Rethinking Olympic Sports and Wolverine Football
Columnist argues for radical Olympics reform eliminating judging based events field hockey butterfly stroke and certain sports to streamline the Games. Endorses combining events and harsher note on lobbying and media, then shifts to University of Iowa football with Hayden Fry and Bo Schembechler praise and forecast for the Rose Bowl race.
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India
Pakistan
Skywriters
National Rifle Association
U.S
University of Iowa
Slim
Mike Dukakis
Hayden Fry
Northwestern
Big Ten
Minority enrollment at Iowa increases but target gains lag
The University of Iowa reports minority students at 6 percent this fall, up 137 from last year, with Asian Americans rising by 104 to 648 while blacks Hispanics and Native Americans show smaller gains. Officials cite funding gaps and limited follow up as reasons for slower progress toward the 8.5 percent goal. Enrollment totals reach 29 230, up 97 from last fall.
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Ly Lyle Muller
Euterts
Johnson County
Iowa City
University of Iowa
U of I
Philip Hubbard
U of
Hubbard
U of I’s
Opportunity At
Iowa
Jerald Dallam
College of Medicine
Dallam
U.S. Science Performance Lags, Study Finds
A federal study from 1986 reports distressingly low science prep among 17 year olds with only 7 percent ready for college courses. It notes persistent gaps by race and sex and says older students trail past levels despite some recovery since the 1970s.
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Washington Post
Washington
Iowa doles out 2.2 million for economic development
Iowa Economic Development Board approved grants and loans totaling 2.2 million from Lottery profits. Kwik-Way Manufacturing of Marion led CERA with a 224000 loan to expand auto repair equipment, boosting jobs and wages. Universities shared 1.16 million for NIH backed cell motion, tissue culture, and biochemical projects.
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Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
ES Moines
Iowa
Iowa Economic Development Board
Education and Agricultural Research and Development Act
CERA
Kwik-Way Manufacturing
Marion
Jude Conway
Kwik-Way
Conway
Oelwein
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Knoxville
Boone Railroad Historical Society
Boone
Cemen Tech, Inc
Indianola
Siouxland Quality Meats
Sioux City
University of Iowa
Iowa State University
U of I
National Institute of Health
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