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The Daily Iowan

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

The Daily Iowan

Commentary: Graphic novels are all grown up

BRIAN DAU March 11, 2009

Once upon a time, the adventures of caped crusaders and boy wonders were available solely at the local convenience store for around 25 cents. Today, the eternal struggle between heroes and villains in...

Marlboro music royalty heading to Iowa City

RACHAEL LANDER March 11, 2009

More than just a brand of cancer stick, Marlboro is a quaint town in Vermont. Passion, not nicotine, causes some of the world’s best musicians to travel there and dedicate their summers to the Marlboro...

Geithner’s black hole more toxic than you think

Pity President Obama’s economic advisers. The blogs are now demanding their scalps, and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and his colleagues face a nasty dilemma: There are no solutions to the banking...

Getting the ax is awesome

JOEL STEIN - LA TIMES March 11, 2009

I’ve been fired for stupid reasons. Like that editor of Entertainment Weekly who believed — based solely on book sales, Google hits, and other empirical data — that people enjoy reading Stephen King...

Honor the man, not the program

DI EDITORIAL BOARD March 11, 2009

On Tuesday night, the City of Coralville issued a proclamation co-naming First Avenue as Hayden Fry Way. The new street signs will be unveiled in September before Iowa’s first home football game at the...

Haal excels everywhere, from tennis court to 3.97 GPA

AMIE KIEHN March 11, 2009

Court Eight in the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Complex has garnered a lot of attention throughout the spring tennis season. The painted asphalt has been worn down by Iowa’s Reinoud Haal during the...

Iowa has international accent on tennis court

ROBBIE LEHMAN March 11, 2009

There is a culture clash on the Iowa women’s tennis team, but, head coach Daryl Greenan says, this is a good thing. Greenan has eight players on the current Hawkeye roster. Six are from the United States,...

Despite record, Iowa basketball stays tenacious

SCOTT MILLER March 11, 2009

Penn State’s Talor Battle had 11 points in the last 2:41 to force overtime against Iowa on March 7. Everyone in Carver-Hawkeye Arena thought the game was over. The Hawkeyes had blown a nine-point lead...

Beatty tries to heal knee before NCAA championships

RYAN YOUNG March 11, 2009

Iowa 197-pounder Chad Beatty is already making good on his pledge to be mat ready by the NCAA championships, which begins on March 19. Just days after beating Minnesota’s Gordon Bierschenk with an injured...

UI faculty mulls pay cuts

ANNA LOTHSON March 11, 2009

Having to speculate on hypothetical financial scenarios may seem to be nearly impossible, but UI faculty have no other choice until final decisions are made. And that may not be for months. But in the...

Students cut back on spring break

JUSTIN SUGG March 11, 2009

UI sophomore Kendall Kasik is going to Peru for spring break. Peru, Ill. In more prosperous years, UI students have fled the dreary and temperamental Midwest weather for warmer climates in exotic locations. This...

Iowa City fire-station future becomes cloudy

AMANDA McCLURE March 11, 2009

Despite a pledge to build and staff a fourth fire station in Iowa City, city councilors on Tuesday took the salaries for the firefighters out of a now-approved fiscal 2010 budget, leaving the future of...

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