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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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Cyber crime at all-time high, turns to social networking

MARLEEN LINARES November 5, 2009

While the Internet has opened many windows of opportunity to research, shopping and entertainment, it has also opened up the window for more crime. According to the FBI’s annual Internet crime report,...

2nd-degree murder trial set for May

DI STAFF November 5, 2009

Former Iowa City man Brian Dykstra’s trial has been moved to May 2010. The 33-year-old is charged with second-degree murder after his 20-month-old adopted child died from head trauma incurred while...

Head of Food Prize Foundation to lecture

DI STAFF November 5, 2009

The president of the World Food Prize Foundation will speak about global hunger issues at the UI on next week. Kenneth Quinn will deliver a free lecture at noon on Nov. 9 in 22 Schaeffer Hall. Quinn...

Officials report 4 more H1N1 deaths

DI STAFF November 5, 2009

State public-health officials reported four more H1N1 deaths in Iowa on Wednesday. The victims are from Dubuque, Polk, Mills, and Monona Counties, according to the Iowa Department of Public Health. Three...

Mims, Dickens, and Champion victorious

NICOLE KARLIS November 4, 2009

After months of campaigning, Terry Dickens and Susan Mims will join the Iowa City City Council in January, and Connie Champion will return. The election saw one of the lowest turnouts in 30 years —...

UIHC pulls back donation plan

JOHN DOETKOTT November 4, 2009

The UI Hospitals and Clinics is delaying its plan to ask patients if they want to receive information about donating to the hospital. The decision comes in response to concerns from staff members and...

Witness: Michelle Kehoe mentally ill

REGINA ZILBERMINTS November 4, 2009

GRUNDY CENTER, Iowa — Michelle Kehoe’s defense opened its case Tuesday with description of the Coralville woman’s long history of mental illness. “It is not faked, it is not feigned, it is not...

UIHC faces big cuts

EMILY BUSSE November 4, 2009

The UI Hospitals and Clinics has its own share of cost-cutting to tackle after statewide cuts last month resulted in a 5 percent reduction in Medicaid reimbursement — roughly $5.7 million lost in patient-care...