Imagine sitting in Prairie Lights Books listening to Kurt Vonnegut read the first chapter of Slaughterhouse-Five. His slow, measured speech would begin: “All this happened, more or less …” Soon,...

Jeff Shipley often attends Iowa City City Council meetings. But he’s not a councilor. He’s on the ballot. The UI senior is running for an at-large seat on the council, aiming to continue his role...

Nestled in the confines of his basement workshop, surrounded by swords and enough tools to make Bob Vila jealous, Ron Herman twiddles away on a broken épée — a dueling sword for fencing — for an...

Amid proposed tuition increases, furloughs, and potential layoffs at state universities, some Iowa lawmakers are calling for the state Board of Regents to reconsider giving bonuses to university presidents. Three...

Across the hall from scribbling students in the Seamans Center is a room filled with gauges, gas tanks, and warning signs. In these crowded quarters, experiments are underway to help reduce the use of...

Biking down Washington Street, Jeremy Gilbert realized too late the street had become one-way. Though new to Iowa City, he knew biking on sidewalks is illegal and decided to continue down the road. The...

For Susan Mims, a seat on the Iowa City City Council could mean one thing: a chance to help cure the city’s monetary woes. But if elected, she said, she hopes to bring even more change to the council. “I...

When Iowa City is affected by tragedy, the Iowa City City Council want to be sure it can fly the U.S. flag at half-staff. So city officials are looking to update the language of a resolution that was...

Coming from China last year, the one thing sophomore Ji Ma wishes he had had was some help choosing a major. In Ma’s case, it was a tossup between business and math. Ma took the business route, but...

The trial for a Coralville woman accused of killing one son and injuring another will be moved from Buchanan County to Grundy County, a judge ruled today. The trial itself will not be delayed. Michelle...

Serenity and clarity aren’t the first things that come to most minds when thinking about Iowa City’s bustling Pedestrian Mall. For Jessica Netolicky, the education programming director at Hancher,...

Lab results today confirmed the second and third H1N1-related deaths in Iowa, according to the Iowa Department of Public Health. Both victims were adult males in eastern Iowa and had personal factors...