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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Cook-in-Progress: Baked honey mustard chicken

DI STAFF February 16, 2009

Chicken nuggets just not what they used to be? Looking to avoid the George Foreman grill tonight? Arts reporter Jed Miller knows a new way to make a chicken dinner more exciting. Try this cheap and easy...

The ridiculous horror of Friday the 13th

JED MILLER February 16, 2009

** out of ***** Friday the 13th is a collection of ridiculousness. This movie seems to demand snark. During several moments, assorted whispers and giggles could be heard throughout the theater. Let’s...

When times are dull, the dull make films like Confessions of a Shopaholic

RACHAEL LANDER February 16, 2009

** out of ***** Hi, my name is Rachael, and I’m a shopaholic. What? Now they have shopaholics-anonymous meetings? Well, I don’t know about the existence of said groups in reality, but they are oddly...

Here we are now, stimulate us

DEAN TREFTZ February 16, 2009

Man, February sucks. Aside from the cold, dark, and manufactured holidays that allow the service industry to stagger on to safer, warmer harbors, February is boring. That Dan Quayle and Sarah Palin were...

Iowa’s energy future is bright, and windy

DI EDITORIAL BOARD February 16, 2009

Modern energy debates can be dizzying, to say the least. Arguments occur at every level. Completely renewable sources of energy such as solar and wind are inconsistently available. Nuclear energy does...

In the blotter should mean out of school

GUEST OPINION February 16, 2009

I quite liked one sentence in the DI’s recent editorial (Feb. 10) on drinking among UI students: “The [UI] community has a robust alcohol-focused nightlife because many of its members enjoy drinking,...

Men gymnasts improve, but…

JORDAN GARRETSON February 16, 2009

If there is one phrase to describe Iowa’s performance in its home triangular Feb. 14, “mixed emotions” fits the bill well. The Hawkeyes’ 341.60 team score was 20 points better than their 321.55...

Men’s tennis takes Illinois State, Western Michigan

AMIE KIEHN February 16, 2009

The Iowa men’s tennis team knocked off both weekend opponents, 7-0, increasing the Hawkeyes’ record to 4-1. The wins against Illinois State and Western Michigan were anchored by the impressive play...

Women GymHawks in the pink for meet

EVELYN LAU February 16, 2009

Jessa Hansen’s mother is a breast-cancer survivor. Perhaps that’s why the freshman gymnast from Clive, Iowa, views Iowa’s annual “Pink Meet” with such high regard. “My family and I have been...

Hoopsters ride thrilling comeback

MIKE BROWNLEE February 16, 2009

It took the biggest comeback in program history, but the Iowa women’s basketball team beat Penn State, 63-57, Sunday afternoon in State College, Pa. Up by two late, the Hawkeyes (16-9, 9-5) got a Wendy...

Some lessons in adversity for men’s basketball

CHARLIE KAUTZ February 16, 2009

Say this for the Iowa men’s basketball team. A season of adversity has proven the Hawkeyes great teachers to a fan base wading through the second year of a rebuilding process led by head coach Todd...

Rough streak continues as Hawks fall to Purdue

SCOTT MILLER February 16, 2009

The rebound soared just inches above Jake Kelly’s finger tips, out of his grasp. Instead, Purdue’s Keaton Grant snagged the board, and with it, a 49-45 victory over to Iowa, sending the Hawkeyes home...

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