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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

Perry to serve as Englert’s exec director

DI STAFF April 9, 2010

The Englert Theatre has appointed Mission Creek Festival founder Andre Perry as its new executive director. Perry, a Princeton University graduate, will continue to serve as president and primary programmer...

UI wants athletes to back 21-ordinance

EVELYN LAU April 9, 2010

University of Iowa officials may look to student-athletes as the next voices to endorse the newly passed 21-ordinance. During a meeting with the Presidential Committee on Athletics Thursday, Provost Wallace...

UI to raze Hawkeye Court in next five years

ARIANA WITT April 9, 2010

Moussa Fall’s dimly lit, two-bedroom apartment is a cramped space. Boxes from the post office sit on his couch, and his students’ assignments are piled on top of a tiny wooden desk next to canned food. The...

School Board decides to hear more public input

HOLLY HINES April 9, 2010

The public needs more time to weigh in on an additional plan to redistrict Iowa City schools, School Board members decided Thursday. The board agreed to host another public forum on May 4 to solicit input...

10,000 Hours show also brings hours of work

MARLEEN LINARES April 9, 2010

A subcommittee of seven University of Iowa students spent 30 minutes attempting to complete details for decorations, catering, and pre-party invitations. Four other students debated the design of concert...

‘21’ battle is on

MITCHELL SCHMIDT April 8, 2010

The 21-ordinance could be short-lived. At least, that’s what one University of Iowa freshman hopes. UI student Raj Patel began collecting signatures Wednesday to put the bars’ entry-age issue on...

More companies turn to unpaid internships

SAM LANE April 8, 2010

On top of a summer course and her waitressing stint, University of Iowa junior Lani Salzman took on another job last summer — an unpaid internship. “With this economy, I was grateful just to have...

Loh: New faculty hires coming

SAM LANE April 8, 2010

University of Iowa officials announced two new interdisciplinary cluster hirings Wednesday, which will bring 20 new faculty to the UI. The hirings, in the “Aging in the Heartland,” and “Public Humanities”...

Southeast Side residents share stories in final forum

JOSEPH BELK April 8, 2010

Cindy Roberts told a crowd of around 50 people Wednesday about her young daughter making a new friend at school. She likes the same cafeteria food, her daughter said. And they kind of looked alike. That...

County votes to restore historic Sutliff Bridge

MICHAEL ARRIOLA April 8, 2010

A packed room erupted with applause after the Johnson County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 on Wednesday to rebuild the historic and nationally recognized Sutliff Bridge. The bridge, which spans the Cedar...

Some worried Hawk Alert still not glitch free

NORA HEATON April 8, 2010

Some warnings sounded too late Wednesday morning, when the University of Iowa Hawk Alert’s annual test experienced a few technological glitches. The campuswide emergency-notification system sends warning...

Spotlight Iowa City: Bringing Obama to schoolchildren

MICHELLE HILLENBRAND April 8, 2010

Sasha and Malia Obama have an interesting choice when it comes to play time: If they want to color, they can break out the crayons and shade in a picture of their dad, thanks to author Chris Offenburger...