The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Alums band together

MEGAN DIAL April 15, 2009

UI alumnus and Fort Myers, Fla., resident Justin McBride assembles watch parties for every single Hawkeye football and basketball game. He calls it his “anchor” to Iowa. “Going to the university...

Iowa City to cut travel budget

TESSA McLEAN April 15, 2009

Iowa City officials aren’t going anywhere. In another effort to deal with increasing budget reductions at the city level, officials will curtail travel expenses. Iowa City Mayor Regenia Bailey made...

Local apartment complexes lock up

EMILY MELVOLD April 15, 2009

Apartments Downtown recently installed door locks on building entrances to increase security and prevent interior damage. “I came back from class one day to find my apartment building locked,” said...

Study abroad still beckons, despite economic woes

MEGAN DIAL April 15, 2009

UI junior Carly Johnson works two jobs — not to pay for her tuition but so she can pay $8,000 to study abroad this summer in Florence, Italy. “I wanted to go for a full semester, but I couldn’t,”...

Proposed school time change worries some parents

CLARK CAHILL April 15, 2009

Iowa City School Board members have a lot to think about after hearing numerous concerns about options to change elementary and secondary school schedules Tuesday night. School District administrators...

Students continuing to love that plastic

SHANE ERSLAND April 15, 2009

Recent studies show college students are using credit cards at record rates while the economy muddles along — and access to plastic for those at the UI remains steady. Bart Floyd, the president of US...

UI classes to get bigger

ANNA LOTHSON April 15, 2009

After the UI budget slims down, university officials say classroom size is likely to increase because of hiring freezes and the possibility of faculty layoffs. In addition to cramming more students in...

Violence tests police

REGINA ZILBERMINTS April 15, 2009

A young man awoke to bystanders sitting him up against a planter on the Pedestrian Mall in the early hours of April 4. He’d been knocked unconscious and suffered a broken jaw. The 28-year-old was attacked...

Essays from America

REBECCA KOONS April 15, 2009

Tonight, author Eula Biss extends an ‘invitation to thought’ with a reading at Prairie Lights. With an undeniable passion for writing and the drive to improve her craft, author Eula Biss is making...

Jane Austen goes ‘zombie-rific’

BRIAN DAU April 15, 2009

Any fan of the undead ought to give Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith’s collaborative effort, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a shot (aiming for the head, of course). “I haven’t any right to criticise...

Title IX in science quite ill considered

Title IX in science is ill considered What’s good for women’s basketball will be good for nuclear physics. To most Americans, that statement will sound odd. To President Obama, it apparently does...

Best of IC Craigslist

NICHOLAS KELLY April 15, 2009

It’s hard not to adore Craigslist. It offers that wonderful intersection between the absurdity of the Internet and the localization of your online classified. Which means not only can one peruse the...

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