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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

Mobile-home community stays stagnant

SCOTT RAYNOR September 1, 2009

A white ice-cream truck drives by the Iowa Regency mobile-home park, past week-old wreckage of demolished houses and a swampy condemned pool unevenly filled with a mound of dirt. Children line up to buy...

Spotlight Iowa City: International student finds home in a UI sorority

MOLLY BURKE September 1, 2009

A show called “Sweet Valley” inspired Bridgar Nayiga to pledge a sorority. Except there are a few crucial differences: Nayiga is not a blond twin from California like her favorite TV characters. She...

State may back city in license denials

NICOLE KARLIS September 1, 2009

The decision to deny two Iowa City bars’ liquor-license renewals ultimately falls with the state, not the Iowa City City Council. In the past, the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division has rarely stripped...

E-texts roil market

DANNY VALENTINE September 1, 2009

The way students at the UI and across the country buy textbooks is undergoing a digital transition. At Iowa Book, 8 S. Clinton St., e-textbook sales have doubled last year’s numbers. While the University...

UIHC starts H1N1 vaccine trials

SAM LANE September 1, 2009

Scientists at the UI say kids may need two doses of H1N1 vaccine to stay healthy. With the start of clinical trials in children on Monday, they began to study whether this is true. The UI Hospitals and...

Number of Dance Marathon runners skyrockets

EMILY BUSSE September 1, 2009

For UI senior Sarah Rinehart, completing the Chicago Marathon mirrors the long battle children with cancer face: there are the ups, the downs, and the overwhelming relief once it’s all over. “You...

Economy affects UI’s ability to hire international graduate students

SAMANTHA HONKEN September 1, 2009

Though the campus has seen a noticeably larger population of international students this year, they are mostly undergraduates. “We traditionally recruit undergraduates for the academic benefits they...

City gets tough on liquor licenses

NICOLE KARLIS August 31, 2009

Earlier this summer, the city spoke. Making a decision to deny renewing liquor-licenses of two downtown establishments — Et Cetera and 3rd Base Sports Bar — Iowa City City Councilors have made a clear...

Sifting through the 500-foot ordinance

DI STAFF August 31, 2009

Since the Iowa City City Council voted to deny the liquor licenses of two downtown businesses, confusion has surfaced about a new city ordinance that requires new bars to be built at least 500 feet apart...

Frosh seminar big hit with students

LAUREN MILLS August 31, 2009

Thirteen students watched as UI professor Edward Wasserman crouched and bounced, demonstrating a horse-jockey position that he researched on Google. But the students were not studying horses. They were...

Dairy farmer hangs on

KEVIN HOFFMAN August 31, 2009

Steve Leazer watches as his colossal, curious cows follow each other into crammed, narrow stalls, where they’ll have a day’s worth of milk squeezed from their udders. He is one of the more fortunate...

Teen preps for Broadway

KATHRYN STINSON August 31, 2009

Thirteen-year-old Alex Ko feels a certain connection to Billy Elliot, the lead character he will play on Broadway in October. After all, in Billy Elliot the Musical, Billy defies his father’s wishes...