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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

Stabbing reported in bar parking lot

ABE TEKIPPE June 22, 2009

Less than a week after the Iowa City City Council granted Los Cocos a six-month liquor license renewal, authorities are investigating a stabbing that reportedly occurred in the parking lot next to the...

Regents settle lawsuit over presidential search meetings

SCOTT RAYNOR June 22, 2009

The state Board of Regents was found violating Iowa’s Open Meetings Law during the 2007 UI Presidential Search. The settlement requires the regents to pay over $65,000 to a former UI professor, Harold...

Avidly cutting an English rug

CHRIS CURTLAND June 22, 2009

Complete with period costumes and a string trio, English Country Dancers had a ‘ball’ in the Old Capitol Museum on June 20. Barbara Zilles, the group organizer of the English Country Dancers of Iowa...

‘Volunteer’ city helps out

Volunteer turnout rates in Iowa City are high compared with other cities in the United States — 17 percent higher than the national average. As of 2008, the Corporation for National and Community Service...

Adjunct-faculty future unclear

HOLLY HINES June 19, 2009

Serena Stier, who teaches a class in the School of Art and Art History, said she will face a 50 percent pay cut if she stays in her position. She may be forced to abandon a job she’s held for 14...

UI backs researchers’ disclosure on funds

ZHI XIONG June 19, 2009

Two influential entities want university researchers to submit to tighter rules on disclosing external funding they receive, and UI officials lauded the effort to flush out potential conflicts of interest. In...

UI choppers may get new home

CHRIS CLARK June 19, 2009

UI Hospitals and Clinics officials hope a plan for a new helicopter hangar will do more than just provide a new facility. UI spokesman Tom Moore said the new hangar — located at the Iowa City Municipal...

German grad program may go the way of the Berlin Wall

NICOLE KARLIS June 19, 2009

Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Chances are if you don’t understand the question, you won’t any time soon. The UI’s foreign-language department has toyed with the idea of a two-year suspension of the German...

Medical world may face isotope shortage

ZHANRAN ZHAO June 19, 2009

The Canadian government decided to shut down an Ontario nuclear plan in late May because of leaks in the piping. It catalyzed a shortage of a key element used in medical tests, an effect that has hit hospitals...

Study finds disparities for ethnicities in health care

SCOTT RAYNOR June 19, 2009

Iowa researchers found significant disparities in several aspects of children’s health-care between those who speak primarily Spanish and those who speak English. The results show a significant differences...

Digital communication doesn’t hamper students’ writing ability

DAVID GREEN June 18, 2009

Carol Severino, a UI associate professor of rhetoric, said she has received decidedly informal e-mails in her communications with some students who “forget they’re talking to a professor and not one...

Local rally protests Iran vote

AMY MATTSON June 18, 2009

One hue dominated the Pedestrian Mall on Wednesday: green, in support of Mir Hossein Mousavi — the loser in Iran’s June 12 disputed presidential election. The UI Persian Student Organization displayed...