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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

Bender named UI alcohol liaison

JONATHAN BENDICKSON June 6, 2011

The University of Iowa has selected a new face to spearhead its program for alcohol-harm reduction. Kelly Bender was appointed the UI’s first coordinator of Campus and Community Alcohol Harm Reduction...

Poll shows pro-Libya intervention caucus contenders on top in Iowa

DI STAFF June 6, 2011

A recent poll of Iowa Republican caucus-goers shows candidates who support military actions against Libya have risen to the top of the 2012 field here. Massachusetts Republican and 2008 let-down Mitt...

Organizers encourage sustainability at Arts Fest

KATIE HEINE June 6, 2011

Gary Port took a chance Sunday. But that’s not to say he wasn’t prepared for the worst. The 62-year-old traveled the roughly 30 miles from Lisbon, Iowa, to Iowa City on Sunday to attend the 2011 Iowa...

Spotlight: UI grad student hopes to skate for the gold

LINDSAY DOUGLAS June 6, 2011

Danilo Diedrichs trains for months in order to make his two-minute, 40-second ice-skating routine flawless, pulling off loops and double axels. “That’s the nature of a lot of things in life,” said...

Iowa City activists: Big banks ‘Trashed our economy’

IAN SCHMIT June 6, 2011

Wells Fargo Bank took billions in bailout money, is partially responsible for the economic recession, and could still be evading state taxes, protesters claimed Thursday. These accusations were thrown...

One man in jail after bottle incident

DI STAFF June 6, 2011

Iowa City police arrested a man after he allegedly injured two people with a broken beer bottle. Jose Enrique Garcia Raymundo, 22, was charged June 5 with two accounts of willful injury causing bodily...

Iowa man charged with third OWI offense

DI STAFF June 6, 2011

Johnson County deputies arrested an Iowa man after he allegedly drove while intoxicated for the third time. Ryan Perkins, 29, Fairfax, Iowa was charged June 4 with third-offense OWI. According to a complaint,...

Police say man threatened his wife

DI STAFF June 6, 2011

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested by Coralville police after he allegedly threatened to slit his wife’s throat. Billy Dean Lingo II, 38, was charged June 3 with third-offense domestic-abuse assault. According...

Summit goes 20, Airliner goes 21

JULIANA FABIANO June 6, 2011

Underage students may need to seek out a new downtown venue for fall. A year after Iowa City’s 21-ordinance went into effect, preventing people under the legal drinking age from being in bars after...

2010-2011: Year in review

DI STAFF May 13, 2011

UI holds on to Pollock painting Amid protests from students and University of Iowa officials, a state legislator withdrew a bill in February that would have required the UI to sell Mural, its famous Jackson...

UI, city want to cooperate on downtown

ALISON SULLIVAN May 13, 2011

University of Iowa and Iowa City officials said they want to collaborate in attracting more college-centered retailers to downtown. On May 17, Iowa City city councilors are scheduled to discuss whether...

Natalie Ginty to appear on Glenn Beck’s show

DI STAFF May 13, 2011

University of Iowa junior Natalie Ginty, the chairwoman of Iowa College Republicans, will appear on Glenn Beck's TV show today at 4 p.m., barring any breaking news, she said. Ginty and several students...