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The exterior of Borlaug Elementary is seen on Monday. With a focus on modernity and environmental friendliness, the school will be open in the fall with 320 students. (The Daily Iowan/Ian Servin)
Borlaug Elementary is set to open this fall. The new, 67,000 square-foot school will cost the district $10.9 million to build. By ERIC LIGHTNER eric-lightner@uiowa.edu
Several hundred students who will attend Borlaug Elementary in the fall — 320 to be exact — will find a school that is both larger and greener. Principal Celeste Shoppa said the school would set itself apart from the
Scientists embrace new media By ALY BROWN alyson-brown@uiowa.edu
University of Iowa science officials are using social media now more than ever to engage the public and colleagues with new research developments. Dan McMillan, the director of communications and external relations at the UI College of Public Health, said the school is now active across many social-media platforms, including Facebook. “It’s a cool way to build a community of people that encompass a very broad range of interests, from current students and alumni to practicing professionals and parents of students,” he wrote in an email. “There’s a directness and an authenticity that comes
other elementary schools in the district with new technology in every classroom. “The difference is we’re opening with every instructional room having a smart board, camera, and projector,” she said. Paul Schultz, the School District’s director of the Physical Plant, said because the new building was built in accordance with
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Tests performed Monday by the State Hygienic Laboratory in Coralville revealed no harmful substance in a white, powdery material sent to Stanley Hall via U.S. mail. UI police, Johnson County Ambulance, and the Iowa City Fire Department were called to Stanley after a UI student and Upward Bound counselor called law-enforcement officials about the foreign white, powdery substance. The substance was received via mail that was opened by a counselor. The laboratory conducted tests to identify substances that would pose a chemical threat, and the sample has been sent to an Ankeny facility for further verification. After not feeling well, the counselor was taken out of Stanley on Monday afternoon wearing a HAZMAT suit. The counselor was taken in an ambulance to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. UI spokesman Tom Moore said the substance had been retained by the counselor. As a precaution, officials at Stanley Hall closed off a shower area, the counselor’s room, and mail areas. The counselor was treated and released by the UIHC, Moore said. Stanley also houses Orientation guides and incoming freshmen for summer Orientation programs on certain days; however, no incoming students were staying at the residence hall on Monday. Approximately 47 students and staff involved in the Upward Bound program were notified of the incident. Officials from Upward Bound had not returned phone calls from The Daily Iowan as of Monday evening. — by Amy Skarnulis
Bike thefts up in area There have been 22 bikes reported stolen in the first two weeks of July in Iowa City. By AMY SKARNULIS amy-skarnulis@uiowa.edu
The Iowa City police have received 22 reports of bike thefts in the first two weeks of July, and surrounding law-enforcement agencies are seeing similar trends. Iowa City police Sgt. Denise Brotherton said there is not necessarily a spike in thefts, but she released the number to give the community an idea of how frequent bike theft is in Iowa City. “We’ve always had a lot of [thefts], it’s always an issue, and it’s always been an issue,” she said. “It just shows what an issue it is.” Figures for the total number of reported bikes stolen in 2012 so far were not available on Monday.
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Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standards, it will be a more environmentally focused structure. “It’s a highly efficient building,” he said. Schultz said the new building has two stories and 67,000 square feet, and it cost
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Locked bikes stand in a bicycle rack along with a lone wheel near the Main Library on Monday. The Iowa City police have received 22 reports of bike thefts in the first two weeks of July, and other area law enforcement agencies are noting a rise in bike thefts. (The Daily Iowan/Michael Fanelli)
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Brad Rourke leads a sustainability forum in the University Capitol Center on Monday. The forum, hosted by UI Sustainable Citizen Program team, sought to answer the question, “How can we meet our needs today without harming our ability to meet our needs tomorrow?” (The Daily Iowan/Sumei Chen)
UI seeks to create constructive conversation about charged environmental issues. By ELEANOR MARSHALL entirely.eleanor@gmail.com
“How can we meet our needs today without harming our ability to meet our needs tomorrow?” It was a colossal question scrawled in small handwriting in front of a circle of 16 community members attending a sustainability forum held Monday by the Kettering Foundation in conjunction with Craig Just, a University of Iowa assistant professor of engineering and the director of the Sustainable Citizen Program. The forum and resulting guide is funded by a grant Just received from the U.S. Department of Education for his initiative to improve campus education on sustainable lifestyles, especially for first-year students.
“Campus discussions are our primary audience,” he said. “Especially for firstyear students, who are maybe naïve to the world, or not, to address how you structure a dialogue.” That’s where the Kettering Foundation comes in — facilitating constructive conversation instead of argument. “We live a fantastic life in the United States, we have a wide range of choices, advanced technologies and a wondrous conveniences,” said Brad Rourke, the discussion’s facilitator and a senior associate at the Kettering Foundation. “But some people ask how long can we keep this up. We’re using natural resources faster than our planet can replace them. … Even if you don’t believe [in global climate change,] there are a range of other problems. Take your pick.” The discussion will be used to strengthen an outline that was presented to participants at the forum, which will then be transformed into a 12-page guidebook geared toward starting a conversation about a shift toward a more sustainable nation.
The booklet, published as part of a multi-issue series through the National Issues Forum, will be available on Just’s new Sustainable Citizen Program website and shared with not only UI students, but a national network of local organizations that participate in similar forums. The booklet presents three options: take urgent action to repair and protect crucial resources, unleash the power of markets and technological innovation, or transform our culture. “My hope for the result is that people come together in communities to address this question together,” Rourke said. “It’s not to spark any action but to provide a starting point for people to spark action themselves.” The group considered each option evenly, appreciating the urgency of the first option’s top-down approach, and largely rejecting the feasibility of the second option’s freedom — but coalesced most enthusiastically around the third option’s cultural shift.
“This really isn’t an environmental crisis, it’s a cultural crisis. We believe that we’re not part of nature,” said Fred Meyer, the director of Backyard Abundance. “We need to start telling different stories: stories of community, stories of relationships, stories of trading tomatoes across the fence, stories of sharing. That’s what will start changing our belief system.” UI senior Bailee McClellan, the president of EcoHawks, said she observed this very culture while spending six weeks this summer studying abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark, a country that’s ranked among the happiest places on Earth by the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development. “It’s possible; it’s just going to be a big shift. It would take a lot for us to accept what we need to do in order to get there,” she said. “Happiness is just as important as the environment or the economy. It’s important to stress that sustainability can lead to a tighter community or a better lifestyle instead of just giving stuff up.”
ents noticed she was visibly upset, and she told them she had been touched, the complaint said. Warren told police officials he had been adjusting her blankets to tuck her in and added this was the first time he had ever tucked her in. — by Jordyn Reiland
had the same serial number as the bills seized from Davis. Officers were able to easily identify that the bills were counterfeit, the complaint said. Forgery is a Class-D felony. — by Amy Skarnulis
Assault with intent of injury of a peace officer is a Class-D felony. — by Amy Skarnulis
Man charged with assault on peace officers
METRO Physician charged with indecent contact An Iowa City doctor has been accused of inappropriately touching a child. Thomas Warren Jr., 44, was charged March 10 with indecent contact with a child. According to an Iowa City police complaint, the victim was spending time with the Warren family during an overnight visit. The victim stated she was pretending to be asleep on the couch when Warren approached her. The victim alleged Warren stood over her, touched and squeezed her breast over her clothing, and then attempted to remove her tank top. According to the complaint, the victim was taken home by Warren’s wife after attempting to text her father requesting to pick her up. When the victim returned home, her parents and grandpar-
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Two Illinois men have been accused of attempting to use counterfeit money. Kennard Partee, 49, Chicago, was charged July 14 with forgery, and Kelvin Davis, 46, Skokie, was also charged July 14 with forgery. According to a Johnson County Sheriff’s Office complaint, Partee allegedly used a fraudulent $20 bill to purchase beer, and later he was found possessing a fraudulent $50 bill. Davis was allegedly possessed three counterfeit $20 bills that all had the same serial number. The $20 bill Partee possessed
A Coralville man has been accused of biting two on-duty peace officers. William Liston, 57, Coralville, was charged July 14 with two counts of assault with intent of injury to a peace officer. According to a Johnson County Sheriff’s Office complaint, Liston allegedly bit on-duty in uniform peace officers assigned to jail duties while an officer was providing medical treatment to Liston. The bites caused lacerations and pain. Liston told the officers he had hepatitis C and HIV.
An Iowa inmate died in the prison hospice program Monday. According to an Iowa Department of Corrections news release, Robert Dicks, a 71-yearold man assigned to the Iowa Medical & Classification Center, died of natural causes due to pancreatic cancer. Dicks was serving a 115-year sentence for eight felony offenses, including three charges of second-degree sexual abuse, one charge of third-degree sexual abuse, and one charge of sexual exploitation of a minor. All convictions were from Mahaska County, the release said. According to the release, the sentence began on March 19, 1990. — by Jordyn Reiland
session of drug paraphenila, possession of marijuana, and OWI. Adam Medsker , 24, 2345 Macbride Drive, was charged July 13 with possession and discharge of fireworks. Tracy Melville, 37, 609 Pine Drive, was charged July 13 with driving while license was revoked. Theodore Newcomb , 29, 1921 Grantwood St., was charged July 14 with public intoxication and disorderly conduct. Jodi Obman, 23, Cedar Rapids, was charged July 13 with OWI. Tyler Olson, 20, 221 N. Linn St., was charged July 11 with PAULA. Kaylynn Palec hek , 19, 1831 Gleason Ave., was charged Sunday with presence in a bar after hours. Azim Rahman , 27, 810 E.
Jefferson St., was charged July 11 with fourth-degree theft. Jaylin Richards , 18, 1926 Broadway Apt. H, was charged July 9 with fifth-degree theft. William Seitz, 23, 332 S. Linn St. No. 202, was charged Monday with public intoxication. Mukome Tchore , 26, Cedar Rapids, was charged Monday with OWI. Nakesha Tribble , 35, address unknown, was charged with public intoxication and fifth-degree theft. Jose Valencia-Rodriguez , 21, 2401 Highway 6 E. Apt. 3212, was charged July 13 with OWI. Javin Villarreal, 21, 645 S. Lucas St. Apt. 5, was charged July 12 with public intoxication. Laney Wallace, 21, 254 West Side
Drive, was charged July 13 with OWI. Thomas Warren , 44, 1311 Rochester Ave., was charged March 10 with indecent contact with a child. Whityley Weston, 24, Coralville, was charged July 13 with fifthdegree theft. Todd White, 34, 409 Third Ave., was charged April 13 with disorderly conduct and public intoxication. Mistyn Wilharm, 25, 416 S. Dodge St., Apt. 4, was charged July 13 with possession of an open container of alcohol in public. Allen Woods , 54, address unknown, was charged July 12 with possession of an open container of alcohol in public.
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BLOTTER Andrew Antill, 21, Coralville, was charged Monday with OWI. Ryan Beck, 20, 117 N. Van Buren St., was charged July 11 with PAULA. Jeffrey Connell , 22, address unknown, was charged Sunday with possession of an open container of alcohol in public. Geremy Dudley , 23, address unknown, was charged Monday with criminal trespass. Richard Magouirk, 43, address unknown, was charged Sunday with possession of an open container of alcohol in public. Richard McBride , 26, Tuscon, Ariz., was charged July 14 with disorderly conduct, public intoxication, and improper use of 911. Audrey McCloud, 19, Peoria, Ill., was charged Monday with pos-
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MEDIA CONTINUED FROM 1 through in these communications, and it really helps paint a picture of the exciting educational and career opportunities that exist in public health.” The college searched for a name for the café in the new College of Public Health Building using social media, and it hosts student blogs for students to share their study-abroad and practicum experiences. Tara Smith, a UI associate professor of epidemiology, said she and her colleagues use tools such as blogs and Twitter to make science more visible. “We feel it is important for science to be more visible and for scientists to get out in the community, out of what is called the ivory tower,” Smith said. Smith said being active
THEFTS CONTINUED FROM 1 Brotherton said there are more thefts in the summer months simply because there are more people riding their bikes during the warmer weather. There are also more people walking around who are more likely to commit theft, she said. Yet the number of bikes reported stolen doesn’t decrease once the weather gets cooler. “We’ll see more of them when people come back [in the fall] because our population goes up and a lot of people do not lock their bikes up,” she said. Workers at Geoff’s Bike and Ski, 816 S. Gilbert St., have noticed more people coming into the store because of stolen bikes. “Slightly more than the average [number] of cus-
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in social media helps make scientists relatable and trustworthy to the public. “I think people still have the idea of Einstein as the prototypical scientist,” she said. “A lot of people don’t understand what scientists do every day and how it has relevance to their lives. People don’t trust us because they don’t know us. We use anything we can to show we aren’t just sitting in our labs doing experiments all day. We’re people.” In an effort to discover new ways to disseminate their research to a wider audience, UI scientists and medical professionals invited science journalist Carl Zimmer to speak at the UI Carver College of Medicine on July 13. Zimmer, an essayist and the author of science blog The Loom, presented “Infecting Minds: Science Communication in the Age of New Media” showing
how communication has evolved from book and newspaper publishing to interactive public dialogue. “With a book, you are in their head for two or three weeks, and you get depth you cannot get with other media,” he said. “But it was a slow process. Almost dinosaurean. With blogging, I can develop ideas in a public way and connect with readers and with books I had written.” Eli Perencevich, a UI professor of internal medicine, said he wanted to learn from Zimmer how science journalists and the public want to interact with scientists. “Maybe a thousand people read our blog or 200plus people follow our Twitter, but he interacts with tens of thousands of people,” he said. “I want to know how do they want to engage scientists and how they find research.” Zimmer discussed how
his article about emerald cockroach wasps started on his blog, and then spread to pop-culture websites, the album of a Los Angeles glam-rock band, and a guest spot in the video game Dead Rising. Perencevich said he experienced a similar dissemination with the spread of his team’s paper on warm weather contributing to hospital-acquired infections. “None of these things happen if you just publish a paper and let it go,” he said. “The key message for me is that scientists have to take science communication into their own hands. Given the tools we have, such as blogging and Twitter, we have a lot more opportunity now to do that easily and cost effectively. Now, we can’t just stop with publishing.”
tomers are looking to replace bikes,” sales associate Aaron Robnett said. He said he recommends a U-shaped lock to customers who plan to lock their bike up outside apartment buildings or at public places. “They would need an electric saw to cut through that lock,” he said. Several area police departments have noticed an increase in bike thefts the summer during months. The Cedar Rapids police have seen 101 bike thefts so far in 2012. That is an increase of 27 thefts over the 74 reported between January and July 2011, said Cedar Rapids police Sgt. Cristy Hamblin. “That is significant given the time frame,” she said. Coralville police said they see more bike thefts in the summer months as well, but Coralville has fewer thefts than Iowa City
because there are fewer people riding bikes, Coralville Police Chief Barry Bedford said. “People [in Coralville] bring their bikes into their homes and apartments instead of locking them up outside their building [like they do in Iowa City],” he said. Coralville has reported five thefts so far in 2012, but only one was reported in April and the rest at the end of June. In 2011, Coralville had 13 total bikes stolen during the year, and most of them were reported in the late summer or early fall, Bedford said. Both Iowa City and Coralville use a free registration system for bikes so they can be more easily identified in case of theft. Brotherton said in Iowa City bike owners can come to the front desk of the Police Department with their bike’s serial number,
and police will give the owners stickers with registration numbers. “Unfortunately, people don’t register,” Brotherton said. “We get a lot of recovered bikes, but when they made their theft report, they didn’t have the number, and we can’t remember the description months later [if it is found].” She said even if the person who steals the bike removes the sticker, the registration number is still in a database, and police will be able to recover the bike if it is found. Iowa City resident Alan High did not register his bike with the police and did not learn about the option until after his bike was stolen two weeks ago. “Unfortunately, I had the bike lock with me,” he said. “It was taken off my back porch while I was at the Farmer’s Market.”
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ZipCar attractive alternative Beginning in September, the city of Iowa City and the University of Iowa will introduce 10 ZipCars into the community. The City Council’s unanimous decision to approve a three-year contract with ZipCar Inc. on July 10 provides an overwhelming number of benefits for members of the Iowa City community. A ZipCar is a fuel-efficient vehicle provided to universities and businesses for their students and employees to share. Unlike most conventional car-rental agencies, ZipCar allows members to pay an hourly fee to use any one of its cars. Prices are around $8 per hour depending on the model of the car and whether it’s a weekday or weekend, plus a $25 yearly subscription fee. However, the hourly rate pays for more than just car use. It also includes the price of gas, insurance coverage, and up to 180 miles of driving distance per day. The cars get roadside assistance, and if the savings aren’t enough, the environmental friendliness adds a great amount of appeal as well. ZipCars are energy-efficient and according to the ZipCar website, “Each and every ZipCar takes at least 20 personally owned vehicles off the road.” Depending on how popular the service is in its first three years, the City Council has allowed the option for a two-year extension for the program. The City Council was wise in deciding to try car sharing in Iowa City because owning a car is increasingly expensive, and the opportunity to share may prove to align with the interests of community members, especially students. The current issue is that there are nearly twice as many students as there are parking spaces, provided by the University of Iowa Parking and Transportation Services, so every student could not possibly have a spot on campus at the same time. This campus community is also all too familiar with the hassle of parking tickets and fees — which are not cheap. Having a car on campus can be impractical for many, and that’s a growing trend nationwide. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, transportation is the second-largest category of spending,
and the Iowa Farm Bureau further estimates that Iowans spend as much as 17 percent of their income on cars, gas, and vehicle maintenance. But some of those costs could be averted through this car-sharing program. At a certain point, some parents and students realize that having a car on campus isn’t really worth it, but having access to a car is still necessary. When there is a demand for a service, we can count on some winning entrepreneur to provide it, so here’s to ZipCar. Some opponents may argue that there is no need for a company such as ZipCar because there is already a free campus bus system, and many things a student could want are within walking distance from the center of campus. One also might argue that using a ZipCar also has limited applications. For example, a student might not want to go see a movie and have the car eat up money while sitting in the lot not being used for hours. But the benefits outweigh the negatives. Getting a ride back home could no longer seem like such an inconvenience for students who don’t have cars, because ZipCar also allows its members to reserve cars for whole days or entire weekends at a time. Being able to reserve a car on campus would be a huge advantage to out-of-state students, as well as families not enthralled by the idea of sending a car to school with their child. Because you only need to be 18 years old to become a member, many university students would have no problem taking advantage of the car-sharing program. The cars are appealing because they are easy to acquire, and they have all the same benefits of a personal vehicle, with a reduced cost, and increased convenience. No trips to the gas station, no waiting for a bus, no worries about overnight parking, and no fees for a car that gets very little use during the semester. Even if this system isn’t right for everyone, it will likely be very attractive to many in Iowa City, so bring them in. Your turn. Is ZipCar, Inc. a good fit for Iowa City? Weigh in at dailyiowan.com.
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Rastetter and Tanzania response from the Oakland Institute True, not all businesses are cruel, and not all profits mean greed. After spending more than 18 months researching AgriSol’s land deal in Tanzania, this conclusion could only apply if one failed to read company’s internal documents or chose to ignore the reality on the ground that our field research yielded. It appears from your editorial that you are fine with the forced relocation of 160,000 people who have grown their own food to feed their community and others in the region. Where will they go, how will they survive, what happens to their livelihoods seems to be of no concern to the paper. The paper is impressed by AgriSol’s ability to rake in immense profits secured through demands of “strategic investor status” – including exemption from corporate tax, import duties, right to grow GMO crops and biofuels, a rail link be built using scarce government funds, and an irrevocable guarantee for an export license, in addition to land secured at throwaway prices. Is forcing 160,000 people to leave their homes and make such demands of a developing
country as the gateway to immense profits ethical? Issues raised by the AgriSol land deal, including influence of money in politics, (Bruce Rastetter’s large campaign contribution that preceded his appointment to the state Board of Regents), lack of transparency and accountability, and denial of the right to freedom of expression to the affected communities, require continued vigilance and investigation. The Oakland Institute has investigated more than 70 land deals. Our work, including documentation on the AgriSol’s land deal, is available on our website. Please check it out. Failure to do so and take action will only allow hog barons to get richer while the poor in poor countries get poorer. Anuradha Mittal & Jeff Furman Oakland Institute
Democrats’ healthcare reform flawed With the Supreme Court decision issued, the Affordable Health-Care Act moves toward full enactment. Now, the real question is, can we afford it? The act focuses almost solely on improved access. It does nothing to rein in the accelerating cost of health care. It does nothing to deal with the state by state reimbursement inequities created in the origi-
nal Medicare legislation. It does nothing to improve preventative care and encourage healthy life decisions. And it does much to create conflict between providers and the rest of the health-care system. Since the bill’s passage, each successive cost estimate has gone up. Some suggest we are really looking at something closer to a $3 trillion bill over the next decade, versus the original estimate of $1 trillion. So where will the money come from? Congress can levy more taxes. Patient benefits can be cut. Provider compensation can be reduced. One must wonder if the true cost of the bill had been accurately represented, how many Democrats would have reconsidered their votes. This may also explain the lack of broad bipartisan support for this piece of major social legislation. Perhaps the most important part of Chief Justice John Roberts’ recent opinion came when he wrote, “It is not our job to protect the people from the consequences of their political choices.” He was reminding us that in a democracy, there is accountability. In November, we the people will once again be responsible for whom we send to Congress to deal with these complex, difficult decisions. I believe that Congressmen Dave Loebsack,
who voted for this bill, did us a great disservice. John Archer Republican nominee, Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District
Bath salts on the rise Research chemical use, also known as “bath salts,” is on the rise in Iowa City. We all know the costs of having a binge-drinking culture, but we are just beginning to see a new and frightening chemical throw people of all ages into the grip of chemical dependency. Research chemicals can be bought on the Internet or at one particular “head shop” located a few blocks from campus. These chemicals are usually labeled “not for human consumption” to avoid the legal ramifications of selling synthetic MCAT, a drug with similar side effects to PCP. An overdose can prove to be fatal at times and always thrusts the user into a state of excited delirium. Residents of Iowa City, I’m calling upon you to talk to our City Council and ask the members to ban these products. Let us rise above politics and do something that will really benefit our community as a whole. Erik Houston UI student
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“It is now known that addition is an illness.” Which is a sentence I ran into recently. (You’re right; I wasn’t looking where I was going. (And my parents tried so hard to teach me — but I became a writer anyway, full of semicolons and digressions. But; I digress.) (That was one of those e.e. cummings semicolons, which lurk around and, seeing no one approaching, pop up when you least expect them. From what I’ve read, Edward Estlin was a good lurker. At least the French thought so — they jailed him for lurking, and when are the French ever wrong? OK, OK, the Maginot Line turned out not to be the best idea since sliced brioche.) Addition as an illness is good news for all you math-haters out there (you know who you are, unlike Oedipus — who hadn’t the faintest idea you’d ever be alive). But for those stouthearted, brave few whose early “experimentation” with addition led to cruel, grinding lives of Ph.D.s and professorships involving equations and hypotheses that only four people on the planet could discuss with them and not break down into hysterical laughter (And one of those four could barely conceal his mirth — yes, I know, “his mirth”; girls don’t go into mathematics; women do. Not enough, though.) Meanwhile, back at the narrative (which I realize was not properly punctuated, but then, so little is these days; 300 years from now, this will be known as the no-punctuation era; but then, 300 years from now, txt messgng will be considered Shakespeare, and people will say, Whaddaya mean, pnctutn?). So anyway, there really should be a 12step program for those stouthearted, etc., etc., people who wind up with Xs and Ys and As, Bs, and Cs taking over their lives. I mean, there’s a 12step program for practically everything else in the world. Well, except for the world itself. (As we know it.
Like Oedipus.) I just wish there was a 12-step program for being Mitt Romney. Well, we would have fewer “air-tight dog kennels” on car roofs, for one. Which is a good thing. Who needs suffocated dogs all over our interstates? Our interstates, especially in Illinois, are in rotten shape already without the addition (there’s that word again) of suffocated dogs all over the damn place. And then there’s health-care reform. Ah, health-care reform. Wasn’t it a lot more fun when we were talking about mathematics and Xs and Ys and addition? Remember that edition of this program? Yeah, me, too. Of course, I also remember spring and temperatures in the 70s, and that seems like some sort of past life. Like back when Romney was governor of Massachusetts and got a health-care plan passed that served as the model for President Obama’s health-care plan. These days — yeah, these days; pretty incredible, aren’t they? — (how’s that for pnctutn?), the Mitt runs away from his own health-care plan with a speed that would amaze Usain Bolt. Who knew that a 60some-year-old guy could move so quickly, not to mention so flipfloppedly? Especially with that hair and all — talk about the Prell-Girl effect — which I do not hear Karl Rove mentioning much this time around. I wonder why. Lord knows, his super PAC has enough money. But then, super PACS are people. So are corporations, according to the Mitt: My friend, remember, corporations are people. On the other hand, so is Soylent Green. (Ever wonder why conservatives strongly insist that corporations are people, due all the rights we accord to human beings, then turn around and just as strongly insist that lesbians and gays are not due all those rights? So, corporations are more human than lesbians and gays? Just wondering.) Oh, well. Addition is an illness. We all know it. You adders out there — especially you puff adders — are on notice.
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Caution tape is posted on playground equipment outside Borlaug Elementary on Monday. The new elementary school will open this fall. (The Daily Iowan/Ian Servin)
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the district a little less than $11 million. The building also has ground-source heat pumps and more efficient outdoor LED lighting in the parking lots. “It’s the first elementary school that has had a twostory design since the 1950s,” he said. The school will also feature a gymnasium — a joint project between the district and Coralville Parks and Recreation. Coralville agreed to pay for part of the gym so its residents are able to use it for community purposes. Scott Prochaska, the Coralville recreation superintendent, said this is the third school Coralville has worked with, and city officials jumped on the opportunity to help build the school’s gym. “We have had success in the past with these partnerships, so we decided to go with Borlaug when we had the chance,” he said. said Prochaska Coralville gave $726,000 toward the construction of the Borlaug gym, and the city plans to use the gym for before- and after-school programs designed to keep children busy after being dropped off or while they wait for parents to pick them up. Coralville would also use the gym after school hours as well as renting out the building on the weekends and have a free gym time where the gym is open to the public.
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School officials say they’re pleased to see Borlaug opening after receiving significant feedback from the community. Kate Moreland, the district’s community-relations coordinator, said there was plenty of community involvement in the redistricting for the new schools community through forums. “We had good turnout from those and the principals from all three schools were involved,” she said. Shoppa said there was a great amount of community involvement in informing parents of plans for the new school. “We’ve been working on this for two and a half years, so we’re very proud of how we’ve been able to communicate with the public,” she said. Yet not all parents and community members agreed on the location of the new school. Iowa City parent Phil Hemingway criticized the placement of the school, saying it was too far outside of town. “They originally called it Bluebird, because every kid that goes there has to ride a bus,” he said. Iowa City School Board member Karla Cook said she didn’t get a chance to visit the new school building earlier this summer, but she believes that it is always good when the district can build a new school. “I always think that new schools are helpful; with our population growing, more can always help,” she said.
Borlaug Borlaug Elementary is set to open this fall with 320 students and new technology in every classroom. • The building is 67,000 square feet • Cost $10.9 million to build • Built in accordance with LEED standards Source: Paul Schultz, director of the Iowa City School District Physical Plant
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Summer in Iowa City: • Sunning on the Pentacrest … just after it was sprayed with highly toxic weed killer. • Sidewalk Sales … where you’d be crazy to pass-up deals like six XXXL Hawkeye sweatshirts for only $15. • Convenient food carts … with awfully good smelling food and awfully horrible smelling vendors. • Lounging on the beach at the Res … did a turd just float by?
CHECK OUT dailyiowan.com FOR MORE PUZZLES • Going to the Farmers’ Market … meandering through a dank parking garage to buy vegan kolaches. • Watching the great American pastime … Little League coaches verbally abusing 9-year-olds for not hitting homers. • Cooling off at the Iowa City pool … and thinking “Coralville has a water slide.” • Catching a summer flick at the chain movie theater… where $45 gets a couple admission, popcorn, flat sodas, and roughly two hours of air conditioning. (Worth it.) • Going to Riverside for the Trekfest Parade… and coming back with a complete replica of Mr. Sulu’s uniform (“Hellooooooo”). • Spotting all the freshfaced, small-town kids here for sports camps … doing Jell-O shots at the bars downtown. • Getting a double dipper at Whitey’s … only to take one deliciously cold slurp before watching the rest fall off of the cone and onto the filthy sidewalk. • Reading the cruddy Ledges the DI accepts because it is so desperate for copy. — Duncan Stewart summers at his beachfront property in University Heights.
• Kids Dream Summer Film Series, Big Miracle, 10 a.m., Coral Ridge Mall • Pepperwood Plaza Public Computer Access, 10 a.m.-noon, Pepperwood Plaza Police, 1067 Highway 6 E. • PreK-Kindergarten Program, 10:30 a.m., Coralville Public Library, 1401 Fifth St. • Toddler Story Time, 10:30 a.m., Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn • Iowa Summer Writing Festival Eleventh Hour, “Big Successes, Small Presses: Submitting Your Book Directly to Independent Presses and Other Publishing Alternatives,” B.K. Loren, 11 a.m., 101 Biology Building East • Egyptian Cat Portrait, 1-4 p.m., Michael’s Arts and Crafts, 2515 Corridor Way, Coralville • Fashion Design Camp: Jersey Dress, 1 p.m., Home Ec Workshop, 207 N. Linn • Heiroglyphics Button, 1-4 p.m., Michael’s Arts and Crafts • Let’s Talk Eyes, 1 p.m., Senior Center, 28 S. Linn • Tech Zone, 1-4 p.m., Pepperwood Plaza Police Substation • Books To Movies, 2 p.m., Iowa City Public Library
UITV schedule Noon Joao Vale de Almeida Lecture, presented by the UI College of Law, March 28 12:30 p.m. Orchestra Invitational Gala Concert, Bach Cello Suite, Stravinsky, Copland, Mozart, Feb. 17 2 Solo Marimba Concert, “Six Elegies Dancing” (1987), by Jennifer Stasack, “Iowa Nice” (2012), by Dan Moore, performed by graduate student Christine Auspurger 3 Book Wings, Literature, Theater Performance, UI International Writing Program and performances from Moscow Russia via video conference (English-only version, Russian performance omitted), March 9 4 Joao Vale de Almeida Lecture Presented by the UI College of Law, March 28, 2012 0:30 4:30 Sonic Youth, University Lecture Committee Lecture, presentation at the Englert Theater, March 31, 2011 2 6:30 Joao Vale de Almeida Lecture, presented by the UI College of Law,
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• Children’s Story Times, 2 p.m., Pepperwood Plaza Police Substation • The Women of Lockerbie Auditions, Dreamwell Theater, 2 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Society, 10 S. Gilbert • Farmers’ Market, 3-6 p.m., Sycamore Mall • Library-Community Writing Center, 4 p.m., Iowa City Public Library • Zumba, 5:55 p.m., Iowa City Park & Recreation, 220 S. Gilbert • Batman Movie Marathon: Batman Returns, 7 p.m., Iowa City Public Library • “Live from Prairie Lights,” B.K. Loren, fiction, 7 p.m., Prairie Lights, 15 S. Dubuque • Facebook Class, 7 p.m., Iowa City Public Library • The Women of Lockerbie Auditions, Dreamwell Theater, 7 p.m., Coralville Public Library • We Have a Pope, 8 p.m., Bijou • Cloud Nothings, 8 p.m., Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington • Trouble is My Business, Iowa Summer Rep minimally staged reading, 8 p.m., Theater Building Theater B • Flight School, 10 p.m., Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn Campus channel 4, cable channel 17 March 28 7 Solo Marimba Concert, “Six Elegies Dancing” (1987), by Jennifer Stasack, “Iowa Nice” (2012), by Dan Moore, performed by graduate student Christine Auspurger 8 Book Wings, Literature, Theater Performance, UI International Writing Program and performances from Moscow Russia via videoconference (English-only version, Russian performance omitted), March 9 9 Joao Vale de Almeida Lecture Presented by the UI College of Law, 0:30 March 28, 2012 9:30 Joao Vale de Almeida Lecture, presented by the UI College of Law, March 28 10:30 Daily Iowan TV News 10:45 Postcards from Earth’s Whisper, International Writing Program, authors tour Southeast Asia 11:30 Writing in Motion: A Nation Divided, International Writers Travel to the United States
Tuesday, July 17 — by Eugenia Last
ARIES March 21-April 19 Stay on top of the demands being made by those you feel responsible for, but don’t jeopardize your emotional well-being in the process. Modesty and generosity are required if you want to come out a winner and maintain your popularity. TAURUS April 20-May 20 Discussions will help you resolve an issue you have with a friend, relative, or neighbor. A trip will bring about unexpected and perhaps unwanted changes. Be careful what you wish for. Overindulgence in any aspect of life is your enemy. GEMINI May 21-June 20 Take charge, and you will grab the attention of someone who can offer a different opinion or outlook on something that concerns you. Activities that challenge you physically will ease your stress and lead to friendships. Love is in the stars. CANCER June 21-July 22 Your reluctance to be an instigator will be your downfall. You must take control if you want things to head in the direction you favor. A passionate approach to whatever you do will help bring about the change needed. LEO July 23-Aug. 22 Steps taken to ensure you aren’t being taken advantage of will lead to a healthy financial situation. Collect or pay back debts to make it easier to pursue your next venture. Adjusting your assets or sizing down will help. VIRGO Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Work quietly behind the scenes until you have something worth presenting. Giving away your ideas will lead to someone else’s advancement. Steer clear of anyone you feel is unpredictable or likely to cost you financially or emotionally. LIBRA Sept. 23-Oct. 22 Charm your way to the top of any group you encounter. Stick to the facts, and enlist friends who have something to contribute to your latest pursuit. A twist of fate will push you in a direction you least expect. SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Interact with people from different backgrounds, and you will broaden your outlook toward someone or something that will help you excel. A group effort will lead to potential financial gain. Create a personal environment geared toward creativity. SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Reconsider your plans before you proceed. You may desire change and excitement, but not everyone in your circle is prepared to take the same risk you are. Give an out to anyone who doesn’t wish to tag along. CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Stand your ground, and be ready to push back should someone try to strong-arm you. A wrong move will set you back, so stick to what you know and do best. Ignore someone who tries to manipulate you using guilt tactics. AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Reuniting with a past colleague, friend, or lover will bring back memories and revive old goals. Reassess your lifestyle, and consider spending more time with someone you feel can enhance your prospects and your future. Love is fortuitous. PISCES Feb. 19-March 20 Get off the merry-go-round and plant your feet firmly on the ground, or no one will be interested in what you are trying to accomplish. An envious acquaintance is likely to mislead you. Keep an open mind, but an astute overview.
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Maggie Brockway prepares a drink in a UIHC Java House on Monday. The location is one of six Java House coffee shops in the Iowa City area. (The Daily Iowan/Chastity Dillard)
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mostly based on age, but skill level was also taken into consideration. The younger and less experienced girls worked the Iowa practice field on Monday, but their training session was no easier than that of the more advanced kickers. The younger girls divided into two teams and ran through drills in which they took a shot
on goal and then turned around and defended a shot taken by a player on the other team. This drill helped the girls practice their ball handling while also honing goalkeeping skills, which a lot of girls d o n ’ t a l way s h av e t h e opportunity to experience. To challenge the girls even further, they had to take some of their shots on goal with their nondominant foot. The girls wouldn’t typically use their opposite feet in a g a m e s e t t i n g, b u t i t ’s good to practice just in case they find them-
Sports selves in a position where they can only use the off foot. “A big thing we work on is movement of the b a l l a n d p o s s e s s i o n ,” R a i n e y s a i d . “ We a l s o focus on defense, working together as a team.” Even though the drills the girls were working on weren’t specifically d e f e n s i v e d r i l l s, t h e campers still supported their teammates. When someone had a good shot on or goal or made an i m p r e s s i v e s a v e, t h e other girls let her know. “It’s OK to celebrate if someone makes a good
s a v e o r s h o t ,” R a i n e y said to the girls as they ran through their drills. “It’s OK to get excited.” Wor k i ng t oget her i n their mini teams not only teaches the girls to work as a unit, it also helps them meet new people. Lewis said the camp is a great opportunity for the girls to have fun with others who are interested in the same things as them. Friendships come out of the camps. At the end of their steamy morning session, the girls walked off the
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Two teams scrimmage on Monday during the Iowa elite soccer camp. Athletes attending the camp must have prior knowledge and beginning soccer skills so camp instruction can be more advanced. (The Daily Iowan/Chastity Dillard) field together with smiles and laughter all around. “We’re just trying to
keep the camp as fun as possible,” Rainey said. “Even with these warmer days.”
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Doolittle charged with intox A n I o w a women’s basketball player has b e e n Doolittle accused basketball player of giving false identification and being intoxicated in public. Bethany Doolittle, 18, was charged on July 14 intoxication/conwith sumption and providing
false identification. According to an Iowa City police complaint, Doolittle was lying on a sidewalk kissing a male when police officials asked for identification. According to the complaint, Doolittle said she did not have any identification. She allegedly gave a false name, Stephanie Johnson; the name did not register in Iowa or Minnesota. After being questioned, Doolittle admitted to giving a false name because she was scared. According to the com-
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marath o n an d s i tt i n g under fluorescent lights — is p ar t o f Br e f fl e ’s motivation. “It’s a good balance to sitting at a desk all day — getting outside, enjoying the fresh air, exerting myself,” he said. Breffle holds a master’s in engineering from the University of Iowa, and the 41-year-old is married with three children. “It’s interesting for the kids,” wife Michelle Breffle said. “They hear people idolizing him, and they’re like, ‘He’s just my dad.’ ” Barry Breffle’s oldest child, 17-year-old Jordan, said that racing was just a part of family life growing up, largely because of his dad’s training schedule. “He gets up early to swim while everyone’s asleep,” Jo r d an s a i d . “[Training] really didn’t affect h i m be i n g [a t home] much except right before a race.” Jordan’s birth essentially kick-started
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us at halftime. He said we had to just drive, and kick the ball, and hope the shot is there.” Stoermer’s players were able to get open, and the shots were definitely there when they needed to be. Peschel shot well from the floor and ended the night with a double-double. She scored 19 points, while shooting 4-of-9 from long range, and grabbed 10 rebounds. Peschel wasn’t the only recent high-school graduate to contribute from downtown. Incoming Northern Iowa freshman Amber Sorenson was
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only to be shut down by the Panther-to-be. Dohnalek showed consist ent e f f o r t o n t h e defensive end, but struggled to create her own shot on the other side. She was s u c c e s s fu l , howeve r, w h e n s h e showed signs of aggression on offense, hitting a nift y f l o ate r o v e r t wo defenders a few minutes into the second half. It’s a change of pace for the guard out of Kansas City — she is used to being able to control the pace of the game when her team
Sports plaint, she had trouble completing sentences, her speech was slurred, and she had poor balance and bloodshot eyes. Doolittle consented to a breath test, which read 0.155. Intoxication/consumption is a serious misdemeanor, as is providing false identification. Doolittle has played one season with the Hawkeyes, taking over the starting center position during her freshman year when Morgan Johnson suffered a knee injury. Doolittle is expected to receive more court time in the 2012-13 season. — by DI staff
Barry Breffle’s endurance, inspiring the new dad to quit smoking. He s a i d i t wa s t he “hardest thing” he’s done in his life. Breffle was athletically in a c t i v e fo r 1 1 y e a r s between high school and starting his family, due to university and work. But he “ h a d t h e s p a r k ” t o st a r t c o m p e t i n g i n triathlons after a friend persuaded him to join the Mi l k y Way Ma s t er s swimming group. Th e t ra n s i t i o n from shorter races to Ironman took him several years. He ran his first full Ironman in 2000 in Florida and hasn’t looked back. He said he got hooked from the start because Ironman is such a welcoming sport. But Breffle’s training hours sound far from welcoming. He wakes up at 4:30 a.m. three times a we e k t o s wi m b e fo r e work. “You get to be good at time management, being prepared and well organized,” he said. H e u s e s t ra i n i n g as s o ci a l t i m e wi t h hi s friends as well, giving back to the sport that we l co m e d h i m wh o l e-
Hawk running back charged with theft An Iowa football player has been accused of attempting to change the price tag of a shirt at a Binns d e p a r t - football player m e n t store. Marcus Binns, 21, 806 Wylde Green Road, was charged on July 13 with fifth-degree theft.
heartedly. “He’s fun to be around,” said Jenny Lorenz, who has trained with Breffle for roughly seven years. “[Breffle is] extremely humble and genuinely a nice guy.” She noted that Breffle doesn’t feel the need to make every ride a race. But when he does go all out in training, he’s hard to catch. Lorenz credits Breffle’s s uc c es s t o hi s m ent al strength, something she said inspires in her own Ironman endeavors. “To do Ironman, you have t o be s m ar t , and Bar r y i s one of t he sm ar t es t at hl et es I know,” she said. Breffle’s Ironman IQ has paid off. He is 3-for-3 in qualifyi ng at t em pt s for t he annual Ironman World Championship in Hawaii, an achievement in itself. Fewer than 2,000 people qualify worldwide. But Breffle shrugs off his 100 percent qualification record in an event most people, even other at hl et es, woul d never consider. “I’ve been lucky, wellprepared,” he said. Breffle posted a 9:48
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finish in his most recent race at Hawaii 2011 — just four minutes off his personal best (9:44) set the year before. He said the high level of competition fuels his motivation. “I like the races; they motivate me to do the training,” Breffle said. “When I don’t have an event, it’s easy to lose focus.” That focus has to be rock solid while he’s racing, he said. “Hydration, nutrition, pacing — it’s constant self-monitoring, testing my limits,” Breffle said. “Am I going hard enough? Too hard?” Competing in Hawaii is one of Breffle’s favorite parts of Ironman. “The mass dart, everyone treading water … you can feel all the energy,” he s ai d. “ T he [oc ean] water is so clear … swimming over fish … biking through the lava fields. Hawai i i s an am azi ng island.” Br effl e r uns i n t he Ironman, raises a family, and wor k s ful l t i m e. Some may wonder how he does it all. He t hought for a moment, chuckled, then came up with an answer: “I don’t watch TV.”
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quiet in the first half, only scoring 2 points. Then she started shooting. Sorenson went 5-of-7 from 3-point land in the second half and finished the game with 17 points and 11 rebounds. “We we’re trying to play hard and make as many stops as possible,” Thomas said. “We wanted to try to stop the ball on the defensive end and try to prevent Beth from getting touches.” Bethany Doolittle scored 7 points in the first half while leading her team to a halftime lead. She was unable to continue that momentum in the
has possession. “It’s a good thing, but it’s a little bit different,” Dohnalek said. “I’m trying to get the hang of it. I’m used to playing with the ball.” There was no lack of intensity, especially for a wo m a n a l i t t l e o v e r a year removed from tearing a major ligament. The step up that Dohnalek is taking as an incoming freshman playing against current and former college-hardened women is a competition that she re l i s h e s o n a n i g ht l y b a s i s. A p e rk o f t he league is getting to play wi t h a n d a g a i n s t her fu t u re Pa n t h e r t e a mmates, she said. “ Pl ay i n g wi t h t hem re a l l y d o e s h e l p,” she
Northern Iowa incoming freshman Erin Dohnalek attempts a 3-point shot while being guarded by Coe’s Hannah Breitbach in a Game Time game on Monday in North Liberty. Dohnalek finished the game with 6 points on 2-of-4 shooting. (The Daily Iowan/Juan Carlos Herrera) second half and finished the game with 11 points while contributing 8 rebounds. The biggest downfall for Johnston’s team was that its 2-3 zone didn’t hold up for the whole game. The zone worked well in the first half, pre-
venting some shots. But then it faltered. “Our defense has to pick up,” Lamar said. “We have to let our defense help us and turn into offense. It was only our second game playing the 2-3, and they made us pay.”
said. “I see what they do in pickup and workouts, but I don’t always see how they are and how they act on the court.” Iowa sophomore Sam L ogi c c om m andeer ed Larson’s offense for much of the game, ending with a s t at s heet -s t uffi ng ni ght of 23 poi nt s, 8 rebounds, and 9 assists. L ogi c s ai d M onday night’s game could have been as physical as any game played during the college season. Dohnalek, despite looking a little overwhelmed playing with the college women, can benefit from t he phys i c al i t y of t he Game Time League. “You always take lessons from the game, try to stay on an even keel,”
Logic said. “You’re not always going to get calls, and the whistles weren’t favoring one team over another.” Iowa’s Morgan Johnson is no strangers to injuries such as Dohnalek’s. The Hawkeye center is rehabbing from knee injuries, but she said her minuterestricted playing time doesn’t affect how aggressive she gets on the floor. Dohnalek can learn a l es s on fr om her Gam e Time opponent — stay aggressive. No matter what. “We’re all super compet i t i ve, and we l ove playing our teammates out here,” Johnson said. “But at the end of the day, we still all want to win.”
Fifth-degree theft is a simple misdemeanor. Binns, the younger brother of former end defensive Broderick Binns, is entering his sophomore season as a running back for the Hawkeyes. He did not see any game action during the 2011 season. — by DI staff
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THE DAILY IOWAN TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2012
The making of an Ironman
Camp full of drills, laughter By VICTORIA KIPP victoria-kipp@uiowa.edu
Barry Breffle runs in the International Triathlon Union Long Distance Triathlon World Championships in Las Vegas in November 2011. Breffle, a Cedar Rapids resident, regularly runs in triathlons and Ironman endurance races, and he has competed in six Ironmen in the past 12 years. (Contributed photo/Barry Breffle)
41-year-old software engineer Barry Breffle has competed in six Ironman endurance races in the past 12 years. By ADAM WESLEY adam-wesley@uiowa.edu
Pheidippides ran 26.2 miles to announce an Athenian victory over Persia in the Battle of Marathon in 490 BCE. After reaching Athens and delivering his message of victory, he collapsed and died. A marathon is not to be taken lightly. The last time University of Iowa alumnus Barry Breffle started running a marathon, he was nearing the end of his day. He had already swum 2.4 miles and biked 112. He was twothirds of the way to becoming an
Ironman. Again. Energy exudes from his lean, 6-1 athletic frame — Breffle certainly looks the part. The Ironman lifestyle has become routine to him, broken up by “laid-back” years when he focuses on triathlons and half-Ironman events. “[Running an Ironman] takes a little bit of extra focus,” the Cedar Rapids resident said. “When I’m going to run an Ironman, I have less flexibility and compromise with training.” Breffle has raced in six Ironmen in the past 12 years. That’s not a lot of
compromising. An Ironman race consists of 2.4 miles of swimming, 112 miles of cycling, and 26.2 miles of running, in that order. The race has a time limit of 17 hours, with the world record time currently set at just under eight hours. When he’s not in the midst of intense physical training, Breffle spends 50 hours a week working in an office as a software engineer in Cedar Rapids. But that contradiction — the difference between running a
The heat didn’t keep everyone inside on Monday — the Iowa elite soccer camp was out in full force training on the fields in the first full day of camp. The main concern at the camp was keeping the girls hydrated — because they’re in an advancedlevel camp, that can be hard. But the counselors also focus on mixing fun into the training. This camp is different from the other soccer camp that the Iowa soccer staff conducts because it isn’t considered an introductory camp, senior Hawkeye player Kat Lewis said. But no matter how tough the girls work, they’re still kids and need a fun environment to stay engaged. “A lot of time, girls come here because they want to get recruited, so they come here to get looks from coaches,” Lewis said. “But then, the younger ones just want to come out and play.” The camp is under the direction of Hawkeye head coach Ron Rainey and assistant coaches Shane Meridith and Julie Hanley. The camp accepts girls ages 10 to 18, with varying levels of skill. But the camp is not on the introductory level, so the girls need to have some knowledge of the game before stepping on the field. Even the least experienced of the players are able to dribble, shoot, and pass, and they understand basic plays. “Some of the girls are more on the beginning side of the sport,” camp assistant Ivan Sanchez said. “But they already have the skills for the game, so it is easier for us to show a drill, and they pick it up right away.” Upon arrival at the camp, the girls were divided into two groups
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GAME TIME LEAGUE
Panther frosh learns the ropes Northern Iowa incoming freshman Erin Dohnalek is still recovering from a torn ACL, but that doesn’t stop her from getting aggressive during a physical Game Time season. By TOM GOLDHAMMER thomas-goldhammer@uiowa.edu
Monday night’s Game Time League action was physic al — 28 f o u l s were dished out between Vinton Merchants/McCurry’s a nd Cu l l e n Painting/Monica’s and Bob’s Your Uncle. And incoming Northern Iowa freshman Erin Dohnalek was happy to take part in the physical play. Doh n al e k to r e h e r ACL in June 2011, and she was sidelined for nine months in a brace. It didn’t take long after those grueling months
of rehabilitation before she found herself back on the court, however. Do h n a l e k ’s knee looked up to speed, as s h e k e p t u p wi t h h e r more experienced competition on the defensive end of the court. Her shining moment came early in the first half, when Iowa redshirt junior Theairra Taylor tried to overtake the freshman. Taylor, who was able to free herself up from head coach Randy Larson’s defense for the majority of the night, t r i e d t o d ri v e p a s t Dohnalek to the bucket, SEE DOHNALEK, 8
New Hawkeyes shine in Game Time Recent Iowa transfer Kathryn Thomas led her team to a Game Time League win on Monday after playing an aggressive defensive game. By CARLOS SOSA carlos-sosa@uiowa.edu
Defense proved to be the most important aspect of Monday night’s Game Time League game. Coralville Hy-Vee overcame a strong defensive first half from Pelling/Culvers to win, 77-67. Head coach Mike Stoermer’s Hy-Vee team was able to get off to an 11-0 run to start the game. The rest of the first half however, was spent battling it out on the other end of the court. “[We came] out aggressive on defense,” recent Iowa transfer Kathryn Thomas said. “We needed to stay committed on defense and finding the extra pass on offense.”
Point guard Trisha Nesbitt of Coralville Hy-Vee drives to basket during a Game Time game on Monday in North Liberty. Coralville Hy-Vee beat Pelling/Culver’s, 77-67. (The Daily Iowan/Juan Carlos Herrera) Thomas was able to show her opponents some of the skills she honed while playing one year at Highland (Kan.) Community College. She was named Jayhawk Conference player and Freshman of the Year while averaging 20 points a game. Head coach Joe Johnston’s team was implementing an efficient 2-3 zone until Stoermer’s team began making the extra passes on offense.
Stoermer’s team played a decent first half of offense, but then shot lights out in the second half. “Obviously, they shot the ball better than anyone I’ve seen at Game Time,” Northern Iowa guard Sharnae Lamar said. “They made us pay. They hit open shots and contested shots. They had a great shooting game.” Stoermer’s team finished the game with 18 3s. Thomas was the biggest
beneficiary of those extra passes. She finished the game with 22 points, shooting 6-of-7 from the long distance, and she tied for a team-high 6 rebounds. Thomas’s shooting inspired her teammates to start letting shots fly. “Definitely, our ball movement helped us get some good looks at the basket,” incoming Iowa freshman Kali Peschel said. “Our coach talked to SEE THOMAS, 8