Daily Iowan (Iowa City, Iowa), 2009-07-24
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FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009 SPORTS 2 bars may lose licenses By ZHI XIONG On Thursday night, the alcohol, physically violent ON THE WEB [email protected] news surprised several stu- behavior by patrons, and the Read the entire Iowa dents on the Pedestrian “apparent inability of staff to City police memo The owners of 3rd Base Mall. adequately address the recommending that the and Et Cetera may have to “Why take those two bars? issues.” City Council deny Et fight to maintain their liquor All the other bars do the After July 1, Hargadine Cetera’s and the 3rd licenses at the Iowa City City same thing,” said Tomas Reil- wrote, he must recommend Base’s liquor-license renewal application on dailyiowan.com. Council meeting July 28. ing, a 21-year-old UI student. denying liquor-license Iowa City Police Chief In recent memos to Iowa renewals to establishments birthday specials in which Sam Hargadine recommend- City Mayor Regenia Bailey that have an citation-to-bar patrons can purchase 21 Another summer, ed that the city not renew the and City Council members, visit ratio greater than 1.0. pitchers for $25. another title, permits for the bars, located Hargadine concluded both The Field House, as 3rd another MVP at 111 E. College St. and 118 bars face issues of underage Base is commonly known, is Iowa junior Kachine S. Dubuque St., respectively. and the over consumption of popular for its generous SEE BARS, 3 Alexander’s team wins the Game Time title, and she is named MVP for second-straight summer. 10 UI eyes A brotherhood of wrestling A third member of the Ballweg stalking family will join his older brothers on the Iowa wrestling team in 2010. 10 policy NEWS UI officials plan Unleashing the to revisit feds A North Liberty man who student-safety allegedly paid a bond with policies to possibly stolen money will now face his armed robbery charge in the include a measure federal courts. 2 regarding stalking. ARTS & CULTURE By HOLLY HINES [email protected] A night of wacky A new policy may be films needed to address stalking cases at the UI, Ever wonder what happens with an old homemade movie said Monique DiCarlo, LINDSEY WALTERS/THE DAILY IOWAN thrown away years ago? Well, the university sexual- The sun sets on construction of a bridge on McCollister Boulevard over the Iowa River, connecting Gilbert Street and Old Highway 218 on it just may end up in the Found misconduct-response Thursday. Construction should be finished and the bridge open to traffic by September. Footage Festival — an event coordinator. that lets viewers see flicks The UI deals with picked up in random places reports of this behavior throughout the years. 5 under the auspices of NEW BRIDGE NEARLY DONE other policies, such as harassment and discrimi- Last show for ‘Bad nation or sexual miscon- Boys’ The McCollister Bridge, tied to Iowa City’s development and expansion, duct. Iowa law defines Provocative Mint Wad Willy nears completion as officials and landowners mull the city’s future. stalking as repeated sings farewell to Iowa City at actions that cause fear of its favorite venue. 5 By NICOLE KARLIS The most recent phase of Old Highway 218 and With two years of work bodily harm or death. [email protected] this goal is a new bridge Gilbert Street. Officials completed, McCollister is DiCarlo — the go-to per- over the Iowa River connect- said they consider it a pri- the first bridge built by the son for UI students with OPINIONS Mike Lehman’s family ing the city’s developing ority in building com- city over the river since the stalking complaints — has owned and farmed land southwestern sector and the merce in the area, a proj- said existing regulations in Iowa City since 1960. 1960s, Davidson said. But Unhealthy health established East Side. The ect that began approxi- facilitating transportation may already be enough. But he knows another In the next three Are congressional Democrats piece of it could soon be project is set to be complet- mately seven years ago. and diverting traffic is only crafting a reasonable gone. ed and open for traffic by “It’s the first step,” said one of the project’s goals. months, however, she health-care plan? Two DI Iowa City is waiting to September, said Jeff David- Wendy Ford, the city eco- Iowa City officials also said she plans to look commentators weigh in. 4 annex half a square mile son, the Iowa City planning nomic-development coordi- hope to expand the commu- into a national policy south of the city limits — director. nator. “In order to facilitate nity and build up their prop- model that specifically including Lehman’s land — The bridge is the most growth in a community, you erty-tax base. addresses stalking. WEB BONUS from property owners to recent piece of McCollis- have to be able to move the expand the municipality. ter Boulevard between people through it.” SEE BRIDGE, 2 SEE STALKING, 3 • Read the PDFs from Police Chief Sam Hargadine about bars’ liquor licenses. • See video footage from the Game Time championship. 2 small firms Iraqis to arrive in January By SCOTT RAYNOR ON THE RECORD [email protected] Insights and information from An estimated 40 Iraqi inside today’s The Daily Iowan. receive grants students will make it to the “We’re more about playing live UI in January 2010, a pilot and having fun with our test of a project so ambi- friends,” local band Mint Wad In Iowa, small companies and big tious, it left one Iraqi stu- Willy’s guitarist/bassist/vocalist dreams are not yet lost under the dent stunned. Derek LeVasseur said. “Whereas “To be honest, when I other bands in Iowa City are weather of the economy. heard I didn’t believe it,” like, ‘Yeah, listen to me play said Talib Nawfel Talib, this four-minute solo and tell By ZHANRAN ZHAO The application a UI graduate student me how this sounds and [email protected] process who left his native coun- scream in my face.’ Where we try in 2004. just want to have a good time.” In a time of over-stretched Five business went through a Scott King, the director • Read a full preview of Mint budgets, Iowa lawmakers chain of paperwork and of the UI Office of Interna- Wad Willy’s farewell show. 5 have not forgotten small com- presentations before they tional Students and Schol- CONTRIBUTED PHOTO panies in the state dedicated received money from the Iowa ars, will join representa- Scott King, the director of the UI Office of International Students WEATHER to research and technology. Demonstration Fund: tives from 21 other univer- and Scholars, will participate this weekend in the official Last week, J&J Solutions, • Complete the application for sities in Washington, D.C., announcement of the Iraq Education Initiative. Inc. and Terpenoid Thera- the grant this weekend to partici- peutics Inc., two companies • Answer questions about pate in the official Education Development in unify Iraq by focusing on 86 64 with ties to UI alumni and business plans, the purpose of announcement of the Iraq Washington on Saturday. representing students faculty members, received 30C 18C the project, and project design Education Initiative. “It is such a privilege and from diverse backgrounds, $150,000 each in state • Give a three-minute an honor to be a part of she said. Another goal is money to continue their The Iraqi government Mostly sunny, turning cloudy, presentation to members of something that we think of bridging differences in research projects on cancer- funds the program, which grant-selection board as a part of history,” said breezy, 60% chance of related issues. aims to send 10,000 Iraqi education. Iraq has been rain/T-storms. • Field questions from the board students to participating Sandra MacDonald, the isolated from Western aca- They were among only five • Notified by Gov. Chet Culver small businesses in the state nations — namely the vice president of the Acade- demic institutions for and board United States. Iraqi Prime my for Education Develop- more than 20 years, leav- INDEX to receive the grant from the Source: Iowa Demonstration Fund applicants Iowa Demonstration Fund. Minister Nuri al-Maliki ment. “We expect the ing students with “a lot of Arts 5 Opinions 4 Iowa Gov. Chet Culver will sign the agreement impact of these programs to catching up to do.” Classifieds 8 Sports 10 Iowa businesses in high- established the $2.5 million with the national nonprofit be big.” Crossword 6 fund in 2007 to boost small SEE GRANTS, 3 organization Academy for The program aims to SEE IRAQ, 3 2 - The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Friday, July 24, 2009 News dailyiowan.com for more news The Daily Iowan IC may yank licenses Volume 141 Issue 34 BREAKING NEWS STAFF Phone: (319) 335-6063 Publisher: they say they can’t get in at band. A female bartender BARS ON THE WEB E-mail: [email protected] William Casey. 335-5788 Editor: CONTINUED FROM 1 the Field House.” said the wristband guaran- Your turn. Should the Field Fax: 335-6297 Last year 60 Et Cetera teed “all you can drink draws House and Et Cetera lose Kelsey Beltramea. 335-6030 CORRECTIONS patrons were cited for under- of Bud Light.” their liquor licenses? 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