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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

Bitch Please: Harry Potter

Harry Potter: Hottest wizard ever Maybe I just like living in my own fantasy world, but I think Harry Potter freaking rocks. The common argument against the series — aside from many people believing...

Diverging from mainstream rock, Clutch’s new album still monotonous

TYLER LYON July 14, 2009

Clutch’s new album, Strange Cousins from the West, makes it difficult to pass definitive judgment on the group. The band’s Southern rock/blues sound invokes thoughts of ’70s bands that tried to...

Band Dead Weather an appetizing blend (web exclusive)

RYAN FOSMARK July 14, 2009

Few musicians have ever managed to concoct a satisfactory supergroup which, by definition, must be a better band than whatever it stems from. Velvet Revolver never lived up to the caliber of Stone Temple...

Friend’s funeral spurs UI alum back to writing after 30-year hiatus

ERIC SUNDERMANN July 14, 2009

Thirty years ago, David Rhodes stood on top of the writing world. He had graduated from the Writers’ Workshop and had three novels published in five years — receiving critical acclaim from author John...

Uninsured aren’t taking advantage of programs

Sometimes it pays to first look carefully at what doesn’t work when you are trying to fix something. This could hold true with health-care reform and the proposal before Congress to add a “public option”...

Edifice of the King

BEAU ELLIOT July 14, 2009

I’ve never paid much attention to Michael Jackson, mostly because my musical tastes don’t run (or walk or crawl or swim or any other verb you might want to toss up against the wall to see if it will...

UI officials burden the student body with mandatory fitness fee

DI EDITORIAL BOARD July 14, 2009

Starting in the fall of 2010, all students will be charged a $219 fee for use of campus fitness facilities — regardless of whether the students actually want to work out at such locations. The winners,...

Point/Counterpoint: Has Ultimate Fighting arrived as a mainstream sport?

DI SPORTS STAFF July 14, 2009

The fight is front and center Welcome to the mainstream, mixed martial arts. Ultimate Fighting Championship 100 was dubbed as its sport’s biggest event ever. Yahoo! Sports, Fox Sports, and USA Today...

May shines in Prime Time win

TRAVIS VARNER July 14, 2009

Incoming Iowa freshman Eric May is continuing upon his MVP-caliber Prime Time League play, leading his Mike Gatens Real Estate/McCurrys’ team with an explosive performance past Culver’s of Coralville,...

Newcomer pours in 35 points in Prime Time

JAKE KRZECZOWSKI July 14, 2009

Even though the matchup of Iowa’s two sophomore guards was seemingly the evening’s highlight on Monday, the past and the future of Hawkeye basketball stole the show. The combination of incoming Iowa...

ROTC numbers climb

MICHELLE BORYCA July 14, 2009

Al Rothlisberger faced a difficult decision after graduating from high school: go straight into the Army or continue his education. But then he found a solution. The Army Reserve Officers’ Training...

Prof. Redlawsk, nationally known for political polling, moves to Rutgers

EMILY MELVOLD July 14, 2009

With 10 years of campaign material packed up, his office is getting bare. Books are stacked into boxes and photos taken down. David Redlawsk is leaving. Starting this fall, the UI associate political...

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