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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

The Daily Iowan

CD reviews: Rascal Flatts good ol’ country-pop, Micachu & the Shapes forges a gem

DI ARTS STAFF April 7, 2009

Micachu & the Shapes forges a gem out of the everyday Micachu & the Shapes: Jewellery Youthful Mica Levi of the UK-based Micachu and the Shapes adapted the practice of making her own instruments...

Augusten Burroughs not crying wolf

MELEA ANDRYS April 7, 2009

Controversial memoirist Augusten Burroughs will speak tonight on fact, fiction, and A Wolf at the Table. What’s next for an author who has topped the New York Times Best-Sellers list, been ranked as...

Not entirely banking on the Tyra mode

MERYN FLUKER April 7, 2009

Tyra Banks might be her own worst enemy. Why else is it so impossibly hard to cheer for her? Tyra Banks is SO hot. With her mouth closed. As a big, busty, and dare I say beautiful black woman, I want...

As news industry changes, so too must newspeople

Few industries in this country have been as coddled as newspapers. The government doesn’t actually write them checks, as it does to farmers and now to banks, insurance companies, and automobile manufacturers....

Gitmo beauty

BEAU ELLIOT April 7, 2009

So the news is pretty much all bad, and the weather is worse. The North Koreans are testing a ballistic missile that maybe could reach Alaska (I wonder if, in addition to Russia, Sarah Palin can see North...

Focus on tuition and safety a must for candidates

DI EDITORIAL BOARD April 7, 2009

Spring is here, and UISG campaigning is upon us. Facebook users are finding their in boxes brimming with group invitations for each of the parties, and across campus, brightly colored T-shirts advertise...

Sports Briefs: 3 football players arrested, Clayborn hearing scheduled, Women’s golf tied for third

DI SPORTS STAFF April 7, 2009

3 football players arrested Three members of the Iowa football team were arrested in downtown Iowa City early Monday morning and charged with public intoxication. All three players are listed as redshirt...

Reins shines for Hawks on vault

JORDAN GARRETSON April 7, 2009

The Iowa men’s gymnastics team earned a score of 337.75, the team’s third-best score of the season, to finish in sixth place at the Big Ten championships on April 3 in Ann Arbor, Mich. Illinois and...

Baseball looks for offense

RYAN YOUNG April 7, 2009

Whenever Iowa head coach Jack Dahm talks about baseball, he also tries to talk about Michael Jordan. So naturally, he couldn’t help but draw inspiration from the NBA’s newest Hall of Fame inductee...

Softball hopes to bounce back

JON LINDER April 7, 2009

The 2008-09 Cy-Hawk Series will come to a close today when the Iowa softball team takes on Iowa State this evening at Pearl Field. Iowa has already cemented a victory in the series by winning nine of...

Iowa City, 20 times over sustainability level, works on carbon

MEGAN DIAL April 7, 2009

Iowa City’s greenhouse-gas emission rate is similar to the nation’s average of 19.6 metric tons per capita. But that’s nearly 20 times more than the sustainable level. The city’s average is based...

Library hirings slow

MEGAN DIAL April 7, 2009

UI students hoping to go into the library field are seeing fewer job openings because of the economic crisis keeping retirement-age librarians from leaving their positions, said Jim Elmborg, the director...

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