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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

Local police to get grants

REGINA ZILBERMINTS March 12, 2009

Iowa City authorities are discussing how to spend almost $200,000 expected to be granted to the police through the federal Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program. Though city officials still need...

Local publications ponder e-world

KATHLEEN SERINO March 11, 2009

David Hamilton, the editor-in-chief of The Iowa Review, said he can finally relax. The UI English professor is looking forward to his summer retirement from the literary magazine because he’ll no longer...

Fee fight continues in student government

MICHELE DANNO March 11, 2009

During the group’s meeting on Tuesday, UI Student Government President Maison Bleam submitted a constitutional-amendment resolution to its partnership with the Executive Council of Graduate and Professional...

Iowa City fire-station future becomes cloudy

AMANDA McCLURE March 11, 2009

Despite a pledge to build and staff a fourth fire station in Iowa City, city councilors on Tuesday took the salaries for the firefighters out of a now-approved fiscal 2010 budget, leaving the future of...

Students cut back on spring break

JUSTIN SUGG March 11, 2009

UI sophomore Kendall Kasik is going to Peru for spring break. Peru, Ill. In more prosperous years, UI students have fled the dreary and temperamental Midwest weather for warmer climates in exotic locations. This...

UI faculty mulls pay cuts

ANNA LOTHSON March 11, 2009

Having to speculate on hypothetical financial scenarios may seem to be nearly impossible, but UI faculty have no other choice until final decisions are made. And that may not be for months. But in the...

Local police deal with open cases, some take years

REGINA ZILBERMINTS March 11, 2009

In May 2008, UI senior Brian LaGro was rushed into surgery after being nearly beaten to death. Between October 2006 and July 2008, almost 40 women were reportedly sexually assaulted on the UI campus and...

UI Health Care officials to take pay cuts

JENNIFER DELGADO March 11, 2009

More than 40 UI Health Care senior management leaders will take pay cuts as part of a three-tier approach toward reducing health-care expenses, officials announced Tuesday. UI Health Care officials —...

Sgt. Jackson resigns after OWI

REGINA ZILBERMINTS March 11, 2009

Iowa City police Sgt. Sid Jackson submitted a letter of resignation Monday, almost three weeks after being charged with OWI. Jackson has been on administrative leave since the Feb. 21 incident while the...

Fry trial opens: Neighbor details discovery of body

OLIVIA MORAN March 10, 2009

Four home nurses testified at the murder trial of 22-year-old Curtis Fry on Monday, describing their patient — whom Fry allegedly beat to death — as weak and unstable. Fry, of Wilton, Iowa, is charged...

Both parties say actions in alleged sexual assault consensual

REGINA ZILBERMINTS March 10, 2009

Both parties involved in an alleged sexual assault in Mayflower on Sunday morning have voluntarily come forward and agreed their actions were consensual. No further action will be taken regarding the...

Officials not worried about flooding

CAITLIN LOMBARDO March 10, 2009

A look back     This past weekend’s rain left 2 feet of standing water in Marsha Darby’s yard just outside of Iowa City. And though it had subsided to a few inches on the squishy turf...