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BY DI PHOTOSTAFF | MARCH 12, 2009 7:59 AM

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Shane Stokes of MidAmerican Energy works on electrical lines behind apartments at the intersection of River Street and Riverside Drive on Wednesday. Stokes and co-worker Scott Wells installed a more powerful transformer to allow use of more electrical appliances, such as air conditioners.

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UI tour guide and undergraduate Kevin Kluge stops to give some scripted information about the IMU to two families on a tour on Wednesday, March 11, 2009. In addition to scripted information, Kluge told 26 personal anecdotes during the tour, which according to a college campus tour auditor is a way to convey the truth about what student life is like on a given campus.

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Iowa junior diver Deidre Freeman balances at the edge of the diving board during practice at the Field House pool on Monday. Freeman and four others on the team will compete this weekend at the Zone C NCAA diving qualifier in Minneapolis.

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UI junior Cathryn Spinler studies inside the Dey House on Wednesday. Spinler studies English and journalism with a psychology minor in hopes for more job opportunities in the future.

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University Apartments community assistant John Sokoll and graduate assistant Lona Davenport stand in a bus stop on Hawkeye Drive on Wednesday. The University Apartments team is drafting a proposal that would offer Cambus rides to and from area grocery stores for students living in the University Apartments.

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Scot Hughes (left) delivers an monologue in the role of Charlie Baker in a dress rehearsal for *The Foreigner* at the Iowa City Community Theatre on March 10. The play tells the story of a shy Englishman visiting Georgia who pretends to not understand English to avoid discomfort.