Earlier this week, the Iowa City City Council exhumed the corpse of the 21-ordinance from its nearly 21⁄2-year-old grave. The Editorial Board would be happy to see the ordinance rest in peace. The move...

Despite many opportunities in the world of intramural sports at the UI, female participation is slowly decreasing. Originally housed under the Women’s Physical Education Program, Recreational Services...

Freshman Jordan Huff, sophomores Duncan Partridge and Paul Gordon, and senior Brian Farris were in a race against the clock Wednesday night. After posting a school record-breaking time of 6:27.66 in the...

Senior years may be filled with midterms, meeting employers, and memories. But four Iowa gymnasts are continuing to build on the latter. Jon Buese, Danny Kuklinski, Joel Snyder, and Reid Urbain make up...

The Iowa men’s basketball team fell on the wrong side of history Wednesday night in Madison, Wis. Crushed by No. 15 Wisconsin, 67-40, the Hawkeyes tallied their 20th loss of the season — a school...

Even though season-ticket prices for 2010 Iowa home football games will increase for the first time in three years, UI students don’t foresee fans shying away from Kinnick Stadium come September. “I...

Kachine Alexander’s gaudy statistics can be listed for hours. And those accomplishments didn’t go unnoticed this season. On Monday she became the 18th Hawkeye ever to be named to the first-team All-Big...

Former Iowa City City Manager Michael Lombardo is one of three finalists for position of the first town manager for Hamilton, Mass., according to the Salem News. Search-committee members said Lombardo’s...

A 17-year-old charged with first-degree murder has pleaded not guilty, according to online court records. Charles William Curtis Thompson was charged with the October 2009 shooting death of John Versypt,...

A birthday cake left on the second floor of the Becker Communication Studies Building triggered a heavy response from the Iowa City Fire Department on Wednesday. The cake allegedly belonged to Sarah Nebel,...

You may not know her, but Joan Kjaer likely wants to know you. The Iowa City resident is curious about others. “I’ve just always, always been interested in meeting people,” said Kjaer, who has...

A panel of University of Iowa faculty members doesn’t think many Iowa City residents have a good “mental map” of the city’s Southeast Side. So, on Wednesday night, they asked the roughly 50 people...