UI Regents weigh naming a college after Wellmark amid gift talks
UI officials and Wellmark discuss a potential major gift to name a college after the corporation or Wellmark Foundation. Regents weigh policy and precedent as faculty urge careful study while noting public private partnerships in higher education.
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West Des Moines
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Des Moines
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Fethke
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Business College
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Wellmark Inc
Angela Felg
UI Foundation
City to spruce up stainless steel tree monument
Parks chief says the downtown stainless steel tree needs a facelift and the city seeks funding. Maintenance costs near $20,000 recently for lighting, tiles, and posts while vandalism and birds complicate upkeep. Plan includes cleaning, tile repair, light fixes, and possible bead blasting or power washing.
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Dwight Dohlman
Sean Smith
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Clintons rally for New York senator in Iowa visit
Former president Bill Clinton vouches for Sen. Hillary Clinton at an outdoor Cedar Rapids rally drawing about 4,500. He says she can meet the presidency’s challenges as the Clintons campaign early in the Iowa caucuses, while Obama and Edwards loom as rivals.
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Cedar Rapids
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Illinois
Barack Obama
Iowa
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the Gazette
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Iowa City
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Iowa Precinct
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Vicki Splarsh
Edwards’ Pampees
Iranians balancing identities in Iowa student community
A study by Mount Mercy College sociologist Mohammad Chaihian highlights Iowa's Iranian community as affluent and highly educated with religious diversity. Iranians here balance heritage with American life, maintaining cultural spaces like Safa Garden near Iowa City, while many trace roots to pre and post revolution immigration.
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Iran
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mohammad Chaihian
Mount Mercy College
Cedar Rapids
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Iowa City
University, of Iowa
Yashar Yasef
United States
U.S
Ialamie
Iranian Americans in Iowa weigh heritage amid political strain
Iranian cultural figures in Iowa describe a shrinking community as immigration slows after the Iran Iran war era. Some, like Dr. Ali Rezai, identify as Persian rather than Iranian to separate culture from politics, while steady ties to culture persist through events such as Noraoz and gatherings in Iowa City.
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Iran
United States
Chakchian
Iowa
Chakhian
Ali Rezai
Iowa City
Rezai
America
Regal
Dark chocolate may modestly lower blood pressure
A German study found that consuming about 6 grams of dark chocolate daily for five months reduced blood pressure slightly in 44 adults aged 66 to 73, compared with white chocolate. Lead author Dr. Dirk Taubert said the small reductions could lower cardiovascular risk, though long term effects were not measured.
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Germany
University of Cologne
Dirk Taubert
Illinois woman sues McDonalds over service denial
Dawn Larson, born with Holt Oram syndrome, alleges employees at two Rockford McDonald's refused to serve her when she attempted to collect food with her feet at a drive through. She says staff later let others take her food from her vehicle and that cashiers accepted her card from her foot in separate incidents. McDonald's Restaurants of Kentucky Inc. says it has a non discrimination policy and has not seen the suit.
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Winnebago County
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Rockford
Larry Taylor
McDonald's Restaurants of Kinois Inc
Chicago Sun- Times
Spike Lee announces WWII film on black soldiers in Europe
Spike Lee plans a World War II movie highlighting black American soldiers who faced discrimination at home yet contributed to liberating Europe. The project, tied to a novel, aims to spotlight overlooked heroism amid a broader Hollywood narrative.
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Italy
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