THE INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 The Daily Iowan Friday, July 6, 2007 dailyiowan.com 50¢ INSIDE Yucatán and Iowa junior-high students are hitting it off during a Belin-Blank Center program. Name A bit of Yucatán in Iowa doesn’t Online grass-roots Campaign supporters are using the Internet to organize on their own. Metro, Page 2 go down Putting meth on lockdown Iowa completes its goal of locking up meth ingredient well anhydrous ammonia in tanks, while looking forward in the battle on meth. The UI College Metro, Page 2 of Public Health’s faculty vote against SMITH VS. SKOUBY naming the college ROUND 2 after an insurance Hawkeye center Megan company. Skouby again outdueled Iowa teammate Kristi BY CLARA HOGAN Smith in a 13-point victory THE DAILY IOWAN Thursday night. Wellmark Blue Cross and SPORTS, BACK PAGE Blue Shield will not become the name of the UI College of Pub- lic Health after the college’s fac- ulty overwhelmingly voted against the name change Hamlin Thursday. impressive again Lindsey Walters/The Daily Iowan The controversial renaming JoAnn Hamlin continued her Regina González Toledo (left) and Cecilia Locken Casilla dance during an event for students attending a summer learning program in has made headlines this week, strong summer in Game with top officials expressing the Blank Honors Center on Thursday evening. The girls, two of 14 students from Yucatán, Mexico, are participating in a Belin-Blank concern about a school linking Time league action Thursday summer program to take classes and interact with junior-high students from Iowa. in North Liberty. Sports, itself to a corporation, as Back Page opposed to a scholar or generous BY RYAN GRESAVAGE ‘We want students to learn inside, but outside as Though the students are individual, as is the case with THE DAILY IOWAN only here for the week — the Tippie College of Business. Kindergarten in well, through the activities they do and relationships they’re scheduled to depart “I don’t know of any other col- Gifted junior-high students July 8 — student-program lege that has a name of a busi- the Mississippi from the Yucatán, Mexico, are they form — sort of a cultural exchange.’ administrator Jan Warren ness,” said state Board of Delta visiting Iowa City this week to — Jan Warren, hopes the experience will last Regents member David Miles, take part in a summer learn- student-program administrator a lifetime. noting that if the college were Inequality and poverty in ing program at the UI. named after Wellmark, the northwestern Mississippi “We want students to learn Though the group only ever-lasting advertising tie produce an intolerable inside, but outside as well, represents 14 of the approxi- with the company could hurt situation for children. Sanchez Escobedo, the coordi- visited Merida, the capital of through the activities they do mately 1,000 international the university. “It could have a Opinions, Page 4 nator of the Yucatán Scholars Yucatán, and met with inter- and relationships they form students scheduled to visit the Program and a UI alumnus. ested officials. The center — sort of a cultural chilling effect on other contribu- UI this summer, it’s the first to Twelve of the students are from recruited resident assistants exchange,” she said. tions that may have been made take part in the Belin-Blank by other companies.” Yucatán, while the remaining and student ambassadors to An average day for the stu- summer seminar sponsored by dents consists of six academic Yet officials are still consider- two are from a gifted program facilitate activities. the Belin-Blank International hours followed by recreational ing naming the college after the in the state of Sinaloa. Colangelo said he hopes TEENAGE Center for Gifted Education and social activities, she said. Wellmark Foundation — a non- WASTELAND and Talent Development. Nicholas Colangelo, the the visit allows students to Some of the activities have profit organization created by The group consists of six boys director of the Belin-Blank see American culture and included visits to the UI Colleges the insurance company. Local youngsters and eight girls who were picked Center, got the ball rolling on promises both an academic LIPSTICK HOMICIDE bring for the program by Pedro the project last year when he and cultural experience. SEE YUCATÁN, PAGE 3 SEE WELLMARK, PAGE 3 their guitar-heavy sound to the Mill tonight. ARTS & CULTURE, PAGE 5 Alcohol study Iowa Internet clunks along Pardon me The state’s Internet speed is one of the slowest in the nation. White House officials, Clintons spar on President BY LAURA SHATZER Bush’s commutation of THE DAILY IOWAN former aide Lewis Libby. focuses on Nation, Page 7 Iowa has the fifth-slowest Internet speed in the nation, according to a study by the Officials: Iraqi Communications Workers of young adults America. Clocking in with a army still lagging median download speed of More U.S. soldiers fight Young adults make up more than 50 percent 1.26 megabits per second, against insurgents across Iowa lags behind the national Iraq, with far fewer Iraqi of alcoholics in the U.S., according to a mark of 1.97 and top state units alongside. World, Rhode Island’s speedy 5.01 Page 7 recent survey of around 43,000 people. megabits. BY KYLE WEBB drinking more than intended, If the state’s ranking ahead of only Alaska, South Dakota, THE DAILY IOWAN among others. dailyiowan.com Young adults represent more West Virginia, and Wyoming Nearly one-third of the U.S. than half of all U.S. alcoholics, is any indication, there could population will encounter “alco- according to the alcohol institute. be a correlation between large For photos, video, audio, hol-use disorder” during their “There’s far more time on rural populations and slower blogs, and more, check us lives, with young adults making [young adults’] hands, and we as download times. But Iowa out online at: dailyiowan.com up the largest group affected at people like doing something, and Utility Board investigations 53 percent, according to a if we don’t keep busy, we can turn have not revealed whether National Institute of Alcohol to alcohol,” said Leah Cohen, co- the issue is a lack of high- Abuse and Alcoholism study. head of the Iowa City Alcohol speed Internet availability in WEATHER The study, which surveyed Advisory Board. Iowa or low demand for faster more than 43,000 people age 18 Parents don’t have as much — and more expensive — con- and older, divided alcoholics into time as young adults, because nections. Sunny, five subtypes: young adult, young most of their time is spent at “It’s kind of like buying a breezy antisocial, functional, intermedi- work or with family, said Cohen, car,” said Brenda Biddle, a ate familial, and chronic severe. who also owns Bo-James, 118 E. utility analyst for the board The “Diagnostic and Statistical Washington St. who has conducted five sur- © Manual for Mental “Parents don’t keep young veys of high-speed Internet 90 32 C 63 19 C Disorders” defined alcohol-use adults busy enough,” she said. access in Iowa. “Some people © disorder and alcohol dependence The young adult subtype and want a clunker, and some peo- a month. With a cable connec- reveal that nearly 50 percent as experiencing one or more of the young antisocial subtype ple want a Cadillac.” tion, Mediacom users can get of non-rural customers sub- INDEX the following conditions for more made up 53 percent of all alco- Locally, Qwest’s seven an Internet connection as fast scribe to services with down- than a year: hazardous use, or holics in the United States, at 32 megabit DSL service — 125 as eight megabits for approxi- load speeds of one to five Arts 5 Opinions 4 driving while intoxicated, social and 21 percent respectively. times faster than the stan- mately $10 more a month. megabits, while 71 percent of Classifieds 10 Sports 12 problems related to alcohol, toler- dard 56 kilobit dial-up con- The Iowa Utility Board’s Crossword 6 ance, alcohol withdrawal, and SEE ALCOHOL, PAGE 3 nection — costs users $36.99 most recent 2006 statistics SEE INTERNET, PAGE 3 2 - The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Friday, July 6, 2007 News dailyiowan.com for more local news The Daily Iowan The political café in cyberspace Volume 139 Issue 24 BREAKING NEWS STAFF Phone: (319) 335-6063 Publisher: Enthusiasts for long-shot candidates turn to the web to publicize their views. 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