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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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Movie Review: The Men Who Stare at Goats

ERIC SUNDERMANN November 9, 2009

** out of ***** Years ago, Miss Cleo, a self-proclaimed psychic, starred in her own infomercial. Supposedly, in the ’80s, the U.S. Army was full of “Miss Cleos” — training and developing a division...

Movie Review: The Box

GRETA HAGEN-RICHARDSON November 9, 2009

* out of ***** A million dollars or a human life? This is the problem facing the young couple in Richard Kelly’s (Donnie Darko, Southland Tales) latest film. The Box stars Cameron Diaz (My Sister’s...

Plan to merge Mathematics Library would hurt the UI

We believe that the plan to “merge” the Mathematics Library constitutes the abolishment and dismantling of the Mathematics Library. We believe that the vast majority of UI faculty are opposed to the...

Health insurance the problem

JUSTIN SUGG November 9, 2009

Wendell Potter looked like a stereotypical insurance man. He wore dark-rimmed glasses, a simple black suit/tie combination, and spoke in a slight Tennessee drawl. There was nothing flashy about his appearance...

Is changing the rhetoric requirement a good idea?

DI EDITORIAL STAFF November 9, 2009

Requirement change ultimately hurts students I was shocked to hear the UI is cutting its rhetoric requirement down to one semester. When I was a freshman, rhetoric was the UI’s crown jewel. Neither...

Field hockey season ends in Big Ten Tournament

DI STAFF November 9, 2009

No. 8 Michigan State ended the Iowa field hockey team’s 10-match Big Ten Tournament winning streak on Nov. 6, defeating the Hawkeyes, 5-1, in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament in East Lansing,...

Soccer loses to Purdue

DI STAFF November 9, 2009

In its last match of the season, the Iowa soccer team fell in overtime to No. 23 Purdue, 3-2, in West Lafayette, Ind. The Hawkeyes lagged, 2-0, before staging a comeback to send the game into extra time....

Hawkeyes drop in polls

DI STAFF November 9, 2009

The Iowa football team dropped considerably in each of the major polls released on Sunday following the Hawkeyes’ first loss of the season, to Northwestern in Kinnick Stadium on Nov. 7. The Hawkeyes,...

AquaHawks fall to Minnesota

MITCH SMITH November 9, 2009

The women’s swimming and diving team closed out its meet on Nov. 6 in dramatic fashion, despite losing to the Golden Gophers, 176-118. Despite defeat, senior Christine Kuczek said there were plenty...

Men’s swimming and diving not fretting loss

PATRICK RAFFERTY November 9, 2009

Auspicious may not be the best word to describe a team that has just lost. But it illustrates the feeling of the Iowa men’s swimming and diving team after a 184-114 defeat by Minnesota on Nov. 6. Iowa...

Commentary: Wrestle-offs prove superiority

J.T. BUGOS November 9, 2009

I was raised on sports as a kid. I played basketball, baseball, football, and volleyball. But wrestling never entered my sports realm. My high school didn’t have a wrestling team, so I was clueless...

City High moves on to state semifinals

IAN MARTIN November 9, 2009

Iowa recruit A.J. Derby threw a touchdown on his first pass of the game. And his second. And his fourth. Derby led Iowa City High one step closer to a 4A state championship with four passing touchdowns...

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