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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

Students to excavate Hickory Hill Park

ALISON SULLIVAN March 23, 2011

The morning sun peeked through pockets of clouds above Hickory Hill Park on a brisk, peaceful Tuesday morning. This summer, the park will ring with the exploration of student anthropologists. With the...

UI grad a gaming entrepreneur

LUKE VOELZ March 23, 2011

Rob Linden came home from City High one day to a bedroom filled with million-dollar bills. Several thousand of them. The 16-year-old had ordered a few boxes of the gag gifts with his mother's credit card. But...

Locals, students speak about Japan disaster

MICHELLE MCCONNAUGHEY March 22, 2011

In the Japanese school where James O’Hollearn works, students are now served milk and bread for lunch every day. Power outages across the region don’t allow other food to be refrigerated. O’Hollearn...

Councilors request more info on red-light cameras

EMILY HOERNER March 22, 2011

The Iowa City city councilors gave the go-ahead for further discussion regarding red-light cameras in the city during Monday night’s special work session. A majority of councilors said they wanted...

UI students protest Libya airstrikes

SARAH BULMER March 22, 2011

University of Iowa freshman Joey Gallagher sat in the spring rain Monday, protesting U.S. involvement in the conflict in Libya. “Obama No ‘Change’ From Bush,” Gallagher’s sign read. Students...

Spotlight: UI junior helps students take art to the street

MOLLY IRENE OLMSTEAD March 22, 2011

UI junior Erica Tuke comes from Evanston, Ill., where she often traveled through Chicago on the El, staring at the graffiti on the buildings, seeing crouched people in hoodies and dark clothes with cans...

City ban on alcoholic game prizes won’t be lifted

EMILY HOERNER March 22, 2011

Iowa City city councilors have nixed a move that would have allowed bar patrons to receive such tangible prizes as alcoholic beverages from electronic gaming devices. During Monday night’s work session,...

President Mason talks tuition, alcohol

DI STAFF March 22, 2011

The Daily Iowan sat down this week with University of Iowa President Sally Mason to discuss tuition, graduate programs, and the Alcohol Harm Reduction Plan. Daily Iowan: How long can Iowa’s public institutions...

City Council to discuss red light cameras

ALISON SULLIVAN March 21, 2011

Iowa City drivers could see an extra pair of eyes at several city intersections as early as this summer. The Iowa City City Council will discuss the possibility of installing red-light cameras at 10 intersections...

UI alcohol offenses jump

HAYLEY BRUCE March 21, 2011

The number of people arrested by University of Iowa police more than doubled between 2009 and 2010, with the biggest increases during the second half of the year. The number of University of Iowa students...

Shelter House, UI collaborate to form choir

SARAH BULMER March 21, 2011

The sound of music floated through the halls of the Shelter House. Ten choir members, including several residents, sat in a small room singing “Prayer, Love, Light, and Peace.” The sound drifted into...

Iowa City to test year-round farmers’ market

KATIE HEINE March 21, 2011

Baked goods, fresh eggs, and homemade soaps may soon be merely steps away for Phyllis Rosenwinkel. Only tall grass separates the 65-year-old’s house and Wood Elementary School, where a yearlong indoor...