COPENHAGEN — You can feel the anxiety and anticipation rising in the conference center as the fault lines become more distinct and several entities attempt to resurrect negotiations. It’s Wednesday morning in Copenhagen. There are far less nongovernmental organizations, a lot more press, and sightings of presidents and prime ministers scuttling to meetings. It’s difficult [...]

“Not interested.”
That was the reply from the owners of the Pentacrest Garden apartment complex concerning whether they wanted to sell their property to the UI for the new Hancher/Voxman/Clapp complex.
It was a blunt and stinging rebuke to the UI community — a community hopeful that the downtown location could be a possible spot for [...]

The Mormon Church always seems to be at the forefront of blocking the gay rights movement in this country. Some say they were solely responsible for blocking California’s state-changing gay marriage proposal Proposition 8. Months later, the Mormon church is in the thick of the excitement again.
The Church passed a resolution supporting legislation that [...]

You are halfway there. Don’t give up now.
It’s almost mid-way through the hairiest month of the year. All around the country — and all around the UI campus — men are feeling more like men.
“No-Shave November” has grown into a nation-wide celebration of facial hair faster than it would have taken Jerry Garcia of the [...]

The Dubuque Street walkway between Martini’s and the Sheraton is almost done.
Sheraton recently celebrated their new power to close off their doors to late night student activity downtown. The bumpy road to its completion is a symbol of the relationship between Sheraton officials and the Iowa City City Council.
In June, the councilors voted 4-3 to [...]

The big meat cleaver that is budget cuts at the UI has just found a nice big juicy steak to destroy.
Recent plans to introduce a comprehensive student retention plan in the next three years will now take five or six years, said Wallace Loh, the UI’s provost.
The university’s  retention rate  — 83 percent — [...]

Could Western Europe experience a color-themed revolution akin to the one former USSR countries underwent earlier this decade?

Germany’s Free Democrats — a pro-free-market party — will share leadership in coalition with the conservative Christian Democrats after gaining enough seats in federal elections last week.
UK’s ruling Labour Party trails behind both the Tories and the [...]

In the weeks following the July 24 death of John Deng, many have raised issues regarding the legitimacy of the shooting and whether it was warranted. The Iowa Attorney General’s Office released its final report on Sept. 25, determining that Johnson County Sheriff’s Deputy Terry Stotler was justified in shooting Deng because he was protecting [...]

Ah, the ubiquitous conversation catalyst: ethnicity.
Name a controversial scenario or topic, and the issue invariably appears in the discourse. So it’s only natural that it would wind its way into the recent John Deng investigation.
The report, released Sept. 25, found that Johnson County Sheriff’s Deputy Terry Stotler was justified in shooting Deng, who had just [...]

Johnson County Supervisor Rod Sullivan apologized on a radio show last Thursday for cursing out commentators on the Iowa City Press Citizen’s website. For those who’ve not followed this tragicomedy, Sullivan’s user profile on the site is private. Website commenter Donny_Dubrow criticized Sullivan for having a private user profile asking, “Are you afraid of accountability? [...]