THE INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 Tuesday, September 11, 2007 INSIDE IN-STATE RIVALRY UI receives 5th bomb threat Where EXCITES IOWA e-mails — their fourth bomb Two games and two wins The fifth threat in two months did not prompt UI threat this semester — at into the season, Iowa now officials to employ the Hawk Alert system. approximately 9 a.m., though turns its attention toward a they may have been sent sever- political struggling Iowa State squad al hours earlier, officials said. to several previous threats, UI investigators had “gone home.” this week. By Zhi Xiong Like Kenyon College, the UI officials said. Green could not be reached Sports, THE DAILY IOWAN has received numerous threats 1B University Relations Direc- to confirm when the university this year, with safety and The UI and several other tor Steve Parrott said he received its latest threat. dreams administration departments higher-education institutions received word of the threat “There’s nothing that any- hashing out the necessary lev- received bomb threats Monday, from Charles Green, the assis- body can do at this time,” Par- els of response. drawing varying degrees of tant vice president for the UI rott said. “There’s no reason to The messages did allude to response from each school. police, about 5 p.m. believe it’s an imminent the 9/11 anniversary and grow Neither specific buildings By 7 p.m., a campus-safety threat.” prompted swift reactions from nor times were mentioned in official said there was “no offi- Officials in Kenyon College For many the anonymous e-mails, similar cial word out” and that in Ohio opened four identical SEE THREAT, BACK PAGE campaign Flag at half-staff operatives, Iowa The flag will be lowered on is the place today, Sept. 11, in honor of to start. Patriot Day. Cyclists pedal a good cause By Dean Treftz Out-of-towners, THE DAILY IOWAN beware UI police As a national field director Recently released statistics for Gen. Wesley Clark’s 2004 show that nonstudents made up presidential-nomination cam- 58 percent of those charged by paign, Craig Varoga knew an UI police in 2006. Campus, 2A invaluable commodity would jump on the market as soon as the Iowa caucuses were over. School Board “We hired more than half of elections today [former Missouri Rep.] Dick Read about the issues the Gephardt’s field staff in Iowa district will face in its within 24 hours of the caucuses upcoming term as well as ending,” recalled Varoga, a polit- profiles of the three ical strategist who has worked candidates vying for a spot more than a decade in Iowa, on the board. City, 4A. most recently as the manager of Tom Vilsack’s short-lived presi- dential-nomination campaign. Our view: Arming With a round in Iowa’s consis- campus cops tently intense campaigns under unnecessary their belts, the state’s political Though acting with the best operatives become sought-after of intentions, supporters of talent and often go on to suc- an armed UI police force cessful careers in politics. have missed the mark. Most who know Iowa boil Opinions, 6A down the benefits of working in the Hawkeye State to the skills Feuding egos built during the unique cam- Kanye West’s and 50 Cent’s paign experience and the albums will release today, unusually highly placed con- but who will top the charts? tacts made on the trail. Two DI arts reporters go “[Working on a caucus cam- head-to-head to see who’s paign] does build better organi- really the king of hip-hop. zational skills,” said John Nor- Arts & Culture, 7A ris, arguably one of the biggest names in Democratic caucus Sarah O’Brien/The Daily Iowan politics. “It’s a different kind of Morgan Rohrbach, an assistant director of the Children’s Miracle Network, holds a check from the Ace Hardware “Helpful Riders,” while Brody organization … it requires Smock, a patient at the clinic, and mother Deb Smock are interviewed in the background at the UIHC on Monday. Ace Hardware employees are more volunteer communication taking part in the Tour de Kids ride to raise money for Children’s Miracle Network hospitals; the ride began in Chicago, and it will end in Denver. and training.” Norris directed the caucus By Abby Harvey Biking for the UI Children’s Hospital efforts for Jesse Jackson in THE DAILY IOWAN Watch Daily Iowan Television to see more about 1988, Tom Harkin in 1992, and the bike ride fundraiser that spans from Chicago to John Kerry in 2004 after work- No amount of rain could keep the cyclists of Denver at dailyiowan.com. ing for several of Harkin’s con- the Ace Hardware Foundation’s fourth-annual gressional and Senate races in Tour de Kids bike ride from reaching their Mon- The UI Children’s Hospital is one of four hos- the ’80s. day destination at the UI Children’s Hospital. pitals the tour plans on visiting and donating to The caucus process forces More than 50 bicycle riders are participating along the way. workers to not only recruit attendees and set up rides to War in Iraq throughout the 1,100-mile trek in an effort to The group’s first stop was at Children’s The top U.S. general in Iraq, every polling place but also to raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network. Memorial Hospital in Chicago. David Petraeus, outlines identify and enlist experienced Their next stop is Lincoln, Neb., and the cyclists’ Jason O’Neal, a Washington state native, said plans for troop withdrawals final destination is Denver. caucus-goers to shepherd that each leg of the bike ride becomes progres- newer attendees through the by next summer but gets a The wet and weary cyclists completed the first chilly response from antiwar sively more difficult. night’s process, Norris said. leg in their three-leg journey, persevering Democrats. Nation, 3A “There’s like a beginner, an intermediate, and “People coming out of the through the four-day, 259-mile ride from Chica- an advanced course,” he said. Iowa caucuses tend to be the go to Iowa City in the rain. The journey from Chicago to Iowa City is the best field organizers in the dailyiowan.com Joanne Mueller of the Ace Foundation in Oak- shortest. The trip from Lincoln to Denver is nation,” Norris said. brook, Ill., said the group has raised approxi- longest — 536 miles. And even after 250 miles Sara Taylor is one example of the mately $600,000 so far. For photos, videos, audio, blogs, on Sept. 8, the dogged cyclists still had a two- caucuses’ effect on a political career. and more, check us out online “We’re still taking pledges, so if people wanted to mile ride to their hotels. go to the website,we encourage it,”she said.“That’s at: dailyiowan.com SEE STAFFERS, BACK PAGE what we want, more money and a hot shower.” SEE BICYCLE, BACK PAGE Daily Iowan Television Welcome Freshmen ELISE KEMERLEY To watch Daily Iowan Television, go online at dailyiowan.com or tune into UITV. The 15-minute news- cast is on Sunday through FINDING SCHOOL SPIRIT & SPIRITUAL LIFE Thursday at 9:30 and 10:30 By Brian Stewart Kemerley noted that at first, Elise Kemerley p.m., with reruns at 12:30 THE DAILY IOWAN she had to take time to adjust to and 1:30 a.m. and 7:45 and an entirely new lifestyle — new • Age: 18 8:45 a.m. the following day. For UI freshman Elise courses, new friends, and a new • Hometown: Wheaton, Ill. Kemerley, religion has played a home — before she began adjust- • Major: biology, pre-medicine significant role in her daily life ing to a new religious landscape. or pre-dentistry WEATHER since her childhood. Attending “At first, [living in the dorms] • Fun Fact: Sleeps with her church services was a weekly was really awkward,” she said, eyes open ritual for her family, and play- Mostly pointing to shared bathrooms ing piano for a Sunday service and a roommate as the most Getting sunny and or attending Bible study groups intimidating changes. windy. was nothing out of the norm. When she was a high-school stu- fresh(men) Entering the UI, she said, she dent looking at colleges, she said, This is the second installment in © wanted to keep her faith an she was unsure of which Big Ten a series featuring first-year UI 72 22 C 41 5 C important part of her life, some- colors she would eventually don. students. Read about one © thing she factored into adjust- She had narrowed her choices to student each day this week, with ing to the college lifestyle. Ohio State University, the Univer- updates on their transition to the INDEX “[Religion in college] is a little sity of Illinois at Urbana-Cham- UI every month this semester. different — I just found a paign, and the UI. She decided Chris Vanderwall/The Daily Iowan Check back Wednesday to meet Arts 7A Opinions 6A church today,” the Wheaton, Ill., University of Illinois was too close Elise Kemerley stands in front of Congregational United Church of another UI freshman, Hayley native said on Sunday.“It’s been to home and Ohio State was too Classifieds 4B Sports 1B Christ on Monday. Kemerley and a friend recently decided to start Brendengen. Crossword 6B really weird to not go to church the last two Sundays.” SEE FRESHMAN, BACK PAGE attending weekly services at the church while living in Iowa City.