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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

Weinberg gives up psychology license

DI STAFF December 2, 2009

A former Iowa City psychologist currently in prison on charges of possession of child pornography voluntarily surrendered his license to practice psychology. Howard Weinberg, 61, waived his right to a...

Hines wins award

DI STAFF December 2, 2009

UI senior and Daily Iowan reporter Holly Hines won 11th place in the Feature Writing competition of the 2009-10 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. She went up against almost 150 entrants from 75 journalism...

Food Bank breaks record

DI STAFF December 2, 2009

The Iowa City Crisis Center Food Bank served a record number of families last month. On average, 959 families used the service per week in November. Program director Sarah Benson-Witry said November is...

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...

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...