2008 Woodie Awards
On Wednesday, members of the Iowa City writing community sent an application to Paris to garner a tangible distinction for all of the literary resources the town has to boast.
Led by International Writing Program Director Christopher Merrill, officials submitted a dossier to apply for international accolade as a City of Literature from the U.N. Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, which would also add Iowa City to a growing international network of renowned, creative communities.
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Enclosed within the special hand-crafted box of Iowa City's application for the City of Literature distinction, alongside the formal dossier, lies what some have called the heart of the effort: a poem by Marvin Bell, written just for the occasion.
"Writers in a Café," printed on handmade hemp paper and adorned with calligraphy, will be one of the first documents that the U.N. Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization will read.
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Officer Rodney Fogle's sole responsibility is patrolling Burlington High School. On an average school day, he can be found breaking up a fight, mediating arguments, or playing basketball with students in the gym.
He is what is called a "School Resource Officer," and the presence of law enforcement in American high schools is becoming increasingly common. The Iowa City School Board is discussing putting guards into both of the city's high schools after both principals requested them at the board's Nov. 27 meeting.
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UI senior Josh Williams said he feels lucky that he's always known what he wants to do - become a doctor.
His decisiveness has allowed the graduating Hawkeye to complete his biology degree in a mere three and a half years. An interview at Des Moines University medical school awaits him in February.
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Just as laws can differ from state to state, or city to city according to each community's needs, a new study showed that drinking-water regulations should be tailor-made to fit the local water conditions and histories.
Edwin Brands, a UI adjunct assistant professor in geography and international studies, and Raj Rajagopal, a UI geography professor recently published their three-part study, "Economics of Place-based Monitoring under the Safe Drinking Water Act," which focuses on the attribution of federal Safe Drinking Water regulations to small U.S. towns.
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This summer, In an unprecedented move, the UI administration changed salaries approved by the UI Student Government senate in March.
Although the decision wasn't illegal, the change continues to baffle some student officials.
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The Generation Iowa Commission is close to delivering its report on how to curb the state's so-called "brain drain."
Its findings focus on several key components - wage gaps, student debt, and cultural opportunities - to solve the problem.
It has been a hurried process, with the 15-member board first meeting in August. Iowa Gov. Chet Culver created the group in April.
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If a campuswide breakout of the pandemic flu were to occur, a student's first thought might be hopping in the family van and going home until it blows over.
But the recently released UI Pandemic Influenza Plan, which dates from June 29 but was delayed because of changes in university administration, includes fledgling plans to call on student volunteers in case of such scenarios.
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With the holidays, mainly Christmas in mostly Christian Iowa, so close to this cycle's caucuses, presidential-nomination hopefuls and their campaigns are getting a break right in the middle of the home stretch, even if it's less than optional.
Christmas Day is nine days before the Jan. 3 contests, and candidates will retreat to their home states to be with their families, save for Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., who has temporarily relocated to Des Moines.
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The nation's youth aren't using methamphetamine anymore - they've moved on to prescription painkillers, according to a study, and one local official said Iowa City teens are following suit.
A recent survey by the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research found that use of methamphetamine and marijuana by eighth-, 10th-, and 12th-graders is becoming less popular. Use of cocaine, however, has remained steady, and use of certain painkillers is on the rise.
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