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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

Home liquor delivery could return

HAYLEY BRUCE December 9, 2010

Home liquor delivery may be resurrected. After significant petitioning from Iowa liquor retailers — including local businesses John’s Grocery and Liquor Downtown — officials from the Iowa Alcoholic...

Regent schools hope to improve Iowa’s teacher diversity

SAM LANE December 9, 2010

Iowa’s schools have a diversity problem. During the 2008-09 school year, only 2 percent of Iowa’s public-school teachers were minorities, and the minority population in the state was nearly 18 percent....

UI works to reclassify jobs

ALISON SULLIVAN December 9, 2010

Updating roughly 5,500 staff titles and job descriptions will help University of Iowa officials recruit and retain employees more effectively, officials said Wednesday. Kevin Ward, the UI assistant vice...

A joyous celebration of Kwanzaa

ALLIE WRIGHT December 9, 2010

Performers dressed in vibrantly colored tunics, skirts, and head pieces danced to the beat of bongo and djembe drums on Wednesday night, as audience members nodded their heads, danced in their chairs,...

Undergrads show off research projects

MARIA GIBBS December 9, 2010

Nico Aguilar stood by his corkboard, watching roughly 200 spectators and graduate students milling around the second floor of the University Capitol Centre on Wednesday. When someone stopped in front of...

Spotlight: The science of strength

JON FRANK December 9, 2010

It’s 9:30 a.m., and JC Moreau is in the Recreation Center’s weight room coaching. Glints of sun beam through a nearby window as he crouches in a squatting position, dumbbells in either hand. The...

Police arrested four for attempting burglary with shotgun

DI STAFF December 9, 2010

Iowa City police have arrested four subjects for allegedly attempting a burglary. Kodie Kruse, 22, and Taia Garcia, 19, both of Muscatine, were charged Wednesday with attempted first-degree buglary and...

UI won’t turn over report on Hunninghake probe

DI STAFF December 9, 2010

The University of Iowa is refusing to release a report regarding the criminal investigation of UI Professor Gary Hunninghake, according to the Associated Press. UI police said they have concluded their...

$250,000 grant to help Iowa towns with economic development

DI STAFF December 9, 2010

Eight Iowa towns are receiving help with economic development. Jeff Schott, the director of the University of Iowa’s Institute for Public Affairs, is spearheading the project, which is funded by a $250,000...

Johnson-Koulianos’ draft stock plummets after arrest

HAYLEY BRUCE and J.T. BUGOS December 9, 2010

Hawkeye leading wide receiver Derrell Johnson-Koulianos has likely jeopardized his chance at a NFL career, an expert on the NFL draft said. The 23-year-old, who was arrested Tuesday on seven drug-related...

Idris Goodwin brings break-beat poetry to the UI

HAYLEY BRUCE December 8, 2010

Ever since Idris Goodwin can remember, he's held some sort of crayon, pencil, or marker. But he's no ordinary writer. The 33-year-old poet has been observing and deciphering the world around him and...

Donation centers faced with bedbugs

MARIA GIBBS December 8, 2010

With the annual holiday season increase in charity and donations, local shelters and nonprofit organizations are concerned about bedbugs lurking in mattresses, blankets, and clothing. The new Shelter...