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Friday, July 25, 2008 INSIDE Ferentz defends actions By Olivia Moran and Brendan Stiles been left with only one friend after the incident, absolutely shameful.” THE DAILY IOWAN which forced her to endure the rest of the school year mostly alone. FERENTZ’S REACTION CHICAGO — Contending that the best interests of After the woman was allegedly raped twice by for- Among the list of things Ferentz said he would the alleged victim and her family had always been mer Iowa football players Abe Satterfield and Cedric “first and foremost,” Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz “make a matter of record” before taking the podium spoke publicly about the Hillcrest sexual-assault case Everson in a dorm room, she was laughed at and at the annual Big Ten media day was that he and for the first time since a letter from the alleged vic- called cruel names, according to that letter. Hawkeye Athletics Director Gary Barta attended a tim’s mother created a media furor last weekend. “Her coach and team were disgusted by her and meeting upon the request of the victim’s family on At the same time, the mother of the alleged victim made sure she knew she was a loser,” her mother con- Oct. 17, 2007. released a second letter written to top UI officials, tended. “They would laugh at her and call her crude Ferentz dated May 16, in which she said her daughter had names, just like the football players would. How SEE FERENTZ, 7 head coach

Divine diving Second in a series on the 2008 Games — Nancilea 20,000 wheels of fortune Underwood-Foster is the first female Hawkeye diver to compete in the Olympics. Sports, 12 On Iowa, on injury Football coach Kirk Ferentz discusses several injured players at the Big Ten media day in Chicago. Sports 12

Glorified garage sale Rummage in the Ramp sells gently used goods for college students and has a “green” message. Metro, 6

Tax relief a maybe Legislators and Iowa City residents discuss the possi- bility of state tax relief for flood victims. Metro, 2

Iowa economy still down Despite an influx of workers to help clean up flood dam- age, some say the economy will still take a hit in the long run. Metro, 2

Going West, Ben Roberts/The Daily Iowan Eufórquestra Team Medium Pace of Des Moines relaxes atop its team bus during RAGBRAI’s stop in North Liberty on Thursday night. The Afro-Caribbean-barn- yard-funk Iowa City band is packing up its bags and RAGBRAI route heading for Colorado. Don’t RAGBRAI makes a stop in North Liberty. Cyclists started in Tama on miss the Iowa City Going- By Erika Vijh looking to serve about 2,500 people for said she was happy to be a part of RAG- their fifth day of cycling and Away Party Saturday at the THE DAILY IOWAN food and 2,400 people for ice cream.” BRAI. finished their route in North Yacht Club before the group North Liberty also decided to go big “I’ve lived in North Liberty for almost Liberty on Thursday. Ten thousand cyclists peddled into leaves the Midwest. Arts, 5. with this year’s pirate theme. The town 25 years, and I’ve never seen any RAG- Thursday’s route North Liberty on Thursday after finish- was decked out with pirate banners and BRAI, so I thought this would be fun,” ing a 76-mile ride from Tama and Tole- RAGBRAI route a pirate ship, pirate T-shirts were being she said. do, ready to turn Penn Elementary More cheap sold on Cherry Street, and volunteers But synchronizing themselves with School, the largest available campsite Tama holidays? for the night, into a tent city. welcomed bikers dressed in pirate gear. the theme was not the only reason bikers Cedar Rapids 30 Exploring both sides of the Food vendors, to no one’s surprise, “One rider even made an eyepatch dressed up. A Twin Cities-based team Marengo and came to show it to us,” said Theresa wearing black beaks and tail feathers on 380 argument to expand on next greeted the riders at the site. 63 Belle Plaine week’s tax-free holiday. “We decided to go big,” said Troy Dunkin, a volunteer at one of the three the members’ yellow helmets called itself Opinions, 4 Miller, the owner of Naomi’s Kitchen, information centers. “The Loons.” Team member Richard 6 conveniently located directly across Though Dunkin and other volunteers North Liberty Iowa City from the makeshift campsite. “We’re were not dressed in pirate attire, she SEE RAGBRAI, 7 Kate Rhomberg/The Daily Iowan dailyiowan.com

For photos, videos, audio, blogs, and more, check us out online at: dailyiowan.com Daily updates City ponders raising Dubuque Street Now check back at dailyiowan.com during the day for the latest news After cropping up in ’93, the idea never came to fruition on the UI and Iowa City. By Alyssa Cashman and Community THE DAILY IOWAN Development, Flood-proofing were in Wash- WEATHER Flood projects considered for For nearly five weeks, North ington, D.C., this Iowa City: Dubuque Street was covered in week to lobby for stagnant brown water. federal funds for • Raising Dubuque Street With floodwaters stretching three main proj- • Reconstruction of Park Road across the street from Park Road ects, one of which bridge bridge to the south and Foster would raise por- • Relocating the north Mostly cloudy, breezy, Road to the north, this essential tions of North Bailey wastewater-treatment plant 40% chance of thoroughfare into Iowa City from Dubuque Street mayor • Possible buyout at Parkview Interstate 80 was closed to and the Park Terrace, Idyllwild, and Taft rain/T-storms. motorists and pedestrians — just Speedway neighborhoods

© Road bridge. as it was during the 1993 floods. Federal funds could potentially 82 28 C 68 20 C Now, Iowa City officials are put a dent in the estimated $20 days is very disruptive for the © looking to prevent that from hap- million price tag for such an community.” Lindsey Walters/The Daily Iowan INDEX pening again. Iowa City Mayor undertaking. With Dubuque Street closed in Workers from Cotton, a natural disaster-recovery company, remove Regenia Bailey, City Manager “It’s an idea we’ve given a lot of addition to First Avenue in pipes and tubing from Dubuque Street near the Mayflower on July 9. Arts 5 Opinions 4 Michael Lombardo, Public Works thought to,” Davidson said. “To Coralville, most traffic came into Classifieds 10 Sports 12 Director Rick Fosse and Jeff have Dubuque and Park Road While the cleanup has brought many new jobs to the area, officials Crossword 8 Davidson, the director of Planning bridge closed for more than 30 SEE DUBUQUE, 7 are leery that they’ll make up for the jobs lost because of the flood.

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Whitney Wright/The Daily Iowan TOP STORIES Cotton Team worker Mario Peres cleans the floor of a studio in the Art Building on July 17. Even though the flood has created some jobs in Most-read stories on dailyiowan.com for Thursday, July 24 Iowa City, the city’s unemployment rate has increased, officials said. 1. Contractors rush to get Mayflower operational 2. Erosion reduces capacity at Coralville Reservoir Iowa’s unemployment rises in June. 3. UI’s Rydze diving into Beijing 4. Custom textbooks beneficial at UI, trouble elsewhere By Olivia Moran That’s compared to a 3.9 per- out of town are only recently 5. Letter to the Editor: UI administration faulty in actions THE DAILY IOWAN cent jobless rate in May and employed because of Iowa Unemployment 3.8 percent in June 2007, Iowa City’s major losses, she said. UI professors are saying the Workforce Development statis- City officials estimated more percentage rates increase in flood-recovery job tics show. than $5.5 million in flood dam- for June POLICE BLOTTER opportunities doesn’t balance David Osterberg, the execu- ages for the city so far. The unemployment rates rose out what the state has lost, tive director the Iowa Policy Stewart Geldersma, the from the month of May after Jamie Comiskey, 21, 518 E. Governor St., was charged despite what some may think. Project, said in a statement regional director of the Cotton the flood hit. Davenport St., was charged Tuesday with driving with a sus- Charles Whiteman, the Tip- that the state’s high rate is Team, one of two companies Cedar Rapids area: 3.8 Monday with public intoxication. pended/canceled license. pie College of Business senior just the initial effect of the hired by the UI for flood Des Moines area: 3.7 Chard Christensen, 22, Clint Mente, 26, 618 Keokuk associate dean, said Iowa flood. Iowa lost 3,400 jobs just cleanup, said he’s hired Iowa City area: 3.2 Davenport, was charged July 20 Court, was charged Wednesday Sioux City area: 3.9 with public intoxication. with assault causing injury. City’s economic activity will in June. approximately 250 people most likely experience two or Waterloo/Cedar Falls area: 4.1 Bambi Cox, 28, 1946 Broadway Jeffrey Nylen, 24, Coralville, was “Iowa’s job numbers in 2008 part-time for the Arts Campus three months of a downturn Source: Iowa Workforce Development Apt. G, was charged July 19 with charged Tuesday with public intox- weren’t strong before the flood- area, plus 30 full-time work- before a six- to nine-month fourth-degree theft. ication. ing hit,” Osterberg said in the ers. uptick. team’s fifth week of work, he is John Deng, 25, Fort Worth, was Josh Popelka, 23, 646 S. Dodge release. “Plus … other econom- But Whiteman said that In the Iowa City area, the no longer hiring. The Cotton charged Tuesday with public intox- St. Apt. 5, was charged Wednesday despite the high number of job jobless rate rose from 2.5 per- ic-related layoffs are part of Team will continue cleanup ication. with public intoxication. opportunities, many people cent in May to 3.2 percent in the picture.” until it’s finished and hand Tanisha Jones, 34, North Liberty, Heidi Skriver, 27, 2100 S. Scott have lost a tremendous was charged July 15 with fourth- Blvd. Apt. 107, was charged March June this year, the Cedar Falls Since the flood, Whiteman over the job to a reconstruction amount of wealth. degree theft. 1 with third-degree theft. area experienced a 0.7 percent said, many people are making team. Wujiang Liu, 20, 1761 Bristol Terrence Toomey, 61, 1409 the mistake of classifying the “Should we have a flood so “The fact that we are recov- unemployment rate jump in Drive, was charged July 18 with Keokuk St., was charged Cedar Falls area, and Cedar disaster as somewhat of a good we can have all this income ering is a good thing,” White- thing because of the rise in the gain in the recovery?” he said. domestic assault causing injury. Wednesday with disorderly Rapids saw a 0.4 percent man said. “The fact that had to Patty McBride, 37, 919 N. conduct. increase, all due in part to the number of job opportunities. “The answer is no. Let’s not recover from such a damaging flood, according to an Iowa There are a fair number of forget that a lot of people lost situation is a problem.” Workforce Development state- employment opportunities for their possessions, lost their Recovery is far from over. METRO ment. cleanup, he said, but the memories.” “Over the long term, we have In Iowa, the June unemploy- effects of the flood “don’t bal- Judging from the flood in yet to see the full effects of Road’s future unclear Avenue resident, presented a letter to the supervisors with signatures of ment rate is at its highest so ance out.” 1993, he said, Iowa City’s econ- flooding on the Iowa economy,” The future of rural road Eagle far this year. UI business Associate Dean omy will be back to normal Osterberg said. four households in favor of the coun- Avenue is up in the air after the ty vacating the road. The state’s unemployment Beth Ingram agreed. Iowa stu- within a couple years. E-mail DI reporter Olivia Moran at: Johnson County Board of However, Robert Wood, who owns rate reached 4 percent in June. dents and those arriving from Geldersma said, in his [email protected] Supervisors’ meeting Thursday. property on Eagle Avenue, presented Several residents who live on the the supervisors with a list of 64 road expressed anger at what they names of people who would like the labeled neglect on the Level B low- road to be left open. maintenance gravel road — which, For a short-term solution, the they said, makes the road almost supervisors agreed to give secondary Officials talk more flood relief impassable in spots. roads money to make improvements “I think the sign should be that will later be cost-shared with res- changed to ‘no maintenance,’ ” said idents while they simultaneously con- Financial relief may be on its way, as both state and federal delegates work to Eagle Avenue resident Monte sider vacating the road. Schrock. Still, the supervisors were reluc- The supervisors discussed vacat- tant to spend money upgrading a discuss possible tax-break options. ing the road and leaving it up to the road that so few people live on. By Anna Lothson Cities must get this discus- saw many devastated homes residents to maintain, essentially “Our interest has to be county- THE DAILY IOWAN Tax Seminar sion initiated, he said. and understood why taxing turning it into private driveway with wide,” said supervisors’ Chairman gates on the north and south ends. Rod Sullivan. While lawmakers discuss Doug Jones, a UI associate destroyed properties made lit- Sham Russell, another Eagle — by Alayna Wilken Iowa City flood victims may special tax breaks, professor of computer science, tle sense. see some financial relief, professionals at H&R Block said he has been working to “It’s worth looking at in because lawmakers are dis- will present a free tax design plans for what the city what may be the worst tragedy cussing a one-year hiatus in seminar. could do to help affected neigh- to hit Iowa, and it will take property and sales taxes. borhoods. extraordinary answers,” Court- While federal delegates pro- Event information: Jones, a resident of ney said. Where: 1745 Boyrum St. posed a $3.96 billion in federal Parkview Terrace, said he has E-mail DI reporter Anna Lothson at: When: Friday at 4-5 p.m.and tax relief to flood and tornado seen his neighbors’ homes [email protected] 6-7 p.m. victims in the Midwest, accord- Who: H&R Block tax destroyed, and to tax them on ing to a Wednesday press professionals a home they no longer have release, a statewide effort is seems “awfully sad.” being made across Iowa to dis- Topics to cover: “Some may be driven to cuss what steps need to be • Calculating losses bankruptcy because of the made to rid some burden off • Documenting expenses floods,” he said, adding that those affected by the flood. • How insurance can affect some properties will never be Sen. Robert Dvorsky, D- deductions rebuilt. Coralville, said every option • Claiming a casualty loss It is a question of long-term Source: Stephanie Kubecka, H&R Block must be on the table before versus short-term vision, Jones decisions are made. said, and officials must under- “We need to make sure peo- R-Postville, said the state of stand that without relief, some ple can get jobs, so we must Iowa should act on the sales properties will not be repaired, generate as many ideas as we tax but spend more time inves- and the value of neighborhoods can,” he said. tigating the options for the will “plummet.” State legislators must go property tax. “The government at all lev- into this with “all eyes open” to “While the 7 percent doesn’t els might have to take a hit reach a feasible conclusion, he seem like a big deal, any bit now to avoid having the neigh- said. can help citizens get back on borhoods become a blighted While the Iowa Senate is not their feet,” he said. mess,” he said. in session at the moment, In dealing with the issue of Sen. Thomas Courtney, D- Dvorsky said, everything must property tax, Zieman said, it’s Burlington, said the govern- still be analyzed so lawmakers a discussion that must be held ment may have to make sacri- can begin to examine where by local governments, because fices to help those affected. the money would come from. they will feel the outcome Though he said some may Sen. Mark Zieman, most. say it will be too expensive,he The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Friday, July 25, 2008 - 3 dailyiowan.com for more news News Cutting up in RAGBRAI Online journals may hurt By Ben Travers publications are being convert- THE DAILY IOWAN ed into online documents and thus being made more widely Whether it’s because of accessible, but it is mainly up developing technology or an to the researcher to determine age-old issue, researchers are what information he or she producing less-diverse opin- uses. ions and citing more of the “I don’t think there’s any- same sources. thing inherent in the system Because of the proliferation that prevents people from of online journal articles, sci- finding and using an article,” entific scholars are citing he said. more-recent and less-diverse Janna Lawrence, an associ- sources to back up their find- ate director of Hardin Library, ings, according to a study pub- said even though she believes lished recently by Science, an the problem existed before international weekly journal online publications came produced by the American about, there are flaws in the Association for the Advance- perusal process that can lead ment of Science. to certain works left with less “Online journals promise to attention. serve more information to “A lot of researchers want to more dispersed audiences,” read articles from journals said the study. “But because they’ve heard of,” she said. they are used differently from By only using more popular print — scientists and schol- search engines or just trusting ars tend to search electronical- the most well-known publica- ly and follow hyperlinks tions, she said, diversity in rather than browse or peruse research can suffer. — electronically available At the same time, she was journals may portend an ironic quick to note that it is the change for science.” responsibility of these popular If the trend continues, the journals to publish only the study said, less debate among best work. researchers could lead to a “Part of the answer would Ben Roberts/The Daily Iowan diminished production of ideas be for those big name journals Team Cutters rider Andy Barnett from Iowa City cooks burgers while teammates Nick Vasquez (middle) of Des Moines helps Paul Meyer of in the scientific community. to be more inclusive in what Ann Arbor, Mich., during RAGBRAI’s stop in North Liberty on Thursday. Edward Shreeves, the asso- they publish,” she said. “They ciate UI librarian for collec- turn away more than they tions, said he has noticed a sig- print.” By Rachel Goodell teammates. Meyer took off his faced so far this year was a bike “It had a beach, a place to nificant increase in the use of Lawrence said some UI THE DAILY IOWAN helmet, replaced it with his Cut- crash before reaching RAGBRAI. camp, and we had a bonfire,” online articles over printed researchers only look at ters cap, and grabbed a Coke. Schwertfeger planned to ride Burvee said. “It was a lot of fun.” ones, a trend he attributes to Pubmed Medline, a search Despite its late departure for “Food was really hard to come his bike from Des Moines to the Schwertfeger said the team the accessibility of the online engine made up of more than RAGBRAI on July 19, Team Cut- by today,” he said after resting a Monday endpoint in Jefferson to has met a lot of new and old medium. 4,000 different medical jour- ters has managed to stay ahead few minutes. meet with the rest of the team. friends along the way. “They’re convenient, accessi- nals. of the game for the rest of the To deal with the team’s Along the way, he misjudged the “When we were in Boone, it ble, and available 24 hours a week, team member Todd Burvee “This is the first place they hunger, Burvee and Barnett height of a tree he was riding was amazing how many people day, seven days a week,” he look, so it does kind of limit said. pulled out the grill and some underneath and caught his back- were yelling, ‘Cutters. Cutters,’ ” said. “People tend to use online them,” she said. The early members of the Cut- hamburger for dinner. In previ- pack in the branches. He suffered he said. journals and not bother to Lawrence said she still ters have managed to arrive at ous years, Barnett said, he rarely a separated shoulder but Burvee said Team Cutters is track down print editions.” believes online journals are each stop before daylight is gone, ate while on RAGBRAI, but this planned to ride on Friday for at “pretty famous” along RAGBRAI, Because the Internet makes allowing them to avoid using year he’s been trying out the least part of the day. especially for being fast riders. more useful than detrimental their headlights thus far on the tastes of Iowa for the first time. Though Schwertfeger said his He bragged that there were sev- it quick and easy to find a glut to research. ride, a first in the team’s eight- He said the best food he’s had worst day was definitely Monday, eral times during the week in of information on a given topic, She said the easy access year history. The first few team- so far was a ribeye in Boone, but the other team members agreed which Cutter team members the study found that encourages more reading and mates arrived in North Liberty he also gushed about the two that Thursday’s cold and rainy would be leading a pack of bikers, researchers tended to pick out accessible content for every- around 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, slices of cherry pie he ate on weather made it their worst day and the other teams and individ- the most recently published one. beating such early risers as Thursday — one with his break- so far. Burvee said the best day ual riders trying to out-run them and most cited sources to sup- “The more things that are teammate Geoff Perrill’s parents. fast burrito in Chelsea and the was Tuesday, when the riders would fail every time. port their own research, online, the better chance you “This has got to be the earliest other in Blairstown later in the traveled from Jefferson to Ames. “We’re the fastest team out assuming those articles are have to find the lesser-known we’ve ever been in,” said Jeremy day. The day also included a nice there for sure,” he said. the most applicable to their journals,” she said. Schwertfeger, another Cutter. “Seventeen RAGBRAIs and morning after the Cutters stayed E-mail DI reporter Rachel Goodell at: own work. E-mail DI reporter Ben Travers at: Andy Barnett, who was lead- I’ve never had pie,” Barnett said. on a private pond. [email protected] Shreeves said many older [email protected] ing the pack of Cutters, attrib- The Cutters said this year has uted the team’s speedy arrival to been fairly mild so far, and the the less than ideal weather and team hasn’t had any major prob- his lack of rain gear. The team lems. pushed hard to get into dry “It’s been good,” team member clothes at the day’s end. Nick Vasquez said. “We’ve been “Rain sucks, I’m telling you,” lucky and got some nice weath- he said. “I was miserable all day.” As the late members of the er.” team continued their trek to Despite the good times they’ve North Liberty, the rest of the had this year, the Cutter mem- group sat in folding chairs on bers couldn’t help but reminisce Burvee’s driveway, relaxing after about their worst experiences in a long day on the bikes. Around 6 previous years, including uncom- p.m., another teammate, Paul fortable sleeping spaces and Meyer, rode into the driveway exceptionally gross bathrooms. and was greeted by his The biggest problem the team

4 - The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Friday, July 25, 2008 “Ours is the age which is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men who try to.” – H.M. Jones What do you think? E-mail us at: [email protected] Death of Read more from the Opinions staff at Opinions diopinions.blogspot.com Paper Imagine getting out of bed at the EMILEIGH BARNES Editor • NICK PETERSEN Managing Editor • NATE WHITNEY Opinions Editor • DEAN TREFTZ Metro Editor crack of dawn, sitting down for break- AMANDA BAILEY, CHRISTOPHER CURTLAND, KATIE GADIENT, ERIK HOVENKAMP, MICHELLE SCHACHERER Editorial writers fast, and opening up your newspaper. 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. The top headline story is about a hit- GUEST OPINIONS, COMMENTARIES, and COLUMNS reflect the opinions of the authors and are not necessarily those of the Editorial Board. and-run accident that happened earli- er, about 3 a.m. Though you read that the perpetrator has not been identi- fied and no information is yet avail- able regarding the victim’s condition, the article’s author does inform you that the police are searching for a Editorial white minivan. But then, just as you’re skimming the story’s last few paragraphs, the Should the tax-free weekend be expanded? whole front page goes blank for a sec- ond and flashes “updating” a few times before dis- YES NO playing the new Tax-free weekend will begin one week from today. The state supports this tax holi- On Aug. 1 and 2, consumers will get a statewide discount during Iowa’s annual sales-tax headline: “Local day in hopes to help people acquire the clothing needed for the approaching colder holiday. For nearly all types of shoes and clothing under $100, the state’s 6 percent sales tax man appre- temperatures, as well as clothing they need for an important time of the year — back- will be dropped. The weekend is put in place to boost the local economy through increased hended for fatal to-school time. While this is a good idea, it could be used more than once in an spending and to provide some relief for low-income consumers. However, government collision with attempt to stimulate the declining economy. Consideration of another tax-free week- sponsorship of consumer spending is not a tool that can simply be reapplied every time eco- cyclist.” After end in the beginning of December or even a third in the spring would provide extra nomic progress is thought to be lacking. Nor can it be very effective in lessening the burden the first three help for Iowa businesses. on low-income families. As such, any attempts to increase the scope of this tax holiday paragraphs, would likely prove fruitless. The current tax-free weekend could use an overhaul, as well. As it stands, tax-free most of the arti- In general, sales taxes put a disproportionately large burden on low-income buyers. That items are defined as clothes and shoes under $100. This does not include book bags, cle remains is, these buyers are forced to spend a larger percentage of their income on sales taxes than unchanged from backpacks, or school supplies such as pens or notebooks. These are important parts are the middle and upper classes. This is the typical argument used by proponents of these the first time of the expenses for back-to-school time — the most important part, really. The tax- tax holidays. But, in reality, these tax exemptions are largely unable to produce their intend- you read it, but CHRISTOPHER free weekend should be expanded to include many more items. School supplies, ed results. According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a number of factors the new infor- PATTON hygiene products, and dorm necessities should also be included to help parents and prevent these efforts from succeeding. The most obvious reason is simply that these short mation is easy students. The limit of $100 could also be adjusted to accommodate higher-priced breaks are too insignificant to have a major impact. to spot because items. Unfortunately, $100 doesn’t stretch as far as it used to, and some items are still Of course, the insignificance of the holidays may seem to suggest that they should be it’s displayed in bold text. However, reasonably priced above that limit. It should be increased to be able to allow bedding expanded. But that decision would likely prove to be more costly than beneficial. Suffice it to that formating goes away as you items for dorms, such as sheets, blankets, and other provisions. A new limit of mer- say, tax holidays impose significant administrative costs on local governments. Each and glance over at the weather column to chandise under $200 or $300 could help make the tax-free weekend more of an event every tax-exempt item must be catalogued, and many procedural stipulations must be com- determine whether you ought to bring for the state. municated to retailers in order to facilitate the holiday. Moreover, as the scope of the holidays your umbrella to work. Finally, you Also, a significant increase in business in the border towns would be seen with an increases, consumers become more inclined to schedule their purchases in accordance with place your cereal bowl in the sink and expansion of what is included in the tax-free weekend. Patrons from our neighboring them. According to the taxation institute, this leaves retailers with a strong incentive to raise toss your newspaper back on your states would make the drive to communities such as Davenport, Council Bluffs, and prices during the tax holiday period, thereby negating the holiday’s effect. desk before rushing out the door. Dubuque, which could further would help jump-start the Iowa economy. Hotels, In the end, the facilitation of tax holidays is a sort of Catch-22: If they are used often Technology enthusiasts have pre- enough to really affect low-income budgets, they do more overall harm than good. But if they stores, restaurants, and gas stations would all likely see an increase in business, dicted the death of paper for some are only used sporadically, they are largely unable to help their intended beneficiaries. Even time now but have traditionally had which have been typically robust during these weekends. All types of businesses if intermittent holidays could have a significant effect, low-income households often do not could benefit from such weekends, especially near the Christmas season. There are trouble explaining what would take have the luxury of scheduling purchases at their own convenience; goods must often be its place. Despite their usefulness for plenty of December shoppers who would appreciate the availability of a little extra bought as soon as there is enough money to do so. For this reason, many low-income con- many tasks, the electronic displays on savings on their shopping lists this year. sumers will not even be able to take advantage of the holiday. The nation, including our state, is having a rough go financially, especially with Finally, there is the often forgotten fact that tax holidays are expensive; they divert a large present-day laptops and other gadgets recent disasters. Think of how valuable the added income could be for businesses, amount of revenue from local governments, which would otherwise be used to finance remain unable to match old-fashioned and how this could affect our economy. Altering the $100 limit or adding one or two the programs and services we have now come to expect. With all these things in paper in terms of being lightweight, additional tax-free weekends are viable opportunities for economic growth that need mind, tax holidays seem to lose much of their appeal. To that end, Iowa residents flexible, and, perhaps most important- to be explored. would be best served if the scope of these holidays went unchanged. ly, easy on the eyes. Thus, although — Editorial writer Michelle Schacherer — Editorial writer Erik Hovenkamp many people today, especially the young, get much of their news online, dead-tree publications still serve a unique and vital function. But those age-old compact sheets of ground-up wood pulp are about to be supplanted by a new medium. If “plastics” was the economic buzzword of the late 1960s, “electronic paper” will likely achieve similar fame in the Letters 2010s. The name may or may not stick, but the development of the tech- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR may be sent via e-mail to [email protected] (as text, not as attachment). Each letter must be signed and include an address and phone number for verification. Letters nology is already proceeding at a should not exceed 300 words. The DI reserves the right to edit for length and clarity. The DI will publish only one letter per author per month. Letters will be chosen for publication by the editors according to rapid pace. Numerous electronics space considerations. No advertisements or mass mailings, please. manufacturers are experimenting GUEST OPINIONS that exceed 300 words in length must be arranged with the Opinions editor at least three days prior to the desired date of publication. Guest opinions are selected in accordance with with flexible circuits that can be word length, subject relevance, and space considerations. embedded in rubber, producing devices such as screens, keyboards, and touch pads that can be twisted, rolled, or folded without damaging them. Electronic paper provides the bene- fits of both ordinary paper and com- puter screens without the drawbacks of either. Traditional paper’s biggest limitation is its static nature. Once a Guest Opinion newspaper has been printed, the cat’s out of the bag. Find a typo or a factual error? Get new information that would substantially changes a story’s structure? Too bad. Once the papers have come off the presses, they have Free-market baby making to be sold as is. However, the back- lighting necessary to make electronic screens readable gradually wears on a Thirty years ago Friday, Louise Brown came into the world amid alarmist alarmists always predict that the next new technique will take us down the person, hurting one’s eyes and just predictions that her birth would end sex. Jeremiahs such as writer Jeremy dreaded slippery slope. never looking quite as good as printed Rifkin wailed that in-vitro (“under glass”) fertilization would harm the Looking back, the alarmism cloaked the real issues, which concerned material. future Louise. Bioethicist Leon Kass then warned that in-vitro fertilization, money. The first involved deception, fraud, and greed. Throughout the 1980s, The problem with backlighting has by sundering the bonds between the act of sex and conception, would dam- Dr. Cecil Jacobson of Fairfax, Va., used his own sperm instead of the intend- been partially solved already, but age families. ed fathers’ to create as many as 75 embryos. He went to jail for it in 1992. In most devices don’t yet make use of the Because of such fears, when Louise’s parents walked down the streets of the mid-90s, Dr. Ricardo Asch at UC-Irvine was caught switching donor eggs improved technology. The display on their English town in 1978, their neighbors fled, expecting something scaly without women’s consent. Asch fled the country to avoid prosecution. The Amazon’s Kindle, a small, portable device that allows one to read elec- or monstrous to be in the baby carriage. When they saw a normal baby, their U.S. legal system expunged these fraudulent physicians; further laws tronic books, looks quite different from fears disappeared. “In-vitro fertilization is just helping nature along a bit,” wouldn’t protect consumers. an ordinary computer screen. It is Louise’s father told them, correctly. There is another issue about money here. Deeply affecting research in designed not to irritate people’s eyes Since then, assisted reproduction has helped along hundreds of thousands assisted reproduction, Congress in 1974 banned the use of federal money in the way other screens often do. of American babies. According to 2005 data from the Centers for Disease research involving human embryos, a ban that continues. Currently, these new screens are only Control and Prevention, assisted reproduction helped create more than For such research to occur, then, it had to be done in private clinics that available in gray scale, but efforts to 50,000 American babies that year alone. accepted no federal grants but instead got all of their money from client fees. add color to commercial models are The Vatican perversely persists in condemning in-vitro fertilization, but it Early on, critics doubted that couples would pay for in-vitro fertilization, underway. Though it’s a step in the is hard to see the wisdom — or any sense of compassion — behind that think- especially if their chances of creating a baby were low.The last three decades right direction, the Kindle’s screen ing. Perhaps no children in history have been so wanted. proved the critics very wrong. doesn’t represent the best display Of course, things aren’t perfect. Children conceived through in-vitro fertil- A primal human desire may exist to create a child of one’s own. In 1978, technology on the horizon. Screens ization have a slightly elevated rate of rare birth defects. It is still not clear most insurance companies resisted paying for in-vitro fertilization as too readable using only ambient light are why; it could be because of the older age of the eggs and sperm of the par- expensive or frivolous, and critics thought that would halt the practice alto- being developed, eliminating the issue ents. But 99 percent of in-vitro fertilization kids, just like Louise Brown, are gether. Fortunately, couples enjoy the freedom to spend their money as they of backlighting altogether. born healthy. choose to buy reproductive help. So, in trying to conceive a child with in-vitro Once these devices have been Although infertility clinics advertise great rates of success, real figures are fertilization, some couples drove 15-year-old cars, rented apartments rather improved enough to be ready for com- often disappointing. Few states require insurance companies to cover in-vitro than bought houses, or went without vacations. mercialization, there will be far less demand for printed materials. A per- fertilization, and the costs run about $8,000 or more for each attempt. Most Wholly unintentionally, the U.S. ban on federal funding jump-started inno- son would only really need a few elec- couples try two or three times but end in failure. In fact, CDC statistics show vation in assisted reproduction. One byproduct of the ban was that the tronic-paper displays around the that only around 25 percent to 30 percent of couples using in-vitro fertiliza- National Institutes of Health and ethics committees had no mechanism for house to view any version of any pub- tion take home a baby, and if the woman is older than 35, the likelihood is regulating research in these private clinics. In Europe, assisted reproduction lication available on the Internet. worse. has always been subject to strict government oversight, and as a result, few Also, people will be able to format So physicians have looked for new approaches. The next best tool is using innovations occur there. Those in the United States opposed to assisted their papers as they see fit, aggregat- eggs of young women. Such eggs, fertilized by sperm from the older man, cre- reproduction miscalculated — and wound up creating one of the fastest- ing news articles and opinions pieces ate an embryo that can be gestated by the older woman and has a genetic growing areas of American medicine fueled, in part, by competing private from numerous sources into a single, connection to the father. For women over 40, this procedure dramatically clinics. customized product. Thus, this new increases their chances. The experience of 30 years teaches us two things: First, discount alarmism method of consuming information will New medical — especially fertility — techniques are often reported in sky- about assisted reproduction and embrace (don’t fear) new ways of making also unite the best aspects of newspa- is-falling prose. In 1969, Warren Kornberg, the editor of Science News, wrote babies. Second, let the market, not government, regulate baby making. One pers and blogs. Writing copy for distri- that ethical questions about assisted reproduction, cloning, and human final note. Last year, Louise Brown had her own baby, without assisted repro- bution via electronic paper will be no genetics outweighed ethical questions raised by atomic bombs. Whether it is duction, proving yet again how natural she is. more difficult or expensive than post- with sperm donations from geniuses, egg donation, babies from thawed eggs, Gregory Pence has taught bioethics at the medical school ifd the University of Alabama-Birmingham for 33 ing on a blog currently is. This devel- babies from frozen embryos, or a baby from a medically twinned embryo, years. This column appeared in Thursday’s Los Angeles Times. opment will completely shatter most current barriers to entry into the newspaper business. E-mail DI columnist Christopher Patton at: [email protected] The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Friday, July 25, 2008 - 5

“Mad Men,” AMC’s drama about 1960s advertising execs in New York City, recently landed 16 Emmy nominations, includ- ing one for outstanding drama series. This makes it one of only two basic-cable shows to do so. See what all the hype is about when Season 2 premières July 27 at 9 p.m on AMC. Arts&Culture Even Euforia Getting a leg up on things

FADES AWAY Liberty Leg: more than just the Playing Saturday night at the Yacht Club, Eufórquestra will say name of a tasty lamb entrée. goodbye to the city the members love in a special farewell concert. By Brian Dau THE DAILY IOWAN The first thing you notice CONCERT when you hear a Liberty Leg song are the vocals. Ethan Liberty Leg, with Yellow Richeson’s deep, booming Fever shouts make him sound like a When: 9 p.m. today man possessed by some Where: Picador, 330 E. Southern old-timer singing Washington the blues. It’s somewhat sur- Admission: $5 prising, then, to learn the 37- year-old is a native of Iowa City. And his live performanc- es are a little different from “It’s great to have a place the traditional blues singer you can just go and play,” he who sits and grieves into his said. “Guys from other bands guitar. come out and record stuff, too. “He’s like Iggy Pop,” drum- We’re trying to make it a mer Josh Carrollhach, 42, musical mecca.” said. “A tall skinny guy who Though any aspiring musi- totally comes unglued cian can plug her or his guitar onstage.” into a computer and start The three-piece band, recording tracks with minimal rounded out by guitarist Craig effort, recording a full band Ziegenhorn, 36, is scheduled to with live drums requires more perform with Yellow Fever sophisticated equipment, Car- today at the Picador at 9 p.m. rollhach said. That hardware The band has been around is also necessary, he said, to in some form for more than 10 achieve the band’s goal of pre- years now,though Carrollhach senting “super high-quality is a relatively recent addition, recordings that have the joining the band in 2007. intensity of the live perform- Their name is derived from ance.” Richeson’s interest in Ameri- Much of a band’s intensity can history, a major theme in when performing live relies on many of Liberty Leg’s lyrics. the energy of the vocalist. For- “I’m no historian,” he said. tunately for Liberty Leg, Rich- “I’m kind of a failed American eson’s stage presence and studies scholar, but we use a commitment to the crowd are lot of American history as cornerstones of the band’s metaphor.” sound. This affinity for American history is also evidenced by “I can be completely Contributed photo the title and cover of the exhausted after work, but Eufórquestra will play the Yacht Club Saturday in a going-away concert for the seven-person band. The Yacht Club helped the band flourish, band’s latest EP, 1776, which once I get onstage, it just elec- along with its Afro-Caribbean-barnyard-funk music. features a black and white trifies you,” Richeson said. image of the Liberty Bell “My duty to people that come watch us is to punch them as By Cole Cheney Iowa City won’t become a dis- Local-venue anecdotes make (sporting a leg for a clacker, of course). hard as I can in the heart.” tant memory for the group the band feel welcome, yet big- THE DAILY IOWAN 1776, which was released If Richeson were to para- members. CONCERT ger events are afoot. With independently by the band, phrase that famous inscrip- The cool kid in middle school “We cannot forget a city from world-renowned artists such as Eufóquestra was recorded at Carrollhach’s tion on the Liberty Bell, it just got invited to the high- which we poured so much labor the Funky Meters playing four-acre farm southwest of might go something like: Pro- school party. into and received so much love,” When: 9 p.m. Saturday alongside the band at the Big Iowa City. He remodeled the claim ROCK ’N’ ROLL Should his eighth-grade he said. “[We] will be back on Where: Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn Easy Blowout, and the heavily farm’s “corn crib” into a throughout all the Land unto friends feel happy for the guy tour and to headline Camp Admission: $7 publicized group the Chicago makeshift recording studio in all the Inhabitants thereof. because he is mature enough to Euforia.” Afrobeat Project calling for a order to give the band a place E-mail DI reporter Brian Dau at: move on, or should they wallow Five short years of rare Eufórquestra side-by-side tour with to record and rehearse. [email protected] in uncertainty and jealousy accomplishments are the prod- Eufórquestra earlier this year because “no one even liked him ucts of the symbiotic city-band dailyiowan.com in a Daily Iowan interview, that much until we started relationship. A Wakarusa major success may lie only a few hanging out with him?” appearance, the contribution of GIVE A LISTEN states away. Ideally, they’d think the for- ARTS a single to Global Rhythm Mag- The guys’ bags are packed, mer. But realistically, they’d • “Called You” azine’s compilation CD, and a and their minds are set. mull over the latter, and in the collaboration with Page • “Elegua (Bata)” While Iowa City provided a Wright stuff find: Horan’s hometown is Oak case of cool kid Eufórquestra Park, Ill., the site of the beginning McConnell, the keyboardist for • “Medicine Bow Run” backbone of community support moving to Fort Collins, Colo. When thinking of Frank Lloyd of Wright’s “Prairie Period.” It was Phish, are among the rapidly for the band, sheer numbers tri- (home of the high-schoolers Wright, the figure named “the here, too, that Loving Frank begins lengthening list of reasons justi- umph in the end. Densely popu- with fake IDs), Iowa City — ing one more time.” greatest American architect of all in the early 20th century with the fying the Fort Collins migration. lated and culturally thriving with its conflicted middle- Having first recruited the time,” it’s more likely to conjure up meeting of Wright and Cheney, “No town in Iowa has cultural schoolers — will harbor both band Euforia, which quickly centers such as Denver and images of the clean lines and inno- one-half of a couple the architect talent and appreciation similar sentiments. expanded to Eufórquestra, to Boulder provide a promised vative angles of his buildings than had designed a home for. The pair to Iowa City,” said Eric Quiner, In a bittersweet tribute to the play the Yacht Club five years land for a group that already it is to think of him as a romantic quickly struck up a friendship that the keyboardist and a vocalist city and venue that leveraged ago, Kading said the group boasts national acclaim, yet figure. This tendency, however, would eventually become for the septet. “Out in Colorado, its flourishing repertoire, seemed unique immediately. lacks major commercial success. would go against what author romantic. Eufórquestra will play at 9 p.m. though, there are 10 Iowa “We thought these guys were Selling out isn’t the issue, for its Nancy Horan has in mind for her Loving Frank, called “plausible Saturday at the Yacht Club, 13 Cities. Even the smaller festi- overly confident when they said try-anything sound will always reading at 7 p.m. today at Prairie and engrossing” by the New York S. Linn St., for $7 admission. vals we’ve played out there have that our place would be full of be unique. Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque St. Times Book Review, explores the Dubbed the “Iowa City Going- received huge responses.” ‘hot ladies’ and die-hard fans by For Eufórquestra, providing In Horan’s first novel, Loving Wright-Cheney relationship from Away Party,” this concert serves That statement is hardly a the end of the night,” Kading its music to a wider audience is Frank, she discusses the story of Mamah’s point-of-view. as the last time that Iowa City small one; the band’s own festi- said. “Their music blew us away, something that can only result one woman — Mamah Borthwick “The more I learned about her, fans can enjoy the Afro- val, Camp Euforia, hosted more and their fan prediction came from hanging out with the pop- Cheney — who apparently did see the more I felt compelled to tell her Caribbean-barnyard-funk jams than 1,000 people on the week- true.” ular high-school seniors. And it Wright as a romantic figure, to the remarkable story,” Horan said in an of the seven-man ensemble as end of July 11, said Yacht Club Eventually, the Yacht Club looks like the Fort Collins’ year- shock of Illinois society at the time. interview on the novel’s website. purely homegrown and local owner Scott Kading. developed the “Quiner-Exten- book’s Most Talented nominees The former journalist mentions “ … I believe Mamah had a pro- music. Before the middle-school “I groveled and begged the sion,” an elongation to the will have some fierce competi- on the book’s official website that found influence on Frank Lloyd envy flares up, however, vocal- guys to play here one last time,” locale’s stage made specifically tion. while the writing and research may Wright … I think it can be argued ist, guitarist, and mandolinist he said. “There was no way they to accommodate Eufórquestra’s E-mail DI reporter Cole Cheney at: have taken seven years, the initial that Mamah was the love of his life.” Mike Tallman pointed out that were leaving here without play- keyboard player. [email protected] inspiration was relatively simple to — by Anna Wiegenstein

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Ramping up a garage sale on the Postville raid. Postville raid draws The workers were given seven fire days to decide whether to accept WASHINGTON (AP) — the plea agreement, and they For a second year, Rummage in the Ramp hopes Lawmakers on Thursday ques- appeared in groups of 10 at the tioned the legality and effective- plea hearings. to eliminate curbside trash this moving season. ness of the government’s tactics “Defendants did not know what in a May raid that led to the arrest a Social Security number was,” of nearly 400 immigrants. said Erik Camayd-Freixas, one of Acceptable items The crackdown on a kosher the interpreters brought in to translate at the court proceed- Rummage in the Ramp runs meatpacking plant in Postville, ings. until Aug. 2. These are some Iowa — called Agriprocessors — Deborah Rhodes, senior asso- of the items accepted as long represented the largest single ciate deputy attorney general at as they are in good condition: immigration raid in the nation’s the Department of Justice, • Furniture history. Most of the workers, who defended the “fast-tracking” • Clothing faced charges of aggravated iden- process, which she said averted • Books tity theft for using immigration or flooding the courts and resulted • Kitchen items Social Security numbers that did in reduced sentences. • Household items not belong to them, accepted plea Lawmakers also expressed • Nonperishable food items agreements on a lesser charge of concern about the government’s • Small appliances in good Social Security fraud. Most now priorities, arguing that the mass working condition. face five months of jail followed raid complicated an existing Source: Iowa City website by deportation. The raid has come under fire investigation into labor, food safe- ty, and environmental violations brought in. But some “ques- from immigration reform groups and now lawmakers who objected at the Agriprocessors plant. tionable” items that were to group prosecutions that they Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, either dirty or really old ended say violated due process and who whose district borders Postville, up in the landfill, she said. criticized the decision to dispro- said he was concerned that The event was designed to portionately go after workers rounding up, jailing, and deport- reduce discarded furniture instead of employers. ing the plant’s workers would from students, but Jordan said “This looks and feels like a cat- impede the Department of Labor’s the sale has brought others tle auction, not a criminal prose- investigation. just looking to get rid of a few cution in the United States,” said “Unless we enforce our laws items while helping others. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., a for- equally against both employees “It’s definitely a community- and employers who break the law, Robin Svec/The Daily Iowan mer immigration lawyer and chair building experience,” she said. we will continue to have a serious Erin Kriener (left), Anthony Davis (center), and Alex Davis (right), sort and price donated items in of the House Judiciary subcom- E-mail DI reporter Melissa Brownrigg at: mittee on immigration, which problem with illegal immigration preparation for the second Rummage in the Ramp in the Chauncey Swan parking ramp on Thursday. [email protected] held a five-hour hearing Thursday in this country,” Braley said. Proceeds from the sale of donated items will benefit local nonprofit organizations that help with the sale.

By Melissa Brownrigg with a pickup fee because of around $400. THE DAILY IOWAN the discarded furniture This year, 12 nonprofit departing tenants leave at the groups hope to earn some Iowa Citians have the oppor- curb. money. tunity once again to ease curb- On the first day of the rum- Co-president of UI Environ- side litter through the city’s mage, 23 donors had dropped mental Coalition Eric biggest garage sale, Rummage off furniture. Before the sale Holthaus said this is the first in the Ramp. started, bargain hunters were year for his group to partici- Residents of Iowa City can already browsing. When the pate, and the members were drop off such unwanted items sale started, the furniture was excited about the event. as furniture, clothing, beds, the first to go. “Our group focuses on envi- and books at the Chauncey Kathy Marner, an Iowa City ronmental sustainability Swan parking ramp to be sold resident, came to shop for her through reducing, reusing, and to the public. son and found success in a blue recycling,” he said. “Rummage On Thursday, floral-pattern recliner for $15. in the Ramp tackles the second sofas and bright red and gold “He’s a boy, so that little bit ‘R’ by giving the furniture chairs littered the blocked-off of wear and tear shouldn’t more life as opposed to just part of the parking ramp, wait- matter,” she said. throwing it away.” ing to be reclaimed for another Eric Goers, another Iowa Jordan said the majority of living room. City resident, bought a $2 wet- the groups involved have a From a joke to reality, the suit for his son and what he focus on the environment or event has become a success. thought was a vase for his human service becauuse these “It stemmed from conversa- wife. are the reasons for the sale. tions about the amount of fur- “Hopefully, she won’t hate it, “We’re trying to keep the niture that ends up on the curb but if she does, it will be back items out of the landfill and when students move,” said here tomorrow,” he said. also help people who can’t Jennifer Jordan, a landfill Last year, the sale brought afford new furniture,” she said. recycling coordinator. “We in an estimated 250 donors, Jordan learned last year that started joking about a garage 800 shoppers, and lots of posi- organization is vital to the sale. sale, and that’s what ended up tive feedback, Jordan said. “Last year was a free-for-all,” happening.” “We had people ask if we she said. “We didn’t have as This is the second year for were going to do this every many tables or as much shelv- the city-sponsored event, week,” she said. ing.” which officials plan to coincide Around $4,000 in profits last Jordan said she hopes to cut with the moving season for year was split among the non- down on the chaos by being many students. profit organizations and more picky when it comes to The sale can also ease land- groups that volunteered for the accepting items this year. Last lords’ worries of getting stuck sale. Each group received year, 20 tons of items were

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FERENTZ Instead of saying, “What’s wrong with Kirk CONTINUED FROM 1 Ferentz?” I’m saying, “What’s wrong with the players?” “I was not enthused about These kids are 18- to 22-year-old kids, but I think going to the meeting, I felt uncomfortable about that, but we they’re men. We have 18- to 22-year-old men who are were requested to be there,” the ‘ in Iraq, fighting for our country and making huge deci- coach said. “When I walked away, I thought it was a very positive sions every day. These guys know right from wrong, meeting in a very tough circum- Kirk Herbstreit stance.” so I think it’s more about the juniors and seniors pro- ESPN analyst That meeting was his last viding leadership. They have to be an extension of involvement with the procedure taking place, he said. what Kirk Ferentz and his staff want. During the press conference, he defended his character, partic- While the coverage is appropriate from a media ularly in light of accusations of a perspective … there ought to be a presumption of inno- cover-up at the UI. “You can question my ability to cence. I’ll tell you, Kirk Ferentz is one of the finest people coach, you can question the deci- ’ sions I choose to make — and I —‘forget about coaches. And Sally Mason and Gary am in a decision-making posi- Barta … in my view, their values, their judgment, their tion,” Ferentz said. “You can question a lot of things, but to integrity, is at a high level. So not only do they get the Jim Delany question character, I do take presumption of innocence, they get the presumption exception to that." Big Ten commisioner of support because of the kind of people they are. SECOND LETTER SURFACES Becky Mnuk/The Daily Iowan RAGBRAI cyclists pedal into North Liberty on Thursday. RAGBRAI’s theme Thursday was “Pirates.” In the second letter — As far as the investigation, instances, Kirk’s actions were addressed to UI President Sally “what we have to do is have some consistent, so certainly,he shared Mason, Dean of Students Phillip patience” and wait for the with me what his intentions needed a vehicle that was as ing to his team are making the Jones, and her daughter’s athlet- RAGBRAI regents to complete their review, were, and I supported that.” corny as the ride, pun intended.” 471-mile trek across Iowa. Each ic coaching staff — the mother ’ CONTINUED FROM 1 Parrott said. North’s teammate Vince repeated a conversation she had member must raise a minimum Former Hawkeyes Satterfield OTHER FOOTBALL CHARGES Newmark, a scientist for 3M, Vasquez described that the with Mason. of $1,500 to fund cancer and Everson were charged in In light of the recent arrest of said he and his team of 25 wore name, plastered onto both sides research. In that conversation, the UI May with second-degree sexual incoming freshman Riley Reiff, president allegedly said she the matching helmets to keep of the rust-red-colored bus, came “The whole mission of the abuse in the incident; Satterfield Ferentz said Thursday that Reiff track of each other. from what team members call, didn’t deal with such situations also faces a third-degree sexual- will be given a stiffer punish- Lance Armstrong Foundation is as this and directed the mother “This way, we can recognize literally, “the vicious cycle”: eat, to make cancer research a prior- abuse charge. ment now as opposed to what he our fellow loonies,” he said. drink, sleep, and ride like hell. to someone who did. The woman allegedly told would have received if his arrest ity,” said Charles O’Reilly of “Not one of you went out of Birds on helmets weren’t the This year’s team is made up Springfield, Mo. “We’re not just police she was raped by Satter- had occurred a year ago. only things that rode into North of 14 riders and one driver. your way to represent the Uni- riding to ride; we’re riding to go field in an empty Hillcrest room. Reiff, a 19-year-old recruit Liberty. Buses with unique “We have to hire a new driver versity of Iowa with the around and talk to people.” Everson is also accused of raping from Parkston, S.D., was arrest- themes also sat scattered on the every year, because every year, integrity and honor that was her the same night. ed July 19 after allegedly lead- side streets, waiting for their our drivers want to come back First-time RAGBRAI rider due to this young woman,” the The trials for both former foot- ing police on a 20-minute foot Andy Hodges, who is riding with letter said. “She fought this cyclist owners to arrive. Among as riders,” North said. ball players are set for Nov. 3. chase downtown. The incident the Livestrong team, said there battle alone, finished her year the buses was the Vicious Cycle, As has been the case in previ- began when an officer reported are perks other than talking to alone, and left alone.” FERENTZ’S FIRST REACTION that she witnessed Reiff naked which made its way to Iowa car- ous years, riders from Lance The mother said she questions rying riders from Illinois, Geor- Armstrong’s Livestrong Foun- fellow riders about his cause. While he wouldn’t say whom, in the alley in downtown Iowa “It’s beautiful country,” he Mason and Jones personally and Ferentz did reveal Thursday that City. His eyes were bloodshot, gia, and South Carolina. dation are also participating in professionally. he had a meeting with more the officer reported, and his “I bought the bus on e-Bay, RAGBRAI. Though Armstrong said. “We just love the corn.” “Shame on all of you for back- players than the defensive backs balance was unstable. sight unseen,” fifth-year RAG- himself only rode one day this E-mail DI reporter Erika Vijh at: ing down when the going got Everson and Satterfield and that Officers charged him with pub- BRAI rider John North said.“We week, 175 other riders belong- [email protected] tough,” she said. “Shame on all of the decisions he made were in lic intoxication and interference you for dropping this young compliance with Iowa’s Student with official acts, both simple woman like a plague and turning Athlete Code of Conduct. misdemeanors. your backs on her when she He said the last team activities Reiff is the 18th Iowa football determined to finish the race in that either Everson or Satterfield player to face charges since 2007. City eyes Dubuque St. spite of all of you.” participated in took place on Oct. Thursday, Ferentz said about Her daughter “left Iowa 14, 2007, and that the last “infor- Reiff's punishment, “It’s going to DUBUQUE now the executive director of the “We don’t know what would today and will never look mation-gathering” conversations hurt a little bit more, but all that Emma Goldman Clinic, 227 N. happen to the water,” Davidson back,” she wrote. he had with the two players came being said, I’d like to think we’re CONTINUED FROM 1 Dubuque St. “We had to priori- said. “Would it mean more A CASE REOPENED Oct. 18, 2007. By then, Ferentz educators, and I’d like to think tize, and we just didn’t think a water in City Park or in said, he had made a decision. we’ll be fair to him. town via the North Dodge flood like that would happen Coralville? How would it affect The state Board of Regents “I only acted on the things that “He has been in Iowa City long Street exit from I-80, causing very often.” flows downstream?” reopened the investigation on a football coach can act on,” he enough to know, I would hope, traffic jams, especially during Instead of raising Dubuque Raising the Park Road bridge Tuesday after learning that the said. “Based on the knowledge I that what he did was not only bad busy morning and evening May 16 letter and another letter Street, the city received could offset any water-level had, the information I had from in itself but directly worked hours. $700,000 for the development of increases on the river incurred sent in November were withheld several people, I acted on what I against the cause that I think Emergency responses were from the regents when they the peninsula on the north side by raising Dubuque Street, said had, and I think I acted fairly. everybody on our team is commit- also slower, although the Fire of the city. Ron Knoche, a city engineer. began their investigation. Barta, who was also in Chicago ted to taking the right path on.” Department worked with other The mother of the victim Fifteen years later, though, “We’re just conducting a risk- for the Big Ten media day,said he However, Ferentz also said towns to cover certain areas, Dubuque Street was once again benefit analysis to see what revealed the existence of the first received a voice mail the night of that he would not kick Reiff off said Fire Chief Andy Rocca. letter on July 19. submerged for days on end, effects it would have,” he said. Oct. 14, 2007, that suggested the team for what took place in One example he offered was a making the project a greater “It would be difficult to raise it Mason said at a special some wrongdoings may have Iowa City last week. routine trip out to the water focus now than before. to a level where it would not be regents’ meeting on Tuesday that taken place and that the first Ferentz also spoke about what plant. It took the fire truck more Whether the community and completely submerged during a she did not initially hand over attempt he had to talk with peo- he called the new “player-devel- the letters because a misinter- than 22 minutes to reach its the City Council would fully flood like this year.” ple and gather information came opment personnel person” to destination — a trip that usual- pretation of the Family Educa- the following morning. serve as an academic counselor support the expensive project Another question that tion Rights and Privacy Act. ly takes no more than eight will play a big part in its fate. remains to be answered is what “From Day One, we had con- to help players with issues that minutes. Regent President David Miles tacted all the appropriate people arise off the field. No one has for- The council would need to effect raising the Park Road called the situation “a serious “It wasn’t uncommon to sit in approve the proposal. bridge would have downstream. on campus,” he said. “Each step mally been named by the athlet- traffic for 40 minutes,” Rocca breach of trust” at this week’s we took was very careful and ics department. “I do have some problems Right now, the bridge acts simi- special meeting, saying it “under- said. “I would be in favor of rais- with full attempt to follow uni- “This person is strictly a sup- with [raising Dubuque],” said lar to a dam during high water, mines the credibility of the uni- ing Dubuque, as long as we had City Councilor Connie Champi- holding back some of the flow. versity” and the regents. versity policy. Everybody went plement person,” the coach said. through it with integrity and “We’re not going to hire Dr. Phil. a prioritized list of all the com- on. “It’s very expensive, and the Knoche said that even though UI spokesman Steve Parrott promised roadways.” street doesn’t flood very often.” it may act as a dam in a smaller said in a statement that universi- with the intent to follow policy Our goals are basically to get procedures.” someone who can help us with Since 1993, the idea of raising No official plans have been flood, it wouldn’t affect any ty officials followed all of the cor- Dubuque Street has been tossed drawn up, but Davidson said downstream areas. rect procedures as soon as they Barta said he agreed with deci- players making the transition. sions Ferentz made after the “It’s not going to be a glam- around a few times, said Steve Dubuque Street would probably Even if officials approve the were informed of the incident in Atkins, the former city manager. October 2007. alleged sexual assault. orous job. It’s almost an entry- be raised between the Park initial plan, determining the However, the Iowa City City He said on Thursday that “Each coach has team rules, level position in some ways. Road and Foster Road intersec- height of the road will be a bal- the officials had no additional and by those team rules, each What we’re looking for, above Council never approved the tions if the plan were approved. ancing act. comments on the content of the coach can make decisions anything else, is one more per- project. Although the project could “We have to ask if we want to second letter. However, the whether he or she chooses to sus- son to have more one-on-one “[Raising Dubuque] was on a possibly be more convenient for raise [Dubuque] just enough to mother of the alleged victim pend or not suspend her or his interaction with our players just long list of things we thought some, others expressed concern stay dry during a 100-year “obviously still feels very student-athlete,” Barta said. about their transition.” could be done after the ’93 about what would happen to the flood,” Knoche said. strongly” about those involved “Then there’s the Student Ath- E-mail DI reporters at: floods,” said Karen Kubby, who water that would usually sit on E-mail DI reporter Alyssa Cashman at: in the situation, he said. lete Code of Conduct. In both [email protected] was a city councilor then and is the road during a flood. [email protected]

8 - The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Friday, July 25, 2008 If we cannot end now our differences, at least we “ can help make the world safe for diversity. Celebrity — John F. Kennedy ” quotations

“It’s a deeply personal Daily Break matter. I would ask you to respect my privacy in the matter.” Friday, July 25, 2008 CHESS BREAK — Christian Bale, on horoscopes — by Eugenia Last allegations that he ARIES (March 21-April 19): Nothing can stop you once you get the momentum flowing. assaulted his mother and Love is in the air, and social settings will prove professionally and personally beneficial. sister at a London hotel Establish your position, and you can start to build. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Aim for completion. Until you are satisfied with what you have “On the first one, we done, you won’t be able to relax. Once you are organized, you’ll be surprised how easy it is knew we were good song- to finish. writers, but we didn’t GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Home, family, and taking care of personal business should come into play. Once you have your responsibilities out of the way, you can enjoy the comforts of know we were good coun- home, neighbors, and friends and activities that challenge and enlighten you. try songwriters. It was CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t rely on someone who promises you too much. You will almost like a stab in the end up having to do the work yourself, under stressful time restraints. Just do what needs dark. With the second it to be done instead of waiting for someone else to pull her or his weight. was, ‘Can we keep this up, LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your Leo charm won’t let you down. You will have everyone at your or was it a fluke?’ With beck and call. An offer will be made that will be hard to refuse and has the potential to change your life. An instant decision can be made. the third one, we’re say- VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Forget about what everyone else is doing. You’ll be blamed for ing, ‘Yes, we can, so let’s meddling if you try to help someone who is confused about a love gone wrong or a dispute expand.’ ” with a friend. Instead, do something that brings you satisfaction. — Jennifer Nettles of LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Look for opportunities to put your talents to good use and meet Sugarland people who can help you further your professional goals. A financial gain is likely to come your way, but overspending will counteract your good fortune. “Just because I’m famous SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Love lessons will be learned if you have neglected someone who needs your attention. You may be all wrapped up in work and trying to get something doesn’t mean that I work off the ground, but that is no excuse for letting your personal life fall apart. for the audience. I’m not SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Look for adventure, a challenge, an exotic destination. obligated to do anything. Putting your money or your time behind someone you are trying to impress will be your I’m an artist. I will do demise. Entertain, but don’t let it cost you too much. what I want to do. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): If you take time to fix up your residence or make a move Whatever the conse- that will benefit you and your loved ones, you will make a profit and be a hero. Do the work yourself, and you will bypass a lot of crafty people trying to talk you out of your cash. quences. … I certainly AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don’t let someone drag you into a dispute that doesn’t con- hope that it’s a civilized cern you. Be blunt about your feelings, and keep things out in the open so no one can accuse reaction.” you of withholding information or taking sides. Don’t argue with your lover — you won’t win. 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The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Friday, July 25, 2008 - 9 dailyiowan.com for more sports Sports Diver likes sound of Beijing DIVING Olympics, I would feel like FIRST SHOT AT THE GAMES finished fifth in the 3-meter respect for the dangers of her CONTINUED FROM 12 they’re so far ahead of me I don’t Before the 2003-04 school How she cracked springboard. sport, she will balance her focus think I could ever do that,” Fos- year — midway through Fos- the diving dozen One thing she has come to on her diving with the awe of ter said. “The first time [I saw ter’s career at Iowa — Arm- expect from previous diving her first Olympic Games. Foster has continued to com- the Olympics as a real goal] was strong suggested that she try Foster, along with Indiana meets in China, where the sport “In one sense, it’s just another pete in both national and inter- in 2000, when I watched Laura out for the 2004 Olympics in University’s Christina Loukas, enjoys more popularity than in competition,” she said. “All the national competitions since Wilkinson win. Athens. After consulting with will compete for Team USA on the United States, is the coun- same players are there, all the rejoining her old club, winning “Because Laura was my Rydze, who advised her to pur- the 3-meter springboard in try’s enthusiastic fans. same competitors that I’ve seen both the 2007 and 2008 Speedo teammate and I trained with sue an Olympic berth, she took Beijing next month. It will be “Diving in China is different around at international meets USA Diving Spring National her every day and to see her win a redshirt year so she could her first Olympics, but it was from diving in a lot of other for the last four or five years Championships, her most was kind of a switch — it was focus on training for the not her first shot at making the places,” she said. “There’s will be there. notable accomplishments lead- like, ‘Wow, maybe this is attain- Olympic Trials. team. always huge turnout for compe- “It’s the same people, I’ll be ing up to her Olympic berth. able. Maybe this is something It was not meant to be, At the 2004 Olympic Trials, tition — almost always they’re doing the same dives, it’s the As with many athletes, her that I can do.’ ” though; as she finished fourth Foster finished fourth on the 3- sold out. same 3 meters, so I want to success has its humble origins on the 3-meter springboard at meter springboard in her first “Young people are very into approach it as just another in a simple blue ribbon. THE OLD COLLEGE TRY the trials, short of the top-two attempt to make the US what they’re watching. They meet, while at the same time, She was first introduced to With her older sister Holly Jo finish needed to make that Olympic team. Only the top two really appreciate the dives, and trying to enjoy the uniqueness diving at age 5 in a summer already a conference champion year’s team. in each event made the team. they’ll laugh at you if you do a and the specialness of the activities program near Conroe for Ohio State in 2000, Foster Foster used that experience Competing at the 2008 Olympic bad dive there. They’re usually Olympics.” that she attended with her older had her eyes on competing in as a building block for the 2008 Trials in June at Indiana pretty animated, so it’s a fun E-mail DI reporter Lars Headington at: sister, Holly Jo. In her first com- the Big Ten. Through Arm- Olympic team. University, Foster finished sec- atmosphere to dive in.” [email protected] petition at the camp, she won a strong’s connection to Rydze, “I thought I had a shot, but I ond in her event behind Loukas. Foster will have her own blue ribbon, a photo of which is she found an ideal situation at was very much an underdog in However, USA diving’s selection cheering section in Beijing. Her displayed proudly on Foster’s Iowa to begin her collegiate div- 2004,” she said. “So I was in a format for this quadrennial was husband, Matt Foster, as well as blog. ing career. little bit of a different role going changed to give automatic bids her mother, brother Grant Her coach at that program, “My diving improved dramat- into [this year]. I had just only to the first-place finishers. Underwood, and his girlfriend Bill Cant, recommended that ically when I came to Iowa,” Fos- matured a lot as a diver.” Foster, and the rest of each will all be in attendance. she attend a diving camp run by ter said. “Coach Rydze and I just event’s top six qualified for a Acknowledging the increased then-University of Texas diving work really good together, and I WHEN IT ALMOST ENDED selection camp in which USA media attention and distrac- coach Mike Brown. When was able to learn more difficult One troubled diving span diving’s selection commitee tions that come with the world’s Brown saw potential in the dives when I came to Iowa, as might have ended Foster’s div- would choose the rest of the largest and most celebrated Underwood girls, he called Olen well as just the new environ- ing career prematurely, though. 12-member team. international competition, Fos- and JoAnn Underwood to sug- ment, and my team really While competing for the Foster brought her A-game to ter puts the hype in perspective. gest that they get their daugh- encouraged me, and we pushed Woodlands Athletic Club in the July selection camp at the Just as she balances fear and ters more involved in the sport. each other.” 1997, Foster suffered a head University of Tennessee, win- “Coach Brown called me on During her Hawkeye career, injury that nearly ended her ning three of four lists to earn the phone after the diving camp Foster was named an All-Ameri- diving career. her place on the 2008 Olympic 1 team. and said, ‘Your little girls have can five times, and she holds Performing an inward 2 ⁄2, she some talent, and you need to get Iowa’s top four women’s all-time came in too close and struck her them with Ken Armstrong in scores in the 3-meter spring- face against the diving board. love the sport you’re in besides The Woodlands and allow them board. Her teeth were smashed and just having the dedication.” to develop their talent,’ ” Olen “From the very first day that I her nose broken, and doctors For Foster, looking past the Underwood said. “So that’s what came there, I could tell that performed a CT scan and danger of another accident and we did.” [Rydze] believed in me and real- detected a crack in her skull. focusing on a successful dive is a That was in 1992, when blue ly thought that I could do great But a month later, doctors no matter of proper perspective. ribbons were nice rewards, but things,” Foster said. “And so that longer could detect a crack and “You’re probably not going to diving was simply something really raised the level of expec- cleared her to continue diving. be really successful at some- fun to do. tations on myself.” “For her to come back from thing if you’re really afraid of it; “At that point, her mind Having coached at Iowa for 33 that in two months was just a however, you can’t just disre- wasn’t exactly on diving,” JoAnn years, Rydze describes Foster really brave thing,” JoAnn gard it completely,” Foster said. Underwood said. “She was just among the top two women Underwood said. “But respect, I feel, is a healthy having a good time. divers he has ever coached at But while performing a dive balance between respecting the “It wasn’t until she was 10 or Iowa, the other being Lisette at her next competition eight dangers involved and yet not 11 that she really got serious Planken, a 2005 Iowa graduate months later, Foster suffered letting that danger control you about it.” from the Netherlands. another accident, this time or influence you too much.” Armstrong began coaching at “Her strength is her strength striking the back of her head on But she doesn’t pretend that The Woodlands Athletic Club in — she’s very, very powerful,” the board, an injury that fear of another injury doesn’t 1988 after coaching stints at the Rydze said. “Her DDs are com- required several stitches. After cross her mind. University of Calgary and the second accident, JoAnn parable with the Chinese divers’ “I think it’s something that Texas. Having trained Foster for Underwood’s concerns made her kind of goes back and forth,” she the better part of 16 years, he degree of difficulty. want her daughter to quit div- said. “I’ve felt fear even in the will coach her when she travels “She’s got a great feel for her ing. not too distant past of dives, but to Beijing as well. backs and reverses, which is Foster, however, remained it helps me when I do feel fear- “I know her well because she’s very important because those determined. been around for so long,” he are the blind dives.” “It was much more difficult ful, remembering that I know said. “It’s a comfortable relation- Foster describes her most after my second accident, but the techniques that are going to ship. She knows me, and I know consistent dive being the again, I came to the same con- keep me safe and again that I 1 her; I know what buttons to reverse 2 ⁄2 pike, one of the dives clusions that I had the first need to have respect for it, but I push and when to push them. Rydze taught her. Having seen time, that this was something don’t need to be fearful of it. “It’s going to be fun because three Hawkeye men go to the that I loved and I wanted to con- “It’s a balance that you have it’s her and Laura Wilkinson Olympics during his tenure at tinue on, that this was just a to continue to maintain every from here. Both of them I taught Iowa, the coach will relish the hard season, but that it definite- day.” their first step in diving, so it’s opportunity to see the first diver ly wasn’t the end for me,” Foster going to be a great Olympic from his women’s teams bask in said. FIFTH TIME IN CHINA Games because of that.” the glow of the Games. Seeing how dedicated her Though this will be Foster’s Wilkinson, a 2000 gold medal- daughter was to the sport, first Olympic Games, it is not “The trip was going to be ist competing in her third JoAnn Underwood respected her first trip to China. She has Olympics, has been a role model enjoyable anyway,” he said. “It her daughter’s decision to con- competed there four times and mentor for Foster at the makes it a lot more enjoyable tinue diving. before in international competi- Woodlands Athletic Club. because you get to be at the “She just wanted it really bad, tion, most recently in March at “Sometimes when I was Olympic Games and watch one just loves diving,” JoAnn Under- the FINA Grand Prix China younger, watching the of your divers dive.” wood said. “I think you have to Open in Shenzhen, where she

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Atlanta (Jurrjens 9-5) at Philadelphia (Kendrick 8-4), Minnesota at Cleveland, 6:05 p.m. Connecticut 87, Los Angeles 61 CINCINNATI BENGALS–Released CB Blue Adams. 6:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 6:05 p.m. Minnesota 84, Indiana 80, OT DALLAS COWBOYS–Signed TE Martellus Bennett, Colorado (Cook 12-6) at Cincinnati (Volquez 12-3), L.A. Angels at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m. Houston 79, Detroit 61 RB Tashard Choice and LB Erik Walden. 6:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m. Today's Games DENVER BRONCOS–Announced the retirement of St. Louis (Boggs 3-1 or Thompson 2-2) at N.Y. Mets Washington at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m. WR Rod Smith. Signed WR Eddie Royal to a four- (Pelfrey 8-6), 6:10 p.m. Los Angeles at New York, 6:30 p.m. year contract. Houston (Rodriguez 5-3) at Milwaukee (Parra 9-2), BASEBALL TOP TEN San Antonio at Minnesota, 7 p.m. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS–Signed OT Branden Albert. 7:05 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE Seattle at Phoenix, 9 p.m. NEW YORK JETS–Waived DB Etienne Boulay. Arizona (Haren 9-5) at San Francisco (Sanchez 8- Home Runs SAN DIEGO CHARGERS–Signed CB Antoine 5), 9:15 p.m. Howard, Philadelphia, 29; Dunn, Cincinnati, 29; Cason to a five-year contract. Washington (Lannan 6-9) at L.A. Dodgers Braun, Milwaukee, 26; Utley, Philadelphia, 25; TOUR DE FRANCE AT A GLANCE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS–Signed DL Kentwan (Billingsley 9-9), 9:40 p.m. Balmer. Burrell, Philadelphia, 25; Uggla, Florida, 24; SAINT-ETIENNE, France (AP) _ A brief look at Saturday's Games HOCKEY HRamirez, Florida, 24. Thursday's 18th stage of the Tour de France: Florida at Chicago Cubs, 12:05 p.m. National Hockey League Runs Batted In Riders set out on a 122-mile trek from Atlanta at Philadelphia, 2:55 p.m. Stage: ATLANTA THRASHERS–Named Randy Howard, Philadelphia, 88; CaLee, Houston, 80; Bourg-d'Oisans to Saint-Etienne in the medium Houston at Milwaukee, 6:05 p.m. Cunneyworth and Todd Nelson assistant coaches. DWright, New York, 78; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 76; mountains. San Diego at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS–Acquired C Pascal Braun, Milwaukee, 74; Berkman, Houston, 74; Marcus Burghardt of Germany won in a St. Louis at N.Y. Mets, 6:10 p.m. Winner: Pelletier from Boston for C Martin St. Pierre. Teixeira, Atlanta, 73. sprint finish after an early breakway, beating Carlos Colorado at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m. PHOENIX COYOTES–Named Jason Serbus athletic Pitching (11 Decisions) Barredo of Spain. Both clocked 4 hours, 30 minutes, Arizona at San Francisco, 8:05 p.m. trainer. Lohse, St. Louis, 12-2, .857; Parra, Milwaukee, 9-2, 21 seconds. Romain Feillu of France was third, 3:33 Washington at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10 p.m. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING–Agreed to a one-year affil- .818; Volquez, Cincinnati, 12-3, .800; Lincecum, San behind. iation agreement with Augusta (ECHL). Francisco, 11-3, .786; Sheets, Milwaukee, 10-3, Yellow Jersey: Spanish rider Carlos Sastre kept the COLLEGE .769; Webb, Arizona, 13-4, .765; Zambrano, overall lead, leading Team CSC teammate Frank AMERICAN LEAGUE ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE–Named Chicago, 11-4, .733; Dempster, Chicago, 11-4, .733. Schleck of Luexembourg by 1:24. Bernhard Kohl of Charlene Curtis coordinator of women's basketball East Division W L Pct GB AMERICAN LEAGUE Austria is third at 1:33. officials. Tampa Bay 59 42 .584 — Home Runs "I don't want to think about the Quote of the Day: ILLINOIS-CHICAGO–Extended the contract of Boston 60 43 .583 — Quentin, Chicago, 26; Sizemore, Cleveland, 25; time trial. I just want to enjoy spending each day in Jimmy Collins, men's basketball coach, three years New York 56 45 .554 3 Hamilton, Texas, 22; Dye, Chicago, 21; ARodriguez, the yellow jersey" — Sastre on trying not to focus on 1 through the 2011-12 season. Toronto 51 51 .500 8 ⁄2 New York, 21; Giambi, New York, 20; 6 are tied with Saturday's decisive 20th stage. WRIGHT STATE–Extended the contract of Brad Baltimore 48 53 .475 11 19. Today's 19th stage is a 103-mile flat Next stage: Brownell, men's basketball coach, through the 2013- Central Division W L Pct GB Runs Batted In stage from Roanne to Montlucon that favors sprint- 14 season. Chicago 57 43 .570 — Hamilton, Texas, 98; Quentin, Chicago, 76; ers. Morneau, Minnesota, 73; MiCabrera, Detroit, 71;

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[email protected] HELP WANTED By Larry Lage ASSOCIATED PRESS The WNBA punished so many players for their roles in this week’s skirmish that the league is staggering the suspensions by alphabetical order. “None of us can recall an incident like this,” WNBA President Donna Orender said Thursday during a conference call. The league suspended Detroit assistant coach Rick Mahorn and 10 players following the dustup between the Shock and the visit- ing Los Angeles Sparks on Tuesday. Shock forward Plenette Pierson was sus- pended for four games, the harshest penalty, for initiating and escalating the altercation. “In our opinion, Plenette was the aggres- sor,” said Renee Brown, the WNBA’s chief of basketball operations and player relations. Mahorn was suspended for two games, as were Shannon Bobbitt and Murriel Page of Jerry S. Mendoza/Associated Press the Sparks, for the incident at the Palace of Detroit Shock’s Plenette Pierson (bottom Auburn Hills. left) scuffles with Los Angeles Sparks’ “As a team, we’re incensed that Rick Candace Parker during a bench-clearing Mahorn was suspended,” Detroit coach Bill melee in the closing seconds of a WNBA HELP WANTED Laimbeer said in a telephone interview with basketball game on Tuesday in Auburn the Associated Press from Houston, where the Shock were scheduled to play the Hills, Mich. Comets. “He was trying to be a peacemaker, and now he’s being thrown under the bus.” Pam Wheeler, director of operations for Brown said Mahorn only started off as a the WNBA players’ union, said officials are peacemaker before he shoved Sparks star in the process of interviewing players affect- Lisa Leslie. ed by the fines and suspensions while “Then he took it a step too far,” she said. reviewing video of the end of the game. “When he pushed Lisa, it escalated the situ- “A determination of any appeals or griev- ation.” ances will be made shortly,” Wheeler said in Players suspended for one game included a statement. Detroit’s Kara Braxton, Tasha Humphrey, The melee at the Palace in suburban Elaine Powell, and Sheri Sam, along with Detroit — the site of the infamous brawl Los Angeles’ Leslie, Candace Parker, and among the Pistons, Indiana Pacers, and fans DeLisha Milton-Jones. in 2004 — broke out with 4.6 seconds left in Pierson was also fined $1,500, and a game won by the Sparks. Mahorn was docked $1,000. The rest of the Parker and Pierson got tangled and fell to players involved were fined $500 each. the court. Deanna Nolan tackled Parker, “I think the fines that were handed out and Mahorn appeared to push Leslie to the were just,” Los Angeles Sparks’ coach court. Milton-Jones responded by punching Michael Cooper said. “I don’t think there is Mahorn in the back. anyone in this league who condones fighting. The fracas started moments after Parker All players know what happens when you and Detroit’s Cheryl Ford had to be separat- leave the floor and throw a punch. Unfortu- ed after Ford fouled Parker. After Ford tried nately we’re missing four of our five starters. to restrain Pierson, her right knee buckled That’s something that we’ll have to deal and she left the floor in a wheelchair and will with, but that’s why they call it a team miss the rest of the season and playoffs due sport.” to a torn knee ligament. 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Springing toward SECOND IN A SEVEN-PART SERIES Tom Buese GYMNASTICS 2 graduated a Hawkeye first Hawks honored Two Hawkeye gymnasts were honored by the College Gymnastics Association for their academic achieve- ments, the university announced Thursday. The men— Tom Buese and Jacob Becker, both graduated seniors — were named part of the All- American Scholar Athletes first team, according to a statement. To be a part of the team, athletes must attain a 3.5 GPA. Becker had a 3.63, while Buese had a 3.68, according to the state- ment. Becker and Buese, along with 71 other gymnasts, will make up the team. — by Emileigh Barnes

MLB File photo/The Daily Iowan Hawkeye diver Nancilea Underwood prepares herself for a back dive at the Field House pool dur- Potential Cubs’ ing practice on Nov. 1, 2005. Now known as Underwood-Foster, she is part of the U.S. Olympic buyers go to 2nd team and will dive in Beijing. round At this year’s Summer Olympiad in Beijing, NEW YORK (AP) — Tribune Co. is inviting at Nancilea Underwood-Foster will be the first least three potential buyers who each submitted bids for the Hawkeye female diver to compete in the Games. By Lars Headington of the four lists pretty handily, Chicago THE DAILY IOWAN and on the list that she was sec- Cubs and ond, she was only second by a Wrigley Her feet, pressed against the grainy spring- point.” Field near board, wait poised, the cool surface of the chlo- “We have six metrics that we or above rinated pool 3 meters below. Clear and calm, look at, and she was ahead in all Blog $1 billion the water waits for her to break its surface, the metrics. It was a pretty easy Tease to partici- gracefully, sharply, smoothly. selection.” Follow Nancilea pate in a These elements never change for a diver. It’s on her road to second Cuban the circumstances around the dive that do. BACK TO WHERE SHE Beijing by reading round of Dallas Maverick Whether the crowds at the pool are large and STARTED her blog at: proposals, owner enthusiastic with media teeming about or min- After graduating from Iowa in http://nan- according imal and reserved, void of cameras and micro- cilea.blogspot. 2006, Foster, a native of Conroe, com/ to a person involved in the phones, neither alter the aspect of a diver to the Texas, returned to her home- process. water. town. She married Matt Foster, a former class- Several bidders offering Former Iowa diver Nancilea Underwood-Fos- mate at Oak Ridge High and her boyfriend of between $700 million and ter will put that aspect to the test on the three years. $900 million for all the prop- world’s biggest stage Aug. 15-17 after being Just south of Conroe along Interstate 45 is erties have been excluded selected as one of 12 divers who will compete The Woodlands. Like much of East Texas, the from the second round, for the United States at the 2008 Olympic land is heavily wooded, with cypresses reach- according to the person, Games in Beijing. who spoke on the condition In June, Foster finished second in the 3- ing skyward in an area dotted with lakes. of anonymity because of meter springboard at USA Diving’s Olympic For Foster, it was a return to her old proving nondisclosure agreements trials in Indianapolis, in which only the top fin- grounds at the Woodlands Athletic Club, where governing all talk about the ishers in each event earned automatic bids to she first became a serious diver. bids. the team. But she earned herself a spot on the team A Tribune spokeswoman SEE DIVING, 9 said the baseball team would after attending a July selection camp at the not have any comment on University of Tennessee, where she impressed Nancilea Underwood-Foster • USA National Diving Team: 2004 to present the status of the sale, which the team’s selection committee, including her • Family: Mother, JoAnn; Father, Olen (a national champion also includes the team’s former coach, Iowa’s head diving coach and • Born: Conroe, Texas in football with Texas in 1963); Sister, Holly Jo Underwood minority stake in a Chicago USA Diving’s team leader for the Beijing • Graduated from Iowa: 2006, International Studies Reynolds (a Big Ten champion diver with Ohio State in regional sports TV network. Games, Bob Rydze. • Five-time All-American at Iowa 2000); Sister, Kelley; Brother, Grant. Included in the second “She was the most consistent diver,” Rydze • Iowa’s record holder on the 3-meter springboard • Married: Matt Foster, 2006 round are Internet billionaire said. “They did four lists, and she won three out and Dallas Maverick owner Mark Cuban; the Ricketts family, which founded the brokerage that is now TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.; and a group led by Sports Acquisition Holding Corp. that includes former baseball Injuries cloud football picture home run king Henry Aaron and former Republican Congressman Jack Kemp. Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz was in Chicago Thursday to discuss some issues surrounding his team before it heads to camp in August. TV TODAY By Brendan Stiles the two most likely to raise eye- until the camp’s second week. entz believes that Greene should brows are injuries to offensive The news regarding Richard- be good to go for the start of 2008, MLB THE DAILY IOWAN lineman Dace Richardson and son is a lot more disheartening. while Wilson’s return to the team • Florida at Chicago Cubs, CHICAGO – Although an backup quarterback Ricky Stanzi. could be delayed a little longer 1:20 p.m., WGN While rehabbing his injured alleged sexual assault and the Stanzi suffered a sprained knee, Ferentz said, Richardson because of academic issues. BASKETBALL reopening of the investigation by shoulder during a workout last suffered a setback that will Ferentz also announced • Team USA vs. Canada, 7 the state Board of Regents took week. Ferentz is optimistic that p.m., ESPN center stage Thursday at the necessitate an additional sur- Thursday that kicker Austin CYCLING 2008 Big Ten media day, Iowa he would be back in time by the gery; he will miss the entire Signor had made the decision to • Tour de France, Stage 19, football coach Kirk Ferentz did time the team heads to camp to 2008 season. transfer to another school, which Richardson Stanzi 7:30 a.m., VERSUS touch on other situations regard- compete for the starting job with There had been talk of two means Daniel Murray could be lineman backup GOLF ing his team. incumbent starter Jake Chris- guys returning to the team this the team’s first-string kicker. quarterback • Senior British Open, second Ferentz spoke about several tensen, but the coach also said year — safety Marcus Wilson and E-mail DI Sports Editor Brendan Stiles at: round, 11 a.m., TNT injuries affecting his squad, but the injury could keep Stanzi out running back Shonn Greene. Fer- [email protected]