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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

Man accused of selling marijuana for $120

DI STAFF April 11, 2013

A Coralville man has been accused of selling marijuana for $120. Dustyn Prosser, 21, was charged March 22 with possession of marijuana with the intent to deliver. Iowa City police conducted a routine...

UISG voting begins today

STACEY MURRAY April 10, 2013

Over the next two days, the University of Iowa undergraduate students will decide what kind of party it likes best for the next academic year — a TOGA Party or a HOUSE Party. HOUSE and TOGA are on the...

Iowa City Diversity Committee presents findings to City Council

NICK HASSETT April 10, 2013

Members of an ad-hoc Diversity Committee presented the results of their findings to the Iowa City City Council on Tuesday, and councilors said the issues they addressed would not be relegated to the back...

UIHC celebrates ‘Donate Life’ month

LAUREN COFFEY April 10, 2013

A young boy with copper-colored hair and wide and curious brown eyes wiggles around a spacious room, while a man speaks to a crowd of people about organ donation. The little boy, Mason Zenner, might understand...

UI officials express interest in Obama BRAIN initiative proposal

BRIANNA JETT April 10, 2013

Science is turning inward and approaching the next frontier — the human brain. On April 2, President Obama announced a new project, called the BRAIN Initiative, or Brain Research through Advancing...

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller stops at UI Law School, talks bipartisanship

BRENT GRIFFITHS April 10, 2013

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller concedes the bipartisan relationships he used to foster in Des Moines are thinning. However, on the pressing political and legal issues of the country, those problems...

UI Office of Sustainability sponsors bike commuter challenge

REBECCA MORIN April 10, 2013

With spring rolling around, cyclists are unlocking the chains and peddling across Iowa City — and University of Iowa faculty and staff members are counting every mile. The UI Office of Sustainability’s...

UI College of Law class encourages discussion about race

MICHELLE KIM April 10, 2013

One class in the University of Iowa College of Law is prompting students to become more comfortable with talking and writing about race. UI Professor Angela Onwuachi-Willig teaches a seminar in Critical...

Film showing at UIHC addresses uninsured patients at American hospitals

MICHELLE KIM April 10, 2013

A father of three children is filmed as he cries in front of his children. His son can no longer play baseball, and his elder daughter, who is lying in the patient room, cannot pay for her hip-hop dance...

Iowa City City Councilors approve amplified sound ordinance

NICK HASSETT April 10, 2013

The Iowa City City Council voted to change the rules on the use of amplified sound in city spaces on Tuesday. The council passed the change, 7-0, on its second consideration after the council approved...

Iowa City officials approve contractor for West Side Levee

NICK HASSETT April 10, 2013

The Iowa City City Council passed a resolution awarding the contract for a levee construction on Tuesday. Bids for the construction of the West Side Levee Project, approved by the City Council on March...

Sheriff dismisses charges against North Liberty woman in spork case

REBECCA MORIN April 10, 2013

Charges against a North Liberty woman accused of breaking a spork were dismissed by the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office’s request. Tera Harris, 25, was charged Sunday with fifth-degree criminal mischief....