Looking in at Iowa

From Federal Energy Regulatory Commission:

NOTICE OF APPLICATION ACCEPTED FOR FILING AND SOLICITING COMMENTS, MOTIONS TO INTERVENE, AND PROTESTS

(March 6, 200

Take notice that the following hydroelectric applications have been filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Preliminary Permit

b. Project No.: P-13100-000

c. Date Filed: January 23, 2008

d. Applicant: Midriver Power L. L. C.

e. Name of the Project: Coralville Lake Hydropower Project

f. Location: The project would be located on the Iowa River in Johnson County, Iowa. The Coralville Lake Dam is owned and maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. …

Written by 2001 Writers’ Workshop graduate Megan Pillow:

At first blush, the policy seems harmless. After all, what’s wrong with uploading this kind of academic work to the Internet and sharing it with anyone who cares to see it? The free flow of information can be a wonderful thing. Share and share alike, right?

But read it a little more closely, and the masquerade fails. Kembrew McLeod, a journalist, artist, and associate professor of communication studies at Iowa who has been following this issue closely, said the new policy “can be construed as a license that hands over student thesis publishing rights to the University of Iowa — unless an embargo form is signed, and that embargo only lasts two years.” …

I know what you’re thinking…

From The Hill:

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) slips in workouts wherever he can, including taking the stairs to his seventh-floor Hart Senate Office Building digs …

Harkin, a professed boxing fan, offered guidance to boxing champ Andre Berto, who was also there: “Andre has another match coming up June 14, and I’m going to show him a few moves.” Berto replied, “I’m going to take him up on the offer.”