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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

Police: Gay man faked hate crime in Iowa City

HAYLEY BRUCE July 29, 2011

Police have charged an Iowa City man who had reported he may have been the victim of a hate crime with filing a false report. Ryan Grant Watson, 30, was charged July 27 with providing a false report...

UI tuition increase more than makes up for appropriation dip

LUKE VOELZ July 29, 2011

Tuition increases at Iowa's public universities are projected to give the University of Iowa a $28 million surplus — more than enough to offset the $12 million lost in state appropriations for the 2012-13...

Coralville expecting thousands for RAGBRAI event

CHASTITY DILLARD July 29, 2011

Kathie Miller, 50, steadied the green metal stake as Barb Cullinan, 54, hammered it into the ground. Indifferent about the intense afternoon heat, the two RAGBRAI volunteers hung a banner from stake to...

RAGBRAI Commentary: From Boone to Altoona

NINA EARNEST July 29, 2011

Everyone on RAGBRAI is a character. I don't just mean in a quirky sense. Sure, there are plenty of helmets decorated like loons, young shirtless men belting country tunes, trumpet players, and somewhat...

Democratic challenger Braun pushes for "democracy amendment"

IAN STEWART July 29, 2011

There are few 2012 presidential candidates who are pledging to strip power from the very office they hope to hold. But Democratic challenger Harry Braun said the president and the Congress should be "servants"...

Johnson County supervisor gets back to his "foundation"

BRIAN ALBERT July 29, 2011

Many local residents probably only know Terrence Neuzil as a Johnson County supervisor — a position he's held for more than 10 years. But few know about another accomplishment of Neuzil's — that he...

UI grant funding keeps steady at $456 million

DI STAFF July 29, 2011

The University of Iowa boasted its second largest grant and contract funding ever in fiscal 2011, but the $456.6 million remained 2.2 percent lower than funds received in 2010, according to a UI press...

Johnson County mock election pegs Bachmann as GOP front-runner

DI STAFF July 29, 2011

The results of mock election held at the Johnson County Fair placed Michele Bachmann as a GOP front-runner. Held throughout the fair until 11 a.m. Thursday, a release from the Johnson County Auditor's...

Local workers protest construction outsourcing

IAN STEWART July 28, 2011

Behind an emblazoned banner and under an upside-down Iowa flag — a signal of distress — demonstrators yelled, "Iowa workers on Iowa jobs." More than 100 people, many from local unions, gathered...

Local attorneys want students to understand their rights as tenants

KATIE HEINE July 28, 2011

With thousands of students moving into apartments and houses in Iowa City this weekend and a lawsuit against one of the area's rental giants pending in court, local attorneys want students to understand...

UIHC researchers apply yoga to depression

LINDSAY DOUGLAS July 28, 2011

The benefits of yoga may stretch further than merely mind and body. Researchers in the University of Iowa Psychology Department are exploring yoga as an alternative to medication for women struggling...

Program teaches middle and high school teachers

BRITTANY TREVICK July 28, 2011

Doug Herman heads to work every day as a West High Advanced Placement biology teacher. But instead of preparing science lessons for his students, the Iowa City instructor gets the lesson himself. Herman...