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

Women’s basketball falls to Kansas

JORDAN GARRETSON November 19, 2009

Kachine Alexander scored 23 points and corralled 17 rebounds in Carver-Hawkeye Arena Wednesday Night, posting her third double-double of the season in as many games. But it wasn’t enough. The Iowa...

A longtime fan

JAKE KRZECZOWSKI November 19, 2009

On a fall day in 1926, Clifford Huff and some neighborhood boys ventured to City Field, located roughly where the Main Library parking lot now sits, to watch a football game between Iowa and Minnesota. With...

Fire forces Parklawn evacuation

DI STAFF November 19, 2009

A small fire forced about 130 residents to evacuate the UI’s Parklawn Apartments on Wednesday morning. Iowa City firefighters responded to a report of an automatic alarm. A UI police officer on the...

UI Health Care moves against premature births

DI STAFF November 19, 2009

UI Health Care is teaming up with the March of Dimes this month, which is Prematurity Awareness Month, to help improve Iowa’s premature birth rate. Representatives from both organizations discussed...

Obermann Center to probe industrialized food

DI STAFF November 19, 2009

Researchers from the UI Obermann Center for Advanced Studies are exploring how industrialized food affects consumers in a variety of ways. The Cmiel Research Semester — called “World Fares: Food,...

DNA Facility gets $2 million

DI STAFF November 19, 2009

The DNA Facility in the UI Carver College of Medicine received a $2 million operational endowment, officials announced Tuesday. The endowment comes from the Carver Charitable Trust. The funds are a portion...

Community Foundation celebrates giving

DI STAFF November 19, 2009

The Community Foundation of Johnson County has joined forces with 130 foundations across Iowa to celebrate charitable giving in honor of Community Foundation Week, which lasts until Nov. 18. Iowa Community...

Iowa reports 2 more flu deaths

DI STAFF November 19, 2009

Two more Iowans have died from H1N1, including a Johnson County adult, the Department of Public Health reported Wednesday. The other fatality reported was an adult from Floyd County, officials said. Since...

UISG to hold freshman forum

DI STAFF November 19, 2009

UI Student Government freshmen senators proposed legislation to host a freshman forum. The forum’s goal is to establish a two-way dialogue between freshman senators and their constituents. The act...

Woman charged with prostitution

DI STAFF November 19, 2009

Police arrested an Arizona woman after she allegedly admitted to soliciting herself. Fashionnett Nikole Rucks, 21, of El Dorado, Ariz., was charged with prostitution. Rucks is being held at the Washington...

Spotlight Iowa City: Capturing Hawkeye football on film

AMIE KIEHN November 19, 2009

Doting teenage girls in New Sharon, Iowa, think Erick Tjarks is the man. According to his 15-year-old sister Mackenzi, he knows Ricky Stanzi — sizable news for the town with one blinking stoplight. “Mackenzi...

Some question police use of force

MARLEEN LINARES November 19, 2009

Some Iowa City citizens came with numerous complaints for the Police Citizen’s Review Board on Wednesday — especially about the Iowa City police’s use-of-force policy. The board — a group of five...

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