As Monday’s final sale hearing approaches in the historic and heated bankruptcy of Iowa City’s oldest and only-remaining community hospital, precarious deals are being tested by objections and rising tempers – including from Mercy Hospital partners and creditors unlikely to get the millions they’re due.
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A day after Iowa Democratic Party leadership condemned the University of Iowa student Democrats for an “antisemitic” social media post, calling on student organization leaders to resign, the chair of the state party’s Arab American caucus accused his party leadership of misquoting the students and called for an apology.
The University Democrats of Iowa statement expressed support for Palestine while using the phrase ‘from the river to the sea,’ which has a complex and sometimes antisemitic history.
Just southeast of where the ballooning University of Iowa Health Care operation is planning to build a new $1 billion inpatient tower, UI President Barbara Wilson on Tuesday surveyed a hole in the ground that will – among many things – make that new tower possible.
History is full of tales and texts of ghosts and goblins and demons and haunts that — in some ways — remain relevant today and should not be forgotten, according to a University of Iowa professor who teaches a course to that end on one specific sect of storied boogeyman: witches.
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Food pantries on each of Iowa’s public universities have seen huge usage spikes of late – coinciding with rising tuition rates, soaring food prices and shifting demographics in a state seeing more first-generation, low-income and minority high school graduates headed to college.
The tumultuous and twisting Mercy Iowa City bankruptcy took another stunning turn Friday when the hospital revealed in a court filing that earlier in the day it re-opened the auction it already closed and changed its mind about who won – declaring the University of Iowa as having made the “higher or otherwise better” bid, instead of its largest bondholder Preston Hollow.
Eli Ward is betting his tenacity and skill will set him apart among dozens of talented singers for a shot at $100,000 and a record deal.
Two years ago, in summer of 2021, the NCAA suspended generations-old rules barring student-athletes from monetizing their “name, image, and likeness” – ushering in a new era allowing collegiate stars to capitalize on their fame.
Mercy Iowa City’s delay in closing its bankruptcy sale is hurting hospital operations by, among other things, scaring away patients and providers, eroding community confidence, and adding expense to an estate already depleted of resources – according to a Wednesday court filing asking a judge to force the issue.
After taking a “short” five-hour break during a bankruptcy auction in Chicago on Oct. 4 to discuss whether to raise their original $20 million offer for Mercy Iowa City’s assets in response to bondholder Preston Hollow’s $27 million counter bid, University of Iowa attorneys — at least initially — decided not to.
For years, in an attempt to meet growing student demand for expanded mental health services on campus, the University of Iowa has been embedding counselors into high-need spaces — like its dental college, Department of Athletics, and residence halls.
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