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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

Movies hauling in money, despite economy

ADAM SULLIVAN March 9, 2009

As stocks plummet and unemployment rates jump, businesses across the country are posting losses. But there’s no business like show business. Movie theaters are seeing a counterintuitive trend: As the...

Iowa City school officials cut budget

CLARK CAHILL March 9, 2009

Iowa City School District officials have made their first cuts in an effort to reduce expenses by $6 million over the next two years, Superintendent Lane Plugge said. Included in the district’s initial...

UI proposes cultural-diversity education certificate

CAITLIN LOMBARDO March 9, 2009

A proposed program through the UI School of Social Work may make students more culturally diverse — a valuable skill in an expanding global environment, program proponents say. The Critical Cultural...

Nearly Naked Mile bares all for charity

GEOFF WARING March 9, 2009

Chilling rain on March 7 didn’t slow the hundreds of runners at Hubbard Park — all of them nearly naked. The UI’s first Nearly Naked Mile, sponsored by Students Today Alumni Tomorrow, encouraged...

Know your campus: UI Main Library

OLIVIA MORAN March 9, 2009

Housing more than 2 million books, the size of the UI Main Library is around that of Boston Public Library and the New York Public Library — only it’s bigger. Built in 1951, the UI Main Library easily...

Iowa lawmakers may ban Salvia

SHAWN GUDE March 6, 2009

UI alumnus Tanner Faaborg felt weightless, his self-perception was absent, and his eyes became linked “to what I thought was a new dimension.” Laughter overtook his helpless body. “Reality then...

Homeless down and out in IC

JUSTIN SUGG March 6, 2009

If he lived during the Great Depression, Chris Washington would have ridden the rails. But on Tuesday, he waited for the bus. “I’ll ride the buses all day. I like jumping from state to state,” he...

Research: Empty nesters see improved quality of marriage

CHRIS CLARK March 6, 2009

Everyone knows what happens when mom and dad drop off their baby in the dorm room: Mom is crying, holding on to every moment of that last hug, while dad nostalgically looks out the window remembering his...

UI Press not pressed into trouble

KATHLEEN SERINO March 6, 2009

Artfully dodging the sting of the recession, the UI Press is preserving itself with traditional business practices and introducing some new ones, too. Nationwide book sales for most college presses are...

Faces of the UI: Prof interested by freaks

GEOFF WARING March 6, 2009

UI psychology Professor Mark Blumberg is fascinated with freaks. But these freaks — a man with no legs who learned to walk with his hands, a dog in Oklahoma who learned to walk upright, and Siamese...

Foodies encourage Iowa Pork for environmental responsibility

MARY HARRINGTON March 6, 2009

Some West Coast farmers and foodies are urging their peers to consider abandoning certain buy-local ideals when it comes to pork. The ideal source of the savory meat, they say: Iowa. “If you’re looking...

Mock Trial team prepares for national championship tournament

EMILY MELVOLD March 6, 2009

Kristin Langhammer is not really a death investigator. Travis Wilkening is not a real expert witness. And Alex Whitt is not a real lawyer. But every night, these UI students practice playing their courtroom...