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Today is the RSVP deadline for Emma's 35th Anniversary
Essential Estrogen | October 13th 2008 by LW
Invitations to Emma Goldman Clinic's 35th Anniversary have gone out and today is the RSVP deadline. Tickets to the event are $35 general, or $25 for students, seniors and low-income. There will be no paper tickets, but an RSVP list available at the e read more
dinner at the lims
Mindanao Writers' Blogs | October 11th 2008 by tonex
I was the guest of honor at a dinner hosted by Victoria and Ramon Lim. They are both neurologists teaching at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. Ramon graduated from the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, and has been in the US for read more
limp
Mindanao Writers' Blogs | October 9th 2008 by tonex
I was walking to the bookstore this afternoon. I chanced upon a man, in his late 40s I guess, asking passersby for quarters. He was carrying a sign that read:DYSFUNCTIONAL PENIS. NEED YOUR HELP.Two male students, upon seeing the man, told him, "What read more
boys in the library
Mindanao Writers' Blogs | October 7th 2008 by tonex
I'm in the main library of the University of Iowa, finishing an essay for a journal. It's quiet here and I thought that it would be the best place to have work done. Wrong choice. I'm so distracted with all the cute boys around. For instance, the two read more
Green- Eco Blogs and Resources- Iowa
Green Eco Services | October 5th 2008 by cathy
These of course are not all the local green, eco, environmental blogs, websites and resources. If you have a local or regional green resource, blog or website, please contact me and I will update. Iowa Blog for Iowa read more
National Boob Disease Cognizance Month
The Fighter Writer | October 1st 2008 by Jules Joyce
We haven't found a cure for cancer yet. However, some of us have conquered cancer. I am a breast cancer conqueror. I prefer the word conqueror to the word survivor. Conqueror is an active word while survivor is passive. To conquer is to take acti read more
the brown american
Mindanao Writers' Blogs | September 28th 2008 by tonex
This evening I received one of the best compliments since I arrived here in Iowa. I write good English. It is nuanced, they said. A quality acquired from a long exposure to American pop culture. It is a far cry from my experience aboard Northwest Air read more
pioneer
Mindanao Writers' Blogs | September 21st 2008 by tonex
Vanessa Veiock wrote a feature story about moi for the Daily Iowan last Friday. To read, clickez ici. read more
Kathleen Sebelius, Kansas Governor, Says 'Race May be a Factor' i…
Black Political Thought | September 17th 2008 by Janet Shan
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius went there and told the truth. She publicly considered the possibility that Sen. Barack Obama’s race might be a factor in this year’s presidential election during an appearance in Iowa City. She didn't say anything read more
DNCC YouTube Contest Winner
Howard's Notebook | August 25th 2008 by Jim Howard
I won a iPod two months ago. I won a iPhone last month. I should have made a video for the DNCC YouTube contest. If I had won I would be in Denver for the convention. Rich Peters made a... read more
Blog Quizzes
VirusHead | August 23rd 2008 by Doc Heidi
It’s been a while since I did some of these. Just as fun - and a bit inaccurate - as always. You See the World Through Blue Colored Glasses You live your life with tranquility. You have faith that things will work themselves out with read more
PHOTOS: Oregon 106 Weekend, August 7-11, 2008
Everything Between | August 12th 2008
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. Amazing weekend in Portland and Pacific City with old friends — ten of the folks I lived with from 1995-6 at 106 N. Governor in Iowa City as an undergrad and their significant others + children. And lo read more
Donroy Merrival - Iowa City Man Bites Off Friend’s Nose During…
The Weekly Vice | July 31st 2008 by The Weekly Vice by Danny Vice
Iowa City, Iowa (The Weekly Vice) -- Donroy R. Merrival, a 40 year old Iowa man has been arrested and charged with willful injury causing serious injury on Tuesday after biting off man's nose. Nose is now missing.According to police, Merrival got read more
Donroy Merrival - Iowa Man Bites Off Friend’s Nose During Alcho…
ThaLunatic Daily | July 31st 2008 by ThaLunatic Daily
Iowa City, Iowa (ThaLunatic Daily) -- Donroy R. Merrival, a 40 year old Iowa man has been arrested and charged with willful injury causing serious injury on Tuesday after biting off man's nose. Nose is now missing.According to police, Merrival go read more
Pizza, Pizza, Pizza
Bloggaville | July 1st 2008 by Bloggaman
According to an article I saw on Yahoo.com the other day, the average American eats 23 pounds worth of pizza each year. That is a staggering amount when you consider the fact that a good portion of Americans are under the age of 10 and can’t ea read more
University Of Iowa Prepares To Clean Up
SayCampusLife | June 23rd 2008 by Matt Keegan
A historic flood ravaged portions of the US Midwest earlier this month including several cities which are home to well known colleges and universities. The University of Iowa located in Iowa City was one such school severely impacted by a spate of st read more
Where's the Hollywood Telethon?
Eloquent Redneck | June 20th 2008 by Stacy Jackson
So, do you remember how Hollywood did a big telethon for Hurricane Katrina survivors? You know . . . the one where Kanye West stood by a seemingly uncomfortable Mike Myers and told the country that “George Bush hates black people.” Yeah . . . wel read more
Iowa Flooding
Caffeinated Thoughts | June 17th 2008 by Shane Vander Hart
Des Moines, for the most part, dodged a real bullet. The downtown levies held, and we didn’t see nearly the amount of flooding that occurred in 1993. I was saddened to hear that the Birdland Levy didn’t hold flooding North Hig read more
Cedar Rapids Flood Of 2008
Bloggaville | June 16th 2008 by Bloggaman
For those of you that don’t live in Iowa you may not have heard about the huge floods in Iowa. I actually live near Cedar Rapids and work in Iowa City and both cities have been affected by the floods. I have some pictures that show just how muc read more
Iowa Under Water: Familiar Ground is Flooded
Everything Between | June 15th 2008
In the months before my freshman year at the University of Iowa, the Iowa River flooded its banks, closing one dorm for the entire first semester and leaving me with 2 roommates in a double dorm — some doubles were turned into quads, in fact. F read more
How To Get From Cedar Rapids to Iowa City
Essential Estrogen | June 14th 2008 by LW
At 6 p.m. on Friday night the Iowa Department of Transportation closed a portion of Interstate 380 between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. Officials expect the interstate to be closed for several days. If you need to travel from Cedar Rapids to Iowa City read more
Veterans Memorial in Cedar Rapids: Before and After
Essential Estrogen | June 13th 2008 by LW
Several readers in other parts of the country have asked if I could post at least one before-and-after shot of the Cedar Rapids downtown area. Here's a file photo of Veteran's Memorial Coliseum: The photo above was taken from the west side of the Ce read more
View from the sky of the Mayflower dormatory.
Green Tea PhD | June 12th 2008
Somewhere underneath all of that water is Dubuque Street. read more
Emma Goldman To Hold Spring Benefit
Essential Estrogen | May 17th 2008 by LW
Friends of the Emma Goldman Clinic are invited to attend its Spring Benefit on Friday, May 30, at the home and garden of Joy Smith and David Rust, 915 E. Bloomington St., in historic Goosetown. This fundraising event is from 5 to 7 p.m. A total of se read more
Winners for Emma Rocks!
Essential Estrogen | April 3rd 2008 by LW
Emma Rocks!, a musical competition held at the Englert Theatre on Saturday with proceeds benefiting the Emma Goldman Clinic, gave awards to three artists. In total, 11 performances were voted on by the audience before the top three popular vote gette read more
“Conservative”
Green Tea PhD | March 28th 2008
This from a recent post on one of my favorite financial sites; The Daily Reckoning. Few Americans had even met a communist, but they were certain that if they didn’t go toe to toe with them in places like Korea, Berlin and Vietnam, they’d read more
Vigils Mark 4,000 U.S. Military Death, Anniversary of War
Essential Estrogen | March 24th 2008 by LW
Cedar Rapids -- Women for Peace Iowa will hold a vigil Tuesday, March 25, in downtown Cedar Rapids to commemorate the cost of life associated with the war in Iraq. The gathering will begin at 7 p.m. Participants will first gather at the Tree of the F read more
Friday Deadline Looms for Women's Leadership Institute
Essential Estrogen | March 6th 2008 by LW
Women undergraduate students interested in attending a free five-day residential institute focused on public policy and leadership education have only two more days to submit their applications. Iowa N.E.W. Leadership is a program sponsored by the Wo read more
I definitely need to get myself a new cape
the politics of lonely | February 12th 2008 by Chris Flenker
It's snowing. Again. I'm supposed to go to Iowa City to start a job (just a temporary thing for just over a week), but I'm not sure if I should try the roads or not. I already had to help my brother get his car out of the driveway, so we'll see. . . read more
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