Iowa Stateward goals aim to boost undergraduate teaching and graduation rates
Regents in Council Bluffs weigh a plan to raise undergraduate teaching loads for senior faculty to three of five credit hours and lift the share of undergrad hours taught by tenure track faculty from 56.3 to 60 percent. The plan also targets more National Merit Scholars and top high school graduates while pushing four year graduation.
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State Board of Regents
Regents
Marvin Pomerantz
Charles Larson
Cedar Rapids
Larson
Judith Aikin
U of I College of Liberal Arts
Board of Regents
Council Bluffs
U of I
College of Liberal Arts
College of Business Administration
College of Engineering
Nice
University of Iowa
Missouri MOM seeks to unite Smith twins in prison
Pamela Fullilove, mother of Burt and Derek Smith, asks Iowa Corrections to place her sons together, circulating a petition with 350 signatures. Iowa officials say life in prison means no parole and note the four hour drives between Kirksville and the prisons. Hauser’s brutal 1994 murder by the twins and two others sparked the case.
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Missouri
Iowa Department of Corrections
Iowa
Pamela Fullilove
Kirksville
Burt
Derek Smith
Rebecca Hauser
Union
Hauser
Anamosa
Derek
Clarinda
Smith Twins
Fullilove
Tom Miller
Smith Brothers
Pamela
North Carolina
Illinois
Sweden
Birgitta
Young and stupid we drank and drove
Mary Schmid recalls her youth when drinking and driving felt thrilling and invincible. She contrasts past reckless nights with now stricter norms, legal changes, and the shift to safer habits, noting how campaigns and tougher laws curb drunk driving and save lives.
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Mary Schmid
Red Skelton
Not all Christians are presumptuous in belief
A reader responds to a May 11 letter arguing Christians do not all assume they deserve heaven. The writer defends responsible conduct and forgiveness, urges restitution for wrongs, and invites broader church visits to show varied Christian behavior.
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Jesus
Grinding gears and pronoun shifts spark debate
Elissa Schaerer critiques a common error while teens discuss telling parents after mishaps. You versus thou raises accountability questions. A London reader flags a headline about Sears to judge debtor and a golfer’s loss described as disintegration provoking discomfort.
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Elissa Schaerer
Amana Eye
Melissa
Jeanette Ruprecht
London
Sears
Jeanette
Letters to the Gazette Guidelines Published
The Gazette invites letters and guest columns addressing public business. Letters require full name signature daytime phone number and full street address, though addresses are not published. No anonymity, 300 word limit, one letter per writer every 30 days, with a suggested column length of 700 words. Contact Cedar Rapids Gazette Box 511 Cedar Rapids IA 52406 FAX 319 398 5846 email gazette fyiowa.infi.net
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Litter and civic duty appear in Wellman student writings
Comments from Denise Yoder's 6th grade class at Mid-Prairie School Wellman urge less littering and more recycling to protect animals and the environment. Other notes critique capital punishment and call budget cuts in space and military programs, favoring education funding.
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Denise Yoder
Mid-Prairie School
Wellman
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