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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

Spotlight Iowa City: Bearing witness for Palestinians

SHANE ERSLAND November 4, 2009

For seven weeks, Dennis Bricker slept on the roof of a 12-by-16 foot concrete building in the Palestinian territory, a place in which Israeli occupants marched threateningly with rifles. During the day,...

Library announces change

DI STAFF November 4, 2009

UI graduate and undergraduate honors students will now be able to check out regularly circulating books for a one-year period, according to the UI Libraries’ circulation department. Books will now be...

E-mail change coming

DI STAFF November 4, 2009

Hawkmail users routing to non-Hawkmail addresses will lose their accounts on Nov. 9 unless the e-mail address is routed back, according to UI Information Technology Services. The change will take place...

Frazier wins award

DI STAFF November 4, 2009

UI alumnus and Daily Iowan photography coach Danny Wilcox Frazier has won an Online Journalism Award for his documentary Driftless: Stories from Iowa, a black-and-white collection that has been praised...

Panel to cover gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender issues

DI STAFF November 4, 2009

The UI College of Education Diversity Committee is sponsoring a Thursday event on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues in the Main Library’s Shambaugh Auditorium. At the panel discussion,...

Call for photos

DI STAFF November 4, 2009

UI online journalism students are asking students to submit photos and video shots on or around the campus for a documentary photography project to reflect campus life. The submission deadline for the...

2nd Off-Campus Living Expo nears

DI STAFF November 4, 2009

Students worried about living off campus will have an opportunity to talk to experts about their rights at the second Off-Campus Living Expo on Thursday. The event will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m....

UI to change rhetoric courses

JORDAN FRIES November 4, 2009

Students who complain about the rigors of rhetoric may soon be quieted by changes UI officials are implementing. The Dean Student Advisory Committee recently persuaded officials to begin offering only...

Mims, Dickens, and Champion victorious

NICOLE KARLIS November 4, 2009

After months of campaigning, Terry Dickens and Susan Mims will join the Iowa City City Council in January, and Connie Champion will return. The election saw one of the lowest turnouts in 30 years —...

UIHC pulls back donation plan

JOHN DOETKOTT November 4, 2009

The UI Hospitals and Clinics is delaying its plan to ask patients if they want to receive information about donating to the hospital. The decision comes in response to concerns from staff members and...

Witness: Michelle Kehoe mentally ill

REGINA ZILBERMINTS November 4, 2009

GRUNDY CENTER, Iowa — Michelle Kehoe’s defense opened its case Tuesday with description of the Coralville woman’s long history of mental illness. “It is not faked, it is not feigned, it is not...

DeGowin faces big run on platelets

JORDAN FRIES November 3, 2009

The DeGowin Blood Center is looking for more platelet donations after seeing astronomical demand recently. Platelet use at the UI Hospital and Clinics has been 50 to 60 percent above normal during the...