Daily Iowan (Iowa City, Iowa), 2009-08-28
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2009 ‘Hapkido teaches students the value of hard work, discipline, and overcoming obstacles. This is drawn by rewards of self-confidence, self-control, and perseverance.’ 7 vie — Brian Hayes, head instructor of the UI Hapkido Club for seats SPORTS Candidate list for the Iowa City Leaders of the band City Council With Pat Angerer, A.J. Edds, and seats now final. Jeremiah Hunter staring down opposing offenses, the Iowa By NICOLE KARLIS linebacker unit has the poten- [email protected] tial to be one of the best. 1B UI students could have a School of golf major effect on this The Iowa men’s golf team November’s election: Three begins its season at Blue Top are running for spots on Ridge golf course this weekend the Iowa City City Council. for Golfweek’s Conference Thursday night marked Challenge, which features 15 the deadline for candi- teams from 15 different dates to secure spots on conferences. 1B the ballot. Five people are running for the two open NEWS ROB JOHNSON/THE DAILY IOWAN at-large seats; two people No boring speeches Instructor Brian Hayes points his rubber gun at Beth Cody on Thursday at a hapkido demonstration at the UI Field House. Hapkido are running for the Dis- is a form of Korean martial arts that focuses on teaching self-defense. Hayes and Cody have participated in hapkido for over 15 years. trict B spot. The Community of Color festi- The three students to val draws crowds with hip-hop take aim at the at-large dancers and a cappella singers. 8A council seats are Jeff Ship- Club teaches art of self-defense ley, Jared Bazzell, and ARTS & CULTURE Dan Tallon. A UI Korean martial-arts program teaches ON THE WEB Bazzell, a UI senior in Pop that piano Watch the moves — check out a video journalism and communi- students discipline and self-defense. feature of an Iowa Hapkido Club cation studies, said he had rock practice at dailyiowan.com. been thinking about run- Quad Cities-based band Minus By MITCHELL SCHMIDT “Hapkido teaches students the ning for City Council for a Six returns to Iowa City [email protected] value of hard work, discipline, couple of months. Saturday to play its landmark and overcoming obstacles,” he “Every time I hear The Field House gymnasium How to join 300th show. 5A said. “This is drawn by rewards of something that the council filled with hollow echoes on The Iowa Hapkido Club self-confidence, self-control, and has done recently, it moti- Thursday as participants practices hapkido, a form of Korean perseverance.” vates me more and more,” smacked each other against a martial arts: OPINIONS The Iowa Hapkido Club was he said. hard mat. • Training sessions at the UI are held founded in 1990 after Michael He said he felt disap- ‘Fan Cans’ Nearly a dozen people, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7 to 8 p.m. Drahos, a graduate from Iowa pointed in the way the City controversy wrapped in white robes, shouted State University, moved to Iowa and on most Saturdays. • Classes are split between beginners and Council has represented Was the UI’s response to spontaneously as they demon- City. Drahos had studied the advanced students. UI students, alleging it has Anheuser-Busch’s “Fan Cans” strated hapkido, a form of Kore- art under ISU Professor Pak • Contact Brian Hayes, head instructor, at not considered their point promotion overblown? Read an martial arts. Yong Chin. www.iowaHapkido.org. of view on main issues. two takes from DI Opinions While the scene sounds violent, Pak also taught Hayes, who writers. 4A Source: Iowa Hapkido Club Tallon, a UI junior and hapkido actually means, “the art moved to Iowa City in 1993 after member of the National CORRECTION of coordinated power” in Korean. graduating from ISU’s veterinary Guard, was the final candi- Master Brian Hayes, a fifth- school and took over as head This fall, Hayes expects there to date to submit his signa- In the design accompanying degree black belt and head instructor of the club in 1998. In be roughly 30 to 35 people in the tures on Thursday. the Aug. 27 article instructor of the UI Hapkido addition to running the program, Hapkido Club, which offers free He said he is campaigning “Certificates popular at UI,” Club, said training in a martial Hayes also owns and operates the self-defense lessons for those who to prevent further increases The Daily Iowan incorrectly art is beneficial for all aspects of a Cat Clinic of Iowa City, 1705 S. on local property taxes. attributed a quotation. student’s life. First Ave. SEE HAPKIDO, 3A Franklin Yoder said certificates SEE COUNCIL, 3A give employers evidence the student has expertise in an area in addition to her or his major. The DI regrets the error. WEB BONUS Cleaning up after the ‘fun’ Video Open-meeting • Action and explanation from a hapkido martial-arts instructor • The daily Football Forum talk- After a night of ing linebackers law doesn’t drinking • Daily Iowan TV coverage on the job fair, a KRUI director downtown, who who’s the focus of the day’s is responsible Spotlight Iowa City, the cover UI group Community of Color diversity for cleaning up event, a soccer preview, and the mess? more on the volleyball team The UI Faculty Senate, which Photo By CHRIS CLARK • Two audio slide shows — one advises UI President Sally Mason [email protected] on Spotlight Iowa City focus and other top university At 6 a.m. Thursday, KRUI sports director and puddles peppered the another on the trash issue on administrators — is exempt from sidewalks of the Pedestri- JOE SCOTT/THE DAILY IOWAN the Ped Mall an Mall where, fewer than Kathy Septer and Jim Malmberg dump their trash buckets on • A slide show on hapkido mar- state open-meeting laws. four hours earlier, stu- the Pedestrian Mall early Thursday morning. Septer and tial arts By ALINA RUBEZHOVA dents drifted home after Public records Malmberg work for the city’s Central Business District, a MP3s [email protected] the bars closed like the • Minus Six: “Lost At Sea” All records relating to small streams of rainwa- division of the Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department. Six The Iowa Attorney Gen- investment of public funds ter meandering toward employees diligently comb the Ped Mall each morning, disposing DAILY IOWAN TV eral’s Office gave the UI including but not limited to: city sewers. of the debris from the previous night. Faculty Senate confirma- • Investment policies Broken cups from Kum To watch Daily Iowan TV, go tion Thursday that it does • Contracts & Go, torn bar wrist- “The number of ciga- ON THE WEB online at dailyiowan.com or not have to abide by Iowa’s • Instructions bands, flattened cigarette rettes has gotten worse Check out an audio photo tune into UITV. The 15-minute open-meetings laws. • Trading orders butts, and scraps of news- since the city moved slide show of trash across downtown Iowa newscast is on Sunday through UI Faculty Senate — Source: Iowa Open Meetings, Open Records paper and napkins still smoking out into the City at dailyiowan.com. Thursday at 9:30 and 10:30 composed of 81 representa- Handbook littered the walkways. plaza,” Kacena said, point- p.m., with reruns at 12:30 and tives from various academ- But on College Street, ing to clusters of butts 1:30 a.m. and 7:45 and 8:45 a.m. ic fields — reviews policies Tom Kacena stood outside outside Brothers Bar & Central Business the following day. that affect faculty and at the time that the deci- 3rd Base Sports Bar, 111 Grill, 125 S. Dubuque St. advises UI President Sally sion to go into closed ses- E. College St., in a yellow But, he said, “things are District WEATHER Mason, along with other sion was to allow a more rain jacket, supervising getting better.” Operations the two-person crew who top administrators. The open discussion among fac- Because of the rain, The seven-member team Faculty Council is a smaller ulty members. has been responsible for Kacena and his crew were typically works from 6 to 9 cleaning up downtown’s 54 administrative agency of But some at the meet- unable to run what he a.m. Different crews work 73 clutter for 10 years. 12C the senate. ings wondered whether called “a giant vacuum,” on weekdays and weekends. 23C Kacena works for the Last spring, the senate the Faculty Senate should used to suck up dead city’s Central Business Specs of the job: went into an executive ses- be able to go into execu- leaves and other garbage. Partly cloudy, breezy. District Operations. Four “It hurts when we can’t • Collect large waste in buckets sion to discuss budget tive sessions and ques- • Run the ride-on vacuum in other city employees clean sweep,” he said, noting the issues on two separate tioned whether it was in good weather INDEX the east and west borders popularity of the Ped Mall occasions, both with UI violation of the state open- of the central district. • Check for broken or missing Arts 5,6A Opinions 4A has instilled in him a Provost Wallace Loh. meeting laws. He noted one dramatic benches, trash cans, and signs Classifieds 5B Sports 1B sense of pride for his work. Former Senate President change in his years on • Power-wash the streets once Crossword 6B Michael O’Hara explained SEE OPEN RECORDS, 3Athe job. 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