An intoxication defense in criminal trials isn’t uncommon, but UI professors are uncertain whether it applies for second-degree murder charges. Generally, voluntary intoxication can be used as a defense...

UI freshman Mary Wine wishes local officials would focus their attention on other issues downtown. A newly approved measure that increased the fine for under-19 patrons in bars after 10 p.m. doesn’t...

Jon Houtman made the decision to join the UI’s faculty as an assistant professor of microbiology largely because of one UI program: the Dual Career Network. “That was important, because my wife was...

Two young men walking down the street on the UI campus with their arms linked will mostly likely be seen as homosexuals. But it is a common behavior elsewhere in the world, including India. “If you...

In addition to the stacks of paper, cans, and bottles UI student Nicki Petersburg already recycles, she will likely add to her environmental repertoire by endorsing a new challenge to reduce the amount...

A recent study released by two UI professors and a UI research scientist provides evidence for the existence of segregation and its potentially fatal effects. The researchers found that in highly segregated...

As the budget-crunching clock ticks away, members of the six task forces across campus are working feverishly to produce cost-saving proposals to UI administrators. Initiated by UI President Sally Mason,...

More and more Iowans are using free health clinics — and officials said they expect the number to grow as the unemployment rate skyrockets. At the Iowa City Free Medical Clinic, officials said they...

UI junior and English major Cathryn Spinler had dreams of breaking into the publishing industry. But with the current economy, jobs and internships in the field are hard to come by. So the 21-year-old...

With more than 10,000 hits and 237 submissions and counting, the UI budget website has been receiving cost-shaving suggestions ranging from sacrificing landscaping and fixing leaky faucets to cutting salaries...

Through the myriad topics covered in Wednesday’s open forum about revisions to the UI’s sexual-harassment policy, one thread bound the responses together: to be proactive rather than reactive. “We...

All overflow inmates from Johnson County Jail will now be taken to Marshall County Jail — a move that will make it easier to track inmates and could save the county hundreds of thousands of dollars annually. The...