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UI art professor and students cross the state on hand-built bikes
Editor’s note: For six days at the beginning of June, The Daily Iowan photojournalist Jordan Barry participated in a bike tour with University of Iowa Art School professor Steve McGuire and his students as they biked from Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Muscatine, Iowa. McGuire and his students rode bikes they put together in his Hand Built Bike classes 490 miles across the state, averaging 83 miles per day, from the Missouri River to the Mississippi River. This piece is written in a first-person perspective to provide a more intimate account of the story.
2024-25 New Student Registration
Registration for new EPS students entering grades 1-12 will be held on Tuesday, July 30, and Wednesday, July 31, 2024, at all EPS buildings. New students should set up an appointment by contacting his/her assigned building after July 22, 2024. To confirm your school assignment and review the list of required documentation, please visit the New Students page.
Interim chancellor appointed to replace Jeffrey Gold, lead University of Nebraska Medical Center
OMAHA, Neb. — New University of Nebraska system president Jeffrey Gold has appointed an interim chancellor to lead the University of Nebraska Medical Center. H. Dele Davies, the chief academic officer at UNMC, will temporarily replace Gold, who was voted as the system president in April. Gold's first day as the system president is July 1.
La Vista Gives school supply drive runs through August 2
It's time for La Vista's annual school supply drive. This year's drive runs Monday, July 1 through Friday, August 2. Due to the need, we're collecting supplies for TWO La Vista schools and you can help!. Donating is easier than ever. Shop now using the Amazon Wishlist and have your...
LIT REVIEW: Choose your own adventure
The decision to go to college is, for some, an easy one. For others, it’s an agonizing process, one that requires lengthy pro-and-con lists and self-deprecating thoughts. For me, the decision not to go to college after high school fell somewhere between those two scenarios, and I found myself on an alternate path.
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