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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

UI officials see rising demand for Iowa’s only EMBA program

CASSIDY RILEY November 1, 2012

Proving it’s never too late to learn, business executives with approximately 15 years of experience are flocking to the only E.M.B.A. program in Iowa. The University of Iowa offers Executive M.B.A....

UI grad student speaks out about attempted robbery, campus safety

JORDYN REILAND November 1, 2012

She sat on her stoop late Tuesday evening following a rehearsal shortly before midnight. The 24-year-old graduate student was making a phone call to check up on a close friend who lived in New York to...

Technical issues following Hawk Alert alarms community members

JORDYN REILAND November 1, 2012

Technical issues from an incomplete Hawk Alert left many in the University of Iowa community confused as they checked their phone or the UI website early Wednesday morning. The UI released a Hawk Alert...

Equal pay and women’s rights among importance for women voters

STACEY MURRAY November 1, 2012

Thirty-nine years after the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, abortion — among other issues — rises to the top of many political discussions in an election in which women will make up the majority of...

Changes to UI Honors Program expected to cut membership in half

BRIANNA JETT November 1, 2012

The University of Iowa’s Honors Program will enact sizable changes to its requirements next year — requirements that are predicted to cut around 50 percent of the students from the program.  Officials...

Hawkeye Poll: Romney leads among likely Iowan voters

NICK HASSETT November 1, 2012

The latest University of Iowa Hawkeye Poll shows GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney leading among likely voters, though one political-science professor thinks it’s still anyone’s race. The...

Immigration important among Asian American voters

ALISON SULLIVAN October 31, 2012

It’s a cool autumn evening, and Roger Pei sits slumped on a couch at the University of Iowa’s Asian Pacific American Cultural Center. “The next president will have a big effect on what...

Archer, Sherman visit Hamburg and continue final push

BRENT GRIFFITHS October 31, 2012

John Archer grasps his glass of root beer and takes a sip while gazing at the portrait of Ronald Reagan that adorns the booth in which the former president once sat in during a visit to the Hamburg Inn...

All incoming UI freshman to be placed in living-learning communities

NATHANIEL OTJEN October 31, 2012

All incoming University of Iowa freshmen next year will be required to sign up for living-learning communities — a community in residence halls made up of students in the same major — and UI officials...

Community addresses funding need for victim assault programs

LAUREN COFFEY October 31, 2012

With recent cuts to the state’s Victim of Crime Act funding, there is not much the directors can do to change the amount of funds. That is where the community can come in to help. “It’s...

UI officials say programs boosted retention rates

ERIC CLARK October 31, 2012

Because 2011-12 first-year University of Iowa students returned for a second year this fall at a rate of 86 percent, UI officials credited such programs as the Office of Retention and OnIowa for the high...

Locals happy with Iowa bald eagle population as birds migrate south

NATHANIEL OTJEN October 31, 2012

As the last leaves begin to drop off the trees and the weather begins to turn colder, bald eagles can be seen along the banks of the Iowa River as the great birds begin their annual migratory pattern south. In...