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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

Playing dark and heavy themes

ERIC SUNDERMANN April 21, 2010

Hidden beneath the skyline, among the bustling and busyness of life outside, musician Peter Silberman sat in his apartment. The 21-year-old sat, not with a goal of isolation or seclusion; rather, he...

Graduate-program report comes to questionable conclusions

EVAN FALES - GUEST OPINION April 21, 2010

The University of Iowa Task Force on Graduate Education faced a daunting task. Its charge was to evaluate around 100 graduate programs offered by the university, in an enormous range of disciplines, in...

U.S. News rankings call into question recent UI graduate program report

DI EDITORIAL BOARD April 21, 2010

The University of Iowa’s public-relations machine wasted no time last week trumpeting the high rankings graduate programs received from U.S. News & World Report. But while the rankings again reinforced...

Printy named frosh All-American

DI STAFF April 21, 2010

Iowa women’s basketball guard Jaime Printy has been named to the second team Freshman All-American by Full Court Press. She was just one of 15 freshman players chosen in the country. The native of Marion...

Football leadership group members chosen

DI STAFF April 21, 2010

On Tuesday, the Iowa Hawkeyes announced its 15-member leadership group, as chosen by the players. Headlining the group are seven seniors, including defensive end Adrian Clayborn and quarterback Ricky...

Hammer time for track and field thrower

MATT SCHOMMER April 21, 2010

Strawberry Point, Iowa, may be renowned for at least a few things. If one is that it’s home to the world’s largest strawberry, weighing in at 1,430 pounds, then the other is that it’s the town Iowa...

Freshman hurler grows up on the mound

J.T. BUGOS April 21, 2010

Matt Dermody struggled in his first two starts of his Iowa career, but the southpaw flashed his potential the third time around on Tuesday. Dermody’s first start came against Kansas on March 7, and...

Baseball wins 10-inning thriller

JORDAN GARRETSON April 21, 2010

Jack Dahm can’t remember the last time his baseball team escaped with an easy victory. The Hawkeyes continued that trend on Tuesday. Iowa (14-19) needed 10 innings to defeat Western Illinois (9-24),...

New steeplechasers see unexpected success

MICHELE DANNO April 21, 2010

It’s Katie Ellis’ last season with the Iowa women’s track and field team, but it seems her career may just be beginning. In her four years as a Hawkeye runner, Ellis said she was “a far cry”...

Hyde leads with Bernstine behind him

BRENDAN STILES April 21, 2010

For the past three years, Iowa has dealt with cornerback questions. With one spot seemingly locked up, the other tends to be up for grabs. In 2008, Bradley Fletcher held down one position, and Amari...

Cornering the market

SCOTT MILLER April 21, 2010

Amari Spievey still isn’t quite sure how he ended up here or how he managed to stick around. Not that he’s sticking around, necessarily. On a cloudless spring day in Iowa City — the kind that makes...

Spotlight: Hearing his own string theory

TOMMY MORGAN JR. April 21, 2010

For up to 10 hours a day, nearly every day of the week, Chris Threlkeld-Wiegand is in his garage. The 47-year-old isn’t looking for that elusive tennis racket or fiddling with an old auto. (Even if...

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