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

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Trio of Hawkeyes still iffy for Penn State

SCOTT MILLER September 23, 2009

All these injuries are making Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz pessimistic. First it was Jewel Hampton’s season-ending knee injury that shot down any chance of the sophomore running back replacing Shonn...

Fields new School Board president

DI STAFF September 23, 2009

Patti Fields was elected president of the Iowa City School Board at Tuesday’s School Board meeting. Mike Cooper — who was recently re-elected to the board — took over the position of vice president. Fields...

Flu-shot agreement reached at UIHC

DI STAFF September 23, 2009

Officials with the UI Hospitals and Clinics reached an agreement with a local union over mandatory flu shots Tuesday. Representatives of the Service Employees International Union Local 199 filed an injunction...

Spotlight Iowa City: Leading by example

MICHELLE BORYCA September 23, 2009

Terry Endreshak works quickly and efficiently. Grabbing to-go cups for Starbucks coffee and plastic-wrapping banana bread, the Main Library Food for Thought Café manager keeps the line flowing while...

Identity bites in novel

BEN EVANS September 23, 2009

Dan Chaon stood in a typical Nebraska heat, looking out onto the lake bed. It seemed abandoned or forgotten, dried sand blowing through the patches of scrub. It was the same place Chaon spent his childhood,...

‘Old’ Coralville to upgrade

NICOLE LUMBRERAS September 23, 2009

Coralville may now be known for its bustling mall and seemingly endless new commercial developments, but officials are looking to revitalize another, less familiar part of the city — Old Town Coralville. The...

A glimpse of Palestine

REGINA ZILBERMINTS September 23, 2009

Joe Goodner joked he has a favorite type of tear-gas canister — the kind that hurt least when it struck him in the head. The former UI student spoke to dozens of people at the Iowa City Public Library...

Supervisor Larry Meyers dies at 58

SCOTT RAYNOR September 23, 2009

Larry Meyers, the Johnson County supervisor known for his work to preserve the area’s northern quarter, died Tuesday. He was 58. Meyers learned he had cancer just after serving his first year on the...

UIHC gives back in Jamaica

SAM LANE September 23, 2009

Doctors and nurses from the UI Children’s Hospital went to Jamaica last week — but it was hardly a vacation. Physicians including Stacy McConkey, a UI clinical associate professor of pediatrics,...

UI faculty member gets $500,000 ‘genius’ grant

SAMANTHA HONKEN September 23, 2009

Red and black ink covers the pages of a 15th-century book. They crackled as Timothy Barrett carefully turned them. Most people would probably ask the title of the book. But Barrett wants to know the...

German universities seek advice on spouse program

MARLEEN LINARES September 23, 2009

The director of the UI’s Dual Career Network, received an e-mail last March from somewhere unexpected: Tübingen, Germany. Waiting in Joan Murrin’s inbox was an invitation from the German American...

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