A young man awoke to bystanders sitting him up against a planter on the Pedestrian Mall in the early hours of April 4. He’d been knocked unconscious and suffered a broken jaw.
The 28-year-old was attacked...
After the UI budget slims down, university officials say classroom size is likely to increase because of hiring freezes and the possibility of faculty layoffs.
In addition to cramming more students in...
Recent studies show college students are using credit cards at record rates while the economy muddles along — and access to plastic for those at the UI remains steady.
Bart Floyd, the president of US...
Iowa City School Board members have a lot to think about after hearing numerous concerns about options to change elementary and secondary school schedules Tuesday night.
School District administrators...
UI junior Carly Johnson works two jobs — not to pay for her tuition but so she can pay $8,000 to study abroad this summer in Florence, Italy.
“I wanted to go for a full semester, but I couldn’t,”...
It used to end with a bloody nose or maybe a bruise. Not anymore.
While male-on-male violence in downtown Iowa City is nothing new, police have seen an alarming trend of seemingly random assaults and...
While UI Student Government hopefuls thought Monday was their last full day of campaigning, they found out last night they still have another week.
And many of them are not happy about it.
UISG voting...
In contrast to the awkward/cute high-school proms that will take place next month, the IMU hosted a markedly different kind of show Monday night: the best dance party ever.
To celebrate its sixth year,...
A month after the Iowa Supreme Court adopted new child-support guidelines, attorneys around the state are still learning to navigate the changes before the rules go into effect July 1.
They are more dramatic...
Two silent killers have crept their way into the American culture — work exhaustion and over-consumption.
John de Graaf, who lectured at the UI Monday night, speaks for over-worked employees and educates...
As the UI community attempts to increase disability awareness while the state budget slims down, officials in the mental-health program worry about future funding.
But with the volume of the cuts still...
A group of Iowa nurses wants to change the wording of a current state standard to ensure patient safety.
The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses asked Iowa legislators to maintain the rule...
