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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

The Daily Iowan

Movie Review: Pirate Radio

TOMMY MORGAN JR. November 16, 2009

*** out of ***** Some movies, such as Baby’s Day Out or Killer Klowns From Outer Space, are doomed from the beginning. A terrible soundtrack, bad casting choices, or a poorly written script can turn...

First-annual Trans Week kicks off today

BRI LaPELUSA November 16, 2009

The choice between bathroom doors is automatic for the “Cisgender” majority (those who identify with their given sex), but the decision is complicated for those who don’t fit into this category....

The answer to Obama from young Muslims

To the President Barack Hussein Obama: We are three young Muslims who came to the USA from Turkey as international students holding F-1 visas. We moved to the United States before you were elected, and...

The race for Terrace Hill

JUSTIN SUGG November 16, 2009

Too bad Iowa’s gubernatorial race doesn’t resemble a physical one. If it did, Culver’s down-hill plunge in approval rating would seem like a relief. Culver’s approval rating, down 20 points since...

UISG tailgate a success, but monthly forum not yet realized

DI EDITORIAL BOARD November 16, 2009

Over the weekend, the UI Student Government served beer at an event for the first time ever. And it was in the IMU. It comes at the same time UI officials are working hard to curb students’ drinking...

Amish Mafia, Truman Fury take regional flag-football titles

MITCH SMITH and MATT SCHOMMER November 16, 2009

With a shot at the flag-football national championships in Tampa, Fla., on the line, the Amish Mafia handily defeated Union in the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association’s regional championship...

Slaton, Gambrall take titles

DI STAFF November 16, 2009

Iowa senior 141-pounder Joe Slaton and redshirt freshman 184-pounder Grant Gambrall seized individual titles at the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open in Ames over the weekend. Slaton competed unattached, and...

Volleyball falls to Minnesota

DI STAFF November 16, 2009

The Iowa volleyball team (12-16, 4-12) was swept, 3-0, by No. 13 Minnesota (20-7, 11-4) at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Nov. 13. It was the second-straight game the Hawkeyes played without starters Mara Hilgenberg...

Commentary: Kachine Alexander is a complete player

EVELYN LAU November 16, 2009

Is there anything Kachine Alexander can’t do? At only 5-9, the junior guard can shoot, rebound, steal, block, and dish out assists. Simply put: She’s a complete player. Perhaps one of the most complete...

City High moves to 4A title game

PATRICK RAFFERTY November 16, 2009

CEDAR FALLS — Call it déjà vu. When the City High Little Hawks played the Cedar Rapids Xavier Saints on Nov. 13 inside the UNI-Dome, it wasn’t the first time the two teams had tangled. After the...

Bluder’s Bunch captures Hawkeye Challenge

JORDAN GARRETSON November 16, 2009

Kamille Wahlin was just 5-of-12 from the floor in Sunday’s KCRG-TV9 Hawkeye Challenge championship game. But Wahlin’s crunch-time resolve helped propel the Iowa women’s basketball team (2-0) to...

Men’s basketball drops historic opener

ROBBIE LEHMAN November 16, 2009

After 8,486 fans silently exited Carver-Hawkeye arena following the Iowa men’s basketball team’s season-opening loss to Texas-San Antonio, 62-50, Hawkeye head coach Todd Lickliter opened his postgame...

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