A camera focuses on one tiny metal and concrete shack. It pulls away to reveal more huts, seemingly stacked on top of each other. One more zoom out and the audience is presented with the vast underworld...

Though the name Foxy Shazam would be a perfect title for a blaxploitation film, five guys from Ohio think it’s also fitting for their own special brand of piano-driven punk. “[Foxy Shazam] was formed...

From pine tar to steroids, major-league umpire Tim McClelland has seen it. After graduating from umpire school and ascending the minor-league ladder, McClelland has been behind the plate during several...

A typical NCAA field-athlete possesses a combination of strength, balance, and quickness. Iowa senior John Hickey certainly has all three of those essentials. But the Piermont, N.Y., native would be better...

Marc Long knows the importance of relay teams in competition. As team captain of the Iowa men’s swimming team in 1989, he was a member of the Big Ten record-setting 200-freestyle relay team that broke...

Underdogs all season, the members of the Iowa women’s swimming and diving team feel as though they have something to prove. The AquaHawks will compete in the Big Ten championships in Ann Arbor, Mich.,...

Sam Heinzman found herself in an oddly familiar situation when she arrived at Iowa. “I was referred to as ‘the new people’ with the freshmen,” she said. “It kind of felt like I was reliving...

The Coralville City Council discussed funding a storm-sewer system flood-mitigation project with money from a proposed local-option sales tax at its work session Tuesday night. The flood-mitigation project...

UI Student Government officials made it clear Tuesday they will not recognize recent action by the Executive Council of Graduate and Professional Students. On Feb. 11, the Executive Council unanimously...

The UI Institute of Public Affairs will help devastated Postville plan a new future — free of charge. As Postville residents work to get back on their feet, the Institute of Public Affairs will step...

This year, UI student Josh Kingry had to take out $5,000 in student loans. But he definitely didn’t use it all for school. The 22-year-old used half of it to fund climbing Mount Rainier with friend...

Matt Logan is a UI music-therapy student and a teacher on the side. Drawing from the classroom and previous experience, he makes money while adding to his own education. He’s one of a number of UI music...