Have been started at this house in october, november and now this month. No one has lived there since october. Also back in october, investigators from the American Association of University Professors visited iowa city to investigate the integrity of the board of regents decision to hire uofi president bruce harreld. Harreld himself told the aaup their report on the investigationreleased today is accurate from his persepective, but the regents continue to defend their process. Cbs 2 News Reporter Marissa Scott breaks down the report. Report. The aaup report shows harreld was one of the frontrunners through the entire process. They couldnt pinpoint if the board of regents picked him from the beginning, but the report shows the board allowed other qualified canidates to think they would be appointed president. Investigators say they found this particular search different than previous president ial searchs at the university. They were looking for a specific kind of pern, somebody who could bring quote on quote transformative change to the university and whether it was bruce herald from the beginning, it wasnt clear on that. That. However, board of regents released a statement saying we believe we ran a fair and transparent search process for president at the university of iowa. They were unable to comment further. Investigators were not able to meet with president harreld, but say, the college and University Governance committee will decide if a sanction will be imposed on ui. The outcome of that decision will not affect harrelds employment. Covering the corridor, in iowa city, Marissa Scott, cbs 2 news. The city of North Liberty is booming. Leaders even conducted a new census to keep up with its population increase. Now, a developer wants to build a multi Million Dollar project thats sure to add to the growth. Growth. Cbs 2 News Reporter the latest proposal and what it means to one of the corridors Fastest Growing communities. This area in North Liberty is just off the interstate. Its a location city officials hope will easily attract people to this arar. Area. The builder behind a proposed North Liberty Entertainment Center is in the business of creating memories and experiences. Experiences. Everyone is welcome, families could come and collaborate and enjoy an outstanding day or evening. There would be plenty of room for that. Right now the center is planned at 37,000 square feet with 250 employees. Employees. We really wanted to wow the area and the people and really create something grandiose and something that was really exciting and different. 20 lanes of bowling, laser tag, an arcade and sports bar are all in the plans. Coralvilles city administrator says the city is in the middle planning their 7,000 seat arena in the river landing. He says projects like these would make this area an as the area grows, especially that North Liberty and coralville area, it just makes the opportunities and the amenities that the communities can offer and that the residents demand even more North Libertys city administrator says burchert is in the process of talking with the city about funding details. Details. Hopefully here in the next 30 days well have a better idea of what his expectations and needs are and whether or not we can do that. The total cost of the project is estimated at eight Million Dollars. Heiar hopes to know whether or not the project is a go in january. January. I think there are just a number of opportunities we have in this corridor that arent available in other parts of this state, so the growth i think is exciting, thats why youre seeing some of these projects. Burchert says so far the response has been overwhelmingly positive. Positive. Its been fantastic to say the least, the amount of support not only from the community and such, but the surrounding area to really the developer says right now he is working toward a november 2016 launch. Covering mellaney moore, cbs 2 news. In the race for the white house houserepublican president ial candidate marco rubio today talked to voters of all ages, but a good part of his message was geared toward students in the crowd. Crowd. Our policies are outdated and we are led by people that are outdated. Good people. They mean well. But they dont understand the 21st century. They dont understand the pace of innovation. They dont understand the new economy. Economy. Rubio also talked about how he went through college shouldering a lot of the same burdens from Student Loans that students today face. He says if it wasnt for writing his book, hed likely still be paying off that debt. Meanwhile, ted cruz has bagged a major endorsement from one of iowas biggest conservative leaders. Bob vander plaats ceo of the family leader announced that hes backing cruz to help him win the february first. A new cbs National Poll released today has cruz in second among registered gop voters. Hes 21points behind donald trump. However, an iowa poll conducted by Monmouth University has cruz in the top spot among likely caucus goers. The frontrunner among democrats is planning a trip to keota after a Viral Campaign convinced her to visit. Hillary clinton will stop at Keota High School on december 22nd after three students in a sociology class lauched a social Media Campaign to bring her to town. The class has also had visits from Martin Omalley and rick santorumm for more political headlines, tune into iowa in focus sunday morning at 1030, only on cbs 2. The university of iowa will now get rid of its isis acronym for its student information website. The school has recieved numerous complaints about the name of its Student Services website after the emergence of the isis terrorist group. The ui portal, with a name change, that will combine that system with its email service. As threats of terrorism continue around the globe, and here in the us, hate crimes against muslims are becoming more frequent. Today College Students in the corridor had an open discussion about islamophobia. Islamophobia. Cbs 2 News Reporter Stephanie Johnson spent the day on the campus of Cornell College and has more. Stephanie . Islamophobia is the dislike or prejudice against islam or muslims. At Cornell College, students and Community Members talked about how to fight it. It. Muslim leaders, priests and other members of various faiths came together today to discuss how they can work as a community. This was an open discussion with lots of questions. One organizer explain why Cornell College thought it was important to discuss this growing fear. And so we do have Muslim Students here and as educators we do want to show support for our students and to educate fear against muslim people and the religion. It was just interesting. I think the people who should be here probably arent here. So i wanted to be here just to participate in the discussion 18;14;36;18 18;14;36;18 organizers handed out this piece of paper with the word peace on it to students. They encouraged students to hang this up their dorm rooms and start their own discussion. Stephanie johnson cbs 2 news. toy giving out out its the most wonderful day of the year for both parents and the folks at the Salvation Army. Today is toys for tots distribution day. Thats where parents come and pick out the toys theyll take home for their kids this christmas. All the money you drop into the red kettles each year, helps make this possible. But, the Salvation Army is behind right now. They say each year their need grows as more families show up, and little extra this year. What parent does not love to see the kids when they come down christmas morning, smile when they see they have presents under there . 19. 33. 14. 28 its not just for the kids, its for the parents too. Because that joy that fills the parents hearts, is irreplaceable. 19. 33. 20. 21 19. 33. 20. 21the Salvation Army is off pace by 30thousand dollars, and they need to raise an additional 30 thousand this year to keep up with the growing need. There are many ways you can help. We put a list on our website. Still to come on the cbs 2 news at 6. The Holiday Shopping stop you can make this weekend that will help local entrepreneurs grow their business. If youre doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, youre not alone. While our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1 . My plan make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. Im bernie sanders. I approve this message because together, we can make a Political Revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all time now for this weeks cbj report reportand joining me live from the corridor Business Journal is editor adam moore. Were hearing about more new businesses cropping up in coralville. Two new Retail Centers on the coralville strip are filling up fast, thanks to their proximity to the coral ridge mall. Jim tansey with lockards Hawkeye Group told the cbj that three tenants have signed leases for the buildings, located at 25th avenue and second street. Those include verizon, a subway and an upscale sushi restaurant called red ginger. That leaves just about a third of the Center Available for other tenants. The first businesses are expected to open there in march. What can you tell us about a Major New Development planned for cedar rapids . Rapids . An indianabased a 10 million Senior Living development in downtown cedar rapids. Twg development is seeking state tax credits to build the 60unit complex next to its Kingston Village project. That opened just across diagonal drive on wednesday. The fourstory facility will have surface parking and standard amenities, according to developers. A decision on the tax credits, and by extension the developments future, will be made in march finally tonight, mount mercy is gearing up to host its annual market at the mount. More than 30 local vendors will climb the hill on saturday to sell crafts, food and art. Shoppers will be able to find products ranging from Handmade Jewelry to homemade cupcakes. The university will also host a business competition following the market, giving vendors a chance to pitch their businesses and earn funding for a website courtesy of godaddy. Market at the mount is scheduled to run from 8 a. M. University center in cedar rapids. For more indepth coverage of these stories and more, be sure to check out mondays edition of the corridor Business Journal. Temperatures are mild in the coming up in sports sportsbragging rights are on the line at hilton why iowa state will be paying a little more attention to their defense tonight against iowa thats next on cbs 2. 2. Cbs 2 news connects with you. Call us at 1800222kgan email us at news at cbs 2 iowa dot comconnect with us on facebook at facebook kgan cbs 2. Tonights cyhawk game needs no formal introduction but as iowa state head coach steve prohm said earlier this week what makes a rivalry the most fun is when both teams are relevant. Certainly are relevant with a lot of big names in the game itself from preseason all american georges naign to big 10 honoree jared uthoff the list goes on and on and so does the depth especially for the hawks that has the cyclones thinking a little more about defense you know everybody says take your top two guys away, top two guys away. well, can woodbury, clemmons. Gesell, well can they beat you then . And so i think it just puts a tougher strain on your defense that defensivley, thursday night, were going to have to our best game. Game. I look forward to checking uthoff a little bit. But to be honest it really doesnt matter to me im just ready to play. Desmond king has been ready to play all season long for the hawkeyes and the power 5 conferences leader in interceptions was tabbed as an allamerican by Sports Illustrated and speaking of allamericans iowa states mike warren was named to usa todays freshman all American Team warren led all fbs the central City Girls Basketball Team snapped a 60 game tririvers conference losing streak with a win tuesday night it was mark hazletts third win in three years as the wildcats head coach thats tough but not for him, because hazlett wont give up on his team mark hazlett our ed thomas coach of the week week three years ago mark hazlett took over the central city Girls Basketball program for a reason im bound and determined to help get these girls better. And he brought with him some Old School Basketball knowledge. He says some old fasion stuff that doesnt really make sense to us. Always saying little sayings like bo jangle wangle. I dont know what it is. Is. I think they laugh more at me than a lot of times than they do with me. And i dont care. What he does care about his wildcats no matter the outcome of the game team, so there is no sense in beating up on the girls figuratively if they arent doing well because they are trying as hard as they can. And to his team thats worth more than a two points hes there to support us all the way no matter what. Ive never felt that he gave up on us at all. Hes always been there and it means a lot to all of us. Us. Hes never given up on us. Like every since practice he comes in and is like tomorrow is a winnable game lets go. It helps us because we dont give up. He doesnt give us the opportunity to give up. Just a belief that they will succeed. Succeed. And dont forget to nominate your coach to be our ed thomas coach of the week just head to our sports page and fill out a nomination remember it can be any coach at any level. One last look at your forecast corridor kids now have another exhibit to explore at the coral ridge mall. This afternoon, the play area reopened with new features including a mini hospital. Families gave their input about what they wanted added to the space like a place to put shoes and new slides. The play area is open during mall hours. Partly sunny weather is expected friday with readings climbing from 35 at 8am to 52 at 3pm thanks for watching your cbs 2 news at six. Entertainment tonight is up next. We hope
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