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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

DVD Vault: Aladdin

DI STAFF November 19, 2009

Aladdin, 1992 Disney’s best films were arguably made in the late-80s and early ’90s. For a good number of years, the company continuously churned out instant classics — case in point, Aladdin....

Geek Out: Midnight Movies

DI STAFF November 19, 2009

I remember when my addiction began. Excited costumed patrons, debating intensely over the superior film. The packed, stuffy theater and the smell of buttered popcorn. And then it began at midnight. Everyone...

Bitch Please: Twilight

DI STAFF November 19, 2009

Twilight makes me disappointed in America Make it stop. I don’t want to hear about Edward. I don’t want to hear about vampires. I don’t want to hear about werewolves. I don’t want to hear about...

Dine on a Dime: Apple Fritters

DI STAFF November 19, 2009

In seven days, hundreds of millions of Americans will sit down and all eat the exact same food at roughly the same time. Such behavior would probably seem like one of the strangest cultural phenomenon...

Dining with the IMU chefs

ERIC SUNDERMANN November 19, 2009

In a world with more than 6 billion people and nearly 200 hundred countries, there’s one thing we all have in common — the need to eat. “Food is the one common denominator to humans and the world,”...

Girly couture weaves into Iowa City

COURTNEY SPEARS November 19, 2009

Sassy zebra couches, affordable couture, and a friendly, customer-oriented environment fill the space next to Java House. Once the home of Vortex, the store now houses trendy designer items. With its...

New Moon pandemonium strikes

SARAH LARSON November 19, 2009

At midnight tonight, the sounds of shrieking women will resonate throughout Iowa City. No, the screaming isn’t because vampires are sinking their fangs into unsuspecting victims. The cries will come...

Author Larry Baker reads at Prairie Lights

REBECCA KOONS November 19, 2009

There is no secret formula or process to local author Larry Baker’s writing. He wakes up in the morning, drinks some coffee, and sits down at his computer for a few hours every day. For him, consistency...

A posthumous piece of fiction

TOMMY MORGAN JR. November 19, 2009

While the term “a novel” usually accompanies the title on the cover of a fiction book, a different phrase appears on Russian legend Vladimir Nabokov’s last work, The Original of Laura. It is a novel,...

Medium: Can a giant broadcast corporation sell out?

MERYN FLUKER November 19, 2009

I share my bed with Tina Fey. When things get really crazy, I invite Steve Carell along for the action. Some nights, I cuddle up with as many as five or 10 media personalities. This companionship comes...

Hilarious holiday monologues

BEN EVANS November 19, 2009

In a season saturated with Santas, snowflakes, and sleigh bells, rarely do the holidays conjure up images of hot-tub baptisms and teenage girls skinny dipping. However, for the actors at Riverside Theater’s...

Serving up tastes at the Englert

CAROLINE BERG November 19, 2009

Adam Richman does more than observe regional cultures — he ingests them. Whether visiting Nevada to duel with a burrito taller than a toddler or passing through San Francisco to demolish a two-gallon...

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