Daily Iowan, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
7 hours ago by Andrew Swift - The Daily Iowan
Four years ago, I wrote in The Surveyor, my high-school newspaper, of my time spent at George Washington Senior High School. I remembered fondly the teachers, peers, and experiences of my high school career.
Don't expect the same in this column.
Daily Iowan, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
5 hours ago by Charlie Kautz - The Daily Iowan
Try as they might for nearly 35 minutes Monday morning, Iowa basketball writers in a teleconference couldn't find the magic words to break Todd Lickliter.
Nine days after senior-to-be Tony Freeman was released from his basketball scholarship, the first-year coach couldn't be swayed into speaking further on the departure of his leading scorer from last season.
Daily Iowan, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
6 hours ago by Brian Stewart - The Daily Iowan
For 18-year-old Karl Taylor, going out to the bars with friends doesn't require a fake ID.
Thanks to an exemption from Iowa City's ordinance banning people yoiunger than 19 in bars after 10 p.m., Taylor can use his government ID to legally enter such establishments as the Formosa, 241 E. College St., even after the restaurant and sake bar's kitchen has stopped serving food.
Daily Iowan, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
9 hours ago by Ashton Shurson - The Daily Iowan
UI graduate student Molly Kelley realized the importance of teaching English as a Second Language when she was a kid going to church.
Her church in Cedar Rapids gave sanctuary to immigrants until they got their visas. She said she started her linguistics interest seeing Mexican immigrants who were trying to scratch out a living and didn't understand the language.
Daily Iowan, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
4 hours ago by Associated Press
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Federal immigration agents raided a northeastern Iowa meat processing plant Monday, arresting more than 300 people and housing many of them at a converted fairgrounds.
The raid of the Agriprocessors Inc. plant in Postville was the largest in state history and had been planned for months, said U.S. Attorney Matt M. Dummermuth.
Daily Iowan, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
7 hours ago by Eric Mandel - The Daily Iowan
To be named W.I.N. magazine's Dan Gable Coach of the Year, a wrestling coach must embody all of the hard work, determination, and drive for dominance that Gable showed during his reign as a leader at Iowa, where he collected 15 NCAA titles.
To win The Daily Iowan's Coach of the Year award, you must be the best coach at Iowa.
It's not hard to say which is more worthy of a party.
Daily Iowan, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
8 hours ago by Beau Elliot - The Daily Iowan
It's traditional this time of year, when many of you are about to leave the comforting embrace of the university community and head off into what we euphemistically call the "real world," for those of us with more than 21 or 22 years under our belts (or wherever we keep them - pesky things, those years, which is probably something you should remember but no doubt won't, human beings being what they are) to offer some glimmerings of advice.
Daily Iowan, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
19 hours ago by Alyssa Cashman - The Daily Iowan
As the nursing crisis continues in Iowa, Gov. Chet Culver will sign a bill that sets aside $5.2 million specifically for nurses' wages.
But that amount is far less the $150 million required to bring Iowa's nursing pay up to the national average, said Linda Goeldner, the executive director of the Iowa Nurses Association.
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