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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

Faculty Senate backs 21-only bars

MORGAN OLSEN March 24, 2010

Fewer than two weeks after the University of Iowa Faculty Council endorsed the city’s proposed 21-ordinance, the Faculty Senate followed suit on Tuesday. The senators were also confronted with a draft...

UIHC expansion still on hold

EMILY BUSSE March 24, 2010

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics officials said they are not ready to present the proposed Iowa River Landing expansion project at today’s state Board of Regents meeting. After UIHC officials...

Drill prepares UI for flood season

GRACE SAVIDES March 24, 2010

Humming bulldozers and rising dust surrounded roughly 40 University of Iowa employees as they practiced building flood barriers behind the Studio Arts Building on Tuesday. In three teams, they assembled...

Spotlight Iowa City: Working in the public interest

PATRICK RAFFERTY March 24, 2010

Relaxing in his hotel room at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago after a daylong conference, Ryan Landi, 22, can’t stop thinking about ways to increase social responsibility. “He was always that way,”...

Woman charged with abetting theft

DI STAFF March 24, 2010

Police charged a Chicago woman after she allegedly withdrew $2,400 from a defunct account and failed to reimburse the bank. Ini Guzman, 31, was charged Feb. 19 with aiding and abetting second-degre theft. Guzman...

Toilet-lid attack brings charges

DI STAFF March 24, 2010

An Iowa City woman allegedly attacked her sister with the lid of a toilet. Nitasha Johnson, 20, 2401 Highway 6 E. Apt. 3805, was charged with domestic-abuse assault without causing injury and interference...

Obama set to speak at UI Field House

HOLLY HINES March 23, 2010

University of Iowa students say President Obama should clarify the effects of major health-care reform during his visit to the UI campus on Thursday. Obama is set to speak at 1 p.m. in the Field House...

21-only may come by June 1

SAM LANE March 23, 2010

A proposed ordinance to prohibit those under age 21 from entering bars after 10 p.m. may take effect on June 1, Iowa City city councilors said at a Monday work session. As many Iowa City citizens prepare...

UI administrations backed 21-only in the past

MORGAN OLSEN March 23, 2010

Though University of Iowa officials have supported a 21-ordinance before, some say President Sally Mason’s administration is taking the strongest stance. Mason, who has said she regrets not supporting...

Student aid reform could mean more UI Pell Grants

BONNIE ERLBACHER March 23, 2010

University of Iowa students will likely see more federal money under massive changes to a national student-aid program passed late Sunday by the U.S. House of Representatives. Under the new plan, Pell...

Mayflower residents warned of flooding

MICHELLE HILLENBRAND March 23, 2010

For students living in Mayflower Hall, spring rainfall could mean more than blooming flowers and the onset of summer. It could mean a new home. According to an e-mail from University Housing Director...

UI officials stock up on $750,000 in flood materials

GRACE SAVIDES March 23, 2010

Flood season is coming, and, this time, the University of Iowa is preparing. UI Facilities Management is in the process of acquiring water pumps, sandbags, generators, and three miles worth of portable...