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 police respond to alleged fight

DI STAFF September 26, 2011

University of Iowa police responded to an alledged fight over the weekend. Corey Allan, a 19-year old resident of Slater Hall, was charged Sept. 23 with assault causing bodily injury after he allegedly...

Raptor Center coordinator heals birds

CARLY HURWITZ September 26, 2011

Jodeane Cancilla gently approached the bird blind and gestured at the multitude of creatures scurrying about for food. Quietly, allowing for natural sound to have the spotlight, she identified several...

Local biologists worry over decreasing bee population

DORA GROTE September 26, 2011

Iowa's wild bee population has significantly decreased in the last decade. And according to an ongoing study conducted by University of Iowa biology Professor Stephen Hendrix, that decrease could affect...

UISG cookout builds neighborhood relations

ALLIE WRIGHT September 26, 2011

Jane Ruppenkamp would rather knock on a door than call a cop to quiet down her neighbors. Ruppenkamp, a Coralville resident, said she tries to avoid involving the authorities if a neighborhood party gets...

UI to increase number of Teach for America applicants

MELISSA DAWKINS September 26, 2011

After graduation, a few University of Iowa students choose to go back to grade school. Teach for America , a national teaching program aimed at placing recent graduates in low-income classrooms across...

UI sees drop in grad student enrollment

CHASTITY DILLARD September 26, 2011

The first decrease in new graduate-student enrollments in seven years has surprised education officials. Nationwide colleges, including the University of Iowa, saw numbers fall by 1.1 percent between...

UI student missing after fall in India

DI STAFF September 26, 2011

A University of Iowa student is presumed dead after falling 100 yards while hiking above the Ganges River near Munsiyari, India, Sept. 24, according to the Star-Tribune. Search teams are continuing to...

Residents, business owners reeling from downtown fire

RISHABH R. JAIN September 26, 2011

Neighboring businesses are shut down and undergoing cleanup and repair work in the aftermath of the fire at Bruegger's Bagel Bakery, 225 Iowa Ave. over the weekend. The fire that reportedly started at...

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