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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

Board ponders possible conflicts of interest

DI STAFF October 7, 2009

Iowa City School Board members said they may seek guidance from the Iowa Attorney General’s Office regarding possible conflict-of-interest issues. At the School Board’s retreat, members discussed...

Council OKs loitering ordinance

DI STAFF October 7, 2009

The Iowa City City Council, on a 6-1 vote Tuesday night, passed the loitering ordinance. The ordinance will go into effect Oct. 16. It will carry a $50 fine for people who congregate in large groups and...

Judge orders UI to turn over Hillcrest-assault documents

DI STAFF October 7, 2009

A local judge ordered the UI to turn over more than 1,100 documents related to a sexual-assault investigation involving two former Hawkeye football players. Sixth District Judge Douglas Russell decided...

Attempted-murder trial delayed

DI STAFF October 7, 2009

The trial of an Iowa City man accused of attempted murder has been delayed. Gregory Phillips, 55, is now scheduled to go to trial Feb. 8, 2010. His pretrial conference will be Jan. 28, 2010. Phillips’s...

UI may lose more funds

DI STAFF October 7, 2009

The UI could potentially see a 1 to 5 percent reversion in its budget, Faculty Council officials said. At the Faculty Council meeting Tuesday, David Drake, thepresident of the Faculty Senate, addressed...

Students work with campus police

REGINA ZILBERMINTS October 6, 2009

Jade Hankes swiveled in her chair, 10 flat-panel computer monitors mounted in front of her. Each screen carried a different image. Students walked between classes on a feed from a UIbuilding. A map...

Local car sales go clunk

MICHELLE BORYCA October 6, 2009

Car dealers have hit a road bump one month after the end of the popular Cash for Clunkers program. Auto sales plunged 41 percent nationwide in September, the first month after the federal Car Allowance...

Disability Summit to include students and national guest speaker

ERIN PHILLIPS October 6, 2009

Not every disability comes with a wheelchair. From mental illness to hearing loss and learning difficulties, hundreds of UI students live every day with a disability, but many go unnoticed. In an attempt...

City to skip property taxes

HOLLY HINES October 6, 2009

City councilors will not likely spend city money on what Iowa law refers to as “token” property taxes. After purchasing flood-damaged buyout properties in the middle of the fiscal year, the city became...

Journalism School eyes revised curriculum

DANNY VALENTINE October 6, 2009

Under the reins of a new director, the UI School of Journalism and Mass Communication is preparing a massive revamp of its curriculum as journalism across the country is brimming with uncertainty. The...

Afghan activist speaks out against violence

LAUREN MILLS October 6, 2009

Although she answers to “Zoya,” it is not her real name. As a speaker for Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan, a group pushing women’s rights, she must keep her identity a secret. The...

Getting out the blood for Homecoming

KATHRYN STINSON October 6, 2009

Greek letters and vibrant T-shirts overwhelmed the IMU’s second-floor ballroom as students lined up to donate blood at the annual Homecoming blood drive. The UI Homecoming Committee sponsored the event,...