22 Apr 2003

Can the Quad Cities Graduate to the Next Level with Higher Ed?

By Jeff Ignatius
Efforts to enhance higher-education offerings in the Quad Cities got a boost last week with a new study identifying a need for more public-tuition-rate undergraduate programs and suggesting the expansions of two local educational institutions.
01 Apr 2003

From Beyond the Mainstream: A War Digest

By No Author
As the first large-scale United States military operation to take place in the age of the Internet, the current conflict in Iraq is for many of us an overwhelming experience. We not only have a virtually unlimited supply of news sources, but the minute-by-minute coverage rarely pauses.
25 Mar 2003

Making the Pieces Fit

By Jeff Ignatius
What finally emerges as Iowa's Big Plan for revitalizing the state's economy might actually resemble a lot of smaller ideas pieced together like a jigsaw puzzle. It started with a basic concept and a challenge from the governor, and the response has been so strong that legislators have no shortage of initiatives from which to choose.
18 Mar 2003

Last Chance to Enter the Reader's Short-Fiction Contest

By Administrator
The world's shortest story was written by Augusto Monterroso: "Upon waking, the dinosaur was still there." We're not asking you to replicate that feat, but we are asking for your entries in a limbo contest for fiction writing.
18 Mar 2003

Getting Our Fair Share

By Jeff Ignatius
The running joke for the Quad City Development Group's lobbying trip to Washington, D.C., last week was that the 70 attendees would be able to recite from memory the Rock Island Arsenal pitch given by Rock Island Mayor Mark Schwiebert.
25 Feb 2003

Getting Clobbered

By Jeff Ignatius
Early in his campaign for Iowa state representative, Wayne Hean was given a prescient piece of advice from one of his supporters, Bill Gluba. He "told me right up front, 'We're going to have to do it on our own.
18 Feb 2003

Best of the Quad Cities 2002

By No Author
For the seventh annual Best of the Quad Cities issue, we've gotten bigger than ever. We've added categories, and voting this year brought in the largest number of ballots we've ever had. (We allowed online voting for the first time.
11 Feb 2003

Why Does Everybody Love Michael Blouin?

By Jeff Ignatius
As Michael Blouin tells it, Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack wanted a fresh start on the issue of economic development heading into his second term. Blouin related that Vilsack told him, "I listened to the wrong people" when trying to formulate ways to jump-start the state's sagging economy.
04 Feb 2003

The Trial of Ed Rosenthal

By Ann Harrison
They viewed the glossy color photographs of meticulously tended marijuana mother plants flourishing under timed lights inside an Oakland, California, warehouse. Then they watched a videotape showing DEA agents uprooting nearby marijuana cuttings to determine which had roots, and could thus be considered "plants" under the federal sentencing guidelines.
04 Feb 2003

The View from Next Door

By Jill Walsh
Before the first rehearsal of Alison's House, I wasn't sure what to expect. Though I had already read Davenport native Susan Glaspell's script and endured six hours of auditions, my experiences as stage manager were just beginning.

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