THE INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 The Daily Iowan 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.