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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

City Park access road project stalled

NICK HASSETT April 12, 2013

Iowa City will shelve plans for an access road after complaints from residents in the area. The City Park Secondary Access Road project, which would have extended an access road across City Park to Normandy...

Transparency Task Force to hold public meetings in coming weeks

KRISTEN EAST April 12, 2013

The state Board of Regents’ Transparency Task Force will hold several public hearings throughout Iowa in the coming weeks. The first of four public hearings will take place at Johnston High School in...

Branstad to meet with President Xi Jinping on China trip

KRISTEN EAST April 12, 2013

Gov. Terry Branstad began a trade mission in China on Thursday, and during the trip, he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping. According to a press release from the Governor’s Office, Branstad...

Coffee prices remain steady locally as national bean prices continue to fall

QUENTIN MISIAG April 12, 2013

Good news, coffee connoisseurs: The price for that daily cup of coffee may soon cost less, because bean prices have continued to decrease since January. Frequent gourmet coffee shop customers in Iowa...

Tippie students to meet with Warren Buffett today

HILLARY ROSENCRANTS April 12, 2013

When one considers finances, investing, and the business world, it is more often than not that a single name comes up — Buffett. Not Jimmy, of course, but Warren — businessman extraordinaire, and extraodinarily...

Number of high-risk drinking letters sent to UI parents decreases

REBECCA MORIN April 12, 2013

Parents of University of Iowa students recieved a little less mail from the university last semester regarding their students’ dangerous drinking habits. In fall 2012, UI officials sent 47 parent-notification...

President Mason looks forward to working with new Regents

BRIANNA JETT April 12, 2013

Even as the state Board of Regents prepares to lose a few members next month, University of Iowa President Sally Mason doesn’t expect much change when it comes to the regents’ goals. Mason...

Q&A: Mason talks Board of Regents, campus renovations

DI STAFF April 12, 2013

The Daily Iowan: The Iowa Senate rejected on Monday two of Gov. Terry Branstad’s appointments to the state Board of Regents, including the reappointment of Regent President Craig Lang.  How...

UI officials discuss Rutgers-Mike Rice incident

LAUREN COFFEY April 12, 2013

University of Iowa officials say they’re positive the mistreatment of athletes, such as physical and emotional abuse, would never happen at the UI because of guidelines that have been in place for...

Ex-Iowa coach Alford issues apology 11 years after Pierce assault controversy

TORK MASON April 12, 2013

It’s been more than a decade since former Iowa men’s basketball player Pierre Pierce was charged with sexual assault, but the dark cloud that has hovered over the program since that time was...

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