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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

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...

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...

Officials push IC-Chicago train

TYLER LYON June 18, 2009

The Iowa Department of Transportation will apply for $32.5 million in federal stimulus money to start passenger-train service that would serve Chicago and Iowa City and give Illinois students another way...

Proposed legislation worries local radio stations

NICOLE KARLIS June 18, 2009

One day, there could be no such thing as hopping in the car and tuning to one’s favorite music station — including KRUI on campus. At least, that’s the worst-case scenario local artists and radio...

STD tests on the rise

KATIE SIMS June 18, 2009

The number of men getting tested for HIV in Iowa more than doubled in the last year, and it increased by 50 percent in many other states, recent reports of Planned Parenthood Centers’ youth testing show. And...

More car shoppers start with Internet

MICHELLE BORYCA June 18, 2009

Buying a new car may be just a click away, but a local dealership doesn’t think of this as a dead end. Drew McEleney, the Internet manager at McEleney Autoplex, said his company is well aware their...

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...

UIHC layoffs start today

SCOTT RAYNOR June 17, 2009

Today, some UI Hospitals and Clinics employees will learn whether their jobs have been cut in an effort to relieve the institution’s strained budget, UI officials said Tuesday. Throughout the week,...

State may try alternate route to teaching

TYLER LYON June 17, 2009

Next year, those who wish to teach won’t have to go through the College of Education. And they won’t need to endure unpaid student teaching. Pending approval from the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners,...

Binge drinking rises nationwide

MICHELLE BORYCA June 17, 2009

It’s not just UI students with a drinking problem. The binge-drinking rate, as well as alcohol-related crimes and fatalities, rose on college campuses nationwide over the past decade, according to a...