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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

Making fiction exist with Camille Dungy

REBECCA KOONS April 15, 2010

The only thing more difficult than representing real people accurately in writing, for poet Camille Dungy, is making fictional characters seem as if they actually exist. This was the primary challenge...

A classic madwoman at the UI

JOSIE JONES April 15, 2010

Katie Consamus faces a complicated process when dressing for her role in Jean Giraudoux’s The Madwoman of Chaillot. The first-year M.F.A. student’s character first washes her face with rose water. The...

A new screen lights up the IMU

REBECCA KOONS April 15, 2010

When Molly Golemo became the film director of the Campus Activities Board, the idea of having an official theater space seemed like a distant fantasy. However, after a bit of Internet research last semester,...

Peter Hedges to read

TOMMY MORGAN JR. April 15, 2010

Writing can often come in cycles of productivity and inaction. For Iowa-native Peter Hedges, the cycles come in genres, novels, plays, and films. He will read from his latest novel, The Heights, at 7...

The Wiitala Brothers stop at Gabe’s

ERIC ANDERSEN April 15, 2010

Whether twin brothers Trevor and Christopher Wiitala are recording music for their début album, Bad Blood, or simply loading gear into a venue, tension can run high among the two 30-year-old shaggy-haired...

ICDOCS takes over

HANNAH KRAMER April 15, 2010

Taking the class Alternative Films in the cinema/comparative literature department has given UI junior Tim Emery an idea of what his future could be like as a film producer. “The great thing about...

The Right Now in Iowa City

TOMMY MORGAN JR. April 15, 2010

In a time when rap and R&B dominate the airwaves, Chicago-based The Right Now delves deep into music’s past, bringing soul to the forefront of its repertoire. Though it’s not a cover band, The...

A runway for Haiti

JOSIE JONES April 15, 2010

Molly Blabolil has always had a “passion for fashion.” Today, she’ll combine that love with a little philanthropy and help from friend Courtney Cunniff to put on a fundraiser fashion show for an...

Celebrating the ‘quinceañera’ with Luna Negra

HANNAH KRAMER April 15, 2010

Veronica Guadalupe accompanied a friend to an audition for the Luna Negra Dance Theater in 2002. In the midst of a six months’ recovery from a leg injury, she thought the audition was simply a way to...

Guest: Teach for America at risk of losing federal funds

RICKY RIDGWAY - GUEST OPINION April 15, 2010

Nationwide, and here at the University of Iowa, members of the class of 2010 applied to Teach for America in record numbers — more than 46,000 applicants for this fall’s incoming class of teacher-corps...

Has the mainstream media been unusually unfair in its portrayals of the Tea Party movement?

DI EDITORIAL STAFF April 15, 2010

YES During the Bush years, liberals parroted this line of leftist historian Howard Zinn: “Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.” Under this mantra, liberals took any chance they could to protest...

Intramural powerhouse UISSC prepares for nationals tourney

ETHAN SEBERT April 15, 2010

Six years. That’s how long the core members of UISSC have played basketball together — longer than most college and high-school basketball teammates get to play with each other. But they aren’t...

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