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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

Spotlight: UI grad student hopes to skate for the gold

LINDSAY DOUGLAS June 6, 2011

Danilo Diedrichs trains for months in order to make his two-minute, 40-second ice-skating routine flawless, pulling off loops and double axels. “That’s the nature of a lot of things in life,” said...

Organizers encourage sustainability at Arts Fest

KATIE HEINE June 6, 2011

Gary Port took a chance Sunday. But that’s not to say he wasn’t prepared for the worst. The 62-year-old traveled the roughly 30 miles from Lisbon, Iowa, to Iowa City on Sunday to attend the 2011 Iowa...

Poll shows pro-Libya intervention caucus contenders on top in Iowa

DI STAFF June 6, 2011

A recent poll of Iowa Republican caucus-goers shows candidates who support military actions against Libya have risen to the top of the 2012 field here. Massachusetts Republican and 2008 let-down Mitt...

Bender named UI alcohol liaison

JONATHAN BENDICKSON June 6, 2011

The University of Iowa has selected a new face to spearhead its program for alcohol-harm reduction. Kelly Bender was appointed the UI’s first coordinator of Campus and Community Alcohol Harm Reduction...

Locals doubt Iowa will see hookah restrictions

LUKE VOELZ June 6, 2011

Hookah might seem almost alien contraption at first: A bulbous tube crowned with flavored tobacco — called shisha — and heated charcoal, flanked on several sides by colorful snaking hoses through which...

Butler committed long-term in provost post

NINA EARNEST June 6, 2011

P. Barry Butler’s appointment as the University of Iowa’s permanent executive vice president and provost could provide stability to the administrative position. UI President Sally Mason named Butler...

Council candidate Tallon will focus on affordable housing, Melrose vending

BRIAN ALBERT June 6, 2011

A former University of Iowa student and currently deployed soldier is tackling some prominent Iowa City issues in his second bid for a seat on the Iowa City City Council. Dan Tallon, an Iowa Army National...

Summit goes 20, Airliner goes 21

JULIANA FABIANO June 6, 2011

Underage students may need to seek out a new downtown venue for fall. A year after Iowa City’s 21-ordinance went into effect, preventing people under the legal drinking age from being in bars after...

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