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BY DI PHOTOSTAFF | MARCH 2, 2009 7:59 AM

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A runner finishes a lap at the Recreation Center on Sunday afternoon. The Iowa City area should be seeing warmer temperatures as the week goes on, giving runners more opportunities to run outdoors, if they’re willing to brave the squirrels.

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People enjoy beer at a house party on Feb. 28. While beer sales are down across the nation, Iowa City consumption remains steady.

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Rep. Vicki Lensing, D-Iowa City addresses the crowd at a legislative forum at City Hall on Feb. 28. Officials from the local and state level gathered to discuss the budget cuts.

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Jessica Eastmen has her teeth inspected by fourth-year dentistry student Kyra Monson at the Dental Building on Feb. 25. The school sought out people with certain dental conditions to act as patients for dental students working to pass their boards.

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UI Professor Bruce Tomblin and graduate student Beth Walker work on an audiometer in the Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center on Feb. 26. The UI was one of three facilities that received a grant of $8.9 million from the National Institute on Deafness.

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Iowa’s Alexis Dorr volleys during her No. 2 singles match against Minnesota’s Karina Chiarelle on Sunday in the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Complex. Though Dorr lost the match (7-5, 6-3), Iowa came away with a 4-3 win over Minnesota.