THE INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 The Daily Iowan WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2006 WWW.DAILYIOWAN.COM 50¢ 10K COHABITATION show to be in DM BY SUSAN ELGIN THE DAILY IOWAN Volunteers hoping to exchange 10 hours of service for a few hours of jams will have some additional time to put in now that the Iowa City-born 10,000 Hours has arranged for its concert to be held in Thomas Des Moines. production director Despite the newly mandated 113 miles of separation, show directors said Tuesday they still anticipate UI students to work their way into the April show, whose headliner will be announced in the coming weeks. The show, which requires attendees to register their service hours with organ- izers, has brought such promi- Nick Loomis/The Daily Iowan nent acts as Ben Folds and UI student Derek Degeyter (front) doles out portions of a taco casserole he made for roommates (left to right) Rachel Thomas, Lisa Kuo, and Eileen Valarezo on Jan. Guster to the IMU in its first 21 at the Anomy Housing Cooperative. The casserole, which Degeyter spent about three hours cooking, was given rave reviews. two years. “10,000 Hours was never intended to be a show that remained in Iowa City,” said SEE 10,000 HOURS, PAGE 3A A community not at all cooped up If you are interested in getting CHECK OUT multi-colored oven mitts balancing housemates excavate the soy-and- come together for the evening meal involved with 10,000 Hours, WWW.DAILYIOWAN.COM two steaming casseroles — one black bean-laden entrée. The conver- most nights a week — just one aspect recruiters can sign you up and FOR A VIRTUAL TOUR OF enveloped in gooey cheddar and the sation jumps among such topics as connect you with more than 55 of their experience living in a housing IOWA CITY’S CO-OP HOUSING. organizations looking for other in succulent soy cheese. Shakespeare’s Love’s Labor’s Lost, cooperative. volunteers. Soon, the pleas of “Is dinner done hip-hop mogul Flavor Flav, and the As Iowa City’s River City Housing BY MARGARET POE yet?” and frantic dinner bell-clanging “most amazing copper eye shadow” Collective prepares to expand into its • Today from noon-4 p.m.: A THE DAILY IOWAN dissolves into muffled expressions of spotted at the mall that afternoon. third location in fall 2006, its mem- volunteer fair for the 10,000 primal pleasure and satisfaction — “Holla,” declares Kirkwood law- Hours in the IMU second-floor bers praise the low rent and family- Preceded by a pungent aroma of the ubiquitous language of students enforcement student Eileen Valarezo, ballroom. like atmosphere of life in a co-op. cumin and onion, a UI graduate stu- devouring a much-anticipated meal. spurring yet another round of fork- dent strides into the dining room, his Easy chatter abounds as the four dropping laughter from the four, who SEE CO-OP, PAGE 3A Davisson eyes adventure Councilors The UI scientist will head east this summer with her mull priorities husband, the outgoing UI president BY EMILEIGH BARNES The city Council looks to expand the THE DAILY IOWAN police and fire stations to meet the needs Before Robin Davisson moves outside Iowa for the first time of a growing community in her life this summer, she has to learn how to fit a pair of four- legged friends she calls “slob- BY COLIN BURKE bering Newfies” into a small THE DAILY IOWAN New York City apartment. In an effort to gain perspec- The UI associate professor of tive on upcoming issues this anatomy and cell biology, year, the Iowa City City Coun- whose new job will require her cil held a goal-setting meeting to travel between two Cornell Tuesday, covering topics such University campuses, said she as hiring more emergency- Regenia Bailey will take her Newfoundland response personnel and find- Bob Elliott canines, Miles and Billie, to ing new ways to bolster the councilor mayor pro tem frolic in Central Park a few city budget. times. Councilors scrawled goals which include salaries or The dogs present just one of on pieces of paper, which a wages and benefits, could cost many transitions she will face facilitator stuck on a large the city nearly $440,000. when she heads east this sum- board for classification. One “We have a very large city to mer with husband David Skor- of the council’s first priori- cover,” said Mayor Pro Tem ton, the outgoing UI president ties was the addition of more Regenia Bailey. “You’ve got to who was named to become Cor- police officers and firefight- be aware of how much cover- nell University’s 12th president ers. A requests document for age one officer can take care last weekend. the 2007 budget did not rec- of.” ommend city funds to pay for /The Daily Iowan As a full-tenured professor According to a survey com- Nick Loomis four more full-time patrol Robin Davisson, a UI anatomy and cell biology associate professor, stands near Bowen Science Building with joint appointments at Cor- paring the ratios of Iowa City nell’s College of Veterinary police officers and three fire and police employees with on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2006. Davisson will leave the UI this summer with husband David Skorton for more full-time firefighters. Cornell University. SEE DAVISSON, PAGE 3A Combined, the positions, SEE COUNCIL, PAGE 3A GOLD RUSH COMPLAINTS SAUSAGE FACTORY INDEX 39 4 C The Hawkeyes corral Bias and harassment complaints are It’s long been said that the lawmaking Arts 7A © © Indiana’s big man and post up at the UI, but one official says process is not for the faint of heart, Classifieds 4B MOSTLY SUNNY, Crossword 6B 23 -6 C an impressive — and that’s because the previous year’s but local legislators say they enjoy BREEZY Opinions 6A needed — victory. 1B numbers were low. 2A their work. 4A Sports 1B 2A - The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Wednesday, January 25, 2006 NEWS JETSETA GAGE TRIAL METRO The Daily Iowan Coralville moves on Volume 137 Issue 128 center wetlands BREAKING NEWS STAFF Jury selection to wrap up The Coralville City Council voted Phone: (319) 335-6063 Publisher: Tuesday evening to remove natural E-mail: [email protected] William Casey. 335-5788 wetlands around the $60 million Fax: 335-6184 Editor: Marriott Hotel and Conference CORRECTIONS Jennifer Sturm. .335-6030 Attorneys continue to winnow the pool of potential Managing Editor: Center, scheduled to open in August. Call: 335-6030 Alex Lang. 335-5855 The city plans to create a deep jurors in the kidnapping/homicide trial of Roger Bentley Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for Metro Editors: freshwater pond outside the hotel accuracy and fairness in the reporting Drew Kerr. 335-6063 and restore the federally protected Jetseta from Other potential jurors were of news. If a report is wrong or mis- Jane Slusark. .335-6063 BY MEGHAN V. MALLOY wetlands in the area. It also plans to 2002-04. not so opinionated. leading, a request for a correction or a Danielle Stratton-Coulter . 335-6063 THE DAILY IOWAN build a system of boardwalks for clarification may be made. Bentley’s “Just because Mr. Bentley — Opinions Editor: nature hikes and bike trails. DAVENPORT — With his defense attor- I’m assuming that’s Mr. Bent- PUBLISHING INFO Erik Owomoyela. .335-5863 Coralville Mayor Jim Fausett said hair combed into place and his neys, Peter ley, because he’s sitting with The Daily Iowan (USPS 143.360)is Sports Editor: the federal government requires Jason Brummond. 335-5848 beard trimmed, Roger Paul Persaud and you — just because he’s here published by Student Publications Inc., Coralville to replace the wetlands with Arts Editor: Bentley sat through the second Quint Mey- does not make him guilty,” a E131 Adler Journalism Building, Iowa 150 percent of what will be taken out. Meghan Sims . 335-5851 day of jury selection in his erdirk, meas- female candidate said Tuesday. City, Iowa 52242-2004, daily except “Rather than being a problem, we Copy Chief: trial. ured poten- To reinforce her point, she men- Saturdays, Sundays, legal and universi- turned it into an asset,” Councilor Beau Elliot. .335-6030 Bentley, 38, is charged with Bentley tial jurors’ tioned a television show about ty holidays, and university vacations. Jim Lundell said. Design Editor: first-degree kidnapping and abilities to DNA testing and false accusa- Periodicals postage paid at the Iowa Lundell said the success of the Lindsay Wall. 335-6030 first-degree murder in connec- remain impartial by showing tions she had watched recently. City Post Office under the Act of Marriott project does not depend on the Photo Editor: tion with the abduction and them a photo of Jetseta’s Another development in the Congress of March 2, 1879. proposed rain-forest project, whose Laura Schmitt. .335-5852 slaying of 10-year-old Jetseta abused body after law-enforce- case came from Johnson Coun- SUBSCRIPTIONS Web Editor: leaders have grappled with Coralville Gage last year. ment officials found it in an ty Attorney J. Patrick White, Call: Pete Recker at 335-5783 Tony Phan. .335-5829 city councilors over land and funding. Jury selection for the trial abandoned trailer near Kalona. who asked the judge to remove E-mail: [email protected] Business Manager: “They are not linked together,” began Monday, advancing 15 The photo of Jetseta, which a child-endangerment clause Subscription rates: Debra Plath. .335-5786 Lundell said. “The hotel will be a suc- of 28 potential jurors to the shows numerous scratches on from the first-degree murder Iowa City and Coralville: $20 for one Advertising Manager: cess, with or without the rain forest.” next round of interviews.