THE INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 The Daily Iowan WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2006 WWW.DAILYIOWAN.COM 50¢ Ousted lab head unveils lab fundraiser BY BRYCE BAUER new hygienic “This is an initiative to find restored by add-ons,” according THE DAILY IOWAN lab and criticiz- enough money to build a better to the website. ing its design, building,” she said on Tuesday. While she was an employee at GILCHRIST’S NEW ORGANIZATION She may no longer work for Gilchrist has On the campaign’s website, the lab, Gilchrist had advocated Details for ‘Iowans Want The Best Lab’ the UI Hygienic Laboratory, but launched the www.iowanswantthebestlab.org, for the “better” model and hold- • An organization created by Mary Gilchrist, former director of the UI ousted director Mary Gilchrist “Iowans Want she outlines her “good, better, Hygienic Lab. ing off on equipment and furni- hasn’t quelled her campaign to The Best Lab” best” designations for the vari- • The organization has set out to raise $2.5 million to fund a larger raise an additional $2.5 million campaign to ous building plans. ture purchases while additional hygienic laboratory, a model the organization terms as “better” than the for the new laboratory. finance The current design is in the money was raised during the current “good” design. two and a half years of A week after she announced improvements Gilchrist “good” category, but “the deci- • The major change the organization would like to see is the reintroduction that the UI fired her for being to the state’s sion to settle for ‘Good’ will be construction. of two bays — which are, it says, lacking in the current plan and could “too passionate” for, among public-health former UI irreversible. The efficiency of cause problems in the future as use increases. lab head other things, raising funds for a lab. the Better design cannot be SEE GILCHRIST, PAGE 3A Regina Shoplifting ‘easy’ in ol’ IC dropped CHECK OUT DITV — ON CITY CABLE CHANNEL 17, from CAMPUS 4, OR ONLINE AT DAILYIOWAN.COM — TO LEARN MORE ABOUT lawsuit THE SHOPLIFTING TRADE. BY OLIVIA MORAN THE DAILY IOWAN The Regina Inter-Parish Catholic Education Center can no longer be held responsible for a former principal’s alleged sex- ual abuse, but the threat of bankruptcy still looms over the school, pending results from two remaining sex-abuse lawsuits. Judge Charles Pelton dropped Regina as a defen- dant in the case involving Michael Gould, who is one of BY DANNY VALENTINE 14 former students accusing THE DAILY IOWAN Bishop Lawrence Soens, a principal at Regina for nine The $25 million-a-day, years, of sexual misconduct nationwide shoplifting busi- roughly 30 years ago. ness is in a recession in Iowa City — at least according to Craig Levien, Gould’s the number of cases reported lawyer, said they are “seriously to police. considering an appeal,” Despite a recent promi- because they still believe nent shoplifting case involv- Regina and the diocese should ing two Hawkeye basketball Ed Bornstein/The Daily Iowan take full responsibility for players, the most current shoplifting statistics report An unidentified man walks out of CVS Pharmacy on Tuesday evening. In 2005, 208 people were charged with shop lifting by Iowa the lowest number of inci- City police. One in every 11 Americans are shoplifters, according to a National Association for Shoplifting Prevention study. SEE REGINA, PAGE 3A dents in the past five years. But many local businesses slight decrease but could not saves money,” he said. “It’s Town Center, estimated that close to Stuff Etc. in the Old say they just aren’t catching attribute any specific reason also a good adrenaline rush.” the business is ripped off 100 Capitol Town Center, also the culprits. for the change. The UI student said he times per year. has a problem with In Iowa City in 2005, 208 But local businesses argue usually steals from Wal- “It’s hard to catch them,” shoplifters, said Elizabeth Alarm people were charged with that the crime goes unre- Mart — claiming that he she said. “After they leave, Matykiewicz, the store’s shoplifting, down from 223 ported, and shoplifters say it would never steal from a we will find tags or a securi- manager. in 2004 and 319 — the high- is easy to steal. Tracking all of the individ- est single-year total for at “mom-and-pop store.” ty device on the ground. An anonymous male UI “That helps me to justify More often than not, it’s ual items would be virtually least the last five years — in impossible and very expen- 2003. UI police charged just student, a self-described it, a little,” he said. actually a stolen item.” apathy occasional shoplifter, said Meanwhile, some local She said no report is sive, she said. For now, the one shoplifter in 2005. Since store keeps most of the valu- 2001, only 11 cases of he’s stolen numerous items stores say they’re getting issued to the police in cases — ranging from a wireless robbed blind. like this — which is repre- able items near the counter or shoplifting have been record- locked up in cases. ed by UI police. router to medicine to gum — Amanda Farrell, a store sentative of most cases at worries Iowa City police Sgt. Doug from Iowa City retailers. manager at consignment the store. Hart said he has seen a “Shoplifting is easy and store Stuff Etc., Old Capitol Silver Spider, which sits SEE SHOPLIFTING, PAGE 3A UI BY JAMIE HANSEN THE DAILY IOWAN New store may mean ‘cold war’ University Housing officials she’ll even go for dessert alone. down the street from Whitey’s, WATCH A DITV believe an Oct. 7 fire in Currier So when Adams heard there 112 E. Washington St. The NEWSCAST — Hall effectively showcased the will be a new ice-cream store building was previously occu- ON CITY CABLE precision of the building’s warn- pied by Hills Bank and Trust, CHANNEL 17, opening down the street from ing system, as well as the dan- which has moved to the Old CAMPUS 4, OR Whitey’s, she sprang into action Capitol Town Center. gers of student apathy about ONLINE AT DAILYIOWAN.COM to make sure her favorite busi- The ice-cream shop will open fire alarms. — FOR MORE ON IOWA CITY’S ness doesn’t go out of business in early 2007 and will hire 25 to While the Iowa City Fire ICE-CREAM SCENE. — even launching the Face- Department did not disclose book.com group “Forget Cold- 30 people for full- and part-time whether it was investigating stone! I’m sticking to Whitey’s,” positions, owner Scott Otis said. the incident, an area coordina- which has quickly grown to 136 “We don’t worry about compe- BY SUSAN ELGIN tition,” said Kirsten Runberg, tor said the small hallway members and counting. THE DAILY IOWAN “I’ll seriously cry. Not literally, the human-resources manager flames could have resulted for Whitey’s. “We just do as well from mischief, even arson- UI junior Lauren Adams but I love it,” the 20-year-old said. “Out-of-town students will as we can.” esque behavior, on the part of devours a Banana Split Whitey’s began in 1933 in Smoothie custom-made with probably go to Cold Stone, and a resident. Moline, Ill., and it has expanded frozen yogurt every week. that’s too bad. But all my The fire, which was put out to 12 locations in Iowa and Illi- Sometimes she walks to the friends know where I stand.” quickly, did not excite some The new downtown Cold nois. Its Iowa City store opened Lindsey Walters/The Daily Iowan store with friends, but the self- living in the facility. proclaimed ice-cream connois- Stone Creamery will be located in 1994. Travis Morfitt, a manager at Cold Stone Creamery in Coralville, takes seur’s need to satisfy her crav- at the intersection of Dubuque SEE FIRE, PAGE 3A an order on Tuesday evening. ing for Whitey’s is so intense, and Washington Streets, just SEE ICE CREAM, PAGE 3A ACCELERATING GUILTY IN FATAL CRASH NOT JUST THE NOSES INDEX 48 9 C HAWKS Joshua Hohmann pleads guilty to vehic- ARE RED Arts 7A © © 4B The Hawkeye offense is starting to ular homicide in the 2005 death of Roy Classifieds Mostly cloudy, A glance backstage at Red Noses through Crossword 8A 28 -2 C windy, 50% chance click, and the Hawks aim to fly this Linnell, but he probably won’t serve any the eyes of a sassy Viking stuck in a Opinions 6A of rain/snow weekend in Bloomington. 1B time. 4A decidedly un-sassy, un-Viking job. 7A Sports 1B 2A - The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Wednesday, October 11, 2006 NEWS The Daily Iowan Volume 138 Issue 78 BREAKING NEWS STAFF Phone: (319) 335-6063 Publisher: E-mail: [email protected] William Casey. 335-5788 Editor: Fax: 335-6184 Meghan Sims. .335-6030 CORRECTIONS Managing Editor: Call: 335-6030 Jane Slusark. 335-5855 A face-off over donations Metro Editors: Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for accuracy and fairness in the reporting Mason Kerns. .335-6063 TO LEARN MORE Johnson County United Way Seung Min Kim. .335-6063 ABOUT THE UNITED Campaign this year and is also of news. 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