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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

UI, UI Physicians drop lawsuit

DI STAFF February 18, 2010

The UI and UI Physicians have dropped their case against a health-care management company, according to court documents. In September 2008, the UI parties filed a lawsuit against Interplan Health Group....

Group wants man charged in death to pay for funeral

DI STAFF February 18, 2010

The Crime Victim Compensation Program has asked that an Iowa City man charged with involuntary manslaughter pay for the funeral of the alleged victim. Alajuwon Shamar Johnson, 26, was charged Jan. 1 in...

UI-run swim club cleared

DI STAFF February 18, 2010

A UI-run swimming club is not in direct competition with another Iowa City group and may continue to operate, according to the university’s General Counsel Office. The university is not allowed to compete...

Officials to examine sexual-harassment policy

DI STAFF February 18, 2010

Fewer than two weeks after the UI released its proposed sexual-harassment policy, officials have targeted three sections of the document that need further consideration. Jonathan Carlson, the senior...

Students hype underdog congressional candidates

ADAM B SULLIVAN February 17, 2010

Chinese across the globe rang in the Year of the Tiger earlier this week. But for politicos on campus, 2010 looks more like the year of the underdog. Still 81⁄2 months from the general election, some...

Other schools eye UISG administrator forums

JORDAN FRIES February 17, 2010

As budget cuts threaten universities nationwide, the UI Student Government is trying to keep students in the loop with regular public forums. But turnout has been low. Roughly 15 students showed up for...

Activity-fee debate finally resolved

MICHELLE HILLENBRAND February 17, 2010

A roughly yearlong debate over how to allocate the UI’s Student Activity Fee funds could finally be wrapping up. The UI Student Government approved a new committee at its meeting Tuesday evening that...

Government changes on early Alzheimer’s

MORGAN OLSEN February 17, 2010

When UI journalism lecturer Ann Haugland asked her class how many of them had relatives affected by Alzheimer’s last fall, she was surprised when nearly half the students raised their hands. After Haugland’s...

Traffic fatalities drop

SAM LANE February 17, 2010

Bob Thompson remembers when he was a young driver in Iowa. “We were really having a bloodbath on Iowa’s and the nation’s roads,” Thompson, the traffic-records coordinator for the Governor’s...

UI to offer philanthropy-centered curriculum

KELLIE PETERSEN February 17, 2010

Students wishing to pursue a career in philanthropy may soon get a head start. A $100,000 gift to the UI Foundation from UI alumnus Kevin Gruneich will be used to fund a philanthropy-centered curriculum...

Spotlight Iowa City: She really digs her job

JOSIE JONES February 17, 2010

Sarah Horgen likes to dig. Whether it’s 120 degrees outside or the ground is frozen and topped with a layer of snow, she said, she loves everything that comes with archaeology. “It’s really not...

Council knocks fee back 1 percent

DI STAFF February 17, 2010

The Iowa City City Council voted to pass and adopt a reduction of the city’s franchise fee from 2 percent to 1 percent at Tuesday’s meeting. Councilors unanimously passed the reduction after requesting...