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

Obama to visit Iowa again

DI STAFF April 21, 2010

President Obama will make another visit to Iowa in roughly a week, according to a White House press release. As part of his “Main Street Tour,” Obama will visit Iowa, Missouri, and Illinois on April...

Culver to sign nursing bill on campus

DI STAFF April 21, 2010

Gov. Chet Culver will visit the University of Iowa campus today to sign nursing legislation into law. The bill, passed by the Iowa Legislature this year, aims to address a shortage of nurses in the state. The...

City High student charged with bringing gun to school

DI STAFF April 21, 2010

A City High student allegedly brought a gun to school, authorities said. Tyler Wright, 15, was charged with carrying weapons on school grounds. Officials said Wright brought the gun to school April 16...

Police charge 3 in drug bust

DI STAFF April 21, 2010

Iowa City police arrested three men on drug charges at an Iowa City residence Monday night. Seth Ream, 23, was charged with possession of marijuana and psilocybin mushrooms with intent to deliver, two...

Officials: Diversity officers important to universities’ mission

JOSEPH BELK April 21, 2010

With University of Iowa officials in the midst of hiring a new chief diversity officer, higher-education officials across the country say similar positions help pursue integral pieces of universities’...

School Board interviews first finalist for superintendent

NORA HEATON April 21, 2010

For the first time in more than a decade, someone other than Lane Plugge sat in the superintendent’s chair in the Iowa City School Board’s chambers. Mark Bezek, the first of three finalists for the...

UI expands living-learning communities

SAM LANE April 21, 2010

Though they don’t yet have the blueprint, University of Iowa officials know that within the next five years, they want each incoming freshman’s home to be among a group of like-minded peers. Those...

Locals stuck in Europe by ash cloud

BRETT G. JOHNSON April 21, 2010

University of Iowa Associate Professor of Spanish Denise Filios and her husband, UI English Professor Jon Wilcox, were supposed to fly home late last week from London. But instead, they won’t leave London...

12 UI students arrested in dorm bust

MORGAN OLSEN April 21, 2010

Law-enforcement authorities say they worked with residence-hall staff for weeks leading up to a drug and alcohol raid that ended in the arrest of 12 University of Iowa students on Monday. The students...

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