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

UI dentists aid Hawaiian children

MAGGIE PETERS May 5, 2009

When UI dentistry postdoctoral research fellow Donald Chi asked a first-grade class in Honokaa, Hawaii, how many of them had ever experienced a toothache, he was shocked to see all the students raise their...

Food rules may cost IC schools $200,000

SCOTT RAYNOR May 5, 2009

A new state regulation to restrict junk food in public schools means the Iowa City School District will lose almost $200,000 in profit, an official estimated Monday. “Based on a strict interpretation...

IC a center for seniors

MARY HARRINGTON May 5, 2009

Iowa City is known to pull writers and doctors, athletes and artists to the community. Now, the little Midwestern city is making its name nationally as a senior-citizen hub, seducing retirees with activities...

City police receive grant to reduce downtown violence

REGINA ZILBERMINTS May 5, 2009

Iowa City police will use an expected $193,000 in federal grant money to purchase equipment and pay for overtime officers working to combat increasing violence in the community, authorities said. A portion...

City Council shelves $15,000 budget survey

CHRIS CLARK May 5, 2009

The Iowa City City Council won’t ask residents for input on city projects — at least, not right now. The council decided against spending money for a public survey at its Monday night work session....

Sales-tax vote could affect new jail plans

SCOTT MILLER May 5, 2009

The laundry room at the Johnson County Jail is small. Smaller than a dorm room. More crowded than the Pedestrian Mall at bar close. And more frequently used than Port-a-Potties on a football Saturday. Essentially,...

Voters to decide fate of sales tax today

CHRIS CLARK May 5, 2009

Today’s vote on a local-option sales tax will provoke a clash between the two biggest stories in the Iowa City area: the economy and the flood. Locals face a difficult decision — vote to increase...

Color of the world

BRIAN DAU May 5, 2009

With a reading of The Boy in Black, UI playwright Tony Meneses illustrates a different kind of existence as part of the Iowa New Play Festival. Today’s staged reading of The Boy in Black is part of...

Point/Counterpoint: Should college coaches use Twitter?

DI SPORTS STAFF May 5, 2009

NO Although I myself have gone cuckoo and logged on to Twitter (follow me @amiekiehn for useless tidbits like I watched Homeward Bound I and II Saturday … or save your mind space and don’t), college...

Baseball Hawks hoping to end eight-game losing streak

JEFF PAWOLA May 5, 2009

After getting swept by Minnesota over the past weekend, the Iowa baseball team returns to Banks Field today to take on Wisconsin-Milwaukee at 6 p.m. The injury-depleted Hawkeyes (14-30, 3-14) have lost...

Tracksters on Cloud 9 in new digs

If the Recreation Building were an older version of Wayne Maynor, than the track and field team’s new addition would be its “Bat Cave.” “It’s just amazing,” senior All-American John Hickey...

Arts Brief

DAN WATSON May 5, 2009

Nobody move, but everybody read Literary icon Denis Johnson pays homage to the American crime novel in his latest book, Nobody Move. The book has a plot that may surprise his fans, but his devotion to...

Load More Stories