Teens join early service clubs fostering community deeds
Cedar Rapids Washington High School forms a Rotary Interact Club to connect teens with volunteering, following in their parents’ Rotary paths. The program grew from 40 to 90 members, with Xavier High School’s Key Club and Solon High School’s Octagon Club also expanding, highlighting youth civic engagement and international reach.
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Carly Weber
Gazette
Udrey Shelton
Rotary International
Shelton
Rotary Interact Club
Cedar Rapids Washington High School
Corporation For National and Community Service
Laura Vint
Cedar Rapids Rotary West
Washington
Chris Kubicek
Xavier High School
Key Club
Kiwanis
Cedar Rapids
Optimist International
Solon High School
Kay Bloom
Xavier Key Club
Rick Jedlicka
Solon
Jedlicka
Washington High School
Kate Baustian
Rotary International Interact Club
Interact Club
Iowa
Rotary
Greek life at UI faces revival as houses struggle to fill
In Iowa City the University of Iowa Greek system shows signs of strain as Delta Upsilon and other houses report vacancy on upper floors, shrinking rush recruitment and looming rent pressures. The aging, storied dwellings remain a campus landmark amid waning membership since 1866.
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Ellis Ave
University of Iowa
Tom Brokaw
Nile Kinnick
Iowa City
Brian Ray
The
Gazette Delta Upsilon
Wartime prisons expand global network of detainees
In Baghdad the U S has built a broad overseas prison system housing around 14 000 detainees beyond standard legal bounds. Torture disclosures and arbitrary detentions draw rebukes from the UN secretary general and the U S Supreme Court, yet criticism comes most sharply from inside the system.
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Iraq
Guantanamo
U.S
U.N
U.S. Supreme Court
Photographer Held by U.S. Forces in Iraq Released Without Charges
AP photographer detained for five months after capture by U.S. forces in Iraq was released without charges. Baghdad shopkeeper Amjad Qassim al Aliyawi recalled living under American custody for nearly two years as if in hell.
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U.S
Iraq
Baghdad
Amjad Qassim al-Aliyawi
Associated Press
Extreme Makeover reveal brings crowd to Tama County site
Hundreds trek muddy back roads in northwest Tama County to see the Extreme Makeover Home Edition team unveil a new house and barn for Shawn and Amy Kibe and their children, whose home burned in 2005. Ty Pennington hosts the reveal amid five hour waits. locals say TV speed differs from real life.
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Ty Pennington
Ed Sanders
Shawn
Amy Kibe
Tama County
Kibes
Gladbrook
F Ave
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