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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

Officials extend Nite Ride hours

DI STAFF May 9, 2011

University of Iowa police will extend Nite-Ride hours during finals week. According to a press release, Nite-Ride hours will extend from 10 p.m. until 5 a.m., ending on Friday. In addition, the Main...

Top stories of the spring 2011 semester

DI STAFF May 9, 2011

A University of Iowa professor who sent a vulgar e-mail to members of the UI College Republicans has seen an outpouring of negative e-mails from students, graduates, and community members. A second university...

Melrose vendors upset with city

HAYLEY BRUCE May 6, 2011

Big Ass Turkey Legs on Melrose Avenue “might be history” on football Saturdays this fall. At least that’s what Dewey Stewart, who has been part of the vending operation for 14 years, said following...

Students create fast-food delivery business

ALISON SULLIVAN May 6, 2011

Fast food just got faster. Two University of Iowa students recently embarked on an entrepreneurial endeavor to rescue dorm-bound students from their fast-food cravings by bringing it to their doorstep. UI...

Women make strides on farms

KATIE HEINE May 6, 2011

Janet Wilson picked at a patch of soil with a crushed beer can on April 29 in search of a purple corn kernel. It was the first plant of the year for Wilson and her brother, who farm approximately 1,800...

Group pushes for on-campus guns

MADISON BENNETT May 6, 2011

University of Iowa freshman Joey Gallagher walked around campus with an empty gun holster strapped to his belt on Thursday. Though the 18-year-old cannot yet legally carry a gun, he thinks permit-holders...

Report: lead paint levels at elementary higher than district estimates

LUKE VOELZ May 6, 2011

A renovated stairwell in Mann Elementary contains levels of lead-based paint above the state limit, according to an analysis performed by the University of Iowa Hygienic Laboratory on May 10, 2010. The...

Preliminary designs for Sutliff Bridge presented

KATIE HEINE May 6, 2011

An area just 20 miles north of Iowa City is preparing for a makeover. After being partially damaged in the 2008 flood, plans to reconstruct the historic Sutliff Bridge are near completion. The bridge...

Spotlight Iowa City: Teenage ballerina off to New York

RYAN COLE May 6, 2011

Miriam Miller’s workdays often begin at 6 a.m. and continue past 7 p.m. She works six days a week, resting on Sundays only out of necessity. Her daily routine exacts a physical toll on her body, leaving...

Officers arrest ‘police of the river’

DI STAFF May 6, 2011

Iowa City police charged a local man after he allegedly assaulted a fisherman Wednesday. Christopher William Stark Jr., 45, address unknown, was charged Wednesday with assault. According to the complaint,...

Woman charged after failing to return over $300 of library materials

DI STAFF May 6, 2011

Iowa City police have charged a local woman after she allegedly failed to return more than $300 worth of materials to the Iowa City Public Library. Whitney Ann Marquez, 23, 536 Elkhorn Trail, was charged...

Group approves Spanish MFA

DI STAFF May 6, 2011

The University of Iowa Graduate Faculty approved two proposals for additional graduate programs in the Graduate College on Thursday. A Master of Fine Arts in Spanish creative writing was approved, as was...