When UI graduate student Taleb Salameh applied for a permit to acquire a weapon in February 2010, the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office had little discretion in whether or not to approve it. University of Iowa officials at the time asked Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek to hold off on issuing the requested permit to Salameh – who [...]
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The University of Iowa recommended that Taleb Hussein Yousef Salameh be denied a weapons permit in 2010, but the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office issued him a permit to purchase anyway in February of that year, public records show. On Sunday evening, Salameh, 28, was involved in a shootout with North Liberty police that left him [...]
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An attorney for the national Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity was upset with the statement from University of Iowa officials regarding the closure of the fraternity’s UI chapter, believing the statement “disengages the university from any role in the closure.” Frank Ginocchio, general counsel and director of risk management for the national SAE office, made those [...]
continue »IOWA CITY – University of Iowa officials today sent out an e-mail warning to students about a scam on Facebook, a popular social networking site. David Grady, UI dean of students, and Chuck Green, director of public safety, said in the message UI officials have become aware of a potential risk to students, particularly female students. The included [...]
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