For Mark Isham, cartooning is not just mindless doodling — it is his way of keeping a journal. The UI adjunct lecturer has kept a daily comic of his life, drawing one a day, since Jan. 17, 2007.
“It’s...
COUNCIL BLUFFS — The state Board of Regents granted UI officials permission to add two new programs — a bachelor of arts program in ethics and public policy and a bachelor of arts program in enivronmental...
A Johnson County judge will soon decide whether to dismiss the lawsuit that Phillip Jones, the former UI vice president for Student Services, filed against the UI, UI President Sally Mason, and the state...
The U.S. House passed a bill on Thursday that could dramatically speed up the way students apply for federal financial aid.
Officials said they hope the bill will simplify the application process, a yearly...
A Mexican man in his early 40s sat focused at the end of a long table, stumbling over his pronunciation of “fireworks.” Not far away, a woman studied for the U.S. citizenship test, easily answering...
The Wal-Mart cash register intones the familiar beep as bread, turkey, cookies, chips, and plastic gloves slide past the scanner.
UI graduate Mitch Moylan pays the $35.02 bill, but the food isn’t for...
COUNCIL BLUFFS — UI students may face steeper tuition increases next year because of the ongoing financial struggles of Iowa’s universities, one member of the state Board of Regents said on Thursday.
Tuition...
For two UI alums, a class assignment turned into a company.
The business, J&J Solutions, is a concept developed in 2006 by John Slump and Jared Garfield as a part of the UI’s entrepreneurial program...
COUNCIL BLUFFS — UI President Sally Mason will not receive a pay raise for fiscal 2010, but she could receive a bonus of up to $80,000.
The state Board of Regents announced at its Thursday meeting in...
The number of suicides has more than tripled for adults ages 21 to 40 in the last year in Johnson County.
In 2008, there were four suicides in that age group. So far, that number has already reached 13...
Chuck Panzer didn’t think he had a drinking problem. But in 1988, he lost his job, received his third OWI, and was ordered to be evaluated at the Mid-eastern Council on Chemical Abuse center in Iowa...
When senior citizens talk, Karen Davis is there to listen.
Davis, 40, has worked closely with elderly Iowa City residents for the past two and a half years, helping them transition into retirement-community...
