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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 explores reasons students drop out

LAUREN MILLS December 17, 2009

UI officials are seeking answers about why students leave the university early, and they’re asking the students themselves. The Early Intervention Committee, which identifies students who are experiencing...

Best Buddies a big hit

MARLEEN LINARES December 17, 2009

As Laura Vukelich and Erin Schubert sat in a local ice-cream shop talking and laughing, they raised their arms to touch their fists together. “Best friends forever,” Schubert said with a bright smile...

The lights of the season

MITCHELL SCHMIDT December 17, 2009

Iowa City officials are spreading more holiday cheer this season in the form of glimmering lights. The bulbs went up before Thanksgiving and will light up downtown Iowa City until around the beginning...

Spotlight Iowa City: Breathing multicultural air

CHRIS CURTLAND December 17, 2009

Isabella Santoro thinks in a mix of languages. The UI senior is a dual citizen of the United States and Italy, and she has added English, French, and Spanish to her native Italian. In her four years...

Miles asks schools for further savings

DI STAFF December 17, 2009

On Wednesday, state Board of Regents’ President David Miles asked UI President Sally Mason, along with the other regent schools’ leaders, to examine their operations to find more efficiencies and cost-saving...

UI Surplus keeps items from ending up in landfill

SAM LANE December 16, 2009

On a given day, UI Surplus is packed with customers who rummage through the warehouse’s shelves of old Rolodexes, weathered desks, and hard drives. “When people come in asking me what’s new here,...

Judge overturns liquor-license denials

NICOLE KARLIS December 16, 2009

Two downtown bars will keep their liquor licenses, despite being denied by the Iowa City City Council for having high underage-drinking rates, a judge ruled Tuesday. Administrative Law Judge Margaret...

Kehoe gets life

REGINA ZILBERMINTS December 16, 2009

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa — For most of his wife’s murder trial, Eugene Kehoe has sat straight-faced. But on Tuesday, he wiped his eyes as he waited for his wife’s sentencing. First District Judge Bruce...

Workers deal with furloughs

SCOTT RAYNOR December 16, 2009

Some UI employees will be forced to take 40 unpaid hours off in the next six months in an effort to save the university roughly $2.5 million. All merit employees — which includes technical and security...

Closely knit bears for a cause

CHRIS CURTLAND December 16, 2009

For Emily Brink and thousands of children in Africa, happiness comes from two needles and some string. In two years of being involved with the Mother Bear Project, the UI freshman has donated more than...

Spotlight Iowa City: Cross-cultural man

TYLER LYON December 16, 2009

One of UI senior Paul Worrell’s fascinations lies in conflicting cultures living together. He observed such a divide firsthand in his hometown of Denison, Iowa, and the experience has forever shaped...

’Tis the season to give back

MITCHELL SCHMIDT December 15, 2009

Among barking and laughter, UI junior Katie Murph walked along the kennels in the Iowa City Animal Care and Adoption Center. With families roaming around the center to find their potential new pet at...