2008 Woodie Awards
When UI students Justin Talley and Ryan Thomas saw the door to their East Jefferson Street apartment for the first time on Sunday, they thought someone was playing a sick joke on them.
But it became quickly apparent that there was nothing funny about it.
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A trial date has been set for Curtis Fry, a 21-year-old Wilton, Iowa, man accused of second-degree murder.
The trial will begin on April 21, online court records show. Fry pleaded not guilty to the charge on Feb. 28.
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"Nachte raho" is Hindi for "keep on dancing," and competitors did just that at this year's Nachte Raho dance competition.
Now in its sixth year, the UI Indian Student Alliance hosted the competition March 1 in Hancher Auditorium. The event featured three styles of dance: Dandiya-Raas, Bhangra, and Bollywood Fusion. Nachte Raho is a national competition and among the largest of its kind in the Midwest.
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Up to 35 Iowa City homeless veterans could soon have residences if a federally funded pilot program is given the green light.
The Housing and Urban Development's Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program provides voucher assistance, along with case management and community health services.
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The upper floors of Macbride Hall echoed with excited babbling of museum-going children.
Down in the auditorium, half a dozen audience members occupied their Sunday afternoon with a free showing of the documentary America's Lost Landscape: The Tallgrass Prairie, sponsored by the Natural History Museum.
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Last week saw three provost finalists come to the UI from across the country, but their varying addresses didn't change their arguments. All three - in one way or another - stressed the importance of diversity and the balance of access and excellence. (0) comments
CEDAR RAPIDS - Iowa-made pure maple syrup took the sweet spotlight on Sunday at the 25th-annual Maple Syrup Festival, showing off a history dating to American Indian times and blanketing warm pancakes for hungry festival-attendees.
The two-day event, which usually draws around 1,500 people, was conceived when Indian Creek Nature Center director Rich Patterson felt people needed a way to learn about syrup production.
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