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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

Honoring César Chávez

CAROLINE BERG March 30, 2010

César Chávez ranks with Martin Luther King Jr. in his efforts to secure agricultural laborers’ rights. His pacifist leadership achieved wage increases for farm workers and better field-sanitation,...

Cave Singers bring indie folk to Mission Creek Festival

ERIC SUNDERMANN March 30, 2010

The only other time the Cave Singers stopped in Iowa City, it wasn’t for a music festival. It wasn’t to play music. It wasn’t even to see a concert. The band members were just hungry. “Yeah, we...

Guest: Alcohol policies are in shambles, need re-thinking

JON SHELNESS - GUEST OPINION March 30, 2010

One theory holds that humans abandoned the nomadic life with the discovery of brewing. Large quantities of beer were just too heavy to carry around, so we invented civilization. But what we have now is...

Armageddon blues (or reds)

BEAU ELLIOT March 30, 2010

So, how does Armageddon feel? Pretty much like Tuesday, I suspect. Who knew? I don’t know about you, but I had always thought that Armageddon would feel more like a Monday. A really bad Monday. I...

Recent federal student loan legislation a win for simplification, higher education accessibility

DI EDITORIAL BOARD March 30, 2010

The recent changes to the student-lending market are refreshing and much needed, even if their most substantive effects won’t be felt here at the University of Iowa. Legislation affixed to the recently...

Watkins earns Big Ten honor

DI STAFF March 30, 2010

The Iowa softball team earned its second individual award of the season on Monday. After going 6-for-7 over the weekend against Michigan State, sophomore Liz Watkins was honored as Co-Big Ten Player of...

Men’s golf rallies for second-place finish

JESSIE SMITH March 30, 2010

The No. 42 Iowa men’s golf team entered the Florida Atlantic University Spring Break Invitational with a tangy taste on its tongue after last year’s eighth-place finish. The Hawkeyes carded a 291...

Men’s tennis opens Big Ten play with split

SETH ROBERTS March 30, 2010

Nobody ever said Big Ten play would be easy. One day after the No. 66 Iowa men’s tennis team thrashed unranked Michigan State, 5-2, to open the conference season, it received a 6-1 beating at the hands...

GymHawks handle adversity

ROBBIE LEHMAN March 30, 2010

A snowstorm caused the Iowa gymnastics team to arrive in Columbus, Ohio, for the Big Ten championships at 2:30 a.m. on March 27. Despite the complication, the No. 30-ranked Hawkeyes finished third —...

Tennis coach reinvigorating team

JON FRANK March 30, 2010

Playing under a new head coach can be like transferring schools. Old philosophies and expectations are thrown out the window. Such was the case for the Iowa women’s tennis team after the Hawkeyes parted...

Baseball hosts South Dakota State

J.T. BUGOS March 30, 2010

Aided by its first series sweep since May 2007, the Iowa baseball team will ride a four-game winning streak into a two-game home stand with South Dakota State beginning today. The Hawkeyes had dropped...

Point/Counterpoint: Is McCaffery a good hire?

J.T. BUGOS March 30, 2010

YES A strange feeling came over me when I found out Fran McCaffery would be the next Iowa head men’s basketball coach. Rarely felt during my tenure as an Iowa student, the feeling was so shocking I...

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