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

UI student entrepreneurs use census to plan businesses

MITCHELL SCHMIDT April 1, 2010

Bryan Nicholson moved his company from Cedar Rapids to Iowa City, largely based on census information. The University of Iowa senior and senior franchise owner of the Iowa City branch of College Pro Painting,...

Small businesses ready for health-care reform

KELLIE PETERSEN April 1, 2010

New health-care reform could help some Iowa City businesses struggling to offer plans to their employees. For some, providing insurance is no longer an option. “We offer no health insurance at this...

Group aims to identify what UI students should gain from education

MORGAN OLSEN April 1, 2010

University of Iowa officials want to ensure alums have the skills they need to make it in the global economy by searching for the answer to one question: What should a UI graduate know and be able to do? The...

Law school works on diversity

SAM LANE April 1, 2010

In an antique room in a small, renovated house west of the University of Iowa’s Boyd Law Building, Collins Byrd attempts to complete a task that has become increasingly difficult: looking beyond students’...

UI Student Government mum on 21-ordinance

MICHELLE HILLENBRAND April 1, 2010

Sally Mason, Tom Rocklin, and Kirk Ferentz have all stood behind it. But the University of Iowa Student Government is remaining silent about the 21-ordinance. “Student government represents all students,”...

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