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

Alcoholic-energy drinks must be off shelves by end of the week

DI STAFF December 1, 2010

Any retailer or wholesaler of alcoholic beverages containing caffeine can be subject to enforcement action after Thursday, according to an Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division press release. The action...

Ibarra selected as Environmental and Public Health ambassador

DI STAFF December 1, 2010

Hector Ibarra, a former West Branch middle-school science teacher, was selected to be the new Environmental and Public Health Ambassador for the State Hygienic Laboratory. According to a press release,...

Koch donates $2 million to research on bipolar disorders

DI STAFF December 1, 2010

University of Iowa graduate Roger L. Koch donated $2 million to research on bipolar disorders and support for the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, according to a UI press release. The...

North Liberty man faces variety of charges

DI STAFF December 1, 2010

A North Liberty man faces a slew of charges after a series of incidents that began with a dog bite. James Richter, 40, North Liberty, was charged with assault causing injury, assault causing injury with...

Spotlight: Overcoming obstacles to earn an education

AMY TIFFANY December 1, 2010

When Evelyn Cardenas was only one and a half years old in 1976, she barely survived an 7.5 magnitude earthquake — capable of widespread damage —that hit her community in Guatemala. Since then, the...

UI to use beet juice to de-ice campus

MITCHELL SCHMIDT December 1, 2010

Officials at the University of Iowa plan to "beet" the ice this year. UI landscape services will use an eco-friendly sugar beet juice — a substance called ProMelt that combines salt with...

Local novelists write 52,000 words in one month

MARIA GIBBS December 1, 2010

Drew Dillion churned out more than 52,000 words throughout November. The 26-year-old Iowa City resident typed half into his computer, and scrawled the rest by hand in a small spiral notebook. Dillion...

Professors yearn for blackboards in era of technology

MAX FREUND December 1, 2010

Electrical sockets poke out of the thick gray carpet, awaiting 20 sleek computers. Two pristine new projectors hang from the ceiling. But amid the shiny and new elements of the soon-to-open math tutoring...

On World AIDS day, locals stress the importance of awareness

ARIANA WITT December 1, 2010

Jeffrey Moore is living with AIDS. The 56-year-old from Cedar Rapids said he knows exactly when he contracted the disease — after a condom broke during sex with his HIV-positive partner. "I just...

New city manager starts today

ALICIA KRAMME December 1, 2010

Sitting in his tidy new office wearing a black tie speckled with tiny gold tigerhawks, Tom Markus said he has wanted to be a city manager since he was in high school. His father and uncle worked at a...

Museum of Art donations decrease since loss of facility

NINA EARNEST December 1, 2010

Cash donations to the University of Iowa Museum of Art have dropped significantly since the 2008 flood, but museum officials say they are not in any immediate financial need. Donors contributed $192,870...

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