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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

House bill slashes Pell Grants

ARIANA WITT April 6, 2011

A U.S. House bill would slash nearly $6 billion from federal Pell Grant funds if the Senate fails to prevent a government shutdown today. And the law has Iowa financial officers, students, and government...

Up to 60 K-12 jobs could be lost in IC

LUKE VOELZ April 6, 2011

Iowa City School District teachers could see up to 60 cuts by the end of April, district officials said Monday. The estimated cuts, which will likely be split equally among teachers and support staff,...

Evaluation of online courses questioned

HEATHER EDELMAN April 6, 2011

As the popularity of online programs grows, universities nationwide still differ in how they evaluate web-only courses — and some have few standardized methods at all. At the University of Iowa, professors...

Spotlight: Finding the joy in writing

IAN MARTIN April 6, 2011

Almost two hours into this particular writing workshop, Mark Mayer has not taken the pen out of his right hand. Sometimes he shakes it, other times it rattles between his fingers, but it remains the only...

Branstad backs restoring funds to higher education

HAYLEY BRUCE April 6, 2011

DES MOINES — Gov. Terry Branstad said on Tuesday he will make a commitment to restore higher-education funding once the recession is over and more money is funneled into the state’s economy. Though...

City Council agrees to consider reducing 21-only fine

EMILY HOERNER April 5, 2011

More than half of Iowa City city councilors on Monday night said they might support lowering the hefty fines doled out to underage patrons found in a bar after 10 p.m., and they agreed to vote on the issue...

UI to adjust response to sex assault after federal rules released

NINA EARNEST April 5, 2011

University of Iowa officials said they need to slightly adjust their sexual-assault response to bring it in line with federal regulations. The move comes after the U.S. Department of Education’s Office...

UI College of Pharmacy celebrates 125 years

KATIE HEINE April 5, 2011

Bernie Cremers has been in pharmacy for nearly 50 years. The 69-year-old graduated from the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy in 1964, taught pharmacy students at the UI for 27 years, and co-owns...

Proposal may require law schools to increase transparency

MADISON BENNETT April 5, 2011

The University of Iowa College of Law and law schools around the country might have to divulge more about their graduates to prospective students. Members of the American Bar Association discussed proposals...

Protesters rally for workers, civil rights

SARAH BULMER April 5, 2011

Greg and Jean Thompson stood on an elevated platform in front of a crowd adorned with scarves, hats, and picket signs on the wind-blown Pedestrian Mall Monday. Greg Thompson wrote the song “Empty Houses”...

Spotlight: Reading with relish the inner organs

LAURA WILLIS April 5, 2011

At the age of 19, Jason Burke first became lost and mystified by the invented language and literary dream sequences of James Joyce’s classic novel Finnegan’s Wake. The book, which took the Irish author...

Downtown businesses evacuated after reports of fire

DI STAFF April 5, 2011

Officials evacuated several downtown businesses and apartments after reports of smoke from a downtown bar Monday. Firefighters responded to the Union Bar, 121 E. College St., around noon, where small...