Iowa City Daily Links: August 4

As always, I'll start with links to stories on this site, but then I'll venture out into the world of other publications. Feel free to suggest links to stories that I might have missed and I can add them during the day.

From Iowa City Patch

Here's a from the IowaPolitics.com gang on the big week coming up in Iowa presidential politics.

On Tuesday the City Council had a meeting and approved funding a study for the . Here's an article with from that meeting.

Read  and  of our story on the influx of Chinese students to Iowa City. The story focuses on why these students are coming here, what they think of Iowa City and the challenges they have faced adapting to a new culture.

Meet our Adopt this Pet of the Week -- Jorie, the .

We have a  about the city council deciding whether to put cameras on traffic lights in Iowa City. With over 100 votes, the vote is pretty close to 50/50 approve versus disapprove at the moment.

From Other Sites

Another candidate has announced they will be running for school board next month, according to the Iowa City Press-Citizen.

Rob Daniel of the Press-Citizen writes about the new principal at Hills Elementary School.

Josh O'Leary of the Press-Citizen has a nice story on the life of Bob Braverman, a well liked local organic farmer who died on Monday.

Erica Pennington of the Gazette writes that MegaBus is expanding its Iowa City routes again, adding a route to Omaha on August 17.

The Board of Regents today approved four percent raises for the univerisity presidents of Iowa State, Northern Iowa, and the University of Iowa, writes Diane Heldt of the Gazette. The vote was made at the Regents meeting, being held in Cedar Falls.

The ACLU of Iowa wants date from Iowa police departments related to the tracking of cell phones, writes Chris Earl of KCRG.

The Des Moines Register has an article on the enigmatic and superbly named Republican presidential candidate, Thaddeus McCotter.

Daily Links Quote of the Day:  Iowa will be the center of the political universe the next two weeks as 2012 Republican presidential hopefuls and media converge for a presidential candidate debate, the Ames Straw Poll and the Iowa State Fair. 

“This is when the flag is dropping in earnest,” said Casey Mills, spokesman for the Republican Party of Iowa. “This is the first time the campaigns will have to measure themselves, both from an organizational standpoint and how their message is resonating with Iowa caucus-goers.”