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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

Local children take to the rock wall

NINA EARNEST February 22, 2011

Claire Pardubsky deftly scaled the rock wall as the fading blue of twilight streamed in from the skylights above. But one spot on the wall’s route proved too difficult for the 10-year-old. She let go...

Lecture teaches students rights as tenants

MICHELLE MCCONNAUGHEY February 22, 2011

Alaina Overdiep said she’s adamant about knowing her rights. The University of Iowa freshman, who will live in an apartment for the first time next fall, attended the “Don’t Get Evicted” event...

Justice praises selection system

MADISON BENNETT February 22, 2011

CEDAR RAPIDS — Supreme Court Justice David Wiggins said the only problem with the process to retain Iowa Supreme Court justices is they’re not running against another person but the notion of an ideal...

Spotlight: UI senior raps about heartache

EVAN CLARK February 22, 2011

Songs about heartbreak have been around since the dawn of music. Musicians from Elvis Presley to ABBA to Eminem have expressed that heartaches can be a main inspiration for material. Since going through...

Police: Mother left children to buy cigarettes, alcohol

DI STAFF February 22, 2011

Authorities have charged a Tiffin woman after she allegedly left her children home alone to buy alcohol and cigarettes. Adriann Gressman, 28, was charged Feb. 19 with child endangerment. According...

Everson’s sentencing moved to April

DI STAFF February 22, 2011

Former Hawkeye football player Cedric Everson’s sentencing has been postponed until April 22. Everson, 21, was charged with sexually assaulting a female student-athlete in a Hillcrest dorm room in 2007....

Coralville chooses band to play at RAGBRAI

DI STAFF February 22, 2011

Veteran rock group 38 Special will perform at the RAGBRAI overnight celebration on July 29 in Coralville’s S.T. Morrison Park, located near the intersection of Fifth and Seventh Streets. According to...

Man allegedly threatens sister with knife

DI STAFF February 22, 2011

Deputies arrested a local man Sunday after he allegedly threatened his sister with a knife. Luis Deleon, 20, 515 Elkhorn Trail, was charged Sunday with going armed with intent and domestic assault while...

West High female wrestler reacts to state forfeit

ALLIE JOHNSON February 21, 2011

Fifteen-year-old Jasmine Bailey flashed a toothy smile when she spoke about her wrestling match against a particular 103-pound male. The tiny West High freshman flipped the grappler from rival Waverly...

Pollock relatives, Guggenheim against Mural sale

ALISON SULLIVAN and ARIANA WITT February 21, 2011

Last weekend, Jackson Pollock’s relatives gathered to discuss one of their distant cousin’s most famous paintings, deciding they wanted it to stay in Iowa. Fifty years ago, the woman who donated Mural...

Long-time editor, DI supporter dies

NINA EARNEST February 21, 2011

Most women working for the Cedar Rapids Gazette in 1957 wrote for the society and feature pages. But Phyllis Fleming covered hard news. Fleming, a longtime member of the Student Publications Inc. board,...

UI art students to protest possible Pollock sale

ALISON SULLIVAN February 21, 2011

“Jack the Dripper’s” brush has long been dry, but the famed artist’s piece, Mural, is still dripping with controversy. In response to a recently proposed bill that would force the University of...