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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 cancels asking patients for money

ASHLEY OERMAN November 20, 2009

After complaints from faculty, staff, and community members, UI officials confirmed Thursday they are canceling the proposed plan to solicit donations from hospital patients. “We have decided to cancel...

Man charged in Spence action

REGINA ZILBERMINTS November 20, 2009

About five years after a break-in at a UI lab that resulted in about $450,000 in damages, a federal prosecutor unsealed an indictment against a Minnesota man thought to be related to the incident. Though...

Saving truly little ones

HOLLY HINES November 20, 2009

During the first few days of Aebry Caughron’s life, her tiny hand could barely fit around her mother’s pinky fingernail. But during a checkup at the UI Hospitals and Clinics on Wednesday, the now...

Group aids students facing disabilities

EMILY BUSSE November 20, 2009

Carly Armour had never earned a grade below a C. So when Armour, who has been profoundly deaf in both ears since birth, was getting straight Fs by her junior year of college, she knew something was wrong. According...

DNA Facility gets $2 million

DI STAFF November 19, 2009

The DNA Facility in the UI Carver College of Medicine received a $2 million operational endowment, officials announced Tuesday. The endowment comes from the Carver Charitable Trust. The funds are a portion...

Obermann Center to probe industrialized food

DI STAFF November 19, 2009

Researchers from the UI Obermann Center for Advanced Studies are exploring how industrialized food affects consumers in a variety of ways. The Cmiel Research Semester — called “World Fares: Food,...

UI Health Care moves against premature births

DI STAFF November 19, 2009

UI Health Care is teaming up with the March of Dimes this month, which is Prematurity Awareness Month, to help improve Iowa’s premature birth rate. Representatives from both organizations discussed...

Report: Chem lab actions unsafe

SAM LANE November 19, 2009

A UI task force found a slew of inappropriate laboratory practices occurring in the Chemistry Building, which at least 11 occupants say have caused them to become ill since 2007, according to a report...

Fire forces Parklawn evacuation

DI STAFF November 19, 2009

A small fire forced about 130 residents to evacuate the UI’s Parklawn Apartments on Wednesday morning. Iowa City firefighters responded to a report of an automatic alarm. A UI police officer on the...

State may move to ban Everclear 151

JORDAN FRIES November 19, 2009

State officials will meet today to discuss whether to halt sales of Everclear 151 in Iowa in response to an incident last week at Drake University, when a 19-year-old student ingested cups of Everclear...

Summit lawsuit may set precedent

REGINA ZILBERMINTS November 19, 2009

Summit owner Mike Porter’s lawsuit against Iowa City could decide the future of the city’s PAULA-ratio policy. But an expected loss of revenue until then may be hard for the downtown bar to swallow. The...

Researcher studies woman without fear

SHANE ERSLAND November 19, 2009

When a stranger put a knife to S.M.’s throat and threatened to kill her, she didn’t even flinch. Rather, S.M. — as she is known at the UI Hospitals and Clinics — looked at the man and simply told...