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

Nurses at junction of medicine, law

EMILY MELVOLD May 13, 2009

Solving crimes isn’t just the job of police or investigators — nurses play a major role in the justice system, too. The field of nursing forensics has people in the medical field collecting evidence...

Flood-tax vote now official

SHANE ERSLAND May 13, 2009

With absentee and provisional votes now accounted for, the results of last week’s local-option sales tax election remain the same; Iowa City will implement the measure, Coralville will not. In Tuesday’s...

Art school remains upbeat

MAGGIE PETERS May 13, 2009

Despite having to move into an old hardware store after last summer’s flood, students and faculty in the UI School of Art and Art History are using state-of-the-art technology and said they will continue...

School board OKs library cutbacks

MAGGIE PETERS May 13, 2009

The Iowa City School Board on Tuesday evening decided to cut back on teacher-librarians and media secretaries and to increase the student-to-teacher ratio. The board had decided to postpone a vote on...

May UI graduate ready to head toward the border

JENNIFER DELGADO May 13, 2009

In Yuma, Ariz., the temperature rarely falls below 40 degrees on a typical day in January. And for Iowa-raised Nathen Baker — a graduating UI senior who will teach fourth grade in the far-southwest...

Court reporters may be replaced

ZHI XIONG May 13, 2009

In the courtroom, few can stop state public defender Tyler Johnston when he starts talking too fast. One exception is the court reporter who is transcribing his every word for the record. Now, Johnston...

Number of UI international students to rise

MEGAN DIAL May 13, 2009

An increasing number of international students are seeking out the coveted “gold standard” U.S. degree, UI officials say. The UI has received double the number of international-student applications...

Some in UISG no strangers to tickets

REGINA ZILBERMINTS May 13, 2009

Even as UI Student Government members try to move ahead with their plans to curb students’ binge drinking, background checks show nine of those representatives have received drinking-related tickets. The...

Men’s golf set for regional

JORDAN GARRETSON May 13, 2009

When the Iowa men’s golf team tees off in Thursday’s first round of the Southeast Regional in Sorrento, Fla., it will mark the Hawkeyes’ first postseason action in 14 years. Making the trip for...

Pfeiffer is DI Female Athlete of Year

JEFF PAWOLA May 13, 2009

As if she did not have enough honors and recognition, senior field hockey player Lauren Pfeiffer adds another award to her proverbial trophy case, being named the Female Athlete of the Year by The Daily...

Basketball wants the fans back

SCOTT MILLER May 13, 2009

To call Iowa basketball fans starved would be kind. With the men’s program making only three NCAA Tournament appearances in the last 10 years (2001, 2005, and 2006), famished would be a more accurate...

No sadness in this rapper’s show

KELLY DIGGINS May 13, 2009

Grieves brings his fresh new sound to the Midwest rap scene while connecting with fans old and new. When hip-hop artist Grieves performs tonight at the Picador, it won’t be his first appearance in Iowa...

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