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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

Saving money on food: Leftovers become cuisine

MARY HARRINGTON February 24, 2009

Some homemade meals are changing with the economy, with local amateur cooks looking to drop high costs and retain the big flavors of their food favorites. On Monday evening, three women picked up new...

Obama has some persuading to do tonight

SHAWN GUDE February 24, 2009

In the midst of a severe recession, UI political-science experts say President Obama will have yet another Herculean job during tonight’s prime-time economic address. “How do you get people to have...

School omissions worry councilors

AMANDA MCCLURE February 24, 2009

The exclusion of three Iowa City elementary schools from a proposed Iowa City School District facilities-improvement plan raised concerns about neighborhood vitality among some Iowa City city councilors...

Lab offers new prenatal screening for defects

JENNIFER DELGADO February 24, 2009

New technology is helping the UI Hygienic Laboratory officials better detect defects in pregnant women. The organization is the first state public-health laboratory in the country to use the Iowa Maternal...

UI going a Twitter

EMILY MELVOLD February 24, 2009

On Jan. 16, the Iowa Hawkeyes joined. On Jan. 21, the Pomerantz Career Center joined. And on Feb. 3, the IMU joined. What are all these UI groups connecting to? Twitter — a growing online social network...

UI salutes Peace Corps

LINI GE February 24, 2009

Patricia Gillette celebrated her 59th birthday on Monday in a unique way — by presenting her experience working as a Peace Corps volunteer in Kenya at the Iowa City Public Library. “When they told...

Officials: Murder-suicide in Lone Tree

REGINA ZILBERMINTS February 24, 2009

Investigators believe the deaths of two individuals in a Lone Tree home this weekend were likely a murder-suicide, authorities said Monday night. Preliminary results from the Iowa assistant medical examiner...

Faculty, staff pitch in by taking cuts

TESSA MCLEAN February 24, 2009

UI faculty and staff would be willing to take temporary pay cuts in order to save the jobs of their colleagues, UI Provost Wallace Loh said. “It’s the Iowa way,” Loh said. “People realize that...

IPERS: $339 million in assets frozen

ASSOCIATED PRESS February 24, 2009

DES MOINES — Iowa’s largest public-employee pension fund says $339 million in assets have been frozen pending a federal investigation into an investment broker-dealer it had ties to. The Iowa Public...

Know your campus: The Pentacrest

LINI GE February 23, 2009

Other parts of campus are probably jealous. Everyone is always talking about the Pentacrest — where this building is in relation to that building and where your introduction to American politics meets. Meaning...

Iowa City Police officer charged with OWI

REGINA ZILBERMINTS February 23, 2009

An Iowa City police officer is on administrative leave after allegedly driving drunk and refusing to cooperate with officers. Iowa City police Sgt. Sidney Jackson was charged Feb. 21 at around 4 a.m....

TAs to get increased tuition assistance

JUSTIN SUGG February 23, 2009

The UI will provide nearly 100 percent tuition assistance to teaching assistants by 2011 as part of the graduate students’ new contract with the state Board of Regents, said Mark Salisbury, the president...