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BY DI PHOTOSTAFF | MARCH 6, 2009 7:59 AM

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UI freshman Josh Schmaren takes off on his motorcycle in the parking ramp next to the Old Capitol Town Center on Thursday. The 19-year-old business major purchased the motorcycle just in time for the warm, record-breaking weather.

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Freshmen Colleen Quaid talks about her family photos in Mayflower on Sunday. Quaid is originally from Westchester, a Chicago suburb.

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Hannah Born loads crates of beverages for the grocery department at the New Pioneer Co-op in Coralville on Thursday. A study done by the Agency for Health-Care Research and Quality in 2006 reported 55.8 percent of small businesses provided health care for their employees.

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Holly Carver flips through a book she helped make in her office at the UI Press on Thursday. Carver is the director of the press.

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Asila Al Ma’Awali sits in her Phillips Hall office on Wednesday. Al Ma’Awali, who teaches an advanced Arabic course at the UI, has appreciated Women’s Day since she had the opportunity to leave Oman to move to Iowa.

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Panelists Tim Krumm, Dean Spina, and Crissy Cangenelli answer questions about homelessness at the law building on Thursday. The discussion included an offering to benefit the Shelter House.