THE INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 Monday, July 14, 2008 INSIDE Jambalaya 2 wheel is 2 be thank-you Staff members of East Jefferson General Hospital in New Orleans bring a taste of Louisiana to IC. By Katie Hanson Louisiana in Iowa THE DAILY IOWAN Perry wins thriller Volunteers from Louisiana After a three-way sudden The area around Normandy came to Normandy Drive to death playoff, Kenny Perry Drive is quiet, as gutted hous- put on a “Jambalaya Feed” emerges as the winner of the es spill their ruined contents to help flood victims. John Deere Classic in Silvis, onto curbs and homeowners Food served: Ill. Sports, 10 clean and salvage what • Jambalaya remains. • Red Beans and Rice Dolphin having a In the midst of this desola- • Zapp’s Potato Chips tion, the intersection of Nor- • Hubig’s apple pies whale of a time mandy and Manor Drive was • Root beer • Local bread More than a decade after strikingly festive on Sunday Items brought: being hired, Gary Dolphin afternoon. • Mardi Gras beads has become an icon as the Zydeco music, unique to • Zydeco music play-by-play announcer for southern Louisiana, played • Mardi Gras plastic cups Iowa football and men’s in the background while local basketball. Sports, 10 residents gathered around Source: “Jambalaya Feed” food-laden tables strewn with The ‘most Mardi Gras beads and ate and we wanted to repay from steaming bowls of jam- that,” she said. famous’ horse in balaya and red beans. The seven-person trip to “We wanted to take a taste Iowa was an idea that evolved America of New Orleans to Iowa,” said over time, said Layne Mistret- Catch a reading from Charles Cheryl Carter, the director of ta, a registered nurse. It origi- Leerhsen’s book on Dan the emergency department at nated in the hospital’s ER and Patch, the record-breaking East Jefferson General Hos- grew to encompass the entire racehorse born in the late pital in New Orleans. community. 1800s, before it speeds by. Employees at the hospital “It started one afternoon For more on the Prairie never forgot the effect that when it wasn’t too busy in the Lights reading, turn to volunteer groups had on New ER,” he said, standing on the Arts, 5. Orleans after Hurricane Kat- sidewalk and beckoning to rina, Carter said. passing cars. Hancock comes “We remember the people with twist from Iowa who showed up, SEE JAMBALAYA, 3 Intrigued by the Best Buy commercials featuring Will FORMER FACULTY Smith singlehandedly toss- ing a beached whale back out to sea? Check out the Happy at UConn, DI’s review of the actor’s newest superhero flick on Arts, 5. remembering Iowa It's a plane! The 16th-annual Aerohawk Air Show attracts more than 80 airplane enthusi- Becky Mnuk/The Daily Iowan asts. Metro, 2 A man on a motorcycle zips down Iowa Avenue on July 12. Motorcycles have become a popular mode of transportation since gas has become more expensive. Dealers see large increase in local motorcycle and scooter sales, partly thanks to gas prices. By Rachel Goodell That establishment, 155 Just wanna ride THE DAILY IOWAN Escort Lane, expects to sell around 300 scooters this year, my motorcycle Many Iowa City residents are which is a 30 percent increase Number of Motorcycle Drain on the brain opting for two wheels instead of from last year’s sales, Holst said. Licenses in Iowa, Johnson four to get around town. Mike Zeman, a sales manager Columnist Dean Treftz looks County “I see them all over the place, for Don’s Honda, 537 Highway 1 at leaving and settling down Statewide: W., said the business saw an in the Hawkeye State. especially where I live,” said UI • As of July 1, 2007: increase in its scooter and Opinions, 4 student Scott Stanford, 21, who 165,702 recently purchased a blue Yama- motorcycle sales as early as • July 1, 2008: 241,426 ha Zuma. 2004. Last year, the business’s • 45.7 percent increase Motorcycle sales are steadily scooter orders alone increased Johnson County: increasing while scooter (and two- to threefold over previous • As of July 1, 2007: 5,265 dailyiowan.com moped) sales have grown years. • July 1, 2008: 7,861 University of Connecticut President tremendously, said Iowa City • 49.3 percent increase For photos, videos, audio, blogs, Motorsports owner Rod Holst. SEE SCOOTERS, 3 Source: Iowa Department of Transportation Michael Hogan, former UI provost, and more, check us out online at: dailyiowan.com is banking on his UI experience to Daily updates help the state school continue to Now check back at dailyiowan.com during rise in academic rankings. the day for the latest news DIY food is booming By Brian Stewart scores over 1200, and under- on the UI and Iowa City. THE DAILY IOWAN graduate students are gradu- ating in 4.3 years on average. Since leaving his native “Even when I was at Iowa WEATHER Local food organization enjoys first growing season. Iowa to become the president By Mike McDonald behind his North Side apartment as provost, I just liked to of the University of Connecti- spend a lot of time with the THE DAILY IOWAN where he sowed seeds for sweet corn, Food Not Lawns cut, former UI Provost campus constituencies — that lettuce, onions, and other vegetables. The Iowa City organization Michael Hogan has helped the Food prices have many people includes faculty and staff, but He used garbage scraps, such as promotes self-grown food, school soar upward through cringing, but a few local growers have it really concerns the stu- broken pallets, to build planters for partly to eliminate expen- the academic rankings. found a way to cushion the crunch. his crops. sive transportation costs. In just under a year, Hogan dents,” Hogan said. “I think it’s Pete Flynn is a member of an Now, corn stalks climb nearly to important to remember that • California — where has watched the school contin- Mostly sunny, light organization called Food Not Lawns, the top of the MidAmerican energy much of Iowa’s food ue to earn the respect of his undergraduate education is winds. a community group that encourages fence that backs his garden, and comes from higher-education colleagues, our core mission, no matter © and organizes local gardening. squash plants provide essential • 1,500 miles — distance in addition to seeing a rapidly what else we do.” “A lot of [Iowa’s] food comes from Cal- shade for the soil in a gardening sys- 86 30 C 61 16 C ifornia, and it gets too expensive,” he it has to travel to Iowa growing number of under- Today, Connecticut is tied © tem called the Three Sisters. • Three Sisters — garden- graduate applicants. The data for 24th in the U.S. News & said, pointing out that high oil prices “[Three Sisters] is one of the oldest ing technique used by paint a picturesque scene of World Report annual college INDEX contribute to excessive transportation techniques,” Flynn said. “You plant Food Not Lawns members the flourishing campus. First- rankings with the UI, Hogan’s costs. “Growing your own food is a good corn, squash, and beans in the same Arts Opinions 4 • Bio-remediation — natu- year retention rates hover at alma matter, and Purdue. 5 way to cure that problem.” plot to facilitate growth.” Classifieds 8 Sports 10 Flynn, a May 2007 UI graduate, ral technique to neutralize 94 percent, the incoming class Crossword 6 found a spot in the alleyway directly SEE FOOD, 3 harmful pathogens in soil of students boast average SAT SEE HOGAN, 3 2 - The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Monday, July 14, 2008 News dailyiowan.com for more news Fancy flights in the country The Daily Iowan Volume 140 Issue 25 BREAKING NEWS STAFF Phone: (319) 335-6063 Publisher: Despite high winds, model airplanes take flight to provide thrills on a sunny day. 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