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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

Spotlight Iowa City: Making Hawkeye game day run smoothly

MICHELE DANNO February 25, 2010

Paula Jantz is not a member of the Iowa football team. But every home game day, the petite 56-year-old woman joins the Hawkeyes in their tradition of tapping the bronze helmet on the Nile Kinnick statue...

Students petition to fund UI Human Rights Center

ARIANA WITT February 24, 2010

A group of University of Iowa students are circulating an electronic petition in hopes of saving a decade-old human-rights program. Recent across-the-board budget cuts could damage the UI Center for Human...

Familiar architect to design Art School

JORDAN FRIES February 24, 2010

University of Iowa officials are bringing in a familiar face to co-design a new building for the School of Art and Art History. Architect Rod Kruse, who is with the Des Moines branch of BNIM, will work...

Southeast Side residents discuss area’s development

REGINA ZILBERMINTS February 24, 2010

Brightly colored stickers will help city officials determine which projects Southeast Side residents view as most vital. Approximately 70 people gathered around posters at the back of a Southeast Junior...

School Board accepts City High principal’s resignation

NORA HEATON February 24, 2010

City High Principal Mark Hanson has a lot of local support. But that didn’t stop the Iowa City School Board from accepting his resignation Tuesday night. Nearly 700 community members offered signatures...

Recruiters travel to Washington, D.C., embassies

EMILY BUSSE February 24, 2010

A new recruitment effort in the nation’s capital could help University of Iowa officials bring in more international students. For the first time, UI representatives traveled to Washington, D.C., and...

Mason, Staff Council panel discuss budget, Hancher in closed session

MORGAN OLSEN February 24, 2010

University of Iowa President Sally Mason spoke with the UI Staff Council Executive Committee — in closed session — about decisions facing the UI community. Tuesday’s meeting highlighted issues...

Spotlight Iowa City: Keeping life and meals local and vegan at Red Avocado

TOMMY MORGAN JR. February 24, 2010

In Dave Burt’s opinion, the vegan diet can greatly affect the world. Burt, a native of Scotland, first came to the United States 20 years ago as a student. He always had an interest in cooking, and...

Offering pancakes, IHOP raises money for UI Children’s Hospital

KELLIE PETERSEN February 24, 2010

Many enjoy a good morning flapjack, but eating pancakes took on a greater purpose Tuesday. In celebration of National Pancake Day, IHOP hosted its fifth-annual fundraiser for the Children’s Miracle...

Redistricting discussion moves to Wood Elementary

NORA HEATON February 23, 2010

Iowa City School District officials heard from a different crowd Monday night. Parents and community members gathered at Wood Elementary, 1930 Lakeside Drive, to discuss boundary-change scenarios with...

Displaced residents recover after fire

HOLLY HINES February 23, 2010

Olga Mironova sat in a backroom at the University Bookstore on Monday and said she was lucky she lost so little in the fire that destroyed her apartment. Two fellow store employees stood nearby — both...

Spotlight Iowa City: Aiding personal growth

MEAGHAN ROHAN February 23, 2010

Janet Shepherd is a coach who loves to play. As a seminar leader for the Iowa City Learning Foundation, an organization that offers classes to promote personal growth, she tries to improve people’s...