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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

Panel to aid in redistricting Iowa City schools

HOLLY HINES October 12, 2009

As part of a plan to address re-districting issues in the Iowa City School District, officials are reaching out to the community to form a committee specifically targeting the issue. Parents, teachers,...

Spotlight Iowa City: The engineer of human valves

SAMANTHA HONKEN October 12, 2009

Andy Wagner is living life at large on a very small scale. The fourth-year Ph.D. candidate spends most of his time in his research lab in the UI Pharmacy Building conducting cellular-level tissue engineering...

2 charged with fighting officers

DI STAFF October 12, 2009

Iowa City police charged two men with fighting police officers over the weekend in two separate incidents. Police charged Cole Riley, 22, of Chicago with interference with official acts causing bodily...

2 charged with 3rd OWIs

DI STAFF October 12, 2009

Authorities charged two local men with drunk driving for the third time over the weekend. William Northamer, 33, Coralville, and Dejuan Rance, 39, North Liberty were charged with third-offense OWI in...

City gets funding for fire station

DI STAFF October 12, 2009

Iowa City officials received slightly more than $2 million to help fund a fourth fire station last week. The city was granted $2,268,867 in I-JOBS Local Infrastructure Program funding, which officials...

H1N1 vaccine arrives

SAM LANE October 9, 2009

The Johnson County Public Health Department received 500 doses of the nasal H1N1 vaccine on Thursday, but UI students are not yet allowed to be vaccinated. Rather, county health care employees will receive...

UI grad lives through Samoan tsunami

KATHRYN STINSON October 9, 2009

The tide now rolls in peacefully along the southwest shores of Leone, Samoa, a stark contrast to the violent waves that sent the island into chaos after a violent tsunami struck early last week. Recent...

Little time for research

SAMANTHA HONKEN October 9, 2009

After a day spent in the office and classroom and an evening enjoyed with his two young children, UI history Associate Professor Marshall Poe heads back to work again before bed. This is a typical day...

Cambuses under one roof

LAUREN MILLS October 9, 2009

Officials from UI Facilities Management turned in final bids Oct. 7 for two projects to expand the Cambus maintenance facility so the entire black and gold fleet can be housed under the facility’s roof. The...

Course aimed at money

MARLEEN LINARES October 9, 2009

UI students could soon be able to learn the true value of a dollar. Student Credit and Money Management Services has developed a financial literacy course. If approved, one section will be offered in...

UI not in loan probe

PARKER SMITH October 9, 2009

The UI is not part of a U.S. Department of Education probe into Iowa Student Loan’s questionable relationship with the Iowa State University Alumni Association, officials have confirmed. The federal...

Spotlight Iowa City: The mother of whistlers

ALISSA ROSEN October 9, 2009

Connie Roberts makes whistles. But they’re hardly the typical, 25-cent plastic noisemakers a gym coach would wear around his neck. “I like to use everyday objects and give them a little twist,”...