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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 open moped business

GRACE GATHUA January 27, 2011

University of Iowa students will soon have another option for getting around campus:a rented moped. UI senior Bryan Ilg showed off a black and silver moped on Wednesday, one of 250 that will be available...

UI to offer M.F.A in book arts

ALLIE WRIGHT January 27, 2011

In the era of technology, it seems people are always trying to come up with the latest gadget. But for a group of University of Iowa students, their focus is a bit more traditional: how to make and create...

UI follows retention trends

NINA EARNEST January 27, 2011

The University of Iowa is following a national trend of increasing first- to second-year retention rates recorded in an ACT survey. Overall college retention rates, among all classes of higher education,...

Students can now ‘grab and go’ for meals at Burge

ALISON SULLIVAN January 27, 2011

One floor below the Burge Hall Marketplace on Wednesday, a slew of students were benefiting from a new, faster lunch option. At the start of this semester, University of Iowa dining officials opened the...

Volunteering up among students

KENDALL McCABE January 27, 2011

During high school, Elizabeth Winter volunteered at a hospital and with the National Honors Society. When she entered her freshman year at the University of Iowa last semester, she began participating...

City library wants funds for security, technology

MICHELLE McCONNAUGHEY January 27, 2011

Iowa City Public Library officials fear their facility is becoming obsolete. So they’re asking the city for more money, hoping to continue modernizing the library and making it more secure. But that’s...

Spotlight: French journalist learns about America

KELSEY MURPHY January 27, 2011

Sebastian Compagnon walked into his 10-student French class from frigid late-January temperatures and greeted his subjects with “Bonjour” and a broad grin plastered on his face. As the class read...

UI looks for alternative funding for sabbaticals

ALISON SULLIVAN January 26, 2011

As a current bill freezing sabbaticals continues to climb the legislative ladder, University of Iowa officials are examining alternative methods of funding faculty sabbaticals. This past weekend, members...

Obama asks Congress for student tax credits

ALLIE WRIGHT January 26, 2011

President Obama asked Congress during his State of the Union speech Tuesday night to help make college more affordable for Americans so the United States can rely on a more educated and innovative population. Obama...

Everson verdict renews consent debate

HAYLEY BRUCE January 26, 2011

One local rape-victim advocate said the recent sexual-assault trial of former Hawkeye football player Cedric Everson sheds light on societal double standards and the common practice of “victim-blaming”...

Council hires architects for multi-use parking structure

EMILY HOERNER January 26, 2011

Iowa City’s workforce may soon have a new space to call home that includes a solution to one of the most frustrating issues downtown: parking. The Iowa City City Council voted Tuesday night to hire...

Hills students to go to Southeast, City

GRACE GATHUA January 26, 2011

Sixth-graders preparing to graduate from Hills Elementary School will now be forced to register for next year’s classes at Southeast Junior High, and they will ultimately attend City High. The change...