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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

UI Health Care officials to take pay cuts

JENNIFER DELGADO March 11, 2009

More than 40 UI Health Care senior management leaders will take pay cuts as part of a three-tier approach toward reducing health-care expenses, officials announced Tuesday. UI Health Care officials —...

Sgt. Jackson resigns after OWI

REGINA ZILBERMINTS March 11, 2009

Iowa City police Sgt. Sid Jackson submitted a letter of resignation Monday, almost three weeks after being charged with OWI. Jackson has been on administrative leave since the Feb. 21 incident while the...

Local publications ponder e-world

KATHLEEN SERINO March 11, 2009

David Hamilton, the editor-in-chief of The Iowa Review, said he can finally relax. The UI English professor is looking forward to his summer retirement from the literary magazine because he’ll no longer...

Fee fight continues in student government

MICHELE DANNO March 11, 2009

During the group’s meeting on Tuesday, UI Student Government President Maison Bleam submitted a constitutional-amendment resolution to its partnership with the Executive Council of Graduate and Professional...

Iowa City fire-station future becomes cloudy

AMANDA McCLURE March 11, 2009

Despite a pledge to build and staff a fourth fire station in Iowa City, city councilors on Tuesday took the salaries for the firefighters out of a now-approved fiscal 2010 budget, leaving the future of...

Students cut back on spring break

JUSTIN SUGG March 11, 2009

UI sophomore Kendall Kasik is going to Peru for spring break. Peru, Ill. In more prosperous years, UI students have fled the dreary and temperamental Midwest weather for warmer climates in exotic locations. This...

UI faculty mulls pay cuts

ANNA LOTHSON March 11, 2009

Having to speculate on hypothetical financial scenarios may seem to be nearly impossible, but UI faculty have no other choice until final decisions are made. And that may not be for months. But in the...

Students prepare for alternative spring break

MICHELE DANNO March 10, 2009

As some UI students pack their bathing suits, suntan lotion, and flip-flops in preparation for spring break, others are loading their suitcases with work boots and T-shirts. Many alternative spring-break...

Applicant numbers drop for law school, Graduate College

ASHLEY HAUGO March 10, 2009

Recent tallies indicate the UI’s College of Law received 10 percent fewer applications than last year, and the UI’s Graduate College has experienced an 8 percent dip. Despite falling numbers, university...

Students show off research to legislators

MAGGIE PETERS March 10, 2009

After nine weeks in Africa and hundreds of hours spent compiling research, UI senior Amanda Irish was finally able to showcase her work Monday in Des Moines. Irish was one of 20 UI students selected to...

Mental-health nurses in short supply

JENNIFER DELGADO March 10, 2009

UI Lecturer Judy Collins’ nursing career is focused on medicine and the healing power of words. As a former psychiatric mental-health nurse, she spent most of her days checking on patients and helping...

Fry trial opens: Neighbor details discovery of body

OLIVIA MORAN March 10, 2009

Four home nurses testified at the murder trial of 22-year-old Curtis Fry on Monday, describing their patient — whom Fry allegedly beat to death — as weak and unstable. Fry, of Wilton, Iowa, is charged...