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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: Aiding personal growth

MEAGHAN ROHAN February 23, 2010

Janet Shepherd is a coach who loves to play. As a seminar leader for the Iowa City Learning Foundation, an organization that offers classes to promote personal growth, she tries to improve people’s...

No raises for most administrators

DI STAFF February 23, 2010

The majority of higher-education institutions did not increase senior-level staff salaries for the first time in more than 25 years, according to a survey released Monday by the College and University...

Prosecutors respond in Spence trial

DI STAFF February 23, 2010

Prosecutors in the trial of a Minneapolis man charged in connection with the 2004 break-in at the University of Iowa Spence Labs and Seashore Hall have filed responses to the defendant’s motions, according...

Man charged with sex-offender address violation

DI STAFF February 23, 2010

The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a convicted sex offender, alleging that he failed to register a new address within five business days of changing residences. Darian Shankle, 32, address...

UI wins cancer grant

DI STAFF February 23, 2010

The University of Iowa has garnered $607,188 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for cancer detection and diagnosis, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said in a statement Monday. The money...

Loh: Grad programs can learn from dentistry consolidations

MORGAN OLSEN February 22, 2010

While the East and West Campuses are divided by a river, both are finding new ways to operate in the face of budget cuts. In July 2009, most of the UI Hospital and Clinics’ family-dentistry program...

Cornucopia of diversity

MARLEEN LINARES February 22, 2010

For Shriya Anavkar, the UI Celebrating Cultural Diversity Festival was more than a chance to express her culture. At the Sunday festival, she and her husband stood behind a long black table embellished...

Hygienic Laboratory IDs salmonella

MITCHELL SCHMIDT February 22, 2010

Dressed in white lab coats and purple latex gloves, University of Iowa microbiologists worked laboriously to locate and identify some of the smallest organisms on the planet. Scientists at the UI Hygenic...

Former UI band director dies

MITCHELL SCHMIDT February 22, 2010

Frank Piersol’s son remembers him as a man dedicated to his family, his friends, and his love for music. Piersol, a former UI band director, died Feb. 19. He was 98 years old. The former director of...

Proposed bill could create charter schools

NORA HEATON February 22, 2010

School boards looking to chart a new course may have more options. If passed, a proposed state bill would create a state-sanctioned board to help create charter schools, public institutions with a niche...

Drug-resistant bugs growing in number

SAM LANE February 22, 2010

For roughly two and a half years, the UI has been at the forefront of research into one of the most common pathogens affecting Americans. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a pathogenic bacteria...

Spotlight Iowa City: 30 years of fighting sexual abuse in IC

MICHELLE HILLENBRAND February 22, 2010

Like many college students in Iowa City, Karla Miller spent the occasional night out with girlfriends. One of those seemingly simple nights, however, ended up changing her life forever. After a softball...