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2A - The Daily Iowan - Iowa oty, Iowa - Friday. January 21,1994 Features AI GoIdlllThe Daily Iowan Joep Caverle demonstrates tai chi at The UI Field House Wednesday Cave~ is the first foreigner to receive the white sash, pencak silat's evening. Caverle teaches tai chi and penak silat, an Indonesian mar- highest honor. The first exam included walking 10 miles and climb- tial art, at the UI and at the Coralville Academy of Martial Arts. ing a mountain barefoot with only a stick for support. ·Martial art known for beauty, not name before." Immigration Lawyer . STANLEY A. KRIEGER 9290 West Dodge Rd. SUite 302 Omaha, Neb. 68114 402-392-1280 ....... --hmIfInIIaII u.,nA-. ...... LIiIIIId 10 I~l.- Maria Hickey The Daily Iowan The martial arts have gained recognition through action films in which the hero is able to tlatten 20 opponents at a time using karate, tae kwon do or ailddo. But few people have heard of pencak s ilat, let alone know how to pronounce It. street: he said. "But it makes you a little bit more secure." There are over 100 styles that use low or high poetures depending on the climate from which they originated. Caverle teaches a style that developed in a more urban environment called "setia hati terate." It uses postures, blows, kicks , throws , holds . and swipe and scissor techniques making it one of the most diverse martial arts. After three months of study. Freel passed his ... '-------------' first exams and earned a white belt. He would like to continue studying until he reaches the instructor level and receives a white sash. but first he will have to pass through six other lev- .els. This diversity is what attracted UI graduate Joep Caverlll hopea his classes will help popu- larize the Indoneaian martial art in Iowa City. He was di sa ppointed to find that few people knew of the s port when he arrived last summer from hia home in the Netherlanda. "There's something to be said about Caverlll has also studied many other martial arts and sports including boxing, karate. tai chi and kick boxing, but pencak silat remains. his favorite . He even traveled to Indonesia in 1985 and became the first foreigner to pa88 the exams for the white sash, the sport's highest honor. He had to train for aix weeks before tak- ing the first exam which included walldng 10 miles and climbing a mountain while barefoot, holding only a stick for support. When nightfall came, he and a partner entered the jungle for a 12-hour walk without a flashlight. "A lot of people know pencak silat in Europe, an unusual martial art. Many people but not in America: Caverlll said . haven't even heard of an Indonesian After having his own sport school in the martial art before. " Netherlands for 13 yeara, Caver16 began teach- ing both pencak silat (pronounced Mpenchat Chris Freel, UI graduate student and seela-) and tai chi at the UI and at the k'l h' bel Coralvill e Academy of Martial Arts. He said penca SI at W Ite t "Of course you were scared becauae there many peo 1 . triO ed h th "'-t were snakes," he aaid. -But now I know that p e are m gu w en ey IJflI see student Chris Freel to the Indonesian art. He they are more afraid of U8 than we are of them.· the sport because of its beauty. had studied five different martial arts since Although pencak silat is a graceful art, it is grade school and wanted to find something new Although his students won't be 8ubjected to also very effective for self-defense. Becau8e it when he came to the UI last fall . Pencak siJat jungles, CaverM would like to organize competi- doe. not take a lot of power to be potent, it may incorporated many of the techniques he had tions and take his best students to the Pencak be especially useful for women. Caverl6 said it learned in other martial arts and 8truck Freel Silat World Championship in a few years . He teaches people how to strike the weak parts of u being unique. elijoys teaching because it keeps him on his toe8 ,JI . opponent, but he stressed that it doe.n't "There's something to be said about an and in good condition. ~e people infallible. unusual martial art,· Freel said. "Many people "I hope my student8 become better than I !?'J never aay that you can just go out on the haven't even h~ard of an Indonesian martial art am," he said. Id raises grave situation ,,It, AW4i ii''#li_ Reinhardt Wizard to teach local kids D~ily Iowan . _. n __ _ ,_it's this cold it tends to how to conserve energy Kristin Berg it the seventh-graders for many AI GoIdisJThe Daily Iowan During the winter freeze burial plots must be thawed with this propane heater for 24 hours before grounds crews are able to dig a grave. The Daily Iowan years, but this year they are also Don't {orget to tum off the lighu! inclu~ eighth~graders. She. said The room i8 empty, why i8 the TV they deC1ded to mclud~ the eighth on? Don't let the water runl grade ~e~ause learmng to save These are phrases many of U8 enel'll! 18. lDl~rtant to both grades have heard again and again, but to and ties I.n ~th what the students several local students of Mr. Wiz- ~ learrung m clas8. ard's Energy in Action program In 8ev.enth grade they take they're ways of 88Ying energy and Earth SCIence and learn .about helping the environment. e~ergy resources,~ she aa~d. "In Mr. Wizard's official assistant, eIghth grade they take BIology, Becky Webster, 8aid Mr. Wizard's where they !earn about ecosystems Everyday Energy in Action pro- an1 ~e enVU'Onment. gram is directed at teaching chil- It IS a wonderful program, and dren the importance of energy con- they ~ow" exactly w~ere the audi- servation. ence lives, Lauer sald. "They con- Webster, who has been a part of duct very visual experiments with Mr. Wizard'. touring group since bangs and explosions.- September 1993, will be conduct- She sald lut year the presenta- ing four experiments. She said the tion was called "Kitchen Science." first demonstrates how insulation "He blended corn flake8 - he works, the second shows how cala- took out a magnet, and all the iron ries are converted to heat energy, flake8 in the cereal were drawn to the third illustrates how much the magnet," she said. "The kids more energy is used to generate were fascinated." heat rather than light and the Mr. Wizard and ECA Education- Forbes said he hu also 8een the fourth explains how a car works. al Services began visiting schools frost as deep u 30 inches. "The first experiment appeared in 1979. In 1992 they employed 10 "That required defrosting for on the David Letterman show," ahe assistants who presented four dif- almoet two days," Forbea said. He said . "I take a piece of insulation, ferent programs to over 3,500 explained that the defroster works place it over my hand and put a schools and 1.5 million 8tudents. at a rate of about 1 inch per hour. quarter on top of the insulation . "Don Herbert (Mr. Wizard) was "One problem with this weather Then I heat the quarter with a one of the main people to push for is that once the opening is made, blowtorch. I can't feel the heat of hands-on science in schools," Web- the holes sometimes freele back the quarter." ster said. "Less academic is a bet- shut: Forbes said. "Then we have Northwest Junior High School ter way of teaching. Making sci- to dig all over again." science teacher Dr. Amy Lauer ence fun and acces8ible to students Iiii~p;jj_~;;"_;;;;_;;;;; ___ ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; said they have had Mr. Wizard vis- is important." II1II& GENERAL INFORMAnON of questions. STAFF January 23,1994, My tiny, bouncing "baby" is a little girl no more. Twenty,Years old, a lady young, Her childhood years, from me, have been wrung. I remember the words, the first step and the curls, Those wonderlul memories, for Ddddys with girls. But great as they are, these memories so dear, They cannot compete, with the woman that's here. The wonderful smile, the compassion, the cheer, Perlection is bested with each passing year. To say "Happy Birthday", seems so trite, insincere, · To someone who is the "woman of the year". 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