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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: American Dad

DI ARTS STAFF July 21, 2009

The Griffin Family reigns supreme over “American Dad” “American Dad!” blows. Personally, I was excited when I heard about this new show coming out that seemed to expand on the early hilarity...

Brooke doesn’t know best

ERIC ANDERSEN July 21, 2009

** out of ***** The cover art may not always be the best indicator of a classic album, but I do believe there is some kind of correlation between awesome music and badass artwork. The worst of both worlds...

Serious immigration issues need serious solutions

The Obama administration, moving gingerly toward what the president has said will be a far-reaching overhaul of the nation’s broken immigration system, is trying to show at the outset that it is serious...

Wisely in the stars

BEAU ELLIOT July 21, 2009

WISE LATINA WOMAN Aries (March 21-April 19): Don’t obsess about that nagging knee injury and your lack of health insurance — Congress is plodding to the rescue. Never mind that Republicans in Congress...

City government requires more public involvement to function smoothly

DI EDITORIAL BOARD July 21, 2009

“This city is what it is because our citizens are what they are.” Plato had it right. For as much as any one of us gripes about how Iowa City is run by its elected officials, much of what is done...

Point/Counterpoint: Will Tiger Woods return to dominance?

DI SPORTS STAFF July 21, 2009

YES Let the Tiger out of the cage. Tiger Woods has a knack for trying to prove people wrong, and he loves to show he is capable of doing things that haven’t been done. So why are we to believe that...

Game Time playoffs set

SEAN MORGAN July 21, 2009

After a summer of working out kinks, the four teams that make up this year’s Game Time League will gear up tonight for the first two games of the playoffs. The team with the biggest target on its back...

RAGBRAI good and bad for Iowa towns

CHRIS CLARK July 21, 2009

GREENFIELD, Iowa — The first thing I did after arriving in Greenfield was drink a glass of fresh-squeezed lemonade, made by Greenfield Mayor Randy Standley. I walked from our campsite on Greenfield’s...

High energy in V-ball camp

TRAVIS VARNER July 21, 2009

Serve, set, spike — Iowa’s summer individual skills volleyball camp returns after a year’s hiatus. The camp was absent last year because of the flood. That the entire Hawkeye volleyball coaching...

Prime Time down to 4

SEAN MORGAN July 21, 2009

Four teams met in two games in the first round of the Prime Time League playoffs, and both had the same result: victories powered by Iowa guards, past and present. In Game One, No. 3 Vinton Merchants,...

Ferentz contract extended, salary same, perks increase

BRENDAN STILES July 21, 2009

Five months after Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz and Athletics Director Gary Barta agreed on a new contract, the details have been completed, and Ferentz is now locked in with the Hawkeyes through...

Officials: Revised medical-journal policy will not affect UI

ADAM SALAZAR July 21, 2009

The Journal of the American Medical Association recently removed a confidentiality order related to reporting conflicts of interest in its published authors, based on a case involving a UI professor of...

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