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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

UI contends Hawkeye Hideaway logo infringes UI’s trademark

ZHI XIONG April 10, 2009

Weeks after Hawkeye Hideaway Pub and Grill opened, an attorney for the UI has asked owner David Moore to give up the black-and-gold color scheme and familiar moniker, contending that it infringes upon...

Trendspotter: Bromances

NICK FETTY April 10, 2009

Bromance is not just a show on MTV. Over the last year or so, the term “bromance” has gained a good deal of popularity, although the term was actually coined by the editor the skateboard magazine Big...

Academy Is plays sold-out Picador

KELLY DIGGINS April 10, 2009

The Academy Is gives fans a roller-coaster ride through an acoustic performance. The Academy Is gave the crowd a plentiful mix of songs from the past and present when it performed to a sold-out crowd...

Lez Zeppelin take the escalator to rock heaven

MELEA ANDRYS April 10, 2009

Lez Zeppelin: redefining rock as we know it. In one of the rare moments of downtime in Lez Zeppelin’s scorching set, a guy in the audience threw up devil horns and screamed, “I think I love you.” The...

Lending an ear to newspaper web comments

DOUG FEAVER, WASHINGTON POST April 10, 2009

I am writing in defense of the anonymous, unmoderated, often appallingly inaccurate, sometimes profane, frequently off point, and occasionally bigoted reader comments that washingtonpost.com allows to...

Avoiding small talk

KURT CUNNINGHAM April 10, 2009

Small talk and I do not make a good fit. Furthermore, I’ve spent half of my life trying to avoid situations that involve talking to people just to kill time. As a general rule of thumb, I don’t talk...

Tuition freeze not the best option for fighting college cost

DI EDITORIAL BOARD April 10, 2009

We were wrong. In an editorial earlier this week, this Editorial Board endorsed the idea of UI Student Government leaders pursuing a tuition freeze. After discussions with representatives from each of...

Women’s tennis stays positive despite losses

ROBBIE LEHMAN April 10, 2009

Don’t tell the Iowa women’s tennis team that it’s in eighth place in the Big Ten, that it’s riding a five-meet losing streak, or that it dropped out of the top 75 rankings, because it refuses to...

Baseball tries to halt losing streak

JEFF PAWOLA April 10, 2009

The Iowa baseball team (11-17, 2-4) will try to snap a season long four-game losing streak today against Indiana (13-17, 3-2) at Banks Field. Today’s first contest will begin at 6 p.m., with both weekend...

New pseudoephedrine law to cut supply, officials hope

REGINA ZILBERMINTS April 10, 2009

Officials said they hope a new law — which would track pseudoephedrine sales electronically — will curb a rising number of arrests for purchasing the drug illegally, but they’re unsure when the new...

Women in Law Conference opens Saturday

CLARK CAHILL April 10, 2009

On the UI law campus, this weekend is all about women. The UI Organization of Women Law Students and Staff will hold its annual Women in Law Conference — an event for prospective students, community...

Chilled water project nears completion: Cofferdam to go

UI officials are wrapping up a project that left a cofferdam in the Iowa River during last summer’s flooding, that might have forced waters higher. To cool university buildings, construction workers...

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