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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

Rabbi on Fry verdict, expected today: ‘It’s a no-win situation’

ZHI XIONG April 3, 2009

Rabbi Jeff Portman plans to be at the Johnson County Courthouse this morning. It would be the fifth time in the last month. After a trial that concluded March 13, Curtis Fry, 22, will hear today whether...

Faces of the UI: Peter Nathan has 40 years eyeing the effect of booze

TESSA McLEAN April 3, 2009

UI Professor Emeritus Peter Nathan just can’t stop thinking about alcohol. But the former interim UI president and provost isn’t thinking about it in the way most UI students do on the weekends. He...

Counseling appointments up in UI employee program

JENNIFER DELGADO April 3, 2009

More UI employees and their family members are seeking counseling from the UI Employee Assistance Program — and officials expect the number to climb. In March, the program’s officials hired a temporary...

North Side takes step toward some history

CLARK CAHILL April 3, 2009

Iowa City’s North Side neighborhood is one step closer to being accepted as a historic district. The Iowa City Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously to recommend a proposal for the neighborhood...

Kirkwood works to lower dropout rate

MEGAN DIAL April 3, 2009

The first few weeks of class are crucial to the success of new students at community colleges, and officials at Kirkwood Community College are already gearing up for a bigger welcome event next semester. “It...

Center focuses on deaths caused by injuries

KASSIE FRIEDRICHS April 3, 2009

An average of 1,500 Iowans — 6 percent of the state’s population — die each year from injury-related deaths, according to a recent report by the UI Injury Prevention Research Center and the Iowa...

Delta Sigma Theta sorority 90 and still blazing

ASHLEY HAUGO April 3, 2009

Courageous trailblazers. For Quinnetta Claytor, those two words define her fellow Delta Sigma Theta sisters, nearly 100 of whom will descend upon the UI campus this weekend to celebrate the 90th anniversary...

Ask the DI: Flat-screen TVs in Main Library for computer availability?

DI STAFF April 3, 2009

Q: “Why did the UI Main Library install a flat-screen TV to show which computers were open?” A: The ITS staff in the UI Main Library added a 52-inch monitor in late fall 2008 at the entrance to the...

Mason Q&A on UISG vote, Hancher

ANNA LOTHSON April 2, 2009

DI: UISG campaigns have kicked off. What role do you have in communicating with candidates to discuss the platforms with the leaders? Have the new party leaders come to speak with you yet? Mason: They...

UI alum starts gaming website

CAITLIN LOMBARDO April 2, 2009

Bill Jones was undaunted by the souring economy when he and his friends split off from AMP, a music-review magazine, to start their own review site. “I started talking to the editor-in-chief … about...

UI students tutor local school kids

TESSA McLEAN April 2, 2009

It takes a lot to get most UI students out of bed at 8 a.m., even if it is for class. But by 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, four UI students were fully awake in a North Central Junior High classroom with shelves...

Johnson County supervisors get new aide

SHANE ERSLAND April 2, 2009

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors will hold a formal vote today to appoint Andy Johnson as the board’s new executive assistant. Johnson, 48, is at present the executive director of the Housing...