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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

Book Review: Ian McEwan — Solar

TOMMY MORGAN JR. April 22, 2010

A writing sin perhaps as egregious as underwriting is overwriting, in which a piece is crammed with too much detail to really get rolling. British novelist Ian McEwan’s latest work, Solar, with its...

Exploring the importance in human connection

TOMMY MORGAN JR. April 22, 2010

If certain planes land at the airport in Bangor, Maine, a group of people await to greet them, no matter the time of day. The planes are military personnel carriers, refueling before flying to Iraq and...

Graduate students screen films

TOMMY MORGAN JR. April 22, 2010

When he’s not helping select the movies shown at the Bijou, Executive Director Evan Meaney makes films of his own. This weekend, both passions will intersect when his master’s thesis project is shown...

Word Painters moves into hiatus

MARISA WAY April 22, 2010

English Professor David Hamilton, the acting director of the Nonfiction Writing Program was very careful to stress the word “suspended” rather than “ended.” Officials announced at the beginning...

Celebrating green

REBECCA KOONS April 22, 2010

Over the past four decades, April has become the “greenest” month of the year. Today marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, and the entire month has seen its share of environmentally conscious activities...

Fiction writer Colm Tóibín to read

HANNAH KRAMER April 22, 2010

Irish fiction writer Colm Tóibín can’t be found writing a draft on a laptop. He composes his ideas longhand before they ever reach a computer screen. “I still write the way I always wrote,” he...

Dance as a passage of life

HANNAH KRAMER April 22, 2010

A family theme resonates in the graduate-student dance thesis concert for student choreographers Keely Glenn and Kate Vigmostad. Displaying the work of Glenn, Vigmostad, and Chih-Hsien (Joan) Lin and...

Acoustic guitarist headlines RiverFest

JOSIE JONES April 22, 2010

Matt Nathanson compares the back-and-forth banter with his audience to having sex with a stranger. While not talking does have its place, he said, it’s more fun to talk and “get to know the audience...

UI alum brings magic to RiverFest

JOSIE JONES April 22, 2010

Nate Staniforth doesn’t get inspiration from fellow magicians. Instead, he gets it from filmmakers and such musicians as Bob Dylan. “I don’t want to be the next David Copperfield or the next David...

Fingers crossed, hoping for a RiverFest revival

JOSIE JONES April 22, 2010

The University of Iowa’s RiverFest hasn’t had the best of luck in delivering a successful, fun festival in recent years. Last year, the annual event was moved to downtown Iowa City because of flood-recovery...

Guest: A new kind of pro-Israel lobby?

GERALD SOROKIN - GUEST OPINION April 22, 2010

Two years ago, a new Jewish, pro-Israel organization, J Street, was introduced. J Street claims a two-part mission: “first, to advocate for urgent American diplomatic leadership to achieve a two-state...

Pedestrian Mall democracy

SHAWN GUDE April 22, 2010

It was a bit ironic, really. Last week, we saw antigovernment Tea Partiers rally in a public space local government created: the Pedestrian Mall. The observation isn’t meant to broadly impugn Tea Party...

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