Des Moines Register: Members of the Iowa Board of Regents did not violate state law when they met privately with an applicant whom they later hired as president of the University of Iowa, a Polk County district judge ruled Monday. “It may have looked problematic in the way (Bruce) Rastetter organized the recruitment of Bruce Harreld, but ultimately, the board lacked the numbers needed for a meeting throughout the recruitment process,” Judge William Kelly wrote in his ruling.