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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

Dems, GOP grade session quite differently

SHAWN GUDE April 27, 2009

Iowa Legislature Republican and Democratic leaders’ assessments of the session’s efficacy diverged greatly. Democrats, who control both chambers and the governorship, predictably painted the session...

Know Your Campus: President’s Residence serves as home, event center

JENNIFER DELGADO April 27, 2009

The UI President’s Residence, home to current president Sally Mason and husband Ken, is as symbolic to the UI community as the White House is to the nation. For many, the residence is one of the most...

UI engineering group hopes to build Honduran clinic

JENNIFER DELGADO April 24, 2009

Imagine a three-hour trip to the nearest health clinic, only to find the center has run out of medicine. For some in Las Mangas, Honduras, that scenario is a reality — that is, if they can even afford...

Green thumbs for a green movement

TYLER LYON April 24, 2009

UI President Sally Mason strolled through the university’s new sustainable garden Thursday afternoon, taking about an hour of her day to talk with students who helped create it. Mason said she’s “very...

Event pushes local buying

SHANE ERSLAND April 24, 2009

Local companies gathered at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Center in Coralville to celebrate the “Buy Here Day” Business Fair — organized by the Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce — Thursday...

UI VP: Research accusation overblown

EMILY MELVOLD April 24, 2009

A UI professor is under investigation by a weekly medical journal for a possible conflict of interest stemming from a research article. The work — an article by UI psychiatry Professor Robert Robinson...

UI wants new Hancher site

TESSA McLEAN April 24, 2009

UI officials will seek approval to relocate the Hancher/Voxman/Clapp complex at the Board of Regents meeting next week. According to the meeting agenda, officials have outlined seven reasons for replacing...

Faces of the UI: Student plans to run for Sudanese Parliament

ASHLEY HAUGO April 24, 2009

Like many other college students, Ladu Boyo is contemplating taking out a loan next year. But this money wouldn’t be put toward books or additional semester hours. It would help fund his campaign for...

Group uses balancing act to raise African water awareness

REGINA ZILBERMINTS April 24, 2009

People craned their heads Thursday to watch several UI women carrying buckets of water on their heads across campus. Men accompanied them carrying yellow signs saying, “If you were in Africa, you would...

Marchers demand end to domestic, sexual violence

CAITLIN LOMBARDO April 24, 2009

Nearly 90 people gathered on the Pentacrest on Thursday night, yelling such chants as, “No means no, it don’t mean maybe. Don’t touch me, my name ain’t baby.” Intended as a protest against those...

Obama touts alt-energy in Iowa visit

SHAWN GUDE April 23, 2009

Speaking amid steel columns, a gentle, ever-present whirring sound, and fluorescent factory lights, President Obama implored the country to back his ambitious energy plan in a Newton wind-energy plant...

Mike Currie elected UISG president

MICHELE DANNO April 23, 2009

After accusations of cheating, backstabbing, name calling, and voting delays, Go Party was victorious in what UI Student Government President-elect Mike Currie called “the longest, hardest-fought campaign”...