The University Counseling Service is preparing to cut its budget if the economy doesn’t pick up in the next few years.
While the center has not yet been affected by the UI’s budget cuts, Director...
Snowstorms in late March may seem harsh for some Iowa City dwellers. But for Ryan Prochaska, this weather is mild compared with the conditions in Antarctica, where he lived and worked for six months.
Prochaska,...
The Iowa City School Board welcomed hundreds of community members to share input about its high-school enrollment Monday night.
More than 50 community members filled out forms to speak at the forum held...
UI Student Government campaigns are back — and the rules are less restrictive.
Several changes were made to this year’s elections code — a nearly eight-page long document — and many loosen the...
With revenue at paltry levels and budget concerns dominating headlines and lawmakers’ time in the Iowa Legislature session, non-appropriation bills have largely taken a back seat.
March 27 provided...
Most UI business students are fully aware of what life after graduation holds: a slew of employment challenges spawned by the economic crisis that has hogged newspaper headlines for more than six months.
“It’s...
Unknown assailants attacked unknown men in two incidents on the Pedestrian Mall during the early hours of March 27, authorities said.
But having two assault incidents downtown in one weekend is not that...
The battalion photo of the UI’s ROTC cadets has gotten wider every year recently.
The group has grown from 32 contracted cadets in 2005 to 83 this year. And all of the future army officers — dressed...
At some points, the Iowa River swells to within 10 feet of the Beckwith Boathouse construction site.
After committing nearly $6.5 million to the project, UI officials plan to finish construction — with...
With graduation fewer than two months away and a student loan to pay off, 26-year-old UI senior Cala White may have found a way to beat the gloomy U.S. job market — leave it.
White, a double major in...
Imagine heading downtown on a Friday for a night out with friends. Now, imagine it without any alcohol.
While most UI students head to the bars to socialize on the weekends, drinking is a large part of...
