Close the University of Iowa Herbarium
and Transfer the Collections to Iowa State?

Editorials, Guest Opinions, Perspectives
Cartoons
Letters to the Editor
Articles
On-the-Street Interviews


Editorials, Guest Opinions, Perspectives:

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Guest Opinion by Diana Horton, February 20, 2003
"UI Herbarium: Endangered"

The Daily Iowan, Guest Opinion by Thomas Madsen, January 23, 2004
"Skorton and the Herbarium move"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Perspective by Diana Horton, Jeffry Schabilion, Glenn Kaiser, November 6, 2003
"Skorton Ignores Public Outcry"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Perspective by Diana Horton, May 4, 2003
"Why the Herbarium must stay"
"Macbride's and Shimek's Legacy"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Guest Opinion by Thomas Madsen, March 27, 2003
"Keep UI Herbarium, environmental heritage in Iowa City"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Our View, Consensus of the Press-Citizen
editorial board,
April 19, 2004
"Herbarium portends merger fight"

The Daily Iowan, Editorial, March 14, 2003
"Herbarium transfer will serve entire state"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Guest Opinion by Jeff McCullough, March 12, 2004
"University Herbarium collection best serves public in Ames"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Guest Opinion by Gary Gussin, Joseph Frankel, David Soll, Chun-Fang Wu, Debashish Bhattacharya, March 13, 2003
"Herbarium move is cost-effective"

The Gazette, Opinion, March 8, 2004
 "Gomers What's going wrong"

 

Cartoons

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Cartoon, March 9, 2004
"Last week's winner"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Cartoon, March 2, 2004
"We give you the 'toon, you give us the caption"

The Daily Iowan, September 24, 2003
Cartoon by Bill Penisten

 

Letters to the Editor:

Iowa State Daily, Letter by Anna Gardner, March 10, 2004
"Iowa State followed herbarium protocol"

Des Moines Register, Letter by Malinda Slagle, March 7, 2004
"Don't close U of I herbarium"

Des Moines Register, Letter by Jason Bridie, March 7, 2004
"No crisis"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Letter by Michael Krogh, November 7, 2003
"Department head must oppose move"

Des Moines Register, Letter by Jeremy Faden, October 29, 2003
"Keep herbarium at U of I"

Des Moines Register, Letter by Dan Schabilion, October 29, 2003
"Keep herbarium at U of I"

Daily Iowan, Letter by Gary Donnermeyer, October 10, 2003
"UI needs Herbarium"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Letter by David T. Hanson, September 25, 2003
"Herbarium belongs at UI, not in Ames"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Letter by Judith Pascoe, September 17, 2003
"Keep Herbarium in Iowa City"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Letter by Ann M. Dunlop, August 4, 2003
"Keep Herbarium, write Skorton"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Letter by Robert M. Miller, July 25, 2003
"Herbarium loss affects training"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Letter by Betty Graham, July 14, 2003
"An independent I.C. Herbarium? "

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Letter by Laura L. Jackson, June 14, 2003
"Herbarium loss serves as setback"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Letter by Pete Kollasch, June 6, 2003
"Herbarium move significant loss"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Letter by Judith Felder, June 5, 2003
"Herbarium shows process problems"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Letter by David Bogs, May 31, 2003
"Show perspective on Herbarium"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Letter by Malinda Slagle, May 28, 2003
"Herbarium move wrong decision"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Letter by Harry L. Graves, May 26, 2003
"Herbarium must stay in Iowa City"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Letter by Cornelia Anderson Biggers, May 22, 2003
"UI Herbarium is worth preserving"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Letter by Will Thomson, May 14, 2003
"UI: Reconsider Herbarium move"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Letter by Glenn Kaiser, May 7, 2003
"Herbarium move represents significant loss to Iowa City"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Letter by Caroline Dieterle, May 7, 2003
"Herbarium move represents significant loss to Iowa City"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Letter by Richard Baker, April 19, 2003
"Herbarium key to fossil studies"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Letter by Jennifer Bell, April 18, 2003
"UI Herbarium: Keep it here!"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Letter by Mark Madsen, April 4, 2003
"UI Herbarium ought to stay here"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Letter by Stephen Heard, April 3, 2003
"UI should reverse Herbarium move"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Letter by Randy Poole, March 28, 2003
"Herbarium needs to stay on campus"

Daily Iowan, Letter by Jeffry T. Schabilion, March 27, 2003
"Herbarium integral part of UI culture"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Letter by Paul Christiansen, March 17, 2003
"Herbarium move impacts research"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Letter by Mary Bennett, March 14, 2003
"Herbarium move is shortsighted"

Daily Iowan, Letter by Jennifer Bell, March 13, 2003
"Save the Herbarium"

Daily Iowan, Letter by Amy Blair, March 13, 2003
"Save the Herbarium"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Letter by Jeffry Schabilion, March 6, 2003
"Herbarium"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Letter by Erin Irish, March 5, 2003
"Herbarium move limits local access"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Letter by Linda Maxson, February 28, 2003
"Herbarium move discussed at length"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Letter by Robert Wachal, February 28, 2003
"Maxson wrong to give up facility"



Articles:

Iowa City Gazette, Article by Tom Owen, April 22, 2004
 "UI uproots plant collection"

Iowa State Daily, Article by Lucas Grundmeier, April 16, 2004
"Court rules herbarium headed to ISU"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Article by Kristen Schorsch, April 15, 2004
"Court lifts herbarium injunction"

The Daily Iowan, Article by Seung Min Kim, April 15, 2004
"Judge OKs moving Herbarium"

The Gazette, Article by Frank Gluck, April 15, 2004
 "Judge lifts temporary injunction in Herbarium move"

Des Moines Register, Article by The Register's Iowa News Service, April 15, 2004
"Court order lifted on U of I plants"

Iowa State Daily, Article by Shyam Goswami, March 11, 2004
"Herbarium move awaits court ruling"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Article by Kristen Schorsch, March 9, 2004
"Herbarium move in judge's hands"

The Daily Iowan, Article by Seung Min Kim, March 9, 2004
"Herbarium move still on hold"

Iowa State Daily, Article by Stacie Schroeder, March 8, 2004
"Iowa State, Iowa engaged in tug of war over herbarium"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Article by Kristen Schorsch, March 6, 2004
"Hearing set for Monday"

Des Moines Register, Article, March 4, 2004
"Judge halts efforts to move U of I plants"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Article by Deidre Bello, March 3, 2004
"Herbarium transfer halted by court order"

Iowa City Gazette, Article by Frank Gluck, March 3, 2004
 "Court order halts move of UI herbarium"

The Daily Iowan, Article by Sarah Franklin, March 3, 2004
"UI Herbarium move blocked"

Iowa City Gazette, Article by Tom Owen, March 2, 2004
 "Contested herbarium move gets start at UI"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Article by Gigi Wood, March 1, 2004
"Herbarium supporters light candles"

The Daily Iowan, Article by Leslie Shafer, March 1, 2004
"Herbarium friends protest move"

Des Moines Register, Article by Colleen Krantz, February 29, 2004
"U of I Herbarium move resisted"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Article by Frank Oliveri and Brian Sharp, January 23, 2004
"Congress OKs $50M for rain forest project"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Article by Rebecca Schultze, January 23, 2004
"Officials discussing herbarium partnership"

The Gazette, Article by Amy Jennings, December 29, 2003
 "E. Iowans ready to fight for their plants"

Iowa State Daily, Article by Emily Oliver, October 1, 2003
"U of Iowa's herbarium collection to be transferred to
ISU's Ada Hayden Herbarium"

The Daily Iowan, Article by Grant Schulte, September 19, 2003
"Herbarium supporters assail Skorton"

Des Moines Register, Article by Colleen Krantz, September 19, 2003
"Herbarium supporters speak out at forum"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Article by Kristen Schorsch, September 19, 2003
"Herbarium forum raises tempers"

Des Moines Register, Article by Colleen Krantz, September 11, 2003
"Skorton's reputation so far: He laughs, and he listens"

BioScience 53(6) 2003: 550.
Article by Robert E. Gropp

"Are University Natural Science Collections Going Extinct?"

Des Moines Register, Article, May 13, 2003
"U of I's herbarium will move to ISU"

The Daily Iowan, Article by Annie Shuppy, May 12, 2003
"Herbarium fans may go to regents"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Article by Mike McWilliams, May 11, 2003
"Forum addresses Herbarium issue"

Alliance Gazette Spring 2003: 2-3.
Article by Diana Horton

"The University of Iowa: Endangered Herbarium"

Flora of North America Newsletter 16(3): 17.
Article by Diana Horton
, September-December, 2002
"The University of Iowa Herbarium: Endangered"

The Daily Iowan, Article by Annie Shuppy, April 22, 2003
"Skorton says Herbarium will move"

The Daily Iowan, Article by Annie Shuppy, March 28, 2003
"UI could retain Herbarium, profs say"

The Daily Iowan, Article by Jesse Helling, March 11, 2003
"UI's plan on moving plants creates furor"

Iowa State Daily, Article by Hillary Silver, March 11, 2003
"University of Iowa Herbarium to be moved to ISU"

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Article by Brian Sharp, February 13, 2003
"UI plant collection move yields dispute"

Iowa City Gazette, Article by Tom Walsh, February 13, 2003
 "Transplant protested"

The Daily Iowan, Article by Lyndsay Gross, February 12, 2002
"UI may transplant herbarium to ISU"

 

On-the-Street Interviews:

Iowa City Press-Citizen, Point -- Counterpoint, October 14, 2003
 "Should University of Iowa President David Skorton
reverse a decision by former President Mary Sue Coleman
and keep UI's herbarium on campus or proceed with plans
to transfer it to Iowa State University?"

 

 

 


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