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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

Carrying water, raising awareness

GRACE SAVIDES April 16, 2010

When Casey O’Connell first walked down to the Iowa River on Thursday, he was feeling apprehensive. The 21-year-old was preparing to fill a bright yellow, five-gallon water bucket and carry it on his...

Iowa City Tea Party draws diverse crowd

ADAM B SULLIVAN April 16, 2010

Julie Bryant stood away from the 200-or-so Tea Party members, sporting a sign proclaiming her distaste for those she calls “racists, homophobes, and hypocrites.” The Navy veteran engaged in a handful...

Spotlight Iowa City: National group honors UI professor

TOMMY MORGAN JR. April 16, 2010

For UI Professor Kim Marra, studying theater means digging deep into the past and finding correspondence, notes, and other ephemera that sheds light on the art centuries ago. Marra, 52, is fascinated...

Authorities can’t find man accused in shooting

DI STAFF April 16, 2010

A Cedar Rapids man accused of shooting an Iowa City man outside the now-closed Los Cocos bar has violated his probation, according to court documents. Bernard Butler, 19, pleaded guilty to going armed...

College of Law set to offer course on health-care reform

ARIANA WITT April 15, 2010

Second-year University of Iowa College of Law student Ned Brasington wants to know more about the recent health-care reform legislation. So he’s going to take a class at the UIabout it. “I’m interested...

Mason discusses 21-ordinance, diversity

DI STAFF April 15, 2010

DI: How will the UI prepare for the 21 ordinance now that it is passed? Mason: We’ve got quite a series of plans, obviously. Everything from making certain that we have more activities for students...

Volunteers aid international students as tax day nears

NORA HEATON April 15, 2010

Juan Pang doesn’t usually ask a person’s income the first time they meet. It can be considered crass, even rude. But with the University of Iowa international students coming into the Volunteer Income...

Law holding bar owners accountable for outside crime tricky in Iowa City

HOLLY HINES April 15, 2010

Some officials say enforcing newly signed legislation that holds bar owners accountable for illegal activity outside their businesses could be difficult in Iowa City, which has a high density of bars downtown. The...

UI professor recognized for work on water

JOSEPH BELK April 15, 2010

A University of Iowa engineering professor will be the recipient of a prestigious national award for excellence in water research. The National Water Research Institute will announce next week that Professor...

Second diversity officer candidate emphasizes cohesiveness

MITCHELL SCHMIDT April 15, 2010

Striving to increase diversity is nothing new to Eveadean Myers, the second candidate for the University of Iowa’s chief diversity officer position. Myers, who is the vice president for equity, diversity,...

UI looks to enhance study of aging, ‘brain drain’

SAM LANE April 15, 2010

From the sweeping cornfields of Iowa to Minnesota’s lakes to the rolling prairies of the Dakotas, populations across the Midwest have at least one thing in common: They’re getting older. As the disappearance...

Iowa State University student’s death likely caused by meningitis

MICHELLE HILLENBRAND April 15, 2010

After the death of Iowa State University student Travis James Good on Tuesday was linked to bacterial meningitis, University of Iowa officials said students worried about the disease can consider getting...