Credit card solicitations plague Iowa students in union basement
Susanne Leibold reports in Iowa City on University of Iowa students fed gifts to sign credit card applications as parts of a fund-raiser. Kevin O'Toole notes students carry over $2,000 in debt on average with high interest, and many arrive with eight or more cards.
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Susanne Leibold
Iowa City
M&M’s
University of Iowa
Iowa Memorial Union
Kevin O'Toole
Cedar Rapids
O'Toole
Northeast Iowa schools face enrollment and funding squeeze
Enrollment declines in northeast Iowa districts threaten to erode per pupil funding by about 124000 dollars districtwide over five years. Officials warn that a 5 percent drop in students will be hard to notice daily, though the fiscal impact is substantial given costs over 4,000 dollars per pupil. Local educators cite rural innovations as a response to shrinking enrollments.
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Iowa
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Chickasaw
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Delaware
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Fayette
Howard
Winneshiek
Iowa City Doctor Bets on First Iowan Summit Bid
Chuck Huss of Iowa City pursues Mount Everest ascent aiming to become the first Iowan to reach the summit. Despite a recent Everest success rate near 20 percent, Huss, 50, notes his prior experience on the Southeast Ridge to about 27,500 feet in 1998 gives him confidence though altitude illness forced a retreat near base camp.
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American Alpine Club
Huss
World faces rising obesity alongside persistent underfeeding
The Worldwatch Institute reports that for the first time the global population may be as overweight as underfed, about 1.1 billion people. The BMI based study notes wealthier nations and minorities gain fat while the poor go hungry, with regions like India, Bangladesh and sub-Saharan Africa showing divergent trends.
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