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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...

UI suspends two programs to increase other sabbaticals

NINA EARNEST May 13, 2011

University of Iowa officials decided to suspend two faculty grant programs for the third-straight year in order to increase other sabbatical awards for the 2012-13 academic year. UI Associate Provost...

Kinnick to get more security cameras

MADISON BENNETT May 13, 2011

University of Iowa public-safety officials are planning to add more surveillance cameras to Kinnick Stadium. But they're still determining how many to add, where they would be placed, and when to add...

Film focuses on bullying

ALISON SULLIVAN May 13, 2011

Bullying happens, and it can occur anywhere. In front of a room of roughly 30 people, 17-year-old Alexandra Tamerius described the time a close male friend wore a dress to school as an experiment to see...

Roosevelt to celebrate 80th anniversary

MARY HARRINGTON May 13, 2011

When Sarah Parker remembers her years at Roosevelt Elementary, she speaks of them as if her first day of school in 1941 was but a week ago. She flips through the pages of a crayon-colored picture book...