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Iowa, UNI, Iowa State release enrollment numbers

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IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – All three of Iowa’s public universities have released their enrollment numbers for the Fall 2024 Semester.

University of Iowa

The University of Iowa says the Class of 2028 is its third-largest incoming first-year class on record.

According to enrollment numbers released by the University of Iowa on Thursday, there are 5,208 undergrads in the 2024 incoming class. That’s up from 5,054 undergrads from the year prior.

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The university says about 53% of the first-year students are from Iowa, including from 92 of Iowa’s 99 counties. 19% are first-generation students and 16% are from rural areas.

When it comes to overall enrollment, the university says it has 22,738 undergrads, including 1,083 transfer students. There at 6,164 graduate students and 1,877 professional students, brining the University of Iowa total enrollment to 30,779 students.

University of Northern Iowa

The University of Northern Iowa (UNI) says it’s total enrollment for fall 2024 is 9,283 students, which is up 2.9% compared to 2023.

This is the first time since 2009 and 2010 that UNI’s enrollment has increased in consecutive years.

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UNI says there is 1,546 students in the incoming freshman class, more than a third of which are first-generation college students.

UNI also boasts 788 new transfer students and 1,567 graduate students.

Iowa State University

Iowa State University (ISU) says it’s also seeing growth when it comes to first-year students.

ISU says it has 30,432 students on campus, including 25,628 undergrads and 5,906 first-year students. ISU says its number of first-year students has increased 16% over the past five years. ISU says 21% of first-year students are first-generation college students.

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There are 4,170 graduate students enrolled at ISU and 634 veterinary medicine students.

Iowa State says its students come from all 99 of Iowa counties, all 50 states, and 116 countries.

The 30,432 students enrolled for the fall semester is up 255 students from 2023.



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Hawkeyes Fall in Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series

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AMES, Iowa – University of Iowa volleyball fell to Iowa State, 3-1, in the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series on Wednesday night at Hilton Coliseum. The Hawkeyes are now 4-2 on the season.

Freshman Malu Garcia recorded a career-best 15 kills, hitting at a .344 clip. Redshirt freshman Alyssa Worden tallied a career-high six service aces. Sophomore Hannah Whittingstall recorded six kills with a .286 hitting percentage. Defensively, senior Joy Galles recorded 10 digs on the night, holding down the back court.

HEAR FROM COACH BARNES
“We obviously came out tight. We didn’t handle the crowd and atmosphere very well to start. Once we started playing our game, we took the third set with great efforts from Malu (Garcia) and Alyssa (Worden). We need to learn how to come out loose and aggressive and play our game from the whistle.”

MATCH SUMMARY

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SET ONE (IOWA STATE 25-10)
After dropping the first point, Claire Ammeraal connected with Whittingstall to get Iowa’s first point of the night. The Cyclones would go on a 4-0 run, forcing an Iowa timeout at 5-1. Ammeraal capitalized after the timeout with a kill bringing the Hawkeyes within three at 5-2. Iowa struggled from the service line, while Iowa State settled in offensively. The Hawkeyes were unable to erase an early deficit to counter Iowa State. Iowa would fall in the opening set to the Cyclones.

SET TWO (IOWA STATE 25-19)
The Hawkeyes and Cyclones traded points throughout the beginning of the second set. Two kills from Garcia tied the set at 2-2. Iowa state would go on a 3-0 run but a kill from senior Michelle Urquhart would bring the Hawkeyes within two at 5-3. Both teams would continue to trade kills, each trying to break away from one another. Iowa state would go up by four before an attacking error and two aces from Worden pulled the Hawkeyes within one at 10-9. The Cyclones would go on another run, giving Iowa a few points off of service errors but were able to get some separation at 18-13, forcing an Iowa timeout. Iowa State remained in control for the rest of the set, with the Hawkeyes trying to start a run with kills from Garcia and Urquhart sandwiched around an ace from Worden. The Hawkeyes ultimately dropped the set.

SET THREE (IOWA 25-19)
With their backs against the wall, the Hawkeyes battled with the Cyclones to extend the match. After Iowa State went up 3-1, a kill by Garcia and a Hawkeye block tied the game at 3-3. The match remained tight until the Hawkeyes went on a 5-0 run led by two kills from Garcia and two aces from Worden. After expanding the lead to 13-8, the Hawkeyes would not look back and remained dominant for the remainder of the set. Garcia recorded three more kills and Urquhart closed the set with a kill.

SET FOUR (IOWA STATE 25-18)
Iowa dropped the first two points of the set but kills from Whittingstall and Garcia brought the Hawkeyes within one at 3-2. Iowa State pulled away but two kills from Deery would close the gap at 11-7. After a timeout at 13-7, the Hawkeyes and Cyclones continued to go back and forth trading kills. Late kills by Garcia gave Iowa the serve back but the Hawkeyes were unable to put together a run to extend the match. Iowa State took the fourth set and won the match.

UP NEXT: The Hawkeye travel to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to play in the Panther Invitational hosted by UW-Milwaukee. Iowa will play Friday against St. Thomas at 4:00 p.m. (CT), Saturday at noon against Illinois State and will close the weekend on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. against UW-Milwaukee.

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Iowa Supreme Court affirms decision keeping Libertarian candidates off ballot • Iowa Capital Dispatch

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Iowa Supreme Court affirms decision keeping Libertarian candidates off ballot • Iowa Capital Dispatch


Libertarian candidates running for office in three of Iowa’s congressional districts will not appear on the 2024 general election ballot, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

The expedited ruling came just one day after the justices heard oral arguments on the case about whether candidates Nicholas Gluba in 1st Congressional District, Marco Battaglia in the 3rd District and Charles Aldrich in the 4th District would be put back on the ballot. The Libertarian congressional candidates were removed in late August by the State Objections Panel in a 2-1 decision over the state party’s failure to conduct its nominating process in accordance with state law.

Iowa voters, several of whom hold GOP leadership positions in the state, challenged the three candidates’ nominations on the basis that the Libertarian Party of Iowa held its county conventions too early for delegates to take action. The state Libertarian Party, which regained major party status in 2022, held both its precinct caucuses and county conventions Jan. 15.

Iowa Code states convention delegates elected at precinct caucuses do not officially take the position until the following day, meaning these conventions — as well as the June 8 special nominating conventions — were improper, the objectors argued.

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The state panel sided with the voters’ objections, removing the three congressional candidates from the ballot. Gluba, Battaglia and Aldrich asked for judicial review of the decision — after a district court judge upheld the panel’s decision Saturday, the case moved to the state Supreme Court.

In Tuesday arguments, attorneys representing the Libertarian candidates said the county conventions were not conducted in full accordance with state law, but that the process was done with “substantial” compliance that should meet the state’s standards for getting candidates onto the ballot. However, attorneys representing the panel and objecting voters said “strict” compliance with Iowa laws should be enforced to ensure “regularity” in the nominating and election processes.

The Iowa Supreme Court upheld the district court’s decision in the Wednesday ruling. The state Supreme Court decision stood with the interpretation that “strict” compliance is required with the Iowa Code involving partisan nominations.

“Gluba, Battaglia, and Aldrich could have qualified for the November general election ballot by filing nomination petitions with signatures like the other political party candidates,” justices wrote in the decision. “They relied instead on an alternative procedure afforded by Iowa law. Having done so, they had to be in compliance with that procedure. In sum, like the district court, we find that strict compliance was required and the Libertarian Party did not comply.”

Jennifer DeKock, the lawyer representing Battaglia, argued Tuesday that Libertarian county conventions were conducted just over three hours — 181 minutes — prior to when the process would have complied with state law, beginning at midnight.

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“Does the failure to wait 181 minutes after caucus to begin convention justify kicking Libertarian candidates off the ballot, and violating Iowa voters’ constitutional rights to political opportunity?” DeKock asked.

The justices state that the argument that the rule requiring precinct caucuses and county conventions are held on separate days is “arbitrary and hyper-technical” could apply to many of the rules governing elections.

“Why require forty-seven signatures from at least half of the counties?” the opinion stated. “Why should that matter if a candidate has several thousand signatures and the entire district elects the representative? Gluba, Battaglia, and Aldrich do not contend that the two-day requirement would have been too burdensome for the Libertarian Party to meet; it just wasn’t met here.”

The decision came quickly by request of the Iowa Secretary of State’s office, which must certify ballots for the upcoming Nov. 5 election. While the ballots were initially supposed to be certified Sept. 3, the district court judge overseeing the Libertarians’ court challenge granted a temporary injunction on finalizing the ballots.

With the Iowa Supreme Court decision, the state office will be able to move forward with finalizing the candidates appearing on the 2024 general election ballots in time for Sept. 21, when ballots must be certified and ready for overseas and military voters.

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While the candidates will not appear on state ballots, all three congressional candidates plan to move forward with write-in campaigns for the general election, Battaglia and Aldrich told reporters Tuesday.



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Chicago Cubs prospect Brennen Davis suffers broken leg in Tuesday’s game

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Chicago Cubs prospect Brennen Davis suffers broken leg in Tuesday’s game


Iowa Cubs outfielder Brennen Davis sustained a broken lower leg during Tuesday’s game at Principal Park, a source with direct knowledge of the situation told the Register on Wednesday.

Davis was carted off the field after sliding awkwardly into second base during Iowa’s game against the Louisville Bats. Davis hit a ball to the outfield and tried for a double but slid short of the base and was tagged out.

Davis, 24, laid on the ground as Iowa’s athletic training staff tended to him.

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Davis, a second-round pick by the Cubs in 2018, has battled injuries throughout his pro career. Once Chicago’s No. 1 prospect, he’s currently ranked No. 27 in the organization according to MLB Pipeline.

Tuesday’s game was just the 55th of the season for Davis, who suffered a back fracture earlier this year.

Davis’ recovery prognosis from the leg injury was not immediately known.



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