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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 lags in RAs’ IDs

DANNY VALENTINE November 30, 2009

UI freshman Betsy Bates said she was really scared when two men knocked at her Burge Hall door around midnight one recent Friday. Outside through the peep hole she saw two college-age people: One wore...

UI shuns advisers on budget

EMILY BUSSE November 30, 2009

While several large universities have hired outside consultants to help trim their budgets — the University of California-Berkeley dropped $3 million for its evaluation — UI Provost Wallace Loh said...

Officials eye bars’ cover charges

NICOLE KARLIS November 30, 2009

Every weekend, UI students and others form long lines outside downtown bars, waiting to dish out their cash to enter. Now, city officials want to know where money generated from cover charges goes and...

UI researchers aim to prevent birth defects

SHANE ERSLAND November 30, 2009

Jeff Murray is searching for a way to prevent cleft palate. But the UI Carver College of Medicine professor isn’t sure what causes the defect. In fact, researchers nationwide have yet to fully understand...

UI med students take proactive approach to politics

SAM LANE November 30, 2009

As a future medical professional, Dustin Krutsinger thinks the government should play a limited role in health care. This philosophy pushed him to create a new student organization working to spread the...

UIHC Disney trip defended

SCOTT RAYNOR November 30, 2009

While some have questioned UI Hospital and Clinics officials’ pricey proposed Disney World visit for a lesson in management, others say no area options would meet the hospital’s needs. UIHC officials...

Spotlight Iowa City: 2008 election collides with gay rights

JOSIE JONES November 30, 2009

It was difficult for Justin Dewey to let go of America! (Our Better History), the first play he ever produced. But after helping make the casting decisions, Dewey slowly allowed the director to shape the...

Judge mulls releasing man charged in Spence break-in

DI STAFF November 30, 2009

A Minneapolis man charged in connection with the 2004 Spence Lab break-in at the UI will remain in jail today while a federal judge decides whether to release him until his trial. Prosecutors allege Scott...

An officer’s Ped Mall patrol

Rob Cash stands out among the legions of college students lined up outside the bars on Clinton Street. Dressed in pristine navy blue, with neatly buzzed hair and a clean-shaven face, the 34-year-old nonchalantly...

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...