University of Iowa outlines recruit visit guidelines
President David Skorton spearheads rules with the Athletic Department and the President's Committee on Athletics. Recruits under 19 must be out of bars by 10 p.m. and escorted to lodgings by 12:30 a.m. Entertainment limited to the Iowa City Coralville area. Recruits and hosts will be reminded of the rules before visits.
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University of Iowa
David Skorton
Athletic Department
President’s Committee On Athletics
Iowa City
Coralville
Skorton
Regional transit shift sparks Cedar Rapids debate
Greyhound suspends Cedar Rapids routes while Iowa City service continues. Readers urge better local marketing and rail connections to a new transit center, amid calls for improved regional mobility and potential light rail.
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Greyhound
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Readers vent on subsidies and bias in Cedar Rapids letters
A Cedar Rapids letters page railed at subsidized student housing at Prairie Ridge and decried perceived media bias. Readers also defended a Starship concert at Kirkwood and criticized a Guerrilla Art project tied to the Herky on Parade event, urging respect for varied art forms.
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James L. Presson
Iowa City
the Gazette
Starship
BTO
Kirkwood Community College
Mickey Thomas
Asia oil war looms between China and Japan over Siberia
Paul Roberts argues that a battle for energy security pits China and Japan against each other for access to Siberian oil. He notes competing pipeline plans to Daqing and Moscow, Japan's offers to fund pipelines and fields, and broader global struggles in the Caspian, Middle East, Africa, and beyond as oil demand rises and supply lags.
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India
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Africa
Middle East
America
OPEC
France
Washington
Iran
U.S
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
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