Iowa City Owl

The School Board of Iowa City has decided that it is time to take a second look at the bullying policy in order to repair some concerns that have come about with the policy and what it may lack. One board member states that the reparation needs to be made because the policy hints at very severe punishments for bullying, but it does not specifically say what the punishments may be.

Today, the University of Iowa celebrated thousands of students as they were awarded diplomas signifying their graduation in their particular field, to be greeted by friends and loved ones all with the same question: WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NOW.

The University of Iowa is the only one of three different colleges that have the President's spouse on the payroll, even though this is officially believed to be an actual, credible job worthy of pay. The University of Iowa has worked out a deal with Ken Mason, the husband of its president Sally Mason.

The Saturday morning Farmers Market on East Washington Street (7:30am-noon) features locally grown produce, the choicest of meats, incredible coffee, amazing crafts, and some of the best breakfast in town.

The Catholic Diocese of Davenport has denied the University of Iowa the right to present future student Keaton Fuller the presentation of the Matthew Shepard Scholarship at his graduation. The reason cited is that the organization issuing the scholarship goes against the Catholic Church.

Though it seems that all other movies have been eclipsed by the record-breaking success of Marvel's The Avengers, there is one film which deserves much more attention than it has received: Aardman Productions/Sony's The Pirates.

22-year old Shay O'Reilly is calling discrimination on the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics after being rejected twice due to his "condition," as it was allegedly called. [ads]O'Reilly attempted to see the doctors at UIHC twice for a hormone imbalance and was turned away.

Now, Facebook has joined the organ donation cause and started the campaign to save lives with a new feature for organ donors and those that want to be organ donors. [ads]The new feature displays those that are registered organ donors if they want it to be displayed.

The University of Iowa police are beginning to catch the social media bug and use it to catch criminals, stating that it is a successful method that is on the rise today. [ads]The usefulness of Facebook for catching criminals has been used by other police departments in some areas, but up until this point, it has not been a primary source of information for most.

The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics has started offering intraoperative radiation therapy to patients this year, which has thus far proven convenient and effective for breast cancer patients.[ads]Intraoperative radiation therapy is a form of radiation therapy that targets only the surgical cavity.