THE INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 The Daily Iowan Monday, July 9, 2007 dailyiowan.com 50¢ INSIDE LUCKY DAY HALUSKA, At 35, Hancher still a pearl 7th PIERCE MAKE SUMMER DEBUT The ‘Hancher tradition’ of providing diverse entertainment lives on. heaven Former Hawkeyes Adam Haluska and Pierre Pierce make their NBA Summer Last Saturday’s League débuts in Las Vegas over the weekend. Sports, Back page date — 7/7/07 — is believed by many to be the luckiest day of the century. BY BRIAN STEWART THE DAILY IOWAN July 7 — known to most just as 7/7/07 — was said to be the luckiest day of the century for Sorry, we’re people across the globe, because closed the date only comes around once every 100 years. Protesters refuse to leave Iowa senators’ offices in Thousands of couples tied the Cedar Rapids, leading to 19 knot in wedding ceremonies arrests. State, Page 2 July 7, the busiest — and some believe, the luckiest — date of Arresting the year for the wedding industry, said Dana Stoll, the protesting? manager of Heart to Heart Some forms of political Bridal in North Liberty. protest may not be the best “[We have] probably at least way to advance an agenda. three to four times our normal Opinions, Page 4 [business],” she said on July 6. “There are dates like this every Officials tell Whitney Wright/The Daily Iowan year that are the most popular Joffery Ballet dancers perform “Sometimes It Snows in April” on the Hancher Green on July 7. The outdoor performance celebrated date for every wedding year — Iraqis to arm Hancher’s 35th anniversary. but this one has been by far themselves busier than any we’ve seen in BY LAURA SHATZER past years.” Shiite and Sunni politicians THE DAILY IOWAN CELEBRATING HANCHER Karen Egerton, a called on Iraqi civilians to take Hancher Auditorium celebrated its 35th anniversary this past weekend. Here is how it all started: magistrate from Coralville, up arms to defend themselves During Virgil M. Hancher’s said she had three weddings to after a weekend of violence tenure as UI president after 1945 1968 1972 perform July 7. that claimed more than 220 World War II, the west bank of UI President Virgil Hancher First construction contract for Hancher’s inaugural season lives. World, Page 7 “It is more than normal,” she the Iowa River was home to a conceives the idea for his Hancher is signed. opens with a performance by the said. “But no one that has village of barracks and Quon- namesake. Preservation Hall Jazz Band. scheduled weddings with me set huts for military vets- has mentioned the date.” turned-students — and earlier, 1980 1984 2002 the land was used to cultivate SEE LUCKY, PAGE 3 strawberries and grapes, Hancher enthusiasts form Joffrey Ballet accepts its first Charles Swanson is appointed according to Jean Florman’s Hancher Guild to host visiting Hancher commission. executive director, ushering in a history of Hancher Auditorium. artists. new era of leadership. And in 1972, 27 years after Hancher announced his dream most recent Joffrey-Hancher someone finds three things he entertainment form that we Pastry of an avant-garde UI perform- collaboration epitomized the or she wants to come to over the had always enjoyed.” ing-arts facility, Iowa Citians “Hancher tradition.” course of the year, someone else Before the auditorium’s flocked to a new concrete and “The experience is an expe- can find three different things.” construction, productions were ALL THE BANG glass building to begin culti- rience that people will never Sue Strauss, an Iowa City held in Macbride Hall and the on parade vating something relatively forget,” he said. resident and a Hancher devo- IMU Main Lounge. FOR YOUR BUCK? foreign to Iowa soil: an appre- Hancher Artistic Director tee, said she and her husband From the beginning, the ciation for diverse art forms Judy Hurtig said the facility’s expect to attend 18 to 20 Farmers’ Market Iowa City Jaycees spends multipurpose facility — from around the world. core goals — to expose people to shows in the upcoming $25,000 on fireworks — financed with student fees — which endured some Hancher Auditorium cele- the arts and stimulate lasting season. The couple moved to vendors Todd has catered to young people, technical difficulties this brated its 35th anniversary discussion — have remained Iowa City from Boston in year. City, Page 7 July 7 with an outdoor perform- the same since the 1970s. 1978 and never experienced many of whom have never and Carol Neel ance by the Joffrey Ballet, the “The reason Hancher has Iowa City’s stark pre- attended performances similar final show in a tour of five Iowa been successful over those years Hancher cultural landscape. to those Hancher offers. keep things Who will win the towns. For Hancher Executive is that it has always had a goal “We needed [Hancher] very Director Charles Swanson, the of diversity,” Hurtig said. “If badly,” Strauss said. “It was an SEE HANCHER, PAGE 3 inexpensive, World Series? Now at the major-league homemade. All-Star break, three DI reporters debate the BY BRIAN STEWART midseason favorites to win THE DAILY IOWAN the World Series. Sports, Back Page For Farmers’ Market vendors Ruling the air for an afternoon Todd and Carol Neel, a trip to Europe for Todd Neel’s birthday Nomadic ‘Hick’ set them on a new path. Author Andrea Portes uses It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s … a lot of planes! The Iowa City Aerohawks fill “We had this amazing French personal experience to pear tart,” Carol Neel said. “It propel the plot of her first the sky with swooping, diving, and flipping model airplanes. was so wonderful — the presen- novel, Hick, about a drifting tation was beautiful, and it was teenager looking for BY SAMANTHA MILLER just a very high-quality pastry. something bigger. THE DAILY IOWAN We thought, you Arts & Culture, Page 5 know, nobody is A recording of the voice from Field of doing that here Dreams boomed across the field Sunday, beck- in the States. We dailyiowan.com oning with the trademark phrase, “If you build should make it, they will come.” And out of the cornfield, the tarts.” Going to Iowa City Aerohawks came ready to fly their The Neels For photos, video, audio, model airplanes with transmitters in hand. decided to capi- the market blogs, and more, check us Every Monday, “This probably reminds them of their talize on Todd out online at: dailyiowan.com The Daily Iowan corn-husking days,” joked Rich VeDepo, the Neel’s talent for plans to bring the event’s announcer and the Aerohawks’ vice baking, a hobby reader an intimate, WEATHER president. of his since age slice-of-the-Iowa- The Iowa City Aerohawks held its annual 6, and opened City-Farmers’- Partly sunny Radio Controlled Air Show on Sunday, mark- Neel House Bak- Market life, down to cloudy, ing the 15th year the group has built and ery at their to the oh-so-good last bite. 70% chance flown model airplanes for the entertainment Coralville home of T-storms and education of those in attendance. in April 2002. For more than three hours, the Aerohawk At the time, Carol Neel was © members flew their diverse selection of working in sales, and she would 88 36 C 68 20 C planes over the audience, eliciting applause frequently travel to meet with © and sounds of awe from the spectators as the clients. As an incentive, she pilots showed off their flying skills, competed would ask her husband to bake “a loaf of apple bread or some INDEX with each other, and occasionally crashed — Brett Slezak/The Daily Iowan cinnamon rolls” to bring to her an effect that proved easier than usual A remote-control plane sits in front of spectators at the Aerohawks RC Plane Show on Arts 5 Opinions 4 because of the hot weather. clients. Classifieds 9 Sports 12 Sunday. The show featured flight competitions ranging from freestyle tricks to a Crossword 6 SEE AEROHAWKS, PAGE 3 limbo competition. 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