UNIVERSITY New in town, sailor? EDITION The Daily Iowan has your back with a special edition covering all the EDITION local scenes, non-scenes, and even being seen. A guide to campus and city life THE INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 The Daily Iowan TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 2006 WWW.DAILYIOWAN.COM 50¢ KYRGYZSTAN Kyrgyz Edwards highlights Culver rally media reps tour area With a land area slightly smaller than that of South Dakota, the landlocked country of Kyrgyzstan is home to 5 million people. BY BRYCE BAUER THE DAILY IOWAN With the tumultuous ousting of former President Askar Akayev more than a year behind them, a coterie of journalists from the for- mer Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan visited Iowa City on Monday as part of a nationwide tour to explore press freedoms. Laura Schmitt/The Daily Iowan After traipsing through Washing- Chet Culver, the Democrats’ gubernatorial candidate, speaks to a crowd of supporters as former Sen. John Edwards looks on during a Johnson County Democrats ton, D.C., New rally at supporter Jim Larew’s law office in Iowa City. The rally on Monday afternoon was one of four stops that Edwards made in Iowa to campaign for Culver. Orleans, and the Grand Canyon, the five Russian- and Akayev BY DEAN TREFTZ Culver and Loebsack also spoke and state elected officials, including Kyrgyz-speaking former Kyrgyzstan THE DAILY IOWAN to more than 100 local Democrats four Iowa legislators and the John- members arrived president gathered at Jim Larew’s law office, son County auditor and sheriff. in Iowa City. Former U.S. Sen. John Edwards, 504 E. Bloomington St., in an effort Loebsack was the first to speak, “We saw the scale of the devasta- a possible presidential hopeful, to unify party members after the touching on universal health care, tion that happened there,” Dinara swept through Iowa City on Mon- Iowa primaries, in which record education, and the war in Iraq, and he Suimalieva said about New Orleans. day afternoon, stumping for two numbers turned out to vote. emphasized his proposals to increase “We were depressed.” Democrats, U.S. House candidate The event, hosted by Larew on the minimum wage at least $2 and his Dave Loebsack and Iowa guberna- the behalf of the Johnson County goal to preserve Social Security. Loebsack Edwards SEE KYRGYZSTAN, PAGE 3 torial candidate Chet Culver. Democrats, was attended by 10 local SEE EDWARDS PAGE 3 House candidate former senator CARD MACHINES OPEN UP I Pod, you pod, FARMERS’ MARKETS CHECK OUT THE all pod for iPod DI’S VIDEO STORY OF THIS NEW FARMERS’ MARKET In a recent poll of college INNOVATION. What Students Say Is Hot WWW.DAILYIOWAN.COM students, iPods took the This Year ’05 BY MONICA SCHULZ 1. IPod 73% 59% 2. Drinking Beer 71% 72% THE DAILY IOWAN top spot away from beer 3. Facebook.com 71% NA The customer base for Galel BY JENNIFER SELL 4. Drinking other 67% 65% Abraham’s gooey baklava THE DAILY IOWAN alcoholic beverages nuggets has recently expanded. 5. Text Messaging 66% 59% Under the rainbow-striped Listening to the latest Coldplay tune umbrellas of his stand at the or pulling up a favorite Brittany Spears Noelridge Farmers’ Market in video might just be cooler than downing TOP FIVE ‘IN’ THINGS ON Cedar Rapids, the baker uses a a brewski or getting on Facebook. COLLEGE CAMPUSES wireless debit/credit card swipe The news just hit: iPods are now offi- machine to accept low-income cially more “in” than drinking beer or customers’ food-assistance hanging out online. cards — a market he was A recent study by New Jersey-based unable to tap before receiving Student Monitor, a market-research the machine last month. group, discovered that students — polled For no charge, Abraham from 100 undergraduate colleges nation- acquired the machine through wide — considered listening to their the statewide Wireless Project, Ben Roberts/The Daily Iowan iPods the most in-vogue free time activi- a cooperative effort of the Iowa Center Point, Iowa, resident Deb Klouda sells two pounds of peas to Cedar ty. The product’s victory marks just the Department of Human Services second time in the survey’s 18-year his- % denotes percentage of college students ranking the Rapids resident Allison Lehr (far left) while 3-year-old Ashton Grulkey (left) and tory that beer was ousted from the No.1 activity/products as “in” things on their campuses. and the Iowa Farm Bureau to Trinity Lehr, 4, browse the produce at the Noelridge farmers’ market on Monday Source: Spring 2006 Lifestyle & Media Study, Student Monitor iPod photo source: http://www.apple.com/ipod/ipod.html SEE MARKET, PAGE 3 in Cedar Rapids. SEE IPOD, PAGE 3 and illustrated by Justin Goode ON TRACK TAKE A BIKE THE GHOST OF TOUCHPLAY INDEX 82 28 C Both the Iowa men’s and Some refugees from Texas are The Iowa Lottery says it is owed nearly $3 Arts 5 © © women’s track teams are feeling spicing up the local film scene, million in TouchPlay revenues, which is not Classifieds 10 Crossword 6 61 16 C Mostly sunny,light particularly upbeat about and they’re really wheelin’ and pleasing vendors who had to pull the Opinions 4 winds, 20% chance next season. 12 reelin’ with Bike-in Theater. 5 machines in May. 7 of late T-storms Sports 12 2 - The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Tuesday, June 13, 2006 NEWS The Daily Iowan Council mulls late-night routes Volume 138 Issue 7 BREAKING NEWS STAFF Phone: (319) 335-6063 Publisher: BY LISA BLUM councilors agreed a new system Gilbert Streets — back to the E-mail: [email protected] William Casey. 335-5788 ‘We now have the money Editor: THE DAILY IOWAN was feasible. Parks and Recreation Depart- Fax: 335-6184 to start raising these “We now have the money to ment for further consideration. CORRECTIONS Meghan Sims. .335-6030 Managing Editor: The Iowa City City Council start raising these questions,” The location holds 50 venders Call: 335-6030 Margaret Poe. 335-5855 decided to begin collecting con- questions.’ Councilor Connie Champion said. Wednesdays and 70 on Saturdays. Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for Metro Editors: sumer data over the next six Councilor Regenia Bailey was “I would like to see the farmers’ accuracy and fairness in the reporting — Connie Champion, councilor Lee Hermiston. 335-6063 months to guide the councilors eager to improve local employ- market significantly expanded,” of news. If a report is wrong or mis- Mason Kerns. .335-6063 in the potential development of ees’ travel to and from work. Councilor Bob Elliott said. leading, a request for a correction or a Opinions Editor: a late-night transit route for the “We should always be looking Yet not everyone was eager to clarification may be made. Laura Michaels. .335-5863 presentation on work shifts at for better ways to serve,” she said. southeast and west areas of tamper with the 30-year success PUBLISHING INFO Sports Editor: UI Hospitals and Clinics and The council also decided to The Daily Iowan (USPS 143.360)is Dan Parr. 335-5848 Iowa City. factories, such as Oral B, at a send the proposed expansion of of the market. published by Student Publications Inc., Tyson Wirth. 335-5848 Research will also be done to special work session Monday to the Iowa City Farmers’ Market “If making it larger means determine if Sunday and late- help them decide whether there changing the location, then I E131 Adler Journalism Building, Iowa Arts Editor: — which runs Wednesday Charlie Moran . 335-5851 night weekend routes — prima- is sufficient demand for routes evenings and Saturday morn- don’t want it moved,” Councilor City, Iowa 52242-2004, daily except Saturdays, Sundays, legal and universi- Copy Chief: rily servicing the downtown to meet workers’ needs. ings in the Chauncey Swan Mike O’Donnell said. 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