2008 Woodie Awards
While some public university presidents receive upwards of $800,000 annually, UI President Sally Mason lives on around half that amount.
A study reported in the Nov. 16 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education found the minimum compensation for presidents of public research universities is approximately $450,000, the same amount being paid to the UI's leader.
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CEDAR RAPIDS - Democratic presidential-nomination hopeful and Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich railed against President Bush's administration and an overall mindset promoting war on Monday at the Cedar Rapids Islamic Center.
Approximately 70 people saw Kucinich speak mostly on foreign policy, calling for a new "era of diplomacy."
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One day, UI freshman Elise Kemerley says, she hopes to house an empty cereal-box collection in her dorm room.
"I eat lots of cereal - both in my room and other places," the Quadrangle Hall resident said. "Every meal I eat, I have a bowl of cereal with it."
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Ideally, 95 percent of all employees at the UI Hospitals and Clinics will be vaccinated against influenza by the end of this week.
The goal is more ambitious than last year's, when the employee clinic immunized approximately 65 percent of health-care providers, nearly reaching the statewide average of almost 68 percent.
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While millions of federal dollars are spent each year on abstinence-only education, a new study contends that the programs are ineffective.
A report released last week by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy showed no evidence exists that abstinence-only programs reduced the number of sexual partners among teenagers or that they postpone the initiation of sex.
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Addressing a crowd of approximately 125, Des Moines Mayor and environmental activist Frank Cownie stressed that local governments can fight global warming.
The lecture was part of a UI series that discusses global issues and the U.S. impact on the world.
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Fact: One in five women experience rape during college.
Statistics such as the previous, stories, and art that discuss and address sexual violence are present in a new zine created by the UI Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, titled Sexual Violence Isn't Only On the Streets: Ask Before You Touch Me.
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The Salvation Army of Des Moines needs volunteers to check all donated children's toys before the organization gives them away.
Amy DeCastro, the assistant coordinator, said all the toys must be checked before they are distributed because of the recent scare regarding the large numbers of recalled toys.
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New figures show mixed results for the UI's international programs, with the number of UI undergraduate students studying abroad on the increase and the number of international students decreasing, according to the UI Office for Study Abroad. (0) comments
Bluder only female to make top-10 list of state salaries
In the top ten of approximately 67,700 people paid by the state of Iowa, only one is a woman.
Hawkeye women's basketball coach Lisa Bluder was paid $473,908, and was No. 10 on the list. She edged out UI Hospitals and Clinics Director Donna Katen-Bahensky at $465,337 and UI President Sally Mason at $450,000, according to a Des Moines Sunday Register analysis of the 2007 State Salary Book of Iowa.
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