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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

Sallie Mae: We understand and are here to help

GUEST OPINION February 22, 2012

Your story "Locals applaud student-loan changes" (DI, Feb. 7) omits important information about private education loans. Sallie Mae advises families to use a "1-2-3 approach" to...

Costly, obsolete emergency-phones should be scrapped

DI EDITORIAL BOARD February 22, 2012

Blue emergency phones may appear to be an effective way to prevent and report crimes on college campuses, but other schools have found they prove to be costly, obsolete, and abused by the public. Running...

Hawkeye tennis’ Dunn carrying team with singles prowess

TOM CLOS February 22, 2012

Garret Dunn doesn't like to brag. The native of Tempe, Ariz., has won five-straight singles matches, including four straight-set victories. It's a streak that, because the rest of the team is struggling,...

International tracksters carry huge weight on women’s team

CODY GOODWIN February 22, 2012

The Iowa women's track and field team is made up of a diverse group of athletes. Twenty-four members of the 54-person team (44 percent) are from the state of Iowa. Another 44 percent are from elsewhere...

Hawkeye men’s swimming ready for Big Ten Championships

BEN ROSS February 22, 2012

It's not very often that an athlete gets to compete in perhaps the biggest event of his life at his home venue. But that's a reality for the Iowa men's swimming and diving team, which will host the...

Notebook: Stokes steps in, Cartwright questionable

JORDAN GARRETSON February 22, 2012

Fran McCaffery told Darius Stokes to be ready to play this past weekend against Indiana. The walk-on forward needed to be, especially with Eric May out with back spasms. The redshirt freshman delivered,...

Iowa lawmaker proposes abolition of state Department of Education

DI STAFF February 22, 2012

Sen. Brad Zaun, R-Urbandale, filed a bill Tuesday abolishing the Iowa Department of Education and the State Board of Education. According to the draft, the responsibilities of the Department of Education...

City Council approves first consideration of TIF ordinance

DI STAFF February 22, 2012

Iowa City City Councilors approved the first consideration of a tax-increment financing ordinance. The TIF ordinance would establish Iowa City as a tax increment financing district. According to the...

Council approves second consideration of curb extension ordinance

DI STAFF February 22, 2012

The Iowa City City Council approved the second consideration of an ordinance prohibiting parking adjacent to a curb extension. The City Code currently prohibits parking within 15 feet of an intersection,...

School district to release report card

DI STAFF February 22, 2012

A monthly School District report card will soon be available to the Iowa City community. After the district received an infrastructure audit by the Synesi engineering company in January, the School...

Proposal targeting student housing draws fiery reaction

KRISTEN EAST February 22, 2012

City councilors got an earful about a proposal targetting student housing near downtown Iowa City on Tuesday night. The proposal calls for changing the definition of "household" as it currently...

UISG officials discuss online course evaluations

ANNA THEODOSIS February 22, 2012

University of Iowa students may one day take course evaluations online. UI Student Government officials said having students take the evaluations online would be more beneficial in collecting student...

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