Homers -- What's going right

MORE DIVERSE: This fall's freshman classes at all three state universities include an increase in minority and international students.

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SHIP'S RETIREMENT HOME: The USS Iowa, last surviving World War II battleship without a permanent anchor, is going to the Port of Los Angeles to be a museum and memorial.

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UI MEDIA HONORS: Four familiar Iowa sports journalists who covered University of Iowa athletics over the past 40 years will be inducted into the Kinnick Stadium Media Wall of Fame this weekend: Phil Haddy, a member of the UI athletic staff for 41 years and Iowa's sports information director from 1993-2010; John Campbell, sports director at KCRG-TV9 (1979-present), in sports broadcasting for 41 years; Chuck Schoffner, who covered Iowa events for United Press and the Associated Press (1972-05); and Kevin Evans, sports writer/sports editor at the Waterloo Courier (1965-2006). lll

NEW VENUE: Coralville's new venue for performing arts, which caters to Corridor acts, is drawing raves. It also serves as the permanent home for the community's theater troupe, which opened its first production in the facility on Friday.