The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Spotlight Iowa City: Guiding light for frat

MICHELLE BORYCA November 5, 2009

Most UI law students have one — or at most two — roommates. But Cody Kiroff, a 23-year-old and the house father at Beta Theta Pi, shares his stone mansion with 20 undergraduate fraternity men. While...

Former health care insider calls for reform

JORDAN FRIES November 5, 2009

When Wendell Potter learned how many Americans die from being uninsured, he quit his comfortable job of 20 years as the chief corporate spokesman at one of the largest health-care providers in the United...

Legislators question UI’s sexual-misconduct policies

KEVIN HOFFMAN November 5, 2009

Some legislators say they have lingering questions about the sexual-misconduct policies at Iowa’s three state universities, but budget constraints will keep them from meeting again to discuss them. Iowa...

Task force promotes ‘culture of engagement’

DANNY VALENTINE November 5, 2009

There’s a phrase UI community members are almost certain to hear emphasized a great deal more in the near future: “Public outreach.” As the higher-education landscape changes drastically, UI officials...

Experts disagree on Kehoe’s sanity

REGINA ZILBERMINTS November 5, 2009

GRUNDY CENTER, Iowa — No one disagreed Wednesday whether Michelle Kehoe suffered from major depressive disorder. But whether she understood her alleged acts were wrong is a different story. In order...

Honors, grad students get longer library check-out

SCOTT RAYNOR November 5, 2009

Graduate and Honors students no longer have to trudge through December snow to return boxes and suitcases filled with library books before the semester’s end. The sight of those struggling students...

UI works to save retention fee

KATHRYN STINSON November 5, 2009

UI officials will have to cut from other areas to make up for rolling a proposed $60 student success fee into the potential tuition increase for next year. The fee, aimed to improve retention at the UI,...

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