UPDATED - 08/27/07 - 04:05 P.M.
For the second time in two weeks, anonymous e-mail bomb threats were sent to the UI, relations director Steve Parrott said.
The bomb threats were issued to three UI-connected people this weekend, and targeted Jessup Hall and another unnamed building, Parrott said.
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Iowa City police are modifying patrols slightly in response to another reported attack against a woman this past weekend, Iowa City police Sgt. Troy Kelsay said, adding that officers still have many other duties to attend to with students returning to campus.
"It makes it more difficult to dedicate time to these special assignments," he said. "You can't ignore the rest of the city."
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Approximately 160 incoming freshmen will spend their first days at the UI in temporary housing, but a planned addition to Burge Residence Hall could eventually help ease the situation.
The housing shortage - which has routinely had more than 100 students without permanent room assignments at the beginning of the semester since 2002 - has remained constant over the past three years.
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Even with the statewide keg-registration policy, local beer vendors say their keg sales haven't declined, and some have reported an increase in sales.
Beginning July 1, kegs purchased in Iowa must be registered at the retailer where they are purchased. Vendors record the buyer's name, address, and drivers' license number and pair it with the identification number stickered to the keg.
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All eyes are on Florida after the Democratic National Committee handed the Sunshine State a stiff penalty for moving up its presidential primary to Jan. 29, 2008. The DNC stipulates that all states other than Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, and South Carolina must hold their primaries or caucuses on or after Feb. (1) comment
Security officials at the UI may want to brush up on their texting lingo - not for checking weekend plans but for tipping off the university community about a bomb threat.
UI officials are poised to begin alerting the university community about emergency situations through text messages and voice mails, pushing aside a lethargic e-mail notification system that can take up to two hours to inform students and faculty in such situations.
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UI freshman Kelly Wenman speaks with her family daily. She also sends text messages to a friend who attends Florida State University four or five times a day - for emotional support, or just to chat.
Some experts see disadvantages in using technology as a tool for communication.
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On Sunday, close to 400 female pledges packed Macbride Auditorium, waiting to hear which Greek letters they would brand themselves with for the next few years - and, perhaps, a lifetime.
"[The experience] lasts for four years - really, it lasts for more than four years," said Anne Barber, the president of the Panhellenic Association, the body that governs sorority chapters.
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An undisclosed amount of sewage bypassed the North Liberty treatment plant on the morning of Aug. 25 and entered the Iowa River, said Josh Sobaski, an environmental specialist for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
The news came from North Liberty wastewater-superintendent Dave Ramsey, who reported the discharge occurred at 9:17 a.
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After almost a month in office, new UI President Sally Mason has barely had a moment's rest.
She has already dined with the media, met Iowans at the State Fair, and helped newcomers move into the dorms.
And now that the school year has officially started, things are not going to get any easier.
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Members of the environmental team I-Renew boasted about the progress of Iowa's largest multi-array solar-power system - an enterprise the group has coined the "New Bohemia Solar Project" - at an Aug. 25 conference. The alternative-energy venture is significant to Iowa because of the current scarcity of solar resources in the state, which is an important potential renewable energy source, said Bill Blum, an Iowa Department of Natural Resources program planner. (2) comments
Despite many students' returning to campus last weekend and two additional law-enforcement officers patrolling downtown, Iowa City police only issued roughly the same number of alcohol-related fines as the weekend before.
The total number of PAULAS and public-intoxication tickets written during the weekends starting Aug.
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Though the UI is known nationwide as the "Writing University," the city it calls home is hoping to take it one step further with international recognition.
Christopher Merrill, the director of the UI International Writing Program, is working on an application for the Creative Cities Network by the UNESCO to become an official "City of Literature.
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BEIJING - Iowa freshman Jake Kerr finished 11th in men's freestyle-wrestling competition Aug. 25 at the 2007 Junior World Wrestling Championships in the China Agricultural University Gymnasium. (0) comments
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