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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Teaching the art of gymnastics at camp

ZACH CHRISWELL July 23, 2009

The Iowa Gymnastics camp had nearly 30 boys ages 10 to 18 flipping, tumbling, twisting, and turning Wednesday in the Field House. The camp — which began July 19 and concludes today — aims to improve...

Game Time League almost a wrap

TRAVIS VARNER July 23, 2009

Who will win the Game Time League championship — Coralville Hy-Vee or Active Endeavors/McCurry’s? The ninth-annual league title will be decided at 6 p.m. today at the North Liberty Community Center. Hy-Vee...

Only 1 Hawk in Prime Time final

SEAN MORGAN July 23, 2009

With only one game left on the Prime Time schedule, Matt Gatens remains the only active Hawkeye left, and he is in jeopardy of losing his title as Prime Time League champion to a team that will field no...

Search begins for IC-Chicago train depot

TYLER LYON July 23, 2009

The Iowa City-to-Chicago train will likely have its depot near the UI campus. The Johnson County Council of Governments Urbanized Area Policy Board approved a proposal that will allow Iowa City officials...

State moves to lower number of traffic deaths

SCOTT RAYNOR July 23, 2009

Programs that drastically increase police presence on specific roadways increase seat-belt use in those areas — though this effect rarely lasts. Throughout the year, Iowa law enforcement conducts seven...

Plane crash-lands in IC

BRYCE BAUER July 23, 2009

Crash-landing an airplane may sound like a fairly disorderly endeavor, but the pilot who brought his biplane down on an Iowa City street yesterday said the process is a bit more of balancing act. Ron...

Nite Ride gets more space

CLAIRE PERLMAN July 23, 2009

Just a few short months ago, women had to climb over each other to reach their seats in the free Nite Ride van. Add a few too many accidents with bodily fluids, and the UI police purchased a new vehicle. At...

Annual apartment shuffle throws many into lease limbo

ALINA RUBEZHOVA July 23, 2009

July is ending, and so are lots of residents’ leases. But many, like UI junior Kelly Metcalf, are stuck between an expired contract and a new place. Her current lease ends July 27, and the new one is...

Busting some myths about speeding tickets

ABE TEKIPPE July 23, 2009

You’re in your car, coasting along a few mph faster than the posted speed limit. Nothing unusual. Then you hear the sirens, see the flashing lights, and pull over. As you grudgingly take your ticket,...

Theater brings different slant to zombie story

NICOLE KARLIS July 23, 2009

Sounds of voices harmonizing and heels clicking filled the hallways of City High as young starlets prepared to take the stage for one of their final dress rehearsals. “Little gals, let’s get some...

UI to run swine flu-vaccine trials

KURT CUNNINGHAM July 23, 2009

The UI is one of eight sites that will conduct a series of clinical trials on influenza vaccines, including two dealing directly with the H1N1 virus. In a series of five trials, health-care professionals...

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