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

Football midterm report card

DI SPORTS STAFF October 15, 2009

The Hawkeyes have reached the halfway point in their 2009 season, and UI students are cramming for midterms. With this in mind, here are The Daily Iowan’s midterm grades for the No. 11 Iowa Hawkeyes. Quarterbacks...

Cancer Society to hold fundraiser

DI STAFF October 15, 2009

The second American Cancer Society fundraiser “Dancing for the Stars” will be held Nov. 7 at the Marriott Hotel in Coralville. Twelve eastern Iowa celebrities are expected to attend the event, which...

MidAmerican offers trees

DI STAFF October 15, 2009

MidAmerican Energy customers are now eligible purchase a tree for $30, a plan for long-term community reforestation. MidAmerican Energy partnered with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to offer...

Police probe reported assault

DI STAFF October 15, 2009

The Iowa City police are investigating a reported assault that landed one man in the UI Hospitals and Clinics. According to police reports, on Oct. 10 around midnight, two white males got into a verbal...

UI Health Care gets new chief medical info officer

DI STAFF October 15, 2009

UI Health Care officials have named Douglas Van Daele as the hospital’s new chief medical information officer. The assistant professor of otolaryngology will dedicate half of his time to the position...

Spotlight Iowa City: Twined with the chant of his soul

BEN EVANS October 15, 2009

The first time Ed Folsom made a true connection with Walt Whitman was the day of John F. Kennedy’s assassination. He remembers it vividly. His usually punctual English teacher arrived 20 minutes late...

Leave it to Beaver to help with meds

SHANE ERSLAND October 15, 2009

The majority of Iowa City residents who stopped by the Johnson County Health and Human Services Building on Wednesday came to specifically see a TV star. Jerry Mathers, “The Beaver” of the show “Leave...

State seeks budget ideas

MARLEEN LINARES October 15, 2009

Iowa residents can now send their suggestions on statewide budget cuts directly to their government. Gov. Chet Culver has established a website specifically for public feedback to his 10 percent across-the-board...

Homeless, not necessarily phone-less

SCOTT RAYNOR October 15, 2009

Joseph McKenna was never enticed by the Geico commercials promising up to 15 percent savings on car insurance for every 15-minute phone call. “No way would I want to spend 15 minutes on a phone,”...

UI student combats ID theft

SAMANTHA HONKEN October 15, 2009

Thinking about global crime fighters may conjure images of Batman, Superman, or Spiderman. But one UI Ph.D. student is putting a new face on crushing bad guys across the world. Peter Likarish, a fourth-year...

International scholars’ spouses face hardships

SAMANTHA HONKEN October 15, 2009

The dialogue ranged from what time of the day was best to apply makeup to making sure their children were well-socialized to who had the meanest mother-in-law. While the conversation took place on American...

Tuition ‘surcharge’ and layoffs options for cutting

EMILY BUSSE October 15, 2009

UI students could see a “modest boost in tuition” for the spring semester, the state Board of Regents said in a special meeting Wednesday. Regent President David Miles proposed the idea — essentially...

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