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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

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iPod playlist: Top-Ten Female Power Songs

DI ARTS STAFF August 31, 2009

1. “I Will Survive,” by Aretha Franklin. If anyone can sing about surviving a breakup, Aretha Franklin can. 2. “Womanizer,” by Britney Spears. Boy — you are a womanizer and B. Spears knows it...

Geek Out — Apple gets plastic surgery on its insides

DI ARTS STAFF August 31, 2009

(Note: For this review, I ran Snow Leopard on my 2009 MacBook with a 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 2GB DDR3 RAM.) Apple has a reputation of being aesthetically pleasing. We Mac users feel like...

Bloody entertaining

ERIC ANDERSEN August 31, 2009

**** out of ***** Let’s get this straight — Rob Zombie is not killing a film franchise by remaking Halloween II. A quick look at any movie review site will show fans that the original sequel was...

Death on the 3D plan

ERIC SUNDERMANN August 31, 2009

** 1/2 out of ***** When I die, I want to die in a badass way. Not in my sleep, or from some stupid disease, or anything else lame like that. I want to get my head sliced off or maybe even have a vacuum...

‘16 to Life’: A film with perfect pitch

RACHAEL LANDER August 31, 2009

**** out of ***** Droves of locals descended on the Englert Theatre to attend the Iowa début of 16 to Life, Okoboji, Iowa, native Becky Smith’s first full-length feature film. The flick had already...

Movie Review: ‘Taking Woodstock’

TOMMY MORGAN JR. August 31, 2009

**** out of ***** As a culture, we revel in nostalgia. Our “I Love the ’80s”-soaked minds jump at every opportunity to live in the past. Ang Lee’s latest film, Taking Woodstock, starts off with...

Reform will help fix ‘broken’ health system

DAVE LOEBSACK - GUEST OPINION August 31, 2009

We have all heard the statistics. Premiums have doubled in nine years, growing three times faster than wages. A family in Iowa pays an extra $1,100 per year in premiums to support a broken system. If we...

Hawkeye football economics

JUSTIN SUGG August 31, 2009

All the attention Fry Fest is getting reminds me of a phone conversation with an alumnus years ago. I was working for the UI Foundation and was trying to extract a donation. He interrupted my pitch and...

Student candidates could help heal UI-Iowa City rift

DI OPINIONS STAFF August 31, 2009

A rift has been growing between the UI community and the rest of Iowa City. The reasons behind this schism include misconceptions some Iowa City residents have of students and apathy many students have...

Regina opens season with win against rival

J.T. BUGOS August 31, 2009

The words of Eminem thundered over the blue and yellow bleachers as the Regina High football team took the field for warm-ups. On Aug. 28, the Regals, a playoff team in Class 2A last year, opened the...

Parkersburg celebrates life of fallen coach in first win

IAN MARTIN August 31, 2009

Hit by a tornado that killed nine residents one year, then the shooting of a beloved football coach the next year — Parkersburg, Iowa, has been through some of the worst things imaginable. But the small...

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