good. Whatever you put your heart and soul into, you will reap the rewards. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Put your emotions aside if you want to take advantage of some of the events and activities that can shake things up a bit. Love is on the rise, and the chance to do something a little different will give ANDREW R. JUHL you a new lease on life. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Partnerships may appear to be better than they actu- More almost ally are. Get everything in writing, and don’t be too quick to offer too much. You pointless can expect last-minute changes to disrupt your plans and leave you in the lurch. superpowers CANCER (June 21-July 22): You’ve got everything going for you, so don’t stop short of the finish line because you fear failure. 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difficult to issue a positive U.S. and Iran officials will discuss the assessment at a time when there is flagging support in Con- worsening situation in Iraq on Tuesday. gress for keeping American troops in the country. BY KIM GAMEL ian-American scholars and Mahmoud Othman, a Kur- dish lawmaker, and Abbas ASSOCIATED PRESS activists charged with endan- gering national security. The al-Bayati, a Shiite Turkman BAGHDAD — The United U.S. has demanded their parliamentarian, said the oil States and Iran have set a date release, saying the charges legislation was not likely to be debated before September for ambassador-level talks in against them are false. because political leaders have Baghdad on the deteriorating At the same time, Iran has security situation in Iraq — the been unable to agree on a final called for the release of five Ira- draft of the legislation. first such meeting since late nians detained in Iraq, whom May, U.S. and Iraqi officials said “There must first be political the United States has said are consensus between the major on Sunday. members of Iran’s elite Quds blocs on the law but there is not The two sides will sit down Force — accused of arming and enough time for this to be done together on Tuesday, according training Iraqi militants. Iran before the August break,” said to Iraqi Foreign Minister Hosh- says the five are diplomats in al-Bayati, a member of the yar Zebari and U.S. Embassy Iraq with permission of the gov- United Iraqi Alliance, the spokesman Philip Reeker, amid ernment. largest Shiite bloc in the 275- U.S. allegations that Tehran is As recently as Sunday, U.S. seat house. supporting violent Shiite mili- troops detained two suspected The draft oil legislation, tias in the country. weapons smugglers who may be approved by al-Maliki’s Cabinet Zebari told the Associated linked to the Quds force, the but not sent to Parliament Press by telephone that the dis- military said. The suspects and because of widespread opposi- cussions would be at the ambas- a number of weapons were tion, calls for a fair distribution sadorial level and would focus seized during a raid on a rural among Shiites, Kurds and Sun- on the situation in Iraq, not farm compound in eastern Iraq nis of the income from Iraq’s U.S.-Iran tensions. near the Iranian border, accord- IRIB via AP Television/Associated Press massive petroleum resources. Iraq’s fragile government has Sunnis, who make up the ing to a statement. Haleh Esfandiari, a detained Iranian-American, speaks in this image taken from TV during an interview been pressing for another meet- McCormack said the U.S. bulk of the insurgency, have vir- ing between the two nations wanted to use the meeting to at an unknown location aired in Iran on July 16. Iranian state-run television showed footage for the first tually no known oil reserves in with the greatest influence over warn Iran against continuing time of two of the four Iranian-Americans detained in the country, promising more images in the coming their territories yet still oppose its future, and Iran has repeat- its support for militants in Iraq. days. The video showed Esfandiari and Kian Tajbakhsh separately, located in what appeared to be the current draft legislation. Kurds, who control large edly signaled its willingness to He offered no explanation for residential homes, wearing civilian attire. sit down. State Department Washington’s apparent change reserves in northern Iraq, spokesman Sean McCormack of heart about meeting with on Iran with the Navy conduct- neighboring Iraq, which like American commander Gen. oppose the measure because it said last week that Washington Tehran. ing exercises in the Persian Gulf Iran has a majority Shiite Mus- David Petraeus must report to could loosen their control over a was also ready to hold new talks Iraq had hoped to arrange a this spring and the U.S. pushing lim population. Congress on progress in Iraq by key asset. with Iran on the security situa- higher-level meeting between for new U.N. sanctions against In Baghdad, meanwhile, two Sept. 15, and the absence of leg- AP writer Qassim Abdul-Zahra contributed to tion in Iraq. Rice and Iranian Foreign Minis- Tehran over its disputed powerful legislators said Sun- islative progress will make it this report. The May 28 meeting marked ter Manouchehr Mottaki, but nuclear program. day that prospects were dim for a break in a 27-year diplomatic the two exchanged only stiff The United States broke off passage of a U.S.-backed oil bill freeze between the U.S. and pleasantries during a recent diplomatic ties with Iran follow- before Parliament’s August Iran and was expected to have international conference on ing the 1979 storming of the vacation, casting a new cloud been followed within a month Iraq’s security in Egypt. U.S. Embassy in Tehran and the over a pivotal September by a second encounter. But fol- The U.S. is pursuing a two- holding of American hostages progress report that could lowing that meeting, Secretary track strategy with Iran that for 444 days. weigh heavily on the future of of State Condoleezza Rice and reflects the high stakes in any Any direct talks between the the U.S. presence in Iraq. other U.S. officials said Iran had engagement with a nation Pres- two nations are rare, and even American officials have not scaled back what the United ident Bush accuses of funding fleeting encounters at larger pressed Prime Minister Nouri States claims is a concerted terrorism and building a gatherings or diplomatic din- al-Maliki and Parliament to effort to arm militants and nuclear bomb. ners are scrutinized for clues to pass laws the U.S. deems essen- harm U.S. troops. Washington is reaching out their future relations. tial to restoring stability in Iraq, Tensions also have risen over tentatively with the talks on Iran denies the U.S. allega- and the oil bill is at the top of Tehran’s detention of four Iran- Iraq, but also keeping a check tions about its activities in the list. Official takes blame for passport snafu BY MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN ‘The passport is becoming adjudicators — the key workers ASSOCIATED PRESS — by 2006. But he got Harty to something like a national acknowledge that only 290 had WASHINGTON — The cur- been added as of this month. rent passport mess is rare among ID card.’ Harty’s office consulted with government foul-ups: A top feder- the Homeland Security Depart- al official has publicly taken the —Maura Harty, Assistant ment and the travel industry, blame and expressed regret. Secretary of State analyzed historical trends and “Over the past several hired the consulting company months, many travelers who when entering the United States. BearingPoint to conduct a applied for a passport did not Before 2004 ended, Congress study. Based on all this receive their documents in time enacted this passport require- research, it projected that the for their planned travel. I ment. The Bush administration number of passports issued deeply regret that,” says Assis- spent two years getting ready. would rise from 12.1 million in tant Secretary of State Maura Last Nov. 22, Homeland Secu- 2006 to 16.2 million this year. Harty, who is in charge of U.S. rity Secretary Michael Chertoff “We miscalculated,” Harty passports. “I accept complete announced that as of Jan. 23, told Congress. Her office now responsibility for this.” Americans visiting Canada, estimates it is on track to issue The government started Mexico, Central and South 17.7 million this year. requiring more Americans to America, the Caribbean, and The department could have have passports on Jan. 23 in an Bermuda by air would need reached its 16.2 million figure effort to thwart terrorism. By passports. The requirement will by adding BearingPoint’s summer, more than 2 million not take effect for land and sea midrange estimate that the new people were waiting for pass- travelers until sometime rules alone would produce 4.1 ports; half a million had waited between the summer of 2008 million new applications, more than three months since and June 2009. according to a person familiar with the BearingPoint study, applying for a document that The State and Homeland Secu- who requested anonymity typically was ready in six weeks. rity departments began a publici- because it has not be released. The massive backlog ty blitz about the new require- But that left no allowance for ment. The government even paid destroyed summer vacations, normal annual growth, which to run its announcement on light- ruined wedding and honeymoon has averaged 18.5 percent for plans, and disrupted business ed outdoor news tickers in New the past three years. meetings and education plans. York to reach the national televi- Harty, however, attributes the People lost work days waiting in sion audience for the Macy’s miscalculation partly to poor lines or thousands of dollars in Thanksgiving Day Parade. government advertising. nonrefundable travel deposits. Five passport offices were “An awful lot of people have Members of Congress were expanded, and a new one applied who don’t need pass- inundated with pleas from con- opened, Harty told the House ports yet” because they are driv- stituents for help. Requests to Foreign Affairs Committee this ing to Canada or Mexico, Harty lawmakers soared from dozens month. Other offices were put on said. The government’s media a year to hundreds a month in double or round-the-clock shifts. efforts “didn’t get the word out many offices. The State Department set up who actually needed a passport Some in Congress wonder if the a call center where people could and who didn’t.” effort has not hurt security. Oth- schedule appointments nation- Many other people are apply- ers question whether more pass- wide and created a website — ing even though they have no ports contribute much to security. http://tinyurl.com/3a59al — travel plans — “something that The sorry episode originated where they could check the sta- we’ve never seen before” — pos- three years ago with the final tus of an application. sibly because of the national report of the 9/11 commission. In 2005 and 2006, the depart- immigration debate, Harty said. “For terrorists, travel docu- ment hired 1,366 passport adju- “The passport is becoming ments are as important as dicators, fraud-prevention something like a national ID weapons,” the report said. workers, trainers, managers, card.” The commission noted that and contract support workers. “People are concerned they Americans could return to the An additional 1,222 have been need to prove they are citizens,” United States from Canada, hired so far this year. for employment and to receive Mexico, and the Caribbean with- But Rep. Brad Sherman, D- federal benefits, she said. out passports. The report said Calif., suggested the hiring was There also was a huge, unan- Americans should not be exempt mishandled. He said the depart- ticipated surge in applications from having to show a passport ment planned to have 400 to — 5.5 million in January,Febru- or other secure identification 500 more full-time passport ary and March.

8 - The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Monday, July 23, 2007 Sports dailyiowan.com for more sports SPORTS ’N’ STUFF Bonds takes homer chase home Phoenix 13 10 .565 2 NATIONAL LEAGUE Seattle 12 11 .522 3 BY JANIE MCCAULEY Atlanta are night games, fol- East Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 8 13 .381 6 ASSOCIATED PRESS lowed by a 4 p.m. PDT start New York 55 43 .561 — Houston 7 16 .304 8 1 1 Atlanta 52 47 .525 3 ⁄2 Minnesota 5 19 .208 10 ⁄2 Thursday. The July 29 finale Philadelphia 50 48 .510 5 Sunday’s Games MILWAUKEE — Barry 1 with the Florida Marlins is the Florida 48 51 .485 7 ⁄2 Connecticut 81, Houston 79 Washington 42 56 .429 13 Seattle 77, New York 75 Bonds’ pursuit of the home-run only early afternoon contest. Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 84, San Antonio 82, OT Milwaukee 55 43 .561 — Phoenix 106, Minnesota 93 record will resume back in San Bonds’ teammates are eager 1 Chicago 51 46 .526 3 ⁄2 Today’s Games Francisco tonight. 1 for him to break the record not St. Louis 45 50 .474 8 ⁄2 No games scheduled Houston 42 56 .429 13 Bonds has 753 home runs, only for the slugger’s sanity,but 1 Pittsburgh 41 56 .423 13 ⁄2 1 TOUR DE FRANCE two from tying Hank Aaron’s Cincinnati 41 58 .414 14 ⁄2 so everybody will have a sem- West Division W L Pct GB Highlights from the 14th stage of the Tour de record, and he will have the blance of normalcy again. The Los Angeles 55 44 .556 — France San Diego 53 44 .546 1 PLATEAU DE BEILLE, France (AP) — A brief look chance to make history back media horde was huge at 1 Arizona 52 48 .520 3 ⁄2 at the 14th stage of the Tour de France on Sunday: 1 home in the Bay Area, where Colorado 49 49 .500 5 ⁄2 Stage: The first of three grueling mountain stages Miller Park this weekend, and 1 San Francisco 41 55 .427 12 ⁄2 in the Pyrenees took riders 122.4 miles from he’s hit so many of his mile- it will just get crazier back Sunday’s Games Mazamet to Plateau de Beille that included two Florida 9, Cincinnati 3 very difficult climbs. stone home runs. home. Houston 1, Pittsburgh 0 Winner: Spanish rider Alberto Contador beat Tour “Maybe he’ll hit it in our Washington 3, Colorado 0 leader Michael Rasmussen in a sprint to the line “With the group of guys we Milwaukee 7, San Francisco 5 after the two riders had broken away near the final bullpen, and one of us will have and guys who have been Arizona 3, Chicago Cubs 0 summit. Both finished in 5 hours, 25 minutes, 48 Philadelphia 9, San Diego 0 seconds. catch it,” reliever Steve Kline around, I don’t see it making a N.Y. Mets 5, L.A. Dodgers 4, 10 innings Yellow Jersey: Rasmussen kept his overall lead. said. St. Louis 7, Atlanta 2, 10 innings The Dane holds a 2:23 lead over Contador; 3:04 big change,” right fielder Randy Today’s Games over Cadel Evans; and 4:29 over Levi Leipheimer. Bonds was held out of the Winn said. “It’s always fun to Morry Gash/Associated Press Milwaukee (Capuano 5-6) at Cincinnati (Harang 10- Next stage: Today’s 15th stage offers some more 2), 6:10 p.m. punishing climbs in the Pyrenees over a 121.8-mile Giants’ 7-5 loss Sunday in the play in that kind of atmosphere.” A fan holds up a sign as San Francisco Giant Barry Bonds bats L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 6-0) at Houston run from Foix to Loudenvielle-Le Louron. A rest day series finale against the Mil- (Sampson 7-6), 7:05 p.m. follows Tuesday. Bochy said at the beginning during the eighth inning against the Milwaukee Brewers on July 21 San Diego (Maddux 7-7) at Colorado (Francis 10- 1. Alberto Contador, Spain, Discovery Channel, 5 waukee Brewers, though man- of this trip that he no longer 5), 8:05 p.m. in Milwaukee. hours, 25 minutes, 48 seconds. ager Bruce Bochy almost used Florida (Willis 7-9) at Arizona (Davis 6-10), 8:40 2. Michael Rasmussen, Denmark, Rabobank, same planned to play Bonds in day Bochy doesn’t want to think starting July 31. p.m. time. his slugger to pinch hit. games following night games, Atlanta (Smoltz 9-5) at San Francisco (Cain 3-11), 3. Juan Mauricio Soler, Colombia, Barloworld, 37 about the possibility Bonds’ “Sure, we’d like for it to hap- 9:15 p.m. seconds behind. Bonds started just three of but the seven-time MVP 4. Levi Leipheimer, United States, Discovery seven games during San Fran- chase might move into the pen on this home stand,” Bochy AMERICAN LEAGUE Channel, :40. appeared in the Giants’ victo- club’s next road trip: to Los said. “But we’re not going to 5. Carlos Sastre, Spain, Team CSC, :53. cisco’s trip. Bonds went a 0-for-6 ries both on the night of July 20 East Division W L Pct GB 6. Andreas Kloeden, Germany, Astana, 1:52. Angeles and San Diego change things if it doesn’t.” Boston 59 39 .602 — 7. Cadel Evans, Australia, Predictor-Lotto, same with three walks — one inten- and the afternoon of July 21. 1 New York 51 46 .526 7 ⁄2 time. Toronto 48 50 .490 11 8. Antonio Colom, Spain, Astana, 2:23. tional — and two strikeouts in “We’ll see how the games go,” 1 9. Andrey Kashechkin, Kazakhstan, Astana, same Baltimore 44 53 .454 14 ⁄2 the first two games of the series Bochy said of the home stand. Tampa Bay 38 60 .388 21 time. Central Division W L Pct GB 10. Yaroslav Popovych, Ukraine, Discovery in the city where Aaron started “I’ll give him a day, but I don’t Detroit 58 38 .604 — Channel, 3:06. Cleveland 58 40 .592 1 Overall Standings (After 14 stages) and finished his 23-year career. know exactly when — if not Minnesota 51 47 .520 8 1. Michael Rasmussen, Denmark, Rabobank, Bonds, who will turn 43 1 more [than one day].” Chicago 43 54 .443 15 ⁄2 64:12:15. 1 2. Alberto Contador, Spain, Discovery Channel, Kansas City 43 54 .443 15 ⁄2 Tuesday, will likely play five or Bochy knows he will disap- West Division W L Pct GB 2:23. six games during San Francis- Los Angeles 57 40 .588 — 3. Cadel Evans, Australia, Predictor-Lotto, 3:04. point the fans in the Giants’ Seattle 54 41 .568 2 4. Levi Leipheimer, United States, Discovery co’s upcoming seven-game 1 Oakland 46 52 .469 11 ⁄2 Channel, 4:29. waterfront ballpark when he 1 5. Andreas Kloeden, Germany, Astana, 4:38. home stand — including Texas 42 56 .429 15 ⁄2 does choose to sit Bonds, who Sunday’s Games 6. Carlos Sastre, Spain, Team CSC, 5:50. tonight’s series opener against Kansas City 5, Detroit 2 7. Andrey Kashechkin, Kazakhstan, Astana, 6:58. hit two home runs July 19 N.Y. Yankees 21, Tampa Bay 4 8. Mikel Astarloza, Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi, 8:25. the Atlanta Braves. Toronto 8, Seattle 0 9. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Caisse d’Epargne, against the Cubs at Wrigley Boston 8, Chicago White Sox 5 9:45. In his first season as San L.A. Angels 7, Minnesota 2 10. Yaroslav Popovych, Ukraine, Discovery Field on almost three full days’ Baltimore 2, Oakland 0 Channel, 10:55. Francisco’s skipper after 12 Cleveland 8, Texas 3 17. Christopher Horner, United States, Predictor- years with the NL West rival rest. Today’s Games Lotto, 17:23. The Giants certainly want Boston (Lester 0-0) at Cleveland (Westbrook 1-5), 37. George Hincapie, United States, Discovery Padres, Bochy spoke to Bonds 6:05 p.m. Channel, 40:01. Bonds to become the new Minnesota (J.Santana 11-7) at Toronto (Marcum 5- 41. Christian Vandevelde, United States, Team in the batting cage this week- 4), 6:07 p.m. CSC, 47:08. end and realized just how home-run king at home, where N.Y. Yankees (Clemens 2-4) at Kansas City (Perez he is beloved in spite of the 5-8), 7:10 p.m. TRANSACTIONS thrilling the record will be. Detroit (Miller 5-3) at Chicago White Sox (Buehrle “Sometimes you have to steroids suspicions that sur- 7-5), 7:11 p.m. BASEBALL Seattle (Ramirez 5-2) at Texas (Millwood 6-8), 7:35 American League remind yourself you’re stand- round him. p.m. LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Traded C Jose Molina Oakland (Gaudin 8-5) at L.A. Angels (Colon 6-5), to the New York Yankees for RHP Jeff Kennard. ing by who is going to be the “It’s hard to get more people 9:05 p.m. NEW YORK YANKEES—Optioned RHP Edwar all-time home-run leader,” in there than what we’ve had. Ramirez to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Recalled RHP Matt DeSalvo from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Bochy said. “Sure, that is some- They’ve been unbelievable as WNBA Signed RHP Scott Williamson to a minor league EASTERN CONFERENCE contract. thing you not only think about far as the support through our W L Pct GB TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS—Optioned RHP Jason but appreciate. … It’s going to struggles,” Bochy said. “But I’m Detroit 17 5 .773 — Hammel to Durham (IL). Recalled LHP J.P. Howell Indiana 16 6 .727 1 from Durham. be pretty special when it hap- sure it’s going to create even 1 Connecticut 12 11 .522 5 ⁄2 National League New York 10 12 .455 7 CINCINNATI REDS—Transferred SS Alex pens. Barry should get the more excitement. It’s hard to 1 Chicago 10 13 .435 7 ⁄2 Gonzalez from the bereavement to the restricted attention he’s getting.” beat what we have at our ball- Washington 9 13 .409 8 list. WESTERN CONFERENCE COLORADO ROCKIES—Claimed LHP Sean The Braves are another one park. Now that Barry’s getting W L Pct GB Thompson off waivers from Kansas City and San Antonio 14 7 .667 — optioned him to Tulsa (Texas). Transferred RHP of the Hammer’s former teams. closer, you’ll sense the Sacramento 12 9 .571 2 Zach McClellan from the 15- to the 60-day DL. The first three games with excitement.” Rasmussen still atop Tour BY JAMEY KEATEN ASSOCIATED PRESS RAGBRAI KICKS OFF PLATEAU DE BEILLE, France — Michael Rasmussen The bicycle ride across Iowa is starting to resemble Lance began once again last weekend, Armstrong, and it’s not just with RAGBRAI participants because the Dane is wearing the making their way from Rock yellow jersey as leader of the Rapids to Spencer on Sunday. Tour de France. While the course is mapped Rasmussen extended his lead almost exclusively across against all of his top rivals northern Iowa and will not pass except Spain’s Alberto Contador through Iowa City, the UNI in the 14th stage on Sunday, campus in Cedar Falls will be advancing his bid to follow a the event’s host on Wednesday. path blazed by the seven-time Check back with the DI later Tour champion. this week for coverage of “Rasmussen has done an RAGBRAI XXXV. incredible thing today,” said Johan Bruyneel, the sports he finished a bike length ahead director of Discovery Channel of Rasmussen for his first stage Christophe Ena/Associated Press — Armstrong’s former team victory. Alberto Contador of Spain (left) followed by overall leader Michael that now includes Contador. Both were given the time of 5 Rasmussen of Denmark, pedals during the ascent of Plateau de “The Tour de France is not easy hours, 25 seconds, 48 seconds, Beille in sourthern France during the 14th stage of the 94th Tour de to control.” but because of bonus seconds The diminutive Dane, who is awarded for a stage win, Conta- France on Sunday. Contador won the stage, and Rasmussen retained riding in his fourth Tour, won dor gained 8 seconds on Ras- the yellow jersey. the first of his two polka-dot jer- mussen and vaulted to second ish cycling federation doubted the honesty of riders seys given to the Tour’s best overall, 2:31 back. announced Thursday that he who win a Tour stage — or any climber in 2005 — when the Rasmussen, who has won had been kicked off the national cycling competition. Texan last wore yellow home. three Tour stages, denied that team because he had failed to The survey of 1,004 people Rasmussen is showing that he had let Contador win, notify cycling authorities of his aged 15 or over was conducted he, like Armstrong, knows how instead crediting the young whereabouts for possible sur- July 19-20 by the Ifop agency. to control the race. And just as Spaniard for seizing a better prise anti-doping tests in May No margin of error was given. Armstrong had to continually position to edge him out at the and June. At news conferences after defend himself against accusa- renowned uphill finish. Then on July 20, a former Tour stages, the word from Ras- tions of doping, Rasmussen “This is the Tour de France. amateur mountain-bike racer mussen’s team is now clear: finds himself under the cloud You don’t give any presents,” from Boulder, Colo., accused Ras- Only questions about “the race.” that has dogged cycling and Rasmussen said. “The Plateau mussen of trying to trick him Asked how he could remain kept Contador out of last year’s de Beille is not something you into carrying illicit doping mate- silent about the controversy Tour. He missed the race when give away. It was a very well- rials into Italy five years ago. amid many fan doubts, Ras- mussen said: “I have one more his former team — Astana — deserved win.” The head of the International week of hard competition, and if was disqualified on the eve of Armstrong, who won stages Cycling Union said on Sunday the start because of a Spanish here in 2002 and 2004, once I have to deal with everything that the cycling governing body else, then I go crazy.” doping probe that implicated spoke just like that. would meet with Whitney He showed his mettle Sun- five of its riders. Coming from behind to edge Richards, the former rider who day. His Rabobank teammates On Sunday, Contador and Andreas Kloeden of Germany in said Rasmussen asked him to escorted him along the first gru- Rasmussen dusted the pack and a dazzling sprint finish in Le carry a pair of cycling shoes in eling ascent — the Port de Pail- battled one-on-one to the finish Grand Bornand in 2004, Arm- March 2002 to Italy. Richards heres — but they lost steam and of the 122-mile ride from Maza- strong famously quipped: “No said he instead found IV bags left him to fend for himself up met to Plateau de Beille, the gifts this year.” filled with human blood substi- the final climb. first of three demanding stages Rasmussen has said he has tute, which he poured down the His yellow jersey partly in the Pyrénées. never failed a doping test, and drain. unzipped, Rasmussen kept close The two-man show demon- he has called himself the Tour’s “Any allegations he has would watch on his five nearby rivals strated how climbers have an most-tested rider this year. have to be backed up by proof … — Contador, Cadel Evans, Juan edge in the 94th edition of Armstrong often used to say he he’d need witnesses,” cycling- Mauricio Soler, Levi Leipheimer cycling’s main event. The next was “the most-tested athlete in union President Pat McQuaid of the United States, and Carlos two stages in the Pyrénées are the world.” said. If not, “the story might go Sastre of Spain. likely to further narrow the As part of Tour rules, the bear- down the drain.” The riders tested each other field of contenders, and a time er of the yellow jersey undergoes The accusations are just the with short bursts to see who trial on the eve of the July 29 a urine test after every stage. latest to plague the sport, which would be the first to crack. Ras- finish in Paris could determine Rasmussen first took the overall even in France is showing signs mussen and Contador broke the champion. lead July 15 — and he has held of having lost its credibility. A away when the other riders Contador showed Sunday he it every day since. poll published Sunday in the finally began to struggle. can’t be counted out, tapping his Rasmussen has been hound- weekly Journal du Dimanche AP writer Jerome Pugmire contributed to this chest and pointing skyward as ed by questions since the Dan- found 78 percent of respondents report. The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Monday, July 23, 2007 - 9 dailyiowan.com for more sports Sports Prime Time comes down to last shot Cub Freeman bats snares silent MVP CUBS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12 FREEMAN CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12 The Cubs have only man- aged four hits in the last 15 Despite the junior’s innings. jaw-dropping closing effort, “We need a couple of these which totaled 36 points, 11 assists, and seven rebounds guys to hot a little again. Get- on July 18, his team couldn’t ting Lee [back] is big for us. overcome a late deficit and You lose your 3 hitter in the lost a tight contest, 124-115. lineup, and then you have a The game may have couple of other guys who have proved a disappointing end gotten a little cold, you need to one aspect of the basket- some warm bats in there, and ball off-season, but Freeman getting Derrek in there will again showed his developing help a lot,” Cub manager Lou ability to direct from the Piniella said. backcourt. The Diamondback bullpen While the North Liberty was dominant for the second- Community Center courts straight game, holding the aren’t exactly Carver-Hawk- Cubs to a single in three eye Arena replicas in terms innings. In the past two games, of size, Freeman attributed Arizona relievers have pitched early success to his team’s eight scoreless innings. relentless run-and-gun. “We didn’t swing the bats. The 6-1, 185-pound point Brett Slezak/The Daily Iowan Former UNI basketball player Grant Stout of Premier/Pawz shoots over Jarryd Cole during the Prime Time championship on Sunday. Cole We didn’t put any pressure on man is Iowa’s returning them,” said Mark DeRosa. finished with 16 points and 12 rebounds in the 91-90 loss. scorer with 7.4 points per Jose Valverde got three game last season, and his outs for his 30th save in 33 assist total of 113 will likely PRIME TIME ‘It’s frustrating, especially when you make mistakes “It’s great to play, to get that competitive game in,” he said. chances. increase next year with the CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12 Cub starter Sean Marshall departure of seniors Adam down the stretch. If teams outplay you, and they “But to win a championship, (4-4) labored through the first Haluska and Mike “It’s frustrating, especially you don’t have to be the best make better plays than you, that’s one thing, but when inning. With two outs, Byrnes Henderson. when you make mistakes down player, but you have to be on a singled to center and stole Not to mention the effect the stretch,” he said. “If teams make you mistakes, turn the ball over, take bad shots, good team, some guys who the program’s new staff, led outplay you, and they make bet- work together and play hard. second base. After a walk to and miss free throws down the stretch, that hurts.’ That’s what we had, so it feels by team-first head coach ter plays than you, that’s one Conor Jackson, Mark kind of good to win with a Todd Lickliter, will have on thing, but when you make mis- — Duez Henderson Reynolds drove in Byrnes group of good guys.” Freeman’s numbers. Just a takes, turn the ball over, take from second with a single to what helped me most today.” because I knew they’d all be Lehman appreciated what left, giving the Diamondbacks few months since Lickliter’s bad shots, and miss free throws Lehman has won Prime unselfish and good passers, and Moore presented on a nightly a 1-0 lead. Marshall threw 26 hiring in April, Freeman down the stretch, that hurts.” Time championships in years that made us more and more basis from coaching him before, pitches in the first inning. said the chemistry between If there is a positive coming in past, but he said the persever- difficult to guard as the season and he was once again grateful Marshall gave up one run parties has developed defeat for Imprinted/Goodfel- ance his players gave as the went on and they became more for the way he took on his role quickly. low, it was the performance of season progressed is what comfortable with one another.” this summer. and five hits in six innings. He “They [the new coaches] Cole, who finished the contest made this year special for him. It has been nearly a decade “Not only is he a great player, struck out five and walked two. can be friends and coaches,” with 16 points and 12 rebounds. “We started out 0-2,” the since Moore last suited up in an he’s a great person, and he’s a The Diamondbacks took he said earlier this month. “The main thing is I learned coach said. “We lost our first Iowa uniform, but the 31-year- tremendous leader for these advantage of Cub reliever “They are friends, but they to use one move,” Cole said. two — we had leads, and lost old has always enjoyed spending younger kids,” Lehman said. Carlos Marmol in the seventh also know when to be coach- “You have to be powerful in the them — but they really hung his summers playing in the “He’s always focused; he always inning. Snyder tagged Mar- es and get on us.” college level, and I’ve learned together and tried to execute Prime Time League, and win- comes to play.” mol for a leadoff shot on a 3-1 E-mail DI Sports Editor Charlie Kautz at: that along this two months I’ve what we were trying to do. ning a championship only makes E-mail DI reporter Brendan Stiles at: count. Then with two outs, [email protected] been here. That’s probably “I kind of drafted this team the experience more memorable. [email protected] Jackson drove in Chris Young, making it 3-0. Notes: Alfonso Soriano MLB made an error in his second- consecutive game. Soriano has committed three errors on the season. … C Jason Angels deck Twins behind Saunders Kendall got his first hit as a member of the Cubs in the ASSOCIATED PRESS Phillies 9, Padres 0 fifth inning. Kendall was traded to the Cubs on Mon- MINNEAPOLIS — Joe Saun- SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ryan day from Oakland. He broke ders allowed two runs in seven Howard drove in two runs, and J.D. an 0-for-9 streak since the innings, and Garret Anderson Durbin pitched his first career trade. … Byrnes made a run- snapped a homerless drought for shutout to help the Phillies with ning catch near the foul line Los Angeles that spanned 14-con- their third straight. 1 in right on Theriot’s ball in secutive games and 134 ⁄3 innings. Shane Victorino drove in three Called up to replace Ervin the sixth inning. After mak- runs, Aaron Rowand added a pair of Santana, who was sent down to ing the catch, Byrnes RBIs, and Jimmy Rollins scored the minors on Wednesday, Saun- slammed into the pads on the three times as the Phillies outscored ders (4-0) allowed six hits and wall in foul territory. … With San Diego 26-8 during the three- struck out five as the Angels Sunday’s attendance at 41, game series. opened a two-game lead on hard- 705, the Cubs passed the 2 charging Seattle in the AL West. Mets 5, Dodgers 4 million mark in attendance Anderson’s solo shot in the for the season. … Byrnes third landed in the upper deck in LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chip stole his 26th base of the sea- right field for a 3-0 lead, ending Ambres singled home the go- the Angels’ longest homerless ahead run in the 10th inning to son setting a career-high. He drought since an 18-game skid help the Mets take three of four in has stolen at least one base in spanned 170 innings in 1976. a series between division leaders. seven of the last eight games. Yankees 21, Devil New York tied the score in the ninth when Matt Kemp allowed Rays 4 Shawn Green’s fly to short right NEW YORK (AP) — Shelley Duncan to fall for an error as pinch-run- homered twice, including a three-run ner Anderson Hernandez came drive that capped a 10-run fourth inning home from third. Sunday in the surging New York Yankees’ 21-4 rout of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Alex Rodriguez hit his major Paul Battaglia/Associated Press league-leading 34th homer and No. Los Angeles Angel Nathan Haynes (13) scores on a Chone Figgins single as Minnesota Twins catcher Joe 498 of his career. Hideki Matsui, Mauer waits for the throw during the first inning Sunday in Minneapolis. Bobby Abreu, and Robinson Cano also homered, and the Yankees hit Royals 5, Tigers 2 Marlins 9, Reds 3 hammered a 1-0 pitch into the left-field six home runs in a game for the first mezzanine for his sixth homer. time in two years. DETROIT (AP) — Brian Bannister MIAMI (AP) — Dan Uggla broke a New York had 25 hits, reaching 20 for allowed four hits in seven innings, seventh-inning tie with a two-run the second-straight game and improv- and Esteban German homered for homer, and Florida routed Cincinnati ing to a season-best five over .500. the Royals, who went 5-4 on a trip for the third game in a row, outscor- Matsui tied his regular-season high with against playoff contenders Boston, ing the Reds 30-6 over that span. five hits, and every Yankees starter had a Cleveland, and Detroit. Mike Jacobs also hit a two-run homer hit, a run, and an RBI. Rodriguez pushed The Royals are 6-3 during their last for the Marlins, who lost shortstop his big-league-leading RBIs total to 99 in three series in Detroit, starting with Hanley Ramirez when he partially dislo- 97 games plus the suspended contest the season-ending sweep that cost cated his left shoulder on a swing in the against Baltimore. the Tigers’ last year’s AL Central title. first inning. His status was day-to-day. Brewers 7, Giants 5 Astros 1, Pirates 0 Nats 3, Rockies 0 MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ryan Braun PITTSBURGH (AP) — Woody WASHINGTON (AP) — Austin and Corey Hart hit first-inning home Williams threw eight shutout innings, a Kearns hit a three-run homer in the runs off Barry Zito, leading the series of excellent Houston defensive eighth inning, and four Washington Brewers over the Giants to avoid a plays repeatedly frustrated the Pirates, pitchers combined on a second-con- three-game sweep. and the Astros finally took a series secutive shutout of the Rockies. Brewer pitchers got through the against Pittsburgh by winning Sunday. The Nationals took the lead in the weekend series without giving up a Luke Scott, who entered after star eighth after D’Angelo Jimenez singled to home run to Barry Bonds, who sat out rookie center fielder Hunter Pence right off Jorge Julio (0-3) with two outs Sunday; he is expected to resume his sprained his right wrist while batting and went to second on a passed ball by pursuit of Hank Aaron’s record at in the fourth, drove in the only run Yorvit Torrealba. Ryan Zimmerman was home in San Francisco tonight. with a two-out single in the sixth. intentionally walked before Kearns

10 - The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Monday, July 23, 2007 Sports dailyiowan.com for more sports Harrington hangs on to win wild British Open BY DOUG FERGUSON 3-foot bogey putt to beat Sergio ASSOCIATED PRESS Garcia. “I know it was only a short IOWAN JOHNSON CARNOUSTIE, Scotland — putt, but the emotions of it,” Anywhere else, Padraig Har- Harrington said. “I couldn’t FINISHES 20TH rington might have walked off believe it as it was rolling in Zach Johnson of Cedar Rapids the 18th green knowing his two from right in the middle of the ended the British Open in 20th shots that found the bottom of hole, and I’m thinking, ‘The place Sunday, shooting a final- Barry Burn for double bogey had Open champion.’ A huge amount round 70 to finish even-par for cost him the British Open. of it was genuine shock.” the tournament. Johnson Not at Carnoustie, where It was equally shocking to earned $86,377 for his efforts, calamity can strike at any sec- Garcia. pushing his season earnings ond and did during Sunday’s He was poised to capture his past $3 million. final round. first major championship until One shot crashed off the stone he blew a three-shot lead in the ended Europe’s eight-year wall of the burn and ricocheted final round. Harrington gave drought in the majors. The victo- 50 yards across the wrong fair- him one more chance with that ry moved him up to No. 6 in the way and out-of-bounds. Another double bogey on the 18th hole in world, part of the elite. bounced across a tiny bridge regulation. Needing a par to All because of a double bogey until it plunged over the side on win, Garcia hit into a on the 72nd hole. the last hop. Still another looked bunker and missed a Harrington looked as though like a hole-in-one until it 10-foot par putt. he might get the break of a life- smacked the base of the pin and “Now, if Sergio parred the last time when his tee shot dribbled caromed 18 feet away. and I did lose, I think I would across the bridge, a yard away The final hour was golf the- have struggled to come back out from safety until it dove over the ater at its best. and be a competitive golfer,” railing. After taking a penalty In a nail-biter that stirred Harrington said. “It meant that drop, he hung his head when his memories of Jean Van de Velde’s much to me. But I never let it 5-iron bounced into the burn. famous collapse in 1999, Har- sink into me that I had just It was a sick feeling, the same Rebecca Naden/Associated Press rington delivered the fitting fin- thrown away the Open champi- one Van de Velde surely felt Padraig Harrington poses for photographers holding the trophy after winning the British Open at ish to a day that kept everyone onship.” when he hit into the same Carnoustie, Scotland, on Sunday. guessing. He took a two-shot He became the first Irishman stream. Harrington gave no lead to the final hole of a playoff in 60 years with his name on the thought to removing his shoes Instead, he figured out how to bogey. He pitched to 5 feet perhaps the biggest putt of the and still had to sweat out a claret jug, and Harrington and stepping into the burn. get up and down for double behind the hole and made round.

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SCOREBOARD DI SPORTS DESK MLB Florida 9, Cincinnati 3 THE DI SPORTS DEPARTMENT WELCOMES Kansas City 5, Detroit 2 Houston 1, Pittsburgh 0 QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, & SUGGESTIONS. N.Y. Yankees 21, Tampa Bay 4 Washington 3, Colorado 0 Toronto 8, Seattle 0 Milwaukee 7, San Francisco 5 PHONE: (319) 335-5848 Boston 8, Chicago White Sox 5 Arizona 3, Chicago Cubs 0 FAX: (319) 335-6184 L.A. Angels 7, Minnesota 2 Philadelphia 9, San Diego 0 Baltimore 2, Oakland 0 N.Y. Mets 5, L.A. Dodgers 4, 10 innings Cleveland 8, Texas 3 St. Louis 7, Atlanta 2, 10 innings SPORTS Monday, July 23, 2007 British Open: Harrington hangs on to win, Page 10 dailyiowan.com PRIME TIME LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP — INVESTMENTS/LUCKY PAWZ 91, IMPRINTED SPORTSWEAR/GOODFELLOW PRINTING 90

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Red Sox 8, White Sox 5 BOSTON (AP) — Manny Ramirez homered and drove in four runs, Mike Lowell added a three-run shot, and DECIDES CHAMPION the Boston Red Sox held on A controversial last-second shot helps Darryl Moore’s Premier/Pawz for an 8-5 win over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday. escape with a 91-90 victory in Sunday’s Prime Time championship bout. After losing to Chicago 4-2 Tony on July 19, Boston outscored BY BRENDAN STILES the White Sox 29-10 in the THE DAILY IOWAN final three games of the series to close out their Every instant classic has a longest homestand of the the defining moment, especially season at 6-5. those that have a finish to With the loss, the White Sox remember. fell into a tie for last place in the The Prime Time AL Central with the Kansas City championship game in North Tiger Royals. The White Sox have Liberty on Sunday night fit not been in last place this late the bill perfectly. On a play in the year since the final day of designed during the game’s the 1989 season, according to final time-out by coach Kevin the Elias Sports Bureau. Lehman, former Hawkeye Tim Wakefield (11-9) rules Darryl Moore found UNI’s allowed four runs and six hits 1 Travis Brown open, and in 6 ⁄3 innings for the Red Sox, Brown made a last-second Tony Freeman who have won three straight shot to lead Premier/Pawz to after losing four of five. a 91-90 victory over wins another Wakefield struck out two Imprinted/Goodfellow. and walked two, becoming the But it wasn’t without Prime Time MVP first pitcher to start the season controversy. It appeared as with 20-straight decisions though Brown’s shot wasn’t trophy, whose since Houston’s Shane released until after the horn Reynolds in 2001. sounded. But the call was not 31.5 points per Wakefield coasted through reviewed, so the basket still six innings — allowing just counted, and Premier/Pawz one run on three hits — kept its crown. game illlustrates before Chicago scored four in “It was set up for me to the seventh to cut the deficit take my man one-on-one,” his development. to 8-5. said Moore, who finished with 23 points and three assists. BY CHARLIE KAUTZ “A couple of guys stepped up, THE DAILY IOWAN Lester to start for and I hit Travis in the corner. That’s why we’re here, The only thing missing from Red Sox today because we’re all confident in Tony Freeman’s second-consec- BOSTON (AP) — Jon each other, and we’re all utive Prime Time MVP trophy Lester is slated to return to the dependent on each other. presentation was, in fact, the man himself. mound for “I saw my teammate open, At halftime of Sunday night’s the Boston and just had confidence in championship game, league Red Sox on him to make the shot.” Commissioner Randy Larson Monday, Meanwhile, members of announced Freeman as the nearly a year the Imprinted/Goodfellow summer’s elite after his squad looked shell-shocked, player, but the rookie sea- and they were still in a state Iowa guard son was cut of disbelief after the game. wasn’t present short when “Buzzer beaters are always to accept the he was Lester tough to swallow,” incoming accolade. diagnosed pitcher Iowa freshman Jarryd Cole Still, that the with cancer. said. “It was a well-fought league’s No. 1 Lester was scheduled to game. They rallied back, and pick in the pre- replace Julian Tavarez for today’s the better team won.” season draft Freeman game at Cleveland, the 23-year- No one was more disap- old left-hander’s first major- was unavail- guard pointed in the game’s final able didn’t take league appearance since he beat outcome than Duez Hender- the Los Angeles Angels on Aug. away from what he accom- son. The former Hawkeye led plished on the court. 23 last year. The Red Sox said the way for Imprinted/Good- nine days later that he had a Playing alongside future fellow with 23 points, but the Hawkeye and City High stand- treatable form of lymphoma. stat haunting him is 1-for-4 “I don’t think it really has out Matt Gatens, Freeman from the charity stripe, averaged 31.5 points per game sunken in yet, and I don’t think including two crucial misses it will sink in until tomorrow Brett Slezak/The Daily Iowan and led McCurrys/Gatens to with his squad ahead 90-89 Former Hawkeye Darryl Moore of Premier/Pawz shoots over Imprinted/Goodfellow’s Jarryd Cole on the playoff semifinals. when I get on the mound,” with 12.4 seconds remaining. Lester said Sunday. Sunday during the Prime Time championship in North Liberty. Premier/Pawz won the game, 91-90, Lester was 7-2 with a 4.76 on a buzzer beater. SEE FREEMAN, PAGE 9 1 SEE PRIME TIME, PAGE 9 ERA and 60 strikeouts in 81 ⁄3 innings last year after being called up from Triple-A Pawtucket in June. DIAMONDBACKS 3, CUBS 0 “It’s definitely a lot more gratifying than last year, just for the simple fact of the road that I’ve been on coming back from last year,” Lester said. D-backs’ pitching dominates Cubs After undergoing treatment during the off-season, Lester ASSOCIATED PRESS right-handers. “He’s going to playing so well says a lot about rejoined the Red Sox during spring locate, mix his pitches. He’s the character of this team,” said training and started the season on CHICAGO — Yusmeiro Petit going to throw any pitch at any Eric Byrnes. the disabled list. He was activated 1 may be young, but he’s begin- time and keep guys off balance. The Cubs dropped 3 ⁄2 games on June 11, but immediately was ning to look a lot like a crafty More times than not, you’re not behind the Milwaukee Brewers in optioned to the minors. veteran on the mound. going to get a good pitch to hit.” the NL Central and finished their “It’s been hard, but you have Petit pitched six scoreless Petit left the game after six home stand with a 7-3 record after to sit back and see that they have innings, Chris Snyder homered, innings because of a bruised left losing the final two games. your best interest involved,” he and the Arizona Diamondbacks hand suffered when he knocked “It’s unfortunate we only end said. “It’s been hard getting treat- beat the Chicago Cubs, 3-0, on down a Ryan Theriot line drive up only 7-3, but you know what ed like you’re in a glass bottle, so Sunday to win a road series for the in the third inning. He doesn’t — two months ago, we would’ve it’d be nice to finally break first time in more than a month. expect to miss his next start. been begging for 7-3,” said Cliff through and get to pitch again.” The 22-year-old Petit (2-2) “It wasn’t bad to throw the Floyd. made his fifth start of the sea- ball but catching the ball was Derrek Lee served the final son and his fourth since taking painful,” Petit said through a game of a five-game suspension TV TODAY the spot of the injured Randy translator. for the Cubs, who lost their first Johnson. He allowed three hits Arizona won its first series on series at home since June 15-17 BASEBALL without surrendering a walk the road since sweeping Balti- against San Diego. Chicago had Jerry Lai/Associated Press Red Sox at Indians, 6 p.m., and struck out five. more June 15-17 and won for just won its four previous series at ESPN “He’s a young Livan Hernan- the fourth time in 16 road games. Wrigley Field. Arizona Diamondback Chris Young (right) steals second base, Tigers at White Sox , 7:11 dez. You can put it that way,” “To get two wins in Chicago sliding ahead of the tag by Chicago Cub Mike Fontenot during the p.m., CSN said Snyder, who catches both against a team that’s been SEE CUBS, PAGE 9 fifth inning Sunday in Chicago.