The scraping of chair legs and rustling of coats filled the room as parents sprung to their feet Thursday evening.
They weren’t happy.
The Iowa City School Board had just voted to cut off busing to...
When Iowa City resident Jeanne Beckman graduated from the University of South Dakota, she did it with a degree not heard of anymore: home economics.
Studying cooking, textiles, and the economics of running...
A UI task force that found some practices in the Chemistry Building were unsafe and could have contributed to several occupants’ illnesses will hold two forums today to discuss its findings and recommendations.
The...
UI students will have to pay $100 more next semester after the state Board of Regents approved a tuition surcharge for spring semester Thursday on a 6-3 vote.
Originally presented at the board’s Oct....
The state Board of Regents is asking its institutions to explore 19 new cost-saving opportunities following a consulting firm’s investigation into the entire state’s budget crisis.
The regents’...
Discovering new ways to educate students on alcohol safety has been classified as a “public-health issue affecting the entire community” by UI Provost Wallace Loh.
But the university must overcome...
When UI junior Amanda Seaquist went to get her car Thursday morning, she had a surprise waiting for her: an empty parking spot.
“There were no other cars on the street, so I figured my car got towed,”...
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether a religious student group, which has a chapter at the UI, will be forced to change its constitution banning gays and lesbians as officers and voting members or...
Chaotic.
That is how many UI students described the snowball fight on the Pentacrest on Wednesday evening. They lobbed snowballs into the night sky. Puffs of white went up from heads and jackets as the...
The winter and I do not get along.
I made the decision to attend the UI after visiting campus twice: once just before winter set in and once right after it had ended.
Unlike right now, the campus was...
The Iowa City police may soon welcome six new members to the team, including one specifically designated to work with teens.
The Iowa City City Council turned talk of the potential hirings into a reality...
Susan Johnson will have a new job next year.
Starting Jan. 1, Johnson will take over as a UI ombudsperson, helping students, staff, and faculty work through difficult problems.
Appointed by UI President...
