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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

Trial reset in slaying

DI STAFF April 6, 2010

The trial has been reset for a 17-year-old charged in the slaying of John Versypt, the landlord of an Iowa City apartment complex, for Sept. 20, according to court documents. According the documents, the...

City urges people to respond to census

DI STAFF April 6, 2010

As of Monday, Iowa City had a 65 percent mail participation rate for the current census, 5 points above the national average, according to reports from the Census Bureau. Iowa ranked fifth in the nation...

E-mails detail UI officials’ support of 21-ordinance

NORA HEATON and MORGAN OLSEN April 6, 2010

To ensure his suggestion of making Iowa City bars 21-only succeeds, Mayor Matt Hayek requested specifc support from the University of Iowa — including direct advocacy from UI President Sally Mason, e-mails...

City set to deal with house parties

EMILY BUSSE April 6, 2010

Neighbors will have to step up complaints to help combat a potential increase in the number of house parties if the 21-ordinance is passed, Iowa City city councilors said Monday. Councilors and police...

Health-care reform could help nursing crisis

JOSEPH BELK April 6, 2010

In their clinical briefing for a nursing class, students diligently jotted down notes for a patient who had undergone a tracheotomy. In a clinic room down the hall, an advanced “simulation mannequin”...

School Board to discuss membership with Iowa Association of School Boards, amid controversy

HOLLY HINES April 6, 2010

The Iowa City School Board is set to discuss this spring its membership in the Iowa Association of School Boards, which is under investigation for claims of mismanaged funds, later this spring. Iowa legislators...

UI preps for severe weather

DI STAFF April 5, 2010

As national Severe Weather Awareness Week begins, University of Iowa officials are urging the university community to prepare for severe weather and visit the UI Severe Weather Website. This includes...

Dangerous drinking progress without 21-ordinance

DANNY VALENTINE April 5, 2010

Lincoln, Neb. — Good news, students. University and community members have reduced the binge-drinking rate by about 20 percent, according to the ombudsman’s office. Neighborhoods are safer and quieter;...

21-only worked for Illinois college town

MITCHELL SCHMIDT April 5, 2010

Banning underage people from bars was the wisest decision officials in a university town in Illinois made in curbing underage drinking, they say — though it took them a few years to realize it. In 1994,...

Alcohol violations on record? Meet with a faculty member

JOSEPH BELK April 5, 2010

University of Iowa students charged with some alcohol-related offenses will soon have to begin meeting with faculty to discuss substance use. The new program set to launch in the fall, called Critical...

A year later, same-sex marriage debate still alive

ADAM B SULLIVAN April 5, 2010

Gay-rights activists across Iowa are celebrating the one-year anniversary of an Iowa Supreme Court ruling that effectively legalized same-sex marriage. While they tally each of Iowa’s more than 2,000...

Friends with benefits — or consequences?

MORGAN OLSEN April 5, 2010

Your “friend with benefits” could cost you. Casual partners are likely to have more than one sexual partner at once, a University of Iowa study found. That results in a greater risk of sexually transmitted...