Summer storage crisis hits University of Iowa students
Thousands of UI students face a housing gap as summer leases end and fall leases begin. Landlords inspect properties while students scramble for options from moving belongings home, using storage, or renting PODS portable units. Some parents pay extra and fray nerves as the routine drags on. Local storage firms report inundation and improvisation during summer limbo.
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Laura Schmitt
the Gazette
Si-Chi Chin
University of Iowa
Aaron Hefel
Quality Care Storage Company
Coralville
Ne Gazette
Owa City
Jean Fisher
Benton Street Storage
Fisher
Heartland Portable Storage
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Assaults prompt women in Iowa City to rethink safety
Women downtown report fear after three sexual assaults near the university area since July 14. Police say 15 similar attacks over 10 months may involve a single male perpetrator. residents respond by arming themselves with pepper spray, whistles, or bricks.
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Owa City
Iowa City
Angelica Jackson
Great Mills
Jackson
Mayflower Residence Hall
University of Iowa
New UI President Urged to Hit the Ground Running
Mary Greer urges Sally Mason to buy good shoes as she takes over the University of Iowa presidency. Mason faces a busy start meeting faculty staff and students and touring the campus to identify key players and priorities.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Mary Greer
University of Iowa Staff Council
Sally Mason
Greer
Mason
Sally Mason to lead UI as incoming president duties
Assignment sheet outlines Sally Mason's tasks as incoming UI president including meeting faculty staff and student leaders and engaging with state regents. She plans to represent UI at a state regents meeting and oversee a potential Wellmark naming gift for the College of Public Health while addressing campus safety and salaries. Diane Heldt of The Gazette will discuss the story on today's 11 a.m. KCRG-TV9 newscast.
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Sally Mason
State
UI College of Public Health
the Gazette
Diane Heldt
Kcrg-Tv9
Furry time share dogs aid busy San Francisco residents
Shari Gonzalez, 22, bonds with a black Lab named Jackpot during weekend visits. The trend features FlexPetz, a service that rents dogs by the day to urbanites lacking time or space for full time pets.
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San Francisco
Shari Gonzalez
San Diego
Gonzalez
Jackpot
Mariena Cervantes
FlexPetz
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