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

Students open moped business

GRACE GATHUA January 27, 2011

University of Iowa students will soon have another option for getting around campus:a rented moped. UI senior Bryan Ilg showed off a black and silver moped on Wednesday, one of 250 that will be available...

North Side residents upset after unique street signs are stolen

AUDREY SMITH January 27, 2011

John Coyne’s artwork is missing. The local sculptor, 46, is the artist behind the North Side neighborhood’s distinctive street markers — metal signs depicting historic local houses. But after Coyne...

New public health building on track

KELSEY MURPHY January 27, 2011

Since the University of Iowa College of Public Health opened in 1999, it’s been scattered throughout 16 buildings on campus. But by January 2012, students will start attending classes in the new five-story,...

Studio Arts still awaits plans for a new home

KENDALL McCABE January 27, 2011

Katie Jensen, a sophomore psychology major, once considered double majoring in art. For a time, she took drawing and metalworking classes twice a week in the Studio Arts Building, but the inconvenience...

Law students aid abused female prisoners

ARIANA WITT January 27, 2011

University of Iowa law students are helping to free abused women from Iowa prisons. And in the case of Sheila Schertz, they succeeded. On Jan. 14, former Iowa Gov. Chet Culver commuted her 30-year prison...

City officials would support downtown manager position

KATIE HEINE January 27, 2011

New Iowa City City Manager Tom Markus fought hard to gain support for a downtown manager when he was the city manager in Birmingham, Mich. Now, he’s backing the creation of a similar position in Iowa...

Intense workouts preceded hospitalization of 13 football players

JORDAN GARRETSON January 27, 2011

Thirteen Iowa football players admitted to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are suffering from a muscle injury syndrome known as rhabdomyolysis, likely in connection with NCAA-permitted off-season...

Branstad derails IC-Chicago rail funding

RYAN COLE January 27, 2011

Gov. Terry Branstad will not allocate funds for the Iowa City-Chicago railway in the near future, the governor’s communications director, Tim Albrecht, said Wednesday. Branstad said at a press conference...

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