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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

Movie review: Alice in Wonderland

MARISA WAY March 8, 2010

*** 1/2 out of ***** Throughout the film Alice in Wonderland, the heroine is never the right size. Alice either drinks potion and becomes too small, or she eats a magical cake and becomes too big. Only...

New York Times bestselling author reads book on spiritual struggle

ALYSSA MARCHETTI March 8, 2010

Kathleen Norris — the author of New York Times bestsellers The Cloister Walk and Amazing Grace — first discovered the concept of “acedia” more than 20 years ago while reading about monastic traditions...

UI professor: History department given short shrift in task-force report

Let me weigh in here, as I have attempted to do elsewhere, on the recent report from the UI Task Force on Graduate Education. First, it’s biased: The entire exercise is one that has a built-in bias...

The fight for students

SIMEON TALLEY March 8, 2010

The perception is growing among many Americans that Washington is broken. According to a recent Ipsos/McClatchy Poll, 80 percent of Americans believe that nothing can be accomplished in Washington. It’s...

Instead of 21-ordinance, city should consider increasing number of bar stings

DI EDITORIAL BOARD March 8, 2010

Councilors are tired of the city’s drinking culture. That much is clear after they resurrected the 21-ordinance last week. But will the 21-ordinance, which top University of Iowa officials support,...

Third-ranked Dime Pieces sends Guidettes packing in intramural hoops

ETHAN SEBERT March 8, 2010

The Dime Pieces topped the Guidettes, 52-38, Sunday night in intramural competition in the Field House. The final game of pool play for both teams was a rematch of the first game of the season, a game...

Softball loses 2 of 3

DI STAFF March 8, 2010

The Iowa softball team dropped two of three games this past weekend at the Matador Classic, and the fourth game was postponed because of weather. The Hawkeyes (8-9) opened in Northridge, Calif., with...

Baseball drops 3 of 4

DI STAFF March 8, 2010

The Iowa baseball team dropped three of its four games against Kansas in Lawrence, Kan., this past weekend. The Hawkeyes (4-5) split a double-header with the Jayhawks on March 5, dropping the first game,...

Men’s tennis drops 2

DI STAFF March 8, 2010

The No. 49 Iowa men’s tennis team dropped two meets in Denver this past weekend to fall to 6-3 on the season. Iowa lost a 4-3 heartbreaker to Sacramento State (6-6) on March 6. Although Tommy McGeorge...

Praska provisionally qualifies for NCAAs

DI STAFF March 8, 2010

The Iowa women’s track and field team did not accomplish what it ultimately hoped for at the NCAA Qualifier held Saturday in Ames. The Hawkeyes sent 10 athletes whose times and jumps were close to NCAA...

Two tracksters set school records

DI STAFF March 8, 2010

The Iowa men’s track and field team took advantage of the Last Chance Meet this past weekend. The squad added two big provisional qualifying times that also happened to be school records. Freshman...

Women GymHawks get groove back

ROBBIE LEHMAN March 8, 2010

Facing its first test of two dual meets in the same weekend, the Iowa women’s gymnastics team passed with flying colors. The 30th-ranked GymHawks were all smiles after they upset No. 21 Southern Utah,...

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