The Dubuque Street walkway between Martini’s and the Sheraton is almost done. Sheraton recently celebrated their new power to close off their doors to late night student activity downtown. The bumpy road to its completion is a symbol of the relationship between Sheraton officials and the Iowa City City Council. In June, the councilors voted [...]

The big meat cleaver that is budget cuts at the UI has just found a nice big juicy steak to destroy. Recent plans to introduce a comprehensive student retention plan in the next three years will now take five or six years, said Wallace Loh, the UI’s provost. The university’s  retention rate  — 83 percent [...]

Could Western Europe experience a color-themed revolution akin to the one former USSR countries underwent earlier this decade? Germany’s Free Democrats — a pro-free-market party — will share leadership in coalition with the conservative Christian Democrats after gaining enough seats in federal elections last week. UK’s ruling Labour Party trails behind both the Tories and [...]

In the weeks following the July 24 death of John Deng, many have raised issues regarding the legitimacy of the shooting and whether it was warranted. The Iowa Attorney General’s Office released its final report on Sept. 25, determining that Johnson County Sheriff’s Deputy Terry Stotler was justified in shooting Deng because he was protecting [...]

Ah, the ubiquitous conversation catalyst: ethnicity. Name a controversial scenario or topic, and the issue invariably appears in the discourse. So it’s only natural that it would wind its way into the recent John Deng investigation. The report, released Sept. 25, found that Johnson County Sheriff’s Deputy Terry Stotler was justified in shooting Deng, who [...]

Johnson County Supervisor Rod Sullivan apologized on a radio show last Thursday for cursing out commentators on the Iowa City Press Citizen’s website. For those who’ve not followed this tragicomedy, Sullivan’s user profile on the site is private. Website commenter Donny_Dubrow criticized Sullivan for having a private user profile asking, “Are you afraid of accountability? [...]

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