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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

UI prof gets lifetime achievement award

DI STAFF February 25, 2011

The Iowa Council of Teachers of Mathematics presented a lifetime achievement award to a University of Iowa professor on Feb. 18. Walter Seaman, an associate professor of mathematics, was honored for his...

City attorney explains sanctuary city issues

DI STAFF February 25, 2011

The Iowa City City Council plans to discuss the implementation of a sanctuary-city policy — one that would protect undocumented immigrants — at its work session Feb. 28. In a document submitted to...

UI to take internal action against prof cleared in child-porn case

HAYLEY BRUCE February 25, 2011

At the same time University of Iowa Professor Gary Hunninghake faked a stabbing and robbery in Chicago in April 2010, UI police were pursuing a child-pornography investigation against him, according to...

Vets try to save USS Iowa

KENDALL MCCABE February 25, 2011

The battleship USS Iowa braved combat in World War II in the Pacific and faced North Korean forces in the Korean War, and the vessel’s voyage is far from over. For the last two decades, the 71-year-old...

UI students teach art to local children

ALISON SULLIVAN February 25, 2011

A half-dozen paper flowers blossomed out of a ragged book, and a purple three-eyed monster grinned from a slice of a brick wall. These unique art displays served as examples for local high schoolers Thursday...

Law students ask legislators for funding

LUKE VOELZ February 25, 2011

A chorus of clicking keyboards echoed throughout the Levitt Auditorium at the University of Iowa College of Law Thursday. There, around 100 law students crafted e-mails to Iowa legislators, requesting...

School Board claims ignorance on collective-bargaining position

DI STAFF February 24, 2011

Iowa City School Board members said they were unaware of the Iowa Association of School Board’s and the Urban Education Network of Iowa’s intentions to support changes in collective-bargaining rights...

United Way: Local poverty growing

DI STAFF February 24, 2011

Christine Scheetz, the president and CEO of the United Way of Johnson County, gave an update regarding the organization’s Community Needs Assessment at Wednesday’s joint meeting between local government...

Officials: “No need for 21-ordinance elsewhere”

DI STAFF February 24, 2011

Officials in the Johnson County towns surrounding Iowa City said countywide alcohol policies are unnecessary and they probably wouldn’t enact 21-ordinances in their own cities. During a joint meeting...

TAs get pay raise, full tuition coverage

ARIANA WITT February 24, 2011

Graduate-student teaching assistants have successfully lobbied for a 2 percent raise — and all of their tuition will now be covered. Under a new two-year contract ratified Wednesday, the University...

UI prof not among 3 new Supreme Court justices

LUKE VOELZ February 24, 2011

The Iowa Supreme Court will welcome three new justices in the next 30 days and become a bench of nine white males. Gov. Terry Branstad appointed Iowa District Court Judge Bruce Zager, Iowa Court of Appeals...

Q&A: Mason talks football hospitalizations, politics

DI STAFF February 24, 2011

The Daily Iowan sat down with University of Iowa President Sally Mason this week to discuss state legislative issues, the response to 13 Hawkeye football players’ hospitalizations, and the search for...