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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

Afro-American Center to celebrate

DI STAFF September 15, 2009

The Afro-American Cultural Center will celebrate 41 years of helping students this weekend. The organization will hold a Rededication and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at 5 p.m. on Friday at the African American...

UI receives radiation grants

DI STAFF September 15, 2009

Various research groups have awarded UI radiation oncology faculty more than $3.7 million. The U.S. Department of Energy and NASA gave $1.4 million to Douglas Spitz, a UI professor of radiation oncology. Spitz,...

UISG may endorse students running for City Council

KATHRYN STINSON September 15, 2009

UI Student Government members will discuss endorsing the three UI students running for the Iowa City City Council at its first meeting of the year tonight. Sens. Kyle Schwarz and Whitney Carson will present...

Participation in LGBT organizations high

EMILY BUSSE September 15, 2009

When UI student Cody Shafer came out at 15 years old to his religious family and his small, conservative community of Wapello, Iowa, the fear was “debilitating.” But Shafer’s teachers and peers...

Students with H1N1 symptoms urged to stay home

HOLLY HINES September 15, 2009

UI officials are emphasizing this message: Most students and faculty with H1N1-related symptoms should stay at home. Though nurses at Student Health Service will evaluate walk-in patients who think they...

Council debates fowl move

NICOLE KARLIS September 15, 2009

The Iowa City City Council took its first look at an issue Tuesday night that has been ruffling some residents’ feathers — amending the zoning code to allow hens and roosters to be housed in residential...

West Side dorms to see expanding recycling

PARKER SMITH September 15, 2009

Students living in UI residence halls are still waiting for expanded recycling capabilities, while others remain with none. University Housing Director Von Stange said officials are in the process of...

Spotlight Iowa City: IC resident swims back to live

MICHELE DANNO September 15, 2009

While most Olympians run the risk of being stripped of their titles if caught using steroids, athletes such as Bill Klahn would be unable to compete without them. His Iowa City apartment is cluttered...

‘Gang leader for a day’ visits UI

REGINA ZILBERMINTS September 15, 2009

One day in November 1989 a University of Chicago first-year graduate student walked into an apartment building lobby to conduct a survey. Instead, he met a gang leader. Tonight, Sudhir Venkatesh will...

UIHC sees increase in facial plastic surgery

SAM LANE September 15, 2009

Despite tough economic times, people are turning to facial plastic surgery as a form of career insurance, UI Hospitals and Clinics officials say. “People are coming into the office who never expected...

‘Suspicious’ cooler not a bomb, police say

DI STAFF September 15, 2009

Police blocked traffic for around an hour Monday afternoon near the Field House while investigating a suspicious cooler. The brand-new red and white container was on the sidewalk near the intersection...

Crash kills IC man in Wisconsin

DI STAFF September 15, 2009

An Iowa City man was killed in Wisconsin after his motorcycle crashed on Sept. 12, according to the Crawford County Sheriff’s Department. David Ryan, 39, was driving a 2008 Triumph motorcycle in Gays...