One of the best things about living in Iowa City is that the town really gets behind my favorite holiday — Halloween.
The celebration isn’t limited here to the occasional creepy lawn scenario or grown-ups doling out candy to trick-or-treaters. People dress in costume at banks, stores, doctor’s offices and even the courthouse.
You also can watch [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Sally Mason’
10/22 column: News items make for a good scare
Posted in Gazette Columns, tagged economy, Halloween, Sally Mason on October 22, 2008 | Comments Off
One Hawk fan’s quest
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Iowa Hawkeyes, Sally Mason, Tigerhawk, University of Iowa on October 6, 2008 | Comments Off
Cedar Rapids photographer and self-described BIG Hawk fan Paul Forbes has been lobbying hard to get a giant Tigerhawk painted on the University Hospitals’ water tower near Kinnick stadium.
“What do the players see coming out of the tunnel,” Forbes asks, then immediately answers himself in an June e-mail to University of Iowa President Sally Mason. “A [...]
9/27 Column: Mason speech to regents leaves lingering skepticism
Posted in Gazette Columns, tagged Pierre Pierce, Sally Mason, sexual assault, University of Iowa on October 2, 2008 | Comments Off
It was touch and go there for a while. But after University of Iowa President Sally Mason’s speech to regents on Thursday, I think I’m once again ready to cheer, cheer, cheer for Iowa this homecoming weekend.
I’d been feeling pretty down on my alma mater lately. Between accusations that a political-science professor was giving women [...]
