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

City looks to retain fight ordinance fines

CHRIS CLARK June 10, 2009

A proposed change to include fights and other violent behavior under Iowa City’s ordinance against disorderly conduct would mean more money for the city and less for the state. The city’s definition...

Police stress need for witnesses

NICOLE KARLIS June 10, 2009

One Iowa City police official considers a witness as vital as the physical evidence when investigating a case. But despite a year of numerous fatal accidents and violent crimes, officers see a discouraging...

Tiffin resists more sheriff deputies

HOLLY HINES June 10, 2009

Because Tiffin has a growing population and a new high school in the works, Johnson County law-enforcement officials want deputies to spend more time patrolling the expanding town. But some officials...

Fighting crime with texts

ABE TEKIPPE June 10, 2009

In an effort to reach out to the younger, more tech-savvy generations, law enforcement agencies across the United States, including some in Iowa, are embracing text messaging to fight crime. Black Hawk...

Local Chrysler dealer loses franchise

MICHELLE BORYCA June 10, 2009

Local Chrysler dealership owner Jeff Carr spent last week in New York testifying before bankruptcy court. And at midnight on Tuesday, his dealership was officially orphaned from the Chrysler family. On...

Economy limits students’ college choices

AMANDA McCLURE June 10, 2009

The common advice imparted to high-school graduates to dream big may have been bullied by this year’s failing economy. In a study released Tuesday the National Association for College Admission Counseling...

Roosevelt school will officially close

DAVID GREEN June 10, 2009

Roosevelt Elementary students will attend new schools next year, and many in the community are unhappy about it. The Iowa City School Board voted unanimously Tuesday evening to close Roosevelt — which...

Injuries riddle baseball squad

TRAVIS VARNER June 10, 2009

Injuries dashed the Iowa baseball team’s hopes of a successful 2009 season, squashing the Hawkeyes’ high preseason expectations. Iowa had an overall record of 16-35 and a Big Ten record of 4-19,...

Not necessarily ‘too’ avant-garde

TANNER KOOMAR June 10, 2009

You may have seen Nathan Musser’s work before — his art has appeared in several downtown businesses, including the Buzz and Revival. It is fitting, then, that his first formal gallery exhibition opened...

Amid media cacophony, O’Brien replaces Leno

MERYN FLUKER June 10, 2009

I miss the Masturbating Bear. In 2004, when NBC announced Conan O’Brien would take over as host of “The Tonight Show,” many of us “Late Night” diehards worried if he’d soften up his image...

DVD Vault: Better Off Dead (1985)

KERY LAWSON June 10, 2009

A place for us to reminisce about the movies we loved, lost, and still live for to this day. Better Off Dead, 1985 Directed by Savage Steve Holland. Starring John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, and Kim...

Rock Plaza Central to play IC

ERIC SUNDERMANN June 10, 2009

Rock Plaza Central’s last album, Are We Not Horses?, is a narrative story of six-legged, robotic horses. The creatures discover they aren’t flesh and blood and are forced do deal with the consequences...

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