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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

Local man finds ‘greatest passion’ in singing blues

CARLY HURWITZ November 3, 2011

Kevin Burt moved to the Iowa City area and quickly held five jobs simultaneously. The Waterloo native moved after being cut from a Canadian football team. But he didn't have to wait long for a new passion...

Latino enrollment growing at UI, across the country

CHASTITY DILLARD November 2, 2011

University of Iowa sophomore Jessica Padilla was thinking about college a year before high-school graduation. "I was so set on coming …" the 19-year-old said. "I wanted my experience...

Occupy Iowa City: City Council agrees to bigger tents in College Green

ASMAA ELKEURTI November 2, 2011

Iowa City city councilors have agreed to compromise with Occupy protesters on one aspect of their permit restrictions. After hours of discussion between the two groups during Tuesday's public hearing,...

Iowa City remains City of Literature after U.S. cuts UNESCO support

MARY KATE KNORR November 2, 2011

Iowa City will keep its title as a UNESCO City of Literature despite the United States' decision to cut its UNESCO backing. The United States put a hold on a November deposit of $60 million into the United...

UISG defines new Wingman safety campaign

KRISTEN EAST November 2, 2011

Student leaders say a new safety campaign launched last week encompasses a handful of the safety goals they've been seeking to implement. "We wanted a term that resonated better with college students,"...

UI students propose town-hall meetings to push higher ed funding

DORA GROTE November 2, 2011

University of Iowa student leaders intend to sustain outreach efforts to increase state appropriations and are doing so by collaborating with state regent universities. UISG decided not to back the proposed...

FEMA representatives look for local input on flood demolitions

AUDREY ROEN November 2, 2011

Iowa City residents may have the final say on whether several University of Iowa buildings damaged during the 2008 flood will be demolished. Following a request from the UI in 2009 to have the buildings...

Dykstra has trouble recalling day of his son’s hospitalization

ERIC MOORE November 2, 2011

Brian Dykstra told a jury Tuesday he doesn't remember what happened after his son passed out six years ago. Dykstra was charged in 2008 with second-degree murder after he witnessed his 20-month-old adopted...

City Council votes in favor of tax district in second public hearing

ASMAA ELKEURTI November 2, 2011

Local Iowa City business owners urged Iowa City officials to support a proposed tax district plan. "I don't know of any other way I could pay so little — just a few hundred more than my Downtown...

UI Ballroom Dance social chair discusses the groups success

DI STAFF November 2, 2011

The Daily Iowan sat down with Chris Dunlay, the treasurer for the Hawkeye Ballroom Dance Company, to talk about the UI's ballroom-dance organization. The Daily Iowan: What has changed within the Hawkeye...

Two men charged in North Liberty burglary

DI STAFF November 2, 2011

Two Fort Dodge Correctional Facility residents are charged with third-degree burglary after they were implicated in an Oct. 26, 2009, burglary at Liberty Doors in North Liberty. Christopher Rios, 19,...

Two Iowa City men face numerous drug charges

DI STAFF November 2, 2011

Two Iowa City men face numerous drug charges after Iowa City police executed a narcotics search warrant Aug. 30 on their apartment. Iowa City police charged the two men — Jacob Newman, 20, and Christopher...

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