UI sophomore Pieter Van Rybroek was grabbing some food after class before heading to his 10 a.m. shift at the Hardin Library when his boss contacted him to tell him to call before coming in because of an emergency at the library.
He wasn't the only one warned to stay away from the building; several bomb threats sent to the library via e-mail caused a temporary lockdown at Hardin and Jessup Hall, lasting around three hours on Tuesday morning.
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In 1998, Jeffrey Moore lost 50 pounds in two weeks.
He thought he had a bug - pneumonia maybe. He took over-the-counter medication, drank lots of fluids, and slept. When his condition did not improve, he went to the doctor, only to have his suspicions confirmed.
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Police could improve their actions in potentially dangerous situations after a bomb threat at Hardin Library on Tuesday shed light on shortcomings in the UI's "typical response," officials said.
Charles Green, the assistant vice president for the UI police, said at 7:57 a.m., officers learned about a rash of threatening e-mails the Hardin Library received claiming a bomb had been left at the facility.
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The UI Faculty Senate voted Tuesday to support changes to the probationary periods for faculty on the tenure and clinician track at the UI Carver College of Medicine and the College of Dentistry.
Members also approved the option for other UI colleges to request an extension on their tenure clocks with senate approval.
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Facing trial for a sit-in at the Cedar Rapids office of U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, 11 peace activists vowed at a press conference on Tuesday to step up their efforts to end the U.S. occupation of Iraq.
"I was against this war six months before it started … Iraq was not a threat to us, not a threat at all," UI student-protester David Goodner said.
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On Tuesday evening, area residents gathered to hear Michael Bodaken, the president of the National Housing Trust in Washington, D.C., and area officials discuss ways to provide Johnson County with more affordable housing.
The event, "Affordable Multifamily Housing: Exploring Solutions," was sponsored by the Housing Trust Fund of Johnson County as well as FAIR, an organization dedicated to Johnson County residents.
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Irene McKinney's daughter, a senior at West High School, was recently involved in a fight at school. School officials notified police, and McKinney's daughter was later handcuffed at home and spent the night in jail.
Now facing two fines totaling $360, McKinney said she doesn't know how she's going to pay her daughter's fines or why officials called the police.
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Local officials moved closer to providing more transportation options for Coralville residents Tuesday, as the city government sought to fund one of the headlining features of the Iowa River Landing.
The Coralville City Council unanimously approved an application requesting $12 million to finance construction of a transportation facility that could provide service to the UI, among other locations.
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Maggie Conroy passed around photos of her childhood crush - a Colombian bullfighter nicknamed "El Cordobes" - to an audience dressed in white lab coats, business suits, and sweatshirts.
A noted playwright and actor, Conroy filled Prem Sahai Auditorium in the Medical Education and Research Facility with her melodious prose.
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Dean of the College of Public Health, James Merchant, will step down on July 1, 2008.
Since the start of Merchant's tenure as dean of the school, the number of students has more than doubled - from 200 in 1999 to 429 in 2006. Also, the number of primary faculty has also grown, jumping to 77.
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