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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

UI jumps to folio fore

MITCHELL SCHMIDT December 2, 2009

A growing number of UI students can now highlight their academic work in one location and recieve input from faculty — all online. Three years ago, Information Technology Services staff members began...

Spotlight Iowa City: A stitch in time aids thousands

COURTNEY SPEARS December 2, 2009

Laura Aker never expected to help thousands of people with a pair of knitting needles. But then again, as her mother will say, the 27-year-old has never done anything like a normal person. Four knee...

Miller-Meeks to seek 2nd District seat again

MARLEEN LINARES December 1, 2009

Mariannette Miller-Meeks announced her plan on Monday to try to run in 2010 against Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa, for Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District seat. The Ottumwa, Iowa, native made several stops...

Spotlight Iowa City: The sting of communication

MITCHELL SCHMIDT December 1, 2009

She’s always loved watching people. As an undergraduate on the historic La Salle University campus in Philadelphia, UI communications Assistant Professor Rachel McLaren didn’t know what to major in....

Judge releases Spence suspect

DI STAFF December 1, 2009

A federal judge ordered on Monday the release of the Minneapolis man arrested in connection to the 2004 break-in at Spence Labs at the UI. Prosecutors claimed Scott DeMuth, 22, was a domestic terrorist...

Regents may discard bonuses

DI STAFF December 1, 2009

The state Board of Regents is re-evaluating whether it will offer performance-based bonuses to the three state institution presidents. The bonuses were started in 2007, when UI President Sally Mason was...

Witness held in killing

SCOTT RAYNOR December 1, 2009

A witness to the Oct. 8 shooting on the Southeast Side that killed Cordova, Ill., resident John Versypt is being held for questioning in the Johnson County Jail on a $150,000 cash-only bond. Authorities...

Commentary: Men rediscover razor’s edge

SAM LANE December 1, 2009

It sparks some hairy debates. My dad hates it, my mom is ambivalent, and everyone else is either impressed or turned off. But regardless of others’ thoughts and comments on my now-impervious facial...

Potential Hancher site owner: No deal

JOHN DOETKOTT December 1, 2009

If UI officials decide to move Hancher Auditorium to downtown Iowa City, they might have to exercise eminent domain for the first time in the university’s history. The owners of downtown apartment complex...

World AIDS Day: ‘A celebration of life, not death’

JORDAN FRIES December 1, 2009

Huddled with four other UI students in the chilly air on Monday night, Laura Henkle carefully placed a large banner on the Hubbard Park fence with the phrase “I See Red.” The UI senior, head of the...

UI students jet to Copenhagen for U.N. conference

LAUREN MILLS December 1, 2009

Holly Jones will live on coffee for the next few days. The UI senior is preparing to jet off to Copenhagen, Denmark, where she will participate in Expedition Copenhagen, a program sponsored by the Will...

City Council to mull curfew again

REGINA ZILBERMINTS December 1, 2009

Dipping temperatures may be causing a dip in youth crime on the Southeast Side of Iowa City, but the Iowa City city councilors will still revisit the possibility of a juvenile curfew tonight. This time...