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ELECTION WATCH Paul takes straw poll win Rep. Ron Paul of Texas won the presidential straw poll at the Leadership Republican Conference this past weekend.

Second-place winner Jon Huntsman trailed considerably by more than 200 votes.

Paul won 612 votes from the gathering that brings presidential-nomination candidates, party elders, grass-roots activists, and donors. Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, who served three Republican administrations and then worked as President Obama’s ambassador to China, got 382 votes.

Huntsman did not address the conference; aides said he was ill.

His wife, Mary Kaye Huntsman, met privately with activists.

Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota collected 191 votes.

Former pizza executive Herman Cain won 104 votes, and former Gov. Mitt Massachusetts Romney, who finished second in the 2008 Iowa caucuses, skipped the event and picked up 74 votes. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, reeling from a wave of campaign-staff resignations earlier this month, got 69 votes.

— Associated Press

Perry aides looking into 2012 run Key advisers to Texas Gov. Rick Perry are beginning to lay the groundwork for a campaign for Iowa’s leadoff GOP presidential-nomination caucuses by making inquiries about the process in case the Republican seeks the 2012 nomination.

But they caution that their preliminary planning does not indicate that the Republican has decided whether to run.

Chief Perry consultant Dave Carney acknowledged in an interview with the Associated Press that he was asking questions about the political landscape, the caucus process, and rules for the August Republican straw poll in Iowa.

He characterized the factfinding as part of preparations for what would be a later entry

by Perry into the race than many other candidates. Carney said the three-term governor has not determined whether he will seek national office.

— Associated Press

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Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson speaks at Strong America Now’s Deficit Free America Summit in Des Moines on June 18. Three Republican presidential-nomination candidates — Johnson, Tim Pawlenty, and Herman Cain — spoke to a crowd of approximately 500 people at the event.

Hopefuls pitch deficit plans Only one candidate in Des Moines promised to balance the budget in his first year.

By ADAM B SULLIVAN adam-sullivan@uiowa.edu

DES MOINES —Three Republican presidential hopefuls condemned federal spending at an event over this past weekend. The budget deficit is burdening the next generation, endangering the economy, and threatening financial collapse, they pleaded to a crowd of caucusgoers.

But only one of them, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, promised to veto a deficit budget if it came across his desk his first year in office. The others conceded a balanced budget is likely still several years off.

Indeed, in the rest of the 2012 presidentialnomination field, all the candidates are calling to curb spending, but almost none of them have

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“Current fiscal year budgets are running 60 to 70 percent over budget, so I can’t say unequivocally without going through the budget whether I’d sign it or not,” he told the DI, adding he’d wait until he was elected to do an intensive review of the budget.

Johnson, however, promised to veto any deficit budget and push for a balanced budget right away.

“Right now, it’s a rubber stamp,” he said. “It’s business as usual, and business as usual has us on the verge — I’m maintaining— of a financial collapse.”

Many Republicans have applauded the budget plan put forth by U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.

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put forth a plan to balance the budget in the next few years.

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty told a crowd of around 500 in Des Moines he supports a Constitutional requirement to balance the budget every year, but after the event, he said he’d probably sign a deficit budget his first year as president.

“We need to move toward a balanced budget … I don’t think it’s realistic to say you’d do it in the first year,” he told The Daily Iowan after speaking at the Strong America Now Deficit Free America Summit on June 18.

Georgia businessman Herman Cain spoke at the same event. He took a tougher stand, saying he might veto an unbalanced budget but said he wasn’t familiar enough with the budget to say for sure.

Students across Iowa said they are still in search of an apology from an Iowa senator who tried to discourage them from lobbying at the Capitol earlier this month.

And despite an official apology issued by Sen. Shawn Hamerlinck, R-Dixon, on June 16, students said they will continue to flood his in box.

The Iowa Democratic Party originally planned to send 1,000 e-mails to Hamerlinck, following an outburst in which he asked a group of students lobbying for more education funding to “leave the political circus” up to legislators on June 6.

After the Iowa Democratic Party surpassed its goal of sending 1,000 e-mails to Hamerlinck, the group reached out to s t u d e n t s a n d legi s l at or s through Campus Progress to send 500 more, said former University of Iowa Executive Coun-

cil of Graduate and Professional Students President Lyndsay Harshman. Campus Progress aims to mobilize left-wing students to do the work they think needs to be done in their state.

“It’s a very common tactic to have your members mass letterwrite [their representatives] when they’re not behaving,” said former President of UI Democrats Dane Hudson.

Hamerlinck issued an apology in a letter to the Quad-City Times on June 16.

“In the end, my attempt to keep impressionable students out of the fray has instead ingested them into it, and for that I apologize,” Hamerlinck said.

But Harshman said Hamerlinck has not responded to her June 14 e-mail, in which she asked for a general apology to students.

“The words you spoke last week conveyed a sentiment that is detrimental to active engagement in the civic and legislative processes I hold truly dear, as do many of my colleagues,” Harshman wrote.

Hamerlinck controversy After Sen. Shawn Hamerlinck told students to “leave the political circus” to legislators earlier this month, students have banded together to flood his in box with 500 e-mails.

Organizations involved include: • Iowa Democratic Party • Campus Progress • UI Executive Council of Graduate and Professional Students • University of Northern Iowa Student Government • Iowa State University Student Government College Republican leader Natalie Ginty said her organization follows Hamerlinck’s sentiment on student lobbying and was satisfied with his apology. “[Hamerlinck] is still a representative, and students can do what they want, and this is definitely within their rights,” Ginty said. “But I think the issue has gone too far, and I don’t think it’s worth their time [to continue to write e-mails].”

UI Student Government Vice

President Brittany Caplin said she was in shock after hearing what Hamerlinck said, and she is proud of how everyone has reacted.

“Now, we look like the good guys, and he looks like the bad guy,” she said.

UI student and former Daily Iowan editor Brian Stewart wrote an open letter to Hamerlinck in the Des Moines Register saying, “Unfortunately your statement did little to remedy concerns about your belittling views towards students’ political activism.

UI Democrats President Nate Fiala, who has also helped to orchestrate the e-mail writing, said he felt it was necessary to contact the senator because it is his job to listen to all of his constituents. “[He is] shrinking away from [his] responsibilities as a representative,” Fiala said.

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When Liz Alonzi steps up to the turntables, she said she feeds off the give-and-take between her and the crowd.

Her goal: to give the audience members something they’ve never heard before.

Musicians such as University of Iowa senior Alonzi take sounds and distort them into music with crazy sound waves and effects.

Just a few months ago, Alonzi was an resident assistant in Currier Hall, and now, she’s securing gigs as one of Iowa City’s few female spinmasters.

As an emerging DJ, Alonzi’s craft is mirroring electronic music’s growing national popularity.

“There are only so many instruments in the world, and they can only make so many noises,” she said.“With electronic music, people are creating completely new, never-heard-before sounds.”

Alonzi, 21, studies informatics while working towards an art degree and business minor. But DJ’ing is her passion.

The Naperville, Ill., native began listening to electronic music in 2001 and started DJ’ing in March 2010, when she met DJ and friend Josh Messer, also known as “DJ Arbiter.”

“She was very open to take things on as an individual without being spoon-fed and eager to share what she learned in exchange for constructive criticism,” the soon-

• Age: 21 • Hometown: Naperville, Ill. • Has been a DJ for five months • Rock climbed for five years • Does Poi • Dream DJ to perform with: Chemical Brothersi • Loves to draw

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to-be UI senior former Daily Iowan employee said. “Out of any DJ or musician I’ve ever spoken with, Liz is by far the most open to bettering herself by any means necessary.”

Alonzi spun her beats at the Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn St., in May, and has another performance lined up for July 7 at Gabe’s. Besides throwing gigs during the summer, she is interning at KeyLimeTie web-design company, which provides interactive software.

“I’m around computers 24/7, and I kind of love it,”she said.

In addition to that love for computers, electronic music came as a natural supplement to her life.

Keith Garnant — DJ Kage — who is in charge of booking all electronic acts at Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington St., also has seen the natural talent she possesses for making electronic music.

“When we started the Dubstep Summit at Gabe’s, it was because no other bar

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Iowa City police arrested a Hiawatha, Iowa, woman after she allegedly assaulted another woman.

Bridget Marie Brogan, 20, was charged April 16 with assault causing bodily injury.

According to complaints, Brogan assaulted a woman who requested several times that Brogan leave her house.

After being asked to leave the Iowa Avenue residence, complaints said Brogan became angry and attacked the woman.

According to the report, numerous witnesses said Brogan attacked the woman from behind, pulled her hair, punched her face, and continued attacking until other people pulled her away.

Police said the woman suffered a cut lip requiring stitches.

Officers said Brogan admitted to complying with the victim’s demands only after the assault.

Assault causing bodily injury is a serious misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail and a maximum fine of $1,875.

— by Brian Albert

N. Liberty man charged with assault, harassment A North Liberty man was arrested by Iowa City police after he allegedly threatened to shoot a woman.

Joel Venteicher, 35, was charged June 17 with domesticabuse assault with intent and first-degree harassment.

According to complaints, Iowa

City police responded to a call regarding threats. An investigation concluded Venteicher allegedly made several threatening phone calls to the mother of his children.

“I’m going to shoot you,” Venteicher allegedly said, according to police reports.

Officers also said he threatened to come to her house and bang on the windows because “he had nothing to lose.” Reports said Venteicher allegedly admitted to making threats toward the alleged victim under Miranda.

First-degree harassment is an aggravated misdemeanor punishable by up to two years in prison and a maximum fine of $6,250.

Domestic abuse with intent involving a weapon is an aggravated misdemeanor punishable by up to two years in prison and a maximum fine of $6,250.

— by Brian Albert

in Iowa City had an electronic-music scene,” Garnant said. “She was there from the beginning, hanging out with other DJs, and when she decided to pick it up, she was very good for being a beginner.”

Samuel Saltzman, a fan of Alonzi’s music, said the experience is something that needs to be heard firsthand.

“Besides adding beats and drum rhythms, the unique sound that you get comes from the distortion of the sound wave,” the soon-

to-be UI junior said. “The artist changes the angle of the pitch for the sound wave. They put together two non-melodic noises when put together resemble a chord of some sorts.”

Alonzi is working on her demo, and she said she’s excited about sharing it with the public “I put my heart into my music, because it is what I really enjoy, and I love sharing something that I love so much with other people,” she said.

threatened to post the images unless she agreed to meet him.

After Herrig was arrested by deputies, the report said he admitted to his charges under Miranda.

Extortion is a Class D felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a maximum fine of $7,500.

— by Brian Albert

Some levees fail in Missouri

Johnson County deputies arrested a Marion man after he allegedly contacted an underage girl through a social-networking site and threatened to post naked photos of her.

Daniel Joseph Herrig, 51, was charged June 15 with extortion.

According to a complaint from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, Herrig allegedly met a 14year-old girl online and began chatting with her. The report said Herrig also allegedly asked the girl to send nude photos of herself to him, posing as a highschool student from Marion.

After the girl sent the photos, police said Herrig allegedly

An Oxford man was arrested

by Johnson County Deputies after he allegedly choked his girlfriend in an alley outside a bar.

Jeremy Joseph Prymek, 41, was charged June 18 with willful injury causing bodily injury.

Police reports said the alleged victim told deputies that she had gotten into an argument with her boyfriend, Prymek, about leaving the bar.

The two then allegedly ended up outside after a “physical altercation,” reports said. The woman said Prymek allegedly pushed her to the ground.

The complaint said the woman tried to scream but couldn’t with Prymek’s hands around her throat. When she reportedly nearly lost consciousness, Prymek stood and entered the bar, according to deputies.

Bruising and ligature marks around the victim’s neck were consistent with choking, deputies said.

Complaints said Prymek allegedly later admitted to pushing the victim after she knocked out his tooth.

— by Brian Albert

scene of a personal-injury accident.

D om in i q u e Co n wa y , 24, 409 S. Dodge St., Apt. 4., was charged June 18 with simple assault.

Brian Darling, 28, 221 N. Linn St., was charged March 1, 2006 with conspiracy to deliver controlled substance, drug tax-stamp violation, and delivery of a controlled substance.

Eric Heinkel, 25, 2532 Cascade Lane, was charged June 17 with public intoxication.

Koby Helmle, 23, Cedar Rapids, was charged June 18 with second-offense OWI. Jermaine Hickman, 21, Tiffin, was charged June 18 with driving

with a suspended/canceled license.

Thomas Linnell, 21, North LIberty, was charged June 18 with public intoxication.

Dominick Marcott , 37, address unknown, was charged June 14 with third-degree theft.

Linda Marshall , 20, address unknown, was charged June 18 with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and fifth-degree theft.

Aslee McKinley, 32, Cedar Rapids, was charged June 18 with OWI. Oliver Moelle, 21, 1321 Sunset St., Apt. 6, was charged Sunday with OWI. Dylan Morris , 36, Blue Lake, Calif., was charged June 17 with

pubic intoxication.

Erik Moser, 21, 310 S. Lucas St. Apt., 3, was charged with possession of an open alcohol container in public.

M u n g a Mu f a u me , 26, 637 S. Johnson St. Apt. 5, was charged June 18 with public intoxication.

K e e t h a n R o l a n d , 19, 3536 Shamrock Drive, was charged June 17 with simple assault.

Charlene Sanders , 47, 2301 Hollywood Blvd., was charged June 18 with keeping a disorderly house.

Rahul Vijay, 27, 237 Hawkeye Court, was charged June 18 with public intoxication.

Area man charged with willful injury

BLOTTER A r i a n n a A r o n , 19, Cedar Rapids, was charged Sunday with OWI. Troy Baumann, 39, Des Moines, was charged June 18 with public intoxication.

Brett Bonwell, 42, South English, Iowa, was charged Sept. 20, 2010, with assault causing injury.

Thomas Case , 44, address unknown, was charged June 18 with public intoxication.

Asia Cheeks, 28, 1219 Burns Ave., was charged June 18 with interference with official acts and driving with a suspended/canceled license.

Patricia Chew, 49, Coralville, was charged June 17 with leaving the

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Several levees in northern Missouri were failing Sunday to hold back the surge of water being released from upstream dams, and locals braced themselves for more breaches as the Missouri River dipped but then rose again.

A hole in the side of a Holt County levee continued to grow, deluging the state park and recreational area in Big Lake, a community of fewer than 200 people located 78 miles north of Kansas City. The water — some from recent rain — started pouring over levees on the night of June 18 and Sunday morning in Holt and Atchison Counties, flooding farmland, numerous homes, and cabins.

In Nebraska, a flood alert was issued for a second nuclearpower plant. But officials said it was the least-serious emergency notification issued, and the public and workers are not threatened.

The Missouri River dipped by almost 1 foot after the Big Lake breach in Missouri, but water started to rise again by Sunday afternoon, said Jud Kneuvean, the chief of emergency management for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Kansas City District.

Kneuvean said he thought the flooding in the area wouldn’t start for another day or two, but the water level surged by about 2 feet from the morning of June 18 to Sunday morning. The Corps suspects that the culprit was an influx of rainwater that combined with a surge from a notch cut in the breached Hamburg, Iowa, levee to allow trapped water to flow back into the river.

— Associated Press

Marion man charged with extorting a teen girl

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UI senior Liz Alonzi sits with her DJ equipment. Alonzi began listening to electronic music in 2001 and started DJ’ing in March 2010.

METRO/NATION Area woman charged with assault

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The day of the turkey vultures Turkey vultures spend 17 hours in the company of other turkey vultures during the day, experts say.

By BRIAN ALBERT brian-albert@uiowa.edu

Four turkey vultures sat perched on the jagged rocks of the gray Coralville Dam on June 18. Huddled closely, the birds fully extended their wings — most reaching a length of 5 or 6 feet across — to collect solar heat. As the ground warmed and hot air pockets began to rise, the scavengers lifted off to search for breakfast.

People witnessed the birds’ typical morning routine from hundreds of feet away using powerful telephoto lenses, as part of the first Turkey Vulture Festival.

“We’ve wanted to do a special event for the vultures for quite a long time,” said Terry Escher, a park ranger with the Army Corps of Engineers.

“Eagles normally get all of the attention, but there’s a lot to love about these fascinating creatures.”

Escher planned the event with the help of Karen Disbrow, the president of the Iowa City Bird Club and member of the Iowa Ornithologists Union. The two said they wanted the event to begin last year, but road construction along the dam made the ideal festival grounds inaccessible.

“This is an event for everybody,” Disbrow said.

“We wanted to make this fun for hard-core bird watchers, as well as chil-

Coralville Lake Turkey Vulture Festival Vulture facts: • Roughly four pounds • Males and females look alike • Extremely social • Average life span is unknown, though they have lived for 50 years in captivity • Migrate to South America in October Source: Professor Tex Sordahl of Luther College

dren and people new to the hobby.”

And those plans came together. For every adult reading a pamphlet or holding a turkey-vulture wing, there was a child coloring, holding a snake, or sporting wild face paint.

“My daughter is having an absolute blast,” said Ellen Timm of North Liberty. “She even held a snake that was 3 feet long.

There’s no way you could get me to do that.”

One father, Greg Lowe of Janesville, Wis., noticed the commotion from his campsite and attended out of pure curiosity.

“We just wanted to check things out,” Lowe said, his son clutching his leg, wearing green face paint and drinking a small cup of lemonade. “We’ve learned a lot, and [son] Kevin is having a great time. I’m glad we went exploring.”

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Tex Sordahl, a professor of biology at Luther College, lifts up the wing of a turkey vulture at the Coralville Dam on June 18. The Turkey Vulture Festival provides people with opportunity to observe turkey vultures and learn about ecology.

Knowing that some would be inexperienced bird watchers, Escher and Disbrow invited Tex Sordahl, a professor of biology at Luther College in Decorah, to deliver some turkey-vulture knowledge.

He said he has studied the creatures for seven years, both alone and with students, and has pub-

lished papers regarding the species.

“I guess [Escher and Disbrow] figured I knew what I was talking about,” he said, grinning. “I really want to show people what these birds are all about. A lot of people have the wrong idea.”

He went on to explain that turkey vultures are

very clean, social birds and that strong stomach acid allows them to act as “nature’s cleanup crew.”

“Vultures waste is almost entirely sterile,” Sordahl said. “They eat all kids of decaying stuff, so their stomach acid has to be tough enough to kill lots of bacteria.”

And because the turnout

Deficit summit The Strong America Now hosted a Deficit Free America Summit in Des Moines over this past weekend, featuring: • Herman Cain • Gary Johnson • Tim Pawlenty

DAILYIOWAN.COM Go online to watch Republican presidentialnomination candidate Gary Johnson talk about his plan to eliminate the deficit his first year in office.

RACHEL JESSEN/THE DAILY IOWAN produce greater deficits Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty speaks at the Strong America Now Deficit Free America Summit on over the next 10 years June 18 in Des Moines. Pawlenty told the crowd he supports a Constitutional requirement to balance the t han c ur r ent pol i c i es would. budget every year.

E ven t hough pol l s men will likely be send- know, [it] will drive up show voters think deficit ing their own kids off to the deficit while doing reduction is an imporcollege. tant part of improving so.”

CONTINUED FROM 1 Democrats have critiBut Democrats’ plans the economy, candidates s hor t -t er m However, officials at the cized that plan. In a con- won’t likely squelch the wi t hout call wi t h budget any sooner. CBO Congre ss i o n al Bu d g e t fe re n ce Office estimate that plan reporters last week, Iowa ac c ount ant s anal yzed will still ring up annual Democratic Party Chair- President Obama’s 2012 deficits until 2040 — by woman Sue Dvorsky said budget pr opos al and which time next year’s the Ryan plan “will not found it would actually University of Iowa fresh- only end Medicare as we

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deficit-elimination plans top most polls. Johnson said those candidates’ rhetoric have propelled them, but he’s optimistic his message will catch on.

“I listen to political speeches all the time and I think as a generalization political speeches are laden w ith platitudes. I’m not in that camp,” he said. “And so all I can ask for is that they listen and I think I say things that perhaps people have never heard before.”

was higher than expected — roughly 50 — and the cost was minimal Escher said plans to expand this event into an annual gathering are quite likely.

“The only costs were for the professional face painter, some lemonade, and granola bars,” she said.

HAMERLINCK CONTINUED FROM 1 dent of the Executive Council, said he has taken part by joining student governments from Iowa’s other regents’ institutions by sending letters to Paul McKinley, the minority leader in the Senate, the Republican leadership, and the Democratic leadership.

He said he will continue going to the Capitol to lobby and that the Senate will be hearing more from his group.

“It is not going to stop us from what we as students have a right to do,” Appel said.

UISG President Elliot Higgins said he, along with Appel, will continue to lobby at the Capitol.

“We will talk to anyone who will listen,” he said.

H amerlinck did not immediately return phone calls f rom The Daily Iowan seeking comment.

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Provost-search cost not unreasonable, but raises questions Compared with the cost of a similar search in 2008, the price tag for the University of Iowa’s 2011 provost search seems trifling. For a mere $13,000, university officials managed to filter 21 applications, vet three of them, and ultimately come to a favorable consensus.

But the thousands of dollars used to tap the new provost were, more or less, used to bring in dark-horse candidates and ended with the promotion of the standing interim provost to the fulltime position. While Uday Sukhatme (an executive vice chancellor and faculty dean at Indiana University/Purdue University-Indianapolis) garnered a largely positive reaction and came in close second to interim Provost Barry Butler, third candidate Yash Gupta (at the time, the dean of Johns Hopkins University’s Carey Business School, with scant other features to recommend him) received more negative reactions than positive ones.

Officials made an excellent choice in the appointment of Butler. While it is laudable they managed to do so without another $56,506 expenditure, UI President Mason’s Provost Search Committee could have done more to play down costs and entice a wider field of qualified competitors.

Nearly half of the cost went to advertising to prospective candidates alone — yet according to the records obtained June 16, Butler enjoyed special favor during the election and handily received nearly twice as many positive responses as Gupta. Did the advertising campaign fail to draw a sufficient number of qualified, interested challengers? One woman and 20 men applied for the post; inevitably, it came down to three men, one of whom was filling the position.

In comparison, a provost search at Virginia’s Radford University drew a whopping 65 applicants, taking 10 months to culminate in a selection in January. A provost search at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, started in July 2009, was suspended later that year after hiring a private search firm and unsuccessfully expending $147,500 to find a suitable candidate. (Nearly two years later, an interim provost still holds the position.)

And there was never any question Mason favored Butler.

“I can’t think of anyone better suited to this position or more committed to the University of Iowa than Barry Butler,” Mason wrote in a May 17 press release following the announcement of Butler’s selection.

“I have spent my entire academic career at the University of Iowa and have developed a deep understanding of and great respect for the institution,” Butler said in the same press release. He has worked extensively in the UI, initiating biomedical and aeronautical programs, promoting global understanding, conducting aerospace research, and even working closely with the Iowa Office of Energy to further advance clean-energy alternatives.

There is no doubt whether Butler is highly qualified and was a practical choice for provost.

Giving outside candidates a chance to apply for a job is required — but there’s no requirement for how much money must be spent on the search.

If Butler had been appointed to the full-time position for his tireless work and commitment to the UI following former Provost Wallace Loh’s quick departure, would any opposition have arisen? An extra $13,000 could go a long way in funding struggling departments or even completing the renovation of Art Building West.

Particularly concerning, too, is the absence of a detailed financial breakdown. The general categories — advertising, search committee meetings, on-campus interviews, and video-conferencing interviews — stand in stark contrast to the 2008 totals, which included a list of exactly what the provost candidates and search committee members ate at various Iowa City restaurants.

In the end, the UI is fortunate to have selected a capable, long-term provost. But there are still lingering questions about the necessity of spending $13,000 to hire the current occupant of the position.

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Government, business leaders have different qualifications Thank you for the insight in Shawn Gude’s June 15 column: Business and government are not the same. Their purposes are not the same. A business claims to provide a goods or a service, but the capitalist system we live under demands that a business make money — the

more money the better, supposedly.

Government exists to provide public services, for the good of the community and the individuals who live in the community. The government is not for making profits but for serving the general welfare — totally unlike a business or corporation.

Those elected or appointed to serve in government must obviously concern themselves

with the general welfare. Their eyes must be on preserving the soil, the water, the air, the health and safety and welfare of each and every one of us in their jurisdiction.

Businesses don’t always have concern for soil conservation, clean air, safe water for drinking, swimming, and growing the fish and seafood we love to eat.

Businesses and corporations claim they need to make

money for their stockholders, sometimes with total disregard for soil, air, water and even the health and safety of their workers, without whom they wouldn’t be making any profit.

The aims of government and businesses are not the same, and it does not take the same kind of men and women to run them.

Elsie Gauley Vega Iowa City

HOW SHOULD THE U.S. CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH?

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A holiday neglected EMILY INMAN emily-inman@uiowa.edu

Sunday was an important holiday, right?

It was the third Sunday in June, meaning fathers across the country were honored with electric razors and golf clubs. However, another very important day — a holiday in 39 states and Washington, D.C. — also occurred on Sunday.

Among many AfricanAmericans, June 19 is colloquially referred to as “Juneteenth.” On June 19, 1865, Gen. Gordon Granger read General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, which began: “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.”

If you recall your history correctly, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Sept.

22, 1862, and it became effective Jan. 1, 1863.

But slaves in Texas were unaware of that.

Rumors circled among slaves in the South that freedom from slavery in the North had spread, but the Southern government did not acknowledge nor speak to these rumors. It was not until two months after Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses Grant at Appomattox that the Emancipation Proclamation was made public in Galveston.

Grass-roots groups have tried to push for the recognition of Juneteenth as a national holiday.

Suggestions have been made to incorporate Juneteenth into Independence Day, sharing the holiday equally, because it is only two weeks later. However, some groups feel that Independence Day is actually a day of propaganda filled with untruths; not all Americans gained their freedom on that day.

Although Juneteenth is undoubtedly a day to be celebrated for its historical significance of freedom from slavery, it is certainly not a marker of complete freedom — or an acknowledgment by the United States government and European-Americans of the equality of Africans and African-Americans.

Unmistakably, racist ideologies toward Africans and AfricanAmericans continued in the United States for

years to come.

Not only did racist ideologies fester within the minds of the majority, but those ideologies manifested into malicious laws that kept AfricanAmericans in positions of inadequacy and subservience. Freedom from slavery didn’t mean one could obtain equal justice. Many slaves were required to show a certificate and post absurd bond amounts in order to leave the home of their master. Obtaining the bond amount meant more years of hard labor to secure enough money.

Even then, most exslaves were unable to purchase small shacks because they couldn’t show proof of past stability.

Once AfricanAmericans began gaining ground on assimilating into society in the South, Jim Crow laws were enacted in the 1880s. Violence toward blacks was common, and the government was negligent about their concerns. And now, in 2011, discrimination, structural and silent racism, and structural violence still occur not only toward AfricanAmericans but also toward many other marginalized groups in American society. These practices include not allowing for gay marriage, denying hardworking immigrants affordable ways to citizenship, not making reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities, and impeding the ability of many minorities to access affordable housing.

Celebrations of Juneteenth have come and gone as if it were a fashion trend. In some regions, large festivals are held, and many memorial events occur throughout the month.

In other regions, the day is hardly recognized. This can be attributed to unawareness of the day and its significance.

Juneteenth should become a national holiday, but it must not turn into a secularized day of feasting and drinking.

The celebration of Juneteenth needs to become a teachable moment for those unaware of its history and those still unaccepting of the unfamiliar. It is an integral part of our history that is tantamount to society today, yet it is still underrepresented. The significance of Juneteenth should serve Americans as a reminder about the dream of an equal and free society.

Guest opinion

Hamerlinck’s comments shouldn’t stop involvement On June 6, I appeared before the Iowa Senate education-appropriations fix subcommittee to briefly describe the effect that continued cuts to education would have on students at Iowa’s state universities.

When I and other student leaders had finished speaking, Sen. Shawn Hamerlinck, R-Dixon, criticized our presence, calling us pawns of the Democrats. I am neither a pawn, nor a Democrat, and I most certainly did not appreciate his patronizing remarks.

As a political-science minor, I had been under the impression that one of the primary jobs of elected officials was to listen to and represent the views of their constituents.

I scanned the headlines the next few days, anxiously awaiting the senator’s response to the media frenzy his comments had stirred up. After a week had passed, I started to feel a little depressed. Did the senator not think that his remarks warranted an apology? Then, on June 16, Hamerlinck wrote an ostensible apology published in the Quad-City Times.

However, after reading through the article, I could not find any real apology. “My attempt to keep impressionable students out of the fray has instead ingested them into it, and for that I apologize.” That is not an apology.

He did not apologize for disregarding my opinion as a University of Northern Iowa student affected by the proposed cuts. He did not apologize for proposing that I, a fourth-generation Iowan, refrain from having my voice heard by the very people whose decisions influence whether I can afford to continue my education.

Finally, he did not apologize for speaking so condescendingly to me. In fact, he was actually more patronizing in his “apology” letter than he was in his initial statements. He insinuated that my peers and I are too young to form our own opinions and that we didn’t check our facts.

Well, if I hadn’t formed an

opinion before I met Hamerlinck, I certainly have a very strong opinion now.

Beyond the senator’s inappropriate remarks, I think that this whole situation comments upon two larger issues. The first issue is how partisan this debate has become. I have yet to meet an Iowan who is opposed to funding higher education.

But I continually hear politicians on both sides of the aisle inviting the other party to take part in talks to reach a budget compromise. However, as soon as they get in a room together, they begin their remarks by declaring the other party responsible for the problems Iowans are

facing. If you offer an olive branch while taunting the other party, those members aren’t going to take it.

I believe that our legislators need to stop the namecalling and legitimately pledge to work together.

Funding for education is not a partisan issue, and we should stop treating it like one.

The second issue is that Iowans need to hold their elected officials responsible for their actions. We elect them to represent our views when making policy decisions. I believe that it is incredibly irresponsible and inappropriate for a senator to tell his constituents that he does not want to hear their opinion.

It is their job to listen to us

and act on behalf of our wishes.

I ask all Iowans, especially students and their families, to take action immediately. Call or write your senator, your representative, and your governor, and tell them that you want them to stop the cuts to our public universities. If you do not talk to them, they will not know what you want.

It is imperative that we remind them of the reason Iowa put a schoolhouse on the back of the state quarter. Iowans value a good education; it is time our government shared our values.

Spencer Walrath is theUniversity of Northern Iowa student body president.

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Random Thoughts: • Ever notice the abbreviation for the last three days of the work week is WTF? 6/20/11

• They say that brevity is the soul of wit, but I don’t know. Wit is just an idea; does it really have a soul? I guess Plato would say it does, but you know where he is now? He’s dead.

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• What defines a “big rack” on a woman? On a deer, I’d say anything over eight points. But on a woman? Probably more like 14.

• Brilliant idea for an energy-conservation/efficiency consultant agency name: UseLess™ Consultants.

There. It’s in the ether now.

First one to the patent office wins.

• According to a recent study, Americans will believe anything if you say it’s from a study and it makes them feel superior to others.

• I love commercials that pretend to be real-life conversations. It’s usually like two women in a kitchen talking about periods or something, and then one of them just starts straight up dropping obscene amounts of knowledge and product specs about Kleenex or some such fluff. “Did you know that Kleenex is made with 17 percent recycled organic alpaca wool?” Well, I do now, Crazy Lady Who Talks Like Nobody Ever Talks Ever.

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Monday, June 20, 2011 — by Eugenia Last

ARIES March 21-April 19 Think before you respond. Dig deep, find out all there is to know, and you will avoid a mistake that can cost you professionally. Love is highlighted. Enhance a current relationship, or meet someone new through a friend or educational pursuit.

TAURUS April 20-May 20 Nothing should be too much trouble or out of reach if you put your mind to it. You have plenty to offer and lots to gain by making your voice heard and following through with your plans. Don’t be too rigid.

GEMINI May 21-June 20 Don’t let your emotions push you down a slippery path that has the potential to affect your status or your professional position. Offer your services, not your cash. It will parlay into other opportunities that can bring you profits as well.

CANCER June 21-July 22 Jumping into something too quickly will leave you vulnerable. Stabilizing your domestic situation should be your prime concern. Setting a strict budget or ground rules may not be well received.

LEO July 23-Aug. 22 You’ll be torn between what you should do and what you want to do. You have to gauge your time accordingly if you want to make a profit. Emotional deception can lead you in the wrong direction.

VIRGO Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Put more emphasis on work and professional gains. Watch your back, and make sure you stick to your priorities.

Letting someone else cover for you will be a mistake. Getting involved personally with a colleague will not pan out.

LIBRA Sept. 23-Oct. 22 If you have to use force, think again. Going with the flow will bring far better results. You are in the driver’s seat, and once you recognize how favorable your position is, you will be able to manipulate without pressure. A romantic setting will stir up feelings.

SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Don’t let your emotions get the better of you, causing a problem with someone you care about. Not being able to make up your mind will create a rift with someone you need on your side. Choose your words carefully, but do not waffle.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Keep your story straight, and don’t exaggerate. You will be up against some stiff competition when it comes to knowledge and skills. Make alterations at home or to a partnership arrangement so you will feel better about future prospects.

CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Don’t limit what you can do because you are afraid to take a chance or to take on more responsibility. A commitment someone gives you will help you make your final decision.

Opportunity will result from a proposal made.

AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Time spent on self-improvement will pay off. A chance to express your emotions should lead to a decision regarding your personal life. A relationship that means a lot to you will stabilize.

PISCES Feb. 19-March 20 Expect to experience difficulty trying to extract information from someone you are connected to emotionally. Listen and observe until you feel more confident about making a decision that will influence your home or family.

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A community flexes its Pride

PHOTOS BY MATT LA LUZ/THE DAILY IOWAN

Clockwise from top: Drag performers Crystal, Coco, and Sasha Belle stride down an alley, making their way to the Pedestrian Mall to perform as part of Iowa City’s Gay Pride Festival on June 18, 2011. The three performers entertained audiences all week in celebration of Pride Week.

A parade marcher dressed incognito marches as part of the Gay Pride Parade in Iowa City on June 18. The parade marked the 41st Pride Parade in Iowa City.

Lead plaintiffs from Iowa’s controversial Varnum v. Brien court case were among celebrants in Iowa City.

By IAN STEWART daily-iowan@uiowa.edu

Waving rainbow banners and beating on drums, the paraders started down Johnson Street to the cheers of onlookers sitting in College Green Park.

Then, the eclectic group wound its way through Iowa City’s downtown on Saturday afternoon.

A roller-derby club led a red pickup truck filled with people dressed in drag and a troupe of women honking the horns and revving the engines of their motorcycles. As the Iowa City Pride annual Committee’s parade approached the Pedestrian Mall, several hundred onlookers clapped and cheered.

The parade, and subsequent Pride Festival, are cornerstones of Iowa City’s celebration of National Gay and Lesbian Pride Month.

For committee head Kirsten Plowman, the event is important for several reasons.

“The goal for us is to create awareness, to celebrate diversity,” she said. “Not only for [lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender] folks but [for] the different factions in the community.”

Plowman, who first became active in the LGBT community while studying at Grinnell College, said that pride parades anywhere are “part of the tradition of being queer.”

This is only the second year that the pride committee has secured the Pedestrian Mall as the location for the festival. In past years, the event has taken place in Upper City Park, but the new location has proved both more visible and less expensive for the group.

This year, the 10-member committee raised around $6,000 to pay for the events. The members

Iowa City Pride 2011 Weekend events included: • June 17 free community picnic at City Park • June 18 Parade starting at College Green Park • June 18 Festival and Rally on the Pedestrian Mall • Miss Pride of Iowa competition Sunday evening at Studio 13 hold five or six fundraisers annually, from wine tastings to family-friendly pool parties, and Plowman said the group is very well-supported. The biggest change this year was a free, catered community picnic held at City Park on June 17.

Under a shelter adorned with rainbow banners and flags, more than 150 people gathered to eat, socialize, and make T-shirts. The associate head of the committee, Bridget Malone, stressed Iowa City’s unique position as a center of LGBT activity.

“I think we have the most active LGBT community in the state,” she said.

Malone attributed the city’s general acceptance to the presence of the University of Iowa and to its historical connection to queer activism.

Kate Varnum — who, along with wife Trisha, was a lead plaintiff in the April 2009 ruling by the Iowa Supreme Court that legalized gay marriage — echoed that belief.

“For the most part, I think Iowans generally care about their neighbors,” Kate Varnum said.

But the Varnums did not just come to celebrate diversity and the LGBT community. They were selling coffee and gift baskets in an attempt to raise some of the $25,000 it takes to adopt a child, a difficult task because most of the

agencies they contacted refused to work with a homosexual couple. But there were plenty of samesex couples with children in tow June 18, and 9-year-old Liam Barron, who was with his two mothers, had his own explanation for the value of the festivities.

“Some people think that it’s wrong,” Barron said about same-sex marriage.

“But I don’t think it’s wrong.”

As the parade wound down, participants dissipated on the Pedestrian Mall, where local businesses and organizations had pitched colorful tents. A traveling magician from Des Moines sold shimmering, sequenced outfits. The Emma Goldman Clinic had a jar full of free condoms.

Couples danced as two pianists played jazzy hits.

While Plowman was enthusiastic about turnout at the events, she said, she has hopes for the future.

“One of the things we would like to see is more straight allies as well as a little more help from government entities,” Plowman said. “Currently, the only city office that does anything directly related to us is the Senior Center.”

The committee has made stride, however, and she praised the Iowa City police for leading the parade.

In her blue T-shirt plastered with rainbow stickers, 83-year-old Elsie Gauley Vega, the host of a monthly Senior Center Television show about LGBT issues, explained what she sees as a core issue the community faces.

“Nobody asks a heterosexual person, ‘When did you decide to be heterosexual?’ ” Vega said. “They ought to stop asking us when we decided to be lesbian, when we decided to be gay.”

Friends gather on the Pedestrian Mall in Iowa City to chat during the 41stannual Gay Pride Parade on June 18. Hundreds of people gathered for the parade as well as the festivities going on around Iowa City.

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Red Sox score 6 in 1st, roll past Brewers BOSTON — Tim Wakefield had his picture taken with the Stanley Cup, then was able to sit back for a while and watch his teammates grab a big early lead.

Kevin Youkilis hit a three-run homer to highlight Boston’s six-run first inning, and Wakefield held Milwaukee to three hits over eight innings, carrying the Red Sox to a 12-3 win over the Brewers on Sunday.

“I’ve always said, ‘If the offense scores that many runs, it makes my job a lot easier knowing I can make one or two mistakes,’ ” the 44-year old Wakefield said after enjoying a pregame clubhouse visit by the Stanley Cup champion Bruins before the Red Sox honored them with an on-field ceremony.

“I had my picture taken with the Cup,” Wakefield said, smiling. “I wasn’t touching it.

It’s theirs.”

In the first inning, Wakefield retired the Brewers on 12 pitches — 11 strikes — before his teammates took control.

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Incoming Iowa freshman Aaron White of Falbo’s is fouled by Iowa walkon hopeful Steven McCarty Marble of Ready Mix/Vinton during the second half of their Prime Time game on Sunday in North Liberty. White scored 18 points in a 96-65 loss.

McIlroy magic sweeps Open

BY DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press

BETHESDA, Md. — The proof of Rory McIlroy’s remarkable resiliency was the silver trophy at his side and the pages of a record book that he changed during four mind-boggling days at the U.S. Open.

For his father, it was a phone call right after a most crushing collapse at Augusta National two months ago.

Poised to fulfill his potential and become the youngest Masters champion since Tiger Woods, McIlroy shot 80 in a final round that was painful to watch. Gerry McIlroy, who worked three jobs so his son could pursue his passion, was home in Northern Ireland when the phone rang some 20 minutes after it was over.

“I said, ‘Rory, are you OK, son?’ Because you always fear for your kids,” the father said on Sunday. “And he says, ‘Dad, um, I have no problem with it at all. I hit a few bad shots. And if you play golf, then you’ll understand that.’ ” McIlroy, the 22-year-old who can make golf look easy even in the toughest of circumstances, buried that Masters memory the way he buried his competition in a breathtaking performance filled with the promise of more majors to come.

“I felt like I got over the Masters pretty quickly. I kept telling you guys that, and I don’t know if you believed me or not. But here you go,” McIlroy said, gesturing to the shiny prize on the table. “Nice to prove some people wrong.”

Four days of flawless golf finally ended when McIlroy

PRIMETIME CONTINUED FROM 12 Farokhmanesh picked up the slack for Ahrens’ squad. The current Swiss pro had a team-high 21 points on 5-for-7 shooting, while knocking down 3-of11 3-pointers to keep the game close.

Other notable players included former City High standout Eric Wash-

polished off a 2-under 69 to shatter U.S. Open records that simply defy logic at the major known as the toughest test in golf.

The combined scores of the last 10 U.S. Open champions were 14-under par.

McIlroy was 16 under.

He finished eight shots ahead of Jason Day, whose score of 8-under 276 would have been enough to win 26 of the last 30 U.S. Opens.

“It’s just phenomenal golf,” Day said. “He lapped the field … Golf right now is in a really, really good spot where Rory McIlroy is right now.”

McIlroy nearly holed an impossible putt from the front of the 18th green to within a foot, and it was then he finally saw his father. He smiled and shook a clenched fist, and after tapping in for par, walked off the green and into his arms.

“Happy Father’s Day,” McIlroy told him.

McIlroy, who goes to No. 4 in the world, now stands above everyone going into the final two majors of the year.

“Nothing this kid does ever surprises me,” McDowell said. “He’s the best player I’ve ever seen. I didn’t have a chance to play with Tiger when he was in his real pomp, and this guy is the best I’ve ever seen.

Simple as that. He’s great for golf. He’s a breath of fresh air for the game, and perhaps we’re ready for golf’s next superstar.

“And maybe, Rory is it.”

This was more than just one major. It was the way McIlroy decimated the field with a golf swing so pure that he made had only four holes worse than par all week.

McIlroy finished at 268 to break the U.S. Open pun, who poured in 19 points, and current Hawkeyes Darius Stokes and Jordan Stoermer. The Black and Gold walk-ons finished with 2 and 4 points, respectively. “[Stokes] needs to learn to play defense,” Ahrens said. “He’s got to play 100 miles an hour … when he comes in and helps rebound and defend.”

DI reporter Sam Odeyemi contributed to this article.

record by four shots. That record 12-under par by Woods at Pebble Beach?

McIlroy matched it in the second round and kept right on rolling.

“I couldn’t ask for much more, and I’m just so happy to be holding this trophy,” McIlroy said. “I know how good Tiger was in 2000 to win by 15 in Pebble. I was trying to go out there and emulate him in some way. I played great for four days, and I couldn’t be happier.”

He showed no mercy on those chasing him in the final round.

McIlroy opened with an 8-foot birdie and never let anyone get closer to him the rest of the day. Even when he made his first bogey of the final round at No. 12 that trimmed his lead back to eight shots with six holes to play, he wasn’t happy. Woods kept his focus at Pebble Beach by trying not to drop a single shot. That’s what the kid was trying to do.

“I was trying to go out and trying to make no mistakes, and really not give anyone a chance to catch me,” McIlroy said.

When he arrived for his press conference, he took a picture of the silver U.S. Open trophy on the table and posted it on Twitter with two references that said it all: Winning.

Bounceback.

“Going back to Augusta this year, I felt like that was a great opportunity to get my first major. It didn’t quite work out,” McIlroy said. “But to come back straightaway at the U.S. Open and win, that is nice.

You can always call yourself a major champion, and hopefully after this, I can call myself a multiple

BASABE CONTINUED FROM 12 last year and averaged a team-best 1.32 blocks per game for the Hawkeyes last year, the seventh-best mark in the Big Ten. Basabe would have been just the second Hawkeye to ever represent the United States at the U19 World Championship — current Iowa color commentator Bobby Hansen averaged 7.8 points in seven games for

major champion.”

Since the Masters began in 1934, McIlroy is the second youngest major champion next to Woods.

Day, a 23-year-old from Australia, closed with a 68 and was runner-up for the second-straight major.

Unlike the Masters, however, Day didn’t have a chance.

No one did this week.

McIlroy opened with a three-shot lead, stretched it to six shots after 36 holes and eight shots going into the final round. No one got any closer over the final 18 holes.

McIlroy joined Lee Janzen in 1993 and Lee Trevino in 1968 as the only players to post all four rounds in the 60s.

Some of that had to do with Congressional, which was softened by rain and cloud cover. The USGA did nothing to try to protect par, moving tees forward to tempt players to take on some risk. The result was a whopping 32 rounds under par on Sunday. The previous record of 18 final rounds under par was at Baltusrol in 1993.

But there is no denying that one guy played far better than anyone else — eight shots better. McIlroy became the first player since Woods in 2002 at Bethpage Black to go wireto-wire in the U.S. Open without ties, and his best might still be ahead of him.

“I think he’s still growing, and it’s just scary to think about it,” said Y.E. Yang, who played in the final group the last two days.

Amid the celebration of McIlroy came growing concern about the state of American golf. For the first time since the Masters began in 1934, Americans have gone five majors withthe 1979 gold-medal team.

Basabe, a native of Glen Cove, N.Y., will spend the rest of the summer participating in the Prime Time League. The third-round pick, who led the annual summer league in scoring last year, will join Hawkeye shooting guard Matt Gatens and incoming Iowa freshman Aaron White on the Falbo’s Pizza squad.

He will likely make his début on Tuesday against Iowa’s Zach McCabe and Darius Stokes. Tip-off is slated for 7:30 p.m. at the North Liberty Community

out winning. They were on the verge of being shut out of the top three for the fourth time in the last five majors until Yang made bogey on the last hole for a 71.

That put the South Korean into a tie for third with PGA Tour rookie Kevin Chappell (66), Robert Garrigus (70), and Lee Westwood (70).

“It says, I think, that the Americans struggle a little bit,” PGA champion Martin Kaymer said. “Since Tiger has been on a — how you do say? — little down, nothing has really happened.

We’ve just become so much stronger.”

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THE DAILY IOWAN MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2011

Hubbard impressive in victory Anthony Hubbard dominates in his Prime Time début.

BY ERIK PAPKE erik-papke@uiowa.edu

Anthony Hubbard introduced himself to a packed gym in North Liberty in a big way on Sunday afternoon.

Hubbard torched Jill Armstrong of Lepic/Kroeger Realtors for a game-high 26 points on 7-for-14 shooting, and he made 12-of-17 free throws and pulled down 13 rebounds to lead Coach’s Corner/Two Rivers Bank & Trust to a 100-91 victory.

The incoming Hawkeye wing player didn’t wait long to show off his athleticism. About halfway through the first half, he received the ball on a fast break, drove toward the paint, and leaped toward the basket from 2 feet inside the free-throw line.

Although he missed the dunk, the play drew cheers from the gathered crowd.

Hubbard’s day started off fairly slowly, though.

He made just two baskets in the first half and knocked down 2-of-4 free throws for a total of six points in the period. He played primarily down on the block and did not get many chances to score, but he was able to still help his team with three assists and eight rebounds.

“I want to get the guys to trust me with the ball,” Hubbard said.

“Part of that is getting other people the ball [and] just making sure they stay involved in the game.”

Teammate Anthony James, a point guard from Northern Iowa, carried most of the scoring load in the first half. His speed and quickness made him a nightmare for Arm-

strong’s Matt Morrison, a current Panther, and Ali Farokhmanesh, a Northern Iowa alum. His nine first-half points on 2-of-5 field goals and 2-for-2 free throws led Coach’s Corner.

The pace of the game started to pick up in the second half, as players began to look more comfortable playing with each other. Hubbard in particular looked like a completely different player — the Woodbridge, Va., native scored 20 points on 5-for-7 shooting in the second period. He also appeared more confident at the free-throw line and converted 10 of his 13 freebie attempts in the half.

“I really thought [Hubbard] adjusted well i n t h e s e c o n d h a l f,” C o a c h ’s C o r n e r h e a d coach Kevin Lehman said. “He did what I t h o u g h t h e c o u l d d o, w h i c h wa s g e t t o t h e free-throw line a bunch.”

Iowa sophomore forward Zach McCabe also showed up in the second half — literally. The Sioux City native missed the first half of the game for Armstrong.

“I think it’s ridiculous when the Iowa player can’t show up on time,” Armstong coach Dan Ahrens said about his draft second-round pick.

McCabe missed the opportunity to warm up for the game, and it appeared to affect his playing. He missed all four shots he took in the second half and finished with a pair of rebounds and a foul.

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Former City High player Eric Washpun of Armstrong/Kroeger tries to drive during a Prime Time game on Sunday in North Liberty. Washpun finished with 19 points in a 100-91 loss.

Basabe heads Family works against cancer back to town The Iowa forward says on Twitter that he’s ready to move on after being cut from Team USA.

BY SETH ROBERTS seth-roberts@uiowa.edu

Iowa forward Melsahn Basabe didn’t make the initial cut for the USA U19 World Championship team.

USA Basketball left Basabe off a list of 13 roster finalists it released on Sunday, after three days of tryouts for the team that will represent the country at the 2011 FIBA World Championship in Latvia.

The 6-7, 225-pound post was traveling back from Colorado Springs, Colo., on BASABE Sunday forward afternoon and wasn’t available for comment. He announced via Twitter that he would use being cut as motivation.

“Didn’t make the team …

Back to my grind,” he tweeted on Sunday. “USA sent me home; now I’m

hungry and on a mission even more.”

The list of finalists, which will be trimmed once more before the team leaves for Latvia on Friday, included nine players capable of playing in the paint. Team USA head coach Paul Hewitt said the frontcourt finalists’ skill sets and depth made it difficult to decide who to cut.

“I think our inside players are tremendous,” he said in a statement. “We have some good balance and some guys that can shoot the basketball. Obviously, it was a hard decision to come down to 13 [players], and we still have to make one more decision before we go overseas.”

Hewitt said he heavily emphasized defense when making the cuts, citing the team’s potential for stretches of inconsistent offense.

Basabe was no defensive slouch for the Hawkeyes

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The Team Tyler Foundation was created in honor of the coach’s threeyear-old son.

BY ERIK PAPKE erik-papke@uiowa.edu

Bill and Donna Frese are used to traveling thousands of miles from their home in Cedar Rapids to College Park, Md. They make the trip a few times every winter to support their daughter, Maryland women’s basketball coach Brenda Frese.

But on the evening of June 18, Bill, Donna, and the rest of the Frese family stayed in Cedar Rapids to show their support for another team: Team Tyler.

Tyler Thomas, Brenda Frese’s 3-year-old son, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2010. According to Can-

cer.gov, the cancer affects the blood and bone marrow and is the most common type of the disease for young children.

“He was diagnosed when his brother was going to the doctor,” said Donna Frese. “The doctor had noticed his fingernails were yellow, and he had been running a slight temperature at night.”

1 Tyler, then 2 ⁄2 years old, was diagnosed just in time, and he has an 85 percent chance for a full recovery. His cancer is in remission, Donna Frese said.

The Team Tyler Foundation was founded in response to Tyler’s illness by four of Frese’s former players at Maryland. Marissa Coleman, L a u r a H a r p e r, S h ay Doron, and Kristi Toliver helped the Terrapins w i n t h e 2 0 0 6 N CA A national championship, and the relationship the foursome had with Brenda Frese inspired them to start the organization “to help not only Tyler but a l s o o t h e r s dealing with this hard-

ship,” according to the nonprofit’s website.

The organization held a fundraiser on June 18 in Cedar Rapids, Brenda Frese’s hometown — although the coach herself was unable to attend. The event was held at Gatherings restaurant, with music provided by local band Lady Lowe. The restaurant was decorated with green and orange balloons, and a row of tables in the back held posters with more information about the Team Tyler Foundation, Tyler’s condition, and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Foundation.

Brothers Logan and Justin Schulte, Tyler’s cousins, manned the front entrance. The pair collected a $10 entrance fee and sold T-shirts and wristbands, the proceeds of which were donated to a variety of nonprofit organizations.

“We think they’ve done such a marvelous job [with the Team Tyler Foundation], we’d just like to help them out here in the Iowa City area,” said Donna Frese.

The Team Tyler Foundation

To support the Team Tyler Foundation: Log on to teamtylerfoundation.com or send a donation to: Team Tyler Foundation 3540 Crain Highway No. 660 Bowie, Md. 20726

Brenda Frese’s sister, S tacy, has done just that. S he has raised around $10,000 in Iowa, and the earnings benefit the Iowa Chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Donations to Team Tyler will go to the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland, according to Deb Frese, Tyler’s aunt. People can also donate to the lymphoma societies of Iowa City, she added.

“We just wanted to see what we could do as a family to help raise awareness with these funds,” Deb Frese said.