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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

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...

Court reduces UI’s penalty in fraternity case

OLIVIA MORAN February 23, 2009

The Iowa Supreme Court reduced the amount the UI will pay in damages and attorney fees to a university fraternity, whose members sued the UI in 2005 over the chapter’s suspension. The court ordered...

UI could house Iowa Flood Center

TIFFANY HUNG February 23, 2009

When the 2008 floods hit, some said there was no “go-to” expert within the state to rely on. “I think it’s a fabulous idea,” Hogg said. “I think it’s a good thing to do, and in the long...

Defense wants lesser charge in sexual-abuse trial

OLIVIA MORAN February 20, 2009

Defense attorneys said Thursday prosecutors lack sufficient evidence to convict Micah Matthews of first-degree kidnapping and first-degree sexual abuse, arguing for two lesser charges. In a closing argument,...

UI takes possession of athletics club

TESSA MCLEAN February 20, 2009

Despite budget cuts across the UI, the campus continues to expand. In mid-December, the UI Facilities Corp. took ownership of the University Athletics Club, a privately owned facility at 1360 Melrose...

Engineering lab is up in the air, but down-to-earth

MARY HARRINGTON February 20, 2009

Inside an airport hangar in Iowa City, virtuality meets reality as students, researchers, and pilots experience firsthand new technological advances in air travel. Operating at the Iowa City Municipal...

State lawmakers review ‘cocaine equality’

REGINA ZILBERMINTS February 20, 2009

A proposal in the Iowa Legislature would equalize the penalties for powder and crack cocaine, but opponents worry it will do little more than increase prison populations. Under current law, sentences...

Faces of the UI: He can’t go home again

SHANE ERSLAND February 20, 2009

Talib Nawfel Talib is scared to death of going back home. Talib, who has lived in the United States for four years, is from Baghdad. Since U.S. troops were deployed to his home country, members of two...

City seeks industrial park for construction of wind-energy parts

AMANDA MCCLURE February 20, 2009

Iowa City could become, perhaps soon, the home of the nation’s first wind-energy campus after the construction of an industrial park situated at a transportation hub. Officials hope the industrial area...

Some at UI want stimulus money for wind-energy development

ANNA LOTHSON February 20, 2009

With the federal economic-stimulus plan allocating more than $40 billion for energy projects, some at the UI are waiting to see how much funding wind energy will receive. Following the trend of investing...