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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

School unions announce 12 staff cuts

LUKE VOELZ April 18, 2011

Secondary schools in the Iowa City School District will cut the equivalent of 12 full-time positions, a union official said on April 15. School officials said Sunday this could result in larger class sizes...

Spotlight: Dance teacher spreads her art

SETH ROBERTS April 18, 2011

The velvety voice of Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli poured into a long, mirror-lined room overlooking the Field House track on April 11. Inside, 40 students moved through a series of ballroom rumba steps,...

UniverCity aims to blend renters with owners

JON FRANK April 18, 2011

A gas fireplace heated an empty house at 408 E. Fairchild St. on April 16 as visitors came and went as they pleased. After months of reconstruction, the two-bedroom home is ready to be sold as part of...

Iowa City celebrates RiverFest

MADISON BENNETT April 18, 2011

Booths hosting games of tug-of-war, Limbo, Bags, and mini-golf lined the grass of Hubbard Park on Sunday. As part of the 33rd-annual RiverFest — a celebration of everything that is Iowa City — community...

Spotlight: Local bike shop owner enjoys the cycle of life

SAM LOUWAGIE April 15, 2011

Ryan Baker was enjoying the peace and serenity of a bike ride, experiencing what he called a “nice, quieting feeling.” It was sometime last year, and he was biking down a gravel road east of Iowa City...

City may force game day vendors off Melrose Avenue

ALISON SULLIVAN April 15, 2011

Hawkeye football fans may have to go cold turkey on game-day vendors along Melrose Avenue next season. An Iowa City panel has suggested commercial vendors not be allowed to station themselves along the...

City denies 21-only petition to change ‘restaurant’ definition

ALISON SULLIVAN April 15, 2011

Iowa City officials denied a University of Iowa student’s proposal to extend the 21-ordinance’s restaurant exemption to any business with a kitchen on Thursday. The proposal by UIstudent Kyle Johnson...

Dental college performs ‘waste audit’ for sustainability

ARIANA WITT April 15, 2011

Under a white canopy tent on a cloudy, windy Thursday, Julie Reynolds was up to her elbows in trash. The smell of stale coffee grounds filled the air as she ripped open black trash bags, spilling dirty...

Jury: Phillips didn’t intend to kill landlord

HAYLEY BRUCE April 15, 2011

After roughly 10 hours of deliberation, a Johnson County jury decided Gregory Phillips hadn’t intended to kill his landlord. Phillips, 57, was originally charged with attempted murder and going armed...

School board approves budget

LUKE VOELZ April 15, 2011

The Iowa City School District property-tax rate has decreased, but district taxpayers will still see increased bills. School Board members voted unanimously Thursday to set the 2011-12 property-tax rate...

UI opens renovated, eco-friendly Stuit Hall

SARAH BULMER April 15, 2011

Members of the University of Iowa community sliced a yellow ribbon, rededicating the newly renovated Stuit Hall as the campus’ first “green” renovation on Thursday. The calming atmosphere of the...

Two UI students sing with Iowa City barbershop chorus

JON FRANK April 15, 2011

Approximately 20 singers in the Old Capitol Barbershop Chorus stood on bleachers in the center of the Social Hall at the Robert A. Lee Center on Thursday night. A gray-haired man in an orange sweatshirt...