Margalea Warner never thought she’d make it to celebrate her 50th birthday.
“I am a person living with a mental illness of schizophrenia,” she said. “I’m in recovery, I work full-time, and I...
Petitioners are stationing themselves outside local malls, searching for support on a $75,000 special election for Johnson County residents to vote on the open Board of Supervisors seat.
A committee including...
UI Professor Mitch Kelly said he opens each semester by recounting the tale of a poor lost freshman who wandered into his class looking for the “reetoric” department.
After learning he was in the...
For more than 16 years, policymakers have not asked much about “Don’t ask, don’t tell.” But as politicians begin debating the controversial policy, UI military personnel are also weighing in on...
For UI sophomore and street performer Andrew Wagner, that means a little square of bricks on the Pedestrian Mall next to Brothers Bar & Grill. It’s perfect: not too noisy, with a lot of foot traffic.
“It’s...
Three Iowa City men were arrested after throwing a keg party and allegedly selling alcohol to a police officer and people under the legal age, according to Iowa City police.
John Solsma, 21, was charged...
The Fraternal Order of Eagles delivered the first $5 million installment of a $25 million pledge to establish the Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center.
Eagles leaders presented the gift...
Labyrinth Days for the 2009-10 school year began at Old Brick on Sunday from 3 to 7 p.m.
The events will continue at the same time through December and again in February through May.
Hosted by Soul Friends,...
The UI will receive approximately $2.6 million in National Institutes of Health funding for biomedical research, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, recently announced.
Funding is provided through the American Recovery...
The art-education area of the UI will hold Saturday art workshops for children ages 5 to 13 starting Oct. 10.
One available workshop, Fashion Runway Design Ranch, allows students to create projects with...
When Blair Wagner’s daughter Libby was in third grade, her friends stopped talking to her. For months, Libby was treated as a “nonperson,” and Wagner said she felt helpless watching her daughter...
UI President Sally Mason predicted future adjustments to the university’s budget, but she remained optimistic throughout her annual “State of the U” address Thursday afternoon.
Around 200 people...
