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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

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Dogs have day in the sun

PARKER SMITH September 9, 2009

Great Danes, Newfoundlands, Shih Tzus, and Labradors will take laps in a pool usually filled with less furry patrons today as part of the City Park Pool’s seventh-annual Dog Paddle. On Tuesday, the...

Grant to teach teacher-librarians

SAMANTHA HONKEN September 8, 2009

Though a day in the library might seem like poison for some UI students, 40 Iowa teachers are learning how to make that stack of books appealing. Amber Swenson, who has taught at West High for eight years,...

State Historical Library may merge with UI

EMILY BUSSE September 8, 2009

Mary Bennett weaves effortlessly through a sprawling maze of two-tiered 8-foot-high shelves, pulling open drawers to reveal “treasures,” such as a UI student’s lab notebook from 1897 and an Iowa...