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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

Trendspotter: Girls with Low Self-Esteem

DI ARTS STAFF March 13, 2009

It’s been a hard week, hasn’t it? You wrote a seven-page research paper on Monday, gave a group presentation on Tuesday, and took two midterms on Wednesday — all after losing an hour of sleep to...

Not truly flying blind

RACHAEL LANDER March 13, 2009

Some gauge musical success by the transition from gold records to platinum. Others use the number of Grammys won. Blind Pilot can chart its progress by means of transportation. The Portland, Ore., act...

Not doing what others are

NICK FETTY March 13, 2009

Playing tons of music festivals and performing all over the Midwest wasn’t enough for former Hunab bassist Derek Pulliam. He was also interested in the composition side of music, so he decided to start...

Obama’s way paved with good intentions

Charles Dickens, who visited in 1842, described Washington as a “city of magnificent intentions” because of the incongruity between the city’s grand aspirations and muddy, swampy actuality. Today,...

Home is what the heart defends blindly

C.T. GILBERT March 13, 2009

What do you call home? Is it your place of birth, the family house? Or maybe less literal, the “home is where the heart is” kind of deal: the ragged and rotting bedroom in a five-person one-bathroom...

Grand old jesters

CHRISTOPHER PATTON March 13, 2009

Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Mike Strawn has a new comedy routine that he’s taking on the road. Filled with ironic self-deprecation, the act is bound to be a hit. “We don’t need to change who...

Women’s basketball team waits for NCAA brackets

MIKE BROWNLEE March 13, 2009

Their own beds and home-court advantage are among the many perks that await the Iowa women’s basketball players in the NCAA Tournament. Three teams will join Iowa inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena March 22...

Zero hour for wrestlers

ZACH SMITH March 13, 2009

Several hours of workouts that would weed out Navy Seals. Countless days have turned into weeks, weeks into months. For the nine Iowa wrestlers who are set to throw it down next week at the Scottrade...

Poor shooting led to collapse against Michigan

SCOTT MILLER March 13, 2009

INDIANAPOLIS — Senior Cyrus Tate said something interesting on Monday. Something that raised a few eyebrows in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. “Going into the [Big Ten] Tournament, teams realize we live and...

DeShawn Sims too much for the Hawks to handle

CHARLIE KAUTZ March 13, 2009

INDIANAPOLIS — Michigan head coach John Beilein would’ve been well-suited to arrange a massage and a king-sized hotel mattress for forward DeShawn Sims on Thursday night in Indianapolis. If Sims was...

Spirit goes AWOL for men’s basketball team

SCOTT MILLER March 13, 2009

INDIANAPOLIS — I’m very conscious of being too critical of student-athletes. After all, they’re people just like me who go to class and are on campus to get education and have fun. They just so...

Wolverines crush Hawkeyes

CHARLIE KAUTZ March 13, 2009

INDIANAPOLIS — After all the injuries, all the adversity, and all of Michigan’s biggest man on campus DeShawn Sims Thursday, the Hawkeyes’ postseason hopes amounted to 40 minutes from hell in Indianapolis. That,...

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