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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

‘Waste not, want not’ not living in UI dorms

MAGGIE PETERS May 15, 2009

Waste production, an area usually unaffected by the ups and downs of the economy, is experiencing an unprecedented downturn after steadily increasing since the 1960s. This year is the first time residential-waste...

UI projects cost less

TYLER LYON May 15, 2009

The university will save roughly $200,000 on the re-roofing of Burge Hall this summer, University Housing Director Von Stange said. The savings are a result of local contractors’ lower bids during the...

Brainy UI student delves into the brain

SHANE ERSLAND May 15, 2009

While working with patients diagnosed with vascular disease at the UI psychiatry department, UI junior Caitlin Moore began to wonder how difficult it would be for the individuals to live independently....

Universities join forces against violence

TESSA McLEAN May 15, 2009

The UI, Iowa State University, and the University of Northern Iowa will join together at UNI for a conference today on preventing and taking a stand against violence against women. The three regent universities...

Seniors encounter scarce-job world

JENNIFER DELGADO May 15, 2009

UI senior Emily Samuels thought her postgraduation plans were set after officials at C.H. Robinson, a logistics company in Chicago, offered her a job last October. But all that changed when company officials...

Culver signs aid bill near empty Hancher

ANNA LOTHSON May 15, 2009

Outside Hancher Auditorium on a sunny day amid puddles and mud, Gov. Chet Culver signed I-JOBS bills into law Thursday that will secure $100 million for the UI’s flood-recovery efforts. Though Hancher...

Recession, deaths, and the Flood in ’08-09

DI STAFF May 15, 2009

Violent deaths mark year Iowa City residents and the UI community contended with a series of shocking slayings and suicides during the 2008-09 academic year. Following allegations that he tried to trade...

Despite broken arm, Toole drawing MLB interest

RYAN YOUNG May 15, 2009

Justin Toole isn’t letting his broken arm get in the way of his baseball future. With the MLB first-year players draft set for June 9, the senior shortstop has been talking to a number of major-league...

Tourney time for Hawkeye softball

JON LINDER May 15, 2009

With the regular season, spring semester, and a shortened finals week in the rearview mirror, the Iowa softball team has its sights set on a 4 p.m. matchup with Auburn today in the first round of the NCAA...

Turnaround day in November is Sports Story of the Year

BRENDAN STILES May 15, 2009

Nov. 8, 2008, will be engraved in the mind of anyone associated with Iowa football. Our choice for the DI’s Story of the Year had the elements of a Hollywood script — frigid weather, a powerhouse...

Iowa City welcomes summer with art (web only)

CAROLINE BERG May 15, 2009

Summer in Iowa City is full of festivities including “Favorite Festival” award-winner, the Iowa Arts Festival. “The whole basis of the Arts Festival is to make all sorts of art forms available to...

Pondering the symbols of college

MELEA ANDRYS May 15, 2009

MTV’s ‘College Life’ might seem like just another venture into the world of unreal ‘reality,’ but a harsher truth belies the show’s depictions of the undergraduate experience. I drank a lot,...

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