Trial on Conservative UI Law Professor Who Claimed Liberal Bias Goes to Jury: Iowa City Daily Links, Oct. 23

Hoorah, no more debates!

On to the links

Ryan Foley of the Associated Press writes that the trial over a law professor who was not hired for a position because of what she claims was bias against her conservative beliefs will now be deliberated by the jury.

Sentencing has been delayed for a man who has received reduced charges in the 2009 killing of an Iowa City landlord. The trial for another of the accused men, facing a more serious charge, has also been delayed, which affected his trial. (the Gazette)

Who won last night's final presidential debate? Read on for some opinions on the matter.

Tara Bannow of the Iowa City Press-Citizen writes that the Regents will discuss a university tuition freeze at their meeting in Iowa City Wednesday and Thursday.

Adam Sullivan of the Press-Citizen writes that while political action committees may run rampant at the national level, they don't appear to be affecting local races.

Some fine sports photos from the Gazette from the past week.

Be careful driving out there, as deer season has returned again. (Press-Citizen)

The HBO Real Sports report on Caroline Found was scheduled to air last night for the first time. Did any of you see it? (the Gazette)

Aspen Leaf not only offers more frozen yogurt to downtown, they also provide more chocolate. (the Gazette)

Iowa Citians are being asked to wear blue and rally on Nov. 13 to impress the Blue Zone site committee when they visit to determine if Iowa City should be declared a Blue Zone community. (the Gazette)

Just so nature could establish it was screwing with farmers this year, while it didn't rain much this summer, meaning lower yields, it's raining a lot recently, preventing them from finishing their harvesting. 

Daily Links Excerpt of the Day

George Carroll, an assistant attorney general defending the law school, told jurors that the sole named defendant, former law school Dean Carolyn Jones, did nothing wrong in accepting the faculty's decision not to hire Wagner. He said it was Wagner who injected her political beliefs into the process by bringing them to the attention of a faculty appointments committee and wrongly accusing professors of discriminating against her.

Carroll cited testimony from professors who said they opposed Wagner's appointment because she said she would not teach legal analysis, a key part of the job. He said the school continued to employ Wagner part time in its writing center even after she filed the lawsuit because "there is no animosity" toward her.

"Mrs. Wagner is imposing her political beliefs on the University of Iowa in an unacceptable way," Carroll said. "To submit that, 'you were a registered Democrat, you couldn't be fair-minded to others,' I reject that."

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