UI criticised for teaching assistants in Princeton Review ranking
Iowa City UI faces scrutiny as students protest the Princeton Review survey naming it top among 331 universities for TA usage. Officials say fall 1999 TA taught 8.4 percent of upper division hours while critics call the guide unreliable and not scientific. Grinnell and Coe appear in quirky regional rankings.
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Steve Parrott
University Communications and Outreach
Parrott
Amanda Batcheller
Sioux City
Louisiana State University
Evan Schnittman
Illinois man on the run after high speed chase and guns seized
Justin Fagan, 20, of Springfield Illinois remains at large after a Sunday high speed chase on Interstate 80 in Poweshiek County. A car carrying 22 stolen guns from Indiana was abandoned near Williamsburg after speeds reached 130 mph. Two accomplices, Jill Farrell 19 and Jared Fagan 15, were arrested. Slockett says Fagan last seen entering a cornfield and is believed to have burglarized a farmhouse to steal a Cadillac two miles away. No injuries reported.
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Springfield,ll
Fagan
Poweshiek County
Iowa County
Ladora
Iowa
Williamsburg
Jill Farrell
Springfield
Jared Fagan
Jim Stockett
Slockett
Linn residents push paving Cedar Valley Nature Trail
More than 1 500 residents sign petitions urging Linn County to pave the Cedar Valley Nature Trail from Hiawatha to Center Point. The Linn County Trails Association presented the effort to the Conservation Board, noting potential grants and user fees to cover costs while pledging local fundraising help. No decision was made as the board gathers paving information.
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Barnum
Black Hawk County
Hiawatha
Center Point
Cedar Valley
Road project snarls 76th Avenue delays at College Community
Henderson notes city cooperation with the school as traffic headaches hit College Community on the first day of classes. The 76th Ave SW stretch narrows to one lane in two spots between Kirkwood Boulevard and Interstate 380. Mick Starcevich says two campus access roads were built to ease entry and the patch work should last only a few days.
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Henderson
College Community
76Th Ave
Mick Starcevich
76Th Avenue
Kirkwood Boulevard
Starcevich
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