Editorial: UI must balance athlete privilege and accountability
The piece argues for consistent, firm handling of student athletes amid misconduct cases like Pierre Pierce. It cites past UI responses, such as training and centralized investigations, and favors case by case decisions guided by principles, aiming to preserve a tough but fair standard.
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Pierre Pierce
University of Iowa
Steve Alford
Pierce
Hawkeye
West Des Moines
Iowa City
Alford
The
Iowa
Why Iowans should back felon voting rights and aid pledges
A letter argues felons should regain voting rights after serving time and cites Minnesota data on crime reduction. It also critiques U.S. hunger aid pledges, urging full Millennium Challenge Account funding of 5 billion dollars annually starting 2006 and pressuring Bush and Jim Nussle to include it in the budget.
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C.R
Minnesota
United States
Iowa
U.S
Bush
Congress
House Budget Committee
Jim Nussle
Viewers clash over preempted TV shows and deer herd concerns
A Cedar Rapids reader laments KCRG TV preemption of Lost for basketball, arguing fans deserve balanced programming. Ken Halstead of Cedar Rapids urges deer herd management via landowner partnerships, while Angie Boughton of Iowa City urges parental involvement amid FCC indecency debates.
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University of Iowa
Iowa State University
KCRG
Cedar Rapids
Chandra M. Jordan
Marion
DNR
Democracy test in Iraq echoes republic challenge
The Iraqi election turnout prompts debate over democracy as in Poland Philippines Nicaragua and Ukraine. Ayad Allawi rises as PM candidate while Ayatollah Ali al Sistani leads Shiites, Kurds seek autonomy, and Christians report voting bans. The piece contrasts Iraq with Iran and early American democracy tests.
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Philippines
Nicaragua
Ukraine
Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
John Adams
White House
Thomas Jefferson
Adams
Iraq
Iraq Center For Research and Strategic Studies
Ayad Allawi
Saddam Hussein
CIA
Allawi
Ayatollah
Ali al-Sistani
Al-Sistani
Kirkuk
Yonadam Kanna
Kanna
Washington Post
Anthony Shadid
Basra
Supreme Council For Islamic Revolution
SCIRI
Iran
Shahid
Basra University
Middle East
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