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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

Woman arrested for alleged library DVD theft

DI STAFF December 18, 2009

Iowa City police have arrested a woman for allegedly failing to return 53 DVDs to the Iowa City Public Library. Saira Denny-Cline, 23, 1100 Arthur St. Apt. 13, was charged with second-degree theft. According...

Man arrested on drug charges

DI STAFF December 18, 2009

Iowa City police have arrested a man after he allegedly sold officers drugs on more than one occasion. Nathan Howard, 36, 2109 Western Road, was charged with three counts of controlled-substance violation. Officers...

Bill would change regents

EMILY BUSSE December 18, 2009

By Christmas, Rep. Jeff Kaufmann, R-Wilton, said, he will draft a bill that would drastically restructure the state Board of Regents. The “Regents Reform” bill will include Kaufmann’s three main...

UI explores reasons students drop out

LAUREN MILLS December 17, 2009

UI officials are seeking answers about why students leave the university early, and they’re asking the students themselves. The Early Intervention Committee, which identifies students who are experiencing...

Best Buddies a big hit

MARLEEN LINARES December 17, 2009

As Laura Vukelich and Erin Schubert sat in a local ice-cream shop talking and laughing, they raised their arms to touch their fists together. “Best friends forever,” Schubert said with a bright smile...

The lights of the season

MITCHELL SCHMIDT December 17, 2009

Iowa City officials are spreading more holiday cheer this season in the form of glimmering lights. The bulbs went up before Thanksgiving and will light up downtown Iowa City until around the beginning...

Spotlight Iowa City: Breathing multicultural air

CHRIS CURTLAND December 17, 2009

Isabella Santoro thinks in a mix of languages. The UI senior is a dual citizen of the United States and Italy, and she has added English, French, and Spanish to her native Italian. In her four years...

Miles asks schools for further savings

DI STAFF December 17, 2009

On Wednesday, state Board of Regents’ President David Miles asked UI President Sally Mason, along with the other regent schools’ leaders, to examine their operations to find more efficiencies and cost-saving...

Budget woes may endanger sabbaticals

JORDAN FRIES December 17, 2009

UI linguistics Professor William Davies has visited Indonesia numerous times on the university’s dime. But these aren’t pleasure vacations; he was on sabbatical — known in academia as professional-development...

Remaining stimulus money to fund several new projects

JOHN DOETKOTT December 17, 2009

While a majority of the UI’s stimulus money went to salaries and benefits for employees who will leave the university, several other important projects will also depend on the federal funding. The UI...

Judge overturns liquor-license denials

NICOLE KARLIS December 16, 2009

Two downtown bars will keep their liquor licenses, despite being denied by the Iowa City City Council for having high underage-drinking rates, a judge ruled Tuesday. Administrative Law Judge Margaret...

Kehoe gets life

REGINA ZILBERMINTS December 16, 2009

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa — For most of his wife’s murder trial, Eugene Kehoe has sat straight-faced. But on Tuesday, he wiped his eyes as he waited for his wife’s sentencing. First District Judge Bruce...