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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

Faculty react to grad report

MORGAN OLSEN January 28, 2010

A task force assembled to assess graduate programs is already drawing criticism, but those close to the process stress all findings are preliminary. The Graduate Task Force released the initial evaluations...

Owner sells Et Cetera bar

DANNY VALENTINE January 28, 2010

Goodbye Et Cetera. Hello, Slippery Petes. An owner of 3rd Base, 111 E. College St, along with the bar’s general manager and a third party, recently purchased the bar Et Cetera, 118 S. Dubuque St., after...

Proposed cuts put elementary teachers at risk

MARLEEN LINARES January 28, 2010

Some Iowa City school officials are worried proposed budget cuts could put elementary and secondary media teachers at risk. “Naturally, when any budget cuts are announced, it scares us,” Horn Elementary...

Small tax hike to fund communications center

GRACE SAVIDES January 28, 2010

Johnson County residents will soon see a small increase in their property taxes to help fund a new emergency-communications center. County residents will be taxed 70 cents on every $1,000 of property...

Students explore volunteer options

MEAGHAN ROHAN January 28, 2010

More than 200 UI students grabbed maps and passports on Wednesday, though they never left campus. These students didn’t have their passports stamped by airport security — they were traveling through...

Forum gives students inside look at economy

MORGAN OLSEN January 28, 2010

Everyone knows that our country is trying to crawl out of a recession, but not everyone understands how or why we got here. Dean Baker, a codirector of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in...

Spotlight Iowa City: Toys ’R’ her

JORDAN FRIES January 28, 2010

One hundred eighty-two dollars. That was the catalyst that transformed Claudia Kline into a victim’s advocate. A thief stole the cash from the 58-year-old one day in downtown Iowa City after she left...

Dining for a good cause

DI STAFF January 28, 2010

Students interested in helping with Haiti relief have two options for lunch today as the UI holds two benefits over the noon hour. A special Lunch with the Chefs titled “The UI Unites to Help Haiti”...

Supervisors set raises

DI STAFF January 28, 2010

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors agreed on salary raises for elected officials, their deputies, and non-bargaining employees at a budget meeting Wednesday. Elected officials and their deputies...

Man charged with 6th OWI

DI STAFF January 28, 2010

UI police charged a Marion man with his sixth OWI after he was reportedly found driving backwards on Gilbert Street without his headlights on. Kevin Knapp, 43, was charged Wednesday with OWI. Knapp has...

IC School District test scores fail to meet goals

MARLEEN LINARES January 27, 2010

Members of the Iowa City School Board are worried about students’ test scores. Students in the School District failed to meet state goals in their Iowa Test of Basic Skills scores in the fall of 2009,...

More students report mental-illness concerns

HOLLY HINES January 27, 2010

UI senior Katie Ovrom said she wants to do everything. But sometimes it stresses her out. “I think people are trying to do all of it, and that’s not really conceivable,” said the double major in...