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UI Grad Student Speaks Out About Attempted Robbery, Campus Safety: Daily Iowan Reader, Nov. 1
Also inside: Iowa set for field hockey tourney, 80 Hours: Seeing 'Red' on Pentacrest, changes to UI Honors Program expected to cut membership in half.
UI grad student speaks out about attempted robbery, campus safety
She sat on her stoop late Tuesday evening following a rehearsal shortly after midnight. The 24-year-old graduate student was making a phone call to check up on a close friend who lived in New York to see if he was affected by Hurricane Sandy.
“I sit on the stoop a lot; I am used to people walking down the gravel path, but I usually know all the people walking down there,” she said.
The woman, who requested anonymity, noticed the unfamiliar figure walking down the path but couldn’t decipher who he was from his body type and fairly good posture.
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“He was coming at me and walking casually. As he got 10 feet away from me I saw the red bandana. I jumped up and grabbed the door handle, but he got right in front of me and pulled the gun out of his sleeve,” she said. “[He] said something, but it was muffled, and I screamed and hurled myself down the stairs and one of my neighbors saw him walking away.”
The roommates quickly responded to her screams and called police, who responded shortly after.
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The University of Iowa released a Hawk Alert shortly following police investigation stating there was an armed robbery that took place on the 400 block of Brown Street, and a tall skinny, black male wearing a dark hoodie and pants with a bandana over his face was walking toward Van Buren Street.
This incident is not an anomaly.
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Technical issues following Hawk Alert alarms community members
The UI has had several issues in the past with the Hawk Alert system.
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Changes to UI Honors Program expected to cut membership in half
A change in requirements for the UI Honors Program is predicted to drastically decrease the size of the Honors Program.
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80 HOURS: Pentacrest performance takes audience out of its comfort zone
The UI performance of RED//a thing about the heart will take a new twist on the traditional play form and provide an interactive and mysterious production at 6 p.m. today, Friday, and Saturday on the Pentacrest. There will be an additional performance at 5 p.m. on Nov. 4. Admission is free for UI students and faculty, $5 for the general public.
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Iowa field hockey starts Big Ten tournament against Michigan State
Hawkeyes take on the Spartans to begin their defense of Grant Field at the Big Ten tournament.
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Daily Iowan Endorsement: Vote no for Johnson County Justice Center
It is simply something The Daily Iowan Editorial Board cannot support. The jail is currently overcrowded, but before agreeing to more than double its size, voters should push legislators to seek alternatives, like community-based sanctions, which the U.S. Department of Justice reports are both less expensive for communities and are as successful at deterring crime.
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